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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-15

the smaller types. They are adorned
with heads and tails, frequently ir
groups of three
The bias-striped one-toned materials
which one finds among the broadcloths,
prunellas, serges. etc, are ideal for
women of stout figure.
The fashion of decolletage is worn
more now. For afternoon wear the
high neck is correct, but after SUM-
down the decollete is the right thing.
For tailor-mades cloth and silk COW
cred buttons are more used than any
thing else. although braid and silk
piping buttons are also in great favor.
Mems suits are now being made of all
sorts of pale and perishable shades OF
cloth, such as have hitherto been al
most entirely associated with women's
wear.
One of the charming new winter ma
terials used in imported suits is vel
veteen in rich colorings, printed with
small checks or little Indian designs on
dark grounds.
The majority of cloth gowns of the
present day are finished throughout
without any added belt of cloth or silk,
but some few models show softly
draped girdIes of silk and satin, with
long sash ends
Every kind of delicate cloth is being
shown for mems clothes. the "slate"
shades being the thing for the moment
These include all variations of gray.
green and blue effects, the cloths in
which the prevailing note is green be-
ing more popular than anything else at
the present time.
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Crepe Egyptia

s to 40-inch strictly all-wool beautiful
soft Crepe Egyptia. very stylish for
day or evening wear. suitable for
separate waists. ball or party gowns,
children's dresses, etc; comes in
black, cream, navy blue, red. reseda
green, hunters green. brown. tan,
grey. and a full assortment of the
most desirable evening shades; reg
ularly sold at 75c yard. SPECIAL
FOR MONDAY AND, RH
WEEK, A YARD ~ STG
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-29
MUST FIGHT THE sCAB

One of the diseases fought by spray
ing is the common apple scab 1t was
supposed that the chief damage done
by the scab was the Disagreement of
tie fruit itself by the brown patches
on the side, which prevented the proper
development of the fruit on the side
where the scab found residence and
thus produced distorted apples.
A young graduate of this college, Mr..
Eustace, working at the Geneva, N. Y.
station, discovered that secondary
disease is very apt to aff1ict the apples
troubled by the scab A purplish rot
begins under the scabby spot on the
apple and spreads throughout it's bulk.
The rot is produced by fungus for
which proper remedy has not yet
been suggested. So prevention must
take the place of cure. If by FREQUENT
spraying the scab is prevented the rot
will not manifest itself. Thus a new
emphasis is laid upon the necessity of
frequent and judicious spraying of ap-
pie orchards
further preventive of scab on ap-
pies is found to be raking up the leaves
in late autumn and burning them. 1t
has been found that the spores of the
scab winter over in these leaves and
infect the limbs of the trees therefrom,
hence the benefit of raking up the
leaves.-S. D, Smith, Director Michigan
Experiment Station.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-29
FENCE RAIL PHILOSOPHY

Most men are ruled by women and
proht by the gentle tyranny
A four-room cottage designed with
our ideas, or a garden made with our
own hands, is better than a ten-room
flat designed by the greatest architect
and set on top of a twelve-story build
ing in a noisy city.
Many man who enjoyed the name
of good fellow" has found it of no
value on a note at the bank
TO grow good crop these things
are needed: Good seed, good weather
and good farmer.
Save the rooster that is the best
hghter and send the rest to the block.
Never sign a paper that you have not
read and do not understand, nor buy
horse that you have not tried.
Nature is our best guide and never
makes mistakes. When she puts leaves
on the trees it is sign that it is time
to plant.
Some men pride themselves on being
boss of the household, but never do
anything that other people are proud
Of
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-29
COST OF BUILDING CREAMERlEs

An investigation Of the creamery
business in several states by the United
States Department of Agriculture has
shown that the cause of many Of the
failures was due to lack of a sufficient
number of cows, which should not be
less than 400, and that others failed
because of improper organization in the
case of cooperative creameries and
excessive cost of building and equip
ment.
Many creameries have cost about
twice their actual worth and were not
of the type suited to the locality in
! which they We're built
The cost of a building about 2Sx4S
feet will vary from $500 to S1,4O0, de-
pendent upon the locality, the con-
struction and the cost of material and
labor.
Such a building usually consists of
main workroom, engine and boiler room
Gncluding space for refrigerator ma
chine), coal room, refrigerator, store
room and Office.
Machinery for hand separator
plant, consisting of fifteen horse power
boiler ten horse power engine, COM
blnation churn with a capacity of 900
pounds of butter and other necessary
apparatus, will cost approximately
$1,000. Machinery for a whole milk
plant will cost about $3.50
This equipment will handle from
1000 to 1900 pounds of butter per day.
If a refrigerating machine is included
the cost will be from $500 to $1,000
more.
The total cost of creamery would
therefore vary from $4,000 for a simple
hand separator plant without artificial
refrigeration, where labor and material
are cheap, to S4,250 for whole-milk
plant including artificial refrigeration
and a higher cost of labor and ma
terial.
Write to the dairy division of the
Department of Agriculture at Wash
ington for plans of organization list of
machinery and plan for buildings.
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these rules and often Mrs. Parrish was
lett to do most of the work herself, be-
cause the men threw up their jobs and
walked out just because she wanted
| them to be clean.
The pay was good and the work not
too hard, but it was too much trouble
to keep clean.
But she had her way, and for four
teen years from 1900 to 1900 persons
have been served with milk that was
absolutely clean and free from disease.
Her cows We're repeatedly tested by a
veterinary for tuberculosis and every
animal was banished at the slightest
sign of disease.
Every known method of modern
dalrylng was employed, and this ener-
getic woman invented many others
until she had the best milk producing
factory in the west
Results: No dead babies from pois-
oned milk; a healthy, happy and con-
tented community and fortune for
the owner of this model dairy. She has
retired from business and now Kansas
city and other towns in the west are
insisting that all dairies shall be con-
Quoted on the Parrish plan.
certainly the world does move
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BUILD A ROOT CELLAR THIS FALL

In general feeding we often forget
that the animal body is about three
fourths water, and that any animal re-
cures large proportion of water in
the feed ration. Green feeds of some
kind should be given at all times of the
year for animals to do their best If
one has silo then silage will fill the
DILL Pumpkins can be fed from early
fall till the middle of winter, and roots
carrots, turnips or sugar beets-
should be grown and stored to carry
the stock till grass comes.
AS evidence of the value of water in
feeds and green feeds we refer to the
rapid growth and good health of ami
mails on good pasture. Animals of all
kinds will gain flesh and fatten on
good grass pasture, and green grass is
from rs to 80 per cent water
Now, if we will remember this in
feeding and supply some green feeds at
all seasons, our farm animals will make
greater proportionate gains and turn
all the feed to greater account.
Every barn should have frost proof
cellar or other room Where the roots
and other perishable green feeds could
be kept through the winter.
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amount of oats per acre and drag in,
going over in both directions, SO they
will be thoroughly covered.
When the oats are in bloom is the
time to harvest if you depend upon
them for hay. Cure as you would clo-
yer and you will have fine hay that
everything likes. 1t is especially good
for cows and hogs, and the peas and
chaff furnish as fine feed for lay
ing hens in the winter as 1 have ever
used.
AS a green feed for cows and hogs
this has no equal, as it is ready just at
the time when you begin to be short
Of pasture, and for the farmer who
keeps his cows up 1t will aid in keeping
the milk record at the highest notch.
If more farmers would try it as a hay
crop just once they would recognize
its wonderful value as a forage crop.
bushel and a half is for land that
is poor; one bushel is sufficient for
rich land-L. M. H. D., Michigan.
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clared to keep it off the country roads
ana IN some states the most drastic
legislation was enacted to that end
ana, besides, manufacturers were so
busy building the big, expensive toys
that they completely overlooked the
vast rich field that lay before them in
the country among the farms But as
the demand for the big machines grad
ually became filled and business began
to drag the manufacturers began to
search for other outlets for their fac
tories. Scores have tried to build a
satisfactory road buggy that would fill
the requirements of the farmer at a
moderate price, but few have sue
ceeded.
Now there is being built strong,
hlSh wheeled motor carriage, with
from fifteen to twenty horse power, that
will move over the ordinary country
roads at an average speed of twelve
to twenty-five miles an hour, carrying
from 500 to 1900 pounds with perfect
ease and comfort and at very small
cost-from $500 to $500. And the de-
mand is greater than the supply.
l recently drove one of these high
wheeled, hard rubber tired buggies
thirty-eight miles over rough country
roads in less than two and one-half
hours and during the entire trip the
speed gear was not once changed, nor
was the little fifteen horse power en-
CINE once stopped. 1t chugged away
cheerfully through sandy spots, long
stretches of level road, and pulled its
load up stiff hills without distress, and
was controlled as to speed by a lever
no larger than ones little finger.
Any bright farm boy or girl can
manage 1t as easily as they can drive
a horse. The thing which surprised me
most was the fact that the machine
needed so little attention In truth, it
needed none at all after it was started.
1t is provided with some sort Of auto
matte lubricators which keep the en-
CINE and working parts, which are
mostly on roller and ball bearings. cool
and entirely free from friction, and the
movement of every part of the engine
and other working parts was so smooth
and noiseless than there was no I'M
pleasant Earring or bouncing that is
often an unpleasant feature of some of
the big roadsters
This car, which was loaned me by a
iiieiiu, ietu DeeIl IN constant use for
nearly a year and had covered about
1000 miles in it's trips from the farm
to the city and around the country
over the ordinary dirt roads-muddy
and rutty in spring, rough and hard in
winter and dusty and sandy in sum
mer. And it showed no signs of wear
or depreciation.
Every place which In the ordinary
road buggy is fastened with a screw or
a bolt and nut is riveted tight-the top.
dash, floor, hubs, felloes-all compact,
snug and incapable of becoming loose
or r1ckety except by actual fracture.
have always doubted the ability
of the ordinary road buggy to stand
the racket of driving at the rate of
fifteen to twenty miles an hour and
have considered that point one of the
weakest in the construction of this
class of vehicles. And no cheaply con-
structed buggy will stand the strain.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-29
BLUE vITRIoL FOR FOOT ROT

I have had a great deal of trouble
with foot rot. and having tried all kinds
of medicines and preparations have
settled down on one thing and have en-.
tered it in my directory" as a fixe6
thlng, and that is copper sulphate, com
monty called blue vitriol
1t is not the value of the medicine
SO much as the way use it that brings
success. I use it both externally and
internally. For the external use the
best way is to mix the pulverized
vitriol with either tar or lard and apply
with knife blade.
l used to pare the foot, carefully re-
moving the loosened hoof first I ap-
ply it to every foot of every sheep in
the lot whether affected or not. 1
never use anthony, as it causes the
sheep untold agony.
1t is an old saying that "there is
nothing new under the sum-" but things
are put in different shapes sometimes
You know they are using copper sui
phate to purify water in our cities.
l learned twelve years ago that to
cleanse a sheep of foot rot poison you
would have to do something else than
cleanse the outside, so I used copper
sulphate on the inside, feeding it with
bran and oats, and in less than two
weeks after using it my sheep were
entirely cured and it never broke out
again.
have bought foot-rot sheep since
and treated them in the same way and
the disease vanished as snow on
spring mornings. w. Varse, Ohio.
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II must be much better made and of
much better material than the horse
carriage, or it will soon go to pieces
under the terrific speed it is often re-
CURED to maintain over bad roads.
But such machine is now an accom-
plished product.
Think of driving your horse, attached
10 your best buggy, at gallop day in
ana day out, over ruts, up hill, down
Gale, through mud and sand. How long
would it stand under such treatment?
And farmers who buy auto buggies
should make no mistake in this matter
OF construction, because it is the most
important feature of the machine. No
matter how beautiful your machine
may be or how good your engine, if the
buggy itself is not built of the very
best material and so put together that
1t will stand ten times as much hard
usage as your best horse carriage; it
Will prove disappointment.
The average speed of a high wheeled,
hard rubber tired motor buggy should
be about twelve miles an hour They
will take this speed for hours at a
stretch with perfect ease, although I
ran my borrowed machine up to TWEEN
ty-fVe miles without causing it any
distress. But as that is little faster
than l care to ride over rough roads, I
tried it only once. Twelve miles at a
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-29
KEEP HOGS OFF LOW GROUND

Five or six years ago hog cholera
practically wiped out the hogs of Kan
sas and Missouri along the Kansas
river bottom. Then came the great
MOOD in the spring which overlooked
hundreds of farms on both sides of the
river. When the waters had subsidized
II was found that hog cholera had en-
tlrely disappeared. Previous to the
MOOD the veterinary experts of both
Kansas and Missouri had used their
utmost efforts to stamp out the disease,
but without success. They were I'M
able to account for the disappearance
OF the disease, but most farmers at
tribute 1t to the high water
During the last two or three wears
cholera has again appeared in MANY
places along the Kansas river, but nv
information is that it is confined to
low, swampy regions. believe that
hogs should never be raised on low
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steady gait, when compared with horse
power, is going some.
A flrst-clasS machine of this sort will
run about $50 miles on ten gallons of
gasoline at cost of 10 to Is cents per
gallon. and that is cheaper than horse
iced and shoeing. And when the ma
chine is not in use it is not eating its
head off in the stall.
! think hard rubber tires are more
desirable for farm use. because in
Hated tires are apt 10 blow up occa-
slonally, and when they do the ex-
pense is pretty steep. 4 full set of in
11ated tires cost from SIPS to $500. A
set of hard rubber tires will run under
ordinary usage about 5000 miles and
cost from s25 to $40 for the four
1t is claimed by some manufacturers
that autos can be used in various
kinds of farm work, and perhaps thew
can. l recently saw a man in Dupage
county, Illinois, seated in a farm auto
drawing light mower, and it hustled
along at a good clip and seemed to be
doing excellent work BY the addition
of fly wheel there is no doubt that
an auto can be used to run separator,
wood saw or feed cutter with much
greater success and speed than by
hand.
Gasoline and electric power are slow
ly but surely replacing horse and hand
power on the farm, but greater econ
omy would doubtless result from the
use of engines constructed for the pur
pose. While the carriage may be
used under certain conditions, it is a
good deal like hitching a high bred
trotting horse to the plow or using the
family carriage to draw wood.
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BUILDING THE SILO RIGHT.
Nothing Mysterious About Its
Construction and Good Cons
mon Sense Only Required. q
BY R. B. RUSHING, ILLINOIS.

Just the other day neighbor said ia
me, Must silo be air-tight? He also
said he was thinking of building a silo,
and he thought that if they had to be
air-tight it would be quite Job ia
build it.
1t seems that there are still many
people who think that the building 81
sllo is some mystery. My experience
Is that the building of silo is Just like
any other building, and is not any
more complicated than the building of
house or anything else. And have
learned from experience that it is not
necessary for a silo to be air. tight.
or course the ensilage must be kept
tight but as ensilage heats very
not and is very sappy, it will soon close
the cracks of a stave silo and make il
air tight
have found that it is not best to
nave the silo too tight when it is
empty. In stave silo (and T thinl
the stave silo is the best to build1
when it is empty if it is so constructed
that 1T will dry out and the slaves not
be so tight, it will not rot out near as
soon. This point I find to be a great
advantage in prolonging the life of tho
silo.
OF course in building cement silo II
VIII necessarily be alright, but I pre-
fer the round stave silo made of 2x4
material, however. The locality and
also the cost will usually govern the
building of a silo with most farmers.
There are many kinds of silos that
will give excellent satisfaction, and the
kind one farmer would make might not
suit his neighbor; therefore, would
advise any one who is contemplating
the building of silo to study the mat
ter and decide for himself what kind
he wants and then build it.
I want to impress that just talking
about a silo will not give results. Be
sure you build one this season; have
it ready when the time comes to use:
fill it full of ensilage, and if there are
a few cracks between the slaves (if it
is a stave silo) you can go to bed and
sleep nights and your ensilage will ba
all right the next morning.
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WORK OF A KANSAS WOMAN
Shows How to Run an Abso.
lutely Clean Dairy and Get
Rich at the Same Time.

1t took woman to show the people
OF Kansas how a model dairy should
be run. 1t always takes a woman to
run dairy absolutely clean Think
of man scrubbing his dairy every
day in the year! Yet that is what Mrs.
N. +. Parrish of Lawrence did for four
teen years, and she says that is the
only way a model dairy that is a model
can be conducted.
OF course the greatest trouble Mrs.
Parrish had was to get men to assist
her who would obey orders and keep
themselves and the cows clean. At
first they rebelled against washing the
cows every time before they were
MIXED, and washing their hands
and faces, brushing their hair and put
ting on clean white duck suits at milk
ing time was enough to make them
laugh.
Many of her men hands baked at
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ground. If the land is low and swampy
ponds and mud holes will form and the
hogs compelled to live in them do not
thrive

ground. If the land is low and swampy
ponds and mud holes will form and the
hogs compelled to live in them do not
thrive.
NOTES.
A hog should have the proper amount
OF exercise, but if he is compelled to
cnrnb nils too much he cannot Law on
tat The hog farm should be well
drained. and one of the most impor-
laht features is stream of running
water
II the bottom of the stream is soft
a small lot can be fenced off, inclosing
portion of the stream, and if this is
covered with boulders or hard burned
orlck pats it will prevent the hogs
from making mud wallows and enable
them always to have clean. pure water.
am convinced that most hog dis
eases result from filth, and l take as
much pains to keep my hogs clean and
to keep their feed lots and drinking
tfoughs in a sanitary condition as do
those OF my cattle and horses Shade
should always be provided for hogs be-
cause they suffer from heat and resort
to mud wallows to keep themselves
cool If good shade and cool water is
provided in abundance / believe we
would nave less disease, and certainly
would be able to make better pork for
less money than to allow hogs to swell
ter In the sun and wallow in the mud.
j. D. Hover Indiana
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AUTO FACTOR ON The FARM
Coming to Be Part Of Regular
Equipment as Time and
Labor Saver.
BY CLINTON NJ. sHULTZ,
Editor American Farm World

Inc auto is coming to be just as
much part of the equipment of an
p-to-date farm as moving machine
or manure spreader
Ten-yes, even five--years ago no.
BODY except a few far-seeing enthu-
slasts seriously thought of the ma
chine power propelled carriage as an
Important FACTOR in farm life. but
.niiiss move swiftly in this country of
ours and the auto has arrived.
II Is mere to stay, because it has
demonstrated its capability, its sim
pnelty and its staying powers When
me auto craze first struck the country
the machlne was looked upon by farm
ers generally as d dangerous con-
trlVance, hit only for the exciting pleas
ure of the foolish rich. War was de-