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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-21
CHAMPION CoTswoLD RAM.

can of any other class of stock-that is.
when they are living on the pasture
alone, says a writer in American Cul-
tivator. Lots of farmers will have all
the cattle and horses on the pasture
that the pasture is able to carry, and
then they will put ON a flock of twenty,
five or thirty ewes and lambs, and of
course these sheep are going to eat
close
Sheep naturally do bite close, and the
cattle will have the pasture in such a
condition that the sheep are compelled
to bite close and then, of course, you
will have short pasture. But if you
will take twenty acres and put cattle
on ten acres of it and stock the other
ten acres with sheep and stock both
fields up to their full limit you will
find that you can carry from 25 to 80
per cent more live weight of sheep on
the ten acres than you will cattle. l
have proved that several times, and
think any sheep man who has tried it
will bear me out.
Another advantage is that they will
eat down the weeds that are a nui-
sance to this country. Although they
do not destroy the weeds entirely, they
prevent them from going to seed. You
can never see any burdocks growing 6
in a field where there is a flock of
sheep, and other weeds are destroyed,
and that is a considerable advantage
in favor of the sheep. Then the sheep
are valuable in manuring the field,
which will not be done so thoroughly
by any other class Of stock.
The illustration shows the champion
Cotswold ram at the recent Interna-
tional Live Stock exposition.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-21
Weiohinu the Live Stock.

1t is a common thing nowadays to
find platform scales on the farm. A
few years ago only those men who fed
stock extensively or bought a great
deal of grain had them. On many a
farm now the scale is not used as much
us it should be. 1t makes no differ
ence whether you are feeding beef or
hogs. you ought to use your farm scale.
Have it arranged so that it is not diff
cult to run the stock over it. Then
weigh up the individuals regularly, so
that you can find out the effect of your
feeding. If your hogs are getting a
good feed of grain and milk and make
slight gains, the scales will tell you
that. If the young stock are not in
creasing as they should, the scale will
t do another bit of detective work. The
importance of all these things can
hardly be estimated. 1t is folly to
continue to feed thirty cent corn to
hogs or cattle whenei is not giving
you the best returns In growth. It Is
entirely possible that less corn fed diff
ferently would do better. Think about
this, says Kimbalrs Bairy Farmer, and
see If there Is not a great deal Of tsssh
In 1t
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-21
Mix ThorouuhlY,
S227.6O.

A great many people make mistakes
in attempting to test cow for butter
fat. I have been connected with a CO.
operative creamery all my life, and we
used to have a great many complaints
about the test. People complained the
creamery did not give them as good
tests as they should have had; that
their cows tested more. When you fol
low these complaints, you will find in
nearly every instance they come from
the fact that the farmer does not take
correct sample Of milk to take the
test from. When you milk cow, as
soon as you are through, if you take a
small dipper and a sample of milk
from the top of the pail, that milk is
richer than from the bottom Of the
pail, because the cream has been grad
TALLY rising from the time you lagan
to milk until you got through. A man
doing that must not expect that his
test will correspond with the test of
the creamery. He should have two
pals when he gets through milking.
Pour the milk from one pail to another,
back and forth, holding it as high as
possible; then take sample at once.
By doing that you will get a fairly ac-
curate sample.-Colon c. Little.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-21
A Neglected Shoe.

"I was telling a friend of mine
the other day." said the broker,
"about fellow I know of who lost
one Of his hands when he was a boy.
He is quite a bit of dandy and
visits a manicure regularly twice a
week. Every new place he goes into
he has a terrible scrap with the pro-
prietor trying to get half rates.
81 have always considered the
joke a pretty good one, but the
friend I was telling it to went me
one better. He came back at me
with the story of chap who has
only one leg and never gets but one
of his shoes shined. He wears a
cork leg, and beyond a slight limp
no one would ever know of his af-
Fiction. 1t is mystery to all his
friends why he never has the shoe
on the artificial foot polished"
New York Globe.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-21
Secret of Happiness.

We each Of us possess within our
selves the true source Of happiness.
Enjoyment is contained in our i'm
agination, not in the book we read ;
in our appreciation of beauty, not
in the picture; our musical culture,
not in the instrument played. Our
enjoyment of nature does not de-
pend upon the charm of Our sur
roundings, but upon ourselves.
Some men will find more joy in the
prairie than others in the Alps ;
some more joy in the desert than
others in the flowers and forests of
fertile lands. Is it the rich, the
powerful, the popular that obtain
the greatest happiness? We look
about us and we know that this is
not true, though we act as if it were.
Blessed are the poor in spirit. This
we know is true, though we act as if
it were not. No one is truly happy
who has not happiness as a well of
water springing up within himself
into everlasting life.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-21
The Shepherd
And His Flock.

After the first lambs get started a
place can be fixed where the mothers
and lambs can run together and use
the small pens for the new arrivals.
This arrangement makes it very con-
venient for feeding grain and roots to
the ewes and In such quantities as
they seem to need them, writes a
Michigan breeder in American Agri-
culturist The best of clover hay
should be supplied at this time, and
the little lambs soon learn to nibble
the heads and leaves, which will help
tEem. If a creep hole is furnished for
the lambs to run through into an ad-
joining stall or room, they will enjoy
a play there and can be coaXed to eat
some grain, like a little bran and mid
dlings, put i'll a trough high enough SO
they can reach it, but not run over it
and get dirt in it. AS lamb abhors
filth and will not eat if there is any
near his feed, the trough should be
cleaned at least once a day and d
fresh supply furnished. The grain fed
the lambs will relieve the ewes to a
considerable extent and help to give
the lambs good start in life.
When lambs come during a cold
snap. if the eve and lamb are put in
the small pen and a false covering put
up just above the sleeps back when
she is standing up to keep the cold air
from coming on it from above, it will
soon warm up and come out all right.
If the lamb can be made comfortable
until it gets dry, it will not be likely to
succumb to the cold.
1t is a good plan to partition off
some little pens four or five feet square
on one side of the shed and as the
lambs arrive put the mother and lamb
in them, which will prevent the flock
running over the little fellows when
small. When in the small pen, one can
help the lamb to get his first meals, if
necessary, much easier than if running
in with the flock If young ewes are
inclined to disown their lambs, they
are pretty sure to become attached to
them after being confined with them a
few days. When the ewes have been
well fed and the milk starts at the
proper time, they enjoy having the I'D
der relieved occasionally, and the ma
ternal feelings seem to assert them
selves very readily.
Sheep Are Money Makers.
My experience is that you can carry
more sheep, more pounds of sheep. to
the acre by 25 to 80 per cent than you
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-21
THE .SEIEp HERD

If the ewes udder is caked. fOment it
with hot water containing slight in
fusion of opium.
There's nothing like mothers milk for
the lamb, but when the mother is short
the milk of fresh COW is the next
best thing.
Save some of the best eve lambs for
your own flock. Those from good,
twin bearing stock are best.
Keep the sheep pens dry with plenty
or litter. Put in fresh, clean straw Of
ten. Keep the pens level Rake them
over if they become tramped and un-
evenly packed, says the Farm Journal.
Do not allow the wool to become
damp. 1t takes long time to dry and
may cause colds and pneumonia.
The success with the early lambs de-
pends upon the capacity of the moth
ers to supply milk. To insure this they
must be fed on the proper variety of
food.
The only safe place for newborn
lambs is where the cold cannot chill
them. After they are a few days old
they will endure almost as much as
the old sheep. It is wonderful how
fast they grow sturdy and able to re-
sist the cold.>
g A sprinkling of oilmeal Is good aid
to digestion. ,...-~t .-- - .--. .
Quietness is best for the eve that has
just lambed. .., 80 I'D
The most profitable flock is one
where no ewes are kept that are over
six years old unless there may be some
wonderfully prolific ewes and some
that are extra Raod.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-21
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SEA SuPERSIITlnNs.
signs and Tokens That Sway the Men
4iiiss sWhS work kbSarH shi6se s4s

Signs and resssns Thst Sway the Men
tii - ssNhS work kbsara ships= s
There is 4 general idea that the
sailor labors under more than the
one pet superstition popular tradf-
tion assigns to each individual. Mr..
r d. J. Kelley, although he de
clares that stars,' are no more su-
pefstitious than any Of their equals
III training and opportunities, cites
in f'The Ships Company" many of
the signs and tokens in which those
awho 90 down to the sea in ships"
put their faith.
In the past superstition was a
part Of every ship. 1t entered into
its keel, climbed to its flags, ran at
its launching, controlled its crew
and cargo, evoked portents and gov
erned it's ventures and arrivals.
A bit of stolen wood was always
nortised into the keel to make a
ship sail fast. A silver coin was
placed in the mainmast step to in
sure lucky ventures. The modern
christening by the wine bottle arose
from the ancient ibations poured
on the deck by priests.
On a sailing ship lawyers, women
and the clergy are looked upon with
tlisfavor, as they are supposed to
bring i'll luck. Every black cat that
comes on board Carries a gale in
her tail" Whistling is much against
the proprieties of sea life. If one
whistles for a breeze he is only too
apt to bring tornado.
Ship bells are blessed, and to this
day, if a mistake is made in striking
one, it is Immediately struck back
ward to break the spell. The belief
in the desertion of a sinking ship
by rats is founded on reason, for
rats like to be dry footed, and when
vessel is unsafe it becomes leaky
under deck and too wet for the
creatures comfort.
Figureheads were first images of
gods, then of saints and sea heroes.
Chinese junks bear two glaring eyes
on their bows, for: ''No have two
eyes, how can see? No see, how
can go?"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-21
The Head of the Herd.

The selection of an animal to head
the herd is a matter of the greatest
Importance. To the professional breed
er who has made his herd and knows
the strong and weak points of his
animals we give no advice. A man
who has sufficient skill to breed a
herd of females to uniformity knows
better than any one else their weak
ness which he wishes to correct. He
also knows how to select. mate. for
them which is strong where they are
weak. but he has to take the chances
of that mate transmitting the desired
improvement without interfering with
thu good qualities already prevailing
in the herd.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-21
No GROWING Pains.

An eminent specialist claims that
there is no such thing as growing
pains" We have been taught that
when a child has stinging pains in
the limbs, shoulders or other parts
of the body it is an indication that
the body is growing, and therefore
most parents welcome the news of
such suffering in children. The
physician referred to above claims
that growing pains are muscular
rheumatism and should have imme-
date attention. Something is wrong,
and steps should be taken at once
to learn why the child's blood is not
in perfect condition.-Health.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-21
lEARAsl,Iaa.a,.:.
! 11ssssGHRBgN
CORRECT PRUNING.
The Right and Wrong Way illustrated
and Described.

The question frequently arises when
to prune. Among the earlier horticul-
turists this question was often an
swered as follows: Prune when your
knife is sharp. This is comparative
ly safe method to follow with some
plants, but where the problem involves
the management of extensive CONNER
cial plantations it is not so easy to
prlne in this miscellaneous fashion, re-
marks New England Homestead. The
work must necessarily be done at aome
particular season and carried on in
systematic manner after some definite
plan.
With most orchardists and gardeners
pruning can best be done during the
winter or early spring months. and
where the object is the removal of
small branches this season is undoubt
edly quite as satisfactory as airy 9th
er. In fact, pruning during late
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-21
Heating Water In a Paper Bag.

s1 had no hot water for shaving
at the little country hotel and ac-
cordingly heated some in paper
bag"
"Heated water in paper bag?
"Sure!"
ssHow can that be done?"
'You take a stout paper bag-or
an envelope will do as well-fll it
with water and hold it over gas
flame or a lamp. The water heats
readily. The paper doesn't burn
because it is wet, and wet paper is a
singularly tough and noncombusti-
BILE substance.
tsMany and many time have I
heated over the gas jet an envelope
or paper bag of hot water for ny
shaving, and not once have I had IN
seeidenG
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-21
GopPARENTs.
Origin Of the Custom of Having Spen.
NJ * II sorsi Al BAPTISM fssts
.IsGAAGA

Origin ct the Custom of Having SPeR-
NJ ss as sors' at Baptism. s.t
The names of godfather and god
mother are from the sAnglo-Saxon,
and, they are applied toethose who
act and speak for a child in the rite
of Christian baptism: The Latin
name for the same office-sponsor-
having been incorporated in the
English language, is even more Of
ten used than the Saxon appella-
tives. It signifies a bondsman or
surety. -r f ~'at
The first appointment of sponsors
in the early church occurred about
154 A. D., and the selection was the
act of Roman bishop, whose OBJ
ject was to provide for the Chris
tan uprearing of a child, both of
whose parents had perished in perse-
cution. From that time on the Gus
tom of having sponsors at the bap-
tism of children grew on the plea
that their parents might be cut off
by some fierce attack on the small
company of Christian believers. un-
til it came to be retained after the
period Of persecution as a part of
the baptismal rite.
A rule adopted by church coun-
ell in S13 A. D., forbidding parents
to act as sponsors for child is sup
posed to have for its purpose the Sc
curing for a child a Christian guar
dian should one or both Of the par
ents die, for it was held that the
parents were, per Sc, the child's nat
ural sponsors and bound, by their
very act of bringing him to the bap-
tismal font, to rear him in the faith.
Another church rule adopted by
the council of Trent in 1915, limit
ing the number of sponsors to two
for each child, is said to have owed
its origin to the fact that the choice
Of sponsors had come to be made
largely to secure gifts and favors, a
dozen or more friends, present or
absent, being recorded as sponsors
in many instances, custom that
simply converted the office into a
| farce.
The duties of sponsor as defined
in the church catechism are to
pledge the child to-frst, renun-
citation of the evil works of the
world, the flesh and the devil; Sec
ond, belief in the Christian faith,
and, third, to a life lived in accord
ance with Gods holy will and com
nandments. An active interest in
the chiid's Christian welfare was at
one time expected of its godparents,
but little is looked for now beyond
a kindly interest, more or less per-
functory, in his (or her) well being.
I-Housekeeper.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-21
He Knew.

She was Sunday school teacher,
and of course she tried to make ev-
erything good. She spied lot OF
urchins going bathing one Sunday
afternoon, and so she tackled them.
'Do you know where little boys
go to who bathe on Sunday ?" said
she.
eyes," said one little arab, black
er than all the rest. ..'Its farther
up the canal side, But you can't
90. Girls amt allowed. Strand
Mssadaa.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-21
Answers.

Two young society women were
in an outbound Sutter street car.
It stopped at Leavenworth.
ooh, there come Tom and Ed! ]
guess they've had luncheon at the
Palace. They've got on the front
end. I don't want to speak to Ed
What can I do if he should come
back this way?"
"Hydew shouted the conductor
as the car sped along.
fFWhat's the matter? Don't you
like him any more?"
S1 never did, but I expected he'd
ask me to the auto show, and he
pretended he wasn't going, and I
just knew he'd be there. What do
you suppose he was doing by his
lonesome ?"
'Iarkin!" yelled the conductor,
loud above the down grade whir Of
wheels.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-21
KATY GERBEN.

nave the bad habit of wetting their fin
gers when milking, and when the teats
Of young cows are left in this condi-
ton, especially in the winter time, they
get sore, while lard heals or takes
:lway the soreness that is so natural,
considering that many mixers have
cough, hard hands and considering that
the teats ARE not accustomed to the
milking process ...-.,..
A HoIstein's Great Record.
The Nebraska Agricultural college re-
ports the work of the Holstein Katy
Gerben, which has lately made a new
yearly record of milk production over
any cow of any breed classed as a
three-year-old. She was calved Dec. Z,
1902 and dropped her first calf Dec.
20, 1904. In ten months she produced
33545 pounds of butter. She came
fresh again Jan. 13, 1906. and in 365
days produced 1855 pounds of butter.
She gained during the year 12S pounds
in live weight Katy is now four years
and two months old and has to her
credit one two-year-old heifer, which
has been fresh three months and is
producing ten pounds of butter per
week; also another yearling heifer,
which will be fresh in August, 1907.
Katy has produced in two years %
541 pounds of milk and 1,119.3 pounds
of butter. Katy Gerben's net earnings
last year were $156.17, the total food
cost being $71.43, while the value of
whole and skim milk produced was
$2276O.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-21
Farmers Institutes.

Not the least of the benefits of farm
ers' Institutes is that they are teaching
farmers to think when standing on
their feet and facing an audience The
old fashioned farmer felt bungling aud
awkward in public. He could sit and
see holes IN the other fellows argu-
ment, but be became speedily a victim
of stage fright when he arose to eX-
press his own views. - Iowa Home
stead.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-21
WRONG AND RIGHT WAY.

the under side of the limb and then
upon the upper side. as shown in the
second figure, so that the breaking of
the tissue occurs near the middle Of
the wound instead of at one side.
When this is the case, tearing and split
ting seldom occur.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-21
The San Jose Louise,

The scale under which the louise
Hides is impervious to most insecti-
cides, and during certain season the
louse can crawl about or be carried
from place to place by birds. heavy
winds, etc. Strong. healthy trees soon
succumb 10 the attacks.-Farm Josr-
nal. -~@
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-21
Burn the Branches.

Never leave prunings of trees and
bushes lying round. Burn them in the
garden fire. and you will know then
that all the insects upon them are de-
stroyed. The wood ash. too. Is an ex-
cellent fertilizer for every crop grown.
but especially useful for tomatoes and
all fruits.--Gardening.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-21

My experience is that you can carry
more sheep, more pounds of sheep. to
the acre by 25 to 80 per cent than you
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-26
Posoce Prescott Ariz sccondclass
Editorial Comment
CALHOUN AS A DARK ANGEL.

that =
. Calhoun Of the United
bit indicted
Punchs celebrated
married: "Don' But its
wicss is the
ga . bc any
reading be Independent thing
which finds
which pledged and
leave think freely 10 a
place public
GRAFTON, Many
Uated Railroads
do fighting Many tried
bat have succeeded Every corporation ridden newspaper
he's speedily lost
tAe end nerabe burden The
Ming has tried and
IL has
No matter how brilliant the staff the
sent the The Man Behind
10 the public which will snif with like whiskcrcd old
rat evadc the offering This propensity Chicago
weeks tho Chronicle bowed
the inevitable and retired from the field editorial
newspaper having few his but hopelesy
handicapped from the start by which
Sfsln, wlc used his Furnishing
those who did not heed his bhc and
worthy His will law, and the paid the
terrible drag which Of clever
To speak advise
business result TO be truthful
cut fear favo requisites
sgion and with right
public
the budgeop, is
sssh journalistic should
Sslong society.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-26
LEADING tn z OLD LIFE"

Nan Patterson, 'Fosdon"
Ger OF Caesar Young a
edious
A.srn men and mcphore ally,
leadins to
from Phtsburg, the Of ne naughty
special tsntea
she arrived
- join her husband who is California assumed
Since restaurants and c..
ghte.."
Before Nan Patterson
had not been generally proclaimed common
but the endern districts n
Jczebel
u" glasses nked and the rbad
attribute indi1.y.n,
quality.
pretty face figure appeal and that appeaI nav,
ally went out to the baer elements people who
Knew her wrctched
wapton mu,d., ANNA do
uurcly Of baek md
white that showed her pink beauty t state
the
innocence the others dsregardng obvious permitted hemlvc, to
tack OF demcntia he oven,ed no,
wrongs Public camor her side
she went unwhpped Of justice
The shallownes Of her pccnse . restored virtue and ,
eh'y was Indicated wen she quickly expressed intention
devote her life to useful labor tho hono
OF herself bo loolo,
public interest turned to popular disgust fiat
Since then she has broken occasion offered and ,
s'me the sidelg have revealed her tobo,pa %
her real level Now we Informed that she
foolish the
them to how hut 1t the will shared .
che malolor Patterson affair again ventilated ~
How much better noble and ~
would be soft hearted
masculine
their words OF cheer sympathy
Who perhaps lacking beauty wealth. afflicted in
many ways surely under the temptation despair bravsy