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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-16
society AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY

F~RATERSAL UNION or AMERICA.
Meets first and third Wednesday
evenings a each meath in the
WOo1maa hall CO Sixth street. At
. O'Clock Prank MeGaire. y.
~: ". G. Koogler. Secretary. Wis
itlng members cordially Invited
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-01-03

Our dairy consists of pure bred Jer-
seys, and we use our best endeavors to
keep them free from filth The card
and brush and sawdust for bedding are
ln constant use. The manure is drop
ped into tile basement directly under
meath. on which swine are kept to pre-
vent heating.
The stable Is well lighted and ven
tllatcd and our cows have always been
free from disease We have never lost
one except from accident. and since
they have been dehorncd accidents are
very much less frequent. We water
but once day, at II Il. m, several
rods away at II fountain that seldom
freezes, supplied from II warm spring
weather Then they are watered in the
barn from deep we'll At no time are
they left to shlver IN the cold. and they
appear to enjoy the exercise. We feed
only at morning and evening. The
first feed in the morning is ensilage
evening. also after milking. we feed
hay, oat hay or hungarian after grain
with most satisfactory results. as they
have ample time to mastcate and di-
gest the same.
We still use the deep setting process
for raising cream and allow twenty
four hours, and If faithfully done there
paA @I,. A.
We know by this seasons trial that
there Is more money in selling milk at
. cents and cream ut 20 cents per quart
than at 20 cents per pound Of butter
fat, all being taken from the door, We
are feeding cottonseed meal all the
year round, even at $l75 per hundred,
with other approved brands, according
to the requirements of the animal. For
tying, we use one half inch rod twelve
inches long, with hoops and rings on
each end to drop over the stanchiOn, a
piece of chain on top OF suitable length
with rings between links and another
piece on the lower end without rings
and made to correspond with size of
animal to be tied, 1 have stalls for
two, one tied on each side, with part
ngs between. With such chains they
cannot molest each other.-C. p. Chad
bourne In American Cultlvator.
a Grand HoIstein.
The subject of the illustration, from
the Holstein-Friesian Register, is
Belle Korndyke, the foundation COW of
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Augusta !. Evans.

Is there any girl. middle aged woman
or grandmother in this land who has
not read "Beulah,p "St. Elmo" Wash
tP' and ''Macaria?" The author of
these absorbing stories, Mrs. Augusta
j. Evans Wilson. is living very quietly
in Mobile. Ala Mrs. Wilson Is seven
ty-one years old now. Her home dur
Ing her husbands lifetime was ia
nous old colonial mansion in Mobile
1t Is shaded by magnolas. oaks and
orange trees, and there the author of
"St Elmo" lived an ideal married life
and wrote most of her novels. Since
the death of her husband. Colonel l.. NJ.
Wilson, twelve years ago. the novelist
has lived with her brother, Howard
Evans, in another part of Mobile.
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Dairy Talk of Today

The University of Illinois has made
lowest 139 yielded 1882 pounds of but,
ter fat each during the year. The best
l39 produced 30l pounds.
Licensing Bulls.
A writer in the Michigan Farmer adj
vocates the licensing of bulls This is
the way he reasons on the question:
IF license fee of S5or $40 per year
was required for each sire in use it
would, / believe, prove panacea for
the evil and work much Improvement
in the dairy stock of the country. The
owner of scrub bull would not pay
the fee, and his animal would in con
sequence be debarred from service,
The owner of good bull, on the other
hand, could well afford to take out II
license for his animal, as he would no
longer have to meet the competition of
cheap scrub bulls, and. in my opinion,
the stock Of community would show
such steady Improvement that the
plan, when once given a thorough trial,
would find general favor"
Tainted Milk,
The following experiment shows to
what extent the surroundings may in
fiuence the product of the factory.
MIX allowed to stand near COW stable
or pigpen overnight showed but little,
II any, Injurious flavor, but when
cheese was made from such milk 1t
only scored twentyseven In flavor at
the end of eight weeks, selling for .
cents per pound, while cheese made
from the same milk kept free from
talnt sold for II cents.
Unsafe and UnbusinessIH1e.
Guessing ut the amount of milk Is
unsafe and unbusinessike 1t Is sur
prlsing, though nevertheless true, that
the regular mixer of any COW IN n
herd where the milk Is not weighed
regularly can seldom guess within
1900 or 1000 pounds OF her actual
yearly milk production
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-01-03

Cleanliness IA the first law which
should he observed by every man who
In any way manufactures or handles
dairy products. Any condition which
will promote this end effectively should
he established. The simpler these con-
ditlons can he made the better I'm
clean dairy utensils are among the
greatest sources of contamination OF
milk This contamination Is due to
the presence of undesirable bacteria.
The undesirable bacteria are those that
produce taints In milk and that exist
principally in filth lodged on the sur
face and in the crevices OF dairy uten-
sls, They are minute organisms which
have the power of multiplying very
rapidly under favorable conditions
Kansas Experiment station.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-01-03

Writers Whose Works Proved Their
Own Death Warrants.

In times gone by monarchs gave
short sirriIS 10 the authors Of books
that offended them. The Bourbons,
for instance, did not scruple about
paying assassins to remove" those
writer's, such as the gifted Paul
Courier, whose works displeased
them. Nor did the great Napoleon
hesitate at all in shooting or hang
ing the unhappy author who crossed
mis- path.
On one occasion he executed the
publisher--one named Palm OF
Nuremberg-of a book attacking
him because that individual refused
to disclose the name of its author.
A terrible fate befell nineteen
year-old authoress of a poem which
was read by no other person than
its writer, lady Of the Empress
Elizabeth of Russia's court, and the
empress herself. This was Vera
Paskin, who wrote about 200 lines
of verse satiri2ing the empress
vices.
In youthful pride and imprudence
the girl showed the manuscript to
one of the court lodies. TO curry
favor with the empress this woman
showed it to Elizabeth, who there
upon ordered Vera Paskin to be
cruelty knouted and banished for
life to Siberia.
A poem has even brought about
the death of its writer, and in Eng
land too. James |. was the offend
ed monarch, John Williams the
poet. Williams, for safety, inclosed
the verses in an iron box and sent
them to the king, who, always fear
ing assassination, jumped to the
conclusion that the box was none
other than an internal machine.
When the news of the real nature
Of the box's contents leaked out,
however, James grew so angry at
the jeers that were leveled at him
from all parts of the kingdom that
he had the unfortunate John Will
liams hanged, drawn and quartered.
-Pearson's Weekly.
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cnre IN u.lnp t,ecn ,ut,.r..

Every little while we hear of,a farm
er losing hand OF. arm in IL silage cut
ter-one this week. This is usually
caused either by stalks getting wedged
in the feed rolls or II loose iackot
sleeve getting caught in the fodder
and pulling in the arm. Don't wear
any but tigll fitting or buttoned MP
clothing around II cutter or machinery
Of any kind for that lnutter. II stalks
get wedged in feed rolls, do not put
your hands near the rolls 10 StrAighten
ont matters. Use Il large long stalk, or,
better still, shut off the feed ana
straighten out things. Dn not crowd
the cutter and push with all your
might II will cut more corn II it is
not crowded, II you have one of the
old style feed cutters where the corn
must be pushed up TO the rolls, stand
so that you pull il in rather than push:
then your elbow Is the point thar
comes nearest the feed roll and there
is very little danger Of an accident
Rural New Yorker.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-01-03

Il closely related species. Polytri"lum
.junipcrium. \ pasture belonging to
the Vermont experiment station and
considerably infested with moss was
used in these experiments.
Three plots containing 100 square
feet each. were measured off and lime,
maple wood ashes and sodium nitrate
applied at the rate of 5000, 1000 and
1000 pounds respectively. Made ap-
pllcation also on three plots containing
zen square feet at the same rate. but
worked into the soil. These materials
We're applied about Nov. 10, 1907, and
about June | of the following year
Plot No. /, containing lime as top
dressing, was little affected.
Plot 40. 2, containing ashes as a top
dressing. was little affected, except in
those spots where the ashes happened
TO be particularly thick, In which places
the moss was unhealthy and in some
cases dead.
Plot No. 3. containing sodium nitrate
as ii top dressing, was greatly changed.
More than half the moss was killed.
and the greatly increased growth of
grass bid fair to drive out the rest.
The three TILED portions We're also
considerably less acid. although not
alkaline in reaction. The effect Of lime
when used as il top dressing Is well
known to be slow, and consequently
later results may prove more favora-
bic, This action shows how much the
mosses are dependent on Il certain
kind OF habitat IN order 10 thrive and
suggests the pPacticability of using the
nitrate on lawns, etc, that are infected
with mosses. IN any case the better
and more luxuriant grass produced
would usually more than pay for the
cost of trouble of application, con-
cludes writer in American Cultlyatop,
Nitrate of soda is a salt extremely
easy to apply and with scarcely any
smell Its solublity and quick action
make IT especially effective during a
rainy season.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-01-03

ors' of ui,.
The automobile coats are OF almost
anything that has huir on It. Pony
skin. with the fur or lnir on the out.
side, especially the pinto rony, with its
spots and dashes Of white Is much
liked. After tlnt come Tie dearcr furs.
such as astnlklmu. carnral and Per
sian lnmb This mst ls Il tender fur
and so Is not so useful for tile hard
wear necessary for IN auto coat
After the auto conts come the dressy
wear. and these are shaped in many
varieties OF wraps. few OF them seem
Ing really to he suited for fur gar
ments. Still, they are seen and sur
prise one hy the price, which Is pro.
hibitive for ordinary folks. They are
long in the back and have the garment
so fashioned that there nrc several
WAYS for the fur to he laid. SO the
grain. running in different lines, makes
a trimming Of 1t. I.nce and frequently
rich embroidery are used to enhance
the hearny of these opera and visiting
wraps. The furs of lighter shades are
preferred for these as appearing more
dressy than the darker furs. OF course
Russian sable Is greatly to be desired
and Is fashionable. but the modest lit
tie seal or lamb coat Is now scarcely
reckoned among the belongings of the
leaders of fashion
All sorts OF Eton jackets are offered
and are very fetching for the young
but very dangerous for all unless there
is an inside vest of chamois or of the
paper which Is now shown everywhere.
These Eton jackets are made of seal,
and ermine or its little white
bunny imitation. The sleeves are to
the elbows or. long. as the wearer
wishes. Many of these jackets are
open Mt the neck in V shape to allow
for a full lace jabot. ] forgot to men
tion that many of the auto coats are of
raccoon, muskrat and possum. The
coon is the handsomest. the muskrat
the most expensive, while the possum
is the most durable. These furs are
also employed for lining coats of cloth.
For stoles and the large muffs that
go with the long and wide stoles the
favorite furs are sable, chinchilla and
ermine as the most costly, with silver
pointed fox and white fox. though
many are seen of Alaska sable and
some of SEAL Seal Is as desirable and
AZ fashionable as 1t was fifty or more
years ago, but it Is now extremely ex-
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BELLE KoRNDYKE.

the now famous Korndyke family,
owned by Thomson < Son of New York
state. She is vigorous and hearty and
is still doing good work at the pail and
is the only twenty-five pound COW with
four daughters all over twenty pounds,
official. The combined records OF her
self and her four daughters average
twenty-three pounds. The sons Of
Belle Korndyke are string large pro-
ducers. She is the dam of Pontiac
Korndyke, the sire of Pontiac Rag Ap-
pie, with an A, h. o. record as four
year-old of 31.62 pounds butter in
seven days and 1865 pounds in thirty
days. The illustration gives this COW
at eighteen years and five months old.
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A New York Street.

"1f you ever hear a person brag-
ging about his knowledge of New
York streets just ask him to tell
you where Old Broadway is and see
what he says" said a man about
town. 1--WE tried it for the last
year, and ninety-nine out Of hum
dred will look at you in amazement
and think you've lost your senses,
When | tell them there really is
such street they begin to guess,
and every guess is in the downtown
district and generally in the vicin-
ity of West Broadway.
"When l tell them that Old
Broadway begins at Manhattan
street and runs north for FIVE
blocks, stopping at One Hundred
and Thirty-third street, they are
surprised I've tried this with per-
sons living within a few blocks of
this street, and the name is just as
much surprise to them as it is to
others. Every one seems to think
Old Broadway is simply a New
Workers. affectianate way Of speak
ing of his famous street and can't
believe that the name really APP
pears on any street corner" New
York SIIn
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-01-03
VALUABLE NOVELTIES.
AIfnIfs From s,b~ria-singIe Germ
suts " .,crtS.

Alfalfa From sib~ria-sinrIe Germ
surs W !crtS.
In the bureau oi plant industry Ut
Washington the leading features OF the
work reported ot the past year have
been the cooperative demonstration
work With farmers. fruit growers and
others under the careful supervision
of department experts and the intro
ductiOn of new crops of economic val
ne. One of the most important achieve
meuts ia this latter line is the discov-
cry of the existence of a Siberian al
falfa, plant native on the dry steppes
of Siberia, where the mercury freezes
without snow, thus proving the ability
of tile plant to withstand without pro
lection Il temperature of 40 degrees be
low zero. This discovery may mark an
epoch In the agriculture Of the north
west prairie regions of the United
States Among other valuable plants
introduced are vigorous alfalfa from
Arabia and the Tangicr pea, which has
yielded as high as nine tons Of green
feed per acre. With a view to increas-
ing the mating industry the depart
ment's explorers have secured living
plants of the best foreign varieties of
ruSheS.
Iu the Improvement of sugar beets
the annual report further says:
"Good results have attended work in
securing high grade strains of sugar
beet seed and especially satisfactory
results have been secured In the devel-
opment of the sugar beet seed contain
ing a single germ. which will eliminate
a considerable portion of the work Of
thinning"
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Aneisnt coHns.

The coffins of the ancient Egyp-
tians were made OF marble and
stone. The Romans used similar
receptacles for their dead, and Az
exander the Great is said to have
been buried in a coffin of solid gold.
In parts of England glass eoffins
have been found. The Athenian
heroes were buried in oofiins made
of cedar, owing to its aromatic and
incorruptible qualities, while the
first record Of wooden cottins in
England dates back to the days OF
King Arthur. This monarch was
supposed to have been buried in the
followed trunk of gigantic oak
tree. Patent collins were invented
in l796, and metallic air tight epf-
fms were advertised at Birmingham
in 1861
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placed In cases and packed In ice
ready for delivery. All dairy utensils
are rlnsed. washed scalded with boil.
Ing water and drained. The herd Is
tuberculin tested. and great care is ex-
ercised TO keep 1t healthy.
silver Medal MIX.
The Darn is a frame structure of or
dlnary type The herd OF twenty eight
cows Is OF mixed breeding and includes
Jersey. TIolstein and Shorthorn grades.
The cows are fed well balanced ra-
ton the year round When the milk
was produced for the contest the ra-
tion consisted of millct hay and cut
corn stover, supplemented with corn
and cob meal dried brewers grains
and molnsses feed The milk was pro-
duced and handled IN n cleanly man
ner. cooled and aerated Immediately
after being drawn and stored in spring
water.
The Gold Medal Cream.
The milk from which the cream was
taken was the mixed milk of herd
made up of pure bred Jerseys, Guern-
seys, Ayrshircs and Holstein Frieslans.
The grain fed consisted of Il mixture of
400 pounds of whent bran, 100 pounds
OF cottouseed meal, 100 pounds of corn
meal. six to eight pounds of this mix
ture being fed to each COW. For rough
age each COW received forty pounds of
slnge and five pounds of hay. Previ-
oIls to milking the uuders were WiDed
with II damp cloth. and the milk was
drawn into covered milk pals After
being drawn the milk was taken at
once to the dairy, separated by means
of centrifugal separator and immedi-
ately cooled and iced.
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Women Who Do
The First Woman Professor In the
Famous Sorbonne University at
Paris Mime. Cune as She APP
pears When Lecturing :; !: :!

A slender youthful woman in deep
mourning, her fair hair swept plainly
back from IL remarkably broad, high,
full brow. her head seemingly almost
too large for the slim neck that car
ried 1t, her manner so simple. so un-
conscious and sincere that 1t was child
lke-such was the appearance of Nine
Curie as she stood in class room de-
livcring the first lecture ever given by
woman professor TO the students of
the University of Paris. 1t was an
event which should make women all
over the world rejoice and take cour-
age. because ut last the earnest, de
voted scientific work of one of their
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-01-03
All Are Nccennnry.

There are many things that enter
into the development of the dairy cow.
and possibly II one was dropped the
best of results could not be obtained
The man who uses that part of his
body above his ears the most freely
usually succeeds best. We have come
TO believe that a large part is due to
the feed, The organs of digestion, like
the other organs and muscles of the
body. are developed hest by constant
use. The breeder who through neglect
has not provided in some way for the
emergencies Is shortSighted, says q
WRITER in Kimballs Dairy Farmer. We
nll know that when COW once shrinks
In her milk IT. Is hard to- get her back
Quite often 1t Is impossible even with
the best of feed, so II stands us in
hand TO provide IN some way for these
times. Either have some soIling crops
growing or enough sIage stored up to
supplement the short pasture of sum
mer and to supply succulent feed for
winter use.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-01-03

DWARF. APPLE TREE IN FNulI
[The kind they grow in Atassachusetts.l
lily last season An editorial repre-
sentative of the New England Home
stead inspected the orchard when 1t
was in fruit and found the enterprise
an unqualified success. All of the com
mon fruits. such as apples, pears,
plumS. peaches, nectarnes, etc, We're
found in the dwarf fruit garden. Fine
large apples were seen growing ON
trees not half as tall us II man. The
fruit in some instances was within two
or three inches of the ground. In the
case of pears the trees were about rs
high as ones hcnd, aud the limbs were
literally loaded with delicious fruit.
and the close planting did not seem TO
injure the quality of the fruit.
Iu Professor WaTg.'S opinion dwArf
apples are the most interesting and
valuable Of dwarf fruits. or the forms
under which they may be cultivated
the simplest is the bush or vase form.
They succeed very we'll rs upright
cordonS and all the simpler modifica-
tions of this form. As the trees can
he planted very close together tea$ily
as close as fifteen inchesI. thus occupy
ing very little room. Il large number
of them can be planted in very limited
areas of the city lot or hnrS yard.
The apple adnptS itself Admiralty to
horizontal cnr,lons. dwarf apples re
quire practically the same cultivation
and care aS standard apples. me soil
should he cultivated the early par; of
the summer md allowed to rest the
latter part 1t the year. Cover crops
may be sOwn during June or July, ac-
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THE FUR BLOUSE COAT.

pensive. Some of the muffs of fox and
of the defunct animals, but when the
big muff Is also decorated with such
quantity of heads and tails it makes it
necessary that the stole should be long
and similarly decorated.
Tile little throw scarfs are very
handy and much liked for ordinary
wear. and they are made generally of
the closer furs. such as lamb, astra-
khan and ermine or .chinchilla. This
last named fur is dainty and pretty,
but very tender and just now very
dear. 1t needs a close fur for the
scarf, and among them all none is bet
ter than good quality of astNkhan
or lamb.
How many different models have
seen of blouse coats of quite thick fur
dare not say. but there are many.
Mink and many other furs of like ma
ture with long pile and of different
shades of brown are made up into
coats varying but slightly from that
In the illustration, which shows one of
the handsomest Belts are made of
thick, heavy braid. and the small turn
down collars are neat and make the
stole or throw necessary to protect the
throat. In fact. none of the coats for
this season has a high storm collar. as
it is expected that throw of some
kind or long stole will be added to
the outfit. These coats are made with
great care In the finishing, and they
certainly are great lmproven. In
point OF warmth aud comfort over the
loose capes and coats Of other seasons.
OLIVE HARPER,
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DON'T Overload the Churn.

If the churn is too full churning will
be failure simply because there Is
not room enough for the cream to oh
tain proper motion. 1t is not enough
for the cream to slide around the churn
In a smooth and gentle manner. 1t
must fall with chug and thug enough
to enable the fat glObules to come close
enough to each other to unite asd form
butter granules, A desire to save the
extra work that would come from two
churnlngs Is frequently responsible for
poor results, The extra quart of cream
ovey and above the proper amount in
the churn can easily choke the ma
chine sufficiently to string out the
work to wearlsome length. Two
quick. easy churnings are better than
one long one. A churn half full will
do better and quicker work than one
two-thirds full. The time will be short
er, the butter will come better and the
buttermilk will show less butter fat
when the churn is aot overloaded. says
Field and Farm.