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The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-15

Beef cattle should be found on
every farm where cattle are not
handled for the exclusive production
er enters the dairy business or
handles beef cattle. should depend
upon the amount OF labor available
in proportion to the crops produced,
the demand for milk and its products,
and the equipment for the proper
production of milk. Beef cattle will
consume a larger amount of feed than
any other class of farm animals in
proportion to the labor necessary in
handling them. They are especially
adapted to the utilization of rough
age, require a small outlay for build
ings and equipment. and return to
the soil very large percentage of
the plant food consumed. thus reduc-
ing expense of fertilizer.
1t is not always the heaviest feed
ers who get the best results. Every
animal requires certain nutrients that
enable it to perform it's best work
If these nutrients are not supplied in
the proper proportions, it means that
the animal must consume and adjust
larger amounts of some of the ele-
ments that II can use, in order to get
enough of the others. Economical
feeding requires that nutrients be
supplied to animals in the proportion
needed. AS a rule, farm feeds are
lacking in protein. If one is feeding
cornstalks or wild hay, the farm
grains will supply enough protein to
meet the animals needs for best
work. This is especially true of
dairy cows and young stock. When
this form of roughage must be fed.
some such feed as bran, middlings or
oil-meal must form a reasonable pro-
portion of the grain ration, in order
hat the protein supply may be main
tanned
inexperienced cattle feeders fire.
Quently suffer quite a heavy loss ON
account of the shrinkage in weight
between the time the cattle are taken
from the pasture and the time they
reach the market. The shrinkage is
usually due to the careless feeding in
transit, or lack of preparation OF the
cattle before they are put on the
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-15
EXPERIMENTS IN
USING SKIMMILK
Found Best at South Dakota
Station to Stick to One
Kind for Good Pork.

In a report of a recent test at the
South Dakota Experiment Station to
determine the comparative value of
sweet skimmilk, sour skimmilk and
buttermilk with corn for pork produc-
ton, the following statement is
found:
Each bushel of corn fed without
milk yielded an average of 11.9
pounds of pork Each bushel Of
shelled corn fed with 154 pounds Of
sweet skimmilk yielded an average of
17.9 pounds of pork. Each bushel of
shelled corn fed with 153 pounds of
sour skimmilk yielded an average of
.IT.6 pounds of pork. Each bushel Of
sheiled corn fed with 1853 pounds. of
buttermilk yielded an average of 1T
pounds of pork. The records shows
that an average of 15S pounds of milk
and one bushel of corn yielded an
average of IT. pounds of pork.
From which two lessons may be
drawn. First, what is generally
known. that milk added to corn makes
much more economical ration than
corn alone. And second, that-the hog
makes as efficient use of any one OF
the forms of milk as of either of the
others.
So from a practical standpoint it
doesn't matter whether We feed sweet
; kimmilk. sour skimmilk or butter
milk. It no doubt is best, however,
to stick to one Kind. AS to palatabil-
,ty. individual taste, that probably
varies in hogs as it does in people
some like the milk best in one form
and some in another. and we cant
please all.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-15
METHOD FOR HOLDING WORK
Sawed Plan Shown in illustration
VIII 8e Satisfactory.

CBy WILLIAM GROTZINGER. in the
Scientific American)
A good way to hold large. heavy
work that Is TO be sawed is shown
in the sketch. The work is passed
through the triangular opening in a
wooden frame. nearly in the form Of
the letter A. When the frame and
work lie at an obtuse angle they con-
stitute three-legged stool. The up
per edges of the board become wedged
fast in the sides of the triangle, and
the lower side of the board rests upon
a cross piece. which can be placed at
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-15
PAYING HENS ARE
FROM BEST STRAINS
Profitable Birds are Delight to
the Eye and Help to Fill
Poeketbook.

The paying hen is usually hatched
from paying strain. The paying hen
that comes out of flock of good-for-
nothing birds is seldom met and ia
not worth hunting for 1t takes time
it takes money and it takes born her
sense toe produce a flock of payine,
hens. 1t takes very little neglect to
send this flock back to the class of
the nonpaying birds.
Paying birds are a delight to the
eye. You show them to your friends
and linger in your description of
what they are and what they have
done for you. This class of birds.
because they pay. receive thought and
attention from you. You will gladly
take care Of them; you are willing to
properly mate and feed them. and
you look for fresh blood to improve
them
Paying birds never make IN large
part of your flock when you sell the
cream of the choice chicks eyerv vear
Money-making flocks are made up of
the best you raise. always letting the
second quality go to market.
Paying birds live In houses free
from vermin and supplied with nura
air and water. They get food that is
needed to bring the profit to the
proper point. Cheap food because it is
cheap never helped to produce the
paying hen and keep her running to
the nest
mems .nae pay splendid profits are
what the world is asking for, is look.
ing for and is demanding. Are you
going 70 DC among the breeders who
will fill the orders for this kind of
birds?
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-15
FEW MoN-PRoDucTlvE HENS
Several Found Among Competitors at
National Esa Contest That Never
Laid an Ego.

One OF the surprises OF the national
egg contest at Mountain Grove, Mo-,
was that several hens among the
competitors were found that never
laid an egg. They seemed healthy and
ate az heartily as other hens
in the pen. but never laid single
egg.
How to account for this is mat
ter that puzzles the experts, We
don't knew that they could find out.
says the Kansas Farmer. even by
killing the hens and examining them.
They can only say they were non-pro-
ductive. The finding of these noE-
producing hens could only be found
out by the use OF trap nests, where a
daily record was kept of all the hens
that laid or didn't lay any eggs.
1t is undoubtedly true that there are
great many non-productive hens in
the focks of this country. and it would
be fine thing If they could be found
out, so as TO be eliminated from the
flocks. The use of the trap nests for
this purpose. on the ordinary farm, is
out of the question. for the farmer
would not have the time to attend to
them even il he did have the nests.
Still. he can do great deal towards
the elimination of the non-producers
by observation. He can get rid of all
the hens that are over three years
old. for after that age they do not
lay many eggs. The superfluous roost-
ers that are generally on every farm
are. of course. in the non-productive
class. and should be disposed of at
once
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-15
DEVICE FOR PILIAG sTUMPs
Machine Designed by Wisconsin Man
Found Quite Successful-Detalis
Of Construction.

A stump and log piler which he's
been quite successfully used by many
settlers In upper Wisconsin is that
which was designed by Frank Con-
rath of Rusk county. After the
stumps have been pulled or blown out
the piler can be moved into the field
and the roots" and waste logs can be
piled ready for burning. BY fitting
the piler on one side the swinging
boom or arm will carry the stumps
to the lower side of the machine
where they can be easily piled. says
the Iowa Homestead. Following is the
bill of lumber and hardware required
to construct piler: Three skids C
inches by 8 inches by % feet, three
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-15
Stump and Log PIIer.

cross beams 6 feet long). two stand
ards for a frame 6 inches by 8 inches
by Is feet, two brace poles C. inches
by inches by 20 feet, one pole for
swinging boom e inches by inches
by 20 feet), few timbers of planks
to set boom on, $50 feet q inch by 2
inches) steel cable for main line and
guy ropes, three steel blocks for main
pulling cable and two small blocks
for guy cables
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-15
FEEDING Green Corn.

Feeding green fodder corn to cows
in the pasture leads to no end of rest
lessness. They seem to imagine that
every man, horse. or team crossing
the fields is bringing them corn. They
are constantly chasing every vehicle
that comes in sight. expecting to get
a feed of corn. While 1t is some more
trouble to feed In the stable. it seems
to be the only satisfactory way of feed
fag corn to COWS while they are on
grass.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-15
PREVENTING GRUB
IN HEAD OF SHEEP
Noses of Animals Should Be
Tarred Often During Fly Time
to RepeI Pests.

The condition known as grub in the
head is caused by the presence in the
cavities of the head between the eyes
or the larva worm stage) of the
sheep bot fly. The trouble is confined
2 TO sheep and occasionally goats. The
eggs are laid in the nostrils of the
sheep during the summer by yellow
lsh-gray fly somewhat larger than the
house fly. The eggs hatch and work
lnelr way up into the cavities of the
head between the eyes, according to
the Southern Agriculturist. but not in
the brain. They attach themselves
enere and remain about ten months.
when they loosen their holds and are
sneezed out and burrow into the
ground. There they pass through an
otner stage, emerging in a month or
SIX weeks an adult fly, and the life
cycle is begun over again.
rev srubs may not cause enough
trouble to be noticed However. if
tnere are many thick, dirty, white
or yellowish discharge is caused.
coughing and sneezing tossing of the
head and Weakened gait. Sometimes
death results.
A veterinarian can relieve the sheen
by trephining, but prevention of infac-
ton is better practice. In av tina
the noses OF the sheep should no
tarred often. Some force their sheen
to take their salt through an anger
hole and keep it snieared with tar du,
ing ny time A dark shed where tba
sheep may escape from the flies is !,
great help. <
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-15
Profit In the Hoo.

Years OF experience and close OBJ
servation, together with a carefully
kept account of all feed, etc, have
demonstrated that there is: no more
profitable animal on the farm than
the hog, and no variety of farm stock
that will SO quickly lift man from
dependence to independence when
properly fed and cared for
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-15
Keeping Sheep in Condition

Doctoring sheep is expensive and
often unsatisfactory unless the
symptoms OF the disease are clearly
understood. If sheep are not exposed
TO bad weather in the late fall. and
ARP given proper care and feed. there
Is not nauch show for disease, unless
brought in from other fiocks. with
sheep an ounce of prevention is
worth considerably more than 4
pound Of cure.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-15
Garden Rubbish.

A few old fence rails, built together
in square in the garden, will hold
all the rubbish that is fit for decom-
posing. Add to it the weeds from the
garden and manure and all ashes
from the house. Pour the wash wa
ter over it and allow it to pack thor
oughly. 1t will be of value for next
spring. while it concentrates now all
the wash refuse and prevents the
hens from broadcastiEg it again.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-15
Chicken Relish Sour Mix.

Sour milk is more relished by fowls
than sweet milk; sweet skim milk is
best for mixing mashes., The birds
will drink more milk il given either
uniformly sour or uniformly sweet
than when given sweet one day and
sour the next. When the milk ia
separated after souring. use the whey
to wet the mash.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-15

a farmer near Philadelphia took .
little farm OF Is acres. Unon H.
Iarm ne was enabled to grow the hrs,
year enough to winter two head Of cat
Eie and horse. and In a number !,
years ne was able to winter 40 hass
OF cattle and two horses. and had Nv
20 sell. he employed a man ana 49, =
ooy' II you figure that up ii comes
70 about 20 men on 100 acres a. land
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-15
ToadstooIs.

twenty-five persons were killed
within week in New York and vicin-
ity by eating toadstools. Grocers are
cautioned to use the greatest care in
buying mushrooms and the producers
are warned with equal earnestness
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-15
Quail La Neglected.

A part OF the poultry on the farm
is that covey of quail you have OBJ
served in the back fields somewhere.
and little attention to those small
fowls is worth while.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-15
Device for Holding rimbers.


various heights. according to the size
of work that is to be held. In saving,
the man rests his knee on the work,
near the top of the frame. and the
board is changed end for end, when
sawn through half it's length.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-15
treatment Of Diarrhoea.

The best treatment for young
chicks with diarrhoea is hoiled rice
and boiled milk.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-15
comfort gor Biz.

Don't forget the pigs on cold
nights. but give them a good warm
bed of straw.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-15
Feeding Value Of Alfalfa.

Alfalfa leaves contain most OF the
seeding value OF the alfalfa plant
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-15
INEXPERIENCED CATTLE FEEDERS SUFFER
S HEAVY LOSS IN PREPARING FOR SHIPMENT

Larger Amount of Feed Is Consumed by the Beef Animals Than
Any Other the Farm-As Rule Feeds Are LACKING in
Proten-Secret of Shipping Is to Have Them Well Fed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01
Scoutmaster Coleman Offers
Aid of Boys to the City
for Cleanup Day.
MAYOR ACCEPTS THE OFFER

Boy Scouts of Kenosha are going to
aid in cleaning up of Kenosha on sat-
urday and following meeting held at
the Y M. G. A. building on Tuesday
night ]. B. Coleman, scoutmaster of one
of the Kenosha troops, sent a formal
offer Of services to Mayor Dan 0.
Head. He stated that the scouts would
offer their services to the city of Ke-
nosha with the understanding that the
work to be undertaken by them be out
ineG by the street committee of the
city or by the mayor. The troop in
question is made up of twenty husky
boys and they have agreed to show
what a real troop Of boy scouts can do.
Mayor Head notified the scoutmaster
this morning that the services Of the
boys would be accepted by the city and
that between now and Saturday plans
would be made to furnish them with
work for the day. 1t is expected that
other patrols of the boy scouts in Ke-
nosha will make similar offers to the
city and that on Saturday morn ng Ke-
nosha will have band of nearly
hundred uniformed scouts chasing dirt
in different parts of the city. This
action on the part of the scouts is GER
tain to come as a spur to other organi
cations in the city and the "clean upo
spirit is expected to be contagious.
The mayor has taken the matter up
with the park commission, the board
of health, FIRE and police departments.
and with the various committees of
the council and with hearty CO.
operation from the people of the city
it is certain that Saturday will be the
greatest clean up day that Kenosha
has ever known The officials are
anxious that the individual property
owners take this matter into consid-
Grafton and see that they do their
share in frightening up the city for
the coming Of the summer season.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01
LIGHT PETITIONS READY.
Down Town Property Owners to be Ask
ed to Sign for Decorative Lights.

Petitions to pave the way for the n
staliaticn Of decorative lights in the
business district of the city are now
ready for circulation. They are in the
hands e the special committee of the
retailers association and they will be
sent out for signature just as soon as
the bill authorizing the council to levy
a special tax for the lights is passed
by the state senate. The bill is ex-
pected to be acted on during the pres
emit week. Individual petitions have
been taken out for each OF the streets
proposed to be lighted and the commit
tee feel certain that they viii be able
to get the majority of the property
owners signatures on all the streets.
The petition announces that the cost
of the lights will be divided between
the city and the property owners, the
city paying one-third the cost and the
owners two-thirds. The COM
mittee is hopeful that the petitions will
go to the council at the second meet
in May.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01
Health Board Urges People
of City to Get After the
Flies This Month.
GARBAGE NEEDS ATTENTION

That pest, the house fly, has com
menced to appear. Everybody knows
how fast they multiply and what dis
ease conveyors they are. 1t is up to
every man, woman and child to swat
them quick. This is the warning that
has been sent out by the members of
the Board of Health and others inter
ested.
A mild winter and anticipated
warm spring and summer, presages
a vast increase of the pests and well
directed efforts must be put forth if
the threatening dangers are to be
minimized.
1t is claimed that the time to swat
the fly is before it becomes a fly
that is before the egg is Matched. The
way this embryonic swatting is done
is to eliminate filth of all kinds. If
che breeding places of the flies are
done away with there will be no flies
The garbage cans should receive
attention; the cleaning should be
thorough; all matter must be removed
from the corners and none ought to
remain on the ground.
Suggestion is made that a good
flushing of the can with a carbolic
acid solution is good. This will not
only destroy the fly eggs, etc, but will
also serve to act as a fly repellant I'M
til the next cleansing
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01
DEATH OF MRS. MINNIE LENTz.
Well known Young Matron of Town of
Paris Died Tuesday Evening.

Mrs. Minnie Lentz, aged 81 years, 10
months and 80 days, wife of Frederick
Lentz and one of the well-known women
of the town of Paris, died at the fam
lily residence on Tuesday evening after
week IS illness from heart disease.
Mrs. Lentz was daughter of the late
Joseph finland, one of the pioneer resi-
dents of the county and she was widely
known throughout the county. The hus-
and two small children survive.
Funeral services will be held from
Grace English Lutheran church on
Prairie avenue at II O'Clock noon on
Friday and the remains will be inferred
at the family plot at the .Kenosha City
cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01
CLAUsEN TRIES HIS HAND.
Arrests Motorman Arthur Mink for
Violating Speed Ordinance.

Police Officer Emil Clausen is to
have chance to Try his hand at en-
forcing the ordinance against speed
ing and on Tuesday night he arrested
Arthur Mink, motorman of the local
line on a charge of running a car fast
er than fifteen miles an hour on West
Market street. Mink appeared in
court this morning and the hearing of
the case was continued for a week.
Police Officer Clausen claims that the
car was running at a rate exceeding
twenty-five miles an hour. He asserts
that the car was running so fast that
he was unable 80 catch it with the
motorcycle. Superintendent Timme Of
the local company was in court this
morning to defend the case with Mink
and he declared that the matter would
be taken up by the Milwaukee offices of
the company before the day of the ad-
jdurned hearing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01
PROPERTY OWNERS AID WORK
DR.. N. A. Pennoyer Makes Contribution
of $500 and Will Furnish Gravel for
Concrete Caruth Gives $3.50.
Commissioner to Expend $4,000.

Another change has been made in
connection with the improvement of
the Lake Shore road and it is now an
nounced that the Improvement of the
road to the north of the city will be
started at the north limits Of the city,
This change in plan was made at the
request of the town board of the town
of Somers and other interested parties.
It will mean that work done will begin
at the end Of the pavement on Mil
waukee avenue and be continued just
as far north as the funds raised for
this particular road will make possible.
Under the former plan the highway
commissioner had planned to begin the
building of the road at the north linn
it's of the German Catholic Cemetery.
In order to secure the change nota-
BILE contributions have been made to the
fund for this road. The Pennoyer SAM
tarium by DR.. n. A. Pennoyer has
paid in cash subscription of $500 and
in addition to this DR.. Pennoyer has
agreed to furnish the gravel needed for
Improvement of the road from his
beach just north Of the city limits.
Col. George w. Caruth has also sent
check for $3.50 to aid in the improve
ment Of the road. The plans provide
for the building of a concrete highway
Ia feet in width and as some $4,000 is
available for the construction of the
road it IS expected that it will De built.
as far north as the st. George Gene
terry this year. The road will be the
first concrete road in Kenosha county
and it is certain that with the build
ing Of this piece this year the town Of
Somers will make provision for the
extension Of the concrete road in fut-
IRE years. 1t is expected that it will
be extended as far north as the county
line either in 1914 or 1915.
The change in the plans for the road
way will probably delay the work for
a week, but Commissioner Mcclellan
declared this morning that he thought
that the plans and specifications would
be ready by the first of next week.
This work will be done by contract and
several contractors have given assur-
ance that they will bid on the work.
The commissioner is still being held
up by the lack in engineering force in
the office of the state commission and
plans for several of the roads are still
to be made by the commission. The
work being done directly under the
supervision of the county in the town
of Paris is we'll under way and other
work will be started just as soon as the
second road outfit recently bought by
the county is shipped. The specifca-
tions for South Park avenue aud the
Sheridan road are expected some time
next week and Commissioner McG2e
han hopes to have this work under way
by the middle Of May.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01
NO TROUBLES EXPECTED HERE.
May Day Tomorrow but Workingmen
Do Not Anticipate Any Trouble.

Tomorrow is the first Of May, the
day when new agreements are made by
the members of the various working
trades. 1t is not expected that there
win be any labor troubles in Kenosha
as a result of the signing of the new
agreements. While there has been con-
siderable activity among the men in
the building trades for some time it is
not thought that there will be any
clash with the contractors. Kenosha
laborers and contractors see busy
season ahead of them and both sides
of the question are being regarded with
very sensible view and with the idea
to prevent any clash which would de-
lay building operations in the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01
HOLD NOTABLE SERVICE.
Three Hundred Little Children Take
Part in Service at st. George Church.

The services attending the close of
the forty hour alteration of the Bless
ed Sacrament closed at st. George
Church on Tuesday evening with a no.
table ceremony. One of the largest
crowds seen at the church in years at
tended the service and three hundred
little girls all dressed in white and
carrying flowers aided in the beauti-
full ceremonies Of the evening. The
service was in charge of the Rev.
Joseph Meyer of st. Mary's Church in
Racine and he had as his assistants
nearly al Of the clergy of the Keno
sha churches. The sermon was preach
ed by the Rev. Peter Mas of Chicago.
In addition to the little girls the mem
bers Of Knights of st. George also took
part in the professional.