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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-19

In her alterations this spring the lady of
the house wished to cut piece of carpet Of
the shape here shown to fit square room.
With two cuts she divides it into three
pieces which will fit together and form a
perfect square, whereas a person geomet-
rically inclined would be apt to cut it into
more pieces How did she cut it2
No. 2O9.-Mixed Proverbs.
Rearrange to form sentences of the ma
ture of proverbs.
Ten hearsays better is one eyewitness
than
Pain or poverty with sport never.
The thief opportunity makes.
Doing good no fears prevent us from
should.
Perfectly weary perfectly idle one will
be that is.
Danger debt out of of out
Another's burden feel can none of the
weight.
No. 21O.-Numerical Enigmas.
The king of large country in the north
west of Greece. He was killed by woman.
s, 6, 8, 4, 2, hasten.
1, 6, 3, 4, pussy's song of pleasure.
8, 6, z, 5, plant; to move with violence.
1, 4, 2, to look with curiosity.
z, 5, 2, timid; beware your horse does not
do it.
The country over which the above reign
ed.
g., 8, 1, 4, a landing place
6, 5, 4, 1, certain.
4, 8, 2, 1, mature.
2, s, 4, 1, innocent, unadulterated
4,3, 6, 1, get up.
2, 1, 4, 5, a country in South America.
4, S, 6, 1, a trick, a stratagem.
6, 8, 4, 1, a title of respect
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-19
Key to the PuZzler.

No 1914 Biblical Enigma: $50 this
Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius
and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian"
No 2OO.-A Diamonds
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T I'll E
M A II r Y
A r T | C L e
G. III r. / S z N A
C A It E r S
G r E
A N T

No. 2O1.--Riddle- me-ree: Sphinx.
No 2-Astronomical Acrostic: l.
Dubhe. 2. Rigel 8. Algol 4. Cetus
5. Orion. Initials: Draco.
No 2O3.--A Puzzle In Fourths: Duck.
No. 204.-Illustrated Diagonal: 1. Con
dor. 2. Locust. 3. Grouse. 4. Linpet.
5. Spider. 6. Beaver. Diagonal: Cooper.
No. 05.-Grammatical Puzzles:
l. Hoe. l. Hose.
2. Know. 2. Nose.
8. Plea. 3. Please.
4. Pray. 4. Praise.
5. Gray. s. Craze.
6. Bay. 6. Baise.
z. Doe. z. Dose.
s. Pro- s. Prose-
g. Fay. 9. Phase.
10. Day. 10. Daze.
II. Ray. II. Raise.
IL. May. IL. Maize.
IS. Tea. IL. Tease.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-19

No. eOs.-How Did She Cut 1t?
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22
Dairy Notes.

Cow fruit, like other kinds. should
be put only in the best package.
Do not waste time and feed On a
heifer calf that has no basis of prom
Use.
Warm the water for rhe cows in
winter. 1t will pay to provide tho
means for warming it.
The mixer whose clothes smell like
n whole livery stable Is not fitted to sit
down to milk u COW.
In handling sick animals be careful,
especially if the disease Is a contagious
one. Chambers. Cor instance. is very
dangerous. Men often die from them.
The farmer who does not improve
his herd when he can buy good ami
mails as cheap as now, ought not to
continue farming.
Bad odors in milk may sometimes
come from food eaten by the cows,
but oftener from carelessness in hand
ling the milk.
Two secrets to the keeping Of milk:
fresh and sweet, are to have strictly
clean vessels, and cool as quickly as
possible after milking.
Milk is a direct elaboration from the
blood. and whatever interferes with a
healthy condition of that fluid will
affect the quantity and quality of the
milk.
Wash milk vessels first with cold
water, then with hot. says a dairyman.
Ii the hot water Is used the milk will
be set in the vessel and difficult to re-
move.
At present prices. the saving Of grain
may not be deemed of so much i'm
p%ortancc: still, the cow ought TO be
kept warm next winter. Shivering is
antagonlstic to the milk yield.
Every successful dairyman under
stands that the value Of a cow for
dairy work Is determined by her abili-
ty to produce the largest quantity and
the highest quality Of product ct the
lowest cost for food.
Some fancy butter-makers use en-
silage as the basis for their winter
dairying, and do o suffer from any
loss OF customers o decrease of
prices in consequence. If properly
managed there is no tainting Of the
milk.
Millions of cows are supported which
| die Indebted to their owners. Before a
person concludes to raise q heifer calf
for dairy purposes he should have
good assurances that, judging from
the performances of it's ancestors for
generations back, the heller would
make a profitable cow.
To grow heifer calves without some
assurance of their pro~fitableness Is but
TO invite disaster. As oon rs the heif-
or becomeS n cow she should be tested
TO learn whether or not she will make
n profitable n IL not. she should be
beefed at the first good opportunity;
and so with all ones cows, whethoJ
young or Did.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22
First MIX After cnlv,nr

The first milk given after calying is
called colossrum. 1t contains a large
proportion OF albuminoids and is some
what laxative. 1t Is not fit for food,
except for the newly born. In natural
milk a small amount Of arbumen is
present. but it ~colostrum the albumen
often exceeds the amount of casein,
and these two constituents may form
over fifteen per cent OF the milk. The
percentage of sugar in colostrum is
Usually low; the fat is normal. The
composition Of colostrum changes rap
idly. and within a few days after birth
Of the calf natural milk Is given. After
this the percentage of fat in the milk
from any cow varies more or less
from day to day. even If her feed, care
and general treatment are alike. The
causes Of the sudden changes are not
always known; in fact, the fat often
seems TO increase or decrease without
any cause. Sometimes the fat contents
changes over thirty per cent within
twenty-four hours. As the period Of
.lactation progresses there is a tendency
to gradually increase in the total solids
and the physical condition of the milk
IS 50 altered that cream rises less cas-
lily.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22

proportion Of lean meat In pork. and
In part because of the feed conditions.
The great corn crop Of last season,
with the prospective large crop follow
ing it this year, make the great fatten-
ing grain of the West abundant and
cheap, and this is the situation that
renders heavy hogs plenty and light
ones comparatively scarce. AS the
market always pays the least for that
which Is most abundant, and the most
for that which Is the least SO, the dis
count on heavy hogs may be expected
to continue for some time to come.
The only objection to this is that the
margin is not wide enough. There
never has been a time yet when pack
ers and killers could not have secured
well fed lean hogs IL they had been
willing to pay for them. The whole
question is one Of feed, the hog of the
swine belt being a lard hog, because
the swine belt is practically the same
as the corn belt, This class of feed
naturally makes this kind of hog, and
1t is made more easily and cheaply,
too, than a well fed, lean hog can be
made for the reason that the carbOhy-
drateS or fat-makers are cheaper than
albuminoids or muscle-makers. But IL
the market will pay for making good.
lean meat, it will get it. Nor will
there be any necessity for changing
breeds in order to get It, although n
good deal Of change in feeding and
management will be required.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22
the IN

The creamery business is doing great
things for the farmer and the farms Of
Kansas. The old-fashioned, back
breaking. uncertain modes of butter
making have been superseded by al
most absolute accuracy in the process
OF making, and corresponding demand
for excellence In the material used.
1t is the farmers golden opportunity,
and its growing success proves that 1t
has gained the appreciation it deserves.
The creamery is eXacting and master
full; 1t tolerates no Sinking or placing
Of a poor article on the market, for
only by maintaining a high standard
can the best paying results be obtained.
1t makes the keeping of good stock
profitable. and keeps the number Of
cattle right up to the capacity Of the
farm. 1t is emphatically Il good thing,
this creamery business, and its increas-
ing Importance is an encouraging sign
OF the times and furnishes incentive to
further effective work I'm other agricul-
tural branches through combined, intel
ligenG effort, and is thereby a guarantee
of future and increased agricultural
prosperity.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22

experiment station is thus described
by Prof. Robertson: A quantity Of
about two quarts of skim milk was
heated to 205 degrees for about ten
minutes, after which, and while ex-
posed to the atmosphere Of the butter
making room. it was cooled to 80 de-
grees. 1t was left in a closed glass
stoppered bottle at the ordinary tenn
perature of the dairy from 60 to
40 degrees, for five days. 1t was then
found to be coagulated and to possess
a mild. pure lactic-acid flavor, which
became O distinct after 1t had been
kept In cold water at a temperature
Of 40 degrees for three days. That was
the culture. The flavor Of 1t was such
as was characteristic Of cream from
which fine favored butter had always
been obtained. and fermentation start
ers for the ripening OF cream were
prepared from it. A fermentation
starter may be prepared from skim
milk which is pure. sweet and free
from faint. 1t should be heated to
$50 degrees and left at that tempera-
ture en- minutes. 1t may then be
cooled to a temperature of so degrees,
when a portion Of the culture as de-
scribed above at the rate of 10 per cent
of the quantity Of the skim milk should
be added to it. That becomes the
fermentation starter.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22
ChOked Cattle.

IA have lately noticed in the Farmer
and Homes two articles on relieving
checked cattle, and / thought / would
write my method, which is simple and
safe, says ID. l.. Brett. | have never
known it to fail Of giving instant re-
lief.
/ cut a stick about three feet long
and half an inch through at the large
end. with prongs like fork tines about
an inch long at the small end. The
stick wants to be straight and smooth.
/ generally cut a small gray birch.
Then wind the prongs with yarn until
well covered, and sew over and through
this a piece of cotton cloth, making IL
ball some inches in diameter securely
fastened to the small end of the stick.
Grease the ball well with lard, in
sert in the animals throat, and shove
it down the length of the stick If need
be Dr. until the substance Is forced
into the stomach. Then draw the stick
and the creature will be relieved. L
have been called in the night to go four
miles to relieve an animal that had
been choked for hours. / relieved her
In two minutes after the stick was
ready. so that she went right to eating
Two or three men had tried every
way they knew for hours without sue
cess. This creature was choked In
the barn with a potato. l have seen
more than one cow choked by eating
potatoes In the barn.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22
FEEDING sILAGE.
'S"it OF Experiments I'm FeeInr 81.
iaEe to Cows

" OF Experiments I'm Feeling ST.
iaEe to Cows
III experiments In feeding s,Iaga +o
COWS at the New York experiment sta
'ioh' IL was found that when Germ silape
replaced some other food or the amount
oI siiage in the ration was incre,..,,
there followed in seven instances -
decrease In the cost of milk ave tinas
ue Increase was slight; once there
was a slight Increase in the cost ana
M one instance little change. There
"as an increase In the yield OF milk
- e,A instances twice the increase was
slshp ana In three instances a slight
u~ecIease, less than normal. When the
cnahse was D Il ration containing
corn sllage to n containing less silage
Oh not any, there followed an increase
III II $ OF milk In four instances
ana little change once There was a
Increase In h milk yield In fouiSin.
stances tonce small-less than normab
ana little change in one instance. When
corn silage replaced some other food
III the ration or the amount of silage
increased, there followed a decrease
IN the cost Of fat in six instances (once
out little), a slight Increase In cost
twice and a little change in one in
stance. There was an increase in the
amount OF fat in five instances three
times slight, little change in amount
three times, and Il small decrease once.
When the change was from Il ration
containing o silage TO one contain
Ing less or not any, there followed an
increase III he cost Of fat in five in
stances Tin three of them the increase
was smalD. There was a decrease in
the amount of fat in three instances
and little change in amount twice.
When the change in ration was to more
silage or TO silage In place OF some
other food, there followed an increase
in the per cent Of fat in the milk in
six instances three times the increase
was slight, a decrease In two instances
and little change once. After a change
from a ration containing corn silage
to n containing less silage or not
any, there followed Il decrease in the
per cent OF fat in the milk in two in
stances, an increase in two instances
lone of them slight. and little change
once. In general, there has been an
increase in milk flow accompanying the
Use Of ORR silage in the ration and at
he same time an increase in the
amount Of fat, the per cent Of fat not
diminishing.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22
The HOrse.

In judging the merits of a horse for
draft. the carriage or the saddle, the
characteristic indications OF the head
and adjacent parts are very important.
There are, of course, numerous differ
ences of conformation characteristic of
different breeds rather than of merits
and defects, but there are also certain
beauties which should be sought for in
all breeds. OF these, smallness of the
head is one, for n small head is always
preferable to a large n in the same
breed. The eyes, too. should be large
and wide open, Indicative of good
sight. A large forehead is a desirable
beauty. and large, well opened nostrils
show the nasal and respiratory organs
are in good condition. The lips should
be firm, not fiabby. and the lower jaw
should be set easily in the larynx. to
permit the head to move freely from
the neck.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22

uu ohuer this ACT, scoras n,
vn tne ceded Sioux lands lvino '.,,iers
Tue land districts above within
nase, during the past three on
years, made o r,lnuto vi TOUR
tans;on ta,es, applied for the years a1
mant 20 ~ TINE III which to make nav
tbe rano ~ purchase money, and mt,
ne recent ruling Of the secretaru ", ~
cra,tnn t,or, every application woa
Eranted Settlers on the coded was
III. are required to paw q oar.niA
nLiee per acre for their land IN aIai
ool, " ,ne regular land Office faos aus
.ui,nhissions OF "a on each leo oonne
mniie homesteaders on public land
aoIulleu 10 pay only the final foes ans
COMMISSIONS unless they elect - anu
mu,e thelr entries before tho axo om
.cA OF nve years, when tbo,. pna,
wouid cost them $1.25 Der ocra IN a ianu
non 10 the final fees and cnn,,u auul-
an..,. case or Stiiifaan Il. MonIton =
CT. Oh the ceded Sioux lands In ~
ti~n nlDeriain district, the secretar v &c
Interior rejects his applicatjon %.
an extension of time TO mako nayn y
y. tIe purchase money. loldina n s.n
stance, That the Joint rasoInt;nn '"p.
sept. 81, 1890, does not annIy 80 Vi
tiers who commute their entries |" set
fourteen months residence. bnt on d,'er
80 ose VINO make proof at the expjrai;oD
vi .ne tifne granted them by law .yTHn
onnlnutatio of a homestead" saws the
secretary, lis the privilege OF mal;ne
maj proof and paying the minimmns
price or the land at any time nfto.
iourteen months residence and cniti
sa,loh SUBSEQUENT to entry. If he does
inls' NE Toe 1t at his own election, The
10" uoes not require, but permits II 70
sor uohe. such legislation would con.
anons nehent would be wholly super.
case 90 unnecessary in any case. In
oase OF failure of crops. the intendinn
commuter could simply abandon his
purpose 20 cOmmute-for tho tin,a h ~
ing, at least. The day of navmant
would lie in his own hands
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22
stock Notes.

Make your selections OF winter stock
carefully.
Next to the danger Of lice the
evil OF over-crowding.
There is no advantage In ~pasturing
too late.
Young growing stock should not be
exposed to cold rains.
Fatten all stock now that are sufi-
GENTLY matured.
Close up as many cracks In the quar-
ters for stock as possible. Warm quar-
tiers save feed.
Begin now to make preparations for
the number OF fowls you are going to
winter.
Two-thirds of the diseases of fowls
are either directly or indirectly due to
the presence of vermin.
Get all Of the poultry accustomed to
roosting under shelter before the cold
weather sets in.
Some poultrymen condemn condi-
ton powder and then pour sulphur,
charcoal and ginger in the mashes.
Desirable breeding qualities are fixed
in a herd by a long line Of careful Sc
lections and breeding, and can be Sc
cured in no other way.
In all mating keep in mind the law
of breeding, that the offspring gener-
ally takes Its disposition from the dam
and the confirmation from the sire.
Stockmen believe that rock salt Is
much better for stock than that which
is ground because they simply lick I'M
til their wants are satisfied. or the
ground salt much finds 1t way into the
stomach undissolved. and produces In.
ritation, and II in sufficient quantity
produces securing.
Experiments at the Iowa station and
also at the Texas station showed thai
cotton seed .meai may be fed to dairy
cows In quantities of three to fivc
pounds per day without affecting the
Of butter, and that the use OF this meal
adds to the firmness OF butter. While
this meal cannot be safely fed to hogs
directly, hogs running after cattle fed.
on the meal suffer no injury.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22
DON'T NEGLECT THIS
An Permitting Coun,i..
10 Bond for

ohe or the amendments which il r.
DE voted upon is to allow ANY county
municipal corporation. civil townshin
district or other subdivision" IN incnr
an additional Indebtedness of 10 Nor
cent or its assessed valuation. besides
the present Limitation of ) per cent
o II purpose of providing water
Tor irrigation and domestic uses bnt
further provides that such additional
Indebtedness shall not be incurred
without a majority vote of the electors
| favor thereof. This amendment
VIII hardly receive the recognition that
IL would have received Immediately
after It's passage the increased rain
ran or the past two years having lin
ited the desire for irrigation. Then
many people are adverse to granting
extended powers Of increasing indebt-
edness and on that ground will likely
oppose II. There is no question that it
would be a good law for communities
which are in need of increased water
supply, but IL is a statute which can
be abused, and should be given con-
sideratiOn before voting upon it.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22
Commander AekIey Dead.

Department Commander Ackley, on
the G. A r.. died at Aberdeen OF
culosis. aged fifty-four years. The fu-
neral was held Under G. A. X. au-
spices. He was elected department
Commander of the G. A. r. at the last
encampment at WATERFOWL ana nus
efforts in arranging for and attending
tbe nationa. encampment in st. Paui
NO doubt fastened his Death. he naa
held various political offices N had
hcen nrominent for many years. he
usas a member OF the South Dakota
consistory Scottish Rite and had reach
cd the t~hirty-second degree. = WI.
and n son, a mere boy, sur'ive ~
He was born In Geneva, n, ~, az
came To Dakota in 1SS2 emurhins ~
the land and law business
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22

les, and thus prevent unwinding. AS
the skinning proceeds the men will
have to stand on barrels, or some other
elevation, to enable them to swing the
carcass clear of the ground. The APP
paratus can be used for lifting hogs.
sheep, etc, but need not be made so
strong or tall. The whole thing is en-
tirely homemade and easily construct
ed. IL no tree is convenient to support
one end of the pole, a post can be set
in it's place or three rails, fastened
neat the top and set up like a tripod,
will do very WE'LL. T.. Henry, st.
Clair County. Illiro Dis
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22
MhOlesnIe stock Stealing

Last spring Lincoln county farmers
were greatly annoyed by the disap-
pearance OF many hogs and young cat
tie belonging to them. Finally George
Robinson, a farmer, had Tim Parks
and George LOwrie arrested for steal
Ing a number of his hogs. The men
were held TO appear before the October
ERIN Of circuit court, and in default OF
800 bonds were lodged in Jail. where
they have since remained. Prior to
losing the hogs four calves belonging
to Robinson disappeared, and since
the incarceration of Parks and Lowrie
he has been doing a little detective
work on his own account. Some time
after the disappearance of the calves
he received an anonymous letter, tell
ing him to ask Louis Schnosey, a
Union county farmer. about the mat
ter. This he did, and was Informed by
Schnosey that he had purchased four
calves answering the description from
Mrs. Henry Frinkman, a sister or
Lowrie's, and that he had sold them a
few days before TO a man who had
taken them to a ranch near Chamber
lain. Robinson came to Chamberlain,
found the calves and Identified them as
his own, and Schnosey also ldentlfed
them as the ones he had purchased
from Mrs. Frinkman. When ques-
toned the lady said she bought the
calves from Parks and Lowrie, thSJ
having claimed that they a taken
them on a threshing bin. An addi.
tional charge was therefore lodged
against the two men a few days ago.
and they were taken from jail long
enough TO make answer. They STAND
a good chance Of remaining In jail for
some time.