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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-31
In-Breedinu Of Poultrv-

In time our experiment stations will
doubtless take up the question of in.
breeding and conduct series of expert.
ments to determine just what it's eff.
fects are on birds. 1t is not necessar.
lily fact that what Is true of one kind
of animal life is true of every other
kind, though it may be SO. It is
probably safest not to do much in.
breeding. But on the other hand. there
are large breeders that claim that in.
breeding does not result in the de,
terioration Of the flock. If care is taken
in selecting the most vigorous breed
ers. One man claims that he actually
inbred for Vigor and increased the
vigor Of his flock in that way. In
$breeding8Si is generally reputed to$aftect
the Vigor of q, dock first of all. y Il any IN,
Of our readers have tried experiments
along this line we would like to hear
from them. {.5' =.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-31
1hrashinq Broom Corn.

The removing of the seeds from
the brush is variously termed seed
ing, scraping, or thrashing. This is
accomplished by bringing the heads
IN contact with a rapidly revolving
cylinder the surface of which is set
with teeth or spikes. A thrasher of
the kind now in general use in Sec
tons growing much broom corn costs
from $3.50 to 5000. Such a machine
with eighteen to twenty men to keep
it running steadily, can clean the
brush from 30 to 40 acres in a. day.
The seed heads are not drawn entire
~ through the cylinders as in thrash
ing grain, but are held firmly and
evenly by means of a toothed belt
which carries an even stream of
brush in front of it and at an angle
with the cylinders, so that, beginning
at the top portion, the seed is removed
as the heads are carried farther and
farther between the cylinders. With
all the seed removed the belt deposits
the brush on a table at the other
end of the cylinders. The feeding
of the seed heads to the thrasher and
the removal of the cleaned brush and
storing it in the drying sheds re-
qulres force of twelve to fifteen men
Zig. 5).-Bulletin 174, Department of
Agriculture.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-31
Recording Automobile Speed.

An instrument to record the speed
of automobiles has lately been put on
the New York market. It is of foreign
make and the dial is marked by kilo-
meters instead of miles. The device.
consists of a flexible shaft connecting
a friction pulley, running against one.
OF the road wheels, with the Indicator
placed at any convenient place in the,
car. The mechanism of the Indicator
proper records on a roll of paper the
rate of speed an hour, while an indi--
eating hand shows the same on a dial.
The dial is graduated from to 60.
kilometers-37A miles-an hour Ev-
cry three seconds pin perforates the.
strip of paper, while another perfor-
alton is made for every $50 meters, or
four punctures for each kilometer..
The paper roll is 25 meters long and.
is sufficient for 80 hours.-New York
letter.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-31
GOAT HAD PAPA'S HAT.
But Former Owner Had No Further
Use for It,

use TOR IL.
From Rockaway comes sad tale
involving a pearl-gray hat, a billy
goat, a small boy, fond papa and the
sea. The fond papa owned the pearl
gray hat, and it really was thing of
beauty. One day he was promenad-
ing the beach with his little son and
the wind cruelty swept the hat into
the ocean.
Two days later the small boy saw
a young man driving a miniature
laundry wagon drawn by sturdy
billy goat. On the goats head was a
pearl-gray hat, a tri1e dilapidated,
with holes pierced to admit the pas
sage of the goats horns. The small
hoy recognized that hat.
"Hold on, there" he shouted. THAT
goats got my papa's hat"
The driver stopped and the fond
papa came up to see what was the
matter.
Papa, the goats wearing your
hat" sobbed the small boy.
Il fished the hat out of the surf"
explained the driver, who was inclined
to dispute possession: Il claim it's
mine-or the goats.
WELL" said the fond papa, as he
gazed ruefully at his lost headgear,
I've bought a new hat, but the goat
can have that one. The devil himself
wouldn't take it-and he wears horns,
too, I've heard."-New York Press.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-31
Fatten Separately.

The time of year is at hand when
the surplus poultry is to be fattened
for market. The usual way on the
farm is to begin to feed corn to all
the flock, regardless of whether thew
are to be kept for egg laying or are
to be marketed. The hens that are
to be marketed, also the young cock
erels, should be separated from the
rest of the flock and fed by them
selves. The fowls that are to be kent
do not need a large ration of corn
This is especially true of old hens
which will at this time of year Law on
fat very rapidly if they have All tho
corn they will eat. AS consequence
they do not begin laying till late in
the winter. 1t is impossible to a..
complish two different results with
one course of feeding. :
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-31
Disappointed ArcheoIoqists..

Bourke Cochran is airing an anus.
ing anecdote> picked up during his
European trip. 1t seems that two
distinguished psychologists made an
excursion to the Isles Of Arran, where
interesting remains of an archeologi-
cal nature exist: They came across a
little rough stone building, and both
entered into a fierce argument as to
the exact century Of its erection, one
maintaining It was built In the fifth,
and the other in the sixth century.
& A native who had listened to the
hot discussion sud denly broke in:
b ssArrah. yer Honors, both Of we've are
wrong. Twas put up three years ago
by Patsy Doolan tor his jackass s. - q
New, York Times.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-31
!. INVENTOR OF THE COMPASS.
No Man Has Vet Successfully Proved

No Man Has Yet Successfully Proved
- Claim. Il
A little to the south of Vesuvius, on
the Gulf of Salerno, lies the pretty
town of Amalfi, whose inhabitants
have recently been celebrating the
sixth centenary of Flavio Gioja, the
inventor, SO say the Amalfans, of the
mariners compass. They have found
the man and fixed the date; it was
Gioja, and about 1902 or 1303-all
which is very nice for Amalfi. There
are people who doubt that there ever
was such a person as Gioja, and any
number who are pretty certain that
the mariners compass was doing good
service many centuries before his
date. The Chinese pretend that the
Emperor Wang-ti, in 1884 B. c., con-
structed a compass to indicate the
true south, and the first use of it
seems to have been the determination
OF midday. Probably Europeans got
their earliest knowledge of it from
the Arabs, and these from the far
East. What is most remarkable is
'iAe"' ~ 1IIle is Sdlu III me WOrlQ S
literature of one of the most mo-
mentous Inventions, while the earliest
references are to something supposed
to be familiar. The first mention in
verse is probably that of Du Bartas,
contemporary of Shakespeare:
I'll Sc tourne la pointe toute
Cohtre iestoile sans doute."
"Contre iestoile" was, of course
toward the Polestar. Gioja may have
improved the mounting of the needle,
but he did not invent the compass
Correspondence of London telegram
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-31
CAREER OF Mr.. r. e. MORSE.
Unpleasant Gentleman Who Is VERY
Frequently Met With

Frequently Met With.
Has probably the most extended
circle of acquaintance on earth. In
PRODUCES himself to the urchin boy
who has been found out telling his
first lie. Visits in the silent watches
OF the night the small boy who stole
green apples from Andy Moore's or
chard. Becomes bosom friend of
him who smokes his first cigar. Calls
frequently on the maiden lady who re-
fused in the flush of youth her first
offer and has vainly waited for an
other. Dwells at times in the breast
OF him who enthusiastically backs his
opinions that four jacks cannot be
beaten. He who follows the ponies
links arms ofttimes with Mr.. Morse.
Haunts continually the society of him
who didn't sell D. I. when it went up
to 1875. Drops in often after Thanks
giving and Christmas dinners. But the:
largest number of Mr. Morse's &C.
quaintances is formed in the cold. gray
dawn of the morning after among
those who have roamed with the:
sWifts.-Boston Globe.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-31
BEAVERS BUILD FINE DAM.
Remarkable Piece of Work Near
Stroudsburg, Pa.

Stroudsburg, Pa.
A remarkable beaver dam exists
near Stroudsburg, Pa. 1t was discov-
cred about two years ago, beavers
having been supposed for years to
he extinct in the eastern states. Now
a special law has been passed by the
Pennsylvania legislature to protect
the Stroudsburg beavers. The dam is
located in a swamp, which for many
years had been drained of it's surface
water, except in few spots. Noting
that most of the swamp was under
water, although but little rainfall had
occurred, the curiosity Of neighbor-
ing farmer was aroused and he made
an investigation which led to the dis
covery. The dam had been construct
ed around the northern edge of the
swamp, extending in Zigzag course,
evidently to avoid obstruction and to
increase it's strength. 1t is about 125
feet in length and the top is wide
enough for a man to walk upon with
out difficulty, ranging from a foot to
two feet in width. Further investiga-
ton in the vicinity showed that the
animals had felled a. number of trees
near the dam to use in its construc-
ton. The largest pieces yet found
in it are eight inches in diameter by
actual measurement. The principal
material used, besides branches and
twigs. was mud, which had been deft-
ly worked into it so solidly that man
weighing 235 pounds has walked upon
the top without affecting it. The
wood which has been used includes
beech, white ash and oak. In cutting
the trees the animals worked in
circle around the trunk, making deep
er indentations on the side toward the
dam so that the trees would fall into
the water in the proper direction.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-31
The Red Sea.

Here is an interesting theory: What
made the Red Sea red? The blood of
locusts. Read a few. lines from Exc
dus: "And the locusts went up over
all the land of Egypt, and rested in all
the coasts of Egypt; very grievous
were they; before them there were no
such locusts as they, neither after
them shall be such. For they covered
the face of the whole earth, so that the
land was darkened. And
the Lord turned mighty strong west
wind; which took away the locusts,
and cast them into the Red Sea; there
remained not one locust in all the
coasts of Egypt The Red Sea. to.
day is ne more red than any other
sea. Its reddening was temporary.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-31
Sub Earth Factories.

ihe farmer is not generally looked
upon as a manufacturer. Yet on his
lands and under them, on the roots of
all legumfnous plants, there are at
work the microscopic creations that
labor in changing the free nitrogen
OF the air into soil nitrates that may
De used by the plants. Every nodule
{. on the root of plant is an. immense
factory. It may be smaller than
pea, yet in it are multitudes of the lit
tie workers, They existed from the be-
ginning Of the delelon.-:llesn of iegunm-
o,cs~e on the earth; but man has
only recently. discovered them. Be-
fore he understood that they were the
friends of man, he regarded these
factories as symptoms of plant dis
eases, and various remedies were in
vented for the cure of the said dis
eases. But later such efforts were
found to be misapplied, and it was
recognized that these same tubercles
were part of the machinery of Mother
Nature, by which she kept the soil
supplied with the so-readily soluble
forms of nitrogen, which alone can
be taken up by the roots of plants.
In the woods and on the prairies there
are numerous forms of leguminosae,
which help to keep up the balance re-
quired. There are the wild peas, the
beggar weeds, the vetches and their
relatives. On all of their roots are
the little nitrogen factories crowded
with workers. Man is able to assist
these laborers and make it possible
for them to increase their product.
This is manufacture in which there
is not danger of over production.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-31
His Bargain at, the Altar.

It was his wedding day Radiant in
the newest of outfits, he started for
the church with his best man. But
his tight shoes hurt his pet corn, and
it looked as though he would have.
to hobble up the aisle. The best man
came to the rescue by escorting him
to a nearby shoe store, where larger
pair was bought. .~.
When the happy bride and groom
knelt at the altar rails a general tit
ter passed through the. .assemblage,
for on each of the soles of the new
boots, turned up to view, was in.
scribed:r. - a.. * A.
Reduced to $685. ss
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-31
How the. Eddie Acted.

During a recent trial spin of Sham
rock IL. a violinist on a passing boat
se SCI her, II whereupon Designer
! Fife i1is said to Sir Thomas Upton:
Every time I hear a fiddle I remember
description Of the instrument given
to me by an sophisticated country:
man. He said: 1t was the shape OF
s. g 4 turkey Tx, and the size Of a goose; a
man. man turned It over on its back and
rubbed its stomach with q stick, and
By the powers, but It did sQuea "a !! - & 9.
New York Times. s553=ss
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-31
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Cow Peas and Velvet Beans.

Cow Peas and Velvet Beans.
On light soils especially COW peas
and velvet beans prove valuable as
fertilizers. They have been expert
mented with long enough for people
to be certain that their use>as green
manure is fully justified. Even where
crops OF beans and peas are taken
on and the rest Of the plants turned
under, the supply of nitrogen added
to the land has proven of immense
advantage to the succeeding crop. 1t
is freely stated by experimenters that
any kind of COW pea will furnish
enough nitrogen to the soil to fully
meet the demands of any following
crop, that u.s.. of the next year. In
some tests recently conducted, we
notice that the increased yield of the
corn crop following the blowing under
OF COW peas and velvet beans was over
81 per cent. When crops of velvet
beans and COW peas were gathered
and the hay was stored, the remain
der OF the plant being plowed under,
the increase of corn was over 80 per
cent, of oats over 800 per cent, of
wheat over 200 per cent, and of sor-
shum hay over so per cent. The
plants that seem to utilize most the
fertility from these legumes, especial
ly on light land, are oats and wheat,
probably for the reason that these two
plants begin to cover the ground at
once and to send down rootlets that
catch the nitrogen that may be leach
ing out of the soil. The plants that
leave the land unoccupied for the
longest time are the ones that profit
least from the blowing under of the
previous legume crop.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-31
Government Trees.

In the Malay Peninsula there is az
the: present moment an area of II 900
acres planted with the Hevea Brasil
liensis, the tree furnishing the Para
rubber Of commerce. This area
represents about ], 100000 trees the
result Of paintings introduced within
the last fifteen years by the govern
ment of India. When the trees were
first planted the natives took but lit
tie interest in the experiment. AS,
the price Of coffee began to decline
they began to look for other objects
of cultivation, and for the last six
years or SO they have taken the mat
ter seriously in hand. 3,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-31

A good rule to commit to memory
for the making of q mayonnaise 10
three eggs to one quart OF oil and half
a cupful Of vinegar or lemon juice.
Sometimes the mayonnaise will thick.
en- sufficiently with less than one quart
Of oil, If it is very cold. -.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-31

The second floor is divided into
four bedrooms, each having a large
closet and ample space for beds and
bureaus. 1t has a large bathroom,
which is equipped with the best sani-
tary plumbing
The house is heated by steam and
lighted by electricity.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-31

a quaint door, which opens into a
large and inviting reception hall. The
parlor, library and dining room are
connected directly with the hall, and
are admirably situated for light and
convenience. The kitchen, pantry
and back stairs are located immedi-
ately in the rear of the dining room.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-31

murder which he confessed to having
committed. A gentle shudder ran thru
the frames of the audience. This was
turned to CONSERVATION when, ten min
utes later, an elderly marquis entered
the apartment and eagerly claimed ac-
uuaintance with the cardinal. But
see your eminence does not remember
me-" he said. You will do so when |
remind YOU that / was the first person
who confessed to you after you entered
the service of the church"
In answer to an advertisement OF
Luna Park, Coney Island, for young
man and woman with courage enough
to start welded life among seventeen
forest bred lions in the Hagenbeck
arena on Wednesday, Aug. 5, at the
Luna Park carnival of nations three
couples have signed agreements and
will receive 500 each for a wedding
present. 1t would be interesting to
watch the bearing Of these fearless
young men when three months after
marriage they arrive home at / a. m.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-31
Eaa.Eatina Habit.

The habit of eating their eggs is the
result of idleness among the hens. This
idleness causes restlessness and morbid
habits and an inclination to grab at
every new thing they see for something
to do. If the hens are kept continually
at WORK digging and hunting in the
litter for some small seeds the restless
habit is gone. One of the very best ways
to cure the habit is to throw five or six
of the white porcelain nest eggs among
them on the floor, so they may learn
they are like stones, and a useless task
to attempt to break them. In addition
to this elevate the nest from the ground
SO the hens cannot see in them when
running about: also place the nests in
Il dark out-of- the-way corner that is
least frequented by the hens.
1t is usually the most restless hens
that break the eggs, but when broken
all join in eating them. All these hab-
its can be traced to the nervous, rest
less members of the flock. We can not
but feel satisfied that the prime cause
of all these faults is the unnatural life
the hens must live when kept for egg
laying during the winter months. If
all their wants might be supplied in
winter as in summer then it might be
different.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-31
The Strawpile
Brown Leshorns Are Actual Italians

Altho orr prominent breeds of poultry
bearing geogra phical names very sell
dom have originated from the places to
which their names refer the Leghofh
family seems to be an exception. rms
breed is known on the continent as 'ile
Italian fowl, and there can be no ques-
tion that that designation Is correct.
The explanation is very simple III ap-
pears that as far back as 1888 NUMBER
of birds similar to our Brown Leghorns
We're imported into New YORK from
Italy, and further importations took
place during the fifties. These birds
We're bred with a certain care, and be-
gan to attain popularity by reason OF
their excellent producing quailties.
1t was not, however, untli 49, mat
birds of this type reached England from
America. The original importers into
the United States. in seeking for q
name, evidently selected that of the
port whence they had been received.
How the captain of the ship. or who
ever it might be. had secured the birds
we have no evidence. but probably they
were simply fowls which had taken mis-
fancy in the local market, or it may be
that even in those days there were
breeders who selected their birds with
care, and had attained considerao Die
fixity of type. But the fact is that
Leghorn has no special connection with
this fowl, and in my visit to Italy in
many other districts a distinctly better
type of Italian fowls was met with than
in the neighborhood of Leghorn itself
This is explainable from the facts that
at ports there is always the chance Of
an introduction of fresh blood.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-31
Thinos to Avoid on the Earn.

There are good many foolish things
in this world and these are few of
them: To winter calves around straw
stack and in the spring find fault with
their pot bellies and curved backs; to
yell at the COW as though she were
deaf and emphasize it with a whack
from the milking stool; to trade stale
butter for groceries brought home in
jug and which are usually denomin-
ated wet groceries; to keep scrubs and
despise pedigrees; TO drive cows with
a dog and plant potatoes in the dark
Of the moon when 1t is known that the
bug is no respector of seasons to go
to a fair and spend the greater portion
of the time in side shows; to let the
hens roost on machinery for which a
note has been given; to put off fixing
the ditch until the irrigating season
comes on; to let grass get dead ripe
before making into hay; to sit down
and say, Il have no luck" to say that
you have forgotten more about farming
than the papers ever knew. There are
others.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-31
Red Russian Wheat.

Morgan Shelley, we'll known Web
ster county farmer and veterinarian
has been making an experiment in the
raising of wheat for the past two years
which shows many things of inter-
est.
Mr.. Shelley has been trying a varie-
ty of wheat known as Red Russian"
which seems to be proof against wet
seasons and alternate thawing and
freezing which is the reason Iowa
heretofore has not made progress in
the raising of wheat. Last year and
this year both have been very wet sea-
sons and both times the wheat has
averaged fifty bushels to the acre and
was as fine a looking specimen of the
staff of life before it is ground up as
one could wish to see.
This year the ground where his
wheat is planted is 50 wet that 1t would
not be fit for millet and yet the wheat
stands proudly up and mods a heavy
head to the winds. 1t was planted last
October and Notwithstanding there was
not heavy fall of snow last winter
for protection to the seed, the cold
weather had no bad effect on it.
Mr.. Shelley is enthusiastic about the
matter and wants all farmers to know
Of the results of his experiment. The
experience of other farmers with this
variety would be Of interest.