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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-12
SiIaGe for Fattcning Cattle.


Our experiment stations have shown
that sllagc made from Indian corn ha:;
a feeding value not materially different
from that Of Well cured. dry fodder.
tAe difference. where noted, generally
being slightly in favor of the silage It
has also been shown by those station;;
that corn suffers very material loss in
its dry matter. not only while cur;ig
but aftcrward. while standing in the
shock. 1t seems that there are slew
fcrmcntations going Oh all the time.
and these. together With mechanical
losses. amount to a very considerable
depreciation from month to month. As
our knowledge of the silo and silage
increases we are gradually reducing
the losses incident to storing corn in
the pit. so that it now seems possible
that the Silo will save more feed from
given corn field than can be accom-
plished by cutting and shocking the
stalks. or even by cutting. shocking
and housing the same.
With the results favorable to the silo
by very small per cent. the advocates
of this system Of feeding arc left to
ct1-Nl 1ttlll'ttl utl\ II IL GER
tain that good silage is more palatable
as Il part feed. at least With cattle.
than is dry fodder. Cattle always show
strong liking for succulent food.
Good feeders know that it is inlDortant
to give their animals for provensle,
those foods or combinations which are
highly attractive to them. In this par
ticular sjlage leads.
II tho SGf.oD.1 1,1oco <.o,,,oe, ,,.o,,o,>,-
of storage and handling Our farmers
of Wisconsin WHO are the most exneri-
enced. now dispose of ton of green
corn fodder into the silo at a wonder
fully small cost The stalks are cut by
machinery loaded on the trucks. run
through large feed &, tiers, hoistvd l;v
al elevator into the silo lit at a ranid
rate and 4 plininlum amount Of man
labor. Our Silcs are now so construct
ed that they last Il generate and arc
filled so that there is practically 10
waste silaSc excepting Il little al the
top OF the pit. Farmers who are I'D to
the times in this state are much
pleased with the silo. and now silos are
being built in our advanced dairy dis
tricts every year. 1 cannot report any
recent experience with feeding silage
~ olSNI =. anu 81 NtI1llCt give CuI cOl A.
spondent the definite information in
that regard which lie desires
In general it may be said that unutil-
ity of the silo comes from its adjust
ment to other conditions on the farm.
With clover and pea hay for roughness
and crushed corn and cotton seed fol.
grain. our inquirer has very cheap
feed indeed, and | should spend some
fin,G uNino tho Of e>;1
its construction and how to use it eco
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-12
WASTE IN THE DAIRY.
POOR Cows One of the Greatest t
Causes of Waste

FoOr Cows One of the Greatest
Causes of Waste.
The first, and perhaps the greatest,
cause OF waste, is poor COWS, writes
Mr.. Gurler. Everybody knows that it
does not pay to keep poor COWS; but
almost every dairym.,n thinks that it
is the other fellow that is keeping the
poor COWS. and he is keeping the good
ones. and proceeds to prove it by
pointing ont old BeSS and Spot and
Cherry. that fill Il pail night and mcrn-
ing. If YOU ask him what per cent Of
butter fat these COWS test he Will an
swcr that he has never tested them,
but that they give rich milk. and
clinches it by adding that his wife says
there is always a thick cream on the
milk of -ur cows
If YOU ask him how many bounds Of
milk each one of them gives in Il year.
he will tell you that lie has not kept
an exact account; but he weighed their
milk one evening in June and they
gave about twenty pounds at Il milk
ing. and. as if to definitely settle the
question in favor of the COWS. he will
add: "A gov that will give twenty
pounds Of rich milk night and morn
ing is good one How natural it is
for us to think our things are the best
When we are passing Judgment upon
our own things we magnify virtues
and excuse and helttle faults and
bring in verdict of approval and de-
ceive ourselves into believing it. II
we would test our COWS fairly with the
scales and the Babcock test. and keep
hooks on each animal. not for Il day or
a week. but for a year. and strike a
balance, we would know the quality of
our COWS, and know which one to keep
and which one to sell. We should un-
deceive Observation-Disclosures piOWman.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-12
BEST HANGE CATTLE.
Beef Cattle of the States Are Retro
grading.

Beef Cattle of the States Are Retro
grading.
A few years ago the beef cattle sent
to market from the states east of the
Missouri river were very much better
than the class sent from the range dis
tricts. This condition is rapidly chang
ing. The beef cattle OF the states are
not being improved. They are rather
retrOgrading. On the other hand orsF
range cattle are bein improved so that
in the near future. if the present trend
of events continues. the range cattle
will pass the states cattle and will be
ahead in excellence. The states still
hold the front rank for herds CT pure
bred beef cattle There are herds in
Missouri. for instance. that cannot be
eXcelled, yet those cattle are bred there
and the best Of the product comes to
the range districts.
When the Western ranchnan goes
East to buy breeders with which to i'm
prove his herd he always chooses the
best. He does not quibble as to- the
price. He declares that the best are
none too good. and that class he must
and will have. On the other hand. the
farmer in the Central states. relying
upon the grades of his COWS. demands
a cheaper bull often taking a grade
with uncertain breeding rather than Sc
lecting a pure bred one at the higher
price. This method has been in vogue
for ten or twelve years, and it is start
ling what a wonderful effect it has
lad. To verify this statement ask the
breeders of pure bred cattle. They
will uniformly say that the bulls are
sold to the Tanehman. SO tC 95 per cent
of them. and all the best ones. except
an occasional animal sold to a fellow
breeder who likewise is prcpogating
cattle for the ranges.
These statements are not Overdra WI.
In fact. they are net all the factors
that enter in to depreciate the beef cat
tie as a class. in the states. AS Il rule
their cattle are crossed and mixed till
they partahc largely Of the m2lgrel.
Which is but a step removed from the
scrub. They have a Sprinking Of the
ShorthCrn, Hereford. Aberdeen-Angus
or Galloway. and perhaps some Jersey
or Holstein. New. while each OF thes>,
breeds is excellent i'll it's class. an in
discriminate mixture DESTROYS the type
CT all the tension of high breeding is
leAioNe eu ''ilu lHt lo.tu 10 Sclubuoll Is
certainly along that way. Cross bred
animals are oftentimes good individu-
ally. but to propagate from them is in
violation Of the most vital and valu-
able principles of stock breeding. With
all the best types OF pure bred Eastern
stock coming out West to reE.enish our
great range herds it does not require
much argument to show that our cat
tie are bound to be greatly benefited as
the years 90 h:- and that the best and
plrest stock on the American continent
will in few years io found on our
langes.-i. w. Waters in Field and
Farm.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-12
Dairy Notes.

Dairy Notes.
Milk of any kind l. Il good poultry
fGjd.
ter dairying.
The less ll;lk conlS after settling the
more quickly it sourS.
Good cream rising means keeping the
milk sweet as long as possible.
We want milch COWS neither fat nor
lean, but half way between
1t will not pay to winter a COW that
does not make Il good milk showing on
grass.
There is not one cCW in fifty but
what might do better in milk yield ii
she had more to cat and drink.
\ really good dairy COW. as long as
she is giving good flow of milk no
matter how we'll fed. will not get fat.
From this time on COWS should be
we'll sheltered ut night and en- stormy
days.
Remember that with COWS. as with
other stock. a good animal may be
readily spoiled by bad management.
The farmer who wants to have good
COWS must raise the calves from their
best COWS bred to thoroughbred bulls
Of good dairy breeds.
Under ordinary conditions COWS will
change from day to day in the amount
Of solids III their milk and especially in
the amount OF butter fats.
What makes a specific dairy COW the
most profitable is the fact that she
turns her energies in the right direc-
ton.
At this time especially it is much
easier to let COWS shrink in their milk
milk flow.
While wheat bran is considered eX-
cellent to make COWS give large mess
Of milk, butter makers claim that it
does not furnish just the right ma
terial alone.
AS food is indispensable for the pro-
duction of rick milk. it only remains to
adjust the rations to the ability of the
cow to digest it and to run it into
profit.
There are about 100000 cows in
this country, or one to every four in
habitants; one COW. however, furnishes
the milk, butter and cheese for more
than four persons. as large quantities 5
Of dairy products are exported
One hundred pounds of good milk
contains about the following amounts
of the different constituents. Eighty
seven pounds Of water. 4 pounds Of fat,
5 pounds Of milk sugar. 33 pounds of
casein and albumen and o. pounds OF
mineral matter or salts.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-12
Raising the Heifer Calf.

Fall calves will soon arrive. and with
them the question what to dc with
them. With butter at 15 cents. there
does not seem much reason for raising
them. but if there is good reason to
believe that the calf will M:ke good
COW. we would hesitate quite Il VIII lp
Before we consigned it to the si,anlhlts.
Even POW. if YOU start out to buy 4
1irSt-claSS COW, you will find that that
kind Of stock comes relatively higher
;l,nn any other. There is less prnSnnot
Of dairy goods btin@ lower than thcrc
is Of any other kind Of farm produce.
says National StUck,nan. We may all
pitch III and put in an extra crop of lo-
tatocS. and send tile price down to ]Ie
low cost: but it tax IS a certain amount
of time to increase the number of COWS
i'll the country. and these are not the
times that will make the farmer grow
calves where they have been in the
habit of selling them. SO we may at
least look for prices to go no lower,
and with :: fair prospect of going lit
tie. higher.
But if the calf is not a good one. it
would be better to knock it on the head
and feed the carcass to the chickens
rather than raise it for the dairy. 1t
does not cost : cents; more to ~ iSe a
good calf than it does Il poor one and
the COW that will make 300 pounds Of
butter a year has eaten no more up to
the time she drops her first calf than
the one that will make only 40. There
is not a fortune in the dairy business.
in any event. but if we raise calves
from Door COWS from which to make
up our future herd. there is 4 loss.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-12
RnfSi32H Hogs.

The swine breeder cc experience has
learned that if he has 4 good stock o.
god pigs ready fer sale when the pi, :
pie begin to awaken to the merits of
swine, ne reap; his reward.
Poultry net makes Il perfect hoS-i"tt
fence if a stout board be nailed al2n-
the ESttom ard an occasional p.st b.
set so that the hogs may have ruhl:.lr
places. Fer a small yard net is n0t
suitable. as the L3SS are RESTLESS in
close confinement. Ihey ought to naI,
4 good range always.
Can pork he raised 1T Il profit wh,l
prices are but Il. and ) tcltS per
pound: Not Ey any haphaZlrd pre-
cess. But the careful breeder and Sy-:-
tematic feeder can do it; he i, doing ii.
and instead CT being discouraged tilrS .
times Of lew prices is inli'r3vin" his
Stc>h making lew quarters ana @,:-
ting ready for the roC.n which i; :;u :,
to rtcur every * y ycar:
1t is fall and pigs are E.t 50 eX:oc =
sive as in the spring: Prices are lu"' j.
than for some years also. Eycrythii ::
points TO the fact that even Il poor man
may stock up with ch1;c2 tn rough
hrCd>. Started nCw he ou.h1 to b,
nicely fixed in three years \ 20 ,d
way TO start is to boy TWO or lEr;,
&c, 1. hlHGdol SnUatr; CT young S ,W$.
and have them stintfl i a sire ct c;-
tabisheu pedigree. and then raise
t:len. repeating the process. Farm
Journal
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-12
for food storage. before I

nomically for food storage, before I
constructed it or relied upon silage
made from corn or substitute in any
measure for the food articles before
named Feed is cheap at the South,
and farm animals are not forced 70
subsist on dry fodder for any very long
period. This would seem to make tie
silo of less necessity there than in
Wisconsin, where our stock has not
over six months run Oh pasturc.-1'rof.
Henry, in Breeders Gazette
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-12
stool, Notes.

stock Notes.
TcG much feed is as ! al as too lit
tie
Hrhcrned cattle are preferred in the
markets.
The h;:se blallkct in winter saves its
cost by saving feed, to say nothing OF
the comfort to the horse.
Patch the hcles ana cracks in the
Earn. Remember that the animal heat
has to be kept up l.:y feed, and the
colder the barn the III ne feed it takes
The driver whJ will jerk q n RES;
mouth is out CT place when diving I:
horse. The mouth is not for that pur-
pose.
Rarbed wire fencing EuS done lots Of
damage to stock. There ought always
to be Il slight ditch along Gar,cd Wire
fencing where stock runs. The stock
will not go over the ditch.
y prominent swine breeder has said
hat if you had but five females and
they would raise two littcrs of pigs a
year Of five each. in five years the re-
suit would he 2.o00.c3o OF pigs
Scientific breeding consists in real
izing the greatest increase in the
weight of the animal at the least cost
as can be easily di@ested and give the
of SO doing. Such fat-producinS fcods
greatest warmth fatten quickest.
Cattle will shrink more in one cold
rain or snow stolll than they will gain
lack in a week or ten days Of good
weather, after causing enough loss i'll
labor. feed and time to have paid the
expense Of furnishing shelter for the
entire winter.
The Montana experiment station has
spaved 4 large number Of mares and
finds it quite a simple and safe opera
ton. The spayed mares. it is said. are
more tractab bic. keep in better ccndi-
tiCn than other mares and are equal to
geldings in form, courage and eldu-
ance.
\ veteran Eroncho breaker gives the
following as a sure way to cure horse.
Of kicking: Tie one of his forelegs
with rope to his hind leg on the other
side. AS soon as he starts to kick he
Jerks his front leg eff the ground and
he goes down in a heap. Two o.. three
doses Of that kind will cure the worst
case you can find
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-12
Eggs Or Meat.

ESSoS NJ await
Some persons are at loss to know
whether to raise chickens for the mar
ket or keep hens for eggs only. We say
to such persons that both Industries
may be engaged in. as the one is done
at one season of the year and the other
at a different period. We may at this
stage of Improvement. separate chicks
for the early market from these of the
production of eggs Cnly by reason Of
the fact that the invention Of incubo-
tors has entirely changed the market
for lIi'oilel's by placing the supply with
i'll the province Of tho poultrynEln
While all poultrylnen aHG farmers;
laiSe chicks in the spring. it is because
at that season the hens are more ia
cined to become br@"dy. bat tn prO3;cl
period for ha5"hillg is i'll the late fall
Or winter. which is also the mcSt s;lta-
bic season fer incul'aturs. The great
Obstacles to the production Of ta:ly
bloilels is that the hens Will not i'll
cuoate until they are ready to do s. O,
their cWn accord. By the Use e I'll
Incubator chicks can be Matched at ANY
time. 1t Will thus be seen that tho ulc
has nothing to do VITA he o:h":. ~
that is dependent ell til" hen h,iny tA>
eggs. and in that respect she has ~
substitute. Ey Il division Of thu two
industries. for ar the pre- sent dly arti-
fetal incubation is great industry.
the laying of the eggs is done 1T tie
least expense in months foil, wing
March and ending when mOu!ting be
gins. while Matching and raising chick. !;
is done frCm the moulting reason Until
March ends. Here VIC have the wear
divided into two periods and into two
separate industries. both of which giv>,
better results than either alone. The
Incubator cannot lay the eggs. but can
hatch them. while the hen can lay the
eggs. bat will not hatch them until Sll ,
prefers to dc so. nCr Will she act il
concert with her con ,aniona, as one c.
two hens nay be willing and the Gu
C:s rcfrs5 5.--pCultry Keeper
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-03-28
NO.. as.

The Democrats are simply not in it. The sill
yer men in Oregon are organizing silver leagues,
while the gold men are forming Mckinley clubs.
The famine in money in that state is SO fear
fnl that in one county recently 80 horses were
sold for $50. The people on the western coast
have grievance against the railroads, especial
ly the Southern Pacific, and silver is not the
only issue. Oregonis needing help from abroad
badly. With few good speakers turned loose
in that state before the close of their campaign,
supplemented by liberal supply of reform lit
erature, there is little doubt of Populists carry
ing the state.
The political event of last week was the
state convention Of the Peoples party of Kan
sas, held at Hutchinson on the 18th. 1t was
the largest and most important convention, in
many respects, ever held in the state. Ninety
two delegates were elected to the national con-
vsntion, headed by John Breidenthal, chairman
of the Kansas state executive committee. A
splendid set of resolutions were adopted, reaf-
frming faith in the Peoples party and its prin-
ciples inviting the alliance and co-operationof
all reform elements in the state and nation, to
the end that union of all voters may be form
ed who oppose a gold standard and the European
level of prices.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-03-28
ENCOURAGING OUTLOOK
For the Success OF the Peoples Party.
Report from Official Sources.
PEOPLES PARTY News BUREAU, |
Headquarters NATL EX. Com.

ST LOUIS, Mo-, March 25;-The national
executive committee opened headquarters i'll
rooms 325, 326 and 327 of the Commercial
building in this city, March Ist At this time
matters are beginning to take on lively air,
and Chairman Taubeneck and his assistants
are getting right down to hard work, answer
inc the immense correspondence and arranging
prelimnaries for the great convention to be
held here, July 22d, and the campaign to fol-
low.
Reports are already coming in from members
of the national committee and chairmen OF
state and county COMMITTEES, announcing acces-
sions to our party all along the line, and dis
sensions and decentralization in the ranks of
our enemies.
There can be but little doubt now that the
threatened bolt and wak-out in the Republican
and Democratic atonal conventions by the
16 to-G free-Silver advocates il they fail to Sc
cure their demands will prove reality, for it
is plain that this class will fail to get what they
desire in their respective parties.
In Michigan, the free-siver Democrats have
formed party of their own and effected per-
manent state organization. This is Only one
move toward political freedom, but, having
taken the first step, the next one will be easy,
and they will soon land in the Peoples party.
The sensible and conciatory- resolutions
passed by the Reform Press Association at pal-
las, last month, have inspired hope aud stimu-
lated our friends to renewed activity all over
the country
The biggest cloud on the Republican horizon
lust now is the move being made by the manu-
facturers of the East to form all alliance, Of
fensive and defensive, with the Republican
silver men in the Western states which, If
successful, will completely dismember the Re-
publican party and place it in worse condition
than the late lanented Democracy.
To close observer it begins to look like the
end of both political parties and the gold dynas-
ty was very at hand. The political
rogues are likely to fall out, in which case,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-03-28
A COWARDLY SENATE.

The United States senate has not for many
years been considered as representing American
sentiment. The members mainly appear as
the attorneys of great corporations, powerful
trusts, and interests which WELD an unlimited
a mount of cash.
When great question, big with interest to
America, comes before this class Of men, it is
folly to expect them to view it in patriotic or
national light. They regard it solely from the
standpoint OF its interests each directly repre-
sents.
The refusal of the senate to support the con-
current Cuban resolutions will arouse the dis
gust and indignation of every patriotic A'neri-
can. The people have no desire to participate
in the quarrels or wars of any European nation,
but it is the duty of the land of freedom to give
it's moral support to the effort of any brave race
to throw off the shackles of monarchy. And
the nearness of Cuba to the United States, and
the fact that Spain was so quick to recognize
the Southern confederacy, renders this step al
most necessity
The lesson taught by the hating, unpatriotc
and defiant course of the senate may, how
ever, prove to be real benefit TO the country.
The people are becoming very restless under
this style of representation, and the cowardly
surrender to Spain will arouse and intensity the
Indignation which will force the election of SEN
ators directly by the people-Philadelp elphia Item.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-03-28
A NATIONAL DISGRACE.

WASHINGTON, March, I4.-During the de-
bate in the house on the inebriate asylum bill,
Mr.. Little of Arkansas raised objection to liquor
selling in the capitol building.
"The management of the building, which
should commend itself to the moral sentiments
of the people, has become the object of their
attention and scorn," said Mr.. Little
81, for one, believe il to be public disgrace,
sir, that liquors are permitted to be disposed of
and sold in the capitol building of this great
nation.
Gin all earnestness, l appeal to the chairman
of the committee to permit this amendment,
which | offer in good faith, to be voted upon.
do think that every member of this house
ought to be interested in driving from this cap
itol the sale of liquor. 1t is not question of
prohibition, but of decency, and l do think it
is public disgrace to have open saloons
in the capitol building. They nothing
short of that. You may rule out this amend
ment, but warn you shall introduce an in
dependent bill for this purpose, and press it for
decision. Let us have our capitol building
so managed that we can welcome the visits Of
patriot or saint of our wives and children,
without the blush of shame"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-03-28
IN THE DAYLIGHT CLEAR.

The preacher prayed in woefu tone
For the thief in the felon's cell,
And told of the punishment here on earth
And his endless days in hell;
But the thief that sat in the best front pew
That he might be seen and heard
OF the Shylock thief of the helpless poor,
The preacher said never word.
And he told of the harlot stepped in sin,
And the rum-seller's awful DOOM
And he said if they didn't cease to increase,
He'll soon should be short of room;
But the pirates that have stolen the earth,
And their brothers. blood have shed,
The parson smiled as he winked at them,
And never a word he said
Lord, help the preacher and help the church.
When the morning sun shall rise,
And cast the veil that has hidden the sham
Away from the peoples eyes!
And the big thief then, in the best front pew,
And the man with the blood-stained hand,
Shall stand alone in the daylight clear,
In sight of all the land.
Omaha Commonwealth.