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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-20
of his cows are dead beat boarders"

OF lis cows are dead beat boarders"
and which are money makers.
By this simple method the most
experienced man will learn some
rather surprising things. He will
frequently find that the COW which
in his wisdom he thought was a
money maker. because Of the large
amount of milk she produces, am
especially during the first six months
OF the milking period, is after all
not more than an average COW, while
some COW that produces a smaller
amount of milk but with high per
cent OF butter fat, and holds out for
ten months, is making him money,
and'many cows that he thought were
really profitable have been losing
him money right along. There is
no use trying to helpa man in dairy
ing unless he is willing to take these
preliminary steps.
After he has ascertained the COWS
that'are capable of making profit
the next question is how to get the
maximum of profit out Of these cows
by feeding and care. The question
arises: What would you do with COWS
that are not being MIXED at a profit?
Quit milking them as soon as posi-
bic, Of course. Dry them up Just as
soon as you can, fatten them, and sell
them to the butcher, or sell them to
some man who thinks that he can
keepan ordinary COW on seventy-iive
or one hundred dollar land for the
chance of a calf. If you will sell
them cheap enough he will buy, and
you had better sell them at one-half
or two-thirds the price than to keep
on trying to get profit where no pro
fit is possible in the dairy line. The
cost involved in applying this test
will not be over eight or ten dollars
for a herd and the tester and scales
will last for years if given any care.
No farmer should hesitate about
taking the time to follow out this
method, because it is in itself educa-
tional in the highest degree; but un.
less farmers are willing to do this
they must not expect to reap the
profits in the dairy line. .-Wallace's
Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-20
The Profit in Cows.

Many of our readers, encouraged
by the high price of butter the last
two or three years, will make dairy
ing prominent part Of their farm
work in the future, and to these we
think it wise to make few sugges-
'tions.
The profit in dairying depends
largely on tho profit from the in
dividual COWS that form the dairy
herd. The man who is dairying
without knowing approximately the
number Of pounds Of butter fat that
each COW will yield is goingit blind;
and tho same may be said Of the
man who dairies without knowing
the average cost of keeping the COWS
in the herd during the year.
A very large per cent Of the COWS
kept for milking purposes in the
central states are kept with very
little profit, the average butter yield,
so far as it can be ascertained, being
l25 to l5O pounds. At present
prices Of feed l25 pounds of butter
will not much more than pay for the
cost of keep. A great many cows
are fed that furnish less than l25
pounds, and Of course these are kept
at loss. If it costs l25 pounds,
putting the labor against the value
of the manure and the skim-milk,
then COW that furnishesl30 pounds
will give the farmer net profit Of
a dollar year, counting butter fat
at 20 cents pound; COW that fur
nishes l50 pounds will give profit
Of five dollars; and the COW that fur
nishes 200 pounds gives the farmer
a profit Of fifteen dollars year. 1t
will not not do. however,to say that
this COW is worth fifteen times as
much as the COW that givesa profit
of one dollar, because there are other
elements that enter into the value Of
a COW; but leaving out Of the calcu-
lation the value of the calf, it is safe
to say that she is worth fifteen times
as much for dairy purposes. In other
words, the man with one 20O-pound
butter fat COW will make as much
profit as the man who keeps fifteen
cows yielding l30 pounds.
The practical question arises: How
is man to ascertain what COWS yield
no profit? A man here anl there
can be found who by natur;.l in
tuition, backed up by large exper-
ience, seems able to tell a good COW
on sight. He knows the milking
type. He can apparently see what
is in the COW the moment he gets his
eye on her; but these men are rare
and very seldom to be found outside
of men who make speciality of
dairying. There is, however, quite
an accurate method Of ascertaining
this very desirable information,
thanks to DR.. Babcock, of Wisconsin.
By use Of the scale, piece Of board
with piece of paper tackled onto it
and hung up in the stable, togcthe,
with lead pencil, and Babcock
tester, costing but a few dollars, nc
man need be Ignorant of the butter
potency and the dairy profit in any
herd Of COWS. To do this he must
take pains to weigh his milk atleasi
once a week during the milking sea.
son, and then must either test 4
himself or turn it over to bright
boy, or have the creameryman test
it for him, and thus ascertain which
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-20
Corn and Cob Meal for Hogs

A subscriber requests Information
about the feeding of corn and cob
meal to hogs. lie calls attention to
the fact thet he has grinding out
lit and that it is less labor to grind
corr, cob and all, than it is to shell
itand afterwards the grain. Hestates
that he is feeding bunch of fall
pigs that he expects to have ready
for market by the first of August.
Under just such circumstances as
these it is possible sometime to
make good use of corn and cob meal.
Take a bunch of pigs six or seven
months old, for example, and allow
them access to blue grass pasture
and you will find that they will
eagerly consume certain amount
OF corn and cob meal tnat has been
soaked for a period of twelve hours.
Hogs of that age seem to require
something Of the filling nature, and
it is surprising how much time they
will spend on the grass and yet
when they come in be anxious for
their ration of corn and cob meal.
Under no circumstances would we
give them all they would eat, but
rather keep their appetite somewhat
keen fore this ration. A little later
on when they begin to thicken in
flesh they will possibly tire of the
corn and cob meal, and that is the
time to make a change to pure she'll
ed corn or corn meal. 1t is almost
impossible to finish hogs for market
on corn and cob meal, for the reason
that it is difficult to keep the
appetite sharp enough so that the
hogs will consume sufficient grain
t make t h Q necessary finish.
Homestead.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-20
Nation war Ercc,cl . roun,nin

Probably the price of no other article
in common use has undergone such 4
revolution as the match. The first fric-
ton matches in 1S30-the "Gongreves"
were placed on the London market
in tin boxes Of fifties at half IL crown
Il box. with Il piece of glass paper for
striking purposes thrown in. Messrs.
Bryant and May took a leading part Ill
defeating Mr.. Loves proposed tax OH
lucifers, as they We're then called, and
in recognition of their services pup
lie drinking fountain was erected at
Bow.-London Mail
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-20
A Plea For the Husband.

Says recent writer who has
travelled much, "Tne American hus-
band is the best husband in the
world"
1t is a true statement, as every
well-informed person knows.
There are exceptions, of course
many of them. But, take him all in
III, the average head of the family
in this country is the best type of
husband cxtant and an cxamplar to
the whole world OF husbands.
AS a bread winner, proviuer, pro-
tec,or, true man and husband, he is
to his family as the shadow of a
great rock in a Weary land. Behind
him as a strong barrier are safely
sheltered wife and babies. He
stands between them and the whole
world.
Is he appreciated?
Advice to husbands is common
enough. And the plant of unap-
preciatcd wives is voiced by many
writer's. What Of unappreciated
husbands?
There are some wives who fail in
tleir appreciation who do not know.
They are discontented and moan
about their "humdrum lot They
dream of independence or of Ca
reer. They little realize what the
effort Of mere bread getting means
1t would be a fine preparation for
married life if every girl could get a
touch of the struggle for mere exis-
tence. There would be fewer critic
al and complaining women if the
wife knew what it means to make a
living and had endured the strife
and indignities of the women who
faces the world alone.
Every woman should understand
that if she has an honest, hard-work-
ing, clean minded husband who
does his best she has the greatest
gift outside of herself the gods can
give.
The husband gives himself freely
When the family bills are paid he
has little left to spend on his person.
al tastes. But if his family is
grateful he does not care.
On the other hand it is hard if af
ter he has done his utmost he is me-
by ingratitude or the hint Of re
preach that he might have done bet
ter.
The appreciated husband finds i
easy to do and dare for those HI
loves. But if he misses appreciation
he misses all that life has for him.
The wife who has strong, pure
and manly man to offer as a shield
against the slings and arrows of out
rageous fortune ought to bend he:
soul in thankfulness to God-ant
her husband = every day of her life
-Des Moines News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-20
THE sclLLY ISLANDS.
ThcyiInve but Three ing,
Summer md Autumn

The climate of the Scilly islands Is
the most cQunble in Great Britain. 1t
ranges on an average from 40 degrees
to GO degrees. On the coolest day 1t is
warm and on the hottest it is cool.
There are only three seasons in Scilly
of four months cach-spring. summer
andaautumn. When the autumn ends
spring commences. There is no great
height in the islands. The highest land
in BfSher is only 1873 feet abnve sea
level. although the telegraph tower
built on st. Alary's reaches height of
l5s feet. but the rock scenery of the en-
tire group of these islands is remark
able. There are rocks fantastic. jagged,
peaked, toothed, scrrated; rocks resem-
bling living creatures and others sug-
gestive of primeval vastness and un-
couthness; some grandly castleated,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-20

A Ground Hog Case.

"a ground hog case" is case of
absolute necessity-one in which the
reward of perseverance is certain and
the necessity for perseverance is i'm
peratlve. Its origin is told in this sto-
ry: y boy was seen digging vigorously
with a grub hoe at the mouth of hole
in which ground hog had taken ref
uge. He was asked II he thought he
would get the ground hog. to which he
replied with scorn: "Catch him? Why,
yes; I'm bound to catch him; we're out
Of mcat.'-St. Louis Republic.
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san MIS- the vide cxpansi
Tnglns the subart twilight uf the Present
With color OF Romance.
hear your call, aud 500 the sun des,enii ig
On rock and w.lvo an Sant.
AS down tho coast the Mission voices Dlen ling
G!rdle the heathen land.
Within the circle OF ynur iDcaatatiOn
N, blight nor mlidew falis:
N ,r fierce unrest. nor lust. nor low ambition
Passed those airy wallis.
Borne on the Swa,l of vnilr long waves recoilng
touch ths far N ,r psf
see the lying gnw nt S Ianls'i glory.
liie s,i lsnt d .elnl AID last!
Before me rise tho Ian ,-shapel Mission towers
The white Pfesl,ilo:
The sw.irt comm tndcr II his lrailicr iarkn,
The priest in sJo.e OF SHOW.
Once more sea Partala's cross uplifting,
Above the setting Sut,a
And past the iea i,p,s .rd slowly drlfs
ing
The freighted galeon.
q solemn bells: whose c,nsecratsd masses
Recall the faith o old y IiE sG
q linkl!ng bells! that lulled with twilight music
the spiritual fold
Your voices break md filter IN ti.--.rsness-
Break, falter aud are still;
And yeilod AMI mystic. like tho Host descending
Tne sun sinks from the hill!
Bret Harte.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-20
Lilke a great lion.s cheek teeth.

Those on the peninsula of Pcnninis,
especially II they are seen in mist,
Mcnawar pronounced man-of-war), the
Maiden Bower, Mincarlo, Shipman's
Head, the Haycocks Mt Annct and
many others are strikingly grand. The
curious resemblance to primcval ami
NAL forms has given rise to many of
the names of these rocks and certainly
many are
Like great sea beast. crawled forth to
sun itself,
while there are elephants tusks,"
monks cowls,' ''pipers' holes,"
giants castles.' pulpit rocks" etc.
London Spectator.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-20

"But why do you think Johnny be-
lieves so thoroughly in the efficacy of
prayer?"
Because when suggested that he
pray for little brother he refused to
do it and prayed for Il goat and a red
wagon instead. d."-Houston Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-20
Not Well Enough For Hospital.

House physicians, when they wish tn
empty a bed Of chronic case will wei
come the new and original excuse con
tained in the following letter: Dear
Sister-When next the doctor attends
mother, will you please ask him to dis
miss mother, as she does not feel well.
and oblige, yours truly, -.''-LonIlon
Hospital Gazette.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-20
Politencsx.

Politeness is a kind of anaesthct.-:
which envelops the aspcritics of our
character, so that other people be not
wounded by them. We should never be
without 1t, even when we contend with
the rudc.-Joubert. ~
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-20

1t is n fact nowadays that fine feath-
ers do make fine birds and that people
are Judged more by their appearance
than their character.-Lady Violet Gre
vile in London Graphic.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-20
Necessity.

perkins has separated from his wife
and gone to live in bachelor apart
ments."
''What did he do that for:"
'He said lie couldn't live without
some Of the comforts of homc."-Iife.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-20
Almost Malignant.

NJ. D.-This is queer. Have you taken
anything that disagreed with you? The
Patient-Nothing but your advice OF
yesterday.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-20
HAIR AND COLOR.
Red Is Much Nearer Allied to Hack
Than to DlOnl.

tSca iS Mucn Nearer Allied to Hack
Than to Dlond.
The color of the hair, says the Grand
Magazine. is usually transmitted from
parents to child. This is especially true
when both parents have the same COM
plcXion. Instances, however, are not
uncommon where children have hair
black rs ebony, while the hair of both
parents is burning red. Instead of
disproving the theory that child takes
after its parents, so far as the color of
the hair is concerned. this fact, it has
now been ascertained, is all in favor of
the doctrine. Red hair. in fact is by
its structure and composition much
nearer to black hair than to blond
Very often il the hair of Il very dark
couplcxioncd person be examined at
tcntively few quite red hairs will be
detected III the mass. On the other
hand. it would he time wasted to seek
for black hairs in the locks of a fair
person. Similarly it is not infrcluent
TO notice children whose hair, red at
birth, becomes as they grow older quite
dark. When, too. after some serious
illness, the production of the coloring
pigment of the hair falls off, black hair
becomes not blond, but red Fair hair.
which to a casual eye appears to have
much more affinity to red hair than to
black, is. OH the contrary, quite dis
tinct.
Mozart ana Drctzner.
When Mozart was at the height of his
fame he composed the music for BretZ-
ner's belmont und Konstanzc" c.Thc
Abduction From the Seraglio'D at the
request of the Emperor Joseph III. The
author OF the drama was so angry at
this that he inserted the following no.
ticc in the LeipZiger Zeitung: "A GER
tain fellow of the name of Mozart has
dared to misuse my drama, Belmont
und Konstanze,' for an opera text
hereby solemnly protest against this
invasion OF my rights, and l reserve to
myself further procedures. (SigneD.
Christoph Friedrich Bretzncr, author
of 'Rauschchen.'
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-20

Disgrace is immortal and living even
when one thinks 1t dead.-Plautus.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-02
ANNUAL MEETING
HELD YESTERDAY
DaptIst Society Reports d
Prosperous Year and Bright
Outlook for 1906 Meth
0dists and LlniYersallsts
Gather.


The Congregational church edifce, sn.
inrged and redcoorated, was reoccupied
BY tie congregation and sunday school
on sunday IN series Of dedicatory ok.
ercises that began at o:so and will end
with the Thursday evening PRAYER ser
vice. There were large gatherings at all
the services ot Che day, and at the ser.
vice cf dedication III the afternoon the
enlarged church was completely filled
Some time In November, 1904, the
pastor. Rev. II A. Poole, invited score
or more qf the men members Of the
congregation to The parsonage, where
he suggested IA them the need Of an
enlarged church edfce 10 accommodate
the increasing attendance al the Sunday
services, and fsfofs Ire ssenine was
over scmEtaiHg like $4,000 2as pledged
tcward the beginning oE such a. project.
Sunday, little less than IL months
after, saw the project qoppIeted. Me
seating capacity { tlie church iAcroased
BY nearly hlEndred *itfihKs, tie inter
Tor Federated Throughout the organ Ill
most rebuilt, rev rooms added, tho din
Ing room and Kitchen greatly improved
and enlarged. and the ~sole much more
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-02

last enlargement was be9un III July.
The building was extended back some
10 feet, giving a larger euditoFsunl. pro-
vidlng q proper place for the three man
uaI organ, gieint m,ich needed Sunday
school Accommodations ii the basement
and class rooms At each side of the organ
on the street noor,
The church is the second largest Con-
gTe1atioHa society IN Vermont. with
q membership 1T s6s, 81 Of these hsv.
ing been added during ne past year.
The Sunday school "a alsp one III the
largest iii the ssrtes
Tie neinmittee which hed charge iii
soliciting and rolIecking the subAcFips
tions, and nsdkiug tiEn csilrcA cxfnnAipis.
was AZ follower REV. Il. 4. poole,
chairman; Alex. Gordon, Frank McSFhof-
ter. Il 1. Phelps, II. G. Woodruff, G.
u. Weleh, G. n. Wiley, o. r. Mathew
son, Mrs. n D. Phelps, sirs Donald
Smith. aIrs. " L. Shepard aad Mrs.
Joe y. Jackson
Rev francis A. Poole, the pastor,
whose earnestness and enthusiasm was
for The undertaking of this
which has been 20 suceess-
fully carried out, was born IN Salem.
Mass, in 1870. Ile graduated from ban.
gor Theological seminary in and
later tork special conrfc At Harvard
md At Hartford Theological seminary.
His first settlement was at Topshcld.
Mass, where he remained fve years. He
was then called to East Weymouth,
where he was pastor two years. He be
yan his lahors in Barre ia 1901 and the
'hurch has made good progress under
lis guidance.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-02
Continued on Eighth Pags.
LOST HAND nv MACHINERY.
Eddie Bruce Injured at ouarriss Sat
ufday Afternoon.

Eddie, the \ : years old son of A e.
Bruce, the quarry owner, met with d
pninfSil accident by which he lost his
ieft hand Saturday afternoon at the
auarry cf As r. Bruce & Sons. Air.
Bruce and hiA sNn had hcan nt thp
niiafry AM dag nnd we're jsiel preparing
ITO ev hnTiik They we're III tie rnSisae
room and the derrick was being turned
By mems Of small engine. Eddie
nlst his hand on the large cog wheel on
the drum about which the ROPE that
turns the derrick Was being woHnd. The
large cog wheel is as,cut two leek Ia
diameter and is worked by small cog
Wheel about hyr inches in diameter.
When the lad put his hand an The large
wheel i was moving 50 slowly that be
had not notice that ii was going nt
All, He mad on pair 81 wet leather
gloves and the first warning that he
had az the danger was when his glove
fingers began te wind into the eors In
tween the large whr1l and the small
one. The wet glove eiung to the boys
hand 40 that he could not null Il out.
The engineer did net sre the plight in
which young Bruce was placed until the
lad called to him 70 reverse his engine.
and by that time his fingers we're being
ground between the cogs The first three
fingers on the left hand were the ones
caught Bruce having ensugh presence
OF mind to spread bis fingers apart 80
that thc thumb and littlc finger were
net pulled into the wheel. The other
fingers were msssled up into the hand,
above the knurkles before the arm was
extricated
The gritty lad walked to the home of
the quarry boss, the nearest hoiise. where
the hard was done up IS we'll as it could
be, and Mr.. Bruce telephoned to Dfs.
Reid and Whitaker to be at his home
on Brooklinr street, this city. when
he snd bis soa arrived. They drove
homo ss quickly as possible, the doctors
being there when they came. The hand
was found 70 be 20 badly crushed ss 10
neeessitste amputatian ct the wrist.
This was done Immediately and the
yeuns man made o. comfortable ns pos
sible.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-02
BRIGHT PROSPECTS
FOR The NEW YEAR
Baptist Society Holds Annual Meeting
and Elects oficcgs--Au bills for
Paft Yesr Paid With i Small
Balance iii Treasury.

The annual nieetirg of the par.
ish Of the Baptist church was held Ii
the church Yesterday Afternoon with !
large attendance of the members whn
heyr eaHsr fpr 4 feelinM AZ happiness I'll.
cause Of the satrrssgul condition of ffse
slssafesH during fllc Fasf scar and fvr the
bright prospects siilaer which ther viii
start the new year.
The meeting WAS called to ofder at ?
o'clock By the pastoN the Rev. II. !.
kiHxie, and prayer was ofered IS the
ReT. g II. Watt. Five new members
were received into the church by letter
and one by baptism. William AfeI.enuon
lof The Nebsteryille nrlon. At the roll
call 12a members answered to their
names. The total membership Of the
church including the new members is
2f0. a report fran the WebsterviIle
Union was read Nv G. n. Woodruff and
the Rev Mr. KaliKren read report from
the Swedish union. The reports we're
then read from the different committees
ard officers of thu church. The finance
committee reported thst all the bills
for the past year had been paid and :
small amount left over in the treasury.
AHf Aff+ W. - hlHtic Icpofteu lHaI
The church debt Of sI.10o had as result
Of esnyass been over subscribed for
and pledged to BE- paid during the en-
suing year 20 that next Il is expected
that the debt viii be wiped ont.
The election Of officers resulted A. fol-
lowss Clerk, r A. Crsgg treasurer.
D. G Jones' collector, James Grearson:
bible school superintendent, VI. =.
fsrcafson; lst assistant, A. s. Jones
2nd ssM.tant, J5hn BeRr secretary. b.
II. Cutler; librarian, r.. A. GalIison: nm.
since committee. c. W. Perry. William
Mcdonald. n. II. Cutler, ". 4. Perry.
+. 81. Tsyntor, ". ". suttons advisory
COMMITTEES, r. A. Hutchinson, z. Il.
TaYrtnf, William Mcdonald, Mrs. 4. c.
Downing, 2. G. French. the pastar and
other deaeonsJ auditors, Gcorse IHxlis.
and J. N. Pcuy; choir leader. II. u.
kiddsrs orgauist. Miss Pinkie Lewis:
head usher, d. n Cutler.
Following the business meeting the Ia.
dies sFrved a supper in the dining room
and II the evening a song and prayer
service was held. Miss Pansy Severance
Of N0ntrrlieT sang a solo and selections
were rendered By the choir