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MOTTLED BUTTER IN WINTER Defect ls One of Workmanship and Can Be Overcome by Application of Proper Methods. (From Weekly News Letter United States Department of Agriculture.) Mottled butter is frequently found on the market at this time of the year, and, even though it may be of very good flavor, it is strongly dis criminated against by the purchaser. As this defect is one of workmanship, it can be overcome by the application of proper methods on the part of tLe buttermaker. Mottles are caused primarily by an uneven distribution of salt in the but ter. This may be produced by .Insuffi cient working of the butter or by churning, washing and working it at a very low temperature, ot by washing or working it at a temperature several degrees higher or lower than th? churning temperature. When the quantity of butter made in one churning is much less than usual, it is necessary to work it a greater number of revolutions of the churn than usual in order to produce the same results on the butter. Extremely low temperatures of cnurning. washing and working should be avoided, because they produce so firm a butter that it is only with great difficulty that the salt can be worked uniformly into it. High temperatures of churning, washing and working must be avoided to prevent an abnor mal loss of fat in the buttermilk and also the making of a greasy, leaky butter. Great variations in temperature dur ing the manufacturing process should always be avoided. Under normal con ditions the temperature of the wash water should be the same as. or with in two degrees of, that of the butter milk. When the churn room is so cold that the butter becomes chilled before working is completed, mottled butter is frequently the result. To prevent this it is preferable to increase the amount of working rather than to raise the temperature cf the wash water. Mottled butter, then, may be pre vented by using methods that will in sure a uniform distribution of salt. SUPPORT FOR A MILK BOTTLE Recently Invented Device Holds Ves sel in Such Position That lt May Be Thoroughly Drained. Describing and illustrating a bottle drainer, invented by C. H. Taylor of Newburgh, N. Y., Scientific American says: This invention provides a cheap, strong and reliable device adapted to support a milk bottle or the like in such position that it may thoroughly Milk Bottle Drainer. drain with the mouth portion open or free, and whereby the bottle may be filled in position to be collected by the milkman if desired. While espe cially designed for use in connection with milk bottles, the device is not so limited in use. DAIRY NOTES Consider records more than appear ance in buying a cow. * * * The sun dispels foul odors and makes the air sweet and wholesome. * . * There is more money in a good milker than in any other man on the farm. * * * Be sure that the calves get all the sunshine that is coming to them this winter. % ? * . Thorough milking tends to develop a cow's udder and increase her milk ca pacity. * . * Train the youngsters to lead. No heifer should reach her first birthday unbroken to the halter. * * ? The brush and comb are just as necessary to dairy success in winter as the milk pail and scales. * * * Where more than two cows are milked, the calves should not be al lowed to suck after the first day. ? . . Few schemes of farming can suc ceed with the cow eliminated, and the better the cow the larger the profits. * ? ? If you curry the old co with the EiilkkiL' stool, don't get mad if she massages you in the ribs with her hind leg. ABRUPTLY CHANGED HIS MIND Jersey City Man Had Cause to Recon sider the Advisability of Cutting Up State of Texas. . We had been talking for half an hour or so on the subject of dividing Texas into four states, and the man from Jersey City, who had a front seat in the stage, insisted that the matter ought to come up for congressional ac tion. We finally drew up at a way sta tion to change horses, and as we got down to stretch our legs the one na tive Texan among the eight passengers pulled out a bowie knife and confront ed the Jersey man with: "So you reckon that there's 'nuff of Texas to make four states?" "It's-it's a very large state," re plied the man, looking with anxiety at the knife. "Exactly. You are also a very large man." "Y-e-s." "Do you reckon there's 'nuff of you to make four men?" "Well, hardly." "If I should even slice off your ears you'd lose suthin' of your glory wouldn't you?" "Of course." "And you wouldn't feel that you were much of a man with your head gone, would you?" "No indeed." "I merely illustrate," said the Texan, as, he whetted the blade on his boot leg. "If Texas can be divided up and still-" "Oh! She can't be!" interrupted Jersey. "Texas is none too big for a single state, for the empire state of the West, and if I were one of her honored citizens I should certainly op pose such a movement with my every energy. Gentlemen, let us drink to Texas as she is!" And we gurgled.-Exchange. VALUABLE SOAP BERRY TREE Product of Ecuador Has Remarkable Qualities, Besides Its Worth as a Cleanser of the Skin. The jaboncello, or soap berry tree (Sapindus saponaria), grows in the humid parts of western Ecuador. It attains a height of about fifty feet and has wide-spreading branches and immense quantities of fruit of the size and shape of cherries. The nearly transparent yellowish skin and pulp surrounding the round black seeds are so saponaceous as to be used instead of soap by many peo ple of Ecuador, being equivalent to more than fifty times their weight of that material. The hard, polished seeds have been used extensively in Spain and England for waistcoat buttons, for they are very durable and seldom break. They are used also as beads. Although considerable quantities of the berry are utilized locally, tons of them rot on the ground every year, there being as yet little foreign de mand for them Since they contain a large percentage of saponin, they should be of value in the manufacture of soap. Voices of the Sea. In "The Log of the Snnrk," by Char mian Kittredge London, is tins bit of sea description: "The sea is not a lovable monster. And monster it is. It is beautiful, the sea, always beautiful on one way or .another, but it is cruel and unmind ful of the life that is in it and upon it. It was cruel last evening- in the lurid low sunset that made it glow, dully, to the cold, mocking, ragged moonrise that made it look like death. The waves positively beckoned when they rose and pitched toward our boat laboring in the trough. And all the long night it seemed to me that I heard voices through the planking, talking, talking, endlessly, monoton ously, querulously, and I couldn't make out whether it was the ocean calling from thc outside or the ship herself muttering gropingly, finding herself. If the voices are of the ship they will soon cease, for she must find herself. But 4f they are the voices of the sea they must be sad sirens that cry, restless, questioning, unsatis fied-quaint homeless little sirens." For Safety's Sake. Business was very brisk, so the firm appointed Patrick foreman, a position of which he was very proud. He was always fussing around, or dering this and altering that. One morning his gang of men stopped work because they heard the well known voice of their new foreman shouting loudly. Down below on the ground stood Pat, yelling lustily, and waving his arms wildly. "Oi say, you, up there!" he shout ed. "You know that ladder at the end of the scaffolding? Well, don't any of yez thry to come down, be cause Oi've taken it away!"-Phila delphia Record. Gold Fields Still Prolific. Reminiscences ot the palmy days of the gold fields in western Australia were recently revived when a parcel of dollied gold was brought to Kalgoorlie from Norland and Rudd's lease at Broad Arrow. It was the finest dis play seen for many years, and recalled the rich finds of the early days of Coolgardie. When smelted the bullion weighed 790 ounces and is valued at over $15,000. The reef from wnich the gold was obtained has widened to five feet, and there are about 300 tons of ore !:i eight, in addition to 110 tons on the surface, estimated to average three ounces per ton. THE ACHES OF HOUSE CLEANING. The pain and soreness caused by bruises, over-exertion and straining during house cleaning time are soothed away by Sloan's Liniment. No need to suffer this agony. Just apply Sloan's Liniment to the sore spots, rub only a little. In a short time the pain leaves, you rest com fortably and enjoy refreshing sleep. One grateful user writes: "Sloan's Liniment is worth its weight in gold." Keep a bottle on hand, use it against all Soreness, Neuralgia and Bruises. Kills pain. 25c. at your Druggist. 2 An old lady, who was sitting on the porch of a hotel at Asheville, N. C., where also there were a num ber ol youngsters, was approached by one of them willi this query: ''Can you crack nuts'/" The old lady smiled and said: "No, my dear, J can't. I lost, all my teeth years ago." "Then, said the boy, extending two hands lull of walnuts, please hold these while I go and get some more. "Our romance began in a most romantic way. Mv wife saved me fro .: drowning. She's a magnificent swimmer von know." '"1 notice you don't go out very far now." j "iS'o. I don't know if she would' save mi; again."-Philadelphia Pub- ! lie Ledger. account and not one hom bank account is unhappy. | put it oil any longer, whe: matter to start a bank ace< BANK OF I OFFICERS : J. C. Sheppard, Pres E. J. Minis, Cashier; J. H. Allen. Assis DIRECTORS: J. C. Sheppard, Th Nicholson, A. S. Tompkins. C. C. Ful J. C. LEE, President FARMERS, MERCH If you are going to bi we invite your inquiries. COMPLETE HOUSE I We manufacture and d stairs, interior trim, ste pews, pulpits, etc., roue lath, pine and cypress sh and siding. Distributing agents for Estimates cheerfully a Woodard I AUGUSTA, Corner Roberts ai Our Mot pm 1 Co??tm PROMPT John Having a Hard Time. Mr. Dooley, speaking of how 4 th' wurrul has turned against its life long room-mate, Tawn Barleycorn," and of how "Europe is chasin' him off th' map," says: "But it's in this counthry that Jawn is havin' his hardest time. 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