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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
Tn. Cos, Of MuL rroductlon.

The New Jersey experiment station
demonstrates that with ows yielding
$500 pounds Of milk per head per year
the cost per quart Is about "a cents.
What must be the cost Of the quart In
the case OF the 5000 pound cow. the
1000 pound cow, the 1900 pound COW
and the $500 pound cow Will not
the cost range higher ms the yield
ranges loweri
II the $500 pound cows put "a cents
into n quart OF milk the 5000 pound
cows Will put 81 cents, the 1000 pound
COW over 3 cents, the 1900 pound COW
close TO SO cents and the $500 pound
COW nearly 4 cents into the quart.
On the other hand, n the G.500 pound
COW makes milk NJ q cost OF "a cents
a quart a 1900 pound COW will put
only about 2 cents into the quart, the
5000 pound cow only 10 cents. and the
5000 pound and 10000 pound cows
would put proportionately less cost In
to the quart-New York Farmer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
GARDEN KEYBOARD

1t may not be amiss to mention that
the amateur gardener would achieve
better results did be not exhaust all bis
enthusiasm In buying the seeds
To prevent smut In onions start the
seeds In pans and grow them inside
until Of a size that the smut cannot
penetrate.
Get the seed orders In. When the
spring comes with a rush the scotsman
ID always swamped by an Influx Of
orders.
Asparagus -ust goes over winter on
the refuse and on the diseased stalks
cut or left uncut because unfit for mar
keting. Profit by this hint another sea-
son II you have to fight rust this year.
Decide what you viii grow. Get seed
early and test before planting.
Try to inspect all the garden tools
aud hotbed sash and get them ready
for the busy time.
Cabbage and c%auliHower may now
be started In the greenhouse and trans
ferred to cold frames later.
Plan for a succession OF work rather
than for those crops that will requirs
much attention all at the same time.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
Method of the Tempter.

1t Is a mean man who will come
around trying to get a little cheap credit
for himself by asking a friend who
has sworn off with the virtuous first
day of the year to take a drink.
He comes flashing a roll OF money
and actingNas though he were about to
buy out a brewery and present 1t to his
friends, when were there any prospect
that he would be taken up he would
have all Of the varieties Of heart fail
ure known to science and a few plain
and ornamental fits as well.
During the days when the schooner
passed over the bar without the slight
est danger of getting stuck In transit
he was studiously looking the other
way, but now It is a hard matter to
keep from falling over him.
While nobody likes to see a good res
olution look as though 1t had been In a
train wreck, ii Is restful to the eyes to
see the mean nan taken up for that
once and made TO buy the drinks all
round.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
MILKING Il COW.
Things 10 Think A~bout-rhc mixer
In the white suit.

An important thtng in connection
with milking is the condition OF the
hands and clothes of the milkcr, The
mixer should be clean personally and
should be required 10 20 about his work
In clean clothes. The milking should
be done with dry hands The habit o,
some mixers OF wetting their hands
with milk just as they begin is a hluhy
practice and the cause OF much bad
milk and poor butter. There S some
thing In the presence OF a mixer IN q
white suit that calls for clean work
particularly II he is required TO keel
the suit clean while about his work
Many dairymen require their mixers &
he dressed in white.
The same principle is true in regaro
TO whltewaSh ON the Interior of Tia,
barn. 4 carefully whitewashed wal
shows or cobwebs 20 their disadvau
tage. aud they viii usually be removed
There Is something out OF place II par
OF a building Is kept clean and fresh
rs n whltewashed wall. for Instance
and other parts are n mire OF tlth
Whitewashed walls go with clean floors
and the two with n white clad mixer
Edwin III. Webster,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
Some Speed.

1t is said that a ray OF light could
travel around the globe eight times be.
tween the ticks Of a watch. That Is
what might be said to be going some.
That is probably the worlds record
for speed. A Jack rabbit and a young
man trying to get away from the col
lector for an installment house make
pretty good time, but a ray of light
could loaf around half the morning and
then beat them on a 100 yard dash.
The Twentieth Century train would
be altogether too slow for II. While
the engine was humping along over the
rails and hitting only the high places
the cunning little ray Of light could run
or ahead and play marbles with the
boys along the way until long after
dark and tlpn beat the train TO the sta
ton.
Though Il man might be able to travel
that fast, yet he couldn't hope to get
away from himself, for he would at
that rate get around the world In time
to tag himself on the coat tails before
he got started.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
COLD FRAME LETTUCE.
Sow Now For Succession and Trans
plant In March.

Sow Now For Succession and Trans
plant IL March.
Sow lettuce seed now and for sue
cession about every two weeks. Excel
lent varieties are: Market Gardeners,
Private Stock, immensely and Trianon
Cos. Trianon Cos is usually sown
about the LIST of April and from that
date on till August is continued with all
the varieties at intervals of seven to
ten days. From that time lettuce is in
clined to 'bolt' or run to seed.
These are three good lettuce for all
purposes. They stand the summer well
and make exceedingly fine heads.
Trianon Cos when properly grown is
one Of the best favored in cultivation,
and immensely is II of the largest.
AS soon as they are ready pot off
into two inch pots, and as soon as they
have filled these well with roots trans
fer to cold frames, which will be about
the first week in March.
Provided the frames have been idle
all winter take off about two inches OF
the old soil. and then throw it up well
with a fork or spade and give 1T a good
sprinkling of air Stacked lime to sweet
en- the soil. If the days are mild take the
sash off, putting them OF again at night.
The ground should be kept constantly
stirred to mellow the soil and keep
down weeds, giving copious supplies Of
water when needed. but when heading
keep the water from the heart.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22

Nothing eats up butter faster than
discomfort and fear, because they
shrink the butter fat and SO make their
milk. which Is steering the butter into
the manure pile instead of into the
churn, says j. V. Van Mott In Rural
New Yorker, Therefore have warm
floors and warm stables. A cow cannot
run a furnace and n churn with the
one feed. Another butter eater Is the
stanchlon. Farmers are very careful
to have for themselves warm floors
and feather beds, but leave their dutl
full cows hanging by the necks In the
cruel stocks named stanchions and TO
get what sleep they can on n frost car
peted floor. Both should be abolished
by law as cruelty to animals.
We can also class the horns with but.
ter eaters. and the boss COW eats nor
butter than the farmers family, for
every time she spears the other cow
shrink goes the butter fat. Her ally
Is the dog.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
HOMEMADE BRooDER.

feet square made of ten inch boards,
which is covered with tin or galvaniz-
Ell iron.
Above this cover, around the edges
Of the lamp box, one inch strips are
nailed. Two n inch holes are bored
through these strips on each side Of the
box for the purpose of ventilation. a
floor of matched boards is laid on the
strips. A hole eight inches in diameter
Is cut in the center Of this floor, and
over it is reversed an old tin pan ten
inches in diameter, the sides Of the
pan being punched full of holes to
ALLOW free circulation of heat. Over
this is placed a table two feet six
inches square, with legs four and a
half inches high.
Around the sides of this table Is
tackled a curtain Of felt cut from top
to bottom at intervals of five OF six
inches to allow the chicks to pass in
and out at will, the whole being sur
rounded by boards four inches high
and three feet long nailed together at
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22

The points In the operation of "A
cream separator by the farm dairyman.
given in their order OF Importance as
bearing on the quality 81 The work. are
summarized rs follows by IN authority
ON buttcrmaking
First.-Thc spted Of The separator
AUST he uniform and up 60 the stand.
ard required 10y the makers OF that
particular machine
Second.-The temperature &C the mllk
should be such as viii make II dow
readily; tie warmer Il is tie nor per-
feet viii be the separation.
Third The amount Of milk that il
run through the machine should re-
main constant and should not he In
creased over that which Is intended for
the machine.
Fourth.-The machine should be set
on n solid base or foundation. SO that
there will be no Jar or shaking about
as it Is turned. such as would tend 10
interfere with the even flow of the milk
through the bowl and thus destroy It's
efficiency In Swimming.
Fifth.-Tbc separator must be kept
thoroughly and scrupulously clean.
particular care being taken that none
OF the tubes through which the milk
flow becomes INSTRUCTED Ia any way.
Sixth.-The test of the cream can be
readily changed by changing either the
cream outlet or the skim milk outlet.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
Humor ona Philosophy
By DUNCAN N. SMITH
BEAUTIFUL SNOW.

oh, the snow. the beautiful snow
When IL is softAand packs nicely to throw,
When Il is melting just 50 II will stick.
When YOU can press Il as firm as a brlck,
Just as a disnifed party steps by
Never suspecting a SNOWFALL will ny,
Whizzing.
Sizzling,
Homeward it goes,
Taking him square on the end OF his nose.
oh, the snow, the beautiful snow.
Bearing "A bushel fun measure OF woe,
Flying TO kiss a fat man ON the neck,
Trying 10 make OF his new hat a wreck,
With "A caress that is singing and long
As a pile driver or something as strong.
Biting.
Banging
Right TO the place
That was, before the disaster, his face,
Once | was true i'm my aim. but l fen
Right I'm the arms OF a copper. as well. /
Hurried me Off 60 the station, you bet.
Abr said the judge. For those antics
you get
Well, thirty days ard a nice little fine.
Which with the costs will be nine thirty
nine"
Swearing,
Tearing
My whiskers, | went
Down TO the place where the bad folks
repent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
Feeding the Milk Maker

/ cannot understand how any dairy
man can get along without a silo. /
recently heard one successful dalryman
say that IF he had built n silo five
years earlier he would have easily
saved $1,000. l figure that when you
get twenty tons Of sllage to the acre II
IL equal to seven tons Of the best hay
That ought to settle the question. says
a Connecticut dalryman In American
Agriculturist.
Wonderful Forage Crops Possible.
1t IL difficult TO understand why the
southern dalrymen do not raise their
feed. The system OF dairying that Is
carried on in the north, If adopted,
could not fail to be more profitable 20
the producer and more beautiful for
the consumer, afirms G. II. Doanc In an
exchange. To ss1cu1t of forage that
can be raised "a an acre OF land In
most OF the soG:bern states Is beyond
the conception OF the norther9 farmer.
The Pasture % Back Number.
"N0body but a Millionaire can afford
a pasture" states Mr.. DIETRICH. as quot
ed In Farm Journal. "Soiling Il the
correct idea. Grow the feed and bring
II to the cows. Rye, oats and peas,
sweet corn. ensllage. hay. etc, are the
%keynotes Of modern farming. The pas
ture Is a back number"
A. CaIvtDg Time.
At calving time many breeders feed
warm bran masbes, and some give
tepId water for drinking purposes until
the COW has regained her normal o n
dition.
Serving the Dairy Cows Feed.
In England a great deal Of attention
n given TO the preparation Of feed for
dairy cows. Grain II usually crushed
or ground. Chafing or cutting straw
and hay is a very general practice.
Roots are usually pulped or sliced.
More Roots 10 He UsedF
An increased use Of roots Is being adj
vocated in this country. In Great Brit
ain they are fed to dairy cattle as well
as to beef animals, but when feeding
them to milk COWS the best dairymen
take pains to avoid tainting the milk
by their use.
Dairy FeedIng Well Understood.
I suppose no other question has re-
ceived more consideration among our
farmers In the past twenty-five years
than this question OF feeding, and the
result Il the general principles Of feed
ing today are pretty well understood.
1t has been said, and I think with a
good deal Of force, that the dairy Of the
average faryer Is better fed than the
family Of the same farmer.-H. Wing.
skin I'm Buyf-s Feed.
Skill In buying a food adapted n
your use that Ii relatively cheap r
your wi locality y 4 epGo((eu ~ Gort
im~portanca.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
balancing stable Manure.

Stable anu is a low grade fer
t%ilizer, having a total Of only twenty
five pounds of plant food in a ton, d.
vided as follows: Nitrogen, ten pounds;
potash. ten pounds; phosphoric acid.
five pounds. Stable manure has an
excess Of nitrogen; therefore In order
that it may act to the best possible ad
vantage 1t should be balanced before II
Is applied to the soil by the addition of
a proper quantity of potash and Dhos
phoric acid Bryan Tyson
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
MANS BUSINESS 'FRONT.'.
Earniarks of Prosperity and Their
influence In Trade.


A man TO succeed must have the APP
pearance of being highly successful,
even if he has not as yet reached that
desirable goal. A man who carries the
earmarks of a lack of money handicaps
himself in every trial that he makes TO
enlist capital, to secure patronage in
trade or TO sell any article.
The m the poorly dressed or
slouching, untidy person comes into a
place of business the merchant sizes
him up"
For the last six months | have taken
my lunch at "A place much fr%equented
by farmers ana their families. and |
have been amused and saddened by the
way they look and act. They will come
in and ask, DO you want TO buy some
potatoes today?"
what do YOU want for themy"
II don't know! What are you pay
ing?"
The buyer reels off Il string of stock
In trade about great plenty in the
maihVt' ioitiSh IptdioSN SuiHihS ~ biS
crop in Potato hollow" etc, and finally
buys them at his own price. | have
seen this and heard this a hundred
times in four months. But let a clean
shaven, alert man come i'm with his
business 'front.' with him, and he gets
the top offer at once He knows wheth-
err II is enough too. If there is a little
scarcity he gets n raise out of the buy
err by fixing his own price,. Il. Chap
man in Country Gentleman.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
The New Flax Industry.

An industry new at least to Mime
sofa has been introduced during quite
recent years. II relates to the manu-
facture of fax straw into binding
Irvine. Professor Shaw atiirms In
Orange Judd Farmer that one of the
finest features Of the new industry
Is that it will tend very much to lessen
waste on many farms of the west. No
where probably In all the United States
has the sin Of waste prevailed to such
an extent as In the western and north
western states. Flax straw was al
most a complete waste. The greater
the number of acres devoted to the
growth Of fax the greater was the
waste.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22

A COMMON HoTBED.

heating ii and upon the skill of the
operator. Hotbeds are sometimes start
ed IS early as January, or they may
be delayed until in March.
There are various methods of con
struction, from the excavation or pit.
two or more feet in depth, walled up
with brick or planks, to the simple box
set above ground and tilted on one
side for the slant to the sash.
Where hotbed frames are set on top
Of a pile of fermenting manure the ma
nure should extend beyond the edges
of the frame, otherwise the frame may
become too cold about the outside and
the plants suffer. 1t is generally pref
cradle to have a pit beneath the frame.
In which the manure is placed.
Baily advises to first put in a layer
Of an inch or two of any coarse ma
terial and upon this from twelve to
thirty inches Of manure. The earlier
the bed is made the larger should be
the amount Of manure. Hotbeds In
have about two feet of II as q
rule. The II should be put into
the pit in layers four to eight inches
thick, each layer being thoroughly trod-
den down before another is put in.
Manure that has just the right amount
of straw in it will give a springy feel
to the feet as a person walks over 1t.
but it will not fluff up when the pres
sure is removed. Above the manure
may be a thin layer of leaf mold or
some porous material that will serve
to distribute the heat. and above this
are four or five inches Of soft garden
loan. in which the plants are to be
grown.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
Graded MIL.

1t Is estimated by G. Il. Marshall OF
Michigan that II cents per quart is not
too high a retail price for milk when
all the conditions under which It Ii pro-
duced and handled are ideal. He
argues for the production and sale Of
milk OF different grades on a business
basis. Such specifications as cen fair
for the production Of 8 cent milk, @
cent milk. aud 30 on, should be agreed
upon by contract between producer
and consumer The producer should de-
eide upon what grade Of milk he 10
willing to produce. The consumer
should understand clearly the differ
ence between, say. 5 cent milk and 10
cent milk and should decide what
grade he wants.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22

Don't let your cow eat her head OF.
A few cows give 400 pounds of butter
fat In n year. A great many give 300
pounds or more, and yet IL is n deplora-
BILE fact that the average cow does not
produce much ove 100 pounds In n
year. But I'm n great many instances
this failure of the COW TO reach n Point
where she may be considered AZ u prof
table Investment Is due 10 the care. or
rather to the lack of care, which she re-
celves.-Michigan Farmer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
Drainage of Irrigated Lands.

While the necessity for the drainage
OF irrigated lands will doubtless be less
obvious when wafer IS more econom
ically used and supply canals are i'm
proved In such q way as to diminish
leakage. a considerable loss Of water
from both causes will always be un.
avoidable. 30 that drainage will al
ways be an essential part Of the i'm
provement of irrigated land IN some
localities.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22

SECTION THROUGH MIDDLE OF
the corners and resting on the floor of
the brooder. When the chicks are ten
days old one of these boards may be
taken away and a bridge used so that
the chicks may run from the hover to
the floor of the room.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22

The type OF the row has Just as much
to do with milk giving capacity In pro-
portion to feed consumed as the form
of the horse does In making of him a
wasteful or an economical feeder. We
have all seen slab sided, leggy horses
dat required a harmful OF hay and If
q ears Of corn a day to Ill up. There
= fho name difference IN ows 1t pays
~ farmer to be able to Judge Of the
vo1no e COWS ~ the anInnal's form
0oiry form.~Faxm and Ranch.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
n VASE pn KoI.

fine herd OF X. NJ. HotalIng of San
Francisco. Her owner claims for her
the worlds record, April, 1905. for con-
tinuous milking. She has made 20.f3
pounds OF butter fat In seven days and
1906 pounds OF butter fat In seven
days after 270 days continuous milk
f.x
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22

Gsssc=RBgN
RAISING CHICKS.

How 10 Make IA Brooder Ont of an
Old Packing Case.
Those who prefer the artificial meth
od of raising chicks can make a brood
er out of an old packing ease which
will accommodate fifty chicks at a cost
OF about a dollar. Such a brooder has
given excellent results at one of the
experiment stations when used in a
shed or colony house. Details of con
Etruction of a brooder Of this kind are
shown in the Illustrations. The lower
section of the brooder. which contains
the lamp for heating, is a box three
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22

81 feel dar Is royal blood surgin' in
me VEINS" said the young hopeless.
"You, kid?'
"Yes. me. See dem marks where de
old man walloped me dis mornin'?'
"Yes; but what do they proven"
"Dem Is de prints of whales. See?"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
h Draft Horse.

The draft horse Is the horse for the
farmer. There Is less risk In raising IT,
and then you have something when It
Is grown - something that will work
and do a cot OF II and something that
will sell. says q farmer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
Hampshire. and the Bacon Type.

At the last International was much
amused at the discussion In various
quarters as to whether the Hampshire
swine are Of the bacon or lard type.
The Individual who calls Hampshire
swine bacon animals has not yet learn.
ed the A b c of what the term bacon
means. remarks Professor T. W. Shaw
In American Agriculturist
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
Raw MIX For Infants.

German clinical evidence Indicates
ter than boiled milk for feeding in
fants affected with gastric or intestinal
catarrh.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
On the Alert.

Ohio farmers, according to an ex-
change. are demanding fairness and
Will see that all the legislation In Ohio
r. not exclusively FOR two or three large
rites
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
What II Wasn't.

A primrose by the rivers brink
A primrose was to him and nothing
more.
For 1t was not a glass OF wine TO drink
Nor yet a large hand painted cellar
door.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
Baffled.

Professor. you understand all Of the
ancient and modern languages"
IL datter myself l do"
"Chinese, Egyptian and all OF that
sort Of thingT"
Eat my tongues end"
"Cboctaw and Pennsylvania DutchY r.
~They are all mine"
Then will you please tell me what
that train caller Is trying to sayT"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
Not Backward.

II think that you should always give
the devil his due"
81 don't see the necessity. Let him
alone and he'll take his and yours too"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
Shoes or Police.

"He stole n pair of shoes that wer,
three sizes too small"
mo wonder they pincbed him."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
Must Be-.

as Sommerly worth muchT'
all over town to the tune Of $4,000"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-22
Wouldn't Notice Several Things.

SHE is afraid Of thunder
"Did il ever hit himT'
"He wouldn't be afraid Of IL If IL
had"