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Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
FOUNDING A HERD.

individuality the Cornerstone Of Thi:
Breeders Ideas.
BY c. D. BELLOWS. Missouri. before
Shorthorn Breeders association.
The most powerful enemy of prog
ress is Self t:;sIy::i;;:l For those who
wish to advance it is absolutely neces-
sary that they be honest with them
selves. 1t is therefore best for US to
face the truth, cruel and harsh though
it may seem, and admit that nonsense
has been and is yet Il factor altogether
too prominent in the Shorthorn breed
ing operations Of this country. Any one
doubling this statement will only need
to travel through the country and note
the per cent Of animals which lack in
dividnality. type and character sutfi-
cient to distinguish them from scrubs
Some Of these nOlluescripts and mis-
fits are doubtless the result of careless
ness and unqualified ignorance in
breeding 1t might not he admissible
to charge all the ills of the breed
against. the account Of nonsense in
breetling-in fact, it is no easy task to
draw the line sharply defining where
sense ends and nonsense begins.
Nonsense in breeding implies wanton
violation Of natural law and departing
from all lines Of procedure suggested
by the plain, unyarnishcd principles Of
plain common sense.
Things Not to BE Dcne.
On the list OF nonsensic:, things not
to do l would print in big letters the
injunction. Never. mate animals with
common defects or weaknesses.
l consider it folly to bay and use Il
bull simply because he happens to be
OF certain color or breeding, Of the
so called straight This or straight that
or anything else except Il straight goof
one.
I further deem it nonsense to use
bull that is not typical of the kind OF
cattle you aim to produce and bred
from ancestors Of known merit. 1t is
certainly nonsense to pay more atten.
tton to the thirteenth or twenty-sixth
great-grandmother than to the makeup
OF the peaigrees of the first four sires.
Lastly, think it worse than nom
sense to'rely wholly upon the pedigree
OF an imported animal and turn down
we'll bred American one with Well
recognized individual makeup, backed
up by line of breeding that has stood
the test.
don't want to be understood as dis
couraging pedigrees and the careful
study thereof. but I do want to i'm
press upon you that 1t is individuality
first. coupled with good breeding, that
makes the ineritorious animal.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
MAKING ALFALFA HAY,
Some Comments on the Most Success
fuI Methods of Handling.

The first cutting should be made
when about one-tenth of the plants
are in bloom. This usually comes in
May or early June, and at time
when it is difficult to cure the hav.
Start the mower in the morning of
what Promises to be a clear day, as:
soon as the dew is off. ~,~ ;:
= In the afternoon, if the weather
has been favorable, rake the alfalfa
and put into small cocks. These
should not be left standing more than
two or three days without moving,
or the plants underneath will be par
TALLY or completely smothered. II
alfalfa is exceedingly green when
cooked, or rainy weather sets in, it
will heat, unless the cock is opened
every day or two.
In favorable weather no more
difficulty will be experienced in cur
ing alfalfa than in curing heavy
growths of clover, says the Farm and
Home. The leaves are rich in nitro
gen and fall off readily when dry,
therefore the crop should be
cured with the least handling pos
sible.
Every alfalfa grower in districts
where rain is frequent should pro-
vide hap caps. These may be made
Of light cotton duck one-quarter to III
yards square. Hem the edges to pre-
vent raveling and make eyelets in the
corners for strings. Cut heavy wire in
18-inch lengths and make loop on one
end in which to tie the strings at
tached to the pegs. These wire pegs
can be either run into the ground or
pushed into the sides of the cocks of
hay or alfalfa. Alfalfa cured under
hay caps is of much better quality
than when cured in cocks or in the
windrow.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
DRAFT HORSE BREEDING.
It Pays the Farmer to Raise Good
Draft Colts,

Our most progressive farmers are
keeping mares to do their work and
also raise colts. The mares are bred
each year. Such farmers realize that
the greatest profits are not made from
some one crop, but in conserving
small profits from every crop, and
not the least profitable is the colt
crop.
A pair of mares handled properly
will do a good seasons work and raise
colts in addition. BY their labor they
can be made to pay for their feed,
and also that of their colts until a
year old. At the end of the year one
has as his profits the colts reared,
which have cost him only the actual
service fee of the stallion.
l fancy l hear some one say that
mares sucking colts will not do as
much work as geldings. I will grant
sucking colts will do all the work In
day any farmer ought to do Where
brood mares are kept to do the work
i. is good plan to keep larger num-
ber of them than would be necessary
were geldings used. For instance,
KEEP five mares to do the same work
which would be expected of. four geld.
ings. This will permit exchange Of
mares in the teams at foaling time.
This plan of keeping an extra mare
will be found to be a profit by the in,
creased value OF all the colts reared. =
A pertinent question is, What ID
the best type of mares to select fo1
breeding and farm use? This ques'
ton must be answered somewhat ac'
cording to climate, topography of the
land, the size of fields and the nature
of the crops grown. Where the fields
are large and comparatively level and
the cultivated crops grown are not Of
. small, delicate nature, such as must
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
Bern In Iowa.

Our family were all born and raised
in Iowa, and have used Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy
made at Des M0ines) for. years We
know how good it is from long exper-
ience in the use Of it. In fact, when
in Ell Paso, Texas, the writer's life was
saved by the prompt use of this remedy.
We are now engaged in the mercantile
business at Narc0ossee, Fla, and have
introduced the. remedy here. 1t has
proven very successful and is constant
" growing in favor. ENNIS Bros.
This remedy is for sale BY al druggists.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03

We give the Main looking
We the present occupants of the stores
First the left is Guemns in the Parry block
Then J. Urbach Bro hardware F. P Mcbride Grocer
Ind E. Maloy, drug the Across Mill
Decker hardware then F. o. Halls Grocery The
and A. Dagers grocery
the old wooden building replaced this by
a brick block South Dalager Frank Raymonds harness
Shop shop Chas Huses cigar store; F.
Gleasons ewey Mrs NJ Thomas's millinery and the
National Then the
square, On the W. R.
furniture
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03

be grown close together, larger mares
some work a more active team is de-
sired.
BY some it is thought that larger
horses do not stand the warmer eli
mate as we'll as smaller ones This,
I believe, is due more to the previous
or early treatment of the horses than
to that Of size. A great many large
horses are not reared up in such a
way as to produce hardness. During
the past decade or more the larger
the horses the more valuable they
have been on the market.
l believe there is no horse that can
be produced so cheaply and with as
much profit to the farmer as the draft
horse, says Prof. R. C. Obrecht of the
University of Illinois. The size of the
mares chosen must then be determined
by each individual for his own use on
his own farm, but it must be remem-
bered that the larger the mares the
more valuable they will be to. raise
draft colts, which return the greatest
profits.
There are some general points Of
type and conformation that should be
observed in selecting any brood mare,
no matter If large or small. Always
select mares with good, large feet,
good, heavy bone with quality, but
don't sacrifice quality for quantity of
bone. A deep, roomy barrel and fair
ly closely coupled is preferable. The
shoulder should be long and rather
obliquely set, the chest deep and capa-
cious, the back short, broad, and we'll
muscled, the Group long and muscular
and neatly joined to well-muscled
loin. Last but not least, select mares
with feminine head. This one char
acter to the trained eye perhaps por-
trays more of the mares real value as
a breeder than any other.
The care of brood mares used for
farm labor is an important matter, and
one which may greatly influence prof
Its. They should be gradually hard
ened to work in the spring by starting
at light work with short hours and
gradually increasing the amount until
they are well able to stand a good,
hard days work. The time necessary
for this change should not be less than
three to four weeks.
They should be handled carefully
by kind driver, who should see to
it that the collars are properly fitted
to the shoulders so as not to gall or
bruise them before they have suf1-
cient time to become hardened. AS
they shrink in flesh, which they prob
ably will do after being at work for
some little time, the slack in the COLI
lars should be taken up. -
The feeding is important, and should
be governed according to the individu.<
ality Of the mare. When feeding mares
In foal, in order to provide for the
proper development Of the foetus they
should receive liberal supply Of pro
tein in their ration, together with
feeds rich in bone building substances.
Wheat bran, being rich in phosphorus
and ash material, is an excellent food
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
NEW TOWNS IN WASHINGTON.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry.

Five new towns to be established
this month in Whitman County, in
tunity for business men and invest
ors to invest their money protitably.
For lots in Seabury and Pandora,
sale will be held May rs; for lots in
Kenova and Palisade, May 26; for
lots in Maiden, May 27. All sales by
auction. Further information from
F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agt.,
Chicago.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03

the business. CT course, it would look
bad to seq the name of powder trust,
and lumber trust and whiskey trust Of
ficials on campaign fund for mis-
representative from a farmers dee.
strick, And so congress turned down
the publicity proposition.
. 1885,. . . . ., l''
It makes me tired to see this poor
boy great man notion worked to fool
extreme. It's all right to rejoice that
a poor boy in this country can rise to
be president but let every tub set on
it's own bottom. The great reason why
some folks voted for Johnnie johnson
for governor was that he was poor
boy and rose to be country editor by
his own exertion and his lynn roman
GERS hav exaggerated and ballooned
this idee until be looks like big man
to some blind partisans: You never
hear of what johnson ever has done
but it's simply the poor boy racket
that elects him. Now I've got morc
admiration for one Roosevelt than ten
thousand Johnsons all III the same bag.
And Roosevelt wasn't poor boy but a
thoroughbred. He- -wlthstood the in.
fluences Of high birth and high breed
in and he has turned all his splendid
advantages of eddication and breedin'
and genius and ability to the highest
ends. Why amt he entitled to as
much praise as the poor boy fake?
FARMER BEN.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
For Sale.

Houses on Water, Bridge, Railway
st. Paul, Winona streets and Oakland
ave., also town lots and farms near
Austin, and in the northern part of the
state. Call and see me. ,s... ...-
..~s G. SORFLATEN.
Office 223 n. Main street, west of
Court House. Sept. 80
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03

for this purpose. A ration composed
Of three parts corn, two parts oats and
one part bran, fed with clover hay,
will prove quite satisfactory. If clover
is not available use mixed hay of
clover and timothy rather than use
Yure timothy. With such a ration,
there should be no difficulty from con-
stipation, as the bran and clover hay
is quite loosening. -...
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
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\A!R|A!|IRMZl|A||||I; n
&SlGNI$|IzM||]i!nl1lNt< m as
A SEED CORN TESTER.
One by Which the Seed Can Be Tested
in the Garden.

Place two 12x16 boards together
making separate block two inches
thick. Bore two one-half-inch holes.
one in each end as indicated in the
accompanying illustration and fit in
two short bolts with washers on each
end. Then bore Is three-quarter-inc ch
holes IL inches apart. Letter each
horizontal row and number each per-
pendicular row as indicated.
Then take out the bolts and slip the
top board over to the right until each
hole has bottom. Bore the two end
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
Stomach Troubles.

Many remarkable cures of stomach
troubles have been effected by Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
One man who had spent over two
thousand dollars for medicine and
treatment was cured by few doses of
these tablets. Price, 25 cents. Samples
free at all druggists. 8@z5
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03

The Eclipse Lumber Co. is noted
Tor its square and honest business
methods. When in need Of lumber or
fnel, 1t will pay you to see them. : They
will use you right.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
Austin steam Laundry.

Patronize homo institutions and
have your laundry work done at the
Austin Steam Laundry.in the highest
style of the art. No chemicals used
Laundry delivered free OF charge
fiveus trial. -
T. NJ BURNHAM. Pror rietor.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03

IAN p1Op AVL CAO pho' AoAoAA ssAA~~ ~
looks like Russ Shepherd used to be
hammerin' on just the correct ldee and
projick when he talked up tilin' for our
Mower county lands. 1t looks like If
the too much rain could run off quick
from the land the ground would stay in
right condition for good sure crops and
where the water was run off out of the
ground you couldn't drown out your
crops. That is just what tilin' the land
will do. 1t gust puts whole lot Of
sewers under the surface and the wa
ter seeps into 'em and off it runs quick
and ceaseless. I've ben readin' up on
tiles and it looks like when the right
outlet was given to run off the surplus
rain we never would be IN danger of a
flooded farm. Somehow the tile sweet
ems up land wonderfully llettin' in the
air from below and encouragin' the
roots to come down to = deeper depth.
The man who has his farm tiled this
wet spring is in clover you bet.
see that the Texas gross earnings
law for taxin' railroads has been de-
clared unconstitutional by the U. s.
supreme court and spose the Mime
sofa roads will combine with the big
cities up here and figure to have our
state law upset. 1 alwus liked this
gross earnings law because the tax
money went into the state treasury for
the common benefit OF the whole. Now
if this is knocked out and we 60 back
to the local property tax then just
Minneapolis and St. Paul and Duluth
where all the. railroad property is pretty
mu:h will get the tax and us out
siders can whistle. I'll take my chan
ces on gettin' more in the long run
out of the present gross earnings than
out of the old way and can't see how
if gross earnings tax is a tax on in
terstate commerce why the other tax
wouldn't be because the equipment
locally is used for interstate commerce.
. o G.i
don't wonder that the graftin' con.
gressmen refused to make a law re.
quirin' publicity of campaign fund
contributions. when it comes to send
in into ore congressional deestrick
$25,OOO Of trust money to buy votes to
reelect hirelin' congressman who has
proved traitor to his constits and who
has sold his honor and soul to the mon
opolies who own him, no wonder that
such don't want publicity to the source
of his campaign Doodle. I can tell you
this, any campaign contributions that
are clean and necessary don't need to
fear publicity. 1t takes some money
to run legitimate campaign and the
honest man who profits by it ought to
be willin' to let the noontide in on all
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
MARRIAGE LICENSES !;

Marriage licenses were issued to
Chas. E. Gilleece and Charlotte D.
Sch0ll of Austin; to Fred j. Freund
and Anna .Heimer of Adams town, -,
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03

The orchard may make a good pas
ture, but it is not good plan to make
Z pasture Of the orchard:
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
-~-sIS~s~SN
Al Golfers Are.

Scotch Caddie (after listening to a
good deal of swagger from total stran-
gowfer you are, but you're maist IN
teresting pectacle!-Scraps.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03

Eyes. madam, am going to marry
Watkins"
"Why, he is old enough to be your
fatherv'
II know he is, but unfortunately he
doesn't seem to care for mother!"-
Meggendorfer Blatter.
Mower County transcript., 1908-06-03
FARMER BEN'S
COLUMN

NV paper says tnaL anOInel VIZ ~Ao'
100000 mimi and development COM
pany out in Montana has gone bump.
They've ben sellin' stock to suckers Tor
six years and the suckers, most OF them
from Chicago, hav sunk $65O,Ooo IN ao-
solutely worthless assets. The money
was spent in extravagant equipment,
expensive offices, CLOWN literature
and junkets of prospective inspectors:
The price of the stock was boosted
from ten cents to So. so share thru
false reports of what the mine was
turnin' out but only five cars OF orc
were ever shipped out and that was
punk. Now comes the collapse ana the
manager and prospector is in parts un-
known and the Chicago suckers are
wonderin' where they're at. l can tell
'em. They're in the hole same as all
who bite at such schemes are. Ine
manager is the only one who seems to
bave ever made anything out of the
fake. It's the same old story. There's
g. sucker born every mint.
But, say. How about the Rube jokes
in the light of these Chicago suckers?
The city papers alwas delight in pokln'
fun at us innocent farmers when we
come to town and to judge by lots OF
The cartoons and jokes the hayseeds are
the biggest gullies in the world. l
should think they'd quit such pasrep'
1esentin' after a while. So fur as
can discover the townies are the big
su1s who are misled and fooled by
every fake project. Look at the Min
neapolis loan fakirs and insurance com
panies. Who bit on these? Not the
farmers you bet your sweet life. SO fur
as looks go I'll turn out a hundred
of Mower county farmers right on
Nicollet avenue with a hundred of the
best business men of our metropolis
and Ill warrant you can't tell 'em apart
Dy their dress or carriage or looks
When I've ben to New York and Lon
don and Berlin I've alwus noticed that
the farmers are the best lookin' and the
best behavin' and the wisest on the
street.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-11-10
THE HEALTH SITUATION
AT WINTHROP COLLEGE
DR.. Kinard Tells of Precautions TAX
ell to Prevent Epidemic Of Ty-
phoid-Students Ccoperat.

ing.
Rock Hill, Nov. G.-Knowing tn.
interest felt by paren. and Others
throughout the State in the matter
of Winthrop's health situation, n,. =.
James p. kinard, acting president of
the college, gave the States cnrres-
pondcnt the following statement:
'Wc have in the infirmary now
four eases Of typhoid fcvc. and 10
suspected cases which have not been
diagnosed as typhoid. i; i, Thought
by our physicians that scme cf tie
latter eases are malarial. With The
FIRST case thorough inspection of
the college was made. Even with two
or three eases we hoped tha. they
were sporadic and that there was ne,
local cause. On Wednesday. how.
ever, called on the STATE and eat.
health officers to make an invcstiga.
tlon Of conditions. Dr. C.. +. Will
liams, State health officer, is now en-
gagged in a search FOR the cause Of
the sickness. Assuming that drinkin.
wafer and milk ale the most probable
causes of typhoid, we hare cnt off
the drinking water We were using and
have provided Il supply that is free
from suspicion. We have abandon
ed the use of mill, anal butter from
our own dairy except for cooking pur.
poses. The students Of The college
are fully acquainted with the condi-
non and are cooperating most hea1.
tlly with tho authorities i'm their
search for The cause of the fever. The
greatest care is being taken in tie
supervision Of all possible sources Of
infection and DR.. Williams aud
those assisting him hope to locate
the cause Of the trouble in a short
time. | should like for the parent,
especially to know that every possl-
bic precaution is being taken for the
care and safety of Tho Students"
There have been no ~,,spcclcd case,
within the last two days.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-11-10
News From Excelsior,

Excelsior Nov. 0.--Wc have had
light frost in this section. The
weather is fine and our people are
busy sowing oats.
Was sorry to hear Of the sad and
sudden death of Mr.. J. NJ. Wicker or
Sunday morning at his home neal
Prosperity. Mr.. Wicker was a GOOD
man and will be greatly missed.
DR.. r. c. Kiblcr spent Il Few DAYS
with relatives at Pomaria last week
and attended the tent meeting held
there by Mr.. Anderson.
Rev. JAS. D. Kinard. of Cameron,
while up at the synod. spent u few
days With his sister Mrs. J. s. Wcrts
III Saluda county.
MIR. q. q. Cook. Of Greenwood, has
been on Il few days visit to his father
Mr.. j. b. Cook.
Mr.. G. r. Riser has been on visit
I" Prof. J. S. Whcclcr's family.
Miss Maggie Stone Visited rcla,
tivcS near Newbcrrv last week.
Miss Mamie Counts who has been
sick for few days ~ able to take
up her school again this week.
Rev. Joseph t. Hodges will preach
in Excelsior school house next Satur.
day night at 7.30 o'clock. on Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock and again
Sunday night at 7.30 o'clock. Mr.
Hodges is an able speaker and the
public has cordial invitation to come
out and hear him.
The new phone line from Sli"hs
up to Mr.. J. c. Singlcys is now com.
rlctc and found TO be quite con.
Venlence. Sigma.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-11-10
Fourth Quarterly Conference.

The fourth quarterly conference of
Central Methodist church was held on,
Friday night. Rev. J. G. Roper pre-
siding. The reports for the year were
submitted and the officers Of the
church elected. The reports showed
the church in good condition.
The following officers were elected
for the next year: Trustccs-Mcssrs.
Il. F. Wright. S. j. Wootcn. w. G.
Maves. w. r. Lominack. J. w. White.
G. B. Summer.
tcwards-Mcssrs !. TT. Wicker,
r. l.. Tarrani. G. IT. Cannon. w. II.
Wallace. w. A. Sturli"v. w. G.
Mnvrs. p. G. GAillard. J. D. Wheeler,
James VI. Ward. and JOHN 3. Mavc>.
District Stcward--W. G.. Mayrs.
cS.
Superintendent Of the Sunday
School---Mr. James F. Epting.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-11-10
MR.. TAFT GOES
To HOT SPRINGS. VA

Cincinnati, O., Nov. 7.--Presidcnt-
elect Taft left yesterday afternoon
for Hot Springs, Va. where the lat
est decision is to remain three weeks,
cottage having been secured up III
the mountains where Taft expects to
be free from all interference and pub
l'clty. On Thanksgiving day Mr.. and
Mrs. Taft will be the guests at the
dinner of the family OF M. e. Ingalls,,
chairman of the executive committee
OF the Big -Four railroad Later plans
are still indefinite.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-11-10
Visit the Cloak Section!

Every express rolls in new Cloaks. The great
est sale of cloaks that has ever been witnessed In
Newberry in many year.
Ladies' CIoaks SO in. long, nicely braided in new
shades, black, tans and caster. not one in the lot
worth less than $500 to $1,000, here goes
for $685.
Another Mimnaugh cake taker. About two hun
dred and fifty in this lot, worth not less than $O 90
and $500. Just to show you how we do under
sell them all, here goes till the last one is gone
choice 798.
Another Corker. 800 Ladies' black and castor
Cloaks worth $3.50 and up to $3.50, here gees for
50 98
BY all means visit this department and see what's
what before you spend your money