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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06
BUILDING a Breed.

The usual method OF starting a
breed of live stock is to select two
or more unusually good animals from
a group that has been developed in
a certain direction by means of better
food, better environment aud careful
selection from a greater number. No
breed is ever started If the animals
that can be used are not better than
the same breed of animals in another
locality. At the beginning this work
IS carried on by a few men. some
times by enc. I~n-breedlng has 10 be
,rracticed for generations tin certain
characteristics are fixed in the ami
mails. The ~in-breeding is intensified
by constantly eliminating those AMI
mails not of the desired type.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

1t will be seen by this table that as
the solids of the milk increases, fat
becomes an increasingly greater por-
ton of the total solids. AS the casein
increases o. per cent, the fat in
creases o. per cent, the fat increases
O.25 per cent. This has the effect
when milk is made into cheese of Civ
richer milk, but of making cheese
richer in fat, as illustrated by the fol-
lowing table, giving per cent. prepared
by DR.. l.. L. VanSlyke, of the New
York experiment station:
COMPARATIVE VALUE OF FAT AND
CASEIN,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06
THE IMPORTANCE OF
MILK COMPOSITION
BY Prof. John w. DECKER, Ohio
State University.

The average composition of cows
milk is: Water SIS. solids l3 per
cent These solids are divided into
two groups, the fat, three per cent.
and non-fats of which latter five per
cent, is milk sugar, 81 per cent. case
in, OF per cent. ash and OF per cent.
albumen. The water and the solids
not fat together make what is called
the milk serum. or liquid portion in
which the fat in the form of little
microscopic globules is held in sus-
pension. All milk contains the sub
stances shown in the table, but each
is present in larger or smaller guam
titles in different milks. The fat in
creases faster than the other con
~stituents as is shown in the following
table, representing per cent, prepared
by Prof. f. W.. Vol of the Wisconsin
experiment station.
FAT COMPARED WITH OTHER CON-
u
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

this latter respect the moving opera
ton, of course, differs from the me-
chanlcal cutting of hay and grain,
which is usually cut off an inch or two
above ground.
1t is not unusual for one load Of
these vines with their peas TO weigh
5000 pounds. The wagons with IA
force of men with pitchforks, follow
the mowers, and the work of loading
is done so rapidly that 1t is not I'M
common for a load to be cut, loaded.
hauled to the scales frcm the center
of a 400-acre tract and delivered to
the canning factory in a half hour.
Here the driver Or helper losses the
peas to the fedora man who stuffs
them into the end of a large revolving
cylinder covered with perforated rub
Der. Fifty tons of podded pea vines
go into the cylinder every hour.
Next, the pods must be broken open,
and this is not done by the human
hand. as in the kitchen at home. It
is a threshIng operation If you please.
On the inside of the cylinder hereto
fore referred to there is a small cy-
Under on which are bolted rubber
sheathed iron paddles arranged like
a screw. This inner cylinder, revolv-
ing rapidly. screws the vines through
the large cylinder. As the vines go
round in this cylinder they are slap
ped by rubber faced paddles add
drawn through fingers attached 20 the
outer cylinder. This breaks the pods
open and the peas fall through the
threshers. A feature Of this inyen-
tion Is that the Severity OF the treat
ment OF the unopened pods increases
as the vines and pods travel on
through the cylinder. The pods con
tanning the tender peas are first to
yield. and later on the fully developed
ones.
The peas and the vines separated.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06
Plan Of Piggery.

the piggery so that they may be
plowed and planted to forage crops If
necessary. without disturbing the
other lots.
The piggery, says Farm and Home,
is fitted with a pair of scales, q feed
cooker and a feed mixing vat. The
floor is of concrete and it has a sec
ond story where feed can be stored.
The feed bins open upon the second
floor into larger bins where a guam.
tity of meal feeds or grains may be
kept. The sleeping platforms con-
sist simply of 2x4 scaffolding placed
cdgewise around a part of the floor
of the pen, within which clean straw
for bedding is placed. A piggery SIM
liar to this is being used on many
large farms and in several of the ex-
detrimental farms Of the country.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06
ORIGIN OF THOROUGHBRED.
Can Be Traced Back to Arabian, Turk
or Barb Stock.

The American thoroughbred is de-
bred, and the latter is made up by
blood almost wholly from Arabian,
Turk or Barb stock. The English
stud book for thoroughbreds is not
open to any horse that has had m out
cross of common blood during the
past hundred years or more. and it
is doubtful if one having an out-cross
$50 years back would be recorded. A
reference to the lists of horses in Eng
fish racing stables at the time the
thoroughbred VAS brought to the front
will show that the o%riginators de-
pended almost entirely on the horses
brought from the orient, and of the
three general classes mentioned.
The Americans have greatly i'm
proved on the original thoroughbreds
by selecting and to some extent by
crossing with Arabian horses Of fine
type. This practice has not been
common of late years. for our breed
ers have formed the opinion that they
can do little more for the breed by
importing Arabian horses, By selec-
ton, the quality of the thoroughbred
is now so high that it is believed that
in bringing in more foreign blood,
even of the Arabian breeds, there is
danger of deteriorating it.
The American trotting horse was
developed from the thoroughbred, or
rather as a strain of the thoroughbred.
Constant selection has made this
horse the most important of the thor
for the saddle and carriage.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

given satisfaction. The pavement is
"a by so feet and is made of brick
laid fiat on six inches of gravel packed
until solid. The curbing consists of
curbstones Is inches wide and three
inches thick, set edgewise. Feed
hunks were placed in the shed, as
shown in figure l. Adjoining this
paved lot is a yard containing about
one-half acre in which the hayrack is
located. The shelter consists of a
building 20 by 26 feet, with two
wings each 20 by 80 feet. The upper
floor of the middle portion is used
for storing dry corn fodder, which can
be conveniently cut and fed through
an open shaft to the feeding hunks
below.
Figure 2 shows a feed bunk with
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06
MUDDY VERSUS DRY
FEED LOTS FOR CATTLE
The Former Is Improbable and DisasreeabIe and Quite
Unnecessary.

Muddy feed lots are an Improbable
as well as ~disagreeable feature in cat
tie feeding. especially when no pro-
vision is made for shelter. In a sum-
mary Of replies to a circular of in
quiry regarding the methods followed
by practical feeders, compiled by II.
w. Mumford and l.. l.. Hall, of the
Illinois experiment station, the ques-
ton of muddy feed lots was consid.
cred. Notwithstanding the fact that
the disadvantages of mud and dirt
were recognized, only sc of the 500
and more cattle feeders who furnished
Information or this point reported
definite provisions against such condi.
lions. OF these, ten have the surface
Of feed lots paved or otherwise arti.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

and the soldering iron run around ft.
A thousand cans an hour are filed. In
the entire factory the total number OF
cans filled every hour is 5000.
The peas in cans are carried in
steel baskets and put into iron retorts.
the lids of which are subsequently,
bolted down and the peas cooked in
the cans by mean Of steam. The
plan OF doing every possible portion of
the work by machinery Is continued
and the labelling machine does it's
work to the tune of 1000 cans labeled
and packed in a day,
II is claimed that Colorado Is espe-
cially adapted to the ~ripening of peas.
Here they are grown and ripened, as
1T has been appropriately put. one
mile nearer the heavens, in the midst
of a superior atmosphere and where
they are watered by the cool snow
water brooks Of the mountains.
II is In the vicinity OF Longmont.
and not far from the great pea beds,
that the notable new enterprises of
dry farming are coming TO the front.
BY this new system the water from
the ~rainfalls or melted snow is stored
at the very roots of the vegetables to
be cultivated, instead of in artificial
reservoirs. Thus n ordinary rain
is made to serve the place of Two or
three. The preparation and care Of
the surface soil aud the subsoil. in ac-
cordance with well defined principles.
enables the dry farmer TO store the
rain in the subsoil.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

Milk containing four per cent, fat
will make cheese containing So per
cent. fat. but when SKINNED to two
per cent. fat, will make cheese con.
tanning 20 per cent fat, When cheese
is made, whey is a by-product and
contains some fat, the albumen. milk
sugar and most of the ash. If han.
died sweet it is a good feeding mate,
rial for pigs and for calves. II is
worth half as much as separator skim
milk for feeding. Separator skim
milk contains the casein, in addition
to the substances contained in the
whey. The skim milk of the United
States is valued at &c., 600 a year.
Probably half of this amount is wasted
by the farmers each year.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06
HORSE KICKING IN STALL.
Device by Which He May Be Fen
dered Harmless.

The kicking horse Is not only dan
gerous but destructive. but the way &c
control him is a perplexing problem
sometimes. A South Dakota CORE
spondent of the Prairie Farmer sug.
gests a device for controlling such ami.
nal.
If he kicks with only one foot place
a strong surcingle about him and at
3 put in q strong ring. Fasten a strong
foot strap below the fetlock joint G
on the foot with which he kicks. Then
run a rope from ring c through ring
B to a ring fastened Nto the opposite
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06
FEEDING tire Pin.

It does not follow because a hungry
pig will gulp down almost any kind
Of slop. that any kind IS good enough
for him. Make the slop strong enough
to give the pig a well rounded form
that will stay with him all Of the
time, not the form that is seen JUS,
after leaving the trough
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

6cially covered; Is use rock, gravel,
cinders, bricks, planks, corncobs or
sawdust alone and in combination in
various parts of the lot; for instance,
about the feed troughs, water tanks,
sheds, or gates. Ten of the CORE
spondents state that they have made
the lots dry enough for feeding pur-
poses by a tile drain. while two report
that the yards have been graded and
the mud and manure removed by
meal of dirt scrapers. Several of
those who use coal cinders for filling
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

front foot at d. When he kicks h,
will jerk this front foot under him.
he kicks with both hind feet run s
rope from M hind foot up through
the ring B, down through ring D and
back through ring b to C, and fasten
IN the other hind foot, Then when he
kicks with both feet he will jerk this
one foot from under him, which leaves
him standing on one foot. This win
'oon get him out of the notion OF kick,
ing
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06
Feed punk with platforms, for muddy lots.

in a strained oil cramped position
while feeding; by having the floors
six feet wide all wasted feed and
droppings fall upon the floor and the
hogs set all before it is lost in the
mud.
The platforms for the water tanks
described were very similar in con.
struction,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

platforms for use in muddy lots, which
is inexpensive and has proved salts
factory. The platforms in the sam
pie described were 16 feet by six feet
and were made of two-inch bridge
plank cut six feet long. The feed
hunks were made in the usual way,
two feet six inches high, three f~st
wide and 16 feet long.
There are three advantages in the
floors. The feeder always has a dry
place TO walk when putting in feed;
the cattle are out of the mud and not
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

the muddy portion of the lot state
that care must be taken to keep them
covered with straw or cornstalks or
other bedding material in order to
avoid injury to the feet.
Figure l shows a brick-paved feed
lot, with convenient shelter, water and
feeding arrangements, designed to ac-
commodate about so cattle, which has
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

See That the Collar Fits.-The best
teamsters watch their horses care
fully to see that their collars are a
good fit and the harness sound and all
right. And they are men of few
words and mild. pleasant voices. They
say nothing to their teams unless they
aean it, and the animals hear every
word spoken and try to obey. A scold-
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

ing, l~oud-spoken teamster confuses
his horses by the noise he makes. and
is not obeyed and not liked; and II a
team does not like its master, or does
not understand him, or is afraid of
him, look out for trouble.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06
SWINE BREEDING HOUSE.
Convenient Structure for Farms Where
Several Brood Sows Are Kept.

On farms where several brood sows
are constantly kept and must be con
fined in small lots with separate pens.
4 piggery constructed as shown in the
olan is of special use. In this house
there are eight separate pens. each
complete with a sleeping floor, trough.
and a lot 10 feet wide and as long as
desired. The lots extend away from
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

Turkeys in the Fall.-Turkeys do
not destroy so much grain as farmers
think, for insects keep them very con-
tented, as long as they find them.
When frost destroys the bugs, then
the turkeys gather around the barn
yard, and it's time TO put them on
grain ration In order to continue
along in keeping them plump and in
market condition.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06
The Profitable pic.

Under average conditions with the
farmer. there is very little profit in
feeding pigs after they reach a weight
of $50 pounds, The most pork is made
with the least feed on young pigs.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

Animal. comfort.-When the ami
mails are forced to stay out in the
storms all day and sleep in a cold,
wet bed at night. they will O do
well. The animal must be comfort
able before the best gains can be
realized.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

Get Ready for Winter.-Put all
stables in order for winter use. Elk
anime every window; put in new
glass where broken, and put on new
putty when the old is loose or dry.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06

Water the Rorss.-One of the most
important items in the welfare Of a
horse is a plentiful supply of pure
fresh water. Water should be given
the first thing il the morning. and 1t
should be offered the last thing at
night when the hnal round OF the
barn Is made.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06
When % seleot arnnd som

Mover make your selection for a
brood SOW until a reasonable age has
developed the good and lad qualities
thai are sure to come out.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06
The Brood Sow.

In selecting a brood SOW, be sure
that she is straight and heavy in the
limb, short in face and nose, heavy in
jowl, with good heart and flank meas
urement.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-12-06
Bio Demand for Horses.

This country is having nip and tuck
to grow horses enough for the home
market. Few horses are being exported.
This is a good time for farmers to
raise a few.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-08-15
vuLeARlTY AND THE SEXES.

Vulgarity, again, is certainly com
moner among men than among women
and, indeed, when a woman is vulgar,
she is apt to display the quality in
high perfection. The reason why it is
rare among women is that the emo
tional nature is stronger than among
men: thus, men are ambitious, fond
of displaying power, ANXIOUS to carry
out designs, DESTROYS of recognition,
women are sympathetic tender, affect.
ionate, subtle; they value relations
with others more than performances;
they encourage and console, because
they are interested in the person who
desires sympathy more than in the
AIMS which ne nourishes.
If ones main interest in life is in
the personalities that surround one,
one is not likely to be tempted by
vulgarity; because the essense, again,
Of vulgarity Is that it tends to affix
an altogether fictitious value to ma
terial things. a man who pursues
wealth comfort. power, position, is
always in danger of vulgarity-A. c.
Benson, in Atlantic.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-08-15
NEW CORPORATIONS

Articles of incorporation have been
fled in the office of Secretary of State
Houser as follows:
The Shiocton Oil Co., Shiocton,
Outagamie county capital stock,
100000; incorporators, George H.
Lonkey, Eugene A. Darling and H.
Hamlin
The Barraboo Lead & Zinc Co,
Baraboo, capital stock, $4,000; incor-
porators, J. B. Donovan, H. NJ. Acott,
William Rowe, c. NJ. Blake and A. G.
Buckley
Hippodrome Amusement & Con
struction Co.. Milwaukee, capital
stock 100000; incorporators, Thomas
S. Andrews, William w Rowland and
Richard Kann.
Martin Brett Co., Milwaukee CAPT
tai stock $4,000; incorporators,
Martin Brett, Ella Brett and Joseph
Brey.
The National Supply Co, Milwau-
kee, capital stock $4,000; incorpora-
tors, Conrad Schmitt, Henry Goldfuss
and Kenneth E FIigby.
The Success Mining Co., Skulls
burg, capital stock 100000; incor-
porators, Herman A, Eorschadis,
Ruel Knowlton and w n. White.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-08-15

The annual call for harvest hands
is beginning to be raised, and this
season there are indications thai the
need viii be more urgent lnan ever.
Within the next sixty days 10000 to
$4,000 men will be in demand along
Minnesota and North Dakota points
tributary to the Great Northern sys-
tenn, and half that number along the
southern Minnesota system. 1t Is
the old cry, The harvest is plenti-
full. but the laborers are few"
The urgent cry for help indicates
that the yield Of grain along the
Great Northern promises to be ex-
ceptionally heavy. Weather condi-
tions have been generally favorable.
Reports received from agents in Min
nesota and North Dakota show that
the conditions of crops are 10 to
rs per cent better than last year. No
reports have been received from the
Minot division, so that estimates of
crops and the demand for men are
not included.
Few unfavorable reports have been
received, adverse conditions being
due to excessive rainfall during the
early months of the season. Some
isolated cases of damage to crops by
black rust have been reported. They
are too rare, however, to cause
anxiety.
Ii is doubtful if the demand will
be so great that many college boys
will again be tempted into the fields.
The experience of most of them has
not been such as to make either them
or he farmer anxious for repeti-
ton. Some farm bred collegians have
proved a success at the work, but
they were brought up in the fields
No Madison youths who in the fail
and winter chase the young idea
more or less actively, are making pre-
parations yet to answer the call for
the harvest hands, though others may
take a whirl At the game.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-08-15

theory that the care of all is the duty
Of each, and its civilization is high or
low according to the prevalence or
scarcity Of individual responsibility
for the general welfare.
There are two large classes of folks
in the world, those who 90 through
life leaving messes behind them to be
cleared UP, and those who clear up
the messes. If you clear up faithfully
after yourself. that is much, but it IL
not quite enough. You must expect
also TO contribute Part of your time
and strength to clearing up after the
weak and the shiftless. If everybody
did his duty there would be little need
Of government. The purpose OF gov
eminent is to defend the weak, to
constrain the lazy, to restrain the
greedy, and to make the best sense Of
the wisest people available for the
benefit of the general community If
we were all responsible and dutiful
aud picked out of the road the stones
thas we saw there, the work of govern.
ment would be light.
Hard bargains, hard words, neg
lected chances to give help where
help was needed. ISLANDERS, ill-natured
gossip, Misrepresentation such
things are stones in the road. Don't
leave them behind you. to plague you
when you come that way again, or
else TO plague some other traveller
Clear up as you go along.-E. S. Mar
tin in Scribner's.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-08-15
DEMOCRACY: FRENCH AND
AMERICAN.

For the present in fairness to
French parliamentary action, it must
be remembered IL the two republics
exist under fundamentally differe It
regimes. The United States may be
called a limited" representative gov
eminent" whose governmental power,
both legislative and executive, is limit
cd by constitutions interposed not
only between minorities and the ma
jority OF voters, but even between the
whole of the citizens and the represen-
tatives whom they have themselves
elected. The French republic, develop
ing in accordance with the logical
and routine temper of the people from
the initial principle enforced bw Gam
beta, is approximating to absolute
government by a majority of members
OF parliament, whose power to legis-
late is practically unlimited nv con.
stitut.on, save only in matters con
corning the form of government. The
exercise of the legislative and execu.
tive powers issunchecked by any in
dependent judiciary; the executive adj
mlnistration judges without Appeals
the complaints of citizens concerning
its own measures. and it is RESPONSE
bic exclusively to the parliamentary
majority that creates it-Stoddard
Dewey, IN Atlantic.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-08-15
Must Be Taken Gradually.

Invite fresh air fiend to spend
a night in the foul, fetid air of a ia
maica negro hut and he would be
dead before morning. Reverse the
process and invite a Jamaica negro
to spend a night in the bracing gale
blowing through the four open win
dows of a fresh air fiends domicile
and before morning he would be on
fire with lung fever Just the same
with theology by way of a hint %
missionaries. No matter how foul
and murky the atmosphere OF tradi
tional superstitions he has hitherto
breathed it will never do to fling open
all at once every door and window
and think to drive him out of his
snug bed with a blast of cold, ration
al truth. 1t win either Kill him Or
he will kill you.--Boston Herald
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-08-15
FARMERS SORELY
IN NEED OF HELP
ANNUAL CRY HEARD FROM THE
WHEAT FIELDS.
WEATHER is FAVORABLE

Promises of Big Crops in the Dako-
tas Fine-colege Boy viii Not be
in Demand In Wheat Field Unless
Shortage is Great-Prospeet is
for Large Yield.