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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-10-13
PERIOD OF LACTATION.
Cows Should Be MIXED About Ten
Months of the Year.

Months of the Year.
In we'll managed dairies each COW Is
MIXED about ten months of the year:
the remainder of the twelvemonth she
is said to be "dry," writes CORE
spondent Of American Cultivator.
Where the dairyman sells milk to Gus
toners he endeayors to have a small
part Of his herd dry at time, so that
there will always be enough cows to
supply his trade. An incidental adj
vantage of this is that the milk from
more advanced in the milking period
and the changes due to the time Of
lactation are avoided in the mixed
milk, which is thus kept of uniform
quality. AS the period of lactation
progresses there is tendency to grad
merous observations have shown that
the yield decreases quite steadily from
the time the cow is fresh to about the
middle Of the lactation period, after
which it is fairly constant
This shrinkage in yield is accompa-
Of fat and the physical condition Of the
milk is so altered that the cream rises
less easily. Discard every COW that
goes dry of her own accord. While
she should be dry four to eight weeks
previous to calving, she should be put
dry. Ten weeks before calving cut
most of the grain food for the COW,
and, if in winter, all roots and succu-
lent food. After a week of this treat
ment milk her once day and another
week every other day, then stop. You
must stop some time, for if you con-
tinue to milk the COW is bound to re-
spOnd. Sometimes two or three days
after stopping, if you find the udder
caking, milk out little to ease it, but
generally this does not happen. At
six weeks or a month before calving
she should be thoroughly dry. Many
farmers continue to milk the COW regu-
larly up to within three Or four weeks
Of calving. At this time the cow has,
as it were, begun to freshen, and if
they stop then trouble ensues and the
udder is likely to be spoiled. If the
cow is not dry for four weeks before
calving better keep on milking the rest
Of the period, but I am satisfied that
you can get more pounds Of milk from
a cow by milking her ten months in a
year than by milking Der twelve. At
the same time, if the cow continues to
secrete milk it must be drawn. None
should be forced to go dry against evil
dent natural resistance to so doing
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-10-13
KINGS UNIVERSITY LAD.


See that the cows are comfortable
and contented, and never give them an
outing at the expense Of comfort. reed
mornings and evenings. They should
all be in their stalls by II o'clock, and
from that time until they should not
be disturbed. They are in better condi-
ton for uigesting food and secreting
milk when quietly at rest in stall and
chewing the cud than when wander
ing about the yard waiting to be let
into the stable. Too much stress has
been. placed upon feeding a so called
balanced ration, the kind and combina-
ton of feeds, and too little upon the
comfort Of the cow, gentle treatment
and strict regularity.-Farm and Live
Stock Journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-10-13

Swallows and house martins build
by sticking together pellets of pre-
pared road mud. Most of the material
is obtained from the drying puddles on
the high roads. If not mixed with any
ching else the tendency of these pellets
would be to crumble when dry. But
the swallow tribe is supplied with a
mucous secretion which enables it to
gum the particles together. The swal-
lows nests, from which the Chinese
birds nest soup is made, are construct
ed of this mucous matter only. An In
dian swallow, which builds little boat
shaped nests against the trunks of
lofty trees, practically makes them of
dried saliva.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-10-13

In his subsection on notifications"
of types Of birds and animals Sir John
Lubbock tells us of particular crow
in New Zealand where the male and
female differ widely as to the structure
Of their bills. The male bird has a
bill, stout and strong, adapted to cut
ting and digging into tree, but he is
deficient in that horny pointed tongue
which would permit him to pierce the
grub and draw it out. The hen bird
has, however, an elongated and straight
bill, land when the cock has dug down
to the burroW the hen inserts her long
bill and draws out the grub, which
they divide between them, very pref
ty illustration Of the wife as a help
mate to the husband"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-10-13
Sheaf Oats For Cows

Sheaf oats are not considered good
feed for dairy cows, not that they will
dry the COWS up, but because the COWS
do not grind them we'll, says Hoard's
Dairyman. If the faces Of an animal
fed on sheaf oats or whole oats are ex-
amined great number Of whole oats
will be found. This indicates q waste
full system of feeding and one that
should not be followed unless it is i'm
possible to grind the grain.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-10-13
Worse Than 81 Rattle

The Rev. DR.. Joseph Parker of the
City temple, London, once had a col
lection made, to the announcement Of
which he added with deep pathos,
widows and orphans will not be ex-
pected to contribute" A few Sundays
later there was another collection for
the same object "This time" said the
preacher, nobody will be exempt, for
no battle ever made so many widows
and orphans as the announcement
made on the previous Sunday"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-10-13
Crossing Holsteins and Jerseys.

The records of such crosses do not
seem to indicate success. Professor
Hacker records the case of Topsy l.,
a Holstci-- Friesian cow that made
CooG record n both yield and butter
f2t. che was bred to Jersey bull, and
tie offspring, Topsy H., proved to be
a small milker, falling in yield below
the Jersey cows on her sires side and
falling in butter fat below the percent
age Of her Holstein-F riesian dam. The
likelihood Of combining in such crosses
both heavy yield and high butter fat is
very remote. Don't try such crosses.
Put on Jersey or Guernsey cows for
high fat percentage and medium yield
and put on Holstein- Friesians for me-
dunn fat percentage and high yield.
Don't mix the breeds; mix their milk
New York Farmer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-10-13
POINTS FOR THE SlLO

If good results are expected from
silage it must be properly handled in
the stable. First silage must be fed
only after milking; second, the floors
must be kept clean and no silage al
lowed to accumulate in the alleys;
third, there should not be more silage
fed than the stock will clean up at
once; fourth, the stable must be we'll
ventilated; fifth, corn should not be
cut in too green; sixth, don't feed
moldy silage-Bulletin Wisconsin Elk
pertinent Station.
Economy of Si1age.
When you get twenty tons Of ensi-
lage to the acre you must bear in mind
it is equal to six or seven tons Of the
best hay, says a Connecticut farmer
in American Cultivator. There ought
to be rush to get silos.
Si1age and Clover.
There is nothing better than clover
for cattle feed. l like alsike 1t gives
a good aroma. Two feeds of silage and
one Of clover, or the reverse, according
to the amount on hand, are good pro-
pOrllOn.-H. Il. COOK.
Draining the SiIO.
a drain from the inside Of the silo is
not necessary and there is no harm if
the juice CT the corn accumulates in the
bottom, says Hoard's Dairyman. If
the corn is put in at the proper stage
there will be no juice pressed out. The
proper point to cut the corn for silage
is when the kernel is denting with a
dent corn, or glazing with flint corn.
Sometimes, when there is danger Of an
early frost, it is necessary to silo the
corn before it has arrived at the proper
stage Of growth, and such immature
corn is liable TO give a rather sour
Silage
A Word For SiIage.
From my very first year-1S95-1
have always succeeded in keeping ST.
lage even when I experimental with
very green corn and dry corn fodder
after husking, writes a Pennsylvania
farmer in American Agriculturist Yhe
latter hardly pays, as it requires extra
labor and care to dampen it evenly as
1t goes into the silo. feed silage once
a day, thirty to forty pounds; for
roughage, hay, straw, dry fodder, ETC.,
adding four quarts of meal per head
for fattening steers. For winter dairy
ing | think the silo indispensable.
Timber In Silo Foundation.
1t is not wise to imbed any kind of
timber in the top Of foundation on
which Silo is to be constructed. In
the first place it is not necessary, for
the silo will not need to be fastened to
to foundation; secondly, timber laid
in cement is soon destroyed by dry
rot. Experience has taught us this
fact.-Hoard's Dairyman.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-10-13
SilaCe Versus {Swst,

Silage fed COWS in an Ohio expert
ment produced 967 pounds milk and
sos pounds butter fat per 100 pounds
dry matter in the silage. Those fed
grain produced S13 pounds milk and
SO pounds butter to 100 pounds dry
matter.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-10-13
Cool the Cream.

Is the cream properly cooled as 1t
comes from the separator? This is i'm
portant for best quality Of cream. If
butter is to be made from this cream it
is just as essential that tie cream be
cooled promptly as whc, -" m is
intended for sale. Use (: or if
ice is not available.-Fal'r 'ch.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-10-13
Head of the Dairy Herd

Crossbrcd sires should never be used.
as they are very likely to reproduce
the worst faults of both families. By
using a pure bull an inferior herd will
be vastly improved in a few years. It
is not sufficient, however, to have pu-
rity Of blood alone, for the bulls ances-
tors must have been good butter pro-
ducerS.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-10-13
He Bit.

He (at the window)-It's very cheer
full within, but awfuily disagreeable
without. She (coyly)-Without what?
He Qnspired)-Why, without you, dar-
ling.
And a few weeks later a furniture
installment house was called upon to
omen q new account
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-10-13
Salt the Cattle.

Sailing cows regularly has much to
do with the ease or difficulty with
which butter will come Let them have
access to salt at all times.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-10-13

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, acheSandrheu-
matism come from ex-
cess of uric acid in the
blood, due 10 neglected
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-10-13
Oyer=WOrk Meakens
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, 1905-10-13

A Fine Jersey Bull.
The handsome Jersey bull Kings
University Lad, whose portrait is here
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-10-13

kinney trouble.
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.. Kilmer's
Swamp-RoOt, the great kidney remedy is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for its
wonderful cures of the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits E~kv
by all druggists in fifty <gs';sss,s1k
cent and onedolar siz sfss ssssss.
es. You may have a szssssass ssl = 49,
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, N. 7.
Don't make any mistake, but remem-
Der the name, Swamp Root, DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp Root, and the address, Bingham
n, n. Y, on every bottle.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-04-19

1905 Sealed proposals in triplicate, for
furnishing fuel during the year ending
June so, 1906, at Forts Bliss, Brown,
Clark, Mcintosh, Ringgold, and Sam
Houston, Texas, Forts Jackson, St.
Philip and Jackson Barracks, La. Fort
Logan H. Roots, Ark, Forts Reno and
Sill, Okla, will be received until II
O'Clock a. IN. May IS, 1905. Proposals
will be received at the same time by
Quarterrnasters at each post for furnish
ing fuel required for that post only.
L. S. reserves right to reject or accept
any or all bids or any part thereof. IN
formation furnished on application here
or to QuartermaSters at various posts.
Envelopes containing proposals should
be marked proposals for fuel at ---''
and addressed to respective Post Quarter
masters, or to RoBT. R. STEVENS, c.
Q. NJ.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-04-19
Little Kindnesses.

You gave on the way a pleasant smile,
And thought no more about it;
1t cheered life that was sad the while,
That might have been wrecked with
out it.
And SO for the smile and fruitage fair
You'll reap a crown somewhere.
You spoke one day cheering word,
And passed to other duties;
It warmed heart, new promise stirred,
And painted life with beauties.
And so for the word and its silent prayer
You'll reap a palm sometime some
where
You lent a hand to a fallen one,
A life in kindness given;
1t saved soul when help was none,
And won heart for heaven.
And so for the help You profered there
You'll reap JOY sometime some
where
From The Monitor Magazine. Cincinnati
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-04-19

There is an editor down at North
Vernon, Ind, who is all sheep $
covering and thirty-six inches
wide. He bought a hog of a
delinquent subscriber, had it de-
livered and paid for the porker
with back subscription bill. This
angered the delinquent subscriber
who expected cash, and he started
in to ponmel the newspaper man
When the air was cleared Of splint-
ers the editor was discovered I'M
harmed, the hog still in his posses
sion, while the attacking party
had bulge on his head as big as
a rutabagar. Inside The lump,
however, was we'll Established
idea that subscription accounts are
legitimate as tenderlion. Drastic
measures are frequently necessary
in pounding sense into some cram
iums.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-04-19

OFFICE OF CHIEF QUARTERMAs-
" ter, San Antonio, Texas. April IS,
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-04-19
LAND BARGAINS.

10000 acres land in Hidalgo
county. For sale in large or small
tracts. Apply to JOIN CLosNER,
3-30-tf. Hidalgo. Texas.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-04-19
Johnny's Pa.

Ny pa-he always went to school,
He says, an studied hard.
Wy, when he's just as big as me
He knew things by the yard
Arithmetic? He knew it all,
From dividend to sum,
But when he tells me how it was,
Ny grandma, she says, 'Hum!''
My pa-he always got the prize
For never bein' late;
An, when they studied joggerfy,
He knew bout every State.
He says he knew the rivers, an
Knew all their outs an ihs;
But, when he tells me all o that,
Ny grandma, she Just grins.
Ny pa-he never missed a day
A-goin to the school,
An never played no hockey. nor
Forgot the teachers rule;
An ey'ry class he's ever in,
The rest he always led.
Ny grandma, when pa talks that way,
Just laughs, an shakes her head.
Ny grandma SAYS at boys IS boys.
The same as pas IS pas.
An. when I asst her what she means,
She saws 1t IS because.
She SAYS at little boys is best
When they grow up to men,
Because they know how good they ";
An tell their children them
lanes Nhitcorrlb Riley
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-04-19

From The Monitor Magazine. Cincinnati.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-04-19
FOR SALE--REAL ESTATE
E. III. Goodrich Go Son
Farm and Ranch Property in Cameron
County. Texas

6,7S5 acres adjoining the Brulay Sugar
Plantation, river front, good irrigable
land
2,S7S1a acres of land near Harrington
Station.
600 acres near town of Olmito. VIII
sell IN 100-acre tracts.
800 acres near town of Olmito.
100 acre tract ) miles from town, on
canal.
$50 acre tract 5 miles from town, on
canal.
IN HIDALGo COUNTY.
5,315 acres Porcion Nc. 46, near For
dyce.
5,557 acres Porcion No. a, good irri-
gable land, near FordyCe.
1921 acres lying partly i'll Starr and
Hidalgo counties, near Fordyce
\ p, 7S9 acres in Hidalgo county. Good
pasture and farming lands.
We have choice residence lots in Brownsville
and West Brownsville. Also q paying mer-
camille business carrying Sz0.0OG stock, will
sell or trade for land.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-04-19
Books for Sale.

Ireceived a number of my books,
Star, or Her Cross and Her
Crown, in a damaged condition.
Same are for sale at Rogers eonfec-
tionery at IS cents. Regular price,
81. MISS NJ. E. DUFFY.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-04-19
OFFICE OF CHIEF oUARTERMAs-

OFFICE OF CHIEF QUARTERMAS-
" ter. san Antonio, Texas, April IS,
1905.-Sealed proposals, in triplicate, for
furnishing Forage and Bedding, at Forts
Bliss, Brown, Clark, Mcintosh, Ring
gold, and sam Houston, Texas. Jackson
Barracks, La, Fort Logan II. Roots,
Ark, Forts Reno and Sill. Okla, viii
be received until y O'Clock m. Nav IS.
1905, as follows: lst For quantities
required for three months supply. de
Iveries to commence July I, 1905. End.
For quantities required for one wear 5
supply, deliveries TO commence July /,
1905. Proposals will be received at the
same time by Quartermasters at each
post for furnishing Forage and Bedding
required, for that post only. [. 5. re
serves right to reject or accept any CT all
bids or any part thereof Information
furnished on application here or TO Quar-
termasters al various posts. Envelopes
containing proposals should be marked
proposals for Forage & Bedding at
-' and addressed to respective
ouartermasters, or to RoBT. R.
STEVENS, c Q. NJ
New-York tribune., 1905-08-26
WEAK SIGHT AND OCCUPATIONS.

Systematic examination of the eyes of school
children seldom fails to show that considerable
proportion of them have defective sight, and will
therefore be placed at a disadvantage if in after
life they engage in employments for which normal
vision is desirable. Some useful suggestions on the
practical side of this question will be found in Dr.
Wilhelm Feiichenfelds Observation-Disclosures des
Auges' He says. for instance. that sufferers from
sensitive eyes with easily irritated conjunctiva
with chronic frequently occurring infam-
nation of the lids, ought not to engage in work
which is either associated with the production of
much dust-such as baking milling-or which
involves exposure to dazzling light such as the
occupation of furnaceman. individuals i'm whom
symptoms of ocular fatigue easily come ON ought
Eat 10 choose an occupation which requires strain
as sewing. knitting, copying or shorthand writing
individuals with progressive ShoFtSigh must
avoid all occupations which entail great exertion
upon the eyes; they should not engage in study or
become clerks or mechanics. tailors dressmakers
fancy needieworkers or quilters; the contrary
agriculture gardening. milling or brewing should
De recommended 10 them, they should become
shop assistants. OF. if women eooks-CIancet
New-York tribune., 1905-08-26
NEW-YORK.
THE HOUCLEGATTE
FRENCH ACADEMY
School of Languages,
345 FIFTH AVENUE
Composite the WaIdorf-Astoria Hotei)

In connection with the French Academy. will
of Languages and Translation
first.
Besides our French native instructors
experienced teachers
Russian. Portuguese. Latin Greek
Arizona republican., 1905-05-09
Nothing Succoecs -Ixe Success.
Leading Specialist
 fN CHRONIC DISEASES

He has the confidence and patronage of the leading business men, and nj O g | prominent
 citizens of Arizona. The nADta on rr-, Iv,-ko -N
Arizona republican., 1905-05-09

various evidences but the most not able one is the fact that along the old canals he nearly always finds arrow heads, stone implements, peculiar bits of broken pottery and other things that are lacking in the vicinity of the newer ditchas.
 Getting down to present day things lLr. Patrick says he has always con tended that rattlesnakes like the cha meleOn to a very great extent take on the hue and color prevailing in their surroundings and he has made quite study of rattlesnakes during this trip. He killed fourteen along one ditch and among them wcs a cute little horned sidewinder. He thought so much Of that particular Teptile that he cut of it's head and brought it home with him in a bottle of alcohol. Many of the larger snakes he skinned and brought the skins home with him. This was in
 cidental to another side line, that or producing rattlesnake o:I for his own consumption. He hes heard so much about this particular lubricant as q means of Imbering up rheumatic joints
 that he decided to try it on himself especially as ke was more or less trou- bled with that malady during the wet weather just preceding. He saved 'abOut three ounces of the finest rat
 tlesnake oil q man ever absorbed into his system but curiously enough after he got the oil the rheumatism left him before he could use it. He's keeping it though in the hope that some day he will have thc rheumatism again. His method of harvesting the snake crop for oil purposes is simple and compar- atively safe. The proper time to kill
 rattlesnalSes for oil purposes, accord ing to AIr. Patrick. is whenever you can catch them so he always goes armed with a long pole that has a good iron fork on the end. He puts this over the snakes head and holds it while a hired man chops off the neck with an ax. In this way the snake has no chance to bite himself after he is attacked. The snake should then be opened Iengthwise and the fat removed and hung in the sun above a receiving vessel and tie OI extracted by na- tural heat. If rendered as lard is 1t is apt to be heated too much and the oil i5 then said to be less penetrating.
 Two more trophies were brought home for his collection of curios one was tie skin of a highly colored brown. yellow and pink horned toad and the other was the skin of a jack rabbit. It is an especially fine speci- men of what is known as the Antelope Jack, being almost white, except for a dark streak over the shoulders. and a rabbit of extraordinary size and sprinting ability.