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Show THE SE3II-WEEKL- K. T. IIYDK, t LOGAN, LIVE STOCK NATION. Y Fablltkw. I I i UTAH. I Hover answer a fool according to your folly. was must up a First Importation of Angoras. During the administration of President Polk, the Sultan of Turkey requested of him to recommend some one who wonld experiment in cotton culture in Turkey. Accordingly, Dr. James D. Davis of Columbia, S. C was recommended and received the appointment. The work which he did was so highly gratifying to the Sultan that, upon the return of Dr. Davis in 1849, he reciprocated the courtesy of the President by the doctor alth nine Angorapresenting goats. Of these, seven were does and two were bucks. These goats were then and for many years afterwards thought to be of the Cashmere breed, from the fiber of which the costly Cashmere shawls w ere made. As they came to be better known, how'ever, the differences between the Cashmere and Angora breeds were easily observed. The Davis importation of Angoras was frequently exhibited at fairs, and everywhere attracted much attention and received favorable comments. It was unfortunate for the industry at that time that they were thought to be of the Cashmere breed, for everything that was known about the Cashmere breed was claimed for these goats. As an Angora goat can not fulfill the requisites, of a Cashmere goat any more satisfactorily than Jersey cattle can serve the purposes of the beef breeds, there was abundant room for the disappointment which soon followed and almost drove the Angora, useful as It is now regarded, out of consideration. In 1S53 the Davis goats were purchased by Col. Richard Peters, of Atlanta, Ga., with the exception of one owned by Col. Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, one by Mr. Davenport, 1 the second round, it be furt tier conceded that ho put game fight. Jlr. Carnegies proves experience that the rich man should always make his private secretary a millionaire fore letting him go. be- j : ot i.ew York. Later Colonel Peters Imported others, but they did not prove satisfactory. He is generally looked upon as tin? real founder of the Angora goat industry In the United States. Other imiwrtations occurred from time to time up to 1876. In 1831 the Sultan absolutely prohibited the exportation of Angoras, and this prohibition is still In effect A few animals have been imported from Cape To the rnan of uncertain footing the report that there is a failure of tho crop of banana peels would come as a Colony. piece of welcome news. The West Highland Cattle, Kyloes, are found in great numbers on the Women cant seem to understand hills of Scotland. They are well that the men who look so attentive adapted Wf grazing these rough, poor, at the gauzy waists are not upland pastures, where they have to Impudent just envious. travel great distances for their dally food, and withstand the severe storms, Nowr, if the Turk only would lie to which they are subjected, dreaming in his tent some one might without taking any naturally harm. great in and chloroform him and save slip peek-a-bo- o a whole lot of trouble. Mosquitoes that bite people to death hate appeared in Philadelphia. Dut why should anybody care to live in that town, anyway? The doctor says Mr. dates must have absolute quiet and freedom from excitement. Let the jack-po- t he divided and put the chips away for the present. Perhaps the Oregon chemist who announces that lie has succeeded In making silver from gold will now devote his efforls to making water out of wine. They had a ralrowalk at Mrs. over ia Newport the other evening, there being no monkeys present to require a show (if dignity by the guests. Bcl-mon- ls New York i lma-iin- linist who taught g i of a girl vioif to piny. We know a girl v l.o t.v.rjn herself to play the xi"!!.i. hut we cant conscientiously l nast of her. Tin re iii fer.r that many when jiersoiis nili lie the lu ' tli pi'le iinnlly is discovorcd and the phi ' .'riiylis of tin? locality hi".V tile pule reu-o!- i i -- Furun Sni.- e; ' Ttovolir rstab.'is.' namr op titled I.. I ivi'u:-- Ftv 're TV tl'.ri- ; ' and PiughiiTs of tho w'l! have unly to i !!-- .'! .i ! e i to ' of an ancestor soldiers ('iidienes has jiii-- - t - ' e-- . i ; i f . c swine-breeder- s. swine-breeder- Poluml-lIii-na- Duroc-Jeisiy- i ml.i.i.l li,!iu; iitsfr Wiute, lo.'U, As a res", t ot tb;- in the pert of Lp eih swine iu uiis :i ,t ,;i i . Siberian Butter in England. Recent reports from England declare that Siberian butter la coming in in such qualities that it is demoralising the market. This butter, however shows groat variation in quality. Some or it ranks with tho best buitors on the market, but much of It is of so low a grade that it has to go ii.to channc-M- ' where it is used otherwise than on the aide of the consumer in its nmutnl form. Its salo Is, however he'. pert ly the fact that much loir lktnish baiter is appearing, al-- ! thoii.i the goo., makes continue to Places Free From Cow Ticks. It Is well known that the United States Department cf Agriculture, recognizing the ixdsouous properties of the cow tick, has established a rigid quarantine line running from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean north of which the cow tick is not supposed to be found. This line runs Just north of Mississippi and Includes to the south of It eight or ten counties In Tennessee. 2. There are many farms all over our state that are free of ticks. Recently I wished to vaccinate some Imported Hereford cattle In Marshall county and was unable to find a native cow in the neighborhood from which to draw the blood. Upon further examination I was told by some parties that they had not seen a cow tick during the summer within a radius of five miles of that place. I do nut think I am wrong In f of the estimating that fully townships in our couuties that border' on Tennessee aro free of cow ticks. The same is true to a less extent of many of the counties south of these. We have made observations in Panola, I.aFayctle, Pontotoc, Union, Lee, and Prentiss counties and know that in them it is by no means uncommon to find districts, in the northern part of the slate wc attribute this to the fact that tiro temperature gets low enough to destroy those parasites. 3. Cow tiiks are never found In a Held that has bun cultivated since (iccMpieil by cattle, since plowing up tiro land destroys all ticks ami tick eggs. Tuo cultivated lands of the state include a large area. 4. Pastures woods that have i. nt beta occupied by tkky cattle for twelve months will he free of ticks. .Much of our pa.sluie lauds are used binder than a year by horses, sheep nnd other live stock. 3. We have recn that water, on overflow f..l lands kills mature female ticks, kills ami washes away seed ticks, and wurlifs away tick eggs. Much of our state, including the Mississippi bottom lands, and certain prairie regions are thus freed of ticks. 6. Small lots around towns are usually free of ticks since they are closely grazed and the direct rays of the sun prevent tick eggs from hatching. Bulletin 73, Mississippi Experiment Station. of Trees. There have been described several different conditions of disease which are accompanied by an exudation oi gum, not only of the peach, but of other stone fruits. The exudation of gum from wounds Is especially characteristic of these fruits, in which case under normal conditions the flow of gum is pot great, but it is a protection against weathering and invasion by parasitic fungi, besides greatly assisting the process of healing. It ia only when the flow of gum becomes excessive or chronic that It assumes the nature of diseases, and then It Is due to some obscure cause of physiological nature such as Improper soil or root conditions, or anything which may Interfere with the natural functional activities of the tree. The stinging of the fruit by Insects or the operations of the fruit bark beetle (also called the pin borer) on the tree always excites a How of gum. It Is to the work of the fruit bark beetle that It Is wished to call attention here. This is the only type of gumming disease that has been observed. and It only In a few isolated cases. This particular trouble has been reported as being very injurious at times In New York, Ohio, Illinois, Maryland, and other eastern states. The fruit bark beetle Is a small black Insect to inch long, and the injury It causes consists 1Q tb making of a great number of small boles through the bark to, or lat, the sap wood, causing an iv yum llow and a of the bark immediately around the pr.no tures, usually resulting fatally to the tr- - It Is rtpurtvil that tLe insect ore commonly v isifs sickly trees than healthy ones, and that on such trees the larvae re a bo found l:i s hers between the bark and wood There seems to he no definite rem edy recommended, and perhaps the only one to he suggested Is the painting of the tree tranks with some kind of wash that v. Ill tend to keep the in sects away, together with keeping the dead trees and similar trash well cleaned out of the orchard. h one-twelft- 1. tick-infest- one-hal- tick-fre- one-tent- h i ; , i i j ; j ; dcu-icuin- r, gnpg-plowe- d d feed. I ru-.- nur.i-lcge- Catch Crops. The following catch crops are suggested by A. C. Hallman: Rape sown with oats or barley about two weeks later than the grain Is sown, at the rate of three pounds to the acre, and brushed in with a weed-egives grand pastures In the fall for hogs and young cattle. Rape can also be sown with the last cultivating of corn, and when the crop is removed the young plants grow right along, and give lots of green feed In the fall. Wheat stubbie, shallow and sown early with oats mixed with a few peas, barley or rye, also give an abundance of fall pasture for cows. Rape can also be sown, and gives nice fail picking. I have sown oat stubble with rape and some grain and had pood results. Timothy should always be sown with fall wheat, even If It be plowed down right after harvest The seed amounts to only a trifle. It never winter Kills, and where the wheat. Is winter-killeor heaved out the timothy is there, keeping down the weeds, and at the same lime making good Rye is an excellent crop to sow In the fall for late picking or early pasture in the spring. This can bo sown ou ground tint Is ini ended for root or hoed crops. It makes a splendid cover crop, and where not wanted for pasture will add a let of humus to the soil when plowed down. Some reasons white turnips will well pay for tho labor, when sown after a crop Is taken off. When sown In drills you can clear tiro land by frequent culti-va- l ion. Latch crops nut only help to enrich n the roil, but nolp to clean it. With s. .allow all foul weeds .lie picked off germinate; thes-through j'uf-- ii rlii :j, an i you are rid of them. ni-- Rancidity in Butter. If buttcr-fa- t Is sealed up and kept in a cold dark place it will retain Its normal character and appearance for many months, but if It 18 kept in a warm place and expused to light and air it will quickly undergo chemical and phybical changes and become rancid, liausidily Is developed by oxidation, by which means it loses Its and smell. cuSvOiuary appearance The acidity dues not greatly increase U3 is shown by analysis. There is a difference between whele butter and pure butter fat iu their becoming rancid. The rancidity of the former is caused Iargi ly by bacteria 'working on the casein, lactose and other ingredients that serve as bacterial food. Rat in the caw of pure butter fat there is no bacterial development for the reason that Lhis substance will not sustain life. Two Eurot pean expiMimeiiicrs Luclnux and have proven that lutt'-rlcannot. thrive in a medium of pure fat, and that all charges taking plarc in Tats aro due to oxidation. Air, Iignt and warmth arc therefore the great factors in producing the rancidiry of When pure butter-fa- t pure butier-tat- . begins to get rancid it begins to cjiange color, getting lighter. This action begins on the surface and spreads downward very gradually till the whole lump is bleached. With this change comes a lardy smell and .atiie. The ta.ilc at first acid heroines burning ami pungent. After several nionths of such exposure the butter f.it changes into a pasty ba'-toria- l liit-sor- semi-soli- e Hog Feeds. At the Ontario Indimn Dairy Meeting. Any luuu.na i!..,:yi:ien wanlkur a F:nMnn swine ffniin;.' experiments lie ili'.uvvjjig cf.i.eliisiuus; I. iii.iy alone ga.'p lergrr pains !t ror.il iue.l with (him w citbir oats or '.'in. - : c: v :i" piots gave larger ju.-tifie- d i 1 i; i:i. n; r : :: rijjit ii t v I oi . I . A f. o fill . ,e i ,ii f ! i I c IV' I I'pi.-a'.!k r I : ' . !'-t- Ii ml ii. bi miyh . r,1 I . r" . i V :.i i v 'irly I p.m e et il he r. t. . l i I a e, edy : j of . : .i li.r j? y lai'i.hg i : hit tier he! i; is very a;:i;.!;ly r f tho I.i - I1' , l . . -' Ii c.b. d mass. i : x e tick-infeste- exun-Kansa- post-morte- iT' I V- - i g Kerosene on Pools. The Inhabitants of some parts of rural New Jersey heard that the best way to get rid of mosquitoes was to put kerosene on all the pools and ponds. Some of them were so zealous in the movement that they kerosened the ponds in the cow pastures. One cow feeding in such a pasture died in great agony and a examination was held over her. Her stomach the cause of her deatn, which was kerosene. The farmer examined his pasture and found the water covered with the deadly oil. The other tows were taken from the pasture before they had time to drink of the water. This should act as a caution to the people engaged in the laudable work of mosquito destruction. Water that animals are likely to drink should never be made the subject of this treatment. Wre think the farmers living near towns and villages will have to be more and more on the lookout for this treatment of tlieir pasture's, especially if the said pastures happen to have iu them stagnant pools of water. . A i better-payin- ".II. imrri, I A Loss to Dairying. We are sorry to learn that Professor D. II; Otis of the Kansas Agricultural College has resigned his position there to accept a one as manager of a ranch at Oswego, His salary there is to be $2,100 per annum, with free house rent and several other things thrown in. A few of our colleges are paying exceedingly low salaries and are un-able to hold any man that proves him- self of value. A number of our col- are paying fair salaries and are holding their expert agriculturists, but others do not seem to realize the value of a live man like Professor Otis. During the last two years we have seen quite a number of men leave their positions with colleges and go Into commercial life, because In their former positions they could not make a living. We are not suggesting that high salaries be paid, but that fair salaries be t's order of the day iu our a?riiltur:ljyieges and experiment starTOs. Cannot af--1 ford to lose men like Professor Otis. We doubt if this gentleman ia permitted to remain very long on the ranch. It n f r i rl ii-- ' l! in:,-- L';t a i, to : A Bit of Swine History. The swine introduced Into the United States by the early colonists were of inferior stock, and the 1 .provement in breed is the result of careful selection, breeding and feeding in comparatively recent years. Size was formerly the rhief aim of breeders, and was insisted upon, regardless of proportion, per cent of offal or cost of production, says the last census report Between 1S18 and 1E30 the Chester Whito was evolved as a distinct breed by the crossing of some large, white stock from Hertfordshire, England, with the white hogs then common In Chester Couuty, Pennsylvania. The lierkshirp was introduced from England about 1S30, but did not come into general favor till the decade 1870 to liiS'l. The Polar.d-Chinoriginated in southwestern Ohio between 1S38 and IS 10, from the rossing of various minor breeds. It was known by many names, from among which, in 1S72, that of l'oiaiiJ Cl.iua was selected by the national convention of This breed was crossed with the Ilcrkshire, resulting in better form and fattening qualities and in establishing the black color with white markings. The interest in swine breeding in recent years Is illustrated by the dates of first r( gist ration of the different associations, whkh were as follows: American . Berkshire, IS?:.; S'aii'lanl 1S77: Central Poland China, l7!.i; American Chester White. 1SS1; American Esmx, lbS7; American . Notice Worth Heeding. Dr. Reynolds, the commissioner of Health for Chicago, is sending out the following notice, which Is being posted at all stations at which milk for Chicago Is being shipped: Milk cans must be clean Inside and out. No matter how clean a can looks, before using it should be washed with soap suds, rinsed with clean water and then scalded. Milk shipped in dirty cans la liable to confiscation." The notice la not meant to merely scare people Into being clean. It has already been backed up by acts, and In a number of cases milk arriving at the Chicago depots has been seized and poured into the sewers. This should be the fate of all dirty milk. Just as long as the consumers will buy and use dirty milk there are men that will make milk In an uncleanly manner and deliver c In dirty cans. A man that will use a dirty can m the delivery of milk ia altogether likely to be careless In its production, while the man that ia scrupulously clean about the delivery of milk ia very likely to be equally clean in his methods of production. The Chicago officer that pours a can of dirty milk into the gutter is doing a service to the consumer and to the cleanly producer oi milk lu tho country. eor-- i j -I ' L.i if t: uf. rm- - t bi;A ti.e.r t.i ti ' mo! lc w e t a from ti.e:j. ed |