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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14
COWS AND THEIR MILK.
Some Interesting Facts For DAIRY
men to Ponder.

Some Interesting Facts For Dairy
nleH to Ponder.
The matter Of quality of the milk OF
cows has been pretty well settled Dy
tests in this country, and English au
thorjty is in agreement with us. as
sbo IN by deductions from their own
experiments, as follows:
That when a COW is in full milk ana
full flesh she will give her normal
nuaIity Of milk, for at least a limited
time. even though the quality aud
quantity of food be very deficient
That when IN good condition a COW
will take OF her body whatever is de-
acient Ga food, in order to give her nor
nal quality OF milk.
That an extra supply of nutritious
food at all times Increases the guam
tlty Of milk, but the percentage OF TAT
is not in any way improved by III II
anything, the tendency is the other
way.
That an extra supply Of nutritious
food almost invariably very slightly
increases The solids not fat OF the
milk THAT a ration poor in food in
gradients has a very slight tendency
to rcduce the solids not fat in milk,
but has little appreciate eIect on the
fat.
That with a poor ration COW Ia full
weight will lose carcass weight, while
on rich diet she wi gain weight
That, although the percentage of fat
in cows milk may vary daily, we
at present seem unable to control these
variations OF to account for them.
That for limited periods, up to one
month or thereabout, all ordinary
quantities and qualities of food seem
to have no material effect on the
quality of the milk.
That some foods exercise a material
effect in raising the melting point of
butter.
That the aim of all producers of
milk, butter or cheese should be to
feed what will give quantity, in
moderate amount and of mixed nature,
and the produce will be the best that
the cow can give.
That extra quality must be looked
for by improving the breeds and jul
dicious selection rather than by any
special foods or methods of feeding.
That the variations in the percent
age Of fat in cows milk are caused
by something, but what that some
thing is we at present do not know,
though if we did we might be able to
influence the quality Farmers Advo
cate.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14

An interesting test Of the effect of
cleaning milk cans, making them germ
free by the use Of steam before milk is
poured into them, has been made In
Germany. Some time during hot sum-
mer weather two milk cans were Sc
lected; one was thoroughly well
cleaned In the ordinary way by scrub
bing with hot water; the other was
subjected to the action of steam for
half an hour. In the first, the milk
went sour In twenty three hours; In
the second, twenty-eight and one-half
hours, and the contents Of the first can
were found to contain twenty-six times
as many bacteria as the other. The
same experiment repeated In the win
ter showed that the sterilized milk can
Will keep the milk sweet for nine hours
longer than the other.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14

JEnes MacSelIl whistler, the artist,
w-ns appreciated among his friends as
msnx1 for his trenchant wit and sar-
castle sayings as for bis genius. A
y9mnx LADY, on one occasion. her first
EEasstang with Whistler. was giving
vent TO her appreciation Of the "artis-
tic temperament" and was evidently OF
the opinion that she possessed that
requisite herself.
1T Is wonderful" she said In con-
cIusion. .what difference there is be-
tween people"
Yes replied Whistler. there is q
great deal Of difference between
matches, too, II you only look close
enough. but they all make about the
same blaze"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14

AS all dairymen know, there is no
greater nuisance on a dairy farm than
cow or heifer addicted to the habit
Of sucking herself and other animals
In the head, says w. Stenson in Amer
lean Cultivator. 1t is not only the loss
or the milk that is sustained, but II
would seem that one such animal
would induce others to contract the
habit. We have had our share Of this
trouble with heifers.
Insert In the sucking heifer's nose
an ordinary bull ring. Just before In
sorting the ring slip on 1t two common
iron harness rings-of course the bar
ness rings are to suspend loosely after
the bull ring has been inserted. THIS
~ the trick Of 1t. BY adding more than
one loose ring the animal can In no
way prevent them from dropping ID
the mouth when 1t attempts to SUCK
Brass bull rings can be purchased al
almost any hardware store for % cents
each, and the common harness rings
cost but few cents per dozen.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14
RAPID WRITER'S.
Authors who Did Great Deal of
work In Little Time.

The rapidly Of the ancient writers is
seen from the great number of works
prepared by them. Livy, for instance,
wrote 142 books. Among the Romans,
Cicero often wrote three or four i'm
portant works In a single year. OF later
writer's, DR.. Johnson, Scott and Byron
were all rapid writer's. Byron, Ii is
days. while Scott wrote a work for
which he was paid f1,OO0 in ten days.
"Rab and His Friends" by Or. John
Brown, was written, it Is said, at
single sitting
The story is told that Dean Shlpley
once said to Heber. suppose you
write a hymn for the service tomor.
row morning" aud by the next morn.
ing the hymn known all around the
world. From Greenland's Icy Noun
talns," was written, printed and used
in that days missionary service
Chalmers was once asked how long il
took to prepare a sermon. He replied
THAT depends on how long you
want IT, II your sermon is TO be half
an hour long, ii viii take you three
days; IL ii Is to be three-quarters of an
hour. II will take two or perhaps one,
but If you are going to preach an hour,
then there is not much occasion to
think great deal about it, 1t may be
done In an hour"
Samuel Johnson would write at
single sitting the manuscript for forty
eight printed octave pages. In one
week he wrote "Rasselas" to pay for
his mothers funeral, sent it off TO the
publishers without reading it over and
was paid f100 for 1t.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14

At one of the London police courts a
young hooligan was being tried for an
assault on an elderly man. The mag
istrate, noticing an old customer in the
hooligan. thought he would give him
little fatherly advice, and remarked:
Young man. I'm surprised at big,
strong, healthy looking fellow like you
always getting into trouble. Why, you
seem to be always wanting to fight.
Why don't you go for a soldierT
Imagine the smile which Illuminated
the magistrates face when the youth
replied, Il did once. your honor, and
he nearly killed me-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14

The common defects In both butter
and cheese are largely due to the dirt
which gets into the milk at milking
time either from dust In the air or by
earelessness OF the mixer In the stable.
Sour strainer cloths and sour tinware
also contribute germs which may de-
velop bad flavor in both butter and
cheese. Every cheesemaker knows how
absolutely necessary 1t ID to have clean
and perfectly sweet milk for making
cheese which he can guarantee win
bring the top market price. The same
thing Is also true with the buttermaker.
The quality Of the product Is almost
entirely within the makers control
when be Is supplied with milk that is
absolutely pure.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14
Feeding calves.

Don't feed the calves from the trough
at the same time. Calves, like men,
do not all drink at the same speed.
One will gulp down three times as fast
as another when all are fed together.
One gets three times as much as he
should, while another gets only half as
much as he needs. This isn't all. The
calf that gets the small allowance
goes hungry, yet is more fortunate
than the one that gets too much, for he
Is blessed with good digestion, while
the other suffers with the stomach
ache, and is Inconvenience with a bal
loon middle piece. Farmer,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14

In the year 100 John Cary had this
20 say about London and It's beggars:
*He that walks the streets and OBJ
serves the fatigues used by the beg
Yars to make themselves seem objects
OF charity must conclude that they
take more pains than an honest man
doth at his trade. Beggary Is now be-
come an art Of mystery. to which chill
dren are brought up from their cradles.
Anything that may move compassion
Al made a livelihood, sore leg or arm
0r, for want thereof. pretended one
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14

Pearl fisheries, of which the world
hears little, but which constitute con-
siderable industry, are carried on at
the Lohia islands, In the lower end of
the Red sea. Very few Of these pearls
find their way to European or Ameri-
can markets, because the local demand
almost absorbs the output. Pearls are
the most popular Of all gems among
the inhabitants OF india and Arabia
and II is seldom that native woman
OF any social position is seen without
pearl ornaments Of some kind, either
finger rings, earrings or rings for the
nose, and even the feet.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14
HEAT AND LIGHT.
THE Difference In the Penetrating
Ability OF Their Rays.

Ability of Their Rays.
The rays OF heat and light are quite
independent OF each other ia their abll-
aty TO penetrate different substances.
For Illustration, glass allows the suns
heat to pass through as readily as il
does the rays OF light and that without
heating the glass too III the glass be
coated with lampblack. however, the
rays OF light are arrested, but the heat
passes through as before, not a single
degrees difference In the latter phe-
nomenc1. being noticeable. Then, again,
both heat ana light pass through wa
ter, provided Il is clear. One of the
oddities IN this connection Is this Al
though the heat and light pass through
water IN It's normal state, the addition
OF little powdered alum, which readi-
Iy dissOlyes without leaving the least
murklness, will arrest the rays OF heat
TO such an extent as 10 almost immedi-
ately raise the tempefNure OF the wa
ter to percepuble degree, yet the light
continues 70 pass through as before
Ice, like glass. also transmits both
heat and light Or Sutherland In OBJ
servations Upon the Icebergs of Baf-
fms Bay" says: Several pieces OF
granite were found deeply imbedded
in ice without any communications
with outside air These were all sur
rounded with what might be termed
All atmosphere OF water" The ex-
PLANTATION OF such an oddly is this: The
heat passing through the Ice had been
absorbed by the stones until their tenn
gperature bad been raised 10 a degree
sufficient to melt the ice around them.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14

81 was walking across a field with
my dog at my side when young rab-
bit emerged from wood close by"
says a writer Suddenly 1t fell to the
ground and was to all intents dead.
The dog shifted 1t, and / watched It
for about ten minutes, thinking 1t abb
solutely dead. l walked away about
fifty yards, when looked back and
saw the rabbit rise and run rapidly
into the wood whence 1t came. 1t is
evident that 1t saw the dog and drop
ped down out Of fright"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14
SARCASTIC DEAN SWIFT.
Rules and Directions For Servants
That He Wrote.

That He Wrote.
There was a servant problem when
Dean Swift was alive just as there is
Rules and Directions For Servants"
he wrote: when you have broken all
your earthen vessels below stairs,
which is usually done In week, the
copper pot will do as WELL 1t can
boil milk, Leaf porridge, hold small
beer. Apply It indifferently 10 all these
uses, but never wash or scour it," And
again: IF you want paper to SINCE a
fowl, tear the first book you see about
the house. Wipe your shoes, for want
of a clout, on the bottom of a curtain
or damask napkin" SIN roasting
and boiling he goes on, 'use none but
the large Goals and save the small ones
for the fires above stairs" Another
touch that might have been written to-
day is the following: when a butler
cleans the plate leave the whiting
plainly to be seen in all the chinks, for
fear your lady should not believe you
had cleaned It." Once more: There
are several ways of putting out a
candle. You may run the candle end
against the wainscot, which puts the
snuff out Immediately; you may lay ii
on the ground. and tread the snuff out
with your foot; you may hold it up
side down until it is ch5xed In Its
own grease or cram it into the socket
OF the candlestick; you may whirl it
round in your hand till it goes out"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14
SELOS AND SILAGE

There are several points that must
be closely observed In making silage If
1t Is to be well preserved, and the
neglect Of any one Of these will make,
In the final result, the difference be-
tween success and failure. These es-
sentials are close packing when the
crop is at the proper stage of ma
turity in an air tight structure having
perfectly rigid walls. If the sides of
the silo are not air tight the air which
passes through will cause the silage
to spoil, and IL the walls are not per-
fectly rigid the pressure of the silage
will cause them to spring out, allow
Ing the air to enter between the silage
and the wall. In either case the re-
suit will be the same-decayed silage.
Bulletin Illinois Experiment Station.
The size of siIos.
Not more than eight square feet of
surface should be allowed for each
COW In winter; then, when feeding for
ty pounds Of silage per COW, layer
about one and half inches deep would
be fed OF daily. When silage Is fed In
summer 1t Is advisable that the ex-
posed area be not over half this size.
so that layer three inches deep may
be used daily. However much stock
Is to be fed. a sllo twenty to twenty
two feet In diameter Is as large as
should be built III silo Is of greater
diameter than this, much Of the silage
u at too great distance from the door.
increasing the labor Of removal.
Amount of siIaee Per Cow.
The number of tons of sllage needed
can readily be estimated from the size
OF the herd and the amount to be fed
DAILY. Even where II Is desired to feed
as much silage as possible not more
man forty pounds per cow should be
fed daily. silage will usually be need
ed about 200 days. Each COW should
have an allowance then Of 200 times
forty pounds, which Is 5000 pounds
OF siiage. or four tons per COW for the
year. A herd Of ten cows will REQUIRE
s!io holding forty tons; a herd OF
thirty cows 100 tons: nifty cows 200
tons; hundred cows 400 tons.
A Word For the silo.
A Tennessee farmer writing IN
Hoard's Dairyman says Of the silo: u
want to urge my brother dairymen.
especially smalI ones like myself. Who
- In me business not for Glory. but
- the actual living Tiers Il in tie
business. to no longer neglect the silo,
ouc build and an this fall without fair
and they WIN never regret IT.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14
A WEST AFRICAN CITY.
The Capital OF Liberia Was Named
After President Monroe.


The Capital OF Liberia Was Named
After President Monroe.
Monrovia was named after the cele-
bratel president Of the United States,
Monroe. who is responsible for that
doctrine which inhibits any European
nation from further conquests In the
new world The capital Of Liberia is
divided into two parts. the low and
sh0reward sections being given over to
large settlements of Kru boys and
indigenous negroes, while the upper
part u the town Is Inhacited by Amer
leo Literians and European consals ana
traders This civilized part OF the town
81 composed OF broad grass grown
streets and substantial. well built,
conely looking houses, churches, offices
and pnblic buildings
This smart appearance Of the houses
IA r. somewhat striking contrast to
tie neglected condition OF tie roads.
These hsve never been made and are
x1npsy The unleveled rock OF more or
hess 1at sErEEce Consequently az the
Eresezt ranse they are absolutely I'M
arate5 - E1g vehicle, though l have
seen At t1Terpvissrg Liberian negotiate
GhHzz w511 q bAeycie They are gener-
&zsE covered wsrh very short, close
aEf1 ~ rAAcAly growing plants. which
Ia kesss - lie coalition Of turf by
xhs constant nahhling Of the pretty little
c:artas xAEnt frequent the streets Of Mon
rpsaa A less agreeable feature are
Nils gsigs mhseh exist In great numbers
and DsgfrEn tie office OF scavengers.--
Sir Harry Johnston
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14
HANDKERCHIEFS.
They Are often source OF Grave
Danger 10 WasherwOmen.

They Are often n Source of Grave
Danger 90 washerwOmen.
Statistics have shown over and over
again that washerwomen are much
more likely TO contract tuberculosis
and actually suffer from the disease in
puch larger proportion than other
working women of the same grade of
life. This is due to the fact that the
expectoration of the tuberculous pa
tlents clinging to their various articles
Of clothing is not rendered nonvirulent
by antiseptics or by boiling before they
come into the hands of the washer
woman. Ii Is particularly handker-
chiefs that are the most dangerous in
this respect, and the enforcement of
sanitary regulations with regard to ex-
pectoration is sure to add TO this dan
ger. 1t would be well IL the Chinese
custom of using a paper handkerchief
(Which the Cinnamon of the better
classes would disdain to carry with
him once II has been soiled, but which
he hands over to his servant to be dis
posed of by burnlng) could become the
rule in this country. Until 1t does,
however, physicians should call the at
tention, especially Of those suffering
from tuberculosis, to the necessity for
having their handkerchiefs soaked for
some time In suitable antiseptic solu-
ton before allowing them to be sent
out TO become possible danger for
the overworked and underfed poor
American Medicine
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14
PRINCE OF LAGRANGE.

sey, and it follows that when she has
served her time as mixer she viii
bring in quite good return for beef,
quality not to be lost account of in
dairy cattle. Another point | think a
good one is that the Guernseys are a
great deal more quiet in their disposi'
ton than any of the other dairy breeds.
They are not subject to diseases where
good care Is the custom and are hardy,
vigorous animals. They are also easy
keepers and keep up large flow OF
milk during the year" The Guernsey
bull Prince of Lagrange, whose pic
ture Is here reproduced from Hoard's
Dairyman, heads the herd of John NJ.
Giyens at his dairy farm near Aiken,
q. G..
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14
MASON AND DlxON'S LINE.
commonly Known as the Line Be-
tween the North and south.

commonly Known the Line Be-
tween the North and south.
Mason and DixoR's line between
Pennsylvania and Maryland has been
surveyed three times. The first surve.
was made by Charles Mason and Jere-
miah Dixon between 1868 and 1867 at
the instance of the Lords Baltimore
proprietors of Maryland, and the Penn
family, proprietors OF Pennsylvania
The line was $50 miles long At tle
end of every fifth mile a stone was
planted bearing the arms of the Penn
family on one side and Oh the other the
arms of Lord Baltimore. The inter
mediate miiestones were marked sim
ply with l. ana NJ The first revision
Of the survey was made in 1919 and
found, as did the last revision, that the
original survey was substantially cor
rect Mason and Dixon's line, com
monty known as the line between The
north and the south, runs on parallel
30' Az 1858" and should be distinguished
from the line of the Missouri cOmpr0-
mise on parallel 3G' 80 Mason and
Dixon's line never had 4 n thing to DO
originally with the Y zion Of slave
and free states, but achieved an acct
dental association at the time of tie
Missouri compromise in 1890, when
John Randolph in congress referred to
II as separating freedom from slavery.
After that II was commonly referred to
In all controversies on the slave uues-
tlon.-Youth's Companion.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14

proves to be all the designer and owner
Of 1t anticipate under the test of time,
1t solves the problem of cheap, safe
and indestructible silo. The cost per
ton of storage capacity is certainly rea-
sonable. The device for strengthening
the blocks appears to be sufficient
When laid up, the notches in the ends
Of the blocks are filed with soft ce-
ment, which helps materially to make
the wall strong.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14
STONE BLOCK sr1o.

cost is $500 1t is constructed of hol-
low cement blocks nodded to the de-
sired curve. The form and method of
tying the blocks together so as to resist
the lateral pressure are shown in the
lower cut.
So far as we can Judge this Is, In
many respects, a model silo. If 1t
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14

A certain sweet faced grandmother
Is sometimes startled by the up-to-date-
ness OF her grandchildren. The other
day she was telling the youngest of
them. boy Ave years old, the story Of
Lot She showed him the pictures OF
the wicked cities of the plains envel-
oped In the fire from heaven. The lit
tie chap gazed at the pictured confia-
grafton and then asked:
Were they Insured New York
Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14
subject TO Change.

Fogg-Well, Clara, bet heavily on
the last game. I thought 1t right to
tell you
Mrs. Fogg Yes, you bet on the game
and lost all your money. For my part,
don't see how man can rob his fam
lily Of the necessaries Of life and throw
everything away In gambling.
Fogg But. my dear. didn't lose. /
won $500.
Mrs. Fogg Daniel, you always were
o lucky dog! Boston Transcript
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14

Well ripened cream gives butter Oh
quicker, higher favor than swee1
cream. 1t Is more churnable also ana
as a rule, Is more satisfactory TOT
buttermaking generally. Few farm
dairies are equipped with all modern
facilities for buttermaking and often
the good wife labors under disadvan-
tages which are extremely discourse
Ing. In hot weather great care and
attention must be paid to the cream
that il does not become too sour. II
necessary It must be churned every
day.-Mrs. lockwood In Nationai
stockman.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14
New Thing In SiIns.

Hoard's Dairyman recently Published
Illustrations and description Of new
form Of cement silo, which are here
reproduced: The silo is twenty nine
feet in height and sixteen feet in diam
ster and is figured TO hold 115 tons. It's
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14

Two workings are enough for almost
any butter. Work first % as to incor-
porate the salt thoroughly. then allow
g stand long enough for this salt to
Dissolve. when It b ready for the &C.
ond working. The working Il CON-
plsted when all tie white creases dis-
appear. This can - determined By
cutting wfthn1he Iadie and holding up
y ~ hGht Amsrican Asx1cuItur1st
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-14

On Plymouth Hill stands the impos-
Ing statue to the pilgrims. Its base Is
granite and supports seated figure at
each Of the four corners with eyes
searching the surrounding country.
while woman's figure crowns the top.
On the pedestal 10 inscribed the name
of every man. woman and child that
came over In the Mayfiower.--St Mich
olas.