Milk River Valley news. [volume], February 07, 1907, Image 2

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In parti of the country subject to
high wlnda there l« risk of mills on
high towers being overthrown, espe
cially If the diameter of the wheel Is
Increased above ten or twelve feet To
overcome this difficulty It Is expedient
to build a mill Inside of Its tower
rather than upon It The turbine
shown In tbe Illustration has a diam
eter of twenty feet and Is used to
drive a feed grinder and other ma
chinery. Its)chief office, however. Is
to operate two pumps which Irrigate
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the tubbike windmill.
•Ixteen acres of land. Tbe expense of
erecting this mill was about one hun
dred dollars. There Is no particular
difficulty about Its construction and a
considerable part of tbe work could be
done with ordinary toola and a little
mechanical knowledge.
Lack of Mechanical Knowledge.
The full benefits of farm machinery
are not realized because tbe average
farmer has not tbfc mechanical training
or tbe requisite skill to get tbe best re
^-ettlts out of these complex implements.
We are tbe greatest makers and users
of farm machinery in tbe world, and
It Is owing to this fact more than any
other single cause that we have been
able to maintain our agricultural su
premacy in the markets of tbe world.
Tbe cost of this machinery to the farm
ers Is greater to-day than ever before.
Tbe character of this machinery every
year becomes more complicated, requir
ing Increased knowledge of engineer
ing principles on the part of users.
Tbe traction engine, tbe steam plow,
tbe combined harvester and tbresner
operated by steam power, the automo
bile, tbe growing use of electricity as a
motive power on the farm, the machin
ery now required In dairies, in tbe
growing of sugar beets and manufact
ture of b^et sugar, are all Illustrations
of the momentous changes In the char
acter of farm machines which have
taken place in the last fifty years. The
Increase In skill and mechanical knowl
edge required by farmers to operate
these complex and costly machines com
pared to what was needed to operate
the primitive tools of half a century
ago cannot be given in percentages.—
Elwood Mead.^in, Field and Farm.
Good Ho® Trough Feeder^
The best bog' trough I ever saw It
fnade as shown In cut Ais a fence be
tween man and pigs, 8 feet high: B.
back board, 18 Inches; C, bottom width
to suit size of pigs; I), sticks to keep
them from crowding; E^ front to suit
size of pigs also. You see. the pigs
can't crowd each other or you as you
feed them. They can’t get their feet In
the mush and must stand up and eat
like horses In the stalls. A nice sight
HOO FEEDER.
to see thirty or forty side by side, eat
ing quietly and cleanly.—Farm Prog
ress.
Cuttine Silo Corn.
It Is of primary Importance to know
at what stage corn should be cut to se
cure the best results. It Is also neces
sary, it Is pointed out In Fanning, that
a careful study be made as to how rap
idly nutriment Is stored up In the corn
plant and when the maximum amount
Is reached. When corn Is fully tasseled
It contains put eight tenths of a ton of
dry matteipn acre, or oue-tifth of what
It contains when fully ripe. When in
milk It contains nearly three times as
much dry matter as when fully tas
seled. Only seventeen ,days were oc
cupied In passing^ from the milk to
the glazing stage, yet In this time there
was an Increase In the dry matter of
1.3 tons an acre. This Shows the (treat
advantage of letting the corn stand
until the kernels are glazed. After this
period the Increase In dry matter Is but
■light
Melons In the Corn Shock.
If when cutting corn you will place
In one of your largest'shocks about a
dozen of your choicest watermelons, at
Christmas, when the snow Is on the.
ground and the frost Is on the pane,
you can sit by the roaring flre and eat
one of your melons, which has kept all
that time In the shock of corn.—Farm
Journal.
narTMting Potatoes.
More or less Judgment Is required in
doing any kind of work, and tbe dig
ging of.potatoes Is no exception to the
rule. In the first place, so many should
not be dug out at one time that they
cannot be bandied readily. A good way
Is to dig during the fore part of each
half day and then gather the tubers
before quitting. As soon as dry they
should always be picked up, and if the
weather is reasonably dry tbe length of
time necessary for drying depends al
most entirely upon the nature of tbe
soil. If sa^dy, an hour may be long
enough, but-If a moist clay It may take
several hours. Potatoes, once dug
should certainly not be left out on the
grounq o™* night If they are, tbe
frost has every chance to get at them,
and only a little freezing Is required to
spoil a good many bushels for mar
ket It Is a poor practice, too, to pick
up potatoes without any regard to grad
Ing. Two classes, anyway, should be
made of them ; all those of good mar
ketable size should be gathered first
and the undersized ones left till later.
It also pays to have crates or busbei
measures In which to pick them. up.
Easy to distribute about the field, these,
after being filled, can readily be placed
on a wagon and drawn off. Further
more, they prevent tbe tubers from be
ing jammed and marred. Thirty or
forty of them, or even a less number,
may profitably be owned by every farm
er who makes a business of raising po
tatoes and similar crops.—Fred O. Sib
ley, In Agricultural Epltomlst
India’s Largest Wheat Crop.
The wheat crop of India this year
is a large one. Tbe area sown amounts
to 26,226,200 acres, and tbe yield is es
timated at 8,560,000 tons, as against
7,582,000 tons last year, tbe increase
being 13 per cent The Indian Trade
Journal, which makes this statement
says that tbe government Is taking a
deep Interest In the complaint of the
admixture of dirt In tbe wheat export
ed. The government has consulted tbe
chambers of commerce, some of whom,
however, Indicate a reluctance to de
part from the present customs of the
trade; but the chamber of commerce
at Karachi, from which 70 per qgnt of
Indian wheat exports are now shipped,
strongly supports the government’s pro
posal for 98 per cent pure wheat
f Pullin® Stump*.
A writer in Home and Farm gives
this description of an Implement for
pulling stumps: Cut a good, strong
I>ole about twenty feet long, of white
ash; trim and peel It nicely, hitch a
strong rope to tbe top—a chain will do,
but it Is heavier to handle. Set the
FOB PULUNG THE STUMPS,
pole against the stump to be pulled,
letting the lower aad rest between two
roots. Then put a strong chain around
the top of the stump, passing It around
the pole. A team hitched ‘o the roj>e
will pull out most any stump. Place
the pole close to the stump and cut the
roots opposite the pole. Two men can
best do the work — one to tend the
horse, the other to cut roots as the
stump is being turned out.
Selecting Seed Corn.
The proper time In which to select
seeds Is late In the fall or winter. The
reason for requiring this portion of I
year for so doing Is because there Is
then no hurry, and the work can be
done better. The common practice of
laying the seed corn aside to remain
until spring has done great damage to
the corn crop, as very^oFten the ex
cess of Imperfect grains is such as to
cause a failure of germination over the
whole field. Every ear of corn should
be examined and the Inferior grain
shelled oft. Vegetable seeds also re
quire examination, for Insects, damp
ness and other causes Interfere 'with
their safe-keeping. Of course, every
farmer Is supposed to be careful with
fids seeds, but very few fanners know
the condition of their seeds until the
time comes when they are required for
planting, and then the farmers are
too much hurried to do anything with
them.
Shelter for Stock.
The piles of stalks and straw which
"go to waste can be made to do good
service In providing shelter If It Is not
considered tit for feeding. With a few I
posts and poles the stalks and straw
will furnish a warm place of refuge ,
for anHnals that cannot be accommo I
dated In the barn or stable. With plen- I
ty of straw on'-file ground under the.
covering so formed, no better place i
could be arranged for sheep, and with I
care In making the roof only a heavy \
storm will cause It to leak.
Sowing Wheat.
One bushel and a half of wheat Is
ample to sow an acre, nnd five pecks
will answer If sown early and given
time before cold weather stops
growth, says Fann Journal. As soon
as the wheat Is sown, If the land Is not
underdrained, It Is advisable to plow
some furrows where they will carry
off any water that mlgbj collect In de
pressions. Wheat cannot grow In wa
ter.
“I was visiting with Mrs. Padcftcker
this afternoon," said the agreeable
looking matron, as she adjusted a
cushion benenth her husband's bend.
| “Yes?" sa.d the man, adjusting It
to suit himself and fixing his eyes on
the paper.
| "Well, I won't bother you by talk
ing tn you,” said she, smiling Indul
gently. “You shall read your paper, so
you shall. I won't say a word. Do
you mind If I sit here?”
I “Why should I, my dear?"
“Oh, I know you don't I was Just
Joking, darling. Thank goodness you're
not like some men. Especially when —
Oh, I promised Aot to talk. Go on
and read.”
“Especially when what?”
“When I see the husbands some
women have. Mrs. Paddecker Oh,
. excuse me.”
“Why, go ahead.”
“No. I can see you are Just dying
to read your paper In peace. I wasn't
going to say anything particular, any
way. Poor thing I”
“I'm not asking for pity.”
“I don’t mean you. I mean Mrs.
• Paddecker. Why don't you read your
paper?"
; “I’m Just dying to hear about Mrs.
Paddecker. Go ahead and get it off
your mind.”
“How horrid you are! I haven’t
anything to get off my mind. I was
Just going to babble a little."
“Babble on.”
“I won’t do anything of the kind.
But, really, I do feel sorry for that
poor woman. What do you suppose
makes Mr. Paddecker so mean to her?”
“What’s Paddy been doing to her—
beating her?”
I “I should hope not, but I wouldn’t
be surprised at anything. You know
what a fuse he always makes over her
' Sefore people.”
"Well, It seems to me he does lay It
on a little thick.'’
“I think It's disgusting. And he’s
lust as ugly as he can be If any Rttle
thing goes wrong about the housA I
• was telling her what an angel, you were
I over that awful dinner on Bunday, and
I know how fond you are of your Bun-
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Once at breakfast at a friend’s, Phil
lips Brooks noticed tbe diminutive but
amusingly dignified daughter of the
house having constant trouble with the
large fork that she was vainly trying
to handle properly with her tiny fin
gers. la a spirit of kindness, mingled
with mischief, the Bishop said: “Why
don’t you give up tbe fork, my dear,
and use your Augers? You know, fin
ders were made before forks." Quick
as a ,flash came the crushing retort:
"Mine weren’t”
*\vhen Governor Head was In office
In New Hampshire, Colonel Barrett of
the Governor’s staff, died, and there
was an unseemly scramble for tbe of
fice even while his body was awaiting
burinl with military honors. Oue can
didate ventured to call upon Governor
Head. ' "Governor.” he asked, "do you
think you would have any objections
If I was to get Into Colonel Barrett’s
place?” The answer came promptly:
“No, 1 don’t think I should have any
objections, If the undertaker is will
ing."
Secretary Shaw, searching for the
hidden things in the lives of bls hun
dreds of clerks, had blanks cent around
the Treasury asking each clerk to give
his vital statistics. One line requested
an answer to the question, “Are. you
suffering from any disease?" When
the blanks came In It was found that
one man said he had tuberculosis.
Secretary Shaw sent for him. *Wle
came In, * big, broad-shouldered negro
messenger, who looked healthy enough
to live for fifty years. "Why,” said
the Secretary, “you haven’t got tuber
culosis!” “Ain’t I?” asked the negro.
"No, you haven’t You are perfectly
healthy.. Why did yt>u write on this
blank that you have tuberculosis?"
"Well," said the messenger, "I dunno;
’ceptln’ if there’s anythin’ fashionable
goln’ ’round I want It"
A doctor who bad saved the life of a
woman, a personal friend, was asked
his charge. He said he generally al
lowed his patient friends to remuner
ate him as they thought befitting. “But
don’t you often get disappointed on
these terms?" she Inquired. "I may
any, never.” “As you aro so earliy
pleased, here,” and she playfully gave
him her empty band, while In the oth
er was concealed tp, check for a hanik
some sum. “Hovf easily I could hfwe
taken you In!" she added, producing
the check. “But you have onl/'suc
ceeded In drawing me out," he said,
declining to relinquish her baud.
“Don’t Insult me with a check; I am
most generously rewarded.” Perhaps
she understood the doctor’s difficulty
and wished to help him out of It At
any rate, the giving of her hand led
him to offer Ids heart
day dinner. She said: ‘My! If that
had been Mr. Paddecker!’ She told
me bow mean and sarcastic he was
once when they had company, soon
after they were married, and the girl
they had burned the meat and brought
tbe soup on as cold as a stone. And
then those poor girls! I don’t know
when they've bad a new dress. He
always says they’re extravagant and
wants to know why tb<y can’t wear
something they've had until It’s worn
to a thread and clear out of style. And
you know yourself, Henry, how he al
ways tries to give tbe Impression of
being so open-handed and liberal with
money."
“H” doos make a great bluff at that"
“Ol course be does. And she has to
beg and coax and argue for weeks to
get anything out of him. She as good
as told me so. I told her I hardly ever
remembered your refusing me anything
I wanted and that was what made me
so careful. What are you smiling at?
You know I am. You know.how I’ve
been wanting two or three more little
white dresses and I wouldn’t ask you
because—”
“I don’t Bee why you shouldn’t If
It's anything In reason. Will they cost
much?”
“Well, I am not going to. But I
don’t expect to go out a great deal
now, anyway. Of course they wouldn't
cost much—not very jpnch. I saw
some material the other day that was
exactly what I wanted.”
“Why didn't you get it? I thought
you had all the white dresses you could
use.”
“Why, Henry!"
"Well, I don’t care. Get ’em If you
want 'em.”
“It's awfully sweet of you, but I
don’t like to.”
“Get ’em."
“Do you really want me to?”
“Oh, get 'em, get ’em, get ’em. Now,
can I read my paper?”
“Well, If you’re quite sure you want
me to, Henry, you're Just as good as
you can be. But I hadn't any Idea of
asking you.”
"Hm-m !” said tbe man.—Chicago
Dally News.
Teaching that Rrnnghl llennltn.
Frederick Temple, archbishop-of Can
terbury, was born in the lonian Islands.
Although he was taken to England ar
nine years of age, bls recollection of his
early years’was vivid, and the Influ
ences on him of his home education and
surroundings were permanent. In bls
“Memoirs” his sister tells of his early
education:
My mother was considered a beauti
ful woman, with gentle manners, know
ing no. language but her own, not clever
In tbe sense of brilliant at all; but
thoughtful, with excellent judgment,
great sense of personal dignity, govern
ing her family without any effort, with
out .severity. Her word was an un
questioned law.
She was the only -teacher that my
brothers and I had previous to the
time when they went to school. She
taught us to read and write; she taught
arithmetic, with very little knowledge
of arithmetic herself, by steady repe
tition. She had a key to the sums In
tbe arithmetic which gave the answers.
If a sum was brought to her and tbe
answer was wrong, she drew her pencil
through It and made no further re
mark. It had to be done again till
It was done right Tbe sum of to-day
was repeated to-morrow, and so on,
until perfect accuracy was obtained.
tJVben It was time for my brothers to
begin Latin, the same system was adopt
ed. She could not pronounce It, but
Frederick bad to learn a few lines each
day, always repeating the old uutll
seven or eight pages had been learned.
Then the first four or five pages would
be left and a further advance made.
This went on day by day and year
by year until he was twelve years old;
and he went to school knowing bls
grammar perfectly, as no other boy
knew It.
Euclid was the same. She did not
understand a word. He began to under
stand as he advanced, and could sub
stitute one expression for another, op
change the order of letters. She Inter
posed and corrected him. He would
reply, Impatiently, "It is all the same.”
“Say It” she ordered, “precisely as It
Is here!” touching the book.
The boys were under an absolute rule
of courtesy. They were taught that
courtesy was ever to be maintained In
the family. We were noj at all rich,
and lived very plainly. Butter was ex
pensive, and we lived on dry bread, ex
cept that now and then we were allowed
some Jam, or, a rarer treat still, some
“dripping.” The bpys were taught to
eat whatever was given them.
Verily.
“We never realize the full value of a
thing until we lose It," remarked the
man who was fond of moralizing.
“Not always,” replied the practical
man, "If the thing lost was Insured.”—
Philadelphia Ledger.
rily Poor New York.
New York has to bear about one
th'.rty-thlrd of the entire flre loss of
the United States and Canada. In
June its loss was $424,000,as compared
with a total of $13,950,050.
OUR Bia TRACK IN MOfbß CARS.
The Cewatwr’e Traße for the Tear
A>»rextmatad >80,OO«,»««.
Moro than >4.000,000 worth of anto
moMlaa were brought Into tba United
States during tbe fiscal year ending
with the last week of June. and. more
than >8,000,000 worth were exported
during the same time. Figures of our
forelga commerce In automobiles show
the value of automobiles Imported In
the eleven months ending with May to
have been >3302344, and of parts
thereof, >378389, while exports thereof
during tbe same months amounted to
>2,957,748. It la apparent therefore,
that the figures for the full fiscal year
which ended with June will show more
than >4,000,000 worth of automobiles
and parts thereof Imported, and mors
than >3,000,000 worth exported.
Meanwhile the manufacture of auto
mobiles In the United States has
amounted to presumably more than
>26,000,000, since the bureau of the cen
sus has recently Issued a preliminary
statement which shows the value of au
tomobiles manufactured In the United
States In 1905 at >26,654,064. This fig
ure Includes amounts received from cus
tom work and repairing and value of
products other than automobiles; but
as It does not Include automobiles, val
ued at >879.205, manufactured In es
tablishments engaged primarily In the
manufacture of other products, It may
probably be safely set down that the
value of automobiles produced In the
United States approximates >26.000,000
and the Imports >4,000.000, and that
out of this total of >30.000.000 there
was exported about >3,000,000 worth.—
Harper's Weekly.
Sucking tbe Thumb.—As a prevent
ive put a piece of adhesive plaster,
such as surgeons use, a little less than
onerbalf Inch wide, above the first
joint, or between the two joints of the
child’s thumb. Paste the end securely,
but be careful not to Interfere with
circulation. ,
Origin of Spotted Fever. —Recent ex-
J perlments prove that the deadly spot
ted fever of the Rocky mountains is
caused by the infection of ticks acting
much like that which sets up splenetic
■ fever In the bovine race. This con
firms a widespread belief which has
hitherto been controverted by physi
cians.
The Danger in Headache Powders.—
Acetanalid poison is found In practi
cally all of the patent headache pow
. decs and they should either be avoided
lor taken with great caution. This pol
; son Is a dangerous drug, and If the
! stomach Is weakened to a certain ex
tent the quantity in a headache pow
der may be sufficient to kill. In fact
a boy died recently in Mesa County
from this poison.
Rheumatism. —One of the latest rem
edies Is that of a gardener who rec
ommends the familiar plant so well
known as chickweed. The method of
using It consists of filling a' wide
mouthed bottle three-fourths full with
a plant and then pouring In spirits of
wine sufficient to cover the whole. Tbe
preparation Is then allowed to stand
for from four days to a week, at the
end of which time tbe tincture Is to be
rubbed Into the affected parts In the
usual way.
Whooping Cough.—-Procure a mix
ture of peroxide of hydrogen two
drams, sirup of tolu I^4 ounces and
.water one-half ounce. Give from ten
drops to one tqaspoonful according to
age everyxhopr for two or three doses,
then every two hours for six or eight,
getting farther between doses as the
patient Improves. This Is a newer and
better formula than that of any of
the old-fashioned cough sirups, the
most of which depend «pon morphine
or opium as a palliative.
The Proof of If.
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"This milk Isn't fit to think. It’s
sour."
“Yee, sir. I knew It”
"You knew It, and gave It to me Just
the same?”
“Yes, sir; In tbe«» days of pure-food
agitation we serve It sour to prove
there’s no formaldehyde In It”
Modest Chlor.
When Lord Selborne, high commls
sloner of South Africa, appointed a
new paramount chief of the Basuto
tribe the other day. and admonished
him to walk In the ways of his fathers,
the new chief replied: “I am strong,
yet I am frightened of the blanket that
has descended upon me, and I do not
know how I shall carry It.”
Probably you have no call to talk
about ugly people-
^^cience
<&SpTvention
The London physician's discovery
that scars may be prevented or re
moved by cutting the skin alantwlse-
Instead of vertically Is pronounced one
of tbe most important of recent ad
vances In surgery.
Caterpillars have been found to be
greatly agitated by musical vibration^
descending from a tree In a shower at
tbe sound of a cornet. This should
suggest an effective means of fighting
tbe gypsy moth and other caterpillar
plagues.
French aeronautic authorities have
given the name “teronef," or aviation
apparatus, to a flying machine that Is
heavier than tbe air. .The varieties in
clude: (1) the helicopter, sustained;
and driven by one or several propellers ;
(2) the aeroplane, chiefly sustained by ,
one or more flat or curved surfaces, and
(3) tbe orthopter or mecbanlal bird,
sustained and propelled by beating '
wings.
A .growing evil reported by Dr. Aba
Sztankay among the Slovaks of Upper
Hungary Is the habitual use of cam
phor Internally. For fourteen years be
has persistently questioned buyers of
the drug, and he concludes that at
least twenty-five per cent of the large
and Increasing amount sold is used by
tbe campbor-eaters. An Increase Irv
epilepsy seems to be a result of thia In
dulgence.
Flaming arc lights have now become
an established feature of downtown-
Chicago streets. They are new, com
paratively, for such commercial pur
poses, but tbelr principle has long been
known. The flaming arcs thus far
Bbown In this country produce a light
yellow, red or vivid white light, ac
cording to the carbons used. The ad
dition of the salts of fluoride, bromide
and lodide of lime give the light the
yellow tint, while other salts of lime
give the flame a red color.
Leprosy Is Increasing In both North
and South America. Colombia, where
there were only 400 lepers forty years
ago. Is said to have 40,000 now, and
many find tbelr way Into the United
States. Such a medical authority as
Dr. Ashmead, who was formerly chief
medical adviser to tbe government of
Japan, says tbe Increase is alarming.
When leprosy Is brought Into a new
country It takes fifty years for the
seeds to take root, and It becomes epi
demic after some 200 years. It has been
shown, that mosquitoes are active In
transferring the bacilli of leprosy.
Tbe first section of tbe railway
across the Andes between Chile and
Argentina has been officially inaugu
rated, and work has been begun on the
highest part of the line, where, at an
altitude exceeding 10.000 feet, great
tunnels are to be constructed. Tbe
largest of these tunnels will bave^a
length of 3,405 yards, not far from
equally divided between tbe Chilean
and Argentinian sections. With tbe use
of that portion of the line already com
pleted. the journey between Valparaiso
and Buenos Ayres will be shortened
several hours.
An Important use has been found for
the Cooper Hewitt mercury vapor lamp-
In scientific Investigation. In optical
experiments In tbe laboratory It Is
often Important to have at command a
monochromatic light. Formerly tbe
mercury arc light was employed tor
this purpose, but after being used for a
short time the efficiency of this source
of light seriously falls off. It has been^
found, however, that tbe Cooper
Hewitt lamp gives the same monochro
matic light, with very tine rays, so that
It Is admirably suited for the study of"
Interference phenomena, and It pos
sesses the great advantage of being
steady and trustworthy In Its output.
Moreover, being a commercial appara
tus, It Is easily obtained, and can bo
used at a comparatively small expensa.
No Extra Trouble.
It was In the dead of night, and a
cold night nt shat. Mr. Smith was
away and Peterson Smith, aged 6, wa»
getting over the measles.
“Mother, may I have a drink of real
cold water?" be asked, Sjnklns Mrs.
Smith from a refreshing slumtter.
“Turn right over and go to sleep!"
commanded Mrs. Smith. “You ars a
naughty boy to wake mother up whin
she put a plteber of water on your
table the very last thing before you
went to bed."
Ten minutes later the small voice
piped up again: “Mother, I want a
drink of water.”
“Peterson,” snld Mrs. Smith, stern
ly, “If you ««y thnt “gain I shall get
up and spank you!”
There was five minutes’ silence, and
i Peterson spoke.
her." he said, cheerfully, “when
re: up to spank me. may I have
ik of water?”—Youth's Compan-
Natural Way.
> phllnntbroplc person heard of a
ro family that was reported In des
..ute circumstances, and, calling at
their domicile, he found the report
true. The family consisted of the moth
er, a sou nearing manhood’s estate,
and two young children. The benevo
lent old gentleman after hearing the
mother’s story gave per eldest son $1
to get a chicken for the Thanksgiving
dinner and took bls departure. No soon
er was he gone than the negress said
to her son, “Sambo, you done gib me
dat dollah nnd go get dat chicken In
de natcbral way I"—Chicago Infer
(XMUL