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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-08-04

should be fed Is the calf's appetite. 1t
should be fed sufficiently, but never
Overfed, and it is a good practice to
keep the calf little hungry. The ami
NAL should take the last milk from
the pail with the same relish that it
takes the first"
The time to change the calf from
whole milk to skim milk will depend
largely upon the development of the
calf points out Professor Reed. If it
is strong and well developed, it may
be changed to skim milk at the end
of the second week. This change
should be made gradually by substi
tuting small quantity of skim milk
for whole milk in the daily ration. A
week or ten days should be taken for
the change.
Care should always be taken to have
the milk warm and sweet. Especially
is this important in feeding the young
calf. AS the calf grows older cooler
milk will do just as well If Il is fed ut
the same temperature every day. The
right temperature for the milk is blood
| heat-100 degrees. There is no way
by which the digestive system of the
young calf can be upset more easily
than by feeding cold milk at one neal
and warm milk the next.
If there is any doubt about the &~in-
! perature, thermometer should Se
used, according to Professor Reed.
Judging the temperature of milk by
! putting the finger into it is not sal IS
factory, because milk will feel warner
on some days than on others. II IS
also important to feed milk sweet re-
cause one feed of sour milk may uI~et
the digestive system of the young calf
/ for months, or may even cause derth.
The calves should by all means be
kept in clean, well-lighted and well"en-
tilated stables. The pals from witch
the milk is fed should be kept as cNran
rs possible. Clean, fresh water SHOULD
be provided at all times. Many feed
ers assume that the calf does not need
water on account of drinking milk
but it will consume large amount of
water even after drinking 10 or 80
pounds of skim milk day.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-08-04
FEED CALVES IN STANCHlONS
After Young Animals Have Devoured
Milk and Grain They Lose Desire
to Suck Ears.

There are several good reasons for
feeding calves in stanchions. The
calves can be fed their milk, then
their grain, and after they have eaten
the grain they will lose their desire to
suck one another's ears. A stanchion
made Of wood will be entirely satisfac
tory. II should be made from to 3R
feet high and Is to "a inches from
center to center, with the neck space
4 to inches wide. 1t is built In the
same manner as the old-style rigid
stanchion. The calf should be fastened
while eating, but loosened from the
stanchion after It has eaten its grain.
The calf pens and stanchions should
be built in the south side of the barn,
where plenty of sunshine and light
can be had.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-08-04

have taken root between the rows, it
is advisable to pillow up the center of
the rows, leaving the younger plants
to form the new row.
Strawberry plants produce the heavi-
est at the first seasons fruiting and
decline very rapidly after that time.
For this reason, it is advisable to re-
move the old plants and give the
younger ones a chance to develop. The
old plants can earily be told from the
young plants by the roots. Old plants
have dark-colored roots. while young
plants have light-colored. Also, the
crowns of the old plants become black
and elongated, while on the young
plants the crowns are short and light
colored.
Good fruit growers will ordinarily
not fruit the beds more than two sea-
sons, it being cheaper and more profit
able to set out new bed. But where
only limited ground is to be had, the
renovating system above described can
be utilized to advantage.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-08-04
SOIL FOR THE BUSH FRUITS
Rich Clay Loan Recommended for
Gooseberries and Currants-Sand
Should Be. Avoided.

Gooseberries and currants are very
much alike and whatever is said Of the
one is also applicable TO the other. A
rich clay loan is best for them, and
the exposure of the plantation should
be toward the north, If possible, as the
ground on such an exposure does not
dry out as quickly as any other ex-
posture. Sand should also be avoided.
In setting out plantation, the cut
tings should be not less than eight
inches long, and placed vertically in
the soil, which should be made very
rich with rotten stable manure.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-08-04

Lack of knowledge of proper meth
DDS of feeding calves on the part of
many farmers is the cause of heavy
losses, asserts o. Il. Reed, professor
of dairy husbandry in the Kansas
state agricultural college. The import
ancc Of knowing the best practices in
feeding cannot be overestmated.
"The proper time for taking the calf
from its mother depends upon the con-
diti0n of the calf and its mother at the
time Of calving," says Professor Reed.
eff the calf is strong it may be taken
away Immediately without being al
lowed to nurse. 1t is easier to teach
the calf to drink from the pail if it is
taken from the mother at this ime.
eff the calf is weak at birth, or If
the udder of the COW is inflamed or
caked, it is Il better practice to allow
it to remain with its mother for sew
eral days. In case the calf is taken
from its mother Immediately it should
receive her first milk. The milk ut
this time contains high proportion of
protein and ash, which act as a laxa-
tive and tonic and are effective in
cleaning out the digestive tract and
stimulating the digestive organs.
"In some cases it is not safe TO feed
a calf the milk from its mother after
the first few days, as milk of the cows
belonging to the high testing breeds is
often too rich in fat for the young calf,
and should be diluted with skim milk,
or else milk from some other COW
should be fed.
1.-THE quantity of milk to feed the
calf at this time is important. Under
natural conditions the calf gets its
milk often and in small quantities, and
the more closely nature is initiated the
greater the success.
'The calf of average size should re-
ceive about eight pounds of whole milk
day at first. Large calves should
be fed more than this amount. The
milk may be fed in two feeds-night
and mOrning-or better results may be
obtained by feeding three times day.
AS the calf grows older the amount
should be gradually increased. The
best guide as to the amount which
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-08-04
RENEW OLD STRAWBERRY BED
Young Plants Should Be Given Chance
to DeveIop-Heaviest Crop From
First Fruiting.

cultural College. Fort Collins, Colo.)
AS soon as the picking season Is
over, the strawberry bed should be
moved and raked off. The dead
leaves around the old crowns should
also be removed and burned. The
rows are generally crowded with
plants in the center, and these should
be thinned out and the rest thoroughly
cultivated with the hoe Then the
beds should be given coating Of well
rotted barnyard manure worked into
the ground, and liberal supply Of
water applied.
In many cases where the rows are
heavily matted and the young plants
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-08-04

In the ground with the large end pro-
jecting. Rocks are placed around IL
and 1t Is provided with cover. Sew
eral extensions are attached to the
six-inch opening and the end permit
ted to project slightly from the
ground. Rocks are also placed about
this opening. The rabbit enters the
trap at the small opening and Is free
to come and go from the burrow. BY
closing the small opening, the quarry
may be taken out at the large open
inR.-Popular Mechanics Monthly.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-08-04
REMEDY FOR THUMBS IN PIGS
Reduce Sow's Feed and Compel Young
Animals to Take Plenty Of Ex-
ercise In Open Air.

Thumps in young pigs result from
too much feed, or too little sunshine
or exercise, or both. The remedy is
to reduce the sow's feed and compel
the pigs to take plenty of exercise in
the open air and sunshine. This treat
ment is only effective for pigs that
have not been weaned, since thumps
In older pigs is usually caused by trou.
BILE In the lungs or bronchial tubes.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-08-04

making use of centrifugal force, the
various movable parts Of the separa.
tor being so arranged as to render
the separation as nearly positive as
possible, and to prevent the mixture
of the cream with the heavier portions
Of the milk after the separation Of the
cream therefrom.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-08-04
USE OF CENTRIFUGAL FORCE
Various Movable Parts Of Machine
Arranged to Render Separa-
ton Nearly Positive.

The Scientific American, in illus.
irating and describing a cream sepa.
rator invented by j. A. Falk of Stacy
Vile, Iowa, says:
Mr.. Falks invention comprehends
an improved construction Of separator,
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-08-04
RABBIT TRAP MADE OF TILE
Tee, Having Smaller Opening, Is Set
In Ground With Large End Pro-
jscting - Cover Provided.

Rabbits may be trapped in order to
rid grounds of them, or for food pur-
poses, by the use of the tile trap shown
in the illustration. A tee, having a
smaller opening of six inches, Is set
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-08-04
Community Improvement.

When communities begin to improve
their cows. before they realize It they
begin to improve themselves. The In
terest Of the young people is more
worth while.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-08-04
When Governments Murder

Convinced that government is murderer OF its citizens
the field uniformed and untaught where they
the strength mechanical by education and
discipline for battle withhold denuncaon of its wickedne
and folly. GEN HARRY LEE
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-08-04
Right Of Compulsory Service

laid down based historical proof that
which foegos its rights compulsory military be-
nsaved by depending solely upon voluntary milf
induced gifts of money land and clotngUptnn
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-08-04
Ducks In breeding Pen.

A breeding pen should have from
or eight to ten Runner duck
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-08-04

Modern is fought chemical basis and a
mechanical basis, well as a basis 1t is not arms
and men alone. OF course the men, trained men, are
the essential thing. Nothing has been produced
which take the place of the thing that God
made, and that is 1t is the who is well
trained and reasonably well armed but back of that
tremendous influences in the shape of equipment and
all sorts of apparatus, and the production of these is
based upon sound organization and development of
Morris tribune., 1916-12-01

It is old trick of designing politicians when they
cannot get the voters to grant them what they want to
agrate for complete overurning of the machinery of
government.
This what accounted for the adoption Of the mi
ative and referendum in several states and in those
states the voters have discovered that this
is of the handest things imaginable for the
special interests In this state certain bunch Of poit
clans agitating for constitutional convention where
they play bull in the china shop with all the estab
ished laws and customs, and slip nice lot of okers
when is looking Just what they trying to put
don't know-and those that do know don't tell
For time have carefully scanned the papers
for statement of the why Minnesota should
take the extreme of tearing up its set of
fundamental laws, and this is
able to get to statement of the reasons
They say minnesota needs department of public
domain can't have under the present constitution
But why do need department of public domain?
Let's get down to brass acks Does anyone desire to
charge that the state property lands and mines
being honestly and efficiently administered and if it
not who the deinquents, and when and where was
the delinquency committed.
"Minnetsoa needs unified system of educational
administration and get it under this constitution.
Well why? The present system unified as we want
with different educational ideas all of which
good and long they do work at purposes
it is democratic and desirable tnat educational
administration should be divided in accordance with the
different educational ideals.
minnesota needs instead of five supreme
justices can't have them account of the constitu-
ton' True this u.s. but the have twice neglected
to give the desired relief When the convinced
of the pressing necessity for the change they will
lit.
Minnesota needs systematic and busness-like
organization of the whole state government. Bunk; be
specific.
minnesota needs the short ballot Why not be
sstent and say that what Minnesota needs king and
responsible prime minister benevolent despotism
anything else that be twisted around appear
make the government automatically perfect.
The truth is that the people going to amend the
constitution rapidly it really needs amending The
thing that Minnesota needs most of all is honest in
Office, and honest out of office Honest have
little difficulty in administering the affairs of the
under the body of laws honestly and efficiently
and the honest of office needed to keep
len in office. sg4.x
But there in Minnesota that need
amending.
Morris tribune., 1916-12-01
amending.

AS the result of an investigation by the Minnesota
Railroad and Warehouse Commission, the long distance
telephone companies have been directed reduce their
charge for twelve miles and less from 20 to Is
cents This will substantial saving for those pa
irons having many short calls and the commission is to
be congratulated their action but would be much
important they would speed up the enforcement
the physical connection law The nsoent and
refusal of of the long distance telephone companies
connect with the local exchange not only makes the
telephone nuisance instead of convenience but is in
defiance of the clear mandate of the law. The commits
sion should put little ginger into their handling
the else take of the long distance telephone
lines of the capitol and compel the members walk down
to hotel booth every time any called them that
line
Morris tribune., 1916-12-01

Tom Davis, recently elected to the legilature from
Lyon county, and his law partner, Mr. Michel, have
bought half interest in the Marshall Reporter and will
write the editorial page. Last weeks issue filled
with lot of readable stuff and Messrs. Davis and
Michel have acquired goodly competence from their law
business there why they should not have all
the fun they wish with the Reporter But Tom will have
to forego his alleged political ambitions for the gods do
not besrow in editorial work and in poll
tics and the Tom himself defeated
one of the best editors in the whole Northwest.
Morris tribune., 1916-12-01

A. A. Stone Jr., of Morris, who defeated L. G..
Spooner for the Legislature in sticker campaign, will
rghtfully bear the tite of Baby of the House." Mr.
Stone only % years of age. However, he from
of the oldest and most respected families of Stevens
county, and bespeak fro him successful in the
egislature. Browns Valley Tribune.
Morris tribune., 1916-12-01

This editorial is not of especial interest to read
but write to contribute mite to the discus
sion that is going the rounds of the country
The amount spent by the Republican national commit
tee-and the Democratic aIso-for 'free pate' which
used would have purchased from $50 to 500
inches of good advertising space in every newspaper to
which the plate sent. AS it there must have
been SIS 600 spent for plate in Minnesota that
unpacked from the boxes If the press bureau
were not obsessed with the idea of obtaining free
publicity, they would have spend this money with
Judgement and when another campaign comes the
try papers should untedy lay the folly of their
before both committees. Incidentally, certain press
association which captazes its great desire for the
country publishers welfare has been making consider
able noise about how the country papers received paid
Advertising but with that $15 900 order for plate Min
nesota alone, opine that their viewpoint is quite diff
erent from We need to handle this thing ourselves
and it's just another argument for Central Service
Bureau.
Morris tribune., 1916-12-01
DONNELLY TOWNSHIP

Miss Mcclellan called on G. Peter
Sons last Friday.
Mrs. Will Angel visited at A.
Meyers Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gudar and daughter
visited at S. T. Erdahl's Sunday.
Jessie Peterson, Martin and Alfred
Gregerson, Lawrence Peterson and
Ray Johnson visited at C. Peterson's
last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lud. Strand, Gene
We've Cunningham and Olga Greger-
son visited at M. L. Strands Sunday.
Julius sperr spent Sunday evening
at Bill Albers'.
Hazel Chapman, who has been
visiting at j. Cooks. returned home
Sunday.
Ole, Agnes and Ida Erdahl, Ray
johnson, Hannah, Mabel, Ellen and
Lawrence Peterson called on T. Cor
coran Sunday evening.
Moses and Oscar Strand called on
5. L. Erdahl' 8 last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams spent Mon
day evening at Will Albers'.
Mrs. F. Meyer spent the last part
of last week at W. Meyers. ''#
Mrs. Diehl entertained the Larkin
Club last Thursday. A large crow !
ATTENDED.
Lena Sperr, who has been working
sat Peck's of Herman, returned home
Tuesday.
Try bottle of DR.. Pepper-be
convinced that 1t is the best soft
Morris tribune., 1916-12-01

Twenty questions current events (easy ones) were
submitted to the students of the Farmont high school,
and the highest number answered correctly eight Two
students knew when the European started two knew
what country controls Belgium. and what nation
holds Verdun None knew the largest city in the world
Morris tribune., 1916-12-01

Chauncey M. Depew is reputed to be joker, but
it joke recently when in referring to Davd's
assertion that three years and ten constitute
life, he said, 'Men and have died because
they believed what David said. You die any time you
like if you think hard enough that you can't live beyond
that time
Morris tribune., 1916-12-01

Try bottle of DR.. Pepper-be
convinced that 1t is the best soft
drink. adxEf. i
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13
PUBLIC LIBRARIES

Thanks to Andrew Carnegie and hundreds of other pubIic-spirited men and women, nearly every city and town in America, now boasts of a free library. Such an extension of the op- portunities for popular education as are afforded by the free library is a comparatively modern innovation. While, there were many semi-public libraries in the United States and Can ada prior to 1893, it was on April 9th of that year-just eighty-three years ago this Sunday-that the pioneer free, town library of the world, es- tablished by vote of the town meet ing in Petersb orc, N. H. A small col lection of books was purchased and placed in the post-office, where all might have access to them, without price. In 1893 a. handsome new build ing was erected to house the col lection, which had grown into over 10000 volumes, including many rare old works. The edifice was built at the expense of two of Petersboro's wealthy citizens. and Andrew Carnegie later bestowed upon the institution a fun for the purchase of books. Peter boro, which is located in southern New Hampshire, is a, quaint and beau tiful village, but its greatest claim is in the possession of the worlds oldest library of it's kind.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13
THE ADVANCE OF THE FARMER

As pictured in the comic supple ments the farmer is a, frowsy sort < of animal. His clothes look like a tramp,s, he is usually minus necktie, and if his whiskers grow, they look like Carranza's.
 The real farmer as he comes down town these fine spring mornings, is a different parsonage. If his errand calls for contact with the beasts of the field or good red earth, he may not look just fit for a dancing party But usually you can't tell him much from any other kind of business man.
 An Iowa man was remarking the other day that in his neighborhood the average farm is worth close to s3O0OO and is increasing in value 10 per cent. annually. A number of other states are just as prosper ous as Iowa. Our friend remarked how many farmers now have houses lighted by electricity or gas, furnace heat, brussels carpets, lace curtains, pianos and victrolas. They have one or two automobiles, take one or three daily newspapers and as many week lies, support churches hberaily. and send their children to college and technical schools.
 Of course in the newer states, many of the farmers are where the Iowa mans father was 30 years ago. But they will soon come along. In the more unprogressive states of the east, it is not fully understood as yet that the agricultural college knows more than your grandfather Bu ttllis fact is much better realized than it was.
 What folly then, for the newspapers to continue the preposterous habit of ndiculing the farmers alleged rustic ity. / It could we'll. be ignored, did it not lead some silly young people to quit the farms for the empty allure ments< of the White Way. Also it deters workingmen from going into the country, and makes it harder to get farm help, thus raising the cost of living for everyone. But the city man who pities the country people for their primitive condition may have to borrow money of them to help him buy the necessaries of life. .
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13
 TODAY'S POEM }
MY TOWN

knoW my town, and I love my town, And I want to help it to be As great a, town to every one As it seems to be to me! praise my town and cheer my town. And try to spread it's fame; And I know what a splendid thing
 'twould be If you would do the same! I trust my town and boost my town, And want to do my part To make-it a town that all may praise From the depths of every heart! I like my town and I sing my town, And want my town to grow; If knocked my town or blocked my
 town,
 That wouldn't be- nice, you know! I think my town is the very best town In all the world-Tto me Or if it's not, I want to get out And try to make it be! I talk my town and preach my town, As think a fellow should
 make
 For the love of the common good! I bet on my town, and I bank on my A town,
 And I think it fine to feel When you know your town and you
 love your town
 That it's part of your honest zeal! I'm proud of my town, love my town, And I want to help it rise And that's the way to help town Not curse it and despise! Baltimore Sun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13
LITTLE BENNY'S
 NOTEBOOK
(By Lee Pape)

Unke1 Ed came to see us last mite. getting heer on the II o'clock trane, and after suppir, sed to pop, Pop. can set up with you and ma and wait for Unkel Ed
 Will you promise not to get sleepy, sed pop.
 Yes sir, I never get sleepy I sed.
 Perhaps not. sed pop, but I have herd it sed that even Homer mods.
 Who? I sed, and pop sed, o, an old skoo1 mate of mine. We'll, you may wait up till the ferst time you yawn, and the ferst time you ya-wn off you go to bed now finish your home werk.
 Wich I did and then I started to wait for Unke1 Ed, and the clock struck and hadent yawned yet, and it struck half past g and hadent yawned yet and jest as it was half way throo striking 10 I yaWned and quick looked at pop and he was reed ing the paper.
 G, I thought, he dident see me. And I started to. look at the clock and wunder wat wood happen if the hands started to have a race and all of a sudden pop sed Benny.
 Sir,' sed closing my mouth.i
 Your .yawning, sed pop.
 No. sir. I sed
 Wat do you call it, then, sed pop.
 My mouth jest came open, I sed.
 O. my errer, sed pop. And he kep on freeding the paper, and yawned 3 more times without him saying eny- thing and then he sed, Hay. will you stop that imitation of the crater of Mount Vissoovious. And then wat did he do but yawn himself, saying, Confownd it, hes got me doing it. And he yawned about 3 more times and sed, Good mite, I'm as sleepy as a June bride. I'm going to bed, III see Ed in the morning.
 And me and pop went to bed and ma. waited up for Unkel Ed.