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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06

of poor can. Milk kept over night in
cans of this kind when treated with
rennet would require in some in
stances as much as 40 minutes longer
to coagulate than milk kept in good
n
BY using cans of the type illustrated
1t is possible to accept from patrons
milk which really has developed more
than two-tenths per cent. acid which
cannot be revealed by either the
Manns or harrington alkaline tablet
test, owing to the naturalization of the
acid by the iron.
The %unsanitary conditions that still
exist at some Wisconsin factories, at
the present time are largely due to the
use Of unclean utensils, such as starter
cans, iron pipes for conductors, whey
tanks, etc. Where such conditions
exist at the factory, it is not surpris-
ing that the patrons also become negli-
gent. The management of cheese fac
tories and creameries should first of
all see that their operator is a good,
reliable man, who will practice clean
illness above all other things. Then the
management should see that all uten-
sils used by factory and patrons are
in first-class condition, /. e., with no
exposed iron in watts, rusty cans, etc.,
since ~neatness and cleanliness in all
dairy methods would be Intellectual If
poorly timed or rusty cans, etc. were
used.
The operator should not hesitate to
refuse milk which is hauled In poorly
timed or rusty cans, for In addition to
the retarding influence Of the iron on
rennet action, and the naturalization
Of the acid by the iron, there are also
produced taints or of flavors,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06
GROWING CALVES
ON SKIM MILK


For growing calves / consider sep.
arator skim milk at least equal to
whole milk, though calves will not lay
on as much fat as they will when the
latter is fed. There is nothing in but
ter fat that a calf can use in building
body tissue. Nutriment can be SUP.
piled more cheaply with fax meal
which contains from 80 to 35 per cent.
oil. When the calf is dropped | let
it suck once and then remove it from
the dam. If it is removed in the morn
ing l give it no feed until the follow.
ing morning. This is done so the calf
will be hungry and will drink milk
without the finger. ! give from three
to four pints of its mothers milk
twice a day, Immediately after milk
ing. A small calf gets three pints
and a large calf four pints. This I
continue for one week. Then for one
week | give whole milk half and skim
milk half, twice a day, giving only
from three to four pints. The third
week l feed all separator skim milk,
adding a ~teaspoonful of ground fax.
l gradually increase the skim milk and
flax meal so that by the end of the
fourth month the calf Is receiving a
heaping teaspoonful of fax meal and
ten pints of milk twice a day. After
the first month it has access to
a little early cut alfalfa and
whole oats or a mixture of whole
oats and bran or shorts. The
important points are strict regularity
in time of feeding, quantity and tenn
perature of milk, which should be
from SO to 100 degrees F.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06
LATE STRAWBERRY
PLANTING

Strawberries may be planted even
in the hottest weather. In midsummer
it is easy to distinguish in an old bed
the prolific plants which it is desired
to use in propagating a new planta.
ton.
At a university experiment station it
was desired to start a new plantation
to furnish fruit the following year. An
old strawberry patch which contained
some excellent varieties had just
finished bearing. The plants which
We're most prolific were marked with
stakes, and a plot of ground was care.
fully prepared beside the old patch,
At the first signs of rain the marked
plants were lifted with the spade full
of earth adhering to them, and car.
ried to the new ground. About 1000
plants were t~ransplanted in this man
ner. They grew rapidly so vines cow
cred the ground by winter and they
bore bountifully the next spring.
A moderate rainfall distributed
through the summer is required to
make the plants thus treated grow rap.
idly. This method of planting has
many distinct advantages. 1t permits
of the careful selection of prolific
plants, hence in improvement by
selection it is valuable. 1t gives the
plants more time to grow than those
set in the fall, it gives more time to
cultivate and destroy all weeds, allows
the gardener to start his new planta-
ton after the old one has borne and
permits the old patch to be plowed un.
der and the weeds destroyed before
maturity.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06
The Hairless,

Here they come at me again for pre-.
ventives of badness. How manv
times must l repeat that no kind of
soap should be used on the hair or
head? Now here is the last call for
dinner, as the ~dining.car waiter yells;
Know all women by these presents:
Avoid all fancy soaps, You never can
tell where the fats come from. BY no
means apply a cake of hard soap to
your hair. You can never wash it out,
1t solidifes on the scalp and causes no
end of trouble. If you must use hard
soap of the fancy kind, convert 1t first
into light suds and wash your hair
with the suds. Then stand under a
shower and stay there until every par
ticle of the suds is washed away. Then
go out and sit in the swing until the
pure air blows all moisture away. The
hair being dried, apply pure olive oil
and rub 1t in hard. And quit using
stink-sweets (so-called perfumes) on
your hair to render it fragrant. Gods!
New York Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06
The World 10 Come.

A distinguished German scholar
who had devoted his faculties to what
he claimed to be the demonstration of
atheism came consistently to his death
bed. He was prepared, he said, to
prove out of the expiring sparks of his
own life that it must become a
~quenched and blackened flame. He
observed the processes of dissolution
calmly, with the long habit Of the
scientific method. Friends, them.
selves unbelieving and unhoping, stood
about him, waiting to catch the last
flicker of defiance from a soul to its
God. For some hours he had lain un.
~expectedly silent and with eyes closed.
He had very dark, large eyes, piercing
and powerful. Suddenly he opened
them, and from their caverns shot out
a fire before which the coolest scoffer
in the room shrank back. With a loud
voice the old scholar cried out:
There is another world" and fell
upon his pillow, dead.-Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06
RUSTY CANS RUIN FLAVOR
AND QUALITY OF THE MILK
A Great Handicap to the Cheesemaker-By George A. Olson,
Asst. in Agricultural Chemistry, Wisconsin
University.

Competition among creameries,
cheese factories and city milk supplies
has indirectly resulted in making
patrons more careless. This practice
leads the Indifferent milk producer in
to bad habits and ~discourages the tidy
and progressive ones. II milk or
cream was bought On its merits. then
the painstaking patron would be en-
couraged and would lead the careless
one to better efforts. 1t is too often
the case, however, that the same price
is paid for all milk or cream, whether
good or bad. If milk is to be bought
on its merits it would be necessary to
have cooperation between creameries,
cheese factories and city milk dealers,
for then only will such "a system be
satisfactory. 1t is possible where the
patrons are the proprietors of the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06
THE REXFORTH
CIRCULATING LIBRARY
Copyright. by shOrtstory Pub. Coz
By DENMARK LEMON

by the young lady presiding over the
order desk that a copy of Huckleberry
Finn was on the library shelves, he
had her make out a slip for that
classic.
He thought to get his Huckleberry
and take it with him-he was in a
hurry to have a look at the binding
of the volume-but the young lady
salmly informed him that the book
would be sent around to his address
that afternoon by the first delivery.
If he would turn to rule seven in the
catalogue, he would learn that such
was the delivery regime of the library.
VERY WELL" he said, and left the
building. By following downwards for
q short distance the narrow but we'll
paved courtway, then turning to the
right along a similar courtway, thence
to the left and again to the right, he
emerged upon a busy, familiar street,
where a number of carriages were
waiting, no doubt for patrons of the
Rexforth Circulating Library.
That afternoon a parcel bearing the
stamp Rexforth was delivered at Bax-
ter's club room. 1t was of mammoth
dimensions for a book, and he began
to fear that the librarian had blum
dered and sent him, instead of a mod
est octave by Mark Twain, a folio
Shakespeare, if not the p~onderous
Johnson's dictionary itself. So he
n%ervously undid the wrapping, and
there lay before him in a neat paper
box a lady's handsome skirt, with
some manner of fluffy pink trimmings
or %f1ounces, he didn't know which.
He poked gingerly at the dainty gar
ment. "Huckleberry Finn!" he ejacu-
lated. Then a great, big truth leaped
up in Baxter's mind, like the grimac-
ing face of a jack-in-the-box, and hasti'
ly removing the manila and
opening the catalogue he had received
at the library, he turned to H. Brack-
eted with the title of Huckleberry
Finn was the description of a lady's
fancy ball skirt.
His eye ran over some otner Dook
titles, with the things in ladies' dress
wear bracketed against them. Then
he sat down weakly. The. Rexforth
Circulating library was a woman's
~dress-renting establishment, where Ia
dies, by paying a certain monthly sum,
could draw" stylish dresses for tenn
porary wear.
Each dress, skirt, waist, or hat, bore
the name of some well-known book-a
kind of code arrangement for privacy,
brevity and convenience-and upon ex-
aiming his library card Baxter found
Mrs. prefixed to his name, the secre'
tary, no doubt, having been under the
impression that he had acted for his
wife in joining the R. c. L., for that
establishment made it's appeal exclu'
sively to the gentler sex.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06

Milk comes in contact with iron in
the form of rusty cans or poorly
timed utensils in practically all
creameries. The quality of the milk
will to a large extent depend upon the
condition of utensils into which the
milk is poured, kept, and finally hauled
to the factory. The degree of infu-
ence of iron on milk will depend
largely upon the temperature of the
milk, the length of time kept in the
cans, and the amount of exposed sur
face.
1t is not necessary to describe
here the American milk can, and espe-
cially the cheaper ones; if not the first
time, surely the second or third time
these cans are used, one will find
places where they have been dented
in. AS the number of i~ndentations in
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06
New Curtain Material.

A new drapery material that is
quite in~eXpensive-19 cents a yards
extremely pretty and cool-looking. It
is not unlike a fine scrim or a cotton
wolfe as to background, and is printed
in all the prettiest colorings, floral,
conventional and stripes.
1t is called Arabian cloth, and will
be charming fashioned into window
curtains and other draperies required
for summer use.
In this material a dull ecru ground
in a design of tulips is beautiful, and
not less so, though more su6dued, are
the conventional effects in pastel
tones.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06
WAS TOO MUCH FOR PAPA.
Childish Questions Were Becoming
Entirely Too Personal.

There is a member of the faculty of
George Washington university, who,
to use the words of a colleague, lis
as rotund physically as he is profound
metaphysically," says the Philadel-
phia Ledger.
One day the professor CHANGED to
come upon his children, of which he
has a number, all of whom were, to
his establishment, engaged in an earn
est discussion of the meaning of the
word absolute"
Dad" queried one of the young
sters, can a man be absolutely good?"
mo"
Dad" put in another youngster,
can a man be absolutely bad?"
mo"
Papa" ventured the third sahild, a
girl, "can a man be absolutely fat?"
Whereupon the father fed in
%continently.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06
"HuckIeberry Finn!" He CALCULATED.

door and found himself in a large, well
lighted room, fitted up more like a
ladies' parlor than a library. Where
were the books? He could not see any,
and the patrons-all ladies', 1t would
seem-that came and went while he
gazed around nonplused did not bring
nor take away any object that could
have been mistaken for a book.
This is something new" comment
ed Baxter. mentally: Must be a book
less library"
Fancies of a new idea in libraries
foated through his brain. Perhaps the
books at Rexforth's were not printed
volumes, but photographic records,
and all the patron needed to do was
to draw a wax cylinder of the latest
popular NOVELETTE, record made by the
author himself-take it home and
place it on a photograph, and science,
the mother of convenience, would do
the rest.
But all this was hypothetical, so he
looked about. On the wall neal him
was a neat typewriter list, headed:
THE Six Books Most in Demand by
the Patrons of the Rexforth Circulat-
Library, for the Month of September"
His eye ran down the list.
"Third-rail alive!" he murmured,
"what kind of ladies patronize this IL
brary?"
For the list read:
Izaak Walton's Compleat Angler.
S~hakespeare's King Henry The
Fifth.
Last of the Mohicans.
Meditations of Aurelius.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary.
Huckleberry Finn.
He shut his eyes and tried to puz-
zle 1t out, but the more he thought the
deeper was his confusion. He studied
the ladies waiting to give their orders
for books. They all were stylishly
dressed, and seemed cultured and we'll
read. His eye returned to the type
written list on the wall.
They're classics, all right" he
granted, But such classics!"
He got up and went over to the sec
retary's desk. He would join the IL
brary and learn something. He was
handed a leafet which informed him
that the monthly dues were ten dol
lars, the members having the privi-
lege of drawing each month two books
in class one, three In class two, four
in class three, and so on! a fine of two
dollars a day being imposed for a book
kept overtime.
Baxter whistled mentally. THE
books must be bound in vellum and
gold-tooled!"
He laid ten dollars on the secre-
tary's desk, and after a little telephon-
ing, by means of which his references
were authenticated and approved, he
was entered in the books as a member
Of The Rexforth Circulating Library,
and credited with one months paid
up dues.
He did not remove the sealed wrap
per from the catalogue that the secre-
tary gave him. but upon being assured
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06

He handed the beggar a h%alf-dollar,
for the pathetic old fellow had made
a moving appeal, and was about to re-
turn to his pocket the other coins in
mis- hand, when one Of them slipped
through his fingers and started to roll
down the sidewalk.
He saw that it was his pocket-piece,
a louis dor with the image Of the
Grande Monarque, and made a hasty
dash for the coin. 1t escaped him and
shot away at accelerating speed down
the sidewalk and just inside the flag
stone. He heightened his stride and
made another dash for the coin. Some
small silver spilled from his hand, but
he let it go and followed the elusive
Louis XIV. Suddenly the g%old-piece
struck a ridge in its downward path
and shot around the corner of a public
c~ourtway. Baxter followed.
He heard a laugh at his amusing
p~redicament, but did not look up, as
his blood was aroused, and he was
bound that the coin should not escape
down some hole or Granny.
At about three-fourths it's length,
the courtway lifted a bit, retarding the
speed Of the coin, which finally
swerved in it's track and rocked along
the fagstone, to reel at last like a
very drunken Louis into a doorway,
where it lay in the corner, h~alf-propped
against the footboard.
Baxter stopped and picked up the
coin, and as he arose to a standing
posture, a small, neat brass sign met
his eye. 1t was set into the door be-
fore which the coin had come to a
standstill, and it read:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06
Tight Fitting Petticoats.

New petticoats are sold for the latest
sheath dresses and they are made on
the circular plan, SO that there will
be no fullness either at hips or knees.
OF course, those who wear the sheath
dress most correctly wear no petit
coats whatsoever, but with thin
dresses such as women of America
wear, at least one petticoat is a neces-
sity, and when it is made in the tight
fitting style II does not much inter-
fere with the set Of the graceful gown.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06

cheese factories or creameries to adopt
a system like this, realizing that bet
ter milk makes higher grade dairy
products, which will sell for higher
prices and consequently yield more
profit for the patrons.
Several systems for buying milk on
its merits have been proposed. Among
such systems may be mentioned %
The use of the score card; (2) the
method of sorting tainted milks from
those of excellent conditions; (3) the
practice of accepting only milk of ex.
cellent condition.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06
MAKES USEFUL LITTLE WRAP.
RoIero in New Style Easily Made Up
in Crochet Work.

This useful little wrap is quite easy
to make. Any kind of wool and a suit
able hook (tricoter) may be used,
Work a chain of Is inches; on this
chain work plain tricot for seven
inches.
Work off each stitch separately like
double crochet for eight inches, and
the remainder of the row in tricot as
before.
Work two more short rows of tricot
like the last; on completing the last
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06

bloated to twice their normal size.
Doctors did not help, and / was fast
drifting into the hopeless stages. l
used Doan's Kidney Pills at the criti-
cal moment and they really saved my
life"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06

Gust suppose" said Brother Dickey,
"heayen wuz n big watermelon
patch, an it wuz de Fo'th er July de
year roun!"
go long, man." said Brother Will
liams, you almos' makes me want
ter go dar!"-Atlanta Constitution.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06
The Use of Braid.

There are white broadcloth costumes
braided in black, but these are rather
too conspicuous to be favorites with
ONE who have but few gowns. 1t is
thought desirable to braid a dark
costume with a light colored braid in
order that the braid may be removed
at some future time and the gown
worn with q contrasting coat.
Pompadour ribbon applied as skirt
borders and waist decorations make o
deE.3htful trimming for a dress.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06
THE REXFORTH CIRCULATING
LIBRARY.

The courtway or narrow street down
which the golden louis had led him
was wholly new to Baxter, and as he
looked about he saw a couple of ladies
across the way smiling at his late pre-
dicament.
He would step into Rexforth's and
recover his serenity, He opened the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06

Waste not the remnant Of thy life
in those imaginings touching other
folk, whereby thou contributest not to
the common weaI.-Marcus Aurelius.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06

disease started with
slight irregularity
and weakness and
developed into dan
gerous dropsy. lie
came weak and Ian
guild, and could do
no Homework. My
back h terribly.
l had bearing down
pains and nv limbs
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06

coats and skirts or separate white
skirts it is perhaps preferable to the
linen.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06

Lewis Single Binder straight sc cigar is
good quality all the time. Your dealer or
Lewis Factory, Peoria, IL.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06

She Don't.-Somebody calls the far.
mer's wife the silent partner" But
why should she remain silent?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06

The first illustration shows a bodice of lawn dress, it is made o a lining
to which the vest of tucked muslin and insertion is stitched, The lawn fronts
tucked IN the shoulders, and are edged with two rows of embroidery. The
underseeve is turned up below the elbow with a cuff edged with embroidery.
sleeve has been sewn on.
The second is in pale blue zephyr, tucked on the shoulders, and trimmed
eachs me the center boXpleat with open work embroidery insertion. The cuffs
finished with insertion, edged with pleated lace.
The third garment is composed of founcing embroidery, the plain part of
the center pieces being tucked, the edge of the side embroidery being laid over
the plain. The sleeves are arranged in the anne way. The deep pointed col
lar Is of plain muslin, edged with a frl of lace.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06

Even a drunken man doesn't care to
be held up by a footpad.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06
SAVED AT THE CRISIS.
Delay Meant Death from Kidney
Troubles.

Mrs. Herman Smith, s01 Broad
Street, Athens, Ca, says: Kidney
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