WITH THE WORLD’S I
^7 BEST WRITERS
THE AMERICAN HUSBAND.
An American young man does not,
H3 a rule, look forward to marriage
nor prepare for it by saving any con
siderable portion of hi? ante-nuptial
Income. When he marries it is usual
ly on short notice, and because he has
fallen very desperately in love with
someone and cannot find it in Ills
heart to wait until cold caution de
clares the venture advisable. Even
when an engagement is a long one he
usually squanders so much on gifts
and entertainments for his fiancee
that there is only a very moderate
amount to begin housekeeping on.
Thus before his marriage the young
American of the middle-class begins
to give evidence c? what is to be his
chief national characteristic as a hus
band—his unfailing, unselfish and al
most improvident generosity.
The middle-class husband in Amer
ica rarely interferes with the affairs
of the household. He hardly knows
the cost of staple articles of food. As
a, rule he does not make his wife a
regular allowance either for household
or personal expenses, but gives her
as much as he can spare, freely, but
vith a tack of system that is not con
ducive to the best outlay of their in
come.
The young American husband is
also very indulgent to his wife's fond
ness for tine clothes. He would far
rather have an extravagant wife than
r dowdy one, and although he grum
bles occasionally at a millinery bill,
in reality he glories in the resplendent
appearance of his wife in her fine
leathers. The American husband is
rare who does not concede his wife's
right to expend a much larger sum
with her dressmaker than he does
with his tailor. Indeed he often leaves
his tailor altogether and cheerfully re
pairs to the ready-made clothing
house in order that his wife may have
more money for extravagant finery.—
London Telegraph.
AMERICAN GIRLS.
The prevailing tendency seems to
be to euljgi’e this young lady with
a fervor calculated to create jealousy
pmong ter British sisters. At any
rate, my own teeling is that the
American gir! deserves all she gets.
I have seen a good lea! of her not
only in England, but on the conti- ,
nent. She varies, like the offspring |
of all nationalities, and it may be I
said of her, as of the little girl in ,
the nursery rhyme, that “when she !
Is bad she is horrid.” But at her
bes„ she seems to me to eclipse the
damsels of all other nations. I don’t
quite know how she does it. and. not
being a poet. I could not describe the
process if I did. It is not that she
Is exceptionally beautiful. But she
has such an irresistible way with ;
her; she is such an adept in the art
of looking nice; she i3 so witty and
good-humored, and she enjoys life so
thoroughly. In short, had I to decide,
like Paris, between the rival charms
of a bevy of modern beauties, I think
an American gir! would probabijr take
the apple Consequently I rather envy
the British peers—whether or not per
sonally repulsive—who are able not
only to find American brides, but
handsome dowries thrown in.—Henry
Labouchere in London Truth.
LIMITATIONS OF SCIENCE.
One of the most noted of American
surgeons has startled the fellow mem
bers of his profession by his bold ex
periments in handling the human
heart in cases of cessation of the beat
ing of that organ under the influ1
enee of anaesthetics. He has been so
daring in desperate cases as to cut
down to the source and foundation of
the circulation of the blood and so
to manipulate the heart a3 to fill the
arteries anew from the pulsations
which he has excited. The marvels
of present day surgery sometimes
seem to be almost miracles. But both
surgeons and physicians confess
themselves frequently baffled in the
presence of serious cases of pneumo
nia, or cancer, of leprosy and of the
bubonic plague.—New York World.
CHANCE FOR THE MILLIONAIRE.
I am of opinion that if any million
aire wished to build himself a lasting
monument in the affection and hom
age of the English people he could
not find a surer means of gratifying
bis ambition than by putting down
£200,000 to build and endow a na
tional theater. And I think that be
fore many years we shall probably
bnd that some American millionaire,
frith the cuteaess of his race, will so
establish and endow an American the
ater and will thereby earn the lasting
gratitude of the American nation.—
Henry Arthur J mes, ia the Nineteenth
Century.
HAPPY JAPANESE CHILDREN.
People in Japan scrupulously re
spect the rights of a child, claiming
that because he is little, and, to a
tertain extent, helpless, he should
lave most careful consideration,
mites Florence Peltier in Good
Housekeeping. In a Japanese house
hold p. child, wh**n speaking, has po
lite attention paid to him. No one
would dream of interrupting him or
disregarding him. The saying that
"All the world loves a lover,” in order
to mean anything to the oriental mind
would have to be changed to. “All the
world loves a child,” for intense love
of children is a strong characteristic
of the Japanese.
If, as Buddha said, "Hatred ceases
not by hatred at any time; hatred
ceases by love,” then, argue Japanese
parents, love brings forth love and
reciprocal service; and they treat
their children accordingly.
It is easy to understand, then, why
Japanese little ones are the happiest
*nd best behaved children in the
world tor a child is. of course, a re
tortion of bis environment
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SILENT AGENCIES FOR GOOD,
The New York labor commissioner
has been investigating the welfare al
labor, not confining himself to the
mere letter of the law, but looking
about to find establishments that are
doing better than the law.
In investigations covering 108 es
tablishments, employing 59,291 per
sons, he was surprised to find many
establishments that not only fulfilled
the requirements of the laws for the
safety and protection of labor, but had
really distanced the laws in their ar
rangements for the mental, moral and
spiritual welfare of their employes.
To exceed the requirements of the
factory laws to the extent of provid
ing free lectures, evening classes, free
circulating libraries, musical instruc
tion and manual training, is a sacri
fice that ought to entitle such employ
ers to be posted as public benefac
tors.
Yet the labor commissioner found
several firms not only doing this, but
providing wash rooms, free reading
rooms, free lunches and various de
vices for the elevation of those whom
they consider their charges.
The most gratifying agencies foi
the betterment or employes are those
in the direction of beneficiary funds
caring for injured workmen and in
surance.
These and other agencies are doing
a good of which the general public
are too often kept in ignorance. Char
ity and justice are good helpmates
if each will only keep its place.—Bos
ton Globe.
CZAR’S GRANDEUR.
The Russian court is the most
brilliant in the world. The court of
Vienna has more of a certain kind
of hauteur and pretension, but the
court at St. Petersburg is the' most
gorgeous as well as the most gra
cious and graceful. It has a finer art
and a more generous hospitality. Its
refined air and its polished perfection
might well be envied and emulated
in capitals* of higher civilization
Though the emperor gives a receptior.
on the Russian New Year, the seasot
really opens with the blessings ol
the Neva, six days later. It is s
ceremonial of religious significance
and social demonstration. In the im
provised pavilion on the embankment
of the river appear the emperor anc
the metropolitan with the great dig
nitaries of the hierarchy of church
and state, the splendid columns of
helmeted and plumed Chevalier
Guards at rest, tens of thousands ol
respectful spectators just beyond the
lines, and all the court looking on
from the windows of the winter pal
ace. I have seen the czar standing
for twenty minutes with bared head
in' a temperature of zero while, where
the thick ice had been cut away lor
the purpose, the blessing of the wat
ers in token of baptism proceeded.—■
Saturday Evening Post.
th: man who made japan.
It is to the Marquis Ito that Japan
owes in a very great measure the po
sition she now holds in the world.
But for him she might be to-day a sec
ond China; but for him she would as
suredly not be the rival of Russia, the
chosen ally of England.
He belongs by birth to what we
should call the lower middle-class, and
has therefore had neither wealth noi
influential connections to give him s
helping hand. None the less, at at
age when in England he would have
been counted a boy he was already f
minister plenipotentiary arranging
terms of peace -with the great powers
of Europe. For he had the good luck
in very early days—it was a pure
piece of luck—to attract the attention
of the old Emperor Komei Yenno. whe
was so struck by his extraordinary
ability and all-round cleverness that
he took his education into his own
hands and set to work to train him for
a political career.
In 1867 the old emperor died, but
his successor, Moutsouhito, had just
as high an opinion of Ito as his father
had had, and as soon as he had power
in his hands he made him governor of
Hiogo. A year later* he made him
finance minister, and from that dajr
to this Ito has practically ruled Ja^
pan.—London World.
A WELL-EQUIPPED SHIP.
One of the great ocean liners has
an electrical device for determining
the direction of another ship approach
ing or being overtaken that deserves
to be universally adopted by sailing
craft.
The moment the other vessel en
ters the “magnetic field” the needle
of the indicating instruments points
in the direction of the second vessel,
so that the steersman knows at once
what course to take.—Boston Journal.
MOW TO REST THE BRAIN.
There are five things to remember
to help rest the brain: 1. A healthy
indifference to wakefulness. 2. Con
centration of the mind on simple
things. 3. Relaxation of the body. 4.
Gentle, rhythmic breathing of fresh
air. 5. Regular nourishment. If we
do not lose courage, but \eep on stead
ily night after night, with a healthy
•persistence in remembering and prac
ticing these five things, we shall often
find that what might have been a
ve^y lofig period of sleeplessness may
be materially shortened, and that the
sleep which follows the practice of
the exercise is better, sounder ana
more refreshing than the sleep that
came before. In many cases a long or
short period of insomnia can be abso
lutely prevented by just these simple
means.
Here is, perhaps, the place to say
that all narcotics are, in such
cases, absolutely pernicious.—Leslie’s
Monthly.
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In a mind truly virtuous, the scorn
of vice is always accompanied with
a pity of it—Addison.
SNAP SHOTS OF THE
Some of the Inter- WORLD’S I A Visit to the Exposi- I
esting features a w tion is Equivalent to a
Briefly Described { Jjfc\ Tour of the Globe
Any effort at exaggeration, in at
tempting to describe the World’s Fair
at St. Louis would more than likely
result in failure. One’s imagination
would indeed be abnormally develop
ed if he were to conceive more glor
ies, more beauty, more majestic splen
dor, and a more comprehensive gather
ing of men and the works of men,
than has been assembled on two
square miles comprising the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition.
More than a thousand native Filipi
nos are living in the 40-acre Philip
pine tract at the World’s Fair. Their
homes have been reproduced in St.
Louis and they are counterparts of
those left behind in the Pacific archi
pelago. The Filipino colony em
braces representatives from many
tribes, and Americans and Europeans
will be interested in seeing the sub
jects that Uncle Sam acquired with
the Philippine islands, and in learn
ing of their lives and habits.
Besides the native villages, the
Philippine commission, which has ex
pended nearly $1,000,000 on the exhi
bit, has erected replicas of many of
the most famous buildings on the is
lands. Several bits of old Spanish
architecture are sure to delight all
visitors.
Patagonian giants are even less
known than Filipinos. And there are
a number of these strange people
domiciled nearby, while a little fur
ther on may be found another strange
race—pygmies from darkest Africa,
whose very existence, until recent
years, was doubted. The Ainus. the
aborigines of northern Japan, are an
other strange race that may be seen
Never was the United States gov
ernment so deeply interested in an ex
position as it is in this 1904 World’s
Fair. Already the government’s in
vestment has reached the $11,000,000
mark, and this does not include the
Philippine expenditures, which were
paid out of the insular treasury. The
result is the greatest exhibit ever
made by Uncle Sam.
One of the interesting government
exhibits is the great map of the
United States, worked out in growing
crops, each state being represented
by crops chiefly grown in that state.
This map covers six acre3 of ground.
One who has not seen the map may
have an idea of its immense size
when he is told that Illinois on this
crop map is 75 feet long. The bound
ary lines between the states are
gravel walks and the World’s Fair
visitors stroll at will through the
states, and receive simultaneously a
lesson in geography and agriculture.
The largest timepiece in the world
is at the World’s Fair, and may be
seen on ?. slope on the north side of
Agriculture Hill. The dial of this
great clock is 112 feet in diameter.
The frame work is steel, of course,
but it is so covered with flowers jhat
it appears to have been built entirely
of flowers, and for that reason it is
popularly known as the “floral clock.”
Germany’s participation in this
World’s Fair surpasses anything that
that great nation has evei done at any
other international exposition. The
National pavilion, on a high hill over
looking the Cascades, is a faithful
reproduction of the ancient castle
Charlottenburg, and the gardens sur
Hank Monk drove Horace Greeley
into Placerville “on time” is seen
daily in the Gulch. Mark Twain’ and
Arteraus Ward, in the early days,
made Hank Monk and the old coach
famous by their vivid descriptions of
the celebrated ride.
The landscape of the W’orld’s Fair
is a feature of diversified beauty. It
embraces hill and valley, plateau and
lowland.. In the Cascade region alone
more than 4,000,000 brilliantly colored
flowering and foliage plants are used
in the creation of the Rainbow Gar
dehs. More than 30,000,000 plants are
used in beautifying other sections of
the grounds. All of the main avenues
are delightfully shaded with rows of
silver maples, and in several sections
there are great groups of forest
trees that ever afford a delightful
shade.
The largest engine in the world is
an exhibit in the Palace of Machinery.
This monster with a power equal to
that of 5,000 horses, occupies a space
fn the center of the great structure,
and towers 35 feet in the air. It is
as large as an ordinary three-story
house. Altogether the engines devel
op a power of 50,000 horses. At the
Chicago exposition ten years ago,
which more nearly than any other
similar enterprise approaches the
present in magnitude, the greatest
power developed was 12,000 horse
power.
The Pike is a most alluring place
It. is a broad boulevard more than a
mile long, with the shows of all na
tions arranged on either side in the
most captivating array. The archi
tecture of The Pike is that of all
Looking Down on the Government Building from the Missouri Building.
at the World’s Fair. These queer
people are small of stature and their
bodies are covered with hair.
They are quite a different race from
the modern Japanese. Japan, indeed,
is in the front rank of nations at the
great World’s Fair. The site selected
by Japan for her group of buildings
is one of the choicest alloted to for
eign nations, and the enterprising
Japanese have made the most of their
advantages. On a high hill overlook
ing Machinery Palace workmen from
the Mikado’s realm have built a num
ber of quaint and beautiful pagodas
and have embellished the surround
ings with Just such gardens as have
won the Japanese the enviable reputa
tion of developing and perfecting such
flowers and plants as they cultivate.
rounding it are gems of the landscape
architect’s art. Germany’s immense
pavilion, of white and gold, in the
mammoth Palace of Agriculture, is
one of the features of that interesting
building, while the Palace of Varied
Industries contains another German
exhibit of unique interest.
Most interest naturally centers in
the races of the airships. To win
the grand prize of $100,000 the suc
cessful aeronaut must cover the 10
mile course at the speed of 18% miles
an hour. Santos Dumont has several
of his wonderful machines on the
ground and is sanguine of success.
Other noted aeronauts are prepared
to contest vigorously with the famous
little Brazilian.
The historic stage coach in which
ages and countries, from tie prehis
toric ages to the present day, and
everything that is new. strange and In
; teresting is shown in this street of all
nations. After night The Pike is a
blaze of glory and myriads of electric
lights accentuate the beauties of the
quaint architecture.
In one newspaper article but few
of the places of interest may be
touched. A large volume would be
required were each feature mention
ed in a single line. The visitor who
can find time but for a week’s stay
at the Fair will see more glories than
he ever dreamed of, and were he to
lengthen his stay to the seven months
of the fair he could pass every mo
ment in profitable and interesting
sightseeing.
An Experience.
One of Allentown’s young ladles re
turned recently from her first trip to
New York. On reaching the metrop
olis she had accepted an invitation
to a matinee. It was a brilliant pro
duction and left an impression which
was dimmed only by a visit some
time later to the opera in the even
ing. She was giving a glowing ac
count of the first experience to some
friends the other day, one of whom
Interpolated enviously:
"Yes, I have aeen it.”
“But," continued the other, "did you
ever attend a matinee in the even
ing?”—Philadelphia Ledger.
Why Co-operative Colonies Fail.
Co-operative colonies fail because
they get out of touch with the great
world around them,” said a lecturer
recently who had been a member of
the famous colony of Zoar. “All the
property and all the earnings of the
Zoar colonists were divided equally,”
laid he. “As a result there was less
mergy and thrift. Petty jealousies
/nterfered with the colony work and
when its leader died it gradually
U> pieces.”
Canadian Route Is Shorter.
At a recent meeting of the royal
transportation commission to Halifax,
reports and maps were submitted
showing that the Canadian route be
tween Europe and the East was 680
miles shorter than those from United
States ports.
Russian Ship Canal.
Surveys, which have just been com
pleted, for a ship canal across Russia
to connect the Baltic and Black seas,
show that the distance will be 1,468
miles and the cost $180,000,000.
Roman Catholics in America.
An official directory recently pub
lished gives the following statistics
regarding Roman Catholicism in this
country: The Roman Catholic popu
lation is computed to be nearly 12,
000,000; the clergy number 13,267 and
there are 11,196 houses of worship.
To Readmit Jesuits.
A bill is under consideration in Ger
many which will readmit of the Jesu
its Into that country, giving Roman
Catholics equal rights with Protest
ants in the eyes of tho law.
SHE WANTED TO KNOW.
Girl’s Question That Paralyzed Gun
nery Lieutenant.
She was a dear little girl, and had
spent most of her life in a country
rectory. It was not surprising, there
fore, that her knowledge of things
maritime and warlike was not ex
tensive.
The young gunnery officer of H. M.
S. - had been showing her round
the battleship. It was the very first
warship of any kind she had ever
visited, and her mind was full of the
wonderful sights presented.
Being an industrious and a thor
ough young man, the gunnery lieu
tenant had explained very fully the
mechanism and the use of the tor
pedo in warfare.
She examined the long, deadly, ci
gar-shaped engine of war critically
and fearfully.
Then she tapped it with the point
of her parasol and let her glove run
over its burnished side, and finally
paralyzed the gunnery officer with
the question:
‘‘How does the crew get inside?”—
London Tit-Bits.
California’s Building.
California is erecting a pavilion in
the agricultural building at the
world’s fair that will attract univer
sal attention. Its exterior is entirely
covered with dried fruit, four tons of
apricots, peaches and prunes being
exhibited.
Many Varieties of Mosquitoes.
In Louisiana’s world fair exhibit
there will be shown ninety-eight vari
eties of mosquitoes. They are in
cases and are guaranteed not to bite
or sting.
Women Artists at Fair.
Of the half million dollars appro
priated for art at the world’s fair
women have secured a fat little slice.
Six women are represented, each
sending a characteristic piece of
sculpture, which are used to beautify
tin buildings and avenues.
To Fight for His Country.
'/he principal of Doshlsha college,
Japan, an officer of the Japanese
army, and a Christian, has been call
ed from his college duties to active
field service.
1 Center of Lamb-Raising Industry.
Greeley, Colo., is becoming almost
as noted for its lam| as for its po
tato industry. Shipments of young
lambs from Greeley to Eastern and
other markets, are now being made,
at the rate of from 76 to 100 carloads
a week. The expefiment of feeding
lambs during the winter months on
a food composed, in large part of
sugar-beet pulp, from the many be ^t
sugar factories in that section of tlio
State, has been proved a success in
northern Colorado. Tens of thou
sands of sheep and lambs are now
being fed in that manner at Greeler,
Ft. Collins, Loveland and elsewhere,
in the region referred to.
Real Case of Broken Heart.
"Died from a broken heart”—an
old woman of 74, who married her
fourth husband, aged 72, in Decem
ber last, at West Ham, was deserted
by him a fortnight after the wedding.
She died suddenly on Sunday, her last
words being: "My heart’s broken!"
and a coroner’s jury, on Wednesday,
found that the cause of death was
valvular disease of the heart.—Phila
delpaia Ledger.
Noted Scientist.
Dr. Maximilian Nitze, who Just a
quarter of a century ago, invented a
luminous apparatus for looking into
the stomach and other internal or
gans, is still living in Berlin, where
he is an instructor at the university.
Telephone Statistics.
In the United States there are up
ward of 20,000,000 families and at
least 5,000,000 places of business, mak
ing a total of 25,000,000 opportunities
to place telephones. Of these about
one-eighth are now equipped.
American Legation Secretary.
Edward Winslow Ames, who has
been appointed secretary of the Amer
ican legation in Santiago, Chile, is 30
▼ears old, was educated at Harvard,
and for four years »fter graduating
taught school in New York, Staten
Island and Pottstown, Pa.
Foreign Commerce Per Capita.
The per capita value of England’s
foreign commerce last year waa
$95.50; that of Germany, $47.60;
France, $43; Austria, $17; while that
of Belgium was $120.
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LIVE STOCK
Future of Cattle Raising.
At a recent meeting of the Illinois
Association of Agricultural Editors,
E. H. Kerrick, one of the guests of
the evening, expressed the opinion
that beef making on the farms east
of the Mississippi river is being car
ried on at a loss, and that the time
is not far distant when there will be
a general cleaning up, and multitudes
of farmers will go out of the cattle
raising and cattle feeding business.
The result of that will be that the
shortage of cattle will be so great
that prices will soar to a height at
present unthought of here, and this
will result in the farmers in these
localities again going back to beef
making, but with all prices for beef
on a much higher plane.
This opinion, however, is not gen*
erally shared in by others. The men
of the opposite opinion declare that
cattle breeding will continue on the
farms east of Uie Mississippi, but
that the farmers must and will find
| some way of making cheap beef on
| high-priced land. The silo as an ad
junct to the feeding pen should and
will, wherever used, tend to reduce
materially the cost of beef making.
In addition, the milking of the cows,
as suggested by Professor Curtiss,
will add another element to the prob
lem that should tend to reduce the
cost of beef making. Mr. Kerrick may
be right, but we hope he Is not. It
will be a national loss if the price
of beef ever gets beyond the reach
of the common people.
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Developing the Boar.
F. D. Spauldiiig, at a meeting of
; Kansas Swine breeders, said: At
i weaning time the boar pigs should be
separated from the gilts, and, if pos
sible, put into a pasture with plenty
of water, shade and grass. This pas
ture should be away from any other
lot or pasture where other hogs run.
It would be better to have all the pigs
in one lot than to have them in adjoin
ing pastures. By being together they
become acquainted, but if separated
by a fence they will fight through it,
become restless, stop eating, and go to
fretting or rooting. When they get to
that state, the only thing to do is to
put them into a small pen, each one
separate from others, where they can
not see or hear other hogs. After
pigs have been running together it is
a bad plan to put other pigs into the
same lot; it will always stir up the
whole drove. As to feed, the pasture,
if of cjover or blue grass, will form a
large part of their rations, no matter
what you may give them. Corn is
Lhe grain most used in this or any
Dther corn-producing country, and
when used with grass and oats, and
shorts and milk, makes the ideal feed
for pigs. With these a breeder can
raise his boar pigs so they will be use
ful to the buyer.
The American Hog.
The hog occupies a large place in
the animal husbandry of this country.
The American breeder has had a lar
ger influence on molding and shap
ing the breeds of hogs than of any
other class of farm animals. The
Europeans have given us most of our
breeds of cattle, but the American
farmer has largely developed his own
hog. We have produced within a com
paratively recent period five distinct
breeds of hogs, namely, the Chester
White, the Duroc-Jersey, the Poland
China, the Victoria, and the Ches
hire. Of these, the Poland-Chinas and
the Duroc-Jerseys have become wide
ly disseminated. This is doing very
well for a short period of time. Very
likely this century will see the devel
opment of numerous other breeds on
this soil. There is probably no nation
in the world that has so many condi
tions favorable to the growing of
swine as has the United States. The
American hog is a money-maker
whether fed on peas in the north, on
corn in the corn belt or on acorns and
peanuts in the south.
Two Broods of Pigs a Year.
A good many of our swine-raisers
produce only one brood of pigs a year.
They say that the spring litter is
easily taken care of and after wean
ing goes onto green, succulent pas
ture. That is true, but it should not
be forgotten that there is something
to be said on the other side. The man
that is well equipped for swine-rais
ing has considerable money invested
in hog houses, pens and the like. If
two broods are raised a year the
“plant,” so called, is kept in use the
year around, and can thus be made
to earn a good interest on the invest
ment. After all, the question of two
broods is largely one of winter feed
of a succulent nature, and most of our
farmers are intelligent enough to
solve that problem in one way and
another. But the man* that attempts
to do this should expect to give his
litters more attention in the fall than
In the spring. The “let alone” policy
wili not prove to be a paying one in
that case.
Corn and Beef.
A noted cattle raiser says that the
price of corn and beef should go to
gether. When corn is high, beef must
be high, or the farmer will go out
of the cattle raising business. The
man referred to declares that the large
receipts of cattle during the past year
are due to the steady unloading of
the farmers that do not want to feed
high-priced corn to medium-priced cat
tle. It also accounts, he says, for
many of the animals arriving in a
half-fat condition. It is doubtless
true that there is not a wldfc enough
difference between corn-finished cattle
and cattle that have received almost
no fitting at all. When every bushel
of corn a man puts into his beef cat
tle is put in at a loss, as is the case
this year, farmers cannot be very en
thusiastic in the finishing of cattle.
Professor Goff used to say that
seeds of the pumpkin family should
bo planted flatwise rather than edge
wise, since in this position they most
readily free themselves from the seed
case.
Ufe is a constant drill for soldiers
and bank burglars.
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Green Crops for the Cows.
We trust that all of our farmers
that have dairy cows will at this time
begin to consider the matter of green
crops to be fed when the summer
drouth is upon them. In fact, whether
there is to be a drouth or not, there
is always a time in the summer when
the pastures do not give the amount
of succulent feed needed for the pro
duction of large quantities of milk.
Heat is one of the provisions of na
ture for the ripening up of the crops
we grow. The heat of August is nec
esarv for the drying up of the crop
sufficiently to lead many of our most
important plants to start in the forma
tion of seeds. So we must always
count on that condition prevailing in
the middle of the summer. The only
thing for the man that hn.s milch
cows to do is to sow corn and other
green forage crops at this time of
year to supply this need for green
food in the summer time. It is best
to sow such a crop quite early in the
sprfng, so that the plants may have
obtained a good growth and some
maturity by the time they are wanted
for feeding. The old idea was that a
young crop was the best for feeding,
as it was like green grass. But since
we have come to know more about
such things we have found out that
a plant to be at its best for feeding
must be somewhat mature. The corn
. plant should be about ready to form
ears to be very good ferage. We have
seen in the past corn sown late in the
spring, grown as thick almost as grass
and mown for the stock when It was
only two feet high, under the mis
taken notion that it contained a great
deal of nutriment and very digestible
nutriment at that. Some farmers still
hang to the old practice, which they
have inherited from their ancestors.
Corn, sorghum, beets, turnips and
various rapidly growing grasses may
be sown for this summer use. We
would like to hear from our readers
their experiences in growing such
green forage crops for the purpose of
soiling their milch cows in the sum
mer.
Patron’s Interest in the Creamery.
The man that supplies milk to a
creamery or cheese factory has a di
rect interest in the prosperity of that
institution whether it be co-operative
or individual. In the first place, it is
absolutely necessary that the estab
lishment have enough milk to enable
it to run at a profit, else it must shut
down. It is therefore for the direct
interest of the milk maker to in
crease the amount of milk he can
take to the creamery and to induce
his neighbors to increase their output
of the same material. Then. too. the
larger the amount of milk furnished,
the less it will cost to make up the
butter and cheese, and consequently,
the more can the factoryman afford to
pay for the milk. Very often he does
not buy the milk outright, but charges
a certain price for making and selling
the butter. In a recent report of
the Iowa dairy and food commission,
we saw something of this effect of a
large output. The larger factories
were making butter at a much less
price than were the small ones. The
ultimate result of this must be that
the men who live in localities poorly
supplied with milk cows get less per
100 pounds of milk than do the men
living in localities where there are
many cows. So it pays to weed out
the poor cows and feed well the good
ones; to induce neighbors to raise
good cows and to buy more. The
interest of the patron is Identical
with that of the factory owner. The
factory owner cannot afford to pay
the patron less than he should re
ceive, for in that case the patron will
lose interest in producing milk.
Losses from Bad Conditions.
It should be remembered that un
sanitary conditions in a dairy pro
duce heavy losses, says R. A. Pearson,
Many head of stock and many thou
sand gallons of milk are lost or in
jured annually on this account. This
is shown by scientific experiments, &9
w$ll as by common observation. San
itary measures tend to prevent such
losses, and they should, therefore, be
looked upon as a cheap form of insur
ance. Some dairymen are running
greater risk of loss due to unsanitary
conditions than loss by fise. and the
improvement of their dairies and
methods of dairy work would be a
cheaper form of protection against
loss than the purchase of a lire insur
ance policy. There Is then a distinct
advantage In dollars and cents in the
operation of a dairy in a sanitary
manner.
The one who produces market milk,
must ever be on guard to avoid all
conditions that may make his milk
unmarketable. These include flavors
or taints that may be caused by feeds. £
In this respect much is said against 3
ensilage, but I am convinced by ex
perience that good ensilage, properly
used, will produce good milk. I have
seen cases where milk was seriously
affected by the use of spoiled ensi
lage, and I believe such are responsi
ble for the bad name given to ensilage
in some quarters. Feeds that would
taint the milk should be avoided, but
to a limited extent may be used with
out injury if fed immediately after
milking. Care should be taken to use
only wholesome feeds and these in
proper proportions.
American Hereford Breeders.
At the meeting of the board of di
rectors of the American Hereford
Breeders’ Association, recently held
in Kansas City, the following wore
endorsed as persons from whom the
managers of the World's Fair could
select a judge for Hereford cattle at
that exposition: Thomas Clark, C. N.
Cosgrove, C. A. Stannard, George
Leigh and E. J. Taylor. An appropria
tion of $4,000 was made for the Inter
national and also for the World’s Fair
and $300 was appropriated for the Il
linois State Fair. As judges at the
Kansas City show, Thomas Clark, L
M. Forbes and Dr. JeBsym were
named. An executive committee was
appointed as follows: X3. A. Stannard,
C. G. Comstock and B. C. Rhome.