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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-28
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MONEY TO LOAN; EASY TERMS; Low.
rates. David z. Jones & Co., Oneida building
MORTGAGE LoANs-Rates low; any sums; no
delay. See us sure. Gale & Co., N. I. Life4
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-28

DO YOU WANT BARGAINa 1 CAN TELL
2 you about one; section Of land in the famous
Arcola district, Assiniboia, owned by widow
who is unable to handle it,. For sale at 81 an
acre less than surrounding land. 91S2, Journal
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-28

WANTED - MANDOLIN TEACHERS FOR
steady work year round salary In Minne'
apolis and st. Paul, between 81 and 81 years
of age; strictly temperate; ladies can fill posi-
ton If strong; if you understand music answer
this, giving age. married single. Address
Music Teacher. 624 HenneDin ay city.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-28

IMPROVED FARM-4O ACRES THREE MILES
from Rhinelander, Wis. For sale or trade. +.
L. Mcclellan. 245 LIST av N, Minneapolis.
FOR sALE-soME CHOICE NORTH DAKOTA
and Valley lands, cheap, and very easy
terms r. A. Mamssler, Farmont, MINI. S,
1000 ACRES, PARTLY IMPROVED, FARM
lands, located among good thrifty farmers, 10
miles east of Winnipeg, Manitoba. In the
past buyers have rushed to Assniboia for
cheap lands and overlooked the great advantage
ranada seaG ntn r mea greaf ctv ~ Wnni
peg. Why buy land 1000 miles away from
market when you can purchase better lands.
but a few miles from Winnipeg for about the
same prices, where water is good and pure
The tide is now coming to Winnipeg and land
will soon demand $25 an acre. Consider this
and write for description. M. Laurttzen, Tyler,
~ .zt rs l4e+5 x. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-28

GOOD RELIABLE GIRL WISHES SITUATION
as chambermaid in No. hotel. Call or ad-
dress 1906 Park,
SWEDISH GIRL, is FIRST.CLASS COOK,
would like to go to the lake with frst-class
quality. Call 1928 14th av S.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-10

and a corn crib S0x12 feet runs through
the center OF the barn. The lower boards
of the crib are hinged, and feed boxes
built on level with the crib bottom, so
az to make practically self-feeder,
especially when feeding shelled corr.
Hogs sleep under the corncrib.
Hayracks on the sides are so feet long.
Hay Is put In at the ends OF the barn.
Sliding doors, controlled by weights,
are used at the ends Of the NOW. They
are closed when the hay Is in the NOW.
There are doors alongside the haymow.
When filling the NOW we leave space
Of four feet between the hay and the
sides OF the barn, which enables us to
throw the hay into the racks when feed
Ing. The south end Is open. The north
end has doors which we close in bad
weather We have lots on the north,
south and east OF the barn and scales
east Of the barn, so we can weigh cattle
at any time.
This barn will easily accommodate 100
cattle. We are now feeding 101 head,
81 Of which are Herefords. This kind
Of barn is great time and labor saw
er. We keep 1t we'll bedded and 1t Is
always dry.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-10
CARE OF YOUNG PIGS.
Writer of This Article Tells Why He
Has Abundant Faith In d.
versity of Rations.

When the pigs are three weeks old
they will begin to eat other food be-
sides their mothers milk. To furnish
them this l have very shallow
trough, easy for them to reach and
out OF reach of the dam, and at this
light-lunch counter ! provide them
corn meal, wheat middlings, ground
oats and skim-milk | do not furnish
these all at once, Of course, but vary
them according to their cost. l try
always to have skim-milk and corn
meal for them. The quantity Is limited
at first, and gradually increased to
such amount as is eaten up during the
day They thus early develop the hab-
1t OF eating, and the grain and milk
fed In addition to the milk OF the dam
gives such a start toward profitable
growing that they keep 1t up to the
end This makes 1t possible for me to
keep the SOW in good flesh and heart
without depriving the pigs OF needed
nourishment
1t Is a common thing to see SOW
with a family Of clamorous pigs, that
have not thrived to the extent they
would II the feed had been put in them,
grow 80 thin sucking her family that
she is verify yielding up her life to
the demands of motherhood, which Is
Of course a Enthusiastically motherly
thing to do and embodies very nice
sentiment, but it illustrates no evil
dence OF generous appreciation OF
the mothers abnegation by her owner
or feeder True, we are not raising
swine sentimentally, but we are try
ing to do 1t proftably, and may often
miss our profit by our stinginess.
The pigs stomach Is small and needs
filling often. For awhile after weaving
feed four times day and as the pigs
increase In size | feed three times a
day, all they will eat and no more.
From this time on the bill OF fare is
covered principally by corn and milk.
II the corn gets too dry and hard, I
soak 1t. feed 1t heavily ground, also.
| try to keep them growing and fat,
so II have good market have hogs
to meet It, By having them fat enough
for market at five or six months old,
If the market does not suit me and
have a speculative notion that pork
will be higher In a month or so, | can
keep them that much longer. and still
have them within the limit OF most
profitable feeding 1t may be need
less to add that the market does not
always do what think 1t will
Bearing this in mind, generally sell
when my pigs are ready.-W. f. Nc
Spartan, in Farm and Home.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-10
BREECH-1OADERS ARE OLD.
Bronze Cannon of That Make Were
In Use in Spain Some
Centuries Ago.

That there is very little new under
the sun has once more been proved at
Tobermory bay, Null, says a london
paper, where Capt. Burns, OF Glasgow,
has, with the permission of the duke OF
Argyll, been searching for the relics OF
the Admiral OF Florence, one of the YES
sells Of the Spanish Armada, known to
have been blown up in 1888 In that Tar
away water. With the aid of an old
chart the diver went down into IL faith
oms and came across a bronze breech-
loading cannon four and one-half feet
long, eight inches In diameter at the
breech and bearing the date 1863. The
divers also discovered pistol heavily
incrusted with lime, sword blade and
a kedge anchor.
Breech loading In artillery and small
arms is popularity supposed to be an in
vention Of the middle Of last century,
but such Is by no means the case In a
Dublin gunsmith's shop at Cork Hill Is
a breech-loading rifle, which was Of
fered to the British war Office at the
close Of the eighteenth century and re-
jected, a. 1t was considered to need too
much ammunition,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-10

DR.. Werner, Of Vienna, has lately
printed the results Of his observations
upon the special senses Of animals, espe-
cially upon the sense OF reptiles and
amphibians. He concludes that these
latter are capable Of going directly to-
ward water, which attracts them so
to say, even at long distances. Light
acts upon them, Independently OF heat
Their sight is generally good and
Is probably their most acute sense:
yet their vision Is very limited.
Crocodiles cannot distinguish man at
distances above ten times their length.
Fish see for only short distances, The
vision OF serpents is poor. The boa
constructor. for example, can zee nc
further than a third OF It's own length.
Some snakes see no further than one
eighth OF their length. Frogs are bet
ter endowed and see 20 times their
length. The hearing Of all these
animals Is even worse than their sight
Most reptiles are deaf, especially boa
constructors. Deaf as An adder" may
represent careful observation OF our
ancestors. Medical News.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-10
A MODERN PIG TROUGH.

trough and as wide as the fence Is high.
II tight partition has been placed In
front Of the pen. the battens b and d g can
be fastened on the back side instead Of
having the hinges attached to the
beam (k).
To feed the pigs, the perpendicular
sliding fastener (f) can be raised, the
door (a) pushed back beyond the rear
side of the trough 90. and then the door
(a) can be held in position by pushing
down the slide (O.
Instead OF having partitions In the
trough to prevent the hogs from stand
Ing lengthwise In the trough. 1t 10 moro
Clearly to put pieces Of plank on the
back side OF a. as shown at h. These
plank need be only three-fourths as wide
as the trough. and straps of iron placed
on their edges and also on the edges of
the trough will double their durability.
H. M. Drake, In Farm and Home.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-10
INCREASING SWARMS.
Experienced Beekeeper Tells why He
Prefers the Driving to the
shaking Method.

During the past ten years there has
been considerable written for the bee
journals in regard to obtaining increase
in the apiary by shaking bees from the
frames of strong colonies containing
brood. Some advise shaking all the
bees from the frames and removing the
swarm to a new stand In order that
some of the bees will return to the col
ony to care for the brood. There
are but very few bees that return to
the parent colony except those OF work
ing age.
Working bees that gather stores are
too old to nurse brood. II the bees are
all taken from colony containing much
larval brood and but little Matching
brood, some OF the brood will be apt TO
perish even II the honey Is left on
the old stand.
If sWarms are made by shaking bees
from the frames, only part OF the
frames should be shaken. The colony
can be removed and the new swarm
placed on the stand 1t occupied. Some
Of the working bees Will return 10 IL,
which will be needed, as the swarm
will be small if only part Of the frames
are shaken.
| prefer driven swarms to those shak-
en-, as they are more like natural
swarms. When a swarm Is driven,
enough young bees Will stay with the
brood to care for It. / have drummed
them until no more would leave the
combs and had the colony do well. II
the drumming Is thoroughly done, there
will be no bees old enough to carry
water A little should be sprinkled on
the frames, or If they are In box hives
1t can be poured In the holes arranged
for surplus twice day for day or
two.-J. A Dean, In Farm and Home.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-10
PROFIT IN CAPONIZING.
A Simple Operation and Some Reasons
why Ii Pays the Farmer to
Perform It,

The chief reason for capoDizing cock
erels is to get larger profit out OF them.
Good capons generally sell for higher
price per pound than other poultry
They also weigh more, and are marketed
at time when the flock is bringing lit
tie return. A flock OF capons are quiet.
DO not crow and are easily taken care Of
The best breeds TO caponize are the
medium sized varieties, such as Ply
mouth Rocks, Wyandots Rhode Island
Reds, etc The Asiatics do not give as
satisfactory results unless Kept until
they reach maturity, when they are so
large as to be beyond the reaCh Of private
families. II does not pay to caponiZe
smaller breeds for they do not produce
dressed fowls Of the highest quality. Ca
pons are usually marketed at from
six TO II months Of age, and the market
for them opens soon after the holidays,
The best time 10 caponize Is when the
cockerelB are three to four months old.
At this age the operation can be per-
formed with less danger than when the
birds are older and larger. A bright,
sunny day must be chosen for the OPP
GRAFTON and the birds must have been
lasted for at least "a hours previous. A
special set Of instruments are neCes-
sary for this purpose and the work re-
Quires skill and care. One may easily
acquire the skill by practiclng on a few
dead birds-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-10
MODEL GERMAN FARM.
House and Barns Are Lighted and
Heated by Electricity and
Ventilated by Fans.

At Quednau, eastern Prussia, is a
dairy farm managed by Prof. Back
haus 1t includes $50 acres and pro-
duces 1000 gallons Of milk daily The
Engineering Record is authority for
the statement that the buildings are all
lighted by incandescent lamps, and
the grounds. in places, by arc lights.
The current is supplied from a small
central station containing so horse
power engine, direct coupled to two
generators, and switchboard for the
control OF the various circuits, all
parts Of which are so simple and
plainly marked that any farm hand
can understand and operate 1t. In ad-
dition to the lighting, power is sup
piled for the pumping Of water and the
driving OF saws, feed cutting and
threshing machines, grist mill and
an electric churn in the dairy Besides
these stationary power appliances,
there are number Of electrically
driven agricultural machines for use in
the fields, including an automobile
pillow, all Of which are run by storage
batteries and may be charged at con-
venientiy located sub-statlons. To
round out the completeness of the
equipment, the barns are heated by
electricity and ventilated by motor
driven fans, and all parts Of the farm
have telephone REORGANIZATION.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-10
POULTRY PARAGRAPHS.

He who fears drudgery Will fall short
OF SUCCESS.
Poultry IL susceptible to kind treat
ment and good keeping as any kind of
stock.
Clean quarters and fresh water every
day will add to the comfort Of the hens
See TO 1t that they have both.
1t is the lazy fat hen that is an indif-
ferent layer. If such hens are com
PEELED to work for their feed they viii
soon be laying.
Some shippers 10 private customers
20 80 far as TO have a little paddock on
every crate Of eggs they send out, and
Slain It is a help IN holding customers.
Take good care OF the young poultry.
To lose chick by carelessuess is like
letting money be lost through neglectlng
hole In the pocket, and Just as useless.
II q man knows ducks and has a suit
able range for them with a pond Of clean
water containing aquatic animal and
vegetable life, ducks can be raised at 1T
tie cost
II the hens or young chicks are yard
Cd, DO not forget 10 provide them lib
eral supply Of green stuff every day. 1t
will save grain and help to make a
mixed ration.
Eggs are cash brlngers the year round
and II flock Of hens Is managed right
~ they can be made TO produce eggs
when few dozen Of them viii bring a
snug little sum.
Where but small amount Of room IS
available for keeping poultry, pen or
two OF bantams might be introduced with
profit very tiny house will accommo~
date the little irds.--Farmer Voice
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-10
The Pilot for job work
CHAMELEONS IN BATHING.
New Fad which Summer Girls Mt At.
lantic City Have Made
Much Of

Taking chameleons in to battle Is q
new fad which Atlantic City has devel-
oped says recent report.
Scores of girls have adopted It,
The scheme was worked by girl who
owned a chameleon that had grown lazy.
She tried various ways of arousing IL
from its stupor, and at last hit upon the
idea of taking it for romp In the surf.
She was rewarded with an instanta-
neous change In the little lizards de-
meanor. Just as soon as 1t heard the
roll of the first breaker its skin went
through whirl of color changes And
when she gave 1t a ducking 1t produced
new shade of pink verging into yell
low and green that she never knew it pos
sessed
Little time was lost In making known
the discovery to others through the re-
sort, and girls who had no chameleons
bought them right off to see the oceans
effect on them.
ooh, girls" cried one, as she held out
her chameleon Tor inspection, some wa
ter splashed into his eyes, and he looks
like box OF paint wonder IL the
dear things angry7"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-10
AN IDEAL CORN CRIB.
The style Here Described Has Bee In
Use for Twenty Years to Every
bOdy's Satisfaction.

A corn crib in construction for over
20 years has never had a rat, and but
one mouse In it to ones knowledge.
Posts ten or eleven feet long and eight
inches square; mortise two feet from
one end; for side and end stills, two
inch-mortise with tusk. Taper posts
from sill to the end by hewing off In
side until the end Is reduced to four
inches In diameter; make smooth with
drawknife and nail on tin smoothly,
halfway to the end. below the sill Let
the sill be eight inches square; also
endtie them and the rafter plates,
strong, with moderate inter-tles. Brace
well and lath up and down with three
quarter inch lath; dovotall or counter
sink joists crosswise. lay the floor and
boards; let each bent be IL feet long,
SIX feet wide at the sill and seven and
one-half feet at the plate. with 14-foot
floor and If full to peak. 1t will hold
$50 bushels. There was never an ear
to be found hurt on account OF the
great width. II preferred, lay the floor
with narrow boards, with room for
ventilation. Each post should stand
on stone, about three inches from tho
ground and each stone have a founda-
ton two feet square. and below the
frost to last long.-Ella M. Hess, In
Epitomlst.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-10
How Eggs Are Kent Ere.h.

In Germany eggs are kept fresh for
any length Of time by simply immersing
them In ten per cent. solution Of sill
cate OF soda, commonly called liquid
glass" This produces the formation Of a
coating which renders the eggs perfectly
alright The eggs SO treated retain their
fresh taste for many months The best
proof Of the efficacy OF this treatment
has been furnished by the fact that such
eggs, after having been kept for a whole
year, were Matched and the chickens were
strong and healthy. The preserving sou-
ton is best prepared by dlssolving one
pound OF liquid glass In four quarts OF
cold water The eggs are then immersed
in this solution, which should be kept In
glazed earthenware vessel and the eggs
are kept In the solution for short time.
II one Of these preserved eggs is to be
boiled, the shell must be first perforated
In order TO prevent cracking.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-10
lambs should &c Uocke6.

There are not a great many sheep
that come into the market with tails on,
though there are some. We are OF the
impression that the average farmer is
more careless regarding this than the
ranohman. The latter evidently has a
great number to attend TO and makes II
more O business to see to II in time
Lambs should be locked for cleanliness
II for no other reason. An yewes In
tended for breeding purposes should In
varIably be locked when they are still
sufficiently young not to be injured
Rural World.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-10
There IL Money in Hogs.

The hog has practically dethroned all
other products OF the farm the past two
years. A wagon load Of corn Is worth
SIS to $40; one OF wheat 1s worth pos
slbly twice that amount, bu. 1t does not
take q very big wagon load OF hogs to
be worth 800 The farmer who raised
his corn and hogs the past two years Ia
the man who has made the easy money.
and acquired the snug bank account.
Cattle have not kept pace with hogs,
and 1t has taken an exceptionally good
feeder this winter to make both ends
meet on a cattle deal. but many OF them
have more than played even on hogs
that followed the cattle.-Rural World
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-10
IMPROVE BY SELECTING.
Never Sell the Best Poultry, but X cop
the Good Layers to Better
Your Flock.

All over this country farms and farm
ers have grown poorer through the
method of selling off continually and
not bringing anything back to the land.
This same Is true to large extent with
all our live stock. poultry included. For
years the huckster has come along, and
each time he passes he selects the very
best of all your poultry to buy for mar
ket BY the time he has bought all you
have to sell, you will have left for your
own use the culls OF all you grow. This
continues TIL we hear you say: THE
huckster or commission man is too par
ticular to buy our stock" when the facts
are there is nothing left but weeds.
Under this way OF doing the farm
goes to weeds, all the stock goes TO
weeds, and the owner and his family
into rags. To avoid all this, never sell
the best OF anything unless there is
more OF II than you need. With fowls
be sure TO select all the best for your
own breeding and for egg producing, and
sell those you do not want. Never sell
the best, keep them to breed from The
best is none too good for this. BY thus
selecting, year after year, we shall soon
have a flock the poorest of which will
excel the best OF former years-The
Ipgtnpr
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Remarkable Machine.

The potato planter OF to-day would
make the farmer OF generation ago
sit up and rub his eyes. 1t requires that
the potatoes be supplied. but will do
all the rest on It's own initiative. II
picks the potato up and looks It over
or seems to-cuts It into halves, quar-
tiers or any desired number OF parts,
separates the eyes and removes the seed
ends. II plants whole potatoes or parts
thereof. as desired, as near together or
as far apart as the judgment OF the farm
er on the driving part suggests Hav-
ing dropped the seed It covers It. fertil-
ICES It, tucks II In like child put to
bed and PAGES OF the next row with
mathematical accuracy. - Philadelphia
Press
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-10

up rights are braced as shown at I.
The bit stock (c) is made by bending a
one-half or one inch round rod into shape
as shown. or may be purchased at hard
ware store A feed screw is shown at d,
which may screw into the wood, or a
nut may be attached to the front side Of
rear upright. A tool chuck go is screwed
to the end Of the bit stock. Loose blocks
Of wood are placed between the bit and
the front post (b) as needed. BY using
twist drills, either wood or iron may be
bored.-George T. Price. In Farm and
Home.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-10

Gravel ia valueless unless II Is sharp
AS soon as the fowl rounds off a sharp
substance IN tho gizzard, It is voided;
hence, hens prefer sharp shells to round
gravel. The reason they eat more shells
or more sharp grit OF any kind-when
they are laying is because more food is
then required, and consequently there is
better digestion II an egg has specks
or flakes Of lime on the shell II does not
Imply that II is due 10 feeding oyster
shells. as the same thing occurs when
no oyster-shells are given. II may also
be duo TO the food. As rule such hens
are fat Some kinds OF gravel are OF
limestone and Of exactly the same COM
position az oyster-ehsllA- ard
F.roaidG ---.--
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-10
Put on Your Thinking Can,

This ia q peculiar season; with
some It is . good time to buy stock :;
with others, perhaps unfortunate
some animals must be sacrificed for
lack Of feed. Weigh your conditions
with care. Remember that 1t is not
difficult to figure out prospective
profits, but that profits often fall
short of calculations. II is not safe
to spend money before 1t Is saved
Generally, when things are high, is q
poor time to buy. II on the other
hand you have feed, or animals to
breed. and the flock or herd can be
increased to advantage. by all means
buy.-Farm and Home.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-10
Australian Drouuhts,

Mr. H. G. Russell. director OF the OBJ
servatory at Sydney, New South Wales,
has published q memoir on the relation
OF the moons motion In declination to
the quantity Of rain In that colony, In
which the author concludes that the rain
Is clearly shown to come In abundance
when the moon Is In certain degrees OF
her motion south, but that when the
moon begins to 60 north droughty con-
ditions prevail for seven or even eight
yeara This phenomenon. which he has
found TO be repeated for three periods
Of 10 years each, leads him to conclude
that there must be z law connecting the
two phenomena. Christian at Work.