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Style of Milk Pail Good for Any Dairy.

and cream before it is churned, rather
than to the subsequent treatment OF
the butter.
The Importance of cleanliness can
not be overemphasized. In our haste
to accomplish task we often sacri-
flee our better judgment, only to learn
that haste at that stage of the work
necessitates q vast. in time and labor
at later period. This is particularly
true in handling milk and cream to
be used for butter on farms. The
bodies of the cows, the utensils, and
the conditions at the barn, the milk
room, and the storage room should
all be clean These are the primary
factors which affect the cleanliness OF
milk and cream.
The utensils should be OF such mate.
rial and construction that they are
easily cleaned and kept so. The in
terror should be smooth with no
cracks or crevices for dirt and milk
remnants to find Judgment and be
removed only with difficulty. The
surface should be heavily timed and
the seams filled with solder. Tin
ware should be kept bright and per-
.ect. AS soon as any rust spots make
their appearance an entrance is given
into the soft iron for germs and
small particles of decaying matter,
which are, in consequence, removed
with much more difficulty. The proc
ess of cleaning vessels which have
contained milk should be:
First, to rinse them thoroughly in
cold water, then in lukewarm water.
Second, wash thoroughly with the aid
of some good soap or cleansing pow
der in water as hot as the hand will
bear. Third, thoroughly rinse in hot
water. Fourth, expose to live steam
from one to two minutes or to boiling
hot water for five minutes in case
steam is not available. Fifth, exposure,
If possible, in bright sunlight from
two to three hours.
In this way the tinware can be kept
clean and bright and free from bac-
terra. Having thoroughly cleaned the
vessels the prevention of access of
dirt to the milk in process of milking
Is important.
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TREATING A SWOLLEN UDDER
Trouble Is Often Caused by Permit
ting Cow e Lie on Cement Floor
With insufficient Bedding.

A caked or swollen udder is a com.
mon occurrence during calving sea-
son. It is often caused by allowing
the COW to lie down on the cement
floor with not enough bedding under
her to keep her udder above the hard
floor, whereby it becomes bruised or
otherwise injured or congested.
The quickest and best remedy Is to
wash the udder very thoroughly with
clean hot water. then rub 1t well for
Is or 20 minutes. The water should
be as hot as the animal can stand.
Use plenty of elbow grease" as the
rubbing is very important. Usually
II the udde. is not caked badly, one
rubbing is sufficient to reduce the
swelling, says writer I'm an exchange.
I have used a number OF patent salves.
but have found none equal to this
treatment.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-01-22
ENGLAND'S new SEA LORD

John Arbuthnot Fisher, Baron
Fisher of Kilverston, who succeeded
Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg as
first sea lord of the admiralty, has long
held as his motto, "The frontiers of
England are the coasts of the enemy"
The son of an obscure Highlander cap
tain and high-born Singhalese wom-
an, Fisher combined certain amount
of oriental craft with traditional Brit
ish tenacity and reasoning. BY sheer
force of mind, strict attention to duty
and persistent labor Fisher rose, step
by step, to the highest rank in 1904.
But even then the commander accept.
ed promotion with reservation. He
had plans for a reorganization of the
British fleet. British naval power then
was not nearly so great as 1t is today,
nor was It concentrated. In the old
days the Mediterranean was regarded
as the scene of possible activities.
Fisher saw a change had been brought
about in England's political relations
and that consequently the North sea
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-01-22

ST Die, between the Vosges noun.
tains and Nancy, was wiped out
months ago. 1t was a picturesque
town of about twenty thousand in
habitants. The pride of st. Die was
once the famous old monastery, said
to have been built by st. Deodatus or
Diedonne (God-given) in the sixth
century. 1t in time became famous
collegiate establishment.
Barbecue lies exactly south of the
great forest of Argonne, and it is also
south of Verdun, which has already
been the scene of repeated hostilities
between the intrenched foes. Bar-le-
Due is the ancient capital of the dukes
of Bar, and before the present war
was estimated to have population
of over twenty thousand. 1t Is beauti-
fully situated on the heights of the
Ornain, and Is an odd and quaint little
French town. The principal building
is its fourteenth century Church Of
st. Pierre. The portal. flanked by a
tall tower, was not erected until the
next century. But st. Pierre's Is most
renowned for it's sepulchral monument
of Rene de Chalons, prince of Orange,
who fell in the siege of st. Dizier in
1914. The marble statue on the monu-
ment is the work of Ligier Kicker of
st. Mihiel, who was a pupil Of Michael
Angelo.
st. Mihiel Is little town whose
name the present war has put upon
the map. It has been the center OF re-
peated engagements. The town grew
up around the ancient abbey of st.
Michael, which now is utilized for
municipal
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-01-22

name is derived 1t is one of the lead
ing commercial cities of the republic,
and the principal center of the man
ufacture and export of champagne.
It Is interesting to visit one of the
"chateaux de commerce" in Reims, as
the French style the caves or wine
cellars in which the golden beverage
Is stored. They are chill and damp
underground warehouses often seven
ty-five feet below the street. The long
lines of cavernous labyrinths are
weird and gloomy in spite of their
neatly kept whitewashed walls and
the scrupulous care bestowed upon
every bottle of the precious liquid in
the endless rows and rows of long
dark vaults.
Every Bit Of Good Ground Titled.
Before the war the Argonne region
had the well cultivated look so typi-
cally French. Long lines of fruit trees
bordered the well-tilled fields each side
Of the beautifully kept roads, which
are such constant surprise and de-
light to American autoists. In Ar
gonne almost every field has his
tory, and every acre shows the init
mate association of generations of
thrifty French peasants with their ma
tive soil. Wherever 1t is possible to
raise a crop, a crop is raised, and
every particle of tillable ground Is
utilized.
All the little French towns and viii
lagos seem akin. The Relationship of
one to the other is evident, exactly as
in the great cities of France. Even in
the metropolis of Reims there are
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-01-22
DAIRY
FACTS
FOR BETTER BUTTER MAKING
Details Concerning Factors A.
fecting the Quality.
(By ]. KEITHLEY)

(By ]. KEITHLEY)
or the 994,650,610 pounds of butter
which. 1t is estimated is made on the
farms annually in this country. the
greater part of Sis of very poor quail
ity. II any Improvement Is to take
place and prove of profit to the farm
butter makers, it is very necessary
that more attention be paid to the
details which go to make up the whole
of this important work.
The fundamental facts and practices
concerning butter making should be
applied by the farmer as well AS the
creamery operator. This knowledge
and it's Importance should be known
in order that it be intelligently APP
piled. Cleanliness and attention to
details are the three prerequisites to
the making of good butter. The main
defects in farm butter show these
three prerequisites to be very fire.
quently neglected. These defects are /:
I. Bad flavors.
2. Lack of uniformity in cotor and
salt.
3. Unsuitable packages and 40 uni
formity in the style Of the package.
The bad fiavors are due largely or
entirely to the changes in the milk
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-01-22
LEADER OF THE ENGINEMEN

From farm boy, with few educa
tional opportunities, to a leader OF men
now representing $4,000 fellow workers
in their fight for better working condi-
lions and higher wages, is the record
of Warren 8. Stone, grand chief engi-
neer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers.
Mr.. Stone has been the principal
figure in the hearings of the federal ar
bitration board which undertook to
settle perhaps the most serious contro-
versy that has ever arisen between
capital and labor-the differences ex-
listing between SO western railroads
and their $4,000 engineers and firemen.
Mr.. Stone was born in Ainsworth,
Iowa, in 1860, and when not working
on the farm managed to pick up bits Of
knowledge in a small country school,
Six months In an academy also enlight-
ened him somewhat, he claims.
When nineteen he entered upon
his career, where he was destined to
becOme the champiOn of his fellow
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-01-22

HE Argonne region Is q most
important portion of the long
line of conflict now raging all
the way from the inundated
territory between Dixmude and
Newport on the North sea, down to
the southeast at Muelhausen and Alt
kirch, near the Swiss frontier. The
valleys of the Aire extend Longitude
nally through the Argonne district,
which is a fact of the utmost impor-
lance, as the region forms a natural
bulwark for the protection of north
eastern France.
Many forests clothe the rocky Ar
come plateau, which extends along
the borders of Lorraine and Cham
payne, and forms part of the depart
ment of Ardennes. Strictly speaking,
the Argonne region is about sixty-three
miles in length and between nineteen
and twenty miles wide. 1t stretches
In a southeasterly direction between
the Aisne and Meuse rivers. forming
the connecting link between the pla-
teau Of Haute Marine and Ardennes.
It's average elevation is estimated to
be about 1850 feet. Among its num-
erous forests the beautiful forest of
Argonne is especially well known. The
region contains many steep and diff
f1cult defiles which materially in
crease their strategic importance.
These defiles lead from the basins of
the Meuse to that of the Seine, dis
trict already famous from the Argonne
campaign of Dumouriez in 1892.
The Prussians under the duke of
Brunswick were disastrously repulsed
at Valmy, a little village 36 miles
southeast of Reims. The battle OF
Valmy, fought September 20, 1892, is
often classed as one of the most de-
cisive battles of the world.
Reims Great Commercial Center.
While Reims is principally noted for
its famous cathedral, it is also one OF
the most important cities of France
1t lies on the Vesle, in the department
of the Marine, and was originally the
Gallo town of Durocortorum, the
chief city of Remi. from which Its
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-01-22
Ready Excuse.

Stanley had contracted. the habit OF
using bad language, and his mother
was conducting an earnest campaign
against this fault. Stanley" she re-
marked, hearing an impatient ejacula-
ton follow a misdirected blow with
the hammer, what have | told you
about swearing" II wasn't swear
ing" the boy defended himself. Truly,
| wasn't, mamma. All said was, o
Lord!' and that isn't a swear; it's a
prayer! The minister says it in
church"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-01-22
WOTHERSPOON'S new JOB

Governor-elect Whitman Of New
York sprung a surprise on the politi-
clans by announcing that he had Sc
lected Maj. Gen. William Wallace
Wotherspoon, late chief of staff of the
United States army, for state superin-
tendent of public works, and that Cen
eral Wotherspoon had accepted the
post. Mr.. Whitman described him as
"the best man in the country for the
position" General Wotherspoon was
retired from the army on November
1 because he was sixty-four years old.
His pay on the retired list is $4,000 a
year. His salary from the state Of
New York will be $4,000.
General Wotherspoon is not a
West Point graduate A son of the
late Assistant Surgeon Alexander s.
Wotherspoon, who served in the Next
can war. he enlisted in the navy. He
found he preferred the army and won
an appointment as second lieutenant
in the Twelfth infantry. He served
in many parts of the West under Gen.
In 1891 he took charge of Geronimo's
to Alabama. In 1899 he went to the
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-01-22
Origin Of Automobile.

The word automobile comes from
two words one Greek and the other
Latin. The two words are auto and
mobile The former is derived from
the Greek autos, meaning self. and the
latter from the Latin mobilis, adyerb.
movable. This is originally derived
from the Latin verb. moveo, movero,
movi, motus, meaning to move. We
are unable to say who first suggested
the name for self-propelled vehicles.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-01-22
Foster Fearlessness.

Fearlessness is the natural condi-
ton of children, and 1t should be not
only carefully guarded but fostered to
a growth that the future cannot affect.
There are better and healthier meth
DDS of governing children than through
fear; a wholesome regard for conse-
quences is another matter, for with
out It obedience would be hard les
son to learn. Even that was left out
of the education of many grownups
to Judge by the reckless deeds which
are large part of the days gleanings
in news. Ordinary care would elm
mate most of the accidents which be-
fall humanity.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-01-22
Bad Practice DISCOURAGED.

Getting married in Burma is not en-
tirely a pleasant operation. Custom
warrants the practice of throwing
stones at the house of the newly
welded, but not blackmail, and when
recently band of Burman youth de-
manded money before they would de-
part the law stepped in and sentenced
the leaders to heavy Imprisonment
and corporal punishment.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-01-22
SAVED THE NATION MILLIONS

THE man who has saved the ma
ton millions" is the manner in which
David Watson Taylor, the new chief
constructor of the United States navy,
has been described. His achievement
in this particular is not the product
OF economy alone, but directly the
fruit of his rare scientific attainments.
Dave" Taylor, as his intimates
call him, was born in Louisa county,
Va, March 4, 1864. In 1881 he entered
the United States Naval academy as
a cadet engineer. In those days %
cadet engineers we're appointed yearly
to the academy, and their admission
was determined by competitive exami-
nations OF candidates from the country
at large. For country-bred lad edu-
Gated mostly under his fathers roof
the manner In which young Taylor
acquitted himself at the entrance ex-
aminations was spectacular. Out of
1870 candidates he passed No. 2, and
soon after entering Annapolis he
showed that he would not be content
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-01-22
a Ran

Bishop j. s. Flipper, in an address
in Atlanta, gave a shrewd rap to the
worldly habits which desecrate the
modern Sabbath I'm the millennium"
said Bishop Flipper, all the Churches
will be crowded to the doors; for
since every day will be Sunday in the
millennium, people will get surfeited
at last with golf and motoring and
turn gratefully to the church for a
change"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-01-22
BrouQht Home.

A party of tourists were going
through small town. having the time
of their lives, laughing and Joking. One
of them thought she Would have some
fun, and called to little girl stand
ing near, Are there any shows in
town.. To which the little girl an
swered, only the ono you people are
making Minnesota Minnehaha.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-01-22
Amended the Author.

Little Lola had been given short
poem to commit to memory by her
teacher. In 1t these lines occurred:
Sail on. We mariners, the night Is
gone Later when requested TO repeat
the poem, she rendered the lines men
toned thus: "ssii on, ye married men.
the light Is vone."
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-01-22
CerraInly suaaestlvc.

Perhaps the old fellow who first
pointed out that a mans home is his
castle had in mind the way it's al
most constantly beleaguered by per-
sons wishing to sell you brooms, po-
tatoes and other commodities that you
don't want any more Of than you al
ready have.-Columbus (Ohio) Jour
nal.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-01-22
Misery.

Next to the boy who has money
coming to him which he cannot col
lect, the most miserable person is the
colored man with gold tocta and 20
chance to display !t--~Icpeka Capital.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-01-22

would be the fighting result when the British empire
in
and to
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railroad
a
telling
whistle the folks usually mother,
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-01-22

quaint bits of old France that are de-
lightfully reminiscent of medieval
times, and seem a portion of some
vanished village.
Nancy Fine City.
Across the plateau Of the Argonne to
the southwest lies another charming
city, Nancy, the capital Of the depart
ment Of the Meurthe ct Moselle. 1t is
the seat of a bishop and was the for
mer capital of Lorraine. 1t was once
the residence of the dukes, of whom
Stanislaus Leczynski, the ex-king Of
Poland, was the last. 1t Is considered
one Of the most picturesque and best
built cities of France, the surrounding
vineyards adding greatly to the beauty
of it's situation.
Since Strassburg was taken by Ger.
many, Nancy has risen in Importance,
pute. Nancy's Ecole Forestiere, or
forest school, is the only nursery Of
the kind in all Europe. Until few
years ago the British government sent
pupils regularly to this school of for
estry, under the charge of an officer.
Nancy boasts a fine hotel de vile,
which was built in the seventeenth
century, and it is hoped this will es
cape the fate of Louvain.
In the Grande rue is the Palais
Ducal It's handsome porch dates from
the beginning of the sixteenth century.
The building illustrates the best form
of late Gothic in France. Within the
ducal palace is another museum, the
Musee Lorraine. but the larger part
of the fine collection was burned by
the Germans when they invaded Nancy
in 1871.
Other Famous Towns.
Ecouen, beyond the forest of Mont.
morency, is noted for it's splendid
chateau, which was built in the six
teenth century, and is typical of the
period. It is now utilized by the
French government as a school for
the daughters of the members Of the
Legion of Honor of lower rank than
those who are educated at st. Denis.
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with second place At graduation
his
that institution With
station he detailed October 1885, the
witch, England.
he
besides This
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-12-16
Hog Cholera Maxims

l. Locate your hog lots anu pa0su
away from streams and public highways
and do not allow the hogs to run free
range.
2 Do not visit your neighbor or al
low him to visit you, IL either OF you
have hog cholera on your premises.
4 Do not drive into hog lots when
returning from market or after driving
on public highways.
4 Do not use hog lots for yardins
wagons and farm Implements
&. Do not place newly purchased
stock. stock secured or loaned for breed
ing purposes, or stock exhibited at coun-
Nv fairs with your herd. Keep such
stock Guaranteed at least two weeks
and use care to prevent carrying In
lection from these to other pens In
feeding and attending stock.
Burn to ashes or cover with quick
lime and bury under feet OF eartn al
dead animals and the viscera removed
from animals at butchering time. They
attract the attention Of buzzards' dogs
etc. which are liable to carry hog chol-
era infection.
Conflne your dogs and do not keep
piReons unless you confne them.
II Hog Cholera Appears in Your Herd;
Treat your hogs Immediately with
anti.hog-cholera serum, after which they
should be kept on light diet ana pure
drinking water and confined to limited
quarters that may be cleaned daily ana
sprayed three times a week with part
Of compound cresoI solution to 80 parts
of 1oater until the disease has abated
in the herd. To obtain the best results
the serum must be administered before
the disease has progressed in the herd.
To Rid the Premises Of Infection:
Remove all manure and saturate with
quicklime.
Burn all litter. rubbish, and old hog
troughs.
After the premises are thoroughly
cleaned, spray walls. floors, and other
surfaces with disinfectant II part COM
pound cresol solution to 30 parts wa
teri. Where hog houses are smail' IuIn
them over, exposing interior to sun
light
wallow holes and cesspools should be
filled in, drained. or fenced on.
All runs underneath buildings should
he cleaned and disinfected and then
boarded up.
Destroy hogs that do not fully re-
cover, as they may be carriers OF cholera
infection.
The cost of keeping calf during Its
first four weeks is nearly double that OF
any other four-week period Of its life.
z OF ordinary farm implements, the
8 sulky pillow has the shortest life In years
: but ranks second only to the walking
/. plow in total days Of service rendered.
a u
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"a Stitch in Time"

with thrashing. corn harvest, fan
seeding. hauling. etc. that less Important
work Is usually postponed until winter
However, the exercise Of little thought
and the expenditure OF q very rev MIN
utea will often save not only hours out
DAVIS later on when the weather ana
roads get bad and outdoor work ID I'M
possible.
Then the odd jobs Of overhauling the
farm equipment. repairing. painting etc.
which have been put on until a slack
season, will require attention; out All
too often the necessary materials WIN
not be on hand, and the work VIII be
DELAYED until It Is possible to make q
trim to town, and not infrequently It
remains undone until the busy season
the following year, when necessity de-
mands II.
list should be made Of the things
that will be wanted for this work. II
will only take a few minutes to 1ot
them down as they are brought to mind'
and then on the next trip to town they
NAV be- bought and set aside so they VIII
he ready when wanted. The condition
Of the different machines which WILL
or should be, overhauled should be noted
and the parts which will need to De
replaced purchased. Then there are the
odd Jobs of repairing buildings, fences
gates. ETC., which will require lumber
and nails. There is no need to make
an extra trip for them when wanted;
they may be brought home the next
time a load is taken to town. Likewise
the lumber and hardware for the small
Jobs of construction which should be
done before spring. Also the paints
oils, putty, and brushes which VIII be
required In painting the various farm
wagons, implements, inside WOODWORK
furniture, ETC., and, above all, the nee
essary materials for the improvements
planned for the house should be OBJ
tanned, so that they can be completed
this winter and not have to wait an
other year.
Everyone knows how much more sat
isfactory it is to have the necessary
equipment ready to perform piece OF
work when an opportunity presents tnan
to get started on it and then find that
It will have to be postponed until q
trip can be made to town, which. even
IL the roads are good and the trip can
be made at once, means loss OF time
and added expense.
It is astonishing how much can DC
accomplished on rainy days or during
slack times, when the tools ana ma
terials are at hand, and there snouie
be no dificulty in overhauling practic
ally every implement on the farm dur
ing the winter season and have then
ready for next seasons work. Tn
value of these stitches in time" Is IRE
uuently out of all proportion 10 Tn
small amount of time they require. Asid
from the satisfaction of having eac
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December, 1918

ulished with profit during the winter
months; there are plenty of them which
will occur 10 the farmer who win spend
a few minutes in considering the mat
ter.