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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04
M.eh.ni..n Of Ia. Human Boay.

The human body Is an epitome In ma
ture Of all mechanics. all hydraulics.
all architecture, all machinery OF every
kind. There are o than 80 mechan-
ical movements known to mechanics
today. and all Of these are but modin-
cations Of those found In the human
body. Here are found all the bars,
levers. joints, pulleys. pumps, pipes,
wheels and axles, ball and socket
movements. beams, Orders, trusses.
buffers, arches, columns, cables and
supports known to science. At every
point mans best mechanical work can
be shown to be but adaptations Of
processes of the human body, a revela-
ton Of first principles used In nature.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04

for the ration of screenings and clover,
with oats, mixed grain, barley and
wheat in the order named.
Lambs gain faster and more econom-
ically than do wethers.
The light, thin lambs cannot be fat
tened sufficiently In three months to
command the best price In the market.
In one experiment In feeding 100
wethers for sixty-1ve days fifty weth-
ers fed a maximum ration of one-half
pound Of grain a day gained as rapid
ly and made al economic gains as a
band Of healthy wethers. Being small
and thin. however. they would have
to be fed at least twice as long 10 get
them ready for the market.
At present Cotswolds are the only
sheep we are breeding, and l have the
oldest flock In Canada, writes j. c..
Ross Of Ontario to American Agricul-
turist. Cotswolds have been raised on
my farm for sixty years. l think
Cotswolds are the best all around
farmers sheep on the market today,
both for wool and mutton. My flock
averaged seventeen pounds of wool to
the head last season and also makes a
good showing this year. / see by re-
ports that this breed stood third at the
block contest In England, their native
home. They were the pioneer breed
of sheep in Canada about twenty-five
years ago and have been used extern
sively In crossing and making up sew
eral other breeds.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04
THE SHEPHERD
AND HIS FLOCK

The Montana experiment station has
published a bulletin giving valuable in
formation in regard to feeding sheep at
that institution that should prove of
great interest. The summary or the
work follows:
For feeding wethers and when given
with clover hay, wheat and barley gave
the fastest gains, followed by oats and
screenings and mixed grain in the or
der named.
Considering the amount of food re-
quired for each pound Of grain in feed
ing wethers, wheat and clover were
the most efficient r~ations, followed by
screenings, barley. oats and mixed
grain in the order named.
In feeding lambs, screenings and
clover gave the fastest gains, followed
by mixed grain, oats, barley and wheat
In the order given.
The amount of food required for
each pound of gain on lambs was least
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04
hiOGPEN FLOORS.
Those of Earth Equal Ia Cement For
Small Herds.

While the cement door may be the
ideal one for the hogpen. as claimed
by many swine breeders, our expert
ence has been that the floor of earth. If
1t Is of clay and gravel. will answer the
purpose equally well with a small num-
Der of swine, says a writer in Ameri-
can Cultivator. If we had large herds
we should certainly use cement, which
can be applied at any time. with the
earth floor rs a foundation.
The one floor which ought not to be
used is that of plank, and the reasons
are obvious to every one who keeps
swine. They are cold. wet and slip
perry, retain odors. and are expensive,
besides being bad for the feet of the
hogs.
In making the floor for the hogpen.
and we have the same sort of n floor
for the yard, it is made by taking out
the soil for a depth of three feet. filling
in a foot deep with coal ashes well
packed down and then putting on the
two feet of soil, about evenly composed
Of clay and gravel. using the gravel
which comes from a heavy or clayey
soil IL possible.
If sand gravel. as ii is sometimes
called. Is all that can be obtained the
sand is screened out and the gravel
mixed with the clay in the proportion
of two parts of clay to one of gravel.
BY giving this floor the proper slope.
both In the pen and the yard. it does
not stay wet long, and it Is so hard the
hogs cannot root In it while being
yielding enough so that they do not
slip on it, and the understratum of
ashes carries off the moisture which
pe%netrates through.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04
PASTURING CATTLE.
of Field Should BE Avoided.
Winter Feeding.

Winter Feeding.
There is an old saying that change
or pasture makes fat calves. but, like
many another wise saw, this has more
sound than sense. Cattle never gain
flesh when IN a field new to them.
Three or four days pass before they
BECOME accustomed to their new sur
roundings and settle in their regular
round Of habits. If moved from one
field to another adjoining, the same
restlessness will appear. although If
q gate between the two fields be left
open they will pass from one field to
the other without the sign of uneasi-
ness. Introducing strange animals in
to a field occupied by a herd will
the same disturbance. The social posi-
ton of each newcomer must be settled
by much fighting and more threatening
before the chief business of their lives
can go on quietly and comfortably.
Having got a herd together, it would
be advisable as far as possible to avoid
changing from field to field and sud
den changes of diet. Such changes are
almost certain to throw the cattle off
their feed" or lead them to overeat
with more disastrous results.
II the intention is to feed cattle in
the winter months, attention should be
given to providing a feed lot in which
they may be fed comfortably and prof
itably. Much will be gained by pro
viding shelter to prevent them from
shivering away the flesh they have
slowly gained. Less Of food Is needed
for merely keeping up the animal heat.
and the animal will eat and drink
more when sheltered from cutting
winds and warmed by the suns rays.
It is especially important that the
sunlight should reach the stock early
I'M the day, for, even when there Is lit
tie ~perceptible warmth In the rays,
there Is In them that which enllvens
the spirits Of beast as well as man.
It has been found that cattle fatten
better In an open field, exposed to the
winds from every point Of the com
pass, than they do In fields In the midst
Of timber, where the suns rays seldom
or never reach them. Salt should be
placed where every beast In the herd
can easily reach 1t. BY this plan the
crowding and fighting will be avoided,
and the animals will be much better
for it.-w. j. Grand, Cook County, III.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04
The Trunknsh.

The trmkfsh Is one Of the peculiar
Inhabitants of the 1t Is called
the trunkfsh because Its back is COM
pletely covered with bony plates Of q
regular shape, forming a complete coat
Of mail. 1t Is protected 20 completely
that 1t can move only It's tail, mouth
and a small part Of Its gills, which
pass through the armor. 1t ts quite a
small fish and is found only In the
warm waters of the southern tropical
seas.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04

Shrewd cattle feeders always select
good sized, growthy steers for feeding.
This sort will not consume much more
feed than lighter animals, and they
seem to put their feed to better ac-
count. BY large steers we do not
mean the big. rawboned fellows which
any amount Of feed will not make fat.
but the strong framed. muscular animal
which has the capacity and inclination
10 turn corn and hay into good beef.
In dairy cows It has been found by
actual tests that small cows produce
isss milk relatively than large ones.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04
THE SWINEHERD

1t is demonstrated by all experiments
that in the making of pork at low
prices the various species Of pasture
grasses are the most beneficial, cheap
est and most useful of the many foods
on which the hog subsists. The ami
NAL which can make the best use of
them is therefore the most suitable for
general purposes.
To Load Hog.
Handy devices for loading hogs are
numerous Here is the best n I
know, says a writer in Kimbalrs Dairy
Farmer. have tried the portable
chute, the hog yard chute and some
others. but this beats them all. My hog
house il built on a slight side hill. The
hogs go in on the ground level. l back
the wagon up to a door on the opposite
side and drive the hogs In without any
chute. 1t Is much easier to drive a hog
on a level floor than up an incline. If
gou have a low wagon this can be man.
aged with almost any hog house by
digging two trenches for the rear
wheels, thus letting the hind end of the
wagon down to the level Of the door.
A neighbor has one pen with a floor
about a foot higher than the rest of the
house. There is an outside door In this,
and he backs the wagon up to 1t and
loads In that way. By feeding In this
pen several times 1t Is an easy matter
to handle the hogs. There Is an easy
Incline leading from the other house to
this. so the hogs do not have to climb
around any. Anything that makes II
possible to load fat hogs with little dis
turbance Is worth considering.
Housing the Pigs.
In a paper read at the Iowa swine
breeders meeting w. 2. Swallow, a
swine breeder for forty years, said:
II have had lots Of experience with
pigs In little houses and big houses and
with stoves. Now l use no stoves and
no big houses. I did not find any adj
vantage In narrowing houses. They al
ways get too cold. 1t Is hard to keep
artificial heat ven Where you keep
ave or six sows and filters together 1t
Ia hard to keep them all warm and not
get them stirred up. One In a place is
Z good deal better than the other way.
With a small house covered with straw
except a door on the south side, with
wings on each side Of 1t 90 that when
the door Is open the breeze cannot get
In, you will have better luck. and the
heat Of the sow will be warmth enough
IN the house. They win get plenty of
mir and sunshine from the door. with
houses like this ! have had sows far
row seven and eight pigs In the cold
weather and be all right. They are
cheaper than the big houses. A nice
house will cost about 81 or So now"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04
His Retorf.

Laird-Well, Sandy, you are getting
very bent. Why don't you stand
straight up like me, man7 Sandy
Eth. mon. do you see that field O. corn
over there? Laird-I do. Sandy
Weel, yen notice that the full heids
hang down and the empty ones stand
up.-Glasgow News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04
About the Harness.

In selecting a harness, a plainly fin
ished set where every strap Is cut from
back stock is worth more money than
a highly decorated set of all grades of
leather. Above all things keep a har-
ness in repair and allow no weak
places. The strength Of a harness is
the strength Of Its weakest place. One
weak place may cause a serious acct
dent and even the loss Of life.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04
A. Innocent Diversion.

Poor woman sighed the prison VIE
itor to the convicted murderess. Does
not the thought Of your impending
doom cause your mind to revert to the
days of your innocent childhood? Do
you not wish you could be playing
again as you did them
"Why, yes" replied the poor woman.
II would like to skip the rope."-Phiia-
delphia Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04

"Just before poor old Dooley died he
made his wife promise that she would
not marry again"
"Poor old chap-he always was kind
to his fellow ~men!'-T1t-Bi Bits.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04
Ecouomfcal

Mother said she thought you were
e~xtravagant, Tom, but l proved you
were not"
"You darling! How did you do
thatT"
Told her you wsrs with me two
hours last night and only kissed me
ence.s
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04

But rather dance about and sing.
Or do a twostep, like al not,
Although / didn't have n thing
To fatten up the family pot.
ia like to be an optimist.
Then II my luck went galley west
I'd smile my sweetest and insist
That II was surely for the best.
! wouldn't wish that I were dead.
But really. truly would be glad.
Suppose the doctor came and said.
Its triplets: you're the happy dad!'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04

People who keep busy saying moth
ing have been known to accomplish
much.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04

Nowadays He wants the Earth.
Times have changed since the poet
wrote Man wants but Ettie here b.
Iow.SChicago Tribuns.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04

And joke about
h 9 wooden
peg.
And when 1 lost
m y pocket.
book
Containing all
m y weekly
pay
To hold my sides
for mirth and
look
The picture of
a sunny day.
I'6 like to be an
optimist.
30 when the
children had
no shoes
In the meal
chest was no
grist
I w o u ! d mt
NOPE and get
49,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04
Not For Children.

"You must never tell a lie. Johnny"
mot e to dodge a lickingr
Certainly not"
"Say, tell that to old folks"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04

"Once q poor but honest member Of
state legislature
stick to fact, Bill; stick to fact
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04

Some people who have plenty OF
courage have no convictions.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04

A fool is a fellow who believes in
something that you never heard of.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04

I'd like to be an optimist.
So when the saw bit Off my leg
I'd say IL never would be missed
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04
All He Needed.

"They are holding a conversation in
Latin"
q" didn't know that he had studied
It."
"Oh, yes. He got as far as the verb
to love-"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04

A rapid traveller isn't necessarily a
fast man.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04
Natural Aversion.

"Have a pleasant time sailing on the
laker'
"No; we had a narrow escape"
"What was the trouble?
"Our catboat got scared by a dog
fish"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04
The Story Book Kind.

I'd like to be an optimist,
One built upon the cheerful plan.
And thus be merry though l missed
First premium and drew a can,
So l might laugh and ne'er be glum
No matter what my luck might be.
Grin when a hammer hit my thumb
And meet the sheriff's flag with glee.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04
Humor qno Philosophy
BY DUNCAN n. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Those people who regard heaven as
q match factory have a lot of faith.
When a woman isn't in to callers 1t
may be because she is all in.
A person with genuine swell head
never is able to diagnose his malady.
Sense isn't nearly SO noticeable as
hack of sense.
The bon bons of small talk are often
responsible for social dyspepsia.
A thinking machine at popular prices
might cause n revolution In society.
Credulity is the basis of many "A sue
cessful operation.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04
Easy Change.

The summer girl from of the beach
Has faded out Of sight.
The lesson that she had to teach
We have committed quite.
And now upon the golf links wide.
With blood and head awhirl.
We. quite as happy. play beside
The buxom autumn girl.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04

Credulity is the basis of many a sue
cessful operation.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04

A person with genuine swell heaC
never is able to diagnose his malady.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04

When a woman isn't in TO caller
may be because she is all in.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-10
POULTRY SHOW
TO Be GIVEN

The West Virginia Fair Assoeia-
ltion at their first exhibition intend
70 have the largest and most CONE
lplete poultry show that has ever
been seen in this State. The first.
step taken TO assure that has been
the appointing Of Mr.. ". IL. Lewis
as the general manager Of the ex-
hibit Mr.. Lewis fame as i poul-
| try fancier has become national, and
he viii give his personal attention
to every detail of the show.
AT the first exhibition Of the
elarkshurg Poultry association, Of
which Mr.. Lewis is the secretary
and oneof the chief exhibitors. there
were on view Just 0Obirds. At the.
second show 600 fowls were exhibit
led, and it is confidently expected
that at the show Of the West Vir-
ginia Fair association fully 1000
birds Of every breed and species win
be displayed.
II will be Mr.. Lewis duty to SCI
cure plans and specifications for a
modern chicken house, with an the
latest sanitary devices and equipped
with all the latest improvements
known to poultry breeders. The
building win be large enough to
comfortably accommodate ali the
birds that will be exhibited. Mr..
Lewis will also arrange the details
lof the premium list, and secure the
lsilver trophies and ribbons that will
] be awarded to the winning fowls.
In fact, the association expects to
lmake the poultry show one Of the
Heading features of their exhibition,
land with the cooperation of Mr.,
i Lewis it is safe to say that their de
Isires in this respect will be realized.
Now is the time for those who in
Tend to exhibit to set their incu.
bators, and to get their exhibit:
ready for the biggest poultry show
ever seen in. the State.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-10
Is Disease a Crime

Not very long ago popular magazine
published an editorial article IN which
the writer asserted, In substance, that all
disease should be regarded a criminal.
Certain II Is, that much 81 the sickness
and suffering or mankind Is due 10 the
violation OF certain 81 Natures laws
But to say that all sickness should DO
regarded as criminal, must appeal 70
every reasonable individual As radically
wrong,
II would be harsh. unsympafhefic.
cruel, yes criminal, 70 condemn, the poor.
weak, oyer-worked housewife who sinks
under the heavy load Of household cares
and burdens, and suffers from weak
nesses, various displacements Of pelvic
organs and other arrangements peculiar
10 her sex.
Frequent bearing OF children. with rs ex.
acting demands upon the system. coupled
with the care, worTy and labor Of rearing d
large family. Is often the cause OF weak
nesses arrangements and debility which are
aggravated by the many household cares.
ana the hard. and neyer-ending work which
tho mother Is called upon 70 perform. Dr.
Pierce. the maker OF that wOrld-famed rem-
edy for womnn,s peculiar weaknesses and
iIls-Dr. Pferce,s FaTorite Prescription -says
that one OF the greatest obstacles 70 the cure
Of this class o. maladies 4 the fact that the
poor. Qyer-woTked housewife can not get the
needed rest from her many household cares
and labor y enable her TO secure from the
use OF his Prescription It's full benefits. II
In his extensive practice IA these cases, 10
meet with those in which his treatment fails
BY reason OF the patients inability TO abstain
from hard work long enough 10 be cured
With those. suffering from proiapsns. ante
version and retroyersion OF the uterus or
other displacement OF the womaniy organs,
4 Is very necessary that In addition 70 tax
ing his sFavorite Prescription they abstain
from being very much. or for long periods. on
their feet All heavy lifting or strainlng OF
any kind should also be avoided. AS much
outdoor air as possible. with moderate, light
exercise Is also very important Let the
patient observe these rules and the Favor
lite Prescription viii do the rest
d.. Pierce's Medical Adviser Is sent free
on receipt OF stamps 10 pay expense OF
mailing ONLY Send to Or. r. v. Pierce,
Buffalo, n. Y, 81 one-cent stamps for "a,
per-covered, or 81 stamps for cloth-bonnd.
III sick consult the Doctor, free Of charge
by letter. All such communications are
held sacredly confidential
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets invicorate
md regulate stomach. liver and bowels.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-10


several States and counties on a CO..
operative plan of construction Of
roads upon scientific principles and
that the amopnt appropriated by the
United States should Dc sufficient to
enable the distribution 81 a quota not
les than rs per cent. Of tie whole
cost Of the Construction Of said
roads said sums 50 appropriated 10
be expended IN corporation a. afore-
said under the supervision, rules and
regulations established BY the Unit
ed States secretary Of agriculture,
and We request and most earnestly
urge upon our Representatives IN
Congress from tlas date to press the
bill for National aid.
We further recommend sending
so delegates from this convention TO
Wheeling convention to assemble the
18th and 18th Of March, 1906
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-10
|. BASE BALL GOSSIP
|. FOR THE FANS


The baseball directors held a
meeting last night at Welch's shop.
Mr. Lncius Hoge left this morning
for Pittsburg to represent the team
at the meeting Of the managers to
be held today in that city,
The schedule as sent out has
proved very unsatisfactory to Clarks-
burg and Fairmont.
Manager Thomas Raymond. of
Fairmont, says he doesn't think
Fairmont or Clarksburg can make
their expenses with the present
schedule.
It'has been computed that accord
ing to the present schedule it would
take, ON a conservative estimate,
$4,000 to carry the Clarksburg team
through the season.
Granting that the stockholders
subscribe their $500 worth Of
stock, with the expectation Of los
ing, the difference between $500
and $4,000 is what the team would
have to take in on the home grounds.
o.
One indignant fan says that every
thing that has been framed up so
far has been with a view to giving
all the best Of it to Braddock and
Waynesburg.
Those teams expect 70 live of Of
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-10
Grip Quickly Knocked om.


Some weeks ago during the Sc
we're winter weather both my wife
and myself contracted severe colds
which speedily developed into the
worst kind of la grippe with all its
miserable symptoms" says Mr.. J.,
5. Egleston, of Maple Landing, la.
Knees and joints aching, muscles
sore. head stopped up, eyes and nose
running, with alternate spells of
shills and fever. We began using
Ghamberlain's Cough Remedy, aid
ing the same with a double dose Of
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets, and by its liberal use soon
completely knocked out the grip"
Sold BY Stone & Mercer.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-10
The FLOUR OF QUALITY

IS DEWEY's BEST. Its snowy white
color gives the bread an inviting appearance
that pleases all the family. Dewey's Best
is made from the choicest wheat, selected
by our expert millers and miled on the latest
improved and best machinery. Housewives
and bakers everywhere testify TO its purity
and healthfulness. If you want the best-tlie
flour that viii make lots Of light, white nu-
tritious bread use Dewey's Best. Sold by
all grocers Prices no higher than you are
asked for inferior -four.