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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-07-11
WNTERING HOGS
ON The RANGE

A good many feeders have at times
advised winterinG shoats and fatten-
Ing hogs throughout the winter on
fields to be plowed the following
spring. As a means Of getting the fer
tility just where you want it and
without loss this appears to show
good practice. We tried this method
with a carload of hogs each Of the
last two winters and are In q position
to sum up the advantages and disad-
vantages of the practice, writes an
Ohio hog grower in the National
Stockman. Our idea Of the general
utility Of feeding hogs In this way
may be inferred from the fact that
our hogs are being fed this winter In
a closed house and or q yard In which
a few cattle are being fed shock corn.
The whole difficulty Of feeding in
the open field lies In the lack Of COM
fort and cleanliness. Much rainy
weather makes the ground so soft that
feeding a lot of hogs from a wagon or
a portable crib becomes an exceeding
ly ~slovenly practice. Last a only
a small proportion Of the time was the
ground sufficiently frozen to permit Of
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-07-11

solid footing for hogs. The vicinity Of
troughs becomes miry unless moved
often, which In actual practice Is liza
BILE to be neglected because requiring
considerable extra work. Houses, not
being adjacent to straw stacks, are
often allowed to run without sufi-
cient dry bedding. In fact, last win
ter 1t was not an unusual condition to
find that a foot Of clean straw placed
In the pens In the morning had been
largely soiled before night.
This season we have our shoats In a
building with earth floor well bedded
with straw. The shoats may be shut
out while slop is being placed in the
troughs. Corn is fed from the loft.
The bed is the dry end of the house,
and a straw stack stands outside of
the door. The shoats have a well bed
ded yard In which to take exercise after
cattle. Pigs raised on wide range till
bust bodies and consequently require
less range later. Last spring we do
not recall that there was a single IA.
yorable day during the final month of
fattening our hogs. They ate corn out
of the mud and waded belly deep in
mud to get their slop. The writer de-
'cided that. however fine might be the
theory of wintering hogs on the field
and however our own methods might
be amenable to improvement, a winter
OF feeding hogs around a straw stack
and in a hog house would prove an
agreeable change.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-07-11
Aairuf an las polk
Ser per. Staaten.
Sem Oorf. 8. SuIi.


Ter &i iunerbalb Der repubii.
toniiden Fartei miro binnen fur5em
NIT aaer Shirie ~begonnen weroen.
9ie Inb1nger Hooieoelts taben ibre
asrpflamotion erlaIIen. 9unoes.
iendtor Soiepb %. 9iron bon Won.
tana, Sbeooore H~ooiepelts 3am-
pasneleitcr, .peroifentliGte geitern
nahmittag einen flummenben auf.
rui on ole 9iirger Ger Ser. Staaten.
eie nit ser ruationalen progreiiipen
@epeeung" ipmpatbiiieren. Ter
Acknowledgement Der Yrogreiltoen III
AM ben 5. auguit in Chicago angs.
iest porbcn. uno Ole anb1nacr oer
neuen Gartei peroen aufaeforoert
ibrc 3elesaten oortbin 81 e~ntienoen.
Ger aufruf lit pom ocn Iitglieocrn
bes aiisiduiies unter5eifnet, Der in
elmer S%erlammlung in Chicago er.
m1blt pitrOe, uno meiit aud anberc
llnterlfriften BON Inbineeru GooIe.
belts ans 40 Staaten auf.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-07-11
The Value of a Dairy Sire.

A car load Of grade Guernsey cows
left Iowa for Kansas a short time since
at an average price Of SITS per head.
How much do you think their moth
ers could have been bought for, sup
posing they were ordinary native
cows?
We will be liberal and say $50 apiece
So then 1t Is clear that a registered
Guernsey bull added to the commercial
value Of every n Of those cows $125
OF course these are high figures. But
they point the way just the same.
The farmers Of Wisconsin who years
ago bought pure bred bulls and so es
tablished herds of grade Jerseys, Hol.
stems, Guernseys and In a few In
stances Ayrshires, built a broad, strong
foundation for profitable business be
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-07-11
SAVING THE BABY PIGS.
Care Of the Brood Sow and Her Litter
at narrowing Time.

at narrowing Time.
In the early spring before the sows
farrow | grind two bushels of corn
and four bushels Of oats together.
writes S. f. Jennings in the American
Agriculturist. | grind the corn large.
ly to get the oats ground. as it is hard
to grind oats alone. | think the grind.
ing brushes the hull and the hogs get
more out of them, as unground many
pass through whole. To this l add
400 pounds shipstuff. 100 pounds tank.
age, so pounds oilmeal and mix all
together. To eight gallons Of this
mixture | add ten gallons of hot wa
ter and then ten gallons of cold and
feed to twenty-five young sows.
l also feed shock corn. The hogs
eat some Of the blades. and they help
them. 1t saves husking the corn. and
the hogs do better than on husked
corn. Some of the shelled corr works
down through. and the hogs work all
day roofing after it. which gives them
exercise. When hogs are fed on ear
corn they eat and then lie down. The
corn fodder keeps them clean.
At narrowing time | watch my hogs
closely. At the hundred and eighth to
the hundred and tenth day l put each
SOW in a small pen by herself. | like
the A shape house best. as the sows
cannot lie on the pigs When 1t is very
cold l place a lantern in the top of the
eharo bN,. nDI t. I-noD, Alor1
warm. 1t also gives light. | do not
think a SOW will lie on as many pigs If
a lantern is kept burning about three
nights until the pigs can get VI OF
the way Of the sow. | find more pigs
are killed at night than in the daytime.
When the pigs first come | place
them one by one in an old tub with
old carpet in it and a piece over the
top. ! keep them away for two hours
and then let them nurse. | am care
full to see that all get an equal share
and take them away again. l do this
about three times. and by that time
the SOW will be very quiet. By do
ing this ! usually IA save the
whole litter. ! do not feed the SOW
much for about three days. After that
time she is allowed about all she will
eat after the tenth day If the pigs are
all right.
Sometimes a sow's feed will all go
to flesh and the little pigs starve.
Care must be taken to reduce the fat
forming materials and feed something
richer In protein. After the pigs are
three weeks old a run is made for
them. They have their little trough
with skimmilk and middlings in it.
When weaving time comes they are
accustomed to their feed and go right
on growing without knowing the differ
ence.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-07-11
TESTING For Butter Eat.

The percentage Of butter fat in milk
depends almost entirely upon the In
dividuality Of the COW. The breed has
something to do with it, of course, but
not so much as the individuality. Feed
cuts no figure. IT is possible to in
crease the flow of milk by proper feed.
ing, but not the percentage Of butter
fat. The Babcock test Is the only
means by which this percentage can
be determined. and this is a good thing
to use before purchasing dairy stock.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-07-11

meath them. They have been produc
ing milk and heifers and COWS for sale,
all made more possible and more profit
able by the pure bred sire.
And yet there are farmers right In
such communities who will hunt about
for a cheap grade bull TO breed from
with all these facts before his eyes
Hoard's Dairyman.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-07-11
lie ltntcrscidner bes anfrnfs.

Tie 8ertreter bon 40 Staaten, Die
ben Iufruf unter5ei6net baben, limo:
@labama, Oscar %. Sunolep; ari.
5ona, Gmigbt 9. Searo; California.
Siram %. Sobnion, Gbeiter s.
&opea, CHARLES 3. @beeler; Cole.
rabo. Ben 9. 2inoiep; Connecticut
Soiepb 8. aIiops 6lapeI 9. Cutler
Slorioa, :. $. Gregory IT,, $ g.
@noerion; Georgia, SULTAN Sarris;
Snoiana, @bpin 3. See, Sordce 6.
Stiqpel; Slinois, Nebil WcGor.
mid, Gbauncep Gepep, 2aoerne %.
Ropes; Sopa, Sobn 8. Stepens;
aanias, Senrp :. Iaen: aentufp,
2eslie Goombs; 2%ouiiiana, Sobn 80.
Earfer, gearl 8igbt; Warplanb,
Charles :. 9onaparte. 6. 6. Gar.
rington IT., WaIiaduietts, 6. 9.
girb. Wnttbem' Sale; Wihisar,
SbeoooreN W. Soslnu; Minueloto,
Milton 8. Burop; Iiiiouri, %. 81.
Telion; Wontana. Soieph 90. Orion;
Rebrasfa, @rtbur O. &an; Stem
Sampibire, @..S. geattie; Iep Ser
fep, gperett GoIbp, George 8. &ecorb,
s. 5ranflin Sort; Hew Werico. SEQ.
Gurrp Wiguel u. Stero; 9erp Dorf.
SO. u. Brenbergait, Oscar g trnus,
GOODS Sitthinion, Simotbp 9.
@oooruff, Gbauncep s. SamIin,
Senrp 9. Stoooarb; Rortb Gafota,
81. .. Woore; Oregon, Senrp 90.
Zoe, 8. 80. WcMabon; Ohio, Sames
81 8arfielo; Oklahoma, George 9.
Erieitlp; Benniplpania, 6. q. Bon
@ulfenbure. @taiam 6linn, 8ifforo
Tinfot, @iuiam Graper 2epis;
&bobe Sslonb. Senrn 5. Gougbtp;
siib-D afota. 81. &. geiiep; 9enneiiee.
George 9. Saplor: Teras. Cecil u.
2pon; lltob. 6. 6. 2ooie; germont,
Charles s. Sbompion. 6. SO. 8ib.
ION; 8irginia, Sbomas See Woore;
@aibington, Wiles Poiuberter; @eit
Birginia. @. %. 8. 1arpion; @is-
ecniin, s. S. Go6ems; 8nomins,
Soieph Gnren
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-07-11
Corset Beef Form.

The beef COW is square in shape, full
and broad over the back and loins and
possesses depth and great thickness in
these regions The hips are even with
flesh. the legs full and thick, the under
line parallel with the straight back.
The neck is full and short. the eyes
bright. the face short. the bones Of fine
texture, the skin soft and pliable and
the flesh mellow, elastic and rich in
quality.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-07-11
Draft Brood Mares.

There is no we'll defined type OF
grade mares to be bred to a heavy
horse that will insure a high class colt
II is safe to assume that like begets
like, but in the breeding of grade
mares there is always the possibility
that the colt will resemble some worth.
less ancestor of the dam. This posi-.
bility is lessened in breeding pure bred
stock..Country Gentleman.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-07-11

The Duroc Jersey breed Of hog is
an animal easily fattened, with
large hams and shoulders. OF quick
growth and one hat can be mar
keted at any age. The Jerseys are
one Of the best grazing breeds that
we have. being strong and active
and wide rangers. 1t Is more pro-
life than either the Berkshire or
Poland China. The Duroc Jersey
boar shown was a prize winner at
Chicago.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-07-11
1rei Iempfraten.

Trei Iemofraten baben ben. Iui.
mi unter5eidnet: Sugenbridter Ben
9. 2inbiep BON 3enOer, SULTAN Sor'
ris bon atlnnta, elm Sobn BON Soel
CHANDLER Sarris unb Sobn W. 8ar.
Ter aus Nem Orleans.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-07-11
ROOicoelt lit snfriebm.
Outer gap, q. 9, 8. Sui

Outer gap, q. g., s. SuIi.
angeIidts Der @inberuiune oes
acknowledgements Ser Hroereiiipen
gibt Tbeooore Hooiepelt ieiner gu.
irieoenbeit nit Dem bisber grreidten
Musbrud uno iiebt nit @ertrauen
Der 8ufunft enteesen. gr betont be.
ionbers, bob piele Ms1nner aus Dem
Siioen ibn unterItiisen. 10 baB es,
pieneiht aeIingen piirbe, in ben
oemofratiiden .Solio Soutb- cine
greihe 5u ihieBen. @m,e 9eila
bon 3enneiiee ieien fiir ibn, unb aud
in Norb.G oroIino ieien Die ausiifter
giinitig. Gin aneeiebener gaummoll
bauer, Sobn M. Harfer, babe Del
gufruf unterseifnet.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-07-11
staatsfoupent in Sloriba.

SadionbiIle, 5la., s. Smli.
8ie S. 6. anoerion, elmer Der
5iibrer Der Hepublifaner oes Staa.
tes, befannt sibt, miro Die progrei.
fipe gartei binnen 3pei Gspfen einen
gtaatsfonpent abbaltcn, I'm Gelega-
ten fir Ole orei aonsreBoiitrifte uno
einen 9eIegnten at large 81 erfpablen
unb einen 0anotoaten fir oas Mmi
bes @ourerneurs gu nominieren.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-07-11
Die EreTe.

Inter ben befannten gigentiimern
uno Seralseebern bon 3eituneen,
bic ben aufruf unter5eifneten, beiin.
ben lid: sGbeiter 8. Ropen, gigen.
timer oes Sresno Hepublican;
&enrp 5. 4len bonn @ihita Beacon;
g. :. RcNabon BON Salem, Ore.
g. u. Ban 8aIfenburg bonn Bbila-
beIpbio Wortb ameriean; Senrp 6.
|Stoboaro, Serausgeber Der Nelu
gcrf Wail; SO. q. Relion. @igen.
timer oes aanias Gitp Star; Weoia
Wcgormid, 8erleger Der Gbicago
Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-07-11

Inter ben Wdnnern BON nationa.
Ter gebeiitung, Die Den Iufrri unter.
5eihneten, befinben iih ferner: 6la.
bel Q. 2utber bonn 9rinitg College,
Sartforb. Conn.,; @ounerneur Siram
%. Sobnion BON California; 8ou-
perneur R. E. 8eifep BON SID.
9afota: @ouberneur Soiepb Garep
bon Bpomine; friiberer @ouperneur
SO. M. 8. Iapion bon @elt Dir.
einia; friiberer @enernIanmalt Gbar.
lee S. gonnparte; gunoesienator
Niles Hoinoerter BON Waibington
friiberer Winiiter in Bern nnb 0ua.
temala 9eslie goombs BON acnhidp
Der friibere @ouperneitr bon Neru
Nerifo uno jesise Reprdientnnt i'm
GongreB George gurrp; Der Giibrer
Der iponiiden Bartei in Nep Merifr
NigueI u. Stero; Staatsidaemeiitel
George u. 2nplor bon Iennefiee uni
Der Gefnn Der HehtsihuIe Der TIM,
beriitdt BON Benniplpnnia. Binian
Draper 2epis.
WatiOua.s prosrelFOe Yartei.
Senator Diron meinte, Die neu,
Rartei werbc ben Wamen .WntionaIs
ProgreiiDe portei" erbalten, abel
beitimmt lei nod nidts. Tie Terri
tOrien ieien bon benz Mufruf ausge
i&loiien : uoroen. ba iie dn eineu
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-07-11

We don't care how many lies are told
about US as long as they are compli-
mentary.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-07-11
HumOr and
PhilOs ophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
~ DUNCAN n. SMITH

Judging by the look Of some oppor'
tunities we are mighty glad we didn't
hear their rap.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-07-11

Acknowledgement iiberhaupt nift 81.
selaiien perben %iolten. Wehrere
Staaten ieien in Dem aufrui uifi
rertreten,, 10 Muine, Gelamore
Horo.G carolina arfanias. Neuaoa,
Miiiiiiippi unb Siib.g arolina. Iber
Die meiiten ron ibnen wiiroen ben
aonpent bod mobI beihifen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-11

have a number Of tribes in northern Iu-
ION. and, Notwithstanding their head
hunting, have had high degree of
civilization. They have farms and grow
&C flee. rice and raise stock. From rep rts
which have recently come from DR.. Mer-
ton Miller AMI other ethnologists Of the
bureau of science at Manila / learn that
these people are rapid Y improving. They
are beginning to send their children to
school and hundreds of little Igorrote
boys. clad in nothing but a cap, jacket
and a string around the waist, may be
seen trudging along with books in their
arms.
The same is true Of the Ifugaos, an
other agricultural peop,e. The Ifugaos
have rice fields which are faced
with stone walls. The walls are
built to hold back the earth and in some
places they are forty feet high. These
terraces rise up the hills like gigantic
stairways. running hundreds and some
times thousands of feet over the rivers
where they begin. In each little terrace
rice grows, and the land is SO valuable
that the peope are among the richest
semi-savages of the world.
Their wealth is said to be about forty
five million American dollars or three
hundred and fifty dollars per capita.
Inc l1uSdOS nave Iuelf own religion
and their own priests. They think the
world is divided INTO six regions, all of
which are inhabited by both spirits and
human beings. At first they were much
afraid of the Americans and looked upon
them as magicians. One time party of
them came to Manila and Dean Wor-
cester gave each of them piece of ice
and told them that in America water
became like that in winter. The men
handled the ice. and one said he was
going to take his piece home and show
1t to his fellows. He thereupon thrust
1t into his waistband. Very quickly
thereafter he was seen to sneak it out
again, and look anxiously down at his
now moistened clothing.
In all of the region. known as the
mountain province, head hunting has
been practically suppressed Hundreds
Of miles Of new roads and trails have
been built and government exchanges
have been established to supply the peo-
pie with goods at reasonable prices.
Uncle Sam is also trying to create a
market for the products of these people.
He has brought peace to them, and is
introducing various industries. Some Of
the 1gorrotes and ether tribes weave
beautiful mats which command q ready
price in the market. They also do cary
ing.
These new roads are bringing the peo-
pie together. They are trading with one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-11
GEN DANIEL f. SICKLES

now lives with his second wife. Last au-
tumn he commenced to count off his
fifth score of years.
still another ante-bellum official
with us is a scholarly Gentleman
whom President Pierce appointed at
tache in our legation at ST Pet rs'urg
about the same time that he sent Dan
iel Sickles to London. This distin-
guished publicist. Andrew D. White.
better known in our day as the presi-
dent of Cornell University and our am
bassador to several foreign courts.
thus began his diplomatic service fifty
eight years ago.. He retains a vivid
mental picture Of Lincoln, obtained at
his first meeting with the war Presi-
dent at the White House, just after
the Baltimore convention of 1864, at
which he had just voted for the for
mer'S denomination.
Mr. White and his party had been in
the White House about ten minutes
when a young man held open door to
admit what he describes as "a tall,
ungainly man, dressed in a rather
dusty suit of black
MY first impression" he says. "was
that this was some rural tourist who
had blundered into the place; for.
really, he seemed less at home there
than any other person present, and
looked about for an instant as II IN
doubt where he should go; but pres
emily he turned toward our rroup. and
then I saw that it was the President.
'As he came toward US in a sort OF
awkward, perfunctory manner, his face
seemed to me one Of the saddest / had
ever seen, and when he had reached us
he held out his hand o the eirst
stranger. then to the second. and SO
on, all with the air of melancholy
automaton But suddenly some one in
the company said something which
amused him. and instantly there came
formation. I have never seen anything
like it in any other human being. His
features were lighted. his eyes radiant
He responded to sundry remarks hui
morously, though dryly, and thence
forth was cordial and hearty"
Mr. White was one of the pallbearers
chosen by the New York senate to carry
the murdered Presidents body while it
was in Albany, where it lay in state dur
ing it's return to Springfield. His col
leagues in the state senate chose him
also to pronounce an GRAFTON over the re-
mains.
when the coffin was opened he
further recalls, land we were allowed to
take one last look at Lincoln's face, it
impressed me as having the same melan-
choly expression which l had seen upon
1t when he entered the east room at the
White House. In its quiet sadness there
seemed to have been no change"
OF living leaders who worked shoulder
to shoulder with Lincoln, he who was
nearest him is Senator Shelby NJ. Cullom
Of Illinois. His father was a friend and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-11

he was acquitted" the senator recalls.
During my life have been acquainted
with very many able lawyers and / have
no hesitation in saying that Lincoln
was the greatest trial lawyer I ever
knew. When he was sure he was right
his strength and resourcefulness were
wei nigh irresistible. In the courtroom
he was at home. He was frank with the
court. the iuries and the lawyers to
such an extent that he would state the
case of the opposite side as fairly as the
opposing counsel could do it; he won
then disclose his clients case SO strongly,
with such honesty and candor that the
judge and jury would be almost con-
WINGED at once in advance of the testi-
mony.''
The future senator and future Presi-
dent were members of the same German
class in these days, and he recall S that
the latter was it's only member who
mastered the course When Lincoln went
anywhere to make a political address
his protege and admirer went along. and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-11
ANpREw D WHITE

warm admirer of Lincoln's when the lat
ter was q poor country lawyer, and
among the senator's earliest childhood
recollections is his parents advising his
neighbors to employ the former rail-
splitter for important .aw work. After
seeing the then obscure Lincoln defend
a man for murder young Cullom chose
him as his ideal Of great man, and when
he decided to emulate his ideal AMI give
up farm work for the law, he went to
Springfield to consult the rising young at
torney. who had him placed in nei h
bors law office as a student clerk. Thus
Cullom became the protege of Lincoln.
who wanted to take him in his own Of
flee. but was f1indered by his circuit du-
ties from giving him the attention which
he thought he deserved. few years
later. when Cullom was selected to help
Lincoln defend a murder case. he e1-
joyed one of the proudest moments of his
life
II do not know whether the defendant
was guilty or not, but l do know that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-11

other tribes and the Filpinos and will
disappear.
Another low tribe is the Mangyan and
another is the Tagubano. These peoples
are mixed with the Negritos. but they are
The government s now investigating
them. There are many of them in Pala-
wan and Mindoro, where they live in the
woods. engaged in hunting and fishing
They have little patches of farms. We
have American governors In Palawai
and Mindoro who are now organizing
these tribes and ginning the work of
civilixing them. am told that they
have an alphabet, and that it viii be pos