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Mower County transcript., 1907-06-26
MILK MAXIM G

Professor Hacker of the Minnesota
experiment station says that they have
some cows that produce pound Of
butter for Z cents, while others In the
same herd and with the same feed,
care and management charge Is and
II cents per pound. This may be call
ed a coed object lesson. One who can
not be Influenced to try for better cows
in his herd by such a wide margin Of
difference is certainly pretty stolid
kind Of Individual And yet there are
scores of dairy herds made up Of these
Improbable cows It is chiefly q lack
Of knowledge Of such conditions that
perpetuates them. # 81.
Improving the Herds.
4 It Is easy CROUCH to know how to
improve our dairy herds, but the main
thing is to put in practice what we
know and what we preach. The way
to accomplish this is to make start
at once and keep it up. You will sure
ly note big improvement in your
herd If you do. Don't forget the best
results are obtained by feeding and
milking regularly: This has q great
deal to do with keeping up and raising
the standard Of our dairy herds.
Twentieth Century Farmer. :55
Excellent For Dairy Cows. s
# Cowpeas make an excellent food for
dairy cows when combined with other
grain and fodder in proper prop portions.
Mower County transcript., 1907-06-26
Best Hedqe Plant.

Probably the best hedge plant to COM
'b1ne ornament with protection is Pyrus
tjaponica. The plants should be plant
yed two feet apart. Land that is in
good condition for crop Of corn will
give good growth of these plants.
The ground on each side should be kept
mellow by the occasional use Oh cul-
Etivator and the plants cut to regular
form once year. With this treatment
|st should make good hedge in four to
five Years, or, If two strands Of wire
are stretched above it, it would afford
considerable protection in two years. s@s
Mower County transcript., 1907-06-26
j DAIRY WISDOM.

Do not leave the herd in the pasture
more than half a day at first. @
It is not good economy to buy light
milk pals or pans or cans. Get good.
heavy tin ones. They will last much
longer and pay in the end.
Save the heifer calves from the best
cows and raise them intelligently for
butter cows.
Keep the calves intended for the dali
~ sleek and growing every minute, but
do not let them get too fat.
Carefully feed so that the digestion IS
kept strong and healthy
The dairy COW must have goQl
strong digestion and a hearty appetite
if she IS to prove a profita BILE animal
Dairymen who keep poor scrub cows
and keep them half starved steal from
themselves twice over.
All milk utensils should be cleaned
Immediately after being used.
A really good COW will lose tles'
rather than gain it when in full noy
of milk. 4
Stop the churn as soon as the bHt+es
granulates if you want to work oEt i'll
the buttermilk
With thoroughly good COW tr
manufacture it we can always afort
/ to put n.feed sand taka out butter.
If the heifer calf Is to become Il goo
dairy COW she must be fed as thong
she were good COW now.
All cows do not like the same kint
Of food, neither will they do so well as
they would on some other kind
Never scald the milk pals OF. cans
but rinse we'll with cold av,:a wa tte,::. alla.
scald last. Sunshine and air help te
keep them sweet as# II a
Spots in the butter are the detective
that tell on the lazy one who does no.
work out all the buttefmilk
Cow comfort and good care go a
long wa s. toward filling the milk pail.
Do not expose the. cows to d COZ.
rain. air hss.s.e: is great danger of per-
manent Injury.
#s Cows tcll aaW foreign materials lil;s
bones. boards, ra gs. etc, to satisfy a
craving for some element lacking ais8
their bodies that is supposed to hay.fs
become exhausted by giving it, out is@
the milk: They. are satisfied BY feai7
Ing them salt wood ashes and bone
meal Inc equal quantities. i}
BIZ !. Let .a dog chase through d pastuI
where dairy cows are feeding and til i
flow Of milk that night will be cor
ssiderably short tened.
The first few strains Of milk frol
each teaf should not be milked into I'll
PAL, for this milk is very Watery, is os
little value and is invariably contain
mated, which will injure the rest Of thtz
milk.
good brush should be used for
scrubbing the surfaces OF milk vessels.
/ 1E4hs There Is nothing more objectionab BILE
for this purpose than 4 cloth, particu-,
|Blarly the cloth that has been used for;
washing the dinner dishes OF the pots
and pans A good hand brush cap be
purchased for 4 fewIcents.
Mower County transcript., 1907-06-26
The cowpea z alton.

, The New Jersey experiment station
recently experimental feeding milk
COWS with cowpea hay and found that
with cowpea ration milk was made at
a cost of 39.S per 100 pounds, while the
cost on grain ration was 6O.5 cents.
On the grain ration the cows pro-
duced 8.3 per cent more milk and 15.2
per cent more butter, but comparison
of the price of feeds showed a large
balance in favor of the coWpea ration
Mower County transcript., 1907-06-26
To Pack Plants For Shippino,


A large shipper of tender greenhouse
plants gives directions in. Rural New
Yorker which would apply equally we'll
to packing vegetables and fruit plants.
This grower says:
l believe the best packing for nearly
all weather conditions to he as follows:
Wrap plants in separate packages Of
from five to twenty-five plants, accord
ing to size or to make package that
shall be not more than two inches
through. A little soil should be left on
the roots, but even if the plant is from
a two inch pot it Is not necessary or
desirable that 1t should all be left on.
One-half or more should be shaken of.
The bunch Of roots and soil should
now be we'll covered with moist sphag-
mum moss, which must be wrapped in
oiled or waxed paper covering the en-
tire plant. Packages so wrapped
should be packed tightly in layers, a
row of roots at each end Of box, with
tops to the center and overlapping.
Layer after layer may be packed in
one box, provided they are so tight
that they cannot move, and any space
in the center or top must be packed
full and tight with excelsior to avoid
any possible movement Of the plants.
Many packers use sticks nailed cross
wise Of the box to hold plants in
place, but they often cause serious
damage to plants so packed. The wax
paper is Of great Importance not only
to keep the moss and soil moist, but to
prevent moisture reaching the tops
to cause heat and decay. Tops must
be dry when packed, and the wax
paper will keep them so, even though
the moss and roots be quite wet. Any
other paper coming in contact with
the wet moss would act as sponge
and would wet the entire package.
Most plants so packed will be suffi-
ciently separated by the paper to pre-
vent heating, but if the tops are very
{heavy thin layer Of excelsior be-
tween each layer Of plants will be Of
great service. Have your box nicely
nailed up. "a
Mower County transcript., 1907-06-26
sILos AND sILAGEE,.. E.

In regard to the comparative merits
Of wood and cement concrete silos
there is no question Of the superiority
spf the concrete over wood where per-
manencv and outdoor conditions are
taken into consid Iteration, says the aRu-
! ral. New Yorker. Even for an inside
ssilo the cement type is best when View
ed as q permanent impro OF the
! farmstead. provided some local condi
tions do not make such structure mex
pelleEtt q
sanali SIos Pay.
At recent meeting of d;irymen the
question. ..Can farmer keeping less
than ten cows afford silo?" was pref
ty we'll sifted Objections were made
I to the odor arising from ensilage. also
as to the liability of the milk becoming &
tainted, while still others declared silos
Objectionable on account Of difficulty
in removing the ensilage. However
these difficulties were all bridged, and
\ 1t was almost unanimously dec! i: 4
that with proper care there need be
no tainted milk or offensive odor, and
i II silo is properly constructed the
difficulty In removing ensilagea is en-
tirely done away with. It was shown
that a farmer keeping six cows with
out 9 silo could keep ten with one.
Renewing the silage.
For removing the silage from the sit
u have found a common four tined ma
tnure fork a most convenient tool. says
a Writer1n In the Homestead. The larger
+ the fork and the closer together the
tines the faster the work may be ac-
complished. s. IS important, hoWeye1.
\ that the surface Of the silage be left
#as nearly level as possible and the
amount removed from time to tim,
simply skinned off the tep to a dent:
of two or three inches each day. til;
never best to thrust the fork down into
the silage five or six inches, las thong
i 1t were manure yeu Were pitching
Simply take the top la yer in as careful
manner as possible, not loosening up
more than IS taken out. In this wa
there will be consid derably less vast
eitheErfb holding Or freezing f. 4
FFass.i i: Il. !! 4 to Equal
Afte, nj I. earss' use of the silos 1
esiuatingly " say know. Of no ss..ai ~ =
( that eas al e 500. lean. sweet co: :. .
sta ge for an eeon nonic al. safe. NJ / the
Year 81;
food, says ii. Daniels, preside len 4
the Connecticut Da Try mans associss
ton. If were obliged to give up TIL, t.l,3
use Of the si1o through some fanaticaI
board Of heal lth. milk inspector. etc..
should want to go out Of business
feeding ,i,'.s herd 6 Roots, pumpkin
Scabhages. al 4 have heir place with tie
small da irs but for q airy fas,les
who feeds or more cows, an al
the year around lage ration III
/ to eq qual
Fork For andling Stage.
In handling silage after conc
i from the silo We like best a short llsln
died potato or beet fork, says an Io;W;sZ
sdairyman Such q fork has d number
aof tines set teloseSto ether with the Oh &,
side ones slightly raised in ord de1s tel
hold more and d very conveniela
tool for feeelf silage he end otts
the mes s9Te not sharp, but have ii
slight enlar gemeilt MA use
more sells u scsii
J d fork ls 70 landle le and viii hold.
not tar from he light amount of Ssilages
Tor u single iced, but if naore 81 less.
is desired it ia east y sJlDnl led. sS
Mower County transcript., 1907-06-26
To Waom 1t May Concern.

1 sutfe with kidney aud stomach
ments Of everything with piles for four
years. n zone hnOWs what suffered
Finally consulted Or. Addison LINES
the Chicago speclalist. IL said he
could cure me- without using a. sknife
and he has fulfilled his promise. Ii he
treats you he will do as ne Says. Write
me and [ will tell you all.
j. G. ELLIOTT, DecorAh, Iowa.
Mower County transcript., 1907-06-26
Purple Raspberries.

Purple raspberries are intermedi diate
In character between red raspberries
and black raspberries. They are sup
posed TO be hybrids between these two
species. They show all gradations IN
habit between the two parent IL pes.
some being propagated by suckers, 9th
ers BY tips and still others by either
tips or suckers. The color of, the fruit
is usually a light or dark purple OF
the varieties described only two, Co
llumbian and Shafer, at the present
time appear to have any commercial
value. Farm Journal. a55
Mower County transcript., 1907-06-26
Will Continue the Ice Business,

Mrs G. o. diripmsu wishes to say
to ttlc,l >tO .n-r, t*ltr s'e will continus
the i,:e haSi'l.ss All t,tic,rl ths dis
i.less Of - s,ld ! ises.n-rs .a,:l .ily new
ones desiring thu ,e & ~ service,
Prompt d. v ry Df II, .,ra-r. q
Mower County transcript., 1907-06-26
A FINE PEACH.

IA Vigorous Grower and Bearer Of lm-
$.S mense Crops.
& Here is one Of the best peaches on
the entire list Of Michigan's choice,
writes T.. L. Keasey Of Michigan to
Orange Judd Farmer. Contrary to its
name. 1t is not large unless thoroughly
Mower County transcript., 1907-06-26
Dwarf Fruit Trees.

Il Dwarf bush trees can be grown ana
kept fruitful for ma ny years without
much repression in the way of prulls
ding. Pears, apples, plums and cherries
'SSdo wsil on this system and produce
fine fruit.
Mower County transcript., 1907-06-26

thinned, and when on good soil It will
attain size about that Of the Early
Crawford. .:SS. 5ss #s$ $b3
u The tree Is a most vigorous grower
with beauti full dark green and glossy
foliage. The fruit has yellow flesh. vel
low skin, with a light tinge Of red on
i the sunny side. It's quality Is unsur-
passed for all purposes. It is a good
shipper and, best of a II, is a favorite
with consumers. It Is an annual bear
er Of immense crops ssand is fast be
coming the NEchi gan planters, choice
Thinning the Peach Tree.
9 / just open the brenches as far as
possible to make them spread. g think
lit a mistake to trim out the center, to
slaughter it like a carpenter. a Some
times your whole eroI, Of buds is dam.
aged except on these inside branches;
these being more dormant, you get
your crop there. If You have enough
potash In your sol, you will get just
as good colored fruit on those inside
branches as outside The tree will get
the weight OF the Il luit on the branches
and begin to bend, then the sun gets
sat It, and If you have potash and iron
lin the soil they have more to do with
coloring the fruit than the direct rays
of the sun. ]. "a. Her, New Jersey.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-27

Entered November 20, 1902, at the U, s. Postofics in Wrangell, Alaska, as mail matter of the second class, accord Ing to the act of congress, March 8, 1879.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-27
Taking the one-pound tall, which

Taking the one-pound tall, which is the common size of can, as @ ba- sis of comparison, it is seen that there has been a uniform increase in 1906 in the value of the case over that of 1905. In 1905 cohos aver aged $3.20 per case, while in 1906 the average price was $3.63. Dur ing the same period dog, or chum salmon, increased from $2.69 to $2.S7 per case; humpbacks from $2.92 to $9; kings from $3.2S to $3.7S. and sockeyes from $3.3S to $3.77 per case.
 The investment in the pickled salmon industry in Alaska in 1906 amounted to $297,020, of which the greater part was in southeast Alaska. Tee pack amounts to 16,- 926 barrels and 3,3S9 half barrels, with a total value of $139, ,S3S.
 The Suneau Packing Co. shipped 2O,53O pounds of smoked dog sal mon, valued at $1, ,190.
 Frozen salmon was quite an in dustry, 271 ,644 pounds, valued at $15,6O0 being shipped to Puget Sound ports.
 During the year 1906 thece were planted in four hatcheries of Alaska 206, ,121 ,000 eggs. These hatcheries are at Karluk, Fortmann, Yes Lake and Klawack, the J. c. Callbreath hatchery not being reported.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-27

The Chicago and New York bulls and bears are fighting for suprem- acy, and up goes the wheat market. This means an advance of twelve to fifteen per cent on flour all over the country. With an advance in the price of meat and breadstuffs, it looks as if there must be a corre- spending advance in wages if the laboring man and his family would live.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-27
THE LUGUBRIoUS KNoCKER

The knocker is an ineradicable beast. He is omnipresent, and the busiest person alive. Wrangell has him in all his varieties and can trace him in every phase of her public and private activity. You can not argue with him with any honest success, for if you convince him against his will he has another knock coming because you have defeated him, and uses it without delay or limit. He knocks in his sleep; if he has a pleasant dream he lays it to indigestion and knocks at the man who sold him the sus- pected edible; he knocks if child smiles at him, and says the child's father has been telling tales on him at home; he knocks at good meal on account of the cost of 1t; he knocks at talr weather for fear It IS propitious for another mans plans; knocks at foul weather because he can not make it worse; at another mans achievement because he does not share it; at another's failure because he did not have hand in it; he is the best known man in town and has more mean things said about him than any other ten men. He will knock as long as he lives. Dead, he will knock at the gates of heaven and his knock will not be heardj he may try the other place but we doubt if the devil has any use for him, either.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-27

The committee to look into the matter of securing a water system for the town tell us that the out look for a water supply is most fiattering. That, indeed, should prove gratifying to every person who owns property or is in business in Wrangell, where at the present time protection against fire is so limited. Our fre-fghting appara- tus is good, so far as it goes; but there is noshing like good head of water to give protection and insure safety against fire.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-27
SOME SALMON FIGURES

From "Ihe Fisheries of Alaska in 1906 we glean the following re- garding the canning of salmon, the main industry of this district:
 Employees-The fishermen en- gagged in 1906 numbered 3,405, of whom more than two thirds were whites. All the rest, except ten Japanese, were Indians. The can. nery employees numbered 6,S6S, among whom the chinese were most numerous, the Japanese almost as many. The transporters numbered 474, and comprised 395 whites and 95 Indians. In all, 10,747 persons were employed in the salmon can- hing industry.
 Investment-Of the transporting vessels there were 116 steamers and launches valued at $1 ,211 1875, and 45 sailing vessels, valued at s1,145,650. Gillnets were the most numerous kind of apparatus, there being, in all, 1,1S3, the most of them in western Alaska. Purse keines to the number of 112 were employed, these exclusively in the southeastern part, while haul seines to the number of 90 were used in Southeast and central Alaska. The total investment for apparatus amounted to $S,102,771. There were AZ canneries in operation-20 in southeastern Alaska, 8 in central Alaska and 19 in western Alaska.
 Output of canneries-Western Alaska leads in the total quantity md value of pack, with 978,735I . cases, valued at $3 ,56O,272, followed by southeast and central Alaska in the order named. Sockeyes; or red salmon, as they gre usually known in Alaska, occupy first place in the output, with 3,500,730 cases, valued at $5,620,S75, nearly half of this pack coming from western Alaska. Humpbscks, or pink salmUni were second with 349,767 cases, valued St $1,O46,951, the greater part of them being packed in southeast Alaska. Dog, or chum salmon, were packed in southeast and vest ern Alaska alone, and amounted to e54,S1 cases, valued ct $730,235. The greater part of the coho pack Was put up in southeast Alaska, While the greater part of the king salmon pack was made in western Alaska. The total pack of all spe- cies amounted to 2,246,9S9 cases, Valued at $S,S96,392.
 Comparison of pack, 1905-6.- The pack of the year 1906 exceeded ehat of 1905 by 339,022 cases, ann ounting to $1,591,7 In 1905 There were packed 41,972 cases of dog or chum salmon, valued at &113,056, while in 1906, 254,612 cases were packed, valued at $780, 235, an increase in quantity of PIP S40 cases and in value, $617 ,179. The pack of humpback increased from 16S,597 cases, valued at $49S- t94 in 1904, to 349, ,767 cases, valued at $1,046,961 in 1906, a gain of 1S1,160 cases and $548,757. The back of echoes also increased 42,- S33 cases and $166,234. As con- pared with 1905, the pack of sock eye salmon in 1906 shows decrease of S6,613 cases, but an increase in value of $2S5,32S. The pack of l ling salmon dropped off slightly. 1
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-27
SUBSCRIPTION BATES
ADVERTISING RATES

Professional Cards, per month q co Display, per inch !" co Locals, 10 cents per line, first insertion |, 5cents per line, each subsequent in. eertion.
 Cords of thanks, obituaries, etc., sent In for publication will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents per line.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-27

The Seattle P.-I. mentions edi- torially the necessity of improving the mali sefvice to western Alaska. It might at the same time recom- mended an improvethent in the service in this portion of southeast Alaska, for which it would have received the thanks of the people. Juneau and Wrangell are 150 miles apart, with boats connecting them every three or four days; and yet letters having the stamp of the Juneau office June s did not reach this office until the 19th-ten days later, having been sent by way of Ketchiksn, Cape Chacon and other seaports, while those anxiously waiting for the letters that should have been here in two or three days could sit and suck their thumbs. However, people must not say word, but must keep quiet for fear of offending some official of this "ideal government" or treading on the toes of some one. Just keep up this very excellent @ service. It is fine, and, we presume, just what Uncle Sam pays for.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-27

operating within the state, but the courts say the law is no good and that the companies can go ahead under the same old schedule. In other words, 'tis a case of "the peo- ple be d-d."
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-27

And now the newspapers are worrying over the fact that Senator Beveridge is to be married. What of it2 Thousands of men in this country have married and no fuss was made about it.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-27
JOB WORK

This office is equipped for all classes of commercial job printing, and reason. able prices will be furnished upon application.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-06-27

Missouri fixed by what was pre- stunned to be good law a 2-cent-per- mile passenger arte on all railroads
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-06-08

brick house, situated on the same San
Francisco Street and designated as
Number 81, bounded on the right
entering by the property OF Domingo
Font, on the left by property OF En-
rique Maria Varas. now his hcirs, and
on the rear BY property OF Bsrnabe
Chavarri.
5.-.An undivided interest equi-
valent to participate of the value
of $874-48 upon total valuation OF
S., 523 in the house situated on Sol
Street in said city Of San Juan and
designated as Number 81, being a
one story brick building, bounded on
the right entering by property OF the
Succession Soler, on the left b that of
Andres Avalino David, and on the
rear by property Of Damlan Esturio
and Manuel Lazaro."
The terms and conditions of this
sale are as follows: said sale to be
conducted and made according to the
rules and practice of and subject to
confirmation by said United States
District Court and to satisfy the
amounts due and to beco me due as
in said decree provided for principal
and interest and the several other
sums therein allowed to be paid or SO
much thereof as said property will
bring upon sa id sale.
Dated at San Juan, Porto Rico, this
18th, day of May 1907.
H. S. HUBBARD,
Special Master in Chancery.