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The Marshall republican., 1910-12-23

bushels? The average yield according
to the 1908 year book is about thirty
one bushels. In other words 1t would
take some twenty-five acres of corn
to furnish as much ~digestible nutrients
as we can get from 120 tons Of silage
obtained from twelve acres. The fact
that many farmers are finding that 1t
Is possible through the use of a silo
to almost double the number Of cows
for a given acreage shows In this con-
nection that theory agrees with prac-
tice.
Again, how many pounds of cotton
seed meal are necessary to furnish
10000 pounds Of digestible nutrients?
Cottonseed meal contains 1913 per cent
digestible nutrients. 1t would there
fore require 23.34 tons, which, at $50
per ton. means 500. II other words.
twelve acres of corn in a silo are worth,
as far as digestible nutrients are con-
or the equivalent of $50 per acre.
Furthermore, we find that the 100 tons
Of silage are equal in digestible nutri-
ents to $500 worth Of bran at SIS per
ton. Again, 120 tons of silage are
equal in digestible nutrients to 1892
bushels of oats. If the average yield
of oats is twenty-five bushels to an
acre, which the 1908 year book shows,
how many acres are necessary to pro-
duce as much digestible nutrients as
we find in 40 tons of silage? The an
swer is sixty-three.
The Marshall republican., 1910-12-23
ECONOMY OF SILACE
AS A DAIRY FEED.

Those dairy farmers who doubt
whether 1t pays to have silage are
those who have never fed it, writes G..
W. Patterson, dairy expert.
The silo will cheaper the cost Of
feeding. Too many farmers have the
impression that the profits in the
dairy business are controlled entirely
by the cost or value of the butter and
the amount sold. They fail to appre-
ciate how important is the cost of pro-
duction.
The other day a farmer told me that,
inasmuch as we would probably have
a scarcity Of feed this fall and win
ter, he would have to economize with
his feed, or, In other words, feed less.
He failed to see that the more a cow
eats and the more she digests the
more milk she will give and the more
profit she will make. Economy does
not come from skimping on the feed.
It takes a certain amount Of feed to
maintain the body. All above this can
be utilized for the production of milk.
The silo enables us to furnish the
cows with the greatest possible
amount Of digestible nutrients from
the feed. Theory and practice both
show that about 40 per cent of the
feed nutrients Of the corn plant are in
the stalk and leaf. About twelve
acres Of average cor put up as a ST.
lage In a 10 by 80 silo will make about
100 tons Of silage. Inasmuch rs silage
contains 1919 per cent Of digestible nu-
tricnts, 100 tom will contain about
$4,000 pounds. Since the per cent
digestible nutrient in corn is 1873, 1t
would require some 701 bushels to
furnish enough nutrients to equal that
contained in 120 tons of silage.
How many acres Of the average corn
as we find 1t are necessary to yield 701
The Marshall republican., 1910-12-23

In cases OF long standing oak bark
tea with tonics, gentian, %cinchona
or nux and warming mixtures con-
tanning ginger or pepper may have to
be employed. But never use astrin-
gents or opiates until the irritant has
been dislodged.
Sheep sesb.
Wool pulling is common In docks
when scab IL present and may best be
cured by dipping to destroy the para
site, which BURROWS in the skin. 1t
causes such Irritation and itching thar
the sheep are nearly frantic and pull
or rub off the wool. Any Of the COM
mercial ~arsenical dips Or the coal tar
preparations will do the work. II the
skin has a yellow tint and resembles
wax give each sheep q large table
spoonful Of glauber's salts twice daily.
Pinworms In Horses.
Pinworms usually infest the rectum
only, and medicines given through the
mouth have very little effect upon
them. They are best removed by in.
jecting astripgent solutions into the
rectum after it has been emptied.
These are advised: Alum one ounce
to a quart Of warm water. The water
obtained by boiling oak leaves often
raw linseed oil one quart and turpen.
tine two ounces. Either of the above
ought to give good results.
The Marshall republican., 1910-12-23
DR0NES OF THE FARM.
Stations and Bulls Should Earn Their
Keep by Useful Labor.


A p%erplexing question which always
confronts the farmer and breeder is,
How shall the bulls and stations be
handled to prevent them from becom-
ing Il nuisance? 1t is a well known
fact that Il full grown bull is a white
elephant upon the farm regardless Of
either breeding or value; that his care
and control are the bane of the farm
er's life; that he is usually inclosed In a
strong pen or hitched with a chain to
a post where he gets but little exercise.
with the result that the poor brute be-
comes nervous, vicious and dangerous.
He suffers in loss of vitality, deterio-
rates in prepotency. becomes self bur
dened with useless fat and is a drone
in every sense of the word. What Is
true of the bulls is equally true re-
garding stations, except that there are
fewer of them.
AT the farm conducted under my
supervision writes John McLennan In
Rural New Yorker, operated IN con-
nection with the New York State
School of Agriculture at Alfred, n. Y.
are kept four bulls and two stations.
The bulls are pure breds, representing
the principal dairy types, and the stall
lions are an imported Percheron and a
registered trotter. In temperament
they are probably not materially differ
ent from other bulls and stations of
like breeds, yet under our treatment
The Marshall republican., 1910-12-23
PINE SPECIMEN OF SUFFOLK RAM.


the sheep, which are expelled to the
ground, where they hatch and go
through a larval state and are either
eaten or drunk by the sheep. Where
the shifting to different fields is prac-
ticed the larva dies before finding a
host. and the sheep becomes more
profitable, not wearing dusty paths
through pastures trying to escape in
lection that instinct teaches is there
or gnawing the sod in patches. With
this system the farmer "a convert the
entire feeding product of the farm into
cash with sheep alone.
Tobacco should be kept before them
all the time. Dip a handful of tobac-
co in salty brine and feed TO every
ten ewes until the habit of using it Is
formed. Also pumpkins during fall
and winter make a good feed and act
as a ~vermifuge.
The feed should be composed of al
falfa. clover and cowpea hay. with
access to rape, blue grass and roots as
succulents. These feeds REINFORCED
by a light feed of mixed grains, such
as corn. bran. oilmeal, etc., fed during
the winter, insure an ample supply of
milk at Landing time, and when the
dams have a liberal supply Of milk
there is seldom any trouble with them
disowning their lambs. Without prop
err feed and care success in the sheep
business need not be hoped for.
The Marshall republican., 1910-12-23
ONE VIEW OF FARMING.
Read Here About Conditions Found
Thirty Miles From Chicago.

81 am willing to believe anything
about the prosperity of western farm-
ers after II recent adventure of mine
near Chicago said Il man just return
ed from his vacation. MY wife and |
were visiting friends in Chicago when
l received a letter from an old school
mate asking us to run out to the
farm and pay them a little visit. The
farm, he wrote, was some thirty miles
out of Chicago, and we were to come
informally.
I'VE started out to the farm. The
train would land us there at 2 o'clock
In the afternoon, and, remembering
my boyhood up in New Hampshire. 1
knew that at that hour they would
just be washing up the dinner dishes.
So we took particular pains to have
an early luncheon before we started.
Our first surprise was at the station,
a small, one horse affair. Up to the
station at a spanking trot came my
old friend ", driving two well bred
horses in a smart carriage.
but this was as nothing to what
awaited us. At the end of "A three
mile drive Y. turned in at what you'd
call a lodge gate in England, with the
house back nearly a quarter of Il mile
from the road. 1t didn't look so very
large or very fine. but the first thing
l sighted on the piazza was Ms three
small children playing, attended by
thraA nnpyan,nidC In N-bitn nnpnnc .1.1
caps. Mrs. Y. anne ont to greet us
| arrayed in Il dress that my wife says
couldn't be bought for less than 500.
at grew worse and worse OF better
and better. according to your point of
view. Ms man escorted our small
appeared with Il large dressing bag fer
/! my wife and a kimono that fairl.;
made her eyes water. \ third meniul
OF some fancy variety announced to
us init dinner was ready. 1t seems
that they had 1t regularly at 3 O'Clock,
Dinner was served by the butler,
1t began with oysters on the hall
shell. Besides the usual tiXings OF {,
six course dinner, they had crabs
frogs legs, alligator pears and cham
payne. / hardly dared look at my
wife, remembering the luncheon we
had so carefully taken at the Chicago
station to avoid making extra work
for the farmers wife. When the
champagne anne on that nearly fin
ished us.
Back to the farm? Well. l guess
but not in the rocks of New Hamp
shire. When / take to farming 1t viii
be raising garden truck for Chicago o.
st. Louis.'-New York Times.
The Marshall republican., 1910-12-23
snnnnv East OF Horsa.

Have feet well pared out and for
the fore feet use bar shoes. Pack the
soles with tar and oakum and put
feathers under shoes, writes DR.. Ed
ward Moore in Country Gentleman
Then apply blister around the pas
terms from top OF hoofs TO bottom OF
fetlocks. Wash OFF four days later.
After this paint the hoofs daily with
crude petroleum Use the tar. etc..
whenever horse is shod, Blister again
In four 10 six weeks, Always have
feet pared out when shoes are re-
moved. and soon you will have u bet
ter quality OF horn 10 nail to and we'll
shaped feet.
The Marshall republican., 1910-12-23
PROFIT IN FEEDING
BEEF CALVES.

Generally speaking. any beef animal
fed until it is In a well finished condi-
tion and marketed between the veal
age and twenty-four months is classed
as baby beef. says Orange Judd Farm
er. Since they must be fed several
months following weaving time before
they are sufficiently finished to be
placed upon the market 1t naturally
follows that very few baby beef ami
mails are sold under ten or eleven
months. while the necessity for rapid
gains and early finish makes Il desira-
BILE that the animals be placed upon
the market as much under two years
Of age as possible. 1t Is likely that
most baby beef Is sold between the
ages of ten and eighteen months.
During the past season a consider
able number OF these western calves
were finished for baby beef In central
Indiana. Among the more successful
feeders is Ed Flanagan Of Franklin
county. Two years ago Mr.. Flanagan
purchased thirty head Of high grade
klcTeloIu Ghifen III VAauSuo Otty, ohip
ped them to his Indiana farm and fed
them out for baby beef. The results
were so satisfactory that the following
fall he purchased sixty head at the
same market for himself and some.
thing like 600 head for neighborine
farmers In Franklin county. The sixty
head which Mr.. Flanagan retained for
his own feeding were unusually high
grade Herefords. They were about
four or FIVE mont,.s Did when they ar
rived upon Mr.. Fiannigau's farm late
in October and averaged 400 pounds in
weight. In order to make the change
from milk to dry feed less abrupt ht
placed them upon blue grass pasture
for a short period. gradually introduc
ing clean new clover hay where they
could get it and learn to eat 1t. Upor
this hay after a short time he sprin
killed. small quantities Of cracked corr
so that the calves would a some o.
II with the hay and thus gradually nc
uuire a taste for corn. Later he fee
them small amounts Of corn in thu
shock. so that they learned to eat fod
der. By the time the calves wer,
The Marshall republican., 1910-12-23
A Model Dairy Barn.

A novel banquet was held at the
time of the Illinois State Dairymen's
association In the dairy barn Of the
Illinois College Of Agriculture. Their
stable is arranged so that two rows
Of cows face each other, with a space
OF about sixteen feet between stalls.
Here a long, well decorated and lad
en- table was spread for their guests.
The floor, walls and ceilings were per
fectly clean and the cows groomed to
perfection. The absolute cleanliness
and absence of any odor were he uni
versal remark Of all the guests, This
goes to show what a be done with q
little care and pains.
The Marshall republican., 1910-12-23
Lice on Hoos.

To dip pigs at weaning time Is not
o enough. Last fall we discovered
newly hatched lice OF our pigs AT three
weeks old. writes a hog grower In
the Farm Journal. II was necessary to
dip these pigs three times before weanr
ing in order TO exterminate the lice.
The only sure way to lind the lice n
to catch the pigs and look close. The
young ones show up first In clusters
behind the eass.
The Marshall republican., 1910-12-23
Amount Of Salt Per Cow.

Cows require from y to eight
ounces OF salt per day. The more con-
ccntrates they receive the more salt
they require. II should be where they
can have access TO 1t every day. Ac-
cording to an experiment made at the
Wisconsin station, about two onnces
per COW per day Is the average amount
required.
The Marshall republican., 1910-12-23
THE FARM DOCTOR.
stomach Worms In lambs.

Feeding tobacco dust or ground to-
bacco stems is claimed by some breed
ers to be a preventive for stomach
worms in lambs. This is mixed with
salt and put where sheep have free
access to 1t.
Rineworm In Calves.
Calves are often troubled by ring
worm. 1t is caused by a vegetable
parasite. The best treatment Is sui
phur ointment, made Of powdered sui
phur, lard, oil or grease. Wash the
part affected with soapsuds and then
apply the sulphur ointment.
Founder of Horse.
Blister the coronets Of both forefeet
with cerate Of c~antharides after clip
ping off the hair, and If necessary re-
peat the blistering in ten days. Twice
daily give him q t~easpoonful Of salt
peter in his drinking water. Stop for
a day or two IL the kidneys should be-
come too active. Feed lightly. Keep
him in a shady, cool place.
Stoppaae of the Teat.
The proper manner In which to han
die and treat stoppage Of the teat Is
thoroughly to wash 1t in an antiseptic
solution, then dip a teat plug into a
healing ointment and insert 1t into the
point Of the teat, allowing same to re-
main from one milking to another. In
this n closure of the point Of the
teat can be overcome In a very simple
and satisfactory way.
Treatment For Bloody Milk.
Battle the udder with cold water
three times a day and twice daily
sponge with a lotion composed Of two
drains each Of dilute sulphuric acid
40 per cent? and powdered alum to
a pint Of cold water. Give a dram
of dried sulphate OF iron In feed might
and morning If she is not in calf. See
that the udder Is not being bruised
upon a hard floor. Milk gently.
Remedy For Securing In Horses.
To cure scours in horses unload the
bowels with a pint Of raw linseed oil
adding a few drops OF laudanum II the
intestines seem very tender, and fol
low with lissesd ss Aippery elm grnels
The Marshall republican., 1910-12-23
TIA Mature.

n noticed in the store we visited to
day everybody was crowded around
the perfumery counter"
That's not surprising"
"Nhy not?"
'oughtn't perfume naturally to be
a scenter OF attraction -Baltimore
American.
The Marshall republican., 1910-12-23

The most completely lost Of all days
10 the one on which We have mol
lsughed--Chamfort
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-13
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9sSDs,ASa
STORIfSSsS

when | was boy, said Bobby's
.talher. my hape was on "a Dig farm.
and every spring when the snow be-
KAN 10 melt and sal would run in she
trees. would nave 70 get up very
early to help my father
He let me DIVE Che team of oxen
drawing he long low sled back 10 the
sugar camp. First We would hollow
out troughs OF poplar, and Placing
these beside the maple trees, we
would bore holes ana put into lac trees
a tiny wooden pipe. made by pushing
the pith out OF an eldcrberry stock.
When the trougns would be nearly
GlleG with the sugar water. we emp
icd them INTO tae barrels We hauled
on The sled Then W. would boil and
boil the sugar water in huge kettles.
banging over a wood fire, till II be-
came syrup.
one night my fatiter allowed me to
INVITE some OF the poys ont from The
village to make tany. ike all boys.
We ate and ate ,dffy till we could cat
no more Then Nc pulled what was
left. and twisted II into candy canes.
Then we wanted to hide them where
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-13
Our Aant Sam-Anthy Glve5 Us Cook
Book; Tells Us About 11eaf Economy

Yhe editors wife has received the
cook book which Uncle Sam-beg par.
donA we meant his sister. Aunt Sam
Anthy-has Just issued
she says it's great that it's full
of splendid recipes for the cooking of
meat. has lot OF good advice for
economizing In the larder and contains
much valuable information about meat
from the hoof TO the table.
The recipe book is called "The
Economical Use OF Meat i'm the Home"
and any woman I'm Detroit can get
il by writing the department OF agri
culture at Washington directly. or
through Congressman DENLY or Sena
tor Smith
The book is pamphlet containing
several thousand words, but the fol
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-13

lowing are some of the interesting
facts mere newspaper editor was
able TO CLEAN from 1t.
The protein meat contains. is neces.
sary TO the construction and mainten-
ance OF the body. and both the protein
and the fat II contains produce energy
These elements can be obtained in
vegetables eggs and milk. but 1t is
better 70 obtain them partially at least
in meats, as meats are easy digested
One helping Of meat a day three to
five ounces) is enough provided eggs,
milk. or cheese is also eaten TO get
the required protein. Vegetables con
tain the required sugar and starch
The ease with which meat is digest.
ed and its nourishing qualities are not
generally known II has been demon.
straled that 80 pei cent of meat is
assimilated One kind of meat is as
easily digested as another, the cheaper
cuts rs we'll as the expensive ones.
Cheap cuts are as nourishing as eXpen-
sive ones, and taste as good if they
are cooked properly. If the cheap
cuts are soaked in vinegar. or cooked
In water which is below the boiling
point, they will be even as tender as
the .NnOlte cuts, meats may ne kept
several DAYS in vinegar and then made
into palatable dish
II all depends on the cooking. Cheap,
well-cooked meats are. better than ex-
pensive poorly-cooked ones.
Bones should be taken Into account
in figuring the cost If porterhouse
sells at 20 cents. round at 8. and
chuck at 10, IL appears that the chuck
is cheapest But in the chuck, the
bones, oNer one.half the weight. Is
waste in che ieSr5eghonse. one-eighth;
I'm round, but one-twelfth. So the ac-
tual price the housewife pays is %
cents for the cheap chuck. IS II
cents for the porterhouse, but only
Is l2 for the round
No nourishment is obtained from
bones when they are fried The long.
slow cooking necessary 10 the cheaper
meats also extracts the gelatin, fat
and havo. from the bones. and YOU
have them ia the soup The marrow
Of bones can be cooked and served on
toast
Because Of the waste in bones. shin
meat is really cheapest then follow
heart, flank. brisket, neck. rump. salt
pork, round, veal breast. mutton chops.
mutton leg, beef ribs, forequarter OF
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-13
FASHIONS

Low necks ana snort sleeves are
shown upon the majority of summer
waists Tailored waists always have
long sleeves with cuffs.
Colored shirtwaists are good this
spring,
Chiffon jumpers are worn over fou-
lard dresses.
Footing is much used as insertion
on dotted swiss waists.
Pleated frill collars are in style
again, and iabots continue popular.
Black with color is fashion pre-
diction.
Chantecler buttans and embroidery
eharaeterizes some OF the new pom
gee coats.
Tailored neckwear is much in evi-
dence
Fine alloyers and edglngs are being
used for lingerie hats.
The most extreme skirt now on the
market has the fullness drawn in be
low the knees by band OF trimming.
There is no doubt about the popu.
larity of silks for dresses. suits and
wraps.
Hosiery must match the colors OF
gowns this season.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-13

stage restored to it's usual uses by
5 O'Clock Friday morning, when the
Metropolitan Grand Opera company
viii take possession Six rows 81
seats at the rear of the house down.
stairs Will be reserved for onlOokers
also the entire balcony. supper VIII
be served in the Hotel Pontchartrain
Many out OF town guests Will be pres
ent and the costumes are expected %
far surpass anything OF the Kind
worn In Detroit at any previous bal
masque
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-13
FEARED RoosEvELTs BOASTS.
Pope Didn't Want To Be included IN
Former Presidents Royal Prey"

ROME, April 13.-The vatican has
issued statement to the effect that
the cali made by Abbott Lawrence
Jarssens. a learned Benedlctine and
secretary OF the congregations of re-
licious affairs. on Col. Roosevelt has
displeased the pope Father Janssens
II IL said acted through his owl i'm
pulse without any authorization from
anyone whatever.
This emphasizes the vatican's policy
which 20 use(its own words was that
aid not wish Col Roosevelt to
bracket tie pope with other more OF
less personages he will boast OF hay.
ing hunted in Europe after his African
hunt
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-13

mutton. veal outlets, bacon and chuck
rlD' porterhouse and ham. beef
tongue.
Meat is tender because the muscles
are young OF because they lie to the
inside OF the body and are little used.
mat Is why the tcnderlOin under the
backbone hindquarter Is the tenderest.
The neck and legs OF older animals are
used much, so they are tough.
The flavor is better i'm older than in
very young animals. The side cuts
have better flavor than the tender
cuts, though it's hard 10 detect because
OF the difficulty in chewing
All meat cooking can be put under
three heads: Applying intense heat 10
keep IN The juices, for tender cuts of
clear meat, put In cold water and
COOK at low temperature. for bone.
gristle and tough portions, soaring and
then stewing, suitable for cuts neither
tender nor tough
Outside cuts or TANKS grow tougher
during the first hour OF cooking. then
~ aN s,sSoM .sendes....e,. ,-ssss.
In boiling, Keep the water below the
boiling point. Then the connective
tissue is softened. but the fiber is not
toughened. When meat is cooked TO
pieces" the connective tissue has been
destroyed and the fibers separated.
l. YOU do not use the water I'm which
meat is boiled 3 t. 90 per cent of the
food material Is lost
BE sure the meat is handled in a
sanitary way where YOU purchase II.
Don't give all the family trade 70 one
butcher You get better values by try.
ing several markets
Careful serving aids economy II
more meat Is given at serving than
person wishes or habitually eats,
table waste is increased
Less meat is required II its flavor
is extended over other foods. as in
meat pies. dumplings and vegetable
SIeMg-
II saves money TO buy meat in large
quantities. Keep II In your ice box or
in vinegar. Pickle and smoke meats
Salt down a hog in winter. and corn
a front quarter OF beef in summer
Save fats not eaten with the meat
at the table to use in making crusts
for meat pies.
Cheap meats can be made to taste
good by fiayoring with onions, carrots,
parsnips, tomatoes. green peppers
celery tops or parsley, fresh or dried :.
sage, savory. thyme. sweet marioram
bay leaf. garlic. lemon rind vinegar
pickles, olives. currant jelly curry
powder, cloves. celery seed.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-13
WANTS TRUSTS REGULATED.
Canadian Minister of Labor Doesn't
Want Them Driven Out.

OTTAWA. Ont, April l3.-MazKen-
zie King minister of labor has intro
duced in the Canadian parliament
government bill whose object is the
regulation of trusts.
1t provides that where complaint is
made that trust or combination is
operating unduly TO enhance prices, or
for restraint OF trade, commission
shall be appointed with power TO make
thorough investigation.
Mr.. King said the object of the bin
was TO regulate trusts aud not to
drive them out of the dominion.