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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-01-01

old barn was thoroughly disinfected
and given two coats of whitewash.
The calves from the sick herd were
removed when dropped, fed on steril-
lied milk, and kept with the healthy
herd
Both herds were heavy mixers, the
average annual butter yield of the
sick herd being 306 pounds and of the
immune herd 304 pounds. The per-
centage of affected cattle among the
different breeds was practically the
same: 20 per cent of the Jerseys, 26
per cent. of the Guernseys, 81 per cent.
of the Ayrshires, and 20 per cent. of
the Holsteins. Therefore, there was
no difference among the breeds. Three
of the heaviest mixers proved to be
tuberculous and of the 5 poorest;
therefore, the yield of milk had moth
ing whatever to do with liability to
the disease.
None of the calves of these sick
COWS have ever taken the disease. OF
the II calves from the tuberculous
animals, some in which the disease
was in the dam, others in the sire,
and others in BOTH are two years
old and over and are one year old.
1t seems to be we'll established fact
that tuberculosis or consumption is
not hereditary. There are records in
existence of 100000 calves that have
been slaughtered and subjected to post
norton examination of which only
have been found to be tuberculous.
This, however, is true, that offspring
whether of man or animal, may in
herit from diseased parents weak
ened constitution which renders them
more liable to tuberculosis or con-
sumption, when exposed. Even, how
ever, when this low vitality exists,
whether in man or beast, sunlight, eX-
ercise, good ventilation and nutritious
food will enable the owner or the
family to overcome it.
This bulletin also furnishes an in
teresting table showing the failure of
tuberculin to detect the disease in
case of repeated injections. Sixteen
animals received a total of GA inject
ions, or an average of to each ami
NAL. After the first response these
16 animals were tested second time
from six months to year later. AT
this time responded and 8 failed to
respond Four of the 16 were tested
third time, when reacted and 2
failed to react There were, there
fore, 10 reactions and 10 failures to
react to injections subsequent to the
first reaction, or so per cent.
The bulletin also raises the inter
esting question as to whether animals
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-01-01
THE ART OF TESTING.

Editor Ranch-"Testing is a very
simple thing" This is an expression
used by many who never studied the
real nature of testing. The Babcock
tester is generally used in this coun-
try, while in Europe this tester is
looked upon as an inaccurate method.
The Europeans employ mostly Sox-
hut's tester, the Laktokrit or Wollny's
refractometer Compared with those
three named testers, the Babcock is
the most simple tester which gives
also sufficient accuracy. 1t is, how
ever, to be regretted that the various
manufacturers have made the Bah
cock tester inaccurate, first by put
ting out inaccurate glassware, and sec
Structed.
Now, let us ask what influences the
testing mostly taking for granted
that a good sample is taken.
l. Inaccurate pipette in milk testing.
2. Careless weighing in cream test
ing.
8. Adding water to cream sample.
4. Amount of acid.
5. Strength OF acid.
g. Temperature Of acid
7. Temperature of sample.
s. Speed of tester.
9. Length of first running.
TO- Quality of water added.
II. Length of second running.
-. Careless reading.
10. Temperature of reading.
a. Inaccurate glassware.
There are fourteen points to be
looked after. and if it should happen
that enc point gets neglected the
whole test may be spoiled.
Some states have already passed a
law which compels each creamery to
have the glassware tested, a law,
which every state of the Union ought
to have, as inaccurate glassware is
causing endless trouble in creamery
life.
The color of the fat is a good indica-
ton of the proper amount proper
strength and the right temperature of
the acid we used in our testing. The
most trouble is caused by weak acid
in testing heavy cream, and in winter
time by using too cold acid. Another
great annoyance in testing is the
amount and the nature of the preser-
natives used in our samples, so for
instance, too much bichromate of pot
assium causes serious trouble.
One of the main points in testing
is reading at the right temperature,
which subject was fully discussed by
Professor VOL, of Madison, and by the
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-26
ENJOYS D LIFE.
julia MnrIOwe, Queen of American
Stage, Spends Much of Her Time
in the Open Air.

Miss Julia Marlowe's outdoor diver
sions are golf, driving and AUTOMOBILE
ing. She does a prodigious amount of
walking all the year round. Her love
of nature is almost primitive in its in
tensity. Asked once what was her
greatest ambition, she said it was to
lead such a normal life that l can get
up every morning in time to see the
sun rise" Often she will dismiss her
carriage and revel in facing wind and
weather on foot. An acquaintance ac-
companied her from her hotel to the
theater n March night in the teeth
of a driving storm. The sidewalk was
like the bed of a mountain stream,
and the winds made umbrellas a sar-
casm. She enjoyed every step of the
walk and reached the theater in a gale
of laughter and high spirits. 1t is this
abundant vitality, this capacity for
getting fun out of things which annoy
or bore most people that give a COM
pelling charm to her art, and a rare,
vlvacity to her personality.
For a time Miss Marlowe had a house
of her in New York city, but this
she has now given up. Her only home
is her country place in the western part
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Illegal Fence. Must Go.

Illegal fencing of the public lands is
to be plnished. The general land Of
fee at Washington has issued a per-
emptory order providing for the-tear-
ing down of the fences of stockmen
who have illegally strung their wires
across the public domain, and for the
throwing of such lands open to the
public. There has been vigorous fight
ing against this proposal of the gov
ernmert to remove illegal fences since
the beginning of President Roosevelt's
administration, and in some cases
stockmen have defied the government
to eject them. Any further evasions
of the law will bring the offenders be-
fore the federal courts. 1t is stated
that the law will be enforced by the
government officials to the very letter.
Boston Budget.
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AH2fSbnEyN
S~
SCIENCE IN EATING.
Vegetables That Are Said to Aid
Health and Produce n Good and
Clear Complexion.

Girls who value a good complexion
and cheerful spirits are advised to
eat plenty of spinach. 1t contains
salts of potassium and iron and other
wholesome ingredients. The iron in
it is easily assimliated. A vegetable
not generally made much of bv
housewives because it is among the
less expensive kinds, it is put in first
place by the food experts and de-
serves more prominence in public es-
TEEN.
People troubled with poor memo
ries are urged to eat mustard. The
seed of the mustard plant is credited
with very quickening, livening prop
critics said to have direct influence
on those brain cells that have to do
with forgetting and remembering.
Nervous folks ought to partake
often of cheese, which acts as a soda
tive. They should beware of eating
cheese to excess. however, as it is a
tax on the digestion. Only moderate
consumption is efficacious.
A too steady diet of potatoes in
duces fatigue of both body and mind.
Apples are now held to contain
much sustenance for the brain and to
have an exhilarating effect on the
spirits. Apples contain phosphorus
and also malic acid, which is most
beneficial for people under mental
strain or who .habitually do work
which prohibits exercise. The apple
should not be munched between
times, but taken as a component part
of the regular meals.-N. Y. Sun.
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H

bulls calls for "a thin, arching flank"
The word flank here means that part Of
the body connecting the belly with the
hind legs, as shown in the accompany
ing diagram.
In all beef animals it is counted de-
sirable to have this bottom line Of the
body run as straight as possible. A
thin arch to the flank is not counted a
good beef sign. A writer in the Guern-
sey Herd Register for October, 1902,
describing the bull LIE Grande Duke
at the Ohio State fair, says: "a bit
more arch of the rib forward and an
added depth of flank would serve to
his advantage" 1t is evident that there
is needed a better agreement of under
standing as to the meaning of terms
when applied to the conformation of
dairy cattle. IAN added depth of flank"
would be in line with the beef con-
formation. Unconsciously almost
many of u dairy people and judges
carry in their minds the old Shorthorn
definition of outline.
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waste of Land by Washing.

TIE agricultural report, year 1885,
page 153, says: The same agencies
which form the soils are also wasting
and carrying them away. During ev-
cry rsinstorm, transportation of soil
goes on, as the brooks and rivers show
after jong-continued rains, by the yell
low. muddy color of their waters. that
they are carrying a vast quantity of
sediment towards the sea. The run
ming streams bear along the trans
ported matter and gradually deposit
it a. the current diminishes its veloc-
ity. When the stream reaches a fiat
level track and over which its
waters can flow in flood the suspended
matter, consisting principally of sand
and raud, is deposited and constitutes
the alluvium or new land.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-26
WIRE FENCE TELEPHONES.
Are Bound to Play an ImpOr-
tant Part In the Social Devel-
Opmcnt Of the West.

Tie plan to extend the special mail
delivery now afforded to cities and
towns to the remote rural sections by
using the farmers telephone lines, is
receiving considerable attention, and
it is thought that the national govern
ment will act upon it soon, says the
Farmers Tribune.
Senator Fairbanks is the leading ad-
vocate of this measure. The scheme is
to have a special ten-cent stamp pre-
pared that, when placed on a letter.
will indicate to the postmaster that he
is to open the letter and telephone its
contents to the one for whom it is in
tended in the rural district. The plan
is feasible, and such a scheme added to
the mail service would not only add to
the effectiveness of the entire service
and occupy a field that the telegraph
does not invade, but would have the
effect of building more telephone lines
and it would be a matter of only a
short time until every up to date
farmer would have a telephone placed
in his home.
In time it means that telephone
charges will be reduced, because of the
extra use of the telephone. aside from
the aid such a plan would give to the
mail service. The Commercial, and So
cial facilities of the country would be
enhanced.
Indiana has probably taken the lead
of other states in rural telephone lines.
In many instances barb wire fences
have been insulated and used as tele-
phone lines. Prof. Alexander Bell says
the first message he ever sent went
part CT the way over 4 fence. He
further says that the barb wire should
work AS we'll as any other medium for
the transmission of sound. and that
the woven wire fence would work even
better than the single barb wire, if
care were taken to properly insulate
them, and not let them reach the
ground. In his opinion the govern
ment experiment in rural mail special
telephone delivery, the barb wire
fence telephone is sure to play a great
part III the western and prairie states.
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of the Catskill mountains. This she
called "Highmount," and from the
windows of the house there is a glori-
Gus view of a dozen mountain peaks.
The house is a large one of colonial
architecture, a part of which, the brick
terrace, the theater-going public saw
reproduced on the stage without know
ing the fact, for the first tentative re-
hearsal of when Knighthood Was in
Flower" was given on the brick terrace
on to which the main living-room of
her house opens. This terrace was so
effective for grouping and for exits and
entrances that the architecture of it
was copied in the reproduction of a
Tudor brick terrace which forms a
part of the stage setting in the first
act of the play.
Her estate consists of 400 acres, and
only the smaller part of her large es-
tate is laid out in lawn, garden and
driveways. That portion of her pos
sessions which she has with admirable
taste allowed to remain wholly "unim-
proved" is by far the greater part of
the estate. Still in its original wild
ness, it is criscrossed by mountain
streams, cleft by deep ravines, and
overgrown with a network of vines
and forest trees that have never known
the woodman's ak. Here the happiest
hours of Julia Marlowe's life are spent,
and thither she goes immediately her
professional work ends for the season,
which is usually toward the end OF
May, and there she remains until the
end of September.
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WAS CHARMING HOSTESS.
White House Mistress Under
President Buchanan.

The recent serious illness of Mrs.
Harriet Lane Johnston, and the an
nouncement that she will this sum
mer visit various American resorts
in an effort to regain her health, has
again brought into the public eye
one of the most interesting feminine
figures in American history. So quiz
city has the famous niece of Presi-
dent James Buchanan lived in Wash
ington during recent years that the
general reading public has had oppor-
tunity to realize that a place is yet
occupied in the social life at the
capital by a woman who vas the
most noted of antibellum days, and
the greatest of all the bellies of the
white house.
Mrs. Johnston has, since the ascen-
sion of President Roosevelt to the ma
tion's highest position, been several
times prevailed upon to assist in the
d~ispensation of hospitality at the
white house, and there is a particu-
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-26
String Beans Under Glass.

Forcing string beans as a market
garden crop under glass is being tried
extensively by a, fruit company of east
ern Massachusetts,. After taking off
three crops of lettuce, the houses were
planted to cucumbers, with yellow wax
beans as a catch crop between the lat
ter. They were through bearing be-
fore the cucumbers had covered the
wires, and give promise of being a use
full catch crop in greenhouses. They
brought about $2.75 per bushelin June,
blu. earlier in the season would be
worth a little more. They do not in
teIfAre in any way with the cucumbers
or the latter with them.
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Good lawn Gra.s Mixture.

TIE following mixture of the very
best r~ecleaned seed has been found to
make the most satisfactory permanent
lawn under nearly all conditions in the
north, as well as the south, and, in Cali
fowria: Redtop 80 pounds, blue grass
80 pounds, white clover 16 pounds per
acre In the south and in California
the Bermuda grass has more extended
use, but, while it makes an attractive
cushion-like turf, it is almost impossi-
bic to eradicate it from walks and
beds, into which it spreads with the
greatest facility.-Country Life in
America.
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lar appropriateness, since Harriet
Lane Johnson is, with the single ex-
ception of Dolly Madison, the only
woman who, while serving as first
lady of the land, entertained any
thing like as extensively as Mrs.
Roosevelt.
While there are many points of
similarity between the social methods
of Harriet Lane Johnston and Mrs.
Roosevelt, both having delighted to
entertain at the white house the mas
ters of achievement in the worlds of
politics, art, literature and science,
as well as their w personal friends,
the conditions under which these two
women have served as hostess at the
executive mansion could not well be
more divergent. Throughout the en-
tire Buchanan administration feel
ing ran high, owing to the gathering
of the storm which later broke in the
civil war, and it was only by her
possession of a magnificent personal
ity, combined with rare grace and
tact, that Mrs. Johnston was enabled
to keep the social atmosphere Of the
white house free from those clashes
of sentiment which pervaded every
branch of public life.
The particularly notable event of
Harriet Lanes regime in the white
house was, of course, the visit of the
then prince of Wales. now King Ed
ward, of England. The British royal
family has never ceased to seek
means to manifest it's appreciation of
the kindness which Miss Lane showed
to her royal guest. and upon the oc-
casion of her visit to England during
later years she has been made the
recipient of every social attention.
Particularly was this the case last
year, when she was one of the spe-
cially honored guests at the corona
ton. The queenly young mistress of
the white house quite captivated the
prince of Wales not less by the elab-
crate dinners and receptions which
she gave in his honor at the execu-
tive mansion than by the charming
comradarie spirit which she mani
tested when she danced with him OF
the deck of the United States steam
er Harriet Lane, returning from a
visit to Mount Vernon, and the teas
ing which she administered when
later she ignominiously defeated the
prince in a bowling contest.
Of late years Harriet Lane John
ston, who suffered a double bereave-
ment in the early death of her hus-
band and son, has lived in a quaint
old house in the fashionable section
of Washington. The house is filled
with interesting art object and SOU
venirs, among which are the hand
some engravings which were sent to
Harriet Lane by the prince of Wales
after his return to England. These
pictures were the cause of some con.
troversy when Miss Lane, at the con-
clusion of her uncle's administration,
removed them from the white house.
| A portion of the public and a number
of newspapers declared hat they had
been sent as a gift to the American
| idential mansion, but the British gov
eminent fastened to send a letter ex-
planning that they had been designed
as a personal gift to Miss Lane. Mrs
%Johnston's household at the present
time consists of only herself and her
niece, Miss Kennedy.-Waldon Faw.
cett, in St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-26

Eight vegetables new to this coun-
try are being cultivated in the gov
eminent experiment stations, with
reference to introducing them to the
truck gardeners. They are described
as follows: A European okra of giant
proportions; is a valuable starch pro-
Queer. From Mexico is a pepper large
ly used in that country, and a 'husk
tomato" which makes delicious sweet
pickles. A decorative and medicinal
vine is a cucumber, also Mexican, which
distributes its seeds broadly when ripe
by violently exploding. Chevril, a
~sedge-like plant from Europe, pro-
dues a tuber Of hazel-nut size, which,
eaten raw, tastes like cocoanut. The
Indian "basella," a vine, has blossoms
like an arbutus and fruit like a black
berry bush.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-26
Gauze Hosiery Is Delightful.

Gauze isle stockings, SO thin that
they seem made of silk yelling, are
made substantial enough to wear, half
a dozen times, at least, by a doubling
of the thread over the heels, toes and
soles, and at the top where the gar
ter clasps are fastened. These very
thin stockings are delightfully."- cool,
and are preferred by many women to
lace and open-work kinds. They are
expensive, because they are so very
perishable.
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LIGHT PORTABLE FENCE.

feet long, and the lap rests in crotch
of the \ support and a notch in the
crosspiece below. If further support
is needed, use wire to wrap around
the lap :,nd the X. At the ends drive
a stake and wire to it. Make the pan
and supports of any size or di-
mansions to suit your purposes.-Ohio
Farmer.
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Neat way Of Putting It.

A country editor in Kansas thus
neatly refers to an Important domes-
tic event in his town: "a handsome
girl baby-which is not to be won
dpred at, consideringit its mother-came
to Jim Browns house, and will stay
until she finds a better fellow than
her dad, a thing that will take her
many years to do"
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0 OF DAIRY cows.
The Term 'Flank" Is Not ms Clearly
UnderstOOd by as
1t Should BE.

There seems to be some confusion in
the meaning of the term applied to the
conformation of dairy cattle, says
Hoard's Dairyman. For instance, take
the term flank" The Guernsey scale
of points in describing the desirable
dairy temperament in both cows and
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-26
Remedy for Chapped Hands.

The following recipe is said to be
an excellent one for chapped or rough
ened hands: -Four tablespoonful of
powdered borax, one-half ounce OF
glycerine, y block of gum cam
phor, one-half pint bay rum and one
pint of water.
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The Morning beauty walk.

Don't walk too far at first, when TAX
ing up outdoor exercise for the sake OF
your complexion. Stop just short OF
being tired.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-26
The One Requisite.

Ethel think I'd get married, too,
if / could find a man could live with.
Carrie-That isn't so hard; the trou-
BILE is to get a man you can't live with
out-N Y. Times.
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Eye Needs Tender Care.

A speck of dust in the eye can be re-
moved by a pointed piece of paper or
a camel's hair brush. Afterward close
the eyes and bind a soft pad over the
lids and allow it to remain until all
feeling of pain is gone.
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The ThouuhtIe.. Man.

"This is a very difficult piece" she
said as she turned from the piano. 1T
makes me tired"
Same here" returned the thought
less man.-Brooklyn Eagle.
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Lemon Juice for Rice,

A tablespoonful of lemon juice add
ed to the water in which rice is boil
ing, is said to aid in making the rice
whittier and keeping the grains sep
arate.
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1t Costs Money,

'If you think advice is cheap" he
said, dolefully, "you ought to get a
few tips on the races."-Chicago Post.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-26
PORTABLE FARM FENCE.
The Form Here Described Answers
All Ordinary Purposes and Can
BE Built Cheaply.

The illustration sufficiently de-
scribes the form of portable fence we
have Oh our farm. The panels are -
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-26

THE most common phases of summer
/ catarrh are catarrh of the stomach
and bowels. Peruna is aspecifc for
summer catarrh.
Hon. Willis Brewer, Representative
in Congress from Alabama, writes the
following letter to DIR. Hartman:
House of Representatives,
Washington, d. C.
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.:
Gentlemen-"I have used one bottle
of Peruna forlassitude, and take pleas
ure in recommending it to those who
The Tupelo journal., 1903-06-26

Perform the work of spraying thor
oughly. Be sure to v every portion
of the plant with the liquid.
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Mr., John W. Meng, "a jefferson Ave-, indianapolis, Ind, State Representa-
tive of Indianapolis Business College, writes:
"Innny believe that lowe my fine health to Peruna. constanfhaverand
change of food and water wrought havoc with ny stomach, and for months I
suffered with Indigestion and estanh of the stomach. I fer that the only
Seeing az "a. Of Pernna a 8 a specific Tor catnh ! decided TO give 1t a trial.
and usedN faithfully for six weeks, when I found that my troubles had ali
disappeared and Iseemed like q new man. Ihaye a bote of Peruna In my
grip all the time, and occasionally take q few doses which keeps M I'm excel
lent health "-John W. Mem.
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need a good remedy. AS a tonic it is ex-
cellent. In the short time l have used
itithasdone me a great deal of good
Willis Brewer.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna.
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad.
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
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SPECIAL NOTICE

IT have prescribed the Complete Treat
ment called by my name and sold by all
druggists in hundreds of thousands of very
serious cases. with unexampled success,
and most satisfactory results."-DR. SLO-
CUM.