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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-09
The Prevailing Rates.

That writer is expensive, but
there's meat in everything he writes"
Then. no wonder he comes so high"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-09

better to leave the calf with her until
the abnormal condition is removed.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-09
INTERNATIONAL I.
LESSON

(By E. 0. SELLERS, Acting Director Of
Sunday School Course. Moody Bible En-
stitute, Chicago)
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-09

and flies were thick around 1t. Pit
choune followed him and lay down on a
rush mat by the side of Sabron's mill
tary bed. while the soldier read his let
ter.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-09
a sacred trust

Half aloud he murmured: Il left a
very sacred trust at the Chateau
d'Esclignac, Mademoiselle; but as no
one knew anything about it there will
be no question of guarding it, l dare
say"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-09
LESSON FOR APRIL II
A v AMOUNTED KING.

LESSON TEXT Samuel 16:4-13-
GOLDEN TEXT-Man looketh on tE@
outward appearance, but Jehovah lookscA
or the heart.-I Samuel 1871 R. v.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-09

There was only one place for a let
ter such as that to rest. and it rested
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-09
SYNOPSIS.

7oeN0st1 or 1F 6~oa6srTesu CONAN
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-09

le present has been the monopoly OF
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-09

So I write you this letter to tell
you about darling Pitchoune. / had grown
to love him though he did not like me. 1
miss him terribly. My aupt osks
me to say that she hopes you had a fine
crossing and that you will send us a
tiger skin; but ! am sure there are no
tigers near Algiers. I say
The Washington times., 1915-12-05
Footrvear Of Fashion

] THE proper footwear mode for every hour Of the
holiday1and social season may be found in our
wonderful llAsFRANCE display.
Evefysnex and authentic style touch is added to
the LAFRANCE line 1t would be hopeless task
to find footwear possessing more style, quality and
comfort selling at the modest LA FRANCE prices.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25
PRUNING NEEDS OF CURRANT
In Well-Pruned Plantations No Wood
Over Three Years Old Should Be
Found-Is Gross Feeder.

In pruning the currant encourage
an upright growth or the brush form
with several stems, rather than a
scraggly habit with but few stems.
Four to eight stems are desirable, de-
pending upon soil and variety. Aim
to keep a continuous supply of vigor-
Gus shoots coming on. In we'll pruned
plantations no wood over three years
old should be found.
In setting currants and gooseberrles
set them deep in the soil; they will
not bear fruit unless you do it. In
setting the plants in the hole, fill part
ly with soil and then put in some old
dressing and then cover this dressing
with soil two or three inches.
Currants and gooseberries are gross
feeders, and if you want to get large
crop you must feed for it. Use barn
dressing and be very liberal with 1t.
This will pay better than small dose
which means a small crop of fruit
poor in quality and poor in price also,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25
surroundings Not Conducive to SAM
tary Milk Production.

the stable as is practicable, and should
be clean, and the air as free from
dust as is possible at all times. Some
iairymen have a special room in
which to take the COW for milking.
This room is kept freer from bacteria
than is possible in the general stable.
This is very good plan, but it is not
always practicable.
The mixer is often the source of
some of the most dangerous bacteria
found in milk, especially germs which
produce contagious diseases. Milk
thus contaminated is distributed by
the milkman, and whole neighbor-
hood suffers. This is a case where
there can be no doubt as to the re-
sponsibility Of the milkman, and will
full negligence should be made Grim
inal offense. Nearly every physician
of experience in our cities has met
with epidemics which can be traced
directly to a contaminated milk sup
ply.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25

cost to the members usually is about
$1.50a COW year when the herds con-
tain 10 cows or over, or SIS for the
herd of fewer than ten COWS.
The tester arrives in the afternoon
at the farm at which he is to work
for the next "a hours. When the milk
ing is done he weighs the milk given
by each cow and takes sample to
test of butterfat. At feeding time
he weighs the feed given each COW,
whether she is milking or dry, and
also weighs the. roughage that several
COWS get, in order to know the aver
age weight given to each. This is re-
peated in the morning. 1t is as i'm
portant to have the records of the feed
given dry COWS as of those that are
in milk, as the total cost of feed for
the year should be balanced against
the total value of the product to show
the profit or loss on feeding.
Each cows milk is again weighed in
the morning and sample taken, to
be mixed with the sample taken at the
nights milking; later in the day the
samples of milk are tested for butter
fat by the Babcock test. Thus the
| tester is fortified with the complete
data of the production of milk and
butterfat by each cow in "a hours, as
well as the record of all feed con,
sumed. On this one days average he
calculates the amount of production
and cost of feed for each cow for the
month. 1t may be seen that an esti-
mate made in this way is not exact;
careful studies have shown, however,
that this method gives results that
are within per cent Of the actual pro-
duction of the COW. The findings are
recorded in a herd book that is sup
piled to each member by the state eH-
pertinent station or by the United
States department Of agriculture.
The tester is expected to follow the
local feed market and work out the
most economical ration for the dairy
men. When the record books are CON-
pleted, the tester loads his outfit in
his wagon and drives to the next farm
where he is to work, arriving there in
time for the evening milking.
Thus, at the small cost of $50 a
COW, dairymen have learned that they
have kept many COWS that did not pay
for the feed they consumed. They
have also learned that many COWS in
their herds were capable of paying
for much more feed than they were in
the habit of allowing them, that there
is a great difference in the feeding
values of feed mixtures, and that
equally good mixtures can often be
purchased on the market at different
prices.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25
PREPARE HIVE FOR THE BEES
All Preliminary Work Should Be
Done at Leisure Times-Be Care
full Not to Spill Sweets.
(By F. G. HERMAN.)

10y L 114-1slFa4N.J
The Wide-awake farmer does not
wait until his bees have swarmed and
are clustering on a tree-top before he
thinks of preparing a hive for them.
All preparatory work, such as making
and painting hives, wiring brood
frames and getting the section boxes
ready for the anticipated honey crop
should be done at leisure times during
the dull period on the farm before the
rush of other work takes place.
- How easy it will be to manage a
dozen or more colonies of bees this
summer if everything is set in readi-
ness.
For instance, if swarm issues it
will only be the work of few minutes
to take the hive from the barn and
hive the swarm into it. If the honey
flow bursts forth suddenly what salts
faction it will give you to know that
you have on hand a few hundred sec.
ton boxes ready to set on the hives
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25
- slEd s'sEA FFs''s
Is to Keep Out All Bac-
7 terra as Far as Possible.
Cows Should Be Kept Away From
All Sources of Contamination
Keep Stable Free From Dust
During Milking Operations.

The great problem of handling milk
is the control of the bacterial con-
tent; the exclusion of undesirable
kinds and the introduction of those
which bring about changes that are
desired.
Milk from healthy cows is practi-
cally free from bacteria when Sc
creted, The problem of sanitary
milk supply, therefore, is to keep out
all bacteria as far as is possible. Some
kinds are much more dangerous than
others, and attention to excluding
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25
Killarney Salt Cod.

Soak one pound of salt cod in water
to cover four or five hours, peel and
slice about one-fourth inch thick eight
or nine potatoes according to size OF
family. Try out four or five strips OF
salt pork, peel and slice few onions
and fry in pork fat, but do not brown.
Cook potatoes and salt cod separately,
straining the water off the fish twice.
On your onions dredge about two table
spoonfuls of -four, stirring briskly, a
little salt and pepper and the water
directly off the fish, till of the right
consistency; then add one teaspoon
full of table sauce and let cook one
minute. In the meantime place your
potatoes and fish on platter and
pour onions and gravy over all. This
Is very tasty.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25
prepared by the United States Depart
-

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultural
In popularity, cow-testing associa-
tons have grown rapidly in late years,
increasing about 63 per cent in the
United States in 1914. The prime pur.
pose of an association is to put dairy
ing on a better basis and to eliminate
unproductive COWS. The average an
ual production of the cows of the
United States is approximately 1000
pounds of milk, containing 1G0 pounds
II butterfat, though there are many
herds with records Of production av-
Grazing more than 10000 pounds and
$50 pounds Of fat. 1t is the low aver
age production which increases the
dairyman's troubles. Chief among the
causes of small milk flow are the fol-
Lowing: The COWS are not properly
fed; many Of them are not capable
of making a large production; the
farmer has no records and has little
idea of which COWS are making him a
profit and which are failing to pay for
the feeds they consume. Farmers are
often prone to believe the COWS pay in
some mysterious way, mainly through
the manure they produce, and thus
bring ultimate success.
The first cow-testing association in
this country was organized at Ere
mont, Mich, in 1905. These associa-
tons are now to be found in 80 states
and in 1914 totaled 1865; of these New
York had 90, Vermont %, and Wis
consin "a, other states following with
much smaller numbers. Cooperative
cow-testing did not originate in this
country; indeed, the movement is still
in it's infancy when compared with the
number of associations in Europe,
where there are between $500 and
5000.
There is nothing especially. difficult
In the work of keeping records of
COWS, but it is usually more advan-
tageous to the farmer to hire the test
Ing done than to devote so much time
to the work himself. The tester hired
by the association usually has special
training in an agricultural college, his
experience running all the way from
O. short winter course to full four
years work. A knowledge of feeding,
breeding, and her management is es-
Bential
The expense of hiring a man to act
as tester varies, but it not far from
$3.50 a year. which is divided among
the members in proportion to the num-
Der of COWS they own. The member
ship is necessarily limited to the own
ers of about twenty-six herds of ten
or more COWS each, or one herd for
each working day in the month. The
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25
Clean Milk Cannot Be Produced in
Stables Like This.

these kinds should be in proportion
to their significance to health. 1t is
hardly necessary to say that cleanll-
ness in all operations is at the foun-
dation Of the whole problem.
Repeated tests have shown that
even when a COW is cleaned as thor
oughly as possible, under stable con-
ditions, particles of dust will be
thrown off from her body during
milking time, and these get into the
milk and contaminate it. Cows should
be kept away from sources of con-
termination, such as sink holes in
which stagnant water accumulates,
for such holes breed enormous num-
bers of putrefactive bacteria which
are especially dangerous to infants,
causing digestive troubles. There
should be no places in the barnyard
for water to stagnate. The manure
should be kept gathered up, and every
effort made to keep the COW free from
contamination.
The COW should be thoroughly
cleaned, preferably Immediately before
milking. 1t is also we'll to clip the
hair short around the TANKS and I'D
der, and always advisable to ,moisten
the flank just before milking. All of
these precautions tend to lessen the
amount of dust or loose hair which
will be given off from the COW.
Keep the stable free from dust
during milking. Dust usually comes
from feed, bedding, or from breezes
which collect dust outside the stable
and carry it inside. The stable should
be constructed so as to collect as lit
tie dust as possible. Corners should be
avoided, unnecessary timber should
be left out, and the surfaces should
be smoothed.
There should be an abundance Of
light in the stable. Light is one of
the cheapest and best germicides.
Stables should be whitewashed fire.
quently. Lime itself has a germicidal
value, and it makes the stable lighter.
Some dairymen use chloride of lime
in the whitewash. This assists in kill
ing any form of life with which it
comes in contact
A special room should be provided
for weighing and cooling the milk.
This room should be as remote from
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25
REMINDERS FOR poUL TkYAsN
Clean Water Is Essential 10 Health
and for Egg ProductionAWeed
Out Inferior Birds.

Young chickens should, not be
cooped on land that was occupied by
chickens last year.
Supply clean water. 1t is essential
to health and to the hen for the pro-
duction of the egg, the contents of
which are nearly three parts water.
A large percentage of poultry, es-
pecially young chickens, die through
drinking from puddles and dirty wa
ter in their drinking troughs.
AS chickens grow, diminish the
number of meals, as we'll as the va
riety of food.
Weed out the inferior birds, wheth-
er as to size, form or quality, at the
earliest possible moment feeding the
two lots separately. Unless the birds
are on grass, supply them with green
food daily, therefore cut grass is ex-
cellent. A mangel may be cut in
halves and supplied for the birds to
peck at.
One of the best foods for growing
chickens is the curd from skinned
milk. The milk may be coagulated
with rennet, carefully cut when the
curd is set, subsequently drained in
a cloth and given to the birds when
firm enough to be handled. Chickens
may also receive small quantities of
chopped meat, including fat, with adj
vantage.
If oats are supplied, the best kind
are the whole ground oat.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25
COST OF SPRAYING PER TREE
Difference in Profit on Sprayed and
Unsprayed Trees Given Out by
Nebraska Station.

In an orchard sprayed by the Ne
braska experiment station, the total
cost of spraying per tree was twenty
four cents; the net income per tree
from the sprayed trees was $2.35, from
unsprayed trees, 81 cents, leaving an
income of $3.50 more from the sprayed
than frCn uEspraycd trees, or net
income above the cost of spraying of
S1.3U mere on the sprayed than on the
unsprlygd trees. In other cases the
difference between the profit On
sprayed and unsprayed trees has been
very much greater than this. The diff
ference, of course, will depend on the
prevalence of disease and insects.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25

can readily be identified by its long,
slender spike or head, the spikelets
arranged alternately, much like wheat
grass or the rye grasses. Aside from
this, the plant grows from under
ground rootstocks or rhizomes, which
would aid in making Identification pos
tive.
1t produces both from the seed and
these underground stems. If the lat
ter are cut up into sections, each OF
which has but one node, and planted,
they will produce an individual plant.
We see, then, that the pest after once
getting established can very quickly
spread to all parts of cultivated field
by simply leaving portions of the roots
broken off and deposited again by the
harrow, cultivator or almost any farm
tool.
The matter of eradication is rot a
serious one, if taken up in earnest as
soon as a patch of the pest appears.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25

ing Weeds.
It should never he allowed to go to
seed. The patch, if seen early enough,
can be dug up, going deep enough to
insure getting all the roots. Shake
them out and burn. This may seem
no small task, but one will find that it
is insignificant when compared to the
labor of determination, if allowed to go
unmolested for several years. The
writer has seen entire fields taken in
ten years time, when a few days la
Dor at first appearance would have
effectively controlled the pest.
If it has obtained foothold in any
considerable area, then it is matter
of cultivation to eXterminate it. The
patch should be allowed to grow until
the first heads appear. 1t should then
be plowed to a depth of six or eight
inches 1t should be thoroughly pull
verified with the disk and narrowed so
that subsequent cultivation can be
easily accomplished. The reason for
the late blowing is to allow as much
growth above ground as possible at
the time Of heading, when the great
est possible amount Of strength and
vitality is being forced into the pro-
duction of seed and the root system
may be possibly weakened and more
easily destroyed by the blowing After
this first pulveriZation no green blade
of the grass should be allowed to ap-
pear above the surface.
Frequent surface cultivation will at
tain this end. This is why it is essen
!ial to pulvcriZe the soil thoroughly
when it is plowed. If the sod is left
much as the plow leaves it, no subse-
1uent cultivation can be given and it
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25
Never Add Souring Preventive.

Never add any substance to prevent
milk souring. Cleanliness and cold
are the only preventives needed.
Milk. should be delivered in good con-
dition. When cans are hauled far
they should be full and carried in
spring wagon. Utensils for farm use
should be made of metal and have all
joints smoothly soldered and never al
low them to become rough inside.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25
Potted Minced Lamb.

Grind enough cold roast lamb to
fill three cups; cook well six or seven
sticks of macaroni; put one cupful
cold stewed tomatoes in buttered Ak
ing dish, add minced lamb and maca-
roni, pepper, salt and three table
spoonfuls of gravy. Cover with crumbs
and bits of butter and bake.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25
E Fish au VinaiGre.

Boil shad, macllerel or white fish In
sailed water. When cooked, put on
dish, pour over it two cupfuls of vine
gar while the fish is hot. When it is
cold pour the vinegar into a bowl, add
to it two teaspoonfuls of tomato
catchup, two tablespoonful Worces-
tershire sauce, and salt and pepper to
taste. Pour all of this upon the fish.
When ready to serve, chop fine two
hard-cooked eggs, one small onion, two
tablespoonfuls each of parsley and
celery. one boiled beet, and spread this
mixture over the fish.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25
HINTS ON TIE CARE OF HOGS
Select Standard Breed and Stick to
lt-Feed for Bone and General
Development of Pig.

Do not make the mistake of expert
menting with too many breeds. Sc
lcct a standard for what you want
to raise and then stick
We do not want bone in the pigs
that go to market, but fat. Feed for
fat, then.
But for breeding we must feed for
bone and general development.
Pigs will fatten rapidly when fed
corn alone, but the fattening will be at
the expense of health and growth.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25
Rotation Is Best Hone,

Rotation is the irrigation dairy
farmers best hope. 1t means abun-
dant feed for the COWS, full time for
the butter factory ard satisfaction for
the settlers who coIscientiously and
intelligently apply the principle to the
working Of their farms
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25
- ~e$s s'H~->
LOCAL DENTIST
MONTEREY, VA.
Office in Masonic TEMPLE

BY the administration of Som
noforn1. teeth are extracted abso
lutely without pain safer than
chloroform, ether or nitrous Oxide
and its administration is not fol-
lowed by any of the accompany
ing disagreeable effects Of cocaine,
eueaine or any of the numerous
ocal anafsthelics-
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25
Fried Bacon.

Cut slices of bacon one-half inch
thick, pour boiling water over 1t and
let stand five minutes; put the slices
in the frying pan and sprinkle Indian
meal lightly over them. Cook over
rather hot fire until crisp and brown.
Serve on a warm dish.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25
KILLING QUAcK GRASS
Steps Should Be Taken to Stamp
Out NoxiouS Plant.
, Matter of Eradication Is Not Serious
One If Taken Up in Earnest at
Its First Appearance
Use Disk Harrow.

(By F. L. KENNARD, Idaho Expert
ment Station)
Several inquiries have recently come
to this office relative to quack grass
and its determination. Apparently the
pest is gaining a foothold in some sec
tons and steps should be taken at it's
first appearance to stamp it out.
The plant, no doubt, has been intro
duced through impure grass seeds. 1t
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25
The Weeder-One of the Best InpIe.
ments for Killing Young Weeds.

is this that will eventually destroy the
grass. On some soils it may be adVis'
able to replow the same fall, but gen
orally not until the following spring,
when the cultivation Should be con-
tinued. Two years of this rigid treat
ment should discourage the quack
grass and it will peacefully give up
possession of the land.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25
Cause of Roup.

Roup, one of the most troublesome
diseases among chickens, is almost
always caused by damp quarters. Keep
the quarters dry and warm and the
yards clean and roup will not trouble
you.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25

Cook two pounds lamb in cold water
until tender. Remove meat and re-
serve onehalf cupful of the broth to
be used in making bechamel sauce.
Then add an onion, carrots, barley,
thickening and seasoning to taste.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25
acute" Trick Is Costly.

Some people think it is "cute" to
let the puppy run through the flock
and set the hens to flying. Maybe it
is, but the egg production will always
fall off after such a performance.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25

at once. If this work is put off until
summer time it is more than probable
it will not be done at all.
When feeding the bees be careful
not to spill any of the sweets about
the apiary, for robbing is often started
that way.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25
Balanced Ration,
ply.

A balanced ration is not to be re-
garded as fixed in any case; it is sim
ply an approximate standard, which
must be varied to suit the Individual
ity of the animal according to the best
Judgment of the feeder.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25
To Prevent SKATERS of Fat.

To prevent lard or butter from spat-
tering when eggs or potatoes are
dropped in to fry, sift a little bit or
flour in the fat just before putting it
on the stove.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-06-25
Hen Is a Machine.

The hen, like the COW, is simply a
machine to convert the raw materials
Of the farm into profitable products