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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-30
Chestnut for Poles.

A writer in the Electrical Times re-
Gently stated that probably the best
wood for poles is cedar, bat chestnut
also makes excellent, durable poles.
Much depends, however, on the ma
ture of the SOIL and, generally speak
ing, native timber will be more dur
able than poles Of Otherwise equal
quality grown under different condi-
tons of soil and climate.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-30
SNOW PACKING.
Winter Method of Keeping Fresh Meat
on the Farm

Winter Method of Keeping Fresh Meat
on the Farm.
Freezing the pieces and packing
them in snow is better way OF keep
irg meat than freezing the carcass and
thawing to remove portion as want
ed The carcass should be cut into
steaks, roasts and boiling meats. All
trimming for table use should be done
before allowing the meat to freeze.
Lay each piece out to freeze separate
ly, where it viii not come in contact
with other meat. Secure box large
enough to hold it all and put layer
of dry snow at the bottom. When the
mott is frozen put in layer, packing
it so that TO two pieces touch. Cover
this with a layer OF snow and lay al
ternate layers of snow and meat I'M
til the box is filed Set the box in IN
outside shed where it will not be sub
ject to sudden changes of tempera-
ture. Fer convenience IN getting the.
meat when wanted it is we'll to pack
the steaks in one section or end nf
the box and the roasts and stews in
another. 1t will not then be neces-
sary to disturb anything but the piece
desired when a supply is needed. Use
only dry snow in packing, be sure the
meat is frozen solid, and it can then
be kept through the winter unless
there is very warm spell. This
method is applicable only to local.
Il
cold weather prevail during the win
ter months-Andrew Boss, Agricul-
turist, University Farm, st. Paul.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-30
DAIRY RECORD BULLETIN.
Did You Get One Of the 43.o0o Just
Issued From University FARM

Extension Bulletin 20 on the Keep
ing of Dairy Cow Records" has just
been mailed to over 10000 Minnesota
farm homes. The authors tell us that
COWS from herds in which careful
records are kept and some attention
is given to selection and breeding,
average yields or an average prodac-
milk and from 200 to 300 pounds Of
butter fat per cow may be secured;
but it is estimated that the average
Minnesota cow produces only about
1900 pounds Of milk and $50 PONDS:
of butter fat per year. They believe
that this average could be increased
by at least % per cent by simply
wedding out the Improbable cows Of
each herd after keeping of careful
feed and milk records and find from
their own experience instances of the
value Of keeping such records.
Suggessi9~s for making the butter
fat test and teering a monthly and
annual in5ividaal COW record of milk
and trttar produced and feed con-
sumed acecmnany simple easily un-
derstood blanks fer Feepirg these
records. The blank forms are ap-
proved by the. University Of Mime
sofas department of agriculture. the
State Dairymen's association, the
state dairy and food department., and
the State Farmers Institutes. The
bulletin should be in the hands of
every one who keeps COW. If you
have not received copy write for it
today. If yon ask, your name will be
placed on list to receive other num-l
bers of the farmers library covering
a wide range Of agricultural subjects.
Address Extension Division, Univer-
sity Farm, st. Paul o. Rankin,
Editor, University Farm, ST. Paul. ;
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-30
Profitable Poultry
Plan.
Successful System in Operation
on Mime sofa Farm.

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Mr.. III. w. Hildebrandt of North
field has proceeded upon the assuInp1
ton that the poultry flock was as
well worth attention as his dairy cat
tie, as his corn, as his wheat or his
oats, and a brief statement Of his
methods and results may be inter-
eseing TO other Minnesota farmers.
For the past three years a flock OF
an average size of $50 Brown Leg
horn hens has been maintained. No
hens are kept beyond two years OF
age. as 1t is found that fowls will net
ordinarily give profitable return for
food consumed after that age.
The system of feeding is about ss
follows: The whole grain is a nix
ture of equal parts by measure OF
wheat. barley and corn. This grain
hen obtains her daily allowance only
as a reward for diligent scratching.
A dry mash or mixture of ground
grains is also fed from hopper. This
mixture is made up of wheat bran
and ground oats, barleT. wheat and
corn. In winter the hens natural
craving for animal food is satisfied
by fresh ground bone. Waste bones
and meat scraps are obtained free
from the local butcher shops and
ground on the farm with power fur
nished by gasoline engine. Oyster
shell and grit are kept before the
hens not only in winter but at all
| seasons of the year. Sharp bits OF
! rock are the only teeth that nature
furnishes to birds, and fowls often
suffer from an insufficient supply
even during the summer months.
The Importance of cleanliness is
much emphasized for insuring free
! dom from disease and vermin. Both
| laying houses and brooders are thor
| oughly cleaned and disinfected at fire.
quent intervals. The chickens are
Matched with hens, as Mr.. Hide
brandt believes that healthier chicks
are secured by the natural method.
However many equally successful
poultrymen have excellent results
with artificial Matching. After hatch
| ing the chickens are taken from the
| hens and reared in broodess. The
cockerels are sold as soon as the
market will take them as broilers.
No very satisfactory estimate OF
the cost of housing can be given be
cause buildings originally intended
for other purposes have been aGspted
to the use of poultry. Fairly coIn-
plete records, however, were kept OF
the production and sales Of EGGS. A
summary of these figures for the
year ended April 1, 1912, shows that
live poultry sales brought in $50 and
I egg sales S536. The eggs laid dnriFg
the year totaled 3,343 dozen. The
fact that this means an average Ut
115 eggs per hen as compared with
sixty-six eggs per hen .througscslt the
, state of Minnesota, gives come sng-
gestion of the merits of Mr.. Hide
brandt's system. Unfortunately 10
feed and labor accounts were kept
aud no very accurate estimate of the
actual profits can be made. Enough
has been said, however, to indicate
that the system has proved mere s'2c.
ccssful than usually found on North
western farms-William L. Cavee
Farm Management, University Farm,
ST Paul
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-30
World Looks fer the Best.

There are two sides TO every story
The victory YOU win means defeat to
the other fellow. Put that should rot
deter us from doin% our best It's the
best that the world needs, hv+ if you
can do better than the other fellow, it
is your work that the world wants.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-30
Regulations,

students cannot be driven anywhere
by regulations, was cortrsdicted by
the dean of another institution who in
sisted that by regula tons they can be
driven to the devil accepted the
amendment.-Presid Lowell, in
Harvard Graduates Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-30
How Kansas Got Its Name.

The, late Colonel Imam always
insisted that Kansas got its name
through mistake of a proofresder
The early Kansas Indians were
revising the works Of a missionary
the proofreader mistook the ~ TO,
an inverted N" ard changed it e
IN Since then it has been Kansas
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-30
Luose Sore US.

Very often q screw hole gets SO
worm that the screw will not stay in.
j. snch case cut narrow strips of
ir-', and fill the hole completely. Then
free the screw in. This will make
! os tight as if driven into an en-
lireiy new hole
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-30
Lake His AWAY

Man, says a French savant, has
six times more lung capacity than be
needs. How about the artist who
plays or the slide trcmbone?-Chi
cago Record Herald. "
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-30
By taking advantage

By taking advantage of
the means within his reach it
is possible for the farmer to
make his farm home the most
desirable of any, and thus add
not only to his happiness and to
that of his family, but enhance
the value Of his farm, and the
community and the state will
be the gamer as well as him
self.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-30
ldlenes. AGAIN in Good Oder.

TC1eHcSS HYd1T FU SOOO 0VCfs
II is now declared that the idle are
not necessarily lazy. and that hustling
conversation does not necessarily
prove one is making good among the
busy bees.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-30

V'ETCIl.


BY c. p. BULL, Associate Az
riculturst, University Farm,
ST. Pal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-30

For pinworms in the rectum
of a horse inject good strong
tea stepped from quassia
chips. No particular strength
is necessary. A strong solu-
ton is not likely to do DAM
age when applied in this way.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-30

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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-30
Ground cats, wheat bran and
a little oilmeal, together with
some alfalfa or clover hay, will
keep the brood sOws from be-
coming feverish.
A NEW AGRICULTURE.

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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-10-17
TIME TO CUT ALFALFA
One Of Controlling Factors In
Taking Care Of Hay.
Start Mower In Morning 40 Soon ~
Dew 10 on and Prospects,
Seem Good for Three 0ays
Of Good Weather.

The best time to cut alfalfa is when
or II an examination IS made at the
base of the stalk new shoots are
seen making their appearance Many
times 1t is even practical to cut the
first crop few days earlier, especial
~ II large acreage 10 to be har-
vested. Time Is one of the controll-
Ing factors In taking care OF the hay,
so it is necessary for the grower to
exercise judicious planning to utilize
his time to the best advantage.
1t Is a good plan to start the
mower as soon as the dew il OF in
the morning and the prospects seem
good for two or three days of con-
tinued good weather This hay
should be tedded in the swath in the
afternoon, 80 that 1t will dry out un-
derneath. The side delivery rake II
good, In fact, the ideal machine to
turn the hay. Beginning on the out
side of the field, the hay Is carried
further out, leaving an open space
which will be heated by the sun be-
fore the next round Is made. On
turning the next swath the dry, hot
stubble and soil will quickly draw
the moisture from 1t, therefore the
hay Is curing from below as we'll as
from above. The following morning
the same rake is used as soon AZ the
hay Is sufficiently dry. and two
swaths put In one, and In the after
noon it Is ready to be stacked or
hauled into the NOW.
The following method Is practiced,
and lends itself admirably to taking
care Of hay crop II 1t Is not too
heavy: The mower would be run late
In the afternoon, when not much wilt
Ing will take place and when the
underground Is perfectly dry. The
advantage of this over the early morn
ing is that the soil is warm and dry,
and that less surface Is exposed to
become wet by dew than when alfalfa
IL standing. The hay is turned in the
| following morning just before noon,
and will be ready to rake and stack
In the middle OF the afternoon. An
other plan Is to rake In the afternoon
and put 1t up in small cocks, turning
these over the following day, replac-
ing these two into one, and letting
them cure for few days before
stacking. 1t is of the greatest i'm
portance that the hay be absolutely
dry from dew before putting 1t into
| the barn or stack. Alfalfa is more
difficult to cure properly than the
grasses. because the leaves fall of sc
readily. and when we consider that
these make up 48 per cent of the CROP
by weight, their true value Is very
significant.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-10-17
NOT WORKING FOR ARTS SAKE
VIoIlnist Certainly Had No Mistaken
Idea as to His Ear for
the Melody.

The Blue Forest orchestra had just
finished an ear-piercllg melody on the
front lawn of Berry Inn"
One of the guests approached the
violinist and somberly inquired:
DO you play by note?"
'Niver note do l play, sir" replied
Mr.. Hennessey. hopping his fevered
brow with handkerchief of sangui-
nary hue.
"Ah, by ear, them" said the summer
boarder, with smile of gracious in
terest.
"Niver an ear helps me-" responded
the other, returning his handkerchief
to his capacious pocket.
Indeed! May l ask how you-what
you do play by, them" persisted the
Inquirer.
"By main strin'th be gorry!!" said
Mr.. Hennessey, with weary air. as he
plunged his ancient instrument into its
green bag; AN it's mighty dry wurrl
an that's no mistake"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-10-17
Man She Wanted.

win you marry me?" he asked.
She paused for a moment before she
replied. Then she said:
Listen carefully, please. You are q
man of ordinary abilities and perfectly
conventional ideas. You haven't the
slightest conception of the new world
movement which is now taking place.
You are intensely blind to all OF its
radicalism, intensely unoriginal, salts
fed to be an intellectual nonentity, en-
crossed in that horrible, stagnating
thing known as business, and mental
slave to the opinions put forth by your
daily paper. | am true feminist. an
individual searcher, bound by no ties.
seeking the highest self expression In
advance art forms and acknowledging
no preeonceived standards. Will MIR
you you? OF course | will. You're just
the man | want. Life.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-10-17
HOW MUCH WILL SlL0 HOLD7
Amount Can Be Closely Calculated
Provided Number and Kind Of
Animals Arc Known.
0Rx A. d. WILaON.l


The amount of silage required ana
the size OF silo needed to hold 1t can
be quite closely calculated provided
the number and kind OF animals to be
fed from it are known before build
ing.
An average COW or beef animal may
be fed about thirty-f1ve pounds Of sill
age per day and the usual period
during which silage is used in this
latitude will be about 210 days. Large
animals or those that are being fat
tened may consume considerably
more than thirty-five pounds per day..
but this has been found a fair aver
age.
In a silo of ordinary depth, the
average weight OF the silage Is about
forty pounds per cubic foot. Near the
top OF the silo, however. where the
pressure Is not great, 1t will weigh
only twenty-five pounds per cubic foot
while at the bottom OF a thirty-lve
foot silo it may weigh sixty pounds
Taking these averages. If cow eats
thirty-five pounds of ensilage In q
day, she will eat thirty-f1ve fortieths,
or seven-eighths, of a cubic foot per
day, and with this as basis 1t Is easy
to determine the number of cubic feet
of ensilage required to feed q COW or
any number OF cows throughout the
season. The diameter OF the silo
must be such that the stock on hand
can use one or two inches OF silage
off the top each day during the win
ter and at least three inches per day
when summer feeding of silage II to
be practiced. This 10 necessary to
keep the silage from spelling.
A silo ten feet In diameter Is adapt
ed to feeding ten mature cattle. One
twelve feet in diameter will feed IF.
teen head, and one fourteen feet In
diameter will meet the needs of TWEEN
ty head; but II there are thirty or
more cows to feed, sixteen-foot silo
should be erected. These silos should
be thirty or forty feet, or even more
In height.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-10-17
PETER TOOK PRECAUTIONS.
nut His Explanation Was Somewhat
Unexpected, II Not Reassurinq.

At one OF the big seaside resorts a
young lady had occasion to complain
Of a bathing machine attendant, an
old fellow, who, in the hurry of clean
ing up, would sometimes burst in upon
her without knocking.
One morning, after this had happen
ed for the third or fourth time. the
young lady took the old fellow to task.
Look here, Peter" she said, "
must insist on your knocking before
you enter. 1t hasn't happened yet,
but 1t might very well happen, that
you'd come in on me when l was all
undressed."
Peter, with q chuckle, FASTENED to
rcAssure the young lady on this point.
mo fear OF that, MISS" he said. mo
fear OF that. There's a knothole In
the door that l always look through
before l come In"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-10-17

consequence. Your hair is all right,
Ruth, but take 1t from me that you
should be more of clinging vine. HUI
NOR our little eccentricities, one Of
which Is liking to think we are the
whole thing and you are worshiping US
from down below. TIN make q huge
hit combined with the hair. Conceal
your brains. AS for Florence"
Don't mind me-" murmured the girl
In the hammock.
II think too much of you to leave
you out of this little helpful hints SYM
postum" the young man assured her.
Il am not going to let you wander
around on the outside while the others
have been enlightened They tell you.
Florence, that you are the best dancer
1t was ever their good fortune to run
across and they drag in that peaches
and cream thing about your complex.
ion, don't they? And you have a fit
II ray of sunlight smites you and you
keep a bottle of freckle lotion handy
They remain discreetly silent over the
fact that they find you in the ham
mock while mother Ia canning cherries
in hot Kitchen
"She said there wasn't thing
could dol" protested Florence, holly.
Mothers have q way OF shoulderine
things" said the young man. Mine
would chop kindling while l smoked II
I'd let her! Besides, the men hate to
walt on you the way you make them
That Lady Clara We're de We're stuff
may make a hit with some, but nearly
every man hustles to get away from il
to some one who will make him com
Portable and will wait on him. You'v.
got to do it, Florence, before you will
make complete hit. All successful
wives have to be mothers to theil
husbands"
MEN are selfish brutes!" said
Stephanie, with warmth.
Right" agreed the young man
Sometimes, though, we are rouset
from our lethargy to do great deco
Of kindness, as have just done"
Maybe" breathcd Ruth, violently
you think you've made yourself popu
lar around here by It'll"
I've established myself In your at
fections for life" insisted tho young
man, trazenly. Is he departed. ''Wher
you get over hating me you'll be al
most in love with me for til"
Anyhow" said Stephanie from thu
silence which ensued after he had van
ished, hes perfectly horrid, but yo,
must admit you don't forget him tn,
minute he's out Of sight, as you d.
most OF the others!"-Chicago DAN,
News.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-10-17
BENEFIT By USING CONCRETE
", essides Saving Monsy--Csm-
snt 10 Not Large Item.
lRy WALTER b. LEu.rz.l

(By WALTER b. IEUrZ.l
Safety, economy and utility are the
prime considerations In silo building
and on all of these points farmers are
finding themselves gamers from the
use OF concrete. Concrete structures
are much safer and in the long run
are more economical. The original
cost Is about the same as for silos of
other materials II the farmer In able
to do the work with his regular force.
When the durability and lessened risk
are considered 1t is seen that the con-
crete construction Is economical In
almost all circumstances. The con.
crete silo IL sanitary and preserves
the fodder In a satisfactory way. This
fact has been demonstrated by gov.
eminent tests.
Farmers who have not studied the
subject OF concrete construction will
do we'll to take 1t up. In most cases
the material will be cheaper and
handler than lumber. 1t Is OF high
value for walks, dairy floors, milk
houses, watering troughs and steps
as well as for general architecture
work
Where the farmer Is able to supply
the sand and gravel without much
expense and has time to perform the
labor of construction, or at least II
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-10-17
|HAROLD'S HELPFUL HINTS.

1.-The trouble is" said the young man
With the square forehead as he de-
liberateiy paved over the candy box
and helped himself to the biggest
chocolate, that nobody tells you girls
the truth about yourselves, and SO you
get chesty over the saccharine and
baseless compliments doled out to you.
though they we're breakfast food. And
you get entirely wrong ideas of your
selves!"
Thank you. Harold" said the girl
In the hammock in appropriately hum
BILE tones. "for coming here to lead us
up out of darkness. | might mention,
by the way, that you have colossal
nerve and supreme conceit."
$50 have all great men," modestly
affirmed Harold Nov, take Stepha-
nie-l'll warrant 1000 men to date
have whispered in her ear that her
eyes are causing them vast disturb
ance and"
You. are perfectly horrid!" flashed
the young woman in question.
There you go!" commented the
young man, blandly. Working your
eyes, mean. It's got to be habit
with you. Somebody remarks that it's
pleasant day and thereupon you give
him glance warranted to kill at a
thousand yards.
"That all comes from the fact tina,
when the men mentioned your eyes
they politely neglected to add thai
your nose is impossible and that you
have an unpleasant habit OF being
| snippy.
when you consider Ruth-say,
caught her yawning the other evening
when the new man quoted that thing
about shimmering waves of COLDER
hair or something or other. Ever,
man Ruth meets at once feels some
thing stirring in the back of his heat
which finally bursts forth in tina
bunch of poetry he read in his sopho
more days. I'd like to know the per
centage of her allowance Ruth spend
on hair tonics."
~ wish you'd go on home!" said thu
| young woman In question. Indignantly
"Of course you dol" agreed tn
yong man. affably. That's what SAT-
not one Of you likes to hear tn
truth and you are getting spoiled II
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-10-17
GROWING STRONGER
Apparently, with Advancing Age.

"At the age of so years | collapsed
from excessive coffee drinking" writes
a man in Mo. For four years / sham
bled about with the aid of crutches or
cane, most OF the time unable to
dress myself without help.
my feet were greatly swollen, my
right arm was shrunken and twisted
inward, the fingers of my right hand
were clenched and could not be ex-
tended except with great effort and
pain. Nothing seemed to give me more
than temporary relief.
NOW, during all this time and for
about 80 years previously, | drank
daily an average of cups of strong
coffee-rarely missing meal.
"My wife at last took my case into
her own hands and bought some
Postum. She made it according to di-
| rections and liked it fully as well
as the best high-grade coffee
Improvement set in at once. In
about 6 months began to work lit
| tie, and in less than a year | was very
| much better, improving rapidly from
day to day. | am now In far better
health than most men of my years
| and apparently growing stronger with
| advancing age.
Il am busy every day at some kind
of work and am able to keep up with
the procession without cane. The
arm and hand that were once almost
useless, now keep far ahead in rapidly
of movement and beauty of penman
ship"
| Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Write for copy of the lit
| tie book, ''The Road to MELVILLE"
| Postum comes in two forms:
F, Regular Postum-must be we'll boiled
Instant Postum is a soluble powder
| A teaspoonful dissolves quickly In {
cup of hot water and, with the addi
/ ton of cream and sugar, makes q de
( licious beverage Instantly.
There's a reason" for Postum.