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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-03-01

Lacto supplies these Tactic acid bac-
terra in large numbers. If it is eaten
often enough there is every reason
to believe that it will greatly improve
the health and probably prolong life.
Lacto can be easily made in the
household on small scale. Take
bottle of fresh milk which has not
been heated, and set it away at from
6S to 70 degrees F. until it coagulates.
If it coagulates as smooth solid
curd without pinholes, if the aroma is
clean and pleasant and the flavor
nice and creamy, it can be used as u
starter for larger amount of whole
OF skinned milk.
The milk when ready to be used
for lacto has mild, clean acid flavor.
The curd must be thoroughly broken
up. This is accomplished by pouring
it from one pail to another until it is
as smooth and velvety as itch cream.
From this ''lacto milk" the various
lactos are prepared.
One of the most popular kinds Of
lacto is cherry lacto. This is pre-
pared from the following formula,
which is sufficient for gallons OF
the finished product:
gallons lacto milk.
POUNDS sugar.
II eggs.
quart Of cherry juice or concen-
trated cherry syrup.
II pints lemon juice:
The sugar is first dissolved in the
lacto milk. The eggs are then pre-
pared. The whites and yolks are
kept in separate containers and each
lot is beaten with an egg beaten.
Both the yolks and whites are then
added to the milk The mixture is thor.
oughly stirred and strained through
fine wire gauze. The fruit juices
are added last. II there is any indi-
cation of the juices precipitating the
casein. they should be left out until
the mixture has begun to freeze. The
freezer is run until it turns with dis-
ficulty, when the paddle is removed.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-03-01
PAGE THREE
Foenugreek and the five last named
drugs have no medicinal properties

Foenugreek and the five last named
drugs have no medicinal properties
at all.
OF the useful drugs contained in
most stock foods, gentian is by far
the most important. 1t is really the
backbone of stock foods and tonics.
However, the dose of gentian for the
horse is one ounce and for the COW
two ounces of the pure drug. Two
ounces OF this drug is more than a
tablespoonful. Thus wnen farine:
gives his animals tablespoonful OF
stock food in which there is two per
cent of gentian, he is giving the AMI
NAL one-fiftieth to one-hundredth OF
the dose it should receive if it We're
actually in need of that particular
drug. Epson salts is an excellent
remedy when given at the proper
time and in the required oose. For
the horse, one pound is usually given;
for the cow two pounds. A dose OF
stock food and tonic is simply a num-
Der of partial doses of the drugs COM
posing it and can be of little value
az medicine.
An argument which is seemingly
favorabl to stock food and one much
used by manufacturers, is the great
popularity of such foods. During 1904
Iowa druggists and feed dealers re-
tailed over 500 tons of stock food.
comprising over forty different brands.
Ye 10 two actin ~ IN
that agents sold another 500 tons.
The price of these foods" varies
greatly, ranging from IS to $14 per
hundred weight. The retail prices
average we'll above $3.50 per hundred
weight, showing that over 100000
was spent during the year for condi-
mental stock foods.
Why has stock foods gained such
popularity among farmers and stock
men, if there is no real worth in it?
The chief reason is that men like to
see their animals in good health and
If sick they like to effect cure with
out any special effort. Using condi-
mental stock food for animals is very
much like the use of patent medicines
in the human family. A great many
people use them all the time and few
people are not guilty of having used
them some time. These remedies are
put up in such a convenient shape
and the curative properties extend
over such broad field, that the pa
tient is led to believe he can not es-
cape a cure if he wished to do SO.
We know that some men feed cOndi-
mental stock foods even when their
stock is in prime health.
The feeding of domestic animals 10
and always will be a matter of APP
piled common sense and intelligence.
If stock are in perfect health, then
the stockman will get maximum re-
turns from his animals. If they are
sick he should give them some spe-
cial treatment or call in an expert
enced veterinarian. Perhaps the ami
nal needs salt or charcoal, but, if it
does, they should be given in much
larger quantities than tablespoonful
of stock food can possibly afford.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-03-01
ICE CREAM USED AS
A HEALTH FOOC.
New Frozen Product Invented at the
State Experiment Station.

New Frozen Product Invented at the
State Experiment Station.
The dairy section of the Iowa ex
pertinent station has invented new
frozen dairy product that combines
the pleasing flavor of ice cream with
the healthfulness of prepared break
fast food. This new product, whicL
has been named "lacto," is made o!
loppered whole or skim milk with
the addition of eggs, sugar, lemons
and flavoring materials. 1t has a bet
ter flavor than sherbets and ices, and
contains considerably more nutri
ment. 1t has almost as much food
value as ice cream, having more pro
tein to balance the greater amour,
of fat in ice cream
An experiment was carried on in
which 179 persons sampled lacto One
hundred and twenty-eight pronounced
it very good, 81 good, fair, and
poor Comparing it with common
vanilla ice cream, Ill reported that
they preferred lacto, 9 considered il
equal to ice cream, and SO preferred
the ice cream. Comparing lacto to
sherbet, 1913 preferred lacto, 80 pre-.
ferred sherbet, and 26 considered lacto
equal to sherbet.
1t is not easy to fill up lacto with
gelatine and corn starch as is often
done with ice cream. Lacto can be
eaten in almost any quantity withou,
any i'll results.
Metchnikoff, the famous Russian
scientist, claims that old age is the
direct result of putrefactive bacteria
found in the intestines. The effect
of the bacteria is to slowly poison
the body. The only practicable way
to get rid of these poisonous bacteria
is to replace them with less harm
full variety. Tactic acid bacteria are
entirely harmless and they cause an
acid condition in the intestines that
is fatal to their poisonous relatives
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-03-01
ORGANIZING THE
BOYS AND GIRLS,

A year ago last January the Iowa
Junior Agricultural Union was organ
lied during the short course at Ames.
Since then the membership has
grown to 1000. A corn and grain
and cooking and sewing show was
held during the winter short at Ames
in January. At this show prizes and
trophies to the extent of $4,000 were
given away: Fifty-seven boys and
girls attended the short course and
took the junior work.
So important has this work become.
that the extension department has
hired a man to give his entire atten
ton to it. Mr.. e. c.. Bishop, unde
whose direction this work will be car,
ried on, was formerly state superia
tendent of Nebraska, and had a great
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-03-01
GUMBO SOILS NEED
THOROUGH DRAINAGE.

Thorough drainage is all that is
needed to make gumbo soils the
equal of am in the state. according
to Professor Stevenson of the State
Agricultural College. These soils for
the most part drain easily, and when
dry work up into fine mellow seed
ped. Fall blowing and the use OF
clover are help in improving gumba
soils. Bulletin 119, which may BE-
had free by writing to the experiment
station at Ames, gives the results or
the experiments that have been car
ried on with gunbo soils.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-03-01
AMEs COW BREAKS
BUTTER RECORDS.
Two Year Old Guernsey Makes $152
Profit in One Year.

Two Year Old Guernsey Makes $152
Profit in One Year.
Ten thousand, nine hundred and
sixty-two pounds of milk, 611.S pounds
of butterfat, equal to 1873 pounds
of butter, and net profit of $152.O9
these are the achievements of the
Iowa State College heifer Rouge End
of Brichfield for the year ending
January 10, 1911.
Rouge End is two year old Guern'
sey heifer. She was imported from
the Island Of Guernsey year ago
last summer by w. w. Marsh of
Waterloo, and was purchased by the
Iowa State College soon afterward
When she began her test, January
10, 1910, she had not yet fully recov-
cred from the effects of her trip. Had
it not been for this her record would
no doubt have been even larger. AS
it is she has broken all records ever
made by an imported two and one.
half year old heifer of either Jersey
or Guernsey breeding.
Rouge End came of high producing
families on both sire's and dams
side. She has the typical dairy form,
but she showed no special indications
Of being an extraordinary producer
until after her test was commenced.
Her highest months record was made
in July, when she produced g.?
pounds of butterfat.
The feed given to Rouge End dur
ing the year cost at market prices
1881. The 1878 pounds of butter
at an average price Of 80 cents
amounts to $214.13. The skim milk
at Is cents a hundred comes to $25.-
81 making a total income of s24l.
Deducting the cost Of feed, there re.
HINTS ON THE CARE
OF MILK COWS.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-03-01
BY r. X. Bliss,
Extension Department, Iowa Anricu;.
turaI COLLEGE,

Extension Department., iowa AGrIcUi
turaI College.
Dogs should not be used to drive
COWS to and from pasture.
Cows should be kept in barn O,
sheltered place in cold stormy
weather.
Clean stables and plenty of bedding
add to the comfort of the COW, and
enable her to produce more milk.
Manipulate the udder gently at the
close of each milking. This will in
duce the COW to let all her milk down
and helps to increase the milk flow
Quietness and kindness in handling
dairy cows increases the milk flow
Loud talking, swearing, and rough
handling are not permitted in a we'll
managed dairy.
Regularity in milking helps to in.
crease the milk flow. Milking at 6
o'clock one night and Z o'clock the
next and SO on, irritates the COW and
reduces the milk flow.
High producing COWS must have
large quantities of water 1t is
cheaper to warm ice cold water with
tank heater than to force the COW
to warm it with SO cent corn. The
water tank should be in cosy, shelf
cred, sunny place.
Dark. damp, steamy, poorly venti-
lated barns are ideal places for the
development and spread of tubercu-
losis. Remedy: 1. Test the cows with
the tuberculin test. 2. Cut new win
dows and let in an abundance OF
light. Provide thorough ventilation
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-03-01
PORK CHOPS FROM THE
HOG CULTURE SPECIAL
Some Of the Points Emphasized BY
the Hoa Experts.

SU0 0o0 e~PSTts.
The following are some of the
points emphasized by the hog experts
who had charge Of the Breakfast Ba.
con Special" which was run in Iowa
last tall. 1t would pay every hog
owner to paste them up in the hog
house, where they can be read once
week or oftener:
Stand the boar and keep record
Of the date of service.
A ducking in a pail of coal tar dip
is the best remedy for cankered
mouth.
Select long, deep-bodied brood sows
Keep away from the small chuffy,
pretty type.
If the hogs get to securing cut
down on the sloppy feed and give the
sow some blood meal
Give the pigs a side table where
they can eat by themselves as soon
as they are old enough.
A patch of weeds waist high may
make good gymnasium for the pigs,
but it isn't hog pasture.
The essential points in a narrowing
house are dryness light, and plenty
Of ventilation without draughts.
twenty-five per cent of the pigs
born in Iowa never reach maturity.
Most of them die at narrowing time or
soon after.
The first two weeks is the critical
time in the life of the pigs After
that they are husky little beggars and
hard to kill
The pigs can not make the fastest
gains when they are lousy. Dipping
or spraying with coal tar dip will
kill the lice.
The averaged sized litter raised in
Iowa is four. Increasing this to six
would mean four million addi, ional
hogs for the state.
Don't give the sow anything to
eat for the first twenty-four hours
after narrowing. Go slow with the
feed for the first week or so.
The state veterinarian at Des
Moines is prepared to distribute hog
cholera serum at cost. Write or wire
him if your hogs get the cholera.
Many of the best hog growers pre-
fer the individual A-shaped narrowing
houses. There is less disturbance at
narrowing time when these are used.
One of the best and cheapest sup
Elemental feeds for corn is clover or
alfalfa hay chopped fine and soaked.
Sows eat such feed with great relish.
The cheapest pork is made on green
food. At the Iowa Experiment Sta
tipn an acre of clover pasture made
400 pounds Of pork during the sum
mer.
Don't feed too much corn. This
doesn't mean to starve the soWs, but
it does mean to give them some bone
and muscle making feed along with
their corn.
A we'll arranged collection of bull
letins from the state experiment sta,
tions and the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture would make d
valuable addition to your school Ii.
brary.
A wormy pig is never a money
maker for his owner. Pure water an,.
pumpkins are the best worm rene
dies. A mixture of salt and charcoal
and copperas will also help to rid
the pigs of these parasites.
Three per cent of the hogs mar
keted from Iowa are condemned for
tuberculosis. The packers shave
prices rs cents hundred to make up
for this loss. Thus the tuberculosis
problem affects the pocketbook of
everv hog raiser.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-03-01
mains $4,000 net profit. The cali
and the manure can be safely tigurei
as equalling the cost of caring for n

mains $4,000 net profit. The cali
and the manure can be safely figured
as equalling the cost of caring for a
cow AS q matter of fact, Rouge
ends calf, which was a bull, was
worth more than her milk and but
ter together.
A good deal of the credit for the
record made by Rouge End is due to
the care and feeding she received
She was fed and MIXED at regular
intervals. The grain feeds given dur
ing the year were corn and cob meal.
bran, gluten feed, oil meal, cotton
seed meal and ground oats. For
roughage she was given alfalfa hay.
silage. timothy and clover hay, sugar
beets and millet hay. She was also
given pasture during the summer.
These feeds were not all given at
once, but there was enough of var
iety at all times to keep her from 60
ing off feed.
The following sample rations will
give an idea of the feed Rouge End
used in making her wonderful rec
ord:
Sample Daily Summer Ration.
(Aunust)
lbs. corn and cob meal.
5 lbs. gluten meal.
2 lbs. oil meal.
2 lbs. cotton seed meal.
Pasture.
Green sorghum.
Sample Daily Winter Ration.
February)
h. corr and cob meal.
2 lbs. bran
lbs. gluten feed.
% lbs. oil meal.
lbs. ground oats.
10 lbs. mixed hay.
20 lbs. silage.
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MERRY WIDOW ROCK, CHIGINEk BAY.

reduced width, thus making total front
age of more than four miles.
The three claims already filed on this
bay front cover a distance of 2e4o feet
each; between the claims the govern
ment reserves under the land laws of the
country a space of 1920 feet wide. \
little figuring will show that the amount
of bay front already taken up Is ap-
proximately two miles, thus leaving a
balance of two miles to be filed upon by
any citizen of Uncle Sans domains. In
other words, the bay front is about four
miles. Two miles of this front have al
ready been filed upon in the manner out
lined This leaves a balance of two
miles available and unassigned.
There is a regular belt of lowland,
about four miles wide. which extends up
each side of the Bering river from the
twenty-eight miles. The greater part of
this land, according to the geoloeical
survey. is available for railroad loca-
ton. But the many glacial streams that
flow through these lowlands make the
whole section extremely marshy through
out its entire length. This is the thing
that must be considered when the build
ing of railroads is contemplated. This
kind of railroad construction, II is said,
requires an immense outlay of capital.
The entire Controller bay region ex-
tends for distance of about - miles
from north to south and 2S miles from
east to west. and covers a total land
area of about 40 square miles. 1t IS
made up of lowlands and hills of mod
crate altitude. hemmed IN between the
Chugach mountains and the sea on the
north and south, and between Bering
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Sueftna regions the estimates for tom
mage are based on a coal fed OF thirty
TO forty miles In extent. As a matter
OF fact II Is not Improbable that the en-
tire Cook inlet-Susitna depression may
he underain by coal-bear,ng rocks and
IL this proves to he the case the coal
field will embrace from 1000 70 2oeo
square miles or 6+oo.ooo 10 12SoNo
acres.
I'm view OF these conditions tho
statement concludes. IL is perhaps con-
servatiVe to multiply the figures or ID
lot5no.ooo tons by ten or even 100 20
arrive at an approximation Of the fuel
resources OF this vast iittle-explored
region.
And this does not take into considern-
tion apparently the aO.o0n,oO acres OF
totally unexp}ored territory. geoloSically.
but IN which coal is known TO exist and
which. 1t is fair to assume. contains its
share At Cape IAsburn for instance.
geologic work stopped In the midst Of
coal fteld yet even a layman could per
ceive that the coal strata extended into
the unexpiored territory TO the east no
one yet knows how many miles or hun
dreds OF miles.
dicated by the survey geoiogtst and works
out the largest or most liberal OF them,
Just for the sake OF not being cOneerya-
tive, and see what tho answer Is One
hundred times IL 1oA. 100000 tons. repre-
senting the explored and partially expior-
ed Is per cent Of Afaska's acres. viii give
1.51o. 40 10000 tons. Assume the Same
proportionate tonnage for the unexplorad
20. 600 600 acres, or sos As, ,833 600. and the
total is 2O1S,eeS 881 900 tons-more than
two thousand billion tons OF coal for
Alaska.
The probability Is strong that these t
not greater. figures will Re realized as
knowledge concerning Alsska's geology
becomes more definite. The known coal
tonnage OF the United States proper 10
constantly increasing as more detailed
surveys are made year by year Our pres
ent limit of estimation Is 1900 feet be-
meath the surface, and the billions OF
tons of coal known to lie below that depth
are not considered in the estimates of
coal reserves. Yet. Belgium has a mine
from which coal is being protitably eX-
tracted at depth Of only a few feet
short of 1000 feet. while German author
tiles estimate their coal reserve on the
basis of $500 feet beneath the surface.
Copyright. 1911. hy William L. siidorfer)
Evening star., 1911-08-13

suicidal to attempt to drain them even If
it had been possible.
The only salvatio nof the imprisoned
crew lay In forcing out the water from
the main ballast tank by means Of a
hand pump, the power pump being un-
equal to the task, and this meant forcing
that water out against another column
of water 125 feet high.
The men toied manfully by turns in
the fast-fouling atmosphere working ~un-
der the added tax of an air pressure
which was steadily growing within the
boat. They knew it was d struggle for
life, with the balance largely against
them. The moments seemed to drag into
Evening star., 1911-08-13
Foreign Engineer Ends Pes Of Testing Submarines

day that one could see through the
coming tower headlights for dis
tance OF twenty or thirty feet. Fish
swan curiously to the ports and gazed
wide-eyed at the glow Of the electric
lights within. more brightness than
those depths had ever known before
Here and there some tiny pinhole in
q casting made q way for the water.
which spurted in upon us in needlelike
Jets. telling by their force the i'm
mensity OF the pressure that crowded
upon tho boat from all points without
Once, ON the day down. the relief
valve on the low-pressure fiask-the
impulse for the expulsion of water
from the ballast tanks-popped like
the discharge Of a gun. shaking our
nerves bit. for It sounded like a rfvet
excess reserve Of pressure held in store
for an emergency.
AT the lever for the five-ton drop
keel-a safety devfce-two husky men
held fast, having been instructed IN tho
language OF the skipper. to pull like
hell when he gave the word. Fortu-
nately, he did not have to give the
order. For half an hour after we
reached the bottom the boat lay there
and from end to end she was searched
for leaks.
TT would not be telling the truth to
say that there was none. but they were
OF small size and seemed worse because
they Kissed by reason OF the force OF
the water back of them. With the in
spection over, We enjoyed hearty
luncheon. perhaps the strangest feast
that had ever been eaten, and oddly
enough II was principally composed OF
deliciously fresh vavier playing an I'm
portant part.
"At the end Of thirty minutes the ope-
rators resumed their stations preparatory
to starting the boat back toward the sur
face This was a moment not entirely
free from anxiety. We were down on the
bottom all right, but We were not SO cer-
tain about the submarine promptly rs-
ing.
there was a mufifed hiss of highly oonl-
pressed air singing through the piping
like the metallic ring OF a gigantic soda
fountain in discharge. and one could al
most believe he felt the lungs of the air
TASKS set themselves with greater force
to drive out the water ballast and to re-
lease the boat from that region OF prt-
mordial life.
In two minutes and a half the boat
reached the surface having been held at
various stages In the rise to show how
she could be controlled. Ii any anxiety
was felt 1t was not by those aboard the
submarine, but by those on the tug who
had watched our craft sink and had wait
ed through those long minutes before we
reappeared
Their anxiety was not unjustined. be-
cause 1t had been freely predicted in Ia
bau that the boat would collapse at the
trial depth and he crushed as fiat as a
pancake.
Our old friend the admiral was mani
festly glad to see us return 70 tho sur
face. and ecstaticaliy waved his consret-
ulations and hastened back TO town 70
spread the good news. We followed .
while later moro deiiberakely. but osr-
tatnly with no lessened sense Of relief
and thanksgiving. We hnd taken q good
many chances and had won, 90 we aid
not want to dwell too much upon Some
of our inward speculations before leaving
Libau that F-iday morning.
Evening star., 1911-08-13

hours. and yet the boat held fast to the
water bed.
Relay after relay took turns at the
single pump available. and the clock
marked the slipping minutes that lay be-
tween them and drowning. Just when
nearly every one was exhausted and reel
ing with dizziness from the foul air and
the pressure the fateful hand of the depth
gauge quivered and the boat started bow
upward not one moment too soon.
How welcome the daylight and fresh
air were to those tortured fellows-after
the hatch cover was lifted-only those
who have had the same narrow escape
can appreciate.
Only few months before, in the same
neighborhood. but in shallow water, an
other boat was carried to the bottom by
a chip Of wood that caught between a
valve and It's seating. allowing the sea
water to leak by and to overcome the
reserve Of buoyancy represented by the
small space of an untitled tank. Because
Evening star., 1911-08-13

but now they are charged up against the
builders, and In either case they repre-
sent considerable outlay and involve
good deal of a risk of valuable property
However, this is amply justified on the
score that it is adding a safeguard to the
lives of the men that man these vessels,
and, because of this proved security,
leaves the officers and crew better salts
fled In their minds and freer to do their
duty without this added anxiety.
The extreme hazard of deep-sea tests
in which officers and men are aboard the
boats Is we'll recognized by navy officers
everywhere. Those engaged in them
never feel certain. once they start toward
Davy Jones locker, that they will come
up again. They accept the work simply
as in the line of duty, like all loyal serv-
ants of the nation. Naturally 1t IS not a
question of choice, but the carrying out
of orders.
But this underwater service is not a
tempting one. The truth OF this state