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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-04-10
Good and Poor Cows.

Wherein do the good and poor cows
differ? Merely in the apparatus for the
production Of milk. and in the posses
sion Of such organs in a greater or less
degree hang all the law and the profits,
says Hoard's Dairyman.
or what goes into the mouth a per-
centage, be 1t more or less, comes out
Of the udder. and the profit returned by
the COW depends on what that percent
age may be. 1t Is useless TO pour ex-
pensive lood into the cows stomach
when she will only return 70 cents in
milk for every 81 in food; folly t buy
$40 worth Of bran wherewith to make
4 cent cow beef: nonsense TO I'LL the silo
only to waste half Its contents on poor
mpwR.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-04-10
PLAT OF FARM SHOWING 1ArERALs

PLAT OF RI SHOWING LATERALs.
nels must be fitted in and the ground
leveled. Theoretically they should be
given such Il grade as will result, In Ii
moderate velocity for the water, but
not sufficient to wash the earth along
the sides and bottom of the ditch.
One irrlgator Of considerable expert
ence recommends that field laterals
should have a fall of at least ten feet
per mile. The laterals should he To-
Gated nearly at right angles with the
direction Of the greatest slope of the
land, so that the water will flow from
rather than along them.
If the surface of the ground is some
what uneven, the problem Of locating
the permanent laterals becomes corre-
spondingly more difficult. often render
ing the use Of the engineers level nee
essary. 1t may be possible to cover
all the ground by locating the laterals
along the ridges, or there may be high
points entirely surrounded by lower
ground, making 1t necessary to build
ditcbes ON artificial ridges or dikes to
carry the water to them.
The inexperienced irrigator often con-
siders that the ground occupied by the
laterals is waste land because 1t bears
no crop. Accordingly he makes them
far apart. SO that the water must flow
a long distance to cover the surface
between any two. This usually results
In the overirrigation of that portion of
the crop near the lateral in use, as the
water must be kept flowing there until
the entire surface to the next lateral is
irrigated.
1t will usually pay to do some work
in smoothing off the little Irregularities
In the surface of the farm. This may
be done with a plank scraper or drag
after the ground has been plOwed. The
drag cuts away the higher points and
leaves the dirt in the bOllOws. This
preparation of the surface Is quite i'm
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-04-10
A Valuable Medicine for Coughs
and Colds i'm Children.

III have not the slightest hesitancy in
recommending Chamberlain's cough
remedy to all who are suffering from
coughs or colds" says Chas. NJ. Cramer,
Esq.,a we'll known watch maker, of
Colombo, Ceylon. at has been some
two years since the city ~dispensary first
called my attention to this valuable
medicine and l have repeatedly used il
and 1t has always been beneficial. II
has cured me quickly of all chest colds,
1t especially effective for children and
seldom takes more han one bottle to
cur them of ho~arsenpss. l have per.
suaded many to try this valuable medl,
cine, and they are all as we'll pleased as
myself over the results"
For sale by all druggists.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-04-10

A Maine dalryman who Is making
the business pay Is G. c. Jacobs. says
New England Homestead. Last year
he had eighteen cows and twelve helf,
ers In his herd. The heifers were tvo
and three years old and not In milk all
of the time. He sold the cream to u
factory, where part Of 1t was made In,
to butter and the remainder sold fresh.
He received monthly checks from this
factory. which amounted at the end OF
the year to $1.400.
Twenty years ago he bought an old,
run down farm and kept increasing his
stock as the hay would warrant. Be.
ginning with a half dozen cows, he
mas steadily Increased until now he has
|nfty In his herd. Corn. oats and bar
ley are raised and ground for the COWS,
~Cottonseed meal is bought and fed with
y The dressing from the barn fer,
.uiizes the ground for another years
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-04-10
Concerning Danish Batter.

Professor G. L. Mckay Of the Iowa
Agricultural college. who has been
abroad absorbing dairy information.
has the following to say regarding
Danish butter:
IL has been a great problem to me
that the Danish butter has q HIGHER
percentage Of water than ours has, vet
at the same time 1t has q meaIy, dry
appearance. Investigation showed ne
that their methods of churning and
working were peculiar. The churnlng
Is at a moderately high temperature
and the butter comes soft. 1t is drop
ped at once into cold water and then
put on the table and worked three
quarters OF a minute, after which II Is
again put In cold water for a moment.
then brought back and worked one TO
u and Il quarter minutes. This makes
only two minutes Of working. When
finished, 1t Is packed into kegs for the
market. 1t Is said that this method Is
used to get the buttermIlk out and to
have 1t clear, but 1t Is probably intend
ed to work the water into the butter as
wen. The Danish butter will average
8 per cent more water than ours, and
yet IL does not show ii.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-04-10

crop The cultivated land is seeded
GOWN and SO the exchange goes ON
until now he owns one of the finest
farms In Kennebec county.
Inc calves are all dehorned when
young. n each year he sells some of
inc older cows and replaces them with
helfers. He uses a separator. and the
skimmilk In summer Is fed to young
pigs and In winter tv the calves, which
thrive and grow rapidly on this diet.
His farm is well equipped with all
modern improvements, and with in
dustry and perseverance he is slowly
and surely making farming pay.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-04-10

Such an arrangement permits the water
to flow away from rather than along
the laterals. The main ditch divides at
A, as shown in the diagram; one branch
runs south to L. while a second runs
west to d. the middle of the north line
Of the farm, where 1t turns and flows
south TO NJ. The field laterals receive
their supply of water directly from
these bitches.
Alfalfa Is irrigated by the method
known as flooding, which may be de-
scribed a follows: Nearly parallel
bitches, BIC, EFF, etc, are made 100 TO
80 feet apart through the field. In the
present case six bitches are made. 10
feet apart, dividing t7e field into six
strips.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-04-10

Hanson-Wonder how it is that the
Jugginsons get along so tremendously.
They never have any quarrels, appar-
emily.
Burt-The reason is simple enough.
Jugginson always lets Mrs. J. have the
last word and she never tries to pre-
rent him from having his own way
Boston Transcript.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-04-10
According To Scale.

Mrs. Wunder-It seems to me thnt
that music teacher Is always asking
for money.
Mr.. Wunder-That's perfectly natur-
al. His scale. you know. begins and
ends with dough. Baltimore Ameri-
can.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-04-10
Two VfewM.

att is hard to lose ones relations"
said the seedy individual with q
mourning band on his hat.
"Hard?" echoed the man whose
check is good for a million. "Why, sir,
It's simply impossible. Chicago News
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-04-10
RING FOR sucK1Na COWS.

that position, If she were a right smart
COW, she might toss her head up so as
to let the underside Of the ring drop on
her udder and thus be able to get the
teat in her mouth without being prick
ed. l think 1t would be impossible for a
COW to suck herself while standing If
this device were In her nose.
BY using a copper ring the screw
that fastens the open joint does not be-
come so fastened by c%orrosion that II
cannot be removed and the device tax.
en- out when the habit is thought to be
cured or the animal put In stable for
the winter and the ring preserved for
future use.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-04-10
MILK STEALING cows.

p.vice to Prevent Them From suck.
ing Themselves or other Cattle.
Two Oh three years ago one OF my
COWS commenced to suck another one,
and | was obliged to do something to
stop the performance or dispose of the
cow. says Il. A. Snow in Hoard's Dairy.
a
After thinking n little time about II
concluded to take q copper bull ring
and drill some holes a little smaller
than a tenpenny steel wire nail, as in
dIcated in the Illustration, then cut the
heads off the nails, file the head end so
that it would just so through the ring
far enough to riyet; file or grind the
other end as sharp as a darning needle,
and then put the ring thus equipped in
the cows nose. 1t proved to be n per.
feet success. I have used the same
ring since on another cow, and no suck
ing was done after the ring was in
serted.
think 1t would work equally we'll on
a self sucker unless the COW sucked
herself while lying down, for while in
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-04-10
EARAaasasa
@%ess7SCHRBgN
PRAC
n fian For n Forty Acre Fnrm-The
Location of LaternIs,

Irrigation has become q live question
IN every part Of the country, and many
are on the lookout for practical infor-
nation on its various points. The To-
cation of the laterals furnishes an op.
p~ortunlty for the i%rrigator to show his
skill. Discussing this feature in a re-
cent publication, Messrs. Johnson and
Stannard make some recommendations
as follows:
1t may be impossible to properly 10
cate the main laterals at first, and sup
Elemental laterals and bikes may have
TO be constructed. Before the crops
can be harvested these temporary chan
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-05-15

nlents as far as two and three miles
to do the farm work You see no
small fields of forty and eighty acres,
but corn fields containing two hun
dred acres and more are the rule. AL
the produce is hauled into the settle
nent, where it is placed in common
barns belonging to all. Fifteen, TWEEN
ty and fifty teams are at work In the
same field. and at the same kind of
work. When the grain is ready to be
threshed it is brought to town and
threshed at the machine for that Dur
pose. The straw is caught in huge
wagons and distributed around to the
various big barns. The grain is
hauled to the granary The threshing
machine is run by stationary engine
which was being used when / was
there to saw wood for the coming
year. They saw wood for five weeks.
Men are at work in the timber chop
ping, and twenty to twenty-five. may
be fifty teams are hauling wood to the
mill and a lot more take the wood
from the saw and distribute it to the
houses. Old men, too old to help now.
stack it up to dry And their horses
are the best, and the slickest, and fat
test | ever saw. They are too fat to
feel well. and are sleek as moles, for
they are cuTried twice every day.
Lots of hauling is done with oxen.
They are not as swift as the fast MAJ,
but they go fast enough; besides, no
body seems to be in great hurry.
But returning to their victuals, if
they do not eat the best there is going.
they eat SO often that they get good
deal of fun out of it. after ALL They
eat five times a day. They eat break
fast at half past six, lunch at half past
eight. dinner at twelve, lunch at half
past three and supper at half past SIX.
so it becomes one merry -go-round
of eat, drink and be merry. There
are some things about the colony that
a good many OF us wouldn't object
to. They make nearly everything they
use. They raise their own wheat, and
make their own flour, at their own
mill. They have. great elevators and,
OF course, buy a good deal of grain
from outsiders. They make their own
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-05-15

body who has any shopping to do goes
there. The store is the whole
cheese" if you will allow slang ex-
preston. 1t has no competition. You
pay their price or you leave it alone,
and the storekeeper doesn't care much
which you do. 1t is nothing to him.
He gets nothing out of it, anyway.
The members of the colony have all
THEFT purchases put down in a book,
and at the end of the year the accounts
are squared, and the charges erased.
1t is never paid; and to whom would
they pay it. for the store belongs to
the colony? How would you like to
belong to the colony long enough to
buy all you want and have it charged?
Still you would find but little that
you would care about. They carry
only the plainest kind Of goods They
believe strictly in the utilitarian idea
They believe only in what is useful,
and the women folks carry out the
theory to the letter. yet the men and
boys, the handles, wear white shirts,
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-05-15
Holds Up A Congressman.

At the end Of the campaign, "
writes Champ Clark, Missouri's brill
liant congressman, from overWork,
nervous tension, loss of sleep and
constant speaking | had about ut
terly collapsed. 1t seemed that all
the organs in my body we're out OF
order, but three BOTTLES of Electric
Bitters made me all right It's the
best all-around medicine ever sold
over a druggist counter" Over
worked, rundown men and weak
sickly women gain splendid health
and vitality from Electric Bitters.
Try them. Only soc. Guaranteed
by E. + Whitney. BIZ.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-05-15

cook stoves at the residences They
have nothing t., cook. Everything is
taken to the Kitchen, and nowhere
else. Some board at the hotel, but
nearly all the brothers and isis
ters' eat at the kitchen. The mem
bers are called brothers and isis
ters.' If you do not like the cooking,
YOU might go out and eat grass. la
NebuchadnezZar but you couldn't
change the prescribed cooking. The
meals are served on long, homemade
tables. They do not use fine leather
seated chairs, but benches running the
full length of the tables. Fine linen
and hemstitched napkins are Of no
use there, as the only covering the
table has is a cheap. red Oil cleth.
Tie coffee is set in the middle of the
table and as one runs out of coffee
lie wells at some one to pass the coffee
pot, and he pours his own coffee The
ylctuals are very coarse and plain.
At the hotel where topped. being a
served with round-cherry pie without
any lid on it. | am much afraid did
not observe etiquette, according to the
ladies Home Journal, in eating my
pie. [ ate with my knife, but 1
ought to have had an ak. They will
never acquire dyspepsia from too rich
pie crust. Their baking is all done
at the general bakeshop. Their bread
is decidedly poor. The crust is half
an inch thick and hard as granite, and
the color of burnt molasses. But they
seem to like it, and they say they are
happy. One old man who has been
with the colony since it started said
they had no poor and no rich, although
the organization is worth millions.
When they die he said one was buried
with the same pomp and circumstance
as the rest. They have very simple
funeral services. The body is placed
in a plain. homemade coffin, worth
about $1.25. The elder of the church
says a few words and the deceased is
taken to the burying ground and placed
IN a row with those who have gone
before. taking up just as little room
as possible They waste no ground
The graves are in regular rows. exactly
like the graves in national soldiers
cemetery. Little head-stones, that are
not stones, mark the grave, with the
simplest inscription possible. The
tombstoneS are not marble columns,
and not even stone, but are made of a
cheap composition of lime and sand
that fades and looks crumbly. The
name of deceased and date of death
are printed on in plain letters and not
well done at that. They waste 10
time in foolish epitaphs. Here are a
few names took from head-stones at
Old Anana:. Henriette Winzenreid;
Gotlieb Prestle; Frederick Hecker:
Heinrich Erzinger; Johann Neubauer;;
Susanna Weiwasse: Philippine Zimple;
Frederick SWarzkoppf. This shows,
best of all, their nationality. The
cemetery was the only place that there
bad been any attempt at beautifca-
ton. 1t was enclosed with beautiful
evergreen fence fifteen feet high.
The farming is done largely by en-
p1oyed help, but managed by the
brethren. They go out from the settle
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-05-15

and some of them wear collars and
neckties, which are not at all neces-
sary to comfort and health. Probably
they figure il the women are kept in
plain clothes the biggest source Of ex-
pense will be avoided
The storekeeper is usually about the
most Intelligent man in the colony.
He and the landlord of the only hotel.
You observe every business is /; monop-
oily, or trust, except that it does
them no good, for they get nothing
for what they sell; but book it all. The
the aristocracy; that is, they are the
best informed: but they do not know
enough to hurt anything. Their in
formation won't set any river afire.
The most interesting story the land
lord told was about balky team he
once drove, and how he made them
pull by hitching them to the end of
the wagon tongue. Their talk is all
about trivialtieS. Instead of talkin
about the weather and Congress and
kicking on the war in the Philippines,
or on trusts, or on 16 to 1, important
things, you know, they talk about a
balky team, or a dog that tried to run
off, or a coyey of quail that came up
to somebody's window to find some
thing to eat. They know absolutely
nothing about the outside world; and
they are proud of it.
The Milwaukee railroad runs through
Old Amana, and | asked rather an in
telllgent young man what time the
passenger train went south. He said
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-19
A Class Reunion.

The nineteen hundred Broken
Bow High School class, estab-
lished precedent Wednesday,
June II, from 200 to 500 p. m,
with class reunion at the home
of Nellie and Fannie Drake.
Twelve from the class of sixteen
were present.
Old "reminiscences and expert
ences were recalled and discuss
ed with merriment. Progressive
croconole afforded interesting
amusement. The old class song
was rehearsed and sung with a
vim which quickened anew the
surrounding fires of class spirit.
The presence of Prof. Adamson,
the class former instructor, and
his wife, who accompanied for
the rendition of the class song at
commencement, brought back
pleasant memories to all. The
sentiment was unanimous in fa'
vor of purchasing class pins and
a committee was appointed fol
this purpose. Refreshments were
served, and all who were de
lighted over the occasion, hoping
that hereafter this event will be
come an annual occurrence
Those in attendance were:
| Prof. Adamson and wife, Nelli
Drake, Fannie Drake, Libbi
Brenizer, Essie Holcomb, FL
Thorpe, lima Shinn, Emm
Luce, Maggie Orr, Mary Conley
Roscoe Baldwin, Edwin Myers
. Arthur Myers.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-19

The republican state conven-
tion held at Lincoln yesterday,
was one of the largest attended
ever held in the state. Not only
were nearly all the county dele
cations fully represented, but
many of the counties sent as
many spectators as there were
delegates. Custer county was
entitled to 20 delegates and we
counted as of her citizens that
were there. There were proba-
bly, others we did not see.
The convention was called to
order by Harry Lindsay, chair
man of the state central commit
tee, who introduced Norris Brown
as temporary chairman. Mr..
Brown, on accepting the position
spoke at length on the political
situation, receiving frequent and
prolonged applause.
Judge Davidson of Tecumseh,
was elected permanent chairman.
Luther p. Ludden and Mr.. Allen
were elected secretaries.
The committee on resolutions
were Judge Frost, E. Rosewater,
E. X. Valentine, John Reese,
A. Ehrhard, h. w. Sabin, w.
L. Wilcox, J. II. Haskell, and w.
S. Morland.
1t took thirteen ballots to nomi-
mate ]. H. Mickey for Governor.
Peter Mortesen of Ord was nomi-
mated for treasurer on first ballot.
1t took two ballots to nominate a
Lieutenant governor.
The other officers were all re.
nominated by reclamation. The
ticket is regarded as a strong
Zone. For lack of space we are
lunable to give an extended re
tport OF the proceedings.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-19

Extreme hot weathersis great
tax upon the digestive power of
babies; when puny and feeble
they should be given few doses
of Whites Cream Vermifuge,
the childrens' tonic. 1t will
stimulate and facilitate the
digestion of their food, so that
they soon become strong, healthy
and active. 25c at Ed. Nc
Comas' Broken Bow and Merna.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-19


\. NJ. RuBLRK, Director.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th |
day OF June. iso1. J. ]. SNYDER.
tsEALl Notary Pubiic. |
Graham formerly of this city is |
county treasurer of the county in
Washington in which he lives.
Rollie Towsley and family, who
have been at Alliance for several
months, have returned to Broken
Bow.
Among those of this city that
were at the republican state con-
vention at Lincoln yesterday,
were: Ner Hartley, Jake John
son, Jud Kay, C. S. Martin, C.
HI. Holcomb, ". c. Talbot, c. r.
Iudkins, f. M. Rublee, F. E.
IVanAntwerp, VIM. Davis, A. h.
Humphrey, Alpha Morgan, FIJI.
Young, John Reese, DR.. Bass, H.
f. Kennedy, r. c. Talbot, Jud
Morton, d. M. Amsberry, E. III.
land w. G. Purcell.
| The following is d. list of those
outside of Broken Bow, residents
of Custer county that we're in
attendance at the republican
state convention at Lincoln
yesterday: A. G. Huffman, DR..
Morrow and ]. H. Mcclure of
Arnold, John Comstock, Francis
4 Marsh and Jack Gray of Ansley,
]. H. Chapman and Myron Hop
kins of Galloway, D. M. Saville,
John Welsh, John Scott and A.
H. Copsey of Westerville, J. w.
Fairfield of Mason, F. C. Wilson
of Anselmo, A. L. Lazenby of
Merna, Jas. McGraw of Gates, J..
&c. Predmore of Walworth, F. M.
Currie of Sargent, III. M. George
of Georgetown, w. H. Comstock
of Comstock, A. p. Cox of Red
fern, H. S. Waterbury and John
Hinkley of Berwyn.
The citizens of Crawford did
themselves great credit in their
efforts to entertain the delegate:
. to the republican congressional
convention last week. They
provided conveyences for all the
) delegates that arrived Wednes
day evening, to Fort Sheridan
q where regiment of u. S. cavalry
9 is located. Besides showing owe
:. the fort, a special target practic'
was put on for the entertainment
. of their guests. The trip of
a miles and return in garages wa
. one of the most beautiful scenery
: The craggy buttes that rises to
Il height of 1900 feet above tn
q the level dotted with pines ar
a in view on the entire route. Th
streets of the fort are lined o
either side with fine large tree
r. and the yards of the large an
t. magnificent residence building
ir are set in grass, evergreens an
y fruit with an occasional strear
.e of spring water courising alonl
re all of which helps to make it
y most delightful resort. Ever,
n thing is kept neat and orderly
If the fort and the best of sanitaI
it regulations prevail. The tow
co of Crawford has a population
h. about seven hundred. But lit
re farming is done there, but Il
IN ranch interests and the tras
.ir derived from the fort keeps II
ly business in a prosperous stat
r. 1t is typical western town al
he is wide open. Doc MiddletC
w. is one of the famous westerne
or who spends much of his til
in there. The town has not sui
re. cient hotel Accommodations for
Tx, convention such as was he
ey there last week and it was a t
il on the citizens to provide ;
CHI commodations for so many. Il
.rs the citizens opened their dot
p and thus made provisions for I
X. accommodation of all, that We
Ird inclined to be satisfied.