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PREVENT COW MILKING SELF
►Excellent Device, Cheap of Construc
tion and Eaaily Made, la Shown
In llluatratlon.
An exchange recently printed an
lllluBtratlon of a device which it was
claimed would prevent a cow from
.milking herself.
The thing Ih easily and cheaply
made. It consists of but lengths of
illght rope and six pieces of round
lllght wood about eleven or twelve
Prevents Self-Milking.
Inches In length. Holes, a little larger
than the diameter of the rope, are
bored at each end of the slickH. The
pieties are then threaded upon the
rope tying a knot on each side of each
stick to prevent It from slipping out of
place. The sticks are so arranged that
there will be three on each side of the
eow's neck as indicated lu the accom
panying drawing. The collar Is then
adjusted and seldom falls to have the1
desired effect.
PRACTICAL SCALE FOR BARN
Problem of Weighing Cow’s Milk la
Important One—Illustration Shows
Gnalln Type.
In these days of cow testing, the
^problem of a practical and withal re
liable scale for weighing each cow's
'milk Is an Important one. The spring
scales so very handy are, as we all
-know, not reliable In the long run,
especially If exposed to damp air
which rusts the spring, says Hoard's
'Dairyman. The Swedish Mejentidnlng
Illustrates the gnalln scale which con
slats (as shown In sketch) of two
parts fastened on the wall. One Ih a
scale arch which Is so large that the
weight may easily he read even In
the often dim light of the stable. The
other Is a long balance, pivoted on a
Gnalln Scale.
ball bearing, the long pointer being
about feet long and heavier at the
end, while the short part of the bal
anee is bent away from the wall and j
provided with a chain for hanging
the pall on. it Is claimed to give good
satisfaction.
BUILDING GOOD DAIRY HOUSE
Detailed Directions for Constructing
Suitable Structure Over Spring
on Hillside.
iBy J <i WKATHKRSON.)
A fine dairy house may be built
over a spring You know about what
size room will be required for your
'Work. Build the spring house with
the end against the hillside and ar
range it so the overflow stream from
the spring will run along one side,
leaving just room enough to walk be
tween the water and wall Have
space enough on the other side of the
room for a work bench and shelves,
.also a walk.
If convenient make a cement floor.
If not pave the floor and also the bot
tom and edges of the stream closely
with large flat stones. Put boards
over the stone floor to walk and stand
on.
Construct a drain pipe to carry the
water for some distance after it leaves
the interior of the house so the ap
proach will not be damp. Have no
board foundations that will rot or
mold. Everything about the dairy
house must be clean and sweet. Have
plenty of light on the side where your
work bench is.
if you have good ventilation a gas
oline stove for heating water to wash
the utensils would be practicable as
It would make little heat, if you
must use a coal or wood stove the
room for It should be above the spring
house, not in it.
In placing the stones on the bed of
-the stream prop them carefully so
they will be perfectly flat so the pans
or crocks may be set upon them in
the water.
MANAGEMENT OF DAIRY BULL
Practise of Allowing Animal to Run
With Herd Hat Serioua Draw
backs—One Method.
On the majority of farms tt is cus
tomary to allow the bull to run with
the herd. This practise la open to
serious objections In the first place,
a hull running with the herd la un
safe from the standpoint of human
life. No bull Is absolutely safe, be
he ever so gentle. In fact, It Is the
•gentle" bull that usually kills, be
cause fewer precautions are taken
with animals of this kind than with
those that show an ugly disposition,
writes John Michels, In Homestead.
Then there Is the annoyance and
worry, especially for children and
women, to have a bull run about.
Hired men also complain about get
ting up the cows when there Is a bull
with them sad who knows bow many
have cpilt their Job because of the
bull.
A very vital objection to running
the bull with the cows Is that It im- ;
pairs the usefulness of the bull, due
to excessive service. One Hervlce Is
sufficient and this can be luid only 1
when the bull Is kept away from the
rows. Again, It Is difficult to tell
when cows have conceived, which
makes It Impossible to know when the
cows are due to calve, a matter of no
small Importance,
A further serious objection to run
ning a bull with the herd Is that many
a valuable hull Is disposed of to the
butcher because he has become un
manageable with the herd. Most bulls
are sold to thi* butcher before they
have hail a chance to demonstrate
their value.
The question now, arises, if I lie hull
Is not to run with the herd, how Is
he to lie managed? There are sev
eral ways of doing this, hut I wish to
give here only one of them, one which
I havo used for a number of years and
Bull Pen.
found satisfactory In all respects. This
consists of an inclosure with stable
and breeding pen us shown In the ac
companying illustration. The bull run
Is BO feet square, Including the stable,
and is Inclosed by a solid board fence
G>4 feet high. The boards are milled
onto 4 by 4's from the Inside, which
Insures great stability. The breeding
pen Is also made solid by using one
inch boards and Is GVA feet high. The
cow Is bred In this pen by tying her to
the front end ami then letting in the
hull l>y opening the stable door. The
latter closes the pen when opened as
shown In the cut. The hull Is fed
through an opening in the stable.
Water Is supplied In the same way.
A board walk, about one foot wide
and 2 Vi feel high, is placed along the
outside of the breeding pen. The at
tendant stands oil tills walk and drives
the hull hack Into the stable after the
cow has been served, k’or convenience
of Inking the bull out of the Inclosure,
a door Is put Into the front of tho
right Imml end of the breeding pen
While a bull can be managed In a
pen such as Is here described without
coming In contact with him. It is best
to lead him out occasionally with a
stick snapped Into the ring of Ills
nose. It Is always well to keep a hull
accustomed to being led with a stick.
*
Think twice before selling the good
cow and then don’t sell her.
Care must be taken not to get the
cream too sour for churning.
Remember the cow likes regular
meal hours as well as you do.
See that the dairy cow at all times
has access to clear, fresh water.
The best thing with which to clean
a separator is a small, stiff brush.
if the eow is to produce pure milk
she must have pure food and water.
One cannot properly clean milk
pails without the use of boiling water.
The hand separator has been a step i
to greater dairy profits on many a
farm.
The real butter-maker of our conn- j
fry Is the farm cow whose milk never j
goes to the creamery.
As the calf is so is the cow. Poor
care in calfhood means a poor eow
when she comes to maturity.
The Iowa state dairy law forbids
selling milk from cows within two
weeks of calving and five days after.
In dairy herds, even where stables
are darkened and tin* cattle kept in
a part of the day, the loss in milk
fields resulting from the annoyance
paused by flies is often quite mate
rial.
Milk containing less than twenty
per cent, of butter-fat cannot be
churned at a temperature below 50 '
degrees, but milk containing 35 per
cent, or more can be churned at lower
temperature with good results.
^DAIRY
PROGRESS OF AYRSHIRE COW
Experiment* at Iowa Station Show
Breed Making Rapid Stride* In
Popularity.
During the past few years, since Ibn
Ayrshire Breeders' association Insti
tuted official tests conducted by anti
under the supervision of the experi
ment stations, Ihe Ayrshire cow has
made rapid progress in popularity, as
the perfect dairy cow, writes C. M.
Winslow, secretary of the American
Ayrshire Breeders' association, in an
exchange. This official testing haH
brought to the front a clnss of dairy
Ayrshlres, noted for utility, and has
more and more influenced the breed
ers in trying to eliminate any defects
she might have, and bring to the front
her remarkable qualities as a profit
able dairy cow for every day service.
One hopeful featur»* of the breed is
that she has built herself up on all
lines of dairy utility in dairy con
formation and dairy lines of beauty,
and the Ayrshire cow stands today
unique among the dairy breedR, with
no aristocracy of family distinction,
but maintains her popularity from her
individual and breed qualities.
While there are minor differences
in her appearance, under different
breeders, ami in different countries,
die Ayrshire is an Ayrshire wherever
found, and shows the same strong
breed characteristics, of shapely in!
dor, strong constitution and vigorous
appetite, shows herself to lie a great
dairy cow under any and all condi
tions, and carries the type of the
breed in her every act.
Ayrthlre Heifer.
In Scotland, In Canada and in the
stntes she has been bred not for fam
ily booms, or Individual phenomenal
excellencies, but alt along the line she
has been pushed as a breed of uni
formly dairy superiority.
This is 1 believe greatly to her ad
vantage, and greatly to the advantage
of all purchasers of Ayrshire cows,
for the uniformity of her dairy excel
lence makes all buyers pleased with
their purchases and maintains the gen
eral good name of the Ayrshire cow.
In studying the results of the testing
for advanced registry the two facts
arc strongly brought out I hat there is
great uniformity in the breed in pro
duction at the pall, and while we can
not boast of any world beater in one
or two individual cows, we rejoice In
ihe fact that there are none very poor,
the general run being from good fair
cows to very superior ones.
PREVENT COW FROM SUCKING
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Excellent Device Is Illustrated and
Has Proven Very Satisfactory
—Is Sasy to Make.
The accompanying Illustration shows
a device for preventing a row from I
sucking herself. It consists of a box 1
like arrangement of boards. The side i
pieces should be of 2x6s tD make it
sufficiently strong, and the pieces
nailed to them at the sides should be
long enough to touch her just before (
I
Prevents Cow Prom Sucking.
the shoulder blade when the head Is
turned. This has proven very satis- j
factory, having done its work where
others have failed.
Buying Separators.
It might be well to mention a fern .
points on buying separators. In the j
first place, see that they skim clean. J
Select one of the standard makes of j
machines, even if it costs a little more I
than some other make. Don't be in a !
hurry to Invest in some new and un
tried make of machine under the pre
text that they will do about as well.
Suppose one machine leaves two
tenths of one per cent, of fat in the
skimmilk more than another, with a j
herd of 20 cows giving 100,000 pounds i
of milk annually, It means n loss of
200 pounds of butter fat at 20 cents i
per pound, which means $40 annual
loss by the use of Inferior machines, i
Value of Dairy Cow.
The true value of the dairy cow, is
by necessity fixed by the amount of
fat there is In her milk and what It
costs to produce it.
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WILL1AMSVILLE.
Nellie Mutter spent Sunday with!
Ethel Dunn.
10. 10. Hut'er spent Sunday with Mr.
John > oustantine.
Jesse rn !,n is working for J. A.
Martin m 1 nrada.
I. A. Dunn and family spent Sun
day at N. A. Arnolds.
Emma Butler spent Sunday at the
home of JOai' Butler.
Scott Wissinger has almost recover
ed from his recent sick spell.
.M’s. Henry Siemering invited a
mimher of fi tends to her home one
day this week. The time was passed
at an old fashioned quilting.
There is little danger form a cold
or from an attack of the grip except
when followed by pneumonia, and thi
never happens when Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy is used. This rem
edy has won its great reputation and
extensive sale by its remarkable
cures of colds and grip and can be
relied upon with implicit confidence.
For sale by all druggists.
Mow to Cure
Chronic Colds
and Bronchitis
Bluevale, Ont., May 4, 1910.
“I was sick for two years with a
chronic cold and bronchitis and a
consequent run-down condition. I
received no benefit from doctors,
and had to give up work. VINOL
was recommended and from the sec
ond bottle I commenced to improve
— I gained in weight and strength,
my cold and bronchial trouble dis
appeared, and 1 am at work again.
I want to recommend VINOL to
anyone who is in need of such a
medicine.”—Thomas I Ik joins.
It is the combined action of the
curative elements of the cods’ livers
aided by the blood making and
strength creating properties of tonic
iron contained in VINOL which
makes it so successful in curing
stubborn colds and bronchitis.
VINOL is a constitutional rem
edy for chronic coughs, colds, bron
chitis and pulmonary troubles, not
a palliative like cough syrups.
Try a bottle of VINOL. If you
don’t think it helped you, we will
return your money.
A. G. WANNER, Druggist,
Falls City, Neb.
Salem
O. It. Ross was down from Salem
Tuesday.
Mrs. Charley McDowell of Falls
City was in Salem Wednesday.
Mr. Lord and daughter, Mildred, of
Falls City were in Salem Wednesday.
The Ladies Kensington met at the
home of Elmer Coon Wednesday, Nov
ember 1st.
Mr. and Mrs. .lames Kelly and
daughter, Otise, were shopping in
Falls City Saturday.
James La Rando of Rulo was in
Salem Sunday.
Lloyd Snyder was up from Falls
City Sunday.
Mrs. Roy Turner of Washington. I
Kansas is here visiting relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Charles Cook was a Falls City
visitor Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Coon, Rev.
Ogden and Ben Kelly drove to Hum
boldt Tuesday evening to attend the
revival meetings at the Christian
church.
James La Rando and Miss Lavetta
Barker took dinner at the home of
S. Mendenhall Sunday.
Hollis Stoffer and Ernst Moore
were in Falls City Saturday.
A Basket Social.
A basket social will be given at
the Yale school house Friday evening.
November 18. Two plays, “The
Train Tomouro,” and “The Three
Applicants," will be given by the
pupils.
A drama .“The Awful Aunt" will be
given. Following is the cast of
characters:
Mrs. Haselton. widow..Anna Hernhar
Alice, her daughter.... Edna Stetler
Carrie Benton.Grace Kennedy
Matilda Johnston, Our Awful Aunt
.Mrs. Fouraker
Frank Haselton.Frank Bernhar
Arthur Wallace, a villan..Lee Whitne
IVt<\ colored servant..Chas. Fouraker
David Mann.Dwight Stetler
Two policemen, Lee Kennedy and
Wallace Horton.
Ladies please bring baskets—Anna
Morris teacher.
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Tablets do not sicken or gripe, ana
may be taken with perfect safety hr
the most delicate woman or the
youngest child. The old and feeble
will also find them a most suitable
remedy for aiding and strengthening
their weakened digestion and far
regulating the bowels. For sale hr
all druggists.
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Keep On Keeping On.
If your day looks kind o'gloomy
And your chances kind o’ slim;
If the situation's puzzling
And the prospects awful grim,
And perplexities keep pressing
Till all hope is nearly gone—
•lust bristle up and grit your teeth
And keep on keeping on.
Fuming never wins a fight
And fretting never pays.
There ain't no good in brooding
in those pessimistic ways;
Smile just kind o' cheerfully
When hope is nearly gone,
And bristle up and grit your teeth.
And keep on keeping on.
There ain't no use in growling
.tnd grumbling all the time,
When music's singing everywhere
And everything is rhyme.
Just keep on smiling cheerfully
!f hope is nearly gone,
And bristle up and grit your teeth
And keep on keeping on.
—Ohio State Journal.
“I am pleased to recommend Cham
berlain’s Cough Remedy as the best
thing I know of and safest remedy
for coughs, colds and bronchial troub
le.” writes Mrs. L. B. Arnold of
Denver, Col. “We have used it re
peatedly and it has never failed to
give relief.” For sale by all
druggists.
