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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
How Many Varieties?

The number of. varieties of fowl that
farmer should keep will depend a
great deal on what he wishes to do
with his fowls. There are three diff
ferent procedures looking to three diff.
ferent ends. The ordinary farmer that
wants poultry as a side issue, and who
intends to sell good many birds and
eggs in the market, and has nothing
put revenue to look for from them will
do well to confine himself to one kind
OF fowl. If he has but one variety and
they are kept pure, he will find it pos.
slble to produce birds of a uniform
size, and now and then he will find it
very easy to sell some at more than
ordinary prices. His eggs, too, will
be OF one size and one color. On the
other hand, if he wishes to have a
flock to supply himself and his family
and does not expect to sell dressed
poultry or eggs, then he can just as
we'll have mixed flock, or even non.
descrlpts. The advantage of this is
that some of these birds will lay at
different times of the year, and
mixed flock well fed will give eggs
during much of the winter months
as well as the summer months. The
man that wishes to keep number of
varieties is generally a man who has
either a scientific leaning toward in
vestigation, or is building up trade
In breeding stock. Sometimes one
farmer will keep forty or fifty va
rletles OF land and water fowls. The
only difficulty about this is that some
buyers prefer to purchase from a man
that keeps but one variety, as there is
less likely to be a mistake made in
the breeding of the birds, and the eggs
that he buys for setting purposes
Thus, the man that wants to buy pure
Plymouth Rock eggs is more than
likely to send to the man that has
Plymouth Rocks only than to the man
that has a dozen varieties of land
fowls, for he rightly judges that in the
latter case it is very likely that mis-.
take will be made somewhere along
the line from the time the eggs are
collected from the nests until the time
they are shipped.
Slyvanps Banks.
Champaign County, Ill.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
Joke on jacob, Riis.

Once in Massachusetts, town ia
cob A. Riis was asked by gaunt, flu
neral sort of chap what he should
say by way of introducing him to an
assemblage. "Oh," replied Mr.. Riis
in spirit Of levity, ''say anything you
like. Say am the most distinguished
man in the country. They generally
do" Whereupon his serious-minded
friend marched upon the stage and
calmly announced that he did not
know this man Riis whom he was
charged to introduce, and had never
heard of him. "He tells he went on
with never wink, "that he is the
rsost distinguished citizen in the
country. You can judge for your
selves when you have heard him.
Kansas City Journal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
Best Pasture for Mich Cows.

By long experiment it has been
learned that the best pasture for
mich COWS is that containing or 10
varieties of grass. 1t is desirable that
the grasses be of such a character that
they will mature at different times
from late spring to late fall. BY hav-
ing mixed grasses in the pasture a
greater weight of heritage is obtained
than when one kind of grass is used.
When one kind only is used there Is
flush period when it is approaching
maturity, and after that the grass de-
cllnes in succulence and does not
thereafter produce the same luxuriant
growth that it did at the first of the
season. The practice of sowing tim
othy, clover and blue grass in the pas
ture is not to be commended. The
clover soon dies out and very little of
it remains after the third year. This
applies, of course, to the permanent
pasture. In the system of rotation.
of which the pasture forms part,
clover and timothy may we'll be used.
In some parts of the country several
varieties of blue grass are used as
foundation for pasturage. Kentucky.
blue grass and Canadian blue grass,
though similar in name, are dissimilar
in looks and habits of growth. These
do not ripen at the same time. At the
Missouri station are to be seen large
pastures of blue grass in all their
luXuriance, and in these pastures the
Canadian and Kentucky varieties are
the most prominent. The best pasture
for mich cows is that pasture that
produces a large amount of succulent
feed throughout the growing season.
Cows should not be compelled to wan.
der over large areas to secure the food
necessary to sustain themselves and
manufacture milk.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
Lightning Penetrates Solid Rock.

AT English scientific writer, in dis
cussing' the phenomenal actions OF
says that sometimes, when
this mysterious electrical element is i'm
action it has tendency to drill 1t
Will drill the hardest rock rock
which would turn cold steel: and not
only drill but vftrffy it,. They have
found in Cumberland channels thirty
feet deep and from two to- four inches
in circumference. The interior was
hard and glazed where the solid sub
stance had been melted by the stab.
bling flashes. Artificial experiment has
shown that powerful shock from a
battery will vitrify finely powdered
glass. but not felspar or quartz. The
lightning. however. does it in the man.
ner described-not in one place, but
in many, showing that before striking
the ground it divided into several
branches, each strong enough to pene.
trate and liQuify the solid rock.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
A WATCH HIS ONLY WEAPON,
What Chance Did He Have Against the
Man With a Frying Pan.


Man With Frying Pan.
Alton B. Parker was talking at Esop.
us about graft
And the worst of it is" he saio
that the typical CRATER has, on detec.
ton, an injured air-an air of injured
and reproachful innocence. He re.
minds me of the man who was accused
of stealing a watch.
"The man pleaded not guilty; he
even brought against the complainant
counter charge of assault. The lat.
ter, he declared, had assaulted him
with frying pan.
well. the case came into court and
in the heat of cross-examination the
man lost his head little.
"'You dare to say shouted the
cross-examiner, that my client attack.
ed you with frying PAM
Yes, SIR said the man, gulping
nervously.
Game at you with frying pan, Ell {!
And you-a big, strong fellow like you
had you nothing in your hand to de.
fend yourself with?'
Only the watch, sir said the wit.
ness And what-his voice was hurt,
eproachful-'what's a watch against 2
frying PAM"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
Rainfall Accurately oauaed.

Interesting facts about transforms
are cleaned from the latest devices
for gauging rainfalls. The old rain
gauge, or pluyiometer, showed only
the total rainfall in given time. The
newer instruments trace the variations
in rate, and with such an apparatus
Gellenkamp, a, German meteorologist,
has obtained diagrams within the last
ten years that prove the course of an
ordinary short shower to be a rapid
series-of successive maxima and mini
ma Of intensity. In raips Of some ,ex-
tent, water.charged waves Of air
seem to, follow each other at short In
3tervals. In more local showers the
first condensation sets free heat that
may eyaporate part o, The following
drops, repetitions Of this process per,
ihaps giving many oscillations In tue
intensity Of the rain. ss.s
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
jfl ~
Creamery Sewage.

We frequently notice In creamery
papers reports of creameries having
trouble with sewage. This sewage
consists largely of refuse from milk
watts and washings from the floors Of
the creamery. This contains large
amount of casein. When this putrifies
1T produces an odor that is as often
sive as decaying animal matter. 1t is
no wonder, therefore, that when this
sewage is run off in almost open
bitches through settled community,
1t has been the cause of suits and in
functions against the creameries.
There is no reason why the matter of
sewage should make trouble If the
latest scientific methods are known to
the creamery manager. What is
known as the septic tank system is
proving a complete success every
where. This consists in conveying the
sewage through a perfectly tight pipe
some hundreds of feet to closed tank
or vat, in which the material is almost
stagnant for some hours. The ca
pacity of the tank must be great
enough so that the flow of water
through 1t will be very slow. Cross
planks are put in to impede the prog
ress of the sewage. At the further end
OF this tank, at the bottom, is an orr
flee permitting the outflow of the clear
water. II this tank is tight, what is
known as anaerobic bacteria, that is,
bacteria living without air, operate
upon the scum that forms in the tank
and entirely destroy the organic mat.
ter, changing it into gas. In this way
everything is destroyed except the
ash. Nothing putrifies, for the putri-
factive bacteria are not present.
Therefore no offensive smells are en-
sendered. This sysetm is now being
used in the sewage systems of 500
cities in Europe and America. It is
equally suitable to creameries, cheese
factories and farms. The procedure
OF Its operation is so we'll known that
any state experiment station can sup
ply the required information. Every
farmer that reads this paper, and ev-
cry creamery manager, can make him
self the possessor of the theories in
practice in this matter, for the proc
ess itself is not patented, although
some companies have been formed
that claim to have patented certain
methods in connection with it. 1t is
safe to say, however, that none of
these patents are essential to the op-
GRAFTON of the system.-Elmer Ash
ton, Bureau Co., ILL.,, in Farmers Re-
view.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
ALCOHOL in MOST MEDlciNEs.
Indispensable Requisite In Compound.
ing of Some Prescriptions.

's'N'SfSSssSHS'S sASSSsSs&O ~ S0ubfSSsS'
ing Of Some Prescriptions.
1t is of course true that some pro.
prietary medicines contain alcohol and
Yearly all liquid medicines prescribed
by physicians contain it. No honest
man will defend the sale of intoxi.
cants under the guise of medicine; but
every honest man should protest
against a system of wholesale denun-
citation born of malice or ignorance
Of pharmaceutical principles and fos-
tered by selfish interests. 1t is as
suned that alcohol is the cause of in
temperance; but there is great diff.
ference between alcohol and whisky.
If substitute for alcohol could be
found for Use in the manufacture of
medicines its discoverer would render
great service to the profession of
pharmacy and the science of medi-
cine, for alcohol is a very expensive
ingredient and cheaper substitute
would be gladly accepted. Unfortun-
ately the word alcohol in the minds Of
many people is associated eXclu-
sively with bar-rooms, drunkenness
and all forms of degradation and vice.
This is due to lack of knowledge
by the general public of the fact that
alcohol is an indispensable requisite
in drugs, unctures and fluid extracts.
All fluid extracts and tinctures on the
druggists shelves contain from 20 to
so per cent of alcohol; and of all
liquid medicines prescribed by ply
sicians more than IS per cent contain
it in large proportions.
Alcohol is required to preserve or.
sanic substances from deterioration
and from freezing, and it is also re-
Quired to dissolve substances not solu.
BILE in water, while it contributes to
their preservation when dissolved.
Diluted alcohol is largely employed in
fluid extracts; and whenever greater
strength of alcohol is required as
solvent (for extracting medicinal prin.
ciples) the medicine is of such char.
acter as to preclude a large dosage:
and for this reason preparations, even
If containing so per cent or more of
alcohol ARE practically less intoxicat.
Ing than beer. In such cases the
character OF the medicinal constituents
Is such as to absolutely forbid the
taking of the medicine in any way
except in very small doses and al
stated intervals only. To assume that
any great number of proprietary med.
icines are used as beverages is the
veriest MISUNDERSTANDING
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
THE SECRET or YOUTH.

DE Soto looked for the secret OF
youth ln spring of gushing, life
giving waters which he was sure. he
would find i'm the New World. AL
chemists and sages thousands, Of
theml. have spent their lives in quest
for it, but it is only found by those
happy people who can digest and as.
simulate the right food which keeps
the physical body perfect that peace
and comfort are the sure results.
A remarkable man of "a says: go,
many long years / suffered more or
less with chronic costiveness and
painful indigestion. This condition
made life great burden to me. as
YOU may well imagine.
Two years ago began to use
Grape-Nuts as food, and am thankful
that ] did. It has been blessing to
me in every way. I first noticed that
it had restored my digestion. This
was q great gain, but was nothing to
compare in Importance with the fact
that in q short time my bowels were
restored to free and normal action.
The cure seemed to be completes:
for two years ! have had none OF the
old trouble. use the Grape-Nuts
food every morning for breakfast and
frequently eat nothing else. The use
has made me comfortable and happy.
and although will be "a years Old
next fall. I have become strong and
supple again, erect in figure and can
walk with anybody, and enjoy IT.
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Theresa Reason.
Read the little book, The Road ia
MELVILLE, Ia every pkg.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
Milk for the CITY,

Any farmer engaged in supplying
milk for the city should be as con.
scientious about it as he is about the
milk produced for his own family. He
should not use any kind of preserya-
tive, and should see that the milk is
fresh when it leaves the farm. Mix
ing old milk and new milk results in
great increase of the bacterial con-
tent, as the temperature of the old
milk Is raised by the new. II the
mornings milk and the nights milk
are to be poured together for one de-
livery, the mixing should not be until
sfter the temperature of the last milk
Ing has been reduced as low Is pos
.sible. s5ss3a
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
The Old Breeds of Fowls.

Other things being equal, the ole
breeds Of fowls are generally superior
to the new ones. for the very reason
that their characteristics are well
fixed. Thus, the Dorking, the Oldest
fowl known to the western world, has
it's domestic instincts thoroughly es.
tablished, though it lacks a little in
the reproducing power. The Lang.
shans, centuries old, can be depended
upon to give black birds of great hard.
mess, and of ability to produce larger
numbers of eggs. The same is true
of the original forms of the Brahmas
and Leghorns. We should demand
more in new breeds than mere changes
in color of feather.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
Wildness Of the Turkey.

The wildness of the turkey has
never been bred out of it, except in a
minor degree. Breeding the turkey in
confinement has seldom been at.
tempted by farmers that have
made a business OF raising tur.
keys. They have recognized the
fact that the turkey requires free.
dom and a considerable territory
to roam over. Instead of attempting
to breed out this quality, they have
catered to it. The work of breeding
out the wildness has hardly begun.
The wild instincts are also retained
by the use of new turkeys captured
from the woods. The elimination of
the instinct for roaming would greatly
increase the number of turkeys being
raised in the country.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
New Shoe Eyelet.

Several new designs in shoe hooks
have been patented at different times
but the hook now universally used has
proved so practical and useful that at
tempts to supplant it have proven
failures. 1t would be difficult to i'm
prove on it's construction, but a Wis
consin inventor thinks he has an i'm
proved shoe eyelet, which should be
popular. In his design the lower eye
lets are the same as those generally
used, the improvement being in the
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27

Wells are generally walled up with
stone laid dry, that is. without NOR
tar. After the we'll is dug, arrange
windlass over top of well, having a
bucket to lower stone to the bottom.
Lay stones in a true circle, keeping
the face stones snugly together. Fill
in spaces with small stone and chip
pings, and continue this process I'm.
til top is reached, care being taken to
keep true circle of the wall This
will prevent the we'll caving in at any
time, as when built round the stone
forms an arch and will not shove III.
A dry stone wall allows the free soak
age of mortar into, the we'll from the
soil. If a mortar wall is required use
cement mortar composed of four parts
sand to one part Portland cement and
thoroughly bed the stone. A wall one
foot four inches thick is generally
built.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
The Weight Of Milk.

Professor Van Norman Of the In.
diana Experiment Station says that
one gallon of milk Of average
density weighs 8 pounds 81 ounces.
This will vary slightly according
to the amount of cream in it.
The greater the proportion of cream
the less will be the weight, as
cream is lighter than the milk. In
the weighing of cream, the percentage
of fat counts largely. If the cream
contains Is per cent of butter fat, it
will weigh 8 pounds and ounces. II
it contains IS per cent Of fat, it will
weigh pounds ounces; 40 per cent,
8 pounds and / ounce.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
Misunderstood.

Il didn't know young Snobberly real
iy took any interest in politics"
Nonsense! He doesn't"
But just heard him talking for the
past ten minutes about party ties.
ooh, he means white lawn bows
Philadelphia Press.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
Would advise that the main BODY

Would advise that the main body O.
the house be made 26 feet by 80 feet
This would allow wider verandas and
would make the front bedroom large
enough for sitting room if desired
Cement blocks will cost more thar
either brick or frame, if the work is
properly done. 1t would be cheaper
to build the foundation of cement
concrete or stone When stone is
plentiful they are cheapest. States
will cost more than twice as much as
shingles, but if the roof is built strong
enough they are more durable This
building could be built of cement
blocks for about 81 ,O5O.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27

From the information given 1t would
seem that the floor has been cracked
by the frost heaying it or else it has
settled by not having the grading or
filling thoroughly packed down before
laying the floor. AS to the cracks
along stills, these will occur. as cement
will not adhere to wood. To fill
the cracks, first thoroughly clean the
floor and cracks, then, If crack is
large, mix two parts sand and one
part cement together, having it
soft. Dampen crack and fill in with
the mortar. II crack is small, use
neat Portland cement mixed soft and
run into crack. y
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
sriahtenina the Combs.

People that visit show rooms fire..
quently wondeE at the brightness of the
combs and wattles of the birds. Those
in the secret know that these combs
and wattles have been daily rubbed
with mixture composed Of two parts
of alcohol and one part Of glycerine.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
THE BOSTON BAG EVIL.
Even the Men at the Hub Are, Carry.
ina Them Now;

CVSTI IIIS WtGII dC CTIS rIuU FWSH VdFTyI
ing Them Now.
THE Boston bog is a growing evil
said man who has just returned
from the Hub. formerly it was only
the women who carried them, but now
no Boston man is correctly equipped
FOR the street who does not carry a.
bag. Every day in Boston saw
scores of business men carrying large
green or blue broadeloth bags, exact.
ly like those the women affect They
contain their books, papers, small
packages and on one occasion I saw
man dive into. his, bag for street car
fare.
"Do you think YOU could hine, Kan.
sas City man to, do tliat%''
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
PATENTS.

List Of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.
Reported by Lothrop & johnson,
patent lawyers, 911-912 Pioneer Press
building, st. Paul, MINI. Charles
Bird, Minneapolis, Mimi, dumping
platform; Martin Brennan, Garretson,
SD, harrow; AEmon D11tton, Pleasant
Grove, Mimi, fence post; Eberhard O.
Hough, Fosston, Mimi, grain seive;
Joseph Kugler, Waconia, Mimi, surgi-
cal appliance; George Wilson, ST. Paul,
Mimi, game apparatus; Charles Wy
man, Anoka, Mimi, harvester.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
Cost Of Cottdue.

WITT you give as near as possible
the cost of cottage, to be built Of
cement blocks? Would a frame house.
be much cheaper? Would you advise
having cement blocks or stone for the
cellar? Are states much dearer thar
shingles?
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
Beware of Ointments for catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

IS mercury Will surely destroy the, sense of smell
Ind completely derange the whole system when
entering IT through the mucous surfaces Such
articles should never be used except prescrtp.
lions from reputable physicians, as the damage they
,l do is ten fold to the good you possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. j. Cheney Co., Toledo, O.. contains no mer.
GUY, and IL taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces Of this system. In
buying Hen's Catarrh Cure be sure you get tho
genuine. It H. taken internally and made in Toledo
Ohio, ~ T. j. Cheney 4 Co. Testimonials free.
Sold BY Druggists. Price: 15c. per bottle.
Take Halle Family Pills for constipation.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27

There is difference between roup
and cold. but poultry should not be
allowed to take cold. The cold makes
the roup more possible as the germs
Of the disease can then find 4 chance
to develop. Ri s8$ :.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27

Baking
Powder
Perfect in Quality
Economical in Use
Moderate in Price
Ponderous oon'ts.

Mr.. Grover Cleveland doesn't think
women should join clubs or have the
right of suffrage. When he gets
through his list of "don'ts" will he
kindly indicate the privileges that they
may legitimately enjoy Boston
Transcript.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27

"Gabbleton is very fond OF criticising
his neighbors, isn't he?"
Eyes, he engages in an extrayagant
use Of projectiles for person residing
In conservatory. Puck.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
Cracks in cement Floor.

Last fall a cement floor was laid
down in stable and more than usual
care was given to the preparation of
the foundation. 1t has cracked in
two or three places and has left the
sill half an inch all the way around.
How can the cracks be repaired?
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27
ciaim LARGEST pair a. oxen.

Claim Largest Pair Of Oxen.
E. 8. Rand & Son, farmers. Of stet-
son, Me-, claim to own the largest
pair Of oxen In the world They
weigh $500 pounds and girt niue and u
halt feet. u .s3 Y Al III M
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-27

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing eyrap.
feechfren teethfng, softens the gums reduces n.
aIlays pain, cures wiAd eoliG. 2soa bottle.