THE CATHOLIC PROGRESS.
Y
i
Quack grtss is not difficult to man-
age; but. like some )ther things, good
in themselves, it becomes hateful when
lmlsmanaged. It may be nmde exceed-
P tngly valuable in comparison with oth-
er grasses thought to be indispcns.ble
to us. s'lys a correspondent of Rural
New 'Yorker. Its persistent growth and
fast hold upon the ground should make
it one of the most highly valued of tll
the grasses. I cultivated it ill New Jer-
t2y in a field o1' several aclxs of which
it had taken cntire possession, giving it
, h.,ffiliberal supplies of fertilizcr and a
-1110l)ring ilarrewing with a heavy, sharp
ioothed harrow to loosen the soil, using
it as green feed for my cows as'well
as for hay. I one year sowed clover
seed with tills quack grass after "t thor-
ough harrowing of the surface, and the
yield was over two tons o the acre of
the best hay. After four years of use
in this way, the clover having run out,
the land was plowed to a sufficient
depth to expose the mat of roots, which
was very thick, occupying most of 1he
ssil. I dug out one square foot of the
sSd a foot deep, and after shaking oi'
the soil as much as possible the roots
and grass weighed four pounds and one
ounee equivalent to about eighty tons
of ordinary: manure for acre. The land
was put Into eoril, an(1 afel' a few
harrowings at intervals of lwo days
the roots were dead by exposure to lhe
sun and dry weather, so thai lhere was
very little trouble in working lhe corn.
Then sag/iF beets and Ililqllge]s vere
.rown on part of tlle l'md and potatoes
!... on the rest, wheat following, 'tftcr
which it was seeded to grass "tad clo-
ver. If I could have got the seed of the
qtack grass, I should certainly have
sown that in preference to any other.
As to tile effects of this grass on tile
milk, my wife, after two or three
ehurnings from the green quack grass,
asked what I was giving the cows, as
the butter had increased so much.
Food For Cow.
During the period that cows are dry
they should be fed enough to keep
them in a tilrifty condition without
their becoming too fat. Bran, roots,
clover hay, cornstalks, etc., make
a most suitable variety of food The
aim at this period should be to feed
nonstimulating foods and olfly that
V?hich has a cooling and laxative effect
upon tile system. A cow should never
be fed heavy food Just before dropi)iug
her calf. Heavy food at such a time,
especially foodstuff of a carbonaceous
or heating nature, is a very injurlons
food to he given and may cause ill-
flammataon or garget ill the udder. It
is important, however, that during tills
period the cow should be well fed.
Feeding Value of Rape.
Rape has a high feeding valne, it
makes an excellent feed for fattening
sheep and swine and for producing "In
abundant flow of milk In milk cows,
0, account of danger of tainting the
milk many people do not feed it to the
cows until after milking. Rape can
be used to good advantage as a llart
of the ration for animals that are lle-
tng fed in polls for market or for the
show ring. By beginning as early as
practicable, in tile spring "Hld seeding
at intervals of two or three weeks a
continuous succession of ral)e (*'Ill De
produced throughout the pcriod when
the permanent pastures [ire nlosE like-
ly to be short. Rape will endure quite
severe cold weather and hus will last
a )ong time after the ord!nary pastnre
grasses succumb to the frost. By the
use of this crop stock can be got
into good condition for the holiday
markets or for winter, and there need
to be no check in growth, fat and milk
production through insufficient succu-
lent food during the late summer and
autumn months, as is too frequently
the case.
A Large Silo.
The silo is popular with stoekme,
and farmers in South Dakota. Here is
a picture of the largest silo in the state.
It iS 44 feet high and 25 feet in diame-
ter. It has a capacity of 500 tons. The
picture is front the Breeder's Gazette.
To Make Good Silage.
Climate has n¢ influe.,ce on the keep.
ng quality of silage. Spoiled silage
crees from imperfections in the silo
1. itself or the quality of the material
used for filling it, says Hoard's Dairy-
man,
Thus, too, dry corn ahnost always re-
suits in spoiled, moldy ensihlge, a con.
ditton which may be prevented by the
addition of water after the silo has
been filled. Unless the silage has been
well packed when filling spoiled silage
will also result, and lastly o silo that is
not built ttght always allows a large
amount of the contents to spoil. But
ilrlth a properly built silo and corn of
the right quality at time of filling there
is no reason why good silage cannot be
made anywhere.
If tlie homemade silo is properly
built, it is Just as good as the /dyer.
tised article.
THE HIGHEST DEMAND.
11'ilo Processes of l*Itslcurizing and
Clarifying Milk.
It may prove Interesting to some of
our readers to know how the finest
brands of milk arc handled for the
very particular m/lrket they are intend-
ed to supply. Let us say right here
that the influence of this highest de-
mand is making itself felt all along the
line, even to tile ordinilry creamery,
calling for a more conscientious and
intelligent treatment of the milk and
its conditions, says lloard's Dairyman.
The Dayton (O.) Pure Milk and But-
ter company have lately installed their
plant, and we will describe the various
processes through which the milk
passes.
About twenty-five dairymen are now
furnishing milk direct to the plant.
Every man's product is first tested each
morning to see that it bas not been
"doctored" by tile additioo of formal-
dehyde or other foreign substance or
diluted with water. It Is then put into
a large tank and weighed, l,'rom this it
goes with the other milk into a very
large open tank covered with cloth.
where it is eonstanlly stirred to pl'c-
vent the cream from rising. This is on
tile second flour. The next process
takes the milk It) the first floor, where
it p,tsses through tile tempering tank.
Here the temperaun'e of the milk is
raised to about 162 degrees, not hot
enougil to change the chemical proper-
ties of the milk, however. Tile process
is continuous from the time the fluid
leaves tile receiving tank until it is
llermetleally sealed in sterilized bot-
tles. As it goes from the teml)cring
tank it runs directly to tie clarifler.
which makes thousands of revolutions
a minute, and every particle of foreign
matter is eliminated. And such stuff It
is. a whole bucketful every day of the
vilest of dirt and filth and the products
of disease.
From the el/rifler the hot milk goes
to the pasteurizers. There are turee of
these, the first filled with hot water.
the second with cold. the third with
brine. In passing through these ma-
chines the temperature of tile milk Is
lowered in about te,l seconds from 162
to 38 degrees. And therein is the pas-
teurizing process by which all bacteria
and germs of every sort are killed, as
they are not able to withstand the
shock of the sudden change in temper-
ature.
After bottling the milk is put ill cold
storage and held for delivery. It is as
pure as milk can be and yet just as tru-
ly milk as it ever was. It will keep for
five or six days in all ordinary refriger-
ator. The pasteurizing kills tim l,tctle
germs, which are responsible for the
souring process.
The bottles are cleaned as clean as
they can be made and ufterward put in
a sterilizing room and sul)jected to 240
degrees of heat for half an hour.
The whole plant is in the highest de-
gree wholesome and sanitary. The em-
ployees dress in pure white, always
fresh and clean.
It is now generally conceded that tim
recent national legislation on oleomar-
garine is not going to restrict the pro-
duction of that article, and, further.
that it is like] y to increase its consump-
tion, says Stockman and Farmer. The
low license fee and the fact that re-
tailers can make a greater profit from
oleomargarine than from butter are
powerful influences in extending the
trade in the substitute. So far as color
goes oleomargarine is now being col-
ored without at least any apparent vio-
lation of law. The coloring is not ;o
rleh as of yore, but it is sufficient to
satisfy the consumer's eye, and oleo-
margarine's merits are being so gener-
all ,lrged and the demerits of butter
so f, "elbly set fortil by the retailer
that i, ")re people than ever are eating
oleomargarine knowingly. A new prec.
ess of renovating inferior butter is now
in use by the packers, and this is hqv-
Ing some influence on the market. On
the whole we cannot s'y that the situ-
ation Justifies expectation of htgil
prices for butter henceforth Prices are
fair now, all things considered, and
the proi)ability is that they will imt be
higher except for a brief period or un-
der some stress of circumstances. The
butter maker must depend on tile excel.
lence of his product to afford him a
profitable market one year with anoth-
er. Leglslatiou will not do it, nor wll|
anything else do it except the care and
skill in manufacture and marketing.
Common butter must continue to sell
cheap, just as common products of all
kinds sell. Broadly speaking, produc-
tion is more evenly balanced now than
it was. More milk is going into cheese
and to the cities, and until there are
more dairymen there is not likely to be
a serious overproduction tu the butter
business. But good products will be
necessary to profit.
I HATCHING WITH HENB.
onte Ilnlcm That Must Be Observed
to Sccrc Good Results.
Hatching chicks with hens is "is old
as domestic poultry. At the s:m', time
on the :lveraffe gl'elt lnll)rovelllCll{ ,lln
be nla(]e ill nlctho(]s for I:,,,!l .," ' :.:
work done by liens, ('.I)l'cially w!:(,: w.
try to produce the (.lilt.ks in uL::. , :.-;
to the best :ldValltage. ill ['()I'll:' .. I, "'
nest for the lieli lye :ll'e tll[ l' I} ,
bOX nluch too Snlal] for 1[,. ],i,:,,,.,.
for tile nest sllou]d bcd,',':= ;::
Inade ef eiloug]l nlai(!l'];ll lo ] .t; ;t:}
ill hell)ing lo keep the c,.:::.s r,;::.,. .,,
nest that is so sparing y :,t,:,, • t, /nose back yoke, full or inverted box
scarcely keep the eggs fl't)nl it:(, ,..'i:io,:
and bottom of the box l'at]]s i: I(,HtIil:;,
aid ill keeping tile eggs w:trm, lrs,
plenty of hay or straw and pack i7
close and tight and hdve it deep llkt t:
bird's nest so the he] will be down
mong the hay or straw, and iiave the
lining thick enough to keep the eggs
away front thc, box.
Nests so constructed will lend their
FASHIONS.
The spring wraps are almost replicas
of those worn during tle winter,
With toilets wLich have long skirts
tile three-quarter coat is almost uni-
versally worn, but with a short skirt
or ordin*ry street costume the hip
length garment is doomed more mod-
ish. The short kimona coat with Jap.
,kt ful )r inverted box
1 ime t front may be
,r ttte d across. This
of oat also appears in
o: Full n h garment.
in ua ca, wt ch this
en uol r ge i Paris,
be one of the leading
plait back and kimona front
turned back or buttoned across.
same outline of coat
three-quarter or full length
In fact, the kimona coat, wlich this
winter has been such a rage in Paris,
bids fair to
shapes during the coming season, and
aid to the work, protect the eggs from it has much to commend It, The reg.
changes of the weather and assist the ulation mandarin coat is another mode
hen ill her work, but when so con- adapted from tie Orient, and it is ex-
structed as to allow the heat to be
drawn away from the eggs the chances
are that yeo will not have so large a
hatch as you will have when the nests
are 1)roperly made. We know of some
who depend entirely upon the hens to
do tile hatching. I have seeu thirty and
forty hens eli nests of eggs in one room,
all the nests built in a row and two
tiers high. the nests roomy and deep
and the room darkened except when
the liens came to feed. It is quite as
and when you have finished you can
see to it that all have heen off to feed
by feeling their crops. Place all where
they belong and shut them in for an-
other (lay.
When this plan is in good w)rking
order, there is but little trouble In look-
ing after the hens. Have ten or a doz-
en feed boxes and by each a pan of
water so they may all have a chance
for food and drink. Dust them all well
with any good iusect powder lu place
of tile dust bath, and all will go well
with them. If we will place out" hand
on the crop of each after it has been
off to feed. we can quickly tell those
that have not fed and take them off
again to eat. If wc watch thenl well
eeedingly attractive, especially when
rich materials are employed for its
construction. Tlere are as well a
number of new cloaks that have much
about them ,hat suggest the modes
the modes of 1830 The pelerine effect
/or examl)ie. It has full flowing
sleeves, the deep pelerine stole droop-
ing about the shoulders and finished
easy to h:lve them this way as any with knotted fringe. Oollars are al-
way. They can be let off at noon prior most absent from the newest garments
to going to your own noond,qy meal, unless cape collars are used. The
cape, single, double or triple, is sur-
ounted by a norrow turn-down collar,
but it is more alton collarless. Those
capes must be cefully fitted to be cor-
rect, as they ml t cling to the shoul-
ders. In manic Of the latest creations
the cape is sl'.dler in the ron than
it is iu the back, which makes it quite
old'timoy and picturesque; many of
them have a hood like effect.
There is destinnd to be a change in
sleeves, ls tio full sleeve gathered iu- laces are faintly
to a close cuff has been so inueh worn bl,,e, and made up
and care for their wants, many of them that an innovation seems ahnost essen, the same tones.
will stay on the nest for two hatches tial. For the present mousquetaire is
and do well, thus providing a living
incubator.
A Pri=e Winner.
,,. ,
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This fine white Wyandotte cock. first
at New York show of 1903, was bred
and is owned by W. R. Graves. West
Springfield. Mass.
very much in evidence. It starts close
and almost unwrinkled over the wrist,
the fulness and folds increasing tow-
ard the elbows. Anotiler modisb
sleeve is drawn ill close on the lower
part of the arm and laced on theout-
sisde, the lacing running almost to
the elbows. An effort, is also being
made to get away from the separate
cuff, which has been so much in vogue.
Double-breasted fronts are character.
istic of many of the walking jacket
models. Iu tweed, camel's-hair, Eng-
lish serge or cheviot the jacket s semi-
loose. In heavier fabrics it is trim
and snug in its effect.
A simple but effective model for a
tailor costume for early spring wear
is of black .and white mixed wool,
trimmed with black soutache braid• A
narrow panel is inserted on eaon side
of the font breadth. This panel is
Turkey llalln" For Vo,nen. slightly graluated in width and edged
Five years ago liiss Arlltt Martin of with the braid, the widest portion
Texas began raising turkeys. She had
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THE RANt I-I,
l.,era'd'ng Farm Par
of te 'or,,,*,et ...SEATTLE, VASH.
a flock of tire liens and a gobbler to
start with. The first year she raised
117 birds ixl the spring and seventy-
nine in the fall, which she sold at an
awrage of 97 cents each. The greater
part of the first year's earnings was
spent the second year in buying food
and building houses and yards for her
fowls. She bought five common hens
and put them to hatching turkeys'
eggs at the same tlme turkey hens
were set, and when the poults ap-
peared they were all given to the com-
mon liens, while the turkey hens were
hroken up and soon laid another clutch
of eggs.
That year she raised 434 turkeys and
sold all but fifty, which were reserw,d
for breeder.. From these she raised
the following year 1,400, of which 100
were kept. By this time she was using
near the foot of the skirt measuring
not more than three inches. Narrow
insertions of black cloth are set in the
frout and back of the bodice, which
has a double-breasted blouse effect
andis crossedwith the braid in breton
fashion, the braid endiug iu small
loops caught with buttons. The
sleeve is slasbed on the outside of the
arm and inserted wth black cloth,and
trimmed with the braid and the hut-
tOlls.
Htgh girdles are much in vogue.
They are especially effective when
worn with tilth bodices. They look
simple, but there is an art in making
incubators and planted several acres to them so that they will define the waist
green stuff for food and hired two we- line properly. They must be careful-
men and several boys to help care for ly boned and fastened invisibly,either
the turkeys. Over and above all ex-
peases she cleared $2,500 the fifth year.
The main food is bread and cornmeal,
with a little red pepper and a good
quantity of green food.
Fecdi=tg Duekli ng'.
Pollard says: "Many breeders feed
only at stated times from the begin-
nlng, but we have found that it saves
time and trouble and. the ducklings do
quite as well when we leave the feed
before them. After the third day they
are fed four times a day, rather more
at the side or the middle of the back.
A girdle that is mu.h liked is high in
the back, but drawn down in soft folds
to a point of the bodice in front, giv-
ing a V shape effect to the front of tile
blouse. The girdle is satin or silk,
gathered to a stiff shaped piece in the
back. Ribbon ruohes are being exten-
sively used to trm costumes, skirts,
tea gowns and also millinery. These
decorations appear a the lem of
than they will clean up at once. From flounces of many of the new gowns,
the first they have water at night as and a great porton ot t.he French pet-
well as during the day. It Is one of the
prettiest sights of the whole bslness tiooats of silk and lace have both ver-
The Profit In Feedlng. to see l string of the downy little yel-
While nearly all admit that it pays t¢ low chaps travel to and from the water
fountain ill a moonlit brooder building.
They glide like quaint little shadows
and converse In quiet little peeps of
contentment."
Miourl' Big E,'" Crop,
What do you think of a state whose
hens laid in 1902 so many eggs that it
sold 51,217,755 dozens for $5,377,815.837
This is the record of Missouri. (reene
county laid more eggs on th world's
table than any other county. Its sur.
plus prodnct was 4,650.690 dozen. IIa.
con sold 1,562,945 dozen. Livingstone
Bold 1,426.845 dozen. Charlton sold
1,227,590 dozen. Franklin sold 1,932,.
750 dozen.
feed liberally, but a small per cent of
our dairymen practice full feeding. If
they would remember that it takes ap.
proximately 60 per cent of all that
cow can eat to maintain her body,
more would strive to get a profit from
feeding the remaining 40 per cent, as
it is in this that all the profit lies.
Give tle Light.
All domestic animals prefer light
quarters to those that are dark, and
dairymen especllly will do well to
cater to this natm'al desire. Cows kept
In dark quarters are apt .to have more
or less trouble with their eyes, as too
much darkness seems to cause a de
rangement of the eye.
tioal and circular ruohe trimmhgs
carried of the middle of the skirt
breadths down to its extreme ena.
This effect is also carried out on the
skirts of gowns.
"Oyster 'wiiite" is n name to a tint
that is neither white nor gry A
cloth gown m this shade is effectively
made with lace of the same tone. In
fact, lace colored to match the gown
will be as extensively used the coming
season as it has been duxing the win-
ter. An innovation is tte coloring of
themin all of the lighter evening
shades. For example,ioh ohantillyl
OUR GLUBBING RATES:
The Ranch (Farm paper) one year $1.00
The Gatholic Progress one yea $1.50
The Ingersoll Watch $1.00
Total, $3.50
All sent for $.50
toned in pink an(]
with chiffons of
SKIRTS ARE INCREASING IN
WIDTH.
The increasing triumph of the full
skirt is a matter of interes and only
the stiff and unpliable materials resist
it. The tucks or plaits are held fiat
for some distance below:tlo waist, but
ttiere is voluminous fulness below.
The pedestrian and street skirts will
kop their trim lines, though they are,
as a rule, plaited and have much ful.
ness around the bottom; but all the
soft materials take on more and more
f,lness and hang full either from the
waist liue or from a yoke.
Now and novel hat pins have large
volvetheads decorated in Egyptian
designs.
Ruffles form a prevtty decoration
for skirts made of sheer material.
A stockof lace or embroidery is
worn with a wash waist.
Boleros are fashionable, but they
must be very short. Basques also are
coming in again.
No summer gown will be complete
without the high girdle. It is made
ofall kinds of material and decorated
in all sorts of ways.
Hat pins With large heads of plaired
srtaw are the correct thing with tio
straw trimmed tail or hats.
One of tio newest blousess is made
of alternating strips of white muslin
and imitation Giuny lace. The broad
insertion gives the blouse a striking
effect.
A curious shade of purple brown is
a new fancy and is exquisite in chiffon
as well as in silk and wool.
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Physioian and Surgeon.
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