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The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-25

nice it would be to have somebody
like that-as nice as that-as pretty
as that-to cook every meal for him!
And how he had hated to see her
start out so early and come back so
late from the department store! Be
fore he realized it. he had forgotten
all his shyness and they were talk
ing learnedly and delightfully."- about
their homes
They thought Of the free country
air and the roads and fields white
with snow. and the peacefulness of
little farm of their own; but they
did not mention the proprietorship.
Still, by sort of telepathy, each
knew that the other was thinking OF
that. And the stuffy little lodging
house room became filed with TO
nance for them and they looked won
deringly upon each other and thought
that fate was very kind.
"And it's this way" said John. 81
know that was fool to leave the
farm and come here. There was Just
the one thing knew all about and
could have succeeded at, and threw
it up to take up something / never
can succeed at"
Same here" said Fanny briskly.
IF you knew how tired get of try
ing on ladies' shoesl And they have
such dreadful tenipers, some of them,
and sometimes their feet are so out
Of shape have hard work to keep
from laughing at them"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-25
THE BABCOCK TEST FOR MILK AND CREAM

This test is used to determine the
amount of butter fat in milk and
cream. Its use in connection with a
milk scales furnishes the farmer a
quick and simple means of finding out
exactly how much butter each cow in
his herd is giving. Knowing this, he
can then retain the high-producing
cows in the herd and use their off
spring to secure still further improve
ment in the herd yield.
complete testing outfit costs from
IS to $40, depending upon the capacity.
Complete directions are sent with each
outfit, and by following these any
farmer can easily make a quick and
accurate test.
The apparatus used consists of %
a whirling machine or centrifuge, (2)
graduated test bottles, CD a glass
measuring pipette, (4) a glass acid
measure. 60 bottle of ordinary com
mercial sulphuric acid
How To Make the Test.
Cd Thoroughly mix the milk by
pouring or stirring and take out a
small amount few spoonsful will be
sufficient
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-25

he followed her in. Upon the stove
was a frying pan that sent forth the
appetizing odors which he had dis
cerned; and in it lay a quarter of a
delicatessen store turkey.
81 think it's DONE" said Fanny, and
she removed it from its resting place
and set it upon platter. Then, open
ing cupboard, she took down two
plates from shelf, two knives, two
forks, two napkins, and salt shaker.
Out of the inside of the little stove
she took four large and piping hot
baked potatoes
you weren't going to eat four!"
said John, with clumsy jocularity, and
Fanny blushed. So she had planned
to invite him from the beginning!
However, healthy appetite does
not permit OF interpretive analysis.
1t was not until the plates were quite
clean, except for turkey bones and po-
tato peel, and the last morsel of the
feast was done, that they found time
for anything but the scrappiest frag-
ments Of speech. Then John looked
at Fanny and his heart began beat
ing in that absurd way again. How
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-25
KENTUCKY FARMERS SHOULD START
PAYING DAIRY HERDS ON THE FARM
Beef Cattle Prices High and 1t Will Pay To Replace Beef
Cattle With Dairy cowsGood Markets For MIX and
Butter Bring Good Profits-Dairy Herd Does Not Re-
qure AS Much Care AS Beef Cattle
Sweet milk and sweet cream usually

Sweet milk and sweet cream usually
afford better returns than butter, if a
market is available.
Second, secure large, rangy, lean,
deep-bodied, deep-chested, big-bellied
COWS, carrying good. caPacious udders.
When fresh such cows should give 8
to 5 gallons of 319 to 4 per cent milk
per day, and should average 2 gallons
of milk for 101a months. Such cows
may frequently be picked up in the
neighborhood at $50 to sos each.
Third, improve the herd by using a
pure-bred bull. The bulls value will
depend largely upon whether he comes
OF heavy milk and butter producing
strain. BY continuing the use of good
bulls and saving the heifers from the
best milk and butter cows, herd may
be built up in few years which is
practically equal in productive ca
pacity to a pure-bred herd. Such a
herd may be developed on the farm
at small cost.
Fourth, heifer calves may be profit
ably raised upon skinned milk, when
available, or two calves may be raised
with one COW. A good COW will often
raise third calf after the first two
are weaned.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-25
I 1([l[IlBY
CLOSET IS OF NO ADVANTAGE
Actual Test Demonstrates Poultry Do
Better Without Curtain-Found to
Be Unnecessary.

In the curtain-front type of poultry
house used at the Maine experiment
station a feature of the original plan
ON which considerable stress was laid
was the canvas curtain in front OF the
roosts.
This curtain, together with the back
wall of the house and the dropp1ngs
board under the roosts formed closet
in which the birds were shut up at
night during cold weather. When the
curtain front house was first devised 1t
was thought essential to provide such
a closet to conserve the body heat of
the birds during the cold nights when
the temperature might go well below
zero. Experience has shown, how
ever, that this was a mistake. Act
ual test shows that the roosting clos
ct is of no advantage. even in such a
severe climate as that of Orono. On
the contrary, the birds certainly thrive
better without the roost curtain than
with it. 1t has been general OBJ
servation among users of the curtain
front type of house that when the
roost curtains are used the birds are
particularly susceptible to colds. 1t is
not hard to understand why this
should be so. The air in roosting
closet when it is opened in the morn
ing is plainly bad. The fact that it is
warm in no way offsets physiologically
the evils of its lack of oxygen and ex-
cess of carbon dioxid, ammoniacal va
pors and other exhalations from the
bodies of the birds.
For some time past it has been felt
that the roosting closet was at least
unnecessary, if not in fact a positive
evil, says a writer in the Baltimore
American. Consequently the time OF
beginning to close the roost curtain in
the fall has been each year longer de-
layed. Finally, in the fall Of 1910, it
was decided not to use these curtains
at all during the winter. Consequent
ly they were taken out of the house,
or spiked to the roof, as the case
might be. The winter of 1901 was
a severe one. On several occasions the
temperature dropped to 80 degrees be-
low zero. Yet during this winter the
mortality was exceptionally low and
the egg production exceptionally high.
In view of this experience the sta
ton has decided to discontinue the
use of the roost curtain. 1t would
seem to be generally understood or at
least unnecessary.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-25

A good type of grade Holstein cow.
When fresh this cow gave gallons
OF milk per day and SIS pounds of
Butter in 80 days. A large and per-
sistent mixer.
We know that at present prices beef
cattle offer attractive returns. Fur.
thermore, good prices are practically
certain to continue We know also
that herd of beef cattle requires less
labor than an equal number of dairy
COWS. However, when a good market
for milk and butter is at hand, and
when one will go into the business
with determination to stick to it and
master the many details, the change
from beef to dairy cattle will mate
rally increase the farm income. To
the beginner in dairying we would
offer the following suggestions in the
light of more than 20 years of per-
sonal experience in practical dairy
farming, and from observations of the
successes and failures of scores of
dairymen in this and other states.
First, look well to your market. If
the farm is located several miles from
a local market or shipping point, but
ter or cream should prove more profit
able. Good farm-made butter of high
quality in body, favor and color, prop
erly sailed and neatly wrapped in
brick-shaped packages and in uniform
and dependable quantity throughout
the year, will always find ready mar
ket. If, however, one can not make
and market such high-class and high
priced butter, he had better stick to
beef cattle and leave dairying alone.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-25

I'm sure they can't any of them be
as pretty as yours" said John, and
he blushed almost as deeply as she.
And then as they sat there side by
side John found courage to draw his
chair SO close that it actually touched
hers, and before he l-new what he
was doing he found himself holding
her little hand in his And she let
him hold it-that was the astonishing
thingi
Fanny" he said-it was the first
time he had called her that-"if I
could save up three hundred dollars
1 could buy little place on mortgage
and make it pay. know 1 could make
it pay. But can't save penny and
never shall, for I can't earn enough.
But If you would go into partnership
with me for just one year, and we had
one room instead Of two-and two
could live just as cheaply as one
and after year we had saved up
three hundred dollars, do you
think-?"
But it was more astonishing still
when she let him kiss her. And their
poor little arrangement seemed like a
lnancier miracle and the heavens
were opened in her little bare hall
room.
Next Thanksgiving we shall have
our home for ourselves" he said pres
emily. Doesn't it make you happy?
Can you be as happy as-I am, Fanny?
Do you know, don't know what your
other name is. Isn't that stranger"
II don't want to tell you, John"
"But don't you think ought to
known"
well, but what's the use of telling
you when you say I've got to lose it
so quickly?"
Copyright. 1912. by W. G. chapman.)
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-25


(2) Suck milk up into glass measure
pipette until it comes above the 17.6
C. c. mark Suddenly close the upper
end of the pipette with the finger. By
slightly releasing the pressure of the
finger allow the milk to drop out of the
lower end until it comes exactly to the
mark on the pipette, when it is stopped
by pressing down firmly with the
finger. Carefully transfer milk from
pipette to test bottle, being careful not
to lose q particle of milk in making
the transfer
CID Measure out acid into acid meas
nre, which is marked to indicate the
proper quantity Pour acid into test
bottle with milk. Thoroughly mix acid
and milk by shaking gently.
(4) Place test bottles containing
mixture of milk and acid in whirling
machine, making certain that the ma
chine is balanced. Turn the machine
for five minul.es at the speed indicated
upon the crank. Stop the machine and
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-25

Fifth, for the beginner pure-bred
females are necessary. High-priced
COWS should not be used until one first
learns to handle grade cows success
fully. Starting in the business with
grade cows, a registered COW may be
added from time to time. These COWS
should be heavy producers, and from
good, heavy milking strains, otherwise
they will give no better results than
scrubs.
The breed of cows selected will de-
pend upon individual circum stances.
Holstein veal valves and old and dis
carded cows bring good prices. Jer-
seys give a smaller amount, but their
milk is richer. Jersey veal calves have
very low value, and this is true also
of old and discarded Jersey COWS.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-25
Their CITY
THANKSGIVING
BY GEORGE MUNsoN.

John Robinson lay on his bed In the
hall room which he occupied in the
cheap lodging house, reading letter
from his folks upstate. 1t was sign
ed by his mother and his two sisters.
1--WE shall all be thinking Of you
next Thursday when we eat our
Thanksgiving dinner" they wrote.
Father sends you his love and hopes
you are well. He is glad you are get
ting along so nicely. We wish you
could be with US, but, as you say,
business is business and you will
have to be at work Friday morning"
There was much more, but Robin
son had only skinned that part about
the doings on the farm. His heart
was in the cottage in the little ham
let where he had been reared before
he went to the city, two years before,
to make his fortune. His tales of sue
cess had been lies, amiably devised
for the sake of the old people.
John Robinson was only twenty
four, but he knew that if he were for
ty his prospects would be no brighter.
He was just an ordinary, clean-mind-
ed country boy, caught in the ma
chinery of the city, and just now earn
ing wage of eight dollars a week as
a grocer's clerk That was as well as
he could do. He might have been a
longshoreman, if he were stronger,
and earned a little more, or a street
car conductor, or fill any one of many
such positions. But he saw quite
clearly the exact limitation Of his
prospects. He wished he were back
on the farm again. But he could not
swallow his pride. He had gone off
amid the saIutations of the half en-
vious village lads of his own age,
and to go back would mean terrible
downfall in their estimation and a
confession of failure.
A strange and yet familiar smell as.
sailed his nostrils. OF sudden he
realized that he was hungry He had
intended to spend that Thanksgiving
day in his room, resting, and had
made a cheap mess of bacon and eggs
upon the little alcohol stove on which
he cooked his breakfasts. But his
starved body suddenly demanded bet
ter nourishment; it clamored desper-
ately, wildly, for this now remem
bered delicacy.
Eie knew what it was. The girl in
the adjacent room was cooking a tur,
kcyi
He knew her to nod to on the
stairs when she came home in the
evening from the department store in
which she worked Fanny-that was
the only name he knew her by-was
pretty and gentle and had sort OF
frightened look in her eyes which
haunted him, since 1t was SO like
the look which he had worn for the
first few months after his arrival. He
had never had the courage to speak tc
her.
That odor was very tempting. He
opened his door little. Then he saw
that her door was ajar also, and, az
he went softly out he came face to
face with her. Her hair was dis
heveled and her face red from bend
Ing over her gas stove.
20 won't you wouldn't you like &c
Join me?" she said timidly. TITS my
Thanksgiving dinner" she continued
with little laugh. Il thought was
afraid you might be hungry. Mrs
Higgins said you cooked all your own
food" she continued.
Johns heart was beating quite VIC
Aantly. for some reason or other, al
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-25
|DOULIM NOTE(|

1t takes % days for a duck egg to
hatch.
Do not disregard breeds and keep
anything that is fowl
The merits of the scratching shed
are shown during bad weather.
No one farm is large enough for
more than one variety of fowls.
Pay well for well-bred male, but
do not accept scrub as gift.
Have clean, warm, dry place with
straw or litter for the roosting quar-
ters.
The average farmer who grows
large crops of grain on his farm Isl
the poorest feeder.
Coarse sand and gravel will reduce
the amount of grit needed by the
fowls, but cannot take its place.
The ducklings viii grow so large In
ten days that the chicken hen cannot
hover dozen--shen you may as well
IL you can put two or three broods
with one hen.
Keep plenty Of water before the
ducks. Sudden death among the
ducks can often be attributed to
lack of water.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-25

add hot water (which should be per-
fectly clean and nearly at the boiling
point until mixture reaches base of
test bottle neck. Whirl again for two
minutes. Stop machine and add hot
water with pipette to the per cent
mark on neck of bottle. WhirI again
one minute
This completes the test and the but
terfat is shown as clear or light
straw-colored liquid in the upper part
of the bottle neck. The sulphuric acid
has acted on the constituents of the
milk, setting free the butterfat. The
hot water added brings the liquid mix
ture up into the neck of the bottle and
the whirling causes the bottles to fly
out into horizontal position. The
acid mixture being heavier is thrown
toward the outside, the butterfat. be-
ing lighter, is forced toward the center
and into the neck of the bottle. This
is divided into 10 equal spaces, repre-
senting 1 per cent.
The Test Is Then "Read."
Suppose the upper end of the fat
column extends to the So mark and
the lower end of the column to So.
Subtract 3.6 from 80. This gives AS
per cent, which is the percentage of
butterfat in the sample This means
that in 100 pounds of the milk there
are As pounds of butterfat.
Precautions To Be Observed.
ID Test bottles must be thoroughly
clean and the inside free from gases.
I'd whirling machine must be kept
well oiled CD acid bottle must be kept
tightly stoppered else the acid will
lose its strength. (4) sample must be
thoroughly mixed, (5) the fat column
must be measured at once before the
fat hardens. Following the last whirl-
ing, it is best to set bottles in a pail
in which is placed enough hot water
GAO degrees Fah,) to come nearly to
the top OF the neck of bottles.
1t is well to order few extra test
bottles to replace bottles broken in
use, and an extra pipette.
Cream is tested by the use of a spe-
cial cream bottle. A special pipette
1S c. CD is needed.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-25

two-by-two-inch roosts. The uprights
are set in quart cans of water with a
half inch of kerosene on top. Mites
cannot get on this rcost unless car
ried there by the hens, and it can be
easily taken through any door and
cleaned.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-25
BY ADELE MENDEL.

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decorations asuprseh tn amr
paper
Of in hche table
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to drssd nsombeg
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paste across h box serves anamec
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-25
MAKING BOOSTS MITE-PRooF
Upriehts Set in Quart Cans of Water
With Kerosene on Top Prevents
Progress Of Parasites.

Ry L. H. COBB, in the Farm and Fire
side.)
Anyone who has tried to clean out
the mites from roosts that are built
in to the hen-house will appreciate the
simple plan given below. 1 make my
sets Of roosts six feet high, with three
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-25
CIV. D. Nichols, Dairy Department,
College of Agriculture.)

Will it pay to replace beef cattle
with dairy cattle on the farm? This
question has been asked US many
times during the recent months by
farmers writing to the experiment sta
ton,
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-25

A good brush is one OF the most
essential implements in cleaning the
milk utensils.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-25

There are some cattle that are nc
better in the dairy barn than are the
weeds in the corn field.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-25

Losses from hog cholera are hea,
lest during late summer and fall.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-25

To keep irons from rusting rub with
mutton fat and wrap in brown paper
before putting away.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-25

The nutritive value and digeseibiIity
OF mutton rank quite high
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-22
Hair coming out? II dry, thin,
faded, bring back its color
and Iustre.

Within ten minutes after an ap-
plication of Danderine you cannot
find a single trace of dandruff or
falling hair and your scalp will
not itch, but what will please you
most will be after a few weeks
use, when you see new hair, fine
and downy. at first-yes-
really new hair-growing all over
the scalp.
A little Danderine Immediately
doubles the beauty of your hair.
No difference how dull, faded,
brittle and scraggy, just moisten
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-22
GIRLS! LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL HAIR
NO DANDRUFF--25 CENT DANDERINE

cloth with Danderine and care
fully draw it through your hair,
taking one small strand at time.
The effect is amazing-your hair
will be light, fluffy and wavy,
and have an appearance of abund-
ance; an incompatible lustre,
softness and luxuriance.
Get rs cent bottle of Knowl-
n's-Danderine from any drug
store or toilet counter, and prove
that your hair is as pretty and
soft as any-that 1t has been neg
lected or injured by careless treat
ment-that's all-you surely can
have beautiful hair and lots of it
If you will just try little Dan
derine.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-22
DRYS ARE GETTING BUSY

The campaign to make. Washing
ton dry in 1914 has been formally
launched here. Prohibition clubs
have been organised In every ward
to take charge OF the campaign
and an initiative law will be pre-
pared and circulated next spring.
Last week the 7th ward club
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-22
ENGINES SUCCESS

BUTTE. Oct. 22.-Test runs
show the electric engines a COM
plete success on the Butte, Ana
conda and Pacific railway and
show the electric engines pull
trains twice as long in half the
time of the old steam equipment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-22
NICK SUGGESTS

Commissioner Lawson thinks
when the sluicing at Tacoma ave-
nue. Is finished the city should
start in filling up under the new
bridge just being started at YAK
ina avenue as there is plenty of
dirt to do it.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-22
LORIMER

GALESBURG. ILL.,, Oct. %. -
Republican committeeman of
Knox county says the Galesburg
republican club did not represent
the county in endorsing Lorimer
for the senate.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-22
NOT FOR OLE

SEATTLE. Oct. %. - Ole Ham
son, progressive, announced at q
meeting of the Progressive league
last night that he would not be a
candidate for the United States SEN
ate, and urged all progressives to
support Thomas f. Murphine.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-22
QUILL Find 1t Here

will constitute the Stadium
High school debating team
this year to compete with
other high schools In the
state.
We have full line of imported
Dutch bulbs now In stock. Him.,
florist, South Seventh and X SITS.
Advertisement"
Arthur Owe is suing the Golden
Rule Furniture company for $5,-
600 damages because he fell
through a hole in the floor while
they were showing him stoves in
a dark room.
Pfafrs Christmas stock, COM
plete. Avoid the rush. Select
week. Jeweler,
HAT @. Advertisement"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-22
RICH MAN GONE

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. ga.
l.. Meyer, millionaire nephew of
the late Daniel Meyer, banker,
disappeared mysteriously last Sat-
urday and not a single clue as
to his whereabouts has been
found.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-22
HELD NO ASSETS

Judge Neterer sustained Bank
ruptcy Commissioner Laffoon in
the Messenger bankruptcy case
Tuesday. and held that Sylvester
Messenger had not withheld any
assets.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-22

Francisco Rolliedo protested
vehemently when detectives grab
bed him after he had stolen a
pair of pants from in front of a
Commerce street second hand
store and declared he would be
an I. w. w.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-22
CALL OFF DUEL

PARIS, Oct. 22.-The duel be-
tween Georges Florentin and Gen.
Bisc, retired army septuagenar-
ians. was called off after Floren-
tin said he meant nothing person
al in the acts at which Bisc took
offense.