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The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-08-05
POINTS TO remember.
The Cans for the Creamery Milk Must
Be Clean.

The can must be sweet and clean in
order to keep the milk sweet. That
same milk can must be emptied out as
it comes from the factory at noon, so
you can have it ready for the evening
milk Don't let it stand out by the
road until you are ready to milk. l
have seen good many places where
the patron will empty the can and
clean same out with cold water if they
have no warm water handy. It is no
wonder some patrons get the milk
back the next day because the can had
no chance to air out and was not fit to
use for milk.
Empty your cans out as soon as you
get them back; rinse them with cold
water, then boiling hot water. Use a
brush to wash them; never take rag
and think that will do the work. 1t
will not; brush will find every hol.
low place in the can and do the work
better than anything else you can get.
Then after the can is washed, lay it
down in place where the fresh air
will blow and let 1t lie there for about
three hours. Then you will have a can
that is ready and fit to receive the
milk.
That is the most trouble in the sum.
mer season. The cans are not prop.
erly cared for. And that is the reason
the creamery man always gets more
or less sour milk, so be sure and take
care of your milk cans.
After the milk is placed in the can
do not do like some farmers do-let it
stay in the barn over night-for it will
absorb all the stable air, and when
the milk comes to the creamery and
you take the cover off the can the
creamery man thinks he is close to a
cow stable instead of running a cream.
ery.-P. c. Flaskegard.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-08-05
USE ONLY GOOD SALT.
And Be Careful It Is Kept Away from
Communicating Odors.

Use only good salt in the sailing Of
butter. Great care should be taken
in selecting salt for butter-making, as
salt absorbs odors and will then carry
them to the butter Numerous cases
have come to light in which tainted
salt caused taints in butter.
In one grocery the salt was by the
side of the kerosene barrel. That salt
was heard from later in the butter Of
the farmers, some of which came to
that same grocery and was rejected
because Of the slight smell of kerosene
in it.
In another grocery the salt was in
the same room with a pile of Goldfish.
The goldfish soon had the salt per-
meated with the Goldfish smell. That
salt went into the farm butter in the
vicinity and was heard from in a but
ter show In which butter sailed with
that salt was loft in flavor"
For home consumption it does
not make much difference what kind of
salt Is used, for the family is general
ly able to eat the butter. but when
butter Is to be sold it is far different.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-08-05
HEALTH AND INCOME
Both Kept Up on Scientific Food.

Good sturdy health helps one a LOT
to make money.
With the loss Of health ones income
Is liable to shrink, if not entirely
dwindle away.
When young lady has to make her
own living, good health is her best
asset
Il am alone in the world" writes
Chicago girl, dependent on my own
efforts for my living. am a clerk, and
about two years ago through close ap.
plication to work and boarding
house diet, I became a nervous in.
valid. and got so bad off it was almost
impossible for me to stay in the office
half day at time.
"A friend suggested to me the idea
of trying Grape-Nuts, which l did,
making this food a large part Of at
least two meals day.
To-day am free from brain-tire,
dyspepsia, and all the ills of an
overworked and improperly nourished
brain and body. To Grape-Nuts owe
the recovery of my health, and the
ability to retain my position and in
come" There's Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Read 1.-THE Road to Well.
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
me appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-08-05
IMPROVING DAIRY HERDS,
Many Theories 40 to What Are the
Best Methods.

There are as many theories as to
the breeding of dairy cattle as there
are different breeds of cattle. Where
one succeeds another fails and results
are often found to lie contradictory.
NO problem in the live stock industry
IS more perplexing to the breeder.
With thousands of babies being fed
upon milk it is essential that only the
pest should be supplied, and this sup
ply can only be obtained from the best
breeds of dairy cattle.
Mr.. l.. P. Bailey, president Of the
OHIO state board of agriculture, says
In speaking of improving the dairy
herd:
MY experience teaches me there
are two ways by which breeder can
improve his herd. First, he must have
IN mind his individual ideal type,
which he should always aim to attain;
this can only be done by selection and
proper mating Of both sire and dam.
In selecting sire for my herd insist
on seeing personally the dam. She
must be of dairy form, according to
my own idea-teats above medium
size, udder running well forward and
straight down behind, extending out
past the curve in ham or legs. The
above conformation is of greater value
to me than any great phenomenal milk
test she may or may not have made;
also insist on seeing the ancestors as
far back as possible and knowing to
a certainty, as near as possible, that
they are meritorious animals. I be-
lieve there is no rule in breeding bet
ter established than that like produces
like yet we all know that even with
the best of mating we sometimes get
inferior animals. This is mostly caused
by some inferior ancestor, perhaps
several generations back.
Never allow the calf to get fat in
the sense that the beef breeder would
desire. Keep it in good thrifty, grow
Ing condition, teach it to eat a maxi
mum amount of roughness, such as
clover hay and silage, and a minimum
amount of grain. Continue this meth
cd until within three or four months
OF cowhood, then feed proper concen-
trates literally so as to develop the
milk secreting organs for service after
the birth of the calf. I prefer the
heifer being about 80 months old be-
fore coming into milk. With proper
kind Of feed, care and regularity in
the rearing of dairy cattle, there will
be overcome a vast amount of ignor-
ance in breeding, and the owners will
receive profitable returns whether
they understand the laws of mating
and reproduction or not"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-08-05
Tho World to 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 fame. 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 it's
God. For some hours he had lain I'm.
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.-El,,abeth
Stuart Phelps.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-08-05
The Hairless,

Here they come at me again for pre-.
ventives of badness. How manv
times must I 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 cake of hard soap to
your hair. You can never wash it out
1t solidifies on the scalp and causes no
end of trouble. If you must use hard
soap of the fancy kind, convert it 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 it in hard. And quit using
stink-sweets (so-called perfumes) on
your hair to render it fragrant. Gods!
New York Press.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-08-05
NEW PAINT DRYs WET ROOMS.
Engineers Believe Old Roman Secret
Has Been Discovered.

A discovery which promises to revo-
lutionize the building and decorating
trades and to be Of vast importance to
the shipping industry has been made
by Inspector Simpson of the Black
burn (England) fire brigade. 1t is a
liquid, and the principle of which,
after tests extending over many
months, has been pronounced by lead
ing engineers to be an old Roman
secret, which has been lost to the
world for 700 years. When painted
with this liquid the dampest room be-
comes absolutely dry, and freshly plas-
tered walls, after treatment by it, may
be at once papered without damage to
the paper.
No ironwOrk painted with 1t can
rust, and 1t completely prevents that
weeping" of the inner skins of iron
ships, which causes so much damage
to cargo. When applied to the bottom
plates of ships it not only prevents OK
idatton. but allows no marine growth,
barnacles or other parasites to attach
themselves. 1t consequently preserves
a glasslike surface, which the dis
coverer asserts will add several knots
to the speed of Atlantic liners and
warships.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-08-05
Harvesting MiIIet.

When wanted for hay, millet may be
cut when the heads begin to appear,
and on until it is in bloom. The quail
ity of the hay deteriorates rapidly as
the seed develops. Cutting should
never be delayed until the seed begins
to ripen. Ripe millet hay is not only
much less palatable and less digest
ible. but the stitf hairs or boards are
q source of annoyance and even dang.
ger to the stock. Millet hay is made
very much as timothy. As 1t is usual.
ly OF ranker growth 1t takes somewhat
longer to cure it. 1t is well to cure it
In part in the swath and, later, leave
1t in the cock for few days.-Ohio
Station.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-08-05
Melba In Paris.

Nine. Melba has seldom received
such a remarkable ovation as that
which greeted her appearance at the
recent opera gala performance in
Paris. 1t cannot, however, compare
in delirious enthusiasm with one she
received some years ago in St. Peters
burg. On one memorable night, after
the close of the opera, she was called
before the curtain again and again
for more than an hour, until she was
so exhausted that she could scarcely
stand. Her enthusiastic admirers
then followed her carriage to the no.
tel, where they serenaded her, al.
though it was a bitterly cold night,
until three o'clock in the morning. On
the following day when she reached
the station to depart the platform was
crowded with hundreds of adoring
music lovers. AS the train was leav-
ing they took the pencil with which
she had written her autograph for
all who could get near her, bit it into
small pieces and passed them around
as souvenirs.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-08-05

by the young lady presiding over the
order desk that copy Of Huckleberry
Finn was on the library shelves, he
had her make out slip for that
classic.
He thought to get his Huckleberry
and take it with him-he was in a
hurry to have look at the binding
of the volume-but the young lady
calmly informed him that the book
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 WE'LL" he said, and left the
building. BY following downwards for
short distance the narrow but we'll
paved courtway, then turning to the
right along similar courtway, thence
to the left and again to the right. he
emerged upon busy, familiar street,
where a number of carriages were
waiting, no doubt for patrons Of the
Rexforth Circulating Library.
That afternoon parcel bearing the
stamp Rexforth was delivered at Bax-
ter's club room. 1t was of mammoth
dimensions for book, and he began
to fear that the librarian had blum
dered and sent him, instead of mod
est octave by Mark Twain, folio
Shakespeare, If not the ponderous
Johnson's dictionary itself. So he
nervously undid the wrapping, and
there lay before him in a neat paper
box lady's handsome skirt, with
some manner of fluffy pink trimmings
or flounces, 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 Bakers mind, like the grimac-
ing face of jack-in-the-box and hasti-
ly removing the manila cover and
opening the catalogue he had received
at the library, he turned to H. Brack7
eted with the title of Huckleberry
Finn was the description of a lady's
fancy ball skirt.
His eye ran over some other book
titles, with the things in ladies' dress
wear bracketed against them. Then
he sat down weakly. The Rexforth
Circulating library was woman's
dress-renting establishment, where la.
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. G. L., for that
establishment made it's appeal exclu-
sfvely to the gentler sex.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-08-05
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Plan Of Model Milk House.

ing arrangements, and a steam heat
ing plant is also included to keep the
temperature even in severe weather.
This barn is far too expensive to be
duplicated under average farm condi.
tions, and is designated to test the
possibilities of high-grade milk pro-
duction, and is not presented as q
model for farm diaries.
The milk house is separated from
the stable by an ante-room thorough
ly ventilated, through which the milk
ers pass in taking milk from the
stable to the milk room. Through this
ante-room they pass into a straining
room, where the milk is poured into
tank and runs through strainer
and small opening in the wall into
the separator room adjoining.
There is no direct connection be-
tween this receiving room and the
separator, so that the latter is not ex-
posed to the dirt of the stable. A re-
frigerator is attached, into which bot
tied milk can be placed as soon as
prepared and kept at low tempera-
ture until delivered.
A butter-making room is also pro-
vided, equipped with all modern ma
chinery, but the principal object of
the building is the preparation of pure,
whole milk.
There are three points about this
dairy that are worthy of note by prac-
tical farmers: First, that the milk
house be separate from the stable;
second, that the mixers do not enter
the separating room, and, third, pro.
vision should be made for cooling the
milk Immediately after it is strained
and bottled.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-08-05
A Dust.kilIing Machine.

Consul General Robert ]. Wynne re.
ports from London on the test of a
new tar-spraying machine made re-
Gently at Westminster before a large
number of civil engineers, county sur
veyors and representatives of the war
office. The tar-spraying process, which
was simple, was supplemented by the
work of second machine which scat.
tered a level layer of granite grit and
chips upon the tar, which, when rolled,
formed road with fine, smooth sur
face, durable and dustless. A tar
macadam road made in this way costs
in England from IS to 81 cents a
square yard, as against ordinary ma
cadam, which costs on an average of
go cents a square yard.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-08-05
NOT ONLY COULD, BUT DID.
Mr.. Grandon Able to Bear Testimony
to Wife's Accomplishments.

Sometimes there is drop of regret
in the cup of JOY served by fate to the
husband of brilliant taiker. II
should think 1t would be privilege
to sit at the table with your wife
three times day." said one Of Mrs.
Grandons ardent feminine admirers.
only twice a day" said Mr. Gran
don, with a bow. II do not go home
at noon"
"Too bad" said the admirer I'VE
could not get on without her at club
I'm sure. Why, l believe she could
talk intelligently on a thousand top
ics!"
"She can-and does" said Mr.. Gran
don, and with another bow he slipped
out just as his wife appeared. -
Youths Companion.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-08-05
What Women Have Done.

Mrs. M. F. Johnston Of Richmond,
Ind, gave an interesting account at
the Boston biennial of the G. F. w. G..
of the Art association Of that city,
which is ten years old. Five hum
dred dollars is appropriated each year
for the purchase of picture,
and the council gives 500 for
the annual exhibition. The stand
ard in pictures and crafts has
changed, she says, and in the next few
years much is expected that will give
the children the opportunity of great
er culture and knowledge Of art
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-08-05
A Sensible Literary Chap.

I'm not runnin' ten-acre farm In
connection with the literary business"
says the Sweet Singer of southwest
Georgia, land so. the outlook is more
cheerful. hope to make enough cot
ton to have my poems published in q
book and enough corn to feed the fam
lily while I'm waitin' for the public to
buy the book. also take contracts
for the digging of wells, and these lit
tie side issues will enable me to show
American literature just what l can
do!"-Atlanta Constitution.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-08-05
Poljteness.

It was the last day of the term In
one of our public kindergartens. The
children were all seated around the ia
bles thoroughly enjoying the treat of
ice cream which the teacher always
provided on this occasion.
CHANGING around the room at tho
beaming faces of the children, the
Kindergarten noticed one child pick
up his plate and lick it.
She went up to him and said in
low tone of voice: Freddie, put down
up and lick it."
Fred obeyed at once, quietly plac-
ing his plate on the table. He then
put his head down to the plate and
licked it.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-08-05
Good Cows Bio Eaters.

want long-bodied COW, having
bright, large, active eyes, indicating
motherly affection. She must have
neat, shapely head. small downward.
curved horns, mild disposition, not a
lazy Indifferent look slim neck, mar.
row foreparts, broad hind parts, and
showing disposition to carry mini.
mum amount of flesh. I want indica.
tions of large digestive capacity. Like
selecting steers for feeding If there
Is any indication of daintiness in
feeding you don't want the COW. The
greatest eaters are probably nearly
always the cheapest producers Of milk
or beef. N. Muncey,
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-08-05
MAKING PURE MILK,
What the Massachusetts, Agricultural
College Is Doing for Dairy Interests.

The new dairy barn at the Massa-
chusetts agricultural college is equip
ped with stable and milk house de-
signed with view of producing milk
as nearly pure as it is possible to
make 1t under ordinary stable condi.
tons. The stable shown in the photo
is equipped with steel stanchions
which are fixed in concrete, so that
the entire stable can be cleaned with
water daily The ceiling is plastered
and painted until there are no chances
for dirt to collect.
Ventilation is provided by the King
system, combined with window open
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-08-05
THE REXFORTH
CIRCULATING LIBRARY
Copyright, by Shortstory Pub. Coz
By DONlMARK LEMON

He handed the beggar a half-dollar,
for the pathetic old fellow had made
moving appeal, and was about to re-
turn to his pocket the other coins in
bis hand, when one of them slipped
through his fingers and started to roll
down the sidewalk.
lie saw that it was his 'pocket-piece,
louis dor with the image of the
Grande Monarque, and made 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 an Their dash for the coin. Some
small silver spilled from his hand but
he let 1t go and followed the elusive
Louis XIV. Suddenly the gold-piece
struck a ridge in it's downward path
and shot around the corner of public
courtway. Baxter followed.
He heard laugh at his amusing
predicament, 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 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. half-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. It was set into the door be-
fore which the coin had come to
standstill, and it read:
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-08-05
"HuckIeberry Finn" He CALCULATED.

door and found himself in large, vel
lighted room, fitted up more like 8
ladies' parlor than a library. Where
We're the books? He could not see any
and the patrons-all ladies', it 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 book.
This is something new" comment
ed Baxter, mentally: Must be book
less library"
Fancies of new idea in libraries
floated 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 1t on a monograph. and science,
the mother of convenience, would do
the rest.
But all this was hypothetical, so he
looked about. On the wall near him
was neat typewriter list. headed:
1.-THE Six Books Most in Demand by
the Patrons of the Rexforth Circulat-
Library, for the Month OF September. j"
His eye ran down the list.
"Third-rail alive!" he murmured.
what kind of ladies patronize this Ii.
brary?"
For the list read:
Izaak Walton's Compleat Angler.
Shakespeare'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 well.
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 Ii.
brary and learn something. He was
handed a leaf1et 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! fine of two
dollars day being imposed for 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 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
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-08-05
Regular Burial Place,

A well-known English bishop some
time since lost his third wife. A cler-
gyman who had known the first wife
returned from Africa and wanted to
see the grave. He called at the cathe-
dral and saw the verger.
Can you tell me where the bishops
wife Is buried?"
well, sir" replied the verger, II
don't know for certain, but he mostly
buries 'em at Brompton."