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MfrltLt-H'--' r-O u - 1 5 H If ' U, fc ' : IMPROVING THE GRADE OF STOCK OF THE FARMER JXlTPity r,tp Rulso (ho Dost Ily J. S. Cotton, Acslstnnt In Range "" Investigations. U. S. Department of Agriculture. Empxoipniont of ttio claaB of Btoclt naa&as: tho RrnzInK Jntids Is bocomliiR oai4antly mora Important. In tlio old Sxr. wlirn thoro was plenty of freo xansu, nlmost nuv Mnd of tinlmul wold bo noli! fit o profit. Umlor tho jjwewnit crowded conditions tho cost t3 tnalntonnnco Is nuich hlhor, and lOta poor grndo nnlmnl, or "Bcruli," will no four.or 5 lohl satisfactory lotuniH. Tho man who Is running his stock Hn Inclosed mens or contomplntoa so fining In tlio fnturu will And It nocos wauT. it ho Is to bo BUccoH8ful, to car ry Kluvt class of stock Unit will not hint tho nrontost rolurns. This stntomunt tmldu aqunlly Uuo for tho outaltln tranjjc In fnct, llioio nro only two vnotliodn whoioby tlio nuin who o-jpcr-ta ir, continue limning his stock ois tlio public doninln crtn moot tho e t&tlns conditions successfully. Ono Is the raising of nulllcient food to enrry his nlnck through tho winter safely; .netjlstered Pcrchero Stallion. ftwi tttlior, o run a grade of stock that s1mll innko tho. largest possible re Siran In tho shortest time. A cattleman can no longer afford to rata otcora until thoy arc four, live or six ycaru old, but he will need to raise 4fk& maturing animals that will be seaHy lor market by the time they nro two or threo years old four at tho -may latest. Xot only must these eat Jo jaature early, but they must, bo of ju.illty that will dress a good per- vcRnfngu of beef. .This moans that tho cattleman will -weed lo Talso hlshg.-ado cows and sun may bo mentioned. A fow yoara ago this man, bucomlng dlssntlsllcd with tho kind of cnttlo thnt ho was run ning, bought n roglstorod bull and be gan to grndo his cnttlo up. lly using good loglstorod Shorthorn bulls, which ho oiiances ovory three years, and by selecting good grndo cows, ho has been grading up his herd until now his ent ile outwolgh mid outsoll those In his Immedmto neighborhood. At llrBt hla neighbors made considerable sport of lilin for Importing registered stock mid prophosled that ho would mako n failure of it. Instead of n full tiro his cnt,tle nro so much bettor In quality (hut thoy may be distinguished a long distance away inoroly by their body outllno and tholr increnscd size. In order to got tho most good out of hla nnlninls this man was, of course, obliged to do n good deal moro work In taking enro of thorn. Ho found It necessary to 'lino rldo" his rnngo ovory dny In order to keep his Block from straying nnd to sco thnt his bulls served his own cow a and not thoso of his nolghbois. This oxtrn work has paid him well, as ho taroly loses cnt tlo through straying and doos not need to belong to nny of tho round-up asso ciations. Tho prlmo vnluo of this work is Bliown In his calf crop, which averages about 95 por cent., whllo thnt of his nolghbors averages only about GO por cent. Now that tho rango Is becomlug so crowded that It Is illlllcult to got suf ficient grass to fatten utcors, ho Is preparing to Increase his breeding stock and cut down the number of his beef steers, so that whon ho can no longer grow beef ho will bo In n po sition to dispose of n high clnss of feeding cattlo, which ho will aim to sell as yoarllngs or two-year-olds to eastern feeders. This ho can do with out any sacrifice whatovor, as ho 1ms a type of cattlo that Is oxactly such as tho feeders want but llnd It dim cult to obtain. What has been said of cattlo holds equally true of horses. To-day there Is almost no placo for tho small horse or "cnyuso," while good animals arc In demand. That ono can afford tc raise good horses on tho rango has been demonstrated by a stockman Ilv lijg in western North Dakota. During a period of low prices for rango horses this man bought a high-priced stallion With this animal and nlno range nmros of average slzo nnd quality as a nucleus ho built up n line herd When tho stallion died ho was to j5omc of the Progeny of the Registered Stallion ly tlio very best bulls ho cau secure If pure hre-d, bo much the better. In wny instances the cattlemen are to orowdtMlfor ranse that tlw llnd it dif ficult to produce beef becavuo the yc U lusulllclent for tho stors to tmaltf! rnpld galus Men In other c tloa Mnd the grass of too poor a luXHy to fatten Meurs. Theso men -WW wl to grow cattle for tho oast era rwt yards, to bo sold to th feed er ta. tke autumn a calves, oarllaRS. tTmit'r-olds, or thrtMhjaar-oids. In 9olneliijt such cattk many of those too will tlnd it necessary to improve tfcok hwda grcAlly, for quality and not tauUU is what the eastern feeder vninl. Many of thes feeders com lOalp bitterly because tkey cannot ob ala laa class of cattle they ned. It i-t KoUetble that in ta ?alAs of -"fccJers and stocker" at Onnha, Chi oago, and other toek arti those at por quallt are lianl aeJktrm and or J4nArtiy go nt ory low figurt. As h example of what may be wa o the open raace under proeent ovtircrttwdea eOttdUiaue, th wetkods of a stockman llvtas uoar Rov. p. D., iIrco.. wltl. two rcglsUioirorchcrons. whloh continued to build up the herd until It was ono of the tlnest herds of range horses in tho United States. Ono of thoso stallions is shown in an smaller Illustration, whllo somo of the progeny are shown in tho other pic ture, Whon this man got his first horse -is neighbors belloed that ho luul made a serious mlstako in buying o oxponsho an anlmai. For several j cats, whllo ho was buiming up his herd, at which tlmo horses wore of al most no aluo, ho was considerably In lebt. As his stock began to improve and tho prico of horses increased he began to rcmllia well from this herd, and during tho last two years ho has sold goldlngs In carload lots at $125 a head, unbroken. In tho summer of 1906 he sold his entire herd, 227 head, at $S& u bond straight for all brauded stock nn unusually high prico for rango horses. Thoro were two maros of his own raising in this herd for which tho buyers refused ?550 un broken. This man estimates that bis first stallion made for him many times J what ho paid for it. THE GOOD MILKER MAKES THE GOOD COW What, tlio Hegclund Method Is and What It Is Claimed Thut It Will Do. In n recent bulletin of tho Now V'ork Cornoll station, dealing with Ills subject, Professors Wing and A)ord say: "Milking tho dairy cow Is such a ilmplo operation and ono that occu jIob In tho aggregate bo much of tho lalrymnn'o tlmo, that it Is easy to bo :omo careless about it nnd to look jpon tho oporntlon ns ono not roqulr ng skill nor demanding scientific in festlgntlon. Tho feeding of tho herd ins rocolved careful nttontlon, both by .nvcBtlgntorB and farmorvt, until it is sow probably correct to say thnt the jalry cow In tho hands of tho pro Bresslvo dairyman Is moro scientifical ly fed nnd nourished than moat chil dren. Tlio ventilation nnd sanitation cowb an hour If there nro no extra weighings, sampling and recording of wolghts to bo done. "Wo pay at this Btntlon 15 contB nn hour for milking. This mny bo considered a rather high price undor present conditions in tho northwestern states. Tho aftcr-mllk-Ing of 20 cows would toko n man about two hourB a day and would thercforo cost 30 cents. Wo have Been thut wo obtain on tho avcrago an Im mediate lncreaso of about ono pound of milk mid ono tenth of a pound of butter fat per cow by tlio process of nftor-mllklng, or from 20 cows, two pounds of butter fat. If butter fat Is worth 25 cents a pound (an average flguro), tho vnluo of tho Increased yield would bo 50 cents that Is, there r &Ft&yBJrZi f xSCJl-t Jc t rre 4fii Fig. 1. First manipulation In the Hegelund method of milking. 3f stables has also been tho subject of much discussion, but It is certainly a fact that tho art of milking hns not received tho attention it deserves, at lenst not until very recently." The bulletin records experiments to determine tho loss duo to failure to socuro in tho process of milking all of tho milk secreted by tho cow, being primarily n trial on tho university her of 12 cows and on two private hords of tho Hegelund method of milk ing, recently tested nnd described by tho Wisconsin station. A comparison was also medo of this method and of enreful stripping as ordinarily prac ticed. Tho Hegelund method of milking, which is really a series of manipula tions of tho uddor. Is described by would bo g. gain of 20 cents a day per 2u cows, or about 500 a jear, as tho direct nnd Immediato gain from prac ticing tho manipulation method. It Is pointed out by Prof. Woll that, besides tho immediate gain in milk and butter fat secured, tho method has tho decided advantage of stimulating milk ecretion and thus prolonging tho lactation period. Tho results obtained by the New York Cornell station bear out In gen eral those of tho Wisconsin station. Tho gains from after-milking varied from 0.7 to 1.94 pounds of milk per head por day containing from 0.070 to 0.171 pound of butter fat Tho results" were Blightly In favor of tho Hegelund method as compared with stripping, "but tho difference was so small that Fig. 2. Second maipulatlon in th e Hegelund method of milking. The Dairy Cow. -When a farmer atejrts to build up his herd of dairy aeg He must know something about the betocUng oT cows or he will wake -progress bt slowly. One of the things tint rwy shiliful selector of dairy venws has learned Is not to select a caw hemue ho is sloek. glosey and tesaaeome That kind of a combina iasv goes hrtter with tite boot cow tfeiix th dal'y cov. Tho truo dairy w will be wedge-shaped aad will wry likely show hor ribs no matter taw rH she has h?cn fed. She has ee putting her food into her udder Yattxr than Into fat to make her ribs fcsappear. It Is a woll known fact 4kat pxd dairy cow has the milk riclog habit so firmly fixed that it -3k iUfictilt to feeJ her In a way to -aeaJtr her lay oo fat while she la giv Xxc silk. Avoid the Grade Bull. No man that wants to raise a good dairy calf should uso a grade bull on his herd Tho temptation is great to uso a bull of this description because such buils aro numerous and their service fees arc low. The man that does not havo a bull of his own may frequently havo to go a long distance to get past tho grade hull and Into tho territory of the bull of pure breeding. Under no circumstances should au thing hut, a pure-bred bull bo used if dairy cows are what tho farmer is trying to pro duce, Tho uso of the grade bull on grado cattle will give no advance in quality and his uso on pure-bred cows means the pulling down of tho quality Prof. Woll, of the Wisconsin station, as follows: First manipulation. Tho right quar ters of tho udder are pressed against each other (If tho ui'der is very large, only ono quarter at a time Is taken) with tho left hand on tlio hind quarter and tho right hand in front on the fore quarter, tho thumbs being placed on tho outsido of tho udder and the four fingers in the division between the two halves of tho udder. The hands are now pressed toward each other and at tho same time lifted toward tho body of tho cow. This pressing And lifting is repeated three times, the milk col lected in tho milk cistern is then milked out, and tho manipulation re peated until no more milk is obtained in this way, wben the left quarters are treated in tho same manner. (Fig. 1.) Second manipulation. The glands aro pressed together from tho side. The foro quarters are rnlJkod each by itself by placing one hand, with fingers spread, on tho outside of tho quarter and tho other hand in the division be tween tho right and left fore quar ters; tho hands aro pressed against each other and the teat then milked. When no moro milk is obtained by this manipulation, tho hind quarters aro milked by placing a hand on the outside of each quarter, likewise with fingers Bpread and turned upward, but with tu thumb just in front of the hind quarter. The hands are lifted and grasp into tho gland from behind and from tho side, after which they aro lowered to draw the milk. Tho manipulation is repeated until no moro milk is obtained. (Fig. 2,) Third manipulation. The fore teats aro grasped with partly closed hands and lifted with a push toward the body of tho cow, both at tho same time, by which method tho glands are pressed between the hands and the body; tho milk Is drawn after each three pushes. When the fore teats aro emptied tho hind teats are milked In the same manner. (Fig. 3.) In trials of this method on 142 cows of tho WIscon&in station herd the av crago amount of residual milk ob tained was abcut one pound per head dally, the average butter fat in the milk 0.1 pound. The average fat con tent of the herd milk obtained in the regular milking was 4.29 per cent, or the residual milk 10.32 per cent, or 2.4 times as large as the former. The time required for after-mllklng by the a definite statement In favor of either method can hardly be made." . . . All the milk secreted by a cow should be drawn at each milking. If necessary, manipulation of the udder and stripping should be resorted to in order to accomplish this end. The after-milking should be done by tho regular milker and need take but little extra time. It is probable that such clean milking is an incentive to secre tion, and will Increase tho total yearly production of tho animal. It is tho opinion of tho writers that FIVE M0NTH8 IN HOSPITAL. Discharged Becaues Doctors Could Not Cure. Lovl P. Brockway, S. Second Avo., Anoka., Minn., says: "After lying for fivo months In a hos pital I was dis charged as incurable, and given only six months to live. My heart was affected, I had smothering spells, and some tlmeg fell uncon scious. I got so I couldn't u 8 o my arms, my eyesight was impaired and tho kidney secre tions were badly disordered. I was completely worn out and discouraged when I began using Donn's Kidney Pills, but they went right td tho cause of tho trouble and did their work well. I havo been feeling well over since." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Fostor-MIlburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y. The shortest and surest way to Hvo with honor In tho world is to bo in reality what wo would appear to be. De Scales. Nw nd Liberal Homit,.j Regulations In " WESTERN 1 CANADA New Dlslrlcls Now Opened lor Settlement - Some of tho cholci lands In tho train crow. Ina belt of SaSiu(ch vran and Alberta hr recently been opened for acttlemcnt tinder tlift Revised Homestead Keculatlons of Canada Thousands of l10m steads of tooaerp .... are now available. The netf regulations maVe it tiosslblo for entry to bo Made by proxy, the oppor tunlty that many In the United Srates have been waiting for. Any member of a family may mali entry for any ot'ter member of the family, who miy be entitled to make entry for himself or heritlf Kntry may now be mado beforo the Agent or Snb. Agent of tho District by proxy, (on certain condi tlons) by the father, mother, son, daughter, broihsr or sister of Intending homesteader. "Any een nnmbrid section of Dominion Lands In Manitoba, or the North West rrorlncn, r-iccptlnirs and , not reserved, may be honi. stoaded by ntiv person the solo liead of a fnnillj, or initio over lSyears or ape, to the extent of on quarter section, of 160 acres, more or less." Tho fee In each caso will be $10 oo. Churches, schools and markets convenient. Healthy climate, splendid crops and good lanst Grain growing and cattle raising principal industiies. Pur further narticulars as to rates, routes. bsM V time to go and where to locate, apply to J. S. CRAWF0HD. Re. 125 V. Ninth Street. Kansia Cilr. Missouri YMGftlEN WAHID There aro dear wives and dear wives; ono kind Is dear to a man's heart, tho other to his pocket book. ' vv. N. U., WICHITA, NO. 43, 19077 To turn leiefrrapnv ttrua .. w. iiuul, cart 4 Bant iUway, Arkansas City, kaus. Fig. 3. Third manipulation in the Hegelund method of milking. the stripping as well as the milking, except in unusual cases, should be done with the whole hand and not with the thumb and forefinger altaie. In milking, the thumb should bo turned out and never inclosed within the palm, as is often done. The hand should be opened wide enough to. al low the teat to All its full capacity, aided by a slight upward pressure upon the udder; the thumb and fore finger should then be closed, followed by the second, third and fourth fingers In the order named. Chicken Pot Pie. There Is only one fit place for the old hens now inside, of a good pie. Don't carry the old hen over unless you know that she lays the golden egg. I The Rage of the Age. Don't spend your energy trying to "break records.' Better pitch up a few already made. ume requirea ir suer-musuas oy uc tained to actual use. method was from to to three mis- . "utes. On sua ea& readily aTter-sillk. Sow Thistle. That terrible weed pest the sow thistle knows enough to run Into good soil. Its appearance is a pretty sure ?Ign that the soil would produce good crops it permitted. Use Your Knowledge. 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Hutchinson, Kansas, Mirch 11, 1307. Dr. C F. Simmons, San Antonio. Tes. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of jour favor of the 7th inst., and in answer will say th.t 1 visited the Ur. C. i Simmons ranch in Atasco.vi County, Texas, oq February 9th, 1W7. I spent all day the 9th. and staj ed all night at the llrown ranch, then rode all day the 10th over the ranch, making two fujl days of hard riding on horeehack over tins ranch. I met Mr. Franks at FleasaDton. He has been foremtn on this ranch for IS jears, and knotrs every foot of the land. I t6ld htm 1 wanted to see the pcorcst land on the ranch, and he directed me how lo go, and after two days hard riding I was fully tatti-fied with the proposition. I saw three artesian wells, and was wttliin three-quartet's of a mile of the fourth one. 1 tasted the water at one of thee wells nnd found it to he all right, it -was very warm, as I understand all artemn water U when tt first comes from the well I am satisfied this well is fumis-lung enough water to irritate 1,000 acres of land. It is in Hecdouarters pasture. I found the soil toabe from a heavy black to a dirk red, and all tb shades between black and red. In fact, the soil looked good lo me, and I belicxe I know Rood land when I e it. I have read carefully the printed folders and examined the little hooV, ".ew Home Sweet Home" with regard to the pictures printed in it, and mU say they are all there just as natural as life. While 1 did not Ret to toe all ter the ranch, I saw enough to satisfy tbt it s all ncht. 1 saw the country from San Antonio via Corpus Christi to lirownsville, hut like the Simmons ranch better than anythinc I saw in Texas. I bav invested in this Simmon proposition and an now making prep arations Mmoe there this fall, and I wish to av to my friends and all of their friends, take out at least cue application. You can't co wrong. It ia the trardea spot of the United States. Wishing you success, 1 remain, Yours truly, B. QvMATnES. This Is the ftmeas Simmons Ranch of 95,000 seres 36 miles south ef Ssa Aataaie. Far literature and fall particulars write ier Bane ef nearest agsat. DR. CHAS. F. SIMMONS, ! Alamo Plaza, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.