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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-03-07
POLICY HOLDERS MEETING.

':'hc Policy Holders OF the Farmers
NI;.tlsal Fire Insurace association Of
Newberry county will meet at the
covrt house on Thursday, March %,
1905, d: II o'clock, in annual session.
This is the meeting in which direc-
tors and officers will be elected.
Every policy holder is Urged to be
present. Business of interest to all
will come up.
Jos L. Keitt,
President.
L. l. Epting,
Secretary,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02
A GOOD, STOUT SLED.


One Of The Best of Winter vehicles
Can Be Made In the Farm shop.
This Is the season when the virtues
OF the farm sled are thoroughly appar-
ent, TO be entirely satisfactory sled
should be well shaped ana strong
while as light as may he. a National
Stockman writer's plan for such a sled
appears to be very desirable and is as
follows
The best sled is made from runners
with a natural crook. These runners
may be sawed from small crooked
tree body or from a log having the
main root dug out and cut off two sud
q half or three feet from the stem Of
the tree. A small blue ash nearly al
ways has a good "sled root" and 1t is
often found in elm or white oak.
This log is taken to the sawmill aud
the runners sawed out eight feet long
on the bottom, two inches thick and
seven inches wide. A log one foot in
diameter will make two sets, and the
charge for saving them is 80 cents a
set 1t is best to have them seasoned.
but many good sleds are made from
freshly sawed lumber Plane your rum
ners smooth and shape out one for
pattern. When you get it 'just right
use ii 10 mark the other by.
The sled known as the knee sled, as
shown here, is generally admitted to
be the best kind Of sled made Cut
mortises at A A A in each runner, these
mortises to be by inches and four
inches deep. The front mortise should
be one foot back of where the crook
turns MP and the rear one one foot from
back end Of runner
For knees (B b ~ use the very best
OF timber. Make the knees fourteen
inches long and three and a half inches
square. Cut lemons on each end, the
lower three and tbree-quarters inches
long and l by 3 inches in size to fit
the mortise in the runner. The upper
tenor is cut at right angles with the
lower one and should be one-fourth Of
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02
Three queer Animal Tales.

The Indians say that If. a beaver sent
out from the parents lodge fails to find
a mate he is set to repair the dam. II
he fails a second time he is banished.
An Arab writer has the same story.
He tells us that those who buy beaver
skins can distinguish between the skins
of masters and slaves The latter have
the hair of the head rubbed off because
they have to pound the wood for their
masters food and do it with their
heads.
One more story is about the puma,
the friend of man." certain Maldo-
NADIA. girl of Buenos Ayres. WAS
falsely accused of having sought to be-
tray the town to the Indians and was
condemned to be exposed in the for
est. An enormous puma guarded her
all night from the attacks of other
beasts. The next day she was taken
back to the town and pronounced to be
innocent-F From Edmund Selous' ''Ro-
nance of the Animal World"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02
CARE or THE BULL.
should Have Kind Treatment, hut No
Familiar Petting.

should Have Kind Treatment, hut No
Familiar PettinR.
The care of a stock bull should begin
with his birth. He should be kept
growing steadily and fed that kind of
food which Will produce good growth
OF bone and muscle without becoming
Fat. Milk, new or Skinned, ground
oats. bran or middlings and good hay
and grass are the best foods for q bull
that is intended for a long life Of use
fulness. Also he should have exercise
by run in a pasture or yard until he
Is eighteen months or two years old.
He should have kind treatment, bat
no familiar petting. Never on any ac
count allow any one to play with bin.
The bull should be kept Ia the barn
where he is near the COWS and MS near
as possible to one Of the main passage
ways. If near the cows, be is contented
and more quiet, and II be stands where
he constantly sees the men passing him
he becomes familiar with shem and IL
not so liable to become vicious. But
on no account should the men pay any
attention to him in passing, either to
quarrel with him or caress him Let
them understand they are to let him
alone and pay no attention whatever. to
him. He should be frequently let loose
In the yard with the cows, and after
two years old 1t is better to hood him
when turned loose. He then gets the
exercise without endangeTing any lives
or molesting the fence In this way
the bull may be kept many years with
out finding out his strength, is much
healthier and safer and surer stock
getter. and Is, believe, much more
liable to be the sire of quiet, pleasant
offspring.
In serving cows one service IS enough,
sven better for the COW than two, and
certainly better for the bull A COW
with one service Is more liable to have
. calf than If more are allowed. A
yearling bull may serve three or four
cows week with no injury to himself
II allowed only one service to the COW
and a day or two between cows. do
not believe two or three year old
bull would be limited If treated in this
way, and his calves will be uniformly
strong. 1t is the injudicious treatment
and worse than unnecessary overwork
that injure the vitality of the bull
and cause him to sire weak calves and
70 have an early decline Of power A
little good judgment and common sense
would keep almost any bull In active
usefulness as long as 1t seemed de
sirable to retain him.--C. NJ Wlnslow
In Hclstein-Friesian Register
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

enemy from its front. a.ll were II 10
attempt a retrograde movement the In
dams would be eneonr led TO swarm
out in full force. The officers saw the
situation before the men did, but when
the latter became aware OF il there
was d tiuttar along the line. IL might
have been more than IA hutter and the
coloners heart was in his mouth and
his teeth set hard when from the jim
Dandies over on the flank came tue
yousing chJrus of John Brown. it
stopped the futter some men laughed
and some swore. but the song led their
thoughts into another channel
Again the Indians pressed down ON
the left flank. They had discovered
that only half dozen men opposed
them and that TO win the flank was To-
win the battle but even with five to
one, owing to the nature of the ground,
they could make no way. The Tms
were shooting to kin when they Were.
not laughing or singing and the ser
ceant WATCHED them closely and NUT
tered to himself:
"Fye been down on these dudes along
with the crowd, but blast my eyes if
/ ever saw purifier fighting. | guess
I'VE got to take back what I've said
Say. now. but what's the matter over
in the center?
The matter was that company was
being withdrawn to re-enforce the.
right, but the movement caused uneasi-
ness and a slackening Of the fire. MEN
were beginning to look to the rear and
breathe heavily and the Indians to ut
ter whoops Of exultation and make
ready for a rush when the six Jim
Dandies. who were temporarily out OF
1t, leaped up on the rocks and began To-
sing a topical song. 1t was new t0
most of their comrades, and the jolly
air caught on at once and started
cheers all along the line. Two hum
dred men joined in the chorus. and
they were singing yet as the colonel
perfected his plans and ordered a for
ward movement There was a grand
charge and rout. and the Ninth had
not only extricated itself, but won
victory to be proud of.
Splendid move of yours, colonel
said the major when the fight had been
won.
But / couldn't have made it with.
out the singing. Tell Captain Barnes
to send his six Jim Dandies to me.
want to thank 'em personally. A dude
glee club beats artillery all to pieces at
fighting Indians"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

A shoemaker. Kavol Kowates. who
in 1923 lived at Pesth, the capital of
Hungary, smoked the first meerschaum
pipe. Besides being shoemaker. how
ever, he was one of natures handi-
craftsmen. being gifted with an intui-
tive genius for carving in wood and
other material. This brought him into
contact with Count Andrassy, with
whom he became great favorite. The
count on his return from mission to
Turkey brought with him piece OF
whitish clay, which had been present
ed to him as curiosity ON account of
Its extraordinary light. specific gravity.
1t struck the shoemaker that. being
porous, 1t must be well adapted for
pipes, as 1t would absorb the nicotine.
The experiment was tried, and Kavol
cut pipe for the count and one for
himself. This first meerschaum pipe
made and smoked by Kavol Kowates
has been preserved in the museum at
Pesth.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

COMMON EaISiRR. SINGLE ESlNER.
TO them that Dr. C. e. Saunders of the
central experiment farm has lately
made report on this subject Among
other items 1t is noted that, although
closely related to true wheat, both
spelt and emmer are, in a commercial
sense, quite distinct from it and should
be compared rather with oats and bar
ley.
1t is thought undoubtedly possible to
make -four from emmer and spelt, but
extremely improbable that this will
ever be done In America. Meanwhile
these grains are being used for the
feeding of cattle etc, and it is for such
purposes that they deserve considera-
ton,
The most striking characteristic of
spelt and emmer stated by DR.. Saun-
dels as distinguishing them at once
from all the true wheats is the fact
that the chaff adheres to the grain
after it has passed through an ordinary
thrashing process. The grain itself is
usually long, of rather large size and
very hard. resembling the macaroni
wheats rather than the ordinary
wheats The straw of the emmers is
usually rather short and thin and
sometimes is not sufficiently strong to
prevent lodging of the grain. In spelt
the straw is coarser.
The heads of emmer are essentially
short, compact and fiat, the spikelets
being set very close together, while
the heads of spelt are long and open,
the spikelets being set far apart All the
emmers are bearded. but some of the
spells are beardless. Spelt is generally
of coarser type than emmer. and the
proportion of husk present in the
thrashed grain is usually larger.
Roughly speaking, one may say that
emmer weighs from thirty to thirty
eight pounds and spelt from twenty
two to thirty pounds per measured
bushel
Both emmer and spelt have been
found, so far as tested at the expert
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02
silage a. N MIX Feed.

In test conducted by the Ohio ex-
pertinent station two rations were fed,
carrying practically the same amount
Of dry matter. In one ration over 80
per cent OF this dry matter was derived
from silage, and less than IS per cent
was derived from grain,
In the other ration over 81 per cent
Of the dry matter was derived from
grain. no silage being fed.
Ten cows, representing five different
breeds, We're fed these ratlons from
two to four months 1--WE cows taking
the test the full four months.
The cows fed the silage ration pro-
duced 96.7 pounds Of milk and sos
pounds OF butter fat per hundred
pounds Of dry matter.
The cows fed the grain ration pro-
duced S1.3 pounds OF milk and 80
pounds Of butter fat per hundred
pounds or dry matter.
The average net profit per COW per
month over cost OF feed was S5.S64
with the silage ration and $c.465 with
The grain ration.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02
rHE SIX y1Ms SANG As rHEY wENr.

band of volunteers. The six Jim Dan
dies came to the front at once. Even
on the march they had clean collars on.
What in time is thisv' growled the
sergeant as they stepped out Its
going to take old veterans to hold that
ground. and these are only dudes"
give us chance, colonel" appealed
one of the Jims.
The seven men took open order and
double quicked across the open into
cover. and the six Jims sang as they
went. The colonel looked blank, and
900 men laughed, and the Indians al
most ceased their fire as they wonder
ed what was up.
'Now, dudes" said the sergeant as
they reached cover, "this is no making
love to a red headed girl on the We
randa of summer hotel We've got
to hold them Injuns off this flank If we
die trying. You've got q chance to
show what you're made of. and durn
my buttons If don't plug the first man
who looks to the rear!'
For answer the Jims sang a verse
of war ballad and then dropped down
Just as the Indian bullets began to sing
about them. The sergeant cursed and
muttered. and over on the line. half d
mile away, the major said to the colo.
mel as the singing reached their ears:
"Did you ever know the like OF thatf
I'm afraid this minstrel show business
will end In our being banked"
But even as he spoke the muskets
got to work and ratified away so rapid
~ that there seemed score instead
Of half dozen. and the coloners face
lost It's look Of anxiety. A force Of
thirty Indians were sent down against
the half dozen, but they could not get
nearer than certain line. There was
an open space to cross. and every red
skin who tried It was tumbled on his
face. When there was shooting to do.
the Jims' buckled down to 1t. When
there came lull. one Of them would
strike up song. and the others would
Join In the chorus. The sergeant sought
70 hush them. saying that songs did not
belong to Upton's tactics, but they
sang the louder and sang him down.
The Ninth had got itself into 4 hole.
= was not strong enough to drive the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02
Tim Dandles
===-=:-=-=-=------------
BY John Murray
Copyright. 1901. by r. G. Mcclure

There were six men in Company Il.
Ninth infantry, who We're nicknamed
Jim Dandies. They were six spick and
span fellows, who always looked fresh
and clean and presentable, and they
were always detailed for the best head
quarters posts. This caused Jealousy.
and it was natural that by and by a
story should get atioat that the six re-
cruits were fellows without sand. 1t
could be truthfully said that their
courage had not been tested, as the In
dams had been quiet for long time,
but no one argued thus. 1t was easier
to go with the majority and say with
some of the old veterans
"You just mark my words. II we
ever get into brush with the reds it
will take four men apiece to hold these
dudes on the firing line"
The Jim Dandies were attracted to
each other and formed a coterie. They
organized a glee club, sang love songs,
read popular novels and bought toilet
soap. They even wore linen collars,
and it was said of at least three Of
them that they rubbed their faces with
b8, rum after a shave The Jims We're
guyed~ and ridiculed. but they went
their way and bided their time
They had put in a year Of this when
the call came for the Ninth to take the
field. The red men had grown tired Of
peace and wanted war again
"Now keep your eyes on our jim
Dandies," said the veterans to each
other as they went marching away.
IF we buck up ag'in the Sioux you'n
see six sissy men fainting away to be
chucked into. the ambulance"
The Ninth went out for business and
found it. On the third day after leav-
Ing the fort it found big force of In
dams in its front. and the fight was
hot from the beginning. The reds had
the advantage of numbers, and by and
by they began to work around on the
left flank of the command. The colo
mel saw it, but he could spare only a
few men to checkmate the move. They
must get into the broken ground and
die fighting 1t was a military neces-
sity that small force should be sent,
but be hesitated to issue the order, and
finally called for sergeant to lead a
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

Sainte- Beuve is the foremost literary
critic of the nineteenth century in the
influence he has exerted upon his fell
lows. In a very real sense Matthew
Arnold in England and Tame in
France are his disciples. or at least he
is their literary ancestor. They de-
rive from him, and the doctrines they
have made explicit are often implicit
In him. The part of Taines critical
theory which has withstood the test OF
time is that which Tame acquired from
Sainte-Beuve and not few of the
points which Arnold pressed insist
emily on the attention of all who read
English he took over from his French
predecessor. There are no real critics
of literature of our time from Mr.
James in America to NJ. Brunetiere In
France, who have not come under his
spell at some period of their own de-
velopment and who have not sharpened
their own vision by more or less de-
liberate application of the methods
of Sainte- Beuve.-Brander Matthews in.
Century.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

an inch lower on the outside than on
the inside. This gives the sled a slight
fare and adds greatly to its strength
For the benches &C 9 @ use tough
timber by 3 inches and four feet long
Mortises are cut two inches from the
ends and are made ] by 3 inches for
the tenon on the upper end of the
knees. Before driving the knees down
put light bolt on each side of every
mortise In the runners and benches
This will require twelve * by 3 inch
bolts and twelve q by 2 inch bolts,
The place for these bolts is marked
X X on the runners and on the
benches.
For tenders Cd d. use oak or ash
and bolt them down to the benches, as
indicated in the cut by dots. The
front gate (E) is of the same stuff as
the tenders, IN by 8 inches in size.
The roller (Fl Is made from a 4 by A
inch stick tapered from six inches each
side of the center mortise (G) to the
ends, which should be two inches in
diameter and be banded with iron
bands.
Bore five-eighths inch hole in each
runner at III and bore holes five
eighths) five inches deep in the ends
Of the roller Get wagon skein bolts
VI by 8 or Z inches long and put the
roller In with these.
No good workman need be told that
every tenon should be coated with
paint before being driven into its place
and when the sled Is completed to give
II good coat of paint all over.
For soles old wagon tires will an
swer the purpose very well and save
you the cost of new iron or steel.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

months laying, commencing with Nov
1, pullet No. 9 had laid three eggs
while pullet No. 10 had laid 104 eggs
l killed No g. and examination showed
that she would not in all probability
have laid many more. At this time 7
was starting my incubators and using
pedigree trays to separate the eggs
from the first, second and third best
layers, the chicks being marked at
Matching time. Pullets Nos. 3, II, IS,
10, and 81 were considered good lay
ers, though nothing extra, but in the
following six months laid almost con.
tinually, Nos. IL and IS passing the
200 mark for the year, while the other
three were near it. But No. 10. which
promised so much at the end of the
first six months, only laid one egg in
the next five months What wish to
show by the foregoing is that if you
have number Of birds you will find it
impossible without the use of treo
nests to tell the good layers from the
poor, and as the poor layers always lay
in the spring what eggs they have. at
which time most Matching is done it
would be foregone conclusion that
your flock of layers would be growing
poorer instead of better
The trap nests not only allow Of Sc
lecting pullets that one knows will be
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02
TRAP NEST OPEN.

good layers, but the breeder is also
able to secure cockereIs from the same
brood, and my experience has been
that mating of hens of good laying
qualities with a cockerel from good
layer usually produces good layers. l
am confident that many failure in the
poultry business could have been
avoided If trap nests had been used.
writes Michigan poultryman to Rural
New Yorker.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

NEWS MnN NUt&&-
Denmark IN the dairy farm Of Lon
dom
ssThe little farm well titled" repre-
SCENTS popular modern notion.
The Indian Runner ducks hold the
same relation to the duck family that
Leghorns do with fowls. remarks an
exchange They are very prolific lay
err, often laying is many as 200 eggs
IN q year.
The word "farmer" means vastly
more IN business way than 1t did
even FEW pears ago.
The Light Brahma seems to be COM
ong to the rfont again with poultry
men.
The growth of the export trade In
American apples y one Of the encour-
aging featurss Of commercial pomol.
~.
4 beautiful new auditorium M just
boen dedicated at the Kansas STATE
Agricultural college. The seating c.
peclty y 23oQ In tho audienco ana
reotobly 40 81 tho platform.
tsxhe agricultural colleges should a.
ucote men b BE- fsrmer4 ana they
ohouA aleo educate farmern g -
uen says = n NichollR
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02
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EMMER AND sPELT.

Their True Place Among the Grain".
OF Interest to Feeders.
There has been Of late some interest
shown by farmers in the possibilities
of emmer and spelt, and the compare
lively light wheat crop Of the past sea
son is not unlikely to awaken q, still
greater desire to know more Of these
grains Canadian farmers indeed are
said TO be directing so much attention
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02
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@sa4s'G !. BZfI
TRAP NESTS.

A Practical Experience Of Their Val.
ne to the Poultry Breeder.
/ am using the nests mide and used
at the Maine experiment station Orc
no, Me, to which am greatly indebted
for my success. The first season using
these nests | had fifty eight White
Wyandotte pullets. At the end of six
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

The proportion Of ''boarder" to profit
able cows In Missouri and almost every
elher state IL probably about six to one
THAT il, where one returns profit on
1nvestment, feed and labor, six do not
pay for their keep. Farmers Advocate.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

Holland is the land Of fatness, wind
mills. dikes, canals and cheese. or the
latter they produce 10000 tons and
more IN year and consume only
fourth part. Alkmaar. one Of the most
noted and historical towns in the coun-
ny. Is the great cheese market. and in
its streets over 100000 pounds are
sold annually.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-02

We In Kennebec are having water
famine. The ground shut up without
the usual rains, and farmers are put to
great trouble for water for their stock.
The ground il well covered with snow
In northwestern Kennebec, but the
sleighing Is poor and the shedding is
hard, vet numbering is going on and
cordwood Is bringing good price. 1t
Ia almost impossible to get choppers.
and when we get them they ask 81 % a
cord for piling up hard wood.
hay liz very plentiful and stock il
wintering we'll Cows arc low in price.
though good Jerseys that have just
come in sell readily. Apples do not
sell at ALL SO far as know. Butter
brings a good price. and winter dairy
Ing In common about here
The cows are about all Jerseys. and
many are using Holstein bull but the
cross doesn't seem to take well with
the dairymen In general We get a
much larger yearling and far better
looking, but when they come to give
milk they are not In it with the Jer-
seys. think it will be long time be-
fore the Jerseys are driven out by the
Holstelns. We want better looking
animal than the creamery Jersey, but
We want the Jersey cream. and that
seems to b. the ruling confederation
with dairymen. Maine Cor. American
Cultivator.