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Show It seems strange that anyone can prefer using foreign butter to that made at home. For the consumer knows abHelena lias an epidemic of mease Is, INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR solutely nothing, as a rule, of the condition! under which the foreign article there being 103 cases among the school OUR RURAL READERS. is produced, whereat he can be tolerchildren. ably sure that every possible precauDark dungeons and bread and water How laeMufil Forman Oporsto This tion is taken in bis own country to endiet are to be prohibited at the indusDopartoMBt of the Farm A Fow sure cleanliness and the absence of conHlaU aa to ttao Coro of 14vo Stock taminating atmosphere, to say nothing trial school for girls at Denver. of the health of the cows themselves. sod Poultry, During 1897 about 1,000 brands were placed on the record, making in all Swill-Fa- d Hogs Klllxd Hjr Soap. A Brlttalny Hatter Farm. about 13.000 brands recorded in the V. A. Moore, in Bulletin 141, Cornell One hears so much nowadays, writes Montana state recoider's office. a correspondent of the Globe (Eng- Experiment Station: It Is a common Fifteen Anaconda miners will soon experience of those who are engaged of the excellence of foreign butstart for Klondike. Each man con- land) of the home in the investigation of animal diseases ter, and of the to occasionally find outbreaks of a petributes his share of a year's supplies product, that It inferiority may perhaps be interculiar nature among twill-fe- d and $1,000 in cash, and the profits are esting to get an lnalght into the surhogs. By these are meant herds of greater or of one competto be divided. of our many roundings itors in the manufacture of this useful less size, usually kept near or within The county assessors held a state article. It ia true that Brittany by no the outskirts of our villages or small convention at Helena Mont., last week means stands first on the roll of for- cities, and which are fed upon the for the purpose of adopting a uniform eign manufacture. So much so, in fact, kitchen refuse, often Including dish waschedule of values. Live stock valua- that a great deal of Its butter Is sent ter, collected from hotels, boarding to Denmark to be reshipped thence to houses and private dwellings. The tions were increased. England, and so come into the English cause of death in these outbreaks la, Recently, when Ralf and Dick Pe- market under the prestige which rightin this state, at least, usually attributed terson of Ituhy Montana went to look ly attaches to the Danish product This, to hog cholera. The basis for this popafter their traps, they found they had however, la by the way. The fact re- ular diagnosis seems to be In the simthat a large quantity of Breton ilarity of certain of the symptoms mancaptured a mountain lion thatmeasued mains butter goes direct to England, and is ifested nine feet from tip to tip. by these animals to those of hog sold as such on its own merits. Those for example, as diarcholera, IV. John Kelley, an old timer in who use it are prepared to maintain its rhoea andsuch, partial paralysis, and the Butte, died last week at the Sisters' superiority over that made at home. fact a that majority of those attacked hospital. He was in the neighborhood Let us take a glance at the Breton die. The course of the disease Is Irof 80 years old, and was among the farmer and his surroundings, and see If this be so. Take almost any high regular, deaths occurring In from a few earliest comers to the camp. s road in Brittany very excellent they hours to several days after the aymp-tomThe Montana Land and Improvment are, too and you will soon arrive at a appear. During the past year I company's Irrigation canal is being im- green lane leading out of it A most have had occasion to make Investigaproved by the substitution of a culvert picturesque lane it will be. Poaslbly it tions into the nature of several of these for the 'flume across Valley creek will lead between high banks, thickly outbreaks of a supposedly infectious near Park City. The expense of the studded with pollard oaks, beneath disease. In a few of these epizootics which the awine will be greedily hog cholera or swine plague was easily improvement will be about $0,000. acorns, and an old woman demonstrated. In certain others, howmunching Mrs. Rose Schlattman, who has in a white cap and a blue dress will ever, these or other infectious diseases lived in Cheyenne for three years, be herding a solitary cow, or a flock of could not be found. The animals were has departed for Dawson City. Mrs. geese, or a mixed crew consisting of a usually fed the kitchen slops collected Schlattman is the first woman from cow, a sheep, and a couple of geeae, from hotels and boarding houses. The Wyomining to go to the Klondike. and, aa a matter of course, she will be tissue changes in the animals examShe has no defnite plana but is con- knitting busily. Or It may lead down ined, were atypical of any known disan avenue fident she can win a fortune in the common of chestnuts, whose fruit is ease, and notwithstanding the bacteproperty, and you will aee two examinations which were land of snow. or three women, and twice aa many riological made, together with animal Inoculag The Wyoming oil sydnicate is children, stamping the nuts out of tions with pieces of the diseased orfor a well drilling outfit and their prickly covering with their wood- gans, the cause of death remained unen sabots. The a val- determined. The post mortem examiproposes to put down a test well on its uable addition tochestnuts form the homely peasants property, near Douglas. The Wyo- fare of bouillon, black bread, and the nations showed in nearly all of these ming Oil company has reached a depth inferior potatoes. The best are given animals enlarged and dark colored of 400 feet with its well hut is having to the pets of the family the pigs, lt lymphatic glands, especially those of considerable difficulty by reason of the This plain fare is washed down the mesentery. The blood vessels of were very mnch distendwith which copious draughts of cider, tea and the mesentery caving in of the shale through The liver and kidneys ed blood. with coffee, being luxuries which smack too the well is being driven. were usually not affected, but occamuch of extravagance to the thrift-lovin- g Twelve sticks of powder exploded peasant It ia not too much to say sionally these organs were Involved. in the house of Alfonso Massucci at that saving la the one absorbing pas- Where there had been marked nervous Basin, Mont, completely wrecking sion of the women, and only rivalled symptoms the brain was much congestthe whole house. Massucci sustained in the men by their love of strong ed. Occasionally the lungs contained debouch into an areas of collapse. The Intestines were, injuries which in all probably will drink. The lane, will men where the field, open will, suppos- as a rule, pale, and the mucous memcomwas prove fatal. Ills right leg to be it be seen ing shaking brane seemed to be abnormally shiny. October, pletely shattered, being broken in a down the fruit from the apple trees, The negative outcome of these investinumber of places, while his entire and the shout which may possibly greet gations suggested that possibly our body is covered with cuts and bruises your arrival will be. not a tribute to methods had been faulty or that some A suit to test the law under which you, but In honor of their having Just unknown conditions existed which had finished a tree. On these occasions the obscured the cause of death, and that the Montana state arid land commis- cider mug goes round, as. Indeed, it will after all the popnlar diagnosis of an insioners proposes to build the Billings on beginning the next As there are fectious disease was right Against Canal has begun in the supreme court many trees on every farm, and farms this was the fact that the distheory The on every hand as well, a Bacchanalian ease did not spread from the affected by Attorney General Nolan. action is a friendly one instituted festival appears to be in progress, what herds to others, although, as a rule, to determine the authority of the arid with the continual shouting and cheer- precautions were not taken to prevent (one farm answering another) and its dissemination, and In some inland commission, which desires to ing state of drunkenness which prevails stances the the neighboring herds were know its position before entering upj everywhere. situated for contracting moct favorably canaL on the construction of the had been contagious. if disease the it But let us enter the house Itself, and A man whose name is thought to ba outbreaka the exceedthe In certain of see the actual surroundings In which which in condition the pens John Oleson was bronght to the hos- the Brittany butter ingly filthy has its origin. Here pital suffering from terrible injuries you will find no cool, cleanly dairy; on and yards were kept suggested. In the received while thawing powder out at the contrary, there Is a mud floor of the absence of a knowledge of definite, the flume tunnel north of Anaconda, dirtiest description, sometimes with specific agents, that the animals had surMont. It is supposed that a stick of puddles of water standing on It You died aa a result of their unsanitary a unwholesome and food, roundings table from Into Its a go room, which, giant powder exploded while he was scattered which In some Instances Is unwashed with hypothesis and platcups holding it in his hand, as his right ters, from its array of cupboards (some- still entertained as being highly probhand and arm was terribly shattered, times of priceless oak), from Its close" able. However, we were still confrontao that the bones are all broken and beds which line the wall, is evidently ed with' the problem that In many outlaid bare. the living and sleeping room of the breaks neither a specific Infectious disThe Gallatin valley, Montana, is family. Here, from an oak chest, you ease could be found nor the exciting to have a new industry. Lyman Wal- will see Madame, in the whitest of caps, cause of death pointed out. in strange contrast to her surroundings, Although It was apparent that the ton one of the prosperous farmers of take several earththe valley, is going to change his grain enware bowls full of milk. These she cause of the deaths was to be found of this kind ranch into a skunk ranch and raise the will skim, and then ahe will pour the In the food, the feeders see why they should to of failed swill animals for the purpose of making skim milk Into a tub for the pigs. If discontinue Its use. Naturally they felt money out of their pelts, and also the you watch closely you will see a fair that If we could not find or demonstrate of black dirt dribble out of the oil from their bodies. As the skins quantity bowl with the last cupful of milk. She the presence of the deetructlve agent to the and $1, are worth from 75 cents will then churn the cream in a churn In the swill the cause of death must be increase of each female is from six to shaped something like a bottle with a something else, probably hog cholera, twelve every year1, and as the cost of stick In It, which works up and down. for thousands of hogs are annually enter-prov- e But perhaps the most disgusting feat- raised upon this kind of food. Furfeeding them is small, the new ure of the performance is that, instead ther, the plea that such garbage was success. a be may of wetting her linger with water when not a suitable or even wholesome food has Rock Frank Swanson of Springs she Is making up the butter, she moist- for their animals availed nothing, for returned from Dawson City. He has ens them with her tongue. This is an the reply was, that usually their pigs an interest in a number of Klondike eradlcable item in Breton thrived upon It Early in the summer. claims, besides having brought out a People have tried in their own In conversation on this subject with d roll, the result of a year's houses to make their "bonnes" use wa- Mr. W. F. Davey, an enterprising farmclean-uHe will return to Klondike ter, but unless the mistress actually er living near Brewerton, N. Y., he reover her servant the latter will lated the circumstances concerning an the present winter. Thomas stands during once return to the old familiar habit outbreak of this kind in which he had at llartney of Rock Springs sends a letter The when made. Is of good traced the cause of the trouble to the butter, from Dawson City to the Miner, in and and Is palpable enough soap used in washing dishes. The swill, flavor color, which he states that there is a corner to those who are unacquainted with its dish water, was collected on nearly every article in Dawson. Beer manufacture. Near Qu Imperil there la including the small hotels and fed to a three from at $40 Veils at $4.30 a gallon, whisky a laiterle, or dairy, where everything Is herd of swine. In a short time the anii gallon, candles, $1 each. There is done on Improved modern principles, mals began to sicken, and many of plenty of meat in the town, but it is and the proprietor aaka and actually them died. Upon inquiry it was found held at a high figure, mutton being obtains three francs a pound for the that In the hotels large quantities of article he produces. This, in a country $1.25 and beef $1.50 per pound. All of powdered soap were used in washing c where butter fetches from went into who was stopped, and no men Rock the Springs to one franc at the ordinary farms, the dishes. This died. Later in the seaare winter animals this fields more doing the gold speaks volumes for the estimation in of Plattsburg, A. J. McCrank, Dr. William son of one Forndran, them, which common cleanliness is held, and well, an apparentof outbreak an of bow extremely rare it is. The better told me having already cleaned up $30,000. disease swine among infectious The first locomotive ever used in class of residents in Brittany will not ly his come under observation had which milk on drink account of the bought Minnesota is now switching in the and in which he could not make a dirty habits of the peasants who proGreat Northern. of the Kalispcll yards When it. vide the sanitary arrangepositive diagnosis. In the investigation are elk of on numbers ments Wing the of Its cause he found that the hogs cleanliEnglish Large farms, of ness the which fork north on the and the were being fed the swill, Including the prevails, inspection slaughtered la 1ries taken into of t consideration, dishwater, from a hotel. Upon inquiry Sun river in Montana, in violation the game law. DAIRY AND F0ULTRY. NORTHWEST NOTES. nego-tatin- to-w- - terra-cotta-color- ed butter-makin- fair-size- p. half-a-fran- g. he found that poxdcred soap was being used in large quantities. The swill from this place was stopped and tbs disease disappeared. In following up the line of Inquiry which theae expe-- . rlencea suggested, It was found that there is among the more enterprising farmers a quite general belief that these soaps, when given In considerable quantities, are Injurious and even fatal to hogs. The concensus of opinion on this subject, together with the more definite observations of Mr. Davey and Dr. McCrank, appeared to be so conclusive that it seemed Important to determine by careful experiment to what extent, if at all, powdered soaps can be considered as the cause of death in this class of outbreaks. Koup. I notice in the Stockman and Farmer a query in regard to the cause of roup and the way to cure the disease, etc., writes W. P. Perkins to National Stock-ma- n and Farmer. The writer has been actively connected with the poultry business for more than a decade, and he unhesitatingly says the best way to cure roup is to keep clear of the foul disorder. That Is. prevention is practically the only satisfactory remedy. It is well enough to talk about making cures cures, but most of the leave the birds all broken up constitutionally, and practically worthless. When I first began to keep fowls roup was a terrible trouble to me, but lately we do not have to worry much about the disorder; and this, I think. Is the experience of the majority of poultry keepers. A beginner is almost sure to get a good taste of roup the first fill and winter In which he practices poultry culture. It Is so easy to neglect closing doors and windows and setting broken panes of glass, which. If not done, means drafts of air upon the birds while at roost, one of the most prolific sources of roup in existence. Foul air is almost as bad as a draft. Have effective ventilation, but do not allow the air to blow upon the roosts. Feed wisely and be vigilant and thereby avoid roup. so-call- ed MIXING NOTES. A trial shipment from the Cascade at Marys vale will be mude next week. Predictions are made that the stan- dard mine at Marvsvale will be marketing pay ore within six weeks. The l'opkees mill at Stateline has proven a success, and seven more stamps will be added as soon as they can be shipped from Chicago and put in place A bar of gold valued at $1,000 was shipped from Stateline last week. It was the product of fifty tons of Creole ore treated by the new p mill erected. recently The closing of the Ontario mill at Park City occurred Friday last. The final bullion melt was made and the last man laid off except those left in charge of the property. S. II. Kastman of Salt Lake and W. 11. Ives of Ogden, well known to a great many mining men of the state, are rigging up their traps and affairs ready to start for the Klondike next Monday. They will go to Skaguay and over the Chilkoot pass. Ed Oilman, an old timer and known in nearly every camp from Colorado to California, left Salt Lake City last two-stam- . week for Dawson City via Kkagua. lie went in the interest of Salt Lake capitalists, who believe his forty-siyear of experience should be worth sorties x thing to them. Samples of ore from the American Mining and Milling company's mine at Willard Hill, Box Elder county, have been on exhibition the past week which are filled with wire gold. Other, specimens panned many colors, and development willbe pushed .with renewed zeal. The Comstock group of mines, situated in Stateliue district, Utah, and Eagle Valley district, Nevada, owned San the Feathers. by Ben Johnson, Allen G. Campbell Poultry feathers should be kept for and R. C. Lund, have been sold to Dr. stuffing pillows, sofa cushions, and J. W. Nelson of Boston for $200,000. 1 1 other home conveniences, even where It is the best sale that has been made for is not deemed worth while to sell them, some time in either state. Geese says Column's Rural World. The Hope mine in Basin camp, Monand duck feathers, being much more valuable than others, should always be tana, is to be operated again by a compreserved with care. Downy feathers pany of which Governor Smith is the of hens and turkeys serve a very good head. The work of pumping out the purpose and unless you wish to make mine The Hope produsters of tall and wing feathers, the duced began Tuesday. 3,000-foto the $600,000 level, soft, feathery portions of these may work was when a disastrous stopped by to added be stripped off the quill and tbe rest. Unless the flock is large, it fire. Some Utah capital is tied up in will take some time to secure enough the mine. feathers to stuff even a cushion, and aa The first years' statement of the they are gathered from time to time, business of the Salt Lake mining exthey must be put into whole cotton change show sales of 692,170 shares, bags, tied securely so that no moth millers can enter, and placed for a short aggregating a value of $193,645.17, and during the month of January 206,100 time in a warm oven, to dry thoroughly. If hens are scalded before picking, shares, valued at $32,048.30. The latthe feathers can be dried In a tin pan, ter figures Indicate that the second in a moderately warm stove oven. Re- years' business will be several times move ail bits of skin, aa they produce as large as the first. an unpleasant odor hard to get rid of. Believing that a road will be built Feathers well cleaned answer very well the Deep Creek country the comInto cushions. soft chair and for bolsters, ing summer, several responsible parties have been quietly trying to bond many Glorifying tha Galen Wilson, in Farm and Fire- of the promising properties of the Deep side," requested an old, crippled soldier Creek. The owners generally refuse engaged in poultry raising, to give his to enter into a proposition at this time. views, and received the following: have held their properties for Eggs are alwaya cash. They are ready Many years, doing the required work from for market the minute laid, and the sooner they are got to market the year to year in anticipation of the better. They require no cultivation, realization of their fondest hopes, and pruning or harvesting, but are at once they do not now care to unload when With plenty of everything points to a brighter future. in salable condition. eggs on the farm there are a host of Litigation for the possession of the good things In the kitchen and money in the family purse. Gathering up eggs Copper King mine in Blacksmiths is like picking up dimes and dollars. Fork canyon. Cache county, has beGreat is the hen that produces them. gun. The litigants are W. II. Jack-so- n When everything is dull in winter the of Logan and W. J. Hilletal. of has wonderfully helped out 'Vellavllle. Lately Mr. Jackson frightmany a poor farmer. The crops may ened the adverse claimants off the be poor, tbe provisions low, the family with a gun and is now under cow dry, with a long wait for the next property to the peace. It is bebonds preserve comes hen the up growing season, but lieved will develop into a the Is a to of and property get pound ready smiling, tea or a sack of flour. If treated well, valuable one. she will respond aj readily when the A tenderfoot named Guker last week snow is on the ground as when the discovered the richest ore ever found fields are green. She is a friend to the in Oregon, within two miles of Canrich and poor alike. yon City, near Spokane. It assays Feeding for Eggs. Here are a few $52,000 in gold per ton. The ledge U more figures and they are from an only fourteen inches wide, and the Eastern man (Long Island), who lives material is soft and crumbly. Guker where poultry can be kept for nothing, a in time with his hands and short on be the can as It average very nearly snow water washed out $600 worth of Dakota. He In farm saya: grain From January 1 to January 1, I kept the yellow metal on an average of 175 hens; sold 3,212 The Park Record, says it is in posdoxen eggs and raised 340 chickens. session of imformation that it conEggs sold at home for $574.44; the reliable that the Silver King's siders chickens were part sold and part kept reduction works will be built new amount for poulon the place. While 116 fine pulwith and the $640.30, eggs, coming spring and summer. duing try This gentleman Just as soon as the weather will perlets for another year. aaya that hla method of feeding Is to mit, the Rio Grand Western will have corn on hand, winter and sum- build a spur from the depot into mer." When cold he feeds other grain, canyon, and from there Thayne's with warm bran and meal pudding. IIa mountain side west of town around the clover and feeds other also chopped mine. to Silver the This is to I have tried He King adds: this plan hay. two winters and when my neighbors, lie done in time to haul the machinery who feed in the old way, were only and supplies for the new mill without getting two or three dozen eggs per transfer, and to haul the mine's prodweek from 100 hens, my product was uct from the works. from forty to sixty doxen per week There is little prospects of renewing1 from 175." Ex. work at Gold Creek, Nevada, until a Russia possesses at least one luxury, is effected. The imIn a breed of dogs which are kald to reorganization too are vast to remain unprovements unable to Mrl be naturally qul used without suffering a heavy loss. i ot egg-bask- et |