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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

One of the disagreeable tasks in re-
lation to the care Of horses. cows or
other cattle is the necessity Of arising
early and supplying them with feed.
This is especially true with milk deal
ers. bakers and many others who are
compelled to get up an hour or two
before serving their route in order to
feed their horses. This is also the
case on Sundays with all drivers OF
teams. Automatic time stock feeders
arc not new to the trades, by any
means, but few are as simple a. the
one shown in the illustration. This
is so constructed that the feed may be
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
Allows the Feed to Fall.

Allows the Feed to Fall.
automatically released at q predeter-
mined moment by attachment to an
alarm clock and fed into trough or
manger.
A chute, through which the food 10
to be passed. is shown in the illustra-
ton, with a hinged door at right an
giles to the inner wall thereof. the door
being connected with an arm which
projects through the wall of the chute.
This arm is fastened to q spring held
to pin In the outer wall of the chute.
A bracket supports clock upon the
other side of the chute, the clock hav-
ing an alarm attachment. The key
which winds the alarm apparatus il
connected to a spring-pressed bolt
which is mounted In the wall of the
chute and designed to support the
hinged door when the same is weight
ed down with food. AS the clock runs
down the cord withdraws the bolt. and
when the proper time is reached the
door is released and the food falls
down to the manger. After the door
is relieved of Its weight the spring
will cause it to resume its normal po-
sitlon. This would also be very useful
In large establishments.
The patentees are John r. Ray and
william e. Sankey, of Salem, Mo.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
Pump Not working We'll.

J. L. McD.-A well "a feet deep
contains IL feet of water. A pipe IL
inches in diameter leads from the
well to the stable. distance of ITO
feet, with a fall of 3 feet. After the
pump has been idle for a time one
has to- pump about eighty strokes be-
fore water comes. What il wrong
with the pump?
In this instance 1t appears that
either the cylinder is too small or too
high in the wheel or that the valve
is loose in the cylinder and leaking
air. II the latter ia the case, the pipe
empties after each operation. and the
whole has to be refilled with q loose
valve. which accounts for the large
number Of strokes necessary. II the
cylinder is too small. 1t would require
large number Of strokes to bring
the water up to that point in the we'll.
and II 1t were too high up, especially
with loose valve, 1t would have the
same result. should recommend
the examination Of the valve ~ the
most probable cause Of the dimculty.
j. B. r.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

An indication Of the swift progress
Of the Japanese mind in practical sci
Nence is afforded by Doctor Omori's re-
cent report on the measurement OF
the vibrations of railway carriages by
means of seismographs. The primary
purpose of the seismograph is to
measure the oscillations Of earth
quakes. Japanese engineers use 1t for
determining the proper balance of
locomotives and the state Of the per-
manent way on railways. Many prac-
tical advantages in the saving of fuel
and the detection Of faults In con-
struction have thus resulted.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

w. H. Glow much power can
get from 80 feet Of q fall Of water
running through . Finch pipe! The
spring is about 20 rods from the house.
The amount of power supplied in
this instance is 80 triding as not to
be worth considering. The distance,
% or % rods, together with = small
size Of pipe, reduces the original head
OF nifty feet SO materially that the
power available Is only one-seventy.
nth Of . horse power.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
GROUND FLOOR OF BARN.
Plan Provides for Much Aecommoda.
ton Within Small Space.


F. M have bought timber for a
barn 80 by SO feet with an L for a
straw shed, 20 by 80 feet. would
like to know how could lay out the
basement to accommodate 10 or ~
head Of cattle. root house, q pen for
small pigs. two or three stalls. and q
box stall for horses. The bents are
as follows: 20 feet for large NOW;
IA feet drive floor, and IS feet NOV
and granary over horses. I do not
intend to close in under the straw
shed. would like to arrange so as
to have COW and horse stable door
under the shed. The barn will run
east and west. with shed on the east
end.
The accompanying plan provides
for single COW stalls; 8 single horse
stalls; two box stalls, one Of which
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
Transpl.ntino Rhubarb.

L. A. G.-What is the best time to
transplant rhubarb which was grown
from seed sown last spring?
Rhubarb may be transplanted at
any time after the leaves die down in
the fall; but with young seedlings
should advise you to wait until spring
to move them. There is danger Of
small roots being thrown above the
ground by the action of frost, and II
planted this fall they might have to be
set again in the spring. Prepare your
ground this fall by blowing under well
rctted manure; or, still better. pillow
out trenches four feet apart. Fill the
trenches to within six inches of the
top with manure, throw in two inches
OF hne dirt and set the plants. having
them three feet apart in the rows.
Mulch each fall with manure. which
should be forked around the plants
the following SPRING.. e. H.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
Pleasing Change.

when I first met you." snapped
the woman who had been married for
her money. you occupied a low men.
ial position. and it's only due to me
that your present position-"
rs q hymeneal one. my dear" In
terupted her husband. smiling sweet
lN.-Cathoiic Standard and Times.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04
Roup In Turkeys.
e. M. P.-Win you kindly publish
the treatment for roup in turkeys?

Mr.. A. g. Gilbert, poultry manager
at the Central Dominion Experimental
farm, recommends the use Of . solu.
ton of Platte chlorides. made Of .
solution Of one part chlorides to i've
parts rain water. Battle the head and
affected parts well and do 30 several
times per day. Separate the sick birds
and dixinfsct the premisea.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

A decoy duck that will nap its wings
and rise from the water has been put
on the market. The decoy is mounted
on a rod which fts into . tube where
BY the decoy may be anchored. The
decoy is connected with . cord to the
shore or wherever the hunter Is and
when the latter pulls the bird moves.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

Gfouho FToor PI4h.
A. shed, 20 by 80 feet; B. passage be-
hind cattle; c. COW stable: d. horse sta
BILE: EE. box stalls: F. feed room: G.
root house; H, pig pen.
may be used for cattle II desired:
root house. pig pen and shed. The
manure may be removed direct from
both the horse and COW stable into
the shed.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-02-04

The best time to transplant apple
trees is early in the spring. As soon
as the soil is dry enough. fear. how.
ever. that to transplant apple trees
which have been bearing for four
years would not be very successful!
undertaking and would not advise
doing so. 1t would be much better to
leave the trees where they are, even
II 1t were necessary to use the ground
about them for something else, and to
plant young trees on the spot intended
for these bearing ones. II. however, It
is determined to transplant the trees
at any cost, the work should be very
carefully done and as many roots as
possible kept on. The trees should be
headed back severely. at least two
years growth being taken on all
round the tree.-M.
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5 The Russian at Homef
Especial Correspondence.)

ers. and pays them lower wage than
he receives for their hire.
But though the peasant lives In mis-.
cry and squalor. and at certain sea-
sons may be in actual want. ordinar-
lily though he grumbles and objects to
his taxes and church expressions. he
would be offended ii you were to sug-
gest that in comparison with the low.
er classes of other countries, he was
pauper.
In his eyes the fact that in the
Western countries the laborers do not
possess laud, nor cows, nor even q
horse. indicates the most abject pow.
erty. Every peasant in Russia or 81
Of some kind.
The question of cheap labor in Rus
siA dnds its answer In the manner Of
living of the peasant and the explana.
tion Of his small strength. 1t is a
physical impossibility for him to work
as do the workmen in our part of the
world. He has not the same stimu-
lus: what he possesses in an inordi-
nate degree is the passive quality of
endurance. He is big, he is strong.
but he has neither terseness nor vi
tally. In this connection 1t shows
very clearly that physical quality is a
question OF diet and the Russian peas.
ant takes the consequence-and sui.
fers it-of not feeding nationally. The
staple foods are sour black bread and
salt; sour cabbage soup. milk curds
and sailed fish. Together with the
usual means of living. that is. the
conditions under which he lives at
home, with an unsanitary house and
an unsantary way Of keeping him
self, the result as It Is is, is the only
one to be expected.
Fires are Frequent.
A dreaded enemy is the demon Of
hre that is necessarily traversing and
running the country. Crowded one
against the other, the wooden houses
with their thick roofs of thatch are
surrounded with ricks of straw and
connected by lines OF sheds. while
waited palisades envelop the whole
village like net with meshes of fine
wood. After the long summer
droughts this agglomeration OF
branches, old beams and straw dried
/, by the sun is as inflammable as tin
! der. Fire is continually breaking out
somewhere: In a single hour the vii
lage is swept away like field of dry
grass and the peasants. with a truly
remarkable resignation to the newt
able. proceed to rebuild the village. SO
as to be ready for the next descent OF
fire.
Once in a while the traditional pas
sivity Of the peasant ia broken
through by an exhibition Of passion
ssainst those in power that would
sbem ,,ncalled for in proportion with
tie matter under discussion. At such
times the strength Of the lower class
isl tacitly recognized and the dissident
isl allowed to have his own way.
| Sometimes. in the streets of town.
policeman may make objection to
the congesting Of trafic by two or
three drivers of market wagons. At
once a storm of argument is raised
BY the accused ones, bringing to their
aid all the other peasants in their
vidnity, until the threatening mob as
su1nes such proportions that the ON.
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rarely an attempt at anything like
architecture. some with single and
most Of them with matched roofs,
they are not made attractive by their
inmates. Few of the houses are made
with more than one story. unless 1t be
the space under the roof, which IL
never used for, anything but q lum-
ber-room. Mother, father. children.
sons and unmarried daughters 1.-THE
brides are always taken to the hus-
bands parents to live), daughters-in-
law and grandchildren are crowded
into one little hut, and the dirt and
squalor. coupled with poverty. are ap-
palling. The small piece Of land at.
tached to the house is worked by the
men. and the women. when the OPP
portunity offers and permission ID
granted. hire themselves out to larger
farmers to work in the fields along
with the men, than whom they are
no less able workers.
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TranspIantIns Bearing Apple Trsss.
sub.-What is the best time Of year
to transplant apple trees that have
been bearing about four years?
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psasan. Women q. Work.

Lately, with = broadening Of ideas
in the country, It has been found that
village workers are considered more
able than those Of the towns. and ind
employment in all the large cities.
Field labor IL undertaken In this way.
and gangs OF peasant women may be
seen wedding the market gardens in
the neighborhood of the great cities.
Tor often labor OF this kind Is con-
tracted for by . middleman, who ad-
vances the railway fares. feeds and
sometimes lodges, his gang Of labor
Mower County transcript., 1905-10-18
Farmers VIII Soon Be Tagged Like
COnVictS,

IT there was anything that 'savored Of
graft connected with the post Office de-
partment at Washington it is the recent
order to have all boxes on the rural
routes numbered consecutively and that
all that was necessary was to address
farmers by number instead of by name.
This is certainly rank and no good fea-
ture presents itself except it be under
stood as good feature that department
stores and every conceivable fake con-
cern can use the mails freely without
obtaining list of the farmers on the
routes. The farmer loses his identity
and he is numbered like a jail bird.
How will the farmers like it to have
No. or l3 painted Oh their box and go
down every day and find a box full of
trashy stuff addressed by number:
Again how will they like it to go away
from that farm after living there for a
number of years and have their success
sor on farm No. get their mail? With
the numerous renters on farms and the
changing about that is always going on
this system will be worthless for the
farmer and big nuisance to the carrier
and postmaster at all times orthfield
News.
Mower County transcript., 1905-10-18

you're invited then you have to Civ
back and if you amt then you spot the
crowd in your next party and so it goes.
l suppose the hungry, disappointed set
of folks that envy place in sets which
they can't get into feels about as bad
and grouchy as any body on earth.
They want to and can't. Now [ tigger
that this whole business don't turn ovt
big enuf returns for tbs investment.
Nv wife and me amt troubled with
sassiety and its grind and we have lots
of friends come to see us too just the
same. Those that like us come to see
US and those that want us to come and
see them invite us and we don't keep
tab on which one called first or last. l
like this freedom from social slavery
and tyranny. [ pity any woman that
is in the treadmill of sassiety. It de-
mands too much in the way Of bother
and it returns lots of heartaches and
disappointment.
FARMER BEN.
Mower County transcript., 1905-10-18
Oppose Numbering Rural Boxes.

The retail merchants of all towns
and cities, are united in their opposi-
ton to the numbering Of the boxes on
the rural routes, declaring with truth
that such movement is in the inter
est of the big department stores of the
cities, who are menace to the country
merchant. BY adopting the number
ing of boxes of patrons it would not be
necessary to know the names of people
along the routes as mail matter could
be addressed to the number from one
up to hundred on No. route and so
on with all the routes. covering the
country with their catalogues without
knowing the names of single patron.
There is no doubt that the installation
Of this system would be very..detrimental
to the interests of the merchants of the
the smaller cities all over the United
States, and they are very emphatic in
their protests against the scheme to aid
the big fellows who are fooling the
people and securing their money every
day in the year. Recently one of our
merchants said he looked over price
list of one of these big mail order
houses for comparison with the prices
marked on staple articles he carried.
In half a dozen instances, where he
was sure the articles were the same, he
found that the big grafters from the
big cities we're securing from two to
five cents more than he asked for the
same, to which must be added the cost
Of postage or express. Public senti-
ment is against the numbering of the
boxes, as it is human nature to SYM
pathize with your own people and aid
them whenever Observation-Disclosures
Gazette
Mower County transcript., 1905-10-18
Social Wealth and Its Right Use.

In our opinion, it should be Mr..
Reckefeller's purpose to distribute far
greater sums than he has yet given for
purposes of general use. Whether or
not the business methods of his COM
panles have been unfair, it is the
wealth produced by the efforts Of his
fellow citizens all over the country that
has, through peculiar combination of
economic conditions, somehow been
poured into his private Golfers. Under
different or wiser conditions, no man
could possibly have acquired such
wealth as that which Mr.. Rockefeller
now possesses The best thing that
men so situated can do is actively to
promote the tendeDcy,-a natural and
healthful tendency in a country Of
equality such as our country is,-to a
more normal diffusion of benefits and
wider distribution of prosperity. Let
everybody, therefore, welcome great
gifts such as the one to the general
Education Board, and hope that what
Mr. Rockefeller and Mr. Carnegie are
doing to distribute their possessions
may 60 forward in the hands of both
of them at an accelerated pace and that
many other men of wealth may set
themselves seriously to like tasks. Let
them try to distribute good part Of
their DOSsassionc Whiln a1cD ha1DinC tn
bring about conditions in the world Of
business and in the realm Of law under
which it will no longer be Feasible for
SO much Of the wealth created by the
uuited efforts of the whole industrial
community to be diverted to the pri-
vate Golfers of a few.-From The Pro
gress Of the w orld," in the American
Monthly Review of Reviews.
Mower County transcript., 1905-10-18
Farming by Trolley an lndiana.Projec

The man with the hoe and the
patient beast of burden may be driven
from the farms around there as the re-
suit of a novelty in electric service
which is proposed by the Fort Wayne
& Wabash Traction company operat-
ing eighty miles of interurban lines in
the vicinity of Wabash, Indiana, If it
is successful, dynamos will displace
hand workers, draft animals, steam
and gasoline engines now used. The
company proposes to install at cost an
electrical outfit for each land owner
within one mile on either side of its
tracks and furnish current at annual
rates to be based on the extent of the
service required.
Mower County transcript., 1905-10-18
For Tariff Revision,

The recent Republican convention in
Massachusetts took a Twentieth Cen
tury view of tariff conditions and other
current problems.
The tariff plank, which was passed
as presented by the committee on reso-
lutions, is as follows:
We believe that the policy Of protec-
tion to American labor and American
industry should be maintained. The
Republican party Of Massachusetts re-
aflirms its devotion to the principle Of
protection, and is opposed to tariff
changes tending to depress or destroy
any of our Industries, or to lower the
wages of American labor. But we rec
ognize the fact, as declared by the ma
tional Republican convention at Chi
cago, that rates should be changed
when conditions have so changed that
the public interest demands the altera-
tiOn of schedules. The time at which
revision of the tariff should be under
taken must be determined by the rep
resentation of the party from all parts
Of our country. We approve the posi-
ton taken by our senators and repre-
sentatiyes at the last session Of Con-
gress in favor of present action, and
we urge that they should continue to
press upon their party associates in
Congress from other states the wisdom
of consideration of the tariff for the
purpose of revision and readjustment.
We further recommend for the con-
sideration of Congress the enactment
of tariff provision which shall protect
our exports against discrimination and
to secure to the United States the treat
ment accorded to the most favored ma
tions in all foreign markets.
Mower County transcript., 1905-10-18
School Boards Warned.

State Superintendent J. W. Olsen has
issued circular warning school author
tiles of bogus agents who impose on
them by selling supplies. He denies
that he has approved of the goods sold
by agents of the Agricultural Educa-
tional society" which claims to have
his Endorsement, and urges that school
boards do not buy supplies unless the
question has been considered at regu-
lar meeting, with the best advice to be
obtained from educators.
Mower County transcript., 1905-10-18
STArEOF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,

Frnk j. Cheney makes oath that he is senior
partner of the firm Of F.. J. Cheney & Co., doing
business in the City of Toledo County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum Of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use
of Halls Catarrh Cure. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of Decemhe A. D. 1886.
(Seal) a. w. GLEASON,
Notary PUBLIC.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials free.
F. CHENEY & co., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Mower County transcript., 1905-10-18
LOOK OUT FOR SCHOOL
SUPPLY AGENTS
From Albert Lea Times,

From Albert Lea Times
A representative Of the Agricultural
Educational Society is in the county
soliciting orders for school supplies
from rural districts.
He gives no reference and is said to
misrepresent the value of his goods.
He tries to induce members of school
boards to take action without meeting
with the others.
He has already induced a few to
enter into contract with him, much to
their regret, it is said. So serious has
the matter become that Superintendent
Latin has found it advisable to issue
letter Of warning to members of
country school boards OF which the
following is the text.
MR.. LATTIN's LETTER OF WARNING.
presume every school officer in the
county has received within the last few
days circular letter signed "Agricul-
tural Educational society,"" This letter
sounds very plausible and I have no
criticism to offer upon the sentiment
expressed. In that letter they say an
authorized representative will call upon
you in the near future. He is here and
has called upon few districts to their
sorrow. [ have no quarrel with this
company, if there is such company,
but do object to their way of doing
business.
l have interviewed two different
school boards where this representative
has called. One board gave an order
for something that costs $47.50. The
other did not. In neither case did this
representative show his goods nor
could any member that talked with see
what this man was selling. His method
ct doing business is this. He ap-
proaches each member of of the school
board individually and is usually re-
ferred to the other two members of the
board with the remark that "whatever
they decide to do will be ali right so
far as he is concerned,' In this way he
secures an order from two members of
the board. DO not know what this
order is like. 1t may be an order for
the goods which is subject to counter
mand or it may be a district warrant
given in settlement for thing that
they have never seen. l suspect the
latter.
Now the only legal way that districts
can purchase supplies of this kind is to
call meeting of the board and do so
by majority vote Of said board.
In my opinion the district can not be
held responsible for the actions of it's
directors in any other way. No farmer
would think of buying a corn binder
from an "authorized agent" giving his
note for settlement for the same, until
he had first seen the machine and knew
positively that it would be delivered.
Now in regard to this work. | have
seen it and know what it is. 1t con-
sists of three manuals worth perhaps
Is cents apiece and a cabinet of charts
which you are paying SO for and
which | consider practically worthless
to the average country school. Of
course they have some commercial
value but l do not know how much
neither do care. You do not want
them at any price.
GEO. L. LATIN. Co, Supt.