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pie room for Improvement In our coun try, the only foreign country from which the United States can possibly learn anything is Denmark. There the best creameries are models of cleanli ness, good order, and systematic man agement But all these details are ac complished only through a lavish ex penditure of labor which would appal an American creamery manager. It is not an uncommon thing for six or persons to be constantly em- large scale. The ordinary big green cucumber pickles are usually quite free from cider vinegar. The only way to make them edible is to soak the pickles in strong brine, to extract the acid, then to soak them in water to THE PICTURESQUE DAIRIES OF EUROPE. NO OTHER WAGONS APPROACH get out the brine, and finally pickle them In real vinegar. Pure vinegar can be made as well from other fruits ' ' In Perfect Adaptability Under all Conditions to The Strong Old Hickory Government Investigation Shows Them Below the American Standard. GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL. from apples. Grapes, plums, and other fruits which contain a considerable proportion of sugar, which is converted into alcohol eight its® — ,, . ployed for six or eight hours a day, turning out a quantity of butter which Is ordinarily made in this.country by a man and a boy who have all the work We often hear of the model dairies of Europe, co-operative dairies into which a speck of dirt Is never allowed to lodge, of Danish butter that is in truth a dream and brings a fabulous price, of eggs guaranteed fresh and country-like, and other reports of the way they do things on the fine old farms of Europe until one begins to think that one can not bo more than half living in this country. But how much of this sort of thing will bear investigation and close analysis? The Dairy Division of the United Sates Department of Agriculture is a progressive and useful Institution and has done several things to destroy prevailing fallacies and incidentally establish the fact that American meth- ods as a whole, in at least some phases of agriculture, are as far if not farther advanced than those of any other coun try. Not the least interesting of such in- formation gathered was that collected by the late Henry E. Alvord, for many years the chief of the Dairy Division, in a tour of the countries of Europe Thoroughbred Milch Goats. Among the various European milch goats the Spanish goat is said to he foremost in the quantity and quality of milk given. The accow r panying illustration is from a photo* thing elsewhere; In variety and fancy cheese this continent can not yet at- graph taken by Explorer David G. Fair- child, of the Department of Agrlcul- MANUFACTURED BY Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Co. LOUISVILLE, KY. LARGEST PRODUCERS OF FARM WAGONS IN THE WORLD Kirk’s A Quarter of a Century of unfailing service SPANISH MILCH GOAT tore, while be waa tonring Spain making observations of the milch goat Industry of that country The remarkable size of udder of-this goat la nothing abnormal among the Spanish goats, but on the other-hand la the general rule. Many, of these goats giro eight quarts of milk a day. AMEIVCAN CROWN COMBINED DWELLING AND COW STABLE IN DENMARK-STABLE IN FRONT convenience* of arrangement or ease tempt to compete with the Old World. In cleaning. While much attention la In order to learn the bottom facts paid to cleaning cow stables, it la ap- about making any of the famous spo- patently more from an appreciation of claltles in cheese, It It neceeeary to go the value of the manure than from an to the locality wher* they originate. , Brief* From Everywhere, • British Columbia la the only Brltleh province In America which has pre- eerved the old English cnitom which obligee lodge, to wear wigs. In Arisons Indian children may be eeen catching ant* and eating them, and In Mexico the honey ant la aagerly sought after by the natives as an ar ticle of food. Nine-tenths of the people of Persia are Mahometans. SELLING MILK IN DENMARK for the purpose of looking Into tho , dairy Industry of the continent Malor Alvord stated first upon hi* return homo, that while tho United States has never evolved a strictly dairy cow of Its own, It has now noth ing to gain through tho Importation ot new blood from Great Britain, the Channel lelandi, the Nctherlandi, Den mark or France. There are many pic turesque and useful breeds of milch cattle In these countries but they do hot compare, he stated, with tho adapt, ed American breeds. For Instance, prove* the ABSOLUTE RELIABILITY of the Remington Ty'PEW'R.ITE'R - James S. Kirk& Company CHICAGO, ILU tlvea can glvo for this practice la the The Irish bogs, it la stated, could pro- dace fifty million tons of pent a year for one thousand years. The steel in the modern bandsaw la ot finer quality and will ytand rougher usage than the far-famed Damascus blade of the ancient*. The physician In China collects no fee, hot receive* n percentage ot the money paid to tho apothecary. Zorene, a new chemical compound, will. It la said, double the life of metali exposed to the air. such as bridges. Sandwich Well Drilling leads oaa to feel that the conditions of the Industry In the United States are decidedly more satisfactory in almost every particular. Machines Over 70 sizes and styles far drilling either deep or shallow wells in any kind of soil or rock. Mounted on wheels or sills. With engines or hone powers. Strong, simple and durable. Any me chanic can operate them easily. SOT) FOR CATALOGUE WILLIAM BR08., Ithaca, N. Y.. Wholesome Cider Vinegar. In an ordinary cheap restaurant the safest thing to do If yon wish to use some vinegar on your food la to try and get half s lemon. Then yon will know that yon are not eating out tha lining of your stomach with caustic chemi cal*. Vaet quantities of "pure elder vinegar" are quite Innocent of the meaning of applet and are distinctly Injurious, being purchased by the re tail dealer in b*rrel*,'at seven to ten cents a gallon, which every apple grow er know* 1* n prohibitive price for cider vinegar. However, real ddor vinegar la a good condiment. Theme, ion it can not he cold for the prices at which chemical vinegar la offered U that it takes from on* to three year* to make properly. The elder first must go through the process of alcoholization, and then be changed Into acetlo acid. There are methods of artificially hastening this process, but tha product la not first data, and It can only bo done on n HAY PRESS An adulterator of food In Germany la liable to a term ot Imprisonment of The Baler for speed. Bale* 13 to 18 too* a day. Has 40 Inch feed hole. Adapted to bonk barn work. Stands up to its work—no digging hole* for wheels. Self-teed Attachment increases cap acity, lessens labor, makes better bales and does not increase draft. A Laplander will sometimes travel on skates on* hhndrsd and fifty miles In s day. Repeaters once ordered them expelled from Eng land and if they refused to depart by the next wind they should bo hanged without jelay. A bee, carrying no harden, will fly at tha rata of forty miles an hour. SANDWICH MFG. CO* tit Alain Street, Sandwich, III Miami Cheese Market. Carrying n load ot honey his speed is reduced to about twelve mile*. Fla*, Fir, Cyprses and Yellow Pina * Write tor Caulon*. Eagle Tank Oo., 281 N. Green 8 Chicago, 111. Danish Prise Winners. IP YOU WANT A JACK Cetelwoa Sore tow# Brittany, In the north of France, haa within Its borderi pretty, active little black-and-white cattle with marked dairy characteristics, producing often an astounding quantity of, milk for their size, but they are believed to ho useful In tho United States only as playthings. A merlcanCow Stables Upto Average In the stabling and general care ot dairy cow* no foreign country shows, In general practice, any methods or conditions better than onr own. While the average condition! throughout the country are undoubtedly far from wbat they should bo, the United States stereotyped answer:—"My father did ao." The American farmer. Major Alvord thought, haa undoubtedly a much more . DDIf ID coo tain tho description of exactly what yon want Hydraulic Jacks onr Specialty Watson-Stillman Co., 40 Dor St., N. Y. City. Intelligent knowledge of the principles of feeding, but there Is probably more carelessness and waste in feeding ani mals ot all kinds In America than any where else Is the world. The moat astonishing feature ot Eu rope in the care of milk on the farm la the entire absence ot refrigeration In Franca and the general Ignoring ot the value ot cold In dairying. In the matter of dairy appliances and equip ment, the United States It surpassed by no other country, although Den mark and parts ot Great Britain stand about as walL cities of Europe there Producers of Northern grown acclimated trees and the best varieties for planting in Northern States. In moat big c“j;; zl are a few well-conducted mUk*d«Uvery establishments, such as are usually found In onr smallest etttea, while In soma localities dairy animals are driven through the streets and milked at customers 1 doors. MUch cows are managed In the same way even In the beet streets ot Parle and of Roma Parts probably haa the poorest milk service ot any of the large citlea Dar ing the Exposition at Paris in July, 1900, n special show of perishable dairy products was held at an mwqt to that exposition. Paris Milk Exhibit Very Poor. While t^e French producers had every opportunity ot exhibiting their goods la the beat possible shape, the only saafplea ot natural milk and cream, absolutely free from chemical preservatives and uncooked, which were sweet and palatable after noon of the exhibition day, were from the dairies In New York and New Jersey, then eighteen days from the cowl The American product* had been preserved solely by cleanliness and cold. Major Alvord made the statement on his re turn from Europe that no mllk-snpply company In Europe could duplicate this performance. Every Variety of Standard Fruit Thoroughly tested Apples, Pears, Plums, Cherries and Trees Ornamental, Small Fruit Plants, Shrubs, Vines and Rosea. A SPECIALTY' OF „ FLOWERING PLANTS AND SHRUBS Cut Flowers and Floral Designs. r Also Vegetable Plants shipped by express. Catalogue and Price List Free. Mail orders have prompt attention. MISSOULA NURSERY CO. MISSOULA, MONTANA. [Mlhen Alexander asfed lus Aunt; iM/liat grew on an electric .plant p (Slhe answered, rather teat H fear currents E Sappose^iny dear c MODEL CO-OPERATIVE FRENCH CREAMERY farmer and dairyman are making as rapid strides forward as can be found anywhere. Major Alvord found comparatively few places In Holland and Switzerland where there is such close relationship between the dairy cows ami families as the occupancy of connecting apart* ments, so often described In poetic fancy by European travelers. These H 1 a 4 1