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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-03
GRADE UP THE FLOCK.
err, One That Has Been Bred
Right and Is Right.

Have you got that strong, vigorous
cockerel to grade up your flock, to in
crease the egg yield and build up the
size. of the birds you sell to market?
It is quite time the bird was in the
breedingp pen, becoming acquainted with
his mates and preparing for the
springs duties.
1t is an old and familiar axiom that
the male is half the pen. He may be
mated to a dozen females, hence the
chicks have any one of a dozen moth
ers, but he is the father of all and i'm
parts his vigor and personality to all
the chicks.
Not only should this head of the
family be a pure-bred male, but he
should be bird of real merit, bred
with care and for purpose. Such
bird has the power to reproduce him
self and will certainly improve next
seasons flock. A well-bred cockerel,
one bred from meat producing and egg
laying ancestry, will decidedly i'm
prove the laying qualities of the pullets
and increase the size as well.
= tits a common mistake to breed from
anything left over from the holiday
killings, because nothing else is at
hand. Don't repeat that mistake this
year. Start right by getting good
male bird, one that has been bred right
and is right; and his cost will be re-
turned to you many times over in the
laying vigor: of his pullets and in
creased size of the chickens marketed.
Get a pure-bred male for this years
breeding; get him now.-Practical
Farmer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-03
UNDER THE SNOW.
Chast|y Truths Revealed on the DiSap-
oearance Of Winters White Mantle.

Deadly dangers lurk in the GROUND left
bare by the departing snow, All WINTER
long there have been accumulatlng deaoly
These have been protected and kept alive
nv the covering of snow and now, with the
first warm days, these death-bringlng mi
crobes are awakened by the rays OF the sun,
and as the ground dries they are carried to
ali corners Of the community in the dust that
is blown everywhere by the Spring winds.
The human body at this time is particu-
larlv susceptible to these germs, especially
the germs Of fevers. The system has been
depleted by the foregoing Winter. The blood
IS sluggish and filled with impurities. The
nerves have not recovered from the tension
they have been under for the past months
The stomach, the bowels, the kidneys, the
liver are all at their worst. -.
It is therefore, not strange that these germs
of disease find fertile ground in which to
thrive, flourish and develop into deadly ills
Spring is the time of year when one should
fear an attack Of fever, especially when the
system is depleted one should dread any
severe illness. The vitality is at low: ebb
There is less power of resistance to throw OF
disease, and it is on this account that fatal
tiles are 30 much greater during the Spring
months than at any other time of the year
There is but one way to ward of sucl
dangers. and that is to fortify the human
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-03
when the Bees clean House.

The honey bee, like every good
housekeeper, begins cleaning house
in the spring, as early as the wealth
5er will permit. They may be seen
at the hive entrance bringing out the
bees that have. died in the winter,
bits i:5of comb, and everything that
may have accumulated in the hive as
waste material. They are not econ-
tent to drop this atFthe edge Of the
bottom board or near the hive, but
cart it, all ito some distance away,
and it looks strange to see a bee fy-
ing off with the bod y of q dead com
radeas large as itself. This work is
done before they Begin to gather
pollen or honey, and any colony that
does not attend to this as soon as
they can take 81 good flight needs
looking after. as it is4prnbab very
weak, or perhaps squee nless. After
they have compl eted this work. they
are read to SO to. rearing brood,
and they may need feeding Rural
World
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-03
FEEDING THE BABY.
Should BE Sterilized, aud Sea.
soned Just a Little Bit.

There has been a great change for
the better in the feeding of little
children in. the last score of years.
Far more children who are deprived
of their mothers milk thrive on ar
tificial feeding than formerly. This
is chiefly due to the process of sterili-
cation. All milk red to infants or
little children who live largely on
milk should be sterilized. This should
be done to destroy impurities which
the milk may receive from contact
with the air and from vessels which
hold it, as we'll as to destroy germs
of typhoid fever, tuberculosis or
other diseases which may be received
from the COW. The Importance of
sterilization, therefore, cannot be in
sisted upon too strongly. Apparatus
is sold for this purpose, so that it
may be easily accomplished in any
kitchen with little trouble. Formerly
the milk of one cow was insisted
upon. Some authorities object to this,
preferring a child should be fed from
mixture of the milk of different
cows.
There is more salt and sugar in hui
man milk than in cows milk. A very
little loaf sugar and a little salt
should be added to milk given to an
infant. A safe rule for feeding little
infants is to boil a teaspoonful Of
powdered barley and little salt in a
gill of water for Is minutes. Strain
the mixture through fine strainer
which is kept for the purpose and
sterilized every time it is used. Add
to this mixture as much cows milk
and little sugar. This preparation
can be taken from a bottle. Some
times oatmeal must be substituted
for barley. Use oatmeal in place of
barley if the child's bowels are not as
open as they should be. For very
young child physicians generally rec
ommend cows milk, weakened only
with water. If it sours on the stom-
ach, as it may, make very thin,
transparent mucllage of the best gum
arabic and milk, sweetened and fla
vored with a little salt, and give the
child a, little. It is simple, harmless
medicine.-N. Y. Weekly.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-03
LIVE STOCK JoTT1NGs.

A very large SOW about to farrow
should be carefully watched. Unless
the breeder gives her attention at
narrowing time some of the young
are likely to be overlaid, mashed,
When examining a horses teeth
for soundness, or for cribbing, re-
member that the presence of dis
agreeable. odor means something.
even though evidence of unsoundness
is. lacking. .~ss 49, -.
The young calf is not always able
to get about soon after his arrival.
He is therefore at the mercy of mis-
fortune. Help him along until he
understands what his mothers udder
was made for. e.,
Make a pet of every calf. Don't
make nuisance of it, however. A
gentle calf never has to be ''broken''
for a mixer. It is the same with a
colt. Train him from colthood UP,
and when he is old enough to work
he will be ready for business.-Farm-
ers' Voice. 81 Iss+ .f4tF' &'j.- s*":-%.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-03
GRANARY AND CORN CRIB.

from the encroachments of vermin is
fully sufficient of itself to amply repay
all my trouble. But the return in dol.
lars and cents far surpasses ones be-
lief. If we could see the amount of
money which is wasted every year
through poor granaries all brought
together it would startle us. Every
farmer knows that he suffers serious
ly from year to year, but most of us
have come to take it as matter of
course. But really it is one of the
leaks which help to sink the ship.-Ed-
gar L. Vincent, in Farm and Fireside.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-03
AN IMPROVED GRANARY.
Up-tO-Date StOrehOuse for Corn
Which Is Absolutely Safe from
Encroachments by Vermin.

The dimensions of my granary-you
see have got past the corn crib period
entirely--are as follows: Length,
sills,, ls feet; plates, 20 feet; width, II
feet; total i ength Of posts, ~ feet;
height of floor from the ground, 312
feet! These Dimensions may vary, ac-
cording ITO the, amount Of grain to be
stored. Wide strips of tin shield the
tops of the posts, from the invasion of
rats and mice. = 4 -;
K Inside the plan is as follows: Corn
in the back part, the crib. running
across the end, and on each side row
of grain bins. These are arranged so
that the! ends nearest the alley be-
tive EN-, which is four feet wide, may be
rem owed in case they are not needed.
These empty bins afford store room for
q; corn shelter, or for bran or other
feed. A loose floor overhead also fur
nishes space for putting away many
articles which might otherwise be cast
around anywhere. The inside is lined
with matched southern pine three
eighths thick. 2 The outside is bat
tened..and the boards being surfaced
the whole is painted The entire ex-
pense of this granary was not far from
SIS, and I have received the: compli-
ment that it lis the best job Il have
done in the way of building, and have
spent a small fortune in that line. In
fact, it pleases me exactly. 1 never
have seen but two mice in this gran
airy, and those carried in with empty
bags; and, as may be supposed, WAS
on nettles until they had been found
and settled with. Igot the cat as.quick
as could and entered upon the most
exciting hunt ever took part in. 1t
beat the famous fox hunts of the city
folks who come out to kill time all
hollow. And I succeeded, which is
more than the city chaps who hunt
for the fun of the thing can often say.
In my granary ! keep my corn
knives. corn ties and bags-eyery-
thing, in fact, that concerns corn and
garden stuff: The satisfaction Of
knowing that what raise is now free
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-03
THE WEED QUESTION.
ralk and the Use of Chemicals Will
Hardly Solve 1t, But Intensive
Farming Will.

Weeds are never of much concern
them as matter of course. He
knows they cannot stand the cultiva-
ton that his hoed or ops require, and
are rendered impotent by we'll
managed rotation. Men are con-
stantly trying to find some easy way
of getting rid of weeds. About every
chemical that can be purchased will
kill weeds, but the cost of the chem
icals and the labor of applying make
the problem asbig one. In some cases
we have known salt bountifully
sown along the roadways to kill
weeds. The work was apparently
accomplished, but proved to give only
a temporary advantage. The rains
diluted the salt and the land again
became open to the reception of weed
seeds. :'~- .,'.' ;,' = H. .":, .:
In England and in France expert
ments have been carried forward to
ascertain the effect of, spraying
weeds with certain. chemicals, not
ably sulphate of iron solutions The
results have been what might have
been expected-partial success and
partial failure. II, we could find
some Inexpensive method by which
to annihilate all weeds it would not
be ito the advantage" Of the farmer.
The weed is the thing that tends to
make immense farms ,unprofita BILE
and tends to encourage what we. Gull
''small farming" The: many small
farms are of more benefit to the ma
ton than are the, few large ones.
Abolish weeds and II would be easy
Tor the great combinat ions., Of capital
to get control of all the farm lands.
The army of weeds is bultyark
against such an invasion. Intensive
farming destroys weeds.-Farmers'
Review. 81. -. @-'~-' ~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-03
IS zEI | 3 y
1IfEszSi / ~
HUNDRED YEARS HENCE
The FearsOme Future Woman to
Whom the English May Be Ex-
pected to Look Forward.

This is what the writer in one of
the English magazines predicts will
be the state of affairs when another
century rolls around: -
''By that time women will be all
six feet in height, many of them con-
siderably over, while the average
height of a man will be five feet
nothing. Woman will be strong and
lusty; broad and heavy in build, and
will be very proud of her large feet,
thick wrists, powerful , limbs and
great muscular development, while
men will have grown vain of their
trimly-corseted waists, nice pink and
white compilations and soft voices.
Love will not have been complete
~ done away with, though sentiment
will have given, away to common
sense. Every woman will be required
to marry and support two husbands,
one of whom must be a useful. do
INVESTIGATED creature, capable of tend
ing the children and looking after
the household (while the wife is away
in the city earning good money to
keep the home together), and the
other will be better looking. and
therefore more ornamental creature
(not general utility man like the
'housekeeper), whose duties will be
to act as companion or gentleman
help to the mistress and ruler of the
mansion, and keep things up to the
mark generally.
women a century hence will all
wear 'bloomers,' both literally and
figuratively speaking; any woman
transgressing by appearing in long
tailed skirt will be condemned to act
as public street scavenger for as long
n period as the local council shall de-
termine. Women will also wear a
mustache, and the faces of men will
gradually become smooth. Cooks
will no longer be at premium, as
tiny tabloids of food will take the
place of the elaborate dishes of the
past. We shall be able to get through
six-course dinner in about two min
utes, tabloid for each course, or, if
we prefer it. we can have, multum in
parvo, tabloid with everything COM
pressed and condensed into one har-
monious whole"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-03
300 Reward 800.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all it's stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
Of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The
propretors have so much faith in it's cura.
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. J. Cheney &, Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-03
LATH COVER OVER RUNS.

is also made of split lath, except the
outside and crosspiece, which are full
width. The cover is hinged at a to
top of double wall and the other end
rests on top of brooder. The sliding
door in cover is for feeding and wa
tering.
At evening, while the chicks are in
brooder or in the middle of the day.
while they are in outside runs, the
covers are raised and hooked to the
ceiling, the partitions are lifted out,
throwing all the runs into one, and
are very easily cleaned. The advan-
tages are when the chicks are put
into the runs they are there to stay.
There is no flying over partitions, nor
flying out of doors opened when wa
tering or feeding, as the slip doors
can be opened just enough, to put in
anything desired, as trough. drinking
fountain, etc.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-03
TRAP FOR SCOCKROACHES.
COntrivance Tint Keeps Them
! on the Dining Table, =

To find roach crawling on the
dining table fills the heart of many q
housewife with disgust, and she is
tempted to kill him instantly, which,
of course, soils the cloth. The best
way is to prevent the pests from
climbing up the table legs, and that
is just what the invention of p. J.
McAtee, of Gilberton, Pa, is designed
to accomplish. We illustrate the idea
in the accompanying picture, a por-
ton of the trap being cut away to
give view of the interior arrange.
ment. The bug who climbs this table
leg must not only know how to swim,
but also be able to find his way out
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-03
IMPROVED HOSPITAL BED.

lerature plays such an important
role, In spinal meningitis and ty-l
phoid it may be necessary to apply
heat to the spinal column and neck
of the patient to produce muscular
relaxation, while the general temper
allure is reducedaby the application Of
the cooling apparatus to other parts
of the body. The mattress of the bed
is adapted to be inflated with hot
water or air, and in order to main
tain the water at the required tenn
perature the mattress is connected
with the water heater in proximity
to the bed by means of pipe. 1t
will be noticed that supports for a
fractured arm or leg are also pro-
vided, as well as thermometer, writ
ing tablet, holder for medicine
glasses, etc. The designer of the APP
pliance is Adolfo Luna, of Chicago;
Ill.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-03

body 50 that it will become impregnable to
the germs of invading disease.
Todo this take DR.. Greene's Nervura blood
and nerve remedy. It will build you up
quickly, it will reestablish your waning ap-
petite, it will give you restful nights of sleep,
it will give vim and vigor to the nerves,
and it will dispel all existing poisons that
have accumulated in the body besides
counteracting the effects of others that may
accumulate.
Following is an instance that will illus
trate the wonderful power of Dr. Greene's
,Nervura blood and nerve remedy.
Sheriff Jonas T. Stevens. who is sheriff of
Hyde Park, VT, says:-"I have used DR..
Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy
especially as blood purifier. had very
severe humor on my arms, accompanied by
a very bad itching, SO severe that 1 could not
sleep nights causing me great inconvenience
by the loss of sleep by the itching. a friend
advised me to take DR.. Greene's Nervura
blood and nerve remedy, which did with
the most satisfactory results, for the
trouble has entirely disappeared, and can
now rest comfortably nights and have none
of my former misery from the burning
itching sensations"
Remember DR.. Greene's advice will be
given to any one desiring the same absolute
" free if they will write or call upon him al
| his office, IS w. 18th St., New York City.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-03
Striking Fact. About Horses.

AT the recent meeting of the Texas
Live Stock association the statement
was made that there are now 3,OO0,-
600 fewer horses in the United States
than there were ten years ago, that
there are 1000, 900 more in active use
than in 1900, and that there is bet
ter demand for our horses from
abroad than for many years, il ever
before. It was brought ont in the
discussions that we could not by
any reasonable measures restore our
numbers in less than six years, and
that in the meantime we would have
great difficulty IN supplying our for-.
.eign customers, If s indeed we we're
sufaciently equipped to hold their
trade. It was agreed that the OUT
look just now for the industry OF.
horse breeding is especially promis.
ing. National Stockman. &.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-03
PARTITION BETWEEN RUNS.

are three windows one by three feet,
also one window in each end, just
above the double wall. The six runs
are separated by movable partitions
and are also covered. In these re-
spects it differs from other brooder
houses I have seen. After using for
two years would not go back. to open
runs again.
The partition is made of 1%-inch
lath split ,lengthways. Two strips at
a and b project one inch and fit into
mortises in the double wall. The
opposite end drops between two cleats
on the side of the brooder. The cover
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-03
CLOCK TOLD THE SECRET.
1t Exposed an Ohio EavesdroppinE
Farmer and Got Him Into
Trouble.

Because he listened while his neigh
borss talked over. the telephone, Will
liam Gehrung, farmer, living near
Dresden, O., has been fined by the
said neighbors. $25. q 80 = 81 " j. II
Some time ago number of the ag-
riculturistss organized telephone
company. Each man built one mile Of
line, which he keeps in regular re-
pair. An exchange is maintained at
Frazersburg, each farmer contribut-
ing to the salary Of the operator.
When the telephones wereput in the
party line principle was employed:
Half dozen phones are on each line,
and when -one is called all ring. An
agreement was made that any SUBJ
scriber found guilty of listening would
be fined $25. II
BY and by friction developed. Farm
err Green and Farmer Brown disrov-
cred that whenever they talked slime
person on the line listened to the CON
versation. Complaints multiplied, but
no definite. clew was obtained until one
FROST morning during q recent cold
snap. .. sssssg = --. ..
Hello, Green; going to town this
morning?'' s.,#q. ...}sgE., / ~. 49,. !.
''Yes.'' =.
rsay, will you get me two pounds
Of ~ lpaG III |. !: s e.
Somebody's listening again. - re-
marked Green. "Tds give anything to
find out who that fellow is.'' s, Nh.
50 y = We catch hin it, won e be good
for him" remarked Brown.
Say, whose, clock was that strik-
iAtAets l.s-8f; ssE
I'LL Gehrungg s., !, came the answer.
And inslass than an hour every sub
icriber knew that one illiam Gel.
sr,lng had been detected by his clock,
the peculiar tonetof. which was known
far and wide. . The outco was the
fning Of Gehrung, according IS seres.
ment. ssz 39s
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-03
BUG TRAP FOR TABLE LEGS.

-
of the trap when once inside, and the
chances of his reaching the top are
small indeed. The slanting upper
wall of the trap is highly polished,
and this causes many of the insects
to fall into the liquid as soon as
they attempt to crawl across it. The
liquid may be kerosene or some poi.
son, making it impossible for the in
sects to long survive bath in the
trap. The invention may be used on
tables, beds, dressers, and, in fact,
any article of furniture on which cas-
tors are used, as it comprises cas-
tor with an extra long shank, having
the trap surrounding the lower por-
ton and adapted to support the leg
as shown.-Chicago Daily News.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-03
BED FOR HOSPITALS.
Provisions Made for Treatment of
Numerous Diseases and Also for
Surgical Work.

The illustration shows specially
constructed bed adapted for use in
hospitals, provision being made for
treating numerous diseases and also
for surgical work. A cooling tank is
provided WHICH contains ice and wa
ter. and this can be brought in prox-
unity with any portion of the body
while the remainder is given hot
treatments by other appliances. The
special function of the cooling tank
is to regulate the temperature of a
pyretic or febrile patient-as, for in
stance, in spinal meningitis, pneumo-
mia, typhoid fever and all forms of
eruptive diseases, where bodily tenn
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-03
HANDY BRooDER HOUSE.
1t Has Covered Inside Runs and Other
zConveniences bf : Useful and :,
? ..>~<~2t e Practicsl Nature.

The brooder house I have used for
the; past five years accommodates
nicely $50 chicks until eight. weeks
old. It is nine by twelve feet with
shed roof, three feet high on lower
side and seven feet on higher side.
1t allows two feet for alley, two feet
for broo'der and i've feet for runs.
The part used for the runs runs is double
walled one foot high. The remainder
OF t he house is built:of one-iinch boards
battened, which, makes it sufficiently
warm for this climate.
In the lower side, which faces east,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-03
Why Mamie Felt Onen ded.

1t IS required OF the pupilssin a GER.
tain school to situpas straight as pos
sible. and the teacher, being anxious to
havesthe little ones sit in anFerect.po-
sitioa, repeated at regular intervals
the command: "Sit erect" One little
girl, after her first day at school, re-
turned home in tears and said: ''Mam-
ma, 'z,m not going to that old school
another day. 1t isn't proper for the
teacher to be calling out Cigarette all
the time"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-04-03
Best for the Bowels.

No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get we'll until your
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature,
cure you without a grippe or pain, produce
cents to start getting your health back.
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put
up in metal boxes, every tablet has c.. c.. c.
stamped on it. Beware of limitations.