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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-07
Keen a Few Geese.

Geese are scavengeTs, like sheep.
They will thrive IN summer on any
rough pasturage accessible to water.
4 bog meadow covered with wild
grass just suits them. They viii foul
more food than they win eat if allow
cd 20 roam with stock in clean mead
ows They should not be permitted
10 have the freedom of the farm, II
kept in any considerable numbers We
g., not think large flock requires spe'
al facilities. while a small flock can
te trusted 10 take care OF themselves
for nine months in the year. Geese
are as much grazing animals as horses
or cattle. In summer they need very
little grain If they have grass or vege.
tables In " ints~ thny win enjoy life
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-07
LIE Kind to the Team.

The boy who has a penchant for
failing his team upon the least provo
cation. says an exchange, ought to
nave three or four acres of beans on
the barn floor for him to test his fail
ing qualities If he is not toe iIrge a
boy the father ought to take hand
In the failing business. But few
horses need much whipping. Most
horses get too much and a more pa
tient animal will be difficult to find.
Be kind to the team and be sure it
understands what you want to do be-
fore beginning hostf1ities.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-07


Keeps eggs in cool place until mar
keted.
No flock of poultry will ever pay I'M
less healthy and vigorous
The eggs of the hens grow smaller
as moulting season approaches.
The second year q hen is more profit
able than Mt any other time.
\ dry, graveiiy spot is absolutely
necessary to healthtul conditions.
A hen is in her best condition only
when she is seen industriously at
work.
4 lazy. idle hen will often lay soft
Shelled eggs or be in mischief of some
kind.
II keep hens for eggs alone is to
lose the4protit that may be made in
chickens.
Bait the rat trap with cheese rinds.
This viii catch them where nothing
else will.
The best bred fowls viii fail to be
profitable If neglected, aad will rapid
ly run down.
Turkeys are like chickens-if in a
good condition they are marketable a,
any time of the year.
Whri, anybody can raise chickens,
perhaps it - ucc everybody that cau
raise them probably.
You can make a handy oyg case by
taking the bottom Of tobacco box
+ for bottom Of crate and building w
as high as you want il. Every tive
and four inches in depth viii hold
three dozen eggs in flier-m0re with.
out.-Rural Home,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-07
Handy Can Cart.

\ necessary adjunct to cow stable
is Il convenient, easy mode of trans
ferring the milk cans from the stable
dairy to the wagon or milk staud The
cut shows cart thGt may be used to
advantage for eth one large can or
four small ones. rhe advantage Of
such carl is that it has wheels large
enough to run easily over uneven
ground and the body of the cart is
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-07
CART FOR CARRYING MILK

wide enough TO prevent upsettlng.
There is a similar cart manufactured,
but it may be made out of a discarded
axle and pair of light wheels that may
be picked up in almost any, community,
The bar a, shows tie axle bent down
ut right angles from the hub bearing.
\ bar the same size is welded on and
carried across TO the other side. This
drop axle forms cradle to support
the box or frame.-H. 5. EauleS i'll
Farm and Home.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-07

Asked his age in court of justice
Georgia darky replied;
We'll. sub ez oil ~ de big white
oak tree on Marse Toms plantation. p"
And how old may that beg inquired
a lawyer.
Well sub cf l makes no mistakes,
de white oak tree is de same age ez
de min dam, en- de mill dam amt a
dav Older dan de red barn, what come
nigh ter beiu' burned up Wen de stars
feled"'- Atlanta Constitution.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-07
RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
Stoesuard station.

leave st. p, Exp. Except Sunday 7:A q m
Going La Crosse Exp. lex Sunday 5;f2 D m
North Accommodation lex. sum- 5s12 D m
Leave Chi. & 81. Louis Exp.(ex SUM f2;sl . M
Going Dubuque Exp. tex. Sunday 7'02 p m
south Accommodation(ex. sunday &:04 D m
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-07
ne Soto station.

Leave St. p. Exc. except Sunday,s 7:os . m
GOING LIE Crosse Exp. ex. Sunday, 4 IA m
North Accommodation tex. Sun 1855 D Ia
Leave ion, & st. Louis Exp. (ex.Sun. 1909 D "a
Going I Dubuque Exp. Except SUM- 1880 D IN
South Accommodation Tex Sunday $50 q N
E%- For tickets, rates, msps, etc. apply to
Local agents at above stations.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-07
Victory Station.

Leave St. P Exp. except Sunday 7ile q m
Going La Crosse Exp. lex. sunday 4:50 D m
North Accommodation lex Sunday AIS . IA
Leave Chi. & St.Lonis Exp(ex. SUM- ~ IS m
Going3 Dubuque Exp. texcep5 SUM- 7;22 D IN
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-07
Cenoa Station.

Leave ST. p Exp except Sunday 7:7Q . IN
joing La Crosse Exp. lex. Sunday 5soi D m
North Accommodationtex. Sunday 4;D D N
Leave Chi. & st. Louis Exptsx. SUM- 12s47 d m
Ioing Dubuque EXP. except SUM- 7;I2 m
south observation-disclosures. Sunday $40 . m
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-07
Discourasiris

Hell don't hear you pfac4icing ON
the violin any more.
She-No, you see the heat injured it
SO that | can't use it.
He-The heat?
She-Yes, pa threw it into the fire the
other night. Philadelphia Press.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-07

I'm afraid you will not make pc
cuulary success of your profession,
said the physicians friend,
why me-
Yen tell people what's the matter
with them in ordinary language. You
can't scare man thoroughly unless
You give him Il little Latin and
Greek.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-07
STATE OF o. no, ,'TTl OF TOLEDO,
IfrrAa COUNTY, 90

LUCAS 0OuSiNs
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he Is the
senior partner of the firm of 4. j. CHENEY d
Co.. doing business in the City Of Toledo. County
and State afor esad. and that said firm will pay
the sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use Of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my pree-
ence, this 9th day of December, A. d. 1886.
49,
A. W. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Cararrh Cure is taken internally, and acts
directly on the blood and mucous SlTfaees Of tbs
system Send for testimonials, free. q
F. JssCAENEY q CO.. Tols 10. O.
~ Sold hv Druggists 7bc.
Halls Family Pill 4 nresthe host.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-07

the groove. until it projects beyond
the surface of the frame, and serves
as a guard when the cultivator comes
in contact with the bark of a tree or
vine The draft bar is pivOted on the
shaft of the rotary frame, and a
swinging weight arm serves to regu-
late the speed of rotation as the ma
chine is drawn over the ground.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-07

May the good man deliver us from
the precociouS child!
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-07

bette; and make better breeders in
the spring If their diet Is composed
principally of cut hay, corn-stalks, and
vegetables. For shelter a rough shed
with a good roof is all they require.
a Toulouse gander and Emblem geese
make good market combination
Denver Farm.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-01-07
WESTERN WIS x,ckAPoo LIsg.

Ii. p. PROCTOR, e. f. PACKARD,
President Cashier
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-03-26
lsusty Fodder Ikills calves.

A dispatch comes from Creston,
Ia, that Hazard Dunn, living short
ways west of there. has recently lost
10 head Of yearling calves from too
much feeding on dry and musty fod-
der. All the calves but one that were
taken sick died and reports come
from other parts Of that country
that there have been many more cat
tie dying there from the same
cause. The wet weather has been
such that much of the fodder this
season is unfit for feeding except in
small quantities, and then the closest
watch must be kept on.the cattle
fed. 1t now appears that the enor-
NOUS loss of cattle reported from
the east end of that county some
weeks ago is attributed to this same
cause.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-03-26
THE NEBRASKA COW.
she lsas iseipea Many Hitherto ssrse-
gliag Farmers to Make Aoaeet
Roetunes.

The Nebraska COW has joined the
winter wheat crop ~. . mortgage
litter.
According to the report of the
of the State sDairymen's
association. just published, the pro-
duction of butter in Nebraska last
year was one-third greater than in
the previous year. Two things have
caused this great increase, the hand
separator and the culture of alfalfa.
Both Of these are new in theawest.
The hand separator IL q mechani-
cal device that has permanently dis
placed the old and the new fashioned
churn alike and rendered butter
making function purely Of the
creamery, instead Of the farmers
wife. It was introduced into Ne
braska two years ago, and has com
pletely revolutionizcd the dairy in
dustry, not only doubling It in
volume, but increasing its money
MAKING mower s;.Ss-'- '''t'- --'>''s'e.,
Farmers no longer haul their milk
to the skimming stations of the big
creameries, but do the separating at
home and carry only the cream in
their cans. This leaves the skim to
be utilized at home. 1t is apoor
COW that doesn't pay in cream alone
each year for her original cost
Modest fortunes are being made IN
the older settled parts of the state
by the maintenance Of large herds
Of dairy COWS, whose milk is soid Al
the skimming stations. A herd OF q
cows, with the natural increase IN
calves and the sale Of milk and
cream, makes II possible for . 'farmel
to obtain yearly income from thi:
source alone as large as that o.
most country professional men.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-03-26

1 ID
within about 1h or two inches of
the bottom, and held In place by a
aange at top of same shape as the
mouth of milk can. This would per-
NIT of the lid or cap being placed
on the can, or cylinder. and prevent
the escape Of either milk OF water
formed from the ice.' AS soon as the
milk was aerated it was placed in
the can, the cylinder inserted, and
this cylinder filed with ice; or II
preferred the milk can be kept in
some cool place until ready for de-
livery and then put in can, the cylin-
der inserted, which being filled with
ice, soon cools all the milk surround
ing. / made test, when the Their
mometer was registering almost 100
degrees Outside and found the mill,
in the can to be at 40 degrees. ]
could deliver milk-requiring five
hours in the delvery-and the last
would be as good and sweet as the
first, and not a particle of butter
formed by the rocking Of the wagon.
The cylinder filed with ice when the
route was commenced would last for
the five hours in midsummer.
We would milk at a. m. and 3 D.
M, using the morning milk to cream
for the next morning delivery and
the afternoon milk for the morning
sweet milk. On Saturday we made
two deliveries. In the morning we
,,eaI5 %ha ~n,:1l, - %ho ,>~nv3o,,. a.
while in the evening we used the
milk as gathered that day. The only
difficulty : we found was that !. we
could not obtain sufficient cream
The can to. which I refer was an
idea Of my own and worked to per.
lection; never. saw. one used before
nor since. If anyone wishes to use II
they can do SO, as no patent is at.
tached to it.-Rural New Yorker.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-03-26
Calf Raising Made Easy.

The rapid introduction Of the
hand separator is the feature OF the
times in the dairy industry. 1t is
largely solving the question Of get
ting good skim milk for calf raising,
as well as having other important
advantages. Warm, sweet skim-milk,
separated within few minutes after
being drawn from the cow is in the
best possible condition for the cah,
and by observing the points men
toned in this bulletin, and as prac-
ticed by the most successful dairy.
men, little trouble will be had in
raising as good calves as are raised
in any way. The majority of those
producing cream or butter for sale
insist on some means of raising the
calf satisfactorily, and the hand sep
arator seems to fill the want better
than any other em.-Midland
Farmer, K
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-03-26
SUNDAY MILK PRoRIEM
a.yertor Of TIE can here Describea
yTAiaks That He Has solved
~. 1t Saeeesslully.

The greatest difficulty the milk.
IN has to contend with is temper
Atnre. He can handle milk well in
ljiillter, but cannot get such good re-
suits in summer. In the first place,
Nc must assume that every milkman
has an ice house, and that the milk
- placed in ice as soon as MIXED. be-
cause the germs producing sour
4aailk multiply rapidly at q tenn
perature above 20 degrees, while at
80 or lower they are held in sus-
pense. After much annoyance and
str0lble with sour milk 4 devised .
simple method for controlling it,
sshown in the cut. I had made q
cylinder of galvanized iron, same di-
g1nsions as the mouth Of the milk
ean, and running through the can to
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-03-26
ALL THE STARS ARE AGLow.
scientists Declare That Like the s.a
they Are Masses Of Bara.
ein9 Matter.

During the last 60 years searchers
Of the heavens have made the discov-
cry that the celestial bodies known to
us as stars are similarin many respects
to the sun, some considerably larger.
others smaller, but on the average not
much different in size and natufeifrom
the sun. They are-at least the Wis
ible stars are-great glowing globes
Of gaseous natter
As rule. these vast furnaces burn
steadily. :, Sometimes, however, the
fires seem to die down and then blaze
out again as of yore. Three hundred
such stars are known to astronomers,
says Chambers Journal; they are
called variable stars because Of tho
waxing and waning Of their light. Now
and again the seething fires prove too
strong for the bonds of attractive force
which hold the star together, and with
one mighty npheaval the vast globe is
shattered into fragments, blown into
atoms, veritably dissolved into thin
air." =
Thousands of years after this explo-
sion the record of the catastrophe
reaches the earth, and q solitary watch
err in the old barony of bennington,
in the year. Of grace 1901, sees new
star suddenly blazes out in the mid
night sky, to fade away only as its
predecessors had done, leaving, per-
chance, not q trace in the sky to tell
the spot where once q world existed.
Among the millions Of stars are to be
found bodies in all stages Of develop
ment. Some are glowing with an In
tensity of heat and light far beyond
our utmost conception; others are
slowly cooling down-already they are
dull red in color; some are cold and
dark and dead.
No telescope will ever perceive these
latter bodies and no camera will de.
tect them. We only know that they
are there by their influence over the
light and motion of bright stars. One
Of the most interesting sections Of the
new astronomy deals with these dead
dark stars and, although no eye has
seen them, or ever will see them, still
we are able to ascertain their size
weight and position just as if they
were in the zenith of their glory.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-03-26

Seathy ous weakening Enemy WomenMny Women
Suffer Needessly ss

medicine have ever taken. Iused it
faithfully for two weeks, and 1t COM
pletely cured me. / have not had any
pains since, anywhere, but feel like q
new woman. lam truly thankful for
what Peruna has done for me."-Bar-
bara Alberty.
Mrs. Kate Mann, 500 Bathurst street,
Toronto, Ont. Can., Vice PreslaeAt 81
pleased to give praise 70 Peruna for the
suffered for years with backache and drag
ging down pains and often had to 70 TO
bed and stay there when Twas % busy that
I could lily be spared. It was therefore a
brought to my notice. Every drop seemed
Ito give me new life. and every dose made
me feel much better, ands1 promised myself
that Il ! found that i, cured ne would ad-
vocate It 30 that other suffering women
should know Of it, have been In perfect
health for one year enjoy worksan
pleasure becausei n such fine health. an0 no
trouble seems too heavy to bear when you
are In good health Peruna has dnpiy
| be without It aEuin."-Mrs. Kate MA10.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-03-26
c.use Of Mottled Butter.

Mottled Bntter is sometimes
caused by the salt not being we'll
worked into the butter. What are
known as white specks may be due
to setting milk in shallow pans. the
cream drying on the top and becom-
ing hard. Another cause may be the
cream standing too long, curd being
formed in the milk, which becomes
mixed with the butter. This hap
pens mostly when the milk is in deep
pans, and straining is the best
methodof preventing the difficulty in
both cases.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-03-26
one Of Aliens stories.

Apropos of modesty in politics, Al
len told story one day Of an aspir-
ing citizen in Mississippi who used to
quote grandiloquently the familiar
saying: The Office should seek the
man, not the man the Office" A few
days later he was observed election
eering for himself in the o1d-fash-
toned style, with whisky, cigars, etc.
Being reminded of his recent lofty
utterances, he answered: II still
maintain my position. The Office
should seek the man; but, by CAD!
sab, the man should be around when
the office is looking for him."-Fran-
els E. Leupp, in Century.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-03-26
WANTED TO GO TO FRISCO.
An Incident Of Life In Alaska whe ;.
the California Metropolis
Was . Wonder.

"In the pioneer days of Alaska" said
Capt. j. S. Criter, an Alaskan pioneer,
'tSan Francisco was the first place the
natives ever heard of as associated with
untold wonders. The person who had
been to Frisco and back became the
greatest man alive in the Siwash esti-
nation. 1t was the ambition of every
Indian, particularly the young men, to
60 to Frisco" says the New York Sun.
Zone time two missionaries got into
q quarrel at Nualato, and one killed
the other. At that time people had to
be taken to San Francisco for trial,
and this missionary was arrested
promptly and sent down there. Among
the witnesses who were taken along
was q young Siwash Indian.
"When he came back he was, of
course, the lion of all the Indians in
that district. and he made their un-
sophisticated eyes bulge, and aroused
envy in every native breast by the tales
he told of &hat he had seen at Frisco.
One young indian became so enthu-
siastic- that after thinking the matter
over, he decided to go to Frisco him
self.
Me go to Frisco he took to de-
claring on every occasion.
''Notlong afterward this Indian way
laid and killed a white man near Cen
trail City. He made no secret of it, and
delegation of miners took him into
custody.
"'You kill white man p he was asked.
"'Oh, yes! Me kill white mani the
Indian replied, eagerly.
"'Why?' they asked him.
"'Oh, me kill white man; me 20 to
'Frisco!' he replied.
THAT was all. The missionary had
killed a man and they had taken him
to Frisco, SO this Indian had simply
killed his man SO they would take him
to Frisco. ~
''The miners concluded, though, that
to take the Indian to Frisco would es-
tablish rather: a dangerous precedent
in that country just then, SO they took
him out in a boat one night and dis
posed of him otherwise. No Indian
ever killed a man in Alaska again with
the object in view of getting a trip
to Frisco"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-03-26
TYPICAL CHINESE pLow.

quently among the interior villages
and spend much of their time making
new plows and repairing old ones.
In this way farmers who have any
old iron get it shaped into plow
points for small sum.
Referring to this primitive plow,
Mr.. Henry B. Miller, United States
consul at Niuchwang, says that he
considers China an excellent field for
American agricultural implements.
Any American pillow, however, which
is introduced, he says, "must be
cheap, as cheap as it is possible to
make it and SO cheap that it would
not be used in the United States.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-03-26
TIMELY DAIRY NOTES.

Keep the heier calves of the good
mixers.
Big pedigree often goes with small
performance.
The activity Of milk secretion de-
ponds largely upon the vigor Of blood
circulation.
Don't breed your COWS downward,
especially if you intend to raise your
own heifers.
After being oiled separators should
be filed with water to see that every
thing is in order.
Damp floors should be avoided in
the dairy, as dampness always tends
to the development and increase Of
organic germs.
One advantage with the separator
= that all animal matter, dirt and
impurities are removed from the milk
and will be found sticking to the
outer wall of the bowl.
The "world-record" cows are use
full sign boards on the dairy high
ways. They show in which direction
the possibilities and the probabilities
lie, and they give the average dairy
man a mark at which to aim.
Chicago is paying seven cents q
+ quart for milk. But the man who
supplies the land. cows and build
ings, supplies the feed, cares for and
milks the cows and delivers the milk
to the station gets less than half
Of this. There is something very
badly out of joint about this
Prairie Farmer.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-03-26
Tre.tment tor sore Feet.

From different causes cows some
times get sore feet, especially be-
tween. the claws. When this is the
case, pare of all fragments Of loose
horn, wash hoof carefully with cas-
tile soap and warm water and place
the foot in vessel so that it will be
covered as far up as the sore ex-
tends with solution of one pound
Of sulphate of zinc dissolved in one
gallon Of water. Use twice daily un-
til healed up.--Afidland Farmer.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-03-26
pLow USED IN CHINA.
Il /. a Prsnitiyes Inplenent ana Has
+ Probably Been In Use Asa.
Areds of Years.

China is decidedly behind the times
SO far as agricultural implements
are concerned, as shown in the kind
Of plow which is generally used in
that country. The only iron in this
pillow is q point, which turns down
to enter the earth.
Blacksmiths with wheelbarrows
loaded with tools and iron go fire.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-03-26
international Dishes.

Among the courses at an official din
ner at Berlin, in honor of the kaiser's
birthday, were ribs of beef with Vic
toria sauce" sweets labeled "Under
Venezuelan Palms" and "German-Eng-
lish siesta at La Guayra," and ices
called Caracas Bombs. London
News.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-03-26

Americans Taller Than Europ..n..
The average European is five feet
six and seven-tenths inches high; che
average American five feet seven and
eight-tenths. Their respective weights
are 1873 and 141 pounds.-N. Y. Sun.