OPENING OF THE CHICAGO MINING BOARD. 



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seconds for the purpose of plumping, 

 then rinse with cold water. 



pork or not depends largely on circum- 

 stances, and especially on the previous 

 treatment of the animal itself. 



For Keeping Fruit. The follow- 

 ing rules for keeping fruit in winter are 

 given in the Albany Cultivator: First, 

 keep the temperature within a few de- 

 grees of the freezing point. Second, let 

 it be as uniform as possible, as an oc- 

 casional warm draught hastens decay. 

 Third, exclude air currents not required 

 to maintain ventilation and uniform cold. 

 Fourth, keep all odors away from the 

 fruit. 



Sulphur. No more effectual 

 general agent for the destruction of 

 disease germs has been discovered than 

 sulphur. This fed to hogs does not 

 always make them proof against the at- 

 tacks of cholera, but its efficacy has 

 proven so great in many cases that some 

 of those who have used it consider it a 

 sure preventive. The best form to ad- 

 minister is in the hard lumps, which hogs 

 eat readily and without wasting it. 



Feeding Turnips to milch cows is 

 objected to by some on the grounds that 

 the turnips taint the milk, contain too 

 much water, and are not economical. 

 Turnips have always been fed to cows in 

 New England as well as the European 

 countries and regarded as a good feed.. 

 The prejudice probably arises from not 

 understanding that turnips should be fed 

 after milking and not before. 



Good Demand. Two carloads of 

 celery were recently shipped from Ogden, 

 Utah, one to Kansas City, the other to 

 Chicago. These are the first full car 

 loads shipped out of Utah. Some Denver 

 gardeners have shipped celery as far East 

 as New York and Boston, but the lots 

 were not large and were sent by express. 

 One firm near Denver has a standing 

 order from a large hotel in New York 

 City for celery shipped daily by express. 



Corn as a Pork- Maker. It is 



generally believed that a bushel of corn 

 will make ten pounds of pork. If this 

 were true it would be much better for the 

 farmers to feed their corn to hogs than 

 sell it at present prices. Whether a 

 bushel of corn is good for ten pounds of 



OPENING OF THE CHICAGO 

 MINING BOARD. 



The Chicago Mineral and Mining Board 

 will open for business on Monday, January 

 6, its location being on the banking floor of 

 the great New York Life Building. At a 

 meeting of members Monday, December 

 30, the following officers were elected: 

 President, John Marder; first vice-presi- 

 dent, Joseph Underwood ; second vice-presi- 

 dent, Charles E. Rollins; treasurer, John 

 Hill, Jr. ; secretary, Henry Burkholder; 

 attorney, John M. Palmer. 



Standing committees were appointed as 

 follows: Finance, H. W. Treat, J. B. 

 Ream, J. Walter Proby, Morris H. Walker, 

 Edward C. Billings; Arrangements, S. 



E. Magill, W. H. Underwood, Jr., Edward 



F. Bogart; Membership, Green B. Raum, 

 C. S. Sawtelle, Robert Connelly, Horace 

 F. Brown, A. H. Nelson, Timothy Cole r 

 E. A. Webster; Arbitration, S. W. Fer- 

 nald, George S. McKenzie, C. C. Chapin, 

 Peter S. Daly, Peter Dudley; Listing, B. 

 A. Seitz, M. A. Sheridan, R. H. Field, 

 R. L. Martin, C. E. Gates; Statistics and 

 Information, G. A. Downs, H. D. Griffin, 

 Wilson I. Davenny, John Mayo Palmer^ 

 C. W. Pomeroy, Otto Gresham, L. A. 

 Davis. 



Chicago, New York, Denver, Helena, 

 Salt Lake City, San Francisco, and other 

 towns and cities in the Western mining 

 fields are represented in the membership. 

 Chicago banks have representatives, as also 

 has the Chicago Board of Trade and the 

 Stock Exchange. Total membership thus 

 far, 250. An additional membership of 

 250 has been voted at $250 each. 



Every precaution is being taken to pro- 

 tect the public against fraud in dealing in 

 mining properties and securities. The 

 rules relating to the listing of mining se- 

 curities are very rigorous. As is seen, the 

 standing committees are composed of ex- 

 perienced mining men, and they have been 

 given power to appoint auxiliary members 

 who are resident locally in the mining dis- 

 tricts of the West. 



Besides the precious metals, the Board 

 includes properties bearing iron, coal, lead 

 zinc, tin, copper and all other minerals and 

 metals. 



