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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-05-15
THE RANCH.

attainment, for making a name and place
in the world for actually bringing things to
pass. You have but one life to live, and but
one chance to do things, and it is of the ut
most Importance that you wake up to the
possibilities of your life. If you make
mistake, you can not go back and try it
over You will have to do the best to cor
rect your mistake and go ahead The mis-
take of being asleep when you ought to
be awake is the most fatal mistake that you
can possibly make. To be thoroughly
walked up means more than frst-class col
lege education, for if you are thoroughly
aroused you will get the education if you
want it if you are not, the education will
do you no possible good. You will simply
be slumberer on the ground. The main
good that the teacher does the boy is not
to pump his head full of knowledge, but to
wake him up, inspire him, to make him feel
that he is somebody, that he has latent
powers of which he himself has no concep-
tion and that he can be an active force in
this great world into which he has been
ushered.
The world takes small interest in the boy
that is not walked up, that does not believe
in himself, and that can not do something
which the world wants done. Thousands
of boys who leave the farm, thinking it is
a dry old place, and come to town, get
kicked around just like old shoes. Unless
they are wide awake, have capacity for
hard work, and the capacity to direct that
work. they must be "hewers of wood and
drawers of water and the older the world
gets and the more organized its activities,
the greater the demand will be for men
who can actually do something, and the
less regard it will have for men who have
no ambition, who must be hitched up and
unhitched like the horses on the farm, and
guided and directed by some superior mind.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-05-15
WANTED-A SCHOOL OF INSTRUC-
TON IN THE SCIENCE OF CON-
DENSED MILK MANUFAC-
TIRE
TURE.

business the time is ripe for some one of
our Western agricultural colleges to create
a division for instruction in the science of
manufacture of condensed milk, evaporated
cream, etc.
At present the knowledge of these proc
esses is in the hands of a few private con-
Germs, who are making fortunes from the
dairymen's product. They surround their
establishments with barriers and exert every
effort to suppress the special knowledge re-
lating to the preparation Of canned milk.
This is not the day when such special in
formation can be retained in the hands of a
select few for their Individual gain. The
process of condensed milk manufacture is
an art requiring skilled people, but it is not
so intricate that the average individual with
ordinary receptive faculties cannot master it.
The Ranch submits that it would be en-
tirely within the province of state agrl-
cultural college to inaugurate such branch
in it's dairy school. We believe the agricul-
tural college of the State of Washington
would exercise great foresight by SO doing.
The condensed milk business has a great
INDEPENDENTLY on the Pacific Coast,
where our Alaska and foreign trade, now
Just in its infancy, will make profitable
market for all we can produce
Once such school begins to turn out
trained men capable of producing frstclass
condensed milk, the power of the companies
in whose hands the business now is, will
cease. 1t will then be possible for commu-
mites of dairymen to have their own fac
tories and share the profits among them
selves which now go to the private compa-
MES
To say that such community cOndenserles
could not be made success because OF the
difficulty of getting the product on the mar
ket is, to use slang term, "all bosh.' Any
brand of condensed milk of good quality, at
tractively put up, will sell as readily as sta
pie fruits, vegetables or fish. Condensed
milk factories have been started by private
capital all along this coast, and from the
very first day they have had no trouble in
disposing of every can they manufacture
and in addition these concerns, to our posi-
tive knowledge, have standing orders ahead
for all they turn out-a remarkable condi-
ton that we do not believe exists to such
a degree in any other line of manufacturing.
The opinions above have been brought out
by an extended observation Of the condensed
milk industry by the editor all along the
Pacific Coast He firmly believes that the
establishment of such a school by one of our
Coast state agricultural colleges would
mark a new era of advancement for our
dairymen. We believe that they are en-
titled to the whole profit, less the actual cost
of manufacture of the milk into the con-
densed product and the marketing thereof.
That is exactly what such a school would
achieve.
What say you, reader? Do you agree
with us?
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-05-15
Wake Up, Young Men.
By Henry Wallace.

BY T1enTy WdIIdCt.
Young men, you are coming on to the
stage of action in the most favored period
that has occurred since Cain and Abel were
babies. There is more chance for actual
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-05-15

The world never before offered such oppor-
tunities for men who are bright, wide awake
and can direct the labor of others and who
have the capacity to do things.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-05-15

The United States consul at Min Chang,
Manchuria, China, has found that owing to
the deep red color of the Ben Davis apple
and its superior shipping quality there is
likely to be brisk demand for it. AS to
quality it fully meets the popular demand.
The apple growers on the Pacific Coast will
no doubt plant this variety largely. The
Ben Davis is ''Dago" apple-sells well on
the street, and puts money in the strenuous
apple growers pockets.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-05-15
Regarding Squatters' Homesteads.

A subscriber of The Ranch sends us the
following query: eff a party homesteads
on unsurveyed land and dies before the land
is surveyed, can his heirs hold the claim,
provided the deceased has lived upon it
as required by the laws governing home
steads?" The question was submitted to
the register of the United States land office
for this district The register replies: If
a party settles on unsurveyed land and
dies before the survey, his heirs have no
rights and cannot make the entry as the
heir or heirs, of the deceased squatter. Any
one of the heirs that may have been living
there with him may make the entry indivd-
ually, in his or her own name, for his or her
own benefit and not for the benefit of any
of the other heirs. The first actual settler
on unsurveyed land has the prior right to
the land providing he makes his filing with
in ninety days of the filing of the plat"
We believe this fully covers the question
propounded by Our subscriber. For the full
land laws of the country, apply to the COM
missioner of the general land office at
Washington, D. c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-02

places heavy two-wheeled wooden blows are used In western Russia. Poland and about Odessa there are many iron piows but nowhere do I see our American im- plements. There should be an enormous market for cultivators and sulky blows Of our make. but so far the Germans have captured the business.
 Other tools are even worse. Many of the harrows have wooden teeth, and the old spiked tooth iron harrow is rare Most of the grain is sowed broadcast by hand, and 1t is only along the Volga and in the far south that you will find American drills.
 Chances for Our Threshers.
 There should be a big sale of American threshers. Russia Is one of the great grain producers of the world In Europe alone 1t has a yearly crop of about two billion bushels-chiefy rye, oats, wheat and corn The biggest item Is rye. which forms the bread of the people. The average yield of this is 7S5 million bushels, and a large part or 1t is exported to Germany, to make 1 rye bread for the soldiers In wheat Rus sla ranks next to us in the markets of Europe. It produces 300 or 400 million l bhushels annually. The oat crop equals alone 600 million bushels. and the barley yields more than 200 million bushels This mighty grain crop has to be thresh- ca, ana at present large part of it is hulied out by hand or foot.
 There are millions of bushels threshed out by fails. other millions are trodden out with horses and cattle and vast quantity is threshed by driving carts over the grain as it comes from the field
 On the larger estates the horse or steam thresher is coming in. but, as a rule, 1t is from Germany or England. The roads here are very rough. and the farmers are afraid of the American thresher on ac- count of its light weight. The Germans sell more than the English. and they are doing considerable business in Poland. in Southern Russia and along the Volga
 A year or so ago an American from North Dakota brought in some horse power American threshers and sold them. They have been giving satisfaction, and they may form the opening wedge for this kind of our machinery.
 American Drummers Needed.
 What is needed is an army of American drummers with a practical knowledge of agriculture and agricultural machinery and at the same time the ability to speak German and Russian. Such men could
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-02
Save
 Weak Men.

I Have Discovered the Marvellous Secret of Perpetual Youth, and Undying Manly vigor ana I Give It to You Fxce.
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fowls. They have cows. As rule, a family is well off If It. has meat once a week. eE .ssa
 One of their peculiar daintles Is sun flower seeds which the peasant carries about with him in his pocket and eats as we do peanuts. He uses the oil of such seeds for cooking and salads, and that to such an extent that sun6ower farming has become great industry. 'There are 700, 900 acres of sunfiower farms in cen- tral and eastern Russia. and 160 mills which press out 900 pounds of sun flower oil every year. The oil sells for a cent and half a pound, and the refuse Is valuable for stock feed and also for qigeons and poultry. The sunhower crop Is planted in the fall, the seeds being drilled in. The plants are thinned out to about foot apart. They are ready for harvest in the summer, and If the soil is good an acre will yield about fifty bush- els of seed.
 FRANK G. CARPENTER.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-02

their own farms. The nobles and the peasants are better customers than the merchants. Many of the former give large orders for agricultural machinery and some of the latter farm intensively. The merchants buy land as a speculation and work 1t to death. They cut off the wood. and crop and recrop until the land gives out. and then sell it again. All over Russia. however. there is little good farming. The common blow only scratches the earth and the yield per acre Is small. The average product of rye is only eleven bushels. wheat from ten to thirteen bushels. barley about twelve bushels. and oats seventeen bushels per acre Much of the soil is as worn out as the old tobacco and cotton lands of the South. and 1t will take careful cul-- tivation to make it valuable
 Flour and American Mills.
 There Is little chance here for the in. troduction of American flour. The freight rates are too heavy and of late years the Russians have been putting uu modern mills of their own. The first roll. CT patent process mill was introduced along late in the sixties, and since that time many have grown up near the rail. roads and rivers. It is estimated that there are now 10000 mills in Russia.
 pAsHSVsNvysVVV flour every year. Estimating a pound of Hour to loaf of bread and that one loaf will feed man one day this would be enough to feed the whole world for about three weeks. Forty per cent. of this flour comes from along the Volga and the remainder from Central and Southern Russia. It is an excellent arti- cle. well ground and well graded, a large quantity of 1t being exported.
 Queer Farmers, These.
 am surprised at the work done here by women. There are more of them in the fields than men, and a not uncom- mon sight Is a crowd of women hoeing and digging. bossed by a man who leans on his staff and keeps them up to their work. The grain is cut by them with sickles and scythes and the harvest scenes embrace more girls than boys.
 The women dress in bright red calico gowns. with white waists or chemises. Some have aprons beautifully embroider- ed. They have a sort of turban about their heads in place of a hat and the
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Ferris.
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 Send me no money. It is my duty. guided by an Unseen Hand-it is my mis- sion on earth-my life worl1-to lift uu the fallen, heal the weak and cure the maimed or undeveloped; and to every man who has lost his vital power or finds 1t waning, send my message of love and peace and health. can save him and will save him and restore him to many years of happiness and the impetuous vitality and vigorous manhood of perfect health and youth.
 Remember, it matters not how old you are; 1t matters not how you lost vot,r manhood, or when you lost it. It matters not what doctors or scoffers say, This is no ordinary drug or stimulating method of treatment, but it is the vital spark of life itself, and 1t matters not how many remedies and doctors have failed I have repeatedly and instantly renewed the youth of old men. My secret comnounS never fails. have often instilled into Jaded men new vitality, health and strength. For worn-out men I have oSt kindled, in an instant, and to stay. inc sparkling vitality of youth. My nrivats address is pr. c. Sargent Ferris. I2s 6trawn Building, Cleveland, Ohio. ana urge every weak man to come to me To- will give him undying strength. tba supreme joy and happiness of perfect manliness. My wondrous discovery has startled the world by its miraculons sS- fects, yet l seek not fame nor glory Tt suffices me if I may be the humble tn. strument of Natures greatest power In bringing all men into the endowment oe their true manliness and do 1t free Tn the time allotted to me here on earth shall do all that in my power lies tn give my fellow-men the benefit of this great secret and my reward shall be in the others as would that others should do unto me. su-tF
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surrounding country, so that they are. working Russia just as the American wholesale dealer works his territory at home
 Their systematic organization tells, and their trade in this branch alone is at least five times as much as ours. They supply 95 per cent. of all the blows, drills seeders, and horsepower threshing ma chimes, and large part of the American imports goes through their hands. The value of their business is already consid- erably~ over a hundred million dollars A year, and it will increase right along.
 Next to the Germans come the English who are shipping about sixty-five million dollars worth of farming tools and other
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Epitaphs in the Cemetery of Failure.

GpIIaPus III LHs Oemetefy or FalIure. August Success.
 He had no reserve.
 He lacked stamina.
 He couldn't decide.
 He was almost a success. He clung to his prejudIces. He was strangled by selfishness. He failed to digest his education. He did everything just for now" He died of an overdose of advice. He did not keep up with the times. He lacked the fire that kindles power. He was a clerk who hated the yard stick.
 He never learned to let go of the rub bish.
 He was crushed by an avalanche of de- tails.
 He became sidetracked by salary and comfort
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-02
BIGGEST FARMS
 OF THE WORLD
RucSia in Europe and It. Eighty Million Tillerr of the Soil.
 Czar'S Possessions.

Copyright 1905. by Frank G. Carpenter
 Moscow.
 My scouting expedition this week has been along the tracks of the invasion of American agricultural machinery. Our army of farm tool exporters is slowly but surely making its way into Russia. One firm is shipping as much as a million dol lars worth year. and a score more are doing good business. The imports so far
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He was mot a man before he became q lawyer. sa .f. ,4 z He ruined his own judgment by not trusting it. He could not put grit in the place ok s education.
 He couldn't see the man at the other end of the bargain.
 He was too much wrapped up in hiru- self to appreciate others.
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millions of acres which have not been touched by the blow. Here in European Russia there are more than eighty mill Hon farmers actively engaged In tilling the soil, and that with tools almost as rude as those used in the days of the Scriptures. I wish I could show you sonc of them. The Russian blow is little moro than wooden stick. The sokha, used chiefly in the Black Earth Zone, has two iron shares, but no point, and in other
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are confined to few specialties, but new tools come in every year, and our com mercial invasion of Russia is to be large. ly in machinery. We already have the lead in reapers, mowers and harvesters, bue we are far behind in everything else.
 As 1t is now, Germans have the bulk of the business. They have sent their drummers here and made them learn the, language. They have good agents in all the principal towns and sub-agents in the
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VISITORS TO OYSTER BAY.
Secretary Moody and Others Call on
 the presfdaut ~

Oyster Bay. L. l.. July 25.-In addition to Secretary of Navy Moody who arrived at Sagamore Hill last evening President R0oee- welt had several other notable visitors to- day. During the morning Samuel McCue Lindsay. commissioner of education of Porto Rico. called to present 10 the President s statement of the condition of hiz dspartmenfl were Joseph Y. Bristow, fourth assistant post master general; Francis B. Loonfs. firat aud sistant secretary of state. and William WiiE liams commissioner of migration Of Nem York. Afr. Bristol has charge of the fr vestigatton being md of the postofflce D confer with the President regarding some n cent developments. He declined to make n statement concerning the investigation.
 Silence may be golden. but all mutes not millionaFies.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-02

Send No Money-simply Send Youi
 Name and Address and This Mar
 vicious Compound VIII Be Sent
 You By Return Mail, Prepaid and
 Absolutely Free.
 have discovered the marvellous secret of perpetual life and vigor in men. TO me 1t has been given to bring to the fallen. weary, worn-out brothers the knowledge of this priceless boon, and even to the uttermost ends of the earth send my message of love and peace and hope and help. Unbelievers may scon and cry fakes but I heed them not. My work has just begun and I am saving men.
 The secret of this mighty healing power. this vital spark. this marvellous tonic
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-02

Ny Mysterious Compound Startles the World With Its Wonderful Cures-With This Marvellous Se- cret No Man Can Grow old and It Is My Mission on Earth Hence forth to Bring All Jaded, Worn Out Men ts This Fountain of Youth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-02
Russia's Mighty Farm

machines into this country and next the Americans. who furnish possible twenty million dollars worth.
 Russia's Mighty Farm.
 All this. however, is as nothing in com parison with the possibilities of the fu- ture. This Russian empire is the biggest farm upon earth. It includes one-sixth of all the land upon the globe, and there are
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-01-01
Ships With Three Crews.

A typical cable ship engaged in actual
work is a frst-clasS vcsst. IN all re-
spcct3, with uniformed Offices and
crew, strict discipline maintained and
every other feature of expert naviga.
ton. The cable is coiled away in big
iron tanks, situated i'll what would be
the hold OF cargo ship. These tanks
are from thirty to forty feet in diane
ter and are connected with one another
by ways" or "troughS.' through
which transfers can be made when oc.
cason requires There arc numerous
machines upon deck for the propct
handling OF the heavy cargo. The big,
iunnel-like objects lining the bulwarks
in places a:a buoyS, useful in marking
locations.
The ship has really three crews or
departments, each with its separate
chiefs and officers Nevertheless, they
must all work in harmony, one with
the other, or things will go wrong.
There is the steamship crew-captain,
engineers, mates, quartcrmastcrS,
stokerS. deck hands. cooks and stew.
ards; but even these men must be cX-
pericnccd in the special difficulties O!
navigation and labor with which they
have to contend. Then there is GER
tain corps who have to do with the
actual cable laying, picking UP, buoying,
etc, although, quite naturally, they are
aided by the rest as occasion demands,
Last OF all on the list. but certainly
not i'll Importance, are the electricians,
charged with the testing and calculat.
ing. which must go on continuously
while the ship is at work i'll order to
prevent costly mistakes.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-01-01
The Biography of n Bone.

The chief product from bones is glue
and among other materials which are
obtained from them are soap, glycerinc
and fertilizers. Nothing is wasted
After being carefully cullcd over by
workmen and broken by crushcrs, they
are soaked in a weak solution OF sui
phuric acid. From tic soaking tanks
the bones emerge white and apparently
perfectly clean.
They are then placed in steam tanks,
where, alter being subjected to pres.
sure OF steam for several hours, a spi.
got is opened at the bottom Of the di.
gcstcr and the liquid glue is drawn off.
The grease OF the bones, being lighter,
is drawn off last and separated from
the first product. The liquid glue i,
cvaporatcd TO a strength OF as per cent.
gelatnc, portion OF which is per.
mttcd to harden for commercial use, as
glue, and a part is refined and sold for
gelatine for table use.
The grease is drawn off into cooling
tanks, where, in its crude state, it is
made into securing soaps. By a pro
cess OF refining and the admixturc OF
vegetable oils and perfumes, toilet
soaps are produced. The spent liquors
which are run off from the boiling soap
are utilized for the manufacture OF gly-
cerinc. The bones which are taken out
OF the digesters are ground up for fer.
tilizing purposes, and the dirty water
in which they arc cleanScd is boiled
down and made into manure.