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No. H 22. _ _ _
Bantu Clans will need his reindeers
thin year. They do their own switch
ing.
Hearst has decided that the demo-
crntlc party needs not reformation hut
resurrection.
Every person high or low , good or
bad , has good inspiration , hut not all
act upon them.
The campaign for the abolition of
the public drinking cup Is being waged
with greater force than ever.
Representative Fowler of New Jer
sey appears ambitious to swap Aldrlch-
ism and Cntmonlsm for Kowlorlsm.
The characteristic of our pioneering
century was trunsltorlness ; but that
of the century ahead will bo perma
nence.
The auditor of Stark county , N.
D. , Is short on his accounts. Poker
did It. Hero's one time where whiskey
gets off easy.
Five employes of the sugar trust
liave been found "guilty. " It is the
"big ones" higher up that the people
would like to see punished.
The Sons of the American Revglu-
lion can enlist n lot of recruits If
they will open their membership list
to Central and South America.
Even the Hying machine inventors
cannot rlso above the petty legal
squabbles in which common mortals
who walk the earth Indulge in.
The time to advertise is when you
want business. The time to quit Is
when you are ready to stop aside
and give the other fellow n chance.
Long Island harvested n bumper
cranberry crop this fall. The total
crop was about 1,105,000 bushels ,
ngalnst 900,000 bushels last year.
And now the heirs have begun quar
reling over King Leopold's ill-gotten
wealth. The evil that n mean man
can do has a way of disturbing the
next generation.
Major J. N. Adams of Buffalo has
given a tract ot land 298 acres In
extent to bo used as the site for n
municipal tuberculosis sanatorium. A
most splendid gift.
The first edition of "Robinson Cru
soe" recently sold at auction for $1-
000. This is more than most of the
"seven best sellers" will bring as long
after llrst publication.
The older some of these trust-kings
grow the higher the prices on their
products. Michael Cudahy , the pack
er , recently celebrated his G8th birth
day and look where meat has gone.
A cpuplo of Frenchmen have in
vented an apparatus that transmits
likenesses over telephone wires. It
IB alleged that one can see as well
ns hear each other over the tele
phone.
Belgium now has a new tease of life
and an opportunity to again look the
V world square In the face and gain
Its confidence. Death has kindly released -
' \ leased her from an embargo of humili
ation and dishonor.
The chicle forests of Yucatan arc
threatened with destruction and the
future of chewing gum is in danger ,
Cannot nothing bo done to avert this
dreadful calamity which threatens one
of the necessities of life ?
In Franco the death rate now exceeds <
coeds the birth rate by 26,000. Colonel
Roosevelt is to lecture in Franco on
his return from Africa and can be
depended upon to wake them up on
the question of "race suicide. "
King Leopold has passed nwny anil
the world is the better for his hav
Ing left it. Prince Albert , who wll
bo his successor as ruler of the Bel
glans , is 34 years old and is sail
to be very popular with his people.
A traveling man nt Neganno , Mich ,
found a ? GO pearl In Ills dish of oys
tors. At that ho pays ho isn't fa :
ahead of the game , as that is tlu
first time he over found anything li
Ills soup and ho has been experiment
Ing for years.
MaJor-Gonoral Leonard Wood wil
be the successor of Major-General J
Franklin Boll as chief of the staff o
the army. It is n great honor to coim
to n man who at the beginning of tin
Spanish-American war was only ni
army surgeon.
It Is estimated that the black race
of Africa number at least ono hundrci
and twenty million. They have sonv
great qualities. Tholr courage 1
matchless , as was clearly shown p ,
Omdnrman and NatnL If they can b <
christianized , they may develop Into
n strong race.
The Russian photographer who aimed
to secure the photographic panorama
of the meeting of high olllclals with
his moving picture machine , and acci
dentally caught the assassination ol
Prince Ho on the railway platform nt
Harbin , linn n fortune waiting for him ,
If ho Is permitted to exhibit them pub
licly.
The next big problem which re
presentative government everywhere
has to solve In how to prevent prac
tical politics from resolving Itself Into
n plain choice of ovlls for the average
voter and for the whole community
affected. That Is what it Is today
In many or most cnsos where party
machinery Is highly developed.
Missouri Is offering n prize for the
best state song. A committee has
been appointed by the governor to
hnvo charge of the competition. It
is a difficult matter to provldo n suc
cessful song , In which words shall in
spire and music thrill. Great patri
otic songs have usually been Inspired
by some national crisis or stirring
event.
In an address to the students of
Ynlo university , Governor Hughes
urged to ho fair with public men ,
Ono of the great ovlls of American
life today Is the readiness with which
evil stories about public men are be
lieved and spread. "A man -who seeks
profit in the sales of calumnies Is the
most despicable of human creatures , "
said the governor.
Ono of the first things by which a
man is Judged is his ability to keeji
his expense from rising higher than
Ills income. Ifche is unable to do this ,
he is considered mentally and morally
"
ly feeble and is certain to come
grief. Wo do not know why the same
standard should not bo applied tn
nations ; but tlfero is not ono of thorn
that could bear the test today.
A robust farmer , 35 years of age !
is learning his A , B , C's at the St.
Francis hospital , Wichita , Ivans. , the
nurse being his instructor. The pupil
is William C. Hard of Mount Hope ,
who was struck on the head with n
heavy wrench , his skull being frac
tured. The Injury caused him to for
get everything and ho is now , at the
age of 35 , learning the alphabet.
They do say , and no doubt It's true ,
that the clerks in the stores would
bo delighted to see you early in the
game and not on the very last day ,
when everybody and the aunts , uncles ,
and numerous small boy and all of
his sisters , are Johnnie and Jonnle
on the spot. You hear us ? This Is
| an appeal for early shopping for the
benefit of the clerks as well as your
self.
Oliver Wendell Holmes once said
that the most comfortable time in a
man's life was when ho discovered
that he was mistaken in imagining
himself a genius and is just an ordi
nary man. That he may no longer
need try to do great things and do
them poorly , but ho can do ordinary
things and do them well , and thereby
he can fill his appointed niche in the
world.
A gentleman has recently been de
fined as "A man that's clean Inside
and out ; who neither looks up to the
rich nor down to the poor ; who car
lose without squealing and who car
win without bragging , who Is considerate -
siderate of women , children and old
people ; who is too bravo to lie , toe
generous to cheat , and who takes hU
share of the world and lets other people
plo have theirs. "
Remember it is more blessed tc
give than receive. Also remembei
when purchasing your Christmas presents
onts , that there are in our midst men
women and children who should be
remembered and cared for. Not mnnj
of thorn fortunately , but there an
a few cases of want , poverty am
distress that could ho quickly relievei
by contributions of small amounts t (
the Grocsbeck Charity fund.
Something will have to bo found t <
take the plnco of chinchilla fur , as tlu
small South American rodents wliicl
first wear it hnvo been almost exter
mlnated for their skins. For sovera
years past millions of skins have beei
brought to this country annually , hu
last year the supply had been so re
duced that less than forty thousan <
could ho procured In splto of the fac
that the price has boon doubled.
During the past eighty years mon
than three hundred of the Islands o
the Pacific ocean have been evangel
Ized. In some of these Islands not i
heathen remains. The millenlum 1
surely drawing nearer , but Admlra
Evans predicts that the United State
will Imvo some fierce conflicts bofor
that time of universal peace arrives
His method of preparing for peace I
to keep right on building battleships.
A now gun was recently raado am
tested for th6 United States navy. 1
Is larger than any of Its prodeccf
sors. It is fifty-three foot long , ha
a fourteen Inch bore , and weighs sb
ty-threo tons. Undo Sana has to pu
up flvo hundred dollars every tlm
his toy Is fired , but slnco It Is clalmo
that it will penetrate olovon-lqch bal
tleshlp armor pinto at a distance of
fourteen miles , ho docs not grudge the
money.
During the high school entertainment -
mont In n Nebraska town , the pupils
wore given n scene from "Julius Cao-
snr'Mn the opera house. Antony was Just
unbosoming himself of some repressed
' oratory over the body of Caesar , when
a pup , probably In ono of the boxes ,
blow some popper or snuff towards the
stage and the corpse sneezed violently.
The local paper says that the party
1 or parties who did tills dastardly act
were known.
Efforts nro being made to Increase
the pay of rural carriers from $100
to $300 and hills Imvo been Intro
duced Into congress asking for this
higher compensation. The men who
travel over rough roads and nro to
be found winter and summer , in sun
shine and storm , faithful in carrying
the messages and news to the people
In the country districts , deserve all
the recognition that they arc likely
to get and then some.
Secretary Dickinson is preparing to
go Roosevelt one better in n riding
and walking test for the officers of
the army. Instead of making them
do a one-a-year stunt , for which they
1 can diet and train before hand and
' work off some surplus fat , the secretary -
' rotary proposes to mcto out n cer
tain number of miles riding or walking
each week so that fat and short-wind-
_ oil officers may not have n chance to
relapse into inertia again.
Zclayn and other miserable mal
contents and petty tyrants who have
been used to having their own way
1 In Central America will now sit up
and take notice that good-natured
Uncle Sam isn't going to tolerate such
brutality and lawlessness any longer.
(
Secretary Knox in his vigorous atti
tude has commended himself as the
right man in the right place and
scores the first round In popular favor
for the Taft administration.
Mining for logs is becoming a very
profitable industry since the price of
lumber has advanced so rapidly.
Four hundred miles of the Sabine
river which separates Louisiana from
Texas Is found to bo paved with yellow -
'
low pine and cypress logs which have
sunk deep during the last thirty years
i
on their way from forest to mill.
Since the work of rescuing the logs
In this river began , more than B mil
lion feet of merchantable timber Imvo
been raised from half a mile of this
'
river bed.
A beautiful Wcdgewood china ser
vice made for Empress Catherine was
recently discovered in an obscure corner -
| ner in the vast winter palace in St.
Petersburg , where It had lain hidden
for more than a hundred years. The
knowledge of this find has incited
King Edward to order every vault , at
tic , nook and corner of the royal palaces -
, aces and castles of England to bo
, thoroughly searched for hidden treas
ures. Already tholr search has been
j rewarded by. the finding of some rare
and beautiful articles.
A plant Is being built In the south
to manufacture paper from cotton
stalks. If It succeeds It will prove a
great saving to our forests , which are
being so rapidly destroyed for wood
pulp. Incidentally another great bene
fit would result in the chocking of the
ravages of the boll-weovll , which in
creases In the stalks after the cotton
Is picked. The destruction of the
stalks In paper making would give the
new crop a fresh start. Great Interest
is felt all over the country in the sue-
I cess of this venture.
Several railroads are already testing
cross-ties made of concrete and It is
prophesied that they will displace the
wooden tic. Hollow concrete tele
graph poles arc beginning to supplant
those of spruce and cedar and the
fencepost of the future will bo made ,
not grown. The ago of concrete Is
surely dawning. But forestry is not to
1 bo considered a useless art because of
! this superior substitute for the forest
plnos. The land needs the forests and
there are numberless uses for wood
which cannot be satisfactorily substi
tuted by cement.
A woman of nerve was Mrs. Almn
Dodson , n social leader and only wo
man lawyer of Springfield , Mo. She
was informed by her .physician that
she must submit to an operation that
would In all probability prove fatal.
She gave n largo party the day be
fore the operation was held , meeting
her guests smilingly and cheerfully ,
leaving nothing undone that would
add to the pleasure of the many
guests , none of whom know she waste
to go on the operating table the next
day. She arranged everything select
ing the clothing she was to wear
after her death , arranged nil her per
sonal affairs and wont to the hospital ,
The operation caused her death. It
was a wonderful case of nerve , some
thing rare and unusual.
Senator Bourr.o , chairman of the
commlttoo on expenditures , proposes
to cut down the expenses of the gov
ernment one hundred million n yenr ,
Ho says this can be done without
Gripping any department qf the gov
ernment or doing any public Injury ,
Think of what this assertion' Implies ,
If one hundred millions can bo rut
off without Impairing the efficiency
of the government then congress hat
been spending nt least that sum an
nually too much.It / Is n largo amount
of money , and If * wisely spout would
do great things. It would complete
the Panama canal In n few years and
then transform the country's water
ways. Yet this' ' vast sum Is boliig
carelessly wasted through false ideas
of national duty and ot the func
tions of credit. ' Wo arc passing
through an era of national extrava
gance which the historian of the fu
ture will look back upon ns n time
of International madness for the same
conditions exist nil over the world.
There Is noth'ag gained by dividing
the people of the United States into
classes and arraying one class agalnp/
the other. That there are classes no
ono can deny , while Rockefeller and
the laboring mdn dependent on his
day's wages continue to live in the
same country. But there Is no use
hating Mr. Rockefeller when ton men
out of n dozen would tnko the same
advantage of conditions that Rockefel
ler did if the opportunity offered. The
trouble Is with the system that per
mits mon of consuming greed to pay
themselves too liberally nt the expense
of the people. So long as there are
opportunities left for mon to do big
services for society and to pay them
selves for the job. men arc going to
embrace those opportunities and they
arc not going to be backward about
their own pay envelopes. It does no
good to bate them for doing what most
men would in their place , the thing
to do is to take away the opportunity
to rob society at large by setting n
reasonable limit upon the greed of
those who arc paying themselves too
liberally for their services to the pub
lic.
Secretary Root strongly urges the
granting of subsidies to help In buildIng -
Ing up the merchant marine. What
ever Secretary Root advocates ho
looks into thoroughly and considers
all the advantages and disadvantages.
That the United States is losing great
commercial prestige as well as profit
is unquestionable. Even South Amer
ica buys only twelve per cent of her
imports of the United States , because
the freight and passenger service from
North to South American ports Is mis
erable. South American trade is
bound to increase tremendously as the
years go by , but unless the means of
transportation can be greatly Improved
the United States will not get It. The
same tiling holds true of our trade
with other countries. One can almost
circumnavigate the globe without see
ing a ship bearing an American flag.
Great Britain , Germany , France , Italy ,
Japan and othernations , , are now as
sisting their own lines by government
subsidies. Why should not our gov
ernment do the same ? There has al
ways been a strong prejudice against
government subsidies. But the secre
tary's speech will set a good many to
thinking.
NORFOLK GROWING RAPIDLY.
Though the past year has been a
great one in the way of building In
Norfolk , announcements that already
have been made give rise to the pre
diction that the'coming year will bo
the greatest that the city has seen.
The announcements that three fine
buildings are planned for the Madison
avenue and Fourth street corner , fill
ing up that corner with four imposing
structures the federal building , Y. M.
C. A. building , Masonic temple and
Ransom apartment house or hotel
gives birth to new enthusiasm. Add
to this the fact that ono down town
corner is flow being filled up with an
attractive 'building the addition to
Beeler Bros , store ; the Carnegie li
brary , which is being built ; the three
now buildings at the state insane
hospital in course of construction , and
the scores of dwellings tht have Just
been finished and are now being built ,
and it is readily seen that Norfolk
Is moving along at a pretty rapid
stride.
DR. COOK'S PLIGHT.
The official announcement by the
scientists of the University of Copen
hagen , declaring that Dr. Cook has
failed to substantiate his claims that
ho reached the north polo April 21 ,
1008 , must he accepted as final by
the layman and by the world at large.
The north polo was discovered in
April , 1909 , by Commander Poary. Dr.
Cook has turned out to bo the boldest
fakir of modern times.
No set of scientists could have bean
more anxious to find a verdict in fav
or Dr. Cook than those at the Uni
versity of Copenhagen. The Danes
had received the explorer with open
arms and had sot tholr approval upon
him before the king entertained the
arctic hunter nt the palace. The Dan
ish scientific mon announced early
that they believed Dr. Cook the true
discoverer of the polo and Denmark
had como almost to the point of
adopting him ad their own. The rest
of the world assailed the explorer fer
ociously , hut the. Danes stood pat up
on their faith In ; Cook until forced , by
a critical examination of his alleged
data ; to\bandon him and to renounce
him to the people of the world as
a fraud.
Perhaps the most charitable view
of the situation''is that suggested by
Cook's former counsel , Mr. Wack , who
h'ints that In reality Dr. Cook's mind
is unbalanced and that this fraud that
has been perpetrated \ipoh the pub
lic has In fact been the worked out
drc a in of n mad man , And porhnps
this Is the rational view. It is hard
to conceive of how any sane man
could Invent so spurious n yarn and
then hope to make the people of the
world accept It ns true.
With the death blow dealt to Dr.
Cook as the polar discoverer , vindi
cation rests upon the brow of Com
mander Peary whoso attacks upon
Cook , at first doomed unwarranted by
the public , and who was none too gen
tle from the first In declaring that
Cook was trying to hand the world n
gold brick. . .
And with this announcement from
Copenhagen , fades away the dramatic
coincidence , regarded nt the tlmo ns
the most remarkable in the history of
the world , found In J lie fact that two
explorers should ) within flvo days of
each other , bring to civilization re
ports of having found the pole.
Dr. Cook's plight is anything but
enviable now. Ho must dto In dis
grace.
Perhaps the most disgusting feature
of the whole affair was his dash for
the lecture platform and his eagerness
to collect ns many ill-gained dollars
as possible , through exploitation of
his fraudulent story.
There Is satisfaction in the fact , as
It appears to bo an established fact ,
that the truth or falsity of such n
claim can really bo got nt by scien
tific experts.
Instead of the stars and stripes be
ing nailed to the polo , it is apparent
that Cook merely has been nailed to
the cross and another lie nailed by
the hammer of truth.
AROUND TOWN.
By sending it early , you're more apt
to get ono in return.
"Slowly rising temperature , " Is the
forecast. Note , , the "slowly. "
Well , fellows , we can't stop at the
Rome or Ilenshaw anymore.
No wonder it's cold , now that
they've reopened that confounded
north polo scrap.
One Norfolk woman know what an
other woman planned to give a third
one for Christmas. Now they all
know.
Tomorrow's the shortest day. After
that the sun will begin staying up
later at night and getting up earlier
in the morning , as all good suns
should.
One Norfolk woman has every
Christmas present bought , finished
and tied up for delivery. Those that
go by mail , are on the way. And now
her relatives want her to help finish
theirs.
One Norfolk woman has been found
who wouldn't open a Christmas pres
ent sent In advance , until Christmas.
She does it to tease her husband and
her mother , who have more curiosity
than she has.
Make it a point , Mr , Farmer , to re
member the man who brings you your
mail every day in the week , at Christ
mas time. The Lord knows the rural
carriers don't get any too much in
the way of pay.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
Good manners do more for a man
than good looks.
Too many men arc given credit for
being as good as they talk.
How tlmo drags to a man from the
day when lie made a fool of himself.
No ono can lay claim to being gen
uinely old-fashioned who doesn't use
hair oil.
We don't believe much in good luck ,
but we believe there is such a thing as
bad luck.
Nearly every unsuccessful man
claims to be responsible for some
other man's success.
It is easy to say to a man , "Be
sensible. " But half the tlmo a man
does not know what Is sensible.
Much of the clamoring now going
on has a tendency to make industry
and honorable achievements almost
disreputable. *
When n reporter asks a man :
"Know anything ? " and the man re
plies : "No , and I never did , " the re
porter should say : "O , yes you do ! "
If a man is as faithful to his em
ployer as the employer thinks he
should bo , his wife Is mighty Jealous
of her husband's business interests.
When Lysandor John Appleton gets
sick , ho. Is a great disappointment to
his children. When the neighbors
send him In delicacies to eat , Ho Eats
Them.
Every tlmo a woman picks up a
plato or spoon she won nt bridge , she
wonders If her husband appreciates
how much she contributes to the homo
by her efforts.
Ever know how the term "horso
sense" originated ? It is said that
horses were once nblo to talk , but
talking got them into so much trouble
that they quit It.
A disadvantage accruing to the man
who never marries , which becomes
more and more apparent in conceit ,
la that ho has no ono to tell him of
it when he IB making a fool of him-
self.
Home Course
In Live Stock
Farming
VIII. Managing the Dairy
Farm.
By C. V. GREGORY ,
Author of "Home Count In Modern
Agriculture. " "Maklntf Money on
the Farm , " Etc.
Copyright , 1000. by American Prett
Auoclatlon.
properly carried on
WHEN la one of tlio most
proOlnble brancbcs of live
Block farming. The work Is
flomrwlmt couUuing , but Hint is not n
serious objection as long as the profits
keep coming In. As shown In article U.
dairying removes less fertility from
the farm than any other branch of
live stock farming. Dairying Is adapt
ed to many localities whore general
farming cannot be curried on. Low.
wet land or that too hilly to be culti
vated can he profitably utilized ac
pasture for dairy cows. There is lit
tle danger of the dairy business being
overdone. As population increases , the
demand for dairy products becomes
greater. The dairy cow produces food
more economically than any other
class of farm animals.
In sinning In the dairy business the
type of cow to select will depend
largely on conditions. For the gen
eral farm , where dairying Is more or
less of a side Issue , the dual purpose
cows have many advocates. They give
n fair amount of milk and produce
calves that feed Into satisfactory beef
animals. The worst trouble with dual
purpose cows Is that they cannot be
bred true to type with any degree ol
certainty. Once In awhile an extra
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F7d XIV GOOD TTTK OK SnoKTIlOKN.
good one will be found , but there Is
little certainty of her heifer calves
being like her. They lend to go either
to the beef or dairy type. A whole
herd of first class dual purpose cowa
Is hard to obtain and to keep when
It has been obtained.
Selecting the Cows.
If dairying Is to be made a prominent
feature of the farming operations It
will pay to go Into one of the special
ized dairy breeds. These special pur
pose dairy cows are machines for turn
ing out milk , and ( be best ones do It
effectively and breed true to type.
There is little choice between breeds.
The Jorbeys give very rich milk , but
are small in size and cannot stand un
favorable conditions well. Uolstelns
are hardier , larger and can use more
rough feed to advantage. Their calves
can be turned Into < | iilcU and prolltahle
veal , and their large milk tlow means
more skimmllk for calves and pigs.
Where milk Is being sold the small per
ceiling ! ' of fat Is a disadvantage.
Guernseys are haidler than Jerseys.
They give a little more milk with a lit
tle lower percentage ot fat. The uillk
is valuable for city trade because of a
high pcrcunlage of solids other than
fnt.
Far more Important than breed is In
dividuality. There are three things to
be taken Into consideration In select
ing n dairy cow-type , performance
and pedigree. The dairy type Is gen
erally recognized as being wedge shap
ed , wide and deep behind and nar
rower in front. The three most Impor
tant points to look for are quality , con
stitution and capacity. The skin should
be pliable and the horns and hair tine.
A coarse animal Is seldom n satisfac
tory milk and butter producer. There
should be no tendency to lay on fat. A
dairy cow Is worked to the limit dur
ing most of her life and must have a
strong constitution to keep up under
the strain. This is Indicated by a
roomy chest and large nostrils.
The capacity of the cow is of two
kinds , digestive and milk producing.
She must have good digestive capac
ity , as shown by a long , deep , roomy
barrel. In order to be able to handle
the amount of feed necessary to fur
nish material for a large milk yield.
Milk producing capacity is indicated
by a large , well balanced udder , ex
tending well forward and well up be
tween the legs behind. The veins
which run forward from the udder
should be large and twisted , as this
Is an Indication of a large milk How
Some cows have a digestive capacity
too large for their milk producing ca
pacity , while some arethe other way.
The most economical producer of milk
Is obtained when these two are bal
anced. The teats should be long and
well placed for convenience In milk
ing.
ing.By
By far the most Important point In
selecilng n cow Is her performance
record. This shows Just how much
milk and butter she can produce in a
given time. Directions for testing
cows will be given later. r
The pedigree of a dairy cow Is val <
uable mainly for the performance rec
ords of her ancestors. The record of
her grand mot tier on her sire's side It
especially Important , as a good cow
l more liable to transmit her imalltl
through her sons than through ber
daughters.
Another point that should not bo neg
lected , especially If mlllc or cream U
being Bold. IH buying cowa subject to
the tuberculin tent It U definitely
Known that tuberculosis can be trans
mitted from cows to man through the
milk. It will pay to keep only cows *
Hint arc known to be free from dis
ease , in the hands of an experienced
veterinarian the tuberculin test can tur
relied on to give satisfactory results.
Selecting theBull. .
The selection of a bull to head tint
herd Is of fully as great Importance as
the selection of thu cows. The main
points to look for In a dairy bull are
quality , constitution and roominess ot
barrel. He should bo of good disposi
tion , but should show plenty of mascu
linity In a strong head and n thick
crest. A bull that looks like n cow
will not have the ability to reproduce
bis good points In his offspring with
any degree of certainty. The bull's
pedigree Is also Important The rec
ords of his mother and other female
ancestors are very good Indications ot
the Inherent milk producing qualities
that ho possesses.
In most cases It pays to breed dairy
cows for fall calving , The greatest
milk Mow will then come In the winter ,
when there Is no Held work to do.
Then when grass comes the milk flow
Is stimulated , and the cow Is kept up
to her maximum production for the
longest possible time. When cows that
calve In the spring are put on dry feed
In the fall the milk yield Is reduced
and the total yearly product lessened.
The cow should always be dried up
at least three weeks before calving ,
even If she Is still giving n consider
able quantity of milk. She will come
through the ordeal of calving In enough
better shape to make up for the milk
lost. A day or two previous to calv
ing she should be shut np by herself
somewhere and given loosening and
cooling feeds , such as bran mushes
with a little ollmcal added. Sonm
one should always lie with the cow
when she calves In order to render any
assistance that may be necessary ,
though If the cow Is in good health
she will usually have no dltllcully.
The worst trouble to which highly
bred dairy cows are subject Is mlllc
fever , which Is described In article 5.
The call' should be given the first
milk , as this will start Its digestive
system to working. The milk will be
all right to use In four or live days
If the cow Is not sick. Until that time
the calf may be allowed to suck.
Disposing of the Calves.
The question of what to do with the
calves Is an Important one on the dairy
farm. The hellers should generally be
saved , as some of them will be needed
to replace some ot the cows In the
herd , and the others can be readily sold
at good prices. Probably the best way
to dispose of the bull calves Is to veal
them. Alter they are Iroin ten days to
two weeks old they should be changed
to skimmllk gradually , taking two or
three days to make the complete \
change. It will not be long after this
until they will begin to eat a little
comment , lf It is given after they have
had their milk and arc looking for
something to suck. The meal may be
Increased In amount slowly , being care
ful not to teed more than they will eat
up clean.
The care and feed of the heifer
calves which are to be kept lor cows
should be much the same as advised
for steer calves In a preceding arti
cle , except that the grain ration should
consist of ouls or bran instead ot corn.
The heifers should be kept growing
well , but should not be given fattening
feeds or feed of any kind In largo
enough quantities to cause them to be
come fat. It the tendency to lay on
fat is developed In a heifer she Is lia
ble to continue to fatten after she Is
grown.
In case the calves get to scouring , n
little blood meal put In the rullk will
stop It. The amount of milk should
never be more than eight to ten quarts
a day. Most of the failures in raising
skimmllk calves are caused by feed
ing too much milk or by putting grain-
into the milk. Plenty of clover hay
should be kept where the calves can
get at it. Fed in this way. they will
make profitable veal at from eight to
ten weeks of age.
In order to tell just which dews are
the most profitable It pays to keep
record of them. The most practicable
way to do this Is to weigh the milk
for six consecutive mllklngs once a
month at the same time each month.
Multiplying the average of these six
weights by the number of days In the
month gives the amount of milk pro-
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duced during the month. To deter
mine the amount of fat In the milk a
sample should be taken from each of
the six mllklngs. Before taking the
Rumples the milk should be well mixed
by pouring from one dish to another
several times. The samples should be
proportional to the size of the milking.
In warm weather n formaldehyde tablet
'
let should be put In the milk'to keep
it from spoiling until It can be tested.
Most creamerymen are glad to do testing - ;
ing for their patrons , or you can do it
yourself with a small hand tester. A
four bottle tester , with equipment for
testing , can he bought for about $5.
Directions for testing will be given In
article 10.
Spread Eagle on Pottage Stamp.
For the first time In forty years the \
postoflicc department nt Washington
Is considering postage stamps with an
other design than the display of the-
features of some national hero. The-
dozen or moro designs submitted for
the new twelve cent stamp for rogW-
terod letters show the spread eagle of
the national coat of arms with the
tars and itripM adorning la breut
