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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-14
WHAT ONE DAIRYMAN DID
Demonstration Of Value of Cow
Testing Association In
Iowa.

The value of COW testing associa-
tons Is being fully demonstrated In
eastern Iowa, where Eve Of them are
now In operation. The experience Of
one farmer, president of the Pioneer
Cow Testing association, near Water
loo, is typical of all the others, num-
bering some hundred in the five asso-
Citations. In years time the tests
enabled him to increase the average
production of his herd Of cows from
231 pounds Of butter fat per year to
300 pounds or more. The tests in
1909 showed him that some of his
cows were not paying for themselves
and It pointed them out individually
The record Of those poor cows stood
out In black against white; they were
condemned by their unquestioned fall
ure as producers. The owner saw
clearly that good business demanded
the elimination of these cows, and he
eliminated them and substituted bot
ter. He put his dairy business on a
business basis: he cut out guess work
In the management of his herd and
gave It system. The extension depart
ment OF the Iowa State college at
Ames is ready at any time to coop
crate with Iowa farmers anywhere In
the establishment Of these test asso-
Citations. They are maintained at lit
tie expense, practically 81 per COW
per year. The president Of the Pho
neer Cow Testing association saved
many times that sum his first year
on every COW. Cor the association
helped him to increase his average
butter fat yield per COW some 70
pounds.
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the trucking industry than In any other branch
of soil filling The fruit grower who has had
any experience comes to expect the inevitable
bad years" and to view them with some COM
placency, and even the grain grower does not
look for the same ratio Of profit from every
harvest. However. the truckers, particularly
those operating small farms or patches" are
wont to count upon each years productive.
ness at maximum and are correspondingly
disappointed when dame nature does not ar
range things to their liking.
One explanation, too, Of the emphatic COM
plants that are heard with reference to truck
ing conditions in an unfavorable year is found
In the number of newcomers In the field-men
and women who prior to their present venture
had never had experience in farming of any
kind. The tales told In recent years Of the
profits and delights of trucking, the ease with
which the products can be disposed Of and the
comparatively small outlay required for five
or ten-acre intensive farm" have combined
to lure into the field many people who, woe
to them, had no fund of experience to draw
upon. Particularly has this been the case
near our large cities where many small truck
farms have been started by city folks either
as the side line" OF some city occupation or
with view to obtaining an anchorage that
would later permit migration to the country.
AS in poultry raising and other supposedly
number of more or less bitter ESTABLISHMENTS
of late years In tn field of trucking. but. by
and large, the industry has developed tre-
mendously. It has come to be appreciated by
many of the uninitiated that in truck garden
ing no more than In any other field can re-
wards be obtained without hard work and that
here. as elsewhere. some experience is neces-
sary and that a man must expect to pay for
such experience II he has not acquired 1t at
the expense of somebody else before he struck
out for himself. Moreover. the up-to-date
trucker has come to realize that he must de-
wise means to circumyent nature when she
frowns Just as the fruit growers have dis.
other menaces.
home to many people engaged in or contem-
plating trucking ia that little capital Is Of
Immense advantage Just as 1t is In every other
walk of life. To be sure, the trucker who
leases his holdings or buys ION time" at favor
tnle terms can set up In business for sur
Wtsingly small cash capital and It is this pos
Mbtiity which has attracted to the field so
fiIasny men with very small bank accounts and
W<men suddenly thrown on their own re-
goFces At the same time the new entrant
whA starts with a nest egg" has a tremend-
Gus. advantage and. for one thing he VIII not
be kssrly so much at the mercy OF the whims
OF nalafe as his fellow trucker who has none
OF tbs modern aids now considered essential
to successful trucking.
The uucker with capital has, II goes with
out saying. full complement of the tools and
equipment which. in trucking as in more ex
tensive fprms Of farming save time and labor
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-14
DAIRY
CONTEST
Hoistein- Friesians So Far Are
In the Majority

The Observation-Disclosures are in over
whelming majority thus far among
the cows entered for the w. w. Marsh
COW contest. OF the forty-six animals
thus far entered, thirty-eight are Hol-
-Friesians, seven are Jerseys and
one is grade Guernsey. OF the pure
bred Guernseys, which carried OF the
honors In the first contest. there is
none In the contest thus far
But the entry lists are not yet
closed and 1t is likely that the num-
Der Of contestants will be consider
ably increased this fall. The contest
will cover a period of two years, al
though each COW will be scored on q
years butter fat production. The
entry list was opened November 1.
1910; It does not CLOSE until Novem-
Der /, next. The scoring of all cows
will not be complete, therefore. until
November 1, 1912. The results on
some of the cows which entered last
November will be known in another
two or three months.
The forty-six cows so far entered
include representatives from herds
at Rock Valley. Waterloo. Creston,
Pella, Cedar Falls. Buckingham. Hop
kinton. Monticello. Des Moines and
Waverley.
The indications now are that the
records of this contest will not aver
age as high as they did in the pre-
ceding contest. which was won by
Dairymaid Of Pinehurst with more
than 800 pounds of butter fat produc-
ton. The unfavorable dry weather
Is cutting down the milk yield OF
even the best cared for animals. as
reported to the state college at Ames.
There are some herds which are for
tunately on silage feed all the year
around; these will not suffer so much.
II any; but such herds are in the MI
nority. The loss in yield is running
not less than % per cent.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-14

these fashionable hotels do not demand cut
rates. because they buy in quantity. They
are so glad to be assured Of dependable Vege'
tables of the highest grade that they pay as
much as the same stun would bring at retail
in the same city.
An interesting side line" that has developed
in connection with twentieth century trucking
is the canning and preserving industry. We
see this tendency exemplified in two ways.
First, there is disposition on the part OF
the big canning firms that put up tomatoes,
corn, etc, to raise their own vegetables and
In not a few instances In late years the can
ming factories have been moved ito the fields
to be near the source Of supply. Secondly,
and more significant, is the disposition OF
truckers to put up in glass or tins their sur
plus products and to market them direct. The
farmers wife and daughters, from time out OF
mind. have been stocking the home larder
for winter use in this manner, but latterly
they have taken to picking and preserving
for the great outside public as we'll In many
instances where the responsibilities have be-
come too much for the women folk on the
truck farm outside help is called in-school
girls eager to earn vacation money; summer
boarders who are willing thus to pay their
way and factory folk from the neighboring
towns who are out of work temporarily. ow-
ing to the summer shut downs"
Time was when the average farmers wife
was wont to declare that 1t did not pay to
can or preserve for the market, however much
pride she might take in such work for the
household and however much qualification she
might feel when her jams and stewed fruits
took the prizes at the county. fair. All this
stigma OF unproftableness has passed, how
ever. When the public will pay twenty to
thirty-ive cents for small glass of jelly and
as high as one dollar for a quart Jar of pre-
served fruit II is no use to talk about 1t being
thankless job even though 1t be hot task
on a summer day. The truckers have discov-
cred that the public will always pay good and
even fancy prices for these "by-products" II
they can have the assurance that they are
getting pure products OF superior quality put
up without the use OF injurious preservatives
In the sanitary surroundings of respectable
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-14
GARDEN TROUBLES

This Is the season when gardens grow. Gentle
reader. have you garden? No? oh, you live
in a city fiat where there wouldn't be room to
stand garden up edgeways? Well. move out
of II right now and go where you can have a
garden. II you can't have one any other way
make one Everybody makes garden in the
spring That is why there is such demand in
the spring for medicine that will correct bad
blood. Nobody ever planted bad blood in his
garden, but before the novice is done with II
he viii discover that bad blood Is about the most
successful crop he can raise. II nature attended
TO her business instead of hanging around wait
ing for the man to do most everything himself.
gardening would be more attractive and popular.
But nature simply will not do lick until per-
gets the ground ready and lays It on in plats
and drills and rows and beds and things and
buys the seeds and plants them.
After all that has been accomplished at great
labor and expense nature takes hold and shoves
the sprouts up out of the soil; but no more. for
when the plants have got start once they will
grow themselves. But they won't take care OF
themselves. and nature doesn't, so the man is
compelled to look after them. He has to look
after them all the time, too. because II he isn't
there to work just as hard from then to the
hnish as he did from the beginning to then.
the kind of a garden he will have will cause his
wife and children to giggle at him and prompt
his neighbors to give him the horse ha-ha Be
sides, there are. the weeds and the bugs and the
rain and the drought and the chickens and the
dogs and the cats and the pigs and the boil
weeyil and the pip and the scale and the cooling
moth, and like as not somebody leaves the gate
open and the cows get In and Well, by thun-
der! it's no wonder all our troubles get their
start In garden.-William j. Hampton. in Judge
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-14
By T. J. NJ A N z Y
Iowa State College

the ladder steps or the limbs of the
tree that they must be thrown out
at once as waste.
For trees not too high. light step
ladder is better for picking. eight or
ten feet being convenient height
A three-legged step-ladder will stand
most firmly on the ground and is
safest. For high trees the best lad
der is one built with the side rails
coming together in point at the top.
Such a ladder can be pushed up
through the branches without knock
ing off fruit, and II requires only one
point of support at the upper end.
When trees are heavily loaded with
green fruit on the under side of the
limbs, II may be desirable to make
two pickings. for II the green fruit
Is left ten days or to weeks longer.
It will improve enough in size and
color to pay we'll for the extra work.
Begin picking on the lower limbs
and proceed upward. That will save
many apples from being knocked to
the ground by the pickers.
For barrel packing, send the fruit
directly from the tree to sorting
or packing table and from there into
the barrel. II that cannot be done.
then the apples may be poured into
bushel crates very carefully, or into
barrels which are to be used later.
When barrels are used for temporary
storage Of apples in this way. the
leads should be laid IN the bottom for
safe keeping and covered with q
paper cushion to prevent the head
boards from cutting the fruit Put
\ these apples in the barn or packing
shed until ready to barrel them. BY
this method all the available help
may be employed in picking and the
packing may be done on rainy days.
Never. except in extreme cases.
pour the apples into piles on the
ground, for this will mean unneces-
sary bruising. decay and waste of
work.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-14

IL Iowa apple growers will exercise
the picking of their apple crop this
season. they may add considerably to
tneir profits, because the right pick
ing of fruit will add to its keeping
qualities and to its attractiveness.
Shortly before starting to pick APP
pies, gather up all dropped fruit from
the ground and haul 1t away. That
will save 1t from trampling by the
pickers and also keep it from getting
mixed with the later falling apples.
Do not pick apples too early. Thou
sands of barrels are sent to market
every season in green and imma-
ture condition, which interferes with
selling at good prices and affects the
keeping quality of the fruit. Allow
the apples to hang on the trees until
they have attained nearly full color
and until they can be picked without
pulling out the stems or breaking
the fruit spurs which bear the sub
sequent crops. Good full color adds
dhinOSt OuV-udli W tuc iudi net Ndiuc
of an apple. That is not entirely a
matter of looks, but the consumer
has learned that mature apple con-
tains greater amount Of sugar and
hence is of better flavor than the
green apple.
II half-bushel picking baskets are
used. the apples will =, much less
bruised In picking than when they
are dropped into a bag. When apples
are picked into baskets, suspended by
light iron hooks from convenient
limbs. they lie where they fall. while
when they are dropped into bags.
they are constantly shifted around
over each other with every motion
of the picker's body. resulting In
slight bruises which show up only
after the fruit has been stored a
month or two. Then, too, few APP
Piles are nearly always so badly
bruised btween the pickers body and
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-14

mid roof and belfry at the peak In
closed by railing There is a vesti-
bule projecting from the front door.
There are two rows OF six windows
In each wall, the upper ones furnish
ing light and air to the gallery, which
extends all around. In early days the
unconverted were assigned to the gal
lery seats. the men on one side and
the women on the other, while the
professors" sat below and sexes were
divided by the middle aisle. Attend.
ance was compulsory. II cost peck
OF corn to stay away from meeting or
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-14
Telephone Voice.

The voice heard over the teie
phone is mechanical reproduction
OF the original voice and differs from
that Of speaking tube or megaphone.
where the sound waves produced By
the speaker at one end are transmit
ted directly to the other end. In the
telephone the diaphragm Of the trans
mitter Is caused to vibrate by the
sound waves produced by some one
talking into the transmitter mouth
piece. This diaphragm is connected
with small receptacle having a dex-
ible front and partially filed with
granular carbon. This carbon offeru
resistance to electric current In pro-
portion to the mechanical pressure
brought upon 1t. The diaphragm. there
fore. In vibrating produces a vary
ing pressure against the carbon. The
carbon is included In an electric cir.
cult SO that the variation In It's resist
ance win vary the current strength IN
the circuit.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-14

ted that the methods now In vogue ior Keepihs
celery are defective for commercial purposes
Truckers are working to solve the problem, how
ever, and ultimately will succeed. So, likewise.
they are striving for economies in other direc-
TONS For example, means have lately been
discovered for utilizing the greenhouses or fore
ing houses for vegetable raising all through the
summer instead of allowing them to stand Idle
throughout the interval Some crops are round
to do better under glass even in midsummer
Finally It may be noted that even the potato
has taken standing as truck crop in late years
and thousands of acres are annually planted In
early varieties of potatoes which are harvested
as soon as they attain suitable size and rushed
to market
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-14
Old New England Church

long pre-Christian period. is not very
long. We have. however. considering
the age OF the country, some old In
situations which have history that
makes them appear ancient enough in
our eyes.
In the village OF bingham. Mass.
stands, with few exceptions. the old
est church In the nation. II is called
The Old Ship Meeting House'-a
square frame structure. with a pyra>
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-14

to leave the building before service
was finished. This historic little
church was built in 1886 at time
when a strong stockade was neces-
sary to defend the worshipers from
the treachery of the Indians.
Another historical fact which dis
tinguishes bingham above other
places in this uncertain and change
able world is that the old meeting
house has had but ten pastors during
the 276 years OF It's existence, which.
you win notice. gives each Of them a
pastorats OF 27ls years. Six Of them
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-14
oUsr sY THE wAYslDE.

The man that holds the dollar until the eagle
squeals is never arrested for disturbing the
peace.
Many man gets safe in ONCE. then slams
the door and builds a fire under the voters
when they try to slide down the chimney.
After the office seeks the man 1t sometimes
wonders why It went so far for so little.
Wisdom doesn't remain long enough in one
place for people to get well acquainted with It.
Atlanta Constitution
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-14
Road to something Setter.

Everything we endure patiently IL
o key to something beautiful We could
never enter otherwise By the toll
some road Of study scholar learns
70 get Joy out of books and stones and
trees. BY the hard road Of discipline
. man learns to get Joy out Of every.
day living.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-14
Curious Resemblance.

Mr.. Groucher is always complain.
ing that nobody understands him"
Such people," replied Miss Cayenne,
ARE frequently like one OF these old
fashioned riddles. When you get the
answer. 1t really doesn't seem Of
much Importance"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-14

have acquired a
circle of house
holders In the
nearest city to
each Of which
they send O box
of the green
things by ex-
press each day
or week. ac-
cording to or
der. An even
simpler solution
for the trucker
is found in an
a r r a ngement
whereby he dis
poses Of his en-
tire output d.
rect to some
large city hotel
And It may sur
prise 5 o IN e
readers to learn
that many OF
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-14
Meeting House at bingham, Mass,
undoupkedly Most Ancient In
the Nation.

In compaiison with Europe the IN
stitutions eA5 monuments of this
country are atng. There is nothing
really old or ygseient on this side OF
the ocean ard -.tside limit Of our
history Is fouk centuries which. In
contrast with sne old world with its
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-14
Il eSzz4LZ GpEZN-
AOUCSE. OR {ORC7YG
HOXH IN

home. Furthermore,
the country folk who
go in for home preserv-
ing on a large or small
scale will find that a
considerable portion OF
the buying public will
give up more than q
proportionately In
creased price II the
products are put up in
glass jars, or bottles,
instead Of in tin cans.
OF the modern meth
DDS OF trucking which
are yet open to i'm
provement m e n I'll n
may be made OF the
methods of storing for
the late winter trade.
For instance 1t seems
~-1rafru admit
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-14

served 246 years. The first pastor
got his salary In corn. most OF which
was the proceeds OF fines imposed
upon the congregation for not attend
ing meeting.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-14

Fruit Waste Turned Into Jelly.
Germany imported more than three,
thousand tons Of fruit waste In 1910.
principally apple and pear peelings
and cores. to be used by Jelly manu-
lecturers.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-14

late unfortunately. 70 mend matters completely
for the truck gardeners. Some of the truckers es-
capped curtailment of income, but it was only
because their holdings were favorably situated or
because they had their private systems for irri.
eating. To the man who, thanks to such facili.
ties, was able to raise half crop or better the
high prices that ruled for such products offered
ample compensation for the smaller yield.
Unfavorable conditions such as have recently
prevailed doubtless cause more CONSERVATION in
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-04-28
President Arthur Was Pleased TO
Make Frank Hatton Happy by
Giving Him the Position of
Postmaster General.

IN the latter part of President Ar
thurs administration Frank Hatton
became postmaster general, thereby
gaming the distinction of being the
Youngest cabinet officer since Alexan-
Ger Hamilton; he was only thirty-eight
Wnen he became a member of Ar
thurs Official family. A native of
onio and the SON of a newspaper man,
ne served through the civil war, at
aiming the rank of first lieutenant.
men he moved to Iowa, TOOK an &C
1--WE interest in politics. and finally be-
came editor-in-chief of the burlington
Ila"Keye. In 1881 he became assis-
,@n' postmaster general, anG after he
-ei' tne cabinet he again became a
newspaper editor, first in Chicago and
'uen OF the Washington Post. His
Death occurred in 1894.
a lew days before Mr.. Hatton's ap-
continent as postmaster general was
Seh' 70 the senate President Arthur
ITeelFed me one morning at the White
muse. After we had been talking
aoout half an hour he glanced at the
nave an appointment now with
rank Hatton," he explained. Il like
Fank very much; he has been a most
Ompetent assistant postmaster gen.
@l nave been told that out in
80 ne is looked upon as a very clev-
politician. expect TO have an In
,eFestlng talk with him. And after it
over want to see you again"
n@ll az hour later l was once more
''h the president. / found him sign
executive documents large pile
mem bad been placed upon his
alked ~ -'
70 you think Frank Hatton would
.aAe good postmaster general?" the
0S'aent asked me as soon as he saw
hut - 'ne ou'ef onoeS
ephed that I hadn't the slightest
NY OF Il. adding that the appoint
"' "cuA certainly be a very popu-
vac with the newspaper CORE
eNaents in Washington. of whom
'aAE Is very ambitious to serve
p's'1naster general" the president
On. AS you know. have
'-N4efred General Gresham TO the
@4uFy department., and that leaves
-5-lley IN the postoiice department.
IAN told me that Frank Hatton
esard his career as complete
could serve ss postmaster gen