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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-16
FALLS FROM CAR
v. S. Blair of DeS Moines Has
Back Broken in Accident
in Rock Island Yards.
WAS A CATTLE BUYER
Condition is Regarded as Serious
Louis Mas Slightly Injured in
Collision With Car.

V. S. Blair, Des MoineS cattle buy
er, was seriously and perhaps fatally
injured this morning about 7:15 by a
fall from Rock Island freight train
III the yards near Thirtieth street His
back was broken in the fall, and there
IL but little hope of his recovery. He
was picked up and removed at once to
St. Anthony's hospital, where he was
attended by physicians. Blair, it ap-
pears, was riding on one of the cattle
cars, when he lost his balance and fell
10 the ground, striking his back III such
d way as to break the spine.
Hit by Car.
While irving to drive in ahead of Al
Elm street car at Thirty-third sire t
and Fourteenth avenue about s O'Clock
last evening, Louis Mas, 1926 Twelft i
avenue, was struck by the car an
thrown to the pavement. SUSTAINING,
bruises TO the right shoulder and back.
Mr.. Mas did not notice that the car
was so close nor did the motorman ses
the wagon in time to prevent the CO.
llSiOn. The car was i'll charge of Motor
man Emil Bent and Conductor john
Wiedkehr. He was taken to the hos-
pital and a physician called to dress
the injuries. When the car hit the
rear of the wagon, piece of the vehicle
came over the shield and struck the
motorman on the hand, tearing tn
flesh. The wagon was considerable
damaged.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-16

The greatest health regulator is a
bottle of good beer taken with meals
Cross-Country is the best obtainable
Telephone West SO old, or 60S9 new.
ROCK ISLAND BREWING CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-16

All the news all the time-THE
lARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-16

was blown in by the wind. Two sheds
on Mr.. Olson's place on top of the hill
were moved by the wind, one beirg
turned around about a foot, while the
other was moved several feet in d
straight line.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-16
Saloon Notice

Turtle soup at Deisenroth's place
Saturday night, 1901 Fourth avenue.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-03-01

dav or SO, but should have quite q
period of it. This will be ths most
beneficial In the long run.
Much food is given to some classes
Of animals in a very sloppy condition.
they often get terribly tired of IT, ana
iry materials are gone for greedily.
Mix cows are given a lot OF moist
food In the hope that this will increase
the fiow Of milk. but when the time
COMES. as 1t certainly viii If persisted
IN. when they are Indifferent TO II
there should be no delay In introduc-
ing more dry food.
Pigs are often extremely nice
How frequently do we see thelr
troughs nearly full of food that has
been given hours previously. This IS
especially the case when fattenirg Is
going on. That they should refuse is
wondered at, but experienced feeders
are in no way surprised, as they know
the results of persisting with one kind
of food only.
A change from fine to coarse mate
rial Is generally advantageous. IL
must not be inferred that ! mean q
change from superior to inferior foods.
That is quite different method, which
do not support.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-03-01

NO. I.-RAIsED WITH VERY LITTLE FEED.
order, and 1t is much easier than to
begin feeding milk as drawn from the
COW. The quantity to be fed must be
governed entirely by the capacity Of
the calf. Twelve pounds fed in three
feeds and at 100 degrees is a safe start.
AS soon as the calf will eat clover
hay and grain 1t should be given. Hay
should be before it all the time and
grain all 1t win clean up after each
feed Of milk There Is nothing better
than coarse middlings. Some Of our
breeders keep grain before the young
stock all the time, and it cannot be
denied that 1t makes sleek looking
calves, but when that calf goes to the
average farmer with his care he will
practically be a ruined calf.
The dairy calf should have grain
every day in the year, with the pos
sible exception Of during May and
June, when pasture is at its best. If
they have been so fed they should be
bred to freshen at about two years,
never less After the heifer is bred is
a critical time, because she then has
two beings to feed and provide for,
and If she is tied up you must remem-
Der that 1t depends on you whether
you develop her or make fiZzle A
we'll bred dairy COW will return with
good interest every dollar spent for
her welfare while she is growing and
getting ready for her life work.
l recently heard Of man who
boasted that he had kept fifteen head
Of two-year-old heifers since Jan. 1
and not led a spear of hay. Thinking
that both he and his cattle would be
curIosities. with camera in hand we
started for his place. He was very
glad to have me take a picture of one
two-year-old 1t is shown in illustra-
tion No. /. She Is now twenty-three
months old, due to freshen soon and
will not weigh 200 pounds-surely
wonderful development. Illustration
No. 2 shows n cow that was developed
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-03-01
PLAN OF BARN AND SHED.

They have the protection of the open
shed, with managers in which is fed
roughage, usually corn fodder, while
their calves get through creep into
the shed Of the main barn, where they
are fed clover hay, oats, bran, a little
chopped corn and oilmeal, which they
learn to eat long before they are
weaned.
AS aim to market my cattle at
about twenty months Of age, find
early feeding, comfortable quarters
and good breeding all in line to pro-
duce prime beef at so early an age.
The second summer and winter the
calves are changed to the opposite
shed of the barn, where they have
protection from flies in summer and a
good place to enjoy their clover hay or
shredded corn fodder. Their grain is
fed in troughs in an open yard. A
large gate between box stall and shed
admits of driving the entire length Of
the barn, which makes hauling out the
manure a simple matter.
/ find the arrangement of the barn,
both storage and feeding capacity,
very convenient.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-03-01
FEEDING LIVE STOCK.
occasional Change Of Food Beneficial
to All Farm Animals.

occasional Change Of Food Beneficial
to All Farm Animals.
All kinds of farm live stock go of
their feed at times. the cause of which
may be some internal complaint. but
very often it is t-aceable to their be-
ing fed too long on one kind of food,
writes William II. Underwood In
Country Gentleman. Bread is the
main food for the human race. and
there are foods that take a like posi-
ton in the animal kingdom. Sound,
sweet hay. for instance, is a material
which most farm animals never tire
Of. Oats, too, are an all the year round
food, particularly for horses, but In
these days. when cakes, meals and
condiments are so much employed in
feeding, the appetites Of the animals
are very apt to clog.
Inferior fodder. too, upsets animals,
and no one will keep Alueh live stock
or go on for very long period with
out finding that a change Of food is
desirable, indeed necessary. When In
difference to food calls for this. some
Will imagine that a tonic or pick-me-
up win quickly rectify all failings, and
these are sometimes given. but few
have very good results and none last
ing, as the Improvement, il it takes
place, IS not permanent
The best thing is to give less food
and change It partially or wholly
Good. bright hay may always be in
cluded. Crushed oats are one Of the
finest correctives I have ever used.
These will be taken when nearly all
else Is refused. II an oily meal goes
down badly. one with no oil should be
substituted This Is decided change
and generally a most acceptable one.
and It cuts beth WAYS as II dry meals
are tired OF the animals should be
given oily matter. They should not be
merely put on the changed ratlons FOR
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-03-01
Value Of a Good Bull.

Did you use a scrub bull last year,
and are you saving his heifer calves
from your best cows? What assur-
ance have you that the calves will be
even as good as their dams? Would
it not have been better to have bought
pure bred dairy bull? Yes, pure
bred bulls cost money, and he might
have cost 500. Is that large sum
to pay out? Let us look into the
matter. Suppose that such bull sires
for you but ten heifer calves and that
each one of them, when she comes into
milk, gives but one pint of milk at
each milking more than her dam gave
at like age, or 600 pints for the 600
milkings of the year, which is worth
SO to you. But you milk a cow an
average Of seven years, and the one
COW turns you $42 more than her dam.
Ten such cows means $420 The prob
abilities are that the increased milk
they would yield over their dams
would be worth $1,000. How, then,
can any intelligent man afford to use
scrub bull? Malcolm Fl. Gardner,
superintendent A. r. o.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-03-01
Expert Milkinu.

4 daiFyman who generally did his
own milking employed a boy. The
milk shrank one-third ID two weeks
Tie rarmer resumed milking and in
two weeks got the same amount as
before. Afterward he set the hired
man to milking, and the milk shrank
10 per cent In two weeks and In two
weeks more, the farmer milking again,
was back at the standard. This man
miIks quietly and very clean. He
closes the forefnger and thumb around
the teat high up and makes down
ward motion, tightening the grip and
forcing out the milk He then let's go
his hold. keeping the finger and thumb
in circle, carries up the hand and
presses it smartly against the udder,
closes and pulls down as before. The
idea is to give as near as may be the
same motion the calf does in sucking.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-03-01
MUpHonEs IMPOSSIBLE.

teriaI is used on the ground around
the trough and allow the cattle to
pack it down.
II think much better plan is to ex-
cavate space around the tank, say,
eight or ten inches deep and couple
of feet wide, leaving the tank, Of
course, on an earth bottom. The fill
ing material is dumped into this ex-
cavation and tamped several inches
at a time with tamp that can be
improvised from heavy block Of
wood or short log.
"The excavation should be filled un-
til 1t is at least several inches higher
than the surface Of the yard adjacent
to the trough. BY this method Of
filling in around tanks 1t Is more diff
cult for cattle to wear the filling away.
or tear 1t up. 1t is also practically
impossible for hogs to make mud
hole in this filing, as the water seeps
away quickly"
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-03-01
rYpD IN srRoNG nEMANn.

for the other uses to which they are
put. More scale would indeed improve
them for much of their work on the
road and in the field.
If our reasoning is sound and the
experience and observation of mule
and horse breeders are trustworthy In
an economic study on which they di-
rectly bear, it would pay the general
ity Of farmers In the mule belt to
add to the stature of their farm mares
with the special object of breeding
larger and better mules. One cross of
draft horse blood would effect the
needed improvement. Bred to draft
stations of standard size, native mares
would produce capital types from
which to breed fifteen and sixteen
hand mules. A second cross of draft
blood in some cases might be used in
the interest Of an extra big type of
mule, but in the majority of instances
the initial cross would suffice. 1t is OBJ
vious, therefore, that in founding big
mule industry on secure commercial
basis the draft stallion must precede
the mammoth jack.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-03-01
FAILURES OF sILos.
My Some Structures Have Not Given
Good Service.

My Some Structures Have Not Given
Good Service.
Some of the failures of silos have
been due to carelessness in filling, but
more frequently to faulty construction
of the silo. Too often the walls Of
silos are not made air tight. Unless
the walls Of wooden silos are made
air tight, with tar paper, felt pads or
clay worked into the joints, much 81
lage will be wasted. Ninety per cent
of stave silos are not air tight at the
foundation. The shrinkage and swell
ing Of slaves break the cement, which
must be frequently mended. Some
losses have occurred because the ends
of the slaves have decayed. The IL
lustration shows how some durable
wood may be used at the bottom of
the silo, which is one method of over
coming this difficulty. The iron bands
of the stave silo must frequently be
examined or they will fall down as
the slaves shrink. Sometimes the iron
splices rust
The walls Of the silo must be rigid
or they cannot stand the pressure. A
number of concrete silos have failed
on this account. When the sides be-
gin to bulge, air can get between the
silage and the walls. Brick silos with
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-03-01


4-ss s. a fentlon to the mutton qualities
z IA s.sg fiocks, good fleece can also
bas4 al The Merino need not be in
tr0s d'or this purpose. BY careful
selesn Oteems Of the English mutton
breuIn the be obtained which have
extremeEllis ivy fieeces that are very
dense. There is a great variation in
feeces, and when making selection Of
your flock header 1t is well not to be
too easily satisfied. The fleece should
be Of good length and the fiber dense
Density means the number Of fbers
to the square inch. OF course they
cannot be counted, but you can easily
ascertain the density by the hand with
fingers close together. Take hand
full Of wool on the side of the different
sheep and you viii find that there is
far more wool in your hand on some
sheep than on others.
Notice carefully the wool covering
the belly We must guard against
baroness there for several reasons
Proper wool will increase the weight
OF Heece anu dlsO sSlNS do pAVlCStlOh
from cold when the sheep is lying on
wet ground. good heavy fleece can
be produced on mutton sheep Of the
highest type, and we must still strive
to have that sort. Not only does 1t
Increase your profits at home, but it
increases the price of the lambs you
send to market In our large market
centers sheep pelts are considered quite
an item, and the lambs with heavy
dense fieeces will outsell the others.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-03-01
Riddino Cattle Of crubs.

Grubs under the skin Of cattle may
be killed in several ways, according
to s. Arthur Johnson, Colorado Agri-
cultural college. One common method
is to rub down the Jumps on the hide
with a round stick, such as broom
handle, thus killing the grubs where
they lie. Oil or lard may be applied
to the holes in the hide, which will
stop the breathing pores of the grub
and kill it. If little carbolic acid is
put in the lard 1t will help the wound
to heal more quickly. BY pinching on
either side Of the Jumps the grubs will
often be forced out. They should be
killed by the foot II they drop to the
ground The holes may be treated
with carbolic lard. This method is
to be preferred, for it does not leave
the grub under the hide to tester.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-03-01
SELECTING SHEEP.
fine Value and Indications Of a Strong
Constitution.

BY HOWARD A. CHANDLER.
There is one very important thing
which Is ofttimes never thought of or
taken into consideration by the sheep
breeder or buyer-that is, constitution.
Weak sheep cannot produce good,
strong lambs; neither can they give
good returns in the feed lot The
healthy, strong constitutional sheep
has q much different appearance and
general makeup than the weak one.
In the examination of sheep l al
ways start at the end Of the nose and
work back. The indications Of strong
constitutions are a wide, open nostril,
a short, broad head, width and depth
Of chest, fuIlness behind the shoulder
both on top and at the side and well
sprung ribs coming wide opk from the
backbone. Such a sheep has room for
the vital organs to perform then work
in a proper manner Neither the breed
er nor the feeder can afford to lose
sight Of the constitution IN his sheep,
because his profits win certainly be
cut short
To have the wool dense and Of good
length is a prime requisite. Although
the breeders in the corn belt must pay
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-03-01
Pure Water For Calves.

1t Is very easy in the summer to
allow calves to suffer for lack Of fresh,
clean water. Where calves are COM
pelled to drink from stagnant ponds
or foul troughs they cannot be ex-
pected to do their best-in fact, they
are pretty likely to become poor and
suffer from digestive troubles. In a
trial at the Kansas station with thir-
teen calves ranging from two to three
months OF age 1t was found that 1858
pounds of water were drunk In seven
days, or nearly ten pounds per head
Der day. It was observed at the same
time that the calves drank many
times, drinking only little each time,
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-03-01
valua Of Pure Bred stock.

Writing of pure bred sheep, a breeder
says: 1t takes the same care to save
a grade lamb that 1t does pure bred.
The same quantity Of feed keeps each
alike. If grade will make you 100
per cent year, it will be from one
fourth to one-half Of what pure bred
eve will make you with little more
money invested for the breeding stock.
A $5 grade eve will raise you $3.50
lamb; 500 pure bred eve will raise
you a $12.5O to SIS lamb. The man
who saves from 80 to 95 per cent Of
his lambs cannot afford to breed grade
sheep His labor is worth too much
and his time is too precious. 1t is as
easy to raise $25 lamb as it is So
lamb if your foundation stock is right
and you give it the proper care. A
careless or negligent person had bet
ter breed grades, If anything at all,
for he has not so much money in
vested.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-03-01
conosrnIna II. Calf.

The heifer calf should develop mus
Gle and bone rather than fat.
Too much cream for the calf is about
as bad as too much money for the boy.
Never sacrifice heifer calf from a
first class butter cow. All are needed
30 supply the depleted dalries.
1t is detrimental TO allow calf to
run with a COW even for few days.
AS soon as the milk is it to use the
calf and the COW should both be ac-
customed to the separation.
Never tie a calf with rope about
its neck. Ten chances to one it will
get choked to death. A stout strap
about the neck, with ring and a
chain, is far better. A swivel will
keep the chain from being twisted
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-03-01
BREEDING THE MULE.
Strong Demand In Many States For
Those of Heavy Type.


Those of Heavy Type.
For no class of stock is there a
stronger demand than for big, well
broken mules in six or eight OF the
agricultural states. Whoever would
raise them has a hungry market al
ready established, says the Breeders
Gazette, Chicago. 1t is not necessary
to precede the work with campaign
of education. The multiple merits OF
the mule are familiar to thousands OF
farmers and planters who are unable
because of the inadequate supply to
buy the mule stock that they want.
An attractive opportunity invites farm
ers to undertake the production OF
high class commercial mules, and it Is
certain that many of them will grasp
it within the next few years,
While the day of the small mule is
not past and probably never will be
in the sugar and cotton country OF the
south, he is sure to yield considerable
ground in the border states and else
where to the draft mule, which Is
clamorously sought at the leading mule
markets at stiff prices. But this type
cannot be produced without big mares.
No matter how big jack may be, he
cannot sire draft mules from the or
binary run Of small native mares COM
mon in the mule belt. Mammoth jacks
are capable of notable results In in
creasing the size of mules, but they
are much handicapped by the want OF
scale in the mares to which they are
bred An Improvement in native mares
increasing their size 200 to 400 pounds
would benefit the mule industry i'm
measurably. 1t would endow the coun-
try with big mule possibilities such as
never before existed. This change In
the type Of farm mares In those Sec
tions where the mule Is the main re-
lance for field and other hard labor
would not upset the other purposes for
which they are usually maintained.
Probably 80 per cent of the mule bear
ing mares could be improved in size
without detracting from their value
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-03-01
CARE OF SHEEP.
Some Points on Feeding and Keeping
the Flock Thrifty.

the Flock Thrifty.
Sheep must be fed with great regu-
larity. Slipshod methods are fatal to
success.
Do not feed corn to the breeding
ewes. 1t is too heating. Give two
thirds oats, one-third wheat bran, with
a little oilmeal mixed in. The grain
should be selected with care.
Lambs should be taught to eat grain
by themselves as early as possible and
should be eating well before weaning
On an average they should be fed ten
weeks before weaving.
If you can do no better by way of
making troughs for the sheep to eat
their grain out Of, you can nail two
boards together in the shape of v,
with a couple of short pieces across
the ends to keep them right side up.
This will save much grain, and grain
Is money this year.
Ensilage furnishes a good succulent
food for sheep. In the absence Of
roots 1t is most valuable. Keep salt in
the pens at all times.
Night is the favorite time for dogs
to make their raids, SO make it rule
to have the sheep near the barn every
night. Dogs are much less apt to trou-
BILE them then.
Dip the sheep Immediately after
shearing and again in about three
weeks to destroy eggs and all ticks
that may have escaped at the first
dipping
The lambs should be dipped at the
same time, for when the ewes are
shorn the ticks flock on to the lambs.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-03-01
Must Earn Their Feed.

My favorite breed, or rather type, Is
the popular dairy Shorthorn, says a
successful dairyman. These cattle
are growing more and more in favor
both east and west. weigh the milk
from each COW night and morning, test
frequently for butter fat and keep
complete records and find that at q
consistent cost my cows annually re-
turn good amount of dairy products.
/ have set a mark at 300 pounds butter
each per year at maturity. All cows
falling below this will be disposed Of
at the block.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-03-01
Offering Cattle For sale.

What does a buyer want to know
about cattle offered for sale? First,
the conformation and color markings
and weight, style, general appearance,
and in a COW, as to her udder, It's
size, shape, teats and milk veins; sec
ond, the buyer wants to know the pedi-
e,iiIgse egige fSGSii siGin f0ne to three generations
and the records or yields of each an
cestor. If it's an animal bred from
cattle in the Advanced Register, state
the milk and butter yield Of each fe-
male and Of her daughters, and if she
has sons who have sired A. r. o.
daughters give the number of them.
State the breeding Of the sire and give
the number Of his A. r. o. daughters,
and mention the largest records of two
or three of the larger ones; state the
history of his sire and grandsire and
the collateral branches of the family.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-03-01
RAISING THE
DAIRY CALF.

1t seems as though the raising and
developing of the dairy calf should be
as plain as the A C's to every farm
er, and yet 80 many neglect this most
important part Of the dairy farmers
work. No set rule can be given to use
for all calves. My rule is this, writes
G. I. Hunt In KImbalps Dairy Farmer:
The calf is left with the cow for
week ar ten days and allowed to suck
one teas only. This, find, gets the di-
gestion of the calf in good working