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The La Jara chronicle., 1906-07-27
THE INDEPENDENT TOWN.
Make Each Rur al Center Dependent
Upon Itself and Its Own Resources.

There has lately developed n strong
sentiment looking to the improvement
of the home town-makinS each
community, as much as possible,
dependent upon Itself and its own
resources and those of Its sur
rounding country, and independ-
ent of the great centres which are
constantly striving to secure portion
of the local wealth. This local self
sufficiency may be fostered by an ill.,
dlvidual and cooperative determi-
nation to bring the town up to its
highest possible plane of comfort, gen
eral usefulness and beauty to its resi-
dents. This may he described as a
movement for civic improvement.
The accumulation of considerable
wealth in many American villages and
towns, during the last ten or twenty
years, the development OF popular
education and the increase of leisure,
has given an opportunity for the per-
formance of public duties, such as
had not seemed to exist to the young
man or woman of the former gener-
alton, who, in the effort to secure
livelihood and establish home had
given little thought to the duties OF
citizenship and socinl responsibilities.
II Is only within n comparatively
entered into any of the public-school
work. or even manual training, while
there are many who yet think that
such institutions as gymnasiums
baths, Fairgrounds, and even vacation
schools and free lectures are unncces-
sary time-consumers for the young.
Nevertheless the general movement
for better education along rural lines
and for backyard and street improve
ment, and the general betterment of
the village and town is rapidly in
crcaslnC.
AS an instance of this, evcn in such
large city as st. Louis, girls and
boys are given practical instruction in
gardening, through the Junior School
Of Horticulture Of the Missouri
Botanical Gardens. The children are
permitted to sell their own products
n decided stimulus to their c--urts
and In this way many Of them earn
considerable pocket money for vacation
time This school has been in oper-
alton for n number OF years and is of
great value to the citizens as well as
to the children Of the city, the latter
Of whom would otherwise know practi-
oally nothing of nature as country
children know it.
Even in Texas the school garden
and town improvement idea has made
headway, although there has been
greater difficulty in obtaining popular
approval and support, possibly, than in
any other section of the country, owing
to the fact, perhaps, that the Lone
Star State has vast areas Of unoc-
crpied land, and to the fact that the
influential majority has been but a
short time removed from the cattle
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-07-27
Fresh Air Fairgrounds.

American cities are far behind
European cities in making provision
for public parks, especially in pro-
viding for the instruction and amuse-
ment of children in them. In modern
municipal equipment in Europe much
provision is made for the instruction
and amusement of children. and in
most modernized European cities large
sums of money have been expended in
procuring open spaces for them In dis
tricts of congested population.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-07-27
EDUCATION
COOPERATION
OPPORTUNITY
HOMEC ECROFTS

We believe that the Patriotic Slogan
of the Whole People of this Nation
should be Every Child in a Garden
Every Mother in Homecroft-and In
diyidual Industrial Independence for
Every Worker in a Home of his Own
on the Land" and that until he owns
such Home, the concentrated purpose
and chief inspiration to labor in the life
of every wage worker should be his
determination to Get an Acre ani
Live on it."
We believe that the Slums and
Tenements and Congested Centers of
population in the Cities are savagely
deteriorating social, moral and polit-
ical influence, and that a great public
movement should be organized, and
the whole power of the nation and
the states exerted for the betterment
of all the conditions of Rural Life, and
to create and upbuild Centers of So
cial and Civic Life in Country and
Suburban Towns and Villages, where
Trade and Industry can be so firmly
anchored that they cannot be drawn
into the Commercial Maelstrom that
is now steadily sucking Industry and
Humanity into the Vortex Of the
Great Cities.
We believe that every Citizen in
this Country has an inherent and
Fundamental Right to an Education
which will train him to Earn a Liv-
ing, and. II need be, to get his living
straight from Mother Earth; and that
he has the same right to the Opportun-
ity to have the Work to Do which will
afford him that living, and to earn not
only :. cor sortable livelihood, but
enough more to enable him to be a
Homecrofter and to have a Home of
his Own, with ground around it
sufficient to yield him and his family
Living from the Land as the reward
for his own labor.
We believe that the Public Domain
Is the most precious heritage of the
people, and the surest safeguard the
nation has against Social Unrest, Dis
turbance or Upheaval, and that the
Cause of Humanity and the Preserva-
tion of Social Stability and of our Free
Institutions demand that the absorp-
tion of the public lands into specula-
tive private ownership, without settle
ment, be forthwith stopped; and that
the nation should create opportunities
for Homecrofters by building irriga-
tion and drainage works to reclaim
land as fast as 1t is needed to give
every man who wants Home on the
Land a chance to get it.
We believe that, as a Nation, we
should be less absorbed with Making
Money, and should pay more heed to
raising up and training Men who will
be Law-Abiding Citizens; that the well
fare of our Workers is Of more con-
sequence than the mere accumulation
of Wealth; and that Stability of Ma
tional Character and of Social and
Business Conditions is of greater i'm
portance to the people of this country
as whole than any ether one ques-
tion that is now before them; and we
believe that the only way to Preserve
such Stability, and to Permanently
Maintain our National Prosperity. is
to carry into immediate effect and
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-07-27

This book Is the nrSt OF Series
that will Chronicle the Progress of the
HoMECROFT MOVEMENT
and inform all who wish to cooperate
with it how they may do so through
the formation of local Homecrofters'
Circles, Clubs or Gilds to promote
Town and Village Betterment. stimu-
late home civic pride and loyalty to
home institutions, industries and trade,
improve methods and facilities of edu-
cation in the local public schools, and
create new opportunities "At Home
that will 20 far to check the drift of
trade and population to the cities.
The first Gid of the Homecrofters
has been established at Watertown.
Massachusetts. The Gildhall, Shops
and Gardens are located at 143 Main
Street, where the Garden School is
now fully organized and over one
hundred children are at work in the
Gardens. The departments for train
ing in Homecraft and Village Indus
tries are being Installed. The Viewers
are already at work at the looms.
1t is not designed to build here an
isolated institution. but to make Il
model which can be duplicated in any
town or village in the country.
There is New Hope and Inspiration
for every Worker who wants a Home
of his own on the Land in the
CREED AND PLATFORM OF THE
HOMECROFTERS' which is as fol-
lows:
peace has her victories no less re-
nowned than war"
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-07-27

range business However, the more
centralized portion of society has taken
the matter up, and it is stated that
the most public-spirited citizens of
the towns and cities, together with the
progressive teachers have made school
gardens and rural education success
during the past two seasons and have
aroused such enthusiasm among the
pupils, that wherever it has been tried
the school garden has become Il fixture.
Let your child plant his own gar
den, gather his own harvest of fruit
and flowers, learn through his own
small experience something of the
influence of the sun. dew and rain,
and gain thereby a remote prcscnti-
ment of the reciprocal energies Of
nature and reverent feeling for the
divine life and law expressed in
nature. The child is n plant, vege-
table. and must live out of doors, or
nearly so. rs conditions will permit"
T'roebel realized that health was the
basis and test of all our energies. and
that this was one of the morning
stars of the new hygiene.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-07-27

Copies Of BOOK HoMEcRoFTERs"
with
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
FIGHTING THE SEA,
Hollands Continuous Performance
In Preventing Floods.

Hollands Continuous Performance
In Preventing Floods.
Holland is a country of wooden piles
and dikes, for the people are perpetu-
ally fighting against the encroach-
ments Of water. One building in Am
sterdam rests on no fewer than 1860
piles, though the dikes around the
town, which have been erected at enor-
nous expense, effectually prevent any
chance Of food The streets of the
hourishng port of Rotterdam even are
frequently under water in the winter,
and in some parts of south Holland
the people are compelled to do their
shopping in boats.
When the Zuyder Zee breaks on to
the land, those who wade up to their
knees along the streets of flooded
village meet all manner of fish. This
is explained by the fact that the Zuy-
der Zee, with its mud bottom, is liter
ally crammed with finny tribes; and
one authority states that il it were
well scraped of all its fish one year,
it would be full again the next.
The land of Holland is really of fou;
distinct levels, and from ten to twelve
feet between the highest and the low
est. To make the land dry, the water
is pumped from the lowest level to the
one Immediately above it, and so on
until the water has been returned
again to the sea. A large number OF
engineers are specially engaged to look
after the dikes, and no less sum than
$2,50O,000 is expended every year IL
keeping these fortitications against the
sea in proper repair.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
Requiescat.
BY Frank X. Finneean.

BY Frank X Finnegan.
From the lofty oaks and olden all the whitherec
leaves. the golden
Relic CT n glorious Summer gone forever in
the past.
Have been whirled by Winds all frantic bowlnf
low'the trees gigantic,
sWhrled away in playful antic OF the chilling
Wintry blast.
Not flower to tell the story of the Summer.
fragrant glory
Has been left to keep sad vigil DER the bios
SONS that are dead;
Only memories 10 nourlsh of the fragile blooms
that perish,
Recollections sweet to cherish of the hours for
ever had.
out OF darkness comes q vision of those Sum-
ller fields elysian
Where tile scarlet flaming peoples In the zephyr
nod and glow:
Where the birds exuItant singing in the azure
sky are winging,
To the dreamy watcher bringing dead delights
OF long ago.
But the dreary winds sad wailing and the tw
lights sudden falling
Send the golden vision neetiug in the moment
of its birth,
Back to draamand send it, leaving but the
wind incessant grieyirg,
And the dead leaves deity weaving for the
graves-clothes of the earth.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
Conclusions on silage Tainted Milk

That milk from silage-fed COWS
possesses flavor and odor distinct
from other milk is generally con-
ceded fact. The impression of sweet
ness to the taste and smell is char
acteristic. On account of the sup
posed impurity of such milk by
misinformed consumers, dairymen
have been put to much unnecessary
inconvenience and loss. The stand
generally taken by sensible people
has been that while sound, we'll
preserved silage may taint milk, it
cannot contribute to the impurity Of
the product. Experiments at num-
Der Of leading stations now confirm
this statement.
AS with turnip, cabbage and other
strongly favored foods, silage should
be fed after milking. Only when
fed just prior does the milk have
the pronounced characteristic flavor.
While it seemed to be the general
opinion that there was more pro-
found flavor to milk from sjlage fed
COWS, the impression to the taste is
not at all Objectionable. In Illinois
372 persons were given sample
each OF silage made milk and that
produced from grain and hays.
Sixty per cent favored the former
article and 20 per cent the latter,
while IL per cent had no choice.
While we are not positive, we sus-
pect that these persons were select
ed from the college population and
were fully as particular in their
tastes as the patrons Of any milk
route. City experts have been sub
jected to a similar test and results
were practically the same. The in.
lluence on the butter seems to be
that of giving a higher and better
flavor.
Formerly it was thought by some
that the taint from silage found its
way into the milk from the atmos-
phere pregnant with the odor Of the
silo ferment, rather than through
the COW. But milk placed in the
silo with everything favorable fol
the reception of odors, and milk
with the air OF the silo forced
through it, was found to have re.
ceived in both cases practically nc
taint, as compared to that tainted
from the COW.
The favorable conclusion Of thest
tests must not, however, make the
dairyman careless about the feeding
Of silage and the exposure Of mill
to silo odors. There is always th'
possibility of bad odors and badl.
fermented silage. Milk produced
from such a product should be a,
Objectionable as that produce from
moldy or otherwise damaged feeds
The difficulty in the use Of such feed
is further increased by the impossi
bility Of avoiding the flavor in but
ter or other products made from
such milk. Thorough-going dairy
men have found these results in ac
cord with their experience, and con
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
Cause Of the Prosperity.

From the Topeka Journal: The
standpatters say the tariff is respons-
iible for the wonderful development
of this country in the last thirty
years. IL they will give credit to
the homestead law they will come
nearer the truth. The homestead
law brought about the settlement
of this western country and resulted
in the hundreds of millions of
dollars that it adds to the wealth of
the nation every year. Western
crops made a demand for railroads,
which gave employment to labor,
and which opened the iron mines
and the steel mills. Western crops
made demand for farm i'm
plements and all the various prod
ucts of the factories. Our great
est prosperity has been in recent
years since the west has been pro-
ducing great crops.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

vision, and the Presidents silence
on the subject is oppressive. tits
limited, however, that the President
intends to call the Sixtieth Congress
in extra session to revise the tariff.
Mr.. Bryan also suggested Govern
ment ownership Of railroads as a
possible solution of a perplexing
problem. Afterward he insisted
that he was really no more radical
on this question than Mr.. Roosevelt,
and that he did not favor ownership
unless regulation failed to az
complish its purpose. Mr.. Roose-
welt insists that regulation is already
accomplishing its purpose, and that
in the five months since the Rate law
was enacted there has been a
previously unheard of number of re-
ductions in freight rates.
Comparing Mr.. Bryan's Madison
Square Garden speech with Mr..
Roosevelt's message to Congress the
reader is forced to the conclusion
that if Mr.. Roosevelt would advocate
tariff revision and Mr.. Bryan would
stop advocating Government owner
ship of railroads they would be sub
stantially in accord. Certainly two
great political parties could not
successfully divide on the issue of
the peace with righteousness"
which comes from big navy, or
on the issue of snip subsidy. Ac-.
cepting Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr..
Bryan as the leaders of their re-
respective parties, we defy anybody
to say where the dividing line is be-
yond which voter has ceased to be
a Roosevelt Republican and become
a Bryan Democrat. There has been
no such obliteration of party lines
in American politics for three
quarters of a century.
The Roosevelt-Bryan merger is
one Of the most extraordinary events
in American history, especially in
view of the fact that Mr.. Bryan
claims to be more radical than
ever" while Mr.. Roosevelt persists
in regarding himself as a rational
conservative battling manfully
against the demagogue and the
agitator. New York World.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
A Yankee on a Throne.

Although the Kaiser is thorough
ly imbuded with tho importance Of
his mission as rnler, he does not
consider himself infallible, even
though the positiveness with which
he sometimes utters his opinions
might lead one sometimes to sup
pose so. AS soon, however, as a
different opinion presented in at
tractive form and based on sound
reasoning is presented to him, he is
always ready to modify his own
views. While placing value on lit
tie things, the Kaiser has no in
clination to be petty, and, as Chan
celor Won Buelow once said Of him:
''He is no Philistine." On the con-
trary, he is thoroughly up-to-date
monarch, and hustler in the best
sense of the word. He rightfully
has been called Yankee on a throne
and he himself has expressed his
appreciation Of the energetic quail
ties of the American, by saying; 81
can use only Americans for my
work" While fully imbued with
the strength of his own powers. the
Kaiser at the same time realizes
that one can always learn new
things. In military and naval mat
ters, however, he likes to be consid-
cred an authority. The Kaiser has
an excellent knowledge Of men and
q proper appreciation Of the reali
ties of life, but combines with these
qualities feelings of deep sentiment
He is very attentive to his friends
and family, and is most kind te
those who are otherwise close tc
him, or in whom he is greatly in
terested. 1t will be remembered
how, when Queen Victoria died, ht
rushed to England, and there, witt
his own hands, assisted his roya
relatives in decorating his grand
mothers coffin. 1t is also related
that at the wedding Of the crown
prince, there not being sullicien
room in the royal castles for all the
guests, the Kaiser saw in persol
that all were we'll taken care o
elsewhere.-From How the Raise
Works." by Edward 7. Heyn, in th'
American Monthly Review Of Re
views for December.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
sumers will we hope soon know the
fallacy of their discrimination
Homestead.
Listen to Your Butter Maker.

Mr.. Dairy Farmer, you should get
yourself into frame of mind that
will enable you to take few lessons
in methods Of producing high class
milk and cream from your local
buttermaker. Our experience
teaches us that the average butter
maker knows moro about the1 pro-
duction of good milk and cream
than does the average farmer. If
your butter maker is a little timid
in giving advice to you, you should
urge him to call meeting of his
patrons in the town hall and discuss
with them why it is to their own in
terest to cooperate with him in pro-
ducing superior milk or cream. Let
him discuss the Importance of clean
illness in the dairy, for cleanliness
is truly the main spring Of dairying
the country over. Ask him to tell
you about the new discoveries that
have been made in recent years with
reference in dairy bacteriology. 1t
has been found, for instance, that
there are innumerable species of
bacteria (small unicellular plants)
some of which are the cause Of the
fermenations which take place in
milk, butter and cheese. Were it
not for these bacteria, milk would
never sour and butter would not be-
come rancid. Some of these bacteria
are beneficial; some are harmful.
You should learn how to keep the
harmful faction in check and how
to control those that are beneficial.
Your butter maker may also be able
to tell you something about cleaning
the separator. Don't say that you
know all about it, for we know that
you don't. If you insist that you
do, then all we have to say is that
you are not doing your best, for the
average farmer is not keeping his
separator in condition to enable him
to produce first class cream. Also
ask your butter maker to discuss
the Importance Of keeping your barn
well ventilated. You cannot pro-
duce good quality Of milk or
cream in a poorly ventilated barn. 1t
is Just as impossible to dc that as it
is for you to live in small room with
no ventilation and remain healthy
Milk, you know, is substance that
absorbs odors very rapidly, and it
seems to absorb barn odors more
rapidly than anything else.
No doubt you can give your hired
man few lessons in keeping his
hands clean and in keeping the barn,
as well as the COWS, scrupulously
clean at all times. If SO it issvery
important that you do it right away.
The time is coming when the aver
age farmer will be compelled to pro-
duce cleaner dairy products than he
is producing today. The purchas-
ing public is becoming more and
more fastidious. 1t is demanding
food products that are absolutely
clean and wholesome. 1t will be
better for you to take the initiative
than to have some one drive you,
and we know of no better way to be-
gin this work Of improvement than
for farmers to hold meetings in their
communities and listen to those of
their number who can talk and tell
them how to make Improvements
along the lines suggested. The
butter maker should be the first one
to be invited to attend such meet
ings and his talks and advice should
be followed to the letter.-Farmers
Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

Last week the house passed bill
amending the national banking laws,
permitting national banking asso-
Citations to make draws on real es-
tate as security. The measure was
favored by most Of the members
from the west on the ground that it
would greatly aid national banks in
that section.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
Mystook His Destination.

An editor of a western exchange re-
Gently began worrying about how he
would get his shirt on over his wings
after reaching paradise. An envious
contemporary sarcastically observed
that his difficulty would likely be in
finding cut how he could get his hat
on over his horns.-Gayman Qlan.)
Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

: Housekeeper--I hear your brother,
who died in California. left you $1,000,
Dinah. That will be great help to
you. Washlady-'D Deedy it will, missis!
Abs been needin' n planner an pho.
nograft an oil paintin' OBJ mahsalf In
gilt frame fo' yeahs, an now, bress
de good Lord. All kin hab 'em!-PuclS.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
Beef Type Steers versus Dairy Type.

The Iowa Experiment station
made an exhaustive feeding test tc
determine the relative cost of pro-
ducing one pound of gain in steers
from dairy breeds and the cost of
producing pound of gain in the
steers of the beef breeds. Two pure
bred Holstein steers and two pure
bred Jersey steers, Is months Of age
and weighing 574 pounds, were Sc
lected as the dairy steers. Two 16-
month Hereford steers pure bred, and
two 1S-month pure bred Angus
steers for beef breeds, were selected.
The following table gives some OF
the results of the experiment:
Az. Initial VT. Of steers, lis. -. $500 574 20
M' av a,etn reed cost @ per steer 27 45.ls
Cost per lb gain, cents. nts..............7S 7.G3
Selling value per lb, cents. 3.7g
Total value per steer. .60.s3 42.GJ
AS will be seen, the cost per pound
of gain was least in the dairy steers
but the beef steers sold for S1.14
more per 100 pounds. The report
says: "Ihe beef type steers dis
itributed large proportion of their
gains on the back and loins and
hind quarters, while the dairy type
steers showed but very little in
crease in thickness on these parts. y
1t is very evident the butcher will
not pay as much per hundred for
the dairy type steer but does any
one believe he sells the meat any
cheaper on the block?
/ This is the unsatisfactory part oi
the transaction. If the distinction
which the butcher makes was made
to the consumer then there would
be something logical all along the
line and the consumer would get
the benefit. 1t does not appear
from the bulletin that the Holstein
steers made any better beef record
than the Jerseys.