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Mower County transcript., 1904-05-18
TREAT DAIRY HELP FAIRLY.
Employers Willing to Do the Square
Thing Can Always Get Re
..r liable Assistants. *

In an address to Missouri dairyn1en.
Robert Pethbridge said: Successful
dairying cannot be carried on where
labor is short, or where the hired help
is lacking. In my travels I find this
10 be a great complaint among dairy
men that they cannot get help, but I
am sure 1t Is mostly their own fault,
Tor l can name many successful dairy
men who have no difficulty in that line,
because their help is treated in a
proper and business-like manner. such
as talr wages, regular hours and lib.
eral treatment. He must compare the
dairy help with the city ,laborer in
wages; they will vary in different
parts OF the country in hours of la
Dor; the city man has his ten hours
daily and pay for overtime, whereas
the country man as a rule works
longer hours and no pay for overtime:
This Is one Of the great objections of
the man working on the farm. for c
nave known by experience that many
q day l have been at work IA hours
In the field with team and previous
to that did the milking and feeding
OF ton COWS and four horses, and then
at night have to do the same thing
again, when l ought to have been
studying or taking some recreation to
improve my mind and body, to render
1t better fit for the duties of the NOR
row. Liberal treatment will do more
to bring employer and employed to-
gether. than wages. The giving Of a
cottage with q garden patch and al
lowing them to keep a cow for the use
OF the children in addition to the
weekly wage gives the country en-
ployer tho advantage over the city and
more work can be accomplished and
your man can be relied on, which is
very important. In the hiring of la
Dor, there are many good dairy hands
coming from England, Ireland, Ger
many and Scandinavian countries, who
are glad to get job when they arrive
In New York, and they naturally seek
an employment agency, and those who
wish to hire this class can make ap-
plication, and they will not be disap-
pointed if they are willing to do the
fair thing.
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-18
THE CARE OF FARM MILK.
Some Valuable Suggestions That Are
Worth Carrying Out During
the Coming Summer.

Are the patrons of butter and cheese
factories prepared to cool their milk
during the coming summer? Don't ex-
pect that running it over some aerator,
where the only cooling it gets is from
the air. will do much good. In cool
weather it will. In warm weather such
treatment will do more harm than good.
Exposing warm milk to large tin sur
faces is fruitful medium for contain
ination with germ life. In other words,
Lam sure that air contact alone is of
no value, and may be positively harm
full. Where sudden lowering of the
temperature takes place when exposed
to the air results may be emin emily sat-
isfactory, even though germs may be
present, the low temperature retarding
their development. If the aerator is
kept scrupulously clean-and, by the
way, it is one of the utensils that gets
the least care-and the operation is per-
formed in pure, clean atmosphere,
have no protest to make; but, as ordi-
narily done, in close proximity to a sta
BILE, near the corner of barn whers
there is an air current carrying germ
laden dust, there is danger of contain
ination, and protest is necessary.
There Is one safe, sure way to care for
highs milk where hauling is done once
day. Use 40-quart cans, standing them
in ice water Immediately after the milk
is drawn. occasionally stirring until the
milk is cooled to 60 degrees. Twill guar
antee, if sufficient care is exercised in
milking and In strainers, and if pals
are clean, that this milk will make good
butter or cheese.
This old notion that milk had an an
imal odor or cowy flavor has been buried
since farmers have come to practice
cleanliness in milking and to keep the
COW manure out of the milk pail.-H. E.
Cook, in N. Y. Tribune-Farmer.
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-18

HERE'S i RES AN ILLUSTRATION. 5 |.
It Proves III Cold Figures That Only
the Rich Can Afford to Keep
Poor Cows.

In a recent issue of the Dairyman is
given a good illustration of the result
that is liable to occur when man tries
to buy his cows too cheaply. A man in
New York went to farm whose owner
had ten cows to sell. Of the ten, three
are COWS that yield over $500 quarts Of
milk each year, four yield about 1000
quarts: each, and three yield about 1,150
quarts each.
Here was a dairy representing the
three principal classes of COWS, good
yielders, poor yielders and very poor
yielders. =: The three 3,50O-quart COWS
were held at SIS head. The four
2,000-quart cows were held at $45 a
head. The four ], 1,150-quart COWS were
held at $35 head. ~.T=*4 VII
In other terms, here We're three good
COWS to be had for $685., four poor ones
to be had for $3.50, and three very poor
ones to be had for $105. The buyer took
the three very poor ones and one of the
poor ones, paying $3.50 for the four.
His idea was that he could not afford
to buy" three COWS that cost $225, and
that he could afford to buy four that
cost him $3.50.
How will his purchase work out dur
ing the coming year? Barring accidents
and disease, his four cows will yield
during the year $3.50 quarts of milk.
and he will have four calves to raise or
sell. The milk will probably average
2.S cents quart, or $152.60 for the
year. The value OF the calves, If put at
$40, would swell the years income to
$172.60. That means an income of
$43.15 per cow for the year.
The cost of keeping the four cows
will not be far below his income from
them, If, indeed, it does not equal or ex-
ceed the income. Apparently these four
COWS are not going to be valuable in
come earners.
Can he 'afford'' to go on keeping
cows of that class? Suppose he had
taken the three good COWS at $225. How
would his year work out with them
He would have paid $225 for the three.
They would have yielded 10000 quarts
of milk in the same year. At the same
average price; 28 cents a quart, the in
come from these COWS would be 1924
for their milk, and their calves, at the
same price per head, would be worth
SIS, making the years income 5000. If
we assume that the cows purchased just
paid for their feed and labor, the other
COWS at the same rate would have left
after deducting these items &64 * each
or total of s194.25, to apply on the re-
payment of the purchase price. The
second year at this rate the three good
cows would finish the cancellation of
the original investment and leave a
balance Of $163.50. If the sum avail
able for investment is limited curtail
the number of individuals rather than
the quality. Only the rich man can
afford to keep poor COWS.
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-18
Plant Seeds in Moist Soil.

Never plant seeds in dry soil, or in
soM that is less moist than the seeds,
as the dryer soil will extract the moist
ure from the seeds, and the germ will
die. The failure of crop seeding in
sandy soils last spring was due to this.
Farmers put in the seed in time Of
drought to "have 1t there all ready
when the rain should come" Coming
late, it found the seed as if dried in an
oven and with the germs all dead.
Especially was this the case where the
seed had been soaked to hasten germi.
aation..-akidland Farmer.
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wheels, have tires set and made sound.
An old buggy axle, or a bar Of iron,
can be properly bent by your black
smith for axle with drop made accord
ing to height of wheels so that body
when level will rest about ten inches
from the ground. Have upper angle
reinforced to prevent breaking from
strain, which is heaviest at that
point.
Take two pieces hard wood, one and
one-half by four inches, cut 16 inches
longer than width of bed, which may
be from three to four feet. On these
bottom bed pieces lay floor of hard,
narrow, matched boards; a double
floor, under boards wide, is better. Use
as wide boards for side as you have:
make up with cleats nailed to outside,
like a door, and the front end the same.
Set these up on the bottom or floor,
nailed securely. Place hardwood COR
ner pieces in forward end to which
firmly screw sides and front. Run
heavy hardwood quarter-round on
floor, sides and end, mailing to both to
secure better hold of sides to bottom.
To brace, run angle-iron strap brace
bottom to top, inside at rear, with
curved brace from ends of bed piece as
shown. Shafts run from rear end and
any length desired. They are bolted to
bed with cleat placed parallel inside to
secure rigidity. Use one-half inch iron
to run brace two feet out on shaft to
bottom Of bed. Another one-half-inch
iron is run inside shafts from both sides
to center, bracing laterally.
An 'send gate' may be made, if de-
sired, to slip in between cleats that may
be screwed to rear of bed inside. In
using this cart for hauling manure,
grain, roots, fertilizer, seeds, tools and
in moving hogs, pigs and calves the
tail board is necessary. You will find
use for this cart the year round for
many chores, for it is as handy as a
wheelbarrow, and as useful as a
wagon. In spraying, the pump barrel
is placed in the cart body, with two lines
of hose trailing behind, the men cover
ing the inside of two rows. This cart
may be made in various sizes from hand
cart to pony or horse cart.-James
Rogers, in Farm and Home.
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A Word of Sound Advice.

While farmers are buying improved
implements and machinery for their
own use on the farm, let them re-
member that there are many conven-
fences which would gladden. the hearts
of the housewives, such as a new
swing churn, a first-class washing ma
chine, or a cream separator, which will
do away with the washing of so many
pans. Then new, light-running sew
ing machine to take the place of the
old heavy rYnning= one would prove
very acceptable to the housekeeper as
we'll as to the daughters of the fam
ily.-Midland Farmer. .1-l ?
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INTRODUCTION OF SCREENS
Urged by Dairy and Creamery In
spectors as Protection Against
Flies and Germs.

Screens are now being extensively
most progressive creamery men. We
notice that the dairy and food commits
sioner in one of our western states
makes report on whether screens are
used in the factories. As yet no totals
are possible, but the fact that the in
spectors are asking about this practice
will naturally call the attention of
creamery managers to it. The reports
are published in the bulletins, and the
reports get back to the creamery men
by way of the press This should be a.
strong incentive to improvement along
this line
The fly is not only a carrier of disease,
but he is also a carrier of filth in many
forms. 1t is surprising that all cream
cries and cheese factories have not been
long since provided with screens. Flies
gather by thousands wherever there is
creamery or cheese factory and liter
ally swarm over the butter, cheese and
into the milk and cream. The writer
remembers being in a first-class dairy
school where flies were altogether too
numerous for comfort. Here and there
they were to be seen swimming in the
cream or buttermilk In a tbrick
cheese" factory visited by the writer
flies were present by the thousands and
We're continually falling into the hot
whey and being pressed with the cheese.
The men did nothing to prevent this. It
may be assumed that they thought that
If the proprietor cared nothing about it,
there was no reason for them to worry
over the outcome, even if the flies did
reach final tomb in the pressed cheese.
Farmers Review.
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TIMELY DAIRY NOTES.

Milk is best warmed bv n1acinp the
can in warm water.
In running a separator, turn the
handle steadily, keeping an even pres
sure
The milk will separate best when first
taken from the COW, but if not done
then, allow it to stand for some time and
then raise it to 80 or 80 degrees.
Wishing we had stirred the milk
never made a can Of sour cream sweet
again. 1t is the locked barn door that
keeps the thief out.-Farm Journal
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-18
SUMMONS,

STATE OF M1NNEsorA,
County of Mower-ss.
District Court, Tenth Judicial District.
gosPh sgs0 BGS R's Tnts fs'?s smth e.
Tuttle, Sylvester Harris, JAMS Oleson, Cyrus
Young; Emily Young, also Harry D.. Jones
legatees of John R. Jones, deceased,I also all
other persons or parties unknown claim
ing any right, title, estate, lien or interest
in the real estate described in the complaint
herein, defendants Summons,
The State of Minnesota to the above named
defendants:
and required to answer the compla amt Of the
plaintiff in the above entitled action, which
complaint has been filed in the office of the
he Of A
and to serve copy OF your answer to said COM
plaint on the subscribers at their Office, in the
city of Austin, in the said county of Mower
within twenty days after the service of this
summons upon you, exclusive of the day of such
service and if you fail to answer the said COM
plant within the time aforesaid the plaintiff in
'''' sHEPHERP & cATHERwooD,
Rlaintitf's ANTI Attorneys, Austin MINI
Dated April 2, 1904.
Notice of Lis Pendens.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Mower-ss.
District Court. Tenth Judicial District.
Ole Julson Boe, plaintiff, VS.. Peter Meirer,
Joseph Campbell, Smith Tuttle, Smith G.
Tuttle, Sylvester Harris, JAMS Oleson. Cyrus
Young, Emily Young, also Harry D: Jones and
Minnie D. Penney, sole residuary legatees of
John R. Jones, deceased: alsoau other persons
or parties unknown claiming any right, title,
estate, lien or interest in the real estate de-
scribed in the complaint herein, defendants
Notice of Lis Pendens,
Notice is hereby given that an action has
named plaintiff against the aboye named de-
PENDANTS to determine the estate, lien or inter
est of the said defendants in and to the follow
ing described premises in said Mower county,
to confirm and quiet the estate and title OF the
void such estate lien or interest OF each of said
defendants in said property. ,,z.=.zi #E.S..
The premises affected by said action are stu.
ate in said Mower county, Mlnnesota, ana are
described as follows: to-wit: The east half
(eh( Of the southwest quarter lswA), and the
quarter (nwX) of section fourteen (14); also
tract described as follows, to-wit: Commencing
at the southwest corner of the northeast quar-
ter (heA) of said section fourteen (14), thence
running north twenty (o thence % east eight
to psce
also a tract described as follows. to.wit: Com
mencing at the southeast corner of the north
west quarter (nwA) of said section fourteen
(14), thence running north thirty.t1ve (35)
rods, thence west five (5) rods thence south
west fifteen u5) rods toa point eight g rods
thence south twenty (20) rods to the south line
of said quarter section, thence east eight toJ
rods to the place of beginning, all contained in
township one hundred three (10S) north, OF
ranse SIZE sHEPfH1ERD' fia1 His'i & cATHERWooo
80 Apfil ilis 3, IS, s0.N, MAJ i, Ii. 10.
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Cause Of Moldy Butter.

This may be caused BY unseasoned
timbers in the boxes. but 1t more often
is the result Of the boxes or parchment
paper being infected with mold at the
creamery. A great deal Of carelessness
is displayed in these matters. In some
creameries the parchment paper is left
about without any protection, when It
ought to be handled as carefully as the
butter itself. AS preventive measure.
the paper should be soaked for "a hours
before using, in q strong brine made
With boiled water, and to which forma-
lin is added at the rate Of one ounce for
4 malin to three gallons brine. Cream
cries that practice this are never trou.
5olea with mold arm and Homs.
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-18
The Feed Is Important.

10 improve the quality of the herd
and the quality of the milk yield, a
man must not only breed his cows
right, and weed them out according to
standaT1, but it also involves the ques-
ton OF feeding. Cows cannot be ex-
pected to milk we'll on small amount
OF food. The main thing is to give the
COW all the bulky food she will eat:
but it should be of digestible and pal
atable nature In addition to this, she
should receive eight pounds of meal to
every 80 pounds of milk produced, in
order that she may produce econom-
ically.-Prof. H. H. Dean, in Farm and
Home.
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-18
Order for Hearing on Claims.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Mower-ss.

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County Of Mower-ss.
In Probate Court.
Special term. May g. 1904
In the matter of the estate of Darby Nc
Dermott deceased.
Letters of administration on the estate of
said deceased being this day granted unto
Mary McDermott of said county:
It is ordered. that all claims and demands of
al! persons against said estate be presented to
this court for examination and allowance at
the probate office, in the court house, in the
city of Austin in said county, on Monday the
14th day of November, 1904, at ten O'Clock a. NJ
1t is further ordered, that six months from
the date hereof be allowed to creditors to pre-
sent their claims against said estate, at the ex-
piration of which time all claims not presented
to said court, or not proven to its satisfaction,
shall be forever barred unless for cause shown
further time be allowed.
Ordered further, that notice of time and
place of the hearing and examination of said
claims and demands shall be given by publish
ing this order once, in each week for three
successive weeks in the MOWER COUNTY TRAN.
SCRIPT, q weekly newspaper printed and pub
ished at the city of Austin in said county.
Dated at Austin, Minnesota, the 9th day of
May. 1904.
[Seal] BY the Court,
J. NJ. GREENMAN,
Judge of Probate.
May II, IS, 25
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enterprising farmers by a patent churn
run by a dog treadmill. In the great
modern dairies the butter is churned by
the ton by steam or electricity. The
windmill ~churn, in actual use in some
parts of Holland, is at once a very sim
pie and an inexpensive solution of the
problem. The milk is placed in jar or
similar vessel, which is inclosed in a
box, which in turn is fixed to the axle
of the windmill. The wind, of course,
does the churning, and the faster the
wind blows the quicker will the butter
appear
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-18
. WHEELED TROUGH.

use it for watering cattle in the win.
ter by wheeling it down the feeding
alley in front of the COWS, the trough
being passed from one to another as the
cattle finish drinking. have larger
one built on the same plan that use
for hauling all sorts Of feed, both grain
and roughage from the storage bins and
bays to the feed troughs. The wheels
may be made of hard wood or taken
from discarded machine.-Farm and
Home.
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-18
Order for Hearing and Notice of
Application for Appointment
of Administrator.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of MOWer-ss

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Mower-ss
In Probate Court.
Special term, May 7th. 1904.
In the matter of the estate of John Hoy. de-
ceased. W.
On reading aud filing the petition of Percill,
| j. Hoy, of Mower county, Minn., representing
among other things that John Hoy, late Of
Mower county, Mimi. on the fifteenth day Of
April, A. D. 1901, at the village of Brownsdale.
| Mower county, Minn.. died intestate, and being
| resident of this county at the time of his
death, leaving goods, chattels and estate within
this county, and that the said petitioner is the
! widow of said deceased, and praying that ad.
ministration of said estate be to Ozro A.
Sleeper granted:
It is Ordered, that said petition be heard be-
fore this court, on Thursday, the second day of
| June A. D. 1904 at three o'clock p. M, at The
| probate Office in the city of Austin in said
county.
Ordered further, that notice thereof be given
to the heirs of said deceased, and to ali per-
sons interested by publishing this order once in
each week for three successive weeks prior to
| said day of hearing, in the MOWER County
TRANSCRIPT, weekly newspaper printed and
published at the city of Austin in said county
| Dated at austin, Minnesota, the seventh
| day of May, A. D. 1904
| (SeaD By the Court,
| j. NJ. GREENMAN
! Judge of Probate.
May II, '1S, rs.
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Cows Like Good Mixers

Cows often show marked preference
for one mixer over another. The
length of the finger nails may make
all the difference between one mixer
and another 1t may also make all
the difference between a nervous or
kicking cow, and quiet, gentle one.
"A good milker will see to it that his
finger nails are kept well pared and
short. A COW should be as we'll pleased
to have her milk drawn as the owner
is to have the profits to be derived from
it-Farm Journal.
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-18
Improved Sidewalk Brick

Ed Barr, proprietor of the Austin
Brick -11 q Tile Works. is making superior
brick especially adapted for sidewalks.
Its advantages are cheapness, neatness
and durability, They are not as slip:
perry as cement in winter. They cost less
than plank and-are much cheaper than
cement. He will furnish them on a
five year guarantee. Get particulars
aDd estimates before laying your walks
this spring. ED. BARR, Austin.
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Northwestern Pythias Celebration
Minneapolis, Nav 21st. 1904.

Minneapolis, May 21st, 1904.
The Chicago Great Western Railway
will on May 20 and 81 sell round trio
tickets to St: Paul or Minneapolis at
one and one third fare for the round
trip: Return limit May 23rd. For
further information apply to any Great
Western Agent, or J. 2. Elmer, G. T.
A., Chicago. III.
Special Excursion to St. Paul and
Minneapolis Saturday and Sum-
day May 21 and %.
The Chicago Great Western Railway
Will run a special Excursion to the
Twin Cities at very low rates. Ask
the Great Western Agent for rates and
time of trains. J. P. Elmer, G. z, A.,
Chicago, III.
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A FEED TROUGH ON WHEELS
1t Can Be Used to Advantage at All
Seasons Of the Year and Is
Easily Made.

One of the handiest things have
about my barn is a wheeled trough.
such as shown in the cut It may be
made of any desired dimensions. The
one have is four feet long and two feet
wide. 1t is built slanting, so that stock
can eat clean all food in it and to per-
NIT trough to be readily cleaned out I
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Parchment Paper for Butter,

The advantage of using good parch-
ment paper for wrapping butter is that
it is air proof, waterproof and grease
and oil proof, tasteless and odorless, and
does not stick to the butter, while pro-
tecting it from the impurities of the
atmosphere, and also prevents the but
ter from evaporating, It keeps cleaner
and is cheaper than cloth. These parch-
ment papers can be purchased at a
cost not to exceed $1.50 per thousand,
with labels printed upon them. Mid,
land Farmer. 81. ..s1s..
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FOR THE JUMPING COW.
COW ties), and a halter ring loose on
the lower end, loop the lower end
around light fence post 1S inches from
the small end, and in the loose ring;
draw snug and fasten with q fence
staple Attach it to the COW in the or
dinary way; it is light, cheap, and so
much more comfortable for the COW than
the ordinary devices In use See cut
Rural New Yorker.
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-18
GOOD IDEA FROM HOLLAND
Inexpensive Solution of the Vexed
Problem of Making Butter at
Minimum Expense.

Butter is made in. variety of ways,
by hand power, steam power, even dog
power, but it is safe to say: that the churn
illustrated herewith is entirely a labor
saving device. The laborious old hand
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-18
DEVICE THAT ALWAYS .c11REs

board 2h inches wide and long enough
to reach from the cows horn to the
rope; make 9 curve in one end to f1t the
horn; bore hole in each end of board :
place the curved end against the cows
horn and fasten tight against the head
with string; then tie the other end to
the rope as shown in diagram.-A. N.
Horn in Epitomist.
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-18
FOR THE COW THAT JUMPS.
Here Is Little Device Which Will
Reform the Most Vicious An y
imal in the Herd.

Seeing a call for cure for jumping
COW, have simple device that has
worked well with myself and my neigh
bors, as a preventive for jumping or
crawling through wire fence. Take a.
common tie chain (such as is used for