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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-09-12
Things That Are Told.

:. Economy in feeding gives promise Of
being Of paramount importance to
stock raisers this fall and winter. and
some farmers believe that shredding
the corn fodder will be one great help
in the matter.
Fertile farms and well kept fields are
additionally associated with sheep.
~ The cencensus Of opinion In Kansas
Is unfavorable toward the policy Of
burning pastures. In special cases It
may be wise to resort to burning, as
for the destruction of brush. weeds or
bunch grass. ....
The three varieties of macaroni
wheat for seed in this country are the
Nicaragua in Texas and the Arnautka
and the Wild Goose in theoDakotas.
Fattening hogs. fed all the alfalfa hay
they will eat, will fatten on much less
grain than without hay. Sorghum hay
10 good for hogs. - e :
The essential thing in irrigating mel
ons. according to Rocky Ford pssctics,
- to keep the water conAnsd 10 the
fufsow. reaching the ssots sniy By Per
sslstiea. 3 ~ ga@
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-09-12
Raising Dairy Cattle.

w. s. Carpenter. successful Miehi-
gan breeder Of dairy cattle, says:
The best performers I have raised
have, as rule, when IS months to 9
years old, looked and acted a great deal
Ake steers, and nothing is more pleas
Ing to me than to have heifer be-
tween l and years old grow large,
strong and beefy provided she carries a
large paunch. I have had two that
did not carry the large paunch which
nevertheless put on meat and fat and
then grew to good size. but were not
worth 10 cents for milk cows. am
inclined to believe that until they are
year old they want to be kept in as
thrifty a, condition as possible. but>not
too fat: l am inclined to believe that
if allowed all the whole milk they will
take they will not develop along the
best lines, but do think If the feed Is
warm skimmilk. oats, bran and oil
meal they can have every pound they
will eat"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-09-12
Some Things Alfalfa Did.

At the Laramie (WyJ station the
value of alfalfa harvested from, one
half scse Of land for five years was
about $50 mere than<the cost Of pro-
ducing It.
The value Of potatoes and grain from
an adjeinipg half acre for FIVE years
was about. $44 more than the cost Of
producing II at local prices.
When the alfalfa land was plowed
and planted to wheat. it produced IS
to $12 more value In wheat per acre
than the land which had grown pota-
toes and grain before.
When alfalfa land was plowed and
planted to potatoes, It gave SIC worth
more Of potatoes per acre than was
obtained from land which had grown
potatoes aud grain before. -.
BY growing alfalfa the above In
crease Of yields and. values was pro-
AuoS6 With &baolststy no cost fer fer.
tfsisS tSs Md.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-09-12
SELF CLOSING GATE.

and stay closed. Take any ordinary
gate and attach hinges as shown Ito be
mads FROM cid wagon or buggy tire,
Just SO he same will work easily on
the post. Then attach trace chain at
brace 4 ana also to post at B on Pc
verss se}s frem gate. By opening the
gate ne chain is wound around the
pdss. ssasiAx the gate about eight
iBches. II will close by it's own weight.
The blngss are cheaply and easily
made and attached, using only two
small bolts on each. If people will
ADOPT thss hinge and method Of swing
ing gate. they will have no further
trouble by having gates left open. |
have used three now for four years and
have had no trouble. Before it was
nearly impossible for me to keep them
closed. The gate is suspended by the
chain. and the brace at A Is for the
purpose Of letting the weight come on
all four Stats and should be about Is
inches from the rear Of the gate.-Cor.
Farm and Ranch.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-09-12

Cows should be sailed regularly or,
better still, should have constant &C.
cess to salt, says George Z. Newell In
American Cultivator.
The practice Of sailing them once q
week is not q gcod one, as most cattle
will lick little salt every day II they
can get 1t.
Thus provided, they will yield more
and better milk than otherwise and will
also maintain better degree Of heaRh.
As salt provokes thirst. the milk ami
NAL should have as free access to wa
ter as to the saline mineral or the lat
ter will do her more harm than good.
Speaking of salt leads me to say
that some failures in dairy butter max
ing have noted came about by sailing
the cattle and the butter out Of the
"same barrel.
In other words coarse inso1uble salt
was used for thet butter when only the
highest and most refined grade should
be en- 1loyed.
Salt that is not soluble will not per-
meate the substance of butter 'evenly,
and thus rancidity may be induced.
Again, grains Of salt in butter al
ways detract from its appearance and
are inimical to even flavor. from these
causes alone lowering its market value.
Let me say here that there are today
Just as fine grades Of American dairy
salt produced as come from England.
American milk cattle fed on Ameri-
can grass produce butter sailed with
American salt that is the peer of any
on earth and Is so conceded in foreign
markets.
In attaining this result, however, one
must utilize the best Of everything.
thinking not that poor or cheap mate
rial can be introduced with impunity to
future quality.
knew a dairynan once who, In a
spasm of economy q, sought to save
80 cents by purchasing cheaper grade
Of salt than was his wont and later lost
on his shipment Of butter thereby 81.
It was one OF the most effective lese
sons he could have been taught in prac-
teal dairying, exemplifying as it did
that cheap material always produces
cheap quality. When it. comes to
cheesemaking. salt holds just as inn
portant a position as, in other dairy
lines-i e., that solubility and purity
are highly necessary.
The relation Of salt. be it understood,
to all phases of dairying is highly i'm
portant one, and beca use this fact is 50
little appreciated accounts for. many
dairy failures.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-09-12
-ANeoRA, GOATS.
moh.,r Probable Even at Low

MohaiP Probable Even at Low
r. Pfices-Among the Weeds.
1t is true that there is blt little de-
Gand for mohair just now. My mo-
hair was sold at 20 cents per pound,
much lower than ever before, but the
Angora goat industry is still good
business. even If we should not get
over 20 cents per pound for mohair
and cents per pound for Angora NUT
ton. and where we want weeds and
brush killed the Angora goat Is q
great help. .....
A few years ago the Colorado river
washed away a great deal of my field
fence and covered the bottom land
with cockleburs all along the river. 1t
looked like a forest of eockleburs. To
save the crop had to build a new
fence. joining the river on the upper
side Of the field. SO the goats could not
keep down the weeds along the river
inside Of the field. but they kept all
the cockleburs eaten UP clean as far
IS they could go. Last winter l hired
aelp to beat down the ripe cockleburs
from the dead bushes inside the field
and built new fence of eight wires
parallel with the river and opened the
whole bottom to the goats this spring
after shearing. At that time the coe-
kleburs and elder bushes had entirely
covered the entire bottom for the dis
lance Of nearly q mile, and It looked
like the goats would get lost in there,
but after about two months had the
great pleasure to see that the bottom
was as clean from cockleburs and
elder as pecan gatherers may wish for.
But there is one weed that my goats
do not like. 1t Is the wild sage. and Of
the wild castor beans along the river
they do not eat much. think that
sheep will eat wild sage. but do not
know if they eat the wild castor bean.
l hired help to keep down the castor
bean, which the goats will do'if there
are not too many Of them. think it
would be q good plan to keep q few
sheep among the goats to keep down
wild sage also. concludes H. T. Fuchs
in Texas Farm and Ranch.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-09-12
Calf Cholera.

Cattlemen have for years been anx-
iously looking for a cause for this
dread disease. but thus far little prog
ress has been made In staying its
course. The best success has attended
feeding the COWS mixture Of equal
parts Of ground oats and bran, with no
other grain either in spring or on grass.
Where the disease Is prevalent 1t IS
alse we'll not TO allow the newborn
calf to take its mothers milk. but to
feed 1t from the first upon the milk Of
a COW that has been in milk for some
four or five months. The navel and
belly Of the calf should be washed at
birth and twice daily afterward for a
few days with a per cent solution Of
one of the tar product sheep dips or
disinfectants.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-09-12
A SIMPLE DERRICK.

same way and supported as best suits
the case on hand will often be useful
for other purposes, such as getting out
stone, loading ice. etc.
For the derrick post use q piece Of
stout timber not less than by 4 inches
square. or a round pole If preferable.
The length Of this pole will be govern
ed somewhat by the length Of the boom
and by the situation of the derrick.
For the boom use round or square
piece of light but strong wood 10 to Is
feet long. Insert heavy iron pin in
the top and the foot of the post and
put on iron bands. Hinge one end Of
the boom with iron straps and bolt it
to the post about five feet from the bot
tom, and on the other end put band
with eyes or hoops. as is shown in the
partial illustration Of the derrick.
If the post is round instead Of square.
as pictured, the boom may be attached
BY using band on the post and the
Iron device on the boom, like those
shown in one corner Of the same illus
tration, both Of which may be made
from heavy wagon tire and fastened
in place by bolts in the holes made for
this purpose.
The top Of the post and the end Of
the boom are connected by rope and
a pair of single pulleys or, better. by a
double block tackle. " } -
The lower pin of the derrick post re-
wolves in a wooden block having an
iron socket or a heavy stone with a
hole drilled to receive it, and the top
pin is held by strong projecting wood
or iron cieat or one Of the building
tinbers.
The part of the post above the point
at which the boom Is hinged should
be as long as the boom. 20 as not to
have the tackle work with too great
loss Of power.
When the boom is elevated to hori-
zontal position, the article being lifted
will be about the right height for load
ing on a wagon, and the end of the
boom may by means Of the revolving
post be swung round to the point de-
sired.
With double block tackle one man
BY ordinary exertion ought to be able
TO handle conveniently weight Of 300
or 400 pounds.
By attaching hay rope pulley to a
firm stake near the foot Of the derrick
or to the building the rope may be
conducted over it and have single
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-09-12
SPREAD or IRRIGATION,
trtidcial W~fer Supply Not a Thing
For the West Alone

trtifcial Wvfer supply Not q Thing
For the West Alone.
The great drought of this summer
has been in the nature Of an eye opener
to many who have hitherto passed I'M,
thinkingly over the subject Of irriga-'
ton. Nature herself appears to be
pushing irrigation by effectual, If indi-
rect, action. Professor Elwood Mead,
the government expert and one Of the
high authorities Of the country in this
matter. recently gave some evidence
before tAs Industrial commission at
Washington which Is certainly inter
estfng In view Of the weather condi-
tion referred to.
Two-fifths Of the area of the United
States wpusu be benefited by irriga-
ton, in Professor Mead's opinion.
Irrigation Is coming to be considered
the common adjunct to market gar
dening along parts Of the Atlantic
coast. u Is not asserted that it is
necessary 70 the farms OF these re-
yions in order to grow fair CROPS of
truck, but that'.ft will enable the land
to do its very best.
Irrigation In Texas and Louisiana
has advanced by astounding bounds
and is the cause of increased land val
ues. In>other quarters of the humid re-
giens the value of systematic Artificial
irrigation that may double crops and
maize them a sure thing is pressing it,
self upon progressive men.
To Professor Mead and other scieh-
lists lis attributed the opinion that if
the region OF the Missouri. Platte and
Arkansas valleys. particularly western
Kansas. Nebraska and Indian Terrific
ry, could be adequately irrigated it's ag-
ricutural production would be seme-
thing astounding. Instead of provok-
ingly varying in quantity from year to
year, frem the SO called banner season
downward through all the gradations
to almost nothing in the extremely bad
ones, wfAch not unseldom occur, by
irrigation agricultural production would
not only be enormously increased, but
maintained at an unvarying high stand
ard Of quantity and quality. 1t Is sell
dom the farmers of those regions, say
the Socialists, have too much rain, but
they nearly always have too little.
Even in their best crop years their re-
turns would be greatly enhanced by in
creased water applied with more equa-
bility.
Professor Mead says. as quoted by an
exchange: 1.-The system in this country
is in its infancy and naturally more or
less crude and uncertain. Within few
years no American farmer with land
capable Of Irrigation and water availa-
able will dream of putting in crop of
wheat aBd corn without the facilities to
artihcialIy water it when needed.
But one Of the best features Of irri-
CATION 70 the increased value it gives
10 agricultural lands. Under the be-
nfgn influence Of a reliable water sup
ply. areas which previously were worth
less wastes have suddenly come to rep
resent fortunes. Even farms in the older
stateS already very valuable under or
binary coalitions. will be Immediately
and largely enhanced in market value
by artificial irrigation"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-09-12
Cost Of SilaGe.

The July bulletin Of the Maine exper
iment station. discussion silage. says:
We feed it in small quantities to all
of our animals. including horses, hogs
and poultry. and with good results;
quantity for cows in full flow Of milk.
11s bushels. or about so pounds, per
day, with small feeds Of hay or other
coarse fodder, and proportionate guam
titles for dry cows and young animals.
We are unable to give exact figures
as to the cost Of silage, but do find that
we have nearly doubled the stock car
rying capacity Of our farm since build
ing our silo and with but Mttle addi-
tional expense for labor and fertilizer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-09-12

The Ohio Stomach Worm Remedy.
One tablespoonful Of gasoline and
four ounces Of sweet milk wellsshaken
together is good dose for sheep weigh
ing anywhere from 60 to 100 pounds.
The quantity Of milk maybe reduced
or increased slightly without detrimen-
tai results. -....,-.. ...., ....
Each sheep or lamb should be set on
his rump and SO held that he will not
struggle while the dose Is given as a
drench, and his head should not be
thrown back farther than the natural
position while standing. ..
This stomach worm treatment should
be given only after II to Is hours fast
ing, and neither water nor feed should
be given inside of two hours after CIV
ing the medicine. "T - .aJsi
Treatment should be given three days
eonsscutiyely. then repeated enc week
or Ten days hter Ter the same number
Of Says.
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-09-12

Throw away the first few streams Of
milk from each teat. This milk is very
watery and of>little value. Besides, 1t
often contains Impurities which have
entered in through the opening in the
teat, and 1t can easily injure the con-
tents of the rest Of the milk.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-09-12

fine promise in various parts Of ttA
United Sttaes as to elicit much az
prevail. The seed is generally sown ilr
drills, with some kind Of grain to bold
1t upright.
1t II recommended to SOW in fall-Au-
gust to middle of September-for winter
and spring forage. Ifsown With rye and
successfully grown. it will give excel
lent feed at q time when there Ia usual
ly shortage. Wheat and vetch also
furnish good green fodder in spring.
Morning Glories For Sheep Forage.
Morning glories, the annual purple
fowereN kind, will yield 40 tons of
green feed per acre. are drought proof
and highly nutritious, equal to the
best clover, and can be cut. cured and
thrashed. l SOW them all over my
farm. Sheep annihilate them. They
never go To- water when they can get
them. They can be sown in young cul-
corn and the whole cut up and
shocked. They will cut i've to seven
tons Of dry feed per acre.. G. Nor
ton. Kansas.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-09-12
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HANDY FARM DERRICK.
A Cheap Continuance For Handling
Barrels and Sacks Of Produce.

A Cheap Continuance For Handling
Barrels and Sacks Of Produce.
A simple and cheaply constructed
boom derrick arranged as illustrated
Will be found Of much service by a
great many farmers. and the time and
labor that will be saved by its use will
more than equal that required to make
It, says an Ohio Farmer writer. When
boxes, barrels or sacks Of produce are
stored in a basement, one man without
some mechanical assistance of tbis
kind will be unable to lift them from
the cellar way and load on wagon
conveniently. and even If several men
engage in the work they cannot remove
and load the articles as easily and
speedily without the derrick as they
Can BY It's help. A derrick made in the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-09-12
RfllinH the Silo.

II one has small silo and a few
acres and the filing is a small matter
of two or three days. then he can bide
his time and cut when everything ap-
pears to be Just right.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-09-12
HAIRY VETCH.

A Forage Plant Now In the Fore
ground For Fall Sowing.
Hairy vetch is so much in the agri-
cultural foreground just now that the
accompanying sketch may not come
amiss to those who have not seen the
plant 1t IS perennial or biennial
from western Asia and has given such
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-09-12
Varied Crops and Irrigation.

e.. Growing variety OF. crops lengthens
out the irrigating season and enables
the farmer to make better use of bis
continuous flow. but even this does not
even up the difference between maxi
mum supply and maximum use. The
greatest necessity is storage until the
water is needed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-09-12
A GATE WORTH TRYING.

A CansespAaaent Warrants It to
C9ese ssself and Stay Closed.
/ send yea the following sketch Of
q gate that will absolutely close itself
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-09-12

SAxt1kfA8 ~ Uoo01.
Rub the affected quarter well after
each milking with q, littls soap lini-
nsnt. Keep thu trsatment Up fer ssas
teAs.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-09-12
DETAIL OF DERRICK.

DETAIL OF DERRICK. t - II
tree attached for a horse when it is
necessary to lift a more than ordinary
heavy object from the cellarway.
Williams news. [microfilm reel] (Williams, Ariz.) 1891-19??, 1901-08-17
A Scheme to Raise Fund
for Irrigating the Arid
Lands in the
WESTERN STATES AND TERRITORIES
Bill Framed by rr- Fred Bond, State
Engineer of Wyoming Comment
on Its Application to
Arizona

III tic ELSAlAccIllie NcHS VI aug
ust Sth appears two very interest
ing articles on the problem OF
National Aid for the Irrigation of
Arid Lands in the Western States
and Territories. The first by Mr..
Fred Bond, state engineer of Wyom-
ing, who has framed a bill which
will probably be presented sometime
during the next session of congress.
In brief, the bill is about as fol-
lows:
SECTION 1. That all moneys re-
ceived from the sale of public lands
in Arizona, California, Colorado,
Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska,
Nevada, New Mexico, North Da-
kota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah,
Washington and Wyoming, except
ing money for educational purposes
and excepting the salaries and
commissions of the registers and
receivers of the land offices, shall
be set aside for the benefit of such
state securing the land to be held in
a special fund known as the "Arid
Land Reclamation Fund" and
shall be under the direction of the
secretary of the interior.
SEC. 2. Provides for the creation
of a state engineers office, with
authority to make examinations
and surveys, plans and estimates
for reservoirs and other irrigation
works, and also final establishment
of rights to the waters within its
borders
SEC g. Provides for the manner
in which a state may obtain per-
mission from the secretary of the
interior to go ahead and construct
such works, and for the settlement
of same. sAS
SEC. 4. Provides for tl1s s4tting
aside of the funds by ths. Iftta Try
of the interior. HE3X
SEC. 5. That from ant4ffef<t the
date of filing of said pl&ak Tor the
construction of reservoifaA<, ther
irrigation works. the Hnff ENDS
designated upon which the water is
to be used, or upon whiehsthsspro-
posed works are to be sitl18fa3 may
be segregated and Withheld 4fom
public entry. ~ ~.
SEC. 6. Provides for ocndtrbha-
Williams news. [microfilm reel] (Williams, Ariz.) 1891-19??, 1901-08-17

| Oi-Way-
SEC. T. The secretary of the in
terror is hereby authorized and di-
rected to provide rules and regula-
tons as may be necessary to carry
into effect the provisions of this
act
Quoting from Mr.. Bonds COM
ment on the bill:
The central idea of the bill is
that the money shall come from the
states to be benefited by it, and
from them alone. There is to be no
tax, either direct or indirect, upon
the humid states for irrigation.
The bill was severely attacked
by Mr.. Maxwell, executive chair
man of the national irrigation assoc
citation, an organization whose
principle object is to agitate for the
construction of irrigation works by
the national government, so says
the News: "He is diametrically
opposed to placing the arid lands
and the works for their reclamation
under state control He thinks
that the national government should
do the whole thing. He says the
scheme is brought forward by state
engineers to increase their import
ance and responsibility. The most
ruinous charge which he makes is,
that back of the movement to
place these lands under state con-
troll are the wealthy stockmen and
ranchmen of the west, who desire
to control irrigation development
for the purpose of excluding actual
settlers"
The most faulty measure we can
find in the bill is under section 1,
which provides for the proceeds of
the sale of public lands to be used
in establishing reservoirs and irri-
CATION works. ',-
OF the 2,332, 800 acres in Ari-
IONA, perhaps 10 per cent could be
put under irrigation canals. This
would mean about ,233, $50 acres. |
The present value of that land, |
with the exception of a few hun
dred thousand acres in the ella and |
Salt river valleys, is nil. The gov
eminent today could not sell it for
anything, neither could they be
settled until irrigation works were
established. So, as far as Arizona
is concerned, some other method
shall have to be adopted to launch
this project.
In a recent conversation with the
eminent hydraulic and irrigation
Mr.. Chaffy, who is at
present engaged in installing the
immense irrigating canals below
Yuma, he said that his company
were putting in this system, paying
no attention whatever to ownership 1
of land and expecting to derive
revenue only from a sale of water,