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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15

and cheese right here in the South. It would keep much of the money spent for fertihzers right on the farms, where it is needed for other things. There is no doubt but that the dairy and creamery business In the South could be made to supply our home market at least with splendid butter. Thus a splendid home market would be oreated tor our crab grass. etc., whioh now goes to waste on onr faEms tn such large quantities.
 Graduates of this kind ot work are in demand. One Is now employed as fore man in a creamery where 5000 pounds of butter Is the daily output.
 Give us more such teaching in our agrf- cultural schools. and let us pay more att tentton to cattle raising and to dalrying and industry that has open before it such a broad field of usefulness and profit. l have always had a fondness and love for the dairy business, because pre- Sume was raised on milk and butter and. think 1t the best and most wholesome thing Tor the people in our mild and changeable sunny. Southern climate to eat.
 Clean and Pure.
 Cleanliness is next to godliness" is an old and trite saying that certainly ap- plies to the dairy, that it is useless to try to successfully handle milk and but ter without absolute cleanliness and pu- rity. The churn. the pans. the buckets, and every vessel used in the dairy must be pure and clean or else the milk and butter will taste of 1t without fail As said before,' was full of this idea of cleanliness and was on the lookout from the beginning. but can truly say that I found everything just as clean and as nice as attention and scrubbing could make it and could find no filth or dirt about anything connected with dairy de- pertinent. Even the boys and girls at work there wear immediately snow white aprons and they know that 1t is an unpardonable offense to allow any dirt or filth anywhere they work. Every one who goes about the dairy is attracted by It's cleanliness and for that reason the milk and butter and cheese are so attrac- tive and to make one want to eat and drink 1t at once. All the products of the dairy are used at the school but after awhile enough may be made to snare some for market and wherever 1t goes its high quality will insure for it the very highest market price.
 Will Be in Demand.
 The dairy business is steadily on the increase all over this Southern section and the boys and girls who are receiving .heir training here will be in demand. They are all so trained and so taught | that when they go out from the institu- | non that they will be fully equipped and | m every way competent to conduct and | carry on dairy along the lines of their | here. Here and there the l graduates of the school are engaged as | 'oremen or superintendents of dairies and |
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15

doors, but racks are made under shelter. These racks are kept filled with this hay, and to this the herd has access at all times.
 I undertook to count the dairy herd and came out with the following num- bers: Eighty-two cows giving milk 3S dry cows, 8 yearlings, 36 calves and five bulls lone Holstein, two Jerseys and two Ayrshires). The Jersey blood largely predominates throughout the herd. Each division of the herd showed great care and skill in their treatment. The calves and yearlings showed signs of developing into splendid high grade dairy cows. The bulls are all registered and are kept in splendid condition.
 The Food.
 I might say here that on my way to find the fresh cows my attention was called to the room where food is pre- pared for milk and butter production. Here was to be seen Tn operation fif- ten horse power engine, a large ensilage cutter and number of grinders and choppers of varied description. Here is taught the economy of feeds and the way to mix them for the very best results.
 In a very comfortable enclosure the S2 cows giving milk were found. These cows are groomed twice a day. The feeding is done so skiifully the feeder can tell what mixtures of feeds are best for the general health of the COW and for milk and butter production. So close tab is kept on the cows eating 1t is possible twenty-four hours after COW begins to fail to return as much or more than her cost, she to have 1t so shown, that COW then stands a chance of being deposed from the milking division.
 Students at Work.
 In and about the dairy barn the work is all done by those students who are aiming to work along this line when they leave school. Here seventy-fve men and seventeen women are taught dairy principles in this practical way. They are not raised above their work and taught that they are to have somebody else do the drudgery, but that they must excel by thoroughness of detail--making the most of everything they lay their hands to. They are taught in this way and also in the class room, cleaning and ventilating dairy, barns. grooming and bedding of cows, destruction of ticks, lice etc., breeding and feeding, treatment of cows when sick, value of cooked and uncooked foods, the climatic influence upon the dairy business and how to tell a good dairy COW when they see 1t.
 So great is the emphasis placed upon the practical side of the students knowledge of his work, each student is largely 1udg- ed a success or failure just so far as he is able to make a success of his work in the management of the herd.
 For intance, a student Is turned down hy the instructor much more quickly be- cause he fails to feed properly. than if
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15

and in coming here that was first and l foremost in my mind-are the vessels and
 everything kept neat and clean. On look
 ing around on the outside and inside of
 the COW barn l was impressed with the | cleanilness Of the place, and the manure
 usually found scattered about the grounds
 anu alley ways Of most COW barns is not
 to be found here but is promptly collect ed and carted to pits. There it is care 1ully stored to prevent teaching or fer
 mentation. After a very considerable
 amount is collected it is carted to the
 poorest spots on the farm lands where it
 serves for the better growth of a crop
 From the outside and inside of the COW
 barn many tons of manure are saved each month and at the usual market price
 Wnlch Is 2 per ton. the manure thus
 saved in one month would bring quite a
 nice sum. were it not found more profit
 able and in line with the rule here to
 utilize everything in helping and carrying
 on the great mission of the institution,
 men, too. this manure is made from the teedlng or crab grass hay. pea vine and potato vine hay. cotton seed meal and hulls With some bran. and thus you will see that the manure comes from the by- products of our Southern farms and es pecially, too. since they can get access to the canebrakes during the hard winter months and can he easily furnished with a green winter pasture of oats rye and wheat. found on inspection closely that | If there is any virtue in lime as a disln- fectant that 1t will be almost impossible | for harmful bacteria. microbes and the | like troublesome and usually numerous | insects that are the enemy of the dairy | business and so often retard and prevent | Its successful conduct. to live about this | COW barn. found also that other disin- fectants are also abundantly and bounti- fully used both inside and outside the barn, not that anything of the sort has ever existed here but to prevent the pres ence or all these bacteria etc.. all this is done as has been said not because bad germs are present but to make 1t so clean and the surroundings and the air so sweet and pure that there will be no room
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15

others are at work in them and they arc all giving the very greatest satfsfactiQu in their work. They carry with them into their everyday's work the thorough trains ing received here and the result Is that in every instance the products of the dairies where they are employed ma ready sale and attract attention eyer9s where they are seen. They not only uf& derstand the care and attention of tho COW, but they understand how to make and handle the milk and butter and know how to operate the machinery whether run by hand or steam poweE This is a great industry and the work being done here see a great possibility for this sec- ton which offers every inducement for the care of the stock and for the profif- able conduct of milk. butter and cheese making.
 The Pictures.
 The Illustrations acc,mpanying this ar ticle show the practical way In which the students are taught They learn how to prepare the vessels for milking and then how to milk and then how to care for the milk in going through the process of butter making All this Is exceed ingly interesting and one cannot help stopping as they go along to see how the work is done. Separating the milk is the most wonderful of all the work done in the dairy. It Is a great improvement on the old way of letting the milk stand long enough for the cream to settle on the top and then skim it on. It is not only a time saver but does its work much more effectively and makes the rich. yel- low, slightly colored, sweet favored butter that is always in such great demand and which brings the highest market price. The work of dairying is fast coming into favor in Alabama. and the boys and girla who are becoming proficient in the work of this department will be in great tA. mand in the near future to take charge of the many dairies and cattle raising bust. ness that are sure to be established all over this section of Alabama. particularly where nature has made everything so fa& vorable and placed the cane and hay id easy reach of the cattle and making fh1 cattle very small item in their keep and care The canebrake lands right here 1T, Macon County. and all over East Alabarnn invite the investor to go into the oatfis raising business and then the dairy buE iness will follow as a matter of course. l am surprised that all this natural aiff has not long ago been utilized and than right here in Macon County butter ana cheese enough is not made to make ahr "ho VIII engage in 1t rich and independE snt. But all this is mere speculation. fF $ tact that this institution Is paving tha way ana laying the foundation for mako hg the dalry business a leading and urofs laoie industry by equipplng large nurna 'er oL young men and women for thh "ork ana in that most inviting field of ndustry they are sure to find employs
 Continued on Page Fourteen.l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15
They Make rlilk and Butter ait Tuskepees

the best results--and each milking is made to show for itself
 l am led to the reflection that it well pays one who looks into the many phases of agriculture as taught here and in go- ing the rounds one is attracted to and will spend most of his time at the cow barn and creamery department, where everything is so interesting and instruc- tive that l was tempted to save 1t for separate article and to attractiveiy H. lustrate it's most salient and inviting fea- lures. It has always been my idea about the making of milk and butter that the first and main requisite was cleanliness
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15

butter. so far as I could judge, was per- feet. The one pound butter cakes were so beautiful and yellow ordered some to carry home. The cream cheese and the cheddar cheese were indeed very paiatable-
 A Home Dairy.
 Professor Booker Washington and his staff of teachers look upon this special phase of work as being worthy of em- phasizing. They believe and teach that a nice. well managed home dairy on a farm will be blessing to the home and to the land around that home. It would place their race fin better position to live and keep out of deibt. It would keep the money sent North and West for butter
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15

for the harmful germs which would other wise be only too plentiful. Milk will easi- ly take in such germs and are especially noticeable when the milk has a poor flavor or smell I think I am safe in saying that here pure wholesome milk is secured fit for the most delicate stomach.
 Barns and Herd.
 About the barns may be seen numerous stacks of crab grass hay. These come from the school farm and neighboring farms. About $50 tons were stored away last fall for winter feeding. This is not fed, however. on the ground and out
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15
By D. w. McIyer.

ruskegee, Feb. H.-(staff Correspond ence')-l told the readers of The Adver- User last week how they teach farming at the Tuskesee Industrial School by Iarming, and so it IS in every depart ment. They teach the student how to work at Tuskegee by making him do the Work-a practical, common sense. daily demonstration of what he is to do by not being told alone how to do it, but by 1oirg 1t The mind, the heart and the hand are all taught at one and the same time, and the student who goes ont from tLis institution has a thorough training
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15

he failed to tell in his class how to feed properly.
 Promptly at o'clock each morning Ire student appears at the cow barn with clean white overalls. with finger nails trimmed, a general neatness of person to begin milking the cighty-two cows, and under the direct supervision of their classroom teacher in dairying. they pro- ceed quietly. gently and yet rapidly with the grooming and milking until every cow has received careful attention. The same is repeated in the afternoon about the same tir,e. getting an average of 15O gallons each time. About the time the class of milkers begin their work at the dairy barn. another division reports for duty at the home and commercial dairy building, only thirty yards away Here the milk is received from the dairy barn clean, fresh and sweet, just as fast as miIked. It Is carefully weighed and re- corded The students are then set to work separating the cream from most of the milk by seep setting. by shallow set tirg. by churainG whole milk and by separating the fresh warm milk with the schine separator.
 Machines for carrying on all the pro- cesses for butter and cheese making may he found in the commercial and home dairy departments. In the commercial dairy depa ctment the students are taught | to handle the twelve-hOrs power engine, | the seventy -hve-g gallon revolving churn, | the separator, the large butter worker. | etc, all run by steam power. In this | room are found students learning to use | the Babcock tester, the milk aerator and cooler vat for regulating milk or cream temperature. etc. Tn the room equipped | as a home dairy may be constantly found classes of students learning the use of the hand power machines and the best methods of using the kind of milk ves- sels usually found in the home.
 The Test.
 I was given a chance to test in very practical way the milk, butter and cheese turned out of the two dairy departments. This 1 was very glad to do, because. in the first place. I was quite sure it was clean and in the second place it all looked so tempting to the eye. The flavor of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25

entire ithmus not a shot having been fired by them in the achievement of their independence.
 Such is the story, in it's various phases, as I have given it in this and the pre- ceding letters, of the recent revolution on the isthmus. That 1t brought into exist ence a new republic fs a matter of sec- ondary consideration to the isthmlans. who count only upon the fact that they have brought about a condition under which the ship canal is certain to be con- structed. For their political liberty they care nothing; for the canal they are will- ing to play in desperation, no matter how high the stakes may be fixed, and now that they have accomplished their pri- mary purpose and secured the establish ment of an American protectorate over the isthmus they are willing to abandon the isthmus to it's fate, serenely confident that the United States will preserve its integrity and independence and regulate whatever may, perchance, happen to go wrong.
 Among the isthmians themselves talk is already current of the coming of that day when the United States will, from self interest, be compelled to annex this cOun- try and create it into an American terri tory: and that prospect stretches away in the distance just as certainly as does the construction of tlse canal by American en- terprise, ingenuity and capital Measur- ing this prospect against all that has been done in the last few months, culminating in the revolution of the Sd of November, one must set down the Republic of Pan- anna as a contradiction of the most stu pendous character.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
Care of scran Irnn

Many thousands of dollars are saved to the railroad companies each year by de- tailing men to look after and care for their scrap. the pieces of iron and steel that fall off moving cars, that come from abandoned machinery or from broken pieces of equipment. says the New York Sun.
 Almost all of the big transportation companies in the United States maintain what they call scrap departments. Al two or three points on the road. generally where there are any construction or ex- tensive repair shops, this scrap is gath cred from all parts of the systemG
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
FIREMAN PARKER HURT.
Fell From Hose Wagon Going to
 Small Fire

At o'clock yesterday evening Pipeman j. T. Parker of Hose Company No. |. while going to a fire fell from a hose wagon on Court Square and was pam fully injured.
 The alarm was sent in from the resi- dence of Phares Coleman, H4 Clayton Street, where a blaze occurred in d room due to an accident. It was extinguished before any considerable damage was done.
 As the hose wagon of Company No. 1 swung into Court Square from North Court Street and the big horses were go- ing at full speed. Pipeman Parker was hurled to the pavement. His face was bruised and his right ankle was sprained
 He was quickly sent to fire headquar- ters on Madison Avenue and a surgeon was summoned. No bones were broken and he was resting easily last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
HxLP THE pooR.

During the blessed Yuletide week every heart beats in sympathy with the unfor- tunate and distressed. The Organized Charities Is endeavoring to bring '.Mer- " chFtstmas'' indeed to every cheerless home in the city. Help the cause. Money dcnations will be received during all of this week by MT. James Gallagher. No. ( Dexter Avenue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25

One of the duties of the track walkers and repair ganss is to pick up and throw in little heaps along the track ali bits of iron and steel that may be found along the right of way or that may be. left whenever any piece of work is completed. At irregular intervals a scrap train is sent over the road for the purpose of gathering up these odds and ends. They are taken to the gathering point and there carefully sorted.
 Some ingenious mechanics have devised machinery to separate and handle these scraps. After being run through a; sort of hopper that divides the small and the large from the other different sizes, men are put to work to pick out from the va r1ous heaps what may again be utilized. Bolts. nuts, bars.- couplings and the like, which may be used again, are laid aside. later to be turned again or worked over for further use. The refuse. amounting to thousands of pounds. Is shipped to some iron works that has a contract with the company for using all this waste iron and steel.
 This plan of systematically caring for the waste iron of railroads is of recent origin. It is one really of slow growth. Of course. pieces of iron and steel. waste material or the refuse of shops or .wrecks have been taken care of for years, but Js It has remained for modern management, which is directed eternally to discovering little new economies Of operation. to ur- earth this novel idea of saving money.
 The Pullman Car Company Is turning out ten new day coaches for the Louis vile and Nashville Railroad. These cars are seventy-five feet fin length and are full vestibuled. The woodwork is a close copy of mahogany and the uphoIstering is in red plush. Pintsch gas burners will furnish the illumination. The cars are as handsome as any day coaches owned by any Southern road.
 i-A ' .'.
 The Missouri. Kansas and Texas has formed a land bureau. the purpose of which will be to encourage northern farm CTS to settle in the southwest
 The New York Central Is now complet- ing a pension plan under which employees
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
ADJUSTMENTS. Montgomery Theatre Matinee Today 2:30
 And Tonight
Hovt's A Texas Steer.

Seats are now on sale for Hoyts "A Texas Steer," which comes to the Montgomery Theatre matinee today 2.3O and tonight It's a simple story and abounds with eccentric humor. clean Wit ticisms and side-splitting incidents that never fail to receive most hilarious well come from it's audiences. It is said to be capitally presented this season by we'll balanced company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
Bilious colic Prevented.

Take double doses of. Chamberlain S Cholera and Diarrhoea Re nedy as goCn as the first indication of the liseaso appears and a threatened attack may be wardcd off Hundreds of people who are subjt ct to attacks of bilious collie nse the remedy in this way with perfect succ sss. For slle by all druggists. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
selma Agents are Winners.

Sidney P. Karpe and Frank Love of this city have received a delectable Christmas present., an announcement that they had won first and second places in a contest among underwriters of life insurance. They were pitted against all the other agents of a large company and their victory is extremely creditable.
 Mr. Karpe has son first place and will have the honor of presenting to the man ager of the companys Southern district vouchers for all the business recently transacted for the company. and he will receive a gold medal, Mir. Love was second in the race and will receive a gold medal. Mir. K-9pe and Mir. Love ere among the most popular young men
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
HEFLIN GETS A PIPE.
Holiday Remembrance from the Sel-
 ma Elks.

Hon. J. Thomas Hefiin, Secretary of State, is the recipient of a costly silver mounted meerschaum pipe from the Selma Lodge of Elks with the Lodges compli- ments and best wishes for the season.
 The handsome present is suitably in- scribed, bearing testimony to the friend ship and esteem of the Elks.
 Mir. Hefin lectured in Selma Wednes- day night for the benefit of the local Lodge of Elks large crowd heard him. He declined to take any part of the pro- ceeds from the lecture.
 In appreciation of his generosity the Lodge presented him with the pipe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25

Oklahoma led all the other States and territories in the number of miles built with Louisiana second, and Indian Terri tory third
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
ueve vou started to read

Have you started to read La z---a." the serial story now run ming in The Weekly AdvertiserP It's good one. Back numbers, containing first chapters, will be mailed on application. Subscrip- ltion rates to The Weekly Advertiser S1.OO a year, 50 cents, six months; 25 cents, three months.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25

OuEISt-Hda 4ISe aL EA1fIauu. The Fairland Chapel. in the Estelle Cotton Mill settlement will be tonight the scene of the usual festive occasion marking the Christmas season. The Christmas tree for the employees of the mill and for their children will be set in the chapel early this evening"
 Just before the presents are distrib- uted an interesting double marriage will take place. W. H. Cawthon and Miss Lily Cain are the one couple, and Amos White and Miss Minnie Lowry are the second. Rev. J. B. Nelson will perform the ceremonies.