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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-05-14
IMPROVE THE HERD.
Come Hints for Dairymcn which, III
Followed, VIII Lead to Fortune
and Reputation.

Eyery cows milk should be weighed
right and morning and a record kept
of the same. Get a spring balance
that weighs 30 pounds; set back the
dial the weight of the milk pail; make
blackboard at the barn ruled to ac-
commodate weeks milk record. The
mixer then has only to hang his milk
pail on the scales and record the re-
suit on the board-not two seconds
of extra work. Each week remove
the record to your dairy account book.
You will be surprised how the cows
will vary from your estimate of them.
AT the end of the year many a cow that
required two pals to hold her milk
when flush will be found behind her
more modest sister who kept ever
lastingly at it. Now you can begin
to Gull.
Discard every cow that goes dry on
her own notion. While every COW
should be dry six or eight weeks pre-
vious to calving, she should be forced
dry; she ought to be giving at least
10 pounds per day when you start in
to dry her up. Discard the cow with
short teats; she takes too much time
to milk; likewise the cow with a dainty
appetite. The profitable dairy COW
should eat everything in sight Every
year select the two most promising
hetfers to bring up to take the place
of the two poorest COWS. Sires may
be bred to their own daughters, but
not to their granddaughters. A
change of sire is necessary at this
time. Get the very best you can buy.
Remember he is half the herd, snd
if he is only common your herd will
go backward instead of forward
Never breed to anything but a thor
oughbred sire and, above all, dent
cross BREED. W. Helme, in Farm and
Home.
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days later, she was unaware of the
small figure which followed her like
a shadow. If she had turned and no.
ticed Mays afternoon outing would
have come to sudden termination
or else continued under proper sur
veillance.
However, she did not turn, and so
it was that Mag finally arrived at the
square and looked around her to see
how the land lay. There were many
prettily dressed children romping over
the grass, all of them happy and rich
Oh, yes! rich, of course; but for some
minutes it seemed that Mag was
doomed to disappointment.
Now, Miss Madge-"
All, that was the name! Mag wheeled
around and saw beautiful little girl
who was walking with her nurse, but,
surely, there must be some mistake.
Madge the Lady had hair just like
that, but she wore red coat, and this
Madge had a black coat. 1t must be
that Madge the Lady had two coats.
She had heard once of a girl who was
was said to have two coats, but one
of them was for Sunday wear.
Here was parsonage who wore two
different coats, both of them on week
days, and might even have still an
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-05-14
LONGER DAYS.

Nature surely knows her business
When she makes the days sit long,
In the good old summer season,
When the airs so full O. song,
That it simply seems a-drippin
Down around YOU where YOU stand,
An the springtime-b Iossomed branches
Are a-wavin' Ger the land.
An the springtime's rains have softened
Up the old earth's brittle crust,
Till the flowers that last autumn
Saw all crumpled in the dust
Are awakin' an revivin'.
Bet I'm tickled don't YOU know.
That the days get so much longer
When the poses start TO grow
Lord. but long days make me sassy!
You can bet if | could sing
I I'D perk my head a minute,
Then Ia give a flop and swing
On the bendin topmost blossom
OF the peach tree over there;
An I'd simply melt in music
Till my voice 'ud paint the air!
Bet I would! I'd roll an anthem
Like a mantle soft and sweet
That 'ud warm the soul within YOU
Till YOU couldn't hold your feet!
An you'd step off 10 the music
Where the springtime'S buds unfold.
An I'd paint the air around you
Green an heliotrope an goldi
j NJ Lewis, in Houston Post
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-05-14
New Use for Skim-Mflk.

There has been process patented
in Germany for making meat extract"
from skim milk There are now num-
Der Of products on the market which
utilize in various forms the easein of
milk. The value of skim milk as human
food has long been overlooked. The
butter fat has been given a fictitious
value as compared with the protein
content represented in the casein or
cheese element. As a fattener, skim
milk is not so valuable as whole milk,
but as a source of growth and repair,
to make muscle, blood, brain and
nerves, skim milk is without a peer,
while butter is represented by0
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-05-14
TWO KNIGHTS.

Sir Knight of the Frown came stalking
down
The beautiful streets of childhood's town.
Ills shield was rusty, his sword was dim,
AND the playmates fed from the face of
him.
Into the happy home he went,
And the nurse uplifted a loud lament
And the mother Sighed and the baby cried
And the fun and the frolic made haste to
hide,
For there's never laugh in childh ood's
town
Under the glance of Sir knight of the
Frown.
But swift at need, with the suns own
speed,
Comes splendid knight on strong white
steed,
Riding in triumph grandly down
Through the beautiful streets of child
hoods town.
Sir knight of the Smile has winsome face,
And he scatters flowers in every place.
The playmates rally and shout and sing,
And crowd around him, and make him king
The games go on, and the babies crow,
For they've seen the last of the angry foe.
The nurse and the mother clasp their
hands,
The door of the house wide open stands,
And in and out the comrades chase,
There's so much fun in the dwelling-place
Where all day long, as sweet as a song,
Good thoughts and gentle greetings
throng.
And peace and gladness reign the while,
Under the glance of Sir knight OF the
Margaret E. Sangster, in Youths Tom-
panion
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them, that they retain the position we
put them in, the Jumps adhering to
each other so that we do not have to
hold them in place.
Let US wait for few moments now,
and we shall see the scorpion begin to
move about in the water, waving it's
claws and wagging its tail, just as if it
had life.
So far, we have attempted merely to
amuse ourselves, but the experiment
has its scientific value, and therefore
we may get a little information
from it.
We notice, first, that the scorpion
floats about on the water, but is al
most under the surface; that is to say,
it barely floats and looks as if it were
just about to sink. Why does it not
float right on the surface, like piece
of wood, since it floats at all? Because
its specific gravity is only fraction
less than that of water, and just a
little more density would make it sink
We notice, also, that the campho
does not dissolve in the water. If we
had used alcohol, however, it would
have sunk and dissolved, both. For
the specific gravity of camphor is
greater than that of alcohol and alco-
hol has the power of dissolving cam
phor.
Another thing we notice, as already
mentioned, is that the camphor par
ticles cling to each other; that is due
to what the scientists call cohesion.
But the strangest part of our little
experiment is the moving about of the
scorpion on the water. Camphor al
ways moves about in that way when
you put it into water. Some persons
say that this is due to the elasticity of
the vapor that camphor gives off and
others say that it is due to superficial
tension, a mysterious force that is
found in the surface of liquids. We
shall not attempt to decide that ques-
ton; we only know that we see the
scorpion swim and that we have made
very interesting experiment.
Brooklyn Eagle.
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the exsiccator, as this machine is
called, skimmilIt is transformed into
highly soluble powder which dis
solves at a temperature of 108 to 126
degrees in a proper quantity of wa
ter and gives a solution, with the
same taste, smell and other qualities
as the original milk. The -four or
powder can be easily transported and
sill keep a long time. So successful
has this machine been that ten others
are being built Cor commercial use in
different dairies. The cost of such
machine which evaporates about 500
gallons of skimmilk in ten hours is in
the neighborhood of 81, 20O.-American
Agriculturist.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-05-14
Plant Louise Destruction.

Lice may be killed on plants by
sleeping one pound of tobacco SEEMS
in five gallons of water, sleeping until
the water gets to be color of strong
tea. Strain and then apply the liquid
over and under the leaves by means of
a small syringe. This application will
be found as effective as fumigating.
1t should be applied before the insects
are seen, rather to prevent their com
ing than to destroy them; if allowed
to get a foothoId, it is often a hard
struggle to dislodge them. Plants may
also be syringed with clear water,
and then sprinkled lightly, all over,
with the fine tobacco dust purchased
from any tobacco store. at very small
cost. This will effectually prevent any
injury from lice. also. if made in time.
H. d. Morse in Farm and Home.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-05-14
The Cow in Her Prime

Many dairymen and others who milk
COWS for profit believe that when a
cow reaches the age Of seven or eight
years her useful years are over, and
she should be replaced by one younger.
Other things being equal, this is a
mistake, according to Dairy and
Creamery. A cow that has been we'll
cared for, with generous rations and
proper attention, is better and will
make more profitable return at eight
years than at any earlier age. She is
then in her prime, and will not be con-
sidered an old COW until IA or Is years
have passed. Cows with first calves
at two or three years-are generally
Improbable in their milk yield, and
one really good COW between seven and
eight years old will pay better rev.
enue than two that are performing
their first years duties in the dairy
herd. Moreover. she will probably con-
sumo but little more.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-05-14
PARTIAL SCILING PAYS.
How to Carry the Dairy Hero
Through the summer Drought
in Tiptop Condition.

Farmers generally and dairy men in
particular do not seem to realize the
Importance OF supplying proper feed
during midsummer when the pastures
are almost invariably short. This
shortage comes at critical time for
dairymen, as it is when the weather
is hot and the flies excessively trou-
blesome. The result is a shrinkage
in flow of milk, and it is practically
impossible to restore the original flow
during that period of lactation. This
Is the season of the year when the
question of partial soiling should be
considered in connection with plans
for the summers work. A pasture will
carry much more stock during spring,
early summer and. fall than it will
in the dry weather of midsummer.
BY helping it out during this season
with partial soiling, the stock not only
have better feed but more stock can
be carried on a given area than by
pasturing alone Feed may be sup
piled in two ways, either by growing
some crop that can be pastured off
by turning on the COWS a short time
each day or by cutting the crop and
hauling to the cows. The former
method is the more economical of la
Dor, but there is greater waste of
feed and it requires either imali
held or some temporary fencing Al
falfa makes an excellent crop for par
tial soiling. especially for dairy cows.
I he pIt .ho,, 1,npGnd .
summer and by the time the piece
IS cut over once the portion cut first
Will have grown up so that it can be
cut again. In this way continuous
feed can be supplied at all times from
the same land with the same kind Of
crop and without different seeding or
cultivation. Another advantage all
falfa has is that whatever is not need
ed for soiling may be made into eX-
cellent hay and utilized in this way.
| would strongly advise dairy farm
ers to try an acre or two of alfalfa, as
the results gotten by DR.. Hopkins, and
published in bulletin T6 of this station,
indicate that if properly managed al
falfa will yield eight tons of hay to
VIC dCAS OH InOSt IlllHOlS SOIlS. IL
pastures are short and no allowance
has been made for green feed, corn
should be cut from the regular crop
if it is near the roasting ear stage, as
it will bring the best returns. Never
under any consideration allow the
stock to 60 hungry and suffer the
losses incident to shortened feed at
he I, Il, r
most trying season to live stock.-W.
J. Fraser. University of Illinois, in
Farmers Review.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-05-14
A CAMPHoR SCORPION.
An Experiment in Tension Which Is
Highly Amusing and of Scien-
tific Value.

The boy or girl who is fond of max
ing experiments in simple science may
find amusement and instruction in a
basin of water and few Jumps of
camphor of different sizes.
Let us show you how. Somewhere
in the house, perhaps. we can find some
gum camphor; orif there is none there,
we can get some at trifing expense
from the druggist.
Now, with our basin of water ready,
let us throw into it handful of the
camphor, first breaking it up, if neces-
sary, into Jumps of various sizes, even
as small, some of them, as grains.
The camphor will float on the water
and if we use small stick we can cas-
lily arrange the Jumps in the form of a
scorpion We find, as we arrange
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-05-14
INFANTS DEVIL WAGON.
Columbus, Ind, Comes Forward will
the Youngest "CHauffeur" in
the World.

1t is Columbus, Bartholomew coun-
ty, Ind, that boasts of the smallest
automobile and the smallest chauffeur
in the world. For a time it was
thought Master Carter, ten years old,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Carter, Greys, Es-
sex, England, was the youngest auto
mobilist in the country, but then Mas
ter E. Bond, aged six years, of Bishop
ton, Bristol, bobbed up with a min
iature auto. America has even still
younger motoring prodigy in the son
of Dore Ogden, manager of the West
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MAD G E
THE M AG
BY w. CALVER MOORE
Copyright. 1905, by Daily story Pub. Coz

hsNTY, AMT she regular swell!
WI Look at them clothes"
Shut up, you! Don't you know how
to behave?"
When Mrs. Davis reached her little
house in the narrow side street and
spread out for preliminary inspection
the clothes she had taken to wash,
the daughter stood absently gazing out
of the window.
what are you moonin' like that
for?''
Il amt moonin'; Pm thinkin'."
well what are you thinkin about?''
"Her."
Her? Who's here"
''The girl we saw in the square"
''You better think about these
clothes. She amt none of your kind"
Il wish she was; leastwise / wish
j was her kind and had such clothes"
''Shut up"
Cant think about her if l want ~
"AIag Davis, you get at these here
clothes"
Mag" worked for a few minutes
in silence, but TO refrain long from
speech was not consistent with her
habit.
Say, nom, who is she, anyhow"
How do / know who she is?"
You been gettin' wash from around
there for a year. is she the presi-
dents daughter"
''No. She amt the presidents daugh-
ter. She's Madge Kendall, that's who
she is, and her fathers a millionaire"
''Madge, Madge-I wish my name
was Madge."
$50 it is; only she's lady and you
amt. She's Madge the Lady" Then,
as if in explanations: I'VE always
called you Mag cause it comes
handler"
she's Madge the Lady, and I'm
Say, what am /, Mom?"
You amt nothin' but a lazy, good
fOr-nothin' ="
81 guess I'm Madge the Mag, that's
what | am. She's Madge the Lady and
I'm just Madge the Mag"
When Mrs Davis started out to de-
liver the snowy bundle of clothes, two
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ern Union telegraph office, at Column
bus, Ind. Hubert Ogden, who is only
three years and four months old, is
shown in his tiny car in the accom-
panying illustration.
The vehicle has a live rear axle,
carrying the differential gear, with a
band brake upon it. The power Is
supplied by a one and quarter horse
power petrol motor" which is car
ried in front. The body is So inches
long and 16 inches wide, and is car
ried on 20-inch wheels. The speed Is
controlled by a forward pressure on
the lever shown at the left, which
operates a friction drive, giving a
variation in speed of from one to
seven miles per hour. The brake
is operated by the foot, and the
steering is controlled by tiller.
The little chauffeur handles the lever
very skillfully, although his father
always accompanies him on a BIZ
cycle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-05-14
Grading Tn the Dairy Herd.

True dairy expansion involves the
grading up of herd not only by Sc
lection, but also by breeding. There
is no question among intelligent stock
breeders but that animals which have
been bred and selected for years. and
even centuries, along dairy lines are
much better adapted to the economical
production of dairy products than
cows of no particular breeding With
all the feed and care that could be
given herd of common COWS has av-
eraged only 27O pounds of butter per
annum. Herds of pure-blood and high
grade dairy animals are averaging as
high as $50 to 400 pounds of butt r..
1t is possible by securing well-bred
males and by selection to grade up
a herd of common cows to excellent
producers in comparatively short
time.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-05-14
SWEET PEA TRELLIS.
Vines Never Burn on This During
Heated Term They Are Sure to
Do on a Wire One.

The diagram shows the construction
of the best and cheapest trellis we have
ever used for sweet peas. The posts
are of two by four inch stuff, each
eight feet long, set two feet in the
ground, and 16 feet apart. Narrow
boards, one by two inches, are nailed
to the top and bottom of the posts
after setting. Small wire nails are
driven part way in six inches apart the
entire length of the boards. The work
is easier done if the nails are driven
in before mailing the boards to the
posts. Let the nails in the top strip
slant upward, and those in the bot
tom one slant downward. to prevent
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the slipping of the netting from the
nails. Nail the top strip on first, meas
ure down on the post, driving in nails
every six inches, and then nail on the
bottom strip. Have a ball of garden
er's punching Irvine (cost five cents),
tie the end of the Irvine to the rail at
the left upper corner, cross diagonally
to B, wind the Irvine once around the
nail and 60 to c, then to d, etc. Draw
the Irvine snug, and always wind once
around each nail. Fill the entire
frame. ending at E. Tie the Irvine very
securely and break off. This is the
warp.
For the filling, tie the end of the
Irvine to the nail marked f, cross to
G., then to III, then to |, etc. Weave the
filing into the warp by passing the
ball alternately over and under the
threads of the warp. Peas do better
on a trellis of this kind than on brush
or wire netting. We have no difficulty
in coaxing them to climb to the top or
beyond. The vines never burn on this
trellis as they will on a wire one dur
ing the heated term. When the frost
puts them out of business, cut the
strings loose at the four corners of the
frame, pull the vines, and the entire
mass of vines and Irvine can be slipped
off the frame in two minutes and car
ried away to be burned on the rub
bish heap. Anyone who has tried to
clear the old vines from wire netting
will appreciate this easier way of dis
posing of them.-Rural New Yorker.
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SWEDISH INVENTION.
Unique Process of Making Milk Flour
Perfected by We1l-knOwn
Dairy Authority.

A machine for evaporating milk and
making a milk powder from skim
milk has been invented by DR.. Mar
tin Ekenberg, of Sweden, and has
been operated in a factory there the
past winter. A cut of the machine is
shown herewith. A recent consular
report says that by the assistance Of
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laundering the Baby,s Cloth es.

Many mothers are ignorant of the serious
injury that may result from washing the
clothing of an infant with strong washing
powders and impure soap. For this rea-
son it should be laundered at home under
the mothers directions and only Ivory Soap
used. To throw the little garments into
the ordinary wash shows great carelessness.
ELEANOR r. PARKER.
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NATIVE QUARTER OF COLON.
Many NatiOnaIitieS Swarm on the
Tiny Island and All Seem
to BE Happy.

The portion of Colon known as the
native" quarters is most interesting
TO travellers from the land of Uncle
Sam. says the Detroit Free Press.
Such a Heterogeneous collection of
nationalities as swarm there would
be hard to duplicate. 1t is estimated
that fully $4,000 people remain on the
tiny island, and large portion of them
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strinring n Bead Chain.

Bead chains are so popular these
days that bright suggestion for keep
ing them will be welcomed by
many. String them on the finest fiddle
strings, instead of silk thread, and
they will stand an unusual amount of
wear and tear before breaking.
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Among the prizes given to the boys
attending a voluntary school in u
Mid Glamorgan village recently was
one consisting of a box of soap.
piece of flannel and a towel
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g@E of hole in June There were three
ii of them their fed them
~ learned the easily
try coming In
After had got
the dog Kill
remaining the cellar in October de at once
his hay and old papers
him Until the
of he he took
lost
to the pantry and was
could nearly quart OF string
and August 1T seemed
fill him He getting his winters supply suppose
to
1t seldom
eating for
Globes make his
IN and