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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
Look After the Sheen.

We hear much said about the good
that sheep do clearing up pastures.
But there Is such a thing as OVERRIDING
It. Don't starve your sheep for the
sake of trimming up brush lot.
If pastures are short give grain
ration every day in the field.
Put Stats across the trough TO keep
the sheep from fouling 1t with their
feet.
Give your sheep plenty of trough
room. so that they will not push and
crowd each other.
The breeding ewes should be kept
strong and thrifty.
Generous and judicious feeding and
care mean satisfactory profits in sheep
raising.
No animal responds more generously
to gentle care than a sheep.
Rough, stony pastures will often
cause lameness In sheep.
Examine the feet for tufts Of grass
wedged between the toes. These will
cause lameness.
AS the damp days Of fall come on
get your sheep out on the higher
ground. They will be healthier and do
better
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28


an he wants. But give him water of.
ten, and in that way he will take only
a small quantity at a time.
After long, continuous exertion the
system is greatly depleted of fluid
Nature calls for It's replacement. and
this is the cause Of thirst which is so
Intense that If the animal is not re-
strained at the time he may drink much
more than he needs.
The general custom. almost univer-
sally followed. of giving the morning
meal before water is not very objec-
tionabe either theoretically or prac-
tically. At this time there is no de-
pletion of fluid. Consequently the
horse is not very thirsty and does not
drink rapidly or excessively and APP
parently very little evil results from
this method. However, the writer
much prefers that the horse should
have an opportunity to drink before
the morning meal.
A professor in the Colorado Agricul-
t1ral college says 1t is better to keep
horses, both summer and winter, In
an open shed. with large tank In the
yard. than to tie them by the heads in
the barn.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
Hard -. ,ne Chairs.

Among the ancestors of Wendell
Phillips were several Puritan clergy
men. Perhaps it was push of heredi-
ty which made him at Eve years of
age preacher
His congregation was composed of
circles of chairs arranged In his IA.
Tiers parlor. while taller chair. with
a Bible on it, served him for a pulpit
He would harangue these wooden audi
tors by the hour.
Wendell" said his father to him
one day, don't you get tired Of thisT
mo. papa wittily replied the boy
preacher Il don't get tired. but II Is
rather hard on the chairs"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
Sixteenth Century Meals.

Judging from passage In Harri-
sons Description Of Britain" break.
fast eating in the sixteenth century
was held to denote effeminacy "Here-
tofore." he writes, there hath been
more time spent in eating and drink
ing than commonly Is In these days.
for, whereas Of old we had breakfasts
In the forenoon, beverages or nuntion
after dinner and thereto reare suppers
when 1t was time to go to rest, now
these old repasts. thanked he Gods. are
verie well left, and ech one Except
here and there some young hungrie
stomach that cannot fast till dinner
time) contenteth himself with dinner
and supper onlie. The nobil-
title, centric and students ordinarilie 90
to dinner at III before noon and to sup
per at or between 8 and 6 at after
noon. The merchants dine and sup sci.
dom before IL at noon and o at night,
especialie In London. The husband.
men dine also at high noon and sup at
or 8, but out OF the tearme In our
universities the scholars dine at TO-"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
Preventing Disease.

It Is more easy to prevent disease
in animals than it is to cure. Hog
cholera prevails more or less in all
sections of the country. but in the ma
jority OF cases it is due to the condi.
ton Of the herds and mismanagement
in feeding than to any other cause,
Hogs must have green or bulky food
also salt and charcoal. These sub
stances are not in a direct way pre-
ventives of cholera. but they keep the
animals In a more or less thrifty con-
dition and render them less liable to
disease.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
whether the cook wishes to roast

whether the cook wishes To roast
piece OF meat. boil potatoes or steam
pudding. all abe has 10 do is to step
out OF doors and place the cooking
utensil in steam hole. The cover is
then put on. and piece OF coarse
sacking over the whole completes the
operation. In short time dinner is
ready. AT Whakarewarewa the entire
earth just beneath the surface is a
mass of boiling springs. Millions OF
gallons of hot water hiss and steam
sending vapors skyward in great white
clouds. Strike the ground almost any.
where with a stick and the hole thus
formed fills with hot water Hot wa.
ter for baths, the weeks washing and
for the ordinary purposes OF the house.
hold is always on hand.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28

large percentage of lambs. Often ~
per cent of the ewes will have twins.
Shropshires are not as large as some
of the other breeds. One hundred and
fifty to 175 pounds for ewes and 175
to $50 pounds for rams In nice thrifty
conditions is usually considered a good
size.
The lambs mature quickly and are
ready for market at from five to six
months if given good care. A 30 to
100 pound Shropshire lamb will be fat
and in fine condition for the block.
Some Of the larger breeds at the same
age would probably be heavier. but
would not be fat. They also generally
require little longer to mature.
Shropshires give very satisfactory re-
suits when crossed on common sheep.
The lambs from Shropshire-Merino
cross are hardy, good feeders and
prime favorites with butchers.
A typical Shropshire is a low,
blocky sheep, with well sprung ribs
and wide back. legs well set apart,
giving width Of chest and good hind
quarters. The body is evenly COW
cred with thick, dense fleece Of me-
dunn wool. running well over head
and legs. The fine exhibits Of Shrop-
shires at the leading fairs and exhibit
lions during the last few years have
done much for the breed. While a
large number of imported show sheep
are received every year. the American
Shropshire is making competition more
intense
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
THE SHEPHERD

One cross may answer. but In the
end crossbreeding becomes a very COM
plicated affair and has ruined more
than one flock of sheep.
Starting Sheep on Grain.
When about to feed sheep on grain.
IL 1t has not been fed them before.
they must be started on corn grain
cautiously, especially IL corn is prin-
cipal factor in the food to be fed. We
have great faith In using oats as a
principal portion of the grain food
when starting the feeding process. A
little bran will be helpful. but 1t Is an
easy matter to use too much Of the lat
ter.
Thrift 10 Niece
There is one thing .armer can
not afford to overlook II, sheep raising.
and that is thrift. Thrift means health.
gain In quality, quantity and produc-
tiveness the elements out of which the
profits are derived. 1t must be the
first object Of the owner to keep his
sheep In thriving condition. The quail
ty Of the wool as well as the quantity
and the general productiveness Of the
6ock make this requirement imperative.
The sheepfold.
Ii eve loses her lambs she is apt
to get too fat for breeding purposes
another year. but she will make you
a nice piece of mutton for next win
ter's use. One or two gentle ewes
may be left with the lambs to keep
them in the pasture. Examine the I'D
ders. and II any are caked or infiamed
they should be cared for and the milk
drawn. Construct good shelter in
every pasture. Have the opening on
the south.
Parasites on Sheep.
Some writer's claim that sheep ought
not to be pastured on land more than
one year before it is plowed and re-
seeded. owing to parasites. but 1t has
been shown that sheep have been kept
free from parasites by the use Of tar.
turpentine and salt Bore two inch
holes in pine log. I'LL with salt and
smear tar around the top aud sheep
will tar their noses while eating salt.
Sheep soon learn to eat tar. One sheep
raiser keeps 1t mixed with turpentine
and salt where II Is accessible at all
times. About one-half pint Of turpen-
tine to one peck Of salt IL the proper
ton.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
The Quick Hog.

In these days the American pig
makes speedy journey from farrow.
ing bed to scalding tub. and the aim of
TIE judicious feeder Is to add constant.
" to the 6esh acquired while sucking,
Svinging the hog up to $50 to 45O
pounds as early and on as inexpensive
feed as possible. The young animal
will naturally put on weight more
cheapIy than an older one. and gains
after ten months cost considerably
more per pound than those made ear.
ner. A pig which is being fattened
SHOULD gain from one to two pounds a
day and weigh alive $50 to $50 pounds
wien nine to twelve months old.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
SATISFACTORY SHEEP.
They Must Produce Fleece and Also
Good Increase of Lambs.

They Must Produce Fleece and Also
Good Increase Of Lambs.
An authoritity writes as follows:
The Shropshire is undoubtedly the
most popular Of all the mutton breeds
in America. They are scattered
through every state in the Union.
Why? Because they are robust. adapt
ing themselves to all climates and
conditions. With practical manage
ment and care they give a good ac-
count on the right side Of the ledger.
The farmer wants sheep that will
give him a good fleece and also good
increase of lambs. That will give him
q good return for his feed and labor.
A good flock Of Shropshires should av-
erage from nine to ten pounds Of
wool. This sells at top prices. With
good care the lambs should average 80
to 100 pounds by the time they are
six months old. The ewes are excel
lent mothers and as rule raise
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
A Curious Trail.

All sorts Of devices have been used
to mark a line OF march, A unique
method of blazing the trail" is still TO
be seen in Africa. and a recent publ
cation prints a picture OF one OF these
memorials Of the dervish raid Arthur
]. Hayes mentions the subject in his
"Source OF the Blue Nile"
In 1889, after fierce battle with the
Abyssinians, the dervishes pursued
their foes as far as the lake district.
The mahdi's men had small knowledge
of geography and little geographical
Intelligence. SO the advance party, IN
order to mark the route for those who
came after and also To guide the force
on their return journey. twisted the
saplings along the way into living
knots. The war ended. but the tied up
trees grew and fiourished, but I'M
couthly twisted and distorted, and are
now the only reminders OF that upris-
ing OF the dervishes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
That was reckless extravaganza In a

That was reckless extravaganza In q
year when the best Of railroad coaches
could be built at cost not exceeding
$4,000. But the Pioneer was blazing
a new path in luxury. Without 1t was
radiant In paint and varnish, In gay
stripes and lettering. 1t was giant
compared with its fellows, for II was
q foot wider and two and half high
er than any car ever built before. II
had the hinged berths that are the dis
tinctiye feature of the American sleep
ing car today. and the porter and the
passengers no longer had to drag the
bedding from closets at the far end or
the car.-Outing.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
BE Kind 10 the Horse.

when you fly into passion aud are
tempted to kick your horse where 1t Is
most convenient be humane enough to
take of your shoes and stockings be-
fOre beginning. IL you are still IL the
notion of kicking when you get them
on. kick. and kick hard. We venture
the assertion that the performance
won't last long.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
The First slsspina Car.

The first real sleeping car was built
In 1864. Ii was called the Pioneer.
and the builder further designated 1t
by the letter "A" not dreaming that
he would soon exhaust the letters OF
the alphabet The Pioneer was built
in Chicago and Alton shop and cost
the almost fabulous sum Of $4,000
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
ohexad Him.

"Whare's old Four Fingered Peter
asked Alkali Ike. II amt seen hsm
around since got back"
Peter said the bartender. "Oh, he
went up to Hyena Tongue and got jag
ged. Went up to a hotel winder. stuck
his head in and hoilered Fire" an ev-
erybody did" Every Magazine
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
Cooling the Milk.

The cooling Of milk Is considered to
be the most important point. The adj
vantage of cooling Is that 1t prevents
the growth Of bacteria and organisms
which are apt to develop bad havors
In the milk. There are two ways Of
cooling milk. One IL by the maximum
Of exposure to the air. and the other
Is by the minimum exposure to the
air. The first method has this ad-
vantage. that you cool milk quickly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
Painful Cleanliness.

From Vienna paper:
Comfortable pension for English
visitors; good kitchen with continental
eatables, or plain rosbeef with pottats
for same prices; nice sleeping ROOMS
with open windows; painful eieanA-
ness; numerous extraordinary refer
ences."--St James Gazette
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
The Horse's Teeth.

Examine the horses teeth frequent
ly and find IL they are In good con-
dition for grinding the feed. Many
horses lose flesh and are in poor health
simply because their teeth are too un-
even for proper grinding Of the feed.
A veterinarian can file them to the
proper shape.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
FEEDING NEW CORN.
There 10 No Need of Sick Hogs IL
Care Be Taken.

A keen observer of hogs says: Every
year when new corn becomes a part of
all the ration Of hogs there is more or
less trouble with sick hogs and often
heavy losses by death. This loss is
too often attributed to cholera. So
much is this so that there is an un.
easy feeling on the part of the farmer
till the hogs are well started.
If there is due care on the part of
the farmer there is no need of having
sick hogs. 1t should take at least ten
days to get the hogs up to full feed,
and then there is danger Of sickness
with some. A hog that has been well
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
Nail In Hoof.

The horse which has picked up
nail in his hoof must be treated care
fully or serious lameness may result.
Cut open the wound until II bleeds
freely. then wash In carbollzed water
and pack the foot with oakum.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
EashionahIx Bred Horse,

The fashionably bred horse Is gener-
ally a valuable horse no matter to
what class he belongs. The horse that
lacks action, strength or endurance is
curtailed In value no matter how styl-
fish be may be.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
Dajrv Policy.

It's one thing to find the poor cows
and mistakes in your dairy policy. but
it's another thing to correct these.
What would you think Of doctor
who was good at diagnosis and fail
ure at curing?
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
Pretty Ancient.

"Billinger has some very ancient axis
IN his new comic opera
Ancient, Say. III bet he has gone
back for some of them to the time
when the morning stars sang togeth-
err-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
A Paradise For Hoos.

As soon as the pigs are weaned the
sows should be turned with the male
and then put 10y themselves in a good
clover pasture.
A clover field is a paradise for hogs
and money maker for their owner.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
Monev In Pics.

A pig Is nothing more than a money
making machine and should be fed all
he will eat cleanIy from the time he h
able to nibble: then keep him going
antiI he goes to the block.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
a Double Lob

"Tell me--ah-are you a-er-ah-a
good. careful. excellent cook and A.
era very superior laundressY
"Ah-h-h. wot dye take me fer
twins?' '-H arper's Weekly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
Variety Of Feed.

Pigs after being weaned should be
taught TO eat variety of feeds and be
supplied with them daily. so their d.
gestive organs will be In a position to
utilize feeds independently of the SOW.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
The Proof Later.

Myrtle apa doesn't favor your caN
ing here AT all George. George-Why.
that can't be. Your father gave me a
cigar a moment since as came b che
door. Myrtle-Ali right; just wait iii
you smoke -Lippincott's.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28
Inconsistent.

"Your pictures are inconsistent"
swhyY
"You illustrate this hobo Joke with
Fash drawing. "-Kansas City Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28

Where Nature Cooks the Food.
In certain parts OF New Zealand both
native and white women use the natu.
raj not springs to do their cooking. In
the Rotorua region, 1t matters not
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28

Winter finds out what summer lays
Mp Anderson.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-28

Small ares fell great trees. German
Proverb
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-22
View York Bank statement

NEW YORK Aug. 2l-The statement Of
clearing house banks for the week shows thar the
banks bold $40, 729. $50 more than the require
ments Of the 20 per cent reserve rule. This is
decrease of S260l 0Ta ia the proportionate
cash reserve as compared with last week. The
Loans. 81. .s5l 900 700; decrease IS. .7s6. 200.
Deposits, S1.406. 5S9. goo: decrease, SIS SO7O 9oo
Circulation $50 $50. COO: Increase $685. 700
Legal tenders. S16,G03 700; decrease. S2.374.-
Specie. S29e. .372. 700: decrease S4744lO0
Reserve S372.376. 400: decrease. $7.I1s.s00.
Reserve required S35l .647,2 ,250: decrease, s4-
surplus. $40. .729. $50: decrease. s.. so. .o75.
Ex United States deposits S2i 1851 de-
crease. -. go. $50.
The percentage Of actual reserve of the clear
ing house banks today was 26.42 The state
ment Of banks aud trust companies Of greater
Now York not reporting 10 the clearing house
shows that these institutions have aggregate de-
posits of 81 .402 979 400: total cash on hand.
SI54, coo, and loans amounting to 81 ,21S,-
The Finsncer viii say: The statement of the
associated banks Of the city Of New York for
the week ending August 2i differed materially
As nearly could be figured on Friday the banks
had made gain OF something like $1,000. 600
after "a result Of the weeks currency movement
interior transfers 10 this point having amounted
to something over $1,000. COO. while slight gain
had been mace rom opefsuons with the sEb-
treasury The statement of actual conditions on
Saturday. however showed n loss of cash Of
Sc S09.3 decrease Of Sc. .16s. 200 in loans and
a contraction Of Sl4 ,62q.9O0 In deposits. The
decrease IN deposits. Of course. brought down
reserve requirements and surplus reserve was
lowered only $9.154.077. the present surplus
standing at S19. .56l. .525.
The feature OF the week the evident trans
fer Of loan commitments from the banks to the
trust companies. the latter. according to their
statements Saturday. having expanded thu
loan item during the week no less than S1l SIS
400 The trust companies and state banks out
side the clearing house Increased their cash hold
ings less than 81 $50 00o while net deposits rose
sII. .54a. 800.
Exports Of gold for the week amounted to
81 .250. 600. shipped to Argentina.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-22
Rutter. Cheese aud Ecr.

There a steady and continuous demand
for strictly fine creamery butter, which readily
absorbed all OF the offerings of such. and a
small buying movement on the exchange sent
the prices OF extras up to 32c pound, an ad-
vance of lac the previous quotation. The
under grades were unchanged in price. There
change in the quotations for eggs, though
an attempt was made to boost the price Of
extras up 1ac a dozen. The upper grades con
tinued to off freely. while ma ajority of
the trade reported a dull market for seconds
and thirds There nothing new in cheese
Sales the exchange were follows:
Butter-20 of extras at 32iac and 10 at
32c pound
Eggs-lo cases of extras at s91ac and 40 at
39c dozen.
Receipts were 22.Ooo pounds of butter. 20, 900
pounds of cheese and $50 cases of eggs
The following are ofhtiaI quotations estab-
lished by the sales, bids and offers on the floor
of the dairy exchange. Prices in the street
while governed by the exchange quotations gen
orally range from 1lae TO &c higher owing TO
the various charges to be added.
Butter-Fresh creamery extras 32c per H.
frm do frsts 29c firm: do seconds 2T16c
firm: No. l packing stock, 24kc. firm
Cheese-Californa fancy flats, 16hc per H.
firm; do firsts, Is tac, firm; do seconds lac, firm;
fancy Young Americas. Ice. weak; do frsts, 15e
weak; fancy Oregon Young Americas 16c firm
do flats, 16lae, firm; New York fancy, Isle.
firm.
Eggs tper dozen. cases included)-c -californla
fresh extras. 39c firm: do hrsts. 33lac firm;
do seconds 2Sc, firm; do thirds, 23c firm.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-22
Foreign Futures
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
Future Grain and Provisions

CHICAGO. Aug. 21--Trade in wheat was
only moderately active today and considerable
nervousness manifested. although the ten
dency of prices was TO seek lower level
There was slight bulge at the start, due to
an advance Of I'D TO I'D at Liverpool. but the
market quickly reacted on free selling by sew
eral Of the leading commission houses. prices
dropping about 1c from the high point. The
ing of the spring wheat crop in consequence
OF wet weather inspired some buying during
the latter part of the day and caused stead
Ter feeling. Total primary receipts for the
week were approximately 1,0OO.O00 bushels in
excess of those of the corresponding week a
year ago and the prospects were bright for a
still greater increase during the coming week.
During the day September sold between, 99lsc
and 81. 1.00ls al 00A The market closel fairly
steady with September at 99ssc and December
955sc.
The corn market was strong at the start in
consequence of the continued drought in the
southwestern portion of the corn belt, but
weakened materially during the first half of
the day because of the break In wheat. Nu-
merous crop damage reports caused hrmer
feeling in the final hour, however and the
close was firm with prices shade TO Is a Ac
higher
Oats were weak all day because of liberal
receipts here. The market clsed weak with
prices " to MGa4c lower.
Trade IN provisions quiet and sentiment
was bearish nearly all day. Prices at the
close 7l&c to 1oc lower.
The leading futures ranged as folows
Arffp lnc- Oman oh