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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-09-19
Thursday, September 10, 1907.
NEWsY STATE NOTES.

Tho South Dakota state fair closed at
Huron Saturday, the attendance was
more than double that OF any former
year, while the receipts were very
largely increased, the total being about
$22 600 So far as exhibits were con-
cerned, every department was more
extensively represented than heretofore,
while exhibits of cattle, horses. sheep
and swine were greater than on any
previous year and the poultry exhibit
was much greater than anticipated,
containing more than 1900 specimens
of birds
Supt H. A Ustrud is planning to
visit ev ry county during the winter
months, meeting with the school officers
and teachers. He and his assistants
are gathering data and photographs
from all parts of the state for an illus
trated lecture, showing the school con-
ditious as they are, and will also Offer
suggestions which If carried out to anv
extent will give the boys and girls OF
the schools of the state much better
school surroundings and conditions.
The city schools in the state are
improving rapidly from year to year,
but the rural schools do not do for the
boys and girls who attend them all that
they should The special object of the
department. is for their Improvement
The Northwestern Telephone COM
pany, at Vermillion through its man.
ager. $ M. Totten, was served with
notice last week TO vacate the public
high ways within sixty days For two
years the company has been operating
without franchise, and its refusal to
accept one proposed by the city council,
which calls for tax of three per. cent
of the gross earnings of the local
exchange and 20 per cent reduction IN
the charge Of private lines, has resulted
in the order to vacate. A local COM
pany headed by former Gov. Andrew
X. Lee wants the franchise The
Northwestern may decide to cut out
both it's city exchange and long-dis-
lance lines there.
The Brule lands are within the nat.
urni gas and hot water belt. The
Mcclure well, in the center OF the
tract to be opened demonstrates this.
Hor. p. +. Mcclure secured title to
ranch in the very heart of the Brule
lands by the use OF Valentine scrip,
before the reservation was made, and
has made extensive improvements upon
1t, including an artesian well bored nine
years ago and which provides an album
dant supply of warm water and natural
gas. with which he heats and lights the
premises. There is every probability
that every quarter section of the land Ia
the reservation is over the gas bearing
strata. Probably nowhere else were
public lands offered possessing so many
desirable qualities as these Brule lands.
Rich soil, fine climate, convenient to
market, close to the state capital ada
cent to the Missouri river and having
within easy reach natural gas and
artesian water.
AS the result of the arrest of Erwin
M Hilton in Deadwood last week and
his alleged confession that he and con
federates had stolen gold precipitates
from the Golden Reward Mining com
pany's mill there, a wholesale investi-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-09-19
Dairy Feeds.


The dairy farmer who has to buy
feed should look TO the interests of his
soil when considering the feed he
needs. Bran has greater manurial
value than any other of the, common
dairy feeds, and next to 1t is clover.
The farmer who buys bran from the
wheatfields of other states is buyin:
some Of the very best fertility of those
states. When he buys clover frUn his
neighbours farm he is buying some of
the very cream from his soil. Besides
receiving profit from the feed I'm the
form of milk and butter he Will also
more than receive its first cost In the
amount It increases the plant food e.e-
ments in the manure.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-09-19

cation is being made by all. the primo.
pal mining companies that is likely to
have startling disclosures. Thus far
the Golden Reward estimates that in
the last few years it has been robbed of
more than $4,000 worth Of precipi tates
which are easy TO carry off and ton Of
which goes as high as 100000 when
nearly pure gold. The other mining
companies are figuring up various heavy
losses by theft and new system Of
guarding the precipitates is to be inaug-
urated in all she Black Hills mills.
Hilton, who it is alleged, confessed TO
stealing 5000 worth from the Reward,
waived hearing before a magistrate
and was bound over 10 the grand jury
IN the sum of 50 600 bail. His con fes-
sion caused the arrest of Frank l..
Thorpe, a Lead jeweler, to whom he is
alleged to have dis losed of some of his
booty The officers are still looking for
Others for whom warrants are out but
who thus far have eluded arrest.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-09-19
RAISING THE CALF.
What TO Feed to Keep II Strong and
Thrifty.

VhaN 70 Feoo 70 Ncop TX otron9 ana
Thrifty.
For the past four years the Kansas
experiment station has been expert
menting In raising calves on skim milk
and its substitutes, and among the
conclusions reached are the following:
Strong, thrifty calves cannot be ex-
pected from cows that have received
poor feed and care previous to calving
time.
Cows should be fed bone and muscle
food while carrying their calves-oats,
bran and clover or alfalfa.
Cows to produce strong calves should
80 dry from six to eight weeks before
calving.
They should be given succulent food,
as grass, roots or silage, for three or
four weeks before calving to keep
them In laxative, healthy condition.
The calf should not be permitted to
drop In cold or damp place.
If the cows udder Is caked and fe-
verish milk often. but don't milk per-
fectly dry.
Feed the calf whole milk for the first
ten days or two weeks, then gradually
change to skim milk and directly after
feeding milk put little ground feed
Into the calls mouth, which will soon
teach him to eat.
After he has learned to eat the
change to skim milk may be quite
rapid and the allowance may be In
creased considerably.
A great difference was found In the
Individual capacity Of calves, yet as q
general rule the calf from three to i've
weeks old may Be fed from ten to
twelve pounds Of milk daily.
IDe milk should s,ways be fed warm
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-09-19

will not under INV circumstances
accept u renoui alton. The true
Roosevelt man takeS hm ~ his word
and gives his ~rfGnrI to the Taft
campaign The usroents in this
state are making Il great play in
which their chiet ,tocE, in trade is
deception.
Let it be un irrstoo that no per
son in South Dakota ~ more respon-
sible for railroad assessments in
South Dakota than Coe |. Crawford.
As member of the state board of
assessment for four years he voted
for and approved every assessment
during that period. Later for
seven ears as the paid attorney OF
the Northwestern he appeared annu-
ally before the state board and
argued for lower assessments. He
never raised his voice for higher
assessment or greater valuation of
railroad property until he made up
his mind to be candidate for high
Office. He then commenced his
attack on the railroads. This is iot
said in criticism but as mere state
ment Of fact borne out by the record
at Pierre.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-09-19
CURRENT EVENTS.
Clipped from the Exchanges Which
Come to Our Table.

Nebraska is trying the primary
election experiment in an off year
when nobody can get hurt.
Every time the boys lift the price
of wheat, money flows into the
northwest We can stand it if
Europe can.
The republicans of this state do
not take kindly to importing demo-
Gratis from Wisconsin to run the
affairs OF this state
Once the democratic party talked
in favor of rotation in office. Now
it is opposed even to rotation in
defeated candidates.
There is September record of a
temperature of over 100. Give the
straw hat at least a place that can
be conveniently reached.
II compelled to reduce the run
ming expenses of his empire, Gear
Nicholas will probably make a
beginning by cutting out the Rus
sian Duma.
We are wondering whether the
Crawford administration is going to
insist that every man in the state
who wants prepared medicines must
send to the mail order houses to get
them.
Our feet will consume 100000
tons Of coal on its passage to the
Pacific and take three months for
the journey. The Oregon made the
distance in sixty days, but was
needed in fight, and got there in
time.
Quebec loses millions by an engi-
neering mistake in building bridge.
The country is glad that United
States engineers are to plan the
great dam on the Panama canal, for
their record is free from serious
blunders.
In the recent tests the four sub
marines of the United States navy
theoretically destroyed twenty bat
tie ships and were uninjured at the
end OF eleven weeks opera tions.
Practice games may be magnificent,
but are not war.
Former Judge Parker corrects the
statement that he would like another
presidential nomination by saying
that he does not ever want to hold
another public Office. Still the dem.
ocrat nomination is not a public
Office, nor does il lead. in that
direction.
Though born under the British
flag and educated in England
Richard Mansfield chose to be ar
American, and filed the role lik,
one to the manner born. TIL,
original leven cropped out occasion
ally when he lectured a stage han(
or jolted an audience.
Not one has yet given any reason
why Senator Kittredge should no
be reelected. If CANDLES recors
Justified his reelection why no
Kittredge'ss For four years I'm
too" Gamble voted and approve
every proposition proposed by MI
Kittredge. He never differed wit
the Sioux Falls man on a single vot
until he awoke one day and dis
covered that Kittredge was oppose
to his reelection.
The Insurgents Of this state AZ
doing their best 20 prevent Ia
delegation being sent from this sta'
Ito the national convention. The
nronoea 10 secure cantrol 81. The de
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-09-19

and sweet. Next to overlooking. there
was nothing that was found to cause
greater difficulty with hand fed calves
than feeding sweet milk one meal and
sour the next. They also found that 1t
was not practicable to feed unpasteur-
lied skim milk from the creamery.
When calves are fed for future use
fulness In the dairy care should be
taken not to get them too fat. In the
early part Of the feeding period, when
the calves are receiving large amount
of skim milk and comparatively little
grain, there Is not much danger Of get
ting them too fat, but as the grain ra-
ton increases 1t may be necessary to
feed more heterogeneous grain. This can
be done by changing part Of the corn
for oats, bran or oilmeal whenever the
calves appear too fleshy.
They found that considerable loss
was sustained In putting calves to pas
ture, provided the change from dry
feed to grass was not made gradually.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-09-19
A BREEDING RACK.

important The frame must be long
and narrow and the adjustable stan
chion so placed that the occupant can
be held well back. The inside dimen-
sions Of the stanchion In this rack are
II by % inches, but this may be varied
to suit the circumstances. The STAN
chion is supported by 2 by inch pieces
attached to each side and resting upon
the horizontal 2 by inches Of the
frame With a series Of holes TN the
latter and hole In each Of the pieces
attached to the stanchion 1t may be
set and held at any desired length by
using long bolts dropped loosely into
the holes. Loose dirt or cinders Mt the
rear Of the rack that can be filed In
or dug out quickly will be. found con-
venient.
Moisture Content In Butter.
The most talked of topic among but
ter men Is that of moisture content
due largely to the fact that the inter
nal revenue department has been very
active during the past year In getting
after those creameries that have ex-
ceeded the limit set by law. Some ex-
periments have recently been complet-
ed by the South Carolina experiment
station on moisture control, and among
the conclusions reached are the follow
ing:
Butter churned moderately soft and
then overchurned In the wash water
to particles the size Of hens eggs av-
eraged trifie higher In water content
than normally churned butter.
The melting point of butter fat APP
pears to have no influence on the wa
ter content of butter.
The water content Of butter made
from very rich cream and medium rich
cream is the same.
Brine sailing increases the water con-
tent OF butter about 1 per cent over
dry sailing.
The average Of fifteen trials shows
that butter worked two minutes con.
tains Ga per cent more water than but
ter worked four minutes.
Normal cream overturned in half q
churnful Of wash water to particles
the size Of hens eggs increased the wa
ter content In the butter only slightly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-09-19


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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-09-19
STAY with One Breed.

Whether your stock Is Jersey, Guern-
sey. Holstein. Brown Swiss or any
other class OF cattle. stick to your text
and, once having made up your mind
what you want, keep on In that line
with a pure bred bull. and you WIN
have a uniform herd of some kind and
rs a general proposition better grade
Of mixers than to Jump from one
breed to another each succeeding sea-
son. You get reputation in a short
time OF having herd Of Jerseys, Hol-
stems, Swiss or some other breed Of
cattle even II you never had a pure
bred female on the place provided you
use sire of the same breed for two or
three succeeding generations.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-09-19
When Did You Oil Your watehY


When did you oil your watch last?
Never? You may remember when you
fabricated your sewing machine, type
writer, lawn mower or grindstone-
within a year. probably-but your
watch you never oiled, that You can
remember. Yet In period of eighteen
months the balance wheel turns on
its axis 13,9o6, SOC, 900 times Expert
watchmakers say that watch should
Be thoroughly cleaned and oiled every
eighteen months. Many persons wear
q watch for years, winding It up each
night, and never oil It. Watches are
instruments of uncertain age; some
run indefinitely. keeping accurate time.
without need OF repairs. As matter
Of fact. nothing IL 30 neglected as this
small delicate and useful Instrument
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-09-19
SILOS AND SILAGE.

In an address on silos at a dairy,
mems meeting a speaker said: ran
short of ensilnge for the cows in the
spring, and while | had pretty gDo9
hay 1t did not take the place of silage
The cows always looked for something
they did not get. and In the milk pail
one could notice difference too. AS
long as I had ensilage they had better
appetite for hay also. Never before in
winter were my cows in such thrifty
condition. In conclusion l would say
in regard to building silo that it is
the best thing ever did. The only
thing regret is that did not have II
years ago.
The SiIase Needed.
According to a recognized authority.
each COW should have an allowance of
about four tons Of silage In the seven
months 1t Is usually fed. 1t Is there
fore easy to determine by the number
Of cattle to be subsisted how much
silage 1t Is necessary to preserve. a
silo reasonably deep Is the best pre-
sentative OF its contents and the most
economical. but It Is held by good au
thority that 1t is desirable to keep the
structure within reasonable bounds
and when the structure goes beyond
that 1t IL better to have two or more
silos.
Cost Of Filling silos.
The cost of filing silos Ia carefully
4 gone over In farmers bulletin %:
1 from investigations made on thirty on,
farms in wisconsin and Michigan. Tn,
average yield Of silage on the who'll
number OF farms was about nine tons
The average cost Of filing the silo
was "a cents, the range being from A
to So cents. The average cost per acr
for putting away the corn was $5.9e
The difference in cost was not who'll,
due to management. but was partly ex
planned by long hauls. lodged corn o
accidents to machinery.
Value Of the siIo.
The silo win enable the dairy farme
Ito keep bis cows six months at les
cost than II Ii possible for him to kee
them six mouths In the summer O
, blue grass, says Kimbalrs Dairy Farm
er. II VIII provide a succulent Tee
flor the COWS In winter and make
possible for them to give a. good flov
: OF milk with the mercury at 20 degrees
below IS they win give In June an
, iproduce Il At les cost II will enabl
B the man with small farm 10 doubI
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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05

p. Beedle and F. II. wilkins are the
executive committee There are al
ready a good many members in the
newly. formed league and it is proposed
to extend the membership to include
reliable men in all of the towns in the
county. Detectives will be appointed
in each town to report any violations
of the fish and game laws. The benefit
from such systematic method is sure
to be felt. The open season on brook
trout begins April l and it is a def
mite purpose of the league to put n
stop to the practice of catching and
killing small trout much under the
size allowed by law. At Spofford lake
it is commonly believed that it is the
custom of several persons to catch
large numbers of large bass off the
spawning beds before the open season
begins. During the spawning season,
by dropping a hook over the bed, a
man can catch in a day a string of
bass that should be a satisfactory sea
sons work. This particular violation
undoubtedly will be carefully looked
after during the coming season. The
unlawful shooting of deer will also be
carefully looked after.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05
BrdttLebOrO Local
WOULD MEAN MORE
FREIGHT THIS WAY
Proposed Road from Southbridge to
Palmer Would Establish Connection
Between Boston and the West by
the Way of Central Vermont.

The intention of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad to build
a line from Southbridge, Mass, to Pal
mer for the purpose Of connecting with
the Central Vermont at that point was
announced Saturday by President Mel
len of the former system. The object
of this extension is to secure through
connection between Boston and west
ern points by way of the Central Yer
mont and Grand Trunk system, and If
the project is consummated it is like
lv to result in an enormous increase in
the amount of freight that goes
through Brattleboro. A dispatch from
New Haven, Conn, Saturday said:
President Charles S. Mellen of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad officially confirmed today the
rumor that the New Haven road had
completed plans for the most import
ant trunk line connection made since
he took charge of the New Haven sys-
tenn as chief executive. He admitted
that the new route being surveyed
from Palmer to Southbridge was to
create a new line, giving the New Ha-
ven road a through connection from
Boston to the West. 1t was at first
thought that the Palmer Southbridge
route was simply an electric line to
connect Springfield and Worcester by
filling up the gap now open III the
trolley service between those cities, in
a direct line, although there is an in
direct connection by way of Ware and
West Brookfeld. 1t is clear from Pres
ident Melen s latest statements that it
is to be steam road. 1t ends at Pal
mer because at that point it can con-
meet with the New London Northern,
which is owned by the Central Yer
mont, which, in turn, is a part of the
Grand Trunk system, over the Canad-
ian Pacific rails.
The New Haven road now owns and
operates a line from Boston to South
bridge. This runs as the so-called Air
Line, through Needham and Black
stone to East Douglas Junction, and
continuing through Putnam, Whitman
tic and Middletown to New Haven.
Branching off from the line at East
Douglas Junction is little branch
which run through Webster to South
bridge. This branch line will be re-
built, double tracked, it is supposed,
and at Southbridge will connect with
the line being surveyed from South
bridge to Palmer. The Central Yer
mont route will take the cars from
Palmer to Brattleboro and Montreal,
to the west. Manifestly, this arrange
ment means closer relations between
the New Haven system and the Cen
tral Vermont line, which is the only
line in New England outside the two
great systems, the New Haven and the
Boston and Maine. 1t has been talked
for years that the New Haven line
would gobble it up and would turn it
into connection with the Grand
Trunk road, in Canada, but this has
never been done.
President Mellen tonight admitted
that new friendly traffic relations had
been established with the New Ha-
ven road and the Central Vermont line.
Relations have not been close for
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-05

in as fast a bunch of stick artists as
BrattleborO could hope to maintain.
Evans, the Bondville twirler, who did
such good work here the latter part of
last season, could also be secured, and
it would be an easy matter to get scv-
eral good college players for the sum
mer months if they could be assured
fair recOmpcnsc for their services.
March and Louis Allen are among the
local players who would in all prob
ability be willing to don uniforms
again, and they are fast enough to
make good in respectable company.
Many local baseball enthusiasts feel
that it would be far better to have
two months Of good baseball than three
months of mediocre article, and for
that reason are in favor of a season
beginning about the last of June and
continuing until Labor day If there is
no chance of forming Il league Brat
tleboro might still support a good team,
for there are number of fast indie
pendent mines in this section. Orange
is making plans for a lively bunch and
Easthampton will doubtless be repre-
scented by a team fully as fast as that
of last season.
The Northern league project in
which it was hoped Brattleboro would
be interested seems to have gone to
pieces. Burlington and Montpelier
Barre are talking of joining the league
which is to be composed of New Hamp-
shire cities, while Rutland is thinking
of getting into an organization made
up of teams in western Vermont and
eastern New York state. The failure
of the Northern league idea makes lit
tie difference as far as this town is
concerned, since the train connection
between here and the northern part Of
the state is too poor to warrant the
thought of such an enterprise.