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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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and profanity on the floor of the House. 
It will not do to say that this exhibition is 
his only offense against decency. The news¬ 
paper reports all agree that after the ob¬ 
jectionable remark the Republican mem¬ 
bers “ shouted with laughter ” and “ slapped 
each other on the back in glee.” An eye wit¬ 
ness informs us that 99 per cent, of the people 
in the House knew what was meant and 
that but one construction could be placed 
upon it. To an unprejudiced mind, the ex¬ 
planation made by Mr. Cannon seems more 
like the effort of a man who simply tries to 
place himself within the rules of the House 
where he may avoid official censure than the 
honorable apology of a pure-minded man 
who,during the heat of passion speaks words 
for which he is afterwards sorry. It is to 
be regretted that so many of our public 
men are given to profanity, vulgarity and 
a light esteem of private morals. Can we 
not find pure-minded men for our law¬ 
makers ? Is a foul mouth absolutely 
necessary to enable a man to hold his own 
in Congress ? The record of the present 
Congress contains some features that may 
well fill thoughtful men with disgust. 
Fist fights, profanity, vulgarity fit for the 
beer saloon, kicking down doors, bringing 
in drunken men to vote and various other 
disgraceful proceedings are reported. There 
may be those who are disposed to laugh at 
these “details” or to say that it is neces¬ 
sary for Congressmen to be able to “ fight 
the devil with fire.” We do not believe it, 
and we feel sure that thousands and 
thousands of good people throughout the 
country believe with us that personal 
purity should be demanded in the public 
official. We are not sensible of any “in¬ 
justice” and hence have nothing to 
“correct.” We mentioned no names in 
the editorial in question, but the readers 
have made their own applications. We try 
to put nothing in The Rural that will 
need explanations and excuses afterwards. 
Such care is not exercised by many of our 
public men, for they are constantly coming 
before their constituents with defenses of 
their votes and their speeches as well as of 
their conduct. We certainly should not 
turn against Mr. Cannon because of his 
advocacy of the bill in question. Further 
than this, we would not turn against 
any man for his conscientious advocacy 
of any bill; but we repeat that any man 
who has been in Congress for 18 years 
ought to be able to refrain from the use of 
language that drives ladies from the gal¬ 
leries, no matter how exasperating the cir¬ 
cumstances. We do not know what the 
“ rule of law ” is in Mr. Cannon’s district, 
but we know that in New York every man 
is considered innocent in the eyes of the 
law until proved guilty. In a good old 
book, somewhat unfamiliar, it may be, to 
modern legislators, we read that it is what 
cometh out of the mouth that defileth a 
man. We certainly honor Mr. Cannon’s 
long and honorable record in so far as it is 
worthy of honor, but when his colleagues 
of like political faith protest at once and to 
his face that his language is unfit to be 
listened to by women and children, not to 
say by refined men, we cannot and we will 
not indorse his actions in the slightest 
degree.__ 
THE GENEVA BUTTER SCHOOL. 
(RURAL SPECIAL REPORT.) 
( Continued .) 
WEDNESDAY MORNING’S SESSION. 
Mr. Shull presided and after a few brief 
remarks introduced Dr.Collier who made a 
brief address, while President Gilbert con¬ 
ducted the first churning. The Doctor urged 
the class to be studious and industrious, 
and invited them to make the station their 
home during the sessions, and to ask as 
many questions as they desired upon other 
topics as well as the one under considera¬ 
tion. He spoke of the so-called overpro¬ 
duction and depression, but said he believed 
we are on the eve of an era of agricultural 
prosperity unequaled in the history of the 
country. 
When the dairy work had been completed, 
the roll was called, after which a glee club 
sang : “ What Shall the Harvest Be?” when 
Colonel Curtis gave his lecture on the com¬ 
position of milk and butter, illustrated 
with the analysis made for that purpose at 
the station a year ago. He also made an 
experiment in raising cream, by adding the 
same bulk of ice water with the milk in a 
glass jar, when all the cream came up in 
40 minutes. In the lecture the process of 
raising and ripening cream was fully ex¬ 
plained and the cause of bitter cream 
stated. 
At the conclusion of the lecture the glee 
club sang: “Bringing in the Sheaves,” 
when a recess was taken till 2 p. m. 
AFTERNOON SESSION. 
At 2 o’clock an opportunity was given to 
the class to inspect the Experiment herd, 
a part of which was brought out by 
the herdsmen. They were shown at the 
east end of the large barn. Messrs. Gilbert 
and Curtis pointed out the leading charac¬ 
teristics of some of the heifers, so that all 
might know where to look for the promi¬ 
nent points of a dairy cow. The stock is 
very fine and gave evidence of large results. 
When the class had assembled, and the roll 
had been called, the glee club sang a selec¬ 
tion, after which the question box was duly 
considered, and reports and essays were 
listened to, all of which were interesting, 
but they are omitted here fdr want of space. 
Following these exercises was the conclud¬ 
ing portion of Mr. Curtis’s lecture, when at 
4 o’clock, an adjornment was taken to 10 A. 
M. Thursday. 
AT 9 A. M. THURSDAY MORNING. 
A number of the students and others as¬ 
sembled in the laboratory and were shown 
the process of testing milk for butter fats, 
by the Parson’s method, and then given a 
chance to make the experiment. Mr. Gil¬ 
bert tried his hand with one set of glasses 
and a lady student took charge of another. 
The experiment was not fully completed 
for want of time, but those who took part 
as well as those who were lookers on, 
learned enough to successfully conduct an 
experiment at home. The process is sim¬ 
ple and easily learned and performed. From 
the many questions of the seesion, I note 
the following: 
At what weight should pigs fed on 
skim-milk and shorts, be sold for profit ? 
Mr. Gilbert: “ They should not be over 200 
pounds.” Prof Whalen: “Some breeds, like 
the Chesires, can be profitably grown to 200 
or 250 pounds, but I would not put the av¬ 
erage above 150.” Prof. Emery: “It will de¬ 
pend largely upon the demands of the 
market. Sometimes it pays to grow pigs 
to a larger weight, but I would not make 
the average above 125 to 150 pounds.” 
What is “ Boyd’s Starter ?” Mr. Gilbert 
explained the process, and said by it he had 
gained one-half pound of butter per day, 
in an average churning of 29 pounds, for 
60 days in succession; or enough to pay for 
the work of making the churnings. 
When is the best time to pack butter 
for winter use ? Prof. Emery: “ In the 
winter, have fresh cows then, as butter at 
that time of the year always brings the 
best price.” 
Can butter, churned in a dash churn, be 
gathered in the granular form ; if so how ? 
Gilbert: “Yes; but it is more difficult to do 
it. Stop the churn as soon the granules 
appear, then cool down the mass below 55 
degrees. The granules, in a short time, 
may then be skimmed off with a hair sieve. 
It requires more labor and time.” 
Next in order was a churning from 
cream furnished by the station herd, after 
which Mr. George A. Smith, of the Dairy 
Commissioner’s Department, gave a short 
lecture on the importance of aerating milk, 
and furnishing the cows with absolutely 
pure water at all times. Succulent food, 
clean, well lighted and ventilated stables, 
pure water and salt always accessible are 
the requisites for pure milk, and pure 
milk is the only milk to be tolerated for 
any purpose. 
(To be continued.) 
American sheep breeders are making 
large importations of mutton sheep this 
year. G. H. Hammond, of Detroit, will bring 
over 300 high-class Shropshires, and Mr. 
W. G. Crosby, of Greenville, Mich., has 
selected nearly 125 Shrops. Michigan is 
evidently going into mutton. Robert Bur¬ 
gess, of Wenona, Ill., and Captain Jordan, 
of Iowa, are importing many Oxford 
Downs, while many breeders are abroad 
hunting for good Dorsets. 
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