The Yukon Weekly. (Yukon, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 7, 1898 Page: 2 of 8
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THE YI'KOX WEEKLY
JAM Ks ro\\ I I NO, I ilitor.
YEKON,
OKLAHOMA.
Department of tlie Farm—A Few
Hint* a* to the Care of Live Stock
and Poultry.
Poultry Note*.
Poultry raising has at last begun to
be recognized by farmers as being a
prominent feature of agriculture. The
Increasing demand for all products of
the poultry farm, even in the bad
times, has demonstrated that the hen
Is mighty as a commercial factor. The
establishments that are manufacturing
Incubators are finding their trade ever
expanding. The demand for early
chicks among the hotels and restau-
rants is increasing fast, for the very
reason that our cities are increasing
fast in population.
• * *
It is believed that many chicks in
incubators die by reason of bad air in
the egg chambers. It is necessary that
this air be pure and be frequently
changed, or, what is better, made to
circulate through the incubator. It is
said that the embryonic chick is oxy-
genated; that is, has a supply of oxy-
gen furnished, through pores in the
shell and from the air outside of the
cell; that there is a constant ex-
change going on of oxygen from the
cubators are placed in damp, close cel-
lars, where there is no circulation of
air, and if the egg boxes are also closed
bo that there can be no egress and in-
gress of even the impure air of the
cellar, what can we expect as to re-
sults of the hatch?
* * *
Without doubt many chicks that are
air and of carbon from the egg. If in-
born weakly are so born on account
of certain conditions surrounding the
hatching period. Without doubt the
trouble is with lack of vitality in the
egg, but it may be as often due en-
tirely to want of forethought on the
part of the person controlling the
hatching operations. Many a chick is
Ushered into life with poorly oxyge-
nated blood, and feels and shows the
weakness for long months. In many
cases the egg has become smeared
with grease or with broken eggs that
hermetically seal the pores of the
egg and prevent the free operation of
the laws of nature. In the face of such
obstacles the chicks come out of the
shells and for a time seem like other
and healthier chicks. But sooner or
later their digestion breaks down and
they fall over .and die. The poultry-
man must expect to have many losses
from such causes, and will not be able
to avoid them by any moans.
... * * *
Heat is absolutely necessary for the
development as well as the hatching
of the chick. The hen is a nicely ar-
ranged machine that is automatically
regulated, so far as heat is concerned.
She gives her'chicks always the same
amount of heat. To leave chicks where
they will be cold for hours at a time
frequently results in death. At a show
last fall a certain incubator company
gave the writer a number of new-born
chicks to take home and raise by hand.
Having no proper apparatus for regu-
lating the heat, it was found impossible
to supply a steady heat of the degrees
required, and both chicks succumbed
in a short time. Chicks raised under
the hen in the spring while the weather
is still cool should be carefully pro-
tected. .
Hour Milk^for Poultry.
To The Farmers’ Review:—A recent
number of The Farmers’ Review con-
tained an article on feeding sour milk
to poultry as though it was something
new. The question was asked “if any
of its readers are feeding milk and
curds, and the results.” As to its ef-
fect on fowls confined in yards and
houses I cannot answer, as I have
never tried it. My fowls have the run
of an eighty-acre farm, with its variety
of food. For more than a score of
years they have had all the "clabber”
and curds I could give them, with only
beneficial results. There is nothing
young turkeys like better or makes
them grow like it. The first two wet.s
I feed young turkeys stale bread, soft-
ened in sweet milk. After that my
sour milk is put on the stove until the
curd forms, when the whey is strained
off and coarse corn meal is stirred in
and scalded. When cold it is fed to
the turkeys three or four times a day.
They will soon pick the curds before
i eating the mesh. I have never seen
| any evil effect from it, though some
very wise contributors to the farm pa-
pers say sour milk should never be fed
to any animal, not even to hogs. Won-
der if he ever eats cottage cheese?
AIN’T HARRIET.
(The query asked was not as to feed-
ing sour milk, but on the feeding of
solid curd, made hard for that purpose.
The object of the question was to find
out if the constant feeding of such a
cheesey food would not have some
harmful effect on the digestion of the
fowls—Ed. F. R.)
The Anti-Color Law Abroad.
In connection with the anti-color
oleomargarine law which has just been
pronounced unconstitutional, it is in-
teresting to note that in the February
issue of IT. S. consular reports, atten-
tion of exporters in the United States
is called to the anti-color oleomargar-
ine law now in force in the island of
Martinique. In order to save ship-
pers serious trouble, Consul Tucker
draws attention to the following points
of the law:
1. Oleomargarine will be accepted if
it does not contain more than 10 per
cent of butter. 2. Oleomargarine must
be white or nearly so—that is, it must
not contain a single particle of foreign
coloring matter, such as saffron, etc.
3. The cases must show on their four
sides in plain letters the word “oleo-
margarine;” the cans must bear the
word, stenciled or printed on their sur-
face, and have a pasted label showing
the exact analysis of the oleomargarine
therein contained. The above require-
ments, says Mr. Tucker, must be com-
plied with, as the law is strictly en-
forced. Shipments have been received
which the exporters declared were pure
but which were rejected on account of
the yellowish color. The consul also
emphasizes the fact that the invoices
should give the composition of the
goods, and that the word margarine,
or oleomargarine, should be used in
all bills, receipts, etc., connected with
the importation of the article. He
quotes the following provisions of the
law: "In the retail trade, the margar-
ine or oleomargarine must be delivered
in the form of a cube and with a stamp
on one of its faces, either margarine
or oleomargarine, and wrapped in an
envelope bearing in conspicuous and
indelible characters the same designa-
tion, as well as the name and address
of the dealer.”
If the provisions of this law are en-
forced, the people of Martinique enjoy
a protection against fraudulent imita-
tions of butter that the United States
government fails to guarantee to its
citizens. Every week thousands of
pounds of oleomargarine colored in im-
itation of butter are exposed and sold
in Chicago under the label, “Elgin
creamery butter.”
t
Ttike the Horns In Time.
Hornless cattle are the desideratum
in most localities. There may be pos-
sible exceptions in localities where the
animals actually need their horns to
protect their young and themselves
against wolves and like animals, but
happily many of our states are now' free
from pests of that character. The horn
is a relic of ages when the cow did not
have man for a protector. Man has no
I use for it. Every few weeks we hear
a horrible story of some person being
gored to death. What farmer has not
seen even mild-tempered cows attack
other cows furiously with their horns,
sometimes inflicting damage that is not
easily remedied? The horn is a use-
less and a dangerous weapon for her
masters to leave in possession of the
cow. Most of our farmers realize this,
but consider it too much trouble for
them to have their cattle dehorned. In
some cases there is a sentiment about
inflicting pain on the animals, though
it is probable that the pain of dehorn-
ing is not greater than the pain to the
human being in having a tooth drawn.
However this may be, we need only
horns and the pain to the animals erf
dehorning. Caustic potash, if applied
at the proper time, does the work to
perfection with little or no pain. The
little knob of horn starts at first from
a semi-soft material which may be
called the matrix, or mother of the
take the horns in time to avoid both the
horn. Apply potash to this and it be-
comes impotent. The process is ar-
rested forever and the calf grows up
hornless. Such animals are easier han-
dled, and even if they attack one, can
do infinitely less damage than can ani-
mals on which the horns have been left
to grow. Take the horns in time and
save trouble.
• • $
The New Hampshire experiment sta-
tion gives the following method of ap-
plying the potash: “The hair should be
cut away from the young horn as thor-
oughly as possible so that the potash
may come in intimate contact with the
parts to be treated. The oily secretion
should be removed from the parts to be
touched with the potash, by wiping
carefully with a rag or sponge mois-
tened with soap suds, or water contain-
ing a little ammonia. Parts not to be
touched should not be moistened. The
stick of potash is rolled up in a piece
of paper so as to leave one end exposed.
The exposed end is dipped in water to
moisten it and then rubbed on the but-
ton or embryo horn until the skin be-
gins to start, care being taken that the
whole of the button and the border or
matrix is included in the treatment. In
young calves a few days old a surface
half an inch or a little more in diame-
ter will cover these parts. Caustic pot-
ash, or caustic soda, which answers as
well, can be obtained at almost any
drug store. When not in use it should
be kept in a closely-stoppered vial, one
with a rubber stopper preferred, or it
will liquefy. After the calf is two or
three days old the sooner the potash is
applied the better.
Improvement in Uniformity.—We
make no better butter, no better cheese,
than our grandmothers did, but we
make it more understandingly, and
hence more uniformly. When I had to
scrub and clean the dairy utensils for
three weeks before the dairymaid would
advance me to the position of watch-
ing the cream vat and churn, 1 did this
work thoroughly, because I had to.
Now, with the bacteriological light
thrown on the subject by a scientist, it
is much easier to do this, because we
understand the reason for this painful
backaching cleanliness. While for
years we have known the value of good
curing rooms, where the maker has
complete control of the temperature and
moisture, it is only lately that our sci-
entists have thrown a scientific light on
the subject—J. H. Monrad.
It is not a wise policy for a creamery
to let go a good butter-maker~I7eeau.se
another one can he hired at a less
price.
Nervous and Tired
Was Not Able to do Her Work Until
Hood’s Sarsaparilla Cured.
“I was troubled with headaches, ner-
vousness and that tired feeling. I read in
the papers about Hood’s Srrsaparilla and
began taking it. I am now able to do my
work, as Hood’s Sarsaparilla has relieved
me.” Mrs. T. F. Rictt, Hampshire, 111.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
|s America’s Greatest Medicine. $1; six for |C.
Hood’s Pills cure indigestion, biliousness.
The happiest days of a man’s life
Seems to be in the near future.
I believe my prompt use of I’iso’s Cure
prevented quick consumption. —Mrs. Lu-
;y Wallace, Marquette, K.'..s., Dec. 12.'95.
“A soft answer turneth away
wrath,” and soft soap dirt.
Mrs. Winslow’S Soothing Nyrnp
Fnrrhllrtr-n tcethlnR,softens tlir gums.re licet, inflnnk
tttiou, allays pain, cures wind colic. cents a bottle.
Uncle Sam’s blister will no doubt
tnake the Spanish fly.
COSMO BUTTERMILK TOILET SOAP
niakes tlie skin solt, white and healthy.
Sold everywhere.
When a man is up late at night he
shoulc tie given only half his regular
wages for the next day’s work.
One of the great troubles that rail-
road companies'have had to contend
with in the past with both the old
style and the new M. C. B. couplers
was the falling of drawheads on the
tracks, resulting many times in disas-
trous wrecks. A year or tyo ago the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad adopted
a device to prevent just 6uch occur-
rences, and has since attached it to all
its passenger equipment.- The device
is quite simple, consisting merely of a
right-angled steel hook, which is
placed immediately -beneath the coup-
ler on the draw-head with a horizontal
arm projecting slightly at an angle to
the direction of the track. When the
draw-head falls the safety hooks not
only assist in jamming the draw-heads
together but absolutely prevent their
swaying from side- to side, and thus
becoming disengaged. The steel hook
is placed in such a position that It
cannot be jammed or broken off in the
coupling of cars.
In actual practice this device has
proved exceedingly satisfactory, and
has not failed in a single instance.
Dairy Production in France.—Some
interesting statistics were set forth at
a recent meeting of the Society for the
Encouragement of the Dairy Industry
in France. It was stated that there
were in France 5,250,000 milch cows,
and that they produced 1,716,000,000
gallons of milk annually. Out of this
production 462,000,000 gallons are em-
ployed in the manufacture of cheese,
of which 136,000.0:*0 kilogrammes is
made, Paris consuming about one-
ninth of the total production, and En-
gland taking some 46,000 cwts... equiv-
alent to a sum of £110,000. Oil the
butter produced, 450,000 cwt. is an-
nually shipped to England, represent-
ing a value of upwards of £2,330,000.—
Exchange.
Good Milk Cows.—“Five thousand to
six thousand pounds of milk a year is
the average product of the dairy cow,”
says A. G. Judd, “and the cow that goes
under 5,000 pounds is not a good repre-
sentative of a dairy cow.”
Hare a bone cutter, by mean.* of
which you can utilize several pounds
of bones per week, the refuse from
your dining table.
The largest block of marble ever
sent out of East Tennessee was shipped
by way of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road to New England during the first
week in March. It was consigned to
Norcross Bros., at East Cambridge,
Mass., and. it weighed 45,000 pounds.
It was quarried near Knoxville.
When a boy begins‘to smoke it is
time for him to quit school.
-A---
Beauty Is Blood Deep.
Clean blond menus a clean sjvin. No
beauty without it. Cut-carets, Candy Ca-
thartic cleans your bit oil and keeps it
lean, by stirring up the lazy liver and
driving all impurities front the body. Be-
gin to-day to Imni-li pimples, boils, blotch-
es, blackheads, ami that sickly bilious
complexion by taking (Jascarets,- beauty
for 10c. All druggists, satisfaction guar-
anteed, 10c, 25c, 50c.
What a terrible time people do have,'
trying to have a good time.
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Cowling, James. The Yukon Weekly. (Yukon, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 7, 1898, newspaper, July 7, 1898; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc913668/m1/2/?rotate=90: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.