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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-30
Many Sires Are
Killed Too Soon
Bulls Sent to Butcher Before
Their Full Usefulness
Is Known.
prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.l

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
What becomes of the bulls that
head the average contrasting associ-
alton herds? Are the good ones rec
Ognized and kept in service, or are
they unwittingly sent to the butcher
before they have completed their full
period of usefulness? Some idea as
to the tendency in the disposal of the
pure-bred sires in our dairy herds
may be had from the results of re-
cent study made by the bureau Of
dairying, United States Department
of Agriculture.
Proved Sires in Aged Glass.
The bureau had previously gathered
list of SO pure-bred sires, and ascer-
tanned their transmitting ability by
comparing the records of their daugh-
tiers with the record of the dams.
Naturally these proved sires were in
the aged class by the time their value
could be determined in this way.
Nevertheless, it was desirable to know
which were still In service. Inquiry
brought information about % Of them,
OF this number only five are alive and
in service today. These are all good
sires as evidenced by their 81 daugh-
tiers, whose production Is better than
their dams by II per cent in milk and
% per cent in butterfat. The other
IL were slaughtered for various rea-
sons.
Eleven of the seventeen slaughtered
bulls were good. Their 81 daughters
showed an increase over their dams Of
% per cent in milk and 20 per cent in
butter fat. Only of them were
slaughtered because of sterility, while
went to the butcher for other rea-
sons such as unrecognized value, un-
ruliness, and a need for new blood
Six Of the II bulls were poor. OF
these, 2 were slaughtered because Of
sterility, died, and 8 were killed for
beef. Perhaps it was recognized that
the last 3 were inferior, and for that
reason were discarded.
Value Recognized.
While this is a very small number
from which to draw definite con-
illusions it is evident that the value
of some of the good sires was recog-
nized. which accounts for the that
are still in service. Perhaps some Of
the poor sires were also recognized.
The unfortunate part is that in the
weeding-out process, if such practice
existed, IL out Of the II dead sires
were outstanding from the standpoint
Of transmitting production to their
offspring. Some means must be found
to keep the bulls until the records of
their daughters prove them either
good or otherwise.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-30
NeuO England Woman
of Advanced Ideas

In his book, "Some American La
dies" Meade Minnegerode pays this
tribute to an early American wife:
"Abigail Adams, wife of President
John Adams, was one Of Americas
first feminists, for she told her hus-
band she thought women should have
share in the government and, be-
cause Of her wise advice on political
questions, he himself acclaimed her
as 'stateswoman' This simple but
shrewd New England woman most
brilliantly acquitted herself at for
eign courts, winning half his battles
for her ambassador husband before
Adams became President.
"How careful she had to be. how
tactful, how gracious, how dignified,
how unfailingly watchful," remarks
the writer, 'that they never were
made to appear ridiculous, must have
been due, in large measure, to her
own intelligence and good sense, to
her breeding and to her faultless in
stinct-this Puritan lady who YVES 50
afraid of appearing awkward"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-30
FARM EACTS!e'

Change the water occasionally in
the tractor radiator.
An average of the figures indicates
that farmers are using appreciably
higher protein feeds than they were
five years ago.
Gather the eggs at least every day
and better twice day during the hot
weather. Keep them in dry, cool,
well-ventilated place.
Culling costs about seven cents for
each nonproducing hen removed from
laying f1ocks during the past year.
Can you afford to do without it?
Any time is good time to kill bur-
docks. Cut them below the crown with
sharp spade. This will prevent flu.
ture sprouts coming from the same
root.
On short pastures the dairy COW
does NOT get enough Ieeu Tor OOtn
maintenance and milk production.
Grain must be fed in addition to keep
up the milk flow.
Good pasture for growing pigs,
brood sows. and all other classes of
hogs is so valuable that it often
makes the difference between profit
and loss in the hog business.
Blue ointment mixed with an equal
part of grease or lard will get rid of
lice on chickens If an amount about
the size of pea is rubbed into the
feathers just below the vent, poultry
specialists of the Pennsylvania State
college say
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-30
Much Improvement Is
Made by Poultry Raisers

Much improvement has been made
along many lines in the poultry bust
ness during the last few years, but
the work which has been done by the
rank and file of producers to improve
sanitary conditions is undoubtedly the
most important.
During the last two years there has
been more loss from disease by the
produce houses than previously. This
was especially true two years ago.
Last year these men handled the birds
in a more sanitary manner and the
losses diminished. Farmers appreci-
ate that many of the diseases that
cause loss on the farm and at produce
houses may be eliminated by improved
sanitary conditions.
The practice of raising chicks on
fresh ground has spread rapidly. This
movement is of prime Importance.
Worms, lice, mites, coccidiosis and
tuberculosis are spread by the older
fowls and infected premises to young
chicks.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-30
HOW TO KEEP,
WELL
DIR. FREDERICK r. GREEN
Editor of "HEALTH"
t@. 1926. Western Newspaper Union.) !,
THE CAUSE OF CANCER

THE most terrifying and fatal dis
i ease to which the human body is
subject is cancer. Although it has
been known for many centuries we
know little more about it today thai,
was known thousand years ago.
Human ills are terrifying in pro-
portion as their causes are unknown.
The great epidemics of antiquity were
terrifying to the people Of those days,
because no one knew what caused
them or how they could be prevented.
One reason why cancer is so terri
flying is that it is, today, almost the
only human disease of which we know
absolutely nothing regarding its cause.
1t is called cancer from the Latin
word meaning crab, because, as it
grows, 1t forces long processes or
roots into the body like the legs Of a
crab. This is because cancer growth
takes place by the growth of small
round cells along the /lymphatics.
Even If the original tumor is removed
there is great danger Of some of these
cells being left behind and starting a
new growth.
Cancer may attack any part of the
body. In its beginning, it is apparent
~ mild and harmless. This constt-
tutes one Of its gravest dangers, since
it does not cause alarming symptoms
until 1t Is too late.
Cancer is increasing in frequency.
Whether this is because 1t is caused
by some condition in civilized life
from which primitive peoples were
comparatively free, or is due to the
fact that people, on the average, are
living much longer than they did
hundred years ago, and consequently
more people are living into the cancer
stage of life than before, or because
present-day methods of recognizing
this disease are more accurate than In
previous years, are questions which
are hotly debated by experts on this
subject. We do know, however, that
cancer in the last thirty years has be-
come one of the principal causes of
death.
Almost every conceivable cause for
cancer has been suggested. None OF
them, so far, has been proven to be
the real cause. Like almost every
other human disorder, 1t has been at
tributed to climate. 1t has also been
claimed that certain localities were
more subject to cancer than others.
Since the development of our
knowledge of germs, naturally many
microscopic bodies have been ac-
cused of being responsible for cancer.
Nothing has been proven in regard to
them. The popular opinion has pre-
vailed for many years that cancer was
Hereditary" While there are some
facts that may point in this direction,
1t has not been proven.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-30
ToNsILLAR INFECTION

ONE Of the first regions which was
~ carefully investigated in search
for focal infections were the tonsils.
These are little gland-like bodies, To-
Gated in the upper part of the throat.
The tonsils in their normal condition
are about the size Of small hickory
nuts. Each one contains number of
little openings called crypts. They
secrete mucous substance which
serves to keep the back of the throat
moist.
Being at the back Of the mouth,
they are subject to all sorts of infec-
lions and limitations, so that they
readily become inflammed especially
in childhood. If any pus germs lodge
in the crypts and develop there, they
cause an Inflammation, or tonsilitis
or an abscess, which is popularity
known as "quinsy." AS the tonsil is
bound down tightly by bands of men,
brane, any swelling, either in sim
Pile tonsilitis or in quinsy is extremely
painful. Both quinsy and tonsilitis
are acute conditions which appear, de-
velop and pass away In the course of
a few days or weeks. Children with
chronic, enlarged or infiammed tonsils
suffer much inconvenience on account
Of them, so that present-day practice
is to remove these diseased tonsils,
as they interfere with breathing, swal-
lowing and articulation.
In many people who do not have
acute attacks Of Quinsy or tonsilitis.
there Is a chronic condition of infec-
ton of the tonsils in which the crypts
I'LL up with a cheesey kind of matter,
which prevents them from draining
and keeping the openings clear. This
may never reach the point of acute
Inflammation, but may go on for years
with more or less infection and the
collection of poison In the deeper
parts of the tonsils. This poison, If
taken up by the blood and carried to
different parts of the body, AFFECTS
the weakest spot. In some per.
sons, 1t may cause Inflammation
Of the kidneys or chronic Bright's
disease; In other persons, where
the stomach is irritated, it may
cause ulcer of the stomach; in
other persons, 1t may irritate the
inner lining of the heart, causing a
heart disease; while in other persons,
It affects the muscles and the joints,
causing inflammatory rheumatism of
the knees, ankles, wrists, elbows or
shoulders; or it may attack one Of the
large nerve trunks of the body. caus-
ing sciatica. lumbago, etc. These con-
ditions, apparently entirely different,
are due to the same cause ;: namely a
central reservoir of infection, which
II carried by the blood stream all over
the body. attacking the weakest point.
a. issA wss.srn Newspaper uAion.,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-30
Football Popular

No fewer than 2,539,756 persons wit
messed the various games for the
football association cup, in England,
which was won recently by Bolton
Wanderers.
This constitutes record attend
ance for the competition, as also does
the amount of money paid in by the
spectators, which was f204, 119, an in
crease of f1S,500 over the previous
best season.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-30
His Choice

'Poets pirate of the sweetness of the
songs of the nightingale and the sky
lark" remarked Uncle Fogy, ''and oc-
casionally of the Ginning of the we'd
ding bells, the notes of the throstle
stealing through the darkness across
the lake, and all such. But to me the
most delightful music in the world is
the deep, resonant 'Choog! Pfioog !!
Ker-ploog!' of the circus rumble
wagons pompousing through the gray
of the morning on their way to the
show grounds. kansas City Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-30
Men, Too, Seek Beauty

DR.. D. Fourmenthal, who has been
in the United States on commission
of the French government to study
the methods used by American wom-
en- in making themselves beautiful"
has discovered that 40 per cent of
the patrons of some beauty shops are
men seeking to have the wrinkles re-
moved from about their eyes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-30
Lady Of Distinction

Is recognized by the delicate, fascinat-
ing influence Of the perfume she uses.
A bath with Cuticura Soap and hot
water to thoroughly cleanse the pores
followed by a busting with Cuticura
Talcum powder usually means a clear,
sweet, healthy skin.-Advertisement.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-30
Keep It Quiet

He (passionately)-I tell you my
love for you is making me mad
mad-mad!
She (calmly)-Well, keep quiet
about it. It's had the same effect on
my father-Answers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-30

How difficult it is to save the bark
of reputation from the rocks of ig-
norance !-Petrarch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-30

Gossips believe all they hear, and
what they don't hear they take for
granted.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-30

The muddy streams of Borneo are
so infested with crOcOdiles that one
fifth of the loss of life among natives
is attributed to them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-30
Correct

A teacher in a city school asked a
boy in class how many sides there
were to a circle 'TwO," said he, "in-
side and outside"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-30

John Philip Sousa was a teacher of
music at the age of fifteen and
conductor at seventeen.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-30

The polished orator ought to be
sure of his finish.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-30

Did you ever see an officeholder who
had retiring disposition?
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-04-22
my notion, have brought the
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my notion, have brought the
same result.
I'VE have technical schools
for those who want to be engi-
neers" yes, and we have agri-
cultural schools for those who
want to be farmers and that
would be the most logical place
to go and get what they need
above a common school educa-
ton and practical experience.
If a boy stayed home on the
farm or worked for some other
good farmer from the time he got
through eighth grade until his
18th or goth year and then at
tended an agricultural school for
one year he would know a great
deal more about farming than
he will ever find out by wearing
away four years in a high school.
He would then have the practical
experience to apply the theory
on and those two things in the
right combination is something
that is hard to beat.
/ do not dare to say that an
eighth grade education is suff-
cient mental foundation for the
average person, but those who
have attended schools in Den
mark will agree with me that
it is possible to have applied the
fundamentals of common intel
Iigence in the child " the age
of IA to Is years. 1t was said
at the last PIT. meeting: Our
school system is only $50 years
old, and therefore you can not
expect as good result as they
have of their systems in Europe;
they have many hundreds of
years experience behind them"
This may sound alright but give.
it second thought. United
States is not situated on a con-
tinent without all the modern in
ventions. Look at our universe
ties-as good as those in Europe.
Our hospitals are known the
world over for the marvellous
skill of the surgeons. Why is our
school system not more efficient
than it is? The raw material,
children and teachers, is to the
best of my knowledge as good in
this country as over there.
But back to the topic. Here is
my own personal experience: |
am a farmer with some practical
experience, but not enough, and |
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-04-22

office, and we have made relig-
ious test for admission to that
office, something defined in the
State Constitution in no uncer-
tain terms, and could deprive us
of state aid. The idea that this
is protestant government is
fundamentally wrong. 1t is a
government. of the people, by
the people and for the people, .
Catholics are part Of the people
and have a right, as taxpayers,
to the same treatment at the
hands of individual and group
citizens as they enjoy under the
hands of this government. Any
attempt to deny other than pro-
testants this right, must be re-
garded by conservative citizens
as decidedly ominous.
: The bible is a book sacred to
the church. Are we going to per-
NIT, yes, even compel a teacher,
who has no faith in the bible,
or a teacher who regards the
bible as a superstition inherited
from our fathers, or a flapper, if
you please, stand before our
children reading the word of
Cod to them. Certainly not.
That would be inconsistent and
flying in the face. of God.
When it becomes necessary to
call on the aid of our public
schools to provide for the spir-
itual welfare of our children we
must admit that our churches
are failure. 1t is an indict-
ment against the church. This,
| am sure, is the last thing that
the advocates of bible. reading in
the public schools would be will
ing to admit. Where are our
parents? Where are our Sunday
schools? Where are our shepherds
the ministers, the priests, the
rabies? If every parent and
every minister will take care of
the spiritual life of his own
flock, the total result is going to
be pretty satisfactory. When
the Jews returned from captivity
and began to rebuild their ruined
city they hit upon a good formu-
la. Each man built that part
of the citv wall which was "over
against his own house,. By
providing security for his own
household he automatically did
his effective share in making the
whole city secure. The forces
that are working to make the
world better are so powerful and
are making such satisfactory
progress that they do not need
any great amount of artificial
stimulation.
KARL R. Won SCHENK.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-04-22
URGES MORE OF THE Il
PRACTICAL; LESS THEORY

Editor Askov American:
In the Dearborn Independent
of April 18th is an article en-
titled: What to Do to Make Life
Worth While. What this ar
ticle says about college education
is in general the same as my idea
is in regard to high school edu-
cation for the common farmer
boy. The article is based on sta
tistics gathered by the Yale uni
versity, but it is not built on
these alone, but also on personal
experience. The article deals
wit h college graduates an d
transportation companies as a
starting point, while high school
graduates and farmers would, to
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-04-22

have no high school education.
Whether you think am poor
'or good farmer makes no differ
ence. | believe my farming abil-
ity is about like the average
farmers. | am handicapped be-
cause l lack practical experience
and | believe a course at an agri-
cultural school would be of very
much benefit to me. But | can't
make myself believe that four
years of theory in a high school
would have done me much good.
Whenever | run up against a
problem where theoretical advice.
can be of any use, the question
is written down on postal card
and sent to the University Farm,
Department of Agriculture, or
probably to one of our farm pa
pers wherever | think the best
answer can be had. In few days
| have the advice often in the
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-04-22
LINSLEY AFTER POLITICAL
JOB

E. B. Linsley, the versatile
postmaster at Willow River and
also editor of the Pine County
Farmer, has filed for the Repub-
lican nomination of clerk of the
state supreme court. In his al
vertising literature he gives his
career as follows:
"Plowboy, teacher, court re-
porter, postmaster, editor; So
yaers young; Republican by he
redity, environment and belief;
an average product of Minneso-
ta's beneficient smile and 1Tur-
ture."
Bert, as he is Familiarity
known, has the training to Fit
him for lob of that character
and he will get good sent-oi
by home folks in the shape OF
many votes.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-04-22

form of bulletin written in
language not requiring a very
high education to understand,
but quite bit of practical ex-
perience to make the best use of.
1t costs me one cent and a few
moments to get this advice.
Here is a service we are paying
for through our taxes, service
which is of much benefit to me
and to every farmer who is not
through the period where there
is still something to be learned
if we only will utilize it.
Chris. Frederiksen.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-04-22
Opinions Of Others
READING THE BIBLE In OUR
SECULAR SCHOOLS
Editor Askov American:

Eu1COI t1ShOV NIllSIlCdIl.
The attempt to transform the
governments of this world and all
their civil institutions to a king
dom of Christ so that we may
Justly call them collectively
Christendom is nothing new.
Rome did not only attempt this,
but successfully established it's
power and influence until the
same began to consume when
Napoleon took the Pope prisoner
to France. After that influence
of the Papacy waned rapidly
until, in September, 1870, it lost
the last vestage of it's temporal
power at the hands of Victor EN-
manuel.
These reformers make an error
in that they regard the worldly
governments as the kingdom of
our Lord, and feel themselves
bound and called upon to cham
pion the, same by applying the
commandment of God, in refer
ence to His kingdom to come, to
purely secular institutions of
worldly governments. Under
this deception, some were at one
time very solicitous that the
name of God should be incorpor-
ated into the Constitution of the
United States. that thereby this
may become a Christian nation
The Reformed Presbyterians
have for years refused to vote or
hold office under this govern
ment, because it is not Christs
kingdom. They thereby recog-
nized the improperly of
Christians sharing in any other.
Their conclusion, that, if the
name of God were mentioned in
the Constitution, that fact would
transform this government. to a
kingdom of Christ, and give them
a right to extend their influence
to state institutions, is a senti-
ment with which we cannot SYM
pathize. Such reformers are
often forced to the side of op-
preston, rather than to the side
of right and freedom. This SEN
timent is in harmony with the
spreading theory that the mis-
sion of the church is to conquer
the world and establish the king.
dom of heaven on earth. This
theory, however, is not held by
the true disciples of Christ but
by those merely nominal mem
bers of the church, those not
really wheat, but tares- mere
limitations of the wheat. And
when they get on rampage
Lord help us, for they stop at
nothing and do not hesitate to
league themselves with the most
radical elements, even outside OF
the church, in an effort to carry
out their false mission.
This movement has cropped