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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05
Live stock without E.rm,.

Live stock without farming is a CON
ditiOn that does not exist to any extent
outside Of the range country. but the
tendency in certain sections is in that
direction, says The National Stockman.
For example, Il nan is located in d
natural grass country, too hilly for the
most economical farming. His perma-
nent pastures furnish abundant Forage
for the greater part of the year. He
buys most of the stock cattle or sheen
that convert his grass into meat, lust
rs does the feeder in the corn belt. and
he does not winter much stock or feed
much grain. This man is making a
study Of the problem Of live stock
without farming. Not absolutely with
out farming, for he knows that his
meadows must be renewed, that some
straw is desirable and that some coarse
grain is essential, but he is studying
to reduce the area that he must devote
to corn, to wheat and oats and to in
crease the extent of his permanent
pastures. He finds it n many sided
problem. Securing uniformly good
meadow, maintaining pastures in salts
factory condition, buying stock at ia
vorable prices when it is needed, buy
ing grain at prices in proportion to live
stock are some of tile major difficulties
to be met. Among the advantages are
the saving of labor, the saving Of land.
which in n billy country always de-
teriorates by cropping. and the saving
of a heavy investment in implements
and machinery and fences. )
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

1.-THE WHITE nsIFEn THAT %HAvELAD.'
a weight Of about 1900 pounds. She
acquired her came from having been
extensively exhibited. and did much
toward attracting the attention of the
farmers and feeders of northeastern
England TO the merits of the old Tees
water or S%llorthorn stock. The illustra-
ton is reproduced from an old litho.
graph which. while al exaggcration in
some respects. will convey some idea
OF her character. She grew e rough
in her flesh after maturity, but pre-
sented such a heavy carcass, combined
with neatness and finish, that many
We're led to adopt bulls of this breed
as a result of her extended travels.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05
Feeding Qunlitie. of Articho,ses.

A report recently received at the de-
partmcnt OF agriculture from the Ore
gon station contains some interesting
and valuable information concerning
the food value of a%rticlokes. To de
termine the proportion of rations for
farm animals that car be probably
made up of these tubers the Oregon
station fed six thrifty Berkshire pigs
which had been running on wheat
stubble and weighed from III to 213
pounds. For two months the pigs
We're fed on artichOkes supplemented
by a small ration of equal parts of
chopped wheat and oats. An effort was
made mt the outset to compel the pigs
to subsist on a diet of artichokes alone.
but in the absence Of grain there was
very little gain. and the pigs were not
contented. They were vigorous in their
demands for something more substan-
tial. The artichokes We're grown near
the pens. so that the pigs could have
access to them whenever they desired.
The tubers were left in the ground for
the pigs to root out as they We're need
ed. A portion of the plat was measur-
ed and the articlokes dug t. determine
the yield. which was found to be 74O
bushels per acre. During the expert
ment the six pigs consumed the arti-
Olie grown on One-eighth acre and
made Il total gain in live weight of 244
pounds or an average daily gain per
pig OF O.S1 pound. The pigs consumed
during the period 75G pounds of grain.
or at the rate of 81 pounds of grain
for ZACH pound of gain in live weight.
In other experiments it had been
found that it required about five
pounds of mixed grain for each pound
of gain in live weight. On this basis
the feeding of the articbokes resulted
in a saving Of nearly two pounds of
grain for each pound of gain in live
weight.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05
Grns.e. ;ror swine Pasture.

l can conceive OF nothing better for
swine pasture than alfalfa. Its tender.
succulent tens are fun of sugar and
protein. They are not only delicious
to the palate of the growing animals,
but they promote growth and digestion
as no other grazing with which l am
acquainted does. 1t is especially val
liable for young pigs or for any grow
ing animals. 1t starts very early in the
spring and continues to grow until
after hard frosts in the fall. Tramping
it in dry, warm weather does it little
injury, although the traInping done in
winter is very destructive to it. and
live stock should be carefully re-
strained from treading upon it when
1t is frozen. One beauty of alfalfa is
that, while drought checks II. it does
not entirely prevent its growth. SO that
we are sure OF having more or less sue
culent grazing r"nn during the hottest
periods ard rtp longest dronshts.--Cor.
Country Gents man.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05
American por,, In s>v.cc,

Official advices received from Swedon
by the department OF agriculture show
that Notwithstanding Il rigorous inspec-
ton there is II good market there
FOR American pork products. Durin.
one month recently the inspection OF
1910 hogs slaughtered in Sweden and
10 pieces of American "sllort clears
showed triclinosis in 2l carcasses of
Swedish pork and in only one piece of
American short clears" Americans
who contemplate engaging in the
trade should study the market require
ments and the climatic conditions, be.
cause pork for Sweden must be proper.
ly prepared, as 1t will otherwise spoil
quickly.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05
ATAvisM in ANIMALS.
A Scientific Explanation of Many
Trnits of Charncter.

DIR. Louis Robinson, an English 70
ologlst, has just given to the world an
account of his Investigations as to the
origin of the habits and mode of life
of certain animals, and the conclusion
at which he seems to arrive is that all
such phenomena may be explained on
the ground of atayiSm. Thus he claims
that the horse Of our day derives his
swiftness and power Of endurance
from the fact that his ancestors in for
mer days were obliged to fee from
and frequently to defend themselves
against their great enemies, the
wolves. In like he claims that
the reason Why the horse SHES is be-
cause his ancestors were forced to be
constantly ON the alert against hidden
enemies and that the reason why he
rears and plunges is because only by
pursuing such tactics could his fore
fathers shake off wild animals who
had leaped upon their backs.
Sheep when frightened Immediately
rush off to the highest point they can
reach. The reason, says DR.. Robinson,
is because all sheep originally inhabit-
ed mountainous districts. And this, he
claims, is also the reason why they
wear a thick fleece of wool all the
year through, the summer temperature
in mountainous districts being almost
as cold as that of winter. Finally, we
are assured that the reason sheep in
variably follow a leader is because
their ancestors were obliged to go in
Indian file through the ARROW noun
famous passes.
Pigs have also engaged DIR. Robin
sons attention. He was puzzled for q
good while as to the cause of their
grunting, but now he thinks he has dis
covered the real reason. The pigs of
today, he says, evidently grunt be-
cause their ancestors made their homes
in thick woods, and only by making
this sound could they keep track of
each other and guard the common
herd. Commenting on this latter ex-
PLANTATION, a scientist suggests that DR..
Robinson might do we'll to spend
some time in trying to find out why the
horse neighs and why the dog barks-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

A high latitude with an abundant
snowfall and a low thermometer will
insure more success with fruit culture
than snowless regions where such ex-
IRENE degrees of cold are unknown.
The fruits of southern Iowa and Of
other states of corresponding latitude
were slaughtered numerically last
winter solely for want Of a snow pro-
lection for the roots. while much far
ther north. where the earth had a GOV
ering Of snow, n harm was done.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05
; SHEEP TICKS. 5
Something About Their Natural
History and Habits. :

The sheep tick does it's evil work
under cover. hiding in the fleece and
quietly sucking the life blood OF its
victim. who may suffer seriously with
nut the knowledge of the shepherd. 1t
takes refuge. after the shearing. III
the lambs. in whose closer wool it
hides, and fixes its proboscis OF sucker
in the skin of its victim. 1t lives on
the blood which it is constantly draw
enormous. and n few of them will
easily stop the growth of a lamb. and
unless checked will soon kill it. Many
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

a lamb is supposed to be suffering from
the common pale skin, thought to be
due to the anemia or bloodless condi-
ton consequent Oh the effects OF the
throat worms, but in reality a result
the constant sucking of 1t by the ticks,
which hide themselves from sight In
the fleece. 1t is only when the heat
overcomes them that these pests loosen
their hold on the skin in which they
have imbedded their sharp claws and
their proboscis or sucker and appear
on the outside of the fleece, where they
may be seen sometimes by scores when
the shepherd may not have suspected
the presence of Il single one.
The ticks are really flies, but without
wings. They belong to the family
known as hippoboscidae, so called be-
cause they live In the woods, and the
most conspicuous family of them in
fest horses and mules as we'll, and II
of the class which infcst cattle.
The we'll known cattle tick, as it is
called. has been discovered to be the
cause Of the southern or Texas fever.
of cattle, II of the most virulent of
contagious diseases to which cattle are
subject. This tick is not really deadly
to acclimatnd cattle of the south. but
is almost universally fatal to northern
cattle. either infected by southern cat
tie brought to the north or when they
have been t"!.en south. The fact is
we do not know enough of the life his
II tnvsr, ~ <y, cl,n,,, %:,tx -. N1VI-., N ~.
probable mischief to lambs and sheep
or identify 1t as the cause of diseases
to which sheep and. lambs are subject
and supposed to be due to other causes.
We need, In fact, to study this creature
more closely before we can say what
Its actual character in this respect is.
But we may believe all we may think
of it and so take every possible means
of discriminating it along with such
we'll known enemies of the flock as the
scab mite.
And dipping the tlocks, whether the
scab is present in 1t or not. or whether
the tick has fastened on it or not. but
: simply as Il precaution and n means OF
| safety. is the peremptory duty of the
shepherd now. at the beginning of the
summer and tho breeding season of
these pests. One dipping is not sutii-
Gent, for the eggs of the tick. as they
seem to be. and which the larvae Of
the creature may be. will not all be
killed by the first dipping. and n rem
nan Of them will be left to supply the
places of those destroyed unless the
dipping is repeated In ten days on two
weeks after the first. And as this in
terval is about the time for the repeti-
ton of the dipping to destroy the Sec
onh brood of the scab insects both will
be destroyed ut the same time. And
it is very sure md clear that if this
second dipp;"g is neglected all the
good done 10y tive first goes for nothing.
To be quite $50 VIC would. and we
have so done. rake a third dipping at
the end Of the summer. so that the
flock goes into the winter free from
those tormentors to which thousands
of dead sheep are owing. which may be
supposed have persisted of some other
disease.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

One-siNth of the workable land of
Italy is still unrcdeemed and unculti-
waited. There are vast miasmatic
swamps within sight of the city Of
Rome which, were they located in any
of our northwestern states, would be
at once drained, cultivated and made
productive. The dago, instead, munches
his m%acaroni. and, if possessed of any
enterprise. either turns brigand among
the mountains or zones to this coun-
try and turns peddler.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

The ~thrashermen of Freeborn and
Faribault counties. Minnesota. have
organized an association and have
adopted the following schedule of
prices: Wheat. 3 ents per bushel; oats
and barley. . cents; succotash, 21a
cents: millct. . cents; flax. 6 cents;
timothy seed. 10 cents. This sort of
thing is the nearest approach SO far to
a trust in agricultural lines.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

We know of two Elen who today are
the envied owners of two herds of very
choice registered Shorthorn cattle. and
each one of these men a matter of ten
years ago made his start in this line
with but one %2-ycar-old heifer in calf
by a registered bull. 1t looked like a
very small start. but the men We're
e%nterprising il they We're poor, and got
their start at an outlay of about $40
each. Ii.ese men have now finely bred
STOCK 10 sell at fancy prices. seldom
selling an animal for less than $50, and
many at higher figures. What these
men did you may also do.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05
An Old Time Celebrity.

The Breeders Gazette publishes an
Illustration Of Tho White Ieitcr That
Travelled" an early shorthorn. This
extraordinary animal was bred by
Robert Colliag in the county of Dur
ham. England. about 1896. She was
twinned with Il bull and was fed up to
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

BarbeG wire fences are being sue
cessfully utilized for farm telephone
lines. The fence which mntilates the
horses, commands the respect of the
breechy COW and insures good feeling
between ncighbors can thus be used
to still further promote a n%eighborly
feeling. Then. we have known some
dear women to whom nothing could
be more fitting thar a barbed wire
fence with which to communicate with
their neiglIbors.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

The general loss of the clover crop
through the northwest by reason OF
the hard winter should in no manner
discourage any farmer in the effort -
grow it. The fact is. clover is ,..e
Sheet anchor of the northwestern farm
er's prosperity. 1t is Invaluable as Il
forage plant. and as a soil r%cnovator
and fertilizer it has no equal.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

So far as we know not a peach is
raised anywhere on the west shore of
Lake Michigan, while on the east shore
in Michigan is u of the best peach
sections of the country. extending just
so far east from the shore of the lake
as the vegetation is affected by the
tempering and modifying action of the
body of lake water.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

Farmers can, far more often than
they do, use the local paper as a means
of communicating with the general
public. When a farmer wishes to buy
some certain thing in the line of stock
or grain. or needs help on the farm or
in the farm home, or has for sale such
things as do not naturally seek the
common market. a local advertisement
in his home paper will nine times out
Of ten find him some man with the
thing he wants. Or a buyer for the
thing which he desires to sell. This
thing is worth trying. The cost is
small, the results almost always salts
factory.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

Drought affects some sections Of the
United States nearly every year. This
year it is the state of New York and
some parts of the New England states
which suffer and which will have but
a light crop. while the usually arid re-
gions of western Kansas. Nebraska
and the Dakotas have had an ffbun-
dance Of rain and a bumper crop. Every
man has his turn in this country If he
will only work and wait.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

While the law is an indispensable
factor in our enlightened civilization,
the less the man on the farm has to
do with it the better he is off. For
himself, he should live superior to
law, his conduct governed by the moral
law which embraces all statute law.
Business disputes which arise and
which come to all are far better set
tied by arbitration.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

The finest timber which ever grew
in this country was logged and burned
to get rid of it 40 years ago. We know
Of an old snake fence doing duty to-
day which is made of black walnu,
trees which would sell for $500 eacL
were they now standing.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

Line fence trees are a costly farm
luxury. The trees are all right. but
they should be grown in a grove in
stead of on line partitions between
fields. If your neighbor don't object.
why you can make him pay for half
the cost, it is true, but he will soon
catch on to the fact that you are using
two or three rods of his farm.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

Russian apples taken as a whole are
much inferior in quality to those of
American origin and will not keep so
we'll. To offset this t~heyspffer a type
of hardness and adaptability to north
west climatic conditions which will
permit the northward extension of the
apple growing belt far beyond that
possible with American varieties.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

Nature establishes very arbitrary
limitations Oh numbers. One hundred
hens, so sheep, 10 COWS. 10 swarms Of
bees, thirty hogs and five kids in the
house will invariably give better sat
isfaction than where the number is
doubled.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

The Hibernal apple is a pretty coarse
fruit. but it is so hardy that 1t will
be hard to find a spot in all the north
west where it may not be grown, and
a poor apple is a long way ahead of no
apple at all.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05
There las been a noticeable diminu-

There las been Il noticeable diminu-
ton of the tramp nuisance this year.
1t is no, a tramp year. Sympathy for
the poor fellow who is looking for n
job and can't find it is almost wholly
wanting. They get the cold shoulder
at every turn, and rightly so. The
tramp Is a social nuisance at best. No
man is safe in hiring one. Almost
without exception they are dirty, lousy.
dishonest. The only agency by which
their migrations can be prevented is
the same as that which created them
the railways. Once stop the tramp
from riding, and his business is done
for. for he will not walk; it's too
much Ike work. Organized effort by
the roads. supplemented by a little
vigorous legislation by the states.
would. we believe. %effectually do away
with the tramp nuisance.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

The best rat trap on the farm is a
cat with a litter of kittens. You want
to remember that new milk goes with
the rat ration and that the barn cat
must have it to make her a good ratter.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

Kansas bids fair to come to the front
as the champion cor state of the
Union this year. Conditions especially
favorable to the maturing of a large
corn crop have prevailed. abundance
of rain and an absence of hot winds.
A crop of 400, 600, 600 bushels is said to
be in sight.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

The weak point in many a mans
morality will crop out in a horse trade
If in no other way. For some reason
the Ten Commandments do not seem
to include q horse trade.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

Future Improvement in the line of
agriculture will lie in the Improvement
of methods rather than in improved
facilities. About all that can be done
has been done in the line of improved
machinery.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

So far as it is possible it is best to
keep the strawberry bed in rows. 1t
will he always foual that the biggest
berries are where laey have the most
room to grow.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

A new country always begins to i'm
prove in an agricultural way when the
farmers quit burning their straw.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

Canned rabbit solved the question Of
the rabbit pest in Australia. Bunny
in a tin eau is good meat for a dago
In Italy or a horse eating peasant in
Bavaria.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

Time is becoming more and more an
important factor in the matter of
freight transportation. and so it comes
that water transportation by canal is
unable to compete with fast freight
trains.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

The small boy now anxiously asks
his mother how soon it is safe for him
to drink milk after filling up on choke
cherries.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

By using all the improved appliances
hay can be put in the stack for so
cents a ton, where the work is done on
a large scale.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05
BY ]. S. TRIGG.


! The hired girl on the farm is always
more conten.ed if there is also a nice
hired man around.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05

A steady falling off in butter Droduc-
ton is noted through all the dairy Sec
tons. The calf is worth more than it
was two or three years ago, and dairy
men generally are raising their calves
and raising them we'll. The tempta-
ton to let the calf suck the COW is
greater than it was. and the high price
of beef tends to make the dairyman
milk a few less COWS and feed a car
load of steers instead. We look to see
this shortage in butter production re-
Elected in butter prices before the win
ter is over.
The agricultural colleges of the west
are turning out more men who are
wanted at once at good salaries tan
any other of our educational inst:.u-
tioHs. These men are wanted to r.sn-
age large farms, to buy stock for the
packing houses and the big feeders. to
teach the practical side of agriculture
to others and to superintend fruit
farms. To know how to insure the
production of a pound of butter, beef.
pork. mutton and a bushel of grain at
the lowest possible first cost is to know
something which commands cash.
The Mena star., 1899-08-03
PRODUCE BOUGHT AND SOLE. Goods delivered to any
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NEWS NOTES.

The G. A. R. post of Hutchinson Kan, passed resolutions indorslnB Pension Commissioner Evans.
 D. F. Kennedy, an attorney Of se' dalia, Mo. is under arrest chargcd with embezziing s532 from client.
 An unknown man about B years olu' laborer. was found dead in groes near Nicols junction, Mo. He naD been murdered.
 It was rumored that the Uni.c1 States Flcur Milling company, Wl'a S200, ,000, 900 capital, is on the point ', buying up oil the big flour miiis 0' Kansas and Missouri.
 On account of a report that tnfss cases of smallpox have developea ~ Caddo. |. T.. station on the Misson'' Kansas X Texas, the town of Dnrann l. T.. has established a quarantine ],
 Kansas. City. Mo-, is to have two o' the captured spanish cannon. ID ~. dition to the one to be shipped fros' the Mare Island navy yard. another VI. be on its was so the city from the e.sf in few daFs
 At q spscia. meeting of the s'oes holders uf .e Diamond Match eon pany held a' Chicago on the slsi Ii \ -. nnanimou> roted to increase the s't. 'itai sioes rea the prcssnt hssss q .oUo.oup .b < oeo. .eeo.