OUR
Last Name
IS IT BURNS?
0^
TX THE case of Robert Burns, the
great poet of Scotland, thia name
was not anciently spelled as it is now
Possibly tn other cases the same Is
true. Robert Burna was the eldest son
of u small farmer mimed William
Burness belonging to nn old though
humble family of Kincardineshire,
Scotland. Burness Is said with Burnlss
to be derived from Burnhouse, and to
have had the significance originally of
“at the Burn house."
Other Burnses of distinction are
John Burns, the well known English
labor leader, and William Wallace
Burns, famous Civil war officer with
the Union army.
REDWOOD—This mime is a little
misleading at first, It does not
the significance of the syllables re-1
and wood In the present s nse. but
makes use of red In the sen-*- of "rid."
meaning to clear. Thus “redwood“
means a clearing in the wood and the
name was probably first given to some
one who lived In such a clearing.
The first Redwood in this country
was Abraham Redwood, who was born
on the Island of Antigua, tn 1720. and
was educated in Philadelphia, with due
regard to his Immense fortune and ex
pectations. He married In Newixirt.
R. I., before he was twenty and lived
there until he died at the ago of eighty.
He is remembered ns the first bene
factor of the library In Newport.
One of Abraham Redwood’s daugh
ters was a great beauty In her day
and It Is said that when sailors stepped
ashore at Newport “fresh from the
beauties of the world,” and saw her
passing in the street they Involun
tarily removed their hats In homage.
WOT
UVE
STOCK
GIVE DAIRY (’ALVES
FARMERS ADVISED
' good MILK RATION
TO RAISE COLTS
WINTER EGG (’ROI*
DEPENDS ON CARE
Ing decided these full days. Give the
A great many experimental feeding pullet* good cure right now 1» the pr*
Farmers will either have to tine mure
tractors five years from now or else trials have been mudo to determina aerlptlon of O N. Johnson, poultryman
start raising more coll*. and the wise whether dairy culves could suUsfnctor ut the Wisconsin College of Agriculture.
Johnson urge* farmer* to give their
farmer Is the one who will make the Uy be rnlsod mi substitutes for whole
or »klm milk
r fvedhuc trial*
decision now, ncconjiug to II
M
Case. In charge of the farm organisa fulled to produce satisfactory growth reap a goodly crop of egg» thia winter.
tion ami management department nt where uttompt» were made to almost When bringing the bini* lulo the lay
the University of Illinois. Undoubted entirely eliminate whole or skim milk ing <| Hurt er* from the range I kium «.
ly. the time Is fast approaching when from the ration by -substituting other Johnson recommends examining ili»
there will be n shortage of horses, and feeds. The gain Will lower and the bird* for lice. If Ree are present every
•acx.-ow.- A>
,a
the price of work stock Is bound to cost higher. Till* led to feeding trials pullet should have a pillili of *011111111
rise In the face of these condition*. to determine the minimum amount of fluoride placed under elicli wing Ue
a good turn. Only for my sticking
CHAPTER XX—Continued
he said.
whole mid skim milk that could be warm Iignln*t dipping Ilio bil i!» ut till*
to Viola through thick and thin In
used amt get very satisfactory growth. Iute sciiion.
Figure»
collected
by
the
college
spite
of everything that everybody
It was partly In Lystrian and partly
The hou»e, too, need* n little exam
from 125 furnia In Dul’uge. Knox, Thus fur no wholly sutlsfuctory sub-
In German. Trdyte understands nei said, you wouldn’t be here, would
Stephenson, Whiteside nnd Winnebago stltule bus been found for whole nnd ination before being thrown open to
your
ther language He turned to me to
counties show that the colts now being skim milk In getting dairy calve* well the new guest». If mite» are present
-If there’s any mortal thing I can
interpret for him.
II solution maile Up of 75 per cent kero,
raised on these farms will replace only started.
do for you In any way," said Tommy,
"What’s he saying?" he asked.
The method used In the limited milk aane and 25 per cent crude cartonile
about
one-fourth
of
the
horses
thnt
My German is rusty through long "just tell me what it is.
may be expet ted to bo lost annually. rut Ion Is to get rtie cab ex well ut ili »bollili be poured on the roost» and
"Thanks," said Norheys. "Well. I’ve
disuse, and I never knew any Lys
That this situation Is not a local one started on a whole ami skim milk ra In th> neat» wherever the nihvs nre lo
married
Viola,
you
know,
and
of
trian. However, I think I picked up
tiou, at the same tline encouraging cated.
but thnt It exists throughout the conn
the main thing the patriarch wanted course she’s a marchioness of Nor
them to ent a* much grain und hay u.s
Johnson points out thnt miti'» nnd
try
Is
shown
by
data
collected
by
the
heys and all that, which ought to be
to say.
federal Department of Agriculture possible, and then wean them a* soon lice require Individuili treatment. The
good
enough
and
Is
good
enough.
All
“As far as I can make out.” 1 said,
through Its 20,000 crop reporters, who as they lire utile to continue to devel louse Ilves on the hen ; hence un al-
“he's trying to tell you that one Lord the same, the world’s full of old cats.
for the most part are farmers scattered op sullsfiietorll,* on grain and buy alone. tempt to rout It must entail the use
Norheys will do quite as well as an I’m not talking of Uncle Ned now.
The Missouri ami Minnesota experi of poison on the bell'» buck. Bccnu»»
over the whole country. According to
other. The coronation is to be this But there are cats, aunts, you know,
this Information, there are only about ment station* did some work of this the mite Uvea In crack* anil In the
and
lots
more
who
aren
’
t
even
aunts.
afternoon."
half as many horses under three years nature, using a grain mixture composed filth on and about the roosi* and neat»
"But.” said Troyte, "this young man They’ll be Inclined to sniff a bit at
ok!
on farms of the country as will tie of 4 part* corn meal, 1 part wheat nnd merely mlgrnte* to,the hen ut
Viola,
<>n account of her being a
isn’t Lord Norheys. Tell him that."
needed to maintain the present number bran. 1 part linseed oil meal. The night to suck blood. Johnson urge* that
I told him. After I had finished, dancer on the stage and that sort of
roughnge used was alfalfa huy. This the breeding place of the uiltis ba
of horses.
Janet Church told him again. In thing, Now. what I always say Is
and tlie grain mixture were fed as •radicated.
Naturally,
a
shortage
of
horses
has
this:
I
don
’
t
care
a
d
—
n
what
a
girl
much better German than mine. We
soon 11 a the calve* would eut the
Bullet» cannot conauny enough fi ed
not
been
felt
In
recent
years
because
dancer or anything else. No
did n->t maMr much Impression on the
tractors have been Introduced to re roughage and grain. The average of to cure for their own need* a* well ua
patriarch. All he said in reply was more do you. No more does any sen-
place part of the horses. Consequent 7 trials resulted In a dally guin of 1.23 thimc of the mite» und Hee when they
that if the Lystrians could not have slble man. But If there are cats in
ly. even If no colt» were raised and l>ounds for each calf which «a» PI per are pestered by them. Fur twit winter
the
world
—
and
there
’
s
no
use
deny
Graf Bunny Norheys. they would be
horses were not shipped In fr. m the cent <>f normal gain when compared to egg production. Johnson points out
perfectly satisfied with Graf Tommy. ing that—what I say Is. that it's better
outside for a few years, the shortage culves fed <m unrestricted skim milk that the pulirla must he free of para-
"Tell him," said Troyte, “that this to have them purring than mewing.”
would not be noticeable. However, ration. The results Indicate that I7O site».
Norbeys* Idea, no doubt, was funda
young man Isn’t a count and Isn’t
Benlde* till* caution. John« n urgi-a
thia
condition cannot exist Indefinitely pounds of whole milk mid <VA) to 7l>0
mentally
sound,
but
I
had
my
misgiv
heys at all.’’
<© by McCmr* Newapaper SynUtcala )
nnd the time undoubtedly Is fast ap pounds of skim milk will give a Half a good feeding nn thuds In the i nrly full
ings as to the amount of purring my
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Then Tommy joined in.
proaching when the shortage will be satisfactory start so It will continue on «o that the pullets are able to main
sister Emily would do when she heard
"There’s no use saying I’m not
tain their body weight under the
grain and roughage.
upon us.
of
his
marriage
to
a
young
lady
who
heys when I am,” be said, “though I
st ruin* of production. Where cure Is
had
e
become
prominent
as
a
public
While
the
present
price
of
horses
spell my name with two 'r’s' instead
exercised a wi ll matured pullet cun
will scarcely pay the cost of produc
of an 'rh,' which strikes me as a more dancer. Emily has her own ideas on
serve a* a very valuable addition to the
tion. this condition la certain tb change.
sensible way of doing it As for my many subjects, and her views are not
Income-producing power of the furm.
easily
changed.
She
is
a
most
re
Colts
should
be
looked
upon
ns
a
kind
‘
‘
The
truest
self
respect
Ie
not being a count. If you can get that
ligious
woman
and
devoted
to
the
of
by
product
on
corn-belt
farms.
A
not to think of self."
A little thought to the feeding of
into the patriarch's head, you'll do
colt can be raised while Its mother fall-freshened cow» will be well re
more than I can. I’ve been at him all church, it has been hinted to such an
help» care for the peak load of labor paid in Increased returns. Too many
morning and so has Miss Church. extent that occasionally* she seriously
We’ve assured him over and over embarrasses the rector of her parish. Tl’ WAS natufnl that Henry Ward in the spring, while it can be fed large- cows freshen Jn poor condition and
I did not see how Tommy could
[hiring the summer nmnth» many
Beecher, author of the words ly on roughage feeds which are not cannot be expected to yield a good
again that I’m not a count. But he
return. To begin with a dry period farmer» allow their chickens to shift
can’t be got to understand. Not tha^ prevent Norbeys* aunts, and the other quoted, should take an uncompromis well utilized on num y farms.
ing stand for what he felt to be right
I - care
he calls me, only I didn’t
of at least six week* I* essential to for themselves most of the time, but
“re what Li
In the great moral issues of the day.
enable the cow to build up n reserve. with the coming of winter It I* neces
want any Irregularity about the mar
Conse
for Beecher was a d|rect descendant
As the cow I* fml during this inter sary that poultry be fed.
riage. which there might have been if
of Puritan stock which sacrificed all
I was married under a wrong name.”
val will largely determine lier produc quently It Is doubly Important that this
Iler
some
personal matters to the practicing of
"The confusion,” I said, "in the pa
White snakeroot I* a poisonous plant tion after she freshens. A little extra feed I» not uuMed
Its professed creed.
triarch’s mind probably arises from
that Is causing some Io»» to cattle own grain at tills time means dividend» seasonable suggestiona.
Cull close on old hen», Keep the
Beecher was the son of Lyman ers In Iowa, according to reports com Inter. Freshening In good flesh the
the custom, prevalent all over Europe,
Beecher, a famous American clergy Ing In to Iowa State college. A num cow starts her lactation nt u big ad- best ami sell the r< »t.
of every member of a titled family
Well matured pullets make the
using the title. Take the Casimirs,
man. and a sister of Harriet Beecher ber of cnlves died In a pasture near vantage, and n larger total produc
priai ueer*.
for Instance. I don’t know how many
Stowe, famous In American literary Avoca ns a result of eating white tion is the result.
Sell surplus
unlit
Casimirs there are—”
annals as the author of, “Uncle Tom’s snnkcroot.
Wlient pasture Is excellent for keep
"They’re all Casimirs.” said Tommy,
Cabin.” Henry Ward was born In
Flowers of white snnkeroot
ing up the milk flow and takes the breeding pur|M>»cs.
Be sure hens are free from Iles and
waving his hand toward a group of
Litchfield. Conn., June 24, 1813, and white, about one fourth to one third of place of mon- expensive fi-eds. But it
Lystrian nobles. “All except seven."
graduated from Amherst college In nn Inch In diameter, nnd nre produced Is too washy and not concentrated mite*.
Don’t overcrowd the fowls.
"And I’m sure,” I said, "that they’re
1834, following up his college work In clusters.
The plants grow from enough for cows giving much milk.
Outline n breeding syM< m for th
all counts."
with a course In Lane Theological two to three feet tnll. The halves nre Production can be
»I» with
“Every single one of them,” said
seminary, near Cincinnati. Ohio. After two or three Inches long nnd nre ovate economy by supplementing th»
fie sure to get fidi value «lien buy-
Tommy.
graduation he began his clerical duties In shape.
White snakeroot Is related ture with ground barley, equal parts
Ing
breeding Mock.
I
“So you see,” I said to Troyte, "how
as pastor of a church In Lawrence- to boneset, n plant the pioneers used grouhd oats nml corn chop, or about
Reconstruct I the hen house during
the patriarch's mistake arose.
He
burg, Ind. In 1839 he was called to a In making a tea for medicinal pur- •IX part* ground kafir or sorgo heads
naturally thought that everyone called
poses. It 1» very common In wooded to one of cottonseed meal. This grain the fall. Dump In n boil es are profit
prominent church 4n Indianapolis.
Norheys must be a marquis.”
As preacher. Beecher achieved his pastures and Is found in almost every should be fed nt the rate of one to
“But he isn't," said Troyte.
greatest renown as pastor of the Ply part of the state. If there Is fear of five pounds of milk ns long ns the
“Is it worth while,” I said, "correct
mouth
Congregational
church
In the plant being present, cattle should pasture Is pood.
Don't expect the
ing the mistake now?"
Brooklyn. N. Y. Here he occupied the be kept out of wooded pastures.
milk flow to increase materially but
Apparently Troyte thought It was.
Cattle have consumed the plant this it will hold up over a much longer
pulpit from 1847 until his death, March
He insisted on having what he called
year partly because of the dry weather period of time when prices nre good
More than 05 per rent of the hen’s
8, 1887.
a conference with the patriarch. I do
Supplementing his work as a clergy nnd resultant short pastures, accord and therefore more than pay
the egg 1» water. During heavy produc
not think the patriarch liked It, for
tion the bird» need very much more
man, Beecher was prominent as a jour ing to Dr. L. H. I’amtnel. head of the grain consumed now.
there was a wedding feast waiting to
watur than they do at any other time.
nalist. He was one of the founders of botany department. Town State college.
be eaten In the great hall of the
Extra attention imtn be given to the
the Independent and of the Christian Cattle nre said to show trembles
castle. But Troyte was firm. He and
drinking buckets during the winter
Union (now know'n as the Outlook.) when poisoned by white snakeroot,
the patriarch and Cable went off, tak
months so that the hens will have a
Beecher was also known throughout and the milk from the cows eating this
ing Janet with them to act as inter
plentiful supply of fresh clean water
the nation as an antislavery cam weed Is considered Injurious to man.
Milk testa nre continually varying. available at all times.
preter. The princess and Lady Nor
paigner.—Wayne D. McMurray.
A drink the
heys went away together, their arms
The
cow
doe*
not
give
the
same
qual
«0 by G«or»« Matthew Adams.)
first thing Jn the morning Is a cus
round each other. Poor Lady Norheys
ity of milk every milking, but the av tomary habit of cidekens and It Is
-------------o-------------
had been traveling fast for days. I
erage 1» practically the same. As soon important tkkl
Lt the birds should not
think she wanted a bath and some “I Think You Owe Me a Good Turn."
ns milk Is drawn from the cow, ths
At about three week» of age the butterfat begins to separate and corns be dlsnppoW ed by finding u solid
clothes before she sat down to the
young lambs will start to eat grain to the top because It Is lighter than sheet of Ice to prevent their sntlsfy-
banquet amid the magnificent nobles ladles who were not his aunts from
many
and at this time should lie provided the milk. Most variations in testing Ing their thirst. There
of Lystria.
mewing If they wanted to. Norheys
forms of nonfreezing and heated
with a creep, to which the ewes do
While 1 had no donbts at the time explained.
come from the fact thnt It Is very dif founts on the market 11» well aa heat
not have access, where they may lie ficult to get samples of milk that nre
“If a fellow—I mean to say, a girl,
that Tommy would make quite as ac
fed grain consisting of outs, bran nnd exnctly alike. The majority of errors ing device» for homemade watering
ceptable a king of Lystria, as would is properly received at court, accepted
arrangements thnt nre adapted to win
a
small proportion of crushed corn
Lord Norheys, I also hag no doubt by royalty, don't you know?—then
In testing milk, nnd which cause <II h - ter use. in the nbsenTe of some of
and also a good quality of second cut
that Lady Norheys would have been she's all right. It doesn't make a bit
satlsfnctlon, nre because It Is extreme these n renewal of the drinking »me
THEOPHILE GAUTIER
ting of clover or alfalfa hay. Any
a much more attractive queen consort of difference in reality, of course, but
ly dlflleult to get a correct sample. ply. three or four times n day. with
feed
remaining
In
the
trough
should
the
sort
of
people
I'm
thinking
about
than the somewhat plain Calypso.
When milk stand* overnight, much of water with the chill taken off. Is rec
p
AUTIER
was
one
of
the
great
be
fed
to
the
ewes
twice
dally
and
the
That matter, however, had been ended, believe It does. Now if you could
French novelists. ranking with lambs given a fresh supply. Young the crenm has risen to the top, and It ommended.
and Tommy evidently was more than see your way—you and Calypso—
I* next to impossible to get It relncor-
satisfied with the turn of events. As when you're king and queen—if you’d Balzac and Using that same general nursing animals make much more ef porated with the milk n» It was before.
style
of
writing,
without,
probably,
be
30000000000000000000000000
ficient
use
of
their
feed
than
do
older
take
Viola
Into
the
royal
circle,
why
for Lord Norheys, I remembered a re
animals, lienee the importane« of Two samples taken from this,milk will
mark he had once made to me:
nobody could say a word after that, ing as great as Balzac.
differ.
Gautier was born at Farbes, August rather liberal feeding where It Is de
“I'm not a prejudiced sort of fellow. could they?"
I saw Norheys' point at last. In 31, 1811, and went to Paris to com sirable to market the iambs young.
What I always say about things is
30000000000000000000000000^
this: A fellow may not have been at the days of King Wladlslaws a lady’s plete his education. His great Inter
Many of the summer poultry losses
a decent school, but he may be quite reputation might not have been estab est then was old French literature, and 000000000000G00O00000O0000
are caused by spoiled grain and lie-
a decent sort of fellow. It's the same lished by the fact that she was a fa he speedily developed a remarkable
4- IH!"H-4-l -l- I^^
l 'd l I
composed animals being allowed to re
with girls.”
vorite at the Lystrian court.
But style. At eighteen his essays were
main around the farm.
And he had won the girl of his things would be quite different when noted for their wonderful phraseology.
A
cow
requires
about
eight
gallons
>000 0000 00000000 ooa 00000001
choice. The loss of the throne of Lys- Tommy reigned.
He Joined a romantic school nf think
of water n day.
Hens, being crowded, (oftentimes
A horse's stomach has a capacity of
"Whatever we can do.” said Tommy ers, students, embryo philosophers,
trla he viewed with the utmost equani
mity.
heartMy, "will be done at once. Lady artists, writers, people who were, or only 19 pints.
Put nn obi horse collar on the cow three to four times ns many liens In
the house ns should he) develop roup,
I conld not feel that I had been a of the Bedchamber now? or Keeper thought tiiey were, ahead «f the men
that sucks herself.
cholera and tuberculosis.
A horse kept shut up away from the
great help, either to Troyte, Lord Nor- of the Royal Robes? I don't know tality of their time. Much of this took
heys. or my sister Emily, In the whole much about these Jobs. But the best expression In wearing flaming red sunshine is apt to get nervous.
A milch cow produces nn average of
When you think your birds have
matter, though It Is worthy of record of them, whatever it is, will be Lady waistcoats and long waving hair, and
from 60 to 70 pounds manure a day,
The
United
States
Department
of
coccldlosls first see If there aren’t n
Norheys'
this
evening.
And
if
I
have
that Norbeys still calls me "Uncle Bill”
In dancing contemptuously about the
estimating solid and liquid.
Agriculture has estimated that about
lot of pin worms In the blind Intestines
and comes to me for advice when he an Order to bestow—I haven’t In bust of Racine.
is in trouble, which Is more or less fre quired yet, but I suppose I have—"
Starting as a poet, he showed a 43 000,0O0 baby pigs will be raised dur
Giving milk Is largely a voluntary -If there are go after the worm and
“There's the Golden Adder of Lys- great deal of ability, though also a Ing the current year In the corn belt,
quently. He never by any chance
how fust the coccldlosis will dis
act of the cow. Kept In a sweet tem see
appear.
Very few people out- wildly extravagant style. In some way, compared with 47,500.000 Inst vear.
takes my advice, however. I dare say tria,” I said,
per she will yield her milk.
he Irould get Into worse trouble If he side the royal family have It.”
then, he was tempted to turn to prose,
"It shall be yours," said Tommy to and here he made his reputation.
did.
“Spare the feed and save the plgs,"-
If one foods and fronts his cows well
Thanksgiving market Is n better mar
On this occasion I was not asked Norbeys, "the very minute I can lay "Mademoiselle du Maupin,’’ though Is a good rule to follow the first two
and Is punctual with his feeding and ket for old und heavy weight turkeys
for advice. My nephew and his charm my hands on it.”
hailed as a great novel, was too out weeks.
milking, economical milk production than the Christmas market.
[THE END]
ing bride evidently had a perfect un
spoken even for the French, ami some
should be the Inevitable result.
derstanding as to their future partici
The
importance
of
using
a
pure-bred
attempts were made to suppress It. A
In feeding for egg production, the
pation in Lystrian affairs.
Autos Not Castles
short story, "La Morte Amoureuse,” rum of superior Individuality nod good
I gathered that when Norheys todk
Maintenance of the proper speed and poultryman niii*t flr»t supply the foods
The Supreme court holds that a has been called a perfect gem of lit shearing qualities cannot U» too
Tommy by the arm an,d spoke to him man's automobile Is not his castle, and erature.
strongly emphasized.
even pressure on the separator handle for body mnlntennnce. He must fur
confidentially.
Is an Important factor In the separa nish repair muterlgl for the renewal
many a man realizes that his automo
Gautier was what is called a “hu
Even with silage and protein sup tion of milk and cream.
of worn out tissue In the fowl's body.
"I say. you know, about your being bile isn’t even his vehicle. It’s the manist,” he had no Interest in poli
• • •
king instead of me and all that. I’m rusty old machine which hurts the tics, morals nor religion ; his one great plement, the steer relishes some form
When bird* crowd together In the
jolly glad. Never really wanted the pride of members of the family who passion was the study of people and of dry roughage. The cheaper kinds,
A bushel of corn fed to a dairy cow
Job a bit. Only promised to take it use It while pater famlllas digs up the the working of their minds. He died such ns oat straw, bean straw, corn before calving Is sometimes worth ns corners of the houses they become
overheated and nre chilled on the
stover
or
mixed
hay,
give
very
good
on to please Uncle Ned. All the same, scads for gas and garage bills.—Louis in Paris in 1872. *
much ns two bushels fed after fresh rnnge the next morning. This Is a
results in that. case.
don't you know, I think you owe me ville Times.
Uy U»urs<
Adams.)
ening.
common cause ot colds.
BIRMINGHAM
ID HO SAID
Some Extra Grain Will
Keep Up Flow of Milk
Seasonable Suggestions
in Caring for Chickens
Snakeroot Is Poisonous
and Will Kill Cattle
During Heavy Production
Water Is Needed by Hens
Milk Tests Continually
Vary as to Butterfat
When Young Lambs Start
to Eat Provide a Creep
o^mong the
Poultry Facts
Live Stock Items
Dairy Notes
I