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The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-10-08

Dairying and Employment Of Labor.
It is not infreQuently urged against
dairying that it takes q great deal
more labor to carry it on than it does
any other kind of farming. This Is
thought in some localities to be
very good argument against it. When
the thing is analysed, we find that the
argument is in favor of dairy1ng
rather than against it. The good OF
the whole community is desired by
every patriotic citizen. The happi-
ness of the one is bound up In the
happiness of all. 1t is therefore OF IN
terest to every man to have all labor
constantly and profitably employed.
The dairy business gives not only
great deal of employment. but 1t
stead of there being work at it for
but a few months in the year there
is work twelve months. For this rea-
son, butter should never sell at low
price. 1t is necessary that labor have
it's reward, and when that is accom-
plished in the making of butter
it means that considerable sum
has been added to the cost OF each
pound of butter. There is nothing to
be gained by the community in re-
ducing the cost of making butter. II
a milking machine could be manufac'
tured that would take the place OF four
fifths of the mixers it would not help
the community at large very much.
1t would simply throw out of employ
ment large number of men and wom-
en-. Individual dairymen would, how
ever, profit by it. 1t is for the inter
est of the community to keep every
man employed. On the dairy farm
the increased amount of work makes
it possible to keep the children at
home much longer than would be the
case with other kinds of farming.
This is very true in localities where
there are good schools. The boys and
girls can we'll afford to take high
school course at the expense OF their
parents, if those parents are engaged
in dairying. The boys and girls are
at home just when the milking should
be done and are at school in the mid
die of the day, when dairy duties are
not generally pressing. This is
point that should be more generally
| considered than it is. Many young
women and young men that now think
their parents cannot afford to give
| them High School education can OBJ
| tain it by taking care of a few COWS
| night and morning.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-10-08
Watery Butter.

Recently in Chicago car Of butter
from a Kansas creamery company
was examined by government experts
and found to contain "a per cent of
water. 1t consisted of ladle goods,
and this explains how the water got
into it. 1t was probably worked in
Intentionally in the process Of work
ing over the butter. This is a trick
that is worked with variations. Some
times chemicals are used to help in
corporate the water with the butter,
and at other times heat alone is de.
pended upon. This butter was evil
IDENTIFY treworked at high tempera
ture. AT the present time the ruling
of the government is that butter must
not contain over 16 per cent Of water.
In the past, as there has been no law
on this point, no investigation has
been made, and it has been assumed
that the trick was not being worked as
extensively in this country as in Eu
rope. 1t may turn out however, that
we have been constantly victimized in
this respect, and that the imposition
has been going on all the time. The
government inspection will now bring
it to light and will at least prove
check upon it.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-10-08
A MASTER OF LANGUAGES.
Kansas City Man Can Boast Of Won
derful Attachments. :.

derful Attachments. 80.
Few cities in this country or even
in the word can boast of possessing a
man of linguistic requirements and
versatility like to those OF Prof Ed
mund De Vemie of Kansas City, Mo.
Mr. De Vemie is a teacher of mod
ern languages. He came to this coun-
try and to that city in 1879. This
many tongued Kansas Cityan speaks
and reads English, German, French.
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, ROu-
manian, Provencal, Romansch, Flem-
sh, Dutch, Friesian. Plattduetsch,
Swedish, Danish. Norwegian and Ice
landic. He reads, but does not speak
Greek, Romaic or modern Greek,
Latin, Old French, Old Provencal,
Anglo Saxon Old English, Old Saxon.
old and Middle High German, Nordic,
Bohemian, Polish, Russian, Hebrew,
Breton, Basque and Hindustan1.
Moreover he has a general knowledge
of the grammatical construction of
several more representatives of the
different branches of human speech,
such as Irish, Welsh, Hungarian,
Finnish, Japanese and some more.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-10-08

through me, and actually believe my
heart stood still. knew he was near.
1t was so dark l could scarcely see
my hand in front of my face, yet
was positive he was approaching.
Presently | heard his voice, and he
said
Pardon me, little friend, if
seem rude; but | am lonely and you
do not appear to be very we'll enter
tanned, either. May l sit down and
chat with you. Misery loves company,
you know.
"Oh, l know should have sent him
away, but l didn't, and we talked for
over an hour. He was SO interesting.
and seemed to be very cultured and
great traveller. He spoke OF Paris
and Calcutta in the same breath, and
entertained me greatly with his remi-
niscences. How | did hate to go In!
But knew that had already broken
too many rules of propriety, so l babe
him goodnight and went to my state
room.
did he kiss me-" The girl averted
her face and her lips trembled as she
sorry. either"
"Well," she continued. IL did not
see much of him next day, as was
Nth my parents almost all of the
time. | caught a glimpse of him at
the dock when we landed here. and
he raised his hat as he shook hands
with me and said:
'Good-by, little friend; we shall
meet again.
Il saw him a few minutes later as
he jumped into carriage, and
The girl stopped suddenly. Her
hands, clasped together, trembled per-
ceptibly, and her face was suffused
with a carmine blush. She was look
ing towards the driveway, where a
horse and his rider came slowly up
the path. The rider was a man of
about forty. His brown, curly hair
was streaked about the temples with
gray. He was tall, looked every inch
| an athlete, and rode with the grace
! and ease of a trained trooper.
The dark-eyed woman followed the
gaze of her companion, and when she
caught sight of the handsome rider
her face lighted up with an amused
smile and she waved her hand fami-
liarly The rider touched his whip
to his hat, and smiled.
There" faltered the girl; that is
! he''
"Who?" asked her new friend
why he whom met on the boat
| the man love-" returned the girl i'm.
! petuously.
"Ah, my dear" said the brunette
smiling compassionately. you mustn't
| mind him, you knew"
Then you know nim?"
Slightly; he's my husband"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-10-08
Summer and Fall FEEDING.

Wise dairymen now feed their cows
in both summer and fall if the pas
lures are such as not to give a full
feed without too much labor on the
part of the cows. Allowing cows to
fall off in their milk is not profita-
BILE operation. 1t may save a little
feed, but it loses far more in the value
of lost milk. When cows are allowed
to drop in their milk yields for even
few weeks they can not be brought
back to their previous yields until
they again come in fresh. The men
that have planted corn. oats, peas
and the like for summer feed will
have no trouble this summer and fall
in keeping up the milk flow. Those
that have silage will find no difficulty
at all. The men that have no green
stuff to feed can only lament their
misfortune, as it is very doubtful if,
at the present prices. it will pay to
feed considerable quantities to the
cows on pasture. -
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-10-08
Milk Hauling by Factories.

In some of the localities where there
are creameries the milk is hauled by
the patrons. In other localities the
creameries do the hauling themselves.
There are some advantages and some
disadvantages for each method. One
of the reasons why the factory can af-
ford to haul it's own milk is that it
thereby gets about all the milk there
is in a locality and gets it all the
time. Where farmers haul their own
milk they cannot be depended on to
bring the supply at all times. In the
summer time when the field work is
pressing they not infrequently find it
pays them better to keep the milk at
home for a day or two and make but
ter from it than to take the time of
man and horse going to the creamery.
OF course there are obstacles in the
way of the milk being gathered by
factory employe. One of the obstacles
is the difficulty of working in the
Babcock test with such system. If
a man goes out to gather milk he can
not carry one or more cans for each
customer if his milk route includes
large number of patrons He wants
to economic space by putting the
milk of several patrons into one can,
where that can be done. Analysis of
any value to the individual patron be-
comes then impossible. Nevertheless
it may we'll be doubted if it pays
farmer with few cows to haul his
milk to market himself, if his time is
of any value. Where it can be prop
erly controlled the hauling of milk by
the factory is advisable.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-10-08
History Rewritten.

Queen Elizabeth had refused to re-
consider the death warrant of Mary
Queen of Scots. No" she insisted.
my mind is made up" 81 think your
face is, too instantly retorted the
captive sovereign.
Richard, having done his turn at
Bosworth Field, was wildly applaud
ed. "How nobly he carried HIMSELF"
exclaimed Norfolk. mo wonder" re-
piled Catesby, with a grin, The had a
horseless carriage"
Diogenes had been taking baths for
his complexion. But why, asked
his friends, do you carry the tub on
your shoulder" ITO make liar"
replied the old cynic, "of the fool who
said it must stand on its own bot
tom"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-10-08
Beans in the United States,

Important as are beans, as an article
of diet, they play but a small part in
the crop totals of the country. 1t is
certain, however, that the census bu-
reau fails to get reports of millions
of bushels of beans raised and con-
sumed on the farms. These are never
recorded as entering into commerce.
On many farms the farmers raise only
enough beans for home use. The last
census report gives the crop of 1899.
1t shows Michigan and New York to
be the leading bean producing states
The yields in bushels for the most i'm
portant bean raising states are as fol-
lows: Michigan, 1.8O6,413; New York,
1.36O,445; California, 658.515; Florida,
176,3O4; Wisconsin,, 1882; Maine,
1920; Virginia. 56.189.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-10-08
How Rochefort Hurled Rjdicule,

Rochefort. even more than Hugo,
was the natural butt of those carica-
turiSts devoted to the destinieS of
Louis Napoleon. But none of the
cartoons directed against him could
hit deeper or leave more lasting
sting than his own sallies in the col
umns of the Lanterne. His favor
tie method of attack was one which
either made prosecution impossible
or else made the prosecutor ridicu-
lous. In the Lanterne one found ap-
parently innocent squibs which ran
something like this: 1.-The emperor
sat yesterday for his portrait, which
is being painted by M. -. Nj
has won wide distinction as a paint
err of animals and 1t is expected that
the emperor's portrait will prove a
great success. The Bookman.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-10-08
FUTURE OF NAVAL WARFARE
English Periodical Tells How Bat.
ties Will Be Fought.

ties Will Be Fought.
In the next naval battle the ships
engaged will be arranged in three cat
egOries. Nearest to the enemys ar
ray will be the battleships, drawn up
in one line in close order as of old;
they will, as a rule follow each other
just in the same way as did the ships
of century ago. but at high speed
in lieu of a low one. Unlike the ola
timers, the modern battleships will
not come to close quarters. They will
use their guns. not at musnet-shot
range, or, say 200 yards, but at ranges
approaching 5000 to 1000 yards. They
will not come within 1000 yards Of
their opponent, lest they be torpedoed.
Farther from the enemy than the bat
tie line will be the cruisers, trusting
mainly to guns. as do their heavy
consOrts, but keeping at greater
range, in order to get the protection
which distance will always give. If
a favorable chance offers. they might
support the torpedo craft in a dash
at the enemy's battle line. Out of
range altogether will be the torpedo
craft, ready to dash in if a favorable
opportunity offers, but taking no risks
early in the action lest their useful
ness should be lost when their serv-
ices are required.-Blackwoo Mag
agine.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-10-08
Study Of Natural Reproduction Of
Trees.

Study Of Natural Reproduction OF
Trees.
A line of work recently taken up
by the Bureau of Forestry. and for
the first time receiving adequate at
tention in the United States. is the
study Of the tendency Of natural for
ests to extend over the land devoid
Of forest growth. This tendency has
been noticed in many parts of the
country, but has never been studied
with q view Of controlling it for prac-
tical use, or assisting it where desir-
able. A field party from the bureau
is now investigating the reproduction
of white pine on pastures and aban.
doned lands in Massachusetts, and
New Hampshire, to learn the condi-
lions under which reproduction takes
place. The bureau is making this In
vestigation in order to be able to give
owners of such lands directions as to
the best methods Of handling them.
with a view of securing a stand of
pine by natural seeding. A field
party of six men is studying the same
problem in Oklahoma, in connection
with the hardwood growth which
composes the timber belts of that re-
gion. 1t has been found in certain
places in the middle west that natural
forest belts have extended up streams
as much as two miles in the last tweR-
ty-five years. Particular attention will
be paid to devising methods for ex-
tending and improving the forest
growth of the Wichita Forest Re-
serve, where at present the stand of
timber consists of only scattering
growth Of oak. A similar study is
being made on the Prescott Forest
Reserve in Arizona. where the stand
of timber consists almost entirely OF
western yellow pine. For several
years only scant reproduction has
taken place on this reserve, and one
of the objects of the present investi
cation is to devise means of increas
ing the stand of young timber.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-10-08
Soil for Rive.

Manly Miles: Although rye can be
successfully grown on great variety
of soils, yet it is of the finest and best
quality when produced on dry. san
dy one, where few, If any other grains
can be cultivated with equal advan-
tage. BY this we do not mean the
poorest soil that can be found and
which contains but little of the ele-
ments of plant food, or that rye can
be successfully grown with but slight
preparation of the land and the con-
slant cropping of the same fields with
1t and no manure supplied to return
the nutritive properties extracted by
successive crops. We have seen a
good growth of rye on a sandy soil
that would produce scarcely anything
else, but the soil was fairly enriched
before the seed was sown. Clay is
not favorable to its cultivation, espe-
cially heavy undrained clay, and it
will never do we'll in wet soil OF
any kind. A clay loan will produce
fine growth of straw, but the grain
will not be as good as that produced
on sandy soil, the latter producing
a more plump kernel of better quality
than the fOrmer. A rich loan will
produce a larger quantity of grain
than sandy soil, but of less value.
Rye is strong feeder and will ex-
tract about the last element of solu-
BILE plant food from the soil; hence,
land that has become so exhausted
that it cannot yield rye, is very poor
indeed and will require a long period
of rest or a large quantity of manure
of some kind to cause it to produce
anything Review.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-10-08
Danish co-operative Bacon Factories.

DdTISI So.SpSIdtIVS odSOIi dStS! 'SS'
There are 26 cooperative pig
slaughteries and bacon-curing factories
in Denmark, and Is large private ones,
besides few smaller ones not curing
for export. Exact statistics can only
be had from the cooperative establish
ments, and at these 651,261 pigs were
killed in 1901. The price averaged 56.9
kroners per hog, or Al ore per lb.
1O.56c. per American pound). The av-
erage weight of the pigs was 1895
Danish lbs. The aggregate number of
the cooperative bacon factories mem
bers was about $4,000. The total kill
ings of pigs in Denmark cannot be
given with certainty, as the private
establishments refuse to publish their
killings, which are generally supposed
to be two-fifths Of the total, the coop
erative receiving the three-fifths. Cal
culating upon this basis, the total kill
ings of pigs in Denmark in 1901
amounted to very nearly 100000, rep
resenting a value of 63,000.0O0 kro-
ners. For the week ending May 8 the
killings in Denmark were not less
than 10000 pigs. This was the heaviest
killings recorded for one week since
1S96.-Smor Tidende.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-10-08

was so polite and courteous in hand
ing such things that were out of my
reach He looked at me rather per
sistently, l should think. Once, when
he passed. me the salad. our hands
touched and fancied that he tried to
squeeze mine.
That evening our folks played cards
in the cabin, and l went out on the
deck to enjoy the beautiful night. 1t
is simply glorious on Lake Michigan
after dark. | drew up my chair at
the stern of the boat, behind a big
wheel which is never used, and be-
gan to doze and dream of-well,
thought OF him.
"Suddenly felt thrill shoot
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-10-08
A Modern Love Story.
BY VICTOR Fl. sMALLEY.

BY VICTOR II. SMALlIE1.
Copyright. 1902. by Daily Story Pub. Coz
1t was on the broad, cool veranda
Of the spacious Grand Hotel at Mackl-
nae Island. Scores of fashionably cos
tuned guests were enjoying the COOL
invigorating breezes waited from that
big body of water in front OF them,
Lake Michigan. The orchestra was
in the midst of a dreamy waltz from
Strauss, and the environment was one
of peaceful languor
Occasionally the quiet serenity of
the place would be happily interrupted
by a burst of laughter from group
of young men and women lounging
on the steps leading up to the porch
from the driveway below. trap or
two, laden with pretty, fresh-looking
girls in white, and lazy, lolling fellows
in blue serge, ratified by, and few
horsemen and equestriennes ambled
past.
A girl stepped out from the office
and walked slowly down the veranda,
glancing from right to left in search
of vacant chair. She appeared to be
about twenty years of age, was about
medium height and very fair. Her
face was decidedly pretty, with almost
"Gibsonian" features. Her hair was
almost golden-Titian, some would call
it.. Size walked gracefully, and at
tracted considerable attention as she
passed along the piazza.
An unoccupied rocker finally caught
the girls eye, and she settled down
into it with a little sigh Of content
ment. Seated directly at the right OF
the girl was women of striking ap-
pearance. The "chappies" referred to
her as Stunning" the middle-aged
men called her an ''out and out beau
ty," while the old gray-whiskered fell
lows rolled their eyes ecstatically and
said nothing.
amount of admiration was brunette
in the true sense of the word. and di-
vinely beautiful. She was of about
medium height and a trifle above the
medium weight. but the slight super
fluffy of avoirdupois only accentuated
her charms. Her finely shaped head
was set upon throat SO symmetrical,
so proud and white, that she appeared
to be taller than she really was. Her
complexion was of the Southern type,
olive with delicate tinge of rosy hue.
Her eyes were the most attractive OF
her many charms. They we're large,
luminous. dark as starless night, and
fringe of long jet lashes almost hid
them from sight.
AS the blonde girl seated herself,
her dark-haired neighbor eyed her
curiously, penetratingly. The glance
was returned, and both smiled in a
friendly manner. Soon they were in
the midst of an animated tete-a-tete
the girl doing most of the talking,
while her companion proved to be a
good listener.
The girl said she was from the
North. She was the only daughter of
rich parents, and had just arrived at
Mackinac. No, she hardly knew any
one, and did feel tritie lonely. Her
parents were ardent golfists, and were
at that moment deeply engrossed in
the popular game.
They made a striking couple, these
two women of such different types of
beauty. and they were freely COM
mented upon by the passers-by. The
girl chatted away volubly, and was
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-10-08

Mature Ewes and Rams for Breeders.
An experiment station bulletin
says: As a rule It is Injurious to
breed immature stock; and the best
returns are not to be expected from
weak or very old animals. Both OBJ
servation and experience have con-
WINGED me that the use of a ram lamb,
for example, as sire in flock. results
in lambs lacking in character and OF
uncertain quality, while the use OF
matured ram would have given salts
factory returns. There is general
tendency. In the anxiety to secure re
suits from breeding herds. to breed the
females at too early an age. which too
often Injuries the vitality and growth,
and promotes reduced size and quality.
Animals should not be required to
take on themselves the burdens Of
motherhood until they have acquired
fair maturity and development. The
man who breeds his ewes to first lamb
as long yearlings, to have his beef
cows first drop calves at thirty months
old. or his dairy cows at twenty-four
or twenty-six months, or his sows to
first farrow at twelve or fourteen
months of age, is on safer ground in
building up his herd than the man
who will not wait for this matur y.
In measure, there is also objection
in using very old or weak animals for
breeding. Strength of character from
such cannot be expected to equal that
from animals in the prime of age and
condition.
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Reclamation Of Shifting Sand Dunes.

The protection of valuable property
from the encroachment of shifting
sand dunes is becoming an important
problem in some portions of the coun-
try. The regions most severely at
fected are the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts, the lake district of Michigan,
and the Columbia river district of
Washington and Oregon. Two field
parties from the Bureau of Forestry
are at work on this problem. One
will investigate the worst dune dis
tricts along the Atlantic coast, and
will study carefully the grasses,
shrubs, and trees that can be used
either for temporary or permanent re-
tention of the sand dunes, and will
also inquire into other methods of
holding the active dunes. or changing
their direction. Very successful work
in holding the sand by grass and
shrub planting has already been done
by the state of Massachusetts on a
portion of Cape Cod known es the
Province Lands" The problem along
the Columbia river is somewhat diff
ferent from that along the Atlantic
coast, owing to the different origin and
character Of the sand. 1t is expected.
however, that the control Of the sand
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-10-08
Japanese Newspaper in New York

One Of the newest newspapers in
New York is the New York Japanese
Besides being the only Japanese
paper east of San Francisco ever pub
lished by means of movable Japanese
type, it will make an effort to lead q
movement for the reform of the Jap
anese language. Hundreds of copies
will be sent to Japan every week,
where the prevailing interest in
America is expected not only to ex-
ert marked influence on current
Japanese newspaper methods, but to
have an important effect in remodel.
ing the japanese language.