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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
Eore-Milk.

What is known as the fore milk
usually contains many bacteria, while
the strippings are nearly or quite free
from them. Bacteria cap enter the
canal Of the teat and grow in the small
quantity of milk left in it at each milk
ing. Hence they are often washed out
in great numbers by the first few
spoonfuls drawn. | have found as high
as 100000 per cubic centimeter in
freshly drawn fore-milk, and in most
of the experiments | have made the
samples of fore-milk kept a shorter
time than the samples drawn later. In
some eases, however, the fore-milk
kept sweet several days Tin one case
twelve days., indicating that the bac-
terra that produced changes in milk
were very few in number in it. My ex-
periments would indicate that cows
differ considerably as to the number of
bacteria that gain entrance to the
teats; and, Of course, the condition in
which the body OF the COW is allowed
to remain, and the character of the
place in which she lies down wouId
influence in marked degree the num-
Der OF bacteria in the fore-milk.-Pror
Cratchie.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23

yards. and containing fifty birds in the
two, which yielded 1927, or an average.
roughly, of 154 eggs each in the year.
For the present year III of these fowls
have given the grand total Of 22.270
eggs. The record is as follows: Octo-
Der t1S96), 9GS: November, 1,104; Deem
Der. 1908: January QS9O. 1906; Feb
ruary, 1,751; March, 3,547; April, 2,941;
May, 2.427; June, 1896; July, 2,32S; Au-
gust Ito the 10th inclusive), 1896. The
balance of receipts over expenditure,
taking into account the stock In hand.
leaves very substantial interest up
on the capital invested. The sale book
for 1896 shows that $4,000 eggs, 444
hens and 261 ducklings were sold. The
eggs for 1856 realized fraction over
a penny piece, while the 1890 were
a trife under. Poultry keepers ought
not to sell March and April puilets, as
many farmers do, for they lay in win
ter. when eggs are very scarce, and.
consequently fetch high prices. Pen
ming up fowls is strongly recommend
ed, because they cannot stray and lay
away from home. the eggs are always
fresh and quickly gathered, broods are
not hatched at the wrong time, and 1t
Is easy to see il anything is amlss with
the birds.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23

first and afterwards emaciate the sheep.
The liver fuke is smooth, bag-like
lat-worm, while a magnifying glass
shows the fringed cestode to be Joint
ed tapeworm, with fringes covering the
segments. Under liquid these fringes
may be seen by the unaided eye, and
are diagnostic. The viscera OF the thir-
ty-one sheep slaughtered in Brookings,
during April, 1897, were examined.
Sixteen sheep which had been summer
fed on closely pastured prairie, and
watered from nearly dried-up ponds,
were found infested with the fringed
cestode. The other fifteen sheep had
grazed on abundant grass. had access
to plentiful supply of pure water and
were entirely free from internal para
sites. Thus the region near lakewood
Lakes was remarkable for its exemption
from sheep parasites. The facts al
ready ascertained in this investigation
indicate that If the young lambs are
fed untainted food in troughs, or on
clean pastures, and given an abundance
of clean water with liberal supply OF
salt, there Is little danger of their be-
coming infested with the fringed ces-
tode. AS it is generally believed that
more prairie sheep die during their first
winter from the effects of the fringed
cestode than from any other cause, this
line of investigation will be continued.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23

in cold weather; bring the feed to her.
Winter pastures are the delight Of the
horse raiser and the steer farmer, but a
delusion to the winter dairyman. Be
not deceived. The weather in winter
is not suited TO milk production and
the COW must be sheltered from the
rain, snow and wind. No matter how
much green grass you have out in the
winter pasture, the cow giving milk is
eat it. She will do we'll at it for o
time, but soon will adjust herself to
the climate and fatten instead of con-
tinuing to fill the pail until spring.
The place where creameries have to
shut down in winter because Of lack OF
milk is where winter pastures are the
most OF success, and the places where
winter dairying is most successful are
those where no reliance is placed on
winter pasture for COW feed. This does
not prove that succulent food like sill
age and roots is deleterlous in winter.
Far from 1t. But succulent food should
be fed in a warm barn, not out in the
open field. This Is a hard thing to
impress upon those who are lovers OF
the steer. The more rich feed a steer
has the less he cares for shelter. He
will often sleep in the snow from
choice. The heifer fed like steer
will be much like one, and as unlike
what she should be for milk as posi-
bic. Be careful not to put her on a
starchy diet and expose her to cold
winds, nor even keep COW in milk on
pasture in cold weather. Shelter her,
make her comfortable without forcing
her to use her food as fuel to keep her
warm. Exposure is fatal mistake no
matter how seductive may be the
temptation,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
WORTH READING.

The suicide rate in the German army
Is 65 per annum in each 100000 men.
Kaiser Wilhelm's speeches during
the last two years fill 323 closely print
ed pages in the cheap German edition
in which they are printed.
Danish lighthouses during storms
pump oil upon the waters, and, in con-
sequence, vessels seek the shelter OF
the smooth water thus created.
In the Portland district of Michigan
fruit growers have found it difficult to
get baskets enough in which to ship
their large crops of plums this season.
It is claimed that as much as 80 per
cent OF German paper is now manufac-
tured from cellulose or wood pulp.
and the reign of the rag seems to have
ended
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23

todes were found in the small intestine
near the entrance of the common bile
duct. and also in the smaller bile duet,
far up into the lobes of the liver. At
this time the cestodes were from one
half inch to three inches long, and the
egg-bearing segments were not mature
enough to be breaking away from the
worms. AS some of the sheep were not
responding properly to their feed, it
was predicted that all were infested and
the flock was isolated. Neither at this
time nor at later autopsies were any
OF the broad tapeworms found in the
intestines, and 1t is probable that the
purgng caused by the rape had ex-
PEELED them in September. Throughout
the month OF April, thirteen Of these
sheep were slaughtered, the viscera ex-
amined, and every sheep was found in
Tested with fringed cestodes. These
parasites were most numerous in the
enlarged bile ducts Of the liver, and in
the small intestine near the orifice OF
the bile duct, which was usually so en-
iarged as to easily admit an ordinary
lead pencil. A few Of the gall cysts
contained one or two Of the cestodes.
In six sheep the pancreas was also in
tested. the fringed cestodes being found
far up in the pancreatc ducts, three
inches from the small intestine. The
condition of the sheep did not vary with
the relative number of these internal
parasites, some Of the largest and fat
test sheep containing as many fringed
cestodes as the lighter weight sheep.
All Of the sheep were so carefully fed
as to be thrifty and we'll nourishe6
throughout the experiment This care,
with their rapid fall fattening, caused
their mutton to be OF the best quality,
and by far the best obtainable in
Brookings this year. At later stages of
the trouble the sheep would have lost
flesh and The emaciated would have
thus been made unfit for eating. There
Is no proof that the fringed cestode in
tests human beings. The frlnged cess
tode resembles liver huke both in ap-
pearance and effects. Both fatten at
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
South Dakota KIOndike.

DEADwooD, S. d.. Nov. 12.--At n
depth of $50 feet in the new workings
of the Iawkcye mine. situated at
Plum Guich, two miles from Dead
wood, a body of free milling gold was
struck which showed an assay value of
Sl,966 in gold per ton. The ore body
weeks ago, which caused intense
excitement in the weS' and caused a
stampede to the district in which the
mine is situated
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
HANNA HAS THREE TO SPARE.
Republican Majority of Five on Ohio
Legislative Ballot.


COLUMBUs. O., Nov. lG.--I'he official
vote of Ohio for governor ut the late
election is: BUSHNELL repu blican.
429.slG: Chapman, democrat. 4Ol.715;
Holiday, prohibition. 1.55S; Coxey.
peoples party. G,254: Dexter. national
democrat. 1861: Watkins. socialist
labor. 4, 2i2: Lewis. negro protective,
41G: liberty party. 3.l01. Bushnell's
plurality, IS. i0i. McKinley's plurality
over Bryan, 40. 49i The senate has
seventeen known republican members.
eighteen known democrats and one
fusion republican elected on the dem
ocratic ticket in Cincinnati. Total,
SO. The house has fftv-eight known
republican members. forty-seven
known democrats, and four fusion
republicans, elected on the democratic
ticket in Cincinnati. Total. los. On
joint ballot the republicans have FIVE
majority.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
SOvEREICN'S AMBITION,
Wants the Democratic Presidential NOmi-
nation In 1900.


LOUISVILLE, Ky, Nov. 1G.-The
Couricr-Journal says: J. L. Sovereign,
retiring general master workman OF
the knights of Labor, resigned his po-
sition in order that he might push his
candidacy for president of the United
States in 1900. Being free now from
all the responsibilities of general mas
ter workman, and having none of the
former difficulties TO contend with.
Sovereign has a clear field before him.
and the delegates to the general as
sembly acknowledged last night that
Sovereign is the avowed candidate for
the presidency of the United States
when McKinley's term expires The
convention making him field worker"
is the initial step Of the Knights of
Labor to launch Sovereign's boom.
While it is said that Sovereign and
Hon. w. j. Bryan are the warmest
friends, the supporters Of Sovereign
say he will make every effort for the
prize which Bryan seeks To secure.
He spends all his spare time diseni-
mating his views and in general agita-
ton OF all the principles which the
knights of Labor advance.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
Experiment stations and Poultry.

Within the past three years the expe.
riment stations have given much atten.
tion to poultry, and the wise professors
VINO mad exhausted the field of cattle
ieeaihg were surprised at the amount
OF work on their hands in the poultry
line. They found that there were a
thousand and one little details thew
mad never anticipated, and instead of
winding up the experiments in a few
months they have been compelled TO go
on with their work for several wears
before they can give results. The con-
sequence is that great interest Is be-
Ing created in poultry, and those who
supposed that there was little or moth
Ing to learn have discovered that thew
knew less about the management of
poultry than OF larger stock. The sta
tions have given much valuable infor
nation on methods of feeding, and the
diseases OF poultry have received spe
cial attention. Considering that the
poultry interests are valuable, and that
millions Of dollars are made on the
farms every year from poultry, the sta.
ton work will result in incalculable
benefit.-Ex.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
cow Comfort.

One OF the hardest things to impress
upon farmers is the value OF comfort
to the COW, writes Il. c. Bennett in
New York Produce Review. No mat
ter how well and wisely We feed. If the
COW Is not comfortable she will not
eliminate a full mess OF milk When
the COW is wet ana chilled she uses the
food for warming herself, and what is
used in this way does not appear in
the milk pail. 1t Is gone. radiated to
the wild prairie winds lost forever. A
cold rain causes her TO shrink in milk.
A raw wind dries her up. Foraging in
the stalk fields in winter will 90 more
harm than good. She must be where
the temperature approyimates summer
temperature il she is to make milk as
she will in GUNNER weather. Don't
send the COW to the fields for her feed
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
JUST A MINUTE.

Woman Is seldom mereifnl TO the
man who is tim id.-Edward Brlwer
Lytton.
The average weekly loss of vessels
on the seas throughout the world is
twelve.
The residents of Nodaway county.
Mo-. are greatly bothered by tiaber
wolves.
At present Canada supplies ONE
fourteenth of the imported food of
Great britain.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
Sieze Rifles for the Cnrlists.

BARCELONA, Spain, Nov. 1.-THE
police have seized 800 rifles intended
for the Carlists. These were found on
board the ship st. Phillips. which took
shelter in Barcelona under stress OF
weather. The vessel came from Ant
werp and it was intended to unload
her on the coast of Valencia.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23

Rudy ard Kipling has written one of his best
stories for tie 1898 volume OF the YOUTHS Com
PASIoS. "The Burning OF the Sarah Sands Is its
title, and IL is stirring tale OF heroism in the
ranks. Those who subscribe to THE YOUTHS COM
PANIoN will receive the paper free for the
rest OF the year and the COMPANIONS twelve-col-
or calendar for 1898. TIE COMPANIONS yearly
calendars are recognized rs among the richest and
most costly forms of this kind OF art,
Illustrated prospectus of the volume for lS9S ana
ample copies OF the paper sent on application.
Address,
THE YOUTHS COMPANION
2U7 Columbus Ave, Boston. Mass.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
BUBONIC PLAGUE.
Hundred and Thirty-four New Cases and
Ninety-four Deaths.

NiH"tN -fNuf Death-.
BOMBAY, Nov. 16.-The bubonic
plague shows no abatement in the
Poonah district. Within the last
forty-eight hours there have been 1874
new cases reported and 81 deaths.
Six hundred and thirty victims of the
disease are now in the hospital at
Poonah. Business in several of the
principal streets is suspended, and the
town is being rapidly deserted by the
inha bitants.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
A Valuable Franchise Secured.

The franchise of easy digestion-one OF
the most valuable in the gift OF medical
science-cau be secured by any person wise
enough TO use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
either to suppress growing dyspepsia. or
to uproot it at its maturity. Bilious. rhen-
matte and fever and ague sufferers, persons
troubled with nervousness and the constr
pated, should also secure the health fran
chise by the same means.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23

To quit tobacco easily and forever. be mag.
netlc. full OF life, nerve and vigor, take MOTTO
BAG, the wonder worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, soc or 81. Cure guaran
teed Booklet ana sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
Carrots for Horses.-Of all roots with

Carrots for Horses.-Of all roots with
which horses are tempted, the carrot.
as a rule, is the favorite, and perhaps
the most beneficial. 1t is said to pe
somewhat diuretic in its effects, and TO
exercise salubrious influence on the
skin. Certain it is that a sick horse
may be coaxed into eating carrots when
disinciined to partake Of other nourish-
ment, and the greatest benefit results
For the ailing horse carrots are mosi
valuable as an article of diet, and a few
may be given with advantage even to
a horse in healthy condition.
Prince Edward Island Agriculturist.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
Very Provoking Indeed.

"That Charley Porkly is horrid."
''Why, dear! l thought that you and he
were engaged"
I'VE are, but last night I told him he was
too good for me, and the conceited coxcomb
didn't deny it,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23

The pope's physician has declared that,
IN spite of his great age, Leo XIII Is as
likely as most men to see the beginning Of
a new century
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23

FITS Permanently Cured. Motifs nervousness after
Srst days of DIR. Hines Great Norve Rsstorer.
Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise
Dr. r II. KLINE, Ltd, 93I Arch ST., Philadelphia Pa
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23

The Assyrians became a nation at the
founding of Ninevah, 2.245 Il. c.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
Were Ouite Uniform.

ibid you find any irregularities in his
accounts!n
ION the contrary they were remarkably
uniform--he doctered them every day"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23

Some men never think of studyins
the frescoing on a church ceiling untl
the plate is passed around.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the best
of ali Cough Cures. = George W. Lott,
Fabucher, La, August 60, 1895.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23

V1@N-@l>a\ gives the results
;: !: :: {: !: !: !: !: ]. !:
ISg@N&,S of poultry keeping
N-S&yS<>XEXiSNtJ on somewhat
1%&~NNEM considerable scale.
NS%S42IMgNJJ He has found that
N M,Nudr-I hens shut up in
N0M1SJk]hKGJ ample pens give
SS the minimum of
trouble, and lay
the maximum OF eggs. His
plan is to erect houses" ac
cording to his requirements, and TO
enclose, with ordinary wire netting,
fixed to upright poles in the ground,
spaces around each, ranging from nine
,ty-eight to 277 square yards. The
ground set apart for the runs was the
rough patches generally found near to
the homestead and outbuildings. At
the outset he selected fowls that were
good layers. such as cross between
light and brown Leghorn cocks and the
dark Brahma hens. They were, Of
course, most prolific in March, April,
May, June and July, but March and
April pullets began laying on October
l, so that he had good supply of eggs
all the year round. The food in the
morning consisted of good soft meal,
with a sprinkling Of meat crissel in
summer. and, in the very cold weather,
Indian meal, which is a heat producer.
In the evening, wheat, bucllwheat, dari,
or heavy oats were given, separately,
not mixed. No maize was thrown
down, as it is fat-producing, and les
sens the laying capacity of the hens.
There was no limit to the supply Of
water and green stuffs. The results
were highly satisfactory. The egg year
ends on September &c. and from Octo-
Der l, 1895, to September 80, 1896. our
poultry farmer had an average of 100
fowls, and collected during the year
1865 eggs, in addition rearing ia
broods OF chickens and ducklings. Octo-
Der and November were the only two
months when the eggs were below 1 900
month. The best results were from
two pens, Jointly covering 500 square
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23

Every woman has her times that she
wishes it wasn't unwomanly to sw ear.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
Beauty Is Blood Deep.

Clean blood means clean skin. No
beauty withoutit. Cascarets. Candy Cathar-
tic cleans your b God and keeps it c.ean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all in
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
Danish pimples, hollis blotches, blackheads,
and that's ickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets, beauty for ten cents. All drug
oists. satisfaction guaranteed. loo. CSC. 5oc.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23

l1People who live in glass houses should
sleep down cellar.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
Literary Notes.

Among the contents of Harper S
Magazine for December ara narrative
poem by General Lew. Wallace, en-
titled "The Wooing of Malkatoon'';
articles on 1.-THE Queens Jubilee" by
Richard Harding Davis, and OH
George William Curtis at Concord
by George Willis Cooke, and an inter-
esting array of fiction.
The numbers of Harper's Weekly
during November will contain letters
from Tappan Adney. the Weekly's COR
respondent to the Klonkike: an
account of the recent feet manpuvres,
entitled with the North Atlantic
Squadron" with four full-page illus
trations, by r. +. Zogbaum: and
articles on the Chicago and New York
horse shows.
Harper's Bazaar during November
will include special Thanksgiving
number. containing strong story,
entitled "A Stay-at- Home Enemy" by
Margaret Sutton Briscoe. Among the
other features of the month will be
the beginning of n series of articles on
"Wonan's Voice and Speech" by Ada
Stirling, and paper by Ebcn f.. Rex
ford on November Work in the
Garden.
The November issue OF the Art Inter
change is exceptionally interesting
both in pictures and text, and is
abundantly supplied with supplements
in color and black and white. Where
the Water Lilies Grow" by Roswell s.
Hill, shows "a girl dressed in pink
seated in boat gathering water lilies,
while the summer sunshine shimmers
across the surface OF the river.
In Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, the
whisky is so bad that the yellow fever
will not attack any body who drinks it.
One OF the hymns IN the hymn book
of church in Toronto has been
arranged To fit the tune of the song,
Put Me OFF mt Buffalo
Twcnty-seven onions, the combined
weight of which was siXty-tive pounds,
were raised this season by j. T. Doug
lass, of Albany, Oregon.
The trees in the streets of Paris are
looked after by public official APP
pointed just for that purpose, and
therefore the Partisan streets always
look beautiful.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23

Society smiles are counterfeit.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Euay.

y girl always speaks of marrying and q
man Of being married.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-23
DAIRY AND POULTRY,
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department of tho Farm--A Few
Hints ms to the Caro- of Live Stock
and Poultry.
Fowls Penncd Up.

II AIM XIX III tuS
current number oil
the Land Magazine
gives the results
of poultry keeping
on a somewhat
considerable scale.
He has found that
hens shut up in
ample pens give
the minimum of
trouble, and lay
OF eggs. His
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-23

Taken up, and in city pound, on Mat
amoras street, on or about the 18th day
of April 1897:
One brown horse BRANDED G on right
shoulder.
One bay horse no brand.
One dun horse branded on left
shoulder.
One grey mare branded p with TRAN
gle over it, and B on jaw.
One brown horse branded c S I on
right shoulder, T on both hips.
One brown horse branded 50 on left
hip, c on right shoulder.
Which will, if not redeemed before
sale, be sold at public auction, to the
highest bidder, for cash. at said pound,
at the hour of II o'clock Il. M, on the
oath day of April, 1897.
PHIL SHARDEIN,
4-19-5t. Marshal.