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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-24
MAKER OF DAIRY BLOOD.
A Deceptive Point About the MIX
Veins and Milk Wells.

A Deceptive Point About the MIX
Veins and MIX Wells.
The head is one Of the principal indi-
cations of dairy tendency. Cleanliness
and refinement here mean quality and
refinement In all features, and refine
ment and quality are the 6rst essen
tials of dairy COW. Other indications
Of quality are fine, hard bone; soft.
pliable skin. messy hair and large
clear eyes. A large muzzle indicates a
large assimilative and digestive capaci-
ty and well developed breathing sys-
TEN.
A deep, wide chest means large heart
and lung capacity, while large barrel
means a well developed digestive sys-
tenn. 1t Is essential. too. In dairy
COW to have a high and wide rump.
permitting the greatest possible free
dom In the delivery of calf. The I'D
der should not only be large. but 1t
should be well balanced, extending
well forward on the belly and back
ward between the thighs. But here
again quality Is Of first Importance. A
large, meaty udder Is not as desirable
as a smaller. spongy udder.
The milk veins carrying the blood
from the udder forward to the heart
should be large, elastic, crooked and
branched, with large milk wells through
which they enter the body Sometimes
these milk veins become exceedingly
large and tortuous because Of a vari-
cose condition resulting from too small
milk wells. Care needs to be exercised
In order not to be deceived by any such
state of afralrs.-Professor III. E. Hum
phrey. Wisconsin Agricultural College.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-24
Foreign Bodie. In the Flesh.

1t Is not an uncommon thing for peo-
pie to carry needles, pins. bullets and
bits of steel around with them fof half
q lifetime, but no one can be found
who would be willing voluntarily to-
undertake such q burden. And yet
there are instances where articles
which might seem to be Of most dan
gerous character have been carried in
the body for years. A man, In repair
Ing a building. fell through window.
breaking the glass and severely cutting
one Of his arms. The wound was care
fully and antiseptically dressed. and
the man went about his business.
Three years later he called upon the
doctor who had attended him and COM
planned of a boil on his wrist. The
physician casually mentioned the In
jury which he had sustained and asked
him IL he suffered any Inconvenience
from 1t. He answered, mo, not much"
but said that at times there was a pc
culiar sensation between the elbow
and shoulder. Upon examination the
just ready to prick through the skin at
a point several inches above the place
where it had originally entered. The
glass was drawn out, the wound prop
erly dressed, and the man recovered,
thereafter being entirely free from the
annoying sharp pains to which he had
for years been subject.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-24

years and is we'll known to people on
the line. He has family at Monte
video. AS soon as possible he was
picked up by his comrades and hurried
to Milbank for surgical aid
Governor Elrod has issued the fol.
lowing flag day proclamation: 1.-The
citizens of South Dakota are earnestly
requested to join in making flag day,
June IA, 1906, great event. Let us
from one end of our state to the other
fling the stars and stripes to the breeze.
Mayors of cities and Villages are
requested to have flags displayed on
public buildings and to invite their
fellow citizens to do the same from
homes and business houses. Editors are
requested to make editorial announce.
ment and to print and publish addresses
upon the subject of the flag and to
ask their readers to display the flag on
Flag day. Grand Army posts and
American soldiers and sailors are
requested to arrange for patriotic exer-
cises celebrating the day, and to teach
the story of the flag and what it stands
for. Let us all remember that our
flag has become the symbol of great
nation, and is seen in all parts of the
world, and wherever it goes 1t pro-
claims human liberty"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-24

be better for the cow and calf too. Ma
ture demands this, as the first milk Of
the COW Is Of the greatest Importance
to the calf In Its internal organism.
Better leave the calf near the COW
while weaving II for few days for the
benefit Of both. Much care should be
exercised In teaching the calf to drink.
A woman will do better than man In
this kind Of work, as she is more pa
tent and will get the confidence of the
little one.
Feed lightly at first mot over two
quarts) and three times day. Begin
with the new milk and gradually sub
st.tute that skinned until In two or
three weeks the new milk may be left
out. Feed milk at about IS degrees In
a clean pail. In few weeks begin to
feed little nice hay and very small
quantity of oats, as these. with the milk
will make a good ration for the grow
ing calf.
Furnish plenty OF water and shade.
Do not feed too much grain to young
helfers, but furnish good supply Of
roughage, so as to produce large abdo-
men, a very important point in large
milking and profitable cow.
Heifers should become mixers at
twenty to twenty-four months old.
During about three months previous
give them some suitable grain ration
to help along toward motherhood and
the milking period. Curry these heif-
ers, handle them kindly and gently, so
preparing for the milking period. Milk
heifers three times a day for time.
This will stimulate the secretion Of
milk and be likely to prevent trouble
with the udder. The first year milk as
long as possible toward the second
freshening, then afterward, for pc
Rod Of ten months IL possible.
This lady, 1t would appear. has a
large herd of Jersey cows and young
animals and talks strictly from expert
ence-American Cultivator.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-24
THE BUTTERMAKER

Buttermakers are frequently trou-
bled by the presence of white streaks
and spots In butter, which do not
make their appearance until the day
following the packing of the butter.
The Geneva IN. " experiment station
concludes that the presence of butter
milk In butter is essential to the pro-
duction of notifies. The casein lactate
contained In buttermilk is acted upon
by salt, whether the salt Is evenly dis
tributed or not, and white masses re-
suit when buttermilk is present to too
great an extent In the butter granules.
Notifies can be prevented by removing
buttermilk as fully as possible from
butter granules before sailing
That Nice Rich Buttermflk.
Now we are coming to point that
displays more lack of knowledge than
carelessness. We often hear people
talk about their nice rich buttermilk.
But the facts are that what makes this
buttermilk rich Is the butter that Is In
Il and this butter Is worth good deal
more In the butter bowl than 1t is in
the buttermilk. says Mrs. G. III. Rob-
bins Of Minnesota In an exchange.
Seed Bed For Trouble.
II milk has been handled In cleanly
way during milking 1t can be poured
directly into the supply can Of the sep
arator without straining. II 1t Is nee
essary to strain the milk very fine
wire strainer should be used. 1t Is DIFF
hcult to keep a strainer cloth In good
condition, and II not kept In good con-
ditlon II Is a seed bed for trouble.
Dairy Notes.
When cream from several separations
n collected the churning should not be
made for a number Of hours after the
addition Of the last batch of cream.
Usual causes Of defective butter from
gathered cream are. first. unsuitable
places for keeping the butter and. sec
ond, holding the cream too long.
During the process of ripening cream
khould be stirred occasionally to OBJ
tain best results.
The hrmness Of butter must be taken
into account In determining how long
to work II. Usually the firmer the but
ter the more working It will stand.
An occasional rinsing out with lime
water will help to keep the churn
0weet.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-24
Plaster Casts.

Those who have plaster casts that
they wish to preserve may protect them
from dust by brushing them with a
preparation of white wax and white
soap, half teaspoonfnl of each boil
ed with quart Of rain or other soft
water Use when cold, and when they
are dried the casts may be wiped with
a damp cloth without injury. To hard
en- casts brush with strong solution
of alum water and brush with white
wax dissolved In turpentine. Put the
cast in warm place to dry after using
the latter, and it will have look not
unlike that of old ivory.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-24
NEwsY STATE NOTES.

A rather spectacular one-horse run
away occurred on Dakota avenue in
Pierre Tuesday, in which fine driving
horse dashed down the street from the
Locke to Chappelle street, where a
mounted cowboy gathered in the lines
Of the flying steed, on the dead run,
steered the horse up side street, and
brought him to a .stand-still. The
adventure was witnessed from a dis
lance Of several blocks by hundred
people, but the names of the daring
rider and the owner of the runa way
were not learned.
Will Bowker, a conductor on the
Milwaukee road, had his foot cut of by
a car passing over it Wednesday after
noon at about three o'clock at Twin
Brooks. He was in charge of the work
train and had just run of the east
switch onto the main line, and as the
engine with two cars was backing
toward the depot ON the main line, he
attempted to step on the ladder of the
car when his foot slipped under the
wheel, crushing the foot of near the
ankle. Mr.. Bowker has been in the
employ Of the company for a number. OF
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-24

A biography Of James Russell Lowell
says of famous incident Of the poets
college life: Throughout his senior
year his unexcused absences from reel
tations and chapel exercises increased
In number until they reached total
that even now Is startling to an aca-
demically trained reader. Finally. so
the story runs, there came character
istic ebullition during one Of his infre-
quent appearances at evening prayers
that brought matters to head. Hav-
ing been elected IN the morning poet
OF his class. Lowell had spent the day
In ambrosIal 1ubilation. At prayers
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-24
HANDLING MANURE.
Method Followed on Highly Sue
cessful Dairy h arm

The writer has seen few farmers
who had no apologies to make for their
methods of handling manure. He has
seen one, however, who believed he
was getting every particle of value
from the manure ii is possible to get.
The farm In question was dairy
farm, and the methods used are not
applicable to all types of farms The
cows were kept in their stalls the year
round Every day in the year they had
either silage or green stuff from the
fields. They also had enough dry hay
to keep the manure from being too
washy and what grain they needed.
Behind each row of eight cows was
ditch eighteen inches wide and eight to
ten inches deep. This ditch was clean
ed thoroughly every morning after
milking hours. After the cleaning "A
small quantity OF wood ashes was
sprInkled IN the ditch to dry 1t. Then
q layer about one and a half inches
deep of rotten sod or leaf mold was
added. Next morning the contents of
the ditch were lifted into cart by
means Of forks, and the cart went i'm
mediately to the field, where the ma
nure was scattered. In exceptionally
bad weather the ditch was sometimes
left for two days.
This method may not be applicable
to all dairy farms, but It is the ideal
to be followed as closely as circum-
stances will permit. 1t gets both liq-
..Hl ..~ff Ia tI.. Ian mn
teaching occurs, let 1t be into the soil,
where the teachings will do the most
good.-w. J. Spillman, ~
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-24

A good mixer tells us: milk until
you get all the milk, but when you
have thoroughly emptied a quarter
leave 1t. DO not continue the milking
motion upon an empty teat and do not
70 back to a teat after you have left
It" Stripping Is said to lessen the
elasticity of the milk duct. The rule
to strip 'em and strip 'em clean" Is
likely the cause Of the hard mixer,
the uncertain kind that you never know
when done milking.-Ohio Farmer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-24
yaIue of skim MIX.

It IL very difficult to put price on
the value Of skim milk. For raising
young calves 1t is almost Indispensable
and could well be worth 40 cents per
hundred. For fattening grown hogs 1t
- worth 10 to Is cents per hundred,
while for growing pigs 1t IL easily
worth 20 cents per hundred. Most
farmers could easily realize this amount
On their skim mike. +. Doane.
Maryland.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-24

At the Vermont dairymen's recent
convention held in burlington 4 rotcl
dairywoman from the west, Ms. y a
+. HOWE of Elm Grove. Wis. Kept the
audience wonderfully interested and IN
the best of hunor during her address
on the dairy calf.
The speaker believed il best for farm
ers to raise their own calves If deter
mined to secure good dairy.
Get the breed of cows best adapted
to your business, she advised. If YOU
desire large amount OF milk the Hol-
stems will furnish II. For cheese the
Ayrshires are the best and for butter
the Jerseys and Guernseys are among
the leaders.
Let the newborn calf remain with its
dam for at least three days. This will
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-24

chat evening. being still jubilant, he
arose in his seat and bowed low to the
right and to the left. Coming at the
end Of a long career Of consistent negli-
gence, this breach Of decorum was not
to be passed in silence" Lowell was
as a consequence suspended.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-24
keep. the Land MOVING,

A cropping course that has been
much recommended of late years Is
the Terry rotation. named for T. b.
Terry OF Ohio. This Is a three year
course: i. Clover; 2, potatoes; 8, winter
wheat This rotation keeps the land
moving" 1t repeats clover every third
year and thereby becomes a great re-
fuvenator of the land.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-24

The game of golf fulfills the axioms
laid down for perfect exercise
walk with an object. When 1t is con-
sidered that the limbs and the trunk
are exercised golf may be classified as
one Of the few games. II not the only
game, which affords complete exer-
else in itself. = Professor Cautlie's
Physical Efficiency"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-24

Young Wife, want you to promise
me one thing. II we would avoid trou-
bic we must live within our means.
and to help me In doing this I want
your promise that you will never run
In debt. Young HUSBAND will prom
ise. my love. II ever get In debt I'll
let the other fellows do the running.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-24

To begin feeding skim milk when a
calf is three days old is just rushing
the matter Of economy little too hard.
remarks Iowa Homestead. We have
always found that 1t pays to feed
calf whole milk for a period Of at least
three weeks. a
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-24
The Supply Hold out.

Tommy lat the supper table)-Now.
ma, may / have a piece of chocolate
cake? You said might after the min
lister had taken three pieces. COS that
was enough for any man. saint or sim
mar
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-24

A trapped rat msy easily be tanned
By allowing no water Sut that offered
In spoon, for the creature soon learns
to recognize the hand which supplies
this al important necessary.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-24
HIS One Error.

Benham-I can't let you have any
money. paid bill today. Mrs. Ben
ham-I thought you said you never
made mistakes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-24

John E. Ray,
Chas. Rathbun,
Homer,
j. l.. Bullock,
Pierce Martyr,
Waubay township,
F. c. Palmer,
Andover township,
Harry Goodrich,
Gus Kemp,
Jas. Hall,
Central Point,
VIM. Dilley,
Waubay,
c. S. Blodgett,
A. T. H. Bosland,
Raritan,
F. c. Moore.
E. S. Hutchinson,
Pennington,
L. A. Hastings,
Andover,
VIM, Carpenter,
G. l.. Fortune,
Highland.
M. B. Long,
Scotland,
John Denholm,
Wheatland,
Wyman Ryder,
Butler,
j. M. Thornton,
Lynn,
A. G. Paulson,
Bristol.
r. D. Knapp,
H. A. Whiting,
Rusk,
B. d. Fish,
The committee further recon.
mended that no proxies be allowed
and the members of the delegation
present cast the vote of the entire
delegation. Carried.
Notice was given by County
Chairman Wearne that the dele
gates to the senatorial convention
would be formerly notified of the
time and place of holding said con-
vention.
No further business appearing, on
motion the convention adjourned
sine die.
John w. Arthur, G. G. Wade,
Secretary. Chairman
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-24

Hope writes the poetry Of the boy.
but memory that Of the man.-Emer-
son.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-23
MRS. BURTON.

In the progress of Joseph r. Bur
ton toward the Iron county jail, one
fact has stood out with striking en-
phasis-the fidelity and bravery Of his
wife
One of the greatest blessings an all
wise Providence ever gave to an erring
man is a loving and loyal wife. In
many an instance the man does not
treat her with due consideration, for
ever since Adam tried to lay the ap-
pie episode on to Eve. too many men
have tried to saddle the blame for
their own shortcomings and misdeeds
onto their wives. Yet a loving, helpful
wife often keeps a man from making
a miserable failure of himself. and
many a great parsonage would not
have amounted to much had it not
been for some woman.
At the time that Mr.. Burton was
elected to the United States senate six
years ago. it was common report that
much Of the credit was due to Mrs
Burton But if Mrs. Burton was a
help to her husband in the season of
his success, she is much more so now
in the time of his trouble. Her 10y
atty and help cannot fail to arouse the
admfra ton and sympathy OF people
everywhere, especially among those
who remember incidents in Burton's
career twenty years ago.
But the Burton of today is said by
his friends to be a far different indi-
vidual from the Burton who once
served in the Kansas legislature and
who won a seat in the United States
senate only to fall from it. Doubt
less he realizes now the priceless value
of a loyal and devoted wife. The peo-
pie OF Kansas will forgive much for
Mrs. Burtons sake
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-23
THE COOPERATIVE FARMERS.

Topeka is glad to extend a weIcom-
ing hand to the representatives of farm
ers' cooperative organizations who are
in session here this week. The CO.
operative farmers are the farmers who
think for themselves, and they are
usually the successful farmers 1t is
true that they sometimes stub their
toe and fall down. but profiting by the
experience of one failure, they start
again and go farther forward toward
success.
There has been a tremendous ad-
vance in cooperation among farmers
since the first farmers elevator was
started in Kansas about six years ago
to compete with the grain trust. They
have had many ups and down, but to-
day there are more than seven hun
dred of these farmers elevators scat
tered over the west, operating in spite
of the trust
And in addition there are the Co
operative creameries, insurance com
panies, and like organizations, some of
which ante-date the elevators And
there is this new giant of the South
land the Farmers Union, which is ac-
complishing tremendous results for the
cotton planter.
Judge stephen H. Allen once said to
the writer that theoretically there is
no limit to the cooperative idea, but in
practice it is limited by the ability and
| integrity of the managers. Which is
true. Successful cooperation calls for
| the largest freedom of the individual
that is JUSTIFIED by the general good.
and # also demands faith in ones fell
lows. The man who is suspicious that
I IL
is, or who wants to make more out of
co operation than the other fellow
won't succeed very we'll as a co-opera-
]
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-23
WHO is WHICH?

In the present campaign, the Demo-
cratic party has declared for the en-
forcement of all laws, including pro-
hibition. Colonel Harris stands pledged
by his platform and by personal utter
ances to this end.
on the other hand. most of the
friends Of Governor Hoch assert that
he will enforce the law if he is given
another chance.
The Democrats are pointing to Gov
ernor Hoch's failure to do a single
thing towards closing the joints in any
Of the strong whisky counties, except
Wyandotte, notwithstanding his decla-
ration that stprohibition is very dear to
his heart The Republicans are also
doing some pointing-at the fact that
the Democrats have always heretofore
opposed prohibition.
In other words, each party is posing
especially in prohibition communi-
ties-as the real, simon-pure, law en-
forcement party. This being the case.
ought it not to be comparatively easy
to get the law enforced after election
or would both ind excuses for not
enforcing it?
OF course there are communities in
which these arguments are not being
advanced. In Leavenworth and Atchi-
son counties, for instance. the jointists
are told by the Republican leaders
that the only way to continue the pres
ent wide-open policy is to re-elect Gov
ernor Hoch, as he will continue to fol-
low the policy he has during the past
two years, while Colonel Harris stands
pledged to do something towards en-
forcing the law.
Taken altogether. the Common Plug
Citizen who is interested in the vel
fare Of his country and the suprem-
acy OF law is somewhat mystifed as to
who Is what
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-23
GLOBE sIGHTs.

From the Atchison Globe.l
Nine-tenths of the failures intend to
do well.
How we old people enjoy looking at
pictures of ourself taken when we were
youngl
What has become of the old-fashion-
ed man who said badness was due to
early piety?
Travelling men win finally become SO
numerous that their trade will make
business good.
We imagine that the day before cleo
ton an ofhce-seeker feels like girl
about to be married.
When people do not enjoy doing the
things we do. we are apt to think they
do not have a good time
The clothes that football players
wear: What splendid garments they
would make to wear while doing the
Saturday hopping
Your neighbor is funny: If you
throw his dog a bone, he suspects you
OF trying either to poison it, or to win
it's affection from him.
A very tired looking woman from the
noon. I have been trying all day,
she said, ito get the baby's picture. .
There are some women who VIII not
enjoy their robes when they get to
heaven because they were not bought
at bargain sale.
If we were a woman we would try
awfTlly hard to be a good cook, If
there were a lot of excited, hungry
/ children watching the preparations IN
/ the kitchen. and a hungry husband
/ somewhere on his way home.