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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-11-13
|wlLL SUE FOR SEVEN MILLIONS.
sidney O,Dnnna Wants Damages
From the Germans.

Paris. Nov. S-Le Matin announces that
sidney O'Danna has arrived in Paris and
intends TO bring an action in the French
courts against the German embassy
claiming 81, 600 francs damages. oDan-
ma has just finished term in prison IN
Berlin on a charge Of endeavoring 10
bring about war between France and Ger
many. He contends he was unjustly SEN
fenced.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-11-13
HOPEFUL OF GETTING WYOMING.
| HenubIfcans Believe Missing Dis
| tricts VIII Change Results.

Cheyenne, wyo., Nov. SIT is estimated
that the returns from 1890 votes are to
be received from the Big Horn country
AS this section is almost exclusively de-
voted to sheep-raising. It is claimed by
the republicans that its returns WI give
the state to Mckinley without doubt.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-11-13
eLufE WORKED ON De SULTAN.

Speech of the French Minister Has
Frightened Him.
London, Nov. "a special dispatch to
the morning papers from ConstantinoPIe
alleges that the sultan has been much
perturbed by the speech made by NJ Han.
otaux. the French minister of foreign af-
fairs, and that it is on that account that
he has granted concessions to M. Cam
bon, the French ambassador.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-11-13

Car Works In Russia Destroyed.
st. Petersburg, Nov. s.-The Pullman
Car Works Company OF Peterhoff have
been almost destroyed by fire.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-11-13
Democrat WIN.

San Francisco Nov. e-Con,nieta r..,,-..
from every precinct in the Sixth congressionai
district give McLachlan, republican. a Ess
Barlow. damoerat-populist. ans :.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-11-13

Trfnsactions continue along esnssrva-
tiyS lines at Cleveland.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-01
Care of Milk.

Mr.. H. 3. Gurler, the well-known
dairyman of Illinois, and dairy school
instructor contributes the following
to the Breeders Gazette
The first operation after the milk is
drawn from the COW is to strain it,
For this use flannel strainer if the
best work is desired, selecting such
goods as will not fill or thicken so that
the milk will not run through it. Cot
ton strainerS will do good work by
using several thicknesses. A wire
Strainer is good but not the best. At
ter the milk is strained, if to be used
for butter-making on the farm, it
should be put in the process of separa-
ton Immediately. If the separator is
used the most efficient work can be
secured by putting the milk through
it as fast as it. is received from the
cows. If the gravity system of cream
raising is used. have the milk set as
soon as possible, as the best results
are secured in this way. Especially
is this the fact with the deep, cold sys-
tenn of cream-raising. If the milk is to
90 off the farm for shipment to the
city, to the creamery or cheese factory
or in fact for any other purpose / now
think of, it should be rapidly cooled
as fast rs draw from the cows. For
this purpose / know of nothing better
than the cooler, which will cool the
milk to within few degrees of the
temperature of the water used in cool
ing, and will do it rapidly OF quickly.
More dairymen stumble over the work
of cooling their milk quickly and thor
oughly than any other point. Clearly
milking and and quick and thorough
cooling make a dairyman an enviable
reputation with all parties who handle
his milk.
Milk can be cooled i'll short time by
setting the cans IN a vat of water 1T
a low temperature and agitating it
quite frequently with a tin disc about
four inches in diameter. attached to a
wire handle so it can be used like a
churn dash to agitate the milk in the
cans. BY close attention and plenty
of fresh pumped or ice water milk can
be cooled in a short time after the
milking is done.
There is nothing produced on our
farms which calls for such high grade
of work as respects cleanliness as is
required in the care of milk. The con-
sumers of milk and the products made
FROM it are beginning to realize this
fact. and will in the future demand
and compel the dairymen to do better
work.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-01

ten pounds she weights two and ore
half pounds digestible protein, one-haf
pound digestible fat, and thirteen
pounds digestible carbohydrates eaeh
day, making a total of sixteen ponds
as only half to three-fourth of these
substances in cattle feeds are digest
ible. and all feeds contain such 4 large
percentage of water, in order to get
sixteen pounds of digestible protein,
fat and carbohydrates, we must feed
more than twice that much gross food.
Pea and bean meal, gluten feeds,
linseed meal. and cotton seed meal are
rich in protein and medium in carbohy-
drates. and are so to 90 per cent di-
geStible.
Cloyers. vetches, and pea and bean
hay and wheat bran are medium III
both protein and carbohydrates, ana
are 50 to 50 per cent digeStlbie.
Hay. strw. corn fodder and corn en-
silage are rich in carbohydrates, poor
in protein, and so to 90 per cent dl-
gestible.
Carrots potatoes. beets, and tiHhlp5
are rich in carbohydrates, poor III pro
tein, and are 80 to % per cent elieSsu-
BILE
These are the most coHlHloh lGNu''
and from these many combinations can
be formed, which will give balanced
rations. Pasture grass is perfect
food for a dairy cow and where Il COW
can obtain it in abundance without TOO
much effort, nothing is required. ms,
however, is rarely the case; ana hence,
it is often necessary to feed grain or
green soiling feed While the cows are
on pasture. For such soiling crops, to
be cut and fed green; rye, barley,
wheat, oats peas, crimson or other an
nual clover, alfalfa sofa beans. mlllet,
sorghum. kafir corn, corn, etc, are most
commonly used.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-01
siiaGe Experience

According to the agricultural depart
ment at Washington a compilation Of
experiments from various experiment
stations shows the following results:
The Massachusetts station found
mixed silage of corn and SOFA beans
very fine. Vermont station made a SUI
perior silage of oats and vetch; also of
oats and peas.
Silage produced more milk at the
Ohio station. more butter at the Penn
sylvania station and more mutton at
the Michigan station than beetS. Even
when there is loss of 20 per cent in
the feeding value of silage is it a much
cheaper feed than roots. The WiScon-
stu station preserves silage at a loss
of only per cent of its feeding value.
The loss in curing fodder is never less
than 20 per cent.
The Pennsylvania station found ST
lage and cured fodder about equally
digeStible Kansas station grew 100
tons of silage on ten acres and it SJlS-
tanned twenty-five head of cattle 1872
days-a result which it is thought
could not be attained with ten acres of
cured fodder.
Use the largest variety of corn that
Will mature before frost Experiments
at the Pennsylvania station show that
as corn approaches maturity the
amount of nutriment it contains and
the digestibility both increase very
rapidly. The total yield of the digesti-
BILE food by the matured crop was two
CT three times that CT the same crop in
the silk and 36 per cent greater than
when the ears began to glaze. The
Minnesota station found that 100
pounds of ensilage from the northern
ard southern. and sweet cern. all con-
tanned about the same feeding value.
Silage is distinctly 4 cattle feed. but
the Kansas station finds it not good for
feeding bulls. 1t may be fed in mod
Grafton to horses. pigs. poultry and
sheep. but sour silage is dangerous to
sheep.
There has been some complaint that
silase gives milk an unpleasant flavor.
This is probably due to sour and de-
caying silage The Kansas station
found that if the silage be fed just
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-01
plan for Cutting Corn.

Here is a plan for cutting up corn
Set posts at each end of the cornheld,
far enough from the fence to allow a
wagon to pass (braced of course), and
from twenty-four to thirty-six Tor
m0re) rows apart. Then stretch COM
mon smooth fence wire from one post
to the other, supported at intervals
with two pieces of plank, placing the
wire in the crotch Then cut the CORN
and set on either side of wire, making
a rick across the field instead OF
shocks Lighter wires can be stretch
ed along near the top of rick to pre-
vent winds from blowing it down OF
twisting the corn and fodder.
In husking. the fodder can be placed
along each side of the wire and ueG
with the smaller binding wire. 1t
would be best for two hands to Work
together. one on each side of the wire
Some of the advantages of the plan
are the saving of ground. When corn
is put in shocks the ground covered Dy
shocks is lost for next year because IL
cannot be cultivatcd; but with ricks'
there would be narrow strips OF hnd
reaching across the field which could
be plowed and planted with almost
any crop, as potatoes, corn pumpkins.
oats, etc Corn cutters would not pro
portionately) have to travel SO far III
conveying corn to ricks as to shocks,
because it would all be rectangular
travel and no oblique or ''cat-a-cor-
nered' journeying. Any fractional part
of rick could be put up and allowed to
cure before the whole rick was finish
ed. thus allowing corn to cure While
the fodder is still green.
The cost of posts, ETC., would not be
great. and would last for some years
Journal of Agriculture.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-01
MILK AND MEAT.
Consecutive View of the Dangers
From Tuberculosis.

Consecutive View of the Dangers
From Tuberculosis.
DR. D f. Salmon chief of the bureau
OF animal industries, in his paper upon
tuberculosis, read before Gov. Hast
ings and the members of the state
board CT agriculture of Pennsylvania,
said of the dangers from milk and
meat:
"In attempting to eradicate tllbercu-
loSiS from cattle, it is the duty of those
engaged i'll this work to avoid useless
expenditures wherever possible, and
Of every good citizen to sustain them
i'll carrying out such a policy. This
consideration leads me to make a rec
ommendation, which will be unpopu-
lar with some, but which is, neverthe-
less, just, scientific and safe, as we'll
as economical:
1.-The cattle which. while reacting on
the tuberculn test, are in good condi-
ton and believed to be i'll the incipient
stage of the disease should not be
slaughtered i'll the fields and their car
casses buried, but they should be killed
III a slaughter house under veterinary
inspection. If, as is frequently the
case, there is only small tubercle in
fectly wholesome and should be sold
for beef The money obtained in this
way would in this great state. amount
to a large sum, and would go far to-
ward paying the expenses of it's inspec-
ton.
Il know that in making this recon-
mendation. | am opposing the senti-
ments and prejudices of the American
people, who only need be informed that
an animal is diseased, no matter how
slight in extent, to reject utterly and
completely every part and particle Of
the carcass as unfit for human food.
But, while they are so very particular
when officially informed of the exist
ence of disease, they allow the opera
ton of slaughter houses in all parts of
the country without any inspection
whatever. where animals can be taken
and are taken every day, and slaugh-
tered for human food. without the
least restriction, although they may be
in the last stages of disease. The rule
appears to be Ignorance is Bliss in
the presence of danger, disgust and
sentimental opposition when assured
of safety. A small tubercle in one of
the Emphatic glands may affect the
carcass of an animal no more than a
wart upon the skin OF broken tooth.
Why destroy the carcass in one case
and not in the other? AS intelligent
citizens, we should insist that the
state should not set the example of de-
stroying the wholesome, nutritious and
perfectly good food, at time when
thousands of our people Ere suffering
because they are unable to obtain
enough to satisfy their hunger"
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-01
Dairy Notes.

On not drive COWS with dog.
Never use anything but tin vessels to
put milk in
Butter color does not give flavor to
butter.
Have the cream ripened uniformly
before churning. To do this it must
be thoroughly stirred.
Let each mixer have his special
cows to milk. and never change milk
ers unless obliged to do So
If you milk at o'clock. morning
and evening, do sc every day as near
ly as YOU can.
Foul-smelling milk. or milk from
foul-smelling cans, will not be taken at
the creamery.
Watch the buttermaker clean the
separator some day, and lcaln what q
filthy lot we are.
The value of the skim milk Of one
COW. if handled with skill and intelli
gencc. it is estimated, will be about S13
annually.
If you want good cows. raise the
heifer calves frola your best. A dairy
man cannot depend upon buying good
COWS when he wants them.
Give the milk COW good, warm sta
bic pure water and the right Kind of
feed, and if she don't pour the milk,
dispose of her.
A dairyman says that when the but
ter is marbled, it is either caused by
leaving too much buttermilk in the
butter at the last working, OF the salt
has not been evenly distributed
throughout.
1t is estimated that it takes $50
pounds Of butter, at q good market. to
pay for the keeping of one COW. At
standard of 4 per cent of butter fat,
that amount of butter would require
about $500 pounds of milk. Therefore.
a COW must yield $500 powlds of milk
to pay her way. In oroS to have a
fair profit it is necessary that she
yield something like $50 pounds Of 4
per cent milk
A successful dairyman says: When
you begin to milk, pat the COW kindly
and talk to her Then brush. with a
cloth or suitable brush. all the dust
and rubbish from the udder. If dirt is
caked on it, wash the udder with wa
ter and a cloth. In any and eyery
case. be clean; be immediately clean
Remember tie disease microbes that
drop into the milk drawn by the dirty
mixer.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-01
Look at That Bull.

Prof Sheldon, the eminent English
authority on dailying, speaks his mlnd
on the vicious practice of using scrub
by, grade bulls, as follows:
Look. for instance, at the Weedy,
miserable bulls that many farmers are
content to use in their herds-Wretched
quadupeds that should never be al
lowed to live beyond the age of veal.
Some men may say, by way Of excuse,
my poverty, but not my will, con-
sents:" vet on the other hand, it may
be remarked that no man can really
afford to use inferior, loWvalued bulls
in his herd. That any man should con
tinue to do SO year after year, can
only be regarded as a kind Of needless
infatuation which precludes all hope OF
Improvement.
THE bull is half the herd" is an AK
iom which should be drilled into the
mind of every farmers son, who IS
himself to be q dairy farmer-drilled
in until he finally realizes what it
means That there are many of the
present generation of farmers who 90
not half comprehend the vast imp0r-
lance of this is greatly to be feared,
for it is plainly enough seen III the in
ferior Sires that are kept for stock pui-
poses. It would be interesting to hear
the answers such men would give to
the following questions: What sort of
stock do you expect such Il bull will
get? or, Do you really expect to pay
your way as a farmer by using q bull
ike that? or. What would you say IL
YOU saw another man burdened with
q. similar load Of Grass stupidity? In
fortunately. it never occurs to them to
put such questions to themselves, and
it is too commonly nobody's business
to do so in their default. There is no
excuse nowadays for a man who uses
scrubby bulls among his cows. Plenty
of we'll descended bulls are to be had
at prices within the reach of any man
who can aft I'D to keep cattle at all.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-01
Farm Notes.

Bank I'D the cellar if it needs it.
Shredded corn fodder will yet find
an extensive market, and will merit It,
Fall blowing gives Jack Frost
chance to have fun with the insects.
Plan a good reading course for the
long winter evenings.
Select the seed-corn very carefully,
and protect it we'll through the winter.
Many farmers do not seem to realize
the necessity or advantages OF well
planned rotation.
A Michigan man has discovered that
Kaffir corn is no good for stock. Eth
or he or the stock is way eff.
The we'll will drain a considerable
area. and so often become cause OF
disease Watch the condition OF the
we'll water.
In localities where alfalfa thriyes
well it is estimated that one acre of
alfalfa will furnish pasturage for ten
to twenty hogs.
Don't put off looking over the ma
chinery to see if it needs repairs. If
YOU do. YOU may be like the man who
was going to oil creaking door every
day for forty years, and died Without
doing it.
Prof. Morrow says the chief work Of
experiment stations should be scienti-
fic rather than what is often called
purely practical; but the scientific
work should have for its end the inn
provement of practice.
The Tennessee Experiment station
does not believe that salt is valuable
as a fertilizer Potatoes, tobacco,
beets and melons are injured by it.
Light applications may help onions,
cabbages and celery. On stiff clay
soils, 200 to 300 pounds per acre may
help the soil mechanically.
The Iowa station has been selecting
and breeding up corn. with view to
securing a variety having large ears,
with long. straight. even rows of deep
grains we'll carried to the tip. of bright
yellow color. on stalk of medium
size. and maturing before frost. The
three best varieties thus far produced
are Early Yellow Rose. 81 bushels per
acre: Iowa Gold Mine. GO IL bushels
pvuuerebfestc il0lgrpe rlclinicc m
per acre; Capital, bushels per acre.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-01
after milking, instead OF before, this
disagreeable flavor disappears
saving Seed Corn.


There have been years when the
corn crop of this country fell short,
perhaps 80 per cent, owing to the poor
seed, of what it would have been had
the seed been saved in the fall in good
order. Seed may terminate and rea-
sonable per cent of it grow to ma
turity, but oWiPg to lack of vitality
the stalks are puny from the start and
yield greatly reduced from what
might have been had if proper care
had been exercised in the selection and
care of the seed in the fall before the
freezing weather of winter set in. Il
writer in an exchange says. In the
fall at corn husking time or before the
corn is dry enough to crib, a selection
of the best ears should be made and
the husks tied together in pairs to be-
hung i'll a very dry place away from
the deDredationS of the intruderS Which
devOur it.
The first thing of importance is to Sc
lect the ears of uniform type and quail
ity, that deterioration i'll the variety
may be prevented, not only that. but
that Improvement may be made if
possible. The next question of no less
importance is the necessity of being
sure that the ears are thoroughly dried
as soon as possible. The surest way IS
to hang the corn where a smudge can
be placed under it for a few days,
after the manner of smoking meats.
which not only dries the corn and cob
thoroughly but covers it with coat
ing Of creosote, which is great pro-
lection from the insects when planted
i'll the spring and from rotting in the
ground if the weather is not favorable
to immediate growth. No farmer can
afford to neglect so important a mat
ter when tie years earnings depend
so much upon it. All seeds should be
selected and preserved with great care.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-01
CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RI

at any OF In6 IOIIOWInB OInces:
NICOLLET AVE. AND FIFTH ST., OR TENTHANp
WASHINGTON AYES. SOUTH, MINNEAPOLIS.
FIFTH AND ROBERT sTs., CIR UNION DEPOT,
ST. PAUL.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-01
u,s Cheek saved Him.

A master was once taking a class Of
boys, and, observing one boy coming
in late, he said to him:
"Now, then, sir, what are you late
for?"
school. sir" answered the lad qui-
etly taking his seat among the remain
ing boys.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-01
A Ration for MIX Cows.

A Massachusetts experiment station
bulletin on the economic feeding of
milk cows says that German expert
ments have proved that to secure the
best results, a milk cow reeds for each
The morning times., 1896-01-07
Conkllng aud Thurman.

Senator Fred Dubois now has the seat
that Senator Conkling occupied during his
last ten years in the Senate, and Mr. Hill
sits where the ''Old Roman" sat. Conkling
and Thurman were always great friends,
and the Senator from New York never lost
an opportunity to pay the Senator from
Ohio a compliment. 1t was during his
famous speech OIL the Belknap case, which
is declared by the veteran Senators to have
been the ablest and most convincing ex-
ample of oratory overheard in that chamber,
that Mr. Conkling turned in his place, and
with his back to the presiding officer and
his Republican colleagues, addressed the
most of his remarks to Mr.. ThuTman- The
..Old Roman" naturally became irritated at
the marked attention he was receiving,
and. addressing Chief Justice Waite, who
was in the chair. inquired: why does tine
senator from New York direct his remarks
to me? The rules of this body require him
to address the presiding officer
Mr. Conkling drew himself up to his full
stature for an instant, "a st queer glance at
Mr.. Thurman, and, bowling apologetically,
said, in low, impressive tone: II crave
the pardon of the Senate. When the Mussul-
man prays he turns his face toward Mecca.
When discuss the law turn instinctive-
ly to my distinguished friend from Ohio
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