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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-10-17

Total uumbcg of herds .. 10
Total number of cows. ses
Number of ooSs IN milk 49,. 40
Number Of oows producing
Is gallons or more milk
por day s+.*s+sv*s..+. 81
Number nf cown producing
pound butter per iaY 80. 81
Average gallons milk for
July. p~r coz ... as
Average pounds butter IA,
produced for jnly. per coz ia
FER cent of butter IA, In milk
flabcock t~stl:
Highest per cent of ans on.
herd t33 eoawl sac
Lowest por cent Of amy on.
herd - cowsb ttA
Average per cent of the ten
herds t2ss cowal ....... 4si
Calculated cost Of ration for indi.
viduai herds:
Highest average for any one
herd tii cows t.52
Lowest averag. for any one
herd fss eowRD ..... i.6b
Average for ten herds f2s5
co~hl .....s.....s.. z..T
Cost of producing gallon OF milk
In individual herds:
Highest cos, ca cows ..... i5.le
Lowest cost "a cowH) a.
Average cost ten herds t2G3
cows ...+....... rs
Cost Of producing a pound Of but
ter fat in individual herds:
Highest cost f22 cowsl ..... 35.4e
Lowest cost tAamo ia three
herds. I06 COWS. iO.s
Average cost ten herds t2s3
fo"hl t.........t..... lsb
Naluing butter fat AT 30 cents psr
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-10-17
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY.
Dairy Herds Compared--A Practical
Study.

Three Tt Much Others to Feed and
me Charge Three a Pound Of Butter Fat
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-10-17

The dairy farming investigation
work of the Alabama Experiment
Station and the United States Dairy
Department. which was started last
February by MIR. 4. *. Riser. has
recently been taken up and conun-
ued by Mr.. s. u. Dow. Mr.. Dow is
a graduate of the Missouri Dairy
school. and has had his training
under Prof. Eckles. one of the lead
ing instructors OF the country.
Since the work has been started
3 silos. most of them concrete. have
been built in different parts Of the
State. Several model barns have
been built and model dairy house
has been constructed on tho Fair
grounds Of tho Alabama Agricultural
Association at Montgomery. For the
latter. tho Fair Association 10 fur
uiahiug the money and 1t In an CT
preston Of the appreciation tho pco-
pie have for this work. The Stale
Fair at Birmingham hsa donated
sixteen feet square In their main
building 10 make an exhibit Of tho
methods used and tho results SO.
cured
Facts and Figur~. About the Herds,
Tho da!rymcn Of tho State not
only demand that tho wurk be con
tiuucd but ask thA, tho working
force be increased go that tho entire
State can he visited with only onc
man in tho field. only tho rnoa, az.
gent requests for help have bccu
responded TO. Tho cork of ~stah.
li#hInR a system Of herd record keep.
Ing has been startled wlih ton tnon
The following statement wlll show
tho condition Of these ton TcpF~aen-
tailvo herds during the month of
July
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-28
One of the
Essentials

Of the happy homes Of to-day Is
vast fund Of information as to the
best methods of promoting health and
happiness and right living and know.
ledge of the worlds best products.
Products of actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have attained to world
wide acceptance through the approval
of the Well-Informed of the World;
not Of individuals only, but Of the
many who have the happy faculty Of
selecting and obtaining the best the
world affords.
One Of the products of that class,
OF known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and
commended by the Well-Informed Of
the World as a valuable and whole
some family laxative is the well-known
Syrup of Figs and Elixir Of SIENNA. To
get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine, manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co., only and
for sale by all leading druggists.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-28
LIFE-S DARKEST TRAGEDIES.

Not upon fields of war are wrought
the darkest Of life's tragedies, accord
ing to an editorial in the Spokesman
Review. There is a far more poig-
nant anguish than that suffered by
parents who lose a son in battle, for
their grief is soothed and softened by
the reflection that they have given
a sacrifice to their country and that
their boy gave up his young life in
splendid courage and devotion.
But what can assuage their grief
and melancholy when respectable pa
rents lose a son or daughter to vice or
crime? This is the darkest Of all life's
tragedies, and the monstrous pity is
that it is repeated over and over again
in each generation and in each com,
munity.
These tragedies are all around US,
even in this fine young city Of spo-
kane with all its noble environments
Of good homes, schools and churches
Two boys, two girls, enter life with
seeming equal opportunities One
comes to manhood's or womanhood's
estate equipped with good habits and
honorable attainments; but the other
falls into evil ways and goes the
pace that kills"
What to do and how to do 1t to re-
duce these ever-increasing tragedies
should be the chief problem Of the
thoughtful elements OF this commu-
nifty.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-28
4 VITAL NEED.

In the prospect of gravity water
system for Pendleton there is more
hope for the city than from any other
single blessing the future may have
in store. 1t means far more to the
place than is realized by the average
man.
A city's water supply is its life
blood. What healthy circulation is
to an individual a proper supply OF
water is to a municipality. No town
can grow and prosper continuously
that lacks this, natures first requi-
site for life.
This being true, would the cost of
a gravity system, no matter how high,
be too great?
But in the case of Pendleton a
mountain water supply would be
more of an economy than an expense
At present the city is paying $4,000
annually-five per cent interest on
800, 0O0-to maintain its present in
efficient pumping plant. In view of
this fact would an investment in a
gravity system be extravagant?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-28
TOWN SPIRIT.

Town patriotism in Pendleton Is
much like national patriotism. 1t is
always strong in times Of danger. but
too often weak when the skies are
blue.
Pendleton people are as loyal
hearted as any in the world. They
are never "cold-footed" when called
upon to meet great responsibilities,
and are always ready to uphold the
town against a rival
But there are too many who are
content with an occasional display
Of local spirit and who feel that in
ordinary times there is nothing fol-
them to do. Valiant on certain occa-
sions, they allow personal selfishness
prejudice or indifference to keeI
them from their duty the rest Of tht
time.
A good citizen il as ready and q
unselfish in working to build up hi
town from within as he is to defent
II from outside attack. He does no
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-28
Told of Kitchener.

Some grim stories are told of Lord
Kitchener, says the United States Ga
zette. and we have just read one,
which, although we can not vouch for
the truth of it. has a decided Kitche-
ner flavor to it. A young subaltern
who was in charge of some works
that were in course of construction in
the Punjab had the misfortune to
lose some native workmen through an
accident with dynamite. Fearful Of
reprimand from headquarters, he
telegraphed to the commander-in-
chief:
"Regret to report killing of twelve
laborers by dynamite accident"
Back is said to have come the la
comic message:
"Do you want any more dynamite ?"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-28

AhDNN hOA
For the benefit Of the many auto
mobile drivers in this county and
vicinity, we feel it our duty to publish
the following rules, says the Waits
burg Times:
1st On discovering an approach
ing team, the driver must stop and
cover his machine with a tarpaulin
painted to correspond with the sur
rounding scenery.
I'd. The speed limit will be secret
and the penalty for violation will be
$40 for every mile an offender is
caught going in excess of it,
Sd. In case a motor car makes a
team run away the penalty for vio-
lation shall be 800 for the first mile
the team runs; 5000 the second mile;
$500 for the third, and so on.
4th. On approaching a corner
where he cannot command a view of
the road the automobile driver must
stop not less than 100 yards from the
turn, toot his horn, ring a bell, fire
revolver, halo and send up three
rockets at intervals of five minutes.
5th. Automobiles must be seasona-
bly, painted so they will merge with
the landscape. They must be green
in the spring and white in the win
ter.
9Th. Automobiles running on coun-
ty roads at night must send up a red
rocket every mile then proceed care
fully blowing their horns and shoot
ing Roman candles.
7th. In case a horse refuses to pass
an automobile in spite Of all precau-
tions that have been taken, the driver
will take his machine apart as rapidly
as possible and conceal the parts in
the grass.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-28
OF interest TO women

To such women as are not seriously out
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tol perform, either in the way Of house.
hdld cares\or in social duties and func-
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Bear In mind, please that DR.. Pierce's
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intelligent people are quite naturally
ayerse, because OF the uncertainty as to
their composition and harmless character,
but is q MEDICINE OF KNOWN COMPOST
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printed, in plan English, on every bottle
wrapper. An examination Of this list OF
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the place Of no commonly used alcohol,
in ITS make n. In this connection 1t
may not be on OF place 10 state that the
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the only medi nc put up for the cure OF
Woman's pee liar weaknesses and all,
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-28
FROM \ PHILOSOPHERS
NOTEBOOK
CFrom Success Magazine }

(From Success Magazine.)
Go in for all you are worth" is
bad advice to give a young man who
is playing with the stock market
Millions are the green trading
stamps which attract bankrupt no.
blemen into investments in the Amer
lean matrimonial market.
Fore sight is a very valuable trait
to possess, but when winter comes II
is not to be compared with anthra-
cite.
Virtue may be its own reward, but
it is not regarded as good collateral
under the prevailing banking system.
The man who meets trouble half
way has a pretty good companion for
the rest Of the journey.
1t is a singular fact that the chap
who is all the time blowing his own
horn very seldom hears an echo from
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-28
Mrs. Booth on the Ballot.

The woman suffrage cause has a
valuable advocate in Mrs. Maud Bal
lington Booth, who was the chief
speaker at the annual meeting Of the
New England Woman Suffrage as
sociation. She said: II believe en-
phatlcally that a woman's place is
home; but where is her home? Mine
is all the way from Boston to San
Francisco and from Canada to the
Gulf. The question is not what a
woman should be allowed to do. but
can she do 1t properly? In this re-
form home is the very watchword,
for all the interests of the home and
all the evils that affect the home
are largely dependent upon politics.
Women not only should have the pow
er to deal with these. but they could
WELD 1t effectively"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-28
Shall the Methodists Ortiain Women
as Ministers?

Mrs. Phoebe Stone Beeman, wife
of minister Of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, is urging the right OF
women to serve as pastors in churches
of this denomination, as well as men.
She will inaugurate a movement TO-
ward permitting women to be regu-
larly ordained as Methodist ministers,
as they are in some other denomina-
tions Mrs. Beeman is a niece Of Lucy
Stone, a pioneer in the cause OF wo-
man suffrage and founder Of the Wo-
mans Journal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-28

Honest dairymen have nothing to
fear from the Cole-McClure ordinance.
l; merely provides that they shall
quit milking their tubercular cows,
II they have any, and that they must
run clean dalries and provide their
patrons with real milk.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-28
Jewish Pulpit Occupied by Woman

Mrs Anna G. Abelson, wife Of
Rabbi ]. I. Abelson of Akron, Ohio,
surprised her husbands congregation
recently by appearing in the pulpit
to take the place Of the rabbi, who
had been called away on business
The Jewish Tribune says: ut was the
first time that a woman had taken the
place Of her husband In leading a
Jewish service. The reports indicate
that Mrs. Abelson created a favorable
IMPRESSION"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-28

the monarch lies full length upon
the ground, a wreck and a ruin.
But the spirit Of the fallen giant
never dies. AS long as there is a
limb or branch of the fallen tree re-
naming, 1t repeats the tragedy OF
its fall at every approaching storm,
And that is what the family OF
the mountalneer heard In the cottage
made from the 'wind-fall' tree.
Bert Huffman.
Kamela, July 2S, 1908.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-28
English Women Influence Elections

The English suffragists, who had
already defeated thirteen of the goy-
ernment candidates at successive by
elections. have just defeated a four
teenth. This latest achievement took
place at Pudsey, in Yorkshire, which
up to this time had been looked upon
as a stronghold of the liberal party.
The report says: THE most remark
able feature of the contest was the
uprising Of the women themselves, es-
pecially the married women. On
election day thousands stood outside
the pooling booths to urge the voters
to vote against the government, and
they did"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-28

Why should the wooden mill be
moved to western oregon? The wool
is here, not there. Would they bring
the salmon canneries to eastern Or
egon? Surely there is some mistake.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-28

"what would you do IL you were a
multi millionaire? asked the serious
man.
"oh." answered the flippant friend.
"I suppose would get to yearning
for few kind words. and endow col
leges like the rest of them."-Wash-
ington Star
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-28

let his selfish interests deter him too
much from his duty to the town and
he is ever ready to fight for the COM
mon good whether he be in the lead
or not.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-28
The Market.

Inc muTkct.
Edmund Vance Cooke, in Success
Magazine.)
Ferguson watches the ticker
And eagerly scans the slip,
The creature of bargain and dlcker
Whose gods are Cotton" and "Ship.'
And it troubles him so
When Lead" sinks low;
And 1t grieves his eye
When "Gas" goes high;
For the ticker to him is a juggernaut
wheel
To crush him or carry, for woe or
veal.
You and I look at the ticker
As the innings come one by one,
But with hardly an eyelid's flicker,
Though the club be doing or done.
We may feel our thanks
For the visitors blanks
We may smile the more
II the home club score,
But the ticker TO us is loom which
spins,
And we're glad OF its yarn, no matter
who wins,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-28

While employed in the Hanley saw
mill at Northport, Wash. Friday.
James Smith was accidentally killed
by q log rolling over him.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-28

What shall we do with our ex-
presidents? Roosevelt is to get 81
word for his hunting articles. Let
'em write.-Baltimore American.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-28
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: To dread the coming dawn;
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
DUCKS ON A SPREE.
Trick Of Young Girl Yields Good Finan.
cial Returns.

The 15year-old daughter OF a farm
er living on the shores Of Chesapeake
bay, where wild ducks are found In
greater numbers than anywhere else
in the United States, has proved her
self better hunter than any OF the
men who make living by 1t. She no.
ticed that at one spot hundreds Of
ducks came ashore to eat the sorrel
plant. She got peck OF corn, soaked
1t for two days in whisky, and then
at night scattered 1t on the ground.
Her father laughed at the idea, but
he laughed too soon. The next morn
ing large number Of the ducks came
ashore for the sorrel, but took the
corn instead. The result was that
over so Of them were made SO drunk
that they were easily captured on the
shore or by boat, and the girl made
over $25 at one haul. Perhaps ducks
shouldn't be tempted to become
drunkards, but 1t is certainly an easy
and profitable way to gather them
In for the market. The wonder is
II the people who eat them will also
become hilarious?
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
WATER FROM sANp DUNES
Source OF Part Of the Netherlands'
Drinking Supply.

The supply OF water for Amsterdam
and The Hague is collected from sand
dunes bordering on the sea. In the
dunes near Harlem, where they have
a width Of nearly two and half miles,
the SUBMITS are 20 to 20 feet above
the sea level. The quantity OF rain
water percolating to the ground.water
streams Is estimated at 1.19 inches
per annrm. From Amsterdam the
water Is collected In open canals,
which are never excavated below sea
level. For The Hcgue 1t Is collected
In stoneware pipes in a bed OF shells
laid at a depth Of IL feet below sea
level Harlem is beginning to build
wells so to go feet below sea level to
collect water As fresh water Is found
at such depth under the dunes, while
the water at the same depth in the
immediate neighborhood is salt. 1t Is
thought that the hydraulic pressure OF
the dune water prevents sea impreg
nation. The water contains much iron
in solution and for this reason, as well
as for other reasons, Is filtered at the
three places mentioned before being
pumped into the mains. When the
water Is collected in wells or pipes
1t must be aerated before being I'll
tered.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
Remember the Pioneers.

II may be that some Of the younger
generation are inclined to forget the
debt they owe to the pioneers, and
even to scoff at their influence and
ideals. II this is true 1t is unfortunate,
and there is all the more reason for
the perpetuation Of pioneer associa-
tons and the welding Of pioneer in
fluence. To belong to such an organ
ization is to be inscribed on role Of
honor. In this new country 1t Is al
most title OF nobility. The sons and
grandsons of these sturdy men and
women should cherish their history
and traditions and preserve them from
oblivion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
Hourglasses for Pulpits.

The Commute sermon is a purely
modern invention, as is proved by the
number OF pulpit hourglasses that
are still to be found in many old
churches In the register Of st. Cath
crimes, Aldgate, the following entry,
dated 1864, occurs: Paid for an hour
glass that hanged by the pulpit, where
the preacher doth make a sermon,
that he may know how the hour pass
eth away, one shilling" A modern
pulpit glass-probably the only one
OF its kinds to be found in the
Chapel Royal, Savoy. 1t is an lSmin-
ute glass, and was placed in the
chapel on its restoration in 1867
Westminster Gazette.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
Decorations Not Necessary.

It was Mr.. Hobart's first expert
ence with waflles and he liked the
taste of them. When he had been
served twice he called the waiter to
him and spoke confidentially. I'm
from Pokeville," he said, land we're
plain folks there; don't care much
for style, but we do know good food
when we get 1t. I want another plate.
full O. those cakes, but you tell the
cook she needn't stop to put that
fancy printing on 'em; just send 'em
along plain. youths Companion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
erioand's New Means Of Extortlon.

Even cremation has been made to
subserve the purposes Of the brigand
in manner in which those interested
ought to take note. At Strasburg
there is crematorium with a depos-
itory for urn attached. From this
place there disappeared some days
ago the urn containing the ashes Of
two members of wealthy family
uamed Berle. The police have been
quite unable to obtain any clue but
the family were called up by tele.
phone the other evening and notified
that the restoration of the urn would
cost them G5,0O0-London Globe.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
In the World Of Letters.

'T'm glad that spelling reform craze
has subsidized" said the proofreader.
II must confess 1t had me worried"
I'VE got off easy" answered the copy.
holder; suppose there had been de-
cree ordering us to take up VolaDuk
or Esperanto"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
Encumhered.

$50 your daughter is going to marry
title" said the old acquaintance.
mo-" answered Mr.. Cumrox; its
worse than that. She's got to take Q
fellow that ! don't like along with It"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20

No. 22S. 90 acre farm in SALISBURY
one-half mile above North Bennington,
60 acres meadow, 26 pasture, and 4
acres in maple grove. Cuts 60 tons of
hay, two story fourteen room house
with four fireplaces, six closets and cup
boards. Barn 40x55. horse barn BOX
40, granery 16x24, smoke house. Hen
merry l0xSO, 20 apple trees, pear trees,
20 plum trees, cherry trees, l acre
strawberries, Is currant bushes, and
four grape vines r. F. d. and tele-
phone. Pice $3.50.