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The Florida agriculturist., 1910-05-01
* X LIVE STOCK II *

stance when the breeder mates two
animals that have been bred for milk
production he is certain what
the milking qualities Of the offspring
will be- The same is true Of the
breeding of other classes of live
stock The general farmer, however,
cannot be classed as breeder. The
results obtained by him are not con-
trolled by any law or system Of laws,
nor are they the result of any special
knowledge, but simply an unregulated
and unordered progression. Hap
hazard is the presiding ruler of their
breeding methods. This, however,
does not prove that there is no sci
ence Of breeding. It merely shows
that the science Of breeding should
be more widely taught.
"He who molds the counterfeit of
life may, indeed, be the artist Of no
mean art; but surely thrice greater
he who with no less skill nanipulates
the complex nature Of a living being,
producing a superior form and one in
conformity with the ideal in his mind.
Such a view is far from exaggerated.
The world is full of countless varie-
ties of single species of domesti-
Gated animals which are only modi-
fcations wrought out by mans in
genuity. The various breeds of cat
tie, horses, sheep, dogs, fowls, pig
cons, and many other animals, not to
speak of the infinite beauty and va
r;ety of the magic of mans skill, at
test the marvellous extent to which
man has nodded and is still molding
the domesticated animals"
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-05-01
SUCCESS AND FAILURE

Fortunes have been made and for
tunes have been lost in dairy farming.-
To substantiate this, and to show the
tremendous waste Of energy on dairy
farms, the following examples are.
given
Two men of good habits started in
the dairy business twenty-five years
ago. the one with nothing, and the
other with 32o-acre farm, paid for
At the present time, the former has
large farm, we'll stocked with dairy
herd, and good buildings, besides a
bank account, all of which was made.
from his dairy herd. The latter.
through poor judgment, guess work..
and non-applicat:on Of the best meth
DDS, lost the farm he already had. The
purchasing Of large amounts Of high
priced concentrates was one great
factor in his failure. 1t finally took
80 acres of land to pay the bill for
these purchased feeds, alone.
Another man. owning farm Of I2o'
acres kept 20 COWS and produced
from two to four cans Of milk per
day, the proprietor and two hired
men doing the work. The profits
were so small that the farm was
finally lost This farm was purchased
by man who kept three hired men
and 63 COWS On the same I2o-acres Of
land, producing thirty cans Of milk per
day during the flush of the season.
His milk for one month, shortly after
he began, brought $40. This is an
example Of brain fertility, and not soil
fertility for the soil was the same
Wilbur J. Fraser, Illinois Experiment
Station.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-05-01
GETTING INTO PURE BREEDS

In the course Of conversation a few
days ago, we'll known swine breeder
said Zone of the things that strikes.
me as being queer is that farmers are
paying such fabulously high prices
for grade stuff, when at only little if
any higher price they could be get
ting pure breds. [ saw a grade sow
with three pigs at side sell at $4,000
the other day-now I am selling some,
Of my best bred gifts and sows at $35,
$40 and $50. I don't see why it would
not be the most sensible sort Of prop
osition for farmers to buy these pure
breds when to get grades they have to
pay SO much. The time will be here
soon when grade hogs will be bring
ing only their normal value, and pure
breds will be bringing at least as
much as they do now, which is much
higher price than grade stuff usually
commands. Why, I would think that
any man with foresight, would sell off
the grade stock now and exchange it
for the pure bred.
The writer is no stick1er for nor
champion Of pure breds. He does not
uphold the pure bred just because it
IS pure bred. Some grade stock he
would rather have than some pure
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-05-01
GRIT FOR HOGS.

We give Our chickens grit, and we
know why; for grit in the gizzard en-
ables them to grind their feed They
use grit instead of teath. But why is
it that hogs are always hankering af
ter grit? When a boy, we threw a
shovelful of slack coal into hog pen
where there was plenty Of corn, skim
milk and buttermilk three times day
in the trough. To Our surprise, the
hogs left the appetizing feed and COM
menced to eat the slack coal, and
seemed never to get enough of it.
We have noticed that hogs, particu-
larly in the spring Of the year, will
root up a gravelly patch in the pas
ture and leave the rest untouched We
have seen them follow vein of whit
ish clay along a stream until they TN
dermined the bank. We once had to
board TIP the foundation of a granary
which had a room for hogs under
meath to keep them from eating the
plaster and running the foundation.
Every animal is by nature some
thing of doctor, not for the ills OF
other animals, but it's own. There
fore, we assume that hogs have a pur-
pose in eating slack coal and old plas-
ter, and in roofing for gravel and
grit in the fields. Just why they do it,
we don't know. We simply make
guess that worms can not very we'll
live or feed very comfortably in the
small intestine through which grit is
passing. But really it does not mat
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-05-01

ter much whether we know Or not.
If hogs banker after that kind of
thing. let them have it. Much as we
may boast of Our intelligence, the hog
often knows better what it needs
than all the veterinarians can hgure-
out. Therefore, especially at this
season Of the year, let the hogs have
all the grit they want.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-05-01
THE ART OF BREEDING
By J. M. Scott.

-
The breeder of live stock has more
to do than merely to effect the mating
of one animal with another. To right
1y fulfil his calling he must SO mate
animals as to produce the best pos
sible results, generation by generation
in an ever ascending degree. ITO him
are entrusted living organisms from
which he IS to produce, according to
the natural law of propagation, other
similar organisms, and Of such char
acter as shall conserve every good
quality and as far as possible replace
every bad quality with good. or at
therefore plastic. The secret OF their
Elasticity is not known to every one,
and to those whom it is known it is
still mystery Or at be>t half-read
riddle. In just the ratio Of the in
sight that this man or thai has into
this secret Of nature will he become
a successful breeder. This insight, in
fine, is knowledge, and like all other
knowledge it is power, and he that
would possess it must seek for it as
for hidden treasures"
It is possible that there was time
when men were entirely ignorant of
the value of this branch of knowledge,
but if SO it was in the early dawn of
human history. Our earliest records
show that certain breeds of horses
were already especially esteemed, and
the dog had been greatly specialized
to meet the requirements Of man in
the pursuit Of game and his other
vocations.
At the present time we see still
the work that has been done in pro
ducing the modern trotting and pacing
horses. One hundred years ago man
did not think it possible for horse
to travel mile in less than two min
utes. Another good example is the
specialized dairy COW. Our first dairy
COWS produced but little more milk
than enough to feed their young. To-
day we have COWS that produce
enough milk to feed half dozen
calves. Many of us can remember
when COW that produced $50 pounds
OF butter in a year was called good
dairy COW. Today a COW that does not
produce twice that amount Of butter is
not considered an economical pro-
ducer. What has brought about these
changes? Mans knowledge, skill, and
ingenuity are responsible for this
great development. This development
however, was not spontaneous, but
has been the result of years of labor
The advance at first was slow. The
beginners had but little knowledge of
the work they were undertaking and
necessarily they made mistakes, for
they were compelled to blaze their
own way as they had no beaten trail
to follow
Today breeding is a simple propo-
sition compared with what it was for
beginners. When breeders make GER
tain crosses they know almost to a
certainty what to expect. For in
The Washington times., 1910-07-21
IS TAKEN ON CHARGE
OF FLINFLANNING
William NJ. Roberts Brought
to Washington at End of
Maryland Sentence.

William n Roberts. an alleged pro-
fessionel crook, having COMPLETED q
term IN the Maryland penitentfarv. was
brought 20 Washington this morning in
the custody Of deputy United States
marshal 70 answer charges Of fimfaUu-
ing a number OF merchants in this CITY
Roberts, It is claimed By the police
worked what IS known as the letter
sw1ndle, an Improvement on the old
short change trick Walking into a
store, Roberts, II is claimed would dis
play an addressed envelope with g spe-
cial delivery stamp on IL, throw down
q bundle OF 81 bills on the counter and
ask that they be exchanged for a so
note which he wanted 20 send away.
Given the $50 bill. he would put If
IN the envelope and promptly seal II
in the meantime the proprietor or
clerk would count the roll Of ones and
find that II contained only SIC. Rob
erts, IL is alleged, admitting that there
had been mistake. would pick them
Up, toss the envelope on the counter
and request that the envelope con
tanning the $50 be held until he re-
Earned with the right change.
or course the envelope only con
tanned a piece of blank PAPER, and
Roberts. IL is said never returned
with the money.
The Washington times., 1910-07-21
CHOIR BOY DROWNED,
BODY EN- ROUTE HOME
Washington Lad Is Swept
OFF Yacht While Cross
ing Potomac.

The body OF George DeaIe. Che eleven
year-old choir boy. OF St. Marks
Church. who Uas drowned opposite The
choir BOYS camD. near the mouth Of the
Potomac Tuesday. has been recovered
and viii arrive - Washington on ne
steamer Northumberland tomorrOw
morning.
4 dispatch announcing the recovery OF
the body was received this morning and
arrangements for the funeral are nov in
progress.
The Rev DIT. ". L. Devries. rector Of
St Marks Church. Third and A streets
southeast. who YVES in charge Of the
choir boys camp at Corndeld Harbor.
Nd, arrived in Washington Yesterday
fer the purpose CT notifying the dead
boys parents. Mr.. ard Ms John 2
Deale. OF . Third street northeast Dr.
Devries was with the boy at the time Of
The accident
Young Deale and about thirty other
boys were accompanying Dr. Devries to
the Virginia shore OF the Potomac
where he was to take the steamer for
Washington They WereabOard a
large auxiliary oyster boat. which had
been converted into a yacht Tor me
use OF the choir boys
Swept Overheard By Boom.
The engine went dead on the way
across the river and while the en-
EIneer was tfnkering with II a light
fun OF wind caused the boom 10 e-ibe
and young Deale. who had not heard
The wOrning OF his mates 10 look out
for the boom. was swept overheard
George D n. BUIIough. an expert
swimmer and yachtsman. one Of the
instructors OF the boys in aquatic
Sports. diEed overheard a. soon = g ~
saw what had happened and caught
0eaIe aIter he had sunk the first time
me boat dr1fted away from the place
where the two had gone into the wa
with the boy and his clothing. Mr.
Bullough could not reach the vessel
lie held the boy up until his strength
was exhausted and they both sank
Saves Man As Boy browns.
The boat came about just in time
TO eaten Mr.. BulIouEh as he was
sinking for the last time The body
OF young Deale had slipped from Bull
lough's arms as he sank
DlNeTs were sent 10 work irnmedf-
5leiy. and worked continuously from
NtsLSUL result mis- morning the
pOuy was found and a TELEGRAM was
sent 20 Dr. DCTTieS, who had come 70
washington 10 notify the parents
AouUg Deale had been member of
st Marks choir only a few months
with the other members Of the choir
bout ntty boys in all. he left the CITY
July for Coruhsld HarbOr. near
PoInt Lookout No. where the choir
boys camp each year The camD vas
Established 10 remain q month Dr
DeFr1eS, Mr. BUlIOuEh. and a number
OF grOw-u-Up members OF the cFr7roh
ana choir were with tie boys
Dung Deale was the second child or
M and Mrs John r Deale.
The Washington times., 1910-07-21
EGGS MAY BE DATED

DENVER. Colo. July 21.-At the next
regular session Of the state Legislature
a hill wiz be introduced 70 compel farm
ers 70 stamp eEgs offered for sale with
their names and the dates they are lai5
The bill VIII be NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ~
IS Te-elected-by Harvey r Garuzr
Democratic house member from Denver
county.
The Washington times., 1910-07-21
THE WASHINGTON TINES THURSDAY. JULY 81 1910

the second annual Pacific Logging Con-
gress. which assembled in this city to-
day for a session OF three days
Delegates are in attendance from all
the chief logging centers OF California.
Washington, oregon, idaho. and British
Columbia The gathering was formally
opened today with an address by the
president, F. P. Blake, Of Seattle
The Washington times., 1910-07-21
FINED FOR DIsHWAsHING.

FRANKLIN. Pa. July 2L-washing
dishes in an ice cream parlor on sun
day is against the law, according 10
Magistrate NJ. r. Henderson, who fined
Lillian Russell, a seventeen-year-oid
girl. s. and costs Tor having been
thus employed last Sunday.
The Washington times., 1910-07-21
Cir FORGER PARDONED.

RICHMOND. Va. July 1--Governor
Mann has granted a full pardon to Dora
Smith. sixteen years old. who, was sent
to the penitentiary from Shenandoah
county for forging her fathers name TO
an order for dress goods amounting to
1913
The Washington times., 1910-07-21
MEAT SUBSTITUTE

Boiled rice with cheese sauce makes
dish substantial enough 10 take the
place or meat Make q sauce with a
cupIul OF milk and q tablespoonful each
Of butter and -four. with saIr and add
naiE . cuptul Of grated cheese. a CUP
Iul Of the cheese may be used without
spelling the sauce
The Washington times., 1910-07-21
PACIFIC LOGGERS
MEET AT PORTLAND

PORTLAND, Ore, July IA wide
range Of subjects pertaining to logging
engineering anS the logging business in
general are scheduled for discussion at
The Washington times., 1910-07-21
$1,000 FOR GIRLS HAND.

POTTSVILLE, Pa, July I.-Judge
Bland in an opinion rendered IN the
Schuylkill county courts today decided
that S3,o00 was not too much to pay
nFe-year-0ld Mary RymOvich, OF Sen
andoah, who lost her hand when run
over BY a trolley carl on the Schuyllill
railway
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-16
Knives, Forks and Spoon.

Our ancestors ate with their fin
gers until 1868, save for such aid
as each mans weapon of defense
lent him in cutting his meat. Then
table knives came in, and for a long
time a bit of wood was laid at the
plate to hold the food while it was
being cut. Forks did not come in
till 1911, introduced from Italy, the
land of culture and refinement. So
late as 1880 knives, forks and
spoons were SO scarce that in the
farmer class each guest was expect
ed to bring his own. The farmer
and his wife sat with the servants
at the table: the children squattcd
on the floor with the cats. dogs and
fowls. The servants ate from a
wooden bowl, the masters from IA
pewter plate, for crockery and
glass were unknow New Idea
Woman's Magazine.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-16
SAVING His Client.

A frankly INSCRIPTIONS member
of the Cincinnati criminal bar told
the following story of himself: His
client was on trial for murder. and
the evidence seemed to show him
guilty. The only chance was to
"work the sentence down" to man
slaughter. and in such a case the
client would get off with twenty
years imprisonment instead of Il
death sentence. Accordingly he told
his clerk to become friendly with
some Of the members of the jury,
treat to drinks and see what he
could do. The clerk reported that
he had fixed Il certain member of
the jury. a large lrishman. and that
he had promised to hold out for
manslaughter.
The jury retired and remained
out for twenty-three hours. Finally
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-16
Puzzled BY Wireless.

"Mistah Jenkins" asked an old
negro Of Atlanta of his employer,
"would yo' be SO good, sab. as to
explain to me bout this wireless
telegraph business | hears EN-
a-talkin' 'bout?:'s
"Whv, certainly. Henry" re-
sponded the employer, Though ]
can do SC only in a general way, as
| myself know little of the subject.
The thing consists in sending mes
sages through the air instead Of
over wires"
"Yassah," said Henry; 81 knows
bout dat: but, sab, what beats me
is how dey fasten the air to the
poles."-St. Louis Republic.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-16
FELT THE VIBRATION.
4 Bit Of Play That Led to the Discov.
cry Of the r~honooraph.

4 BIT Of Play That Led to the Discov.
cry Of the ~rhonoeraph.
Accident has had so much to dc
with all great inventions that it will
not be surprising to hear that the
photograph was a chance discovery
Many years ago, while Edison was
experimenting on diaphragms fol-
the telephone, he had constructed a
number of small sheepskin drum
heads to compare with the metal
one. To some of these sheepskin
diaphragms he had attached a small
needle, which was intended to pro-
ject toward the magnet and assist
in conveying the vibrations caused
by the human voice.
The sheepskin diaphragms did
not fulfill Edison's expectations and
were discarded and thrown aside as
rubbish. His assistants soon dis
covered that by holding the sheep
skin d%iaphragms in front of their
mouths and emitting a cultural
sound between the lips a peculiar
noise, approaching music, could be
produced.
In passing one Of the men en-
gagged in playing OH a diaphragm
one day Edison playfully attempted
TO stop the noise by touching the
projecting metal pin with his finger
and had no sooner done so than he
started.
"Do that again." said Edison, and
it was repeated, and again his fin
ger touched the pin, to his evident
delight.
He went about for some time,
asking n after another of his as
sistants to hum or sing against the
diaphragm, and finally he got them
to talk against it, he all the time
touching the pin lightly with his
finger.
Finally he retired to his den and
commenced drawing diagrams for
new machinery, which his assistants
speedily made, and a few days later
the first monograph was put to-
gether.
It was a crude affair, the pin
making an impression on the wax.
and it talked imnerfectlv. hut it
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-16
A scene from ROsALIND AT RELOCATE opera house Dec. goth.

OF dessert NMtsn Ma~ on ,.r tdb.n.
But when he ~ down t. the
thcater in the evening hc found
that the livery H. had to wear was
made for Il man considerably small
er than himself. still. as there was
10 other costume, he had to put it
on. When he went on the stage the
seryictfr he carried on his arm Tell
to the floor. and As he did not
like to 'earc ii there he stopped to
pick it up.
Tn~fortunatc}r lis brooches were
so tight that it was impossible for
him to stoop low, and ominous
cracks reminded him that The seams
of his garments were not too firm
and persistence in his efforts might
be disastrous.
1t was a case for strategy, and so
he stopped a little first one way and
then the other in the vain attempt
to accomplish his object without
damage to his clothing. With each
Intellectual effort the audience roar
ed with laughter. Standing in the
wings was the low comedian ready
to come ON, who naturally saw his
efforts being discounted by this un-
rehearsed effect which was having
so great a success. Leave the
stage and come off, he whispered.
This. however. was the one thing
the novice felt he could not do. He
persisted in his attempts to take up.
the serviette. to the increasing de-
light Of the public.
At last a happy idea struck him.
He got one foot under the serviette,
kicked it up into the air and neatly
caught it as it fell. a feat which
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-16
Carefully Guarded Tea.

The tea used in the Chinese roval
household is treated with the ut
most care. 1t is raised in a garden
surrounded by a wall. SO that nei-
ther man nor beast IAN get anywhere
near the plants. At the time Of the
harvest those collecting these leaves
must abstain from eating fish that
their breath may not spoil the
aroma Of the tea. they must bathe
three times a day and in addition
must wear gloves while picking the
tea for the Chinese court.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-16
ANCIENT SIGNALING.
The Method invented by the Grseiar
General Aoness.

The ancient Greeks and Romans
practiced telegraphy with the help
of pots filed with straw and twigs
saturated in oil. which, being placed
in rows. expressed certain letters
according to the order in which
they we're lighted. But the only one
of their contrivances that merits a
detailed description was that in
vented by ID Grecian general named
Acneas. VINO tiourlshed in the time
of Aristotle. intended for commune
cation between the generals OF an
army.
1t consisted Of two exactly sim
liar earthen vessels filled with
water. each provided with IA cock
that would discharge an equal guam
tity of water in ii gwen time. so
that the whole or any part OF the
contents would escape in precisely
the same period from both vessels.
On the surface of each hoated a
piece Of cork supporting an upright
marked into divisions. each division
having Il certain sentence inscribed
upon it. One Of the vessels was
placed at each station, and when
either party desired to commune
cate he lighted IA torch. which he
held aloft until the other did the
same, as a sign that he was all at
tcntlon.
On the sender of the message
lowering or extinguishing his torch
each party Immediately opened the
COCK or MS vessel ana so Isl. IL ~
til the sender rclighted his torch,
when it was at once closed.
The receiver then read the sen
tence on the division of the upright
which was level with the mouth of
the vessel and vi 4. it everything
had been executed with exactncss.
correspondent with that of the send
er and conveyed the desired infor-
nation. Westminster Gazette.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-16

ulu well enough to show rdlson
that he was on the right track, and
ne rapidly improved it.
A hundred men might have felt
the vibration of that pin attached
to the piece of sheepskin, but it
took an Edison to instantly realize
that the vibration might be made
to indent a soft substance and be
susceptible Of reproducing the ex-
act sounds Of the human voice that
caused the different vibrations.--
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-16
His Exclamation.

When Mr.. Smith-vour intimate
friend Smith-awoke the other
mornin" he was greeted by his wife
with this:
"My sweet boy, do you know YOU
came home late last night and that
you talked in your Sleep
Great Scott. No. did IL" said
Smith. badly agitated. ''What did
| say? Tell me-"
Il just couldn't make it all out,
but it sounded like ante-up-jack pot
stake"
ooh. yes. yes, my dear. | was re
citing little Esperanto that a
friend was teaching me. | intended
to tell it to YOU when | came home
1t can How is my darling Cir
Observation-Disclosures Times.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-16
STAGE BUSINESS.
A Trying First Appearance and an Un-
rehearSed Funny Act.

Mr.. Lyn Harding, IA popular Eng
lish actor. made IA most trying first
appearance on the stage. He play
ed the part Of Il servant. and all he
had to say was 'The duke has ar
rived and take of the stage a plate
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-16

ter. The lawyer warmly congratu-
lated his client, and as he was doing
so the lrishman leaned over his
shoulder and said:
"Bedad. | had ii divil Of a tonne
doing it. Elivin O. thin were for
lettin' him 90 acknowledgements
natl Commercial Tribune.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-16

The English reformers adopted
some curious titles for their dcvo-
tional and controversial works.
"Matchcs Lighted at the Divine
Fire." "Thc Gun OF Penitcnce.'
''The Shop Of the Spiritual Apotll-
ecary," The Bank of Faith "Six-
pcnnvworth Of Divine Spirit"
"Somc Fine Biscuits Baked In the
Oven of Charity. Carefully Con-
served For the Chickens of the
Church," "The Sparrows of the
Spirit and The Sweet Swallows of
Salyation' are among the number.