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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-12-01
Time for Cows
to Freshen.
~ George p. CIRCUIT, Minnesota
Agricultural College.


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Since December LIST will soon be
upon us, we should all have in mind
that the early winter is the time for
cows to freshen, and that cows bred
December LIST will freshen the next
autumn, on or about September 7th.
Cows bred the last week in November
will freshen about the first week in
September the following year. The
average CESSATION period of cattle is
about nine months; or, more exactly,
2S2 days. 1t is, therefore, we'll to start
breeding operations in the dairy herd
not later than the third week in No
vember, to make sure that the fresh
ening period is not carried too far into
the winter months.
There are several reasons why it is
better to have the COW freshen in the
fall, chief among which is the fact
that she will give larger flow of milk
during her period of lactation if she
comes in upon dry feed.
Where the cows are in winter quar-
tiers before freshening, they become
stall feeding of mangels or roots the
climax in production can be reached
after about thirty days. When the
maximum flow has been reached, it is
easier to hold it there, because there
are not SO many things to disturb the
cow during winter When a reason.
ably high flow has been maintained
during the winter on dry feed, the
COW will flesh up when grass comes;
but where she freshens on grass, as
soon as the grass is gone. the flies
come on, and the cow dries off or be-
comes stripper, and there is little
prospect of winter dairying.
First, then, the COW should be bred
about December 1st, because she will
give a larger flow of milk when she
freshens in the fall. Second, there is
saving of feed when raising the
calves for dairy purposes, since the
calf must have milk during the first
six months of it's life. If the calf is
dropped in spring, it can make little
use of the grass while this feed is at
its best; but if dropped in September
or October, the little fellow will be
old enough when spring comes to
make the very best use of the new sue
culent feed.
A third reason: Better calves can
be raised during winter because there
are no flies to bother them, they are
not turned out to rustic for themselves
among the older stock, or left to be-
come overheated by the hot rays of
the sun.
Fourth, it is easier to get farm help
in winter; and not only that, but the
chances to obtain reliable help are
much better where position is fur
nished the year around. AS rule.
the help picked up during the summer
is very inferior labor.
Last, but not of least importance.
is the price received for butter fat
We always get a better price for our
dairy products in winter.
For five very good reasons, then.
plan to have your cows freshen in
the fall To accomplish this, feed
| them we'll and breed them during the
latter part of November and during
| the early part of December.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-12-01
SELLING DAIRY PRODUCTS
Farmers Should Stand by Their Local
Creamery.

The farmers cooperative creamery,
when properly supported, is certain to
afford its patrons better price for
their cream, in the long run, than can
be obtained in any other way. When
farmer receives an offer of better
price il he will ship his cream to
some "centralizing" plant. he should
recall the maxim, Beware of Greeks
bearing gifts For 1t is practically
certain that the offer is made, to you
and your neighbors, for the purpose OF
forcing your local creamery out OF
business Once it is out of the way.
the central" will lower its prices. and
you will be at its mercy. Then you
will sorely regret that you did not
stand by your local enterprise.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-12-01
ACTS AS A DISlNFECTANT

Addition Of CarboIc Acid to White.
wash for Stables.
For whitewashing stables, and at
the same time disinfecting them. the
following recipe is pronounced by
Hoard's Dairyman to be excellent:
Crude carbolic acid in the proper
ton Of one pound to five gallons of
fresh water-slacked lime wash. II
possible, apply with spraying appa-
ratus, for the force blows the white
wash into the smallest nook and
Granny. It will prove a great ad.
vantage to own one of the latest i'm.
proved spraying machines on the
farm"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-12-01

Irrigation and fertilization
combined. and scientifically
directed, have transformed
thousands of acres of land on
Long Island into a succession
of garden-spots. Land which
was mot worth assessing for
taxes" fifteen years ago, is now
worth $500 to $500 an acre.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-12-01
The Selection of
Seed Potatoes.
BY c. e. Brown, Elk River
Mimi.

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Varieties of potatoes IKE breeds Of
cattle. have each distinct type of its
own But how few farmers take this
into consideration when selecting
seed. In great many cases there is
no selection made; they just plant
what they happen to have left over.
A great many select only for size and
smoothness.
Should ee True to Type.
would prefer potatoes not quite SC
large. but true to type, and would shun
large ones that are not true to type
] would also prefer potatoes that are
somewhat scabby, if the type is good.
rather than smooth ones that have
grown out of shape. We can dip the
potatoes and overcome the scab.
To select seed potatoes intelligent
ly, one must know what each variety
should look like. The live stock
breeder who is breeding Herefords
knows that they are low-set animal.
broad Of back and short-necked If
by chance. he should have one that is
long and rangy, he would never keep
1t for breeding purposes. Just so with
seed potatoes; when they grow out OF
shape. we know there is something
wrong. and we should not plant such
specimens, for their product will al
ways get worse instead of better
The Early Ohio is one of the hard
est varieties. to keep true to type, that
we have. 1t has persistent tendency
to get too long or too pointed at the
Eeed end. The true Ohio Is an oval
shaped potato, a trifle longer one way
than the other; not exactly round
potato. (See cut).
Form Rather Than Size.
Having been called upon, within the
last few years. to Judge a great many
potatoes at fairs and contests in diff.
ferent parts of the state, have found
that they are in great many in.
stances picked for size alone; and the
exhibitors are very much disappointed
when the prizes are awarded to the
smaller but better-formed potatoes;
which is always the case if the judge
understands his business
If one will observe closely, he will
see that a potato which is pointed at
the end has smaller eyes than those
which hold their shape He should
never select those that have knobs on
them, because they have lot of small
immature eyes. which will sprout and
weaken the seed, but will not amour,
to anything in the hill
Hill Selection.
Hill selection is the best method Of
securing good seed. Although it re
quires good deal of work. it will pay
in the long run. Select those hills that
contain large number of good-sizeG
uniform potatoes Never select from
the hill which has but one extra large
potato and all the rest small ones: fol
such are not of the sort which give:
good yield of potatoes.
To put it in a nutshel-select TO,
planting just the kind OF potatoes you
would like to raise
TO Prevent Sproutine.
Then store them in a cool place, al
temperature just above the freezing
point so as to keep them from sprout
ing. For the first sprout that starts is
the strongest, and the longer the
sprout gets, the weaker your seed vii
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-12-01

and beech, will add their contributions
to these returns, and naples may be
tapped for sugar-making without ma
terially interfering with their develop
ment as timber trees. Add the value
of all these annual cuttings to the re
ceipts from numbering, and the aggre-
gate for fifty-year period will very
likely exceed what has been gained
from an equal acreage of wheat, on
an average Minnesota farm, at the
prices prevailing during the past quar-
ter of a century.
Among the quick-growing trees re-
ferred to as having recently been
found unexpectedly available for lum-
Der are the willow, cottonwood, box
elder and catalpa.
The slow-growing hardwoods-like
the oak, white and green ash, hard
maple, hickory, black cherry, black wal
nut, rock and white elm,-will, how
ever, always retain superior value,
and are likely, "in the long rum" to
yield the largest returns. The prices
now quoted for some of these woods
are almost fabulously high, and there
is apparently no chance that the fig
ures will decline.
1t is as certain as anything in earth
ly affairs can be, that the setting apart
of such timber lot as is here advo-
Gated will, considered from the view
point of its own product alone, prove
about as advantageous a use of the
land as can be devised. But further
advantage will accrue from the fact
that the remainder of the farm will
profit both from the presence of the
trees and from the concentration
thereon of all the labor now spread
over a wider area.s For most of the
! attention a forest tract requires can
usually be given at times when it is
not required in the cultivation and
| gathering of the cereal and other
crops.
Nothing is here said about including
! the pine in the list of trees for the
Timber Lot; because, first, the time
| required for its best development Is
so excessively long as to make its cui-
tivation more properly a matter Tor
| the state and for the undying corpora
ton. rather than for individuals. Sec
ond, although, like other trees. the
| nine will grow better on good land
especially on rich soil with clay
| subsoil-it has it's natural home on
the comparatively poor land. not
adapted to agriculture, of which there
are such large areas in Northern Min
nesota east of the Red River country.
The owners of good farm land,
whom we have in mind In this article.
could probably use it to better adyan-
tage in growing such trees as we have
named, with a. considerable list OF
others, rather than in competing with
the state and the corporations IN the
growing of pine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-12-01
DANGER FROM GRASSHOPPERS
Warning From Minnesota State En-.
tomologist.

tomoio9tSt.
All farmers in districts where grass.
hoppers have been bad this season
are urged to pillow stubble land or un.
titled land where grasshoppers have
been observed by them to be laying
eggs in dangerous numbers. This is
the best farm practice for controlling
this pest. The turning over of the
soil prevents the young hoppers from
coming out in the spring II not pos
sible to pillow large tracts of reverted
land, it would be very good plan to
pillow several rods of this land adjoin.
ing cultivated crops. The blowing of
sod along roadsides, where grasshop
pers have laid their eggs in large
numbers, is also recommended. Fur.
Their, the cooperation of all farmers
in infested neighborhoods is neces.
sary, for If one farmer plows and 9th.
ers do not. the work of the one is OF
little or no value.-F. L. Washhurn,
State Entomologist.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-12-01
THE TIMBER LOT.
BY G. r. Barns, Minnesota Uni
versity Farm.
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Not the wood lot" still preserved
on so many old farms, though in con-
stantly diminishing numbers and with
a constant shrinkage in dimensions,
for the sake of fuel supply; but an
ample slice of the farm, set aside in
perpetuity for the growing of timber
as its exclusive crop-that is what is
meant by the timber lot"
The recent enormously high and
still advancing cost of lumber of all
sorts-and the concurrent discoveries
made that many varieties of quick
growing lumber, heretofore rejected
as worthless, have positive values in
structural work and in the manufac-
ture of furniture, tools and boxes-in-
dictate that almost every Minnesota
farm OF eighty acres or more would be
made more valuable if from one-fifth
devoted to forestry, and planted with
a mixture of quick-growing and SLOW
growing varieties adapted to the pre-
vailing climatic conditions By quick
growing" is meant a variety which
will reach maturity-that is, the size
at which it may be most advantage
ously converted into lumber-in from
thirty to thirty-fve years; by SLOW
growing variety which will require
from fifty to eighty years, or more,
for it's most profitable development
Some so-called hard wood" trees are
found in both classes; the conifers are
found only in the slow-growing class.
The discovery of high commercial
and manufacturing values in the tim
Der of many quick-growing trees
changes the character of the invest
ment man makes in timber lot. 1t
becomes not merely an investment for
posterity, something which, like life
policy, may afford competency to his
children long after he is gone, but an
endowment for his own old age also.
For, supposing he plants it with mix
ture of varieties when he is from thir-
ty to forty years old, by the time he
is from sixty to seventy-five the one
quarter of his farm which has been
planted to trees will in all likelihood
be worth more than all the rest of it.
The quick-growing trees can then be
numbered, probably for sum of mon
ey equal to that which would have
been netted from successive wheat
crops, on an equal area, for many
years; and the slow-growing kinds can
be left as an inheritance, gradually &C
quiring an even greater value, for his
children. Meanwhile, another crop of
trees can be started to take the place
OF those numbered.
After the first five or ten years,
however,. the forest, II properly cared
III sfford annual returns in ne
~ OF 1re-wood, poles, etc, derived
H. necessary thinning and prgniugs.
Fruit aad nut-5earing varieties. ike
she wild cherry, Russian mulberry,
Tr.-,. so.gf,s If~f-...-. E.stf.ss-s.a,4
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-12-01
Through the promotion

Through the promotion of
the spirit of cooperation lies
the road to the largest better
ment of rural conditions, in a
great variety of ways. Prac-
tically all the advantages
which city or town has over
the country are the fruit of
cooperation. The difference is
that city charters make CO.
: operation compulsory; in the
country it is a matter Of volun-
tary action.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-12-01
Every step taken toward

Every step taken toward
making a country house beau
tiful or attractive is something
done toward keeping the son
or daughter at home. The
lure of the city should be
matched by more powerful
lures, drawing the youth to the
farm. And such more power
full lures are not so very diff
cult to find, If one keeps his
eyes open.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-12-01
TO Prevent Sprouting.

Then store them in a cool place, at
temperature just above the freezing
point. so as to keep them from sprout.
ing For the first sprout that starts is
the strongest, and the longer the
sprout gets, the weaker your seed will
be-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-27

A. Handley, George Biship and Daniel
F. Woodhurst. After the meeting adj
journed, luncheon was served. which
was enjoyed to its fullest extent by all
present
April %. 1919. Thomas Wildey, who
was the founder of the order in Amer
lea. and who was the first Grand Sire,
met with five others In tavern in Bal
timore. Md, and laid the foundation OF
one of the greatest fraternal and be-
neyolent orders In the world From
that small beginning has grown an or
ganfzation which today numbers l.
SSS,316 men and women, with total re-
sources OF $40. 15S, $500. The total
amount paid out for relief during the
last year was in round numbers. &C.
c0a.Goa. The total membership in
this city alone is more than /, ECO.
there being four subordinate lodges.
two Rebekah lodges and one encamp-
ment The encampment is composed
OF themembers from all the subordi-
nate lodges and has very beautiful de-
gree work exemplified in the Patri-
archial. Golden Rule and Royal Purple
degrees.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-27

several times today In defense a vari-
GUS features of the bill. He said n
one Of his speeches that even transpcr-
tation companies should NOT be denied
as matter Of common right and CON-
mon justice.
There is danger that We may 90 too
far with our remedial legislation he
added.
One democrat. Russell Of Texas. rot
ed with the regular republicans ON ev-
cry motion. The insurgents varied In
their voting. At times as many ~
twenty-five voted with the democrats,
while on other motions their number
was reduced to about dozen.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-27
WILL De coMPELLgo TO LEAVE.

Mr.. Clarence Adler OF Cincinnati,
who was to have PLAYED the accom-
paniments this evening for the solo
lists at the concert, has an engagement
in the East and will be compelled to
cave early. However. at his own ex-
pense he has secured Professor Ehr-
gOtt. a noted pianist. to assist the
chorus. He is pianist of remarkable
ability and no doubt will please ALL
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is VISITING HERE.
Mrs. Horace l.. Burr went to Rich
mond this afternoon. where she will
be the guest of Mrs. E. r. Beatty.
This afternoon she attended recep-
ton given by Mrs. Frank Seidel and
tomorrow will attend the matinee and
evening concerts given by Prof. C.
X. Chase and the Earlham Oratorio
society. Mrs. Beatty Is one of the box
holders.--New Castle Times.
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TO ATTEND MATINEE.
Several of the clubs and social or
ganizations did not meet this after
noon on account of the piano recital
by Mr.. Clarence Adler, given in the
Murray theater. The program begins
at three o'clock.
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RECEPTION FOR HONOR GUESTS.
A reception given Tuesday by Mrs.
George Seidel an account of which
was published I'm yesterdays edition
was most charming event. The at
fair was In honor of Mrs. Carson
Hamill of Terre Haute and Mrs. r.
F. Edwards. Mrs. H. l.. Burr of New
Castle was among the out-of-town
guests.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-27

ed as the consideration Of the bill pro-
ceeds in the committee OF the whole.
When the railroad bill is reported
into the house out of committee OF the
whole. another effort will be made Ia
strike out the interstate commerce
court provision. Whether this will be
done by motion to recommit the bill
with specific instructions to eliminate
that feature. or by some other parlia.
mentary method. has not yet been de-
cided. The insurgents believe that II
they can get a record roll call vote
there will be substantial majority
against authorizing the creation OF this
proposed tribunal
Representative Crumpacker spoke
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-27
OBSERVED THE EVENT
Ninety-first Anniversary of
Odd Fellowship cele-
brated Here.
ORDER STRONG LOCALLY

Last night at the regular meeting OF
Oriental Encampment, the ninety-first
anniversary Of Odd Fellowship was
celebrated. A large number Of the
membership were present and a pro-
gram of music and speeches, touching
on the work of the order and its histo-
ry was listened to with much pleasure.
Those participating actively in the pro-
gram were William E. yietze. Sr.,
George Carter, B. A. Bescher. william
Eversnian, r. r. Bryson. Fred Rev
nolds. William vietze, Jr.. d. S. Coe. T..
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-27
INSURGENTS AND
DEMOCRATS FIGHT
WITH REGULARS
Continued From Page one.)

legislation. The insurgents of both
house and senate do not agree with Mr..
TAFT. They believe he is mistaken in
assuming that a commerce court viii,
be good thing for the public.
The 1nsurgent view is that the CON-
merce court will be a splendid thing
for the railroad companies. They be-
iieve that the railroad presidents.
Wnom Acknowledgement Wickersham
consulted before drafting the bill, had
In mind the creation of tribunal that
the railroads might be able to control.
Ih1s view is strengthened, the insur-
gents say. by the broad powers vested
by the Wickersham bill in the COM
merce court.
More Fights viii Follow.
anticipating that the insurgents
would rally their forces to attack the
commerce court clause, Speaker Can
non had instructed the house whip.
Representative Dwight, to send out
notices summoning all of the regulars
to be in their seats today.
Inc TWO most important amendments
carried through by the insurgents
were offered by Representative Len
root, OF Wisconsin. one OF the leaders
OF the insurgent band. His first
amendment took away from the chief
Justice of the supreme court the power
OF designating five federal circuit
judges to serve as members OF the
commerce court and vested the power
OF selection in a majority Of the JUS
tees OF the supreme court. This car
rled by the sweeping majority of 1431
to rs.
His second amendment took away
from the president Of the United States
the right to designate which judges
should serve for one. two, three, four
ana i've years, respectively, and con-
ferred that right on the Justices OF the
supreme court. This carried by 135
years to 121 nays.
The victories won by the insurgents
today have encouraged them to wage
hot fight against all of the other pro-
visions of the bill which they regard as
prejudicial to the public interest. An
avalanche Of amendments will be offer
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-27

Mrs. Henry Gennett. Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence 0ennett and Mr.. Fred Gen.
nett, formed box party at the Gen.
nett theater last evening to see THE
Third Degree"