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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-07-26
TaIlOwy Butter.

Referring to the statements of prac-
teal farmers, l.. s. Hardin says In
Home and Farm: In regard to feeding
wheat bran, they tell me l am entirely
right In what l said and that there is
too much oil in cotton seed for a regu-
lar diet for cows, while wheat bran
has Just enough. 1t has other excellent
dietary qualities. These gentlemen tell
me that two pounds Of cottonseed
meal is as much as one should feed a
cow In a days ration when butter is
made and 1t should then be fed with
corn ensilage made with the ears on
for its fat forming excellence. When
too much cottonseed meal is fed II
makes a hard, tallowy butter. what In
the Chicago market would sell as ''sec-
onds" or third rate butter. That il how
] would rate what have seen.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-07-26
READY FOR THE
SHEEP BOOM

Il never knew man to follow the
gently for the term of ten years who
wasn't better off at the end of that
time than at the beginning" says Hen
~ S. Randall. Every regular fiockmas.
ter can willingly and truthfully sub
scribe to the above quotation. The man
who sticks to his flock right along
through periods Of depression and low
prices, just the same as through times
Of activity and high prices, is sure to
come out ahead He is ready when the
times of high and excited markets pre-
vail to take advantage of the situation
and he is amply rewarded for his abid
ing faith in his favorite stock
More than forty years ago, when
was a beginner, an old and successful
flockmaster said to me: Il want &c
give you little advice. Get a few
good Merino ewes and stay by them
No matter how low they get, just keep
up good flock right straight along
and you'll find they'll make you more
clear money and do it with less work
than any other stock you keep or any
crop you can grow" | took the advice
and never yet regretted it. l have seen
his statement verified many times.
Just now choice breeding ewes are
selling around So. The farms that are
well stocked with sheep are the eXcep,
ton. l wouldn't advise every one tC
rush into sheep in times of high prices
concludes writer in Ohio Farmer, but
the man who has a farm adapted to
sheep and Is entirely without them can
hardly pay too much for a small flock
of good ewes with which to start q
flock. But ii is far better to never be
without them. The farmer who sticks
to certain lines and never allows him,
self to become discouraged by periods
of depression invariably does better
for term Of years than he who is al
ways lodging from one industry to an,
other, trying to strike the high places
In the markets.
Popular ON the Farm.
Wings estimate of the Delaine Meri-
nos Is that they are hardy, healthy
when rightly managed, their lambs
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-07-26

DEVON COW FERN OF HALSDoN.
%. II. B. 15,477. Property of w. r. & A.
TRIBE, Barton, North Devon, Englandl
potency, and this is based largely on
two things The first is long purity of
blood and the second its stamina.
AS to the dairy qualities of the Dew
on, they have been found A No. l.
There is no breed giving better quail
ity of milk Cows give thirty-five to
fifty-five pounds of milk per day, test
ing Az to per cent of butter fat and
making two to two and half pounds
of butter per day. Therefore let the
Devon be given its rightful place
among the breeds. The three BIS for
the Devon are Beef, Butter and Beau
ty, concludes l.. p. Sisson Of Ohio In
Hoard's Dairyman.
The Other Side.
Some Of the Devon cows are proflta-
BILE; others are not That is true even
with the best and most pronounced
dairy breeds. But the breeders Of
dairy cattle are not goir along breed
ing as far away from the dairy con-
formation as they can, building up the
beef form and carcass, establishing
beef heredity = in short, doing all in
their power to eradicate the milking
quality by trying to make COW as
wholly untitled for doing work as she
can be, says Hoard's Dairyman.
They try at least to breed toward the
construction Of dairy COW. The Dew
on scale of points calls for IAN under
line as nearly as possible parallel with
the line of the back'-in other words,
a blocky beef form as near as posi-
BILE. This is the form they breed for.
1t is the old beef form pure and sim
pie, and the breeders of these cattle
tell us that they are breeding for milk,
are producing desirable milk cattle and
want the dairy world to believe they
are on the lines of dairy development.
AS with the Shorthorns, every COW
that shows decided talent for milk pro-
duction stands in marked contradic
ton In form and outline to the ac-
knowledged standard they are breed
ing for. These things cause men to in
quire if everything isn't fish that comes
to the dual purpose net.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-07-26
Feeding Tankage.

An excellent method Of feeding tank
age Is to mix 1t with ground corn or
ground grain Of any kind and soak for
a period of about twelve hours. II
mixed with ground corn at the rate OF
one part of tankage to seven or eight
Of corn 1t will make a ration that Is as
rich as middlings In flesh forming con-
stituents and one that Is cheaper, con-
sidering the present price of mill
stuffs. Fed In this way to brood sows
and young pigs 1t can scarcely be ex-
celled.
Sometimes good results are obtained
from the use Of tankage by feeding 1t
with whole or ground grain mixed In
the proportion mentioned above, but
used dry. For our part says Iowa
Homestead, we prefer to use 1t In the
form Of a slop, mixing the feed with
water In advance and letting 1t stand
from one feeding time to the next,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-07-26
ALFALFA PASTURE.
Unequaled For Horses and Hogs-How
CattIemen Use Ii.

~ 1t is conceded by large alfalfa grow
Sers ami feeders that alfalfa is an I'M
Y equaled pasture for horses ana hogs.
but that it contains an element of dan
Z ger for such ruminants as cattle and
sheep.
Experience also teaches that cattle
and sheep must never be turned upon
alfalfa pasture while the dew is yet
on ii or just after a rain. Many cat
tlemen find that they can accustom
their cattle to alfalfa pasture by al
lowing them to feed for few minutes
each day at first and by gradually
lengthening the period until they can
eat alfalfa from the pasture with APP
parent impunity, though the element of
danger is never entirely removed.
Rich Mixed Pasture.
A prominent breeder of Shorthorn
cattle who has made a success in the
show ring and who is also a feeder on
large scale has for the past sixteen
years made a practice of sowing al
falfa with other clovers and grass. so
that he has rich pasture, which keeps
. his cattle in the highest possible condi-
ton and with absolutely no danger
from bloat. At least he says that in
this period of sixteen years he has
never lost an animal nor had one af-
fected by bloat from pasturing on this
mixed pasture. His combination of
seeds for one acre of rich bottom land
+. Is as follows: -Four pounds of alfalfa,
three pounds of red clover, ten pounds
of orchard grass ten pounds of English
blue grass and one quart Of timothy.
For uplands or those which are less
able to maintain heavy seeding he re-
duces the amounts of seed according
to his judgment and past experience,
the proportions remaining the same.
The experience of this cattle feeder has
been copied by others, who are meet
ing with equal success.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-07-26

Devons are a very active breed Of
cattle. They are good walkers and
tierefore good rustlers ana a very
prolific breed, the cows breeding up
to twenty years of age, and IT the pail
they are found on the average as good
as any breed. While probably not Civ
ing as large Il flow as some other
breeds, they hold out we'll Some of
the cows refuse to be dried off before
calving
While we do not claim for the Devon
the animal that gives the largest flow
Of milk or makes the largest beef. our
plea is that for the general farmer
who wants beef and milk combined.
there is none its superior. The great
power of the Devon to effect a speedy
Improvement in beef qualities is the
outcome, of course, of singular pre-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-07-26
Why Is This Thusf

Working on the most trustworthy
statistics obtainable in regard to road
accidents an esteemed contemporary
has figured out that the automobile is
just ten times as destructive as the
horse. The automobile is supposed to
be entirely under the control Of the
driver. while the horse has a will of his
own, and the inference Is that a horse
Is more or less difficult to control for
this reason. Why does not this theory
work out In practice?
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-07-26
TO YOUNG DAlRYMEN.
A Practical, Up to Date Road to Good
Buttermak king.

A Practical, Up to Date Road TO Good
Buttermaking.
Let the young man, IL possible, spend
some time at dairy school to get
his eyes opened. then work In cream
cry and in good private dairy, where
he can learn much about feeding and
handling cows. The two experiences,
creamery and dairy, will let him see
all sides of the work and broaden his
views. With this preparation. which
should take not less than two years
time, the young man will have an ed
ucation and an experience that quail
fy him for managing a dairy farm at
q good salary, or IL he is man Of force
he can take even the risk Of buying a
dairy on long time or turn his fathers
farm into profitable dairy. In other
words, he Is ably prepared for his lifes
work at less cost and In much less
time than his brothers would be who
took the chances Of succeeding In any
of the professions.
Foundation stones.
You will find the two governing prin-
ciples involved in good buttermaking
to be, first, cleanliness. and, second,
temperature. There Is nothing that can
keep you from being clean except lazi-
ness, and that Is little disease we all
have, like the measles, but remember
that, while 1t does require extra labor
and a deal Of 1t to first get things per-
fectly clean about the stable end milk
house, this hard labor will not have to
be repeated provided You never let 1t
get dirty again.
In other words, II you do that every
day that you should do there will be
no accumulation Of dirt about the sta
BILE or milk house. Herein lie the gov
erning principles Of good dairying, to
never let anything get really dirty.-L.
8. Hardin In Home and Farm.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-07-26


The following illustrates English
Ing time until the following spring: A
breeder Of Hampshires who weans his
lambs about June 1, when they are
four months old, folds his ram lambs
on vetches and sainfoin each day dur
ing June. in addition to giving them
the run Of a grass lot which has not
been previously pastured with sheep
and a grain ration Of oats, bran and
linseed cake. During July and the ear
ly part Of August, until sale time, they
are folded on cabbages and rape, with
about pound of grain. The eve
lambs are folded on vetches, cabbages
and rape. with no grain unless the
grain feed is scarce, when one-third or
one-half pound per day is given. From
September until the LIST Of May they
are folded on turnips, swedes and kale.
with one-half pound per day Of grain
and straw, char or clover hay.
A famous breeder Of Lincoln sheep
advocates liberal feeding and very fire.
quent changes Of pasture for lambs
from weaving time until the following
spring. He divides his lambs accord
ing to sex, but feeds all alike. The
principal feeds used are green clover.
tares, rape and turnips. During the
fall and winter they are folded on tur-
nips and fed all they will eat up clean
of cut clover hay, In which is mixed
about one-half pound per head per day
Of linseed cake.-W. ]. Kennedy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-07-26
How to Grow Alfalfa.

Alfalfa must be reset every third
year. ! have been using cutaway har-
rows for resetting 1t along the Pacific
coast for great many years. The
best method Of resetting is to SOW
about ten pounds Of new seed to the
acre; then go over 1t with the cutaway
harrow, set at light angle, In both
directions, split the heads Of the old
plants and reset with the new seed.
BY this means the crop can be pro-
duced continuously for long term of
years.-G. NJ. Clarke In Country Gen
tleman.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-07-26
WEAVING THE COLT.
Practical Advice From Veteran
Handler of Horses.


Handler of Horses.
About the most critical period in the
life of young horses is at weaving
time For those who are about to sep.
arate colts from their dams the TO-.
lowing" advice in Farmers Advocate IL
of interest, and especially SO because
1t comes from the lifelong experience
of so skilled a horseman as DR.. j. G.
Curryer, who says 1--WE have wean 4
as many as twenty colts at one time
and got along nicely by making bust
ness of this matter and attending to it
as anything of Importance should be.
We always weaned the colts in The
morning, so we could visit with them
and watch every detail all day but
were very careful to pair the colts Off
evenly as to size and age, so that If
any difficulties arose-and sometimes
II happens-the scrap would be on as
even terms as possible, to prevent a
domineering spirit on the part Of one
and coward andfpnderiing always
on the part Of the other.
The First Feed.
I'VE never offered the colts any thing
to eat until late In the day, and then
took a little warm sweetened skim
milk In shallow pan and went into
the box stalls and offered each some
thing to drink. This takes little time,
but not half as much as most people
suppose-not half the time II would re-
quire to feed as many calves the first
time. Why, l would rather take the
Job Of twenty colts than one calf. 1t
Is best to hold out the pan for the colts
to come and drink, but II they have not
been In the habit of drinking from a
pail they will generally pay no atten-
tion to the offer even IL they are very
thirsty. Hold the pan under the mouth
of one, and with a sudden motion up
ward one can dip the colts nose into
the warm milk and make 1t dodge
away. But no matter. Try the other
while the first Is looking anxiously to-
ward you, with the result generally
that you will have both drinking be-
fore Eve minutes.
III neither has any interest In this
matter, move on to the next box and
try them, and II 1t should happen that
none of them takes hold don't worry
about II, bat provide little nice sweet
hay and a very little bran and oats and
leave them alone until morning, when
II Is doughnuts to marbles that every
one will take hold eagerly and drink.
Sometimes 1t happens that one will
drink and the other stand back timid-
ly, but as soon as the first begins to
drink freely the other will come up
and make desperate effort to get its
full share. making 1t a case of help
yourself or get left"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-07-26

champion Ayrshire COW at national
dairy show.l
the usual Her type is most sharply
accentuated on intense dairy lines, but
the Ayrshire man who consults modern
type and generally accepted ideals will
count her hardly Cow" enough for her
milking machinery. But with her red
markings, her abbreviated legs, her
wedge shape and her fiat shoulders and
her tremendous udder she played quite
a part as a show COW. She came from
the New York herd Of George WILLIAM
Ballou.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-07-26

from mutton sires are superior for the
market, and a well managed flock has
never been improbable. In the hands
of some breeders they approach closely
to the mutton type without losing their
valuable fieeces."
The cut, from National Stockman,
shows an excellent specimen of the
Delaine, owned in Ohio.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-07-26
GAR DEN TALK

Real. instructive, personal gardening,
gardening con amOre. went out of fash
lon in this country for perhaps fifty
years. The grandmothers and GRANDPA
theirs used to do 1t In a sweet and sim
pie way, but popular gardening played
small part. Meantime England kept
alive the gardening instinct of the race
In the cottage garden-a true and beau
tiful thing Our current fashion for the
home garden. pretty and useful, Is
really the English cottage garden
grated upon our indigenous grand
mothers garden"
All onion seeds that are plump and
full will sink In water. and those that
are chaffy and light will float, so there
Is a ready means Of separating the
good from the poor seed.
The bran mash poisoned with paris
green Is probably the easy way Of
fighting the cutworm. But be careful
that chickens or other animals do not
get at It.
AS spring advances look out for
weeds. II checked now they may be
kept In hand all the year. Weeds on
paths can be destroyed with common
salt
Thousands Of gardeners are now
blistering their hands by using garden
hoes with too small handles. A handle
that fits the hand does not cramp the
fingers. and owing to the better grip
there is less friction. consequently few
er blisters.
IL you have high and dry, sunny
and warm piece of soil slanting to the
south and April is smiling, plant
small bed of sweet corn and take the
risk Of frost.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-07-26

Though there were but two herds of
Ayrshires represented at the recent ma
tional dairy show In Chicago, they are
commended as being perhaps the high
est class exhibit of the show by the
Breeders Gazette, which says:
The cows were the sensation Of the
show. Pansy Of Woodroffe freshened
the Saturday before the opening of the
show and in her lavish display Of ma
tronly charms was altogether out of
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-07-26
An Object Lesson.

To prove that harness will move
a load If the start is slow and steady,
but will not move il il started with
Jerk an exchange suggests the follow
Ing proceeding: Hitch piece of or
binary Irvine to a weight Of about
twenty pounds. Pull the cord slowly
and steadily. The weight will move.
Now try to move it by applying the
force with a quick jerk. The cord
breaks and the weight is not moved.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-07-26
The Admirable Bee.

That more persons do not keep bees
Is rather singular. They may be kept
In the city or the country and in any
locality. They are at home any place
you set them down, either at the
queens palace or In the most remote
corner of a wilderness. They will &C.
cupy place that is of no use for any
thing else. They will save tons Of
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-07-26
COrrOboratfve.

This" exclaimed the orator, as a
decadent nation! AS before the fall Of
Rome everything was rotten. so today
In our erstwhile fair land everything
Just here an egg struck him fairly.
His nostrils dilated.
II DESIRE" he continued. before re-
firing to add that this egg is corrobora-
tive evidence. "-Philadelphia Ledger.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-07-26
A Case For sympathy.

II have three children. who are the
very image Of myself" said Jones en-
Enthusiastically.
Il pity the youngest" returned
Brown quietly.
"WhyT asked Jones.
Because he is the one who will have
to resemble you the longest" said
Brown.--Tit-B Bits.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-07-26

honey from going to loss. They are
an absolute necessity to the horticul-
turist and have made some men rich,
and in the now fashionable pursuit OF
nature study few things are more fas-
cinatins than the working Of the bees,
which may readily be observed in a
glass front hive placed near window,
through which the bees fly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-07-26
odd Graveyard Inscriptions.

At Worcester, England. the slab
erected over departed autioneer is In
scribed with single word. Gone"
In Sussex the initials and date Of the
death Of the deceased are followed by
two words, HE was" The most re-
markable inscription is at Cane Hill
cemetery. Belfast, where the inscrip-
tion says, LEFT till called for"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-07-26
PfIinx II On.

''Our minister does have the hardest
luck. Just think, the baby's down with
the Group, Albert broke his collar bone
last week. their horse died yesterday,
and now Mrs. Rector has pneumonia"
II suppose that by and by, on top Of
ell that. some fool will get them up
donation party. "-Woman's Home Com
panion.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-07-26
The Right Horse 10 Raise.

sin deciding what type Of horses to
raise, the farmer should consider the
market In which he expects to sell and
his opportunities for producing that
STYLE" as an exchange remarks.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-07-26

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CASTORlA
For Infants and Children
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature ssas, seo Of GE41AZzN(
"HooKEY" MILLER CAPTURED.
one Armed Outlaw Arrested by
Deputy in Kiowa County.

United States Marshal Alternately
was notified yesterday evening of the
capture in Kiowa county by Deputy
Marshal w. A. Thorp Of George, alias
"Hoa Key Miller, ono-armod des
Uorado and outlaw who has long been
wanted by the authorities for the rar-
der of Ed Hendricks. a chi kasaw ma
tion armer. at the notorious Cor
uors' saloon in Pot;awatomio county.
Later Miller was rep Ited killed IN
pistol duel in Indian Territory, but
turned up safe afterward He has
nruerou. killings to his redit includ-
ius one in this city in the early days.
he wears steel hook ON his stib
ARR and in action lays his Winchester
through the hook and pumps it with
his right hand fingers
Miller was arrested about three
years ago for shooting William Trout
farmer near the c -rners b-t Trout
recovered and Miller was released rs
there w2s no proof against him He
gave mp to herir Grace, of Pottawato-
mie coanty on that occasion after
holding down a gun ON the officer.
while the 3herifi continued TO advance
dea.lte The ln wledge that Hockey
cogld ana woald shoot ure and quick.
When he foun dthat the sheriff had
the nerve to come after him anyway.
he laid down his gun and surrendered.
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80 A oLosE cAlL.

"A dangerous surgical operation. In
voving the removal Of a malignant ul-
GER as large as my hand from my
daughters hia, was prevented by the
application OF Bucllens A-nic2 saiye.
says A. C. Stlckel. 81 Mlieius. W. Va.
Persistent use Of the s-Ye completely
cured e." Cures Cuts, Burns and lnju-
ries. 25c at AN druggist
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CHINA plNNER WARE.

We s7vc six decorated and three plain
white patterns Sone Of these are this
week being shown in Guthrie for the frs,
time. $50 cur new HavIland pattern on
di,piay t., or East Wl~dow. All Of our
Patterns are sold by the piece. We can
tutnlsh YOU any part NJ a dinner set at
any price GUTHRIE GLASS CHINA
STORE, 1os Eset Oklahoma avenue.
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A marriage license was granted yes
tcrlay 10 Frank Cohmershal aged 20
of Sealy, Texas ana Mabel l.aita.
aged 23, OF Guthrie.
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