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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

What IS the derivation of the phrase
Mad as a hatter?" One explanation
LIS that 1t was originally French, las
mad as an oyster" (huitre), that bivalve
being supposed to be extremely unin-
tellectual. Another theory is that the
phrase had reference to Collins, the
English poet, author of the lode to
the Passions" He was halter at
Chichester, and 1t has been said that
the lunatics with whom he was con-
fined at one time called him ''the hat
ter" and that the phrase originated
thus
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02
DAIRY FEEDING.
Some Leaks That May Take Place I'm
Feeding Roughness.

BY d. S. OTIS, Kansas Experiment Sta
ton.
Rough feeds, including pasture, are
usually so plentiful that frequently we
feed them without any idea as to what
and how much will produce the desir-
ed results. Much rough feed is vast
ed In careless feeding. The COW will
eat the best Of her menu first and if
given too much will pick the most de-
sirable morsels, leaving what might
be called passably good, which is too
frequently treated as waste and
thrown underfoot No more hay should
be given to an animal than it will eat
up clean This refers to first class
quality, however as we would not ex-
pect COW to eat up clean poor quail
ity of hay Difference in individuals
will sometimes cause some cows to
leave feed where others will eat, pro.
vided the roughness is in a rack or
manger accessible TO the whole herd
Cows can sometimes be fed too much
roughness A little experience in feed
ing roughness at this station furnishes
valuable lesson.
Too Much Roughness.
The boys working with the dairy
herd were anxious to have the cows
make the best possible yields, and they
were tempted to give the cows all the
good alfalfa hay they would eat
When we found the alfalfa hay going
very rapidly we looked for the cause
and found that the dairy COWS had con
sumed an average of forty-three
pounds per head daily, besides fifteen
pounds of Kaffir corn fodder The
amount of alfalfa hay was reduced to
thirty-three pounds and the KafIir corn
fodder to three and one-h half pounds
daily per COW, and we found that the
daily yield of milk was slightly in
creased. The quality of the hay was
the same in both instances. In the
latter case it was eaten up clean, while
in the former considerable was haul.
ed away and fed to dry stock. Later
records show still greater reduction
in the allowance of alfalfa without de-
creasing the flow of milk This expert
ence shows some of the leaks that
may take place in feeding roughness,
especially when those feeds are APP
petizing, like alfalfa or red clover
Comparative Value of Rough Feeds.
In feeding the rough feeds the fol
lowing table has been used by the
agricultural college as a guide:
RoUGHNEss. VALUE PER Tor When
ALFALFA Is WORTH 81 PER TON.
Total Protein
Nutrients. Nutrients.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

When a good sire has been secured,
do not entirely dispose of him before
any results are known of the next ram
which is to be used. 1t is always best
to purchase the new sire year ahead
Of the season when he is needed, so
that he can be tried on few ewes and
II not found to be good sire the whole
lamb crop need not be of an inferior
type.
Success in breeding is SO largely de-
pendent upon the sire that extraordi-
nary means should be taken to secure
the best, and when once this has been
obtained and proved the ram should be
used as long as possible.-Wool Mar
kets and Sheep.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

1t has been found at the Kansas ex-
pertinent station that stock relish
bronze grass. 1t starts early in the
spring, coming on nearly month ear
lier than the ordinary pasture grasses.
1t Is also good pasture In the late
fall. 1t can withstand good deal Of
dry weather and when cut for hay Is
greatly relished by both horses and
cattle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

Dentists are, as rule, not living tes-
timonials to their profession. 1T iy be-
cause we know how much tooth can
be hurt that we dislike to get into a
chair ourselves" one Of the craft ex-
planned the other day. Il had to fill a
tooth for fellow dentist last week
and found 1t simply impossible to do a
good job. He twisted and turned, grab
bed my hand when he saw 1t coming
his way and absolutely refused to let
me do enough cutting to hold the fill
Ing solidly. Finally patched the tooth
up somehow and he wouldn't let me
polish OFF the edges. Give me the most
historical woman before dentist ev-
cry time."-New York Tribune
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02
The Rented Babie. Of paris

The written law provides for every
child in France that the government
supplement the home education and
when necessary replace it entirely,
but as a matter Of fact there are scores
Of children, In Paris especially, who
have shaken free of their parents or
been cast off by them and who live a
vagabond existence, playing hide and
seek with the officers of the law.
Among this band the commonest Of
Tense is begging, though generally there
is some older person back of the whin-
Ing specimens one meets with on the
streets. The fruitful incomes in this
profession are obtained only through
children. During the nights between
New Years and Christmas a baby in
long clothes, especially if it be delicate
looking. rents for as high as SIS or So.
His brothers and sisters from one to
five years old bring So while those still
older are worth dollar on the coolest
days. Harper's Magazine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02
KETTLE PROPERLY SUSPENDED.

tend downward to proper distance and
double backward to fasten on to the
ears of the kettle, which then hangs
suspended The length of the legs
will depend on convenience and the
size Of the kettle they are to support.
Those shown in the cut are eleven feet
in length and were made from me
dunn sized well seasoned fence rails.
When the derrick is not In use 1t can
be lowered, folded together and laid
away.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

1t Is frequently recommended that
sows should not be bred until they are
at least eight. or, better still. twelve
months old, so that the first litter
comes when the mother is year or six
teen months old, as the case may be.
There can be no hard and fast rule
about this matter; different animals
have different characteristics, and each
must be treated individually. - Cor.
American CultivatOr.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02
IAMs' COLBERT.

large prices such animals have brought
at the various sales and live stock
shows of the past few months. The
imported black Percheren stallion
Iams' Colbert, whose picture is here
with reproduced from Farmers Advo-
cate, is three years old and weighs
1850 pounds. Iams Colbert won first
prize at the Nebraska state fair and
was also winner at the largest French
show. He is owned by Frank Iams Of
Nebraska.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02
30 HEAr, 80 pANaER or FIRE.

I
much more consequence keeps the
meat in better shape during the smok-
Ing process. / used low smokehouse,
and, handle the little necessary fire as
best / could, it would sometimes heat
the meat more than was good for 1t.
l had the fire covered in little pit
In the center of the smokehouse. Then
/ tried pit outside several feet from
the building with an underground fiue,
but all the heat generated in that went
into the smokehouse, so it was unsat-
isfactory.
the legs taken off, on the ground about
eight feet from the side of the smoke
house, put an elbow on the stove and
ran pipe in through the side of the
smokehouse. Then | started little
fire in the stove, and as the smoke
poured from the funnel it occurred to
me to turn the smoke down, so / put
on an elbow with mouth pointing down,
and as that worked all right | put q
length of pipe on that and watched to
see what the smoke would do. In a
moment it poured from the pipe right
down near the ground. The end of
the pipe is four or FIVE inches from the
ground and nearly on level with the
bottom Of the stove 1t works finely.
The cooled smoke rising from the
ground conveys no heat to the meat,
though quite little fire is kept in the
stove. The fire needs but little atten-
ton. as the stove Is kept about closed
all the time. 1t is very satisfactory
Kansas Farmer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02
bad Case.

A London curate the other day re-
ceived an astonishing answer to an In
curry after parishioner's health.
We'll, sir" said the parishioner.
sometimes / feels anyhow; sometimes
/ feels nohow, and there be times when
feels as stiff as himmidgeg'--
Smiths Weekly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

There goes book farmer that re-
flutes the stock joke about what fail
ures they are'
"How is thatY
His favorite text book is Success
With Small Fruits and he has sue
ceeded in growing the smallest fruit
ever saw."-Brooklyn Life.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

An English specialist declares that
too late" has yet to be said in one
half or three-fourths of the cancer
cases when seen by the operating sur
geon A general acceptance Of the
view that cancer has usually a pre-
cancerous stage and that this stage is
the one in which an operation ought
to be performed would be the means
Of saving many lives.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

Commercial Traveller wrecked on a
desert island to cannibals)-Well since
you're determined to eat me kindly do
me one last favor. Use our brand of
mustard for the sauce 1t improves the
flavor of all meat. 1t never molds or
absorbs moisture. You'll find a sample
box In my right hand coat pocket.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02
Imnroxea R.niaIx

Singing Master-Why. you have no
voice at all! Singer-Well, but / al
ways pay for my lessons double the
amount usually paid by others. Sing
ing Master-Say that again; your voice
sounded much better, I thought.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02
Too Expepstxe

First Promoter You say $4,000, 900
Is about the value of your mine hold
ings? Second Promoter They're worth
every bit of 1t. First Promoter-You
ought to incorporate. Second Promoter
i would, but 1t costs 81 to incorporate
In this state.-Pittsburg Post.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

What ia the greatest speech that
congress ever DEVELOPER
The greatest speech" said the states
man with the disappointed look. ''was
never delivered. wrote 1t myself
Washington Star. 4
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

For ease of calculation the roughness
Is figured on the basis Of alfalfa hay
selling for 81 per ton. When alfalfa
is worth Sc per ton, the other rough
feeds are worth six times the amount
Indicated in the table When alfalfa
Is worth IS per ton, the other feeds
are worth eight times as much and so
on. Usually we find that we can feed
practically all the rough feed that the
COWS can eat although, as indicated
above, with good quality of alfalfa
or clover hay they may eat more than
they will consume at profit
The Element of Economy.
If the problem was to select the most
economical roughness we would select
alfalfa at 81 per ton in preference to
red clover at So per ton or prairie hay
at 81 per ton or millet at So per ton.
1t frequently happens that we have
plenty Of carbohydrates and fat, but
are lacking in protein In this case
we would consult the second column in
order to determine what feed to buy
In order to furnish the protein most
economically. If 1t is carbohydrates
and fat as well as protein that are re-
quired, as was the condition in the dry
year 1901, then we should take the
first column. When 1t is possible to get
rough feed containing a large amount
Of protein we find that In feeding a
liberal allowance of roughness the
grain can be reduced; hence the impor-
lance of roughness rich in protein.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

There is no danger Of an overpro-
duction Of Angora goats. The demand
for mohair b increasing as new uses
are found for 1t. The demand for the
meat will Increase rapidly as the preju-
dice against It IL overcome. The hides
are valuable, and the value Of the ami
mails a. brush cleaners Is making an
Increasing market for the grade AMI
mah.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

4 say, have just come from my
landlords, and, would you believe it. I
had the greatest difficulty In the world
to get him to accept little money"
Nonsense. And why. pray?
Because he wanted a lot!'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

The twentieth century farmer has
different conditions to face from those
Of the past. Farmers of today are open
TO the sharpest competition, and sue
csss depends upon their ability to pro-
duce good products cheaply and sell In
q complex market
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

Shylock-I'll have my pound Of fesh.
Antonio-Go ahead, old man. The doc
Tor says I've got to reduce my weight
Flown Topics.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

The art Of putting the right men In
the right places is the frst science Of
government-Talieyrand.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02
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WHOLESOME MILK.
Comparative Condition of MIX Drawn
In Open and In Covered Pals.

comparative condition OF MIX Drawn
In Open and In Covered Pals.
In a bulletin of the Connecticut
Storrs station w. A. Stocking, Jr., re-
ports the results of comparative stud
les of the sanitary condition of milk
drawn in open and covered pals. Two
pals were used In these experiments.
One was regular open pail; the other
was pail with cover of special de-
sign. An illustration of the latter is
here given. 1t is an ordinary milk pail
with a closely fitting cover, which has
an opening near one side, into which is
soldered a funnel four inches in diam
eter having wire gauze OF fine mesh
soldered across the bottom. This fun
mel extends slightly above and below
the cover aud slopes somewhat toward
the side of the pail. Another funnel,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

Not far from 3 to 8 per cent ig an
estimate Of the shrinkags In weight Of
barley and oats In storage.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02
SMOKING MEAT.

An Item For Those Who still Use the
Old Brown Smokehouse.
In the home smoking of meat / have
learned something by experimenting
that is a great saver of work and Of
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-05
FTREMEN HAD IT EASY.
No Calls on the Fourth, But Two Came
 in To-day.

The fire department was called this afternoon to the building 9406 Park avenue, where a fierce fire was raging between the partition walls. Although water was promptly applied the blaze worked its way into the attic and di& considerable damage before it wasj brought under control. The smoke was suffocating and came near putting some of the more daring of the men out of business. The structure is' owned by Henry Ball, formerly of Oakville, but now of New Haven, E w. Mooring agent, and is damagedI considerably. There are four tenantg in the block and all of them sufferedl considerable loss on account of water and smoke, even though some of them, escaped actual contact with the Ire. This morning the department answered. a still alarm to the Waterville road ] where small blaze in George Tracy'1 barn threatened to make troublA.I There was no damage to speak ofa For the first time in many years thel department didn't have a call yestarA day.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-05
SCHOOL ROW.
Union City People and Board of Education in a
 Nix Up.

Naugatuck. July 5.-The board of education of this city place was served with temporary injunction. issued b! Judge Cowell of the Waterbury city court this morning. restraining the members of the board from reyoking the certificate of Principal John Scan mel of the Union City schools. MT Scannel has been acting in the ca pacity of principal for four years and as the result of some trouble the board revoked his license. When the voters of Union City heard of this they i'm mediately passed vote instructing the district committee which employs MT Scannel to continue his services. A formal meeting will he held this even- ing. when vote will be passed to this effect, and in order 10 be on time the injunction was obtained. The board of education will meet this afternoon, at which time it may be decided to ask for an injunction restraining the voters from acting upon the matter to- night.
 The board claims that Mir Scannel was engaged only for one month. but however this may be he has been teaching in the school for five years. There Is the greatest excitement in the borough over this matter. The people want Mir Scannel. but the board of education. or rather the majority of it, does not want him.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-05
RUSHING NOW.
Legislators Shaping Busi. ness for An Adjourn.
 ment Next Week.

Hartford, July 5.-There was but a small attendance of house members and senators at the opening of the session ahis morning At the request of a number of house leaders a con ference was held this morning. A de termined effort will be made to com plete all legislative business this week. In order to accomplish this it will probably necessitate the holding of Friday session. It is then plan- ned to adjourn until Thursday of the next week for the final adjournment formalities. ....
 In the senate President pro tempore Fessenden presided in the absence of Lieutenant Governor Woodruff. Con- current action with the house was taken in adopting the house amend ment to the trading stamp bill. which provides for the redemption of stamps by merchants as we'll as the concerns issuing them.
 A bill providing for an increase of the number of brakemen on trains, passed by the house. was rejected. after an earnest plea in its behalf by Senator Donov5hI. who maintained it was but fair and reasonable to de- mand of the railroad companies that their trains should be properly man. ned
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-05
MAY BE LIVELY
Question of Paying to Strike Fund to Be Discussed
 To.Night

Chicago, July 5.-Lively debate on the questions of contributions to the teamsters strike fund is looked for at the meeting of the teamsters joint council tonight.
 When the proposition is presented it will bring to the fore the question of ending the strike. There are several delegates in the council who have spoken in favor of submitting tue question of calling off the struggle to a referendum vote.
 Union officials admit that the pros poets are not bright for an increase Tn the strike funds. Many drivers, not involved in the strike have discon- tinued contributing a part of their weekly wage. Contributions from unions affiliated with the Chicago fed eration of labor have decreased from S1 POO week at the beginning of the strike to about S1 ,0OO week.
 More applications for work by depart ment store drivers who have been on strike were looked for to-day. More than 100 have sought unemployment, but comparatively few have been sue cessful
 Policemen who have been guarding wagons were assigned to their posts at street crossings and on their beats to- day.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-05
TAKEN BY MOB
Prisoner Who Assaulted Woman Has Probably
 Been Lynched

Russellville, Ky, July 5.-James Lyon, who was charged with assault ing Miss Mary Gladder, was taken from the jail by mob of 100 men shortly before midnight and it is sup posed that he was lynched.
 When the mob reached the jail the other three men imprisoned on simi- lar charge had crawled up the iron railing and hid in the big water tank near the ceiling.
 When the crowd got well inside John Sacka, whose trial has been in pro gress since Monday, dropped to the floor and rushed out of the door. He met the sheriff and his deputies out side the jail yard and they ordered him to stop. He rushed on and they snot at him four times, wounding him twice. Neither wound is thought to be fatal.
 The shooting near the square fright ened the mob in the jail and they hur- ried off with only one of the men. Lyon, leaving two others in jail. These two. together with the wounded man, were taken away shortly afterwards to Bowling Green. It is supposed that Lyon, who was taken away by the mob. was hanged in the outskirts of the town.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-05
A COUNTRY ESTATE
RooKEFELLER SECURING FOR SON A WONDERFUL PLACE.

GrumDlers say rockefeller is trying to buy up all of Westchester county, N. Y., for the great landed estate that is being got ready for John IT,. an es- tate that it is planned shall equal any of those famed ones over in old Eng land, that mother land that teaches our rich folk how to spend their wealth.
 The property has been gathering slowly and subtly, one may say, for no fancy prices have been paid for the acres, they have been bought now here, now there, at this time and at that. The newspapers have repeated with joy the tale of the saloon keeper that has refused to be busted at Johns bidding, but late paragraphers tell of the inevitable defeat. With no one around to buy the saloon wares, what good is there in keeping the bit of land away from the covetous oil king? One must live. and so the saloon man, too, gives in. and John and young John are lord of all they survey.
 Perhaps the picture will be more vivid put as the New York Times graphically has it-John D. Rockefel- ler's baronial estate is so big that he can ride his automobile 75 miles over his own property without using the same road twice.
 That is pretty bad, when some are city-doomed the year round in tiny hot rooms, never can rest in shade of tree, gather roadside flower, listen to brooks murmur. But hold, this is no diatribe against the too-much of the rich, the too-little of the poor. This is merely glimpse at a great big estate of an American landed pro- prietor.
 It is situated among the Pocantico hills, the 5000 acres comprised in the property, and there is many beautiful view of the Hudson. many noble group of birch and naples, many . woodland close for squirrels to gam bol in, many field of flowers and grass. It may not be generally known that John Rockefeller Is . civil engi- neer. but the men that are at work im- proving his property-an army of something like 1,600-realize that the master knows what he is about when he directs about grade and drainage, about what to leave untouched, what to change in the broad extent of lands. the many cottages that came in with the purchase.
 As yet the great house is not built The stables are nearly completed, said to be the finest private ones in this country The house awaits improve ments in the sons health. so rumor says, and probably will be begun as soon as he is settled in some place that will act as tonic for his waning vital ity. Health improving. anxiety over, then the father can turn his attention to the baronial estate. erection of . suitable mansion.
 When the estate was in the buying, two fine examples of Colonial dweil- ings accompanied the purchases. One, which was burned a couple of years ego. stood on site commanding . wonderful view of the Hudson: and here the family dwelt when on the Pocantic0 property. Now they are farther down the valley. but when view is wanted they can climb to .he