davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29

The milk organs are quite intimate
ly concerned in the productive capacity
of the COW. as it is in these that the
milk and butter fat are finally elab-
GRATED from the food. 1t is not alto
gether clearly understood how the milk
is made in the gland, but it seems
quite probable that it is produced by
the ephithelial cells within the udder.
So far as is known, the quantity of
milk that can be produced depends in
a large part upon the number and
activity of these cells. The number
of such cells is limited by the size of
the udder and the amount of fatty It's
sue it contains. The dairy cow should
therefore have large udder capacity,
the larger the better, but the size of
the udder should not be due to any
large amount of fat or flesh. There
should be an elasticity of the tissue,
with shrinkage of the udder when
empty. The udder should have con-
siderable surface, extending far for
ward and well up behind 1t should
be well balanced and symmetrical in
shape, indicating good development in
all quarters; for the more perfectly
developed the organ is, the larger the
amount of milk it will be likely to
yield. 1t should be spread consider
ably from side to side also, while the
teats should be even and squarely
placed. To make room for such ca
pacious, well-developed udder, the
hind legs of the COW should be wide
apart, the thighs should be thin, and
the tanks high arched.
The activity of the udder, or the
amount of work done in it, is indi-
Gated to some extent by the quantity
of blood that passes through it, which
depends quite largely upon the capac-
ity of the blood vessels which are con-
nected Herewith. 1t is important,
therefore, that there should be a strong
and full development OF the arteries
and veins of the udder and abdomen.
The milk veins should be large and
elastic, should extend well to the
front, and should enter the abdomen
through large or numerous oritices,
thus permitting strong flow of blood
through them with minimum of re-
sistance as it returns to the heart
Besides these veins, there is a net
work of them in the fore quarters of
the udder, and still others pass up
ward behind. which, when large, in
dictate considerable productive capac-
ity.-Bulletin 20. Storrs' Experiment
Station.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29
Pork from Horsefiesh.

The western ranchmen has found a
new outlet for otherwise worthless
horsehesh. The ranges of western
Montana have for a long time sup
ported large droves of wild horses of
no particular breeding and worthless
for commercial purposes. Their hides
could be sold for about 81, and the
ranchmen sometimes bought the ami
mails from the Indians at nominal
price. Recently a ranchman that was
feeding a large number of hogs con-
clueed to try horse-fesh. So he start
ed in buying at S1.75 al, that the In
dams would bring him. He sold the
hides for 50 each and fed the horse
flesh to his swine. At last reports he
had disposed of about 500 horses in
this way. AS the horse-hesh costs
him practically nothing it should be
a paying business.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29

BILE hen has begun to lay; and ere the
milkmaid stirs a peg. the hen Is up and
has dropped her egg; the corn must
rustic and flowers spring II they hold
their own with the barnyard ring. IL
Maud Is needing a hat and gown, she
doesn't hustle her hay to town; she
goes to the store and obtains her suit
with basket full of her fresh hen
fruit; II the milkmaid's beau makes
Sunday call, she doesn't feed him milk
at all, but works up eggs in a custard
pie and stuffs him full of chicken fry;
and when the old man wants a horn,
does he take the druggist load OF
corn? Not much, He simply robs
nest and to town he goes-you know
the rest. He fingers there and he talks
perchance, of true reform and correc'
feenance, while his poor wife stays a.
home and scowls. but is saved from
want by those self-same fowls; fos
while her husband fingers there sh,
watches the cackling hens with care,
and gathers eggs, and the eggs she'll
hide till she saves enough to stem the
tide. Then hail, all hail, to the Trim
Bile hen, the greatest blessing Of all
men! throw up your hats and make
Rome howl for the preserving barn
yard fowl; Corn may be king, but it's
plain to be seen the Trimble hen is
the Kentucky queen.-Milton (Ky.)
| News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29
Poisoning Gophers.

A professor of the Kansas Agricul-
tural College says that the pocket
gopher digs its runs three to four
inches under the surface, cutting OF
the roots which happen to lie in its
path, out worst of all it throws up
a chain of mounds along the run
which render moving very difficult
If unmolested, this pest will carry on
its depredations to such an extent that
the field viii have-so be plowed up.
They also feed on alfalfa roots. No
preventive has been found Trapping
may be employed against them, but it
is tedious and generally unsatisfac-
tory. Poisoning is perhaps the easiest
and most satisfactory method of de-
stroying the gopher, and il properly
done they may be almost entirely ex-
terminated. To poison them, as soon
as a fresh mound is seen, get some
potatoes ami cut them as they are
usually cut for seed. A bottle of crys-
tallized st-ychnine, which may be OBJ
tanned by any adult at a Grug store
at so cents per bottle, should be at
hand. Then, with a pocket knife or
old case knife, slit the pieces and drop
crystal of strichnine not larger than
a wheat grain in the slit so it will
lodge near the middle of the potato.
Tho potato being moist, the strych-
nine will soon be dissolved and car
ried all through it, and it should be
used as soon as poisoned. Take a
spade and a wagon rod and the pota-
toes and proceed at once to the "goph-
er patch With TIE rod poke into
the ground around the fresh hill unit
the run is located, ana open with tn,
spade. Drop in a potato, cover up anC
proceed to the next hill Gophers ara
very fond of potatoes. One dose usual
ly kills the gopher. If too much
strychnine is used, or the potatoes are
not used as soon as prepared, ths
poison is not so effective. If the felC
is gone over once a week, the old hill:
leveled down and the new ones giver
a potato, the gophers' work will soor
be very much lessened. Now and ther
one will be too smart for the potatt
and will keep at work. Try to uaI
| him.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29

There is no doubt that skim milk is
a great feed for hogs, but sometimes
too much is claimed for even skim
milk. When man claims to ''fatten'
hogs on skim milk we confess our ere
dulity is stretched to the breaking
point. AS is well known, skim milk is
rich in the elements that make muscle
and sinew. but deficient in the ele-
ments that make fat. Thus, skimmilk
is excellent for developing the frame
of the pig, but after that some fat
making food must be brought in TO
finish the hogs for market. Skim
milk is excellent as a partial ration,
but nothing is gained by claiming
every virtue for it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29
The Canadian Hog.

A Canadian newspaper correspond
ent writes: The big demand, this sea-
son, for hog products, both for the
home markets and for export, has
materially reduced stocks. In some
lines supplies are almost cleaned
up, and there is talk of the ne
cessity of importing the product
at an early date from the United
States. There has been a good profit
in hogs this year. Feed is more album
dant. That has contributed to the in
crease of the hog crop. The high
standard maintained by the Canadian
packers has been the means of increas-
ing the demand in the British mar
kets. and generally fostering the indus
try at home.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29


A communication from the Univer-
sity of Illinois says:
Corn responds to selection as read
lily as caLCle. There is no longer any
doubt that varieties OF corn can be
further improved by the same methods
that have developed our breeds of live
stock. Little attention has been given
to systematic study of corn. as re-
CARDS the adaptation of varieties to
peculiar conditions of soil and climate,
the breeding out OF sterile plants, the
adaptation of varieties for particular
purposes, as for feeding, starch fac
tories, production of corn oil, human
food, or to the fixing Of variety char
acteristics with standard perfection.
Extensive experiments have proved
conclusively that corn is subject TO
great variation and that by taking adj
vantage of these variations by intelli-
gent selection, almost any improve
ment desired can be brought about.
An illustration OF the effect of such
selection among other plants than In
dian corn can be found in the develop
ment of the sugar beet Vilmorin,
French plant breeder, by selecting for
! growing seed those beets having
higher per cent of sugar than the Or
binary field beet, gradually increased
the per cent of sugar in the beets from
about per cent to 16 per cent, max
ing it possible to proftably manufac-
ture sugar from this source.
Highly bred corn has been developed.
There are at present a few distinct
varieties of corn with widely different
characteristics which have been de-
yeloped by careful selection during a
quarter to a half century. From the
fact that we have had no standard OF
perfection for these varieties. in fact
have not known their history or pc
culiar characteristics, this improve
ment has been very slow. The univer
sity has secured a large number OF
samples Of these established varieties
with the object of determining the
variety characteristics and making
standard for each variety. When this
has been accomplished, it will be POS
sible to supply pedigrees for thes'
varieties, which must mean, as it has
meant in the breeds of live stock, :
rapid improvement anG fixing of the
characteristics of the varieties now IL
existence. The university is also col
lecting the authentic history of thes'
varieties as lar back rs they can b
traced
The specially selected seed corn Wi
never be used to plant the corn field
of Llincls. This seed must ALWAYS aN
ist in snail quantities which can h
used to grow the 100000 or NOR
} bushels of stock seed that will b
: needed to plant the general crop TO
: Illinois. This stock seed will be @
high grade, but one generation re
moved and should differ but slight
) from the best selected seed. This see
: can only be developed by corn special
lists, because it requires continued an
t careful breeding. 1t will never exis
2 il large quantities because of the clos
selection to which it should be sui
/ jected.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29

We have read of Maud on summer
day, who raked, barefooted. the new
mown hay; we have read of the maid
in the early morn, who MIXED the
COW with the crumpled horn; and
we've read the lays that the poets
sing of the rustling corn and the fiow-
ers of spring; but of all the lays or
tongue or pen. there's naught like the
lay of the Trimble hen. Long, long
bssore Maud rakes the hay the Trim
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29

The special excursion rates now be-
ing quoted apply via the Denver 4 Rio
Grande railroad. 1.-The Scenic Route Of
the World" Two lines of railway be-
tween Grand Junction and Denver.
Passengers have their choice at no adj
ditional cost Four daily fast express
trains. New and elegant dining cars.
Pullman and ordinary sleeping cars
through to Chicago without change
Do not miss the grand scenery on the
Denver & Rio Grande. Ask your agent
for particulars and tickets via the ID.
* r. G. r. r.
Twelve new sugar refneries viii Be
opened in Russia next SEASON.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29
SIBERIAN Prisons AbolIshed.

Siberia is no longer to be penal
colony. The decree abolishing it is
the result of the building of the Siber-
ian railroad. Nothing can compare to
the rapid settlement Of the vast plains,
unless it be the rapid growth of that
famous dyspepsia cure, Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters Try it for constipa-
zion, indigestion, dyspepsia or fatu-
lency.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29

In the archaic vase room at the
British museum anyone can gaze upon
babies feeding bottles OF sun-baked
clay which were antique when Joseph
went into Egypt The museum au-
thors' catalogue is now completed. aft
or twenty years labor. and has cost
100000. 1t consists OF 400 volumes
and 10 supplements
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29

Warsaw newspapers report that the
xents of the United States are buying
.gar-beet seed in Poland. This seed
~ill be given trial at tie agricultural
station in the United States. Such
seed has previously been obtained prin'
eipally from France.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29

When a woman is out calling on
people that she thinks are fashionable,
1t always makes her mad to hear her
husband talk about veal .pot-pie."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29

The strike of the 700 employees of the
Forest mine at Archibald Pa, which
has continued since last March, has
been satisfactorily settled.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29

There are rumors at Colon that the
British steamer Togago has been seized
nv the Colon bian government at Pan
anna and sent, under an armed escort
10 Buenaventura, and that the British
consul at Panama has asked for war
weEQal
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29

Happiness cannot be bought but one OF the
great hindrances to its attainment can DO re-
moved by Adams Pepsin Tutti Frutt
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29

Prince Tuan has been arrested and
stripped of power by order OF the
empress and emperor
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29

Lnxuriant hair with It's youthful color assured by
rs ng PARKRR's HAIR BALsAM.
HisDERcoRSs, the best cure for corns l5cts.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29

The population of the state OF New
York is 1928 ,o12, as against 5,997, s53
In 1890
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29

II Is said that this years cotton
crop will pay for the cost of produc-
ton and enrich the south with a
profit of s200.o0Q-00o.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29

We wish to commend the prompt
ness of Professor Troop, of the Indiana
State Horticultural Society, in the
sending out of the notices of the
meetings of the society two months in
advance of the time. We can name
societies in the west whose secretaries
do not send out notices Of the meet
ings in time to get them published be-
fore the holding OF the meetings. We
have frequently called attention to this
matter. Such meetings need to be
well advertised, and it is impossible
to secure this advertisement if the an
nouncements of the meetings are de-
layed till the last week.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29

The winter meeting of the Indiana
State Horticultural Society will be
held at the state house, Indianapolis,
Dec. Is to 20. On previous years this
meeting has frequently been held at
the same time as the meetings in other
states and this has prevented attend
ance from other states. We urge that
farmers from other states as well as
from Indiana attend this meeting. The
meetings of this society are always
profitable and one cannot attend them
without being well repaid for the
money and time spent.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29

The German government has re-
moved the prohibition as to the i'm
portation of American dried and
evaporated fruit. For several years
past this fruit has been admitted into
Germany only after much delay and
Vexatious inspection for the San Jose
scale, At last the officials of the
American government have convinced
the Germans that the scale could not
be danger to the German consumers
after it had undergone the eVaporating
process.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
ACRICULTURISTS.
SEINE Up-to-Date Hints About Cuitiva-
ton of the Soil and Yields Thereof
Horticulture, yitiouIture and FIoricuI-
&ure.
horticultural Observations.

We notice in an exchange an at
tempt to make the Gano apple some
thing else than variety of the Ben
Davis. We doubt If the attempt will
succeed. According to the reports of
extensive growers Of the Ben Davis,
here and there are trees in nearly all
Ben Davis orchards that bear apples
OF the depth of color of the Gano. 1t
is the color alone that distinguishes
what is called the Gano from the Ben
Davis.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29

In this year of large apple supplies
our foreign market should be carefully
watched. When crops are large there
is a tendency to send fruit that is not
the best in size. When crops are
small the average of quality is gener-
ally high, due to the bearing of small
number of apples on each tree. 1t is
then not so hard to keep up the quail
ity in our foreign shipments. Now,
however, we are faced with the ten
dency to send abroad fruit inferior in
size. AS the Europeans have formed
a good opinion of our fruit SO far, it
is desirable that that opinion be held.
Carefully sorted fruit only should be
permitted to cross the ocean.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29

The Pewaukee pippin is an apple
large in size and in color yellow and
red streaked. 1t is OF medium size
and quality and is good for both
kitchen and market. 1t originated in
Wisconsin, but the best reports from
1t come from eastern Canada. 1t does
fairly well in Wisconsin and west
ward to California. but does not seem
to be very popular. In some situa-
tons it has proved a failure. If reports
as received by the American pomolog-
ical society are reliable it illustrates
the fact that fruit does, not always
thrive best in the locality where it
originated, as this apple has done best
in a part of the country a thousand
miles from the locality of it's origin.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29

A rich gold strike about 200 miles
north of Valdes, Alaska, is reported
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29

Growers of apples on the Pacific
coast are looking westward for a mar
ket that they can control without hay-
ing to face severe competition. 1t is
doubtless true that for apples the mar
kets to the west of California, Oregon
and Washington. present great oppor-
tunities, but those markets will have
to be Systematically developed. The
Hawaiian Islands. Japan. the Philip
pines and China contain considerable
numbers of white people who have all
ready formed taste for the apple. A
plentiful supply of this fruit at fair
prices is certain to lead to greatly in
creased consumption. The people on
the west coast of the United States
have the advantage Of growers of APP
pies east of the Rocky mountains in
that they can depend wholly on water
transport, which means a very low
rate and good service.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29

The fall is good time to begin
preparations for a horse-radish bed.
A spot should be selected where the
soil is deep and strong and contains
a fair amount of moisture. At this
time of year the soil should be pull
veriEed to a depth of two feet or thirty
inches. This is necessary. as the root
requires a good deal of room in which
90 develop. Into this soil barnyard
manure should be worked to the depth
of foot or more. We notice that
some say well-rotted barnyard manure.
but unrotted manure is good If it does
not contain too great proportion of
straw. If the manure is put in fresh
this fall it will have become largely
Incorporated with the soil by spring,
wen the cuttings of the horse-radish
plant are to be put in. These cut
tings should be about twelve inches
long and be placed eighteen inches
apart ,-..sl =
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-29

m luQ Manuscript or printed. Stamps for
vi AVN catalogue. Western Manuscripts
hr " Co., Box 72i, Salt Lake, Utah.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-08-03

am in better shape this Spring
ever to do first-cIass Repair work.
making special drive on Enameling|
can finish your wheel in any color..Nl
it look like new. Will have a nicell
wheels April the lst. Come see u
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-08-30
HOW TO GO TO BUFF u
Pointers for Persons Wishing to
Attend the Pan-Amsrican
Exposition.

Millions of dollars have been ex-
pended to make the n-American
Exposition at Buffalo an interest
ing and instructive affair That
end has been accomplished and per-
sons who witness the grand display
will be impressed by the magnitude
of the project. 1t is purely an
"All America enterprise and all
Americans should see it.
All tickets TO Buffalo over the
new Akron route are good for stop
over at ,Chatauqua Lake; and all
tickets over this route via Buffalo
to st. Lawrence River and Cana
dian Resorts and Eastern points,
including New York, can be made
good for stopovers atthe Pan Amer
lean exposition and at Niagara
Falls. The expense lor tickets, the
comforts enjoyed en- route, the
sights to be seen and the privileges
for extending journeys to the most
noted summer Ravens in the Lake
region, should be investigated.
Persons who may think they are
not able TO stand the cost will be
surprised at the enjoyment and
pleasure they may be able to exper-
fence at small expense. Those
who visited the Worlds Fair will
also be agreeably surprised at the
Pan-American Exposition, and
those who have never attended an
occasion of this kind should not
miss this opportunity to be a true
by attending an American
c. H. HAGERTY, d.
p. Agt., Louisville, KY, is waiting
to tell you about it,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-08-30
The Pan-Am. Is
A Twencent Affair.

Don't say slate style" "up-to
date, but twencent. That's an
abbreviation for twentieth century.
The Pan-American Exposition is
twencent. The Akron route is also
twencent. 1t abbreviates distance
to Buffalo. Fares over it are TWEEN.
cent. They abbreviate regular
rates. But there's no abbreviation
to pleasure for those who go to Buff.
talo, Niagara Falls and st. Law
renee River resorts over the Akron
Route. This fact will be made
clear by C. H. Hagerty, D. P. Agt.
Louisville Ky.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-08-30
older Than the Republic.

One of the most interesting exhib-
its at the Smithsonian institution is
an old German clock that was ticking
about 10 years before the birth of the
great American republic. 1t keeps
good time, and is 40 years old. This
specimen of the early cloclmaker's
art is made Of hardwood, and the work
was, of course, all done by hand.
Every piece Of the mechanism is high
ly polished, anditis put togetherwit
handwrought riyets Of brass. There
markable feature of this relic of near
Iva century and half ago is that the
parts show very little wear, and the
timepiece 10 SO carefully constructed
that it does not vary second in time
during "a hours