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Show I Clean and Dirty Milk. From the Farmers' Review: dairymen apparently fail to recognize the fact that when milking and caring for milk they are handling human food and that it should be treated aa such. In many dairies the milker goes to his task with soiled hardu and dust laden clothing and without bo much as brushing the loose dust and diit from the cow. Un der such conditions much filth must of necessity find its way into the milk. No other food is produced in such filthy surroundings as is fre quently the case with milk and no other food will absorb odors so readily and become tainted so quickly as will milk It Is, therefore, doubly Important that great care be exercised to have milk produced under the moBt sanitary conditions possible. One can judge something of the amount of filth In milk by the sediment found at the bottom, but or y a small part of the contamination is in visible form. Milk sours because of the presence of certain kinds of bacteria, which, acting upon the sugar of the milk, change It into lactic acid. Other organisms cause different changes, some offensive to taste and smell and a few dangerous to health. These bacteria are living organisms, though so extremely minute that 250 of them placed side by side are equal only to the thickness of ordinary writing paper. While thorough straining will remove alt visible filth the greater part of It is in solution which, of course, will pass through even the best of atrainera. Milk In the udder of a healthy cow is both pure and sterile, and If It could be drawn and handled without con taml nation would remain sweet and wholesome for an indefinite length of time. However, bacteria accumulate and multiply In such places as mud holes, manure heaps, aeama of utensils not thoroughly cleansed, or where animal or vegetable matter not living Is exposed to warmth and mole ture. They are present in dirt ana duat of every description, and because of their great numbers and their wide diffusion no practical method has yet been devised by which milk may be drawn absolutely free from contamination with living germs. Yet they are unnecessarily numerous in milk as ordinarily drawn! because it contains a thousand times more bacteria than that which may be obtained by using extreme care in regard to cleanliness. Hence the necessity for keeping everything about a dairy scrupulously clean, particularly In hot weather when conditions are especially favorable to bacterial growth. Clean milk will not only remain sweet longer, but as everyone knows ia a more wholesome food. If it were more fully realized that milk la a food and not simply a commercial commodity It would seem that dairymen would not allow ao much filth to get Into It W. J. Fraser, University of Illinois. Intelligence In Dairying. In an address to dairymen, Prof. C. E. Marshall of Michigan laid: The producers of milk In general are not sufficiently acquainted with milk Itself and with those agents which tend to influence milk. They, therefore, ar not Intelligently posted In those methods which will produce a milk. Also they are satisfactory claiming that the consumers will not pay for the extra labor entailed in the production of a first grade milk. Farther, too, there Is too little comprehensive knowledge of the methods used In the manufacture of milk products. You may chide me for making these remarks, but in general I am right in saying that they are true. You know that every farmer cannot produce mflk at a profit You know that one farmer will make 6 to per cent on hla Investment while bis neighbor, living practically under the same conditions, will lose as much or even more. What la the difference? One la an Intelligent dairyman and the other Is not One is an expert and the other la not No matter where you go or what profession you examine, this same condition exists. It Is the mtn who knows, who has the energy to push his knowledge. So 1 believe tnat he who Is able to know dairying from A to 7. will be the man who will succeed In dairying. He may be depended upon to develop dairy science and dairy art, for be will appreciate the value of It and the relation of auch to his work. I do not believe that It Is worth while to try to educate a man who Is opposed to that education, whether it Is in college or whether that education comes through self study. The best way to cure a balky horse is to get rid of him. Time Is too valuable to spend in efforts to correct him. Cost of a Pound of Beef. One who has followed carefully the feeding experiments cannot but be impressed with the great variation in the amount of feed required to produce a pound of beef, says Professor Frederick B. Mumford. I have g'ven this somewhat careful study, and I have found that the number of pounds of grain required to produce a pound of gain at the different stations has varied from two pounds to fifteen pounds. Even when the same grain ration Is used the variations In the amount of grain required to produce a pound of gain are very great In one experiment at the Missouri experiment station, ' where corn was the principal grain ration, three pounds of corn were sufficient to produce one pound of gain, while at the Kansas station, where com was the principal grain, ratiod, It required fourteen pounds of corn to produce one pound of gain. Now, If the profit Is largely dependent upon the amount of grain required to produce a pound of beef, then a knowledge of the conditions which make It possible to prodhee a pound of beef with one-hathe quantity of grain will be of the greatest possible assistance In determining upon the methods employed in profitable cattle feeding. lf A womans --a wrinkles are for others mans for himself. POULTRY I A Bad Case of Roup. From the Farmers Review: I have about 50 Plymouth Rock chickens, and they are dying Please tell me what to do for them, borne die before I notice that they are siek, and others live several days. - The firs: symptom noticed is a dark red color to the bead, which is followed by rattling in the throat and difficult Later on there is breathing. diarrhoea, with thin, yellowish green discharges. They gradually get worse and, at the last, breathing is so'" difficult that they open their mouths and stretch their necae to get breath at all. Some live two or three days in bethat condition and then die. gin to put coal oil on the head and swab the throat with it when the first sign of the disease appears, also give poultry medicine rich in lime, but they will not eat. I keep the sick ones away from the, well ones. The birds are all in moderate flesh. I killed one that bad been sick a couple of days and dissected it. found the intestines, gall, heart and gizzard seemingly all right. The liver was siightiy enlarged and darker red than usual. There were yellowish white spots in throat and the breath was fetid. There waa a spongy growth below heart about tha size of a small walnut, but longer in shape. It waa very light yellow in color. Would that cause the symptoms menI keep the poultry bouse, tioned? of with plenty reasonably clean, pure drinking water in reach, and Hi this water I occasionally put a little lime or a few drops of carbolic acid. They have grit and oyster bells handy. I feed poultry medicine often. Mrs. Frank Wharton, Platt County, Illinois. J The disease Is roup In on of Ita worst forms. There are two disease known as roup, tha moat fatal of which occur at this time of year. Various things are prescribed for it, but little result seems to come from the use of any of them. About the only thing that can be done la to keep the well birds from the sick ones. Do not take the sick birds from among the well ones, for then you leave the well birds In the infected pens. It is safest to take the well birds out from among the others and put them in clean places. The correspondent showed much enterThe prise In making the autopsy. spongy matter spoken of would appear to be the lungs. The difficult the birds have In breathing la due to the nasal passages being filled up. There are many published remedies for roup, but nohe that we can recommend as likely to be effective. We would be pleased to hear further concerning the progress of the disease In this flock. . ... Price for Milk. From the Farmers Review; When the roads are bad, almost Impassable, there la always much discussion aa to how they should be fixed the next season. Now, aa there la more milk being produced on Illinois farms during May than any other month In the year prices are naturally at the lowest notch. This should he a good Hme to agitate better prices and a more regular supply. Our supply of milk la shipped to the St Lbuis market. I have noticed that the large producer even If he was sending In thin milk, the kind that cornea from Holstetns, was the man who got the top prices. The question came to me. it one big shipper can secure an advance In price why would It not be practical for several small shipper, to "combine and secure a similar advance. A few of us brother farmers united and have since nad no trouble In topping the market, ao far aa prices are concerned. But this plan 's not the right one; a few are taking advantage of tne weaker brothers. I can see no way for the dairy farmers who furnish milk for a city, to succeed in these times, except to follow in the lines of a general organization. This should be the practical idea, and efforts are now well under way, so far as St Louis milk producers are concerned, and the new plan will soon be given a trial, as the 'promoters hope soon to meet with the St Louis dairy companies and establish a uniform price for the members of their St Louis milk prices organization. averaged 12 cents per gallon deliv ered for 1902. A average is promised for this year. The railroad and express get about 2 cents per gallon for carrying milk to market. L. S. Dorsey, Madison County, Illinois, Tuberculous Udders. The University of Aberdeen has been Investigating the virulency of tuberculosis germs when, found In the udder, and effect ot milk from udders where the cow Is tuberculous but tne uader is not affected. Numerous tuberculous cows were used in the tests, their milk being used to inoculate guinea pigs. Where the cows had the disease hut their udders were not affected the milk in all cases proved harmless. This ot course might not be the case with other cows, and can be relied on only as to the cases in question. But the milk from the affected udders proved remarkably virulent, as if the germs had been reinforced with the material they had drawn from thb lacteal fluid. We have had little evi dence along this line, hut more will doubtless be forthcoming. If we wish to prevent the further spread of this dreadful disease we should take every precaution to sterilize all milk coming to the farm from the creamery whether that milk is to be use, for animals or humans. Miss Gannon, Secy Detroit Amateur Art Association, tells young women what to do to avoid pain and suffering caused by, female troubles. Diab Mbs. Pinkham : I can conscientiously recommend Lydia E. Plnkhams Vegetable Compound to those of my sisters suffering with female weakness and the troubles which so often befall women. I suffered for months with general weakness, and felt so weary that I had hard work to keep up. I had shooting pains, and was utterly miserable. In my distress I was advised to use Lydia E. Plnkhams Vegetable Compound, and it was a red letter day to me when I took the first dose. for at that time my restoration began. In six weeks I was a changed, woman, perfectly well in every respect, I felt so elated and happy that I want all women who suffer to get well as I did. Miss Guila Gannoh, 359 Jones St, Detroit, Mich, Secretary Amateur Art Association. Zt is clearly shown in this young lady's letter that Lydia E. Plnkhams Vegetable Compound will certainly cure tbe sufferings of women ; and when one considers that Miss Gannons letter is only one of the countless hundreds which we Are continually The Declaration ot independence You have all read the Declaration of Independence, I suppose. It is printed on fine type In the back of the Childs History, and at the top of the names signed at the end to show how they wrote them Is John Hancocks big and bold, tha way a person would write If he were doing it with a burnt match. Papa used to gather ua together In the parlor after breakfast every Fourth ot July and read us parts of it and explain the long .words, ao that we would understand what the Fourth of July was really for that It wasnt Just to burn hoiec In your clothes, and frighten horses, and leave stubs of fire crackers on the sidewalk that dont get swept off for days. When we children came to have our own revolution, against the governess that tlmd mamma and papa went away to be gone two days, we knew just how to go about It; and we wrote a Declaration of Independence, copying it after the real true one, and then we all signed our names at the bottom with big flourishes, the way John Hancock and the others did. Our governess name was Georgians Georgians Saunders which made it all the more appropriate, because the name of the King about whom the original Declaration was written was George, as you probably know. When we got the Declaration done. It was something like this some of the language we took from the book and Borne we made up ourselves: When in tho course of human events It becomes necessary for something to be done about it, and we cant stand it any longer. The history of our present governess is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations. To prove this' let facts be submitted to a candid world. 1. She makes us brush our teeth twice a day, which ia unnecessary as well as wasteful. 2. She wont let us lay books face downwards, and so you lose the place and are a long time finding it when you come back. 5. She objects If you make a fork In your mashed potatoes. 4. She won't let us breathe on the window and write with our fingers days when It rains. 6. We cant have butter and sugar on our rice, only milk and sugar. 6. She notices, and makes us go back to look where weve made finger marks on the white paint. Old Glory 9 A Fourth of July celebration would be B tame affair without Old Glory to flaunt in the folds and wave In the breeze. It flutters everywhere it can be nailed or fastened, and In all sorts and sizes, moreover, it Is known all tha world over, few people, even among the half civilized, not being able to recognize it as the emblem of a free country. Yet, it waa not until nearly a year The cows in Belgium wear earrings. after the Declaration of Independence The law decrees that every cow when that the nation had a regular flag. At it has attained the age of 3 months Cambridge, Massachusetts, Washingmust have it) its ear a ring, to which ton dlsp!aed the original of what is the present flag, without the stars, is attached a numbered metal tag. however, as there were then, January He therefore conCrest Is the term applied to a 1776, no states crown or tuft of feathers on the head structed the flag with thirteen stripes of a fowl. It is sometimes called the of alternate red and white, but where topknot he wars are now, he put a St An 7. We have to make our own beds, It quite accidentally, and the and then, If there Is a wrinkle, or It against whole got spilled on Hester, Just Isnt done right, we have to do it all as she cup was stooping to pick up a piece over again. of toast, and went all over the back 8. Shes Just awful, every way you of the guimpe of her dress. And Miss can think of. Saunders swallowed whatever she put in her mouth in a great hurry, and We, therefore, do solemnly publish and declare that we are and by took off her eyeglasses and pushed her right ought to be free and Independent, and chair back from the table a little and that our mother and our father went Just looked at us. And then she said. away this morning and will not be In that awfully quiet voice that Is back until evening, and that twice as mad as when a person lets out she is not our mother and our father, a yell: never has been and never will be, and "Arthur, how often have I told you that we mean to do as we please, and never to leave your spoon In your cup? that we have full right to levy war and This Is the second time within a week alsoto do all other acts and things. that this has occurred; you may go up And to this we pledge our Uvea, our in your room and remain there until fortunes and our sacred honor. I oome. (Signed) I didnt know what to do, because Arthur L. Bainbridge (thats me), if I went upstairs then It would knock Marjorie Bainbridge, our plan ot reading the Declaration in Hester B. Bainbridge, the head. And while I was rolling up Charles W. Bainbridge, my napkin as slowly as I could, trying Gregory Bainbridge, his x mark. to think what I should do, her voice When It waa all finished it was a broke in: work of art Then the question was. Come, Arthur, I am waiting. What should we do with it? Then I put my napkin down and Let's put It at her plate at breakstood up In my chair. Her eyes nearfast, suggested Hester. ly bulged out of her head at that, Pin It on her door, said Charley. of all the forbidden things in No," I said, that wont do. The the house, standing on any of the original Declaration was read out loud chairs but the ones in the kitchen and I know, cause I asked papa. They the playroom is about the forbiddenest read it out loud, and then they rang a you you bad little boy, you! "Why, big bell till it cracked. she gasped. "Arthur, I dont underWell, whos going to be the one to stand. read It? asked Charlie. But I just pulled the Declaration of "We'll draw lots. I Bald. out of my pocket and Independence And we did with little pieces of began to read. I read all the things and lot fell to me. the alstring; It that she would not let us do, and waa ways happens that way the one who Just getting to the place where It said a not plans thing only has to do all the we meant to do as we pleased till thinking, but he has to go and carry mamma and papa came home. I hadnt out his own Idea while the other people been looking at her, because It was stand and look on, or maybe even as much as I could do to make out make fun of him. Charles writing. And, besides, some Youll all have to go with me, any- of the things, when you came to read way. I said. Ill read It outside her them out loud to the person they were 7 door at oclock Intended for, sounded pretty dreadful morning. The rest all thought it was a bully particularly where it said, "Shes Idea, but Charley said: just awful every way you can think Hadn't we better do it after break- of, my cheeks felt kind of hot when I got to those places, and I let my voice fast? Because Its griddle-cake- s tomorrow morning, and we mightnt get down and hurried over them as fast as I could. She must have come behind any." So we decided to start In being revo- while I was trying to make out some lutionists after breakfast instead of be- of the hard words, which I dont think and the others all agreed with me fore. After breakfast, while were was afterwards a fair advanto be supposed upstairs making our tage to take. Andquite she used to be on Miss Saunders sits in the library beds, for about half an hour, reading the the basketball team when she was In and she was awfully strong. It morning papers, and that would be a college, is no disgrace to be overpowered by good chance to read the declaration such a strong person, and carried upto her stairs, and locked In your room and All through breakfast the next morn- then to be told through the ing we were awfully glum and nerv- that you are to stay there until keyhole you are ous. Before we got to the griddle sorry. I suppose that is the way cakes, I forgot and left my spoon In George the Third would have treated my chocolate, and my am went John Hancock If he could. publishing in tha newspapers of this country, the great virtue of Mrs. Pinkhams medicine must be admitted by all ; and for the absolute core of all kinds of female ills no substitute can possibly take its place. Women should bear this important fact m mind when they go into a drug that is E. Pinkham', drews cross of white on a blue field. at Downs, and history does not say On June 14, 1777, by resolution of whether it was saluted or not, but the was to the made consist English government never forgets to Congress, flag of thirteen alternate red and white do so now, even on the Fourth of July stripes, representing the Union of thirteen states, while in a blue field there were thirteen white stars. A change was made in the flag, dating from May 1, 1795, by adding two more atrlpee and two more stars for Kentucky and taust Deab Mbs. Pinkiiam write and tell you what your Vegetable I Compound has done for me. Qul-bero- death!" men-- Btruation, and was not able to work. Tcur medicine has cured me of my trouble. I felt relieved after taking one bottle. I know of no medMiss Edith Cross, 169 icine as good as yours for female troubles- Water Street, Haverhill, Mass Remember, Mrs. Pinkhams advice Is free, and all sick women are foolish if they do not ask for it. 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