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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
COW BREAKS BUTTER RECORD
Seven Days Yield Exceeds That Of
Any other Animal Tested
So Far

The milk of Grace Fayne seconds
Homestead. the Holstein COW which
recently died in New York. was tested
for butter by representative of
the Cornell university experiment
station, Ithaca. N. Y. during the lat
ter part of March. 1909, and by the
Babcock test showed yield In seven
days of 2S.44 pounds OF butter fat. AS
such records are commonly stated by
the Herd-Book association this yield
of butter fat is equivalent to 1855
pounds commercial butter at 80 per
cent. fat
This yield exceeds that Of any other
COW tested under the present scientific
systems in use at experiment stations,
which are to-day the only true tests,
and is a wonderful example OF the
capacity and development of cows of
this famous breed of dairy cattle. The
previous high record was held by q
Holstein COW bred by Mr.. Gillett OF
Rosendale, Wis.,, and New York state
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
BITS OF SCIENCE.

Oklahoma is the only state which
requires the teaching of agriculture
in all it's country schools.
Russia is rich in asbestos and stead
lily is increasing in the production of
the Ural mountains.
A three-ton motor truck recently
was hitched to a pillow to open the
streets Of Springfield, Mass, for gas
MAINS
An electric device for bakers allows
dough to rise to the limit, then sounds
an alarm when it begins to fall.
The tonnage Of the United States
battleships and armored cruisers to-
tails 6O7,241 to Great Britain's 1885,
$50.
Soaking a cheap lead pencil in lin
seed oil will improve its writing quail
tiles and make its sharpening more
easy.
Field telephones provided with a
specially light wire are to be. added
to the equipment Of every infantry
subdivision Of the Austrian army.
Qualified authorities have estimated
the standing timber in the United
States all the way from 1922, s62. 0O0, 900
to 1000, 900, 100000 board feet.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
Appropriate saladsI.,

To serve after fish course or;
heavy meats the salad should be q
crisp vegetable, preferably cucumbers
or tomatoes, with French dressing
With game. serve chicory, water
cress or any kind of lettuce.
With roasts, the best salad is of
lettuce with apple or any light fruit.
Garlic in potato salad is liked by
epicures and Glove Of garlic rubbed
around the salad bowl is enough to
give 1T flavor.
Heavy meat salads are sometimes
served at dinner. but they do not in
terfere with the delicate salad which
accompanies the meat or fish. They
must, however, be served first; no
salad after the meat.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
kefNCEAw
f4ENENzzlY
PLANS SIGNALING TO MARS
Prof. David Todd Of Amherst to AZ.
cend Ten Miles in Balloon to OBJ
serve II Mars ls Inhabited.

II it were proposed to expend con-
siderable sums of money in erecting
a powerful plant to send messages by
wireless telegraphy to the Inhabitants
of unexplored regions of Central Afri-
ca, we would doubtless hear sugges-
tions that the effort be at least post
poned until we should ascertain
whether there are any Inhabitants in
the locality indicated and also wheth-
er they could detect and comprehend
the messages when received, says the
Literary Digest. Considerations of
this kind do not seem to bother the
people who are planning to signal to
Mars, among whom apparently are
numbered few well-known astron-
omers. 1t may be surmised, however,
that these gentlemen consider specu-
lation regarding methods of this ma
ture as legitimate amusement. When
money is subscribed to carry out any
of the proposed schemes, we may be
justified in protesting, but not before.
Some of the plans that have been
put forward are thus briefly summar-
lied in the Scientific American.
Prof. chickering's idea OF signaling
to Mars by means of huge system of
mirrors, which will flash the suns
light rhythmically to our planetary
neighbor, seems to have attracted not
little attention, and to have called
forth other schemes from more OF
less eminent scientists
Prof. Pickering believes that $780,
600 should be spent in preliminary
work before any attempt is made to
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
Plan for Cow Barn.

Der, which Is stripped over each stud
ding with a lx2 inch strip. The strips
are covered with wood or metal lath.
and the Hath with two coats of Port
land cement plaster. The spaces be-
tween the studding are filled in with
concrete thirty inches above the floor
line. The walls and ceilings are then
lathed and plastered with cement The
roof is covered with best grade of as
phalt roofing. over eight inch ship lap,
which makes the entire barn prac.
tically fireproof.
Considering that the walls require
no paint, and that the barn is much
warmer In winter and cooler in sum-
mer than wood. also the lasting quail
ties Of this construction, it is really
cheaper than wood. as 1t is very little
more expensive than the wood to start
with. In some sections where the
sand and gravel may be secured on
ones own place 1t may be built even
cheaper than with wood. All exposed
woodwork should receive three coats
or the best paint, and should be re-
neWed as often as necessary. The
stalls are formed of gas pipe, also
the stanchions. The floors. also the
cutters. are provided with drain traps
for carrying away the water. and
liquid manure. The liquid mauule
should be drained to q cement manure
pit. Where a water system is In.
stalled hose may be used and the
entire barn washed down and cleaned
In a very short time. ALL angles
should be rounded so as to not hold
the dust and dirt. Feed and litter
carriers are installed. and the route
of the trolleys areshown by the dotted
lines. If hay or other rough feed is
stored above. good tight floor should
be laid. and sliding doors placed to
close the hail space between the feed
room and milk room. BY closing the
doors and passing the hay down in
this space the dust and dirt will be
kept out Of the COW barn. One fea.
ture about this construction that
should not be overlooked is that any
damage to the walls or floors may
be repaired by almost any one and the
material required will be simply the
cement and sand.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
BEST PRODUCT PAYS MOST.
Decided Waste Of Time TO Make Any
thing But the Highest Grade
Of Butter.

1t is not profitable under any con.
ditions to make country butter" II
you cannot make a good product and
place 1t on the market so as to com.
mand the price of good butter, don't
make any If you have the ability to
make good article, secure the price
to which its quality entities it by put
ting 1t up in neat, clean attractive
packages. with your brand upon it.
If you sell through grocer, see that
he does not ruin the flavor of your
butter by putting it in an insani.
tary ice box or that he does not inoc-
ulate it with rancid butter or other
bacteria-infected articles before it
reaches the consumer, otherwise your
reputation as a butter maker is ruined.
II you have ten or more cows or five
genuine dairy COWS, it will pay you to
use a separator. Your cream will be
in better condition and the milk will
be fresh and sweet for feeding calves
or pigs. Unless you have an abun.
dance of pure, cool we'll water con.
veniently located to cool the milk and
keep the cream and butter. or plenty
Of ice and refrigerator, it is not ad-
visable to make butter in summer
time
1t may be hardship for some
housewives to give up the pittance
they get for Country butter" but I
believe that even a woman is entitled
to fair compensation for her labor
The same milk. time and work that
are put into ordinary butter making
would give better returns If devoted
to growing calves. pigs and poultry.
and If the returns from the
calves, pigs and poultry would
be given to the farm wife for
her very own, as the butter money is,
the results would be still better. II
you insist on making butter in small
way. then supply yourself with the
necessary appliances for doing it we'll
and put your product on the market
in the best possible condition.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
The Rua Nr.sance.

Dr. Il. T. Fenald, of the Massachu-
sets Agricultural college, says that
five-sixths of all the living creatures
of the globe are insects and that not
more than one out of 10 is friendly to
man. He estimates that 100000
or 100000 worth of damage is an
nually wrought by insects and that
known means of protection, property
used, could prevent about two-thirds
of this loss. He is therefore impress
ing the necessity of a close study by
all classes of people of this question,
with the hope Of saving forests. shade
trees and crops.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
Successful Riyetins Of China.

Riveting china is an extremely diff
ficult and delicate operation and one
that requires considerable skill and
experience If it is to be performed
successfully. In drilling the holes the
safest plan is to immense the china
completely in water. SO as to: avoid
fracturing 1t. No chemical Is used to
eat away the glaze; a good sharp drill
with fine point is ali that is needed.
For riveting, white metal wire; which
may be had from any large metal
dealer, is used. This wire is COM
paratiyely soft and can be rivetted
without hammering it too heavily. All
the tools required are drill, q ham
mer, a supply of wire and pair Of
cutting pliers.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
Bridget's Beatitudes.

Blessed are the pantry shelves
which are painted white and then fin
ished with thin coat of white en-
amel. They are easily kept clean, and
dirt cannot hide from sight.
Blessed is the kerosene for the re-
moval of tar from the hands or china.
Blessed is the pan of water placed
in the oven with the potatoes to
hasten their baking.
Blessed is the little boiling water
added to the omelet while it is cook.
ing to prevent it's getting tough. q
Blessed is the white of egg applied
to the inside of jelly molds or glasses
The jelly will then turn out easily.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

milk producers, says Hoard's Dairy.
man. In herds of. Shorthorns. that
are noted for their milk-producing
powers, there will be. found animals
that are of, dairy conformation and
will produce no more beef than the
dairy-bred animal Upon investiga-
ton, it will be found that it is the
few animals, angular in form, thin in
flesh, with deep bodies. that have the
milk and fat records. while the ones
of beefy tendencies have never been
tested.
The Shorthorn COW, Lula, owned by
the Missouri experiment station. and
whose phenomenal yield of sos pounds
butter for year was reported in
June. as, an exceptional type for
large producer of milk and fat. Prof.
Eckles informs us that the herd from
which she was purchased is kept
simply for milk production and con.
sequently she is not an accident, but
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
HINTS FOR CARE OF HOGS.

If you have not made arrangements
to get the hogs out on the grass. do so
at once.
A cheap fence can be built with
posts, and hemlock boards ten inches
wide with two barbed wires on top.
This fence will keep hogs, give
them health and the owner profit.
AS soon as the pigs are weaned the
sows should be turned with the male
and then put by themselves in good
clover pasture.
A clover field is paradise for hogs
and money-maker for their owner.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

has been obtained through systematic
breeding for milk production. We
shall always have some large prcduc-
ing animals varying. more or less,
from the, general form of dairy cattle.
but the few should not change our
Judgment and lead us.to follow ex.
ceptional types rather than the gen.
eral type -.
The illustrations which accompany
this article are good examples OF the
dairy Shorthorns of Australia, and the
cut of the COW shows especially an
animal with good dairy conforma-
ton and an individual carrying no
more beef than Colantha 4th's JONAH
ma or Jacoba Irene.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
SOME GOOD DAIRY NOTES.

The milk must not be adulterated
in any way.
!, The hands Of mixers must be
washed and thoroughly dried imme-
diately before milking.
The. hands and teats should be kept
dry during milking. Moistening tho
hands with milk is condemned. +
Ice should be used in cooling milk
as very few springs are cold enough
for the purpose.
No person having any commune
cable disease. or one caring for per-
sons who have, shall ,e. allowed to
handle the milk or milk utensils.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
SANITARY DAIRY cow STABLE
Illustration Of Barn with Several Fea.
ures That Will Appeal to Dairy.
men Everywhere.

The floor plan shown in accompany
ing illustration. taken from Farmers
Review. has several features that will
appeal to the dairyman who Is inter-
ested in the construction of mod
crate priced COW barn. The floor plan
will explain itself The noor of the
entire barn. also the cutters and man
gers. are built Of Portland cement
concrete. The silo Is made of twelve
inch concrete. with reinforced walls.
The exterior walls of the barn are
covered with eight inch ship lap lum.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
cHEAPLY MADE ROAD GRADER
Directions for Construction Of Con
trivance for Improvement Of Ru-
raj Highways.

A simple form of a road grader is
shown in the accompanying sketch.
says Charles H. Ensign. in Popular
Mechanics. Two 2xl2 zach oak plank
IL feet long are hinged together at
one end and held apart at the other
by an adjustable device made from
two pieces OF 2x6 in III oak feet long.
Land iron strips are bolted to the bot
tom edges of the plank. The grader
Is drawn by team hitched to the
hooks attached to ends of the plank
as shown
WheL grading roads, foilow In each
furrow after the plow and adjust the
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
What Women Ara For.

Every good woman, If may call
myself ore. turns the men she cares
for round her little finger. and it's the
men who are worth most in life who
submit most readily to. the process. Do
you know why God created angels?
1t was to whisper good thoughts to
women. Do you know why he created
women? 1t was to whisper good
thoughts to men" Inner Shrine.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

very important thing is to use good
cement, clean. sharp sand, and not
mix 1t any leaner than four or five to
one. We nailed our window ana door
frames to the plank forms and then
built the walls around them. In or.
der to have the frames perfectly Sc
cure after the wall had become hard.
we set one l8-inch bolt. having turn
at the end three inches long, through
the middle of both sizes of the case
and built the bolts into the wall as we
vent along. We also built in bolts
on the top Of the walls and bolted the
root plate to this.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
INVENTION CURES HAMS QUICK
Long Device Consisting Of Long,
Pointed Tube Made Of segmentaI
Sections and Blade Conducts
Picking Solution.

Formerly it required from 80 to 60
days to cure ham, Now, through the
genius of Minnesota man, the work
can be done in much less time and
more effectively. The old way to cure
a ham was to throw it into vat of
pickle and let it soak for a month
or two until the pickle had thoroughly
saturated the meat. The new picking
device consists of a long, pointed tube
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

made of segmental sections and a
blade closing around them to form
a barrel, which conducts the picking
solution. A crosspiece at the handle
prevents the tube from sinking too
far into the meat. This tube is thrust
into the center of the ham and the
pickle flows to the inside, penetrating
rapidly to all parts and effecting a
cure much quicker and more effective
ly than in the old method. The tube
is removed before the ham is con,
signed to the smokehouse.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
Breed Straight and Do No Crossing

Breed Straight and Do No Crossing.
Experiments in breeding looking to
the evolution of market types are not
to be encouraged among farmers.
Let farmers follow beaten paths In
this matter. Follow those which have
zbeea tried and proved One OF the
most common mistakes made by breed
ers seeking 10 develop market types
is that OF cross breeding. Some men
baiieve that II a Poland-C China and a
Berkshire are Individually good pork
types combination OF the two would
make better type Accordingly they
cross the two breeds. The result Is
that while they make advantageous
gains in some respects Inevitable sac.
rifices are suffered which usually of
set the benefits derived. The best
plan ia to breed straight and do the
crossing with feed
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

now claims the champion COW of the
world, owned and developed in SYRIA
cuse, by Mr.. H. A. Meyer.
This COW exhibits to great de-
gree the characteristic vigor of the
Holstein. Her last test was begun
when she was 6 years, % days old.
and showed 5.42 per cent fat She
was the champion four year old of
1907. testing 29.16 pounds in seven
days and 1922 pounds in 80 days. AS
a five year old she tested 3O55 pounds
IN seven days and 1868 pounds in
80 days.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
"Empivreuman

This is the word with which cooks
denominate the slight burnt taste Of
meat, fish or any animal dish. 1t is
not always unpleasant, and, indeed,
in some places on the continent of
Europe. it is thought to add an at
traction.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
QUALITIES. OF. sHoRTHoRN.
Claim Is Made tor the Great Ability
Of This Breed as Milk
Producers.

Much has been said. about the milk.
ing qualities of the Shorthorns in this
and other countries. It is invariably
true that the COWS that more nearly
approach the accepted dairy type are
the best producers, and around these
animals is hung the claim for the
great ability of the Shorthorns as
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
The Grader with Blades.

center clamp 80 the dirt is moved to
the place desired. After the road is
graded hitch teams to the rear hooks.
uncouple the front end and attach a
chain so the opening will not De too
wide and draw the grader over the
center OF the road. This will ill up
the hollow places and work the dirt
toward the center of the road.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
"A Good insecticide

Some Philadelphia gardeners use
lime and tobacco water Tor destroy
ing many insects which prey on
plants A half bushel of lime. is emp
tied into barrel Of water. together
with q bucketfui Of tobacco stems.
This is we.i stirred up. and after it
has settled for a day or two the Gle n
water Is syringed over bushes. killing
All Insects that come within its reach
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
WIreIess

1t is stated that the wireless tele-
graph station on the EiRel tower in
Paris has been receiving messages
from the station at Glace Bay, Canada,
distance Of $3.50 miles. A new in
stallation is being fitted at the Eiffel
tower by means Of which 1t is hoped
to establish wireless telegraphic COM
munication with Saigon, Cochin China,
distance Of $500 miles.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
Comet In Moving Pictures.

The changes In progress in q comet
are now shown on a screen in NOV
ing pictures. Warehouses; comet was
ifavorably situated for observation in
England during last autumn, and as
:this body gave an unusual opportu-
nifty for studying changes, the As
tronomer Royal had photographs made
lat frequent intervals 80 as to obtain
y cinematograph record. One series
shows the alterations that took place
in pesiod of about mint hours.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

wick. A cartridge shell or some such
cover should be fitted over the upper
end Of the tube to prevent evaporation.
Fill the bottle with alcohol and you
will have good lamp for doing small
or jewelers. work. It.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

any COW. 1t is difficult to give meas
urements because Individual cows
differNn size No one. however. will
have any trouble in making such a
rack from light materially. E. Allen
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

by putting a frame
on her neck after
the manner shown
in the illustration
] have found this
device is perfectly
satisfactory a n d
will cure almost
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
A Chance

Some of the boys who used to hope
for re6.tcp boots now have sons who
yearn for carmine touring cars.--Dal.
las News.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
70 Wash Lettuc

Add salt to the water; it helps to
loosen the dirt, sand and the tiny
bugs harbored by the leaves.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
0Z.1-Msnzs, Nzez;k.>.
His Four Seasons,

An amusing story is told by Sir W.
H. Holland Of the answer given by
London wait to Salvation Army cap
tain. The jealous officer had asked
the boy what work he did to provide
him with food, ETC., and the reply was:
Il pick strawberries in the summer.
pick hops in the autumn, pick peck
cts in the winter. and oakum for the
rest Of the year"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
Scum on .lellx.

This should all be removed before
pouring into glasses. Jars, etc. Other
wise. air is allowed to enter as
the scum evaporates.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
CURING A sELF-sUCKING COW

Where one is troubled with COW
that sucks herself she can be cured
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
HOMEMADE ALCOHOL LAMP.
Wash and clean an old mucilage
bottle and make tube from the brush

handle by cutting
a small portion
from each end.
Run some cotton
wick through the
tube. Take a cork
that will fit the
bottle and make a
hole in the center
in which to insert
the tuhe with the
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06

then the resultant motion is differ
ent. The difference in motion, then,
is caused by the difference in centri.
fugal tendencies at the two points.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-06
U1eKTfGfiEN''
|ya@ABINET
"sQuEAKINc DOORS"

And Cousin John-he's always Dragged
about that wife O. his.
So healthy-till She up and died with
sudden rheumatic
No, sir. Of hale and hearty folks we cam
not be too sure; "
"Tho good die young" and nobody, by
rights. can feel secure.
or folks that seem so gay and peart we
can't be certain, ever.
But sfckly ones. like squeaking doors.
will creak and squeak forever.