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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07

There Is q steadily, and IN many
places, a rapidly growing demand for
cleaner and more wholesome milk
both for direct consumption and for
the production Of butter, cheese and
other milk products. This demand
will continue to grow Just as rapidly
as the milk consuming public comes
to realize the Importance of using milk
which has been produced under
healthful, sanitary conditions, and the
dangers which may accompany the
use of milk which has been produced
and handled under conditions both
unsanitary and unhealthful. Many
progressive dairyn1en are awake to this
call for Tn improved quality OF milk,
and are DESTROYS of knowing how to
meet it. The increasing interest and
Importance of this question hes led
the experiment station in nearly every
state in the Union to undertake the
work OF finding out through careful
experiments. the best methods of pro-
ducing good milk.
Various methods Of clarifying milk,
such as straining. filtering. sedimenta
ton, and the use of centrifugal ma
chimes have been employed both In
this country and in Europe. Some OF
these have been fairly successful in re-
moving both dirt and bacteria but
none has proved entirely satisfactory.
One important objection to such
methods of handling milk, especially
in the small dairy. is that they require
considerab time, and some OF them
additional machinery, and thus add to
the cost of production. 1t Is much
more important, however. to go far
ther back than this, and TO prevent
the dirt from getting into the milk at
all. because much of 1t dissolves
readily in the warm milk, cannot be
removed, and thus contaminates the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07

carpenters level to set the outside
form. The inside shape Is given by
q core made by lacking together two
boards along one edge. Bevel these
boards at the Joint, SO as to give a
round shape to the bottom Of the
finished trough. Make the top edge
Of the trough at least three inches
thick.
One method of building . hog
trough requires an outer form only.
Mix the concrete dry enough that 1t
may be tamped against the side OF tho
form into the shape desired. Paint
the inside at once with cement and
water mixed to the stiffness of cream.
Use 2-foot lengths of 1-inch gas pipe
across the trough. to keep the hogs
out Of II. For holding the pipe In
position. set " Inch bolts in pairs,
heads down, in the soft concrete so
that the pipes will At between them
and can be held firm by q strap iron
over the bolts. For this purpose
choose u Inch bolts of sufficient
length to extend 4 inches into the con-
crete. Space the cross pipe II to 16
inches apart.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07

With the present high prices of corn
and other grain foods. it is essential
that wa exercise strict economy In
feeding the growing pigs. and also in
maintaining the breeding herd during
the time they are not in actual service.
well-planned system Of grass ana
forage crops will greatly reduce the
cost Of producing pound Of pork, as
we'll as maintaining the breeding herd.
The size of pastures, and the kind OF
forage and grass crops depend largely
upon the location OF the grower and
the number Of animals in the herd.
We prefer to have moro acres or
hog pasture than are needed to supply
the herd with succulent food. so that
we can pillow under what is not eaten,
together with the droppings from the
hogs, thus improving the pasture land
for future crops of grain and grass.
In this way 1t is possible to improve
the fertility OF number of acres,
and at the same time we are utilizing
the land for pasture purposes The
pastures and yards should be planned
so that you are not dependent upon
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07

trees bordering the road should be uni
form in size and shape and placed In a
row parallel to the boundary fences.
A space Of 40 or so feet should be left
between trees.
In the towns It is better to grow
certain variety of tree the full length
Of street. It gives a formal appear
ance and makes the street more at
tractive. Other streets should be lined
with other varieties of trees. In this
way an insect pest will not destroy at
one time the shade trees Of the entire
town.
Instead Of placing irregularly
shaped punches Of shrubbery all over
the front yard and along the walks.
Professor Scott believes that the best
showing can be secured by massing
the shrubbery around the house OF by
using 1t to break square corners IN the
walk. Shrubbery should be used to
fill in the corners at the end OF the
porch, as a banking to hide the
foundation wall, or to fill in the curves
of the walk.
This belief is shared by all promin-
ent authorities on this subject. The
following is quoted from recent cir
cular issued by the University OF ILL
OILS and written by Mr.. Wilhelm Miller:
mo money that you can invest in
planting will add so much to the sal
ability Of your property as money
spent to hide the foundations OF your
mouse. People commonly plant flow
ers against foundations, but flowers
die down in winter and consequently
for half the year they cannot hide the
foundations. Even at their best, flow
ers are too weak to harmonic house
with Nature. 1t takes shrubs and
permanent vines to do that. And IT
Is big thing to accomplish, for
house without foundation planting
cannot possibly look at home amid
its surroundings; it looks bare. ugly.
uncomfortable. The shrubs must not
grow so high as to interfere with the
windows, and they must be compact,
not SPRAYING or leggy: for this Is
the one place on the farm where
something like dress parade is de-
sirable."
The costlfest and least satisfactory
way to make your home look differ
| ent'' is to load the house with orna-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07
FRUIT GRADING FAYA

The following facts should give food
for thought to the man who THINKS It
pays to sell apples amy old way:
This is from the Fruit Trade JoUsna1
Of January LIST.
'~The ratio of strictly fancy fruit TO
the aggregate receipts was small.
The most desirable Baldwins sold At
prices ranging from $500 to $3.50 per
barrel Strictly fancy commanded .
premium. Most OF the common sto1-
age Baldwins changed hands at $2.z5
to $3.50. and wasty and unclasaided
marks at $3.50 to s1.75."
There is a whole sermon for f11s
apple grower In those few lines. II
has very little effect on the selling
price of common apples to take out
the strictly fancy fruit. but It utterly.
annihilates the fancy price to include
even a few specimens that arc not up
to the standard
Tho market report for New YORK
city published on New Years day was
headed Fancy Apples Arc Firm" and
then says that common stock is selling
as low as $3.50 per barrel. Which
grade do you send to n1arlketf Are
YOU satisfied with returns?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07
REDUCING THE COST OF PRODUCING POUND OF PORK

amounts OF nitrogen to the soil beside
freeing it from noxious weeds. 1t is
an economical method Of building up
a down field.
A number of writer's have advocated
feeding the pigs nothing but grass and
forage crops. but my experience, both
in the alfalfa region and here in the
east, will not bear out these claims
for forage.
We find that in order to secure
fairly good gains we must feed a little
grain-food at all times. Forage will
make a great saving, and the best
possible growth and thrift are secured
when wheat m1ddlings, corn or other
grain-foods are fed in connection with
such grass and forage crops as alfalfa.
blue grass, clover and cow-peas, and
the pigs will reach the highest de-
velopment they are capable OF making.
1t is claimed by the leading pork
producers that a well-menaged system
of forage crops will reduce the cost of
producing pork from 80 to 40 per
cent.
In planning a system Of forage crops
and pastures, we must be governed by
the number of pigs, their size, and
quality Of the land that IL used for
growing these crops.
In my own experience I have found
no better method OF improving tbs
soil than to raise hogs, and practice
a system OF growing green feFase
crops and feeding them a reasonable
amount Of GT&!n.feea In eeHReetiaA
with the pasture and faFasa eFaas.
To secure the best erewth and De-
velopment the noGs must have seras
grain-food in connection with their
pasture and forage crops or there will
be a tendency to ereHaeta an elmer
r,L development of tAeiF stomach
and intestines,-W, Ke1leN
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07
Grease the Face
When Spraying

In dealing with strong solutions of
line-sulphur the fruit grower must
protect himself. After hts eyes begin
to smart and HIS fingers crack open,
ne learns than goggles and rubber
gloves are splendid protection. Vase
cline or lard smearcd on face and
hands afford relief. Heavy leather
gloves ore serv1ceable when creased
or soaked with machine OIL Some
men prefer mtscihie oils FOR dormant
spraying as they are more pleasant to
handle. Arsenate OF lead and bor-
deaux sprays In the GUNNER are not 50
disasreeable.
The man who sprays for ten or
twelve hours ana runs between trees
to save time, studies out many little
tricks OF sewing his strength. a
change of position, and an occasional
rolling Of the head keep the neck
from stffen1ns. change Of hands
or q shifting OF their position tends
to keep tho arms from parafyzing. Z
like to separate my hands widely. let
ting the rod balance loosely IN tho
right hand and sliding 1t In snd out
for different limbs, twisting the pole
wits, the left hand, which rests on tho
eilut-o6 valve OF an improved Ienklcss
type.
When Dragging the hose af,out, r -
easy to drop the hand down 10 tho
end Of the hose itself. This saves
mary q bursted hose connection. and
broken stop-cock or extension rod.
Never pull on the rod. Hug tho left
elbow In close to the hip and drag tho
hose by the weight OF your whole
body, not simply by tho power of your
arm. Pull the hose up this wxv q
little further than you need It each
time, then back up one step and take
advantage Of the slack. A hnsf.anch
hose filled with water II no JOHN 10
drag about quickly. all day. cfnen
through the mud. but the euper1s0ced
sprayer soon learns the knach OF
handling Il on the run. A sna&Hef
those. while much Lighter, reduces
pressure by giving too much friction.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07

and IN Europe. One of the simplest
and most practical of these is milk
ing pail with q cover which reduces
the area of the surface exposed during
the milking. In order to test the
efficiency of such q pail for keeping
out dirt that would fall into an open
pail, experiments were carried on Mt
the Connecticut Experiment Station
which resulted in the following: The
mount of dirt in the milk from the
covered pan was only 81 per cent OF
that in the open pail. By the use of
the covered pail an average of % per
cent Of the total number OF bacteria
and Il per cent Of the acid-producins
bacteria were excluded from the fresh
milk
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07

Sut this 10 like gingerbread ornament
tatlon and nssty paint on a house-alI
Tor snow. and without any appro-
priateness to the country. The better
way ts to keep the center OF the lawn
open. Moreover, the open lawn costs
less to maintain, atnce you can NOV Il
py horsepower. or. at any rate, with
out forever lodging around trees and
bushes. The most artistic things are
those which cost the least to maintain
In the long run.
The worst bargain you can make is
to get 4 Cheap lawn, for It means
yearly worry ana expense. Il Is q
popular halacy that the cheapest way
to cover ground IL to SOW It with
grass. Shrubs will cover the same
area at loss cost in tho long run. since
they are cheaper to maintain. The
only true economy In lawn making 10
to spare no expense in blowing. pre-
pairing, and feeding the soil once for
all at the start, instead OF spending q
lot OF money every year Of your life
Tor fartilisers and weed-killers. The
making Of . lawn 10 usually the most
expensive item Of ornaments planting,
but II Il n well done It gives the deep
est satisfaction OF all, for nothing else
1919
look happy. The lawn ia the canvas
on which tho home picture Is
painted. You can set free bulletin
on lawns by writing to tho Omitted
States Department Of Agriculture,
Washington. D. c.. for Farmers Bulle-
tin No. 1876.
Arrange to plant the boundaries OF
your farnstead in such q way that the
Same trees and shrubs will do four
Jobs: First, provide wtndbreaks; Sec
ond. screen unstghtly objects: third.
frame the views from porch and nv-
ins-room; fourth, provide year-round
interest and beauty. II 20. your prop
erty will increase yearly in value far
more than II you merely plant a
hedge.
Illustrations In this article published by
courtesy of Landscape Extension Division Of
University of Illinois.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07
ny W. A. STOCKING, Jr.

milk with both fifth and tho bacterin
Of the dirt. 1t is necessary. therefor.
to secure some means whereby the dirt
can be originally excluded.
It has been found that II tho stables
are well cleaned and ventilated and
exposed to sunlight, II the cows are
kept we'll brushed and cleaned; If, just
before milking, the parts of the COW
Immediately above and around the
pail are washed or wiped with q damp
cloth, and If the mixer is clean, wears
clean clothes and uses sterile utensils.
the quantities of dirt and bacteria
which get into the milk are greatly
reduced.
A number of devices for excluding
the dirt have been tried In this country
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07

One place will have virgtn,a ersepar.
trumpet honeysuckle, and bitterswsee.
The next place will have wild grape,
wild clenatis, and Illinois rose. Both
will be beautiful the year round. and
neither need cost a cent because you
can dig the plants from the open.
While you are waiting for the per-
manent vines to grow. you can cover
your porch the first year, without
spending q cent. by sowing seeds OF
wild cucumber vine or collecting seeds
Of morning glory In regions where II
runs wild. In the garden clties OF
England, suoh az Bournv!ilc ana
Letchworth. which are the most beau
tiful Of their kind In the world. many
thousands Of dollars have been saved
by building very plain houses. AND
providing different sets Of vines foI
every house.
And there IL one evsrgreon vine ena'
ought to be planted on every brick ano
stone house In America whore Enslish
ivy ia not hardy. This 10 the evergreen
bittersweet-not the common climb.
ing anonymous (Euonymus xadloans)
for that has faint OF vnrtegation
but the round-leaved variety. which
the nurserymen call vesetus. 1t
free from the weakness and nuisance
Of producing white leaves, and years
before the ordinary type 1t bears red
fruits about the size of holly berries
which are brilliant all winter,
It is a fundamental principle o,
landscape gardening that the oper
lawn, with shrubbery grouped at the
sides, IL moro valuable than . lawT
peppered with plants. even If they are
rare and costly. There Ii no doubt
that you can make every dollar stand
on edge and scream louder II you
scatter plants over your lawn, but yor
can not make beautiful homo picture
in that way. The gaudy style of plant
ing. which will always appeal strongl,
to a beginner until tho crack Of doom
Is to scatter over the lawn foreign and
artificial kinds Of trees and shrubs
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07
WORK WITH THE BEES.

The duty of the beekeeper in the
spring is to get plenty OF bees In time
for the honey flow. II this Is not
done his work is failure. The popu-
lation of the colony is reduced during
the winter, especially where winter
Ing conditions are not the best. and
this must be corrected II the colony
ia to get the full honey crop. 1t is
Door beekeeping to have weak coll
onies at the beginning of the honey
flow from which the surplus crop Is
obtained.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07

Trees VIII Make Your Place More
Salable.
This house cost no more than the one shown
below and was better in some important ways,
our children to have shady player ound before
they grew UP. So
look just like every beginners in every
city the world over. The best way to
put personality and bril1iancy and
color into home grounds Is to have =
different set of vines for every house
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07

Just because a man Is rich Is no
reason why he is not a good man.
Poverty and good cftizenzhtD do not
always trot Ia double hafnAsA
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07
Concrete Troughs for
Hogs

Watering and feeding troughs, for
hogs are, as a rule, merely long. shall
low concrete blocks, followed out to a
V-shape or U-shape.
The outside form is a heavy box
with vertical sides and ends. To get
the full capacity of trough, use
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07
Good Pasture and Forage Crops MAKE FORK ffoie'

1t is well to close down the hotbed
FASH early In the afternoon, so that all
the heat possible may be retained for
the night. If mats are used. they
should 20 on early.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07

It IL hopeless to advise dairy farm .
ers who are opposed to silos. dairy
papers and things that cost little
time and money.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07

Poverty makes some men great, ana
wealth makes monsters Of othoxa.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07

II THIS 1Our Iuedl7
Are you content to live in this way! Or do
you want permanent country home! Do you
wish to become Wall Street millionaires and
live the feverish life of big, artificial city
Or do you think that the finest way to live is to
have permanent country home!
mentation. The next poorest bargain
is to scatter all over your lawn flashy
trees and shrubs, especially the cut
leaved, weeping, and yariegated
kinds, for this will make your place
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07

It IL not true that cleanliness IA the
dairy costs nothing It costs elbow
grease, and to the lazy man that %
more precious than the ..maxunA
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07

Don't begin to milk a COW with a
wet tail until you have tied it.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07

Is your farming properly diversified'
The day book., 1916-07-17
A pleasant SIGHT

'Yape" said a prominent Arkan-
sawyer. "Tm right well fixed in the
matter of this worlds goods. I've
got IA children, a sizable passel of
hogs and the peartest bunch of
hounds you ever laid your eyes on.
And on sunny afternoon out in the
yard, when anything is dropped that
looks like it might be good to eat,
the scrabblng that foIers is shore
worth watching. Judge.
The day book., 1916-07-17

PULLMANS.-Most of the rail-
roads have got their medieval no
ton of repeating in deeds old Van
derbiIt's slogan, The public be
damned!"
But we still have with us the Pull
man company
If you think the sleeping car trust
loves the dear public, we suggest you
revise your opinion.
Buy a ticket and lower berth, for
instance, from San Antonio to Cleve-
land, changing at St. Louis.
Chances are your berth from st.
Louis on will be filled out in blank.
"Weu wire your number later-oT
you can get it at st. Louis, the clerk
will tell you.
No wire comes en- route. At ST.
Louis YOU inquire and discover an
upper berth has been reserved.
"Then l have a rebate coming"
you venture, remembering that the
Interstates Commerce commission
recently forced the Pullman COM
pany to lower the price of upper
berths.
-"Take that up with the conduct
or" the clerk at the ticket window
tells you.
You take it up with the conductor.
Does he give you rebate? He
does not!
'How do l know you paid for al
lower?" he inquiries. Got any
thing to show for it,"
You have notl
The day book., 1916-07-17
AN EXPLANATION

Ed Wilkinson and Mrs. Ed Wilkin-
son were married last Sunday by
the Rev. PaeTker at Bakersvile NJ. E.
church. They were no relation to
each other before they we're married.
-Bakersvile Item in Hoyt, Mich,
Slogan.
The day book., 1916-07-17

It's a fine little game of passing
the buck!
who shall I complain to-" you
ask, forgetting your grammar.
THE general passenger agent"
General passenger agent Of
what?"
And that's as far as you get.
For this. have we Pullman cars!
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-03-17

Les Darcy. the sensational Austria
liam middleweight, won more fights in
1915 than any other fighter of promi-
hence in the world. He had 10 bouts
and won IL. His only defeat was by
JEFF Smith, whom he beat twice later.
Darcy's victories included two knock
outs over Eddie McGoorty and a deci-
sion over Jimmy Clabby. which gives
him a good claim to the middleweight
championship.
Charley White runs second in vic
tories with ten, nine of which were
knockouts. He also boxed seven no
decision bouts and one draw. Bat
Levinsky had the most f1ghts-28 He
won one, lost one, boxed one draw and
25 no-decision bouts. The record of
Freddy Welsh, lightweight champion,
is joke. He was in 10 bouts and all
were no-decision affairs. Freddy re-
fused to risk his title.
The same goes for Jess Willard,
heavyweight champion. He was in
the ring once in 1915 and that was
when he won the title. The records
of the leading performers are as fol-
lows:
w. NOD
Battling Levinsky 1900. % l
Jack Dillon ............... o 10
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-03-17
PLEAD FOR ACTION
ON PREPAREDNESS
SENATORS CHAMBERLAIN AND
soRAH ADVOCATE LAYING
ASIDE ALL OTHER MEASURES.
President Wilson Asks Congress to
Speed up Legislation in Order
That Adjournment May be
a.. Taken In June.

Observation-Disclosures Of grave com
plications growing out of the sending
of American troops into Mexico to
hunt down Villa and his bandits was
uged in the senate on Monday by Sen.
ator Chamberlain, chairman of the mil.
itary committee, and Senator Borah,
Republican, In advocating laying aside
temporarily all other legislation In or,
der to dispose promptly of prepared;
ness measures. Their statements pre-,
cipitated general discussion, in which
Senators yardaman and simmons de:
precated suggestions that the United
States was not prepared to deal with
any situation that might arise in its
relations with Mexico
While the senate debate was in pro.
gress Speaker Clark and Majority
Leader Kitchin were reporting to their
colleagues of the house on a confer,
ence early in the day with President
Wilson, who urged them to speed up
fhe legislative program, with q view
to action on all important measures in
time for adjournment in June. The
house leaders agreed that 1t would be
impossible to accomplish the task
ahead in SO short a time, although
steps will be taken to hurry on with
the work as rapidly as possible.