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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-02
A plow at the Pinet,t.

In making tests for butter.fat the
pipette has been generally used Tor
the purpose of measuring the sui
phuric acid and the milk that was to
be tested. Some time ago the legis-
lature of Iowa tried to pass law that
would prevent cheating in making the
test. At that time 1t was brought out
that many of the pipettes in use were
very far from the correct size. At
any rate the law as passed prohibited
the further use of the pipette in the
measuring of milk for tests. The
creameries that were buying cream
from the farmers kept on using the
pipette, believing that the law re-
ferred only to milk and not to cream.
But the attorney-general of the state
thinks otherwise and has given the
dairy and food commissioner an of
fetal opinion to the effect that II is
even unlawful TO use the pipette in
the measuring of cream The com
missioner has therefore sent out no
tice to all the creameries of the state
warning them against the further use
of the pipette. The penalty for its
use is a fine of $500 or confinement
in the county jail for six months. The
law provides that for the purpose O
making tests all milk or cream mus
be weighed in scales or balances
Farmers Review
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-02
Creamery Items.


The only correct way to ascertain
the work of COW or herd is by the
use OF the scales and the Babcock
test, which must be continually used
for one year.
The very foundation for profit in
dairying is liberal feeding. which is
often neglected. Indeed the failure TO
properly feed a dairy COW is so com
mon that the majority OF people who
keep cows fail TO make any money
from them. All of the effort to get
people to feed better stock and TO
select out the poor cows goes for
naught il they will not feed.
A dairy COW must have an abund'
ance of good food. Nor will II do to
make her work too hard to get this
food. She must have II while at pas
ture without being compelled to travel
all day Il pays TO have the pasture
long and not short" Don't over
stock the pasture unless you feed q
portion of the ration in the barn. In
winter time the COW must not be com
pelled to eat all bulky food. for II
makes too much work to digest and
assimilate enough to get the proper
nourishmsnt with which to secrete ?
maximum 6ow OF milk.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-02
A Royal Treasure-House.

The plate-room at Marlborough
House contains what is probably the
most valuable collection of treasures
in any private house in England. The
room is underground and is lighted
by electricity, the walls being lined by
bookcases containing many rare vol
umes presented TO King Edward and
the Prince of Wales from time to
time, forming a very valuable library.
In big iron safes in the center of the
room is stored away wonderful col
lection of gold and silver plate, includ-
ing two enormous silver pilgrim bot
ties presented by Alexander Ill of
Russia TO King Edward. and price
less solid gold embossed shield, which
was a present to the sovereign from
a number of Indian princes.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-02

fall. picking fbu among them with
great care thebairest of either kind,
while she. catckng his mood, watched
him Aprilfacea
This" he iid gally. '1s the red
rose of my hdrt. Battle fields lay
between us and tower walls, and the
way was long bnd hard to find, yet
can YOU deny. ty ELF. that you came
in and plucked h and wore 1t away in
your hair-to Iecp or to cast aside
as pleased yout
Smiles and tlars growing together,
she caught the blossom from him and
pressed il TO tr lips. II will wear
II in my bosoi she answered. for
my breast has been empty-since the
day | saw you brst."
Smiling. he n Pld out the white rose,
but his mood b, deepened until now
he looked dowd upon her as he had
looked down uibn her In the moonllt
forest. This. beloved. is the symbol
OF my faith" be said. Your eyes
took It from ne that day at even.
song | hold II the doarer of the two
for with 1t goei my Lonor that Is AS
stainless as id petals. II is worth
more than life o me-is it not Torth
some pricks to kou?"
She took il nbm him reverently. tc
lay II beside hdother and as her fac.
was too proud tor fear so was it toe
tender for jestibg. Il am more hon
ored" she told him. than Canute by
his crown; and viii live as bravely
TO defend thcmP
But as he wbuld Lave caught he,
to him, she leahed back suddenly t
stretch a hand toward a dark-rohet
figure standing hndcr the moss-growi
arch, and herlpridC melted into
laugh of breatl1ess happiness. "Sis
ter Wynfreda, you we're right" Gh
called softly, the orld can be 9
beautiful that one has no hunger 20
heaven"
Tho T. q
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-02
Profitable Cows Only.

Hundreds of cows kept for dairy
purposes do not yield sufficient to pay
for the feed they consume. They con-
sumo as much feed as do the profit
able ones and require as much time
and care in milking. There was a
time when a dairy COW was not eX-
pected to give milk for more than six
months in the year. but with the pres
ent high prices for labor and feed this
condition of affairs can no longer prof
itably exist. The lactation period
should be at least nine months in
length. The amount of milk a COW
should produce to be profitable is vari-
ously given at from 5000 to 6,000
pounds annually, or sufficient to yield
from 200 to 240 pounds of butter fat.
This would vary of course with the
locality, price of labor, feed, etc.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-02

ship and England is rid OF him"
Murmuring broken phrases of
thanksgiving, she stood holding the
cloak she had grasped, but he dreaded
too much the moment of her awaken
ing To await its coming inactive. Slip.
ping his arms around her, he began to
speak swiftly, the moment her silence
gave him an opening.
Never did | blame Rothgar much
for his enmity against me, and now
thank him for this cut as for a gift,
for through it | know that at least
you have not outlawed me from your
love. Dear one, as you are not un-
kind in so slight thing as this
wound in my flesh, so neither be with
out pity for the one that is so much
deeper, in my heart! As the scratch
stayed your anger for "A while. so, in
the gentleness of love, let this which
is mortal stay it for all time"
With his arms around her, she
could not shrink very far away--nor
was il seen that she tried to--but all
at once her words came in uneven
ushes: How can hold anger
against you when, with every breath,
my lips sigh for your kisses? Iou let
no one wonder at it that | am fright
ened. You cannot conceive what a
lurking place for terrors the world
looks TO me! Never. | think, shall |
see men sitting together that ! shall
not suspect them of having murder
in their hearts, Never shall see two
friends clasp hands but my mind will
run forward to time when they shall
part in wrath and loneliness. Nay,
even of the sound OF my own voice
| am afraid lest whomsoever is hear.
ing it--for all that he speak me fair
be twisting the words in his mind
into evils | have not dreamed of. Sc.
bert, do not reproach you with III!
| think il all the fault of my own
blunders-and therein find new
terror That one should suffer for
wrong.doing is to be looked for, but
if one is 10 be dealt with so unspar'
ingly only for making mistakes, who
knows where his position is or what
to expect? Oh, my best Hiend, make
me brave or | hm likely TO die only
through fearing to live! With my
ignorance my boldness went from me,
until now my courage is lowly rs a
willow leaf. Love. make me brave
again." Trusting. in her very dec!a
ration of distrust. she clung to him &c
save her from herself
II was i'm the briarpricked fingers
which he was pressing against his
check, that he found his answer, Sud
denly he spread them out in his palm
before her. laughing with joyful light
ness. "Randalin, the thorn wounded
your hands the while that you strip
ped yonder hedge, but did YOU stoI
for that? II can prove 10 you that
all these dark days You have been
piucking roses. can YOU not bravelS
bear with the pricksg"
Putting her gently from him, h'
gathered uB the spoils she had le'
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-02
Farm Notes.

An animal must be kept in good
flesh and thriving to make it develop
and prove profitable.
There is no use keeping a COW on
the farm unless she is a milker and
butter-maker.
In applying manure, the farmer
must use his owb judgment as to how,
when and where he applies it.
Lack of fibrous roots is one cause
of the failure of so many of our for
est trees. dug Up in the woods ane
transplanted.
AS time is money it will be found
profitable TO arrange the stables SO
as 10 lessen the amount of time in car,
ing for them.
The aim in keeping stock should
Se to secure the most rapid and larg
est growth with the least cost com
patible with the end in view.-N. j
Shepherd, Eldon, Mo.
Poor cows are quite frequently
made by poor feeding and i'll treatment
while II is quite true that they MAJ
be so by nature. yet their care has
much to do with the results at the
pail.
Moral-use kindness and good feet
'nd note results that follow
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-02
him. she murmured as she gazed.

him." she murmured as she gazed.
Standing so, it happened that she
did not see the horseman who was
Just gaining the crest of the nearest
hill between her and the city. The
wind being from her she did not even
hear the hoof-beats until the horse
had turned from the glare of the sun
into the shadow of the fern-borderod
lane. The first she knew of II, she
glanced over her shoulder and saw
the red.cloaked figure riding toward
her along the grass-grown path.
As naturally as "A flower opens It's
neart at the coming of the sun, she
leaned toward him, breathing his
name; then in an impulse equally nat
ural, as he leaped from his saddle be-
fore her, she drew back and half avert
ed her face, flickering red and white
like the blossoms she was c'asping
to her breast.
He stopped abruptly, short
stretch of grass still between them
and II soothed her bruised pride "A
little that there was no longer any
confident ease in his manner but only
hesitation and uncertainty His voice
was greatly troubled as he spoke:
Never can | forgive myself for hay-
ing wounded you, sweetheart, yet had
| hoped that you might forgive me.
because knew not what did and
because ! have suffered so sorely for
IT,"
You have suffered" she repeated,
with a little accent of bitterness.
Il beseech you by my love that you
do not doubt it, Hesitation gave way
before a warmth of roproach. For
man TO know that he has wounded
what he would have died to shield
that he has wronged where he would
have given his life 10 honor-that il
may be he has lost what is body and
soul to him-what else is that but
suffering?"
Drawing softly near her. he spoke
in noblest Cancellation: rs IL your
pride that cannot pardon me, Lady OF
Ayalcomb? DO seem 10 sue for
grace too boldly because | forget TO
make my body match the humbleness
of my heart?. Except in prayer or
courtesy, We are not loose OF knee, we
Angles. but J would stoop as low as
| lowest might II that could make you
kinder. dear one Barring his head
he knelt down at her feet-and the
difference between this and the time
when he had bent before her i'm the
Abbey. was the difference between
tender jest and tenderer earnest
Thus then do | ask you to give me
back your love- he said gently-and
would have said more but that she
turned. stirred TO a kind OF generous
shame,
1T needs not that. lord. know
yot did not mean IL. And they have
| told me that--that have no right 20
be angry with YOU She broke on.
as looking into his face she saw some
thing that startled her into forgetful-
! ness OF all else. Why are your cheeks
so hollow?" she demanded. "Aud 50
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-02
For 4 Hard Mixer.

An experienced dairyman recon-
mends the following for a COW that is
tough TO milk:
Make a plug of slippery elm, two
inches long and the thickness of a
match at the thinnest end. Let the
other end have a head on it similar to
that on horseshoe nail. Tie piece
of silk thread around the head, slip
the plug on the teat which milks hard
and let it stay until next milking.
That teat will give full. easy stream,
but if at any future time it should
milk hard then give it another appli-
cation. The elm plug swells in the
teat. The large head at one end is to
hinder further entrance into the teat,
as it might by accident get out of
sight, in which case the silk thread
will be handy to take hold Of for with
drawsl of plug"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-02

Dissolve sal,peter in cold water TN
the liquid completely saturated
with Il. This can be seen by the fact
that bits of q saltpeter will at last
refuse to dlssC I've.
Dip a fine brush or pointed stick
into the>solution and draw the outline
of an animal or any other desired fig
urc on a piece of thin paper. Use pa
per that has r0 printing on it.
Let the pan, dry thoroughly. The
picture will be invisible then, or al
most so
Now hold il fiat, light match,
blow it out ard touch part of the
drawing with lo glowing end.
The saltpetc will catch fire at once
and the tiny fl me will burn all along
the lines of the drawing, leaving the
paper intact.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-02
uAAp1eR xxv,,,.-con,inued.

The beauty that had been Sister
Wynfreda's hovered now about her
mouth as fragrance around a dead
rose. Her gaze was on branch above
them where a little brown bird. call.
ing plair lively, was slipping from her
nest. Over the wattled edge, two
tiny brown heads were peeping like
fuzzy beech nut rinds. II wonder
she said. what those little creatures
up there viii think when few months
hence the blue sky becomes leaden.
such that no one of them ever before
recollected It so dark, and the sun
that Is wont to creep to them through
the leaves has gone out like can
die before the winter winds? by rea-
son of their youth. suppose they will
iudiclously conclude with themselves
that there Is never going TO be any
blue sky again, that their lives will
stress of weather empty of all save
leafless trees and frozen fields. MY
hedgeling, will they not be a little
ashamed of their hort-sightcdnees
when the spring has brought back
the SUM-
The girls lips parted before her
Quickening breath. and the old nun
smiled at her tenderly as she moved
away with her hands full of the green
symbols of healing. IF you would ne
of use now. go gather the flowers for
the Holy Table, and when themselves
have drawn in holiness from the spot.
then shall you bring them TO the sick
woman over the hill"
"Yes. Sister," the girl said submis-
sively.
But when she had crossed the dai,
sled grass and opened the wicket gate
and came out into the fragrant lane
something seemed to divide her mind
with the roses, for though she sent
one glance toward the hedge. she sent
another to the spot where
the lane gave out upon the great
Street to the City.
II wonder II shall ever hunger foi
heaven as | hunger for the sight oI
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-02
One Acre Per Cow.

There are men who can carry COW
to the acre, but they do 1t with the
silo and soiling crops, 1t takes others
four or five per COW. yet the cows do
not eat any more than others do of
the acre lot. This means that some
men know how to raise crops and
others do not.
The latter class have one continual
complaint, morning, noon and night.
that dairying does not pay. They
have poor buildings, poor cows, and
no system of farming the land. They
do not understand their business and
consequently are deprived of the com
forts and blessings which hail on
those who have a better understand
ing.-Dairy Farming.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-02
pImeultx Of Lake saIkal.

Russian soldiers are going around
the bend Of the southern shore of
Lake Baikal, on the road just finished,
at the rate of about a dozen miles an
hour, which is slow wheeling, but bet
ter than the slower fergy!ng or winter
crossing ON the blizZard-swept ice.
How the new road viii work in winter
remains TO be seen. there being more
than possibility that in such a windy
corner the track may be laid under
drifts half as high as the Kremlin. to
be covered over again as fast as they
are dug out
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-02
wlFE's CHANGE OF NAME.
Custom of Assuming Her Hu5band's
is Lost in Obscurity.


Is Lost in obscurity.
The custom which makes it proper
for the wife to assume the name OF
her husband at marriage is involved
In much obscurity. a recent authori-
ty advances the opinion that it origi-
mated from Roman custom and be-
came common after the Roman occu-
patton of England. Thus, Julia and
Octavia, married to Pompey and Cice-
70, were called by the Romans Julia
of Pompey and Octavia of Cicero amt
in later times the married women OF
most European countries signed their
names in the same way, but omitted
the "of." In spite of this theory II is
a fact that as late as the sixteenth
century Catherine Parr signed her
name without any change. though she
had been twice married. We also hear
of Lady Jane Grey, not Dudley, and
Arabella Stuart, not Seymour, etc.
Some think that the custom originated
with the Scriptural idea that the hus-
band and wife are one. This was the
rule of law as far back as i2GS. ana il
was decided in the case of Bon versus
Smith, in the reign of Elizabeth, that
woman by marriage loses her form
er name and legally receives the name
of her husband.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-02
Kruger Statue Forgotten.

Before the Boer wa: il had been in
tended by the people of the Transvaal
To erect a colossal statue in honor of
Kruger on an imposing pedestal in
Church square, Pretoria. Only the
base was erected. however. While
the war was in progress the statue,
ordered by the Transyaal government,
was delivered by the sculptors ct Della
goa bay. II was impossible TO convey
il then to Pretoria, so it was laid in
a timber yard belonging TO the Lo-
renzo MARQUEE Wharf company, and
there, neglected and almost forgotten,
Il mas since remained.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-02
Corn as Winter Feed.

The price of oats is still above the
average of other years, so that the
farmer is inclined TO sell them and
substitute with corn, which is nat.
ural winter food for all kinds of stock.
The writer has fed corn for years with
clover hay to the work horses, colts
and young cattle, with excellent re-
suits. The two fed in combination
make a we'll balanced ration for all
growing stock in cold weather. We
believe the average Northwestern far.
mer understands the value of corn
as an all-around grain for winter feed,
ing, hence, do not sell it.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-02
skim Milk in Chicken Fatteninq.

It is rather difficult to place an
exact monetary value on skim milk for
fattening chickens, but there can be
no doubt that it can be so used with
advantage, both as to gains in
weight and in producing white, juicy
and tender meat. Two years ago ex-
periments conducted at the Expert
mental Farm, Ottawa, demonstrated
beyond any question the high feeding
value of this by-product, both in the
crate and in the pen. BY IFS use. gains
were more rapidly made, the cost per
pound of increase reduced, and the
character of the dressed fowl improv'
ed. Used judiciously with meal (as
finely ground oats) and, say, one-tenth
of the ration of meat meal, should be
we'll worth thirty cents per hundred
weight.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-02

Lanser in Pasturing Rape.
As there are many who have soWh
would call their attention to the TACT
that there need be some care in pas
turing the crop, especially with sheep
II is even worse than clover in caus-
ing bloat in sheep though we have
Lever heard Of any trouble with cattle
in this. They are not so fond OF the
crop and do not eat it so greedily
when first turned on II as they do
clover.
Until sheep become accustomed to
IL, II Is not safe to leave them for any
length of time on rape, even after the
dew has dried off. When first turning
them to get a good feed of something
else before turning them on the rape
then they will not cat so greedily. A
half hour at a time is long enough tc
leave them on at first. A good way
to pasture it after they have become
accustomed TO it is to have 1t in con
nection with a good grass pasture
and allow them to run from one to the
| other at will. The rape is too sue
| culent for the best results as an en-
|
any time they are inclined to crop it
until 1t gets a fresh start
1t should be borne in mind that no
| plant will produce as much feed II
too closely cropped The roots be-
come starved for want of the support
normally received from the air
through the leaves. To insure a
maximum amount of pasturage from
the rape il is well to withhold the
stock from it until it gets twelve
inches high. With the roots thus
established the amount of feed it will
supply is normous.--Farmers Voice
Deterioration Of Corn Fodder.
AS our readers all know from eX
pcrience. corn fodder deteriorates very
rapidly during the winter season il
left standing in the shock, especially
IL the shocks are small and not prop
erly built or tied, thus exposing {
, large amount of the fodder to the fal
, and winter rains. The reason why The
COW does not take as kindly to corr
fodder in the spring as in the fall il
because it has deteriorated. often yer!
rapidly, in quality.
Where our readers shred their fod
der, the quicker 1t is done the better
They do not need to wait until th,
! fodder is perfectly dry. Just as sool
, as the corn is fit to crib the fodde
= should be shredded and stored away
: Two tons OF fodder shredded as sool
Q as the corn Is safe TO crib is wort
a three tons at least of fodder shredde
: in February. provided, of course, it /
X shredded when free from dew or rair
J. 1t is not the remaining sap that dt
S teriorates fodder because it does nc
f have in it the bacteria that cause fei
ment and decay. 1t is the bacteri
n that come in from rain that do III
V damage either in clover hay or cor
|. 4 fodder.
0 One of the great advantages c
d shredded fodder is that it enables III
t. when done in time, to prevent thi
@ rapid deterioration of corn fodde
which always takes place in the shoe
and for which there i. no other rem
edy.- Wallace's Farmer.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-02
Best Salt Always Best.

A pound of salt will be sufficient for
sixteen to twenty pounds of butter.
The difference in cost between the
very best salt and the very poorest is
but the merest fraction 0f cent per
pound. How foolish it is to use any
thing but the best. In buying salt the
thing to do is to purchase the best
that can be had and figure on price
afterward.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-02
Sugar seets in Colorado.

The sugar beet campaign is now on,
in northeastern Colorado. and about
100000 tons of beets will be sliced at
the Fort Collins factory. alone. this
fall. The beet crop this year VIII
bring nearly 100000 to the farmers
in the Fort Collins district.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-02

Piso's Cure is the best medicine We ever used
for all affections of the throat and lungs WY.
o, ESDsLKY, Vanburen. Ind Feb 40, 1900
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-02

The chronic kicker never realizes
that there are people worse OF than
he is.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-02

It's funny what the women's clothes
that are never seen are mostly made
for show
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-02

Either you like girl because she
is nicer than the other girls or the
other girls aren't as nice as she is.