Lincoln County times., April 13, 1911, Image 8

About Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919

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MILK CART THAT IS CURIOUS
Device Resembles Life-Sized Cow In
Which Product Is Stored and Kept
at Right Temperature.
A curious Idea for milk carts Is con
tained In a patent, applied for ln 1S9S,
says the Popular Mechanics. Just
what It Is Intended for Is told by the
Inventor himself; "My invention Is a
new and useful improvement in milk
refrigerators and delivery apparatus.
ami has for its object the provision of
a device that resembles a life-sized
cow, in which milk may be stored
and kept at a proper temperature,
and from which it may be drawn as
occasion requires after the manner of
milking a cow. Within the body are
receptacles or compartments, each of
which Is provided with a cover and
adapted to contain the desired quan
tity of milk. By the use of two re
ceptacles two qualities of milk may
be stored at the same time, such as
sweet milk and buttermilk. In the
bottom of each of the receptacles is
located a valve having a spring for
normally holding it in place, so as to
prevent the downflowing of the milk.
Each of the teats has a toggle-lever
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Cow Gives Ice-Cold Milk.
connected to a lift-rod, and when the
latter is raised the valve Is lifted and
the milk flows out of the teats. By
proper manipulation of this device a
realistic representation may be had of
the milking of a cow.
'The portion of the body of the im
itation cow not occupied by the milk
receptacles Is utilized for the storing
of ice to maintain the milk at a prop
er temperature. The imitation cow
stands riveted to a wagon platform
and Is drawn through the streets In
the same manner as an ordinary milk
cart."
WHICH IS BEST DAIRY BREED?
Question Often Asked and
Never
Satisfactorily Answered—Selec
tion of Individual Is Vital.
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How often does that question come
up? It is constantly asked, and never
satisfactorily answered. Which girl
will make the best wife? There are a
host of men trying to find out.
On the cow question the following
■classification by Prof. F. E. Wood
ward of Utah is comprehensive, fair
and just:
Ranked with reference to the
amount of milk produced, the breeds
stand as follows: Holstein, Ayrshire.
Guernsey and Jersey. With reference
to richness of milk: Jersey, Guernsey,
Ayrshire, Holstein. With reference
to color of milk; Guernsey, Jersey.
Ayrshire. Holstein. With reference to
size: Holstein, Ayrshire, Guernsey,
Jersey. With reference to early ma
turity qualities: Jersey, Guernsey,
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With reference
Good cows
And poor
Milk Producing Power.
Other things being equal, the ca
paclty for digestion of a dairy cow
represents her mllk-produclng power,
With large, strong digestive organs
she is able to assimilate much (ooo
and transform It into more valuable,
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Ferris Golden Winnie.
Ayrshire, Holstein,
to ability to rustle for a living: Ayr
shire, Jersey. Guernsey, Holstein.
There Is very little difference in the
amount of butter fat that is produced
on the average by various breeds.
There Is a great deal more difference
between the individuals of a breed
than between the breeds,
are found in every breed,
cows are found In every breed,
good Holstein Is better than
Jersey, and a good Jersey Is Ijetter
than a poor Holstein,
of a breed, then, is not of so much
importance as the selection of the In
dividuals within the bred.
The illustration shows the head of
Ferris Golden Winnie, a champion
2-year-old Jersey Heifer on the Wis
consin state farm.
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a poor
The selection
food, milk and butter fat.
DAIRY WINDOW IS IMPORTANT
Practical Arrangement Is Shown In
Illustration to Prevent Draft on
Cows While In Barn.
Dairy cows should never have a
; draft on them in the barn, so 1 had
1 ray windows made In such a way that
I they can be opened from the top. as
shown by c, says a writer in Farm
and Home. The carpenters attached
a three-cornered board, a a. at each
side of the window to prevent wind
coining In from the sides when the
window Is open. There are cleats, b.
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I like to have the windows wide open.
I don't care then If there Is a draft
through the barn, so these windows
were put in loose and can be opened
at one side, as shown by d.
In the summer
NOT MERE MILKING MACHINE
Story of Man Who Sought to Make
Fortune in Dairy Busines
ed With Nondescript Cows.
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(By R. B. BUCKHAM.)
Among my acquaintances there is
numbered a man who recently de
cided to make a trial of furnishing
Having
For a start, he purchased half a
dozen cows of nondescript extraction,
and set himself up In the business of
a milk farmer. His idea seemed to be
that all he had to do was to feed a
little grain and hay to these animals,
night and morning, and In return re
celve an abundant supply of milk, the
equivalent of ten times and more. In
value.
milk for the local markeU
ventured into several other branches
of agriculture without having achieved
any great success at any one of them,
he determined to attempt this; make
one more play for favor at the hands
of Dame Fortune.
But before he had been at It long
he found that he had made a mistake
In his calculations, somewhere. The
account was running against him, in
stead of in his favor. He was play
ing a losing game, once more!
What was the trouble? Simply
this, that he had misjudged animal
nature. In one respect, at least. There
is no such thing as a milk machine,
patented or unpatented. Into which
you can pass hay or grain at one end
at your pleasure, and pull a valve
and draw off milk from another, to
your fancy. At any rate, a cheap,
scrubby cow Is not such a machine, and
cannot be made over Into one. These
six cows turned out to be Just ordi
nary. barren quantity milkers, a bur
den and expense upon any man who
assumed their care and keep. And
now they are for sale, away below
what he paid for them, but are a
poor bargain at that.
Capacity of Swiss Cow.
It Is claimed a well-bred Swiss cow
weighing 1,200 pounds, fed on the rich
nutritious mountain grasses, will give
an average of ten quarts of milk per |
day for ten months or 750 to 800 gal
Ions, besides raising a thrifty calf.
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Dry cows and poor cows are two
snags that dairymen should steer j
clear of.
Breed your favorite breed In a man
ner that will conform to all of your
requirements.
Successful dairying Is like riding a
wheel. If you don't keep moving you
will fall off.
No dairyman can afford to grow tim
othy hay on land that will yield good
crops of clover.
Let every cow stand on her own
individual merit and not live on the
profits from her sister.
The dairy cows are our best friends
and the farm without them Is on the
road to Impoverishment.
Cleanliness In the dairy business is
more a matter of Inspiration than edu
cation In sanitary methods.
Individual excellence Is the only
safe guide to follow In selecting a
herd of profitable dairy cows.
In figuring up the profits from the
cows the past year don't neglect to
count in the manure produced.
Moistening the hands either with
milk or water before milking Is only
a habit, and not a good one at that.
It is mistaken economy to put off
feeding grain and supplemental for
age crops until everything in the pas
ture is consumed.
The true value of the cow depends
not on herself alone, but on the feed
ing, shelter and functional action of
the organs of nutrition.
Any dairy cow of any breed should
give her own weight In milk each
month for at least six months, and an
extra good cow will do better,
The grade cows are the basis
which the dairy business rests at the
present time and they are the cows
| that we shall continue to do business
with owing to their greater numbers
and less cost.
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WATER FOR POTATOES
Before Planting Land Should Be
Thoroughly Irrigated.
An observing writer In The Irri
gator, a Journal of the irrigated re
gion of the Northwest, gives the fol
lowing very rational outlines of po
tato growing by irrigation:
There is no particular number of
times during the season that potatoes
The idea that
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when Vines Begin to Turn Dark In
Color It Is Indication That Mois
ture Is Needed—Don't Be Afraid
to Cultivate Continually.
should be irrigated.
there is. is fundamentally false, al
though It Is followed by some grow
ers and usually accompanied by fail
ure. The question Is simply whether
or not the plant, at a given time. Is
In need of water.
Before planting potatoes, the land
should be Irrigated, no matter how
3am '' the sotl ma - v apintur be at the
time of planting. The ground should
be ditched with an ordinary hay
lltcher and the water run over It for
x period that will vary from one to
Tour days. If land Is new from sage
brush It will probably need to be wa
tered three or four days. You can
ludge whether It has been watered
enough when the ground Is thorough
In this
y soaked, In fact, muddy,
îrst watering you can hardly get the
Ï round too wet. so that the moisture
will go down Into the soil eight or
;en feet, thus providing, for six weeks
3r two months, plenty of moisture
i *rom beneath. After the ground has
! fried out sufficiently for a horse to
Band upon It, It should bo plowed
I leeply. It should then be harrowed
lown fine when It la ready to bo
Potatoee may be planted
12. « or .8 ...W. .p.«, d.pr„d,„
5n the richness of the soil, and the
ise of a large piece of seed Is advls
ible. It pays to give the plant plenty
3f sustenance at the start. The po
ato patch will not need watering now
mtll It Is In bloom. If these directions
save been completely followed out.
Keep cultivating after the plants
:ome up continually, and don't be
ifrald to cultivate with the spike
ooth harrow after they are four or
5ve Inches high, as the very few that
rou will damage with the cultivator
.eeth will be nothing compared with
While the plants
ire In bloom. It Is a wise plan to
teep an eye on the patch from day to
lay. and If you find any place, as
•ou look over the field, where the
»Ines are turning dark in color. It
neans that they need water and It
s time to begin Irrigating. In any
svent. the plants should be Irrigated
>efore they have gone out of bloom,
ör the reason that It Is at the time
>f blossoming that the tubers set. and
he number of tubers which will set
| planted,
-he benefit derived.
pon the plants depends In a measure
ipon the amount of moisture in the
toll. Of course, if your plants turn
lark before blossoming. It means that
here Is not enough moisture In the
ion. and you had better Irrigate, but
this will not occur If sufficient Irrlgat
ng has been done In the beginning.
After the first Irrigating, when the
plants are in bloom, the only
which can be given Is to Irrigate the
latch as often as It Is necessary to
ieep the soli four or five Inches be
rule
ow the surface of the ground nicely
nolst. so that when you reach your
land In and bring out a handful of It
in the grip of the hand, and open the
hand again, the dirt will clearly show
he Indentation of the fingers and be
'airly moist. A year ago. on the po
:ato patch which the writer grew. It
was necessary to Irrigate about every
Ive days, because the hot weather
was drawing the moisture out of the
soil, and the earth was too dry be
leath the surface. Of course. It Is
possible to Irrigate potatoes too
nuch. but generaly more failures re
sult from giving them too little wa
ter. However, no man's advice will
lelp you In this matter, and your suc
cess will depend upon applying the
rules of nature with good judgment.
In ditching between the rows for
the water to run. ditch as deeply as
possible. This Is very Important, as
In running the water through the
ditch great pains should be taken that
the top of the water In the ditch Is
not high enough to be applied directly
to the tubers. A small stream run
ning a long time In the bottom of the
ditch Is better than a big stream
running a short time.
Learn to Make Repairs.
A boy I know who hopes some day
to be a farmer will sit 15 minutes on
a rake or mower, and call for some
one to tighten a nut or adjust another
bit of mechanism, says a writer in an
exchange. If he succeeds, he will
have to learn to do these things him
self, for every farmer must be a ma
chinist. The man who can put a
reaper together after he has seen It
done will do well, but the man who
can do It without having seen It done
will do better. Time on the farm, aa
anywhere else. Is money, and when a
tongue breaks It Is money In the
pocket to be able to repair without
driving to the blacksmith.
Keeping Apple Juice.
The bureau of chemistry has found
that freshly pressed apple Juice, not
cider, cooled Immediately after prepa
ration, can be kept for a period of
from six weeks to three months at 32
degrees fahrenhelt, before It begins to
ferment, after which fermentation Is
very slow and the flavor of the juice
maintained.
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IRRIGATE IN WEST KANSAS
It Was 1895 Before State Aid Assured
Success for Undertaking—Wa
ter Supply Unlimited.
So far as rainfall is concerned Kan
sas Is divided from east to west Into
three parts. Only the western third
has much use for Irrigation. The
first headway made toward placing
that part under Irrigation was In 1890.
A convention was held at Great Bend
that year and a state organization ef
fected whose purpose was to study the
needs and aid In the development of
the country. But this hopeful effort
did not get much beyond Its beginning,
It was not until 1895 that a definite
start was made. Then the leglsIn,
; Mature created a board of Irrlga
Ion and appropriated »30.000 for Its
»ork. In 189« this board did Us firs*
j "ork, and this date can well mark the
i start of Kansas Irrigation,
! Throughout the humid and serai arid
j districts there Is an unlimited sap
i ply of water close to the surface of
access to large streams, so Irrigation
been largely confined to pumping
-usually of 'he windmill type.
1 following cities, especially, are
j renters for this type; Garden City,
ingles, Cimarron. Dodge City, Kinsley,
I Great Bend and Hutchinson.
In general the most Important points
' the earth; moreover, there 1s little
! to not ® •" connection with Irrigation
^ western third of the state are
! The cost of a windmill plant will be
'rom »90 to »150. according to the size
i °' the Pump use; the cost of the reser
Shallow
voir will be about »60 more.
wells pay belter, as the flow usually
| ls tuueh greater.
3oe8 uot P a Y to go below the shale.
for then water cannot bo found until a
In digging the well
NOT DIFFICULT TO IRRIGATE
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Not a Complex Problem and Once Lat
«rale and Ditches Are Established
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Practical Irrigation Is not a complex
problem. When once the laterals and
head ditches are established any
bright bay can Irrigate the field, gar
den or orchard. Newcomers make a
complete success the first season, only
needing to take a few lessons watch
ing their neighbors on similar ground,
When once you have managed the
water business yourself for a single
season you will never again want to
risk your fortune with the clouds and
floods and droughts. The time you
waste trying to make hay between
showers will Irrigate the alfalfa, to
say nothing about the hay cured with
out rain and dew being worth twice
as rauch. The time wasted with rainy
days in spring and with waiting for
the frost "to go out" and the land
to dry off. will bo much more than the
time It takes to Irrigate. Irrigation
means three times the quantity of bet
ter hay. Rain belt often means ru
ined hay crops. Irrigation means per
feet fertilization of the fruit blossoms
depth of at least 250 feet is reached.
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and fruit of large size and perfect
color and quality. Rain belt often
means ruin of the blossoms, no fruit,
or small apples on account of dry
spells, poor In color and quality—un
certainty,
at ease and lack room. If we do not
wish them to swarm, we must give
them sufficient room. A loose bottom
Why Bess Swarm.
Bees swarm because the clrcum
stances do not suit them, they are 111
board enables the beekeeper to raise t
the hive* up whenever needed, and to
give as much space for ventilation as
may be necessary,
a factor In swarming. In nearly
every Instance the colonies that
swarm are those that have received
quite a large number of drones A
certain percentage of colonies
swarm In spite of anything that ,-iay
be done. You must bear In mind
that It takes but little to Induce
swarming during a good honey bar
vest,
Drone rearing is
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POULTRY NOTES.
Geese are easily raised after
first few days of careful watching
Generally a hen should not bo kept
egg farm after she Is two years
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old.
Incubator chlcka are never lofent*
with vermin when they are
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hatched.
Don't let chicks squeeze through
slatted coops until their bodies are
deformed.
The Incubator giving the least trou
ble Is the one kept In the best work
ing condition.
The fermentation of a mass of drop
pings In the house Is a cause of many
throat diseases.
You need not be afraid the hens will
eat too much crushed shells. Let them
have all they want.
To try and get along without an
Incubator and brooder or brood
ers costs more than to have the ma
chines.
Chopiied onions are very good for
all kinds of poultry,
only Invigorating, but are excellent
when the fowls are subject to
colds.
A flock of pure bred fowls look nice
and are nice. They make the owner
want to fix up other things about the
farm so they will corespond with the
chickens.
Colds Induce bronchial affections In
fowls as they do In people. The re
spiratory organs of poultry are sub
jected to the same troubles as those of
the human family.
If some of the brooder chickens are
not quite thrifty as the others they
should be put by themselves. If
possible, where the stronger ones will
not run over thm. and rob them of,
ffielr feed.
Onions are not 1
Spring Debility
Pelt by so many upon the return of warm weather
Is due to the Impure, impoverished, devitalized
condition of the blood which causes that tired
feeling and loss of appetite as well as the pimples
bolls and other eruptions so common at this season.
It Is cured by the great constitutional remedy
which effects its wonderful cures, not simply because it contains sarsaparil.
but because it combines the utmost remedial values of more tbuu twentv
different ingredients. There is no real substitute for Hood's Sarsamrill/
u j b preparation said to bo -just as good," you may L
^ ^ ^ ^ makl , aI1(1 jie ld,the dealer a là.- r p n V
Hood's Sarsaparilla
The proper time to do a thing Is
when It should bo doue.
Garfield Tea assists overworked digestive
organs, corrects constipation, clean.es the
system and rids the blood of impurities.
Why quarrel over religions when all
men agree—alt men, that 1», at the
same grade of Intellect?
Mn Wln»lo*f'n f*.H»thlrijf Hjr
teething.
tlou, aliaja palu.cur«» wind colic. 16 c * bottle.
p for Children
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We always like those who admire
us; we do not always like those whom
w© admire.— Francis Duc de Itoche
faucauld.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to take
aa candy.
ourselves In the little dally occurrences
Hfe. Chatham.
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Infants and children, and see that It
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gnuture of /-CCsCcJuAd
* a ' 8 * * or O y cr 30 leurs,
Children Cry for I' letcher's Castoriu
Good breeding Is benevolence In
trifles, or the preference of others to
Chlllsome.
"I once proposed to a girl In a
conservatory."
"With what result?"
"A lot of expensive plants were nipt
by frost."—Washington Herald.
He Might Have Earned a Vote.
Little Johnnie stood gazing solemn
ly on the decrepit form of an old
countryman. Noticing the hoy's atten
Uon the old man asked; "Well, what
Is It. son?"
"Say," the Inquisitive youngster
asked, "did the polltlclsns kiss you
when you was a baby?"—Success
Magazine.
Forestalled.
District Attorney J. F. Clarke of
New York was talking about the re
cent kidnaping cases.
"Kidnapers." he said, ''are apt to
disappear now. They have become
too unpopular. Why, a kidnaper Is as
unpopular as a widower.
"Widows, now. are very attractive,
but about a widower them la always
something uncanny, something almost
clammy—I mean, of course, from the
matrimonial point of view.
"I Know a widower who Is thinking
of marrying again. He thought he'd
broach the matter delicately the other
morning to his little daughter, so he
■aid
" 'Ah, my dear, how I did love your
mother!"
"Hut the little girl gave hlm a bub
plclous look and snapped:
" 'Say "do." not "did," papa.' "
REASONED IT OUT
And Found a Change in Food Put
Him Right.
A man does not count as wasted the
time ho spends In thinking over his
business, but he seems loth to give
the same sort of careful attention to
himself and to hts health. And yet
his business would be worth little
without good health to care for It. A
business man tells how ho did him
self good by carefully thinking over
his physical condition, Investigating to
find out what was needed, and then
changing to the right food.
"For some years I had been bother
ed a great deal after meals. My food
seemed to lay like lead In my stomach,
producing heaviness and dullness and
sometimes positive pain. Of course
this rendered me more or less unfit
for business, and I made up my mind
that something would have to be done.
"Reflection led me to the conclusion
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Kvcr rm« »he nh.»» letter? A new
£? SEEK. VAS. «d ÎS«"fftaS
interest.
that over eating, filling the stomach
with Indigestible food, was responsible
for many of the Ills that human flesh
endures, and that I was punishing
myself In that way—that was what
was making me so dull, heavy and un
comfortable, and unfit for business
after meals. I concluded to try Orapo
N'* 1 » food to see what It could do for
mo.
• "I have been using It for some
months now. and am glad to say that
I do not. suffer any longer after meals;
my food seems to assimilate easily
and perfectly, and to do the work for
which it was Intended.
*T have regained my normal weight,
and find that business Is n pleasure
once more—can take more Interest In
It, and my mind Is clearer and more
alert."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
Read "The Road to Wellvllle," In
"There's a Reason."
IN THE VERNACULAR.
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Rooster—Your wife's laying for you!
Drake—Gee! 1 guess I'll duck.
PHYSICAL WRECK RESTORED TO
HEALTH BY GREAT KID
NEY REMEDY
I f«I it my duly to fumiah you with
my testimonial at to what yuur irmedy.
Swamp-Root, did fur me when 1
physical wreck from kidney ami bladder
trouble.
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Some years sgo I was not aide to do any
work and could only just creep around
and am satisfied that had it nut been lot
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Rout I would nut
have lived. After uamg ths prepara'.ios
for one month 1 was able to work soma
and when I had used $S.OO worth ol
Swamp-Root I could do a good day's work.
1 used about »10 00 worth altogether and
would not take »10,000 fur the good that it
did me. I consider it a God send to suffer
ing humanity for the diaeaae for which you
recommend it, and have recommended It
to many sufferers.
H. L. HI GGINS.
Welch. Ark
Personally appeared Iwfors ni» thia 20lh
of September, li>O. 11. !.. Huggins, who
•ubacritwd the above statement and mad*
oath that the same la true m subetance
and in fact.
W. A. PACK. J. P.
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Prove WhsC Swamp-Root Will Do Foe You
Send to
ton, N. V., for s sample bottle.
Dr. Kilmer i. Co,, Ringham
It will
convince anyone. You will sloo receive
a booklet of valuable information, telling
all about the kidneys and bladder. When
writing, l<e sure and mention thia paper.
For tale at all drug (tores. Price Ally
cents and one dollar.
Indication of Wisdom.
"Why do they call the owl the bird
of wisdom?"
"It stays out all night and doesn't
tell what It see* or does."—Judge
Sickly Smile
Wipe it off your otherwise
good looking face—put on that
good health smile that CAS
CARETS will give you— as
a result from the cure of
Constipation—ora torpid liver.
It's so cosy —do it—you'll sec.
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