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The Detroit times., 1910-12-05
HEART WaA the
10 Sporting
HEART Editor.
BY HARRY NELLY.


Folks from Michigan are in bad
way athletically. The Wolverine is
confronted with peculiar situation
as result OF the conference meet-
ing at Chicago. Saturday. Careful
gleanings from the mass of reports
eminating from the eminent profes
sors, IL Is believed that Michigan in
1911, must either join the conference
or schedule games exclusively with
secondary colleges in the west and
the few eastern top-notchers willing
10 play
The eminent professors may he
short on sporting slang but they GER
tainly are long on politics. No
direct slap was taken at Michigan.
but the profs. old boys, merely in
dicated that ii would be impolite for
conference elevens 10 meet Ger
tain" teams which had been in the
conference but are now out. That IS
where the fine work comes in-hlich
igan was and isn't, whereupon Min
nesota will incur the conference
wrath by meeting Michigan.
The position of Michigan with ref
erence to keeping out OF the confer.
ence may be we'll taken. but We
don't believe 1t is. Speaking gener-
ally and particularly a. combination
of interests always Is stronger than
individual effort Without leagues
baseball wouldn't exist in it's pres
ent high state of development more
than two weeks. Without organiza-
nd hoo rd Of
to handle the knotty problems IL is
or any other sport upon an anna ateur
basis.
II the conference would do the
things IL purports TO do, we cannot
see how the interests of Michigan
would be neglected by affiliation with
the combine. II the University Of
Chicago plays politics within the con
ference, as certain Michigan folks
have said, why doesn't Michigan ap-
ply the milestone to it's own wits
and do little OF the second'story
work itself?
OF course, college athletics form q
peculiar set of conditions. College
athletics are primarily for the under
grads and the alumni; the public
doesn't count. II the public wishes
TO come and see the games. all well
and good, their money is welcome,
but If they don't. the collegiate board
OF control usually figures there will
be enough students and alumni on
hand 10 keep the wolf from the door.
But, We can see no good reason
why the conference. conducted righ,-
ly. should not be an influence for
good in college sports
The Detroit times., 1910-12-05

This view tnat the voters are so incensed
against Republican rule that they will
support Democratic nonentities for high
ohice did not find favor with the more in
.elligent members OF the party In attend
hnce In the State convention and il is
pooh-poohed as absurd by Independent
Democrats In this city. Even hard and
'ast Tammany men shake their heads
luhiously when they discuss the char
acter OF the Rochester nominations, which
admittedly arc OF an extremely low
The Detroit times., 1910-12-05

OK LEARNING
often has noth
ing to do with a
A mans abilities
IN another line
0f work \ III.
sphinx says Frel
Dunlap W II o
played bali In
Detroit lr the
days. OF the Old
National league,
could neither
read OF write,
vet he was the
fno hoe of th0m
The Detroit times., 1910-12-05
BY HARRY NELLY.

VYlE WHO shouts Fore all sum
}HI mer and berated an unkind
I'LL providence that manufactures
winter with ice and snow need
The Detroit times., 1910-12-05

IN the Houb9 Of l.
renomiuated. II
Charles N. FowI&
who was defeate
principally. OF Uni
kean. Jr.. and the
8. Voorhees,. with
machine. Fowler
Cannon man. but
been put on the
place, already hi
elected, he will vo
Speaker again. Thl
Ing down OF Fowle|
pie have not lost a |
The Detroit times., 1910-12-05

aoiy gloomy
DIX Will g
state D..noen
the heac OF Z
a weak candid
The theory
nations were
vention vas
Democratic St
greatest innpt
Stanchield ann
Hzx6kLMEW
year when the
, drubolng at ~
one OF ne rem
ly by the Democ.
vas that the %,
Democratic CAM
would vote aglir
For the rest. II
not able. was fai.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-05

The larger
eral times.
by auton
three TO y
With nurnd
roads recel
Much SUI
hcsn prornI
do a lot OF
The Detroit times., 1910-12-05

be visited sew
party Will travel
lime. and from;
lay will be held.
and cross
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-07-14
Castrating Calves
Simple Operation.
]. Or. G. G. ,Lipp, Assistant .veteri.s
marian, Minnesota Experiment
Station.

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Castrating calves is a simple opera
tion that9may be performed by any In
telligent herdsman or ,owner. The
best sge is when the calves are one or
two months DID, It may be done at
any season Of the year. providing two
important points are observed, name
~, cleanliness and absence of flies.
Young calves should be lain on their
side on bed Of clean straw. The
hind leg on the side uppermost should
be drawn well forward and held by an
assistant, or the shin bone of this leg
and the corresponding front leg may
be crossed and tied with soft rope
or a. strap The assistant then holds
its head and rests his knee on its
shoulder. .a.- ..sss s s5, * VA
The scrotum and surroun ding skin
are well wetted with carbolic acid,
using two tablespoonfuls to each pint
Of water. The knife should be sharp
and boiled for fifteen minutes, or pre-
viously soaked for two hours in water,
each pint of which contains two table.
spoonfuls of carbolic acid. The ties.
ticles are forced to the lower end of
the scrotum, and with single sweep
Of the knife, the skin and underlying
membranes are divided. 10 The cut
shesh be parallel to the middle line
o. the scrotun, and long enough to
permit the testicle being forced out
easily. II Is then srasped with the left
had and drawn well down out of the
scrotun. and its rear attachment cut
With the knife. The thumb and index
ln0er Of the left hand then hold the
vAcvt part Of the cord firmly, and at
tie same time press 1t toward the
calls body. The right hand grasps
the cord Immediately above the testi-
Gle and below the left hand, and with
gentle pulling and twisting it around
several times, the cord is severed ard
the testicle is set free. Another meth
cd which the writer prefers, is to sew
er the cord with small instrument
known as an ema sculator. The use of
this instrument lessons the danger
/ from bleeding very materially. After
both organs are removed, the scrctum
is to be disinfected again with car.
bolic acid disinfectant. During the
operation, the instruments should not
be laid on the stable floor, but should
be placed in pan of clean carbolic
acid solution, one tablespoonful to
each pint of water. In midsummer
calves should be kept in the stable a
few days, away from the flies. Hot
suns and chilling rains should be pro.
tected against by suitable shelter for
several days -l.&- - .--,..--r ,...-.- ,.,. .-
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-07-14
Repswisg Old
. Strawberry Beds.
Leroy cady, Assistant Profes.
sor q Horticulturs, Mime
sofa Experiment Station.
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Some growers prefer to fruit straw.
berries only one year, but where the
beds are reasonably free from weeds
and the plants are In good condition,
It is customary and quite satisfactory
to fruit the plants two or even three
Fears in succession. Where this is to
Be done, the foliage should be moved
as soon as the fruit is picked, usually
early IN July. A scythe, or il the beds
are quite large, an ordinary grass
mower, viii do the work ii. run quite
close over the BEDS This material
should be either raked or burned off
the plants. In small bed it is safer
to rake and burn at the side of the
bed than to attempt burning over the
patch. If the field is to be burned, the
grass must be thoroughly dry, SO
that fire will pass over it very quick
y If it is wet and the fire does not
burn rapidly, the plants are often Sc.
yleusly injured. This method helps to
7 keep in check insects and some of the
diseases attacking strawberries.
AS soon - the bsds, are cleaned, the
cd plants should bs thinned out to
about six inches apart, leaving the
rows not over q foot wide. Thorough
cultivation should be given them the
rest Of the season. II the land Is not
very rich. it 10 good plan to open a
trench aiong the rows several inches
deep, and fill II With thoroughly roated
manure, covering this with soil again.
One sof the easiest ways. to remove
~ old plentsEis to plow q furrow on
either side of the row, leaving a row
about. twelve inches wide. Then thin
any old or diseased plants from this
Fow. leaving young. vigorous plants
about six inches apart. 4.,s5j .t Il
The soil may be cultivated back in
70 the row, and any weeds or plants
between the rows should be thorough
ly worked out. Thorough cultivation
and care should be given the plants
from now on, the same as should be
given new plants set in the spring. If
this is done very often, the second
crop will be as good as the first.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-07-14

den. A tablespoonful Of this should
be put at frequent intervals among
the plants subject to attack, not, how
ever, nearer than twelve inches to the
plant, for, in case Of rain, the Paris
green might be washed against the
roots and would injure or kill the
plant Thorough cultivation is an aid;
pieces of single or board placed at
intervals over, the garden serve as
traps under which the cut worms hide
toward morning and can be found and
killed. Frequently the depredator will
be foand' within an inch or so of the
plant cut, buried an inch under the
soil. Young plants, like cabbage,
cauliflower, ETC., when first set out in
. small! garden, should be protected
by paper, or tin, or barrier Of some
sort, which should extend into the
ground an inch or SO and two or three
inches above the surface. This can
be removed when the plant becomes
tough enough not to invite attacks
trom the cut worm. On large acre.
ages fall blowing and thorough Guilt
walton Is perhaps the most practical
treatnent. ## SS ,-#
Cut worms are always bad the next
year after sod, since they normally
i've il such situations. Some farmers
SAs year have resesdsd their grain
fields with fax on account Of the for
ner being destroyed by cut. worms.
h These worms turn into brownish
moths, which frequently hy into the
house through open windows in the
evening, attracted by the light:
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-07-14
Method for Eradi=
]. eating Cut Worms ]! (.
E. L. Washburn, State Ento-
moiogisS,I Minnesota Expert
ment Station.
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Cut worms have been very injuri-
Gus this spring. Their abundance may
possibly be due, in a measure, to the
cold weather cutting down the weed
growth which started in the warm
days Of early spring, obliging them to
turn their attention more completely
% cultivated crops. Reports of their
asstructiveness have come in from
various quarters. One. gardener dug
up 1t least fifty along a flfty-foot row
Of onions, which they we're rapidly
moving down; member Of our staff
dug forty out of small patch of
golden glow which he supposed was
drying up; as matter of fact the
plants were being attacked by cut
worms.
This division has found poisoned
bait, made of bran mash, sweetened
with cheap sugar, or syrup, or mo-
lasses, and made decidedly green with
q liberal application of Paris green,
to be a very good remedy in q car
GOOD Meal at Low Cost
At the last class dinner given BY
four girls of Miss Shepperds senior
class at the Minnesota Experiment
Station, domestic science department,
six guests were served with the fol-
lowing menu at a cost of 99k cents,
or trife over 16 cents per person
served, but the actual cost Of the food
eaten was about 8 cents for each per-
son: First course-Tomato soup, crou.
tons: second, stuffed heart, potato
pu4, lima beans, Parker House rolls,
mat ice; third, Waldorf salad. pastry
stSohs; fourth, rhubarb pie, cream
meFia0nA sodss. cream. sugar. 49,. a
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-07-14
Pleasant surroundings and
modern conveniences, easily OBJ
tainable, will go a long way in
keeping the boys and girls on
the farm, is believed at the
Minnesota Experiment Station.
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Do Not Feed Before Killing.

The Minnesota Experiment Station
does not recommend the killing of an
animal fcE' the purpose Of human food
within twenty-four hours after feed
ing. When an animal is on full feed it
IS impossible to thoroughly drain the
veins. Food in the stomach rapidly
decomposes after the animal is killed,
and the gases generated often flavor
the meat disagreeably. Water, how
ever, may be given up to the time Of
slaughter. It keeps the temperature
normal and helps to wash the effete
matter out Of the system. 4 nicely
oolorod eareass results. ov,s \.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-07-14

Z The Minnesota Experiment
Station has had best results by
cultivatfng the strawberries set
out in the spring, and by pick
ing OF all blossoms that appear
during the FIRST year. Fruiting
the first season weakens the
plants. The station keeps the
runners in the row where they
will take root and form new
plants. ~ Vi IL, a.l.a VI
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-07-14

lnas recently resten Iou mead OF castls
for tuberculosis. 1t maintainr SOS.
TEN Of COW testing for milk produc.
ton. Every COW entered has q correct
ration worked out for her every month
according to the standard established
by the Minnesota Experiment Station.
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In setting hens, Or in incu.
batting artihcially, the Mime
sofa Experiment Station has
found best results by selecting
eggs of uniform size, with
smooth shell and rs PERFECTLY
formed as possible.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-07-14

!. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-17
RAISING ONLY GOOD LAYERS
Healthy Fowls, Earlier PuIIets and
Eggs When Most Desired May
Be Obtained by Care.

Do not blame your pullets this win
ter when they are not laying. You
should have known just which hens
were furnishing the eggs from which
the pullets were Matched; the chances
on the average farm are that the eggs
from the poorer layers were used just
the same as those from the good lay
ers. Do not set eggs from the whole
flock; gradually eliminate the drones.
4 1t is surprising how large proper
ton of the average flock is useless or
worse than useless: the non-producers
are in the way of the workers and pre-
vent them from doing their best.
Mark or band the first thrifty pull
lets to begin laying this fall During
the early winter carefully note their
performance, and from these banded
hens and pullets make up your next
years breeding pen. You will be sur
prised at the increased vigor and pro-
ductiveness of your flock. If your
hens are not responding to good treat
ment with a good average egg yield.
try increasing that average by cutting
out the non-producers. A well-bred,
weil-housed, well-fed, and well-cared
for hen will lay so eggs during the
three spring months. enough to pay
her board for the entire year.
Culling, selection, elimination, kept
constantly in mind, and continually
practised, will mean healthier fowls,
earlier bullets. and eggs when then
are most wanted
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-17
GR4NE ar ann
8Q4IlEy, A5SO(IHHoNla sgs
NN4RCE,W m /ZO2L4
fHLED IN 3EREORHANcE
OF DUTY

now held in check by the BIRDS the vegetation
creatures would be destroyed by the insect
enemies. So it would seem that if this French
scientist IS right. that in making their fight
for the birds the defenders have been making
their fight for man, fact which Is not ap-
preciated by of those who would suffer
were it not for the constant saving efforts of
men whom on occasion they have seen fit to
call crankS.
To lead up to the establishment OF the Au-
dubon societies, of which nearly every state
in the Union has one, 1t might be said that it
was not until the year 1888 that the public in
the United States awakened to the fact that
too many wild birds were being slaughtered,
largely for millinery ornaments and other dec
orative purposes. In addition. thousands OF
song and insectivorous birds were killed annu
ally for food IN his story of the movement
for bird protection President butcher told OF
the beginnings Of the crusade to save the
lives Of the songsters which year by year were
coming back to the farm and the garden in
greatly decreased numbers. Mr.. butcher said,
speaking of the condition in 1888:
THE newspapers published items almost
daily on the subject and many strong edito-
rails were written A quotation from Of
these entitled The Sacrifices of Song Birds
will show the earnestness of the press in re-
spect to the situation: The destruction OF
American wild birds for millinery purposes
has assumed stupendous proportions. The un-
holy work gives employna ent to vast army
of men and women and this army wages its
campaign Of destruction with diabocal per-
lection of system
The editorial in question further refers
to details of the work published in other col
umns of the paper, which furnishes evidence
of the CHASTITY character of the business The
logical result Of this newspaper agitation was
that the American Ornithologists' union at its
annual meeting held in New York city Sep
tember so, 1884, appointed committee of its
members to investigate the extent of the al
legged wild bird destruction and to devise
means to stop the slaughter by legal or any
other legitimate method
This committee found that the claims OF
the press and of individuals were not In the
least exaggerated, hut on the other hand did
not fully represent the terrible fnroads that
were being made on the non-game birds
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-17


culture of the United States government the
biological survey has been of great service 10
the farmers of the United States and to all
men engaged either directly or indirectly IN
any form Of agricultural pursuits. When the
survey was threatened with extinction few
years ago by the apparent Intention Of con-
gress to refuse it an appropriation, the farm
ers of The United States with the bird pro-
tectors and the real sportsmen, rose in its de-
Tense and saved it The survey probably viii
be spared to continue its useful work as long
as the agricultural department has existence.
The history of bird protection in the United
States naturally and of right, is connected with
the history Of two organizations the various
state Audubon societies for the protection of
wild birds and the American Ornithoogis
union Recently William butcher of New
York. who is the president of the National AS
sociation of Audubon societies and fellow OF
the American Ornithologists union. told the
ornithologists of the world assemble in con-
vention in a European city the story of the
bird PROT ection movement in North America
MT butcher and all the other officers of the
National Association of Audubon societfss are
men WHO Rave devoted their lives to the study
of birds hrd to their protection
celebrated French scientist said not long
ago that if the bird life were to be swept out
of exstelce man could survive only few
months. Because of the ravages of the insects
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-17
FARM NOTES.

A manure spreader i great insti-
tuition on the farm, but the good it
does is in direct proportion to the
amount it is used.
Much valuable manure is lost in
poorly arranged stables. where it is
impossible to save or recover the
liquids.
The native wild grasses that clothe
the prairies of the northwest make as
valuable hay as any true grasses
known.
Feed is. too high to allow unprofit-
able animals to consume it when pay
ing COWS can be obtained for the
same amount of money
one great advantage sweet clover
has over great many crops is that it
will keep in check most all of the
obnoxious weeds with which we are
troubled
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-17
pairying and Soil Fertility.

No other branch of agriculture pre-
sents more advantages than dairyfngi
-disposing OF these products of tina
farm as milk ID butterfat When
the latter may be sold to creamery
stations and the skim milk fed to
calves and pigs along with alfalfa the
profits are greater than from almost
any other form of agriculture.
No other business tends SO rapidly,
to build up the fertility of the farm.
and, when judiciously conducted, n0'
other branch of farming yields more
satisfactor, financial returns. Raising
and feeding alfalfa will add from rs
to so per cent. to the profits of dairy
ing over the use of any other feedstufr
that may be raised or bought. The
profit problem for the dairyman is con-
stantly to find the feed that will de
crease the cost Of his production
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-17
KEEPING UP EARTH ROADS
Prevailing System of Repairing High
ways WoefuIly Deficient--No True
Progress Results.

Anyone who has given the subject
even the most cursory examination
will readily agree that the prevailing
system of repairing our earth roads
once a year is woefully deficient. Our
system of maintenance is at the bot
tom of most of our road trouble and
IT is useless to expect better roads as
long as it remains in vogue. With the
present system our roads deteriorate
to such an extent that all the avail
able road funds are required to put
the road back into as good condition
as it was when last repaired. In this
way our roads remain at standstill
and no true progress results.
In order to make our roads good
the greater part of the year a system
Of continuous maintenance must be
adopted. Many have argued that
every farmer should keep in repair a
certain definite piece of road near his
farm but this system, although often
productive OF great deal of good, has
trouble is that the farmer has too
much important private business to
attend to and cannot always give the
road his attention when the condition
Of the road requires it. Then too this
system Is against the tendency of the
times which is for division of labor
and intense specialization.
The present day farmer is a special
list in the true sense of the word. He
no longer concerns himself about the
making of his shoes, clothing, tools or
other equipment; he no longer wor-
ries about the bringing of his mail
and the time is coming when he
should no longer bother about the di-
meet maintenance of his roads.
The farmers mail is brought to his
'door and he takes it as a matter of
facty stopping to consider the system
which brings it there only when the
nail for some reason or other fails to
appear. Likewise the ideal system of
road maintenance is one by which the
roads are kept in repair as auto
matically but as surely as the deliv-
ry of the rural mail
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-11-17
FEED AND WATER FOR HORSE
IL Given Grain First Liquid Will PusE
1t Out of Stomach Before Prop
erIy Digested.

An important fact to know in the
feeding of the horse is that its ston-
ach is quite small and that it VIII
hold about two gallons. If ths horss
is fec his grain first. then hay and
then water, the grain will be pushed
out of the stomach before it is digest
ed. The best way is to water first,
then feed some hay. and then the
grain. In case the horse is warm it,
would not do to give all the water, it
would take, but it should be given
little even then. During warm
weather it would be well if the horse
was watered in the field at least once
during the forenoon and in the after
noon. A horse will eat too much hay
If given all at once. Feed a smaller
amount of hay at noon. During warm
weather it pays to take at least am
hour and half rest at noon and often
times even longer and then working o.
little later in the evening. In COOL
weather the rest hour need not be
quite as long.