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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-07-01
WATER FOR HOGS,

To The GAzETTE.-Manv of
the reasons showing the neces-
sity of large amountof water in
stock raising are passed bv with
out a thought. Because the
chemist has not fixed it's value
among the nutrients it is gener-
ally considered that water is
drunk merely to satisfy thirst.
In natures economy water cuts
a pretty large figure; about q
of the earth's surface is covered
with it, and almost the same pro-
portion is carried bv every or
ganic body. And success often
err follows when we work in har-
mony with nature than any other
way.
The stock-raiser recognizes
the fact that corn is the main
crop, but for best results some
thing else must be added to meet
the requirements OF growing
and breeding stock. Glover and
bluegrass meet the demand fully
in summer, and silage, roots and
pumpkins in winter. We work.
ed hard to raise these crops and
rushed to get the beets in before
hard frost and the turnips be-
fore being frozen, and 90 percent
of them is water, more of which
the wind could raise in an hour
than we could store away in a
day, the only difference being
that the pulp, what little there
was of it, furnished the incentive
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-07-01

that caused the stock to eat the
90 parts water as feed. Did we
not pay an eXtravagant price for
SucculcnCe!.
Last summer most everything
we attempted to grow failed on
account of drouth. We had
fair crop of rye which was ground
and fed in thick slop to hogs, but
the brood sows after the pigs
were old enough to wean were
put on very thin slop; the sows
being very thin. it appeared to
be in harmony. About pound
of rye was put in three gallons of
water, salt and lime. And of
this feed they had all they would
take twice day with a small
bunch of unthrashed soy beans
at noon. Our object was to keep
them alive until something could
be grown on the farm. Their
appetlte's increased until the ten
head would eat 80 gallons at d
feed. We saw they were putting
on flesh faster than we cared to
have them, so the allowance was
reduced to - gallons night and
morning; this kept them about
as desired. During the time
they we're bred and the rye was
gone, hominy meal was used in
the same proportion. About two
months before the pigs began
coming the supply of soy bean
hay was exhausted and we had
no substitute, so we Increased
the other feed little. | had
many mis-, givings as to the final
result, but the pigs were fat and
strong without any of the trouble
we had the year before with long
teeth. After the pigs were a
week old we gradually increased
the amount OF meal to u lbs. to
'gallons of water. The sow~
were confined in a dry lot wher,
they could get no other feed; W,
dlSo bdu ~ oNCi
the pasture that took "a gallons
of the slop night and NOR ming.
The water was warmed and
about an ounce of salt and a ia
blespoonful of lime to ixgallons
was added. Under this treat
ment they are doing well and we
would not change it, cut would
give soy beans if we had them.
We have grown soy beans for
seven years; they are surely Il
complete complement to corn
and easier to grow. With prop
err arrangements for comfort and
convenience the labor Of the stock
growers is now reduced to the
minimum.
a. A. PARSONS.
Hendricks Co., Ind.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-07-01

Charlton,

NAo1 OOAs
From various sections of the
state we hear that Charlton has
again made its appearance this
summer, ana that a good many
deaths of animals have been re-
corded. 1t would be very unfor-
tunate if this dreaded plague
should be permitted to again
spread to decimate our live stock.
Notwithstanding the valuable re-
suits that have been obtained
from the time use of preventive
incubation during the past few
years. The information pr :
cured with reference to the cases
that have appeared this summer
goes to show that in most, if not
all, of the instances procrastina-
ton in vaccinating animals has
been the predisposing cause. 1t
has been clearly set forth, and
experience has proved it, that
the only way to get satisfactory
results from vaccination in char
bonous districts is to perform
the operation early in the season.
so that the animals NAV be per-
fectly immune before the heated
term arrives, which favors the
development of the Charlton or
ganlsms. Still. in these very
districts we find stock owners
delaying the operation until the
disease makes its appearance
and as consequence the inocu-
lated are being constantly en-
posed to contagion before the
vaccine has had time to properly
confer immunity. Such a pro-
cedure savors very much of the
old 'adage. "Locking the stable
door after the horses has been
stolen,' as it is the poorest kind
OF policy to wait for the disease
to make its appearance before
setting about the work of pre-
vention, seeing that it takes on
close tothirty days, from the first
oculation, before an animal can
be considered immune against
this disease.
All of those sections of the
state in which Charlton has pre-.
vailed in previous years should be
looked upon as infected districts
and it should he the rule to per
form the operation of vaccination
each spring. Should some years
, not prove to be those in which
the disease breaks out, we'll anC
, good: the cost of the work is only
/ nominal, and no harm is done the
stock. But, on the other hand
. should there come a "char Dor
. year," and the stock all immune.
the chances are that they will
remain healthy and great loss bs
averted.
TO vaccinate one year, and
trust to Providence for what is
to happen the next, is only tc
court disaster, for Providence
we are told, usually helps those
who help themselves, and the
surest way to be the recipients
OF providential dispensatlons, in
the way of freedom from char.
bon, at least, is to vaccinate our
live stock early in the season
each year. and more especially
in those sections where the dis
ease has existed in previous
years.-Plcayune.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-07-01

o"ins 10 the infrmitics of age an,
Ionsequ mt inability to give the S ame
desired personal supervision Of thi,
interest as in the past, l offer nv ser
Hcv cattle in such sized lots as may he
ueeired by purchasers. The foundation
OF this herd was made in 1872. aud to-
oay represents the careful Sc. ection and
breeding of the past 81 years.: The
above Offering is not Of my own choo,
ing, r'r thu pursuit has been one of
ooth pleasure "A: d OF proit. We invite
personal Inspection.
" !: MON1GOAeay StarkyiIIe. Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-07-01

While the use of the trap nest
in the hen house entails consid-
erabie trouble, it is the only way
by which we can hope to estab-
lish a strain of any breed with a
pedigree.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-07-01
ZACHARY, LA.

"What's the natter" asked
the rooster, "more absent mind.
edness?" Yes, replied the hen,
| can never find things where |
lay them"
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-07-01
HEREFORD'S
-FOR SALE

| an now preparing IS young
Hereford Bulls for the spring
trade. They are as pretty as
pictuSeS and will be sold as
cheap as quality will permit.
A car load OF Angora Man.
MES and two registered bucks
have just been brought to my
stock farm. Will have some
choice kids to offer this fall.
- ,NO. ". SHELMIRE.
ZACHARY, LA.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-07-01
DAIRY NOTES.


tious growing food.
Sell the calves from ''gargetv
COWS to the butcher.
Pea meal is especially good for
the production otmilk
Avoid metals about butter;
thew will rust and Cause stain.
If the cream is made too warm
the globules will burst.
The color of a large amount of
butter is ruined in the churn.
The dairy cow, of all animals.
should have pure food and drink.
Always see that the udder IS
clean before commencing to milk.
A sudden change of food will
often cause a shrinkage in the
milk.
The cream should not be sub
iected to constant Earring or shak-
ing.
All food required to sustain
life is so much wasted if no more
is given.
It is the milk from the fresh
COW that produces the best but
ter flavor.
To have good dairy cows raise
the best calves from your hest
dairy cows.
Too rapid motion of the ola >hcr
is liable to whip the cream intoa
froth.
The milk from a fresh cow
should not be mixed with that of
others to sour.
The value of good COW lie Of
ten never realized until she is
parted with.
1t is very important that thor
ough ventilation be secuaed nthe
dairy.
Keep the cream as near % de-
grees as possible while waiting
Tor the churh'
!. The heifer calf developing at ,
aars old shows milk giving ten
With cies.
is more sensitive in re-
held ing and tenacious in holding
leiEtiriefies than water.
Iney ireouent STIRRING of cream
HoYE ohv;a "a the d;ff;cnltvof white
2 Eecks in the butter.
N All of the qualities Of the COW.
M matter how suncriorb stock,
can be improved by breeding.
Use the best dairy sire obtain
able. he sure that his ancestry is
good.
The melt;no oo;nt Of butter.fat
;s not aIwavs indicative Of the
6,mness or hodv of hutter
Don't trv to dairy without pure
water and il it is not colder than
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-07-01

100 much that lOoSenesS occurs.
1t is very important That the
butter-milk should be washed or
worked out of the butter IA soon
as the butter is firm enough or it
Will soon become rancid and stale.
Build YOUR dairy house or,apart-
ment with an eye TO cooln, 5, and
ventilation IN summer, and do
not use It as a storeroom for
odorous vegetables and othe rtor-
ei9n articles.
We notice cows acauireilesS
grain when the hay is of good
quality. Our native grasses
make mum Der on" hay ifcut early.
So if you wish to have a profit
able year you should not neglect
the hay.
The daily milk consum ption in
the United States does not az.
gregate less than 100000 gal,
Ions. 1t takes about 100000
cows to produce this and IN army
of 200, 900 men to care for them
and milk them.
If there is any one thing that
will help us to succeed as dairy
me n more than any other tits the
constant use of scales and the
Ba bcock test on our farms. 1t
will pay any farmer to keep an
accurate account OF the milk pro-
duced by each COW.
Usually the facilities are not
at hand for scoring fine points,
and dairvman are prone to drift
a'Org and lose money on common
quality. The right way is tocre-
ate facilltieswhere they are lacking
and thus extract from business
the profits that are latent In it.
Don't try to get along with an
old fashioned churn, because
your mother did back east
when you were a child. The
United States has expanded in
dairy matters since then as we'll
as territory. and now it takes up
to-date appliances to produce up
to-date quality.
1t is the herd of special pur-
pose dairy cows we want and not
the herd kept to furnish chores
for the owner or hired men. 1t
is not possible or wise for many
farmers to own a herd of full
blood cows, but it is every farm.
er's own fault who mas been keep
ing cows for five or ten Years and
has not reached or passed the
300-pound mark in butter pro-
duction.
Better take the switching, kick
ing, stamping an ! sweating at
milking time as evidence of the
wisdom of letting the cows go
dry during the rush of harvest.
Then have an abundance of milk
when the price is highest, get
the calves to care for du irg the
light winter work and ha,, them
ready for grass when fresh grass
comes next spring, and give more
milk during the year than the
spring fresh COW.
The very best time to have a
heifer drop her first calf is ir the
flush of grass. in May or June,
and let her milk continuously for
ID or IA months, dropping her
second calf in October. This
will help establish persistent
mixing. Always treat cows with
kindness. Feed, water and milk
regularly. Remember that it is
nearly always true that the more
grain the COW eats and assimilates
the larger will be the profit.
Raise only such heifer calves
as will increase the production of
the herd. Feed only such food
as will grow hone and muscle,
and not fat. Keep in mind that
that YOU are after a herd of dairy
,,,,1 ,,,-t "a. .oo..
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-07-01
| RED POLL BJTI

One Red Poll Bull about 8
months old. lnocuIat, i against
u XaS or Tick Fever. Nv the
Stale Veterinarian. this Pull
IL from The finest ri,..u in the
country. This is rare chance
to get a good specimen of the
great farmers breed, or COM
hlned milk and beef animal.
A. W. HAl8ERT, starkville. Miss.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-12-06
Bridge Meeting.

The citizens met again Wednesday
evening in the Barton building with
Mayor Kelley in the chair.
The committee appointed at the
lart meeting reported that the river
had been duly measured, Mr.. Utter
donating his services.
The following committee was ap-
pointed to solicit subscriptions
toward the amount necessary to
raise: E. M Barton, E. j. Davis, r.
H Galley, g. M. Waterhouse, r f..
Lockwood.
W. F. Sommercamp, G. W. Meyer
and E. j. Davis we're appointed tc
look up bylaws of the Board OF
Trade and ascertain what steps were
necessary to call meeting for thu
election of officers.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-12-06
GUEST DAY WITH
OUTLOOK CLUB.
"

Wednesday was Guest Day
with the ladies of the Outlook CLUB.
The club met at the reading room
and entertained number of ladies
outside of the city, also number IN
the city not members OF the CLUB,
IN addition to their own members.
A luncheon was served by the ladies
OF the club. A program had been
arranged. but owing to the persons
VINO were to have taken part not ap-
pearing, it was dispensed with.
come discussion was had by the club
as to the advisability of giving q
dance, but no definate action was
taken.
1t was decided that the Outlooh
Club would act as a committee OF
reception and entertainment at the
ume of the meeting of the STATE
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-12-06

ton $3.50.
W. L Anderson trustee, to j. N.
LYONS, all of lot 10, 20 ft of lot 3
blk 5, at Meadows. Consideration
$75.
Jacob Z. Hopper to Thos. A.
Harrell: Lot Is blk 81, Hopper's
add to Cambridge. Consideration
$3.50.
M. H. Hopper to Rebecca E.
Childers: Three fourths OF an acre
of land in Cambridge. Considera-
ton $85.
Weiser Land & Imp. Co. to George
w. Shurtliff: Lots 18 and l9 blk 4,
Watlington's addition to Weiser.
Consideration $3.50,
VIM. B. Allison, admr. OF est OF
Victor Haller to Bernard Haas
South half OF " or Of n or. sc
ar n e or sec 10 twp Is, n 3 W b
M. and IS lots in Cambridge. Con
sideration $500.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-12-06

Gayhart Burns, of Secesh Mead
ows, was in Weiser Wednesday
Mr.. Burns is in poor health and is
on his way to Portland to receive
medical treatment, possibly an oper-
alton may be necessary. He is one
of the pioneers of Idaho, having
come to the state during the rush
for gold in 1864, and drifted into
Warren and has been in that locality
since. About Is years ago, he To-
Gated on Grouse creek, adjoining
what are now known as the Hatha-
way properties several placer claims
He worked on them three or four
years with varying success, and
then having located some ground on
Secesh Meadows, which promised to
pay well, he gave up his interest in
the Grouse creek properties to his
partners and removed to his claims
on Secesh Meadows, where he has
remained ever since, working some
times by himself, at other times
having several men employed. The
ground was s'pockety," and his sue
cess variable, sometimes making bi!
d clean ups, at other times merely max
+, ing fair days wages.
: As he is getting old and unable t.
work his ground as IN former years
&. and having made sufficient to keel
: him from want for the balance OF th
: few short years that he has TO live
concluded to sell his ground and &c
: back into civilization. A few week
u ago. he sold to Mr.. Reagan, O
!. Meadows, and settling up his llttl
affairs, bid farewell to his old cabin
s where be had resided for so man
l wears, and ventured out in what
to him a new world, new existence
" a world that he knows nothing OF
e that has grown up since he went IL
to the mountains nearly 39 yeal
|. ago, and which place he had neve
}, left until he came to Weiser
IN When he arrived at Council, |
D. saw a railroad train, for the FIR
l. time since he left California in 18t
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-12-06
DECIDES IN CASE OF WIN. RIGGS THAT
THERE WAS INSUFFICIENCY
OF EVIDENCE TO
CONVICT

and unlawfully and without the
knowledge and consent of the owner,
or any person who could give such |
consent but as trespasser, and
wrongdoer, took, led or drove away
the property described in the inform-
alton, not then intending to steal the
same, but that thereafter, while still
in such wrongful possession of
said property, he feloniously apprio-
priated the same to his use, such
taking and appropriation constitute
upon the part of the defendant the
crime of larceny as fully and complet-
ely as though such felonious inten-
ton had existed in the defendant at
the first taking of such property.
can exception was taken to this
instruction, and defendent requested
the following instruction: IF the
Jury believe from the evidence that the
defendent had no felonious intent
to steal the property at the time he
took it, then you must acquit, even
if YOU believe he subsequently con-
ceived the intent to approprl ate
it, This instruction was refused by
the court.
uWe think there was error in CIV
ing instruction IL and also error
in refusing 10 give the instruction re-
ouested by the defendant. The
principle Is we'll settled that the fell
onious intent must exist at the time
of the taking.
sIn this case the instruction re-
quested by the defendant and refused
by the court is in the same language
as the request of the defendant IN
} the case at bar, and the court say il
e was prejudicial error to refuse te
: give the latter part of'the instruction
e "We further believe the evidence
t IN this case fails to show any reason
a why the defendant should be con
e y.cted of the crime of grand larceny
o and his motion for new trial ha
e been granted.
is GA number of other errors are as
Y, signed but we deem 1t unnecessar
IN to pass upon them In view c
n. the conclusion we have reached re
he ative to the facts shown by the ev
ne dence.
IN Judgment reversed and cause r
r. manded for further proceedings
ly harmony with this opinion
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-12-06
Is 4 PIONEER
IDAHO MOlN1ANEbR
FIRST RAILROAD TRAIN HE HAS SEEN In
80 YEARS. NEVER RODE ON
ONE BEFORE COMING
TO WEISER

for the then wilds of Idaho. His
ride from Council to Weiser over the
P. & l. N, was the first he had
ever taken in his life 1t was new
and singular experience to him.
Mr.. Behrens was born at Bremen,
Germany, and came by water to San
Francisco in 1850. He was sailor,
and following that profession along
the Pacific coast for several years.
Late in the year 1850, he was pilot
on the old United States vessel, the
Massachusetts,, which was taking
home United States soldiers that
had been engaged in the California
and Mexican wars He was on the
vessel when she took on board 1900
soldiers at Astoria, then a govern
ment post. OF this number 100
were taken to Benecia, California,
the remainder to Panama, where
they were paid off and transported TO
vessels plying on the Gulf of Mexico,
and taken to their homes in the east
ern states. Mr. Behrens says he may
return next spring and hopes to live
! long enough to see railroad trains
running over Secesh Summit, trans
porting the ores and traffic of the
} Thunder Mountain district to the
east
, Mr.. Behrens reports about four
e feet of snow on Secesh summit, and
, showing heavily. He came on
t snow shoes from Burgdorf Springs
8 to Fisher creek near the lakes. He
t saws the trail is open, having met
e several pack outfits going in with
. supplies for Hathaway's camp at
Y Grouse creek. He thinks the trail
8 will be kept open all winter.
Mr.. Behrens is of class, which
/, is becoming scarcer with each year,
as the advance of civilization and
8 new discoveries are driving them
r from their haunts where they hav'
lived alone and apart for years. HI
e is as simple and unaffected as
IT child, and unused to the ways of the
3 to him, new world he is entering.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-12-06
MANY LARGE TRANS
FERS OF PROPERTY
WASHINGTON COUNTY DIRT IN DEMAND
AND AT GOOD PRICES.

Geo. Dutton. The n b of e or of
sec 23 twp 10 n r5 W B M, Con-
sideration $500.
Nellie G. Hanthorn and husband
to Ellen M. Rounds: Lot 27, blk 3,
Hanthorn's addition to Welser. Con-
slderation $3.50.
Council Towhsite Co. to G. A.
Johnson: Lots 9 and 10 blk i, Per-
rill's addition to Council Consider
alton $35. Z
David Allison ct ux to W. B. AL
lisor: ALI right to Allison, Jewell
and Miller ditch, near Salubria
Consideration ST.
U. S. to Mollie Barntish, OF s
W or sec 2, and h of W or sec IL
twp II nr2 W B M.
U. S. to ToDey Barntish: The W
h of or, n or of n or OF
or sec IL, twp IL, 2 W B M.
Henry W. Lyons to James A.
Huddleson: One-half interest lots 5,
6, Z and 8 blk 10, Hopper's addition
to Cambridge. Consideration $1,000
WILDER p. Head to W. W Wheat
on: Lots 3, sec II and W h OF
" or sec IL, and lot l sec ID, all il
twp 14nr7 B M. Consideration
1850.
Nellie Gillett to Alvin Jackson
The sw or of or sec 36, twp i
nr5, wB M. Consideration $75
| Anna K. Wllkerson and John V
Wilkerson to II. w. Lyons: Plat Q
ground $50 feet in area in Hopper
O addition to Cambridge. Considers
ton $500.
4 Samuel Il. White and wife to K
: M. Barton: Lot 16 blk 19, Wa
" lington's add to Weiser. Conside
e alton $2560.
J. Leroy j. Barton to W. h. Gibsol
T. The or of e or, W or 81
II, W or OF or sec z twp IL n
,r wBM. Consideration $325O.
IT Weiser Land & Imp. Co. to A
D. derson Hopper: Lots 10, 20 blk 1
Wstlington's Second add to Weise
to Consideration $3.50.
Nora Lathrop to Elmer Il. Hunte
81 undivided 4 interest in followll
a. mining claims in Mt View mini
district: Lottie Dodson, Bid]o
to undivided l interest in ioiiowl
ie. mining claims in Mt. View mini
no district: Lottle Dodson, Bidlc
in Uncle Tom, Billy the Kid, LII
ng Libbie, Happy Jack, Carl, Cher
Sweet Home and one-sixth inter
er: in Iowa and Missouri. Conslde