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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-04-15

copper sulphate may be dissolved In
the slop and drinking water in the
proportion of one ounce Of the copper
sulphate to every ten gallons OF water
and slop.
The dead hogs should be burned
This is not difficult task, If the bodies
are placed on top Of a pile of wood
that burns quickly and makes a hot
fire. If disposed of ny burying, 1t
should be well done and the bodies
covered with lime.
At the end of the outbreak the lots,
houses, ETC., should be cleaned and dis
infected. All litter should be burned
and the yards, wherever possible, plow-
ed. If the herd has been moved from
old to new quarters, it Is, Of course,
unnecessary to wait until the end of
the outbreak before giving the old
quarters q thorough cleaning and dis
injecting.
Every ranchman in this western
country should take up some breed
and make a speciality of It, and the
breeder who urges a change OF breeds
from one year to another Is hurting his
own business. The better the stock the
more profit in handling and the profits
in good stock warrant any man in pro-
viding such feed and shelter as will
keep them in good condition. A breeder
may be able to Fay fancy prices for
breeding stock, but the plain cattle
raiser does not need to do so, but what
ever he does secure should be chosen
with the definite purpose of improving
the herd
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-04-15

ing Of sheep. Corn silage and corn
and clover silage together. have both
been used for feeding sheep with very
good results. 1t is hard to find any
food unsuitable for sheep unless it Is
timothy hay. They will generally eat
weeds or hay that contains weeds with
a relish.
The success or failure in the sheep
business, therefore, must not be laid
to supposed lack Of proper food, but
rather to the care and attention or the
lack Of it, on the part Of the attend
ant, at least, so long as the present
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-04-15
NOTES ON CARE OF SHEEP.


will support live stock, which does not
grow a sufficient amount and variety
of foods to supply sheep with a ration
suitable to their needs.
Sheer are peculiar stock, somewhat
tender in their character and yet one
of our hardest breeds of stock. When
domesticated they require careful at
tention especially during the winter
months, but in their natural wild state
are hardy and rugged and able to stand
almost any kind Of weather.
Sheep are naturally Of rowing dis
position and therefore fret themselves
and get dull when brought in and con-
fined in comparatively small yards for
several months at a time.
They must have exercise to be
thrifty; they must have water. salt and
sufficient amount Of nutritious food
and protection from severe storms.
These the shepherd must give In order
to succeed in the business.
To water sheep in the morning and
then let them go thirsty the rest of
the day when that water is gone, to
give them a box Of salt and when that
is gone to allow them to go without
for the rest Of the month, to confine
them to their pens from the time they
are brought up in the fall until they
are turned out to pasture in the spring
without having any chance to exercise,
are all sure to be attended with bad
results.
The dairy cow needs protection from
winds that would have little or no
effect on sheep so that the latter may
be turned out in the stubble field for
exercise without any danger whatever.
Exercise is conducive to good health in
general which in turn plays a conspic-
uous Fart in the production Of good,
strong healthy lambs in the spring.
Salt is necessary to promote the as
similation and digestion Of the various
foods eaten and also TO stimulate the
appetite while water Is necessary at
all times as confinement is apt to pro-
duce a somewhat feverish condition.
To be successful in the sheep busi-
ness the shepherd must study the needs
of his flock so as to keep them con-
tented. They must be fed regularly,
both morning and night, the feeding
troughs should be kept Clean as sheep
are more or less of finicky nature,
anu IL luSlT leu 10 IhiOWh III ShO
troughs on top Of droppings it Is sure
to disgust them and loss OF appetite
is noticed.
Another very important thing in the
management of sheep is the fodder CIV
en- them. Glover hay is undoubtedly the
best roughage, while timothy hay is
perhaps the worst.
Many successful sheep men claim
that 1t is a question whether lambs
can be successfully grown without
clover; however, Canada field peas, wild
peas, .vetch or in fact any Of the le-
gumes, make excellent roughage for
winter feeding.
Timothy hay should never be fed to
sheep and lambs unless it is in small
quantities mixed along with clover or
some other of the legumes.
The silo is fast coming into prom
inence of late years and is apt to form
a conspicuous part in the winter feed
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-04-15
good prices for sheep and lambs hold
out.
A few weeks ago Thos. H. Wilson, Of

few weeks ago Thos. H. Wilson, Of
Issaquah, Wash, had small classified
advertisement in The Ranch, Offering
two bulls for sale. This little ad did
the business, for Mr.. Wilson writes he
has sold the bulls. He Is now using
more space to offer three registered
bull culves eight months old Here
are some good youngsters that ought
to prove valuable to those who get
them.
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cnre of the Dairy Calf.

The young calf should be taken away
from the mother after 1t Is three or
four days cid. 1t should be fed pure
milk for time, the temperature being
about 90 degrees +. Care should be
taken not to feed the calf too heavily,
or it may get the scours. The calf
should be taught to drink from a pail
at the outset. This can be done by
putting the finger In its mouth and
gradually lowering the hand until 1t is
beneath the warm milk IN the pail. In
a short time 1t will drink by Itself.
After being fed on the pure milk for a
week or so the calf may be fed on skim
med milk. II the calf does not run on
pasture. 1t VIII be profitable to put lit
tie raeal or shipstuff in the skinned
milk. After month or two 1t should
be fed some good timothy or clover
hay.
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Various view. of Charlotte corday.

Various Views of Charlotte COrday.
The contemporaries of Charlotte Cor
day. said Dr. Cabanes, have thought
that "her complexion had the transpar-
ency of milk, the carnation of roses
and the velvetiness of peaches" They
have thought also that "she was not
pretty. Her face was hard. insolent
and as If marked with erysipelas.' -
One witness says that Mile. Corday
was not handsome. but her expression
was so sweet, SO sweet" Some say
that she was tall rather than small;
others say that she was tall; many say
that she was decidedly small. Her
passport makes her height five feet one
inch. Her hair, according to an official
document, was chestnut; according to
another official document 1t was blond;
Nine. Hauer, wife of the painter who
made Charlotte's portrait. says that her
hair was ''cendre"-that is, mouse or
drab or ash colored. Able Dinone, who
had lock of her hair, says that 1t was
neither red nor 'cendre.'" Dr. Ca
banes says decisively that she was
beautiful, of average height, and that
her hair was chestnut. History. found
ed on auth antic documents, says that
her expression was sweet and sour;
that her complexion was of milk and
roses and marked at the same time as
by erysipelas, and she was Of tall,
small and medium height; that she was
blond, dark and neither dark nor blond
History is a science.
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two and one-half inches wide. The
end pieces are also of hard wood and
are one foot long by three and one
half inches square and are mortised
to receive the sides, as shown in Fig
3. The sides are fastened to the ends
with bolts, one side on bolt at X and
being held when closed by clevis, c..
Eyebolts are affixed ut each end, to
which short chains are fastened and
by which the stanchion is suspended.
The whole stanchion, including bolts,
labor, ETC., should not cost more than
60 Or IS cents and may be made for
even less than that amount
Percentage Valuable.
Cows, like men, are good or bad
ofttimes because of their environment.
bringing up and education. We look
for and expect men to be good if
brought up in good, religious families
and communities. I have often heard
it said. "Give me the first six years
of child's life, and / will tell you
with a great deal of certainty what
the future of that child's life will be-
So believe that the conditions under
which an animal Is reared determine in
a large measure her future usefulness
or uselessness, says a writer in KIM
ball's Dairy Farmer. AS with men,
the parentage is of great value. and
we look for and have good reason to
expect cows to be better cows from a
long line of productive ancestry. This.
then. is the stepping stone in the de-
veloping Of dairy COW.
The Good Bull.
Authorities say that daughters take
after their fathers and sons after their
mothers" in predominant character
istics. This is true Of all animal life.
If a bulls lineage can be traced
through a line of remarkable mixers
his value will be enhanced. He will
transmit the qualities of his dam to h's
offspring. 1t often happens that the
farmer who buys cows with the idea
Of raising heifers Is disappointed. He
is impatient. He cannot wait for the
second generation. He thinks his cows
are improbable because their Eeifers
are not as good as he had hoped they
would be. 1t usually takes at least
two generations to get herd into good
working condition. You can't do 1T In
a minute. Don't get hasty, but keep
the facts in mind and work toward Il
definite purpose. Above all, use good
sire. You need good cows. That IL
plain. And you need a good sire to get
good cows That isn't as plain as 1t
ought to be. By good bull we mean
one whose maternal blood stands for
milking qualities and performance.
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Homemade Butter worker.


A very effective butter worker, which
will save great deal of labor, can be
made by any man Mt all handy with
tools out of some strips Of hard wood,
maple preferred. Fashion the pieces
into wide, shallow trough, tapering at
one end to about four inches. Set this
trough on three legs, two under the
wide end and one under the narrow
end, strengthened by an extra piece nm
derneath to fit them into.
Make roller out Of piece of the
wood four inches square and one foot
longer than the trough or body OF work
er. A very good length for medium
sized dairy would be thirty inches for
the body part and four inches for the
roller. Cut with fine tooth saw one
inch deep ON each side of the stick
at point twelve inches from one end.
This extra twelve inches Is for ham
die and should be dressed down round
and smooth to about two inches, -
that 1t Is easy to grasp by the operator.
The remaining three feet must be made
tapering, the small end (that opposite
the handle) being not more than an
inch in diameter. Dress the wood
square, then cut off the four corners to
make 1t octagon in shape.
In the narrow end OF the trough
drive an ordinary iron staple and in
the small end OF the roller short.
heavy cut iron nail-not wire nail.
which would be likely to bend. The
nail should project about an inch. This
fits into the staple, holding the roller
in place. and completes about as effcc-
tive butter worker as any one need
ask for.
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When q Man Lies.

IF you want to tell whether or not
the man you are talking to Is telling
the truth, don't look him In the eyes,"
said a Denver bank teller to some
friends last night Il thought twas just
the other way" said one Of those pres
ent. i've always understood that It
made II harder for the liar IL you looked
squarely In his eyes, That's a wrong
impression" continued the bank teller.
"The man who knows how to lie knows
how to look you In the eyes when he's
doing It. And the man who isn't
regular liar, but who has made up mis-
mind to lie to you, decides first that
he must look you straight In the eyes.
II Is the voice, when you don't look at
the eyes, that tells you whether the
other fellow Is lying. We use the sys-
tenn frequently In the bank. A man
will come in to tell us some business
tale. We look at his feet or his hands
or his knees, but never in his eyes.
II he's telling the truth his voice will
be firm and straightforward, and the
absence Of your gaze in his eyes will
not affect it. but II he's lying he'll be
confused by your action, and his voice
will tremble. He'll hem and haw and
clear his throat. You may rest as
sured then that he's stringing you."-
Denver Post.
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THERE WAS A CRASH.

naries had been disposed of, "but Miss
Gardner had what wanted. You are
just trifie too late" Coyington felt
like kicking the big s. & S. sample case
that leered at him in the hallway.
When Covington tossed his grip into
the bus after dinner he found Miss
Gardner already ensconced In a corner
of the vehicle.
During the ride to the railway sta
ton he discovered by oblique glances
that she was even prettier than he had
at first imagined. Her profile was
good, her complexion beautiful and
real, her lips superlatively pretty.
''Tommyrot!' snorted Covington to
himself when he saw where his reflec-
tions had led him. He began planning
how to outwit Miss Gardner when they
reached Essig, for he knew that she
surely would stop there.
Experience told at Essig. and Gov
ington sold big bills to the two dealers
in the thriving little town. 1t was
Miss Gardner's turn to depart without
an order. There was something more
than the mere Indifference of a stran-
ger In her manner when they were bus
companions once more, this time for
the evening train to Tilton. The at
mosphere was SO chilly that Covington
felt like blowing ON his fingers.
The first day was counterpart OF
most Of the days that followed for
two months. Occasionally Covington's 8
side trips to small towns which Miss
Gardner did not make would keep them
out of each others way for a time.
Soon Covington found himself plan
ming to avoid these side trips by hav-
ing the customers come at the expense
Of the house to the larger points on his
route. "Other fellows do it." he ar
gued. ut makes good feeling to give
them little holiday. and 1t doesn't
cost much more than my livery hire" ."
He never once admitted that growing
inclination to see as much as possible
Of Miss Gardner had anything to do
with the matter.
The situation certainly had its draw
backs. They became acquainted, -of
course. Miss Gardner told him Of her
6r1t employment in Stern & Sulz-
mann's as 4 stenographer; how gradu-
ally she had been detailed to wait on
the smaller customers who came to the
city for their goods and how the arm.
quick to note her natural ability as I
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-01-10
PARAFFINING OF CHEESE.
It May he Done ON the Farm ut LIT
tie Exuenae

1t May he Done ON the Farm ut LIT.
tie Expense.
Nearly all factory cheese Is now par
AHMED, and the advantages obtained
by covering the cheese with q thin lay
er of paraffin are:
The loss In weight during curing Is
much less than without the parafin,
and the cheese will stand u higher tenn
perature In the curing room without
damage.
Mold is entirely prevented or at least
greatly checked.
Flies cannot deposit their eggs
through the paraffin, and that prevents
shippers.
The parafiining of factory cheese ID
done by dipping it In melted paraffin,
so that thin layer adheres to the
cheese, but of course it takes quite q
large kettle full to dip even a ten
pound cheese, and this method would
on that account be somewhat expen-
sive for cheesemakers on the farm.
The parafining can. however, be done
at practically no expense and with
very little work by the following meth.
Cd:
Melt pound or two of paraff1n (cost.
Ing about 15 cents per pound In a ket.
tie until 1t Is quite hot and begins tC
smoke and then cover the surface OF
the cheese, using a fairly stiff brush
say about an inch in diameter, and rut
1t In good. Be sure to keep the paraf
fin hot and dip the brush frequently
Do not try to cover too much surface
with one dipping of tie brush. The
coating should be about half the thick
ness Of dime and adhere well to the
cheese. It takes less than / cents
worth OF paraffin for ten pound
cheese.
The cheese should preferably bs
from three to ten days old when par
affined, and the surface must be wiped
dry. 1t Is best to leave the cheese II
warm room for some hours before
parafining; otherwise 1t is difficult t.
get a coating that will stick. AS the
farmer generally has no regular curing
room, says writer In HOard's Dairy
man, 1t will pay him well to take thu
little extra trouble In parafining al
his cheese.
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A Train For Tyler.

During Mr. Tyler's incumbency Of
the presidential Office he arranged to
make an excursion in some direction
and sent his son Bob to arrange for q
special train. 1t happened that the
railroad superintendent was strong
Whig. As such he had no fayors to
bestow on the president and informed
Bob that his road did not run any
special trains for the president.
"Whatv' said Bob. did you not fur
nlsh special train for the funeral
Of President Harris0n?' 'Yes," said
the superintendent, land il you'll
bring your father In that condition you
shall have the best train on the road"
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rare aen Jon.on.

The epitaph, 20 Rare Ben Jonson."
engraved on the tablet marking tho
burial place Of the celebrated play
wright in the poets corner West
minister abbey, is said to have orig
mated with Jack Young lafterwarl
knighteD, who, walking there when
the grave was covering, gave the fell
low 18 pence to cut it." DR.. Brew
er in his phrase and Fable says
Shakespeare called Jonson Rare
Ben," but does not say where. Ac-
cortling to Chambers Book of Days."
the phrase formed the concluding
words OF the verses written and dis
played in the clubroom Of Ban's clique
at the famous Mermaid tavern. The
epithet "Rare Ben Jonson" is said to
have been first uttered after the ap-
pearance of his highly successful farce,
bartholomew Fair" The epitaph has
been copied once Mt least. When Sir
William Dayenant was inferred in
Westminster abbey the Inscription on
his covering stone was 20 Rare Sir
William Davenant."
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A writer in Farm and Fireside says
the COW stanchion shown in the illus
tration has been used in his stables
with much satisfaction We have
used both chains and the old station
ary stanchions and have seen some Of
the modern patented cattle ties, but
consider this stanchion superior to any
of them, he says. With this stanchion
the cows are given sufficient freedom
without undue liberty. They can turn
around to lick themselves, yet cannot
get back on the walk or ahead in the
manger.
Fig. shows the stanchion closed
Fig shows it open. The two sides
are made Of hard wood, four feet long.
one and one-fourth inches thick and
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Deception OF wild Birds.

Falcons-hawks, the largest species
can compress their features and look
very thin II they think 1t necessary to
do So As to the owls, they can hump
into any position they think most suit
able. 1t Is useless to look for these
self preserving traits in any of the
family kept In geological collections,
for the birds are SO accustomed to see
large numbers OF people passing and
repasslng or standing In front Of them
that they treat the whole matter with
perfect Indifference. They know that
at n certain time their food will be
brought to them and that they are
otherwise perfectly safe. Tie raptures
In wild state have a bloom on their
plumage. like the bloom ON bunch Of
grapes, which is not SO often seen
when In captivity
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Dairy Talk Of Today

The best cows do not always have the
largest udders. Often udders are de-
ceptive Scales and the Babcock test
is the surest way to determine your
most profitable cows.
Test AssociatiOns.
It Is important to know the yearly
yield Of every COW in the herd and
whether she is paying or not IL the
best results are wished for. To his
end test associations are being formed
In some parts of the country to work
out the problem of herd Improvement.
just Before Milking.
There are two very practical meth
DDS Of reducing the amount Of hair.
dust and filth that ordinarily falls into
the milk. BY giving the fianks of the
animal and the udder good washing
and then wiping dry just before milk
ing; the other, and probably the most
satisfactory method, is to wipe the nd
der and adjacent parts with damp
cloth.
stable Bacteria.
AL COrueI ASficultuFdI cOlIeSe SOhe
Of the trained scientific men engaged
there undertook the study OF stable
bacteria and how fast they will multi.
ply. A hair from cows flank was
put into 500 cubic centimeters Of steril.
lied milk After shaking it for q
minute there were fifty-two bacteria
per cubic centimeter; after twenty -four
hours 1t contained 5000 per cubic
centimeter. a cubic centineter Of mill
Is very small quantity, only q few
drops, and Is expressed in abreviatior
by the letters G. G. Another expert
ment was made In which piece o1
hay taken from the stable floor abou
two inches long was placed In 500 cubi'
centimeters OF sterilized milk. The mill
was shaken one minute and then con
tanned 3,025; after twenty-four hours
contained 3.412,OOO bacteria per cubi
centimeter. Now, It Ii these bacteri'
Of the destructive kind, says Hoard
Dairyman, that destroy the quality \
MIL. cream, butter and cheese.
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In Cupid's
Chariot
By Michael james
Copyright, 1906. by E. C. Parcels

Shades Of Cleopatra" CALCULATED
Covingtoa to himself, "it's woman,
and" he added, "a mighty pretty one
tOO!''
The sample room Of the Hotel Went
worth was filed with neatly arranged
dry goods samples, among which the
young woman moved, calm and conf
dent. Behind her trotted old Epton,
the best customer he bad in Went
worth. The little circle embracing each
corner Of the old mans thin lips show
ed that he was pleased too. 'She's
sold him, or I'm a Dutchman," was
Covington's thought as he backed out
of the door he had SO airily opened a
moment before, "and that means I've
got to work, for the man, woman or
child who can sell Epton under years
acquaintance Is wonder. Well, It's
the back sample room for mine and. a
hustle to snare the rest of them before
she gets done with Epton."
His eye caught big black sample
case in the hall. "Jim Dunkley's trunk!
I'll bet dollar booze got the best of
Jim, and they've given this woman his
territory"
Ignoring the grinning clerk, who had
seen Covington advance on the sample
room like conquering hero, he scan.
ned the register. Yes, there it was:
"Miss Cecil Gardner, Chicago" The
signature was very like the young lady
herself-trim. neat. capable and yet al
most appealingly feminine
AS he laid out his samples in the
poorly lighted back sample room Gov.
ington pondered resentfully upon the
depravity of the firm of Stern & Sulz-
mann which would fire good, easy pick
ing like Jim Dunkley and give his place
to a woman-what was worse, to a
woman who knew her business. Slam
ming the door viciously, Covington
started out to round up the other dry
goods men of the town.
He returned In half an hour, even
more resentful than before. Miss
Gardner evidently believed in the early
bird theory, for she had already sold
good bills to all three dealers. Gov
ington met Epton on the hotel steps
He knew the case was hopeless, but
he greeted his former customer cor
daily. "Sorry l can't do any business
with you this time, Mr.. Covington, y
said the merchant when the prelimi.