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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14
Dairy Wisdom In Brief

Excitement or noise among the
cows is costly. Cows are nervous an
imals. and they resent any noisy inter
ference
Do not forget the salt. DO not mix
1t with the grain ration either. The
cows like it straight.
If you guess about your cows, you
will guess about your profts-and
guess wrong.
Don't forget that the calf of today
will he the money maker or the money
loser tomorrow.
Feed the farm by the way of the
good COW Feed her right, and she
Will feed the land and everybody on IL.
II the calf is hand fed. the milk
should be given it at blood heat. Cold
milk IS likely to cause indigestion.
scours and kindred calf ailments. II
too hot. the milk will scad the calf >
mouth and interfere with the eating
Selection and breeding go together in
building UP the dairy. herd.
a sore teat (the sore may be insidel
Will cause COW to kick. but If han.
died gently she will be quiet and kind
when cured.
Have scales in the stable and weigh
each milking. Get the milk tested and
raise calves for dairying from calves
thus tested.
Fewer cows are injured by high
feeding than by unbalanced feeding.
a clean COW and a clean stable 20
with clean milk, good butter and clean
cash
The best way TO bring cream to the
proper temperature is by putting the
cream can into a pail or tank OF very
warm water stir gently until the
cream Is Of the proper temperature.
In some cases where cows have been
milking for long time. there Is some
difficulty In churning The addition OF
one or two fresh COWS IN the milking
herd will often overcome the difficulty
We cannot all buy pure breds, but
we can improve the herds we already
own. sand ten years OF systematic
breeding will nearly double the value
of the American COW.
Did you know that if your finger
nails get too long some cows will ,et
you know II by squirming about when
you are milking and maybe 10y upset.
ting things. Take time to trim your
nails once In awhile.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14

Why are dairymen so willing to go it
blindg | heard a man say the other
day he did not intend TO take time 10
test any COW in his herd until he had a
hundred registered COWS In milking.
He said he had no time 10 run the Bah
cock. though lie had n fine steam one
connected with the boiler ! thought
how much money he could save by
wedding as he grows the herd. The
undesirable sire could be spotted az
once when his heifers came I'm and dis
carded. while the valuable one. the one
that nicked kindly with his strain or
cattle. could be used more freely.
Numbers in a herd amount TO little.
had at one time twelve cows at the
head Of the herd that made i'm year
6.132 pounds of butter. while at the
foot Of the herd IL took over nineteen
to equal them in production. These
last nineteen made an average OF 303
pounds OF butter in year, so they
were not so awfully poor, after ALL
Mrs NJ. n. Sherman In California Cui-
.ivator.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14

In order 10 have the perfect motion
of the separator bowl the machine
must he set level and be kept clean and
well oiled The oil should be thin ar
light so it will not gum the wearing
parts A heavy oil Will make the ma
chine run hard and Will gum quickly
on small high speed bearings MI the
bearings OF the machine should be fee
quently flushed with coal oil. IL IS well
TO make a run about once In two or
three weeks. using coal oil on all the
bearings This keeps the parts free
from gum and washes out grit or sand
that may have blown into them. 1t is
an excellent plan TO have "A cover Of
close woven cloth or oilcloth that can
be kept over the machine while it Is not
In operation. This will keep out dust
and will add materially TO the lasting
powers OF the machine. The separator
should be set upon good solid floor SO
that il will not move about as the
operator turns the crank-Professor l..
II. Webster
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14

WILLIAM VouPEH' kept busy replen
tshlng their stores OF historical knowl-
edge, and they will be surprised To
fnd what a multitude OF important
things have happened In the vicin-
fU OF jamestown island since the
little feet of three ships under Cap
tain Newport landed some passengers
on its shores 800 years ago on May IL
next. IL was on April %, 1907, that
the Engllshmen sailed between the
capes which they called Henry and
Charles and up the river which they
named the James. after the reigning
monarch ~ April 26 was chosen for
the opening day of the exposition, May
13 being designated as the day for the
beginning Of the great naval display.
jamestown island. where the Eng
fish settlers built James fort and
James City. afterward called James
town. has been deserted for more than
two centuries. so II was not good
place to hold an exposition. About all
that Is there now Is the tower OF the
ruined church which the colonists
built in 1920 jamestown island Is
about thirtv-fve miles up the James
river aud is easily reached by boat
from the exposition grounds. which
overlook the waters Of Hampton
Roads about FIVE miles from Norfolk
The architecture of the buildings
Is colonial, TO conform TO the his
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14

cows had been upon pasture for some
weeks. They would naturally be clean
or than when the tests were made in
March. because that date represented
the end of the winter season The
spring rains and living upon the clean
pasture produced a more sanitary con-
dition than sleeping on filthy bedding
I'm dark barns The clean COW tested.
on Aug. 10 600 bacteria per cubic
centimeter. and the other one tested
100000 on July 20. One way TO &C.
count for this great variation is the
difference in stables and surroundings
at milking time, says Kimball's Dairy
Farmer Most of the bacteria get into
the milk after ii leaves the cows I'd
der
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14
READY FOR EMERGENCIES.
Veterinary Work the Dairyman Should
Be Able to Do.

Be Able to Do.
and keep animals he needs to know
something about the ailments of ami
mais lie must not think he is a
veterinary simply because he has this
knowledge and a few instruments.
lie won't be within five hundred miles
of being one hut he may be enabled
TO save himself lot of money loss in
live stock yearly by owning the in
struments | will briefly mention.
writes DR.. c. ID. Smead in Tribune
Farmer.
A horse or cow may be bloated. II
taken in time, by simply using n
rectal syringe made for horses and
cattle. a valuable animals life may be
saved If the veterinary Is depended
upon. il would he dead long before the
veterinary could be had
A COW may have an attack of partu-
rient apoplexy milk fever and die
before veterinary could be had. when
! L. tho farmer has an sir syringe milk
fever DEVICE he can use 1t himself
just as well as the veterinary and
save his cow and the veterinary bilh
also.
Cows will occasionally injure quar-
ter Of an udder and some thick or
stringy milk may be the result Unless
this can be MIXED out or got out Of
the udder in some way the result will
be the loss Of the quarter. either by
garget or Gaseous hardening of the
quarter Had the farmer a modern
teat syringe 10 wash out the milk els
tern OF the udder with warm water
with some common baking soda dis
solved in II. the quarter could have
been saved.
A cow may have clover boat and
die before the veterinary surgeon can
get there. when If the farmer had had
a trocar he could have saved her life
A hard milking COW in many instances
I can be made to milk easily by a little
slit made with proper bistoury. Many
a COW with an injured or lacerated
teat loses it simply because tie feSusss
has not milk tube and knowledge
of how IA use II.
The treatment Of parturient apoplexy
or tapping a COW that is bloated. is nc
more OF a skillful operation than the
hoeing Of a hill Of cucumbers, and you
might with just as much sense send to
town for a man TO come and hoe your
peas and cucumbers simply because
you had no garden hoe as TO send for n
veterinary to tap bloated COW OF
treat q COW for parturient apoplexy
simply because you had no tools. The
whole kit can be bought for S12 and,
think. SO, and that is about what O
veterinary has to charge you for two
visits if lie has TO go five miles to make
them.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14


| have small herd of light colored
Jerseys. and they are always clean and
free from thick coat of manure on
their thighs. says writer in Orange
Judd Farmer. We brush them down
before milking. But the secret of keep
ing n COW clean Is in the stall. No COW
should be tied in stable without a
platform. as 1t would be impossible to
k~~r he$ cieaH ever n she were
clipped Any farmer can make q plat
form in his stable out OF clay or &c.
ment like a clay platform with .
cement gutter. The platform must not
he too long or too short: IL must be
just right for the length of the COW.
Keep the platform will Uttered with
straw. Clean the cutters twice a day
and cows can be kept nice and clean
without clipping them.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14

Too rich milk should not be fed. and
IL found not agreeing with the calf in
it's earliest days reduce the new milk
with warm water and do not feed too
much at one tine. Keep the calves In
a bright sunny room. giving them plen-
~ OF clean shavines or cut bedding
every day. and DO not let their bedding
get damp. Use air Stacked lime occa-
sionally 10 sweeten the stable floor and
use land plaster every day. We allow
our calves their freedom in large sun
nv boz stalls where they can caper
about to their hearts content-H. o.
Daniels In New New England Ham~
stead.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14

Every week we hear some man say
hat he cannot afford 10 pay $40 for Il
bull to use on his dairy herd, says
Denver Field and Farm. II seems to
as. however. that the question is how
IAN he afford not TO buy and to 20 OH
II the same old way. suppose grade
COW sired by a pure bred bull gives
out one pound nj each milking more
han her dam. an amount so small that
Ehe mixer could not notice that he had
Il without scales. In the 800 days Of
milking season. or COO milkings. she
will give GOO pounds OF milk. worth at
The very lowest - cents per 100, or
$50 for the season. But good dairy
s6w IS MIXED eight seasons. which
would be S36 for the one COW, and IL
lie bull got but ten such IL would have
earned its owner $500. \ good bull,
lowever. Will do three times as well as
his and make three times the money.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14

1t is our Judgment that 1t IL better
,ot 10 build the silo over twenty feet
IN diameter and II that size building
gill not hold enough ensilage IL is bet
hr to build two silos, says Hoard's
Dairyman. IL involves considerably
more labor to handle silage In very
arge structure than in one of reason
able size. Many farmers prefer to
have two silos. They feed from one
during the winter and have the con-
tents of the other for midsummer's
feeding.
Siio Capacity.
The following tablesgives the dimen-
sions the silo should he built for Civ
EN- number OF animals to he fed for
200 days. 1t also gives the approx
mate capacity OF each size and the
average number of acres OF corn It
will take to fill the silo
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14
BEST DAIRY CROP.
Grass Should Figure Largely, but Not
Wholly, Says Gilbert.

All grass, or nearly so, Is considered
by many TO be the correct crop for
dairying. Certainly grass should figure
largely, but farms wholly grass are not
the most economical. A not uncommon
idea is that as long as COW gets pleii-
~ of grass in summer and hay in win
Ger that is all, or nearly all. that Is
needed, but experience soon shows
that such Is not sufficient. My own
idea of cropping dairy farm IL three
parts grass and one part alfalfa, roots
and grain, and II ] had TO alter this
should be more inclined TO increase the
arabic rather than reduce II. writes w.
r. Gilbert In American Cultivator.
Some depend a good deal upon buy
Ing meal etc. for feeding the cows.
growing q good deal Of grain for sale
and utilizing the straw. cannot say
that like this way. Grain growing is
not so profitable as milk producing,
and the successful dairy farmer gives
all his first consideration to his cows.
and grain growing is a secondary mat
ter No well doing dairy farm can he
carried on without a winter supply or
roots or ensilage and straw. All ought
to be produced on the farm. They can
be so obtained more cheaply than II
bought. and II is much more profitable
to feed them than to sell. Indeed, the
greatest economy and the highest prof
Its result from home production and
home consumption.
Best Hay For the Cows.
Cows shoIld have the best hay, so
chat ii Is false economy to sell the hay
because it may happen to fetch big
price and feed with second rate stuff.
That grass and hay are Indispensable
to rural dairying is quite clear but so
are also mangels and straw. while al
falfa, cabbage and other things are a
decided advantage | mention alfalfa
presumng that 1t is not included in
the grass. which il should be.
A good patch OF cabbage Is most use
full as the grass declines in the fall
and n quantity OF kohlrabi to succeed
these and to use before the mangels
These later are an important crop on
all dairy farms. Indeed. they are well
nigh Indispensable. and TO keep land
In grass and buy mangels would be q
proftless absurdity. The roots should
be home grown and abundant The
growth Of oats in grains might be IA
vored. as crushed oats are capital
milking food, and, as Il substitute FOL
hay. oat straw Is good feed oats
should therefore be grown on all dairy
farms If not needed as food, the
straw IS as valuable as any other fol
manure making and bedding
Glover and rye grasses are less use
ful than meadow hay. Tares and
vetchcs are excellent for late spring
and early summer feed and should
occupy more or less space on every
dairy farm. Rye. too. Is Invaluable
In coming in early rs luxuriant anC
succulent crop at a time when hardly
any other kind Of green crop is avail
able.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14

The Hatch experiment station has
been devoting its attention TO the i'm
provement OF conditions on the farms
where milk Is produced. 1t has been
giving particular attention TO the bac-
terial content of milk The two cows
shown In the illustration represent the
average and the extra way in which
herds are kept
The cow which was kept in the clean
dairy will be easily recognized. She
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14

The buyer should be very cautious
concerning new feeds and should ascer-
tain their feeding value before purchas-
ing. The addition of cheap filler TO
standard feeds is getting to be alto
gether too common a practice. a
dairyman should keep his eyes open
and mental faculties on the alert. other
wise he is likely to pay SO for $40
worth Of nutriments and have only
himself TO blame for the bad invest
ment-Dr. J. Il. Lindsey, Massachu-
sets Experiment Station.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14
scHuRMAN OF CORNELL.
Learned University President and Let
ter He Could Not Read.

President Jacob Gould Schurman OF
Cornell university was warm friend
OF the late Governor Frank w. Hig-
glns OF New York and was Invited TO
deliver the principal Grafton ON the
character OF the departed magistrate
at the memorial services recently held
In the state capitol at Albany. In the
course OF his remarks he took occasion
to compare the problems of today In
our own nation with those which con-
cerned the Roman republic In the
times OF Tiberius Gracious and warned
statesmen of the present era In the
American republic against oyerstep-
ping constitutional limitations as Grac-
chus did. however righteous the cause
N which they may be engaged. Presi-
dent Schurman's language was inter
preted by some as referring to Presi-
dent Roosevelt, and rs he and the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14
LITTLE POCKET PHYSICIAN
Hyomei l. Guaranteed by Chas. Rhodes
TO Care Catarrh.

Thousands who have been cured by
Hy-o-mei call the inhaler that comes
with every outfit the Little -
Physician" as it Is so small that Il al
be carried ia the pocket or purse.
There is really no excuse whatever
for anyone having catarrh now that
Hy-o-mei is so ready obtainable. II
You have any doubt about its value,
Chas. Rhodes will let you have COM
plete outfit, with the understanding that
unless il cures catarrh, il will not cost
you cent.
The complete Hy-o-mei outfit consis I
Of the Little Pocket Physician" and a
bottle of Hy-o-mei and costs only 81 90,
making it the most economical as well
as the only guaranteed treatment for
the cure of catarrh. Remember that
Hy-o-mei cures catarrh without stom-
ach dosing, applying the medication
and healing where the disease germs
are present
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14

and the expenditure of $4,000 Ia adj
yertslng and prizes. A rich young
man residing in an eastern state was
visiting a friend in Chicago and hap
pened TO show him photograph Of his
sister. remarking il was pity Chicago
could not produce woman equally
beautiful. out of this incident grew
the $4,000 wager. the Chicago young
man stalking that sum on his ability to
End young woman who should be de
clared by competent judges the equal
IN good looks OF the eastern young
mans sister The Chicago Tribune
took up the matter and made an offer
Of $4,000 in prizes. Professional beau
ties like artists models were barred.
Miss Carson is a medium blond and
twenty-four years OF age. She is a ste
nographcr. working NJ n salary OF $l2
week. AMI has been supporting her
self since she was nineteen. The
picture is pubIishH by courtesy Of the
Tribune
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14

The well known dairyman. George
Aitkin. manager Of the Billings farm.
= in favor OF cutting grass early. He
has followed this practice for many
gears and finds an advantage in It, II
makes the best hay for cows gisng
milk. He does not feed cottonseed
neal. and he thinks cows will do bet
er on less concentrated feed and he
more free from disease.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14

Don't the Rexall Remedies deserve
your confdencey The pure food law
did not necessitate any changes. on tn
contrary il has set the stamp of appro-
nal on them. You can prove they are
unchanged. Their Formulas are the
same now as four years ago. They are
honest without the restriction of the
law. How many others can you say
this off Get a sample Of the Rexall Or
derlies Laxative at stanard's Central
Drug Store.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14
Memorable Day

One Of the days we remember with
pleasure, as we'll as with profit to our
health. is one on which we became ac-
quainted with DIR. Kings New Life Pills,
the painless purifiers that cure headache
and biliousness and keep the bowels
right. ,sc at C. T.. ,Sharrar's drug store
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14

coUPER's STATUE OF CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH.
torical keynote Of the exposition. Out
into Chesapeake bay from the exposi
tion grounds the United States gov
eminent has built long piers. inclosng
what is 10 be known as Smith harbor
In honor Of the gallant CacGm John
Smith. to whose indefatigaTe efforts
In behalf OF the jamestown colony Its
preservation was chiefly due. One goes
ashore from Smith harbor at Discovery
landing and finds himself standing IN
Raleigh square. Even the exposition
playground which at Chicago was
called the Midway Plaisance, at Buff
Gallo the Midway, at st. Louis the Pike
and at Portland the Trail, Is called
here the Warpath IN sacred memory
Of the red men who took to the war
path in war paint. to the great alarm
OF the colonists.
1t was on one Of these historic occa-
sions that Captain Smith had narrow
escape from death. and the Indian
princess. PocahOntas who. according
10 the story, saved his life at the risk
by beautiful statue. the work Of the
sculptor William Ordway Partridge.
Smith, too Is to be preserved In bronze.
His statue is now being east at the
foundry and viii he unveiled on Jaries-
town island in the autumn. The inn
Sressive figure. eight feet In height.
will be placed on stone pedestal elev-
en- feet in height, so that II may be
seen from the decks OF all steamers
passing mp and down the river. II is
the work Of William Copper. one OF the
best known OF American scuptors and
Vlrginlan by birth lie is fifty-three
years OF age aud studied as young
man with Thomas Ball. whose daugh-
Ter he married. For twenty-five years
ais studio was In Italy. but he now
maintains one in New York, Copper
aas very effectively portrayed the re-
,oubtable Smith as courtier. left
hand resting on the hilt OF his sword
Ind In his right hand holding book,
FOR he was ready with sword and
pen.
Captain Smith was one OF the most
picturesque figures i'm the history OF the
colonies. Whatever exaggerations there
nay have been in his descriptions OF
his travels, he at any rate rendered
he most valuable service 10 the strug-
fling colony at jamestown.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14
QUEEN OF BEAUTY.

Miss Della Carson, Popular Choice In
Chicago Tribune Contest.
Beauty contests have recently been
the rage both in England and the Unit
ed States. The young woman who won
the first prize I'm the Chicago Trlbune's
beauty contest Is simple Chicago
working girl. Miss Della Carson. She
beauty after winning the prize for
comeliness over 5000 competitors in a
contest that involved a $4,000 wager
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14
Ventilation of Stables.

Every good COW stable should have
about 500 cubic feet Of air space per
COW. That sounds like a big space
500 cubic feet per COW. 1t Is not, how
ever. too much space. You should not
have your COWS all dumped up In
heap And / would not advise you TO
have the air space all above the cattle
Have II all around them-that is have
good wide passages and give the cows
lots Of room I'm their stalls. DO not
crowd them down to two and one-half
feet, but give them three, or, better
still. three and one-half feet. / speak
from experience when say that that
kind is n profitable stable. ] have
seen both kinds tried Where the ven
tilation was practically equal and
where much larger space was given
the cows they were in very much bet
ter health. have In mind two farms
In one | should judge the air space Is
about 200 feet, not quite up to the
standard and in the other | should
judge there is about 300 feet of air
space, long way below. In one the
COWS are continually getting sick. and
the milk is not up 10 tile standard OF
quality cor quantity. In the other
stable there Is never any complaint
about the health OF the animals or the
quantity or quality of the milk. This
is result of having sufficient air
space. H. Grlsdale In Dmball's
Dairy Farmer.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14
Indigestion

In itself a true disease. We think OF Dyspepsia.
Heartburn. and Indigestion as real diseases. yet
they are symptoms only OF a certain specific
Nerve sickness-nothinR else.
II was this fact that first correctly led DR. shoop
In the creation Of that now very popular Stomach
Remedy-Dr. Shops Restorative. Going direct
TO the stomach nerves. alone brought that success
and favor 10 Dr. Shoop and his Restorative. With
out that original and highly vital principle. no
such lasting accomplishments were ever 20 be had.
For stomach distress. boating biliousness. bad
breath and salow complexion. try DR.. Shops
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS or Lquld-and see for your
self what IL can and viii do. We sell and cheer
fully recommend
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14
wHYsUFFER WITH pILEsl

My patrons know that my guaranty
is good and when say that | guaran.
tee DR.. CoIwell's Egyptian Pile Cure
to cure any case of piles, you may
know that il will do H. II il fails
to satisfy you. will pay you back
he purchase price.
CHAS. RHOADES.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14

Good looks comes from pure blood,
pure blood from good health, and good
health from Celery King. Celery King
makes good health, pure blood aud
good looks Herb or tablet form, 25c.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-08-14

At a Michigan dairymen's meeting.
discussing the cement silo. one man
told how he converted frame silo