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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-09-03

turn them into the road where the
grass is covered with dust. forgetting
that sheep is as dainty about its
food as its master.-Others will keep
them in a brier patch, where grass
must struggle for existence, let them
run here all summer, and in the fall
they will come out thin and gaunt,
and with their f1eeces ruined. Others
stock their fields too heavily. Sheep
are like other animals-put too many
on field and they will crop it too
close, running the pasture. They want
frequent changes of pasture, to do
well. They like hill lands the best,
and seem to do better on them.
They. should be sailed twice a
week. In winter, sheep should be
well sheltered in bad, stormy wealth.
er, with plenty of good clover hay
and pure water. Then they will
thrive. If you allow them out in
storms, with poor or insufficient food,
they will grow thin and the wool be-
comes dead. Ewes with lamb. under
such treatment, do not pass yeaning
time safely, and will lack nutriment
for their puny lambs. There is loss in
all such sheep husbandry.
Ewes should not have much grain
before lambing, but what they do have
should be bran, oats and corn ground
together. After eve drops her lamb
put her in a place by herself. Have a
shed for this purpose, where you can
bunch them in lots OF ten or fifteen.
You can oversee them better, and de-
tect anything that goes wrong, and
when you go in among them they
haven't room to run around, as in a
large shed, tramping on their lambs,
etc.-Ohio Farmer. =
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-09-03
Farming in Sweden,

Small farmers are the rule in Swed-
en-, and the Swedish peasant usually
owns the soilhe tills. Over two thirds
OF the farms are between five and SO
acres in extent, and more than 23 per
cent are little homesteads of less than
five acres. Oats is the great staple
crop, and is largely exported, rye and
barley being chiefly used for home con-
sumption. especially rye. Young pigs
are sold for high prices in England,
and sides OF American pork bought at
cheap rates. Rye ripens up to SO de-
grees north latitude, and barley and
oats up to 10 degrees, or on parallel
above the mouth OF Hudson Bay.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-09-03

Il y Isl . ID Z =
Of which you will find to be the1sa-'
mlration shown by your VISITING
friends and the neat little boqaets
you present to them. A big bush
OF nosegays is vulgar. The recipient
does not like to refuse such a one, but
when in the street on the way home it
becomes such a mark for observation
as to make the walk home extremely
unpleasant. A small hand bouquet,
neatly and artistically scientifically
put together, is gem and is always
priced in proportion. Love of the
beautiful is concentrated, not diffuse
feeling. Always be ready to supply a
friend with a love token made from
your own plants.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-09-03
ol, Taylor Called at Last.

!, q: lofH sun.
When the first weekly in Washing
ington Territory was established the
editor, who was an Ohio printer
made a break in the first issue to es
tablish his reputation as a danger.
GUS man to fool with. He was sur
rounded by Il rough crowd and he
realized that the proper thing to dc
was to put himself in Shape to be
sized up according to Hoyle. To
effect this he led off with an article
abusive of Col. Taylor. The cclone'
was an imaginary individual, and il
was therefore safe to call him IL liar
and Il coward. and TO declare that i.
he ever appeared in town he would
be horsewhipped up and down the
street. Every issue for two months
contained Il hit at Col. TAYLOR, ami
he was scored so vigorously. and the
editor seemed so anxious ior some
sort OF shooting match with him,
that the boys treated him with
that Difference always accorded to a
fearless man.
When anybody inquired who the
colonel was he was informed that he
was desperate OF the worst type.
and that he had solemnly sworn to
have the EDITORS life. He was never
exactly located or identified, but was
always dared to come in like a man
and have it out.
One day, Just after an issue in which
Col. Taylor was stigmatized as a
white-livered coyote and defied to a
duel with bowie knives in a darkroom
a stranger came slouching into the
office, looked about him for a while
with curiosity, and then said to the
editor:
"Well, I'm here"
eyes, see, but what for?"
"1'm Col. Taylor!''
"No!"
"Him and nobody else, You've
been lighting into me like wildcats
for a long time past, and haven't
been saying a word. I've got tired
of it, however, and now it's got to
stop!"
Only dear sir, the Col. Taylor men
toned in"
"Pull yer gum" interrupted the
colonel, as hepulled his.
"But, sir, 1 beg to assure you
that
"Git down on yer knees!'
The editor slid off his chair, his face
as pale as death and his hair on end.
'Now eat thatp'
The colonel took from his pocket
lump of the clay and tossed it on the
floor, and he stood there with level
ed pistol until the last crumb of 1t
was devoured. Then he put up his
weapon and turned to go, saying:
"NeNt time you open on me I'll
come in with a whole bag full Of it,
and may conclude to drive the last
of it in with a bullet! Go fur the rest
of 'em all you want to, butwhen you
strike the name Col. Taylor, handle
it with care!''
And inside Of a week the affair leak.
ed out, andso many men came up to
lick the editor, and SO many did lick
him, that he jumped the plant one
night and was never heard OF again.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-09-03
Rain Makers NOT Indarsed.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 81 The depart.
ment of agriculture is in receipt of a
number of letters from various parts Of
North Dakota and Minnesota, request.
ing the secretary to defer the proposed
experiments of producing rain by con.
cussion of the air until they have fin.
ished harvest operations. Scientists in
the National Museum and Smithsonian
Institute look upon tho experiments to
produce rain in this manner with in
creduity. They say that among many
popular fallacies of the present day is
the belief that rains follow earthquakes,
great battles and volcanic eruptions
The records of the civil service for many
years past and the records kept by indi-
viduals and almanac makers show that
after great battles there has been no un.
usual amount of rainfall The records
have been searched by National Museum
scientists as far back as June, 1916.
when the great battle of Waterloo was
fought 1t is true that the battle of
Waterloo was fought in the rain part Of
the time, but the rain commenced be-
fore and ceased on the last day of the
battle. For period of six weeks i'm.
medlately succeeding the battle the en-.
tire section was absolutely without q
drop of moisture from the skies, except
occasional light dews at night. The
weather records have been searched
covering the dates of the great civil
war, and in most all instances these bat.
ties have been succeeded by dry
weather, rainy weather being the excep-
ton rather than the rule.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-09-03
Pinkeye Contagious.

DR.. Fleming, principal veterinary
surgeon of the British army, is of the
opinion that the veterinary author
tiles Of this country are correct in re-
gardlng "pinkeye" in horses as con-
tagious and infectious specific fever
transmissible directly from animal to
animal. He said, further, that per-
sons passing from a sick animal to a
healty one would convey the disease.
1t was undoubtedly due to one or
more germs, there might be two or
three germs producing it; but there
were grounds for believing that the
germs could develop not only in the
animal body but outside tin the at
mosphere. Only on that behalf could
they account for certain outbreaks.
Although the mortality attending the
latest outbreak has been greater than
In any other, they would have to
schedule the whole country to stop it.;
and he thought the time had not vet
arrived for that. He advised those
who had horses to observe closely the
prevalence of the disease, and, if they
saw symptoms Of it, to rest the horses
at once.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-09-03
The Voice of Nature

Visitor Ito proprietor OF menagerie):
Good gracious! what excruciating
cry was that? Has anybody been at
tackled by the wild beasts?'
Proprietor: "Oh, no. 1t was only
Fraulein Ohnefurcht. the lion tanner,
frightened by mouse that ran across
the floor OF her dressing-room."- Split-
ter.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-09-03
Long Men and their Heads.

-Ao tAo lCSCdI A1CCotAiee vi CIC COu
gress of German men OF science and
physicians at Heidelberg, Herr O.
Ammon submitted to the Anthropo-
logical section some interesting re-
suits of observations he had made in
Baden. These observations related
to 5000 soldiers. The tall men had
generally long skulls, or skulls OF
medium length, whereas the short
men had round skulls. Most of the
round skulled men came from the
Black Forest; the long sknlled usual
ly belonged to the valley Of the Rhine,
and were especially numerous in
towns and in the neighborhood OF
the castles of ancient families.
From this fact Herr Ammon con-
Guided that the round skulled men
had been the original inhabitants OF
the Rhine valley, that they had been
driven from it by long skulled invad-
ers, and that the latter had estab-
lished themselves near the settlement
OF their victorious leader Having
shown that there is a certain relation
between the height of the figure and
the shape of che skull, Herr Ammon
went on to indicate the relation be-
tween fair hair and blue eyes. No
fewer than 80 per cent. of the men
with blue eyes had fair hair. He
found also that physical growth is
generally quicker in the case of the
brown eyed than in that of the blue
eyed type.-Nature.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-09-03
Feeding Value of Whey.


Four trials were conducted at the
Wisconsin experiment station during
the fall of 189O-91, for the purpose of
ascertaining the value OF sweet whey
for pig feeding. The results OF these
trials show:
First-We are not successful in
maintaining pigs on whey alone.
Second-Pigs fed on corn meal and
shorts with water required 552 pounds
OF the mixture for 100 pounds Of
grain.
1hird-When whey was added to
the corn meal and shorts mix ture, it
produced a marked saving in the
amount OF grain required for good
grain. This was true for mixtures
varying from two pounds OF whey to
one OF grain, up to ten pounds of
whey to one of grain.
Fourth-It was found when using
whey as partial substitute for grain,
that 76O pounds of whey effected a
saving of 100 pounds OF the corn meal
and shorts mixture.
Fifth-Using these figures, if corn
meal and shorts are valued at $12
per ton, then whey is worth eight cents
per hundred pounds; at SIS per ton
for the corn meal and shorts, whey
would be worth ten cents per hundred
weight.
si1th-shorts, pea meal and oil
meal, or like foods, should be mixed
with whey for growing animals. Some
corn may be fed at all times, the pro-
portion increasing as the animal ap-
proaches maturity Farmer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-09-03
Salt the Cows,

It is hardly necessary to tell people
who handle stock that they should
be sailed regularly. It seems to be as
necessary as food itself, judging from
the way they will beg forit. Not only
Is it relished, but observation and
experience teach that salt is necessary
to the best health of COW. Prof.
Robinson. of the Guelph experimental
station, Ontario, says, after exper-
imenting along that line, that ito
deny cows salt for even one week
reduces their flow OF milk LAY to 17H
par cent in quantity and lowers the
quality" Milk given when the COWS
are deprived Of salt, he says, twill
sour "a hours sooner than that given
when they have a full supply oft. It
Is greatly relished by all animals,
which is q strong presumtive evidence
in its favor, and there cannot be a
reasonable doubt at this late day that
salt is beneficial to milch cows"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-09-03
Truth Not Always Pleasant.

Truth Not Always Pleasant.
"Dear friendv cried the willow, as
she bent over the stream. and gazed
on her beautiful form reflected on
the CLASSY sur ace. chow tender and
how true you are! I and the flowers
around me have not a single charm
that is not mirrored on your faithful
BOSOM" And, as the breeze played
gently among her branches, they
bent to the stream and kissed the
placid waters.
Summer passed. and winter; sum-
mer and winter; summer and winter,
and the willow grew old. Its leaves
were few, it's branches withered, the
flowers around faded.
"How changed you are!' she cried
peevishly to the stream. "Once I
never looked on you but to rejoice.
for all you showed me was pleasant
and full OF praise. Now, when l try
to bend to catch glimpse, I turn
away sad and sorrowful; for what dc
yon bring before me? Not verdure,
not symmetry, not grace; but bare
ness, deformity and decay. You are
greatly changed"
Foolish willow!" answered the
stream, II am too tfue-that is nv
fault. There is a change, but it is
not in me; but you are not the only
one that looks coldly on the truth
when it ofends the liking"
q. 5li 5 Z y
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-09-03

The Federation of Labor elected
Charles A. Miller, Harrisburg, Pa.
president. It was decided not to recog-
nIze the socialist party or farmers
alliance.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-09-03

1t will be observed that notwithstand.
ing this immense outlay on extra equip
lnents, it is the impression among all
the authorities consulted that trouble
will be encountered in handling the
crop satisfactorily. The most serious
phase of the problem is the probability
OF delays at the terminal points. The
unloading and return of wheat cars
must be kept up at a brisker pace than
ever before to prevent storehouses from
being completely swamped at the prin.
cipal receiving points.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-09-03

cereals. The Omaha 4 ii GOOD -, /,
ton for the work before e, and 81. \
equipment Is fully equal to the o.s ~
facilities. It is believed that fhe n.;s
cipal providing will be at the termin..'as'
but Arrangements are in proprees 3.
prevent such condition, 90 sfar a =
possible. .'All the sidetraoks are az a. =
now blocked with extra cars to meet ~
coming demand" remarked one n ~ tIs
officials. 'Our greatest difa1cnltv -. .as
be at Minneapolis, owing to the lsck y
adequate track room - "
The Chicago, Milwaukee & 81 po,,
Notwithstanding the completeness ~ ~ -
old equipment, is working NIGHTS d. .s
and Sundays preparing for the eplarosass
demand upon It's resources. For some
time new cars have been coming ont ~
its Milwaukee shops at the rate Of nIs ~ ~
per day. At the Minneapolis shonss
everything resembling car is UNDERGO
ing repairs: The road will be in betfer
condition than ever before. A force 81
from $50 to IFS repairers is employed IN
overhauling damaged cars, and tho
South Minneapolis yards is full of mors s
or less demoralized specimens, which
will soon reappear. good as new. The
number of new cars and those retittad
for the fall business is given at 1,5OI
There have been no additional locomo.
tives bought, as the company was al.
ready we'll supplied-the only antici.
pated deficiency being in the line Of
cars: Everything on its line will be- in
the best OF shape when the crop begins
to move.
The 500 line has found it necessary tn
cautionary measure, but even with this
extra provision, trouble is expected Il
the crop is rushed in at once. Tha
company, however. will find some wav
out of the difiulty even if it becomes
serious at times. It's officials are pra.
pairing for hard work, and hope to keen
up with the procession.
The following is reoapitulation Of
the new Or snecial enuinmanta for 1ons
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-09-03
The AGRICULTURAL WORLD
WORDS OF ADVICE FOR THE
FARMER.
About Misunderstanding Value Of
Whey--Thoughts About Sheep
Salt the CoWs--Result of
Rough Treatment.
About Milking,

The first thing in milking is to see
that the udder is clean. Wipe the
udders of all the COWS to be MIXED
with a flannel cloth wrung out in luke
warm water and dry them Immediate
ly. The mixer should then wash and
dry his hands and see that there are
no long or broken nails. Commence
now to stroke gently the teats and
udder a few seconds, to excite the flow
of milk and to relax the muscles which
close the mouth OF the teats. Now
grasp the two furthest off teatsin such
q way that the little finger is Just out
OF reach OF the milk as it issues from
the teat. For it is absolutely neces-
sary that the hands are kept dry from
start to finish. The milk cannot be
kept perfectly clean when the hands
are wet, no matterhow carefully both
udder and hands have been washed
and dried; and milk, as all know,
readily absorbs any dirt or
dirty smell and imnarts il to but
ter or cheese. But a yet weightier
considerat is that diseases OF the
teats and udder, especially sore and
cracked teats, are to a very large de-
gree attributable to nothing else than
wet milking, while the dalg:r of infec-
ton being conveyed from one animal
to another is increased enormously.
Taking care, therefore, to keep the lit
tie finger away from the milk, pro-
coed to drive the milk out OF the teat
by steadily increasing pressure IRE
member not by pulling, commencing
the pressure with the thumb and first
finger and following rapidly with sec-
ond, third and fourth fingers. Now
loosen your grasp and raise the hand
into the udder, as it were, givinga gen.
milk down into the lower portion of
the udder. Then repeat the squeeze,
but take care never TO stretch the
teat the least bit beyond its natural
length, or serious internal ruptures
might result; besides, this stretching
the teats makes milking very I'M
pleasant to the COW. Even at the end,
never resort to stripping-that
is, sliding two or three fin
fingers down the teat, which
is kept fabricated with milk, but
continue squeezing the milk out
till no more will come, and even then
60 on for few seconds to encourage
the flow Of blood to the udder; then
do the same to the two near teats.
The quick, soft push into the lower
portion OF the udder is exactly what
calf does when suction no longer
brings itany milk. Itopensits mouth
slightly SO as to take in a larger por-
ton of the udder, and gives it a gentle
poke with it's nose, whereupon it re-
sumes sucking.
Too rapid and violent milking is
not enjoyable to the the COW and will
cause her to "hold up her milk, and
slow milking makes her wearied.
Conversation among the mixers
should most strictly be forbidden.
The position OF the mixer is often
such that he cannot see whether all
the milkgoes into the pail OF not, and
he must consequently trust to his
hearing And an interesting CONVERSE
ton is not conducive to attentive
OF tn tha corrI of oo;1
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-09-03

Thoughts About Sheep.
Some people seem to think that
aheep can 1--we anywhere. They will
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-09-03

The Season OF Enjoyment.
4 you have made q good garden
you have a right to enjoy it-one-half
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-09-03
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Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1891-11-26

10 no. PROPOSE - in.iues the
abandoasnsat a colson puolactiosl.
They are only .kinaias ~ ssvs ssls.
They will Ia npr II ! few wselz
They woulsi - hsve n ab&ndon
the business ~ cotton growing
They know that II present prices
the people Of the Soath will NO
largely into other pursuits, and
that even now every farmer In the
vicinity IL railway win produce.
next year, the greatest possible
quantity Of early vegetables and
poultry. Chicago will live better
next year, on better food aud earli-
- fruits aud vegetables than ever
before Cotton In the railway
bles, districts becomes a second
AIRY crop The acreage given ID
will be less in this vicinity. but
the intensive system Of cultivation
applied will aamit ~ NO diminu,ion
ot the volume Of the crop and
farmers compelled W employ
negroes are also compelled 10
maintain the old system and make
the mast possible On the land most
easily cultivated. The negro. a. a
farmer, u careful 10 avoid the al
dition q value % the land he tills
But cotton will advance in price.
that q full crop may be planted
The spectators don't propose 10
90 ton far and make the business
Of growing cotton wholly proftIess
Before the planting season begins
aud before the crops u the next
year are fixed in area given each,
the oo'ton-buying rascals will
advance prices tremendously
and planters, inspired with pleas
ing hopes, will again, a In al for
mer years, plant ell thss they can
gather consistently With a knowl-
edge IT the fact that each farmer
must live absolutely at home. he
can't afford a. buy supplies At trust
and taritf-6Hed prizes and sell cot
ten At prices defined by The trusts oi
Wall Street HIGH also propose "a
give "a President
We are still for Campbell and
the people AMI for the kttle DUN
my line railway that the many and
the poor may have access, with
their diversified crops. n the great
central points Of food eonsump-
tion.
Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1891-11-26
THERE'S A BETTER rImE CvxIse

In n well enough 10 remember
that most evils that afiiict us are
ephemeral aud that the price Of
cotton. 30 low today, will not re-
main ~ IL L. Spectators. evil
deutly. are having their own way.
Enormous fortunes are heaped mp
By the Inmsns and great regula-
tors Of prices in New York. tina,
excellent city winch insists on is
right 20 name for Us. because the
trusts bought Ohio. our candidate
for the Pr sislency. People here
are STEPPED In poverty. Our
merchants fail 10 meet their obli-
cations and fail simply because
the country. rasaged by TAXATION
aud robbed ny srusts, cant pay for
goods and wares bought when the
country expected 10 pay with cot
ION al ten cents Tor which only
six and one-half or less are offered
today. BE pssient The rascals
Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1891-11-26

hill. very comfortably, after goat
In reasonable health. The only
iroable y that these little engines
require the service II two men. an
engineer and 6remen. and then
there must he ticket panchsr.
A dummy with ell rs incidentals
therefore costs about so day.
Recently the Pullman Palace Car
Go. has invented a dummy engine
In which coal OH is used that re-
quires the service % only one per-
son who has, as welL abundant
leisure IA see that ell fares are
paid. II only costs, all told, 81 a
day. II thus he, ONES possible not
only 10 build dummy lines. bot 10
make them pay. They pay for
Themselves again end again in
augmented values ~ real estate.
but the facts we recite. II well
founded, and we have M reason to
doubt, will make thess highways
not only self-sastaining. but profit
able Ia the shareholders the
county court aud Alliances aud
Chambers q Commerce. A soon
n proper and formally necessary
Legislation may b. secul ell at Jack
son. the value u the proposed sys-
tenn will be- tested.