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Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06
HARVESTING OF THE ICE CROP
Practical and Timely Suggestions.

over, where the ice tongs are at.
tached. The remaining portion with
the rope, D, attached gives plenty of
leverage for lifting the heavy cakes
After a season of cutting ice the
two icemen proceed to lift out and
load up. One seizes the longs and
catches on to the floating cakes. while
the other man presdes at the rome
D. The sleigh should be in the handi.
est position to swing the sween
around and land the cake of ice into
the box.
The combination style of icehouse
represented in the illustration is not
the best for all purposes, vet has
some features to recommend it. The
sides of the building are nine feet
above the ground and the height of
the dairy seven feet. The outside
walls of the ice-house are made of
two inch planks, ten inches wide, set
upright, with inch and a half blanks
nailed on the inside, They are wealth
er boarded on the outside and filled
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06
BLEACHING OF
WHEAT FLOUR
BY Prof. F. j. ALVEY, Nebraska
University.

Most high grade wheat f1ours are
more or less yellow when freshly
miled. This color slowly fades when
the flour is stored in a we'll lighted
place, but even after several months is
still distinct. Formerly flour with a
yellow tint was preferred, but now the
market demands the whitest possible
product. To meet this demand various
bleaching processes have been ex-
tensively introduced into the flour
mills. All the processes, however, en-
ploy the same bleaching agent, nitro
gen peroxide, some producing it by
electrical and others by chemical
means.
Extraordinary advantages have been
claimed for the bleached flours, in
Guiding an increase in the nutritive
properties, an improvement in the
keeping qualities and in 1.-The bread
making properties; on the other hand
they have been decried as containing
substances injurious to health, and
possessing inferior bread-making prop
critics. Some of the, exploiters of the
so-called electrical bleaching processes
have similarly condemned flours
bleached by processes in which nitric
acid is used.
Three different classes are inter-
ested in the bleaching of flour, viz,
the consumers of the flour, the millers,
and the manufacturers of bleachers.
The farmers who produce the wheat
are interested in the same way as the
millers who manufacture the flour, be-
cause the higher the price the miller
receives for his flour the more he is
able to pay the farmer for his wheat
The consumers are anxious to know
whether the quality of the flour is i'm
proved or injured, and whether any
thing injurious to health is introduced
during the bleaching process. They
have no objection to the change of the
natural color provided nothing harm.
full is added; as evidence of this it is
only necessary to mention the almost
universal use of butter coloring in
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06
Double
Driveway. the Sides.

driveway is shown in one of our H.
Illustrations. This arrangement puts
the laborers under shelter while filling
the wagons in removing the crop from
the crib, but it necessitates somewhat
high pitching of the corn in unloading
the wagons. On sloping ground equal
ly convenient cribs can be constructed
at less expense by extending the crib
in such manner that it can be filled
from the upper side and emptied
from the lower side. This is very
convenient arrangement, and if the
slope of the hill is considerable a
driveway can be made below the crib
SO that with properly constructed
chutes the ears can be allowed to roll
into the wagons, avoiding the labor of
scooping. Such sidehill crib is
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06
The Ice Derrick.

blocks of regular size, so that they
will pack solidly into the ice house
without leaving spaces between them.
A regular cross-cut saw with one han
die removed will answer the purpose.
The ice derrick is convenient and
safer to use for lifting the cakes from
the water and hosting into the wagon
or sleigh box. Use two strong white
oak poles to make the derrick and
sweep The upright, B, may be cut
from any strong piece of lumber, or
made up by spiking together two
pieces of 2x4 studding. It should be
IL to Is feet long and we'll braced at
the base, as shown in the sketch. The
bottom should be smooth in order to
slide freely over the ice.
The sweep, c, should be about 16
feet long, or over, with a rope at
tached to each end. The sweep is
pivoted on top of the upright, B, from
pne'quarter to one.third projecting
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06

during the cold weather and is usu-
ally placed upon the market in early
spring. Filled with water, it is not
long after it is loaded into box cars
or vessels until it heats and spoils
The installation of elevators where
such corn can be kiln dried has been
brought about by this poor manner
of storing the corn crop. There is now
a general prejudice against Kindred
corn resulting from the fact that kiln
drying was first employed and is at
present employed to a very large ex-
tent to prevent further heating and
fermentation of corn that was not al
lowed to dry properly or was poorly
stored before being placed upon the
market. This state Of affairs, which
results from allowing the corn to re.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06

in writing concerning its construction
to the Northwestern Agriculturist, he
says:
I'VE had long ago determined that
when we built we would build we'll,
and build silo in connection with the
barn.
I'VE first secured building material.
We found it not only high in price,
but low in quality. To get what we
were determined to have land that
was nothing but first quality took
any amount of looking around. We
wanted white pine for boarding up
the outside, as it holds paint better
and lasts longer. After diligent search
we found it; it was we'll seasoned and
of good quality. For shingles we
bought the clear cedar, five to two
inches thick. We bought our cement
in car lots; brick was purchased in
the same way, which reduced the
price considerably.
1.-THE barn frame is of the post and
girted kind, with practically 20-foot
posts and hip roof. There are no
posts inside, in either the hay or
straw NOW. The lower story, where
the stock are kept, is sheeted up with
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06
A PAGE FOR THE FARMER
THE PROPER STORAGE
OF THE CORN CROP
Building Should Facilitate Curing Arranged to
Minimize Work Of Unloading and Loading
By Prot. G. p. Hartley.

There was time in the history of
the corn.producing belt when rail pens
were about the only available means
Of storing the corn crop. Much to the
discredit Of some corn growers this
method of storing is still in vogue,
even in sections where good means of
storage could be afforded at little ex-
pense. 1t is no uncommon sight to see
rail pen after rail pen filled with ears
of corn and without any cover, ex-
posed to all the rains and SHOWS of
winter, and these in sections of the
country that produce the most corn
and are consequently most interested
in higher-priced corn. This corn re.
mains in apparently good condition
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06
Strict order Of Precedence.

The ranking lady in any company
in Washington must always be the
first to leave. Cabinet ladies call first
on danes senatorial, but at dinners
the cabinet ranks the senate. Justices
of the supreme court rank the cabinet.
justices and senators both claim prece.
dence. Straighten 1t out to suit your
self. Wives and daughters of ad-
mirals and generals are placed higher
above the salt at a dining than the
womenkind of colonies and captains.
Every man and woman in official life
in Washington stickles punctiliously,
in formal company, for the proper rec
ognition of his face value, guarding
the matter Of precedence jealousy.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06

Growing Willows for Baskets
truly infant industry in this country
is the growing of basket willow. This
is one kind of tree which can easily
be grown in time to meet the demand
Osiers for making baskets have been
heretofore all imported from Europe
but experiments by the forest serv
ice show that they can be success
fully grown in this country as farm
crop. The manufacture of baskets is
by no means SO large as it might be
and the increasing scarcity of WOOD
for boxes may cause a greater de
mand hereafter for baskets.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06
Ground Plan Of Barn.

two thicknesses Of shiplap, with heavy
tarred felt between on the outside,
and on the inside single thickness.
making in all three thicknesses of
lumber and one of felt This not only
insures it frost proof, but will assist
in ventilating the barn properly and,
consequently. keeping it dry inside.
No ventilating system will work
where a barn is not perfectly tight
and warm.
1.-The following plan will give the
reader a fair understanding of the
ground floor plan, while the illustra-
ton will show the outside. The Sec
ond story is divided as follows: Hay
NOW, 36x42 feet; feed room Tin the
center), 12x36 feet; straw NOW, 36x46
feet.
LAS we raise but little small grain
it makes it necessary to save all the
p-straw, and so we blow it into one
end of the second story. This will
hold the straw from 20 to 30 acres,
which is sufficient where all is saved.
Here the straw is always dry and
handy to get 1 believe the time is
fully at hand when we should begin
to save our straw inside. AS we plan
to feed silage our hay NOW does not
need to be SO large as in former days
and, hence, we need plenty of room
for big feed bin and straw NOW.
'At one time there was much rreju-
dice against a cement floor under
cows, but it has largely died out.
Our best dairymen, or, at least, a
majority of them, find no objection
to cement floors where they are kept
we'll bedded. For our part we find
the bedding stays in place much bet
ter on a cement floor than on planks.
Last spring on visit through the
dairy section of Wisconsin we found
that the much-talked.of COW, Colan-
tina 4th's Johanna chat gave nearly
100 pounds of milk daily for 80 days),
stood on a cement floor.
1.-THE feeding alley in front Of our
COWS ia raised three inches higher
than the platform on which the cows
stand. This enables them to get
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06
LESS DRINKING IN THE NAVY.
Retired Admiral Says Conditions Have
Changed for the Better.

The navy is not what it was in the
old days." said retired real admiral
while on his way home from his club
one evening. "The amount of liquor con.
sumed is in the proportion of a thimble
to a barrel 1t was not an uncommon
thing, during my early career. for Of
ficers to return drunk from shore leave
and they were permitted to go to their
quarters and sleep off the intoxica-
ton. If an officer were to return
aboard modern ship under the in
fluence Of liquor charges would be
preferred against him Immediately
why, remember two of my ship
mates who had been painting the town
with convivial colors coming down to
the cutter awaiting them in a condi-
ton which necessitated their use of
both sides of the street. They got
safely into the boat 1t began to rain,
and they hoisted their umbrellas. Up
on arrival at the ship one of them
slipped in mounting the ladder and
fell overheard. The other CALAMITY
jumped after him. No difficulty was
experienced in getting the first un-
fortunate, but the hero could not be
pulled out of the water. Finally rope
was tied around his ankles, several
men hauled away, and he was hoisted
on deck. As he was dragged from the
water it was seen that the obstacle
to his easy rescue was his umbrella
which had remained open.
why did you not let go of your
umbrella?' he was asked.
"'Well, you see (hic) 1t was wet
there and needed the darned thing to
protect me from the Damp"
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06

the market price Of corn insist that
the price be influenced in proportion
to the moisture content of the corn.
In addition to affording thorough
ventilation to the stored grain and
protection from driving rains, the
cribs should be constructed in such a
manner that they can be filled and
emptied with the least possible labor.
For level ground, double cribs with
an elevated driveway and approaches
that will enable the loads to be driven
through the cribs and dumped or
scooped out of the wagons without
any high pitching are very satisfac-
tory. A crib of this kind which is
filled and emptied from the central
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06

/ this country. The millers who have
installed bleachers are anxious to
know the exact effect of the bleaching
process upon the -four. and whether
the amount of the bleaching agent that
they are now using is objectionably
large. The manufacturers of bleach
ers are anxious to find as many adj
| vantages and as few disadvantages
| as possible connected with the bleach
ing of flour in order that their appar.
atus may be sold not only in regions
where the flours are decidedly yellow,
but also where the tlours are com.
paratively white.
Over 100 samples of freshly manu-
featured fours from mills in various
parts of the state were examined at
the Nebraska Experiment station.
Some of the samples were from mills
having no bleachers. Some were I'M
bleached flours from mills having
bleachers, and a large number were
f!ours bleached at the mills. OF the
bleached fiours part were obtained
from mills using electrical processes,
and part from those using chemical
bleachers. Bread was made from a
large number of unbleached flours as
we'll as from the same fiours which
had been bleached in different Nebras-
ka mills.
AS result of the investigation the
following conclusions are drawn:
Bleaching as practiced by Nebras
ka mills neither Injuries nor improves
the quality of -four. The color of the
low grades is more unattractive after
bleaching than before. No substance
is added in sufficient quantities to be
Injurious. 1t is possible, however, to use
such large quantities of the bleaching
agent as to seriously injure the quality
of the flour. However, as the use OF
excessive amounts of the bleaching
agent likewise Injuries the color, ant
accordingly lowers the market value
of the -four, there is little danger OF
millers Intentionally overtreatins theil
flours.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06
Convenient sd cb-Easiy Upper
Empied

main wet during winter and necessi-
tates the removal of the water by ex-
pensive means, keeps the price of
corn lower than it would be if the
corn were allowed to dry in the fields
and kept dry until placed upon the
market. Grain buyers would pay
better price If the general supply of
corn reached them in a condition that
would insure its preservation without
drying and the resulting shrinkage.
Less than four per cent. of the corn
crop of the United States is shipped
from this country either as corn or
as cornmeal, and there is in some of
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06

their feed easier. This part of the
floor is troweled down smooth with a
steel trowel. Where the cows stand
it is finished rough with cork
trowel. From the gutter the floor
rises one inch in the first 18-inch run,
and from this point front it dishes
slightly, so that it is brought on a
level, taking it as whole. A COW, to
stand comfortably, must stand level,
and by this method we have the slant
at the rear where necessary, and the
slight dishing surface in front of this
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06
What Government Experts and Other Prominent
Writers Say on Agriculture and
Allied Topics.
AN UP-TO-DATE DAIRY
BARN IN MINNESOTA
Built to Last and Arranged Make Caring
for the Cows Easy.

There are many dairy barns, but
few which are really handy and SAM.
tary. This is a matter which is being
constantly emphasized by farm pa
pers, and when dairyman is found
who knows just what he wants and is
willing to pay for a good. thoroughly
up-to-date building we find the papers
more than willing to give space to
descriptions and pictures of such
buildings.
Forest Henry, Minnesota dairy
man, has such barn, he thinks, and
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06
Long an EmpIoye Of Uncle Sam.

The honor of being the federal en-
ploye longest in service belongs to
William r. Smith, who has been su-
perintendent of the botanic garden at
Washington for IS years. Mr.. Smith
is 80 years of age, a Scotchman by
birth, but very much of an American
in sentiment. He lives in little
house in the middle of the congress
sional flower garden, and there famous
men have been accustomed to gather
from year to year to talk with him
about the rare plants in the great
glass houses on his little domain. He
has many anecdotes to relate of the
celebrated people whom he has met.
Mr. Smith is over six feet tall and of
stalwart proportions and bids fair to
continue an efficient servant of Uncle
Sam for many years longer.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06

Every year the use of ice increases.
1t is not merely luxury, but becomes
a necessity as soon as it's value is
known by experience. Ice in the dairy
is almost indispensable for holding
milk and cream at a proper tempera.
ture.
Ice should be cut with saw into
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06
For children's Amusement.

Children, as rule, tire much soon.
er of their toys. than they do of their
playthings which they make them
selves out of any oddments which
may be at hand at the moment. If a
child possesses sufficient Imagination,
a lump Of modelling clay, a piece of
punched cardboard, and a wool-thread-
ed needle will take a number of new
forms which will satisfactorily oc.
cupy lengthy afternoons.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06
Provide a Wind-Break Now

When a barn yard stands out ex.
posed to the cutting north winds and
stock must be turned out during the
day for exercise it is very important
that some means be afforded for a
windbreak to provide the stock with
come protection.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06

shown herewith. AS the sides should
be left as open as possible to permit
of good circulation of air, it is quite
necessary that the caves extend well
down over the sides of the crib SO as
to protect the corn from driving rains
and SHOWS.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06
Eternal Feminine.

Men say that women's friendships
are not as staunch and true and last.
ing as mems because woman is so
ready to believe all that she hears
against her best friend, while man
will only Judge his friend by what he
is to him, not by what the world says
of him. Is this true? If SO, it will re-
main so just as long as average charm.
ers see in man nothing but possible
husbands, escorts and gift-givers.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06

Sparrow Condemned Again.-The
English sparrow is becoming such a
nuisance to fruit growers in Ne"
Souyh Wales that conference is
urged to discuss the situation, and tc
devise, remedial measures. The spar
rows are said to be especially destruc
tive to grapes and figs.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06

1t is three inches thick, and under the
COWS from four to five inches, and in
the driveway six inches thick, with a
heavier surface coat
'The silo is constructed of brick,
steel and cement and will be described
later on, as we'll as some of the in
side conveniences, including ventila-
tors, device for watering in bad
weather, etc."
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06

Combined Dairy and Ice House.
with spent tan bark or other dry non.
conducting material. The partition
wall between the dairy and the ice.
house and between the cool room and
the ice-house is half the thickness,
and not filled, thus forming closed air
spaces between the studs.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06

The accompanying illustration from
the Prairie Farmer shows one way
for providing shelter and If therd is
a large amount of rough materially on
hand windbreak may be construd tied
by setting posts in the ground md
covering them with this rough ma tie
rial or shingles.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06

Start In Poultry eusIness.-No per-
son is SO poor that he cannot start in
the poultry business. Five dollars will
give a small start to any boy or girl
on the farm.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06

Use the sand.-A farmer with a
good bed of sand on his farm and
spare time in winter can do good
business in making cement blocks for
sale. This is fine theory-is there
any fact in it?
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06

Sparrow Condemned Aeain.-The
English sparrow is becoming such a
nuisance to fruit growers in New
South Wales that a conference Is
urged to discuss the situation, and to
devise remedial measures. The spar.
rows are said to be especially destruc-.
tive to grapes and figs.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06
Rail Pens Without Cover Sometime.
Used for Storing Corn.

Ooeu TOT StorIhp CORN.
the European countries strong preju-
dice against American corn, due to the
fact that much of 1t reaches these for
eign countries in a condition unfit for
human food. 1t is clearly not profita-
BILE to transport a low grade of corn
such distances to be sold as poor food
for stock. This state Of affairs can be
entirely overcome by allowing the
corn to dry thoroughly in the field
and then keeping it well stored until
1t is transported. The proper method
of treating the corn crop can be quick
ly brought into general practice II
farmers, grain buyers, boards of trade,
SINNERS and all who have q voice in
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06

Monster cabbages.-Cabbages in
Cuba grow to such size that single
head often weighs 20 pounds.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06
His Yearnina.

IT hope" said the young orator.
"that my speeches make people yearn
for better things" "They do" an.
swered the relentless critic. They
make NE yeagn to be at home. asleep"
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-02-06
Watering Trough with Platform

At the Illinois experiment
farm at Urbana
plan OF arranging platform for ustaton
protecting the sides
trough that is worthy of the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-31
ABOUT HAIR 10 s

HI E everv case Of hair loss is sad enough there is
and then, one that is actually pathetic The face Of the
may show no sign Of approaching age but the thinning
with its duness and eessness becomes gloom instead
crown Of glory Unconscious neglect due to ignorance
indifference tothe dandruf germ at the bottom OF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-31
Two Vaudeville Acts.

In connection with the moving pic
ture program there are two excellent
vaudeville features, which will be seen
at the Opera house for the last time
today. Miss Nellie Parker. who is
cast for the single act. possesses a very
pleasing voice and seems to please the
audiences more than the average.
Kelly and Reno, knockabout acrobats,
have a novelty act that keeps the au-
dienccS in roarS of laughter.