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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-11-17

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-11-17

petrol has been tested in amazingly low
temperatures. artificla1ly produced by
chemists of the British government.
Great reliance is placed upon these au-
tomobiles; bu teven should they fail.
there are the Siberian ponies to fall
back upon. These will travel much
faster and farther than the dogs usu-
ally employed all through the long and
thrilling history of polar exploration;
and moreover these sturdy little hors-
es from the Siberian steppes will re-
quire proportionately less to eat.
In Shackleton himself. with Captain
England, his commander, and Dunlop,
the engineer, the expedition has trio
Of unique experience and daring; so
that no matter what surprises the mys-
terious southern continent may have
in store when its great ice-mantle is
crossed. and its terrible volcanoes cir
cumvented. it is hard to see how sue
cess can elude these explorers.
THE QUESTION OF PURE MILK.
When the Second International
fuie Min congress-, AZ BFusSeIS, on
September 1916, 1907, recommended
the universal pastcurization of milk
as the best immediate means Of i'm
proving the milk supply, the pasteur-
ized-milk movement Nathan Straus in
augurated in New York City more than
fifteen years ago became world pol
icy. Delegates from thirty-one nations
gave Endorsement to the plan. The do
nation by Mr.. Strauss of a complete
pasteurization plant to the City of
Brussels, made at the conclusion OF
/ the conference, is the latest forward
movement in the pure-milk campaign
in European cities.
Following this international action
comes the report Of the results e1 the
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-07
DUCK RAISING PAYS WELL
BY Miller Purvis.

KEPT a considerable number of ducks
at one time, but dropped them more
because of lack of room than for any
other reason, for / under the i'm
preston that it paid to keep them for their
eggs alone.
Last summer 1 visited several of the
greatest duck farms in this country. On
were Matched for the New York market,
and sold at about ten weeks old.
Another farm Matched and sold $4,000,
these being sold at ten weeks, largely to
summer resort hotels and in Buffalo. and
Other small cities.
was very much interested in these
farms and asked a good many questions.
to raise dress and market a en-weeks-old
duckling, and that about 81 is the price
received for it, This is very profitable
when ducks are Matched in large numbers.
l also discovered that it costs about 10
cents a month to keep full grown ducks,
which makes the profit of keeping them for
eggs too small. Ducks do not begin to
sometimes lay as many as 12O eggs each.
AS these eggs produced at a time
when eggs are declining in price there is
not much room for profit. after paying the
expense of keeping them a year before
they begin to lay.
Say they cost $1.2o by the time they
begin to lay 1t will take them at least
even if they lay well. This adds so cents
to the feed cost, not counting labor, and
we have paid out $1.70 to get eggs that
are not worth more than 81
Where there is a demand for them at
good price the growing of young ducks is
profitable, but for egg-producton they do
not compare with hens in making money.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-07
WORK AMONG STRAW
BERRIES

A MoNG small fruits there is nothing
~ the equal of the strawberry as a
u money getter. Results in yields that
would seem to the uninitiated visionary, are
possible where conditions are all favorable.
1t is none the less true, also, that yields
from strawberry culture will vary with the
seasons in greater extremes than any or
favorable weather during the blooming pc
Rod, or an extremely droughty fruiting
season may play havoc with our eXpecta-
lions.
There is not so much money to be made
from the bush fruits from the straw
berry; but If given proper culture these
fruits will return satisfactory dividends.
fruiting season is heightened, furnishing
profitable employment for a greater length
of time.
Then, too, it is not best to have all of
ones eggs in a single basket, lest a failure
in one crop leaves with but little or no
returns for our labor.
Another advantage in having several
longer term of employment for our pickers.
This is of advantage to them and often
results in securing better help and service.
1t is not every variety of strawberry that
is equally at home all soils and under
every condition. The variety that is best
adapted to the soil of my farm may not be
the best variety for my neighbours farm.
In this respect the strawberry is par
ticular sort of plant.
The bush fruits do not show the pecu-
iarity to the extent that the strawberry
plant does Any good soil will grow bush
fruits. Any good SOIL too, will grow straw
berries, but we may need to experiment
with different varieties to get the best re-
suits possible from our particular soil
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-07

this sour milk in the cream goes into the
butter milk, the rest remains in the butter
and besides hurting its looks, IL is bad for
the keeping of the butter. The only way
TO prevent this is by careful Swimming. The
separator does the work perfectly but hand
Swimming may also be done successfully
before the milk is clabbered. This careful
Swimming entails little extra trouble per-
haps, but the trouble is made up for when
II comes to churning, for such cream turns
to butter with less labor than that mixed
with milk.
The streaks in butter are due to i'm
perfect sailing Salt darkens makes rich
the hue of butter, the unsalted remaining
as when churned. II the salt is added while
the butter is still in a granulated form
1t will penetrate to all parts alike and a
uniform and pleasing appearance is the
result
The color may be deepened if desired by
a judicious of coloring matter but use
nothing unless convinced beyond doubt that
It contains nothing deleterious to the health
of the consumer.
Many still use the old-fashioned dasher
churn and think they must gather" the
butter before sailing. This is not necessary.
II the churn is wooden one a hole may
be bored near the bottom with a good sized
auger and cork wooden plug can be
used for stopping this hole.
AS the granules of butter rise to the top,
buttermilk may be drawn off and water
poured in to wash the butter. This in turn
Is drawn off and the operation is repeated
until the water is clear and the butter Is
then ready for sailing.
If the churn is earthen one, then the
granulated butter and buttermilk may be
butter and let the liquid escape, and the
water may be poured through again and
again till all traces of buttermilk are re-
moved.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-07
BUY BEST BREEDS OF SHEEP

Much is often said about the quality
MI of the mutton that sells best in the
A'A market. The demand seems to be
for certain qualities that are not usually
at premium.
Breeders often ponder on the matter to
determine what they shall do. 1t is with
them just to breed and then to feed. When
sheep OF low grade are placed upon the
market, the buyers scold because they are
not furnished with something better. When
something better is sent them, they scold
because it is too good.
butcher in London England, declared
he dared not sell prime Southdown mutton
for fear he could not always supply it,
and then he would be practically ruined,
The starting point in obtaining quality,
is the sheep itself. The idea that sheep
is a sheep has long prevailed and some
breeders failing to get any farther than
this idea, have failed as a schoolboy fails
in following his copy in his copy book.
The copy set him seems almost perfect
He attempts to copy as best he can but
misses it. The next line is a little worse
than the first, and when he reaches the
bottom of the page. he has produced some
thing that bears little or resemblance
to the original copy.
No breeder should be content with the
last effort as a standard He should aim
high, and always keep in mind his ideal
or copy and not some subsequent, Bot dis
tant approach to 1t. In securing quality
the first step is the breed, and then the
feed, and these two go hand in hand in
producing good mutton.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-07

in two months. Ten hogs will eat about
one third of an acre in two months. The
heaviest yield of rape cut from given area
was secured when the crop was cut three
times in succession about four inches from
thirty-six tons per acre.
In sowing the rape crop the ground
should be well pulverized and in suitable
condition for the termination OF the small
seed. In this country fiat culture is pre-
ferred to growing the crop on ridges, which
has been extensively practiced with this
crop in Europe. Sowing the crop ridges
may have the advantage of giving better
drainage, and this may be considered the
main object in using this culture. The
cro8 may be sown in drills 80 inches apart
or sown broadcast.
By sowing it in drills it may be pastured
without destroying as much stock natur-
ally would in having to trample over it
where it is sown broadcast. The amount
of seed required will vary slightly accord
ing to the condition OF the soil and the
method of sowing it, When sowing in
drills from two to two and one-half pounds
of seed will give the best results
When sown broadcast three pounds of
seed is necessary. Large and plump seed
sown on rich soil may be sown lighter than
where the soil is not in good condition, and
the seed is of poor quality.
Where too much seed is used and the
crop is sown broadcast, the plants will often
come up and turn a reddish yellow and
brown, which is an indication that a poor
crop must necessarily follow.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-07
DAIRY WORK IN WINTER
TIME
| Some Suggestions for Women on the Farm
Who Make Butter
G. S. Carnman, Missouri.

T@HE pale colored, streaked compound
sometimes specked with cheesy parti-
cles is not very pleasing to the eye.
and its taste not very agreeable to the
ton Of the odors of the kitchen and the
taste of overripe cream or old milk.
This is especially true If the milk is
limited in quantity and the setting in open
vessels is practiced Where the milk from
lack of better room must be kept in the
kitchen or pantry it should be strained and
heated so hot that the hand could COM
fortably bear the temperature and then re-
moved to cool as rapidly as possible.
This heating hastens the rising of the
cream and also makes the coming of the
butter easy task When perfectly cold
the milk should be removed to a tight cup
board from which all food is excluded, and
which no odors can penetrate when cooking
is in progress, there to remain until the
cream has risen.
The bitter, old taste of butter can be
prevented by Swimming before the milk
"clabbers," using a perforated skinner so
that all the milk may be rejected and set
moderately warm place where it may sour
or ripen quickly.
This ripening process should be FASTENED
by the addition of little cream kept back
from the previous churning and much or
little--the cream should be churned twice
a week at least.
There is often a temptation when the
quantity of cream is small, to save 1t till
a fair sized churning is secured thus avoid
ing a little extra work. In doing this one
is sure to sacrifice quality in the butter.
The cheesy particles which are so objec-
tionable in butter will not be present II
there is no milk in the cream, for they are
what they look TO be-particles of hardened
cheese from the sour milk. The whey from
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-07
SAYS RAPE is GOOD FOR
SHEEP

~ APE is a luxuriant plant and requires
X rich soil for its best growth. 1t will
thrive upon clayey Soils too and does
better than mangels or turnips. Light soils
are not rich enough for it and the crop
is usually light when an attempt is made
to grow 1t on such soils.
Newly cleared land and old pastures,
plowed in the fall and worked early in the
spring by cross disking and pulverizing, are
especially adapted for producing success
full crop.
There are several varieties of rape, some
of which are grown for fodder and others
for seed The seed varieties ANNALS
and are worthless for fodder. The one
variety that is to be recommended in this
country for fodder is the Dwarf Essex, a
biennial, which seems to show great
adaptability to different soils and climatic
conditions and to yield a wonderful crop
of luXuriant ieaves, valuable for use as
fodder.
The poorest rape grown at the Minnesota
station on seven-tenths OF an acre of ground
maintained sixteen lambs for twenty-fv
days In another season one-half acre was
eaten by twenty wethers in ten weeks
with an additional one pound OF grain per
head daily.
An estimate has been made that one acre
Of rape with grain will fatten 20 wethers
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-07
WAY TO PLOW CORN

TToW have you been blowing your corn I?
II Throwing the dirt away from the
roots at the last blowing? Better
change your method and stop cutting off
the roots.
A Maryland farmer says that blowing
corn. throwing the dirt away from the roots
Is nothing short OF plant murder. And he
is right. In Illinois, and in fact in all the
corn states, 1t was the general practice
twenty years ago to pillow corn the last
time very deep, thus cutting off the roots
and gripping the plant. Many farmers still
continue this practice although it has long
been abandoned by all good farmers.
A good farmer in the South says he mas
taken out corn % days after planting that
was ii inches high with roots 80 inches
long. No implement other than the i'm
proved quadruple cultivator weeder was
used on this ground from the time the corn
was put in until it was laid by.
A cultivator of this kind not only destroys
weeds but keeps the ground in most ex-
cellent condition. 1t does not ridge 1t, and
Is set so 1t cannot injure the roots
Many corn growers set the pillow deep and
go ripping along between the rows and the
breaking and tearing of the corn roots can
be plainly heard Then when the corn does
not fill out and yield as big a crop as their
neighbors' they wonder what is the matter.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-07
LITTLE NUBBINS OF FARM
NEWS

At the Iowa Experiment farm 10 bush
els Of corn per acre was produced on ten
plots, not less than S5 bushels per acre
was harvested.
at Cane Fisher, Okla About 200 Indians
on horse back and in wagons came from
all parts of the country from within a dis
lance OF 200 miles.
There are 100000 Irish emgrants in
the United States to say nothing of their
children. One fourth of these are in the
IL principle agricultural states and one
half of them are farmers.
The immense corn crop has made lively
demand for huskers There is no doubt that
the scarcity of farm labor will stimulate
inventive genius to produce a machine to
take the place of man in this work.
Many farmers in Ohio who cut their
corn too green find that much of it is
mouldy and unfit for use.
Peach blight has gained a stronghold in
California and the state agricultural sta
ton has taken hold of the matter. Ex-
perts will aid the farmer in combating
this disease.
Michigan celery growers have formed a
trust and a small group of capitalists
will establish a 500 acre farm near Min
neapolis, Mimi, in competition.
The friends of William Osborne, a farm
of Keota, Iowa, who was stricken with
paralysis swooped down upon his farm one
morning and before two o'clock in the
afternoon had husked and cribbed 1000
bushels of corn; 1t is the greatest husk-
ing bee the West has ever seen. The
Davenport Democrat is responsible for this
story.
One hundred million pounds of prunes
are grown in the United States every year
and they are nearly all eaten in this coun-
try.
One of the best decorative and at the same
time useful plants is the Trels Tomato. See
advertisement, page 10.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-07
KEEP PURE WATER FOR
COWS

ERoM my own tests in dairy that was
n producing one hundred and sixteen gal
u Ions a day, stopping the water in the
automatic basins by the side of the cows,
reduced the amount of production eleven
gallons a day in less than week.
This test was made the same feed
and the cows were watered twice day from
the yard tank.
The decrease OF eleven gallons per day
of fourteen cent. milk amounted to more
than forty-fve dollars a month during the
winter months.
The basins at the top of the pipe are
fastened at the side of the stall or stanchion
and have covers that the COW lifts with
her nose when drinking. The water comes
in as fast as 1t is taken out.
The covers keep out all dust and litter
and the pipes are securely fastened to the
bottom of the manager and are out OF the
way.
Various makes of automatic basins are
adapted to different sizes of pipe and all
have some good points in their favor.
Any man who has noticed cow go from
warm stable and drink a few pals of
ice water from a yard tank and return to
her stall and shake for an hour or more,
should be ready to introduce better plan
of watering in his stable.-J. M. Kelley.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-07
SPRING WORK WITH
CHICKENS
q. c. wainwright, Illinois.

WHY do you eat beef at 80 cents per
wv pound, when you can eat ducks.
w turkeys and chickens, which can be
served in all kinds of style for much less
than the above?
The spring time is here; the little chicks
are a chipping look for the lice, as much
trouble is had with them.
The pure breeds always pay best and
only cost few dollars to begin WITH. but
the results will pay a percentage OF so
cents on each dollar invested
When cleaning your heneries, be sure to
place plenty of lime on the walls and ashes
on the floor.
am often surprised at the space taken
up in some poultry Journals for cats, mice
and rats. Nothing should appear in a
poultry journal but poultry lectures, goose
culture.
Cats and rats should fight their way in
this country as the poultry industry did.
1t is best not to feed fowl too much. AL
ways keep them busy as work helps prod
Lime should never be fed to fowls. They
can secure sufficient amount OF such
material from oyster shells or shore
hens are we'll and lay az large ss num- iin-
Der of eggs, but one side of the eggs is
hard and the other half soft
The cause of this trouble is that the
organs that help form the shells are out
of order or the hen is too fat; reduce the
grains and the trouble will stop
On many farms there can be found a
large number of birds that have been prize
winners in an early period of life, but why
the various fanciers today? The answer
is they are too old.
few years ago l had a Barred Ply
mouth Rock hen that carried first prize in
show held at New York in 1894. She
was kept my plant as breeder until
1903, when I entered her at a show held at
Philadelphia, where she came in second.
What about this? Is she too old also?
If the blood is there it will stay until
death comes.
One of the main reasons for which all
poultry men engage in the business is the
emily object for the eastern fanciers say.
eggs are used when the cash can't be Sc
cured.
The worlds egg record layers were fed
the following for one year: Do not know
the amount, but it mixed as follows
parts millet seed, one part beef scraps,
three parts cracked corn Try your fowls
on the above and see if your egg basket
does not grow larger.
This is very well but the cost is very
high at the present prices of such feed II
the other roots, the expenses will be re-
duced and more eggs will be had
1t will always be found impossible to
have flock in good laying condition,
being fed on grain. The following roots
are highly recommended as an egg prod
ucer: Cooked and mashed turnips, carrots
and potatoes.
April is the first month of the beginning
Of lice and vermin. White washing is a
very good thing to do at this season or
should have been done before now. but it
is never too late to have IL done for It
business to have the houses clean and
sweet at all times. small amount of
carbolic acid should be put into the pail
of white-wash used.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-07

One of the best decorative and at the same
time useful plants is the Trelis Tomato. See
advertisement page 10.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-10-31
South Roya!Ion Notes
NJ. j. SARGENT. Local Editor.

Frank Hackett was in Boston on bust
ness last week.
G. P. TarbelI was confined to the house
by illness last week.
DIR. and Mrs. D. L. Burnett are in I'm
derhill for an indefinite stay.
Miss Winnie Briggs of Somerville,
Ma S., is a guest of Mrs. J. B. Durkee.
Miss Georgia Dickerman of Boston Wis
tied friends of her former home here re-
Gently.
Mrs. Warren Bennett of Springfield,
Mass, was a guest of Mrs. NJ. L. Mud
gett last week.
Mr.. and Mrs l. P. Vaille of Hard
wick were guests of j. NJ. Shepard the
first of the week.
E. F. Preston of Minnesota, a former
resident in this vicinity, visited relatives
and acquaintance recently.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Spaulding have
son, born Sunday. Their youngest child
before this one is Is years old.
Mrs. George Pierson and daughter of
Barre visited her mother, Mrs. G. {.
Southgate, and family last week.
Prof. Welcome was elected treasurer of
the Saturday Night club at a recent meet
ing, with Frank Hackett, assistant.
Mrs. E. P. Lincoln of Dighton, Mass,
arrived here Friday to join her husband,
who is purchasing cows for his market.
Everett Cook of Springfield, Mass, Wis
tied acq Iaintances here last week. He
was formerly a resident of South Royal
ton.
\ Halloween masquerade promenade
L,,J I1 hon
Thursday, evening for the benefit of the
class.
Fred Cowdry has purchased the So
called James Bingham farm located two
and half miles north of South Royalton
village.
The Drinking Fountain Sewing circle
will meet in J. H. Hewitt's hall Friday
afternoon, Nov. LIST, to tie puffs. Every
body invited.
Rev. Sherman Goodwin officiated at the
funeral of the young man, Frank POrter's
son, of Tunbridge, who was accidentally
killed by his companion last week while
hunting deer.
The history in brief of century of Ris-
ing Sun lodge, No. Z, F. and A. M, of
South Royalton, by DR.. f. J. Fish, deliv
cred at the celebration of the one hun
dredth anniversary of its establishment,
Oct s. 1907. will be found in this weeks
issue of the Herald.
Our South Royalton sportsmen had i'll
tuck in hunting deer this year. not one
being secured. There were six shot in
town ID. P. Boyd, Elmer Davis, Ellis
Davis. all of the same household; also
boarder in the family and II. A. Perkins,
residents on Royalton hill, each secured
one and Clinton Smith in the west part Of
the town.
cake party will he given by the ladies
of the Sewing circle Nov. 18th for the
benefit of the Drinking Fountain fund.
All ladies are invited to represent some
weIl-known cake in costume and bring
the recipe for the cake they represent.
An appropriate entertainment will be Civ
en- and refreshments served. Everybody
invited to come and swell the proceeds.