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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-07
SHCCkS
From the Diary of ST. Lence

Got r'liEion strong over ter MerIviIle
recuntly an tn men o. the City con-
fiagrated tn only pule-tabul in Ross
township IN orded ter show TIL world
they'd renounce tn sins o. the flesh
an tn devul. Mrs. Penny Tent o. the
same City seq how she's not a goin
to lie beaten by emmy maskuIine fer
vor, an next Saturday evenin, she an
her sisters will give a pubIick creema-
shun o. two Krokay sets, which is at
tractfn considerable attention in muse
paperiety.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-07

Five Examined There.
Postmaster Farley who was ordered
by the government to conduct the
civil service examination for the po-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-07


Mrs. Frank Hoffman, is reported as
slightly improved at her home In Rob-
erts avenue.
Misses Wilma and Erieda Balm were
the guests of Robertsdale friends last
evening.
Miss Hermina Schwartman is confined
to her home with an attack of the
grippe.
Miss Margaret Mclean returned to
her home in Highland Park, Ill, after
a pleasant visit with her sister, Miss
Helen Mclean of Roberts avenue
Mrs Flood and grandson of Indiana
boulevard were South Chicago visitors
yesterday.
Mrs. Frank olson Of Harrison avenue
attended a meeting of the Lutheran Aid
| society of South Chicago Saturday.
| Albin Martinson of Harrison avenue
transacted business in Chicago Satur-
day.
/ Peter Bly, of Pearl street is on the
| sick list
Edward w. Cool Of Blue Island visit
i ed Captain Landon of Harrison avenue
| yesterday.
i Mrs. Miller and daughter, who have
II been spending several months here at
Il the home of Mrs. Minseberg CO Harri-
Il son avenue. returned to their home in
East Side Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fedorka of Atchison av-
II enue were Chicago visitors Saturday.
i Ralph Jewett of Pearl street is sui.
fering with an attack of the grippe
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-01
TOLL HOGS; DO NOT DRIVE

Hogs when they are inclined to be
contrary are about the most difficult
animals to manage when. changing
from one place to another. Especially
is this the case when we undertake to
drive them; they will huddle up and
turn their heads outward and refuse
to go without trouble.
Gentle hogs that are used to being
fed regularly will usually follow a
person carrying a bucket, but some
times this plan fails and then some
other plan must be followed. I have
often used large ear Of corn with a
strong string two or three feet long
tied to the end of pole five or six
feet long.
The corn is dragged along on the
ground and hogs will forget everything
else and follow the corn, grabbing at
it. When the hogs get too close the
corn can be raised out of their reach
or else jerlled from them
This is the best decoy that I have
ever tried for hogs and beats driving
them or running them with dogs.-A
j. l..
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-01
vENTILATING HOGHousEs

A great many farmers-and some of
them pretty good farmers, too-do not
believe that ventilated Lighthouses are
necessary. Any kind of building or
pen is good enough for hog. What
has ventilation to do with hogs
growth and health? Here is a lesson
in hoghouse air that answers the cues.
ton. At the Cook county poor farm
near Chicago one of the Lighthouses on
one side has window sides the whole
length of it, and the hinged ventilation
board foot wide above the windows
The other house has no glass and is
poorly ventilated. In this the hogs he
came overheated and then went out in
the cold and about thirty died from
pneumonia and tuberculosis. The hogs
in the other house ran in and ont Of
their quarters in exactly the same wav
yet only one hog died from any ca,,se
Here is a practical lesson that cost
over $500. 1t is barely possible that
when you come to think it over II NAV
dawn upon you that the cause of tbo
death of some of your own hogs was
due to poisoned air,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-01
BREvITlEs

The present fad for fresh air ell the
time, which works SO well with the
human race, applies also to sheep. This
means protection from storms and cold
winds, but not closed barns.
Experiments at the Wisconsin sta
ton have developed the fact that an
acre of rape grazed off by pigs gave
returns which indicated food value
equal to $500 pounds of grain
The man who had the forethought to
provide plenty of good carrots and
mangles is exceedingly well fixed for
bringing the farm animals through the
winter in good condition.
Pine tar and turpentine should al
ways be kept in the stable. They are
important remedies and preventives for
many ailments and diseases Of sheep.
Linseed meal is an efficient and prof
table supplement to steer feeding when
combined with ear corn, shredded sto-
yer and oat straw.
Owners of pure-bred sheep are about
to face an enormous demand for stock
Plenty of shelter is necessary fo1
stormy weather, but the farmer who
put by plenty of roots has looked after
the shelter. you NAV be sure of that.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-01
sEPARAT0Rs DOUBLE PROFITS

We have used a separator for sew
eral years and by keeping books find
that our profits on milk are about 100
per cent more than before we used the
machine.
Our cream is shipped by rail to a
creamery in nearby city, where we
receive semi-monthly the full value
FOR every pound of butter. minus cent
per pound for making and shipping.
The separated milk, fed warm and
sweet to the young calves and pigs. is
perfect muscle maker, furnishing all
the protein that is necessary to bal
ance the carbohydrates contained in
the corn and oats, and the growth of
the young stock fed this separated milk
is sometimes wonderful
Ihen, too, when farm people send
their whole milk to the factory they
are depriving themselves of one of
the greatest privileges of the farm.
The small amount of milk usually
kept home for family use is not to be
compared with the abundance q
cream, milk and butter that is used
when the milk is separated on the farm.
With the great profits the farmer
does not feel that he must scrinlp lis
family of those lux,ries that he may
come out even at the end of the year.
And so we will set down to the credit
of the separator the added profit on
the butter fat, the entire value of the
sweet milk and also much in the wa,
of good living for the farmer and his
tam1ly.-R. B. g., Wisconsin.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-01
CARE OF DUCKS IN WINTER

Supply plenty of dry bedding and
keep the ducks shut in the enclosure
until about s o'clock in the morning.
A small pen can be built adjoining
their regular roosting quarters, where
they can be fed and watered and kept
unmolested until time to let them out
1t is good plan to feed early OF
warm bran mash, cooked vegetables,
with clover clippings stirred in.
Feed about all they will eat of this
At noon give half as much mash or q
small ration of grain.
At night give a fair feed of whole
corn. In severe weather give the corn
warm and as much as they will eat ny
quickly.
1t is best to feed the breeders bulky
stuff-vegetables, cut fodder and clover.
They love to saw into cabbages, and
this vegetable is a cheap and excellent
feed for either ducks or chicks.
Meat must be given in some form.
they are more ravenous for meat than
are hens.
Cracklngs mixed in the morning
mash are good in cold weather, bui
lean meat or meatmeal is preferable as
a regular diet
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-01
FOR THE HORsEmAN

Plenty of glass in stables is cheaner
and better than condition powders.
Josh Billings said that no man can
get to heaven on a sore backed horse
Do you blanket your horse when in
the barn? If SO, remember that he
needs still heavier covering when he
stands out of doors.
1t is cheaper and easier to prevent
soreness and 1ameness of your horses,
feet than to cure them Cleanse the
feet of your work horses every day
and they will not get dry and hard.
An ear of corn, a little salt or a
lock of hay, or even kind look or
gentle action, such as patting your
horse, has influence more or less in
making your appearance always a
source of pleasure to the animals
around you.
Don't cut the horses fetlocks too
close. Nature means them for pro-
lection. Shaving them causes cracked
heels.
Special effort should be taken to ex-
ercise the horses every day during the
winter This will keep them in good
condition. An hours daily driving is
worth many q dose of condition pow
ders.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-01
COTTON SEED MEAL FOR SHEEP

NV experience shows that small
amounts of cottonseed meal can be FED
with perfect safety to sheep. OF course
it is inadvisable to feed a heavy gram
ration of any kind just before parturl-
ton or Immediately afterward.
Cottonseed meal has been blamed
with producing abortion in cows, but
this is not true If my observation ana
experience extending over perloo Oh
twelve years is worth anything.
j. Cottonseed meal is highly concen-
trated food and should only pc leu
in limited quantities to sheep.
A small handful for each lndlVlduai
after they are accustomed to 1T is SUI
ficient; it adds protein to the ration
and certain constituents that are oe-
sirable for sheep to have for WOOL is
an indirect product largely OF proteln
foods.
Pure cottonseed meal contains from
AZ to 46 per cent of total protelh, Oh
which about 81 per cent is digestlole'
and at $40 per ton is the cheapest con-
centrate containing protein that can
be bought by the American farmer.
Cottonseed meal is fed in limited
amounts by sheep feeders throughout
the south and middle west with mucn
success and safety. 1t is cheaper than
wheat bran at $23 per ton, which only
contains about 10 per cent of digesti-
BILE protein.
Sheep that have good range where
there is a fair amount of roughness
to pick UP and twigs and small bushes
to eat do not need much supplemental
grain except during dry periods.
There is no better feed for them than
a small amount of oats, middlings and
cottonseed meal, say from one-halt 70
one pound per day. For rough folders
give them corn cut green-James X
Stiiwell, Texas.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-01
FAyoRs AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS

William c. Brown, president of the
New York Central railroad, believes in
book farming" because they have
taught him how to become first class
farmer.
He owns half dozen big farms in
Iowa and is one of the best farmers in
that state. He knows soil and animals
and how to fed them, and he farms
for profit. He is said to be the best
Judge of horses in the state. He milks
the cows with his own hand-not by
proxy--w1en he visits one of his farms,
and works in the hay field and helps
10 run the corn shelter and the silage
gutter. He sends his hired men to the
iBtate agricultural college and he sub
scribes to farm papers and buys good
books on agriculture. Mr.. Brown
wants the government to establish an
experimental farm in every state in the
union, where men and boys can be
Staught to farm to the best advantage.
VIE says If this were done farmers
would adopt these government farms
Is models and the Improvement in ag-
Vicultural methods would increase the
&alue on crops sufficient to pay for all
the battleships in the United States.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-01
WHAT WOULD THEY SAY NOW?
Interesting Utterances of Great
Men of but Few Years
Ago Regarding the
Far West
BY B. E. LARA.

1t is hard for us of the present day
to realize that there ever was a time
when the size and Importance of the
United States was so little understood
that grants of land were given to in
dividuals deciding "all the land from
Virginia west" and call the lands west
of the Mississippi river" between Ger.
tain northern and southern boundaries
for small sums of money or in recog-
milton of some service-to the existing
government.
And still later. not more than a cen
fury ago, two Of the most productive
sections of our great country were
thought to be entirely worthless. \,
In referring to the Oregon country
north of the Columbia river Daniel
Webster wrote: Il believe Oregon tc
be a poor country, no way important
to England and of little use to the
United States
On the same subject Senator Duffy
said on the floor of the senate that he
would not give a pinch of snuff for the
whole country as an agricultural prop
osition, and with mock gravity con-
cluded his arrangement with, 81 thanh
God for having placed the Rocky noun.
tains there" At that time that noun.
tain range was deemed impossible.
At the conclusion of the Mexican
war when New Mexico and California
which tract includes what is now Ari.
IONA, were coded to the United State,
as part of the indemnity, Daniel Web,
ster referred to them as "a barrier
waste-a desert of plain and mountain
a region of savages and wild beasts,
deserts of shifting sands and whirl
winds of dust, of cactus and prairie
dogs.
II have never heard of anything ant
1 cannot conceive anything more ride
ulous in itself, more absurd and more
affrontive to all sober judgment thar
the cry that we are getting indemnity
by the acquisition of New Mexico and
California. | hold that they are moi
worth dollar"
And all this pessimism was expressed
i by the big men of the nation but few
/ years ago. What would those men
think of these states now?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-01

tings are harvested in California. This
large tonnage, together with it's high
feeding value and the fact that it is
consumed by practically all farm ami
mails, makes it not only a convenient
and useful crop to the grower, but
highly profitable one as well.
Notwithstanding its present impor-
lance and great value in irrigation
farming, the profits on the area now
in alfalfa can be greatly increased II
more care and skill are exercised in
growing it. The western irrigator has
seldom been able, financially, to dig his
bitches and prepare his fields in such
a way as to insure the most efficient
irrigation and the highest profits. In
consequence valuable water is waste
fully applied to land that is in no fit
condition to be irrigated. On the large
acreage in irrigated alfalfa this
amounts to an enormous loss. This
fact, considered in connection with the
Importance of this crop, the rapidly
increasing area devoted to it's growth
and the large number of farmers who
are settling in the west and who will
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-01
THE BlLLION-DOLLAR FARMER

Just three crops-wheat, corn and
oats-grown by American farmers this
year will exceed in vale $2,50O,Oo0,o0O.
Figures too big to understand in the
aggregate, but this staggering total is
made up of units Of dollars produced
by Individual farms, and the farmers
know what these units mean, Ihey
SMELL prosperity in bigger figures than
were ever compiled by the Agricul-
tural Department.
They have raised-for the crop IS
now safe in stack and warehouses
about $50, 100000 bushels of Wheat, and
prices are higher than at any time
since the war, except in 1904, when the
price at Chicago rose to $l.l5
Farmers sowed S2,0oO,O0o acres oil
oats last spring. and the yield Will be
above I, OO0, 100000 bushels.
The big crops of all kinds are due
partly to increased acreage, but the
billion-d dollar farmer is the result OF
better methods of farming. of more
intelligent coaxing and feeding of the
soil and to economies in all depart
nents of farm work that were not
practiced ten years ago.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-01
A WINDOW STORAGE BOX

The dweller in small apartment
who has no cool cellar in which to store
perishable articles may find an outside
window box useful in winter
Construct a box that will exactly fit
outside of the kitchen window, if pos
sible on the north side. 1t should come
half way up the lower sash and con-
tain two deep shelves, and when the
sash is raised the contents of these
shelves are easily accessible. In freez-
ing weather the sash may be left up
and thus the box becomes part of the
warmed room. A sash curtain will
conceal it from the room. Such win
dow box is often fully as great con-
venience in the farm or village home
as in the city fiat. The illustration
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-01

There is no other kind of live stock
that will return SO large a profit to the
successful producer IS will poultry, and
no kind of poultry is more profitable
than turkeys when handled properly
The fact that turkeys will from the
time that they are 6 weeks old I'LL
winter sets in gain the greater Part OF
their living from bugs, grasshoppers
and waste grain that they pick up III
their wanderipgs over the range as
sures their existence through this pc
Rod at little or no cost to the grower.
They may be termed self-sustainins
foragers where they have sufficient
range.
The chance for profit in the produc-
ton of turkeys is gradually improving
as a result of more general use Of
the flesh.
They are now used not only for
roasting, but to an increasing extent as
cold cuts for sandwiches and for sal
ads, and large number of poults are
used for broilers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-01

warm sunshine of Arizona, yet it is
rarely injured by cold in Montana.
One cannot well overestimate the
Importance of alfalfa to western farm
ers. The alfalfa field and the alfalfa
stack provide the best means of pro-
tecting stock against enormous losses
by starvation when the excellent pas
turage available throughout the great
er part Of the year fails either through
drought in midsummer or by being
covered with deep snow in midwinter.
A single ton of alfalfa may save the
lives of many head of stock by pro-
viding feed during short periods OF
cold, stormy weather. Alfalfa cannot
be excelled as a preparatory crop on
soils that have long been unproductive.
Likewise it maintains the fertility OF
soils naturally rich in plant food, and
if used as a base of rotation makes
possible abundant crop yields of vari
Gus kinds. In 1906 the chemist of the
Colorado experiment station estimated
the fertilizing value of the stubble and
roots of mature plants at $35 per acre
when measured by the commercial
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-01
sToPPAGE AT THE POINT OF TEAT

A very common trouble in the ordi-
nary dairy is to find an animal with
the point of the teat closed, either
due to a bruise of the teat itself or to
infection of the milk duct, which causes
little scab to form over the point of
the teat, and unless this is properly
handled with care and cleanliness the
infection is apt to cause a loss of the
entire quarter.
The proper manner in which to han
die and treat such cases is to thor
oughly wash the teat in an antiseptic
solution, then dip teat plug into a
healing ointment and insert it into the
point of the teat, allowing same to re-
main from one milking to another. In
this manner closure of the points of
the teats can be overcome in a very
simple and satisfactory way.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-01

Late Matched poults do well for this
purpose, and, while they cannot be
much opportunity for growing poults
to maturity when they are Matched late
in the season, they may be sold for
broilers at a good profit.
No dish is more valued in our large
cities at the present time than broiled
poults.
Turkeys that are Matched early in
the spring would grow to weigh from
Ia to 20 pounds by Thanksgiving week.
These weights are often exceeded by
the best growers, but as they are the
most popular and the most readily pro-
duced, they are suggested as the most
advisable.
The average yield of turkey hens is
from eighteen to thirty eggs, each of
which can usually be counted on to
produce living poult.
The question of profit from keeping
turkeys simply resolves itself into the
ability of the owner to bring them to
a marketable size.
This can readily be done if care and
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-01
ADVANT AGES OF BEE KEEPING
Are Many to the Fruit Grower,
As Their Activity Insures
fertilization of Blossoms
and Flowers

Beekeeping is a valuable aid in the
cultivation of fruit and seed crops. In
sects which feed on nectar play an i'm
portant part in the fertilization of flow
ers. Fertilization is effected in other
ways, but the agency of insects is the
more certain and etficacious, and no
other insect is comparable with the
honey bee in this respect. A strong
hive contains 10000 bees in February,
5000 in March, 10000 in April, and
from 10000 to $4,000 in May. 1t has
been discovered by skillful observers
that the average load of nectar carried
to the hive by bee is about $40 of
a grain, so that the collection of one
pound of nectar requires nearly $4,000
foraging excursions. By means of
hives set on balances it has been found
that the daily increase of weight in
May averages 3.3 pounds. Occasional
ly more than II pounds is gained in
one day, and when the amount con-
sumed by the bees and the loss of
weight by evaporation are considered,
1t appears probable that the average
daily quantity of nectar collected Is
not less than II pounds, which would
lOaQ Z5U,UuU DeeSs LAS d peS SASieo eoii
flowers on the average in collecting a
single load some 100000 flowers are
visited in one day by the bees of a
single hive. An additional large num-
Der of visits is required for the col
lection of pollen. These figures explain
why many trees and plants bear small
crops in the absence of bees.
The bee Is charged with various
imaginary crimes. Its sting is formid-
able, but chiefly to the imprudent. 1t
is accused of ravaging fruit, but its
tongue is formed exclusively for the
extraction of sweet juices and its man
dibles are unable to pierce the skin of
a fruit Grapes have been taken in
tact from the interior of hive in
which they have been allowed to re-
main four days. A grape which had
been smeared with honey was licked
clean, but was not injured. The bees
inserted their tongues in pinholes made
In the skin of grape and extracted
some of the juice, but they were unable
to enlarge the holes. In some districts
bees are menaced by insecticides in
tended for other insects.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-01
BREAKING COWS OF sELF-sUCKING

Here is sure and simple way to
keen a COW from sucking herself: Get
a hollow perforated bit, put it IN her
mouth with strap of proper length to
pass from one end of the bit behind
the horns or pole in front of the ears
and fasten it to the other end OF the
bit. If the bit cannot be procured, a
niece of No. IL smooth wire, loosely
twisted wire doubled, will answer.
The theory is this: the wind passing
through the bit of wire keeps the COW
from drawing any milk. She can eat
and drink water all right. Do not
have the strap too tight, or the cows
mouth will get sore, especially if wire
is used.-J. C. Denison, Oklahoma.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-01
Its OF EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATIONS

be for years dependent in a large meas
ure on alfalfa for livelihood, would
seem to warrant the collection and pub
LEGATION of any information designed
to improve the present practice.
1t has warranted the collection and
publication by the government of a
great deal of very valuable Information
secured to improve the present prac-
tice of irrigation.
This has been done in Farmers Bull
letin No 373 and any one who is inter-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-01
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS

A comparatively small amount of
land is needed for dairying, but that
small amount must be managed on the
intensive plan-much in little.
If calves are kept in dark stall they
will grow sickly and weak, just as
certainly as young plant treated the
same way.
On days we would not like to be out
in snug stalls into which the sunlight
can enter