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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-27

Reading the big records of some of
the best thoroughbreds, | became in
terested to know what q good native
or mongrel bred COW would do. l Sc
Iected one of our best COWS for trial
writes a New York correspondent of
Hoard's Dairyman.
The cow was twelve years old and
dropped a heifer April 10. 1903. and
the test was begun April 25 and con
Guided April %, 1904. Each milking
was weighed and marked on a tally
sheet and composite sample was
taken and tested by the buttermaker
at the Cambridge On. " creamery.
where her milk went every day of the
year, with the following results: To
tal milk yield, 1850 pounds. with an
average per cent of fat of 400 yield of
butter fat, 800 pounds, equal to $40
pounds of butter
During the year this COW was fed
1924 pounds OF clover hay. 1920
pounds of ensilage, 1871 pounds of
grain and 80 bushels of turnips. She
was seven months on pasture. The
total cost of keep was $52.S5 and her
net profit S1O3.O5.
During three months of the year
May, June and July-this cow was fed
no grain, and the other four months
she was on pasture she was fed three
pounds daily. and for the five winter
months nine pounds of grain were fed
each day.
The grain consisted one part. by
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-27
A MONGREL BRED COW.

oats, one part rye and one part Gull
peas and beans, all ground together.
This COW never missed feed in the
whole year and never gave less than
twenty-six pounds or more than fifty
four and half pounds Of milk in one
day. Her success lies in her 3Oility
to eat and digest large amount Of
feed each day. Her breeding is about
one-fourth Holstein and one-fourth
brown Swiss. The rest is unknown
blood Her mother and her grand
mother were both extra ordinary milk
org
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-27
DAIRY COWS BEST AGE.
She Is at Her Maximum Between
Five and Eight.

She Is at Her Maximum Between
Five and Eight.
The abundance of the milk secretion
which attains its maximum at GER
tain period in the life of the COW, de-
ponds mainly on the energy of her as
Similatiye powers and in general on
the activity of her vital powers, which
also reach a eliminating point at q
given time in the life of the animal,
says the Live Stock Journal British.
1t is of course well known that dur
ing the first couple of lactation periods
the yield is not equal to that obtained
when the COW is fully matured and
also that very old cows give poor re-
turns. Considered from physiologic-
al point of view, this is obvious, for
until q COW is fully matured-i. e., has
ceased growing of the food which
is taken into her body is used up for
the growth of the body and therefore
cannot serve for the production of
milk. Full development is reached aft
er the third or fourth lactation, and it
is about this time that the highest
yields may be looked for. although in
this matter very much depends upon
the individuality of the cow and also
upon the manner in which she is fed
and treated.
Some years ago, writing upon this
subject. VOL stated that tests special
ly made went to show that under the
same conditions COWS six or seven
years old do best This was the case
with the cows in the ninety day test at
the Chicago Worlds fair, and the con-
illusions drawn are that the maximum
annual production and the greatest
profits obtained from COW will, as a
rule, come at from five to eight years
and that young animals give richer
milk than older ones.
It is evident, therefore, that one
might only very exceptionally retain
COWS of more than eight or nine years
of age, as their milking qualities are
then generally rapidly declining, and,
moreover. the COWS are less easily fat
tened
AS young animals produce more from
the same quantity of food, owing to
their assimilative powers being more
energetic, there is every reason for not
keeping COWS too long.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-27
Raise the HefferS.

The heifer calves from the best cows
should by all means be raised The
method that is still largely practiced in
some places of disposing of all the
calves regardless of how good the in
dividual or it's parentage is N the end
a ruinous practice to the dairy inter
ests. The ranges are producing beef
cattle, horses and sheep, but the dairy
COWS must be Produced by dairymen
only.-Cor. Farm Visitor.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-27
FOR DAIRY FARMERS

l believe it is the experience Of all
with dairy COWS that those with large
stomachs and strong digestive powers
are the most profitable in converting
food into milk and butter fat. says Il
New York correspondent Of Ohio Farm
er. The aim, therefore. in rearing dairy
calves should be to keep them in Il
growing condition all the time and en-
courage a large stomach by feeding
largely on bulky food, such as clover
hay, bran, etc, and especially guard
against the digestive organs getting de-
ranged.
The Cow Needs Care.
The straw stack is poor protection
as we'll as poor feed for the hardwork-
ing dairy COW, says HoGrds Dairyman.
She needs warm barn and plenty Of
well prepared feed.
Warm the Drinking Water.
This is the time of year that COWS do
not enjoy drinking ice water 1t is
cheaper to warm their drinking water
with wood or coal than with bran that
costs $23 ton.-Hoard's Dairyman.
Improve the Herd.
Has your dairy paid during the past
season? II SO, prepare now to make it
do better next year. Make a dicker
with the Indifferent COW buyer or the
butcher to take the poor cows off your
hands. Take this money and hunt d
smaller number of cows that you know
are good. Do this every year, and you
will be surprised at the results of your
sagacity; also plan now to give your
herd more and better feed next year.
Don't buy it if you can avoid it. but
think it out and see if your land will
not produce it in one crop or another
Holstein-Friesian Register.
To Tell Good Cow.
AS all outward signs sometimes fail,
the best way to tell good cow is by
the BaDcock tester and the weigh
scales, as there is the greatest chance
for self deception in handling dairy
cows
The kicking Cow.
The dairy cow should be gentle, milk
easily. give a fair flow of milk and
hold out we'll A COW that does not
possess each one of these virtues is not
a suitable animal to be kept long on the
farm. Kicking and restless cows and
cows which milk hard are nuisances,
and the sooner they are disposed of the
better-Texas Farmer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-27
Self Sucking Cow,

For the COW that robs herself and de-
fes ordinary preventive measures try
enveloping the udder in a strong sack,
says Hoard's Dairyman. 1t is next to
impossible to explain in words Just
how to adjust and fasten the sack, but
it can be done. and one must try differ
ent methods until successful.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-27
Cure For Coughing Cow.

Boil a teacup Of fiaxseed to a pulp
and while hot pour it on half pail Of
bran and make. mash Of it, Give her
mash of this kind once a day, with
one of the following powders in it: Mix
four ounces each of sulphate of iron
and nitrate of potassium and divide in
to twenty-fOur doses.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-27

Eight Arrows IN the Air at Once.
There is 4 purely Indian exploit
which is recognized as Il test of fast
shooting" says Mr. Ernest Thompson
Seton in Country Life In America. In
this the honor is allowed the archer
who can have six arrows in the air at
once and the high honor for seven.
The Indian record is eight, but not
many Indians have made it,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-27

The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fill
ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
If they are sick or out
of order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains. aches andrheu-
matism come from ex-
cess Of Uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-27
Susnn,S ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

Mr.. Hayrake-Well, Susan must be
studyin' art Mrs Hayrake - Land
sakes! Mr.. Hayrake-Y she says, II
am writing this letter in my drawing
room. "-Chicago News
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-27

"Your mOther-in-law never pays you
a long visit" said one man to another.
How is that?''
"She did once, but | got my mother
to come on q visit at the same time"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-27
The Small Herd.

Many dairyman would do better if
he owned but ten good dairy cows in
stead of the twenty that he now owns
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-27
Fourth Grace.

Faith, hope and charity should crowd
closer and make room for gratitude
AtchisOn Globe.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-27
OVer=WOrk WeakenS
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-27

hlOiSJ NIOuDlc.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats. and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart is
over-working in pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
1t used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
ming in kidney trouble.
If you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect of Dr.. Kimer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for its
wonderful cures ofthe most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits GoF~
by all druggists in fifty <zs;sEYk %sss;ss
cent and one-dolar siz- IN
es. You may have a =-s<ss. s Esss skskssso
sample bottle by mail Home of swamp-Root
free. also pamphlet telling you how to find
out if you have kidney or bladder trouble
Mention this paper when writing Dr.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, NJ Y.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-27
Not His Own.

us the house you now live in your
own"
"Not now"
You have sold it?''
mo; got married.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-27

and IS Sold on its merits
by all druggists in fifty
cent and one-dollar siz-
es. You may have a
>,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-07-22

Governor Joe Folk, of Missouri.
regards the prosecution of grafters
in various sections of the country
as sign of moral awakening. In
a response to a query by the New
York World, Mr.. Folk says
'This condition should encourage
all lovers of good government, for
the remedy of corruption in it's
last analysis is in the hearts of the
people. We passed through a
commercial age, when the chief
end and aim was to acquire wealth /;
we are entering now into the age
of high ideal. The question is
now, not how to get rich, but how
to get right. The rule of the dol
lar is not as potent as it was, and
the reign of the law is becoming
more accepted. We are passing
from evil to good. and from dark
ness to light"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-07-22

A curious case is reported from
Lajunte, Colorado. A Russian
named Schisklostas was arrested
there last Sunday for the murder
OF his wife in Belmont, Mass,
which occurred on Wednesday of
last week. The Russian confessed
to the crime and says that what
caused him to kill the woman was
that when they were married she
claimed to be twenty-eight years
years old, but was in reality forty,
and the deception caused them to
quarrel many times. He became
enraged at her gibes on Wednes-
day and cut her throat, hid the
body as best he could, and escaped,
but was captured in Colorado.
He claims she also deceived him
in regard to a sum of money she
said she had prior to her marriage
to him,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-07-22

Elihu Root has been indicted
into the Office of Secretary of State,
lately rendered vacant by the
death of Hon. John Hay. 1t was
largely due to MIR. Hays efforts if
this country entered upon an in
ternational policy in competition
with European powers. He was a
strong advocate of expansion, ia
vored the annexation of the Philip
pines, while at the same breath
declaring strongly for the inviol-
ability of the Monroe doctrine
opposites which excites no little
comment from the foreign press
at times. 1t is not definitely
known what Mr.. Roots leanings
are on this subject. 1t is to be
hoped he is inclined to less med
dlesome policy with quarrelsome
foreigners. He is the choice and
appointee of the President, and
for that reason it is safe to sur
mise that instead of a change of
front, this international policy
will 60 on increasing until it
brings US into serious troubles.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-07-22

According to a statistican who
has been investigating the in.
creased production of gold due tc
the introduction of dredging ma.
chimes, the time is not far distant
when the gold output will he &c.
100000 per day, even should the
quartz mines yield no more than
at present. AS this would aggre-
gate $500, 0O0, 900 per year, or more
than twice the present product, it
is interesting to conjecture what
the effect will be upon the interest
rate and upon collateral matters.
We are likely to hear from the
silvermen and the greenbackers
on the subject sooner or later.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-07-22

According to report published
in the New Orleans Picayune one
day last week, the Southern Pa
cific road, in the next sixty days,
begin the use of gasoline motor
cars on branch lines. The cars
are in appearance very much like
the electric street car, and are
capable of developing very high
speed. They were introduced by
the Union Pacific road for branch
line service, and were built in the
shops of that company in Omaha.
The first are to be used on the
Hartman lines between Houston
and Galveston. If satisfactory
the cars will then be placed in use
on all the branch roads in Louis
lana and Texas.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-07-22
NOTICE..

To all whom it doth or may concern
Take notice that a meeting of stock.
holders of the Teche Transportation
q Fuel Oil Company, Limited, will be
held at the Company. Office in Frank
lin, La, on Wednesday, the 18th day
OF August, 1905, between the hours Of
and O'Clock p. NJ, to vote upon
the proposed increase of the Capita !
Stock OF the Company, from 100 shares
OF the par value of 800. 90 each to 12O
shares OF said par value of 800. 90
each, and to amend article " of the
Charter accordingly to read S12, 900. 90
Capital Stock, instead of $40, 200. 90
all in accordance with Act No, 26 Of
the Legislature Of this State, approved
June @, 1882. "
JOSEPH Brig, Secretary.
July 8, 1905.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-07-22
SATURDAY, JULY %, 1905.
A malicious attempt was made

A malicious attempt was made
last Sunday morning to wreck the
San Antonio Limited (Express)
on the Southern Pacific track a,
Landry, about twenty miles this
side of Lafayette, but the passen-
ger was delayed, and freight
train ran into the open switch,
going at a speed of about twenty
five miles an hour. The train had
orders to run on fast time, to be
at New Iberia ahead of the pas
senger, which was thirty minutes
later in leaving Lafayette than the
freight. The freight had large
number of tank cars from the
Crowley field loaded with oil, and
several cars loaded with sulphur
for the export trade. 1t is said
that when the engine struck the
open switch it leaped into the air
and turned over twice, and was
driven by the weight of the cars
behind it very deep into the ditch,
five of the heavily loaded box cars
crushing on the engine. The en-
gineer, William S. Wheelan, was
almost instantly killed, and was
20 badly burned by escaping steam
that his features were scarcely re-
cognizable when mis- corpse was
removed from beneath the wreck.
The fireman on the i'll starred
freight and one brakeman were
seriously hurt, but hopes are en-
tertained for their recovery. The
lock on the switch post was found
to be broken away and the switch
lamp in the center of the track,
the light extinguished. Special
officers employed by the road and
mem bers of the sheriff's Office are
sweeping the surrounding country
in an attempt to locate the das-
tardly fiends who set the trap to
wreck the passenger, but up to the
present no reports have arrived of
any arrests made. 1t is hoped
that the miscreants who made the
attempt to wreck the passenger
train and destroy its human bur-
den, will be caught and dealt with
as they deserve.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-07-22

The second division of the
squadron Of battleships belonging
70 the North Atlantic fleet sailed
last Tuesday from Newport, R. l.,
under the command of Rear AID.
miral Davis, to meet the fleet OF
American vessels under Rear Adj
mirable Sigsbee, which has the
oody OF John Paul Jones, that
e being conveyed to, this
country from France. Admiral
DAVIS squadron has orders to
cruise along the coast until it can
90 into wireless telegraphic COM
munlcation with Admiral Sips.
oee,s fleet, then join and proceed
g Hampton Roads, Va. The ves-
sels are expected in Hampton
Roads to-day.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-07-22

The time is now at hand when
parents who have sons to educat e
are carefully considering the best
place 20 send them. This is as it
should be. There is, perhaps, no
other event in a boys life which
has so much bearing upon his fu-
ture career as the selection of the
college or university at which he
is to receive his education and
training for the battle of life. In
this connection we wish to call at
tention to the announcement of
the Louisiana State University,
which appears in another column.
The University has just closed
its most successful session, and
will reopen on September Goth
with strong faculty and better,
accommodations and facilities
than ever before. Besides. the
usual literary and scientific courses
Of q college Of arts and sciences, it
offers the strong engineering
courses of q college of technology.
Its attendance has grown more
in the last ten years than
of any neighboring State Univer.
sity, and includes many students
from other States and foreign
We believe that a careful esti-
nation of the merits of this in
Btitution will show that it offers
he very best training that can be !
obtained by the youngman whose
Ute is to be spent in Louisiana.
We wish to give to it our unquali-
led endorsement, and to invite
our readers to examine carefully
= catalogue before deciding where
. send their sons.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-07-22

At the last meeting of the Police
Jury of Ascension parish an ap-
preparation of S25, 900 was ordered
for the new public building, which
will be erected at Donaldsonville.
The building will be one of the
finest in the State and will cost
$4,000 when completed. The
people of Donaldsodville have
voted bonds to cover the rem ain
ing S25, 1000.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-07-22

The District Attorney of Phila-
de'phia, Pa, has refused to
prosecute several wealthy political
grafters of that city. Mayor
weaver called upon Elihu Root.
ms counsel, for advice. In reply
Mr. Root advises the Mayor that
ne has authority to institute Grim
inal proceedings and urges him to
proceed.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-07-22

duties.
We call the attention of the Police
Jury to the Parish bridge at Ramos,
which is sadly in need of repairs. and
owing to the increase of traffic in this
locality, we recommend that it be
taken care OF at once, SO as to protect
the public from serious calamity
( We would recommend the changing
of the public road from InglewOod
Plantation to the Southern Pacific
Railroad at Amelia, as the present
road is subject to tide water.
We wish to call the attention OF the
Police Jury to the amount of water
that is held on the public road be-
| tween Richards and LeBauwe Bridge
by levees, and we recommend that
this be corrected, and suggest that
canal be cut between Richards and
Landry's.
We lind that there is very little evil
dence OF any work done by the road
| contractors. They can do nothing
| while it rains, but they donot increase
their force when the weather is good.
We have observed with great
pleasure and satisfaction the strict
enforcement of the Sunday law by the
law officers of the Parish, for which
credit is due them, and we most
heartily commend their action in this
matter. We note that the enforcement
of the law has had an immediate ef-
feet in reducing crime and violence in
this parish, which result is matter
of great satisfaction to us.
We have examined into the criminal
records of the Parish. and We are i'm
pressed with the fact that ninety per
cent of the crimes of violence commit
ted in the parish are the direct result
of the perniciOus and cowardly Gus
tom Of carrying concealed weapons
We are firmly convinced that if this
practice was effectually stamped out
the gain to the community would be !
very great in the way of peace and
quiet, and the criminal expenses, which |
now bear so heavily upon the people |
OF the parish would be greatly light |
ened
Therefore. we recommend to the law !,
officers of the Parish that they exer-
else the greatest diligence in enforc-
ing the law against carrying weapons
and use their utmost en-
deavOrs to effectually stamp out this
practice.
We realize that the penalty now i'm
posed upon this offense is very small.
and out of all proportion to its mag
nitude, and we earnestly recommend
to our representatives in the legisla-
ture OF the State, that at the next ses-
sion of the legislature they introduce
a measure, making this offense pun
ishable with a fine of at least One
Hundred Dollars, and that they do
their utmost TO secure the passage of
this law.
Respectfully submitted,
,Signed) NJ. CoGUENHEM,
Foreman of the Grand Jury.
July 2lst, 1905.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-07-22

Mr.. Peter Fink, one of the Oldest
residents of Algiers, died at his
summer home in Waveland, Miss.
last Sunday, at the age of IS
years. He was u German bv
birth, having landed here in. 1886.
and shortly afterwards became a
private in the American army, and
fougot through the Mexican war
for his adopted country. He was
highly respected in Algiers, and
it is largely pue to his efforts and
those of gentlemen associated
with him, that the splendid dry
dock at New Orleans is a reality.
he leaves q son and two daugh-
tiers.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-07-22

Ira Nash, of Natchitoches, was
tried this week and found guilty
without capital punishment, OF
murder. Nash committed his
crime sixteen years ago, when a
boy. He has been fugitive from
justice since that time, and has
been in Bossier parish.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-07-22
Hunt Academy,
Port Gibson, nississippi.

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Sanitary plumbing. Campus fifty
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Military training. Number limited.
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