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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-15

erS who are beginning to realize that
the time is near when the beef cattle
Of this country will have to be pro.
duced 10y the farmer. and they want
n COW that will make good profit in
the dairy while her calf is growing on
the separator milk into an animal that
will make good in the feed lot The
dual purpose COW fills the bill nicely
not the Shorthorn alone, but the
Brown Swiss and Red Polls as well.
In regard to the Shorthorns not max
ing good in the Columbian dairy tests
Mt Hines. the commissioner. who
had them in charge. In his report says
TO prove that the ShorthOrn herd as
whole-Eood, bad and indifferent-in
the ninety day test. with all the unfa-
vorable surroundings. showed them
selves dairy cattle | will simply state
that the twenty-four cows actually
gave 66,26311 pounds of milk, showing
2,410 pounds of fat, equivalent to
3,O12h pounds of 80 per cent butter,
which amounts to an average of over
one and two-tifths pounds per day for
the twenty-four cows that participated
In this test. In the fifteen day cheese
test twenty five cows gave 12,1S6.9
pounds of milk and only lacked a
small fraction of an average of three
pounds of cheese each per day.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-15
AN EXPERT CAPoNIzER.

carved into forty-leven sections, with
a specialist to every square inch from
bald top to toenail.
Mr.. Rooster has not escaped, but has
evoluted over the barnyard fence into
profound science that taxes coterie
of national experts with Il government
appropriation to solve.
Poultry culture no longer buehouse
has its university pedagogues, special
lists on quacks Growers, geese, COB
blerS. pigeons, pheaSants; its speciality
breeders. speciality judges, fanciers,
utilitarians. fancy flesh factories, egg
experts, expert picllers, expert capon-
izers, expert poultry physicians and
even expert fakirs.
Poultry husbandry is so broad. there
are so many breeds and varieties, de-
partments and problems and develop
ments, that specialization is necessary
to full success.
Take the breeds.
1t was once Il little jungle fowl, run
ming and flying along the Gauges. Its
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-15

recently. Last year the average for
all cows in the herd was over 400
pounds of butter fat. Yet during the
winter season those cows were not fed
more than from six to eight pounds
of mixed grain per day. The milk
was made from silage and high DUAL
ity alfalfa.
Regularity in all things. but in feed
Ing and milking in particular, is an
other point wherein improvement may
be effected on many farms The nerv-
GUS system of the COW is peculiarly
sensitive and any irregularity is really
a shock to her System and order are
the first commandments in the cate
chism OF successful dairymen.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-15

AN EtiIo-l'Ehls
name now is legion, myriad OF
breeds, varieties and colors that no
man can number
Friend, master one breed or variety
to succeed.
Take eggs-225, 100000 dozen of an
increase in ten years, the price ana
demand advancing, n market every
where.
There's a speciality; master it.
Take day old chicks.
A new development, with traffic
enormous, already supplanting the egg
for Matching business and bound to
grow, be permanent and pay
There's a speciality; master 1t.
Take capons.
They are easier to raise, and the de-
mand is increasing and they sell higher
than turkey.
William H. Ellis Of Crosswicks, N. j..
caponizes 10000 fowls for Others per
year and has made fortune.
Master caponizing and get rich.
Yes. friend. you may be shot enough
to hit the target, but today you mus
be a sharpshooter and hit the bulls
eve or you will adjourn sine die.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-15
THE SH0RTHORN
FOR milk And BEEF,

The opponents of the dual purpose
COW die hard, but they are coming
over one by one, writes A. Fl. Prince
in the Rural New Yorker. If they would
study the records of their favorite
dairy breeds and compare them with
the high standard that they have set
for the dual purpose COW they would
be wonderfully surprised at the small
number Of cows they would find that
could come up to that mark and would
be led to conclude that the Shorthorn
COW was not such a poor one after ALL
She is rapidly gaining in popularity
among a large class of eastern farm
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-15
siIaoe Compared With Hay.

While ii is true it requires three
pounds silage to equal one pound ha!
in feeding value. because of the large
amount of moisture contained in the
silage, it has been shown that, from an
equal quantity of dry matter. more
milk was obtained from the silage
than from corn fodder, corn slower or
hay
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-15
BE AN EXPERT SPECIALIST.

You bet this would be funny world
IL men had been content to be thinkers
at everything and masters of nothing.
But Mr.. Jack of All Trades has been
consigned to the fossiliferous shades,
Alexander the near Great died sigh
ing for more worlds to conquer. Today
men weep because life's too short TO
conquer IA square inch.
This is the microscopical age. Spe.
cialization is prime promoter Of our
civilization. and man himself has been
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-15
The Robber Cow,

1t is as impossible to estimate the
productiveness and value of COW as
II is to guess the exact number OF
bushels of corn a certain field will
yield.
The scales and a Babcock tester
when rightly used. will accurately de
termine whether any of your cows are
"grafters" just as surely as a pair OF
farm scales will show the exact yield
of corn
Don't put up with ''robber' COW
any more than you would with rob
Der of any kind. Hoard's Dairyman'
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-15

Despite the threatening weather
many thousands witnessed the Haag
Show parade this morning and a tent
full of pleased patrons testified their
approval of what proved to be one of
the best real circus performances wit
messed here in several years, Twin
City Daily Sentinel, Winston-Salem,
n. c. Hattiesburg Nov. 20.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-15
Hulett, The Undertaken
121 West Pine St. Both Phones
You Are a Parent?

Your child in school a certain num-
Der of hours each day, using the eyes
constantly.
Each year the lessons become hard
err, books are taken home, studies are
continued in the evening. the eyes
are being overtaXed, the delicate mus
cles are strained. Nature has not
provided for the excessive use of the
eyes in childhood; yet perhaps no
thought is given to helping the eyes.
Great injury results from this neg
lect
We must realize that, if there is
cause for eye strain there must
be a remedy; the remedy most nat
urally would be rest for the eyes;
this rest can be obtained by wearing
resting glasses. Come and get my
advice. Come and let me explain to
you scientifically why resting glasses
should be worn.
Z. w. QUEEN, Orr. D
OPTICAL SPECIALIZE
Polk Building, 40 East Pine St.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-15

advocate or tolerate extreme pamper
inc but good common sense protec-
t,on is always desirable.
Cows do not require heavy feeding
=, Grain if the roughness is right II
silage of good quality and alfaifa tna'
:. RIGHT are fed, but little else Is re-
nr,red The writer visited one OF the
sav,est producing herds in America
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-15

A good fence Is absolutely necessary
ON a farm where live stock Is kept, and
there should be no farms on which live
stock is not kept The toll Of injured
and dead animals resulting from poor
fencing is a heavy yearly tax upon
the farmers Of this country.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-15

The Flint Christian Church of st.
Louis will establish a grocery where
members of that congregation, and
possible others, may purchase goods
at little more than cost.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-15

The souths resources include 4so'-
600 ,O0O, 900 tons of coal.
Cleveland, Ohio, paper hangers are
discussing the proposition OF declar-
ing war upon the piece work system
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-02

the silo and for the remainder only
one thickness. Each strip of fencing
as put on was Tapped about two
inches over the lower one. The top
course OF fencing was allowed to pro-
ject about four inches above the top
Of the wall, and this was stapled to
the plate, thus fastening the roof Sc
curely to the structure. After the
wire was I'm place the inside OF the
silo was plastered with cement NOR
tar. thus covering the wire. The NOR
tar consisted Of one part Of cement
and three parts OF sand.
1t Is believed that this method Of
construction possesses many advan-
tages where a permanent structure is
desired. The wire fencing, being pro-
tected by the coating Of cement, has
no tendency to rust, and the life of
the silo should be almost indefinite.
For a silo fifteen feet In diameter and
thirty feet deep. provided the farmer
does all the work except laying the
| bricks, the cost should be considerably
less than that Of the West Virginia
| stations silo. which was $313!02.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-02
REINFORCED BRICK SIL0.
Details of Structure Erected In West
Virginia.

Details of Structure Erected In West
Virginia.
In farmers bulletin 457. issued by
the United States department of ag.
riculture. there is a description OF a
REINFORCED brick silo designed by the
West Virginia experiment station. De
tails of construction are given as fol
lows:
The cylindrical brick wall was laid
the width of n brick, or four inches
thick. cement mortar being used. As
the wall was laid. twenty-penny wire
nails which previously had been an.
nealed by heating them were imbed
ded in the mortar with the ends pro
jecting from the wall about two
inches into the silo. About two nails
were used per square foot of surface,
After the wall had stood a few days
for the cement mortar to harden
woven wire fencing was cut into
pieces of the proper length TO go
around the inside of the silo. tapping
somewhat, and the projecting ends of
the nails were clinched over the wires
so as to hold the fencing close to the
brick wall: Only fencing with straight
horizontal wires should be used for
this purpose, for II the fencing is not
drawn close to the wall in all places
an unnecessary amount Of cement Is
required for the plastering. Two
thicknesses Of wire fencing were put
on for about one-half Of the depth of
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-02
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In all that part OF Norway lying
south OF Troudhjem there has been
a persistent drouth which has caused
much damage and anxiety. 1t was
thought that with the advent of OF the
autumn season that general rains
would he forthcoming, but such have
no set in, at least at last reports.
Big rivers have turned into small
streams, and the smaller streams
have. some of them. dried oat com.
pletely. or course the crops in that
section of the country have suffered
immensely. there being a complete
crop failure in some parts. The water
is so low hat it will be almost i'm
possible to engage i'm numbering this
winter. for there viii scarcely be
enough water In the spring To float
logs effectualiy. Thousands of men
will thus be thrown ont of employ.
ment.
Emperor William OF Germany has.
as a CommemOratiOn of his many sum
mer trips to Norway. presented the
country with a statue of the song
hero. Frithiof. The statue has been
completed by the German sculptor.
Max Unger. aud will be twelve meters
I'm height. II win be formally pre-
scented to the Norwegian government
I'm 1913. when Emperor William will
for the twenty-fifth time cruise along
the Norwegian coast. II will be erect.
ed in ~Sognefjord. where Frithiof and
lngeborg are buried. according TO the
Did saga.
The commercial value of Norwegian
waterfalls has recently been estimated
by an expert engineer. who claims not
less than 1000. 900 horsepower can be
secured from the various waterfalls
by means of electric power. The uues.
tion of Harvesting the waterfalls of
Norway Is now uppermost in the
minds of all keen business men and
spectators and some wonderful de.
velopments are looked for in the neal
future.
lux WI "cel IAN S" lDultI,
who got away with 10000 crowns. has
been arrested in London and will be
taken back to Christiania, where he
will be given a trial. When placed
under arrest he carried an automatic
revolver and on his person we're found
important papers which will shed a
light on his embellishments.
The city of Christiania has donated
10000 crowns to the university cen
tennial jubilee fund. All over the
country free will offerings are raised
and the amount solicited and collected
already amounts to over 10000
crowns above what Christiania has
donated.
According to latest dispatches from
Christiania Queen Maud is suffering
from a acute attack of bronchitis
Her majesty has been troubled with
bronchitis for some time and her phys
icians express the fear that II may
take a serious turn.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-02
From Crandall Times

Supt. j. H. Hetley and II. o. Wickre
viii speak in Crandall on the evening
Of Nov. 3rd on a subject Of interest to
all. Do not fail to hear them.
Dean Richards, Mike McGrady and
Ed Roseth went to Webster Wednesday
to confer with the superintendent OF
schools on matters pertaining to the
Crandall school. They returned Thurs
day.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-02
House the Hogs Comfortably.

Pneumonia kills many pigs before
the herd gets used to sleeping In damp
pens or drafts. A cough In a hog
means an irritation in the throat or
lungs and may lead TO serious results
But the mudhole IS not a necessary
adjunct to the hog pasture. The SAM
sary wallow that dlsinfects the hogs
3 the logical thing.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-02

Good, heavy milk ans IN the kind
to own, because they win last wen and
are not easily denied. When the cans
r badly dented, as cheap ones are
apt to become. 1t Is almost impossible
to keep them clean. The thin layer
Of tin over the iron is cracked, and
that exposes the surface Of the iron to
the action Of the acid In the milk,
which soon rusts the iron. The result
Is that taints and bad fiavors are pro.
duced In the milk and cream.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-02
Boiled Down.

When Samuel G.. Blythe, the writer,
was editing a newspaper In New York
state a green reporter n night turn
ed In a long and thrilling story re-
garding the rough treatment handed
out to John Smith, a visitor to the
town. The story related that Mr..
Smith, wearing a high silk hat, had
venturcd down to the docks after
Dightfall and a silk hat being unusual
and provocative Of a~ntagonisms In
that section Mr.. Smith had emerged
from among the dock hands without
the hat. Nevertheless he carried out
Of the melee 30 many wounds, cuts
and bruises that he had to be sent
to the hospital. The article In its orig
inal form was too long and not In
keeping with the style of the paper.
Accordingly Blythe started to rewrits
Il. This II the form in which It ap-
peared in the paper the next morning
John Smith. wearing q high silk hat,
went down to the docks last night
Emergency hospital."-Popular Maya
zine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-02

It does not pay to devote high
priced land for long periods to pas
turage and the production OF hay.
The land can be put to more prof
liable use. In order, therefore, that
d~airying may continue profitable,
instead Of depending. as in the past,
wholly upon the pasture for the
chief food supply Of their herds,
many of our farmers are turning
toward the silo as affording a benef-
icent solution Of the feed problem.
1t is doubly ~beneicent in that II
not only does away with the neces-
sity OF devoting so much land to
pasture. but also by making avail
able a cheap supply Of ~succulent
and highly relished feed all the year
round. II deprives stall feeding OF
some OF its Objectionable features.
while keeping the milk flow at a
higher level.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-02
HORSE NOTES.

Checkreins are Injurious I'M
less left slack.
A sandy or muddy road dou-
bles the work.
A rise of one foot in ten dou-
bles the work.
ANY fool can ruin a team. but
a wise driver maintains its
value.
The higher bred a horse is
the better bred his trainer must
be.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-02
Hause News Items

"S htSNuS
Chas. Miller took flax to Sisseton OF
Monday.
Leslie Colberg spent Saturday il
Webster.
Huber Weyer spent a day in Web
ster this week.
Mrs. Sigvart Olson has been SICK
during the past week.
John and Miss Mary Keintz spen'
Wednesday in Webster.
John Weinerskirk visited at the
Chas. Miller home Sunday.
Stephen Schrier made a bushes:
trip to Webster Wednesday.
Mrs. Math Sattler visited at the
martin Sattler home Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Math Sattler spent
Thursday trading in Webster.
Marie Saga started working at the
Michael Moen's home Saturday.
Leslie Colby, teacher in district 164
visited the Hanse school Friday.
p. c. Johnson made a trip to the
Chapman Ranch after horses Wednes-
day.
Chris Weyer and John Longer went
to Webster Friday, returning home
Saturday.
Miss Selma Olson expects to leave
Tuesday for Waubay, where she is
going to work.
John Tolstad made a trip to Waubay
Saturday after a load of merchandise
for p. B. Carlson.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. w. Lawrence spent
Saturday and Sunday in Webster visit
ing friends and trading.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. P. B. Carlson
on Thursday, Oct. 26, a girl baby.
Mother and child doing nicely.
Nh. and Mrs. Soren Stianson and
son, Selmer, of Summit, visited at the
Hans Saga home over Sunday.
Joe Gartner, Mr.. Keintz, Mary and
John Keintz, John 0pitz and Mike
were in Webster from
way Saturday.
The Norwegian Lutherans have been
holding a conference in the church near
Hanse Rev. Knudson. of Webster,
Rev. Rudy, of Sisseton, Rev. Hening-
son, Rev. Lee and Mr.. A. Carlson we're
present.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-02

on the attendance, and the monthly
tests show that the pupils have been
improving their time. The total
enrolment Of the grades and high
school is l04. The per cent of attend
ance in the grades is about 90 with the
highest reaching 99.67, in the high
school the average is SO. 81 with a max
imum of 500 z. This is certainly an
enviable record of which any school
may justly feel proud.
The boys and girls basket ball
teams are getting into excellent con
dition under the efficient management
of Mr.. Clement and Miss Lewison. The
teams hope to book some games with
teams from other schools in the near
future. 1t would surprise US all if they
do not carry away the victory in case
of such contest.
"Fun?'' ask the Sophomore class
what it means, and they will answer,
Halloween Parties" The party was
held at Mary Colberg's and the home
was decorated with smiling Jack-o-
lanterns, witches, cats and ghosts.
The fortune ofeach one was revealed,
ghost stories told, games played, and a
dainty lunch served.
The Freshman class, not wishing to
take a back seat, had a class party
Monday night at the Small home.
Everyone reported a pleasant time.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-02
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Professor Karl Larsen of Denmark,
the well known author and novelist,
will this winter deliver a number of
lectures in American cities where
there are found a large number OF
Danish-Americans. He will on this
trip visit as many Danish colonies,
schools and colleges as he shall find
time for. Professor Larsen is well
known both in Denmark and among
Danish-Americans Of the United
States. He has written a number of
realistic novels, In which he deals
especially with characters of the un-
der world in Danish cities and pictures
conditions just as he has found them
In actual life. He has especially de.
voted bis efforts in describing the
condition among the downtrodden
laboring classes. His latest book is
entitled Danish Settlers" and the
book is reported to be highly inter.
esting, with a rather dramatic setting.
Professor Larsen will arrive in New
York Oct. 81. and after delivering one
or two lectures In that city. he will
start for the Danish colonies In the
Western states.
In accordance with the information.
al system established for the inter
change of professors between univer.
stiles, DR.. James Gore, from the
George Washington university. deliv.
cred his first lecture at the Ccpen.
hagen university a week ago last
Monday. His subject was Modern
I Cooperation in Business" His next
lecture will be on American Trusts
and at this lecture several members
of the Danish royal family are expect
ed to be present. Professor Cores lee.
lures are attracting a great deal OF
attention in Copenhagen and his first
lecture was attended by some OF the
most prominent and learned men in
the city.
A notable visit to Copenhagen late.
ly was that of the two sisters. Queen
Alexandra of Great Britain and the
dowager czarina, and their brother,
the king OF Greece. Queen Alexandra
was clad in deep mourning and has
let her wish be known that as little
attention as possible be paid her in
public. They reside during their visit
to their native land at villa Hvidore.
where the two royal sisters will
spend a few weeks Of quiet rest away
from the din OF the great cities.
Norman Hansen. who formerly was
. physician and surgeon In Chicago,
but who is nov a Greenland explorer.
returned a week ago last Tuesday.
after a years stay at Julianahaab.
Western Greenland. and stated on his
return from the inland ices that he
has discovered large villages and
hamlets occupied by Norsemen. The
Royal Geographical society will pub
lish a report in detail regarding his
discoveries and explorations in Green.
land. MARION s. NORELIUS.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-02
REPORTER AND FARMER
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