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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-14
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Rusty milk utensils have absolutely
no place In the dairy.
The most expensive animal on the
farm il the scrub bull.
Cows that are en- pasture should
have free access to salt.
Don't hesitate to increase the grain
ration to keep up the milk flow.
Dairy stock on the farm is the key
note to sane and successful systems.
The heller whose first milk period
is long, frequently develops the habit
of long periods.
The first essential in the ranufac-
ture of high grade Of butter is a
good quality II cream.
With soiling crops and some grain
the dairy herd should maintain prof
table production.
One paper Gays: "Clean up fire.
quently." 1t would be better for the
dairy farmer to keep things clean all
the time
II the calves that are in the pas
t1re are expected to do well they
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will do their best on fresh JuAe pas
ture. The grass is succulent and PAL
atable and the conditions for a maxi
mum milk flow are ideal. These con-
ditions, however. do not last very
long.
The silo comes as near to supplying
the ideal conditions as anything that
can be found. and it is available every
day in the year. 1t provides uniform
feed for every one of the twelve
months.
Highly sensitive dairy cows resent
any sudden or violent change in feed.
and will show 1t by decreased milk
flow. The change from fall pasture
to dry feed is always followed by .
shrinkage in the milk.
In changing from the pasture to the
silage the change is not so great, and
often the cows increase the flow Of
milk when started on silage. Several
dairymen have recently made the
statement that the Increased profits
paid for the silo the first year.
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should have plenty of shade and plen
ty of good clean water.

should have plenty of shade and plen-
ty of good clean water.
Among the men who have been
phenomenally successful on the farm
those who have followed dairying
stand out pre-eminently.
The demand for dairy products will
never fall on seriously SO long as
quality is good and the present rate
Of increase in population continues.
Green feed fed to milk cows will
insure larger profits. and as q good
aid to this result is q silo.
When dairyfnan learns to use the
Babcock test he is started ON the
way to economic salvation.
The sum of money that is lost every
year on the farms of this country by
the dairy COWS that are not bred es-
pecially for dairy work is stipend
Gus.
Vitality is very important char
acteristic In the dairy COW or any
ether farm animal. II weak along this
line the best returns cannot be ex-
pected.
In some states the law is that all
milk after July l must be pasteurizcd
before leaving the creamery. In Den
mark milk il pasteurized at all times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-14

An, acre contains 100 square rods.
Therefore one side of square acre
should be the square root Of this. As
the square root runs into many deci-
mails some indirect method has to be
found of obtaining the proper measure
ment. The drawing Will make clear
one of the most ingenious methods and
one very little known to any but old
line surveyors. 1t will prove valuable
( to any farmer.
First a square eight rods on a side
is laid of. Then from each corner
one side 10 extended four rods more.
These last ends are now connected
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-14
MULES FOR THE FARM
Demand for First Class Animals
Above the Supply.
Kentucky Breeds Have Better Heads
and Action-Jennets Are Profitable
When Bred to Best JACKIE
Saves Farmer Money.

I found great difference between
the class of mules raised west of the
Mississippi from the draft mares and
those raised in Kentucky from trot-
ting-bred mares. says writer in the
National Stockman. The Kentucky
mules have better heads, long, thin
ears, good necks and better action.
Those bred from the draft mares have
short, thick necks, with heavy lop
ears. The demand for first-class mules
is above the supply. and four-year-old
well-broken mules bring $3.50 to $70e
per pair.
Maine lumbermen have two repre-
sentatives in the west buying the best
mules they can find, paying $500 to
500 pair for them This means 500
to 1000 a pair by the time they reach
the lumber camps. A friend of mine II
the buyer for large coal company
that uses thousands of mules. He
scours the west In search for mules
for the miners. There Is q market
for mules wherever there is hauling.
He fills a place in the mines, lumber
camps, railroads and on the farm. He
fills q place which no other animal can
fill. and there Is nothing in sight to
take his place.
Mules are becoming scarcer all the
time. Look around the country and
see the stations. This means fewer
mules. A jack costs somewhere from
$500 to $500. A four-year-old will
serve about so mares in a season. A
three-year-oId will grow into money,
and at six he is ready for heavy serv'
ice. Jennets cost $500 to $500 each
Large ones weighing 1000 pounds OF
over, are very profitable when bred Ia
the very best jacks. In Kentucky
many breeders are mating jennets to
the very best trotting stations. pro
ducing hinnies. No one could guess
their breeding. Recently saw one
In Louisville that was a wonderful ami
NAL. The owner had refused $1,000
for him. His side was like seal skin
ears like rabbits. and he could tro'
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in 1880. A great many hinnies are
being raised in the mountain districts.
and they sell at prices ranging from
$3.50 to $500.
A mule authority says: There II
nothing that walks that will beat an
old jennet a. a money-maker." Out In
Missouri, when q farmer goes to the
bank~~to borrow money, the banker
asks: How many mules have your
The farmer says: Fifty two-year-olds.'
The banker says: You can have
$1,000 As long as railroads build. lum-
Der is hauled or coal mined. grow
mules. Not one year, but every year.
Mr.. Mule win save you money and pay
the mortgage on the farm"
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many times. yet always manfully
brave, he succeeded In carving out
q future for himself ~ he had
dreamed.
Weeks went by, then months, and
still Anne had no word from him.
She had answered his last letter
promptly assuring him Of no objec-
ton in case he still cared to read
parts Of her letter to . stranger.
Months added to months made =
year Of silence. Then Anne went
away with her mother to the noun
tains. A few days after she left
home her father telegraphed her
that Tom Marshall had appeared and
wanted to see her.
Don't tell where we are. she an
swered, and settled down to enjoy
the courtship Of Standneld Meyers.
who had followed her to the noun
tains and who offered balm for her
wounded pride.
One evening as she swayed with
young Meyers to the music In the
ballroom Of the hotel she saw Tom
Marshall standing In the entrance.
his eyes fixed on her. She nodded
pleasantly. much as she would have
done to any casual acquaintance.
The music stopped when she was
near a door across the room She
hurried into the darkness, and plead
Ing headache to her partner. went
directly down the long veranda,
through French window and so
gained the elevator without encoun.
tcring Marshall 4 nights rest. she
| reflected. would At her for the ordeal
OF meeting his wife. Her fathers
| letter that day stated that Marshall
| had with him beautiful youno
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ANNE AvERTED CRIME.
BY Marrying the Only Man She
Loved.
BY A. MARIA CRAWFORD.

His weekly letter. due on Thursday
morning. was not ct her plate when
she came down to breakfast. She ran
through her mail hurriedly, an un-
pleasant suspicion chilling her heart.
what does Tom write? Is 1t time
for one of those-those roundups he
told US about when he was hereT
II don't know, mother. There's
no letter from him this morning"
THE poor boy must be Ill. III
have your father telegraph at once"
Il would rather you wouldn't do
that-not just yet. The mail may be
late"
Late? 1t Is q strange thing that
It has never been late before, in three
or four years. think Of Tom Mar
shall as one of my own children His
mother was my best friend. and she
would appreciate my interest II she
were alive today"
Not when you have . marriage
able daughter" said Anne smiling.
In the privacy of her own room. an
hour later. she read again his last
letter.
IL you don't object, Anne" 1t ran,
y would like to read bits Of your
letter dated the twentieth to q little
girl out here. She IL q pretty little
thing and often helps me pass away
time. Your letters are gems. fragrant
with my old life. and l would like
her to hear part Of the one men
toned.
Anne looked up over her desk
where his picture had hung ever since
shs came home from school He had
been a student in the great university
near her own college. When he was
graduated he had gone west to
ranch owned by his father. He was
determined to make good in the
world as man.
Il want to be q mans man. Anne,
he had told her, mot a weakling.
don't want to stay in the east and
be pushed by dads friends and have
to frequent pink teas and dinner
parties am going to get away
from the people who know me %
that l win be forced to stand or fall
on my own resources"
He had found the west, robbed Of
its glamour Of romance and adven
ture. to be the very place to test
his strength and ability. Discouraged
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-14
Bounties Paid in Kansas.

In Kansas during period Of three
months, the county treasurer paid .
bounty on SGT gophers, 1.137 crows
and AZ wolves. A bounty Of 81 Is paid
on a wolf scalp. the crow head brings
S cents and the gopher scalp is valued
at 10 cents.
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Fowls Drinking Water.

Sulphate of iron or few drops Of
tincture Of iron in the chickens drink
ing water will aid in toning the sys-
tenn Of the fowls, and hence In max
ing them more resistant to disease.
Sulphate of iron comes in solid crys-
tai form.
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The Jersey Cow.

In proportion to her live weight the
Jersey is the largest mixer among
the dairy breeds. and she can be de-
pended upon to produce her product
economically. says the Country Gen.
tleman. In the st. Louis breed test
the Jerseys consumed but 1855 pounds
OF nutriment in producing pound of
milk solids. To produce the same
weight of milk solids the Holsteins
required $3.50 pounds Of nutriment.
and other breeds still more. Az .
dairy producer the Jersey unites
quantity, quality and economy.
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Fruit Buds

Many farmers who have been grow
ing fruit for years do not know that
the apple and most other fruit trees
form fruit buds In the late summer
months.
In very dry weather fruit buds are
formed quite early and In case of a
wet change into leaf buds.
Most small fruit form their fruit
buds In Tie spring
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and an absolutely square acre II the
result. From the drawing this Is evil
dent; for the inside square contains
"a square rods and each triangle con-
tains "a square rods (base times one
half the altitude. or IL times 4 divided
by 81 So four times "a is SO. which
added to "a gives the requisite 160 1t
win be readily seen that the placing
of one of the pegs outlining this
square acre Is an easy matter. for they
each come at the end Of certain rod
ON the chain. Then the square acre
can be laid on without actually meas
uring the sides at all.
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Growing Forage.

In some experiments at the Mis-
souri, state farm In the growing Of
forage 1t was proved that profit Of
$1,000 per acre could be produced
from alfalfa by pasturing and feeding
It to hogs.
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The universal interest in the prob
lem Of increasing dairy profits through
the cow testing associations shows
that dairy farmers are willing to learn
better ways when they have convinc-
Ing proof to sustain a theory.
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tramp with Meyers the next morning.
The engagement Of the two would b
announced at the beginning Of the
season In town, the marriage to take
place the following spring, 30 one
declared Anne was glad that such =
story was abroad. Marshall would be
sure to hear 1t and 80 realize how
little she really cared for him. Later.
down BY Deep Rock springs. Stand
field Meyers demanded his nnal an
swer.
Leave me alone now" she urged.
II &ant to think It over before an
swer you positively"
And 80 It was that she sat there.
chin In hand, elbow on knee, looking
out across the valley basking IN the
sunlight. Marshall came upon her.
She could not quite keep the gladness
out of her eyes ~ she looked up and
saw him, stalwart and strong, with
his youthful dreams still In his brown
eyes.
1T II great to be back in the
mountains, Anne. You look today just
AZ you did that morning mp at old
Chester when / went to stammer good
bye to you. was such . kid. Re-
member?"
| Anne tossed the petals Of . wild
rose on the clear little stream that
flowed from Deep Rock.
NO." she said. quietly. THAT was
q long time ago."
What's the matter with your
memory. Anne? You've changed. I
couldn't sleep last night for thinking
that you left the ballroom after
seeing me without coming to well
come me. You meant home to me.
That's why followed you to the
mountains.'
you don't know how hard It il T.
speak to anybody when standneld n
] around"
"stsndneld Meyersi What has he
to do With your attitude to your old
/ friends?'
Il am going to marry him" Anne
wondered why her voice did not
CULVER with her heart.
Without word he turned and
started down the path.
@Tom,r questioned Anne, = tiny
pulse hammering IN her throat
Tom. won't you wish me joy?"
He came back then. his hand ont.
the old brave smile OF his youth
lighting his face.
Il was . beast. Anne. DEAR. OF
course wish yen 10y. II Knocked
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-14
Care In Spraying.

In spraying the cows. be careful
that a generous quantity of the solu-
ton is put on their backs. especially
just behind the shoulders. since at
these points 1t is difficult for the AMI
mails to brush on the flies.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-14

Modified Wisconsin silo-capacity
$50 tons; size 1880 feet; cost, $3.50,
complete with roof and concrete floor.
duce the cost Of production. and 1t
will be found that 1t is easier. II the
proper methods are used. to do that
than to raise the selling price OF the
dairy products. The results are the
same: large net profit.
In the corn plant about 40 per cent.
of the feeding value is In the stalk
and so per cent. In the ear. When the
ear alone Is fed, nearly half of the
corn crop is wasted.
Where the dry stalks are fed. at
least half of them remain uneaten.
while II stored in the silo the loss Is
almost nothing.
Every dairyman knows that cows
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-09-14
common Scrub COW.

The scrub COW Is altogether too
common. Even though the herd IL
made up of nothing but registered
stock, a rather strenuous campaign OF
selecting must be conducted all the
time.
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PROFITS INCREASED BY sILo
pRdfyman Should Be Ready to Take
Advantage Of Opportunities to Re-
duce His Expenses.
(By J. e. DoRMAN)

By J. e. DoRMAN.)
II dairy farmer were told that he
could roll silver dollars down hill
and then pick up two dollars for every
one he rolled down, and this statement
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Mother Was Puzzled,

A man from his ONCE. downtown.
called his wife by. telephone the 9TH
er morning and during the converse
ton asked what the baby was doing
"she Is crying her eyes out" 70
piled the mother.
What about?"
; 4 don't know whether II Is BE-
cause she has eaten too many straw
berries or because she wants more
replied the discouraged mothsS.-lndf-
anaDolis Nova.
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Use Insect Powder.

Use of plenty OF insect powder In
the hens nests during the warm days
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ing MIXED. The engraving shows .
cross section of COW stall or stable
and an adjoining compartment where
the mixer Is located.
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Improbable Hog.

The unthrifty hog l. a:s,ays q "A
profitable hog
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stave siIo-capacity 80 tons, size
14x2s feet; cost 1882. No roof, clay
floor.
was verified by some of his neighbors
and hundreds Of other dairy farmers
in the country. that farmer would stay
up nights and roll the dollars. But
when told that he could double the
profits by the use of the silo he be-
comes very indifferent and keeps on in
the same old rut, feeding dry feed.
wasting nearly half of his corn crop
and doing a lot of unnecessary work.
In these days of close competition,
dairymen should be ready to take ad-
vantage of every opportunity to re-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-02-23

successful fnancier He did not go
in for swindling the workers. Not
only did he not have the heart for 1t.
but it did not strike him as a sporting
proposition The workers were so
easy, so stupid. 1t was more like
Strengthening fat, hand-reared pleas
ants on the English preserves he had
read about The sport. to him, was
in waylaying the successful robbers
and taking their spoils from them.
The grim Yukon life had failed to
make Daylight hard. II required civ
ilization to produce this result. In
the fierce, savage game he now play
ed, his habitual geniality imper-
ceptibly slipped away from him. as did
his lazy Western drawl
He still had "reminiscences of genial
ity, but they were largely periodical
and forced. and they were usually due
to the cocktails he took prior to meal
time. In the North he had drunk
deeply and at irregular intervals; but
now his drinking became systematic
and disciplined. 1t was an unconscious
development. but 1t was based upon
physical and mental conditions. The
cocktails served as an inhibition.
Without reasoning or thinking about
1t, the strain of the office, which was
essentially due to the daring and au-
dacity of his ventures. required check
or cessation; and he found. through
the weeks and months. that the cock
tails supplied this very thing. They
constituted a stone wall. He never
drank during the morning. nor in Of
fice hours; but the instant he left the
office he proceeded to rear this wall
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-02-23

her as Miss Mason" and that was
all. though he was aware that as a
stenographer she was quick and accu-
rate. He watched her leaving one aft
ernoon, and was aware for the first
time that she was well-formed. and
that her manner of dress was salts
flying. He knew none of the details of
woman's dress. and he saw none of
the details of her neat shirt waist
and well-cut tailor suit. He saw only
the effect in a general. sketchy way.
She looked right. This was In the alb
sence of anything wrong or out of the
way
She's a trim little good Hooker" was
his verdict. when the outer office ..oor
closed on her.
The next morning. debating. he con-
cluded that he liked the way she did
her hair, though for the life of him
he could have given no description of
it. The impression was pleasing, that
was all. She sat between him and
the window, and he noted that her
hair was light brown, with hints of
golden bronze. A pale sun. shining In.
touched the golden bronze into smoul.
dering fires that were very pleasing.
He discovered that in the intervals,
when she had nothing to do, she read
books and magazines. or worked on
some sort of feminine fancy work.
Passing her desk. once. he picked up
volume of Kipling's poems and glanced
bepuzzled through the pages.
You like reading. Miss Mason?" he
said, laying the book down.
"oh. yes" was the answer; very
much"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-02-23
CHAPTER X.

Back in San Francisco, Daylight
quickly added to his reputation. In
ways 1t was not an enviable reputa-
ton. Men were afraid of him. He be-
came known as a fighter. a iend, a
tiger His play was a ripping and
smashing one. and no one knew where
OF how his next blow would fall The
element OF surprise was large. He
baked on the unexpected, and, fresh
from the wild North. his mind not op-
Grating in stereotyped channels. he
was able in unusual degree to devise
new tricks and stratagems. And once
be won the advantage. he pressed IL
remorselessly las relentless a. q
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-02-23

The school teacher had punished
Tommy SO often for talking during
school, and the punishments being ap-
parently without effect. that as last
resort she decided to notify Tommy's
father of his sons fault.
So, following the department mark
on his next report were these words.
Tommy talks a great deal"
In due time the report was returned
with his fathers signature, and under
it was written, ''You ought to hear his
mother!"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-02-23
HlIZ1z2P or "IzE GIL nF NE MI"
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of alcoholic inhibition athwart his
| consciousness. The office became i'm
| mediately a closed affair. 1t ceased
| to exist. In the afternoon, after lunch
| it lived again for one or two hours
when. leaving 1t. he rebuilt the wall OF
inhibition. OF course, there were ex
ceptions to this; and. such was the rig
or of his discipline, that II he had q
dinner or a conference before him in
which. in business way, he encoun.
| tered enemies or allies and planned or
| prosecuted campaigns. he abstained
from drinking. But the instant the
| business was settled. his everlasting
call went out for Martini, and for q
| double Martini at that, in long glass
so as not to excite comment.
Into Daylight's life came Dede Ma
son. She came rather imperceptibly.
He had accepted her impersonally
along with the office furnishing. the
| office boy, Morrison. the chief. conf
Dental. and only clerk, and all the
rest of the accessories of a super
mans gambling place of business. Had
he been asked any time during the first
months she was In his employ, he
| would have been unable to tell the
color of her eyes. From the fact that
she was a demi-blonde, there resid-
ed dimly in his subconsciousness a
conception that she was a brunette.
Likewise he had an idea that she .yas
not thin, while there was an absence
in his mind of any idea that she was
fat. And how she dressed. he had no
idea at all. He had no trained eye in
such matters. nor was he interested.
He took 1t for granted. in the lack of
any impression to the contrary. that
! she was dressed somehow He knew