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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
BRICK SILOS.
In Use in Many Dairy Districts of
Wisconsin and Give Satisfaction.

On recent trip through the heart
of the dairy section of Wisconsin,
found the brick silo very much in eyi-
dence.
Some of them have stood for sew
eral years and are giving the best
of satisfaction. They neither freeze,
shrink, swell, blow down, or rot out,
and keep the silage perfectly. They
are made with double wall of brick
with dead air space between. The
inner wall of brick is strengthened
by laying in circle of steel every
two feet. This gives it great strength.
They are plastered on the inside with
cement.
The most of these silos set in the
ground from four to six feet The
part of the ground is made of stone.
l found no one that would recommend
building them more than 16 feet in
diameter but would build as high as
convenient say 80 to sc feet above
ground. If a larger one than this is
desired all seem to agree that it
would be better to build two.
lie OIu IuO SlIO was SOOU Ill us
day and is very good yet, but silos
have passed the experimental stage
now and silo builders are looking for
something more induring and more
substantial. I believe the brick one
has come to stay. In tall silo there
is a great outward pressure and any
thing to stand has to be made very
strong.
A few cement silos are being built
and perhaps in time there will be
those that have gained the expert
ence that will enable them to build
perfectly, says the Northwestern Agri-
culturist At present one complaint
with the concrete wall silo is they
do not run the walls true enough;
so that the silage settles and leaves
an air space where the silo crowns
out and the silage will mold. Great
care should be taken in building
concrete silo to have the walls per-
fectly perpendicular so the silage will
hug tight to the sides and leave no air
space.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
MILLET SEED FOR COWS.
II Boiled It Makes a Good Feed for
Milk.

A subscriber from Kiowa. Ia.
wishes to know whether boiled millet
seed is good for cows in milk; Sec
ond, whether it is good for young
calves fed along with separated milk,
and third, if it is good for hogs. He
also asks for any information that
may be given with reference to feed
ing it.
If the millet seed is boiled until
1t is soft and is fed on some cut fod.
der it will answer quite we'll to iced
it, thus to cows, but cooking it is cost
ly, answers Prof. Thomas Shaw, in
Orange Judd Farmer. 1t is better to
feed it in the form OF meal. and. if
possible, along with bran. But millet
seed ground will be all right fed in
moderate quantities with alfalfa.
1t will also answer 10 cook it and
feed it to calves along with separa
tor milk. The oil in it will help to
make up in the cream removed from
the milk. AS soon, however, as the
calves will eat dry meal the simplest
plan is to grind the millet and feed
it along with bran, or ground oats
preferably the former, until the calves
are, say two or three months old
about half the meal feed may be
ground millet when the other hall
is bran.
For swine, millet has about the
same feeding value as barley, busheI
for bushel. Ground and soaked il
goes well with a diet of skim milk fol
young pigs, or alfalfa or clover pas
ture for pigs that are older 1t is al
SO good fattening food, but if mixed
with other meal that is suitable, the
pigs will not tire of it so quickly.
Millet seed ground is a suitable
food for horses, young or old. 1t il
fully equal to oats in maintaining
muscular strength. 1t is better tt
feed it along with oats than to feet
it alone. The oats make it more
easily penetrated by the juices of the
stomach.
Millet seed should not be fed tC
any class of domestic animals in the
unground form, unless it be to sheer
and fowls. The seeds are small anC
hard, and when thus fed many O
them are not crushed and so escape
digestion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11

the open. II guess we can start now,
ventory of the outlook.
Kitty rose quickly and made ready
for the walk. The air outside was
crisp and stimulating after the rain.
fall and they walked half mile
without fatigue. But presently Kitty
began to feel her feet grow heavy,
and a pitiful little droop showed it.
self about the corners of her mouth.
But she held her head stubbornly
averted, resolved that Billy should not
detect her weakness.
Another Is minutes, and the skiff
doomed gratefully into view. Kitty
took her seat demurely, and Rochester
sprang into the one opposite.
An hour passed.
Again the stars blinked out, one by
one, and the moon rose round and
clear and golden. The mellow dip of
the oars was the only sound that
broke the stiffness. After awhile,
Rochester spoke.
kitty" he began, abruptly, don't
you think we've mad enough OI-OI
this sort of thing? God knows, I have.
Is it worth while? Couldn't we both
acknowledge ourselves just bit in
the wrong, and-and begin all over
again?" His voice trembled strong
ly under its veneer of calmness.
Kitty did not reply at once. Her
gaze was fixed, distantly, on the gleam-
ing blue sheet of water, across which
the lights were beginning to flicker
dimly.
do you remember what day this
is-what day it was to have been,
dear?" He bent toward her till his
warm breath brought the crimson into
her cheeks.
Kitty glanced up and met his eyes.
Her own bore a look he could not al
together fathom.
"Of what were you thinking, them"
he asked, almost sharply, shadow
deepening suddenly in his eyes.
Kitty gave a soft little laugh that
mingled unsteady with the delicious
rush of water against the sides of
the slliff.' 1 was giving thanks" she
said in a low voice, 'for you, Billy"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
A GOOD BULL.
He Is Not Necessarily the Good-Tem'
pered Animal.

A good bull is not necessarily a
good tempered bull, but abull that
will be a prepotent sire of the kind
of animal that the breeder is trying
to get. That kind of a bull cannot be
told by the shape of his body or the
color of his hair. A good bull must
have a good ancestry. The finest
looking bull in the world may lack
the power to reproduce his shape in
his calves
In the buying of bull more atten-
ton needs to be paid to his relatives
on both sides. The relatives of the
dam as we'll as the relatives of the
sire should be considered. AS a mat
ter of fact, most of our people do not
carry their Investigations that far.
They may ask about his sire and
dam, but they are content to stop
there.
The good beef bull is worth a great
deal more than he generally costs.
He should not be disposed of too soon
but should be kept at least in the
same community if he proves to be
a good breeder. More than one eX-
cellent bull has been sent to the
butchers before his value as a pre-
potent sire was really understood.
This is a matter that cannot be
judged entirely by the second genera
ton but often is determined by sub
sequent generations This is fact
that is overlooked by many farmers.
Some of our best bulls have been not
only good getters of beef animals of
fine conformation but have been the
sires of prepotent sires, which is still
more important.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11


ter try to hunt up place OF refuge at
once"
Kitty rose quickly and together
they plowed through the heavy white
sand in what seemed hopeless quest
for shelter But finally they came in
sight of a dilapidated old structure
the property of quondam campers
and were soon established under its
rickety but friendly roof.
Il hope this delay is not going to
cause you too much inconvenience"
observed Kitty, the first to speak.
1T will probably interfere with an
important engagement" answered
Rochester, with little inward smile.
Kitty turned inquiring eyes upon
him.
She felt her heart start painfully
Marie Kensington! Surely that was
the name of the girl with whom Cos
sip had tried to connect his-Billy's
name since-since-well, since she
no longer had right to think of
| him!
WAS it so very important" she
asked in a colorless tone that tried
vainly to be casual.
"All engagements are, more or less,
are they not?" He gave her pointed
glance.
But Kitty did not see it. Her eyes
were down now, to hide the pain and
shadow that she could no longer con-
ceal, and her cheeks were whittier than
bo bod ovpr coan thono
For half an hour they sat in 81
lence 1t was now past three o'clock
The storm had at last worn itself out
and desultory patches of blue showed
through the hurrying clouds.
Rochester rose and walked out into
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
The Psychological Moment.

The fact that Priam was closeted
with the adiuster did not prevent Cas-
sandra from dropping in to say that
she had told him just how it would be.
"She was all l saved" murmured
the burnt-out monarch, jerking his
thumb at the retiring prophecies.
Say no more" rejoined the other.
well call the loss total, and If could
make il any more than that, old man,
I'd do it, under the circumstances.
This incident shows the value of a
word spoken at the right time.-Puck.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
The RoyaI Road.


Struggling Author-Why, De Poesy,
how prosperous you look! Was your
last book of poems success?
De Posey-No-o, cant say that 1t
was.
Published a popular novel, per-
haps?"
NO"
"Ah, then you have written play.
1 have always held that play writing,
while not the highest FORM of art, was
nevertheless"
Il have written no play"
"You haven't? Where did these fine
clothes come from? How did you pay
for that handsome turnout"
It have abandoned literature and
am peddling clans. N. Y. Weekly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
SUGAR BeetS.

Sugar beets do not require as much
water as potatoes, corn, oats and such
crops. About 20 inches of water has
been found best by the western irri-
gators. This is because in the in
creased thrift of the beet plants the
starch is turned into other materials
than sugar. Beets should be so
grown that the greatest possible
amount of starch will be changed into
sugar.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
PRIVILEGES OF A GENTLEMAN.
Youngster Probably Will Change Ideas
in Course of Time.

There is a small boy in this town,
says the Baltimore American, the
son of rather distinguished lawyer,
who has decided opinions on what
constitutes true aristocracy. One day
recently a friend called upon his
mother, and, while waiting for the
hostess, was entertained by the small
boy.
What are you going to do when
you grow up?" was the stereotype6
question she propOunded in the effort
to start the conversation.
ooh, am going to smoke"
"Yes?"
and chew"
"Oh!"
And gamble"
Indeed"
And swear"
Really"
And drink corn whisky"
And why are you going to do such
things?" asked the visitor aghast.
'Oh, all southern gentlemen do
them"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
Flow of Artesian We'll.

To calculate the rate of flow of an
artesian well simple plan is to lower
a bottle of aniline fluid to depth of
say 500 feet and thea electrically ex-
plode a cap to burst the bottle. The
time required for the fluid to appear
at the surface gives an accurate gauge
as to the velocity of flow. 1t is claimed
that this method gives results as ac-
curate as a weir. The diameter of
the pipe being known, the rate of flow
readily follows.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
The Terrible Malta.

Neither the Naples Camorra, the
Paris Apaches, nor the Black Hand of
America is the most powerful and ter
rible secret society in the whole
world, in spite Of the narrowing de-
tails of their ghast,y work. The palm
must go to the Malta, which fiourishes
in Italy, and has done so for more
than 300 years. This society, which
works so swiftly and silently, yet SO
surely, was founded in Sicily for pro.
lection against the injustice of foreign
rulers.-London "P. T. O."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
Careful Public Guardian.

One of the pillars of the city ordi-
nances is traffic policeman stationed
at Fourth avenue and Twenty-third
street. He loses no opportunity OF
making war on persons who drop
banana peels in the street. He
pounces upon an offender and orders
him to pick up the slippery menace
to life and limb and to carry it to q
receptacle for waste on the sidewalks.
New York Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
Sad Disappointment.

A verdant-looking old. fellow recent
ly entered the Office of downtown
woman's exchange, and after mo-
ments hesitation inquired of the lady
In charge: rs this here the Woman's
Exchange?"
1T isl replied the lady.
"Well," continued the countryman,
somewhat sheepishly, I'D like to swap
off my old woman for most anybody
you happen to have on hand. Lip
pincotts Magazine.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
nhanoa Not TO BE Missed.

One day the office boy went to the
editor of the Soaring Eagle and said:
There is a tramp at the door, and
he says he has had nothing to eat for
six days"
Fetch him in" said the editor. IF
we can find out how he does it we can
run the paper for another week."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
Take Good Care of It.

Remember the cow is a machine
which transforms feed that the dairy
man cannot eat into milk and butter
which he can consume. 1t should also
be remembered that it is not possible
to put musty and tainted feed into
this machine and receive pure and
wholesome milk therefom.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
a cnnd Cow.

One dairyman has figured it out
that a good COW will produce butter
for about seven cents pound. All
above that for which the butter is sold
is clear profit. The seven cents in
cludes a reasonable consideration for
the dairyman's zine in milking, car
ing for the milk and churning the
butter
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11

Kitty came back to herself with
little SILVER. The sky that an hour
ago had glowed crimson, with all the
dazzling gold lights of an Indian
summer afternoon in Florida, reflect
ed only the palest violet shadows,
deepening gradually to a dull drab.
As she looked the gray merged swift
" into black, and one by one the stars
blinked out, shedding a CHASTITY light
over the rippleless surface of the bay.
How long she had been drifting,
Kitty could never have told, but when
she reached for her oars one was
missing, and strain her eyes as she
would, only the shining, speckless wa
ter laughed back in the starlight.
a sudden panic seized her. What
should she do? Three full miles at
least from the place she had started,
with only the barren shore of Santa
Rosa behind her-even supposing she
could be lucky enough to reach that!
There was no landing anywhere in
sight, and Is feet from the beach she
ran aground in the soft white sand.
Mooring her skiff to the solitary post
that stood relic Of half decade ago,
she removed her shoes, and lifting her
skirts from contact with the water,
plunged in.
The moon broke suddenly round and
clear and full, hanging suspended from
the sky like a globe of liquid gold.
Kitty sat down weakly on a heaped-up
bank of sand and looked out to sea.
Her lips were trembling helplessly
now and the color was quite gone from
Ter face
Would they come or send for her?
1t was very likely not. She had left
word at home not to expect her before
morning, as she had intended staying
the night at a friends house. Some
how, the thought OF spending alone
this, of all nights-the one that was
to have been her wedding eVe-was
intolerable.
And now! She should not only
spend it alone, but in utter terror and
desolation. For hours she lay there
with wide-open eyes, her heart throb-
emotions making tumult in her weary
brain.
But by-and-by the salient breath of
sea wind stole insidiously into her
nostrils; the moon sank gracefully be-
hind a bank Of clouds; her eyes
closed-her lips parted slightly and
she slept
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
Were He a Bird.

With an ugly sneer he tossed aside
the bread which she had made with
her own hands.
IF | were only an ostrich" he be-
gan.
But the young woman cut him
short.
Eyes, if you only were" she
snapped, 'then I might get at least
a few decent feathers for that old har
I'VE worn since my wedding day.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
Wanted an Excuse.

what do you take when you're
coming down with cold?"
Whisky"
"Wife object?"
Certainly not. She doesn't want
me to be sick?"
Zone more question"
"Well?"
whats the easiest way to start
cold ."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
New Use for Crooks.

Explanation: A is crock, B is hinge, c is
stanchion, D hook to hold up board
which contains crock, e is manger.
board with holes sawed in it one and
one-half feet apart, and big enough to
hold a gallon crock. The crooks
are held in place by small pieces Of
strap iron bent as in Fig. 1. Fig. 2
shows an end view of device in place.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11

M. C. Russi, Of Andermath, who has
just celebrated his one hundred and
first birthday, is the oldest Alpinist in
the world. Last summer he scaled the
Gutsch mountain without assistance.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
Form of the Box.

ground where 1t will keep dry and
the animals will help themselves
without further attention. They
soon find how to push the door in,
and of course it swings shut of it's
own weight.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
y cures whiIe You Walk.

Aliens Foot Ease is a certain cure for
hot, sweating callous, and swollen, aching
accept any substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Z.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
proviro the Point.

Shea woman ought to get credit
for being just as logical and ready TO
give a reason as man.
He-Why?
She-Oh, because!
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11

It takes almost as many tailors to
make a man as it takes collectors to
induce him to pay for the job.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
A STOCK SALT BOX.
How a Convenient Receptacle May
Be Made.

A salt box with a hinged front that
animals may push in is good rig.
You can put a peck of salt in box
like this, and set it up from the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
KANSAS CALF FEEDER.
Device Which SimpIifies the Care OF
the Young Animals.

My neighbor uses this device for
feeding young calves, writes a Kan
sas correspondent of the Kansas
Farmer. It consists of a 12-inch
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11

His Wife: You needn't make any
excuses, John. It's all right; you're
lust in time to walk the baby for an
hour or two.-Puck.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11

Most men are hopelessly bad or else
they are aWfully lied about.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
We Pay Top Pic Tor cream

Cash every day. Write for prices and
tags. Miller & Holmes, st. Paul, Mimi.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
pa Mas a Kicker.

Geraldine-What do you think Of
pa?
Gerald-He has good terminal facil'
tiles.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11

Theatrically speaking, the heroine's
death scene is usually less realistic
than her hair dyeing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
We Want Your Cream

Write to-day for tags and prices. North
Star Creamery Co, Minneapolis, MINI.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
Hioh Cream Prices.

Write us to-day for particulars and tags.
MILTON DAIRY CO., st. Paul, MINI.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
Hides. Pelts and Wool.

To get full value, ship to the old reliable
N. w. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11

1t is scarcity of their remarks that
makes some women remarkable.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
McMurray's Vanilla

Worth a dollar drop, sold by all Gro
GERS at a low price.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
Hiqhest Cash Price For Cream.

Don't delay, write for prices and tags.
A. L. Way s. Sons Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-11
81 'sr-'.-9c'.-sr-'s-'7's
I Beginning All Over Again !
I By Nellie CraOey Gilmore :
By Nellie CraUey Gilmore
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS lp~sos

ccopyrfght. by Joseph 3. BowIes.)
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-01-04
"RILLv CLUB MET
Both Men and Women Eligible TO
Membership

One hundred men and three women
attended the third annual dinner of
the Bill Club No. |, of the World, held
at Excelsior Springs, Mo, on Chr list
mas day. Bill S. Cowherd Of Kansas
City and Bill e. Stanley of Kansas, the
one ex-congressman and the other ex-
governor, were guests OF honor and the
principal speakers of the "3ill of
Speech
Bill Bryan of Nebraska, who was
counted on as one Of the big attractions,
was not able to attend, nor were sew
eral of the honorary members, who in
clude Bill Warner, Bill Stone, Bill
Nelson, Bill Wallace, Bill Lynch, Bill
Hearst, and score of other Bills.
Judge Bill Fowler acted as toastmas-
ter, Bill Steck's orchestra furnished in
strumental music and the Bill quar-
tette, composed of Bill Brownell, Bill
Dehaven, Bill Wallace and Bill Court
ney, sang songs clarifying the Bills.
Any woman christened Willie, Will
ena, Wilma or Willamette, is eligible
to membership in the club.