davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-29
Value of Quality.

Quality is always an important fac
tor in disposing of farm products. but
in many cases its cost to the farmer is
practically nothing. In the matter of
butter making it costs absolutely no
more to make high grade quality
than inferior butter. Even the cost of
extra labor in keeping things clean
and sweet about the dairy cannot be
counted, for it really does not take
more work to keep things clean than
to let them go dirty. 1t is merely
question of method and system. Quail
ity is worth good deal In the market.
Whether it is butter. fruit or vege-
tables or animals that one is selling.
the determining factor is the quality
of the goods. The extra payment re-
ceived for good quality most generally
represents the difference between
profit and loss. The farmers who find
that no branch of farming pays are
usually those who pay little regard to
the quality of their goods.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-29
Riding ! Buu In Guam.

The official report of the governor
OF Guam announces the interesting and
novel fact that that official, when be
goes abroad on his tours of inspection.
rides In state not on horse. but on a
Dull. The governor Of Guam is Cap
tain Seaton Schroeder, one of the best
known officers in the navy and a most
popular society man. His face and fig
ure are most familiar In the recollec-
ton of Washington society people as
Leading in dancing events, and it is q
sharp jog on their fancy to imagine
him astride bull while performing his
oncial duties. Nevertheless. Captain
Schroeder reports that be has ridden
all over the island looking over the
abominably muddy roads. inquiring in
to the condition of the natives and the
administration Of the little amount Of
government necessary to make every
body comfortable and happy.-Wash-
ington Cor. Philadelphia Ledger
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-29
Marketing Honey.

Never send out sections Of which
wood or comb is not perfectly clean
and neat looking, or if such must be
sold do not put name or address on it.
but let it sell on its merits. says Amer
lean Cultivator. The honey may be as
good as some that looks better. but it
will not sell as readily Or attract Gus
toners as quickly. The same is true of
imperfectIy filed sections, which are
usually worth more to use for bees
food in winter or spring than they will
sell for. Having neat and clean look
ing sections Of comb honey. they will
deserve clean crates for shipment. Use
no soap boxes, saleratus boxes or the
like, but get well made crates to hold
1e, IS or "A sections in a crate, and
better if the crate is glass upon one
side.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-29
AZAN[ED
M0N

While not ideal, a good ration can be
had from wheat straw, bran and cot
tonseed meal in the following proper
Professor d. FL. Otis Of the Kansas ex-
pertinent station: Twenty pounds wheat
straw, seven pounds Of bran and four
pounds cottonseed meal.
A cow fed on this ration ought to
give a good flow of milk. The amount
of cottonseed meal is little large, al
though some dairymen use much larger
quantities. If the COW shows any bad
effects from its use. the amount can be
decreased and If necessary the amount
of bran increased. The objection to the
above is the cost, but this objection ap-
plies to almost any ration this year.
In feeding the dairy cow, especially
when feed is high, 1t Is well to keep an
accurate account of the yield of milk.
and just as soon as the cow ceases to
pay for her feed the amount of feed
should be reduced. 1t stands to reason
that COW giving a small or medium
yield of milk does not need the same
amount of feed as COW giving large
flow of milk.
Cottonseed Hulls. .
When alfalfa can be had for $14 per
ton, man cannot afford to pay over S6
for cottonseed huus. The latter are
very poor in protein, containing only
three-tenths Of per cent. while alfalfa
has 1915 per cent. In feeding cottonseed
bulls the Tennessee experiment station
found it advisable to feed as high as
- pounds daily per 1000 pounds of live
weight. This experience. as well as the
composition, indicates that eottonseed
hulls are not very concentrated feed
and to get good results must be fed in
large quantities. At $40 or more per
ton this feed would be entirely too ex
pensive to feed dairy cows.
Protein For a Cow.
A COW weighing 1000 pounds re-
quires pound of protein day to keep
her in normal condition. If she is Civ
ing 20 pounds Of milk per day, she re-
quires about 21a pounds of it.
A Canadian's Views.
Actual experiments have proved that
for every LOCO pounds weight of live
animal 26 pounds of food daily are re-
quired in properly balanced ration
that will give enough as heat pro-
Queer and flesh former for either beef
or milk, says a successful Canadian
dairy man. How can that food be sup
piled at least cost? 1t is quite possible
for every farmerlto have each COW give
5000 pounds of milk a season at a
cost of only so to so cents per 100
pounds. have reduced the cost of
producing milk to 40 cents per hun
dred. Farmers are losing daily what if
properly applied means wealth to them,
and increase in wealth, if properly
used. is increased happiness. The bal
anced ratios that is costing you "a
cents a day per COW can be had for o
cents by studying OUT the requirements
of your cows and by loading them both
ways. Our railways and steamships
act on that principle. claim that COWS
should give 5000 pounds of milk per
season. feed meal every month Of the
year to my cows because it reduces the
cost Of keep and increases production.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-29
Hampshire Sheep.

The Hampshire sheep is said to have
now is by crossing the Southdown up
on the old Hampshire. with possible
infusion of the Cotswold. They have
the blacklist face and legs Of any Of
the Downs sheep. When well grown.
under good care the rams are liable to
weigh 800 pounds and the ewes 200
pounds. They are among the most
hardy sheep. at least of the large
breeds. and appear to enjoy facing a
wind or storm on the top of some hill
rather than to seek shelter. They ma
ture early and fatten readily. while
the flesh as lamb or mutton is not in
any way inferior to the Southdowns.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-29
A Pitle.. Prune Produced.

Adding to his already long list of hor-
ticultural triumphs. Luther Burbank
Of Santa Rosa has produced a prune
without pit. Years of experiment,
years Of hard. patient work. on the part
of the Santa Rosa wizard were requir-
ed to perfect this latest marvel. The
hybrid is understood to be cross be-
tween a plum and prune.
This discovery will create sensa-
ton among fruit driers and fruit pro-
ducers the world over. The pit Of the
ordinary prune has been a great draw
back to the popular consumption of
the delicious fruit. Burbank's creation
has no pit, but tiny seed that is edible
and in no way requires removaL-San
Francisco Bulletin.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-29
Pasturfng Sheep With Cow

Some one who claims to know says
that of about 600 varieties of weeds
that are common in our fields sheep
are known to eat SIS varieties. while
horses eat but a few of each, says
American Cultivator. IF we do not
vouch for this as being exactly correct,
we know that sheep destroy many
weeds that our other farm animals do
not care for or will not eat unless
starved to it, and this is why we claim
that from four to six sheep can be kept
in pasture with each COW and they,
will eat what the cow leaves, and by
the destruction of weeds and the ferti-
liZer they leave in the field will enable
the pasture to furnish better feed for
the cows than they would have If the
sheep were not there. at least after the
sheep have run with them one year.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-29
THE CAREFUL CAPoN.
VIII Mother Young Chicks, BroO
Them, Scratch For and Feed Them

VIII Mother Young Chicks, Brood
Them, Scratch For and Feed Them.
Besides furnishing an abundance of
excellent food capons are very useful
in taking care of broods of young
chickens. They take them without any
trouble and care for them just as well.
and we think better, than a hen. We
have now three capons with broods of
20 chickens each.
They are always glad to take the
chicks. They will scratch for them and
feed them i'm the daytime and cover
them at night and take as good care Of
them as then and will carry them as
long as the chickens will stay with
them.
As soons as the chickens are large
enough they can be taken away and
another brood given to the capon. Ca
pons never mott as do other fowls.
and their plumage becomes very long.
Owing to their large size and long
plumage they can carry a much larger
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-29
EARLY Pigs.

The early narrowed pig, February or
March. should be out Of the way in
time to give his brother following him
in April time to get good start before
winter comes on, says j. M. Jamison in
National Stockman. The early pig can
be fattened much cheaper than one
narrowed later that has to be fed into
winter to get ready for market.
Another point in favor of the early
pig, he can be put on the market before
new corn hogs crowd the market and
packers begin to break down the
prices. Last year and the previous
year were notable examples Of having
the spring pig ready for market in De-
tober, not later than the third week.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-29
Breaking Range Horses.

Farmers are getting hold of good
many range horses from the great sales
in the west, nearly all of them I'M
broken, says National Stockman- There
seems to be an idea prevalent that tie
way to break range horse is to thor
oughly exhaust him or half kill him.
Nothing Of the sort. He. should be
broken just as IL he were native colt,
making due allowance for his greater
fear Of human beings, his strangeness
10 restraint and his greater strength
and activity. The range horse is not
often vicious. He Is simply wild and
ignorant.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-29
News, and Notes.

Big crops Of wheat. oats and barley
are reported for the Canadian north
west.
"An signs" says the British consul
general, point to tremendous devel-
opment of the sugar industry in Cuba "
The almost total failure OF the Sibe-
rian grain crop is reported.
Flowing for macaroni wheat should
be done very early. the preceding sum-
mer in case of spring soYing.
In Baltimore public park they have
In the playground section a "kinder-
garten farm" for giving children some
ideas about farming and gardening.
Farming on a large scale as an In
vestment for capital, strictly bust
ness enterprise which offers better
profits at less risk than most indus
tries, issa topic Of the present.
A commercial wool show win be
held atthe Pan-American exposition In
October.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-29
DaiIy Excursion

to Buffalo and New York, via the
Nickel Plate Road. Through trains
to New York city without change.
Vestibuled sleepers, Chicago to Bos-
ton; dining cars on all trains; meals
served on American club plan at from
35 cents to ST. Write John Y. Gala,
han, General Agent, Ill Adams ST.,
Chicago, for particulars.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-29
A Question of Bills.

A traveller in England rested at noon
at wayside inn and took luncheon.
The landlord was social person and
after presenting his bill sat down and
chatted with his guest.
by the way" the latter said after
awhile. what is your nameT'
''My name," replied the landlord. lis
Partridge"
"Ah," returned the traveller, with a
humorous twinkle in his eyes; ''by the
length of your bill I should have
thought it was Woodcockw
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-29

If you want a complete and strictly
up to date course in bookkeeping and
all commercial branches go to Glen
wood Academy.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-29

Chicago, for particulars.
If the action of your bowels is not
easy and regular serioas complications must
be the final result. DeWitt's Little Early
,Risers will remove this danger. Safe,
Pleasant and effective. Hanson & Emerson.
Toe Vermont custom of not hanging
a convicted murderer until two years
after the passing of the death sentence
upon him is founded upon the assump-
ton that any possible doubt as to his
guilt will be removed in that time, AMI
all danger Of putting an innocent man
to death is thus eliminated.
o. o. Buck, Beirne, Ark. says: was
troubled with constipation until bought
DeWitt's Little Early Risers. Since then
have been entirely cured OF my old COM
plant. recommended, them.
A veritable quick luncheon" it is
said. is to be haS at a restaurant In
Paris. where dinner of several
courses composed of concentrated food
in the form Of tablets can be consumed
in few minutes. The entire meal in
deed can be carried about In the vest
pocket or poaketbook.
Don't be satisfied with temporary reliei
from indigestion. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
permanently an dc ompl etely removes this
complaint. 1t relieves permanently because
it allows the tired stomach perfect rest.
III
ceives supplies from the food we eat. The
sensible way to help the stomach is to use
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, which digests what
you eat and can t help but do you good.
Hanson & Emerson.
A number of young fiIbert trees have
been sent to the agricultural depart
ment from Greece. The nuts from
these trees are the largest and have the
finest flavor of any flberts the depart
ment has yet discovered, and every eff.
fort Is to be made to encourage their
growing.
Helps young ladies to withstand the shock
of sudden proposals, that's what Rocky
Mountain lea has done. CSC. Made by
Madison Medicine Co. Hanson and Emer
son.
Maitland, Nova Scotia, was q wooden
shipbuilding center many years ago,
and It Is said that the industry Is to be
revived a9atn
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-29

SCRATCHING FOR AND FEEDING CHICKS.
brood than a. hen. They are especially
valuable for taking care Of chickens
Matched by artificial means. The great
trouble connected with. artificial incu-
baton has Nen in raising the chickens
after they are hatched. 1t is not only
a. great deal less trouble to have ca
pbns carry the chick. but much larger
per cent can be raised.
We avoid the crowding that we have
in breeders. and>the heat. being natural.
is of course just what we need. If you
do not use an incubator they are very
serviceable in taking the first chicks
Matched in the spring You can give
the chicks to capon and either reset
the hen or put her to laying again.
When meat alone is desired, the large
breeds. as Brahma, Cochin. Langshan,
ETC., are ,best, but for carrying chicks
we would advise the use Of the smaller
and more industrious breeds, as Leg
horn, Game, etc. The Plymouth Rock.
Dorking and Wyandotte fill the middle
ground and are useful for either pur-
pose.-O. M. Watson. South Carolina
Hydrecyanfc Acid Gas FumigatiOn.
STORED grains and other seeds may
be fumigated with hydrocyanic acid
gas Of REQUIRED strength and for sufti-
Gent time to insure the destruction Of
insect pests without injury to the ger
minating quality Of the seeds and with
out rendering them injurious as foods"
This is the opinion Of Professor Town
send Of Maryland, who has thoroughly
investigated the matter.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-29

If dealer asks you to take something said
to be just as good as Rocky. Mountain Tea
made by Madison Medicine Co., ask him if
he makes more money. Hanson ana Emer-
SON.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-20
CELESTIAL GAME Fields
China's Businesses Abound With
ali Sorts of Animals.

Peisin a Fine Market-The Seas Sur
rounding the Empire Rich in Their
Production of Edible Fish-WiId
Dogs with Valuable Furs, and
Sheep with Solid TaiIow Tails.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-20

vertlsed. after the customary usage
confrere of the missing tailors. who had
worked beside him for several years, call
ed at the morgue attracted by the notice
in the newspaper. and at orco recognized
him in the deceased. He even went SO far
as to prove the identity by a mole at the
back of the neck which he had noticed on
his friend and which was clearly distin-
guishable on the corpse. Nevertheless.
the former OPPORTUNITY turned up alive
and well to the great terror OF his brother
craftsman whom he visited one night. and
scared into fainting fits by his appearance.
Another case occurred in which grief
stricken wife recognized her husband who
came to life Just in time to save paying
his own funeral expenses The cause for
such mistakes. especially in instances like
the latter, is doubtless attributed to that
morbid state of the mind induced by IN
certainty and grief which causes It to
picture wildly its worst fears and eoncep-
lions, and which invests far-removed OBJ
1eets with connection with it's own az
Fiction.
The curiosity evinced by countless per-
sons to see the remains of a murderer or
victim OF a crime Is another fact brought
before the attention OF the morguemas-
ter. On occasions when such remains are
in the building crowd Will wait patient
ly in the vicinity for hours, although with
no hope of admittance. Ordinarily, how
ever. the morgue is a deserted place as
BELTS its dread and CHASTITY purpose.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-20
OUR VERY DISTANT NEIGHBoRs.
Mr.. Tesla's Theories Concerning the
yenustian Family.
(From the Kansas City STAR

Mr.. Tesla is given to making startling
announcements. The dramatic manner of
his Twentieth Century declaration that
the earth Is on the verge of communication
with another planet is in keeping with his
theatrical tendencies. The ordinary sci
entist-such a man, for instance, as Lord
Kelvin--would have hesitated to make such
an announcement, even in a most guarded
form. at a meeting of some learned society.
Tesla gives out his statement to a Red
CrosS watch meeting and follows 1t up
ewith a dramatic interview for the press.
Yet the reputation of this sensational Ser
Wan is such In the scientific world that his
theories cannot be lightly laughed away.
His idea. while startling, is believed to be
within the range of possibility.
1t Is we'll, however, to keep in mind
sharp distinction between Tesla's facts
and his theories. In the course of expert
ments with delicate electrical appliances
he has observed disturbances in his in
struments. Part OF these he has traced to
natural causes in the earth, the moon, and
the sun. Others he has not been able to
explain, but he has noticed them while We
nus was rising. This is as far as his facts
GO. The rest is theory.
It is possible that Mr.. Tesla has over
looked some OF the terrestrial influences
which might affect his apparatus. He
seems confident that this is not the case
but the public will hardly be convinced
until other Investigators have work ed on
the problem. Mr.. Tesla attaches impor-
lance to the fact that the disturbances
have occurred during the rising of Venus.
IL. that event the electrical waves must be
different from those used in Marconi's
wireless telegraphy which have been found
TO traverse solid earth as easily as air.
Otherwise Mr. Tesla would not have to
wait for his signals until the rotation of
the earth should give him a clear view of
Venus.
There Is nothing intrinsically impossible
in Tesla's supposition that the inhabit-
ants Of Venus are trying to communicate
with the earth Venus is $1,000, 600 miles
from the sun 1t rotates on its axis only
once during its year, which IS seven and
one-haIf months long Therefore half of
the planet is in perpetual night and the
rest in eternal day Its heat is twice that
of the earth and it is supplied with a
dense atmosphere. II II has inhabitants
they are probably different in body from
those of the earth, but their mental make
nm NAV be similar to that of terrestrial
mortals II would be quite natural that
they should attempt to get word to their
nelghboring planet.
Mr. Tesla's own researches in the field
of electrical oscillation leads him to be-
IIeye that waves OF electricity may be sent
to Venus even although it is % 900 COO
miles away III his theories prove correct.
the Twentieth Century may be expected to
witness an event Of the most far-reaching
results.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-20
japanese House Gardens
From the New York SUM

The difference between the japanese
and American house garden is very great.
The Oriental product is a genuine garden,
laid out with all the taste and science Of
the professional landscapst. The terri
tory it covers is from four to five feet
square. Such a fairy pleasure ground is
called in Japan a toxic niwa, and every
we'll bred, japanese family that cannot
afford a domain large enough for a real
garden buys toliO-niwa.
The foundation is a square or round,
shallow box, the sides Of which are
daintily carved. Into the box go stones
and earth for the construction of ever
green crowned hills beetling crags. hump
backed bridges, pebbled paths, and
stretches Of meadow land Rlvulets no
wider than case knife blades, meander
through the lawns. gurgle in rapids under
the bridges and widen into lakelets where
golden minnows glide and dive. There is
usually tea house on the hillside, and a
bit of temple or shrine under grove
of trees that tower twelve inches In the
air and in the Western sense 1t isn't a
garden at all. but wonderful bit Of natu-
raj landscape. copied right out of Japan
itself and only large enough to ornament
a table In the sunny corner of room
These Japanese gardens can be kept
alive and fiourishing for a number OF
years II the proper care Ia given them: or
II Japanese gardener, who knows what
the little plants need. is called in occas-
ionally to refresh the iakelets and water
courses, keep down the weeds and keep up
the repairs on the teahouse and temple.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-20
MIR. BLAINE WAS IMPATIENT.
Hurried Nr. Hit to Take Office. But
the Senate Tnrricd.


Representative R. r. Hit, while in the
city the other day looking after his cam
palgn for the United States Senate, told
the story to illustrate the slowness with
which great bodies sometimes move.
'One day in 1851 he said, Il met Mr..
Blaine, who had just been appointed Sec
rotary of State"
"'Iitt.' he said, 4 want you to be my
assistant. l have come to offer you the
appointment as Assistant Secretary of
State
Il told Mr.. Blaine that 1 could not de-
eide Il matter OF SO much Importance. at
least to myself. at moments notice. But
he was insistent. The appointment, he
declared, could not wait.
TN tef1 you, Hit he said. pulling
out his watch, 1t is now just Il o'clock,
| must know your decision by l o'clock.
can't put the thing eff I day longer
Il told Mr.. Blaine that much as | ap-
preciated the compliment it w uld BE- m
possible for me TO make decision wi hin
an hour, and, finally, ne consented to give
me twenty-four hours to think The ma tier
over. Within the time l accep cd The ap-
pointment. MIR. Blaine seemed much
pleased He said he would send my nsme
to the Senate at once for immediate ac-
ton and wanted me to be ready to take
charge of the office within two or three
days.
Next day my name was sent in to the
Senate for confirmation az Assistant Sec
rotary of State. That fay the Senate
happened to get into Triangle over the
appointment OF a doorketper. In the dis
cussion of this important subject they be-
came engrossed. and. II spite of Mr..
Blaines eagerness to gen me started, IL
was thirty days later befoSe my appoint
ment was even taken up. met Mr.
Blaine frequently during that time. but
never ventured to suggest that he might
as well have given me couple or weeks
to think over my appointment.