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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-08-01
Dairy Department
barn during milking time would OF
course effect the milk.
CARE OF MILK AND BUTTER.

CARE OF MILK AMI BU LEN.
Question: We have this spring
come to Washington and gone upon a
ranch. We are milking a few COWS
and l should like to ask some ques-
tons regarding the care of milk and
butter. After milk is strained should
it be covered? l put mine into pans
and cover with another pan of same
size to keep flies and dust out. We
have bad dust storms here at times
and the cellar windows are on a level
with the ground outside SO | find it
necessary to cover the milk, but is 1t
best? [ sometimes have trouble with
little PARTICLES about the size OF pin
head in the butter. 1t looks like 1t
might be curd. At first I thought it
might come from not stirring the
cream enough when more was added
to it. But l am careful about that
and still | notice them on top OF the
milk before it is skinned. l was told
that it was caused by the cold air
striking the milk when cream was ris-
ing. l would be glad of information
as to real cause. Is there any way OF
testing when cream is just sour enough
to churn? We are seriously consider
ing buying a separator, could you tell
US the best make for us to buy? What
is the best way to scald butter bowl,
mold, etc., so that the butter will
not stick. Mrs. F. e. B. North
Yakima, Wash.
Answer: When milk is set away
after straining it would be better to
keep it uncovered il possible. But II
it was dusty or even if the milk had
been aerated it would be we'll to keep
it covered. If you feel that you do
not have enough milk to pay for buy
ing separator, would suggest that
you use the deep setting system IN
preference to the shallow pan. Elk
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-08-01

100 tons of ensilage at a lower cost
per ton than will the barn NOW pro-
tect from the weather 100 tons of any
other roughage. We all aspire to
have a roomy barn and NOV. Why
not get the silo first? 1t will build
the barn and mow.-T. A. Borman.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-08-01

periments have shown that you will
have less loss of fat in the skimmilk
and also better grade of cream. In
the deep setting system the milk is
put into deep shotgun cans and set in
cold water. The cream is skinned
off in the usual manner with a ladle
made especially to reach into the
vessel in case it is not full By this
method you will have less chance of
dust getting in.
The little PARTICLES which you find
in the butter are small PARTICLES of
curd and are caused from the cream
getting overripe and partly dried be-
fore churning. II you will take care
in thoroughly straining the cream
through fine strainer or cheese colth,
these articles can be strained out and
you will have no further trouble.
The cold air striking the milk does
not have any bad effect upon it.
We have method for testing sour
cream for our commercial butter
making. but it is not necessary to go
to such expense for small amount
of cream. Ii sweet cream is kept at
a temperature of 65 degree +. for
possibly eight or ten hours, before
churning, it will be just right for
buttermaking.
l cannot answer your question in
regard to separators except to say that
the separator that you want will be
the one which is the most durable,
the easiest to keep clean and the one
OF the simplest construction. You
will make no mistake in buying any
of the standard machines such as the
Simplex, Sharples, De Laval, U. S.
and others. The best way to scald
the butter mold is to soak it in hot
water for fifteen or twenty minutes
and then leave it in cold water for
thirty minutes or more. Our butter
paddles and printers are scalded in
this way and we have absolutely no
trouble in the butter sticking to them.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-08-01
BITTER CREAM AND CAUSE.

Question: l have COW that is Civ
ing me some trouble. For three weeks
the milk has been bitter and the
cream would not churn, and now the
milk is getting lumpy. The only
thing that know of the COW eating
is clover and timothy pasture. And
| give her little grain and potato
parings. Can you tell me what is
wrong? j. H. q. Kootenai, Idaho.
Answer: The trouble does not come
from the feed that the COW is eating.
Such defects are caused by certain
germs that get into the milk, either
from the water used in washing the
utensils or through the dust in the
barn, or from utensils that are not
properly scalded. Very often when
a cow is far advanced in lactation,
the cream is very hard to churn, and
especially is it true when there is
some bitter fermentation present.
would suggest that you ripen the
cream until it is fairly sour, stirring
we'll at different times and when ready
for churning, strain all the curd par
ticles out before it enters the churn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
PIMPkES ON FACE 3 YEARS

II was troubled with acne for three
long wears. My face was the only part
affected, but it caused great disfgure-
ment, also suffering and loss of sleep
At first there appeared red, hard
ptmpleS which later contained white
matter. I suffered a great deal caused
by the itching. I was in a state Of
perplexity when walking the streets
or anywhere before the public.
81 used pills and other remedies but
they failed completely. I thought Of
giving up when nothing would help,
but something told me to try the Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment. I sent for
a Cuticura Booklet which l read care
fully. Then / bought some Cuticura
Soap and Ointment and by following
the directions I was relieved in a few
days. I used Cuticura Soap for wash
ing my face, and applied the CuticuFa
Ointment morning and evening. This
treatment brought marvellous results
so 1 continued with it for a few weeks
and was cured completely. I can
truthfully say that the Cuticura Rem
edies are not only all, but more than
they claim to be-" (Signed) G. Bau-
mel, 1915 W. Goth Place, Chicago, Ill,
May %, 1911. Although CuticuFa
Soap and Ointment are sold by drug
gists and dealers everywhere, a sam
pie of each, with 32,page book, will
be mailed free on application to
"Cuticura,'' Dept. % K, Boston.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
FROM TEXAS
Some Coffee Facts From the Lone
Star State.

From beautiful farm down in Tex
as, where gushing springs unite TO
form babbhng brooks that wind their
sparkling way through flowery meads,
comes 8 note of gratitude for delivery
from the coffee habit
When my baby boy came 10 me
five years ago, began to drink
Postum, having a feeling that it would
be better for him and me than the old
kind Of drug-laden coffee. I was not
disappointed in it, for it enabled me, s.
small, delicate woman, 10 nurse a
bouncing, healthy baby IA months.
I have since continued the use of
Postum for I have grown fond Of it,
and have discovered to my Joy that It
has entirely relieved me of q bilious
habit which used to PROSTATE NE two
or three times a year, causing 1auch
discomfort TO my family and suffering
10 myself.
Ny brother-in-law was cured of
chronic constipation by leaving on
coffee and using Postum. He has be-
come even more fond of it than he
was Of the old coffee.
In fact the entire family, from the
latest arrival "a 2-year-old who always
calls for his 'potie' first thing in the
morning., up 10 the head OF the house,
think there is no drink so good or so
Wholesome as Postum" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
Read the little book, The Road to
MELVILLE in pkgs- There's reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are SeRuine, true, and full of human
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
HiIlocks of Vegetation.

At this time Of the year farmers are
busy making miniature mountains on
their holdings, mountains that will be
scattered over the countryside before
the winter is over.
The mountains in question are those
formed of vegetable produce that must
be kept for several months, and sold
as occasion requires Potatoes, beet
root, carrots and turnips are raised
from the ground in September and
stored.
The farmer calls his hilfock of vege-
tables a clamp" He makes it on a
piece of high ground near the home
stead, so that it may not be flooded,
and many big grower has clamps a
quarter of a mile long.
First, a shallow ditch Is dug on the
piece Of land selected. The base of this
is lined with straw, and upon the straw
the roots are heaped up firmly and
carefully, till they resemble an elon-
gated cone.
Over the sides of the cone more
straw is laid, and on that again earth
or, better still, tufts, with their grassy
sides inwards. Bricks will not keep
out frost, but straw will, and a we'll
made clamp Is frost proof, and also
damp proof
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
Germany and Heine

Lord Haldane IN his recent univer-
sfty address, Great Britain and Ger
many: a Study in Ethnology," had
words If reproach for Germany con-
>erning her treatment of Heine. He
pointed out that Germany in the end
If the eighteenth and the beginning Of
the nineteenth century had her Eliza,
bethan age, so far as literature and
philosophy were concerned:
How much poorer would the whole
world be but for this period Of Ger
man life, in which she for the time
outstripped every other country! Yet
even then she INDUCED in tendencies
which needed correction, and if she
had listened to Heinrich Heine they
might have been corrected and the
outlook enlarged. And now the re-
vanche was in progress, much as
Helne predicted, and, looking at the
German railway bookstaIls he could
see that the spirit of Paris was adj
Vancing on Berlin. 1t need not have
been so, and it should not have been
So and Heine told Of a better way.
Had his counsel been listened to there
would have been no Nietzsche period
so at least 1t seemed to a foreigner.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
is GREATEST DAIRY STATE
Former Governor w. D. Hoard Re-
views History of Industry in Wis
consin at R1i5s-aukee Show.

Former Governor W. D. Hoard OF
Fcrt Atkinson, at the opening Of the
International Dairy Show in MiIwau~
kee on October 10, said:
THE International Dairy show 81
essentially and emphaticaIly a Msi-
waufee and Wisconsin institution IN
that it originates in the great fast
that Wisconsin is the leading daily
state in the country, with an output
of nearly 100000, 900, and an an
nual dairy investment of between
$10,0G0,000 and S15, 000,600.
AN this has been accomplished,
SO far as the growth of the industry
is concerned, in the last forty years.
In 1870, commenced the agitation
for the dairy industry in my little
paper, the Jefferson County Union
organized the Wisconsin Dairy
mems association in 1872. The first
meeting in response to my call wss
attended by seven men only What
a contrast between the sowing of that
feeble seed and the audience of oveZ
5000 gathered in your Auditoriuw
tonight.
The dairy industry is one of the
live forces of Wisconsin agriculture
It reaches into almost every farm
neighborhood. And still only one
half of the area of the state is in the
hands of farmers. When the great
unsettled wilderness in the north
which is especially adapted to dairy
farming, the greatest grass portion
OF the United States is brought into
recognition, it is hard to conceive
where the industry will stand.
81 am exceedingly encouraged with
the outlook of the exposition. It ex
ceeds in point of attendance anything
similar in the history of the world,
and the management, flied with pa
triotic devotion to the honor and
glory of Milwaukee, has shown con.
summate ability in planning and pre-.
pairing it. Some of the finest cattle
of the continent have been brought
here as an object lesson to Wiscon.
sin breeders.
''Tbe people of Milwaukee, who az
yet hardly understand the great di.
etetic and economic value to them al
consumers of Wisconsin dairy prod
ucts, can here get in an evenings
visit a concrete expression of what
this marvellous industry means tc
them and the whole state.
at only remains for the people of
Milwaukee to rally about this dairy
show and give it generous financial
support to make 1t the greatest and
most complete dairy exhibit known to
man
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
ShreMd Einznciar.

FTenzied finance is not exclusively a
habit of recent years. At the Riggs
National Bank in Washington there is
carefully guarded a proof Of the fore
going assertion. Regarding the proof,
there is told this story: One winter
morning, Henry Clay, finding himself
IN need of money, went to the Riggs
Bank, and asked for the loan of $3.50
on his personal note. He was told
that, while his credit was perfectly
good, it was the inf1exible rule Of the
bank to require an indorser. The
great statesman hunted up Danied
Webster and asked him to indorse the
note. With pleasure" said Webster.
But l need some money myself. Why
not make your note for five hundred.
and you and I will split it? They did
this. And today the note is in the
Riggs bank-unpaid.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
EVER TAKE A MUSIC BATH7
They Are as Good for the Soul,
Holmes Says, as Water for
the Body.

One must be educated, no doubt, to
understand the more complex and Diff
dcult kinds Of musical composition. Co
to the concerts where you know that
the music is good, and that you ought
to ike it whether you do or not Take
a music bath once or twice a week for
q few seasons, and you will find that it
is 10 the soul what the water bath is
to the body. wouldn't trouble myself
about the affectations of people who
go to this or that series Of concerts
chiefly because it is fashionable. Some
OF these people whom we think so
silly will perhaps find, sooner or later,
that they have a dormant faculty
which is at last waking up, and that
they who came because others came,
and began by staring at the audience,
are listening to a newly found de-
light Everyone Of US has a harp IN
der the bodice or waistcoat, and if it
can only once get properly strung and
tuned it will respond to all outside
harmonies.-Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
For Cramps.

A piece of old-fashioned candlewick
worn around the leg in the garter
place, next to the skin, will prevent,
or cure, cramp in the calf of the leg
or in the foot. I have proved this by
personal experience; 1 believe this
would prove effectual in preventing
swimmers cramp; those liable to
cramp while in the water would be
wise to try it. Cotton batting, wrap
ped round the body from the arm-pits
downward, saved the life of a man
suffering agony from painters cramp;
it gave almost instant relief.--Na-
tiOnal Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19

phorus and the potash must be pur-
chased. He must know something
about these important elements, and
he must accept it as one Of the fixed
expenses of the farm that these ele-
ments, as well as lime, must be
yearly supplies.
Certain forms of dairyinz. like
milk shipping, cheese making and
eondensing, are wasteful OF fertility,
unless the farmer guards against
such loss by artffeiaHy supplying the
lime, phosphate and potash. 1t was
largely through this taking OF the
whole milk from the farm without
adequate making up Of the loss, that
so many farms in the eastern states
became depleted OF their fertility.
Wherever butter dairying was car
ried on, and consequently the skim
milk was used to grow calves and
pigs, the live stock complement OF
the farm was kept up and the man
uTe supply greatly enhanced. Such
sections like Delaware county, New
York, has suffered much less in the
depletion OF the soil in the past fifty
years, than did Herkime7, St. Law
renee, Madison, Oneida and other of
the. cheese making counties of that
state.
The same depicting process has
been going On in New England, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and far
Their west. The wonderful growth Of
villages and cities calls for an enor-
nous consumption of dairy products.
This means taking the whole milk
from the farm in a large degree and
thereby greatly reduces the growing
of live stock. We well remember six
ty years ago how that central New
York produced great crops of clover
and a large supply Of cattle, hogs and
sheep. Fhe tops of the hills we're
kept covered with the splendid for
ests that characterized that state.
The springs and small streams were
by that means main cained and we
fisfed for trout IN brooks that have
not known a trout for the past thirty
years and which are dry most of the
year. All this has been changed and
sadly so for the worse. Had the
farmers kept the tops of the hills
covered with trees it would have con-
served the water supply and helped
maintain the side bin pastures.
These are some of the paramount
problems of the day and hour that
confront the dairy farmer. The trou-
bic is that here as we'll as elsewhere
in this broad field Of agriculture, ig-
norance has held sway. 1--WE all like
sheep have gone astPay.'' The wise,
live teachers of agriculture are be-
coming more obsessed every day with
the thought that if the future mil
lions Of this country are fed, the
American farmer must wake up, and
that right soon, to the fearful mis-
takes he has been making through
his ignorance and Indifference in de-
stroying the productive capacity Of
his land.
Every man, woman and child in
the nation is vitality interested in the
promotion Of conserving intelligence
among the farmers of this country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19

When he returned from the sea
shore, smiling in his coat of tan. his
friends all greeted him with some
thing ike this: ooh, hello, old man;
you must have had the time of your
life" Thereupon ne would reply: "Oh,
l did. l had q splendid time, and [
hold a worlds record"
Indeed" calculated one of the
group the other evening. What for?'
Il am the champion short distance
swimmer" he announced, solemnly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
Some shakespeare Statistics.

A Shakespearean enthusiast with q
turn for statistics has discovered that
the plays contain 1O6,0O7 lines and
814. 780 words. Hamlet" is the long
est play, with $3.50 lines. and the
Comedy OF Errors the shortest
with 1,777 lines. Altogether the plays
contain 1927 characters, Of which 157
are females. The longest part is that
Of Hamlet, The part with the longest
word in it is that of Costard IN
Loves Labor Lost" who tells Moth
that he is not so long by the head az
honorificabilitudinita
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
To Mend an Umbrella.

To mend an umbrella that tears
Iose from the rib at the point, when
you are on the street and needle and
thread are not available, close the UNI
brella and bringing the cloth in DO
sition, insert a small hairpin in the
hole of the rib, and wind securely
round cloth. This first aid to the in.
jured" is SO efficient you will be
tempted to leave it permanently.-Na.
tional Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
The Ceenesf HoIA

The deepest hole In the world up to
date is the boring begun ten years
ago at Czuchow, Snesia, with the OBJ
tect of attaining depth OF 1850
metres, and which has now reached a
depth of 2,240 metres (7,349 feet). The
bore is "A c. ntimetres Ut inches) in
diameter at the top and diminishes
progressively to nine centimetres.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
The AnnIer's Bait

a well-known angler at Peterbor-
ough having obtained a wasps' nest
containing a large number of grubs,
placed the nest in the kitchen oven
to kill the grubs so that he could use
them for bait.
The next morning he went to get
the grubs, but on opening the oven
door a swarm of wasps few out. The
oven was not hot enough to kill the
grubs, but was sufficiently warm to
hatch them.-London Daily Mail.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
The Reason For Il.

u notice since Jimsby has become
an aviator he has ceased to boast OF
his family"
What has that to do with it?"
Il suppose it does not DO an avia-
tor good professionally to be Dragging
his descent"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
When the Void Was Made.

When Lottie returned from her first
visit to Sunday school she was asked
what she had learned
God made the world in six days,
and was arrested on the seventh day"
was her version of the lesson impart
ed.-Lippincott's
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
Yves. Virginia Second in Coal Mining.

west virginia Seccn1 IN Coal Mining,
West Virginia held second rank
among the great coal producing states
in 1910, being egceeded in output By
Pennsylvania only. The United
States Geological Survey has just
made public report by Edward W.
Parker, coal ststtsttcfan, giving the
total production fer West Virginia IL
1910 as 61.671.019 short tons.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
Always Oridlnal-

There are two words in the English
language that. no matter how often
they are used. never lose their fresh
ness. originality and charm. One is
sweetheart" and the other is
"damn!"-From THE Bramble Bush,
by Caroline Fuller
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19

Your husband says he leads a
dogs life" said one woman.
Yes, it's very similar" answered
the other. He comes in with muddy
feet, makes himself comfortable by
the fire and waits to be fed.''-Every.
hody's MAGAZINE
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
Another Raconlan Theory.

They say Shakespeare was bad
actor" ''Yes," replied Mr.. Storming-
ton Barnes; but maybe Bacon started
that story to get even with Shakes
peare for taking liberties with his
manuscripts"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
Terrible Suffering
Eczema All over Rabys Body.

''When my baby was four months old
his face broke out with eczema and at
sixteen months of age his face, bands and
arms were in a dreadful slate The
eczema spread au over his body. We had
to put mask or cloth over his face ard
be up his hands Finally we gave him
Hoods Sarsaparilla and in a few months
he was entirely cured. Today he is a
healthy boy" Mrs. Inez Lewis, Barring,
Maine.
Hoods Sarsaparilla cures blood diseases
and builds up the system.
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
DietIno.

'You say you charge extra for sum-
mer boarders who are trying to re-
duce their weight
Yes" replied Farmer Corntossel
''Tbey always develop the biggest ap-
petites.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19

"Ethelinda writes a very peculiar
hand" said Maude.
Yes" replied Maymfe. It's just a
lot OF straight lines and angles. When
YOU read it you have to guess at the
spelling, the same as she does"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
Not SURPRISED.

7 am sorry, my dear young lady,
but you have a black future before
you"
That's no news. I've Just been pro
NOTED to the mourning department In
the store where I am employed"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
MuItloiieS Misery

Pop, there's one time ! think we
ought TO feel sorry for cenipedes."
Bless the child! When is that,
sonny?"
When the poor centipede has
corns"