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DAIRY NOTES.
Plenty of sunlight In tho cowa stable
The simple brick-shaped pound print
(a tho most popular .way In which but
tor. enn bo marketed.-
It Is beat to raise your own dairy
cows It possible to do so. Then you
I know what you havo.
It requires grain as woll as rough
ness to produce butter fat, and but
ter fat at present prices Is what pays.
A liberal banking of sheds on the
north sldo will provo a boon to the
cows when tho cold weather comes.
I - The Uabcock testor nover finds that
" very good cowg nre owned by a poor
feeder.
" Remember even the best dairy cow
cannot pay good returns without
plenty of good feed.
A pall of milk standing In a foul
istablo for ten minutes will absorb
enough bad odors to spoil It.
Tho condition of the nnimnl ns well
as tho condition of tho markot should
1 dotdrmtnc tho tlmo to soil stock.
H Dcforo warm weather comes pro
S pare u cpol place for the milk and
9 cream. Mako tho milk and cream
ft' room cool, sweet and clean.
Some of tho biggest dairy farms pay
.9 tho smallost interest on capital In
I vested, and some of tho smallest pay
ft the biggest Some men nro land and
I cow poor.
Tho dairyman who does not uso tho
'H Babcock tester in determining tho
gj " valuo of his cows should sell his
ft dairy, buy a grocery, and sell sugar
-M - by guess.
m Tho man who does not get more
m than two dollars returns from overy
I dollar's worth of feed his cows con
w sumo has not yet learned tho first lcs
ft son of good dairy management.
il
J RAISING THE HEIFER CALVES
1 Two Important Factors to Keep In
ft ' Mind In Producing Future Milk
ft Cowa.
I Within only a very few years It
vl " wlirbo as dlincult to buy good cowb
or good helfor cnlves us It will bo to
ft ., buy good land, and .tho man who bo..
"IS . ' sins now to breed to good stock nnd
w saves nnd properly raises his heifer
calves will be In a positon to make
I monoy In tho production of milk or
butter or to soli stock at high fig
I ' .. ureB.
I ;' r There nro two Important things to
1 keep In mind In producing calves for
I ' future milk production. Ono is that
tho dam shall bo of known good record
and tho other is that tho sire shall bo
of n line of dams of exceptionally high
" record. Dreed only to tho slro that
is known, positively to bo of a high
producing Btraln,,ovcn If the season
cost twlco or throe times ns much ns
that from ono of unknown moritr
Flvo or ten dollars extra In this mat
tor will mako a difference) in tho fu
ture earning power of tho (omalo off
spring of from one hundred to several
hundred dollars, counting tho number
of years sho will glvo milk find tho
number of calves sho will glvo birth to,
9 which In turn nro to bocomo produ
9 cers.
9 A calf is about tho cheapest and
ft easiest largo animal raised on tho
9 farm. Tho production of calvbs In tho
ft ' dairy busines is a necessity In order
ft to have tho cows freshen yearly, or at
I regular Jntorvnls. As far ob feed nnd
1 enro nro concerned, It Is almost ns
ft easy to raise" n $100 calf as It Is to
ft ralso a $10 ono. There Is good profit
I In tho former, but absolutely no profit
ft in tho latter. In fact, a cheap calf
X consumes much moro feed than It will
I SUCCULENCE IN MILK FOODS
ft Water Which Cow Gets In Her Food
m Rather Than That She Drinks
M That Goes Into Milk.
I (Dy CIIAB. C. WENTZI.KR.)
9J Succulence Is a term applied to
foods which contain a certain propor
fi tlon of water. Milk Is 84 per cent.
water. In summer cattle get all the
fl Bucculeuco thoy require. In winter
fl succulent foods have to bo furnished
fl If wo 'expect to keep up the milk flow.
fl It is tho water which the cow gets
fl in .her food rather than the water
fl which sho drinks that goes Into tho
fl milk. Much of tho water which sho
fl drinks is used by nature to carry off
Nft certain chemicals In tho system for
fl which she has no longer any uso. Tho
fl excess of nitrogen is carried off in this
ftft way and gives this expelled water an
JS ammonia odor.
a All. grains contain somo water, but
fl not enough. Silo and roots are rich
i M In water content When her ration
9J Is made up of a sharo of succulenco
fl in winter the cow keeps up her nor-
fl mal supply. But It is due to this
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sell for on tho opon market. Many n
calf sold for vonl nt, sny 38. consumes
$10 or I2 worth of milk before it is
morketod. Kor this reason many dairy
men either kill or glvo away tholr
calves nt birth. Of course all male
calves, except thoso of high grade
saved for breeding purposes, must bo
disposed of nt nn early ago nt no
profit, except on farms where pnsturo
is very plentiful and thoy nro saved
for beef stoers. Hut tho rnlsing of a
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Ferris Golden Winnie.
good holfer -calf will moro than com
pensate tho loss.
The Illustration shows the head of
Ferris Golden Wlnnio, n champion 2-year-old
Jersey heifer, owned by tho
Wisconsin Stata Farm.
SHOVEL-KINK VERY USEFUL
Excellent Implement for Digging Up
Muddy Ground Readily Cleans
Itself.
A railroad grader lately vlBltlng tho
writer Bhowed him the shovel-kink
horcwL.i illustrated. As tho idea
seems good, wo pass it along, wrltos
J. E. Drldgaman in Farm and Ranch.
Tho writer was opening up a Bmnll
ditch that drained ono corner of n
cow pasturo. Tho ground bolng very
muddy, tho dirt stuck to tho Bhovol,
causing us to do moro or less cleaning
of samo. Our visitor remarked that It
wub not nt all necessary, and proved
It by tho slmplo method herewith 11
lustrntod.
Tho six throc-olghth-lnch holes wero
drilled through tho shovel, nnd It nt
once caused sumo to scour. Evon tho
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A Shovel Kink.
thick mud would readily leave tho
blade. Tho holes, I supposo, allowed
tho air to escape from tho surfaco bo
tween the shovel and tho dirt. At any
rato, tho shovol readily cleaned itself.
Raising Calf on Milk.
It Id un expensive proposition to
ralso a calf on milk nt tho present
markot prlco. Tho quantity of milk
which a calf will rcqulro for its main
tenance and growth may bo somewhat
reduced by early teaching tho calf to
eat hay, corn and other foods. Tho
young calf will learn to cat shelled
corn at four or flvo weeks of ugo and
hay at tho same age, or oven enrllor.
By giving it theso feeds twice dally
regularly the milk ration may ho reduced.
principle that an Improperly winter
fed cow, Increases her milk flow when
sho Is returned to pasturo In the
spring.
Cow Testing Organizations.
In somo parts of tho country tho
farmers nre forming county cow test
ing organizations through which they
hopo to weed out tho deadhead board
ers ftorn their herds. Ono small as
sociation which conducted this work
last season found many cows which
were drones supported by others of
the herd. These have gone to tho
block and the dairy business has been
put upon n moro profitable basis. This
should bo an incentivo to every other
section of the country to tako similar
steps, and while on this point why
would It not bo a good Idea to tag the
owners?
Don't bo afraid to uso disinfectants
about the cow stables. To be sure
milk soon absorbs the odor of these
things, but milk has no business stand
ing around tho stable a minute after
a cow is flnishod.
ON THE SKYSCRAPER
STRENUOUS LIFE IS THAT OP
THE IRONWORKER.
Well Styled "Cowboys of the Skies."
the Men Who Erect City's Tall
Buildings Always Have tho
Crowds.
In tho past they woro a boisterous,
swashbucklng lot. They "floatod from
New Orleans to Vancouver, lived in
freight cars, built bridges nnd dropped
off of them with a grin and a choking
"good-by." A hero among thorn was
n man who had tho longest fall to hi,
credit, or who could tosB a white-hot
rivet tho greatest dlstanco. Thoy lived
hard nnd died cnBlly. Today they
know that n man stands highest on
tho pny roll who takes his work and
Its dangor most seriously, who also
watches the man next to him for In
this calling ono man's error often
menna another's llfo. Harper's Wook
ly says.
Even so the brldgoworker of today
has not lost his romantic sldo. Ho Is
still tho cavalier of tho workaday
world. Seo him now, clinging Uko a
fly to tho top ring of that lofty derrick,
or swaying in midair with ono leg
wound cnrolcs8ly about n dangling
cablo, or standing upright nlongsldo a
dizzy column, hundreds of foot nbovo
tho ground, with nothing moro sub
stanUal under his clinging too than
an Inch'Wldo boltl Tho plumber lay
ing pipes In tho dark basoment gets
Just ns high a wago and hla work 1b
quito as important. Dut tho Ironwork
er gets tho oyes of tho crowd and
knowB It. "Cowboys of tho skies"
-they hnvo boon styled, and nptly so.
Thoy have many characteristics in
common with tholr brethren of tho
plains. Thoy lovo a dnro and a scam
poring rnco. Often they mako and
havo them when tho boss In not
wntchtng. Just recently two sky
scrapers In Now York raced up sldo
by Bide a veritable" Marathon of tho
skies! and prodigies of daring nnd
foolhardlness wero dono by tho rival
gangs facing each other across tho In
tervening sldo-streot. Thoy Btolo ouch
other's hats and wrenches ub they
Balled up atop tho loads of Iron, danced
giddy hornpipes on tho ends of pro
jecting beams, tried to "best" each
other taking chances amid tho pnndo
monlum of whip-snapping cables and
swinging Iron.
Thoy uffect oxtrnvngancos nnd pe
culiarities of dross. That nthlotlc-look--ing
fellow with tho "grimy face nnd
hands appears on idlo Sundays In
will to flnnncis nnd silk hoso. Tho man
bosldo him is n favorite nt bridge
men's dances nnd has been known to
wear nnd grnco n frock-coat. Thoy
made no serious complaints ovor tho
now ordor of things tho rush of the
work. "Sure," said ono. "It'B all right,
only It's over nowndnys boforo you
got your second wind."
Said anothor: "This going up nt a
story a day InterforoB with mo soclnl
llfo. On that 13th street building
thoro was n hotel within nrm's roach,
and ono day I got to talking with a
pretty maid through a window. Noxt
day I had to talk down to her nnd
noxt I had to yell to hor, and In two
days moro I had to suy good-by.
" 'Good-by!' says sho. 'Sorry to bco
you go; but I'll Introduco you to my
friend Kntio who works on tho tenth
floor.' "
Likes Really Good Music.
"What did you think of tho pinnlst7"
"Worst I ovor heard."
"NonBenso. Sho'a a romarknbly
lino performer. Hocuuho alio plnys
classical music, you don't appreciate
her."
"What's that! I don't nppreclato
hor, don't I? Well, then, I don't. Ilut
that's no proof that I ain't on when
good music is played. Did you ever
hear that red-headed llttlo Maine Do
herty piny 'Has There Anybody Horo
Seen Kelly?'"
The Giant Bible.
Thoro Is In tho Royal library at
Stockholm, among other curiosities, a
manuscript work known ns tho Giant
Bible, on account of Its extraordinary
dimensions. It measures about 35
inches in length-nnd is about 19 Indies
In breadth. It requires three men to
lift It. There nro 309 pages, but Boven
havo been lost. The parchment of
which tho book Is composed requlrod
tho Hkins of 1C0 asses. Thoro are two
columns on onch pago, and tho book
contains tho Old nnd Now Testaments,
with extracts from "Josephus." The
initial letters nro Illuminated. Tho
binding Is of oak, four and one-half
centimeters In thickness. Tho book
narrowly escaped destruction in tho
fire in the Royal palace of Stockholm
in 1697. It was saved, but somewhat
damaged, by being thrown out of a
window.
In Doubt.
"WJion are you going to tako your
vacation this summer?"
"Oh, somo tlmo when my wlfo noti
fies mo that there is room for mo at
our cottage." Detroit Free Press. -
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Tact and the Brindle Cow
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By John Philip Arth M
Thero It was, flat and plain.
"Mamma told mo yesterday that If
I did not dlscourngo you sho would
speak to you herself."
"Hut what can sho have against
mo?"
"Sho Bays she's going to tako mo
abroad noxt year and hnvo Bomo lord
or duko fall In lovo with mo. Oh,
Will, I wish mothor, wasn't wasn't
Bitch a gooso!"
"And you'll glvo mo up to marry
a title?"
"N-o, and yet I must do ns mothor
BayB, muBn't I? If you'd only go at It
nnd do something horolc. Can't you
save mothor's llfo In Bomo way? Can't
somo great danger threaten her and
you rcscuo hor,"
Will Pelham had known Glynn
Durnham for a yenr or moro, nnd ho
had boon engaged to her for tho Inst
three months, though It wns a Becrot
engagement. Ho lived in tho city nnd
had graduated as a mining cnglncor
and was looking for a placo. Ho had
no monoy to bpenk of, nnd ho did not
go Into society much, but thoso who
know him spoke In his pralso. Ho
had nn undo living near tho wldow'n
country house, 15 miles out, nnd ho
had boon coming down to boo that
undo every Saturday afternoon nnd
finding his way ovor to the othor
houBO. The mothor had nover had n
vory worm welcome for him. Now Bho
had nut hor foot down. Sho wanted
a rich and titled Bonlnlaw. Ho must
not call at tho houso any moro. If
Glynn wouldn't elopo with him ho
must give her up. While ho wan
holding down a placo In Montnna or
Novndn, a thousnnd miles nwny, Bho
would bo taken off to Europo to cap
tlvato some old man with n tttlo and
tho gout.
MIbb Glynn wns tearful and ho was
iald nt tho parting, though neither
looked at It ub flnal. It was too sud
don. Two human heartB cannot ho
pnrted that way. Thoy mtiRt hnvo
time to got accustomed to theo sepa
ration. On bis way over to IiIb.
unclo's young Mr. Polhnm noticed tho
proud and ambltlouB mother In tho
meadow culling dnlBlos. Sho had
gono forth to glvo tho daughter an
opportunity to repent her words.
Forty rods farther along tho highway
ho noticed n brlndlo cow looking over
tho fonco nt the widow nnd Blinking
hor bond and giving other signs of
nnger.
Only a civil or mining " englnoor,
whose profession Is to surmount all
dllllcultios, whether nbovo or bolow
tho surface, would havo stopped for
flvo minutes to wonder how to bring
that, brlndlo cow and Hint ambitious
woman together, lie looked at tho
woman hb Bho culled nt tho cow an
Bho mumbled nt the Bdltury treo In
tho pasture, and ho decided that It
could bo dono. Ho went homo to ask
of hid undo:
"Who owns that old brlndlo cow
over thoro 7"
"Why, GrlggBon docs. I meant to
toll you nbout her. Don't try to cross
that field. She's prejly near killed
two tramps this summer."
That was enough for a starter, and
Will Bat down to flguro the rest out
to scnlo. This would bo nn nbovo
ground affulr, but thero would bo somo
points to solve. For instance: How
faBt can n brlndlo cow run7 How
much faster than a brlndlo cow can
a young man In love run? What are
the first Impressions of an ambitious
mother at seeing n brindle cow com
ing for her In an open lot? Would
her second Impressions bid her climb
the treo within a few yards of her?
Can a young man in lovo run around
the trunk of a treo faster than a
brindle cow not In lovo7
All those things entered Into tho
engineering problem beforo tho young
man, hut ho had a wook to work tit
them boforo coming again, nnd thero
wnn a hopeful smile on his faco, Ho
knew by letter what had happened
nftor ho loft tho Iioiiho. Tho mother
had como In wjth her bouquet of
daisies and snld:
"I saw that person passing along
tho road half an hour ago."
"Yes, mamma."
"You told him what I asked you to?"
"Yes."
"And he knows my feelings on tho
subject?"
"Yes,"
"Thon we may consider tho matter
as Bottled.'- In reading tho dally pa
pers uftor this, If you corno across
any titled persons mentioned cut nut
the piece and savo it. I am glad you
have acted so sensibly about the
thing. Every girl's mother knows
what Is best for her."
Miss Glynn wns not weeping nnd
sho wns not mulling. Sho was won
dering how good a mining engineer
Will Pelhnm was. A week lator and
he was on bis mettle. Ho was look
Ing over the fence throwing clubB at
that brlndlo cow to Btlr hor up. Sho B
wns easily stirred. Mrs. Durnham was B
in tho dalfly flold again, nnd tho old B
bovino considered It a personal af- H
front After a fow momenta tho cow jB
wns engineered nwny from tho fonco B
nnd tho rails thrown down. Thon, the B
engineer started for tho treo, 30 roda .-H
away. Ho began, nt tho same tlmo, to '
shout to tho daisy gatherer: 9999J
"To tho tree! To tho treo I Swing M
yourself up Into tho treo!" B
Tho first Impression of tho widow B
was to run. Tho second was to skip B
for tho treo. Could Bho climb? She ,-. B
could. It is plcblan for n woman to B
climb trees, but sho seized a low- B
hanging branch and went up like a 9999J
coon boforo n dog. That brlndlo cow 9999J
coming on tho dead run, nnd gaining; B
on tho engineer nt cvory Jump, looked 9999J
bigger than any tltlo In Europo Juat 999J
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Will Pelham could runt In run M
nlng with a brldo ns tho prlzo ho could 9999
inalto n locomotivo look tired. Ho 9999
reached tho treo seven feet six Inchon 999J
ahead or tho old brlndlo. Ho hadn't 999J
planned to climb tho treo. No horolca 9B
'can tako placo up n treo. Ho ohol 999J
ored himself bohtnd tho trunk, nnd 999J
tho brlndlo cow passed It by nn inch 999J
nnd drovo on with n bellow. H
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"Yes, ftB
"Wo shall both bo killed-!" H
"I suspect that wo shall, but I'll H
die " 99B
Thoro was not tlmo to ndd tho word 99B
"gamo." Tho cow was coming back J9
Uko n freight train on n down grndo, "H
and tho englnoor had to Bldo-Btop 99B
again. Tho hollows of rngo as tho 99J
tnrgot was missed would havo dono 999J
credit to n fog-horn. 999J
"Mr. Pelham, sho will surely kill 99B
you and thon climb tho treo and kill 99J
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"I I can dodgo her n llttlo longor." 99J
"Rut climb up horo bosldo mo bo- 99J
foro It's too Into." 9
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climb. Hang on for your llfo Bho's 99B
coming again!" H
It that brlndlo cow had sot out, carl iT .99H
Icr i)"llfe.Bho flight Unyo. hoiojillSil ""rH
Standnrd Qll company in ownlngtho 9Pftl
United StAtos. Sho had sand. Sho 999J
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Sho charged again and again. Sho' 999J
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Sho kept tho engineer dodging Uko a . H
cat on a hot stove, and It was n long 999J
half hour before alio tired out. 99
"I cannot diol Savo me! Savo mo!" 999J
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"I will!" wub repeated for tho samo J99B
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And it wiib done. Mr. Pelham loft ' H
tho Bholtor of tho treo and mnde n ! ;999
dash for a piece of fence-rnll 50 foot H
away and got It. Thon ho wont for , Vftft
brindle. Shu bluffed, but ho ham B
morcd her horns and hobo nnd spinal. 999
column and hind-quarters, and ho ran 9B
her back Into hor pdBluro a sadder 99J
and wiser farmer's friend. Ho turned B
to seo a crumpled woman lying at tho B
foot of tho treo. lie advanced to find 99J
(hat It wiib Mm. Hurnhum, and that 99J
she- wanted to tako his arm and go 9B
home. Thoy didn't say much during 9B
tho walk. It wns when thoy reached 9B
tho veranda and tho waiting, wondor- B
Ing Glynn that tho quavering voice of B
her mothor said: B
"Glynn, this Isn't a person It's Mr. B9
Pelham, and If you want to tell him ftjft
that we've given up our European 9B
trip you can do so. Do suru to nsk IftB
him to stny to dinner. How grand J . H
How noble! How courageous!" 9B
Almost Equal to Bryan. 99J
James E. Martlne, tho "farmer or a- , 99J
tor" of New Jersey, told tho following H
story on himself nt n dinner recently: 99J
"llnpponlng In New York ono after- 99J
noon I thought 1 would like to look ' 99J
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vanln railroad, so I wont to tho ofllco H
and asked permlsHlon from tho man 99J
Inside. 99J
" 'Are you hero in an official capac- 99J
My?' I was asked. 99J
" 'No,' I said, 'I'm only a farmer H
fcodiiig you hungry mortals.' H
'"Well, then, aro you a member ol " '' H
the legislature?' the man asked. H
"'No,' I answorod, 'but I havo four H
times been a candidate for tho lowor H
branch of the legislature, four times u H
candidate for stute sonntor, twice 1 99
ran for congress and on two occa- H
slons was a promising candidate for H
governor nnd had tho honor of being H
talked of for the United StatOB sen 99
atorshlp, and was beaten evory time.' H
"'Good heavens!' responded my in I
quisltor, 'you havo moro courago than H
any whlto man I ovor saw.' And ho I
culled n messenger and provided mo I
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