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Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22
Man and the Soil

Nature has made abundant provis-
ion for the maintaining Of the fertility
of the soil and the best or the worst
man can do he cannot rob the soil
permanently of its fertility. He can,
however rob it for time and re-
duce it to a state where it will not
pay for the tilling. But in the end
nature will recommence the work by
which she made the soil fertile in the
first place. Man, however, cannot af.
ford to wait for the slow processes of
nature.
1t has been discovered that the bac-
terra in the soil have the power of so
changing their character that in the
course Of few years almost any
plant will have attached to it the bac-
terra that is suited to it, providing it is
a pod-bearing plant. We know little
or nothing about bacteria on other
kinds Of plants. 1t has been found
that the man that sows clover on one
piece of land that has never had
clover on it is likely to fail to get a
catch. He should continue to SOW
clover on that same piece of land year
after year, as the few plants that grow
will make it possible for the bacteria
already in the soil to begin their trans
formation, and in time the soil will be
so well supplied with bacteria adapted
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22
Imitation Gems.

the moonstone and opal are now
reproduced in the laboratories
from dense and highly
transparent glass. But the peculiar
structure of the moonstone and opal
which breaks up the light and gives
the changeable fire effect has not yet
been initiated. Imitation beryls,
pearls, diamonds, garnets, emeralds
and spinels are imported into the
United States in immense quantities,
but whatever their appearance may be
the manufactured product is not a
real gem.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22
Strawberries

All Strawberries, whether grown in
market, should be washed before u.s.
ing them. Do not dash water upon
them or handle in such way as to
break the berries. The best plan Is
to place them in a colander, set the
colanoer in deep pan containing
water and draw it up and down
through the water several times. The
sand and grit will fall through the
colander and the berries will be as
perfect as though water had not
touched them.
When berries are picked in the
home garden and the bulls and stems
are well preserved, pretty way to
serve then at luncheon is to place
them in dishes beside individual
sugar bowls and en- he berries from
the stem, dipping tnem in the sugar.
Perhaps 1t is considered more up-to-
date to serve whipped cream with
strawberries but the epicure still
clings to the old-fashioned way of
serving them with thick, sweet, un-
beaten cream.
The original strawberry cake has
been largely replaced by sweet
cake adorned with few whole ber-
ries and dabs of whipped cream. To
make the old-fashioned short cake
and in fact the only real short cake"
-sift two cups of -four with two heap
ing teaspoons of baking powder and
a pinch of salt. Rub in one and one
half tablespoons of lard and the same
amount of butter. Add two-thirds of
a cup of milk and roll into sections
to fit a square, shallow pan. Handle
the dough as little as possible. But
ter the upper side of each section,
place one on top Of the other and
set in the oven to bake. When done
lift the upper section off and again
butter the middle and upper crusts,
then spread on the berries. A quart
of berries will be needed for the pur-
pose and they should be crushed and
sweetened a half an hour before they
are used. Do not spread the berries
on until a short time before the cake
is to be eaten as the juice may soak
the dough and make it heavy.-Mary
E. Hammond.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22
Utilizing Force

Force lies all about us in the mus
cles of men and animals, in the moving
air, in the running stream or the i'm
prisoned lake, in the varying degrees
of heat, in fire and water, and in the
changes of liquid to gaseous
forms. The farmer is the per-
son best situated to utilize these
him. The ordinary laborer of the
city is unable to use even the
most common of these to better his
situation. The force that is penned
up in the muscles of his boys is sell
dom utilized for his help, and too oft
en- becomes a source of anxiety to
him. The country father can and does
use the energy sleeping in the strong
arms Of his sons. If the city resident
owns a horse that is not connected
with some regular service, he has a
dead weight on his hands. The horse
is thing for pleasure, but when not
being used for pleasure is a heavy
expense. The pleasure horse of the
farmer spends much of his time in
unitarian service. Farmers sons know
Low to perform the innumerable serv-
ices OF the farm, and so the energy
locked up in them comes out in full
fruition. On most of the farms it is a
problem how best to direct the force
the farmer finds about him. To a large
degree il is misdirected, and the re-
suit Is that the force expended, though
bringing in to the farmer more re-
turns than the city man can get out
Of the force around him, yet does not
give the returns it should. The strong
arms of the farm boy should be di-
rected by his brain in the management
of machines more than it is Why set
the country boy to welding hoe day
after day in the soft loamy soil, when
with a wheeled hoe he could accom-
plish ten times as much with the same
expenditure of force? Why make him
spend days and weeks in saving wood
with a common buck saw when with
saw driven by power he could ac-
complish ten times as much in the
same time and have the rest of his
force for other work or for self de-
velopment? All around the farmer
lies the power of the wind that sweeps
over his farm every day in the year.
This is a force that every farmer
should utilize, and many are now util-
izing 1t. The initial investment in
windmill and appliances for doing
work should be considered an expen-
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

to the clover plant that a good crop
can be grown.
But Is 1t not foolish for man to wait
for years for the development of bac-
terra or their transformation when he
can take inoculated earth from some
old clover field and by sprinkling 1t
on his own field get good crop of
clover in at most two years. Even
II he had TO buy the commercial cult
ures 1t would pay him to do so. Man
cannot afford to wait the slow proc
esses Of nature to get any manurial
element into the soil. He can far
more profitably buy the kind of fer
tilizer he needs.
Man by his carelessness has de-
prived the soil of much of it's fertility,
but man by his intelligence can re-
place 1t. We can make of the soil al
most anything we need. We have the
clays and the sands for the mixing,
and the time will come when land
will be SO high in price that it will
pay man to haul clay to put on sandy
leachy soil and to haul sand to put on
heavy clay soil. The man that so re,
CARDS his soil as to spare no pains in
its improvement will have the con.
sciousnessN that he has improved the
soil for all the ages, for the clay and
sand are not taken off in the removal
Of the crops.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22
Glover for Pics.

On our farm we regard clover as
one of the best foods we can use in
the production of pork. This is espe-
cially the case in the growing of pigs.
For this reason we make much of
clover, growing it both for winter
feed and for summer pasture. We be-
gin pasturing the clover when it is
three or four inches high and try to
keep it pastured close enough so that
it will not head. If it heads it after
ward tends to get woody, but by
keeping it down we have an abund-
ance of good food for the pigs through
out the late spring, summer and fall.
The field that we cut for hay we try to
cut before it gets too old and have
it made into hay while it has the
bright green color to it. If we dared
try putting it up green it would per-
haps give us still better feed, but we
are inclined to let well enough alone.
find that clover hay is we'll relished
by both pigs and hogs in winter. The
man that raises fall pigs must look to
the production of some kind of food
that will give the animals the protein
they must have If they are to be vigor-
Gus growers, and the more so if they
are to be used for breeders.
Isaac RHEIMS.
Pike Co., III.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22
Lack of Plant
Food Apparent

When their attention is drawn to
the fact that most of our oat fields
have been quite sickly in appearance
this spring many farmers will at
tribute this condition of affairs to the
cold, wet, backward season. But this
Is not the true cause. The weather is
one cause but it becomes quite appar-
ent that on the average there is a
lack of plant food in the soil for, not
oats alone, but for other crops like
wise. When the young oat plants are
weaving themselves from the parent
seed they must have plenty of as
simillable plant food ready for imme-
date use. When the plants linger and
have sickly, yellowish green color
it is evident that they are struggling
for existence and that it is lack Of
food that keeps them back. At last
the roots find supply of food and
then growth goes on quickly.
But the lack of food when most re-
quired tells upon the success of the
crop from start to finish. 1t is like
semi-starvation of foal or calf. If
the foal or calf flesh are lost or the
makes up for it later on when nour-
ishment is abundant. And we see the
same lack of food in the pastures and
meadows-not this spring alone, but
each spring in succession-and the
evidences have been apparent for
these many years. The grass on the
average is short but, wherever there
has been dropping Of manure from
an animal pastured last fall, there
the grass is long and dark green in
color. 1t would all be Of equal length,
vigor of growth and healthiness Of
color were the manure equally distrib-
uted over the surface.
There is need Of this general dis
tribution Of fertilizing material on
nearly every field in the west. We
have been robbing the land year after
year and now the bad effects of this
course become apparent.
1t is a fine thing to improve corn
and other seeds. We cannot have too
good quality in our seeds, but it is as
important, nay, absolutely necessary,
that we should have plenty of food
for the seeds at time Of termination
and throughout the growth of the
plants. This matter deserves serious
consideration. 1t is no longer enough
to manure the bare spots and knolls,
or to put all of the manure upon the
tobacco, the beets, or the corn field.
1t is not enough to top-dress the pas
lures. What is wanted most is some
feasible and practical plan of supply
ing and maintaining adequate stores
and available plant food on every
acre of the farm.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22
IIVFi
STOCK
Causes of Contagious Abortion.

The Kansas station in a bulletin
issued to the Press, says: The term
abortion is applied to the premature
birth of the offspring before full term.
1t is sometimes known as sinking
casting" or losing" the calf. Abor-'
ton may be caused by drinking con-
siderable ice water, eating large
quantity of cold food (frozen roots or
green vegetables covered with frosD,
exposure to rain or snow-storms OF
wading in ice cold water, injuries 10
the abdomen Gas being crushed by a.
gate, kicks, or being hooked), FOODS
that are easily fermented, also insut-
ficient or very innutritious foods; TOO
close stabling, heavy milking, early
breeding, inbreeding, stagnant drink
ing water, ergoted grasses and smut
in the various grains, irritant vege-
tables, impaction of the rumen and
constipation, severe constitutional dis
eases, direct irritation of the womb
Gas in the removal of the ovaries or
death of the offspring), and irritation
of the kidneys. Whenever abortion OF
cows cannot be traced to any of the
above causes the contagious form or
abortion is to be suspected.
Contagious abortion is quite COM
mon in this State and frequently
causes considerable loss, not only
from losing the young but also from
the fact that many of the cows that
have aborted fail to breed again. Con-
tagious abortion is probably caused by
several different germs and is trans
mitted from one animal to another by
contact, by means of the discharge
from the cow that has aborted, the
afterbirth, dead calf, and from bulls
that have served cows affected with
the disease.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22
The Overwhelmed Horse.

Who has not seen horse
staggering with too great
load, whipped by a merciless
driver! Very often this is the result
of the owner of the horse placing upon
the horse (and the hired man as welD
more than he can do. 1t is often the
hired man that is the driver of the
overburdened horse, and the owner is
the one that is primarily responsible
for the cruelty to the animal. The
man that sends his hired man to town
over muddy roads with load big
enough for a horse drawing it over a
dry road takes great chances with his
horse, not only of rendering him I'M
comfortable, but also Of injuring him
permanently. Horses, as well as men,
can be injured by OVERRIDING.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22
Proving the Dirt.

A good way of convincing ~
patron that there is filth IA
his milk is to catch the last of the
milk as it runs from the can, and,
after allowing the sediment TO settle,
pour off quietly the larger part of the
milk, filling the bottle up with water.
After repeating this process, which
will largely remove the casein, the
sediment can very readily be filtered
out. The effect of showing the patron
the amount of solid filth taken from
his milk In this way can be but pro-
ductive of good and lead to a change
in the right direction.-Prof. ]. G.
Moore.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22
Profitable
Dairying

/ have one pasture where we will
get $40 per acre for our milk during
the present month of June. That is
because We did not turn our cows into
the pasture as soon as the ground
looked little green. We kept our
cows out of the pasture till the 28th
day of May this year. Some farmers
that / know turn out their cows as
soon as possible in the spring, when
the pastures are very short. and the
result Is that the pastures keep short
all the summer. When my cows went
into pasture this spring the grass was
up to their knees. AS a result Of this
my cows are now making half can
Of milk per cow day.
/ have been selling off some of my
cows this spring, having decided to
get rid of 73 head, which did not come
up to my standard Of dairy cows.
intend to keep fewer and better cows.
have 55 cows now mostly giving
milk, but this fall l expect to increase
mean the purchase of As cows this
fall. l will go up to Wisconsin and
hunt them up and l intend to get good
ones. l intend to select As cows that
will give as much milk as the 73 l
have discarded. | have some good
Holsteins, but the new COWS l am go
ing to get will be mostly Guernseys
if l can find them. If l can't get all
the Guernseys l want l will put in
some Jerseys. Then / will put in
scales for weighing the milk and buy a
Babcock tester. have always depend
cows, but | guess the scales and test
are more nearly accurate.
own two farms, one of which has
an area of 120 acres. l rent this farm
on the usual terms that are common
in this section, on shares. l furnish
the cows and the farm; the tenant
furnishes the team and tools and does
all the work; each one pays for half
of the repairs on the tools; the pro-
ceeds are divided.
l keep on that farm 46 cows, that
being the average the year round.
Som etimes / had more than that num-
Der and sometimes less, but the aver
age is as l have indicated. The feed
that we purchased for those cows last
year cost $3.50 per COW; this con-
sisted largely of bran and oil meal.
bought half a ton of feed per acre of
of land. With this and the feed we
raised on the farm we produced 1873
tons of milk. This was sold at an av-
erage price Of $1.315 per 100 pounds.
We got better than the average price
for the year, which was $1.26, for we
made as much as possible of our milk
in the winter when the price was high
est. My half of the returns were ST.
900, which is pretty good interest on
my investment. The total returns for
each COW were sos.
The land improved in value, as we
put 51a tons of manure on every acre
of land. The cows averaged over g.
900 pounds Of milk during the year.
]. B. Mason, Kane Co., H., in Farmers
Review.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22
The Hotel Business.

The hotel business Of the Unit.
ed States is mighty one
The number Of hotels, large and
small, is put at over $4,000, and the
number of people employed about
them 100000. This gives some hint
of the travelling habits Of the Ameri.
can people. Some of the hotels are
magnificent palaces and are patronized
only by those able to pay magnificent
prices. Strange to say some of the
most expensive hotels are the best
patronized.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22
Animal Heat.

The smaller the animal the greater
relatively is the amount of sur
face exposed to the elements and
the greater the amount of heat
radiated, every sother circum-
stance being equal. The skin of a
small animal must be a more thorough
non-conductor Of heat than the skin
of large animal if the same amount
of Matchmaking food is to have the
same value. Some Of the naturalists
that have studied this question assert
that most animals lose nine.tenths of
their heat through radiation from the
body and through perspira,ion, in
which case the heat goes off in water
at the temperature of the body.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22
The Meat Trade

Whenever there is a falling off
in the consumption of meat the
decrease falls on the poorer and
cheaper cattle, sheep and swine,
as was seen in the depression caused
by the strike in the packing houses
about two years ago. Then the deal
ers were surprised to find that the
highest-priced meats were more gen.
orally purchased than the lower.
priced meats, though for the time both
had advanced strongly in value. 1t is
but another illustration of the con-
tinual discrimination against the poor.
er article by the American public.
Even in localities where the people
are in only moderate circumstances
the butchers find it hardest to dispose
of the cheap cuts. Y
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22
Unjustified Conclusions.

A hog raiser says that he ia
vors pure bred hogs because
one year the cholera took all
the hogs of his neighbor that
were not pure bred while his hogs.
all pure bred, escaped. He says that
this is where the advantage of hav-
ing pure bred hogs comes in. We fail
to agree with the opinion 1t is more
than likely that the scrub hogs re-
ceived scrub care and so the cholera
found a dirty condition of things,
which favored it's advent. The other
man, having pure bred hogs sur
rounded them with Clearly conditions,
and the cholera found there no abid.
ing place.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

1t has been legally decided in Eng
land that man who works for his
living is not a gentleman. This is
rather rough, but let us give the Eng
lish court credit for one thing. 1t
didn't decide that men who toll are
gents.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

In building high-priced hotels New
York has almost reached the limit.
The only thing that remains for ambi-
tious hotel-keepers there is to provide
each room with an ornamental CRATE
in which the guests can burn up their
surplus money.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

Sioux Indians are reported to be in
vesting in automobiles. Let the gov
eminent officials keep sharp eyes on
the Sioux. They may be preparing
to go on the warpath.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

The Medical Mirror wants high stiff
collars reduced or abolished. 1t will
have to combine with the tailors and
dressmakers, for they, and not the doc
tors. determine wherewithal we shall
be clothed.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

Why doesn't some enterprising man
20 into the radium business? There
is much money in it. In November,
1903, it was quoted at $4,000 an
ounce. Now it is retailing in London
at $4,000 an ounce.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

Mrs. William Rhinelander Stewart,
one of the leaders of New Yorks
fashionable set, has bought a cottage
at Sioux Falls, S. d., and will spend
the summer there. This is probably
the beginning of another fad.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

Jim Jeffries says a married man has
no business to be a prize fighter. No,
a married man can get all the scrap
ping his system needs without going
away from home.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

Marquette, Wis, is Dragging Of a
man 1O2 years old who turned a
handspring in public the other day.
Whether it was an auto or a trolley
car that struck him is not stated.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

In Hoboken the pastor of church
has been instructing members of the
choir in the art of using a handker-
chief fittingly, and in consequence sew
eral noses are out of joint.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

If some magazine would get Togo to
write an article on the comparative
usefulness of the battleship and the
torpedo boat, the problem would be
solved.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

A shipload of Georgia watermelons
was destroyed by fire in New York
harbor a few days ago. In case
like this what consolation is there in
being told that "the loss is fully COW
cred by insurance."
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

"The general topic of conversation
between men is food, and between
women is dress" says Caroline" in
the Girls Realm-and she is half
right.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

A woman will declare in one breath
that crash is the proper thing for hot
weather, and with the next shrek
murder at a harmless thunder peal.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

Now there is talk of war between
Germany and France. oh, pshaw!
Let poor old Mars lock up and spend
the summer in the woods.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

Admiral Togo's salary is only $4,000
a year. He seems to have made a
mistake in not going into the life In
surance business.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

The Montana man who has produced
a vineless potato should be encour-
aged to evolve rootless dandelion.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

Every boy and girl that is to be ed
icated must educate himself or her
self. Schools but provide the means.
Outsiders cannot pour education into
you. The effort must come from with.
in.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

They may sheer at the athletic pre-
tensions of the mere "rooter." But
his branch of the game is a grand
lung exercise, anyway.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

It is said now that more than fifty
of the girls in Vassar's graduating
class are engaged to be married. Some
men are born lucky.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

If there are no such things as dis
ease germs it must be admitted with
some reluctance that there are no
such things as microscopes.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

They call 1t common sense, but 1t
isn't. It's as rare as white lilacs in
winter.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

Casabianca was not an American
boy, though it is only fair to add that
he was a fine boy-as long as he
lasted.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

"Men who stay at home every night
are not good for anything" says DR..
Julia Holmes Smith. Oh, yes, they
are, doctor. They are generally good
for touch.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

We have a book on "The Strenuous
Life" and one on "The Simple Life,
and now comes one on THE Balanced
Life"
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

Perhaps some day some nature en-
thusiast will write book entitled:
How to Know the Wild Flowers from
the Weeds"
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

France is in the lead as builder
of automobiles; in the event of war
that ought to help some.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

1t is the early bird that catches the
worm and that's why there are so
many worms left.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

1t is 300 years since Don Quixote
was written, and people still wran'
gle over the pronunciation of 1t.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

This Is one of the oldest varieties
of fowls in the world and Is known
to have been in existence before the
settlement of America. Records are
found of II way back between the
years 1900 and 1900, and we do rot
know how old it was at that time. It
was then known as the crested fowl
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-07-22

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