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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-15
Snide Condensed Milk

The entire wholesale grocery trade
is watching with interest the crusade
now being conducted by F. j. H.
Krackle, State commissioner of Ag-
riculture against the sale of con-
densed milk of low grade, of which,
it is alleged, there have been large
quantities offered lately in the New
York market. The dealers in the
standard brands are interested be-
cause the prices at which these goods
have been offered have demoralized
the market for their product, and
have injured all condensed milk in
the eyes of the consumers.
The stuff which is complained of
is made, it is alleged, from skim
milk, and, although it is not positive
ly injurious, it is lacking in food prop
critics. The state law establishes a
standard for condensed milk, and
provides for the seizure and destruc-
ton of milk which falls below this
standard Standard condensed milk
should have about 9 per cent. of but
ter fat and % per cent. of solids not
fat Most of the stuff complained of
has 1 per cent or even less, of but
ter fats, and the percentage of sol
ids not fat varies from 10 to 20 per
cent. Most of the low-grade milk, it
is said, is made in Pennsylvania and
on the Pacific coast.
1t was said recently that since Mr..
Krancke's investigation has begun,
large quantities of the low-grade
milk had been shipped out of the
state in order to avoid seizure.
Another interesting feature of the
situation is indicated in the asser-
ton that some of the New York banks
have advanced money on this stuff at
the rate of 81 a case, supposing it to
be the standard milk, while, in fact,
this is more than the cost of manu-
facture.- N. Y. Times.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-15

A description of examinations made
at Fresno, Cal, during 1903, shows
the method OF arriving at the volume
of water that should be removed from
the SOIL A plan for the drainage of
about rs square miles of territory is
suggested to meet these water con-
ditions and also the peculiar nature
of the soil and character of the crops
grown in that locality. The report
shows that more than ordinary at
tention has been devoted to this field.
The gravity of the situation and the
Importance of the results which
would follow if drainage were pro
vided for this noted vineyard country
are sufficient reasons for the careful
work thus far done.
A discussion of the drainage of ir-
rigate lands in portions of aYkima
Valley, Wash, and Greybull Valley
Wyo, forms an interesting part OF
the report, bringing out features OF
the drainage problem which have
hitherto received but little attention
Farmers of irrigated land are urged
to give special attention to this sub
ject, as may be noted in the follow
ing paragraph:
With reference to the details of
this matter no better advice can be
offered than this: Bearing the gen.
eral principles we'll in mind, each
farmer should study his own situation
the position of the hardpan, the diff
ferences of soil and the contour OF
the land, all of which have an infiu-
ence upon the drainage of each indi-
vidual tract The indications of seep-
age water must be watched for closely
and headed off as early as possible,
for the history of this matter shows
that the evil will not of itself leave
the land, but will increase rather than
diminish Better practice in the use
of water will doubtless soon prevail
but the necessity for drainage of GER
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-15

further said that those members OF
the ways and means committee who
have seen the proposition and ex-
pressed an opinion in regard 20 it
have said that they were in favor of
it's passage. This has naturally
stirred up the butter people.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson,
apparently anxious to assure the
dairy lobby that it had his sympa-
thies, when he was asked if the prop
osition to reduce the tax and give the
packers a chance to rehabilitate .Aeir
oleomargarine industry would be ap-
proved by the department, said:
"You may say for me that it will
not There is in my opinion no more
chance of passing that bill than there
is of moving the capital of the United
States to st. Louis"
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-15
Feeding Dairy Cows

Dairy bred COWS properly handled
should be fed to their full limit, not
with meal but with roughage. To
feed a COW to her full limit, is not
giving her all that she will take at
any one time, or what she will take
for a week or ten days, but what she
will take regularly from week to week
and month to month, always cleaning
up her box and hay rack and come to
her next meal with strong appetite.
Every one of my COWS clean up every
thing at each feeding, and would, for
a few days or a week, take a pound
more, but by the expiration of week
or ten days, they would begin to leave
some and very likely would go Off
their feed and a bad break in flow
of milk would follow. A cows limit
is her staying limit, not what she will
take for a few days only.
If fed only to her staying limit she
not only takes all the feed in the box
but she ticks it up clean, leaving
nothing in the corners. There are
some seventy odd head of cattle in
the dairy barn, and an hour or so af-
ter they have been fed not double
handful of feed, roughage and grain,
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-15

We are just in receipt Of a very handsome
booklet published by the Chas. H. Lilly Com
pany, of Seattle. This booklet has to do
with lines of Stock and Poultry in the
Northwest. 1t is of the neatest things
of Its kind that we have ever seen, being
printed the very best paper and the
illustrations all halftones of photo
graphs.
This is especially valuable to the farmer
on the North Pacific Coast, it has to
deal with conditions as we find them here
and contains descriptions of the different
breeds of cattle, horses and poultry, also
pointing out which the best and why
they the best for the different purposes
enumerated.
For the horsemen there are some very
interesting pages calling attention to the
various good and bad points about horse
also giving the systems of the different
diseases and what to do in emergency
cases.
For the man who handles cattle either
dairy beef, there is much of interest and
much useful information to be found in
the pages of this booklet.
The poultrymen would be especially in
terested as the book tells no VITO handle
incubator, how to take care of the lit
tie chicks, and the grown fowls how to
feed for broilers and how to feed for eggs.
No one who handles livestock poultry
of any description can afford to be without
this book and it is sent free on request,
if you will mention this paper.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-15

stand over night in places where the
air is made impure by adjacent hog
pens, barnyards, etc., and not cooling
the milk to under 70 dogs. immediate
ly after milking,
Our makers are having hard work
at the present time in many of the
factories to make even a passabie
cheese from the quality of milk being
delivered, and the quantity of milk re-
quired to make a pound of cheese is
much greater than if the milk was in
proper condition. Where the makers
are careful in selecting the milk at
the receiving window there is not SO
much trouble in the factory, which
leads one to the conclusion that the
makers have the solution of the prob
lem in their own hands. Where
we find clean, tidy factories, we in
variably find clean milk delivered;
and where the factory and maker are
dirty and untidy, the milk is general
ly of the same nature. Cleanliness
is the one great feature necessary to
put our cheese on higher plane
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-15
For A Uniform Oleo Tax

Dispatches from Washington give
the news that a measure will be in
troduced at this session to give back
to the oleomargarine industry some
of the trade rights the Infamous
Grout law took away from it,
Representative Boutelle of Illinois
is said to have framed bill to make
the tax on oleomargarine uniform by
imposing 4 cents a pound on the
product, whether colored or not. At
present the tax is 10 cents pound
on colored and one-quarter of cent
on uncolored oleo. The bill is under
stood to be in the hands of Repre-
sentative Payne, chairman of the
ways and means committee, and it is
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-15

liberal offer is being made by the Tee-
scope Company of Seattle, WASH, to boys
and girls looking for easy way to make
spending money. few more boys and
girls are wanted and full particulars may
be had by sending stamp to the Tee
scope Company, Hancock Bldg, Seattle
Wash.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-15

could be secured from the managers.
And yet, if any one of the milk COWS
should receive a pound more grain
with it's complement of roughage she
would go off her feed within a fort
night. The stalls of the COWS used in
experimental feeding are covered with
flax fiber which is covered with the
heaviest jute carpeting so they have
nothing they can eat except what is
weighed out to them at each iced.
For concentrates, half get corn, bar
lev and oats three parts each, and
oil meal one part. Half get gluten
meal. barley and oats three parts
each and oil meal one part. For rough
age they all get corn silage that has
no ears, mangels and unbleached up
land prairie hay, which has no weeds
or stems.
If should attempt to do my work
with such timothy or clover as is
grown on the average farm, [ should
be entirely at sea. Tame hays do not
run uniform, because the stand is not
even. Where there is a poor eaten
the stems are too coarse and most
of it is spoiled in curing so that stock
will not eat it all. Furthermore, farm
hay varies greatly in composition,
while wild hay is remarkably uni
form.
The standard ration is lbs. grain,
40 lbs. silage, 16 lbs. roots and lbs.
hay. This ration is adjusted to a COW
whose productive powers are devel-
oped to her feeding capacity, but II
she is relatively a large yielder and
light feeder, she would get lbs. OF
grain and the complement in rough
age for lbs. grain ration, and If she
is relatively a large feeder and light
yielder, she may get lbs. grain and
the complement in rOughage for an
lbs. grain ration. So, all the COWS
are fed meals according to their pro-
ductive powers, and roughage ac-
cording to their feeding capacity Ev-
cry COW gets enough feed in bulk to
satisfy her, but the large producer is
furnished more nutriment in her feed
than is given the one that does light
work. Some want a little more or
less silage or hay than the regular or
der of feeding would furnish, and
these minor matters are adjusted to
her wants.
The feeding schedule is generally
prepared III Ju0 ldll, IuS COW JUL
formation being the guide. l know
my COWS, having raised and devel-
oped them, so the changes that have
to be made are slight, and the fixed
ration for the winter is generally
reached by the fourth week OF lac
tation, and from then on until spring,
few, if any, changes are made. Great
care is taken to bring them up to
full flow by the fourth week, and to
prevent any abnormal decrease in
the flow during the winter. Special
attention is given to their wants and
comfort Kindness and gentle treat
ment are potent factors in getting
large yield A caressing touch, now
and then, and a gentle voice mean
much to a COW. You can coax milk
out of a COW, but you can't pound 1t
out with a milk stool. You can draw
the reins over the horse, apply. the
whip and make him trot or run, but
you can't crack the whip over cow
and make her fill pail with the prod
uct of motherhood and affection-T.
L. Hacker, MINI. Exp. Station.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-24
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

FRIDAY-The senate spent a very
busy forenoon and adjourned at noon
until today at 2:30 O'Clock. Two mi
nor bills were presented and then sew
eral passed. One relating to deposits
of domestic insurance companies do
ing foreign business, another amend
ing No. 81, Acts of 1895 relating to d.
vorce, still another relating to YER
mont justice and public offices. Then
more bills were presented, one to reg
ulate the practice of dentistry, another
to create more polling places in GER
tain towns, several other minor bills
were presented.
A bill of Importance was introduced
in the house to require the cutting
and removal of noxious weeds and
thistles from highways. One bill
presented allows agents of the HUI
name Society to take disabled animals
and kill them. Adjourned till today
at 2:3O o'clock p. m.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-24

Just before his first election to the
United States senate the late Senator
Vest went to caucus Of Missourians
who were members of the general as
sembly. Following a competitor who
had talked three mortal hours, Vest
spoke for three minutes, concluding
with these words: "As for myself, l
have to say, with the full knowledge
that the pledge l now make will influ-
ence your votes tomorrow, that If am
elected to the United States senate dur
ing my entire term l shall draw my
pay regularly like a gentleman and
spend it like a thoroughbred" He was
elected and served the state for TWEEN
ty-four years.-Kansas City Star.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-24
ANIMAL TAILS.
some That Are quite Useful as Well
as Ornamental.


Ornamental.
The tail, or. more strictly speaking,
the caudal fin, of a fish is, says Pro
fessor Seeley, 1.-The great organ of mo-
ton" and among the mammalia we
find several useful tails.
The most remarkable Is, perhaps,
that common to most American mon
keys, which is as good as a fifth hand,
owing to it's prehensile powers. The
yellow tailed bowler, If it is shot
when hanging by the tail, will remain
suspended for some hours, SO tight Is
the grip. Humboldt noted in South
America how spider monkeys form
themselves into clusters by means Of
their limbs and tails, the whole group
being suspended from a bough by the
tail Of the strongest
The long, thick tail of the kangaroo,
which serves as a balance against the
heavy hind quarters, especially when
the animal leans forward to browse,
and also aids in supporting 1t when in
its characteristic upright position, is
also a most valuable appendage.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-24

$40 bushels OF oats for Eugene Marsh In
115 hours.
Wendell Bolten has been quite Ill with
quinsy sore throat.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Lane and sons OF
Barre, are visiting friends in town.
Miss Mae Kenerson of Peacham Is stay
ing with her aunt, Mrs. Albion Batten.
Mrs. Field is having a Barre granite
monument set on their lot in the cemetery
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-24
LOCAL NEWS.
ooNrINrEp IRON FIFTH PAGE.

ng one on "The Spirit that Quickeneth,'
by n. w. Blake, Esq, of Island Pond.
Supper will be served in the dining room.
At : D. N. praise service viii be held fol-
lowed by a lecture by Rev. Chas. A. Crane
%. D., pastor OF the Peoples church, Boston
upon Modern Heroes" Announcement
Of results of winners in 1.-THE competitive
features Of the days program. Music will
be furnished by the West Burke League
but any League can assist in supplying
additional music. There will be social
with music and readings for the entertain
ment of those who remain until the late
train. Free entertainment will be furnished
by the West Burke pastor, the Rev. Z. L.
Whidden, including Wednesday night and
Thursday morning. Do not fail to hear
DR.. Crane on Wednesday evening.
HARDWIcK.
Mrs. c. L. Dunnen is very sick with
pneumonia.
A little child OF Lewis Fisher, is sick
with pneumonia.
Willie Harvey OF Albany is working in
CampbelPs fruit store.
All Of the diphtheria patients have recov-
cred and no new cases are reported.
VIII Ladd and family OF Whitman,
Mass, visited friends here last week.
Mrs. w. L. Marshall OF West Burke is
visiting her son, Will Marshall OF this
place.
c. A. Stanford, DIR. Hanford and w. s..
Cobb and wife, returned last week from
st. Louis.
Mrs. landlord and son George, have
returned from a three weeks visit in
Coventry.
The Harvest supper will be served in the
vestry OF the Free Baptist church, Wednes-
day evening, Oct. 26.
Clarence BalIentine and bride have re-
turned to their home here, after passing a
few days at st. Louis.
The first number of the Lecture Course
will be at the Opera House, Thursday, Oct.
"a, by the Manning Glee and Minstrel Club.
w. L. Pierce is quite sick at Calais. Mr.
and Mrs. Pierce intend to start south to
spend the winter as soon as Mr.. Pierce is
able to go.
E. H. Campbell and family, Wallace
Jones and family and Miss Bessie Whit
comb, were in Hyde Park last week to at
tend the funeral of a relative in that place
Emerson Brush and daughter Grace, left
here last Saturday for California, intend
ing to make their future home there. The
best wishes of their many friends here 90
with them.
This company comes here highly recon-
mended, and we expect it will be a fine
entertainment.
EAST HARDWICK.
Grace Wilson is gaining.
Alonzo Marshall is at work in the Green's
boro creamery.
Messrs. Barrows ana nogers Jnreshed
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-24
Peaceful. hut DuII-

An Englishwoman with a service
able sense Of humor was she who is
mentioned in recent English book as
having aided her husband in fighting
"a good fight" The two were found
one day, in their old age, by a caller,
sitting one on each side of the fire, and
the old man said proudly:
"Well, t. mtssis and me, we've beeb
married nigh on fifty year and we've
never had one qcarrel."
The old woman looked up at the
visitor with a twinkle in her eye.
"It war varie conscientious" said
she, "but varie dool."
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-24
Wanted No Reminders of His Past.

Wanted No Reminders of Has Past.
''In my plans for your new home"
says the architect, II have provided
for large, ornate frieze in the hall"
Don't want it," asserts Mr.. Con-
jeeled.
"What?'
"Not a bit Of it. Can't take any
chances on having any one being re-
minded that 1 used to drive an ice
wagon. Judge.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-17
VIII Sue the Governor.

Denver, Col, June 16 Former Gov
ernor Charles s. Thomas, il is an
nounced. IL preparing papers In behalf
of James r. Burns, President and Man
ager of the Portland Mine in a damage
suit which Burns will bring against
Governor James H. Peabody, Adjutant
General Sherman M. Bell and the State
the closing of the Portland mine by the
military.
Attorneys Richardson and Hawkins.
acting for Charles H. Meyer, President
of the Western Federation of Miners.
are drafting papers in a suit for $780, 900
damages, which Meyer is to file against
Governor Peabody, Adjutant General
Bell and the State of Colorado. Meyers
action is based on a charge of false
and illegal Imprisonment by the mill
tary authorities acting under the proc
lamation Of martial law in San Miguel
County.
Referring to the order of Judge Amos
Thayer, for the production of Meyer
before the United States Circuit Court
of Appeals July 8, Governor Peabody
said today:
Il shall certainly answer the order
of Judge Thayer. The form of the
answer / have left to Attorney General
Miller. Whether it Will necessitate
my appearance In person or not do
not know. My opinion is. however
that when the court is advised of the
fact that before l had any knowledge
of the existence of the procedure in
the United States Court / had turned
Meyer over to the civil authorities, the
Judge will accept my answer as fully
covering all legal requirements and
ending the proceedings. Should the
court hold otherwise of course. as
law abiding citizen, shall follow such
directions as the court may give"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-17
THE CASE OF MOYER
PRESIDENT OF MINERS WILL BIZ
TAKEN TO CRIPPLE CREEK.
Warrant Charges Him with AidinR
and AbettinE the Murder of
Workmen In the Vindicn-
tor Mine.

Cripple Creek. Col. June 16.-Assist-
ant District Attorney s. d. Crump to-
day wired Sheriff Rutan, at Telluride
to hold Charles H. Meyer. President of
the Western Federation of Miners, un-
til K. C. Sterling, a secret service
agent of the Mine Owners Association
can bring him to Cripple Creek. sterl-
ing left this afternoon for Telluride.
Meyer will be brought here on a
warrant issued by Justice of the Peace
Patrick, charging him with aiding and
abetting the murder of Charles Nc
Cormack and Melvin Beck. who were
blown up in the indicator mine by an
explosion November /. 1908.
The warrant implicated Charles q.
Kennison, former President of the
miners union No. 40, who was arrest
ed at Denver last Monday; Sherman
Parker, Stephen Adams. w. B. Easter
ly and number of others not yet UNI
der arrest.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-17
MAY GET ENCAMPMENT
SOLDIERS OF GUARD LOOKING TO
PICKETT SPRINGS.
Military Men Made Proposition to Pitch
Tents of Brigade Near Mont
gomery-Would Bring
2,500 Men Here.

The brigade encampment of the Ala
>bama National Guard may be held at
Pickett Springs.
1t developed yesterday that it Is not
at all certain that the three regiments
of infantry. battalion of artillery and
squadron of cavalry Will pitch their
tents in the vicinity OF Mobile as has
been indicated.
Al the meeting of commanding off,
GERS of the National Guard, held at the
Capitol last Saturday, II was decided,
Ii will be remembered. to locate the
encampment near the city making the
suggested that majority of the Of
ficers favored Mobile, and that IL the
people OF the Gulf City made an ade-
Quate offer the soldiers would undoubt-
eddy go there for their summer prac-
tice.
It Is said that Colonel r. B. duMont
of Mobile, who commands the LIST in
fantry. is opposed to camping In Mo
bile. taking the ground that 1t would
be more desirable for his men to be
sent away from from their home sta
tions. He suggested Biloxi, Miss, but
Governor Cunningham was opposed to
the soldiers leaving the State. This
attitude of Colonel du Mont. coupled
ready moving to secure the encamp-
ment, may bring the soldiers here.
The Montgomery Traction Company,
It was said yesterday. had proposed to
encampment was located at Pickett
Springs the street railway officials
would meet any reasonable conditions
imposed, and 1t Is said that business
men of Montgomery will undertake 20
assist In raising fund to bring the
soldiers to the Capital City.
There, will be more than $500 men
in the camp" said an officer, and fully
$4,000 will be expended in the city
where the encampment is located. It
should be borne in mind that 1t will not
be regimental affair. but every SOL
der In the State Guard will be present.
Montgomery, Mobile. birmingham and
Admission have been suggested, and citi-
zens of those places are In correspond
ence with the Committee. Montgom-
cry is favored because of it's central
location and the consequent economy In
transportation. Mobile has the advant-
age in being on the coast, and there Is
little doubt that II is the popular place
with the soldiers. but the expense OF
transportation is against that city. Tho
matter must be decided in a few days
so as to give the Quartermaster-G Cen
eral time to arrange with the railroads
for transporting the soldiers"
The committee on location of tho
camp consists of Adjutant- General w.
w. Brandon, Col. r. B. du Mont of Mo-
bile, Col. K. II. Graves of Eufaula, Col.
-. r. Mcconnell of Talladega, Major S.
q. Westcott of Montgomery and Major
v. B. Atkins, of Selma.