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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-12-15
Salt and Water.

Grazing animals seem to need salt
more than carnivorous animals, and
especially seem to need it when their
food has large proportion OF woody
flber, more than they do when having a
succulent food. like green grass. roots
and ensilage But with salt they need
water Sheep drink but little at time.
yet in winter. feeding upon dry hay.
they drink very often The water should
be pure and clean Stagnant water is
often one of the causes that bring on
stomach worms, which kill many lambs,
and, if not fatal to older sheep. will
keep them weak and in poor condition.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-12-15
No Adulteration.

There is more necessity for stringent
laws against adulterated foods than
against ready mixed fertilizers, says
the Tennessee Farmer. No objection
exists against protecting farmers from
being defrauded in purchasing fer
tilizers. but the laborers in the cities
cannot get even pure food or drink. To
further assist the farmers samples Of
other articles necessary for their well
fare might be taken in hand, such as
the spurious seeds sent out by the
government itself, while the farmer
should be held up for selling process
ed butter and also for shipping his
produce to market with the best at the
tops of the barrels. If we must have
protection. let 1t be extended to all
classes.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-12-15
Legal MIX standard.

Farm Stock and Home, commenting
on statute milk standard, says the
law had no conscious purpose to COM
pei dairymen to study their cows and
ascertain If their milk contained the
requisite percentage Of butter fat. And
yet this may be the indirect result II
the law IL vigorously enforced. for 1t
is fact that milk low in fat Is as Of
ten the fault of the cows as of the
tricky dairyman. Could this standard
be enforced in all the diaries and at
all the creameries and cheese factories
Of the state the practical effect would
be the elimination of the skimmilk
COW. The legislature thus built more
, wisely than 1t knew.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-12-15
Seed Potatoes.

To save potatoes for seed one should
store them where they will be kept as
cool as possible without freezing, says
The American Cultivator. One who has
only q cellar in which they wilt, grow
soft and fabby and sprout long before
planting will do better to store them
In q pit out of doors, If he needs many,
and, II he plants but few, buy them
of some one who can keep them In bet
ter condition. We have thought that
. part of the advantages of sending
north for seed every year was due to
the potatoes being kept cooler there
until shipped in the spring than they
are kept in the ordinary house cellar
rather than to the necessity for a
change Of soil or any running out Of
the potato when planted many years
on the same soil.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-12-15

port the floor and are 18 inches from
the end of the floor boards The floor
boards also rest on the axle Of the old
buggy wheels used for moving the
shoot A third or middle upright has a
slot cut in the lower end large enough
to drop down over the axle. By cutting
the slot four inches deep the ends ex-
tend below the axle three inches. and
forty penny spike or wooden pin put
through the upright just under the axle
will keep it in place. The shoot is two
feet in the clear. and the bottom board
Of the side is nailed to the floor. which
helps to stiffen floor and sides.
It will be more convenient to make
the shoot without the middle uprights.
and before locating them place one end
of the shoot in the wagon bed and the
other end ON ground Now put the axle
and wheels under the shoot and locate
so the axle will be support to the bot
tom. and then drop the middle upright
down over the axle and nail the side of
the shoot, using care to have the axle
at right angles to the bottom, and put
in the spike or pin to hold in the slot OF
the upright Cleats should be nailed in
the bottom to keep stock from slipping
Before loading we put straw in the
wagon and down the shoot, which
makes the hogs take more kindly to the
shoot.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-12-15
LOADING STOCK.
A Portable Device which is Conven-
lent and Inexpensive.

tent and InexPensive.
A correspondent Of The Breeders
Gazette describes device for loading
hogs and sheep 1t is light and strong
and can be moved as readily as wheel
barrow. It can be backed up to the
wagon and by rope or chain attached
to the wagon bed and hauled to the dis
tant pen or lot where hogs are to be
loaded. It saves moving the hogs from
their feed lot to some strange place or
corner. which always excites or worries
some Of them. By the use Of hurdle
or two as many can be cut out from the
drove a. will load the wagon The
shoot and wagon can be backed up to
the door Of house or pen, and the hogs
enter the wagon without any worry
This cut represents one side of the
shoot set ready to load into the wagon.
It is easily made. The bottom is two IL
inch boards 1 inch thick and 10 feet
long. Each side has one board same di-
mansions and two boards 8 inches
wide and inch thick. with spaces Of
four inches This makes the side Q feet
8 inches high The two uprights are
by 4. with mortise by at top and
bottom to receive ties that are tighten
ed by draw pin. The lower ties sup
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-12-15
r.,x. stock and EARN Debts.

The way out for farmer who is
heavily in debt, says The American Gull
tivator, is while still continuing his
ordinary farm methods to make as
many inexpensive improvements in
these as he can and thus make crops
pay little better than they have.
Meanwhile he should use strategy, as
military men would call it, looking
around until he found some branch Of
farming which interested him and
which is adapted to his farm and local
ity. This he should make speciality.
beginning in q small way at first until
he can thoroughly learn the business
When he finds it pays well. then he can
extend this speciality and perhaps in
single year make more clear profit from
that than he had done before in 90 years
of ordinary farming. There are scores
and even hundreds of these specialties
in farming by which men have either
lifted themselves out Of debt or have
made farming profitable Some men
have done it by growing the choicest
stock. This requires more capital than
any other method. but it also makes the
most rapid gains. A herd Of choice
stock can usually be doubled in value in
three years. or if debt were incurred
to buy the stock. the debt might be
paid and the original stock be still on
/ hand at the close of the third year
! There is risk in this if valuable animals
die or if they are SO neglected and ill
cared for that their value deteriorates
But to the extent of grading up his
own stock by crossing with pure bred
males this method Of making stock
more valuable is within the reach Of ev-
cry farmer. however poor When he has
q calf growing up into better COW
than was ever on the farm before the
farmer in debt can see the day Of his
deliverance every year drawing nearer
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-12-15
TWO WAYS ofTmcINo,

I got two inch cracks where there
vas but one before. In making fences
and gates have also found that I
s11ch lumber will do % well for most
Durposes, II it 10 Of the right quality,
o. the 9 inch fencing. Your lumber
Dealer will not like to sell 1t to you, for
obvious reasons, but give him to under
stand that you know what you want
and viii have no other. and you will
get It
Here are two panels Of fence. One il
made Of 4 inch lumber with two wires,
and the other of 8 inch fencing. There
are four inches at the bottom for an
other wire, If needed In each fence. It
win bs found that there is saving in
humber In the 4 inch fencing, and 1t ID
about the same height and Of the same
utility. Figure this out and see the
oaving.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-12-15
5 For Inc Farmer

Ny experience in winter feeding has
shown that the most economical pro-
duction Of flesh when fodder was used
was by feeding crushed corn with
clover hay in the morning and crushed
eorn with cut fodder at night. So says
Ernest ]. Riggs in The National Stock
man and Farmer. My fodder was cut,
he says, not shredded, in November
and put right into the barn at cost of
~ cents per shock Of IA hills square,
which would make . total cost of
about IA cents per shock, since the fod.
der could have been sold in the field at
10 cents. When fodder 10 stored in
this way, it is SO much more con-
venient to handle, both in feeding and
hauling it out in manure. that much is
gained by it, even though no more of It
is eaten than when fed without cut
ting. The refuse which Is left in the
managers is thrown out for bedding,
and 1t Is first class too.
When it Is possible to cut or shred
fodder, 1t does not pay to feed 1t whole
either in the stable or In the racks out
side. I do not feed any fodder what
ever in the feed lot, as there is no need
for 1t, for the cattle are fed in the sta
BILE all the clover hay they will eat in
the forenoon and then turned out to
| water and allowed the use Of the straw
stack for couple Of hours. They are
not turned out for the purpose Of eat
ing, but to give them water and little
exercise and then when they are sta.
bled they are eager for their feed OF
cut fodder. When the fodder is to be
cut, 1t should be done as soon in the
fall as possible, SO that it will not be
subjected to the ruinous effects OF
the weather. By the use Of good
machine and with the fodder in gooc
condition one can cut $50 shocks, bu'
It is a dusty job and hard day.
work, which one does not fully appre
ciate until winter, when snow is OF
the ground and all the feeding 10 don,
On the inside of the barn.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-12-15
A Timely Hint.

The month Of November and 30 much
e December as may not be very cold
Arc times when sheep need shelter
from cold rains and winds. They can
endure . great deal Of dry cold, but
when wet to the s'Sin they DO not casi-
r. get dry again and the chill Will low
or vitality. If II does not cause disease,
reynarlss smeri II Cu'Hvafnr.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-12-15
Farm specialties.

The farmer who finds it easiest to
make the farm pay is the one who,
while pursuing some speciality. still
keeps his eyes open to the side Issues
that will bring in a few dollars. He
Is on the road to wealth If he has a
we'll developed speciality, with smaller
items that pay expenses.-J. L. Irwin.
Kansas.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-12-15
aurxinx Roots.

But few farmers have storage room
for keeping their roots and vegetables
beyond the reach of frost. Frostproof
Easements and caves are beyond the
reach of many. To those it is neces-
eary to bury or pit everything they
wish to keep. Where there is any
quantity to bury we have used the
trench and found 1t the easiest to bury
IN and to get at when any quantity Of
the roots are wanted, writes Kansas
correspondent to the Ohio Farmer. We
nrst plowed four deep burrows In q
handy and we'll drained place and
threw out the loosened dirt, leaving q
trench about FIVE feet wide and from
eight inches to a foot in depth. Then
the roots were put in, bringing them
NJ to well rounded top. Over these
ve nut q covering Of clean straw or
ny and over this thin covering OF
coil, enough to keep the early frosts
from injuring the roots and to turn the
rain. It IL not best to cover too much
r the fore part Of the season, a. the
roots are liable to heat. Some sort of
ventilation ID necessary. Twisted
visps,' Of hay reaching from the roots
through the soil covering at intervals
e few feet along the crest will prove
suflcient. As the colder weather
comes on more protecting soil can bs
thrown on.
Il IL we'll where possible to make
the trenches running north and south
BY beginning at the south end when
enening there will be little danger
from freezing.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-12-15
The Soy Bean.

The soy bean is one Of the staple
crops Of Japan, which attracted little
attention in this country until about
ZEN years ago. but Is now becoming
quite common. The crop is cultivated
IKE corn, the seed being planted in
drills at the rate Of half a bushel per
acre. The stems alone are too coarse
% make good hay. but are covered with
such . dense growth Of leaves and are
% prolific in fruit that the hay Is priced
highly, especially for milk cows and
Tor fattening animals. The yield Of
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-12-15
cor BHAN-LEAvEs, FLOWER AND PoD.

~ eoY BHAN-LEAvEs, FLOWER AND POD.
green forage is heavy when grown on
good ground. and the yield of beans 10
usually from 20 to 80 bushels per acre.
Those who have had most experience
with this crop find that the best way
@ handle it is to cut or pull the plants
when the first pods begin to open and
thrash a. soon as dry enough. In this
way the coarse stalks are 30 broken in
pieces and mixed with the leaves and
immature fruit that nearly all will be
eaten. 1t Is doubtless one Of the best
Of the legumes for the silo, as it can
b more easily handled for the cutter
than plants like clover or cowpeas.
There are a number of varieties, diff
fering mainly in the time Of ripening
and the coloring Of the seeds.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-12-15
w,nter,nx Breedin. Hox..

The brood SOW or the male hog can be
kept very well through the winter at
small expense They will keep fat
sneugh for breeding purposes on a little
bran mash with few raw r,,ots AMI Il
handful Of ciov nay each "a,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-12-15
Mutton n Food.

II our 75.OOo.O 900 people eat a. much
mutton per head as the half as many
British do, we would want fully 1OO.-
100000 sheep, and then we should not
eat in proportion to our actual mode OF
life.-Sheep Breeder.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-12-15

In ten years American life Insurance
companies have doubled their assets,
the amount rising from $657. l2S,642 In
1858 TO $1.344,9O1, 1903 in 1898.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-12-15
FIGURING ON FENCING.

Cracks Cost Less Than LamberlTAe
Moro Cracks the Less Lumber.
! vas once figuring On building .
corn crib, says an Iowa Homestead
writer. In figuring the lumber Il oe-
0urred to me that cracks In q crib were
essential and that they did not cost -
much - lumber. The more cracks I
bad the less lumber It required to In
elsoe the crib. I built Il out Of 3 Inch
fencing, which was obtained by taking
The g inch stuff to the planning mill and
having It ripped. From . 9 inch board
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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-26
MAKRs IT'S REPORT.
Cuban Evacuation ComunAssseu Die.
tare Government Of the Island.

Washington, Jan. 20. - The Cuban
evacuation commission was dissolved
Thursday and it's members submitted
to the president, secretary Of state and
the secretary of war report on their
labors. The report makes no reference
to the future government Of the is,
lands and embodies no political recon-
mendations whatsoever, consisting
practically Of record of its proceed
ings with the voluminous correspond.
ence passing mainly between it, the
Spanish commission and the admins
tration at Washington. Secretary A!ger
and the president warmly congratu-
lated the commission on its successful
and expeditions work.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-26

Hon. JOHN j. UPcHuRcH lives on the
boundary line between Florida and
Georgia; he is a wealthy mill man and
so popular on both sides of the line
that he alternates his public services
as a legislator between the two states.
He represents Charlton county, Georgia.
in the lower house of the legislature
mt the present session. He was mem
ssber Of the Florida senate at that
body's last session; before that he was
sent to the lower house of the Georgia
assembly and further back was in the
Florida house and Georgia senate, in
alternate sessions.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-26

THE Lotos club has increased its an.
nual dues from $50 to SIS. Club mem.
bership in New York is an expensive
luxury. The dues of nearly all the
6rst-class clubs are $75 to 800 year.
The Union, the University, the Union
League, the st. Nicholas, the Racket,
the New York and the Merchants have
dues of SIS, while those of the Law.
yers', the Manhattan, the Metropoli-
tan and the Progress are 500. The in.
itiation fees range from 500 to $500.
The, annual income of the Union
League club, from dues alone, is over
1920. 900.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-26

In spite of the ridicule that has been
cast upon it, the absurd practice OF
providing costumes for canine pets
still prevails in Paris. In the windows
Of the dog tailors may be seen little
astrakhan overcoats with Innings OF
pink or blue satin and collars of ermine
or sheepskin. For travelling there are
lighter wrappers fastened round the
waist, if dog has waist, by belts Of
tanned leather. Cambria shirts with
lace frillings are quoted at 16 francs,
and patent leather shoes-where is the
French s. p. G. complete the cos
fflme
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-26

ACCORDING to statistics prepared by
the government of Sweden and Nor.
way and sent to the state department
there are in use in the world 1888, 1853
telephones, the service covering dis
lance of 1903, 499 miles. An idea OF
the extraordinary use of the telephone
in the United States is derived from
the fact that the figures credit this
country with more than half of the in.
struments in use and the amount OF
the mileage of the whole world.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-26

In 1890 la grippe first attracted world
wide notice under that name. Since
then hardly year has passed that it's
attentions have not been pressed upon
mankind, until it is coming into the
front rank with consumption and pneu-
monia and diphtheria. What it is and
whence it comes and what to do with
1t are questions the medical men are
pretty much at sea about. Some trace
. pretty close relationship between it
and what we used to call the .'epizoo-
tic;n others find it closely related to
epidemics of influenza that are record
ed as far back as 1910; others find q
close resemblance in it to the dengue
or break-bone fever.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-26
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
For the Week lsaaine jan. p.
Mrs. Mary Hine died In ithaca. N. Y.

For the Week Eaaine jan. p.
Mrs. Mary Hine died In ithaca. n. Y,
aged 40 years.
A distinct earthquake shock was felt
al Richview, ILL.,, but no damage was
done.
Three children of John and Susan E.
Shear were drowned in the reservoir at
Ravenna, O.
John Deithloff killed his wife and
himself in Chicago. Domestic trouble
was the cause.
Chief Of Police Crow, of Someryille,
N. j., was shot and fatally wounded
while chasing a burglar.
John and Henry Hall, both negroes,
were hanged at Montgomery, Ala. for
the murder of James Belzer.
Advices from Tacoma, WASH, say
$30,000,00O is conservative estimate of
this winters Klondike output:
Abe C.. Vanmeter, for 80 years editor
of the St. Croix Republican, died at New
Richmond, Wis, aged SO years.
Advices from Spain indicate that the
country is. ripe for revolt, with de-
cided leaning towards Don Carlos.
Rev. Newell Dwight Hills, of Chi
cago, has accepted the pastorate of
Plymouth church in Brooklyn, N. Y.
The post Office and other buildings,
occupying an entire block in the town
of Davis, 1. T.. were destroyed by fire.
The president issued an order setting
apart what is known as Mission rock, in
San Francisco bay, as a naval station.
James Booker. a young negro, was
hanged at Raleigh, N. c., for the MUIR
der of his sweetheart, Mehaley White.
Job A. Cooper, governor of Colorado
from 1889 to 1891, died suddenly of
heart failure in Denver, aged Sc years.
Judge George w. Stipp, for IS years a
circuit judge of the Ninth Illinois dis
trict, died in Princeton, aged 81 years.
Two brothers known as the Barton
twins aged IS years, were burned to
death in their home near Shelbina, Mo.
AL j. Wagerman, clerk of the court
of criminal correction in St. Louis, is
said to be short $4,000 in his accounts.
David Williams, surveyor, shot and
killed his wife and then committed sui
eide at his home near Silverdale, Wash.
The American officials in Porto Rico
have been ordered to enforce the Chi
nese exclusion laws of this country on
that island.
Rev. Arthur D. Bradford, United
States consul-general at Annoy, China,
under Abraham Lincoln, died near New
Castle, Pa, aged 8 years.
Rear Admiral schley was presented
with jeweled sword by his brother
members Of the Royal Arcanum at Car
negie music hall in New York.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-26
WHOLE Family Drowned.

London, Jan. 23-The Rome CORE
spondent of the Daily Mail says: The
Italian steamer Oriene, Capt. Lavarelle,
from Buenos Ayres, January 2, arrived
at Genoa. She reports that on January
10 peasant woman named Ferrarini,
in fit of insanity, threw her three lit
tie sons into the sea and then leaped
overheard. All four were drowned.
Two days later her husband and daugh-
ter jumped into the sea and were lost.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-26
A BANK ROBBED.
thur, HI, and Secure 3d.
900 OF More.

Tuscola, Ill.,, Jan. 21.-The bank at
Arthur was robbed at an early hour
yesterday morning. The village has no
night Waterman and the robbers had
things pretty much their own way.
They carried away in gold, greenback
and silver from $4,000 to $4,000. The
bank officials are reticent about the
matter, but they admit that the sum
is in excess of $4,000. Six men did the
work, and from all appearances they
were experts,
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-26
cuban. cheer MCKINLEY.

Havana, Cuba, Jan. 21.-A detach-
ment of the Cuban army entered Ma
tanzas yesterday. Gen. James 81. Will
son, the military governor Of the prov
ince, received a rousing ovation. The
sight of the Americans excited the peo-
pie to the highest pitch, and with one
voice they cheered Gen. Wilson, Presi-
dent Mckinley and the United States.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-26
Ensign Basley Remembered.

Annapolis, Nd, Jan. 23.-The memo
rial tablet placed in the naval academy
chapel in memory of Ensign Worth
Bagley, who was killed on the Winslow
off .Cardenas, in the late war, was un-
yelled Sunday morning in the presence
of large number of naval officers and
others. Lieut.. John B. Bernadou, who
commanded the Winslow, raised the
yelling. Mrs. Bagley, mother of Ed
sign Bagley, and his sister, were pres
emit
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-26

THE spider has tremendous appe-
lite. Asctentist who carefully noted
. spider's consumption Of food in "a
hours concluded that if the spider were
built proportionately to the human
scales he would eat at daybreak Zap
proximately) 9 small alligator, by Z q.
~. lamb, by . a. m. q young camel
opard, BY 1 o'clock sheep, and would
finish mp with q lark pie in which there
were 100 birds Yet, in spite Of his
enormous appetite, spider has won-
sderful power Of refraining from food,
md one has been known. to live for ten
months when absolutely deprived Of
Ito a.