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The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04
District No. 5.

All of Southington dncluding Huntsville, Milldalc and Marion; all of Derby, Ansonia, Seymour and Shel- ton, Hamden and Cheshire.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04
District No. 3.

All of wards Eleven, Twelve, Four teen and Fifteen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-21
LITTLE GRANT.

Special Correspondence to the Herald.
Eden Starr and DIN Cairns have
gone to Boise. City, Idaho.
Gena Henry is visiting at John
Henry's and Tim Mogan's.
There was a dance at John Beet
hams and also one at ST Jeidy's
Friday night
The spring term of school at the
Miner district began Monday with
Miss Ida Grooier as teacher.
I'll. Hurlburt was in Crawford
county Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Cliff we're
Bloomington callers Tuesday.
Miss Jennie and Mayme Jones
were callers at the Miner school
Tuesday.
A. Krohn is building a new
kitchen.
Miss Lille Devlin is visiting at
Ed Jeidy's.
Bert Crow is chopping for Tim
Mogan.
The Pleasant Valley school house
is being remodeled before the spring
term of school begins. A new floor
and a jacket stove will be put IN.
Bert Krohn was a county seat
caller Thursday.
Miss Bessie and Mable Cliff visited
Helen Pendleton Sunday.
Freda Eddie and Arno Krohn
were atJohn Krohn's Saturday.
Joe Hamer delivered a beef at
Bloomington Wednesday.
Frank Hoeft sawed wood for
Clarence McCluskey Saturday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-21

the lower school one day last week.
Mrs. Elton is quite sick at the
present writing
j. A Jamison and Richard Graves
drove to Lancaster last Friday.
One of our merchants, Sam Birch,
made business trip to Dubuque
last week.
Geo Jamison has moved into the
Joe Black bOurn house.
Frank Cornell has moved on one
of John Mankels farms.
Will Mcdonald sawed wood for
Grant Porter last Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Taylor spent
Sunday with the latter's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Houghton.
Yves Pafford who has been MAX
ing his home in Missouri for the
past year or two is back to BeeGOwn
for a visit.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-21
RECORDS In
THE DAIRY.

The effort to interest dairymen in
the returns from their individual cows
continues. and many farmers seem to
be awakening to the fact that the i'm
prOvement of the whole herd demands
the study Of the unit-that is, close
acquaintance with the expenditure
upon the individual COW and the re-
turns. therefrom.
This can be determined in no other
way than by keeping an exact record
of the daily milk yield. A record Of
the daily food consumption would also
be of great use if it could be kept.
Many farmers who have been keep
ing such records for some time report
very strongly in favor of this kind of
work.
AS soon as the farmer sets to work
to know what his COWS are doing by
keeping a record he finds himself
much more closely in touch with his
business. He sees at once the effect
of better care and better feeding. He
notes the great difference in returns
between the best and the worst COWS
in his herd and cannot help but deter
mine to get rid of the poor ones and
replace them with good ones.
Even the poor COWS are improved,
because better feeding is almost GER
tain to be, tried, and cutie certainly
poor feeding is responsible for many
of our improbable dairy COWS and
even for many improbable dairy
herds.
The profitable dairy COW must give
over 5000 pounds of milk each year.
To know the value of a COW her total
annual yield of milk must be known.
The only way to know this is to keep
a record of her daily milk yield.
Such records are being kept by hun
dreds of successful dairymen today.
For weighing the milk a simple
spring balance may be secured.-J. H.
GriSdale.
A Record Breaker.
This is the cow owned by w. w.
Cheney, Manlius, n. Y, for which
fame is claimed as having broken in
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-21
CLAY RIDGE.

Special Correspondence to the Herald.
Miss Lizzie Benay, of Lancaster,
is visiting her grandparents and
sister this week.
Mr.. Flesh crushed his fingers
quite badly in feed mill.
Mrs. Thomas Eversoll is some
better the past few days.
Cora Chapel went fishing the
other day. She had great luck, she
caught six fish something less than
a foot long.
Eleven of the young people here
abouts went for a horse back ride
last Sunday. All report good
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Doll are very
proud of their baby girl which ariv-
ed last Wednesday.
Mrs. Elscamp and daughter, Ida
Taylor, Mrs Eversoll, Mrs. Donald
son and daughter, Mrs. Chapel and
daughter and Mrs. Flesh all thought
they would take dinner with Mrs
Stoney, where she surprised them
with a quilt to work at. All report
a good time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-21

Hooper, Vice Pres Theodore Gund
ZACH, Sec; Will Alton, treasurer.
John Yelinec, of Fennimore,
visited his brother. Frank Monday.
Joe Biddick was in Lancaster Fri
day.
Nette Rundel, teaching at Balna-
weld, is at home.
John Ferris il FAINT babe died Sun.
day and was buried on Monday.
A. V. Wells is In Texas.
John Ellsworth has moved his
family into the Vipond house. Girls
void Bros. will occupy the farm
home Mr.. E vacates
A pleasant surprise was given
Wesley Harmon Saturday, on his
10th birthday.
Mr.. Williams has returned to his
home at Linden.
Frank Blanchard, of Linden is
here overhauling the Coker mine.
H. Kemper and Robt. Livingston,
are in Dakota.
Gotlieb Miller is having his
kitchen remodeled.
Matt Rains have moved to Miff1in
Mr.. Zellers, of Potosi, has moved
in the late Robt. Livingston farm
house.
VIM. Skate ST., has returned
from visit with her daughter, Mrs
III. Livingston of Lancaster.
James Watson spent Sunday here
with his family,
Will Drinkwater joined the M. w.
A. Saturday night.
Luella Nicholson. of Miff1in, visit
ed her sister, Shyrle last week.
Miss Alice Burns, of the Platte
vile Normal, was the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Robt Livingston.
Rev. Frank Kamm has organized
children's class, which meets on
Tuesday evening at the F. NJ church,
from to z o'clock.
Mr.. G. Anderson is supplying the
people Of Rlchland Center with
fruit trees this week.
Tom Behan is helping Allen
Bros. with their machinery.
Sever Kunutson has the Dakota
fever.
Miss nellie Livingston entertains
the Our Way next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Alcock, of
Arthur, was here Saturday.
Mr.. Bishop and wife visited at the
Chamley home over Sunday.
L. Carlstrom was a recent bust
ness caller at Dubuque.
Purl Keene and wife spent a
portion of last week with friends in
Lancaster.
Everyone who heard DR.. Hedley's
lecture, say it was the best ever
given here.
Miss Minnie Brindley was in Fen
nimore Saturday.
Mrs. Earl Skate has been enter
tanning her sisters from Linden.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-21
SWIRLS AND SPOTS.
Their Effect on the Market Value Of
the Packers Hog.

the PACKERS F1OSS
By H. E. SINGLETON before Texas
Swine Breeders association.
In referring the subject of the effects
of swirls and spots on the market
values Of the packers hog to couple
of our most extensive feeders they
without hesitation said give us the
growthy, mellow, easy feeder. care
not whether he be black, white, red or
spotted. Neither do 1 care if he has a
swirl extending from ears to tail and
on each side. He is good enough for
me, and l will make money out of
him. But with you breeders it is
different. You must have the proper
marking for your breed. The coat
must be fine, smooth and silky, ac-
cording to your standard, or you can
not produce your show animals.
We hesitated and meditated. Is this
the mission of the breeders here Oh
earth-to produce show animals? The
more we considered the more we be-
came convinced our feeder friend was,
in part at least, cOrrect-that is, in so
far as producing show animals is con-
cerned, for the breeder should be able
to produce animals good enough at our
great fairs and stock shows to make
their presence felt. While doing this
he is producing type of hog that will
go into our markets and command the
very top price. This is a fact that we
should not lose sight Of-that the best
show type is the best selling type.
The breeders ideal is the feeders
money maker and the hog sought by
the curerS.
Uniformity In a Load of Hogs.
But coming back to the subject of
spots and swirls. What effect on the
market value of load of hogs would
spots have? None whatever, if it were
a load of spotted hogs and they were
all uniformly spotted. But if load
of solid color hogs had a mixture of
spotted ones among them it would to
a certain extent detract from their
selling value. Only a critical buyer
would admit this, but nevertheless it
is a fact This applies to all live stock
uniform in size, type and color and has
an effect that no buyer can resist nor
any one misunderstood.
What Is Swirl?
What is a swirl? The swirl is an
accompaniment of a wiry coat, which
is an outward Indication of a coarse
texture of flesh. Fine, soft, silky haire
to be found with a clean, f1inty bone
is an Indication of a close, fine grained
texture of flesh, and this again is the
animal that dresses out the best, that
is in demand by the packers and that
commands the best price in the mar
kets.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-21
Hog Pasture.

When sown with alfalfa, Bromus in
ermis is said to make fine hog pasture
In large pastures for cattle or for cat
tie and hogs Professor Ten Eyck sug-
gests the following mixture Of seeds
per acre: Bromus inermis, ten pounds;
orchard grass, six ponds; meadow
fescue, eight pounds; red clover, one to
two pounds. For WORKOUT pastures he
advises an early disking and sowing
to Bromus inermis, putting most seed
on places where the pasture is most
killed out.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-21
The Thin Cows.

A great many farmers cows are so
thin In the spring that 1t takes them
half of the SUMMER to recover from the
bad effects Of the winter. There is an
other reason, and a very important one,
that COWS should be fed well during
the winter time when they are dry. 1t
has been demonstrated that the effect
of poor feeding upon the progeny Is
very marked, and one of the reasons
why so many COWS are unprontaDle
mixers is because they we're not prop
erly fed when they should have been
Professor H. II. Dean, Ontario.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-21

GENIE CLoTHILDE, HoLsTEIN-FRIEsIAN
COW.
December, 1907, the worlds best OIL
cial record of all breeds for one days
butter production.
One day test, 95.1 pounds Of milk,
4943 pounds of fat and CLIO pounds
of butter; seven day test, 1894 pounds
of milk, 24.337 pounds Of fat and
3O.421 pounds of butter; thirty day
test, 1902 10 pounds of milk, 93.439
pounds Of fat and 116.797 pounds of
butter.
Cows Have Off Years.
While records of dairy COWS for a
full year are valuable, records for a
series Of years are still better. Dairy
COWS have their off years, and this
must be considered when COWS having
poor records are being dropped from
the herd. If this fact is not borne in
mind there is danger of selling the
best COWS. Attention is called to a
cow, Sweet Briar, of the Minnesota eX-
pertinent station that produced for ten
years an average of 359.07 pounds of
butter a year, while in 1898 she pro
duced only 206.06 pounds of butter, in
1899 she made 3O6.53 pounds and il
1907 370.53 pounds.
If the merits of Sweet Briar had
been wholly based on the work she did
in 1898, she would possibly have been
dropped from the herd. The great value
Of scales and the Babcock test lies in
their continued use in the dairy herd.
1t sometimes happens that promising
heifers do very poorly the first year.
In such cases the heifer's individuality,
together with her breeding, should be
considered before disposing of her, and
records for a series of years should be
the final test. 1t may be stated that a
good COW seldom has two off years in
ccession.-Clarence B. Lane.
The Labor Involved.
The question will be raised at once as
to the immense amount Of labor in
volved in keeping up records of this
character. OF course those used by the
experiment station are much more elab-
crate than would be needed on an ordi-
nary farm. In discussing experimental
results, however, the most careful and
accurate dealing with a large number
OF individuals and covering long pc
RODS of time is absolutely necessary.
The labor of maintaining accurate rec
ords Of a large number of animals is
simply enormous and cannot be appre-
ciated except by those who have had
practical experience. An adding ma
chine of the type in use here will effect
a saving in clerical labor that would
amount to a great deal in the course Of
a year. The slide rule will also be
found wonderfully helpful In this re-
spect, and it can fortunately be pur-
chased at a reasonable price.-Virginia
Experiment Station.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-21

has caused the owners to invoke
aid of the golden hOofed sheep. L
farmers want the manure and are D
aYerse to cleaning up a little coin
the sheep at the same time.
The Gazette, in which the accOmp
nying cuts occur, says: The corn be
farmers now finishing mutton fee
with the idea of accommodating a N
nure pile uppermOst on their mine
Incidental to this is the conversion !
roughage and grain, the product of tt
farm, into a concentrated and east
transported marketable product Eve
when the stock is marketed at VIII;
appears to be a loss the farmer know
that the deficit can be charged to tt
land without danger of high financing
But mutton finishing is not a tas
calculated to yield unqualified satisfa.
ton to the amateur. In this respect tn
big feed lot operator had one adVaT
tage over the farmer. He had feedin
reduced to a science, the result Of Ion
experience. His product came to ma
ket standard in quality and elicite
high bids. The average farmer feede
on the other hand, especially if tyr.
fails to get his stock started right an
usually markets in a condition not CO
culated to yield the highest percentae
Of meat and entailing a serious di
count from maximum prices.
Conspicuous among the errors
farmer feeders are overlooking at tt
outset or not providing a sufficient
generous diet. Many promising ban
of western lambs goes to the countr
to return with indications of havin
been half starved. A disappointe
farmer feeder not long since asked
successful operator his secret. Fee,
ing Them" was the terse respons
"It takes corn to make fat" Equal
disastrous is the common practice
croWding lambs when first put {
feed. Probably the best feeders in tt
United States are those of COlorad
where the process has been reduced
an exact science.
Another common error of the farmf
feeder and a costly one is failure
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-21

provide shelter. For winter feeding
this is imperative If loss is to be avoid
ed. Sheep thrive neither with wet
feet nor soggy fieeces. They are COM
fort lovers, and a condition insuring
luxury on the dry ranges Of the west
involves hardship in the low level
country east of the Missouri river.
Obviously the lamb is the faVorite
with the farmer breeder. Yearlings
come next and sheep last in the scale
Of popularity. The lamb makes SUI
perior gains during the feeding period
If handled intelligently. 1t is this gain
that determines the feeders profit.
Lamb is the popular dish with Amer
lean mutton eaters and always will be.
In a series of years nearly all the
feeders profit will be found in the.
pocket Of the man who makes prac-
tice of handling lambs. He has the
advantage of the superior gain and
also Of a broader outlet.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-21
THE FEEDER.

Some molasses feeds have been found
to contain large quantities Of unground
weed seeds.
These seeds pass through the animal
undigested and are distributed over the
field with the manure.
The farmer not only pays at the rate
of $26 to $2S a ton for material having
no feeding value, but he likewise is
obliged to spend his money and energy
in destroying the pests the following
season.. B. Lindsay.
Water One-haIf the Live Weight.
Peas are especially good feed for
lambs and are eaten with better appe-
tite than any other grain, but the mix
ture with corn makes a better balanced
ration. There is more digestible nutri-
ment in this mixture than in any other
combined grain foods. 1 have also
found the pea straw to be very much
more agreeable feed for roughage than
any other kind Of fodder.
But there are several other things to
be considered in feeding besides the
feed alone. The lambs should be kept
in comfort and in an airy and warm
shed in which they may run out at will
and have a supply Of fresh pure water
from a we'll always in reach. Water is
not as often thought Of in this connec-
ton as it should be. AS 1t forms one
half the live weight Of a lamb, it fur
nishes a considerable help in the feed
ing not only directly, but as an induce
70 fhn To- hc fO hna
digest and assimilate the food more
completely. Plenty of water aids di-
gestion and helps to increase the
weight of flesh and fat made more
than many persons think. All feeding
animals, but especially sheep, should
have an abundant supply of good wa
ter, and well water is preferable, as it
does not injure the lambs by chilling,
as ice cold water does.-H. s. in Coun-
try Gentleman.
Molasses For Pigs.
If molasses is used for nutrition Of
pigs it must be mixed with foods
reasonably rich in protein. If skim
milk is not available a combination by
weight Of two parts bran, one part
gluten feed, one part cornmeal and
one part molasses or one part tankage,
four parts cornmeal and one part mo-
lasses ought to prove satisfactory. The
writer sees no particular advantage un-
der ordinary conditions for the north
ern farmer to employ molasses for pig
feeding other than as an appetizer.-J.
B. Lindsay.
Hay In Finishing Steers.
The results Of a single experiment in
which but little more than half a full
feed Of corn was supplied two lots Of
fattening steers suggest the possibility
Of making larger use Of hay in fin
ishing cattle for market than is ordina-
rily made and at less cost, especially
where hay is relatively low and corn
high in price.-H. r. Smith, Nebraska.
The snail's mouth is one Of the most
extraordinary objects in nature. By
the time the snail has worn out the
last Of its 10000 teeth a new set has
been provided for it to begin all over
again. These teeth are on the snaf's
tongue, which is coiled up in the back
part Of the mouth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-21
THE HORSEMAN.

Should horses drink when they eat?
The average keeper and veterinarian
says no, just as the average writer on
not. Yet they invariably do, and they
certainly "wash it down." Now, this is
the Norwegian practice with horses.
and, according to one veterinarian,
"you never see a broken winded horse
in Norway" He attributes this to the
water furnished with their meals, and,
while that may be somewhat eXtrava-
CANT, the custom is worth considering.
Every one who has taken care of a
horse has noticed that water before
meals is not relished, while if it is
given in large quantities directly after
ward it tends to wash the grain too
rapidly through the digestive tract. In
Norway every horse has bucket of
water beside his Manager, and as he
eats he also drinks. 1t is interesting to
see how the Norwegian horses relish
their water with their meals. Now
they sip a little from the bucket, now
they eat a mouthful, then another sip,
then another mouthful, just like ra-
tional human beings.-Country Gentle
man.
Mistaken Kindness.
1t often happens that some business
on the farm necessitates a long drive
or some otner hard days work, and the
owner will give probably twice as
much oats for breakfast as the horse
in 10 no Of in,
der to brace him up for hard days
work The horse if soft for want of
regular exercise will naturally become
weary on his journey, and the stomach
will become weary, too, in sympathy
with the muscular system, when it too
often refuses to perform its functions.
The process of digestion ceases when
fermentation Of the undigested mass in
the stomach takes place. Gases are
formed which cause the animal to
bloat. He will show symptoms Of pain,
and a case of indigestion is the result.
Now, If the horse had received only his
ordinary grain rations the chances are
that before he had become weary on
his journey the stomach would have
completed its work and would have
been completely empty, in which case
a very acute attack of indigestion
would have been impossible. 1t is a
good rule never to give a horse an ex-
ira big meal to stiffen him up for a
hard days work.-H. G. Reed, V. S.
Crushed Oats.
The French investigator Grandeur
states on the basis of experiment and
observation that crushing oats in
creases their digestibility and that
crushed oats have been fed with salts
factory results for some years by a
cab company in Paris and have effect
ed a decided saving.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-21
Crushed Oats.
Nropoh fpuocRioofO
The Pin That Paws.

Which of your brood sOws farrowed
the largest litter? Yes, certainly. She
is the same one that farrowed a large
litter last spring. She always has a
big litter.
She is an old standby. She is the
kind that makes the pig business GER
tain. She is the kind that pays her
board.-Farn Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-21
BEETOWN.

Special Correspondence to the Herald.
Erskine and Preston Porter left
for Dakota the first of last week.
Dixon and Pascoe expect to start
for Dakota Tuesday of this week.
Joe Blackburn and family have
moved to Apple River.
Miss Mary Hall was a visitor at
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-21
SUGAR Pets FOR Horses.

r. w. Clark of the Utah station
states that sixteen to twenty pounds Of
well fermented solid sugar beet pulp
was fed to horses experimentally for
SIX or eight weeks, and no irregularity
In the health of the animals was noted
which could be attributed to the pulp.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-21
THE FARMER FEEDER.
FINS to the Big Feed Lots-Mut'
Now Made on Farms.

Now Made on Farms.
The finish Of the big mutton finisht
and the closing up Of the great she
feeding stations around the large L
stock market centers of the coun
seem to be in sight if the anticipate
of some Of the experienced live ste
people materialize. The farmer is r;
idly extinguishing them. Empty a
half filed feed lots were the portion
the extensive operators the past w
ter. One reason for this in northG
Illinois, as explained by the Breede
Gazette, Chicago, is that soil depletl
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-11-25
Oahu Railway
Time Table.
OUTWARD.

OUTWARD.
For Waianae, Waialua, Kahuku and
Way Stations-'9:15 a. m, 1920 p. m.
For Pearl City, EVA Mill and Way
Stations-f7:30 a. M, 1913 a. M,
"11:05 a. M, '2;15 p. m. 1920 p. m,
1918 p. M, 1880 p. m, f11:06 p. M.
For Wahiawa-'9:15 a. m. and
1913 p. m.
INWARD.
Arrive Honolulu from Kahuku,
Waialua and Waianae-'s:36 a. m,
..5:3l p. m.
Arrive In Honolulu frcm Eva Mil
and Pearl City-t7:4G a. m, 1896
q. m, '1O:3S a. m, '1:40 p. m, '4:3l
p m, '5;9l p. m, '7:30 p. m,
Arrive Honolulu from Wahiawa--
1896 a. m. and '5:sl pm.
Daily
t Elk. Sunday.
/ Sunday Only,
The Haleiwa Limited a two.hour
train (only first-class tickets hon
ored, leaves Honolulu every Sunday
at see a. m; returning, arrives In
Honolulu at 1910 D. m, The Limited
stops only at Pearl City and Waianae,
G. P. pENIsoN, #. c. SMITH,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-11-25
TURKEYS WILL GO
TO LUCKY GOLFERS

A goodly supply of turkeys has been
procured as trophies for the golf tour
nament which will be held on the links
OF the Oahu County Club tomorrow.
Only the choicest birds have been sci.
ected and those In charge expect that
competition will be more keen than Is
the case where mere medals are Of
Tered. A. special MONDAY lunch will
be served for players and other mem
bers who care to take advantage of
the opportunity. The automobile bus
will make it's first trip to the links at
0 o'clock In the morning, ~ .n