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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department. of the Farm Few
Hints to the Care of Live Stock
and Poultry



The peninsula which forms the
southwestern portion of England is the
home of thrifty and attractive race
OF deep-red cattle, which take their
name from the elevated region in the
north OF Devonshire, where they have
peen brought to the greatest evenness
ana hxity of type. II solid color
throughout and resistance to variation
IN all particulars be accepted as evil
oence of antiquity in a breed, the
Devon must be regarded as among the
Digest and purest. 1t certainly is one
Oh the best defined of British breeds of
cattle, although little is known of its
origin. 1t was undoubtedly very
gradually developed, but its greatest
Improvement since the record began
mas been at the hands of the brothers
9uartiey, Messrs. John T. and James
Davy, and Mr.. Coke of Holkham, af-
forwards Earl of Leicester.
IL Is believed that Devons were
among the very first cattle brought
across the Atlantic, reaching New Eng
land on the ship Charity in the year
1923. Importations of some, conse-
quence were made in 1900, and to New
YORK soon afterwards, but the first
nerd to be brought to this country
and maintained pure, so that breeders
can still trace to it, was a present OF a
Dull and six heifers from Holkham,
sent directly to Mr. Robert Patterson
OF Maryland and arriving at Baltimore
June 10, 1917. This Patterson herd
mas been kept up during the greater
part OF the century. Other importa-
lions occurred in 1918, 1920, 1885, 1855,
ana frequently in later years.
Inc characteristics Of the Devon
are compactness and general beauty,
hardness, activity, intelligence, docil-
ity, aptitude to fatten and quality Of
milk The prevailing red varies from
dark, rich color to pale chestnut but
no black or white is admissible except
ing little white patch on and in
front of the udder, which sometimes
extends forward on the belly. and
Whlte hair in the switch of the tail.
Inc skin is yellow and unctuous. its
richness being shown in an orange
ring around the eyes and more or less
OF the same encircling the muzzle. The
mar is soft, fine, and often curls close
~ on the necks, shoulders, and faces.
Inc head Is adorned. in the case of
the female, with particularly elegant,
creamy-white, sharp-pointed, black
tipped horns of medium length, hav-
ing a good elevation at the junction
with the head and curving upward. In
Inc bull the horns are shorter in pro-
portion to thickness, straighter, and
less raised"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18
Chicken cholera aand Roup.


This Is an exceedingly fatal conta-
gious disease, which is widely distribu.
ted over this country, and causes enor.
nous annual losses, especially in tbs
central and southern sections.
The first symptoms of the disease
are, in the majority of cases, a yellow
coloration of that part of the excre.
ment which is usually white, quickly
followed by violent diarrhea and rise
OF temperature. Other common &C.
companying symptoms are dropping OF
the wings, stupor, lessened appetite ano
excessive thirst.
Since the disease is due to specific
germ, it can only be introduced into
a flock by direct importation of this
germ, generally by fowls from infected
premises. AS soon as the symptoms OF
the disease are observed the fowls
should be separated as much as posi-.
Bile and given restricted quarters,
where disinfectants can be freely used
AS soon as the peculiar diarrhea is no.
ticed with any of the fowls the birds
of that lot should be changed to fresh
ground and the sick ones killed The
infected excrement should be carefully
scraped up and burned, and the inclos-
ure thoroughly disinfected with one
half per cent solution of carbolic acid,
which may be applied with an ordinary
watering pot. Burn dead birds.
The germs of the disease are taken
into the system only by the month, and
for this reason the watering troughs
and feeding places must be kept thor.
oughly free from them by frequent dis.
infection with one of the solutions
mentioned.
Treatment of sick birds is not to be
recommended under any circumstances
The malady runs it's course, as a rule
in one, two or three days. and it can
only be checked with great difficulty"
Roup is one of the most dreaded OF
diseases. 1t is sometimes spoken OF
as the winter disease. The symptoms
are hoarse breathing, swelled eyes, dis
charge at the nostrils and sometimes
a fetid breath. Treatment is not gem
orally satisfactory. The affected birds
should be removed, the house cleansed
and disinfected. Damp, foul air and
cold drafts in the poultry houses should
be carefully avoided whenever fowls
are subject to roup. A decrease in the
proportion Of corn and an increase in
the proportion of meat food in the daily
ration is held by some to be highly
beneficial in warding off this disease.
In general the treatment of the com
mon diseases of fowls is not SO salts
factory as preventive measures. No
where more than in the poultry bust
ness does that old adage apply, An
ounce of prevention is worth a pound
of cure" = Agricultural Department
Bulletin.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18
CURIOUS HONDURAS PIPES.
Spanish and Aztec Implements Retain
Historic Designs and Color.


Historic Designs and Color.
this country many of the odd imple-
ments and curios of those lands. The
Spanish population has a large admix-
ture of Aztec or other aboriginal blood,
and preserves many of the implements
as well as customs which prevailed in
the time of the Montezumas. One of
the queerest survivals in this regard is
the long pipe which is still employed
in the rural districts of both republics.
1t is made from a shrub or sapling
which grows somewhat like the elder.
The bush is cut down and the pith ex-
tracted from the stem, which is after
ward peeled, polished, dried and paint
ed with primary colors in barbaric
style. The simplest form is a straight
stem from three to six feet in length
A more expensive kind is made from
a stem with two terminal branches
This demands much more care in ex-
tracing the pith, and enables the own
er to offer friend mouthpiece on
one branch while he is enjoying an
other upon a second. Three-stemmed
sticks are also made, and, very rarely,
four-stemmed ones. These are kept as
curios rather than as useful articles.
and are supposed to have been en-
ployed upon especial occasions in the
days of the Incas. The bowl is of red
mouthpiece may be of bone, or horn
or decorated silver and amber. The
length of the stem causes the tobacco
smoke to cool appreciably in its pas
sage from the bowl to the lips. and
gives taste almost as mild as that
produced by the oriental nargile. The
tobacco used with it is of rich red
brown color, about intermediate in
flavor and appearance between Vir-
ginia and Havana leaf. These pipes
make very pretty ornaments for a
mantel or for wall, being much more
pleasing to the eye than the Church
warden" familiar to all smokers. They
are strong and durable. but, unless oil
ed and vanished now and then, they
are apt to split in dry climate. Col
lectors make 1t rule to oil them on
the inside once year.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18
AIanknesa.

self-suficiency must be eraoica'ea
before meekness can have Its periecI
work. 1t has a peculiar delicate lias
rance; we are reminded Of II "hen
we take a walk in the woods N 'ne
early spring and breathe ID the arc
ma that comes from the dainty now
ers. the violet. anemone and hypauca'
that are almost hidden in the leaves
under our feet One must look down
to find these first gifts Of Cod % inc
spring; they are meek and lowiy' PUT
living the life He has given because
He wills it. Weakness is a remedy that
adapts itself to all the others i MIN
giles with love. it aids in developing
a Christian Episcopal Recorder
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18
shetland sheep Wool.

The wool of the pure native Shetland
sheep is generally compared to merino
on account of its fine texture. Like
the Shetland pony, the pure Shetland
sheep is small and very active crea-
ture, often to be seen moving with the
swiftness and agility of a goat or
channels among the cliffs and crags of
the shore. For the first few months
the lambs live on the hill pastures
with their mothers, but toward the
close OF summer they are taken in
from the hill and tethered. usually in
pairs ON the grass inside the bikes
that separate the hill pasture from the
crofts. This is done to give them a
better chance of standing the winter,
but when bad weather really sets In
they are shut up in snug and comfort
able little folds every night, and regu-
larly fed. In spring they are again
allowed to run free on the hill pas-
lures.
The wool of the native sheep is not
generally clipped or shorn. On the big
farms where cheviot and bfack-faced
sheep are kept shearing is, of course
the practice, but the Shetlanders leave
the sleeps fleece intact till the wool
is ripe, so to speak, and Just about to
come off ITSELF then 1t is rooed or
pulled off carefully, so as not to hurt
the creatures. and any part of 1t that
does not come off readily is left tin
later-Chamber's Journal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18

pullets laid $500 eggs. and the old
fowls 6,349. or a difference in favor OF
the old hens of lao eggs. The breeds
were white and brown Leghorns. and
the old hens were three and four years
OF age. This seems to demonstrate that
the notion of killing off old hens over
two years of age is not a good one
But the lesson is not perhaps of gen
eral application for the reason that
Leghorns are said to continue dropping
eggs In large numbers long after most
breeds have ceased to lay. One poultry
man says he Keeps his Brown Leghorns
as long as they will lay. and that he
kept one hen till she was nine years of
age. A good many experiments will
have to be made before we can get
much definite light on the subject.
The advisabllity of not sending
chickens to market in a lean condition
Is borne out by about all the expert
ments undertaken along the line of
fattening fowls for market. One year
the Maine Experiment Station Sc
cured considerable number of fowls
to be used in test Of this kind The
chickens were 1870 days old at the be-
ginning Of the test, and the feeding
was continued for thirty-ive days. The
40 weighed 1879 pounds at the begin
ming of the test and 2371 at its close,
and gained a total of 1872 pounds dur
ing the period, an average gain of 2.22
pounds per chick. The quantity of dry
meal required to produce a pound OF
gain was 5.52 pounds. When sold, the
birds brought IA cents net each more
than they would have brought If sold
at the former weights. OF course this
advance was made in q state where
retail prices for poultry are high, but
the cost of feed is correspondingly
high. The quality of the well-covered
soft-feshed chickens, if they are moi
too fat, is so much superior to that OF
the same bros not specially prepared
that they will be sought for at higher
price.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18
strange Railway Wreck.

Frank Fisher awakened from sweet
dreams few days ago to find himself
perched high on the top of wrecked
locomotive. amid the ruins of a far
worse wrecked caboose. The sudden
change from scenes of pastures green
and babbling brooks to a winter land
scape, full of twisted iron, splinters
and Kissing steam was so unpleasant
that Fisher lost no time in climbing
down from his high seat, but not be-
fore he had been painfully scalded.
This remarkable incident occurred dur
ing the wreck on the Schuylkill bridge,
on the Perkfomen railroad. Fishers
escape was miraculous. He had charge
of car of eleven horses, and was dog
ing in the gig top of the caboose when
the locomotive plunged into the rear
end of the train. The horses were all
killed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18
FAvoRs FOR SALE.

An exchange tells of a novel plan
adopted by an English hostess to Sc
cure funds for charity in which she
was interested. She gave dance in
producing in the cotillon an auction
figure. In this the favors were for
sale. A table was spread with them,
from which selections were made. AT
ter the choice the purchaser found the
price affixed on the reverse side. says
the Pittsburg Dispatch. This might be
a penny or pound, the limit of cost,
and was set without any regard to the
apparent value of the article to which
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18
THE BUSINESS WOMAN.

The question of woman and matri-
mony with an admixture of business
seems to me to be individual and a
matter of personal taste upon the part
of the man in the case. If he wants
clinging vine, some one who will
put him on a pedestal and be grateful!
that fate has given her a god Casually
TIM, let him keep away from the bust
ness woman. But II he wants chun
who will take him for what he is
and, In spite of it,--who will be a Wifi
and pal, who will be a solid comfort
to him, let him choose a woman who
has been out in the business world and
gained a broader view of the world
and of man. Such a one will take 0
man for just what he is worth-no
foolish ideals about his greatness; just
a plain man-good fellow who wont
bluff because he knows he cannot; and
they will be happy because neither ex-
poets too much, says the New York
Telegram.
/ do not believe that business ever
untitled any woman for matrimony
who was originally fitted for it. She
can go through a business career with
out any loss of any kind. 1t rests en-
tirely with her, and she can gain much
which will be of incalculable advan-
tage, in making her life happy and
that of the man who gets her. Bush
ness broadens her and gives her COM
mon sense-I should be polite and say,
more common sense.
Vanity sometimes spells multitude
of real virtl1as
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18
Poultry Briefs.

How much age affects the laying
qualities of some fowls is yet an un-
solved problem. An experiment was
carried on at the West Virginia Elk
pertinent Station for the purpose of
gathering some data relative thereto
About 800 pullets We're pitted against
300 old hens, and the contest was kept
up for 210 days. During that time the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18


The woman who pervades all for
eign parts is the American. Their
dress, walk and general appearance
are unmistakahle long before the we'll
known accent proclaims the fact. You
are grateful to them. and you admire
them. They are always well dressed
beautifully set up, almost always thin
(and that is alone a virtue), and, fin
ally. good looking. The girls are
charming and pretty into the bargain.
Tor no American girls is ugly. She
has an air which makes it impossible,
and there is freshness, brightness
and an originality which is most cap
awaiting, and which no one can resist.
americans are full of interest, curios-
tty and sympathy In return. There is
mo false shame, no reserve. They tell
you all about themselves, and would
like to probe the most sacred recesses
of your heart, which is not done from
an idle love of gossip, or wanting to
know things for the pleasure of re-
peating them, but from a genuine de-
sire to know you and all about YOU.
You can tell an American woman any
where by her back, by the way she is
coffee, by the quick turn of the head
by the lightning glance that takes in
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18
swaIIowod hi. False Teeth.

A man recently swallowed bis faise
teeth and it drove him mad stomacns
viii stand a great deal. but noi eseIy 3,
Stomach Bitters 1t cures indigestion,
constipation. kidney and liver troubles AZ
well as malaria and fever and agne- II
is particularly effective In all nervous az
fections, and Is strongly recommenael AZ
is rundown and most susceptible 70 dls-
ease All druggists keep It.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18

The French military authorities con-
template removing 1000 men from Pc
king at an early date. The German
are preparing to repatriate the infan-
try brigade
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18

Texas is not only an oil ns'D. .snbaIt
may become an impor'an s. well re-
district. Tests from the Lucas !, ! hing
suited in two grades Of aspnsi. hard
obtained from it. One grace . 7 saws
and the other soft. DE- fo'" .n, pure.
that this asphalt is sS per csn' only
while Trinidad asphalt -
As per cent pure.
A st. Louis politician having O oon
APPOINTED inspector OF sewers .o -
suited the directory for the purpose ~
locating all the dressmaSers IN 'Ho
city.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18

limitations of American products are
being sold in Sweden in large quanti-
ties. One wholesale hardware dealer
has disposed of big lot of forks,
which are represented as American
manufacture, and which are sold at a
very low price.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18

The principal industrial talk in Eng
land centers around the great steel
ombination in the United States.
which has appalled, the British manu-
facturers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18

A great cutlery is being raised in
Venezuela over the American policy in
Cuba, which is cited as evidence Of far
fetching ambitions on the part of the
United States.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18

The customs collections at Tien Tsin
for the March quarter were $1,000
taels. against 10000 for the sa me pc
riod of 1900.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18

1t was attached. The most trifiins
article. perhaps, had the topmost
mark, and vice versa. making choice
so far as price was concerned, pure
chance.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18

Millions of sufferers use Wizard Oil
for pain every year and call it blessed.
Ask the druggist. he knows.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18

purpose, for the reason that no wav
has been found of producing it cheap-
ly.
PROFESSOR Conn is we'll known as a
scientist that has devoted a good deal
OF time to the isolation of bacilli for
milk ripening. Just how valuable this
work is has yet to be demonstrated,
and experiments with the cultures has
not been at all one way. At the time
of the Columbian Exposition a good
deal of milk came to Chicago from dis
tant parts of the world. Even far-off
Uruguay made a consignment of the
tactical fluid. Prof. Conn investigated
some of this milk and found it excel
lent. The cream from it ripened with
flavor superior to most of the butter
made in this country. From this cream
he isolated the bacillus that gave the
flavor and made cultures from 1t.
Once started the production of bacilli
went on indefinitely, and a company
was formed to sell 1t under the title
OF b. Al" which means Bacillus No
Al" In relation to its value of the
ordinary methods of ripening butter
we quote from MILK and Its Prod
ucts": "A series of Investigations by
Profs. Harrington and Russell in
which large number of samples OF
butter were made from cream ripened
by the use of B. Al, and in the ordi-
nary way, or normally, and submitted
to the Judgment of several experts
who were ignorant of the process of
manufacture, led to the conclusion
that the Conn culture, b. Al, did not
improve the flavor of the separator
butter ripened for one day at high
temperature, or of that ripened for a
longer time at a lower temperature.
on the contrary, the score of the B. Al
butter. by the various judges, was. In
the majority of cases. materially lower
than that of normal butter. q
With separator butter In cold storage
there was but little difference in flavor
between these two buffers, although
the normal butter when fresh scored
higher" We have to add that clean
cream from clean milk seldom needs
assistance to develop a good butter
flavor
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18

The inks of ancient days were much
like black paint, and. ON account OF
the large quantity of gum used in
their manufacture, the letters stood
up in relief on the parchments as
though embossed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18


If you have rheumatism, write Dr. shoop, Racine,
Wis Box 143, Tor six bottles VI his Rheumatic Cqre,
EXPRESS paid. Send no money. Pay $50 II cured
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18

1t is asserted in German military cir
cles that the withdrawal of superfuous
German troops in China will be af-
fected at the end of May or early in
June, unless new complications occur.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18
Dairy Notes.

experiments have been made to
demonstrate the possibility of cooling
refrigerator cars by means of liquid
ar and the experiments proved sue
cesslui. Dairymen and creamerymen
are interested in the matter. as it af-
Iects the transportation of all kinds of
dairy products. But there. is little
reason for believing that this genera
ton will see liquid air used for such
purpose, for the reason that no way
has been found of producing it cheap
ly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18

everything. 1t is a universal dictum
that American women age very early
and soon lose their youth. Like many
accepted opinions, It is erroneous, for
American women are bien conservee
in every sense of the word long after
they have passed middle age, and they
retain their appearance of youth In
wonderful manner. Wherever you en-
counter them they are agreeable, easy
and willing to meet any indication OF
friendliness in a most hearty manner.
st. Petersburg Novosti.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-18

Vanity sometimes spells a multitude
of real virtues.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1901-08-27
Jose G. Rodriguez.

En- breve marcharA este joven
q los Estados Unidcs, con ell objeto
de continuar sus estudios en- la Uni
versidad de Washington, D. G, su
pasAda residencia.
Ell partido federal para premiar
los servicios prestados por su Sc ef1or
padre el inolvidable DR.. J Rodri
gueH Castro, que fue uno de sus yer
daderos paladines, acordo costearle
sus estudios en- Ia Metr6poli
No dudamos que tan laudable
como generosa idea sera sostenida,
por 10 que constituira un verdadero
honor para los Federales, ayudando
q Ia vez q formar un hombre para
el porvenir de su patria.
La Correspondence la vez que
felicita al amigo Rodriguez estimula
4 Ia perseverance, q los que de ma
rera tan noble cooperan q este le-
.vantado. proposito.