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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-24
Thursday, November "a, 1904.

There are hundreds and hundreds Of
cows kept for dairy purposes in this
state which do not yield sufficient to
pay for the feed which they consume,
says a dairyman in Iowa Agriculturist.
For they consume as much feed as DO
the profitable one and require as much
time and care in milking. There was
a time when a dairy COW was not ex-
pected TO give milk for more than six
months in the year, but with the pres
ent high prices for labor and feed this
condition of affairs can no longer profit
ably exist. The lactation period should
be Gt least nine months In length. The
amount of milk a COW should produce
10 be profitable is v~ariously stated at
from 5000 TO 5000 pounds annually or
sufficient TO yield from 200 TO 240
pounds of butter fat. This would vary,
of course, with the locality, price of la
Dor. feed, etc. However, IL is safe to
say that a COW which with reasonably
good are does not produce the lesser
of these amounts is not a profitable
animal. Yet how large a percentage
OF so called dairy cows will stand this
test?
In order 10 determine accurately a
cows usefulness as a dairy animal it
Is well TO weigh one days milk every
week or ten days during the lactation
period. At the same time a sample
should be taken for testing. The time
Of freshening should also be noted in
order 10 determine the length of the
lactation period. A good plan is to
keep a book account with each COW,
charging her with cos OF feed con-
sumed and labor expended and credit
ing her with value OF milk and calf. In
this way II will not be difficult to pick
out the n%onpaying individuals.
Guernsey Cattle.
Guernseys are a size larger than
Jerseys, stronger boned and a little
coarser In appearance. They are
claimed to be harder and large milk
ers. but both these points are stoutly
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-24

The dairy COW Is bred and raised for
one special purpose-butter and milk
says Hoard's Dairyman. She quickly
responds to proper treatment, and II
she Is provided with plenty of clean
food, pure water and salt she will
prove the most profitable animal on
the farm. But If she Is turned out to
shift for herself and has to seek shell
ter in the fence corners she will not
respond with good product, but will
treat her owner as cruelty an he does
ner.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-24
TYPICAL GUERNSEY COW.

disputed, says Farm and Live Stock
Journal. They are generally very
handsome and attractive cows.
The head Of the Guernsey Is rather
long. the neck slender, the body large.
deep and rangy. the rump prominent.
the tanks thin, thighs incurved and
twist open and roomy. Altogether the
animal 10 at once recognized al bust
nesslike and belonging to the pro-
nounced dairy type. They are light In
color, yellow and orange predominant
Ing. with considerable white, usually
In large patches On the body and on
the legs. The horns are small, curved.
hne, thin shelled and waxy In appear
ance, often showing a deep rich yellow
Tor a third Of their length from the
base.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-24

In a test made at the New Jersey
station a home grown ration made up
Of thirty-six pounds Of cowpea silage
and ten pounds of crimson clover hay,
with six pounds Of corn and cob meal,
costing 1857 cents per COW per day,
produced as much milk and butter as
a ration IN which two-thirds Of the
protein was supplied by dried brewers
grains and ccttonseed meal costing
17.15 cents.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-24
The Good mixer.

Very few dairymen realize the i'm
portance Of having good mixers. says
American Agriculturist. In fact, In
this country it is difficult to find a man
who is a good mixer and at the same
time knows how to treat cows kindly,
keep the animals In the best condition
and feed them as they should be.
When a man Of this kind is secured he
should be retained.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-24
EARL KoRNpYKE DE KoL.

1850 pounds. He Is perfectly kind
and gentle and bids fair to maintain
his vigor for many years. This bull
was formerly owned by Cornell uni
versity, Ithaca, N. Y, and Professor
Wing In a recent letter made the state
ment that every heifer sired by Earl
Korndyke de Kol Of milking & had
qualified for advanced registry, includ-
ing a pair of twin heifers. This bulls
dam Is the famous Belle Korndyke, so
well known among Holstein breeders.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-24
Hints For Milk Farmers

DO not use wooden pals. Discard all
rusty pals, cans or stirring utensils.
Whey should be emptied as soon as 1t
arrives at the farm. Milk cans and
pals should be washed with a brush
and lukewarm water. In which a little
sal soda has been dissolved, then scald-
ed and placed on their sides In the
sun. Scour with salt occasionally. Do
not use a cloth to either wash or wipe
utensils.-American Cultivator.
Butter Salt.
Salt for butter should be of the very
best quality. When added to the but
ter 1t should be distributed with a
sieve. This will work up all Jumps and
distribute 1t more evenly throughout
the mass.
| The 1lIage odor.
Silage butter Is just as good as any
other kind Experts have tested Il
time and again and can find no fault.
However, II milk is allowed to stand
In the barns where silage is being fed,
Il absorbs the odors and bad results
follow.
Pront I'm winter Dairying.
The winter dairy pays best. There
fore breed the most OF your cows In
December and January, and they will
be fresh in September and October
following. says G. w. Pratt in Farm
Visitor. Decide on the breed and stick
to It. There are many worthless cows
In every breed.
when 70 Churn.
Churn your rea when slightly
acid and do not put It or to suit your
convenience. Here Is where you lose
money. Churning temperature should
be e. degrees in summer and "a in
winter. IL you feed cotton seed in
winter you can 60 to 68 or 20, and 1t
win do not harm. The lower the bet
ter.
Learn 20 MIX.
There IL much In knowing how. The
proper milking Of . COW IL something
= be learned.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-24

To Tell n Goo Dairy Animal.
The good dairy COW doesn't belong
to any breed exclusively, but is found
In all breeds, says w. A. Peterson in
Farm, Stock and Home. The first
requisite Of a dairy COW is large feed
ing powers. The more raw material
she can make use OF. other things be-
ing equal. the better the COW. An ami
mails feeding capacity can be closely
ascertained by its conformation, 1t de-
pending largely upon the size Of the
middle or barrel. The first and most
important point in determining the
size os the barrel Is depth Of body
through the middle; then come length
Of body from shoulder to hook points
and its breadth through the middle. A
broad muzzle and strong Jaw are also
desirable.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-24

The percentage OF cream In milk
anges all the way from s to %. This
" course depends upon how thorough
" the milk IL separated from butter
Cat. 1t does not always follow that
milk containing a high percentage OF
eream contains q high percentage OF
butter fat For instance. the milk or
an Illinois dairyman contained 8 per
cent cream and 3.S per cent butter fat,
while another contained % per cent OF
cream and only S-3 per cent Of fat.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-24

The cattle ON every farm, In every
state and over the entire country are
Just what the ideas Of the farmers
who bred them have made them. Back
Of good cattle are good. sound ideas
Of cattle breeding. Back Of the scrub
cattle are the loose. no purpose. scrub
IDEAS Of the men who are responsible
for their breeding elm # riesian
Register.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-24
Notice to Creditors.
(oct 20-6rn)

oct NbfnJ
State of South Dakota, Les
County of Day. e
In county court.
In the matter of the estate of Jacob
Wickre, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed executrix of the estate of Jacob
Wickre deceased, to the creditors of, and
said deceased, to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers, within six months
after the first publication of this notice, to
the said executrix at her residence in the
City of Webster in the County of Day
South Dakota
Dated at Webster, South Dakota, Octo
Der 18th, 1904.
Katrine Wickre,
Executrix of the estate
of Jacob Wickre deceased
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-24

AEN
Gravity creaming in the private dairy
loses more fat than most farmers
dream Of. II Ice In used at once after
milking to reduce the water around
ths cans to about 40 degrees #. the fat
viii rise. leaving not more than one
NTH Of 1 per cent; but II the water
u 30 degrees. more win be left, per-
haps one-half Of / per cent, and II the
water In 60 degrees or above, ! per cent
or more will be left In the skim milk.
This ! per cent or more Is a third or a
half Of all the fat In the milk. This
suggests that the private dairyman
should have a quantity Of Ice for use
through the summer season. at least II
such arrangements can be made
Hoard's Dairyman-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-24
Sale of Inherited Indian Lands.

lsept l-nOv I'd
Sealed bids tor the following
tracts of inherited Indian lands
will be received by the United States
Indian agent at Sisseton Agency, South
Dakota, up to ~ o'clock noon of Novem-
Der "a, 1904:
East " southeast u section % and south
west u southwest Y section ~ and south
west 4 southeast 4 section q township
l23range SO.
{. b. Jackson,
u. s Indian Agent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-24
Sale of Indian Lands.

lsept l-dec IL
Sealed bids for the following described
tracts of inherited Indian lands will be
received by the United States Indian
agent at Sisseton agency, south Dakota,
up to IL o'clock moor of December 1st, 1904
Southeast u southwest u section rs
township i23 range s..
G. B. Jackson,
Us. Indian Agent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-24
Just Complaint.

Borroughs-I don't see why he
wouldn't lend me the S. l wanted.
Newitt-No. He certainly couldn't ask
for a more permanent investment
Exchange.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-24

sealed bids for the following described
tracts of inherited Indian lands will be
received by the United States Indian
agent at Sisseton agency, South Dakota,
up to IL o'clock noon of December %, 1904:
Sc "a sec % twp. 121 range SO.
e.. b. Jackson,
L. ). Indian Agent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-24
Rich Dairy Distrfct,

The Elgin dairy district produces up
ward OF 44,000.oo0 pounds Of butter
annually, valued at Sl1.O00,0O0. In
addition to this. over 100000 pounds
Of cheese are made, estimated at $780,.
900.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-24
Financial Statement.

Stutt OF DUuIT- DuNUN"'f ~.
Day County.
/, II. o.. Dalen, cashier of the above
bank, being daily sworn depose
and saw that the 'oregoing is a true ana
correct statement of the financial sta ,e-
ment Of the State Bank of Butler, Butter,
Dakota, at the close of business
November 10 n, 1901.
H.. O. Dalen,
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me.
George w. Butler,
Notary Public.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-24

This remarkable sire heads the herd
Wilkesbarre, Pa, says Holstein-F Erie
sian Register. In his present form
Earl Korndyke de Kol weighs about
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-24
J.. r.. Danko in an address delivered
before the Wisconsin dairymen's con-

]. r. Danko in an address delivered
before the Wisconsin dairymen's con
~vention said:
As TO the care of the dairy COW. u
Of the best general rules to observe is
to keep the COW as comfortable and
contented as possible. II the COW is
not comfortable and contented the
owner will always be the loser. Ii the
cows are allowed to stand out in the
cold during severe weather a certain
amount of food will be required to
keep the body warm, which had b
been In a warm stable would have
b. an transformed into milk and butter.
In order to succeed as "A dairyman Il
person must be in sympathy with his
cattle. He must be a keen observer
and thorough with his work even to
the smallest detail and have IA love for
his stock that will cause him TO work
from early in the morning until late at
night If need be in ministering 10 the
wants of his cattle, so that they may
be comfortable and contented.
During the winter they should be
kept in comfortable stalls in a warm,
well ventilated stable and let out for a
short time on pleasant days for exer-
else. II 1t is necessary to turn them
out for water q tank heater should be
used to keep the ice from gathering on
the trough, and the cows should be
put back into the stable as soon as
possible when the weather is severe or
stormy.
Improving the Dairy Herd.
A good COW is a good COW, no mat
ter what her breed may be. Therefore
let the farmer choose the dairy breed
that he considers best suited TO his
conditions and stick to 1t. This is the
opinion expressed by w. A. Clemens
in Farmers Advocate. Let him breed
his selected cows to the best availa-
BILE bull of that breed and continue to
grade up his herd to a higher degree Of
excellence year by year.
The practice followed by some farm
ers of using bulls, first of one breed
and then of another, is fatal to all
plans for building up a uniform, hand
some and profitable herd Of grade cows,
and that is just what most farmers re-
quire. 1t was breeding with a pur-
pose in view that enabled the late f.
ID. Tilison of Ontario to build up a
working herd of dairy cows that was
probably unequaled in Canada. One
of his grade cows produced 90 1872
pounds Of milk in a year, five others
gave from 1900 to 1852 pounds, and
the whole herd Of sixty-fve cows made
a yearly. average of nearly 10000
pounds.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-24

There is much In knowing how. The
proper milking Of . COW IL something
= be learned.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-24
Guernsey Cattle.

Guernseys are a size larger than
Jerseys, stronger boned and a little
coarser In appearance. They are
claimed to be harder and large milk
ers. but both these points are stoutly
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-07-06
POLITICAL ROAD MAKING.

The Acting Governor has returned
from the other side of the island where
he found some of the roads in a rniser-
able state. There are roads on this
side of the island and elsewhere in the
group which are no better; and we beg
leave to remark that they never will
be better SO long as bodybuilding is a
matter of politics rather than of bust
ness.
The theory of road-building in all the
islands is this: To get the votes of ma
tives we must keep them employed.
Their labor is unskilled, hence the need
of its use on the roads if anywhere
once put On the highways the natives
must not be worked too hard or they
will revolt at the polls, To win their
votes is the first consideration. If we
can have good roads too, so much the
better; if not, we must put up with
what we can get. Naturally enough the
roads don't amount to much.
No more aimless, shiftless, incompe
tent work is done anywhere, under
civilized rule, than that which is
brought to bear in Hawaii on political
road-making.
It takes longer to repair . half mile
of dirt road here than IT does to build
two miles of dirt road in California
through rough, new country; and at
the prevailing wages for political labor
it costs three times as much. Fur
thermore the repairs are not durable.
We doubt if they are intended to be.
The ideal way to build roads here is
to let the work out to responsible con-
tractors, empowered by law to hire
whom they please. Then when a ma
tive or anybody else works, he will
know that he must earn his pay. AS
things now are he knows that he will
not be dropped from the roll for
idling or mismanaging because of his
vote. The law has been framed to pro-
tect him from alien competition; the
Department of Public Works coddles
him as a political asset; the taxpayer
goes rocking and stumbling over bad
roads and pays the bill. The only adj
vantage of it all, if we understand the
newspaper apologists of the deal, is
that it trains the native in progressive
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-07-06
PASSING OF THE
OLD FISH MARKET

A state of innocuous desuetude pre-
walls at the old Territorial fish market
at the foot of Alalzea street. Only two
of the fish stalls are. open together with
one meat stall and several fruit stands
in which the proprietors sit mournfully
awaiting the customer that rarely
comes. The cause of this change is
the opening of the two new markets
at the corner of Kekaulike and King
streets. Captain Berndt. the fish in
spector, was seen yesterday and ex-
pressed regret at the passing of the old
market. 81 do not think it will be clos
ed at once he said, although it is
losing proposition to keep it open. It
costs more to keep it in order than it
brings in. It's abandonment will mean
considerable financial loss. Every stall
in the new markets is taken. They
are nearer the homes of the fish con-
Stunning population but it was very lit
tie more trouble to go to the old mar
ket." The ultimate disposition of the
old market has not been decided upon.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-07-06
WARNING TATToED ON RODy

Having been twice under the sur
geon's knife, Clement Farley of Cleve-
land, Ohio, does not purpose taking
further chances. He is subject to fits
and both the operations to which he
was subjected We're performed while he
was unconscious.
He was seized with q fit this week
and was taken to st. Clair Hospital.
The physicians in charge concluded that
he needed an operation. They put him
on the operating table, but when his
clothing was removed this inscript ion
was found tattooed upon his abdomen.
Don't operate. I've been opera te,s
upon twice for appendicitis"
The surgeons needed the warning and
in short time Farley regained con-
sciousness and was then found to be
all right
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-07-06
TOBACCO.

It has been shown in the Hamakua
experiment that care and skill will
produce good tobacco in these islands.
That is a contention, by the way, which
the Advertiser has long made. 1t has
been disputed only by those who raise
tobacco as they do forage grass and
mourn to find it rank.
One of the drawbacks to small farm
ing in this country is the idea that one
may tickle the soil with a hoe and
have it laugh harvest" When the
soil does not laugh then the man with
a hoe begins to NOPE and say things
about the bad outlook for agriculture.
The condition precedent to good farm
ing here or wherever fine crops are de-
sired is some knowledge of soils and
plenty of care and skill" The build
ing up of the sugar industry en-
phasizes that. There We're enough of
carping critics of sugar here in the
early days. A few haphaZard efforts
to grow cane, resulting in positive fail
ures, gave point to the jeer that moth
ing could be grown on the islands but
what the natives raised on their kule-
anas, taro and sweet potatoes being the
staples. But men who brought brains
and science to the task made possible
a sugar crop worth 25,000,00
Such men are experimenting with
tobacco and doing well. They are here
to teach others how and where TO grow
the crop and if enterprising landhold
ers know what is good for themselves
and the Territory they will take hold
and give tobacco a fair trial There is
! no visible reason why the weed of
solace should not become of as much
| advantage to our export trade as it is,
relatively speaking, to that of Cuba and
the Philippines. There are Manila and
Havana cigars in market all over the
world. Why not Honolulu cigars?
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-07-06
sTRAUCH'S HACKERS.

On Saturday a cablegram was sent
IN one OF the large financial agencies
at San Francisco enquiring into the
responsibility of the concern which IS
alleged to be backing the Strauch
Home Purchasing Society The reply
came this morning in cipher as fol-
lows in translation:
WE CONSIDER THE PARTY
NAMED WEAK AND WOULD AD-
WISE CAUTION.
Tho concern states in it's circulars
that it has 100000 capital, but does
not advertise any PAID UP CAPITAL.
Nor does it. so far as can be ascer-
tanned guarantee the strauch con-
tracts.
An inquiry made to Mr.. Strauch,
publicly and privately, as to sucn
guarantee. cannot be satisfied as
sTRAUcH REFUSES TO ANSWER
He merely says that his books are
open-to subscribers. But this is not
a question of bookkeeping but OF
ability to PAY BACK any part OF
what the subscribers PAY IN. on
this point Mr.. Strauch is silent.
Meanwhile he rates his personal
wealth at SO. which he claims is ex-
empt from execution.
Think of going into a large financial
enterprise with such assets and with
hackers who if they can back at all,
are not known to be doing it.
Think again of the poor natives and
Portuguese who are putting up their
hard-earned money en- such security in
expectation of getting some of it back
in the form of a loan for which they
will have to provide SOLID SECUR-
Try AT A HIGH RATE OF INTER
EST.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-07-06
SKIRTS

75c. values, lace trimmed, soc.
$1.S5 values, lace trimmed, $1.25.
$3.50 values, lace trimmed, s1.75.
$500 values, lace trimmed, 1926.
$3.50 values, embroidery trimmed,
$275.
$500 values, embroidery trimmed,
1915.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-07-06

mans ticket this year if they can get
one up and a safe money plank in
the platform besides. Evidently Bry-
anism is as dead as the proverbial
doornail. Four years sometimes makes
a wondrous change in party principles,
but there could hardly be a greater
Democratic majority is now trying to
effect.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-07-06

An outing on the other islands must
be looked forward to with trepidation
by the band. The poor musicians are
expected to play the steamer off, to
strsighten up at the rail when they
enter the outside port and play again, to
at once give a morning concert ashore,
where down the Pike in the afternoon
and to spend the evening playing for
a dance. And this is the program for
each day. No human band could stand
such an outing long.