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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How successful Farmers Operate This
Department. of the Farm Few
Hints as TO the Care OF Live Stock
and Poultry
The Modern pnlrrman.

In an address given before the State
Dairymens Association at New Haven,
Governor Hoard dealt with the modern
aspects of dairying as compared with
those which had governed the industry
In bygone days. In the course of his
remarks, he said:
The last third of a century marks an
epoch in the progress of the dairy in
dustry to certain extent in all parts
OF the world. There Is something pc
culiar about this industry in it's effect
on the men who follow it intelligently.
They stand foremost in the ranks of
agriculture in the point of intellectual
conquest. Dairying calls for the best
judgment and work in the tillage of
the soil and the growing of grass and
grain. 1t calls for special knowledge
in the care and harvesting of those
crops, in order that they may impart
their highest food value.
1t calls for special study in the
principles and art of animal feeding,
so that the COW may be given a ration
fitted to the functional work she has
in hand and our highest profit. 1t calls
for a special judgment in the matter
or constructing barns, stables silos,
yards, and drinking places, for we are
dealing with high order OF animal
life. Herein is valuable also a knowl-
edge of farm sanitation-what its prin
ciples, limitations, and results are. We
are responsible for the crowding to-
gether of large numbers of COWS, and
we must hold ourselves responsible to
them, and the public whose food They
yield, for as perfect and healthful
mode of life as it is possible for US to
provide for them. 1t calls for knowl-
edge of the laws of reproduction,
whereby we may make use of the forces
of nature to the manifest increase of
dairy power in our cattle. We have no
right to sit still or act indifferently on
this question. The cows of a state
are what its dairy farmers have made
+ No other branch of agriculture is as
socialistic as dairying, for it is or
ganized very greatly all over the land
Into cheese factories and creameries.
Here, again, is special endowment of
sound sense required. The moment such
organization takes place, the farmer
finds himself no longer producer, but
manufacturer. He must learn how
to cooperate with his fellow farmers,
according to the laws of business. He
must study the finer economics of man.
ufacturing. He is to be the creator
of one of the finest foods on earth,
which, like Caesars wife, must be
above suspicion"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27
General Turcbin.

The career of General John b. Tur-
chin, who died few days since, was as
romantic and notable as that OF any
distinguished soldier who served in
the Union army during the civil war.
He was a graduate of the military
academy at st. Petersburg, and in 1856
was classed among the most promising
young officers in the Russian army. He
and other members of his class at the
academy were, through efficient service
and family influence, in the line Of
who stood just below Turchin in his
class are now ranking officers in the
Russian army. Had Turchin remained
in Russia he would have been some
years ago, probably, the active chief
of the cars military establishment
In 1856 Turchin went to London, on
leave of absence, met there some en-
thusiastic officers of the American
coast survey service, was induced by
them to come to the United States,
failed to secure the promised employ
ment in the war department, drifted
into the railway business, and at the
opening of the civil war was appointed
colonel OF the Nineteenth Illinois regi-
mennt of infantry. In the meantime, he
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27
.NesO Labor MoOenaer1f.

mad been outlawed by the Russian gov
eminent, and his vigorous way of
making war soon. caused him to be out
lawed by the confederate government.
In the first year of the civil war he was
an experienced officer surrounded by
officers of inexperience. He was
lighter and strategist as well as dis
ciplinarian, and his regiment-and his
brigade when he came to the command
of one-always gave a good account of
itself in battle He was, however, out
Of sympathy with General Buell. and
in fact with the government in the
tendency to treat rebels in arms con-
siderately and kindly. War to Turchin
was war, and he treated the people of
the South as enemies. In any question
which involved the safety, health, and
comfort of his men and the people of
hostile district, he decided always in
the interest of his own men. His policy
was at first not approved, but in the
later years of the war it became the
policy of the army. An attempt was
made to prejudice the case of General
Turchin through a court martial. The
court decided against him, but Presi-
dent Lincoln decided in his favor and
commissioned him brigadier general,
and he was a striking figure in the war
to the very last
Turchin was of the old school of
soldiers and gentlemen Like many
other officers trained in foreign schools
he at first looked askance at our vol
unteers, but in time he came to have
the highest regard for them. He was
always impatient of restraint and ir-
ritable under the pretensions of unsol-
dierly men. He was given to petulant
and indiscreet speech, but in battle he
always came up to his own high stan
dard of military duty
General Turchin believed thoroughly
in the future of the United States and
induced many of his people to some
here. He was thoroughly American,
too, in the belief that it was the duty
of the citizen to do well whatever
came to his hand to do.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27
Chicago letter.


From the number of letters received
by the Christian Builders union dur
ing the last week from different parts
of the country 1t is conceded that the
new religious labor organization has
succeeded in obtaining a firm hold on
a great many of the laboring class in
smaller places. Each mail brings a
number of applications for admittance
TO the new order, and the rapid man
ner in which the newest innovation in
labor unions has taken hold has caused
the president, Henry P. Berck, to di-
rect all his energy to aiding the growth
of the union.
From the numerous letters | have
received and the manner in which the
religious orders have taken hold of the
Christian Builders union am certain
that we shall eventually have as much
influence with the contractors as the
labor unions now enjoy. All our
meetings are to be open to the public.
and there is to be nothing on the Sc
cret order about us. All that will be
required from an applicant to the or
der is that he have clean reputation
and that he prove that he does not use
Intoxicating liquors. l have found
that the more money the laboring man
makes the more time he must have to
spend 1t, and while am in favor OF
the laborers gaining all they can l am
against the saloons as a place for
them to spend it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

experienced poultryman can look o"sN
and see how freely and reeklessS ~
sacrificed the lives OF his bros III sne
early years Of his experience ~
novice has O blissful confidence tha'
his chicks will all come to matuII5'
A correspondent OF the Farmers ~
view tells OF one such experience, 40
follows: 81 had coout 200 CHICKS
hatch. They appeared certain 10 a.
grow up into fine hens and cocKereis'
l fed them anything that came alohs'
let them run with the hens ana gaSe
them barrels for shelter at night
After a little some Of them began "
disappear. and set watch to discover
the agency. The culprit was not IONS
in being found out, and proved TO 10
a neighbours cat, which was very eA-
pert in entangling the chicks IN lne
tall grass and overpowering them. %
we shut the chicks up in tight coops
night and day. One night there came
a terrific thunder shower, the ram
falling so rapidly that the water soon
stood several inches deep on places
that we hardly before knew were at
all convex. In the morning there
were a number of dead chicks. After
that the chicks began to stand aroun1
and peep. We wondered why they
did not care for food. They began TO
wilt and die, and in ten days numerous
chicks had ceased to be counted among
the living The dead were numbered
by the score. We did not at that time
find out the cause; but we now know
1t to have been lice. When the re-
mainder of the chicks were half grown
some big rats in the shed found out
that chicken meat was good to eat
and kept making raids on the new
food supply till they themselves were
annihilated by traps and poison. in
time the 200 chicks dwindled to about
forty, loss of 80 per cent We have
learned to do far better than that
now; and the losses are usually not
over 20 per cent What l have said
proves to me that ignorance is the
most expensive thing on the farm"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

it might well take it's literature, learn.
ing and luxury in the bulk from Eng
liish factories.
Why" he asked, should the Am
orleans write books, when six weeks
passage brings them, in their own
tongue, our sense, science, and genius
in bales and hogsheads? Prairies,
steamboats,, grist-mills, are their nat
ural objects for centuries to come"
We might almost revere this and
ask: why should the English feel
Ill at case when six days passage
brings them our sense, science and
genius?"
For a time, at least, the Rev. Sgd
ney Smiths chief notoriety seems to
be that he was the author of certain
observations whose truthfulness has
proved as brief as it was bitter
Harper's Weekly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27
Live stock Diseases in England.

report from Professor McFadyean
presented to the council of the Royal
Agricultural Society at their last meet
ing stated that during the sixteen
weeks of this year for which the Of
fetal returns have been issued. 221
outbreaks of anthrax, with 327 animals
attacked, have been notified. For the
corresponding period of last year the
figures were 179 and 283 respectively.
During the same period there have
been 377 outbreaks of CHAMBERS, with
644 animals attacked. as against 337
outbreaks and 600 animals attacked
year. Since the last meeting of the
council three fresh centers of foot and
mouth disease have been detected. The
first of these was reported from Suffolk
on April Z, and the other two from
Essex ON April 8 and IL respectively.
The total number of outbreaks for the
present year is IL, with Cos animals at
tackled. During the first sixteen weeks
of the year there have been 935 out
breaks of swine fever. as against 56S
for the corresponding period of last
year. Serious as these figures are, they
scarcely disclose the full extent to
which the disease has recently in
creased. The outbreaks for the last
four weeks number 4O6, as against
1853 for the corresponding four weeks
of last year. Unfortunately case of
rabies was reported during the week
ending April 20. 1t occurred in Car
marthenshire, and, in addition to the
diseased animal, two dogs have been
destroyed as having been exposed to
infection. During the month of April
SO morbid specimens were forwarded
to the research laboratory at the Roy
al Veterinary College for examination.
These included cases of anthrax, black
quarter, tuberculosis. actinomycosis,
CHAMBERS, tumors, parasitic gastritis.
etc. During the same period an out
break of contagious abortion among
mares and losses among ewes and
lambs from worm parasites, have been
locally investigated and Home.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27
VIII fhe Misfaxe Be Reefif,ed ?

If mistake has been made" says
the New York Sun of Mr.. Cages Rus
sian sugar decision, then the mistake
cannot be rectified too speedily or too
frankly, and no pride of individual
opinion should be suffered to stand in
the way of such rectification."
That mistake was made there
would seem no doubt. Our own in
ternal revenue and legal experts told
Mr.. Gage plainly that Russia did no
more in remitting her internal taxes
upon exported sugar than We do in re-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27
Chick with Pip.

Herewith we illustrate a chicken
with the gapes-popularly called the
pip" Many farmer sees his chicks
acting as indicated in the illustration
and imagines that the food is not
right. The food is changed, but the
trouble is not obviated The difficulty
is the presence of the cape worm,
little red worm with V-shaped term
mus. This V is formed by the juncture
of the male and female worms. We
give this much for Identification pur-
poses. The worms inhabit the trachea.
Sometimes they can be removed by
feather and some claim to remove them
with drops of turpentine. Others have
failed in all the things they have tried.
Without doubt prevention is the fac
tor that should receive the most at
tention. When the chicks show the
symptoms indicated, have all the young
chicks put at once on board floors
where they cannot get at the dirt. The
angle worm and dirt in which the
angle worm is found are the sources
Of contagion. After the chicks are ma
ture they are not injured by the gapes,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27
SUMNER EXCURSIONS


A series Of Summer Excursions are being
run by the Santa Fe Railway. Tickets from
Salt Lake or Ogden are as follows:
Milwaukee d return So 50, July 1920
Chicago and return f3i 80. July %. u p
Louisville and return, Sl7 80. August 22-23.
Missouri river points and return 8il 90 daily
June 20 to September u.
Chicago and return, $50 so daily, June 20 to
September II.
St. Louis and return. s5l.5O daily, June 20 to
September II.
For further information apply to c. F.. War
rem, General Agent A. Il. & 5. f. r. h. All
Dolly Block, Salt Lake City, Utah.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27
,,nlvenslrx OF NoTRE 6-ME.


NAN
W. call the attention OF our
.oa ~" 10 the Advertisement of Notre
-, University. one OF the great ed
' pa',iC institutions Of the West.
- annears in anther column OF
This paper. Those of ou readers who
NAV have occasion to look W a colles,ss
for their sons during the coming year
would do well to correspond with the
president, who will send them a cata-
iopue free Of charge, as well as all par
ticulars regarding terms. courses of
studies, etc.
There is thorough preparatory
school in connection with the uniyer-
eitv IN which students Of all grades
will have every opportunity of prepar-
ing themselves for higher studies. The
Commercial Course, intended for
voung men preparing for business, may
he finished in one or two years ac-
cording to the ability Of the student.
81 Edwards Hall, for boys under thir-
teen is an unique department of the
institution. The higher courses are
thorough in every respect. and stu
dents will find every opportunity of
perfecting themselves in any line of
work they may choose to select. Thor
oughness in class work. exactness in
the care of students, and devotion to
the best interests of all, are the distin-
gushing characteristics of Notre
Dame University
Fifty-seven years of active work in
the cause OF education have made this
institution famous ali over the coun-
fry
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27
Preseryatlves Not Needed.

At the Vermont State Dairy conyen-
ton held recently Maj. Henry g. AL
word, chief OF the Dairy division of the
department of agriculture, stated that
the experiment of shipping butter 10
foreign markets had begot the conf
dence of foreign merchants, by showing
them that Americans could furnish an
excellent quality of butter and place
it on their markets in as good condi-
ton as other countries. Partly as the
result of the departments work. there
was more demand for American butter
and cheese abroad than our merchants
could supply. He did not believe in
the use of preservatives in butter
Great Britain was the best market IN
cultivate, and no preservatiye was
needed to send butter there. Sweden
and Denmark boosted that they could
send butter there without preserya-
tives. Even butter color was not need
ed for the best butter market in all
Observation-Disclosures In order IN
compete successfully with Sweden
Denmark and Canada, what was needed
on dairy exports was the official stamp
of approval by this government, guar
anteeing the purity. If butter is of ex-
cellent quality, IL would sell abroad
in any kind of package, but tastes and
preferences should be studied. The
English market holds to the old hun
dred-weight of 112 h., and wants pack-
ages of liz h., Sc Id. and % lb. If n
man had good clean, pure milk ba
would not recommend pasteurization
1t was a premium on slovenly dairving
and cooked milk was not as digestibla
as raw.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

hitting our internal taxes upon ex-
ported spirits and tobaccos. Yet Mr.
Gage persisted in his course.
That is action has greatly injured
our trade with Russia is not the only
or the worst result. Behind the dol
lar marks that figure in the trade sta
tistics," as the Sun well says, sis the
inestimable value to us of unvexed re-
lations with the nation that has never
been our enemy, never our rival or OBJ
structor, but always and cordially and
continuously our helpful friend and
well-wisher"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27
BABISTS OF PERSIA.

A committee of Americans with a
remarkable religious purpose has wait
ed on Herbert W. Bowen, lately United
States minister to Ptrsia, now in
Paris. That purpose was nothing less
than to ask Mr. Bowen earnestly to
petition the Shah for protection. free
dom from persecution, for the Babists
the religious followers of the Bah, who
have long been oppressed by the Shah.
For the teachings of their creed differ
in many important points from the
doctrines of Shiism, the state religion
of Persia, says a Paris cablegram.
The faith is spreading among Amer
leans here. Among those who have
adopted 1t are Mrs. Hoar of New Jer-
sey, Mrs. Virginia Trip and her daugh-
ter of Boston, Miss Fairfax, Clifford
Barney OF Bar Harbor and her daugh-
ter, Miss Natalie, who writes fine
French poetry, and Mrs. John Jack
son of New York. Even the intellec-
tual Miss Airline Peck is studying Bah
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

A monument to Mrs. Bradley T..
Johnson, wife of General Johnson, has
been unveiled in Baltimore. During
the civil war Mrs. Johnson was in
strumental in procuring comforts for
the confederate soldiers. She followed
her husband in all the camps and de-
voted herself TO the care of the sick
and the wounded. After the war she
aided greatly in establishing soldiers
homes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27
Argr!erea woman AenuItted.

4 woman in Adrian, Men, VINO pro-
tested without avail against a gam
bling den which got all her husbands
earnings, set out the other night
with can of kerosene and burned
the place to the ground. She was ac-
quilted in court.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27
Paul Revere's Inveution.

Paul Revere, the famous revolution
airy hero, was an inventor. and was
the first in this country to refine and
roll copper. The concern he founded
in 1901, the Revere Copper company.
still exists at Canton, Mass.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

The agricultural department of tbo
Ohio State University owns a herd o,
forty cows and retails milk In the c,tu
Of Columbus. The annual gross w.
ceipts from the sale of milk avaraao
sixty-fve hundred dollars. All OF Az
work of caring for the cows mill,ins
separating, pasteurizing, bottling ana
delivering the milk to customers :.
done by students in the agricultr,a,
courses. In this way many worth, :,
young men earn part, and in son,s
cases all, of their college expense VIII
would, without such help be unable ~
secure college education. "
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

Private Mailing Card with colored
views of scenery on the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul Railway sent on
receipt of ten 1O) cents in stamps
Address F. A. Miller. General Passen-
ger Agent, Chicago. Ill.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

A public subscription has been
opened in Paris to buy Ranavaiona,
the dethroned Queen of Madagascar, a
black satin gown because her allow
ance from the French government is
said to be too small to permit her to
buy 1t herself.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

General Macarthur will soon com
plete thirty mine years of military SER
vice. When he Is relieved of his COM
mand in the Philippines he expects
to visit South Africa and Europe be-
fore returning to the United States.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27
Chan ded Tim er.

Times have changed indeed from the
time when Sydney Smith complacently
observed that the United States. had so
much wilderness clearing to do that
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

welcomes women to its fold; indeed, i
was one of the Bab's chiefest aims tt
ameliorate the condition of women il
Persia. The religion opposes the plura
marriages of Mahometism.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

love, freedom and unity Of belief. And
SO earnest disciple of the Bah is Miss
Natalie Barney that, following its be-
hests against vanity, she has given
all her jewelry to the poor. Babism
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

The proper feeding of birds mas
much to do with their health. The ra-
ton of the fowls should always be a
balanced one. Fowls fed an unbalanced
ration continually are certain to be-
come weak. If 1t is unbalanced on the
side of too much carbohydrates they
become soft and lazy and the bones
lack strength, as well as do the
muscles. If the food is overbalanced
on the side of too much heterogeneous
matter, various troubles follow, and In
such a condition the birds are said to
fall easy victims to rheumatism, which
In turn Is made possible by too great
supply of acid formed from the nj
trogenous food products. 1t pays
man to study the ration question II he
wishes to avoid many troubles with
fowls.
The annual death rate among fowls
is altogether too large, and this is es-
pecially true of the chicks during the
first year. We have observed that a
very large proportion of the losses
are preventable losses-losses due to
lack OF care and proper feed. Every
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

ism, which in its early history has
much in common with Christianity. as
also in its doctrines, emphasizing, as it
does, the brotherhood of man and as
piring to a universal reign of peace,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

Labor wins in the poultry hor..
not luck. The poultry house IS mot :
lottery. ~
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-04-27

new pair. Try us. II you have not
traded here before. and we are sure
you VIII become one of our regular
customers. C.. Mays popular priced
shoe store. POS west Railroad avenue
Among the many places to show
the visitor, don't overlook the Zeigel
care. h popular resort Is the gen
tiemen's headquarters. Fine bar good!
and appetizing lunches are its special
ties.
The ladies' OF st. Johns Guild extend
a hearty invitation to all their friend,
to attend their Ice cream festival and
apron sale, May LIST. west Gold ave
nue.. from 3 till 10 p. m.
Lemp's Bottled Beer, in quarts OF
plnts, delivered To any part OF the
city. Telephone, 2G5. new. Bachechi
a Giomi. general agents.
To save hauling and pen of
moving. ! will offer during the bal.
ance of this week some bargains in
wheels, at 220 Gold avenue. II.
Brockmeier.
IL only comes once a year-Lemp's
Book Beer. Ask for II and take no
other.
Gentlemen-Now Ia the time to or.
der your spring suit; our clothing
pleases. Nettleton Tailoring Agency,
2l5 south Second street.
Don't forget it, Book beer and a
hne turkey lunch at the White Ele.
plant tonight.