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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-10
TEACHING THE HElFER TO MILK.
Not Such a Hard Task " Managed
Judiciously.

Breaking the heifer is an operation
much dreaded by some; shirked by
the men and forced upon the women.
Or, perhaps, it seems to require the
combined efforts of the whole house
hold. 1t is our experience that IL
property managed there is no need Of
dreading it, declares a correspondent
of the Orange Judd Farmer. 1t is
easily and quietly accomplished. We
have broken several Jerseys and have
cows that apparently never know how
to kick.
In the first place, the heifer should
be perfectly tame, should never have
known fear of her owner and should
be accustomed to going into the sta
BILE. We prefer the winter, as the
heifer is more accustomed to being in
the stable at that time; however, she
should be tame enough to go into it
at any time without fear. We try to
be with her at the time of calving, as
it seems to take away, in a great
measure, her fear and anxiety for the
safety of the calf, whereas If she is
alone she fears for the calf when we
come around later on. We are very
careful not to brighten her.
We never touch her udder before
she is fresh. In nearly every case she
will resent it by kicking, and once
started to kicking she may keep it up.
We condemn the advice to accustom
the heifer to having her udder han
died before calving. 1t is contrary to
nature for a heifer to allow her udder
to be meddled with. The first time
we touch her udder is when the calf
sucks the first time. 1t is natural
then for her to want to be MIXED.
The calf is allowed to suck on one
side and we milk on the other. In a
day or so the mother and calf are
separated, but when MIXED. the cali
is put with her for a few times, until
she becomes accustomed to being
MIXED. She is then considered to be
broken. If her teats have a tendency
to become sore, we grease them to
keep them soft. Her teats must be
gently squeezed at first and not
pulled. 1t is very seldom a heifer
kicks unless she is hurt,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-10
A SHED ROOF TANK HOUSE.
Means Cooler Water in Summer and
No Freezing in Winter.

A correspondent in Shiawasse coun-
ty, Michigan, sends a snap shot of his
tank house, which he recommends for
the consideration of other farmers.
AS he says there is nothing elaborate
about his plan. but it covers the tank,
keeps the sun off in summer, the sleet
and snow in winter, and in general
improves the condition of the water
that he must place before his stock.
The tank sets close to the side of
the barn. All that was really neces-
sary in building the shelter was to
put up a frame for a shed root and put
lumber on three sides. An opening
was left in front and two swing doors
arranged for use in bad weather.
From a foot to Is inches space is al
lowed around the tank between the
sides and the shelter, says Prairie
Farmer. Sawdust is placed in this
space so that the water may he kept
at a more eve temperature during
both summer and winter. Besides
this protection a hinged cover is pro-
vided for the tank itself so that dur
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-10

be best for a small farm dairy or milk
house? What size should it be?
2. Would it faint the milk TO keep a
gasoline engine in the dairy?
8. How much ice should be stored?
4. How far should milk house be
from stable to be safe from tainting?
To which questions the following
answers are made:
/. If built of cement, would adj
wise using cement blocks. The
inside of the refrigerator and ice
house would need an eight-inch space
filled with mill shavings and lined on
the inside with one or two thicknesses
of lumber and damp-proof paper. The
cold air circulates from the ice-house
to the refrigerator on the Hanrahan
system. The ice-house should not be
opened during warm weather. An ex-
ira supply of ice for cooling milk
should be In a separate building. An
ordinary ventilator on the top of the
milk room is all that is necessary.
The room may be further cooled by
using a sub-earth duct, built of eight
inch tile placed eight to ten feet in
the ground and at least 100 feet in
length. The ceiling above the refrig-
orator and ice-house should have about
one foot of dry sawdust or mill shaw
ings on top to give protection from
heat. Means for ventilating space be-
tween ceiling and roof should be pro-
vided by leaving the cornice boards
off at the sides, SO that the air may
circulate through these spaces and up
TO the ve~ntilator on the roof.
q. A gasoline engine would be very
apt to faint the milk if kept in the
dairy. Would prefer having it in a sep
arate building.
3. The quantity of ice required to
cool eight Ans of milk daily would
depend on the amount, temperature of
water available, temperature to which
milk was cooled, etc. On the average
we should estimate so tons of ice as
necessary. In the plan, we have al.
lowed for three times this amount, so
as to have ample Don for cooling
milk, etc., for household purposes, be.
sides some to give away to the neigh
bors. If the ice is to be used daily
for cooling milk, then an ice-house
10x12x20 would be large enough. The
milk o may also be smaller, or left
out altogether If Subscriber has an
other room for washing, bottling, etc.
The ice-house and refrigerator would
answer the purpose on most farms.
The milk-room could be added after.
wards If found necessary. This is true
il cold water be available for cooling
the milk, which may then be set in
the refrigerator until ready for ship
ment.
4. How far the milk-house should be
from the stable would depend greatly
upon circumstances-how clean stable
and yards are kept, etc. We should
say that on the average they should
be at least 60 feet apart. The closer
they are together the less the labor
involved in caring for the milk, but
the greater the danger of it's being
tainted from the stable.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-10
~"oSLERlZED" cows.
Age at Which Dairy Animals Become
Improbable.

Good dairy COWS should not be "Os-
lerized" until they are at least IL
years old, and even after they have
reached that age some continue to pro-
duce a large quantity of milk. The
production of milk depends largely on
the care that is taken of the animal
and her natural strength. Experiments
have proven that the production of
mill. and butter fat constantly In
creases until a cow Is six years of age,
when she should be at her prime as a
mixer. Heifers produce a somewhat
better quality Of milk than older cows,
for the reason that as a 20 becomes
older she takes on weight, and the
amount of fat in the milk is CORE
spondingly decreased. A considerable
portion of food is used by young ami
mails for the formation of body tissue,
and heifers therefore require more
nutriments for the production Of milk
than the older cows. says the Journal
of Agriculture. After cows have
reached the age Of seven years the
amount Of food required again In
reases. Unless the animals digestive
organs have become impaired by i'm
proper feeding. she should continue to
produce milk until IL years old. al
though naturally the supply will be
considerably less than In her younger
days
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-10

knew 'twarn't nc sea serpent, and at
the same time l callated that it was
probably somethin' which had got
adrift. So / jest grabbed the slack of
the main sheet and jumped over the
side on to the back of the critter and
took two half bitches through that
ring.
Next thing l knew something came
swishing through the air and lit, bang,
right alongside of me. If't had err hit
j shouldn't hev' been telling you this
story NOW. That's the reason we got
q new Ratchet, cause Bill, thinking the
e serpent had got the old man,
grabbed the AK we'd been using for
the last half dozen years and let her
go. ! shouted to him to stop firing
and to heave in on the sheet, and Their
we got the thing up alongside and got
a look at her.
: And by the Great Jumping Jehoo-
kibus! it developed that we'd jest nat
: urally captured a runaway submarine
boat-one of the identical kind that
the papers say is going to revolution
ize the art of naval warfare. Yes, sir,
there she was as sound and Jest as
slick as the day she was built. We
Jest made her fast and waited for day
light.
ut seemed a long time, but at last
morning come and with it there come
a breeze that lifted the fog. Fust
thing We see, about a mile off, was one
of them tramp Dago steamers. She
I might hev' been a Norway boat, but
then. they's all Dagoes anyway, or at
least they're all jest about the same.
4 Well, when the folks on that steamer
see us there was great ructions over
there. We could see 'em running
round and almost hear 'em jabbering,
and then they lowered a boat.
when / see what was going on It
came to me in a flash jest what had
happened. l had read in the papers
about their building submarines for
Rooshy, and it was evident enough
that this one was intended t be taken
over in that steamer, but the Dagoes,
not being much as sailors anyway, had
lost the thing.
Naturally. I jest fell right back on
my rights as a freedom American cit
izen. / hain't been a sailorman for 40
year without knowing international
and maritime law. no., sir. Mo- much.
by the Great J~ehookibus! ! Jest sings
out to Bill: BILL seq l, you hustle
down below and get me the glorious
Stars and Stripes. and at the same
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-10
DAIRY NOTES..

Saltless butter is To- rapidly com,
ing into favor.
One years record is not sufficient
by which to judge a cow
Milk from a sick cow is only good
for one thing-to throw away.
If butter contains much water 1t will
absorb many odors.
There are 5000, 900 globules of but.
ter fat in n drop of milk.
The last drop of milk Is the best, SO
don't leave any in the udder.
Cold and exposure will give cows ca.
tarrh and nearly all other diseases.
If milk is kept at a temperature OF
40 degrees, bacteria will not multiply
in 1t. They will increase at As degrees,
and at 65 degrees milk viii swarm
with them.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-10

"Did you hear that I'd changed the
name of the Polly P?" asked Capt.
Solomon as | met him at the head of
the wharf. well, / hev. She's the
Submarine now.
"Ye see, it was just about two
months ago, when l was going from
Friendship, Maine, down to New York!
Gen'ally l carry a man before the
mast. Then there's Bill Clement, the
cook, and me. But on this trip a
Teller that was going as hand before
the mast didn't show up, so there was
Jest men Bill. Howsomever, we got
down into the sound all right. 1t was
som'ers down New London way when
the wind jest fiatted out, and the fog
come down thick.
Il see 'twarn't no use trying to do
northern that night, and men Bill
was both of us pretty nigh tuckered
out, being short-handed so. So l SEE
to Bill: You get up for'ard and let
go anchor and the Polly p. will stay
right here tonight
"'Twas about nine o'clock when l
was jest trimming in the main sheet
and the rattle of the anchor had jest
stopped that l heard Bill let out a
screech. 1t begun like one Of them
little %screeches a woman makes when
she sees a mouse, and it kinder
swelled up an bust into a howl like
the yell of one of them ~new-fangled
siren whistles on a tugboat. l rightly
lodged that Bill was scairt, and then
I'll confess to you that my hair kind
of riz, what there is of it, for jest
scraping and slumping alongside the
old Polly was the durndest looking
thing you ever see.
THE monster was moving kind OF
slow and, as it wen scraping along
under the quarter, jest abeam of the
cabin winder, the lampaight fell on its
broad and shiny back, and all of a
sudden l see in that black something
which I knew never grew on Jonah's
whale or the sea serpent either, cause
twas a good, stout, iron ring-bolt
Naturally when / see that ring-bolt
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-10

A curious result of the recent adoption by
the United States army of the system of identii-
cation by finger prints, just reported to the war
department, was the discovery, in the person of a
soldier at Fort Leavenworth, of a British muir
derer for whom the Scotland Yard authorities
have long been looking.
The man was a prisoner in the United States
penitentiary, serving a f~ve-year sentence for a
military crime. In prison he was well behaved
and liked, but when the warden, following the
general order to take the fnger-print records Of
all soldiers, attempted to secure an impression Of
this mans digits he met with violent resistance
and the assistant who tried to make the record
was knocked down and roughly handled.
Suspecting that this resistance was based
upon the mans previous knowledge of the use
of which these finger prints might be put and
that his record was bad, the warden sent copies
authorities in a number of cities. Within a com
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-10

ing a very cold night 1t is possible to
enclose the water and, except in very
extreme weather, prevent all freez-
ing.
Often a tank protected as this one
is, says our correspondent, will go
through a night without any sign Of
ice, when the same tank in the same
place, but unprotected, would be bad
ly frozen over.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-10

o. the isthmus. He proposes to tramp along the line of the canal, will inspect
the titles of Colon n Panama, ride OF work trains examine the houses in
which the laborer He talk with officials ant men, n endeavor 20 inform
himself thoroughly about the great project.
Upon his arrival he will be received by the entire canal commission and
by officials representing the government of Panama. Herbert Squers, who
hal. just been appointed minister to Panama, is arranging quarters for the
reception of the president and Mrs. Roosevelt, and will give a dinner In their
honor. The president of Panama also will entertain Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt
In the absence o. the president from Washington, Secretaries Root and
Taft will dispose Of all matters which do not require to be brought to Mr.
Roosevefs personal attention. The president feels he an get away without
embarrassing the government especially Is he as completed his annual
and disposed of all matters Of a pressing nature.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-10

Europe. This Will come, however, only when the people arr better educated
in this direction.
Upon leaving Colon IN the return trip the president will go to Porto Rice
The PortoR icans have the kindnest feeling for the president is he is known
to feel they should have the status OF American citizens. Moreover he hon
ored them by placing their delegate in congress on the American commits
sion to the PanAmeican conference at Rio de Janeiro. Therefore he expects
to have a cordial reception in the island dependency.
The president will cross the island, talk with the natives, and make n
or two speeches. Then he will sail for Hampton Roads. II e will be here IL
ample time for the opening of congress o N December B.
On its voyag to Panama the Louisiana VIII b. accompanied as bicycle
policemen by the armored cruisers washington and Tennessee BY means
opments in America and the rest of the world, and any business of imme
date Importance will be conveyed to him by this near The ANY has sta.
lions at Charleston and Key West so that there will be II difficulty about
communication on this stage of the voyage. M
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-10
Our Washington Lette,
Newsy Information from the Capital Of the Nation-Presdent Goes
to See Panama -Programme of His Trip Babies Not for tn.
Department Of Agriculture.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Roosevelt, accom-
panied by Mrs. Roosevelt and Surgeon Genera
Rixey, of the navy, has gone to investigate the
big ditch Uncle Sam Is digging on the isthmus.
The president is breaking precedents with
out mercy in connection with his Panama trip
When he made his trip from New Orleans tt
Hampton Roads with the armored cruiser squad
ron he went outside of the marine limits of the
United States. and now he viii go ten days away
from American soil.
A president OF the United States has never
placed his foot on foreign soil. Mr.. Roosevelt
will do so at Panama. Hawaii can be reached
from San Francisco in less time than Panama
can from Hampton Roads, and Europe in much
less time from New York. Perhaps with the
precedent of visiting foreign lands established
a trip may be made by an American executive tc
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-10
COOL ROOM FOR MILK HOUSE.
The Ice Supply Is Kept in Adjoining
Apartment.

A correspondent of the Montreal
Herald asks the following questions: /.
1 am supplying eight ms of milk per
day for the city milk trade, and have
thought of bottling it on the farm be-
fore shipping. Would cement walls
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-10
BACK STAMPS ON LETTERS IN FAVOR.

1t is said that the postal department is be-
ginning to hear from business men in different
parts of the country regarding their dislike Of
the recent order to discontinue the back stamp
ing Of mail In the post offices at Los Angeles,
Kansas City, Minneapolis, st. Paul, Detroit and
other cities. That disfavor is also shared by the
business men OF Washington, who are not slow
in their limitations that the back stamp enables
a man who gets a delayed letter to register his
kick with the person at fault and largely fixes
upon the party responsible for the delay.
The back-stamping consists of stamping on
the back of each letter the name of the city or
town in which II Is received. together with the
time of its receipt. This with the stamp on the
front OF the letter shows the actual time occupied
in the transmission OF the letter from the place
in which II was mailed TO the town or place where
acting as a check system on the promptness of the
neral Hitchcock says that II is not unlikely Z rat
discontinued In all parts OF the country, the cls i'm
,olifioE 1nnnld aYnadifa fha daliuaru of mail .o-
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-10
WILL STUDY MEN AND PROJECT.

When the ships reach the Caribbean sea the
wireless station at Guantanamo will be depended
upon to keep MI. Roosevelt informed and to trans
NIT to Washington any instructions he may care
to give. The navy has experimental with the
Guantanamo station and has had no trouble in
transmitting and receiving messages to and from
Panama.
In order that there may be no question, how
raphy will be in constant communication with the
Louisiana. The armored cruisers accompanying
the battleships can be employed as dispatch boats
should the necessity arise. With such a formid-
able array of armored craft, 1t is extremely doubt
full of even the ghost of the redoubtable Capt.
Kidd will care to attempt to board the presidents
flagship.
President Roosevelt will remain four DAYS
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-10

Prospective visitors to the agricultural de-
partment can acquire monumental unpopularity
by referring even remotely to the subject of
baby breeding" A dull day, and a few facts
are perhaps responsible for the report to the
effect that, along With nlant and animal proraga-
ton, the department planned to begin a crusade
to improve the American baby The facts are
these:
Prof. w. N. Hays, assistant secretary of agri-
culture, is secretary of the American Breeders
association. He has named a committee of noted
scientists and has asked its members to coordinate
some scattered observations already made con-
corning h~eredity. 1t Is hoped that from available
data 1t may be learned, in a measure, how heredity
and environment affect the development of human
beings, particularly with respect to blindness,
deafness, and other principal physical defects,
and Whnthpr the mat1pr L. sarioua anouph u marI
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-10

hal his record was bad, Tn warden sen copies OF the prints to the police
authorities n a number Of cities. Within a comparatively short time Scot
land Yard reported that the man had committed IN atrocious murder in Morta;
that III had been sentenced to life Imprisonment and had escaped to America.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-10

rant recommending a law to limit marriage of detectives.
a report of its work att the meeting Oft the Breeders association at Columbus,
officials scout the idea that the department proposes to tackle the great
The committee, called the committee on eugenics. includes the following
leaders In the scientific world: Prof Alexander Graham Bell Of Washington,
L. s. Jordan Of Leland Stanford university, Mai Charles Woodruff OF the army
medical corps, Charles A. Henderson of the University of Chicago, G. Z. Ward
of New York, and Rev. J Z. Gilbert of Washington.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-10

THE RUNAWAY SUBMARINE s
= By FRANCIS GARDINER s
By FRANCIS
-s.NSs~p~Nse~~~

Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-04

The Ironside A. c. will play at Wat
sessing tomorrow afternoon. There has
been great interest in this series of three
games. In the first game. played at Wat
sessing, neither team scored in seven in
nings. Pitcher w. Ulrich, of the Ironsides,
holding the Watsessings down to one hit.
Sunday afternoon the Watsessings Will
play at West Side Oval. This will be the
first time for the fans TO see the Wat
sessings on the Hill The battery for the
Watsesslngs will be Havers. Doering and
Curtis. and for the Ironsides w, Ulrich,
Weiss. Felver and Dauber. Sunday morn
ing the Ironsides Will meet the Pathways.
of Orange. This team is putting UP a good
article Of ball. Weiss, who pitched a six
t~een-inning game against the Pathways.
will be on the firing line for the Ironsides
and Dauber will catch. The battery for
the Pathways will be A. Grove and Eng
lish. The game will be called at 10 o'clock.
The umpire will be Mr.. Girtaner
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-04
NELSON o NOLAN.
Dane and Manager Are Reported tc
Have Separated.

CHICAGO, Oct. 4-Battling Nelson and
Billy Nolan have severed their relations,
and the Durable Dane will act as his own
manager for the next few fights. This Is
the report hi comes out of the West to-
day. The cause assigned for the separa-
ton is that Billy is working harder for
Nolan's interests than he is for Nelson.
Nelson, when in Butte, Mont, recently
tried to collect some money he had given
a friend to bet on his chances in the Her
rera fight. When Bat made his claim to
District Attorney Murray he received no
satisfaction.
Murray then informed Bat that Nolan
had skipped out of Butte with $1,000 of
Emil Hansen's money, $500 of which was
recovered in the poolrooms, and that the
other $500 still is due, and also told Bat
that if he would pay Nolan's old debt he
would bring Nolan back from Texas.
Nelson, presumably, learned other things
about Nolan, and that, with the manner in
which he treated him when he trained
for his fight with Britt, ~overcharging him
for board and compelling him to pay the
cooks salary, may have had something to
do with the scales falling from his eyes
regarding Willy Willie.
While Nelson and Nolan were together
the Danes manager succeeded in securing
quite a little money for the Battler, but
he caused many of Bats friends to turn
against him, and the once popular fighter
soon had many enemies.