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It is not one single thins that makes a co-operative creamery successful, but it is the combined work of many essen tial things, says State Dairy Inspector iWinkjer of Minnesota. The butter maker is generally considered the most Important factor for a successful creamery, but his importance is mainly that he Is In a position to bring togeth er and harmonize the forces to bear on the important place. The buttermaker has an unlimited amount of pressure behinJ I:;' creamery business if he KIJEPJXG A REOOIID. goes to work and develops it right. Of course a buttermaker generally has his hands full iu keeping his creamery pre sentable, and lie s'aouid receive liberal assistance from all concerned, and those concerned mostly iu that work are the farmers themselves. While there are many ways in which the farmer may give his assistance, I want to point to one especially that the farmer is even more Interested in than the buttermaker. This is the improve ment of the dairy herd so as to get a bigger yield from the number of cows already on hand. The farmer is the one who is benefited most and should feel most interested. Now,v I want to call attention to one way in accomplish ing this that is practical, and a way that every dairyman should use, and that is to keep such a record of each cow in the herd that will show at the end of the year what each individual cow has done. This at first thought would seem like something that would entail a great deal of work, and I will not deny but what it takes some extra work, but I think it safe to swy that it will be the best paying work that you can do in connection with your dairy. The things necessary are a spring scale, pencil and nienioramja book, all of which need not cost or $2, and the extra work necessary need not be over thirty minutes a month outside the time it takes to do the figuring, and that will depend on how quick you are to figure. The thing to do with this ap paratus is to place It where you empty the milk after milking. Taking the milk from eaen cow, you first hang the pail on the scale, and with the pencil and book you have handy you make a record of what the cow has given. You can repeat this for every milking if you wish, but for a beginning about four times a month will give you good results and show you where you have the cow that Is stealing her board and where you have the one that Is paying for it. In connection with this it is also nec essary to have the milk from each cow tested about three times or more a year. With the number of pounds of milk and per cent of fat in milk, you have a basis to figure the value of your cow. The value of such a record is well expressed by Mr. Sly when he says, "If a farmer has two cows and loses $10 on one and gains $10 on the other, it does not take much of a mathe matician to see that he did not make any money, but if he disposes of the cow that he lost $10 on he would be $10 ahead, besides saving extra time and labor required to care for the ex tra cow." When cows are to be stabled contin uously through the yean without any yard privileges whatever, we incline to the opinion that there should be neither stalls nor ties of any kind, except a few stanchions or stalls in a separate com partment, where a few of the cows can be admitted at a time and kept in place during milking and while eating their grain, says Hoard's Dairyman. For the balance of the time provide a comparatively roomy pen, to be occu pied in common by the entire herd, with racks for hay and other coarse fodder through the center, around the sides. This necessitates the dehorning of all the animals, but furnishes a measure of freedom and exercise not obtainable in any form of stall or tie. We reproduce in this connection a floor plan for such an arrangement adapted from circular No. 95, dairy di vision of the Illinois Agricultural col lege, and copy from that circular as follows: A space in the barn 35 by 52 feet is devoted to the cows. A manger run ning lengthwise extends to within eight feet of the wall at each end. These spaces between the manger and the wall are closed by gates. At milking all Ckf ihtk ooza are. drt ven. to the oMl side of "the manger where the figures showing dimensions are placed, which contains a watering tank, not shown In the cut, and the gates are closed- The door of the milking room, sixteen feet in width, is then opened, and the boss cows are always ready to enter. Near the end of this room are three stalls, in which the milking is done, and it is surprising to note how quickly each -w cv 5JL' i i w w w . DIAGRAM TOE LOOSE STABIilSG. cow learns in which stall she is to be milked and tlie order in which her turn comes, so that the tli.ee milkers (thirty-three cows are earel for in this barn) have little difficulty in always milking the same cows and in the same order. When the milkers are ready the gates at the rear of the stalls are open ed, one cow enters each stall, and the gates are closed. The cows eat their grain while being milked and pass out through gates at the front of the stalls into the other side of the shed or main room. As the manger and gates divide this room, the cows that have been milked are forced to remain on one side and cannot come to the milking stalls a second time. All grain Is fed in the milking stalls and the roughage from the large man ger in the center of the shed. This manger is raised as fast as the manure accumulates (abundant bedding must be used), so that it is always a conven ient height for the cows. In this herd of thirty-three cows not a soiled cow was to be seen. HE TURNED THE LAUGH. A Guick Witted Orator Who Vaa Equal to the Occasion. An orator who was equal to an emergency was the late George A. Sheridan, who was a noted 'spell binder" often engaged by the Ee publican national committee. At a big meeting he was addressing in a town near New York he was intro duced by a Mr. O'Brien, the chair man, in most flattering terms. In order to reciprocate Mr. Sheridan paid a glowing tribute to the ster ling qualities of the chairman and wound up the eulogy by asserting that no man could say Mr. O'Brien owed him a cent. "He owes me $3!" came a keen Celtic voice from the rear of the audience. It was almost a solar plexus blow for the orator, and the audience started to laugh and jeer. Rallying, the speaker said: "Don't be alarm ed, good friends. I will answer that man presently." This assertion was to gain time and if possible have the audience forget the incident. But again that penetrating voice cried out: "He owes me $3 cold cash V Advancing to the edge of the platform, General Sheridan in a confidential tone said : "Yes. I know a.0. about the $3, for my friend, Mr. O'Brien, has given me the inside facts. Ladies and gentlemen, the truth is simply this, and it reveals a peculiar character: This man who has interrupted me met Mr. O'Brien recently and asked him for the loan of $10. 'I haven't got ten said generous Mr. O'Brien, but here are $7 handing the money to him. Now this man is going around say ing my friend, the honorable chair man, owes him $3 because he could lend him only $7 when ten were re quested." A roar of laughter filled the hall, and the indignant man tried to answer-the orator. He was howled down. The chairman whis pered in General Sheridan's ear: "You have saved me. You are a genius." Leslie's Weekly. The Reformed Gambler. A reformed gambler from Ohio went to Washington when Hoke Smith was secretary of the interior and, saying that he had forsaken games of chance, sought employ ment. A friend introduced him to Hoke Smith, stating Ms case. Mr. Smith listened attentively and then said: T will do what I can. I will look into the vacancies and see if I can place him. I would lik to give him a chance very much." All this time the reformed gam bler had been standing quietly, ey ing the secretary. After Smith had finished he stepped forward and said: "Now, see here, Hoke, old boy. Tell me if this is right. If you kin give me a job lemme know, but if you can't lemme know, too, for I can't afford no time to be stayiu' here m this Bort of way dubbin around on a dead card." Ported With Flowers. "Was your wife angry when yon got home so late last night?" "Angry! Why, my boy, the deaj woman pelted me with flowers 1" But how lid you get that black eye?" "Well, you see, ahe neglected to take the flowers out of the pots be fore she t&rew them, London I WATER-PIPES. Oiled Spaces ; am Protection For - Pipes Above Ground. Nothing is so good a protector from frostor heat as dead air in insulated compartments, , says New England Homestead. If water pipes must be placed In the ground above the frost line ; or above the ground and fully exposed properly con structed frost boxes are vastly superior to felt, cork or other cov- erings. These packing materials are usu ally worse than worthless, be cause they are sure to become soaked from con densation on the 'pipe and thus to invite instead of repel frost This is especially true where the pipes lead to elevated tanks from wells of cold water, be c a u s e 1 in any w ea t her when the temperature is above that of the water con densation is like FEOST BOX. ly to occur. The simplest construction of an ef fective protecting frost box is con structed with three dead air spac.;s well ceiled and extending from below the frost line up to the point of de livery at the tank or at the house. After the pipe, is in place a box tube of one-half or three-quarter inch stuff and six inches inside diameter is buHt with the pipe in the center. It is then ceiled outside with tar paper. Trim mers are then placed around the box to build another box upon, a two inch CROSS SECTION OF FEOST BOX. air space being left between the two boxes. In like manner this box is ceiled and supplied with trimmers for an outside box of ship lap or matched boards to, surround a second two inch air space. Feeding Pigm. Some farmers think that it does not make any difference where pigs eat This is a mistaken idea. A platform cag be made near the feed house, the size of the platform depending upon the number of pigs. My plan Is this: The floor is inclosed by a three board fence; a gate on hinges made, by which to reach platform from corn crib and feed barrel. Six troughs are arranged in twos on the platform, two at each side and two in the middle, so as to allow passing between without soiling clothes and to give sufficient room for the pig3. This number of troughs will accommodate between fif ty and a hundred pigs. Another large gate is made opposite the small one. This one slides up and down. It is raised after the slop is placed in the troughs. The pigs then rush in and eat, after which they are Immediately driven out, so that the platform Is kept as clean as possible. It must be clean ed occasionally. Give pigs large fields to run in and gradually increase the amount of protein food, thus making blood, bone and muscle so that they can take on fat later. E. M. Lynch in Successful Farming. SELECTING SEED CORN. Carefully Choose Ears That Nearest Approach Perfection. ' The ideal ear of corn is not the one of greatest length or diameter, but is described as being "about ten mches long, with grains deep and wedge shaped, set in twenty-four rows as straight and uniform as soldiers on parade and as thick at the tip as at the butt." The ears of this character that are exhibited at corn shows are It is claimed, the result of years of careful breeding and scientific cultiva tion. Yet, having these characteristics in ! mind, ears approximately perfect in to be found in every well cultiva. cornfield, and these should be careful:, selected and stored for seed, fro:., which, year by year, the standard o. quality may be raised and the yield per acre increased. Until very recently but little atten tion was given to the selection of corn for planting. It was thought that if the germ was vital the plant would pro duce as well from a misshapen seed ai from one that was entirely symmetri cal and from an ear on which the row were crooked and the kernels some what scattered as from those that were straight and close set. Careful .stcd haa ascertained, however, that these minor charactexistieji Are a fhlllTi ,TV lint ill i JbbL mm flenxea as the' ffiorelmjpbrtaht 6aC! or the proper proportion of grain to cob and of gluten to starch and protein in the kernels. Uniformity in size of ear and In se of kernels, in weight, length and diam eter of ear is desirable not only f or their intrinsic value, but because where machinery is used for husking anc shelling the latter can be most easil;, and satisfactorily employed upon graii. that is not too diverse in these me ters. Farm Progress. HOGS AFTER CATTLE. Proportion of Strice to Follow Stoor: Profitably. The amount of pork cue may expac: from hogs following cattle depends up on the way in which the corn is pre pared. With broken ear com and clo ver hay and paved feed lots, as in a re cent Illinois experiment, botween si and seven pounds beef and from one and one-fourth to one and one-haL poimds pork may be expected froa. each bushel of corn fed where eisht hogs follow thirteen head of steers end with corn in snapped, shelled anc ground form, with supplemental- con centrates and wheat straw for rough age, as in the Iowa test, from one tc one and one-half pounds pork can be expected per hundred pounds corn fed. In the Iowa test twenty hogs followec each lot of twenty steers for the first fifty-six days and ten hogs were i:: each lot during the last thirty-eigh: days. The feed lots' were not paved but were ordinary Iowa dirt lots. If no additional corn is fed a'jor.l three-fourths as many hogs as steers should be allowed where corn is fed In shelled or ear form, fewer hogs if corii is ground.. The preferable plan ap- I pears to be that followed by the ma I jority of successful feeders, allow one ! hog per steer and feed such additionr.' ; corn as the hogsfequireoh a feedin v j floor in one corner of the yard. This insures the gleaning of all waste, kes-i hogs growing at a rapid rate and fin ishes them for market sooner than if dependent entirely on gleanings. A:; soon as the hogs tecome heavy and fa: ! they can be moved out of steer lots and lighter, more active hogs substi tuted. WayneDinsmore in Wisconsin Farmer. Corn Well Displayed. In selecting corn for exhibit at a state or local fair farmers should take only perfect and uniform ears. Fre quently corn Is ruined for exhibition purposes by being handled carelessly. One of the neatest ways of showin.- small lots of corn that we have seen i shown above. This was a first prizs lot grown, selected and put up by J. 1 . Keckly of Ohio. Here Is a hint fo farmers In general, and the suggests may prove helpful. The husks turned back and tied as represented i. the picture, says American Agricultur ist. -' ' ' Preservins Seed Corn. The seed corn selected should ho placed dn a dry, well ventilated ron where the ears can be spread ; f They should not be piled in a heap, a it is Important to expose them to free circulation of air, so that they wii dry quickly and thoroughly wide molding. It is a good practice, oftc ; followed, to leave a few husks atta-1. ed to each ear, so that the ears may l.v tied together in pairs by means of th husks and then hung over poles o wires in the upper part of the roo::i. If convenient racks can be made liki bookcases, with slat shelves about foui or five Inches apart and open backs and froxits, In which the ears can be arranged until thoroughly dried. Only one row of ears should be placed on each shelf. This method allows the preservation of a large amount of seed corn ln,a small space. United States Bulletin! Garden Track. October is a busy month. Some of the winter vegetables are growing, and others should be sown. The bud arti chokes should be separated and set fully three feet apart. Onions may still be sown in the early part of the month, and shallots should be divided and set. Some beans may be risked and Eng lish peas sown for winter crop. A few cauliflowers may be tried and cucum bers planted !n pots for the Decembe)- hotbeds. Cirrots, corn, salad, cher- i vil, brnssols sprouts, broccoli beeti, endive, kohl-rabi, kale, lettuce, mus tard, parsley, parsnips, radish, spinach, Bwiss chard, roquette, salsify and some cabbage should be sown. Bailey. Soil Improvement. The man who has a small farm and 13 continually improving is the man who makes a study of the fertilizing problem. He is well versed in all mat ters pertaining to soil . improvement. He knows exactly what properties the various crops will store up in the soil and farms accordingly. He under stands thoroughly the matter of crop rotation. Kimball's Dairy Farmer. Government. Report. . The condition of corn on Sept. 1 was 90.2 as compared with 88.1 last month, 89.6 on Sept. 1, 1905, 84.6 at the cor responding date in 1904 and a ten year average of 81. i wo scapegraces lOriginal.l There is no other such frisky animal as a midshipman in the navy that is, where the midshipman is ashore on leave. Possibly now that war vessels have changed from light wooden struc tures, riding the waves with white wings like a bird, to a machine shop driven by steam some of the romance may have been knocked out of the middies, but fifty years ago, when the UniteI States frigate Honeybee sailed into Havana harbor, she had as rol licking a lot of "juniors" as ever were got together in a fighting ship. Bob Merrett and Ned Perry, both midshipmen, could get into more mis chief In one day ashore than the rest of the officers would meet in a month. No sooner had the Honeybee dropped her anchor than both lads applied for leave to go ashore. "You can go," said their commander, "but remember that these Spaniards are a hot, jealous lot, and if you're not careful you'll be brought back with a machete sticking in you." The injunction was unheeded. The middies went into Havana, hired a vehicle for a drive and, passing the plantation of Don Antonio Cordoza, espied Donna Ysabel Cordoza, his daughter, aged fifteen, playing under the palms at some distance from the house. Now, what followed would have stricken the girl's parents with horror. They considered Ysabel a child, for getting that in the tropics girls expand like the foliaga. The young rascals called to Donna Ysabel to ask the road, chatted with her in bad Spanish and asked her to drive. She cast a fright ened glance in the direction of the house, climbed the wall, and, taking a seat between the two middies, away they went as fast as the bony, half starved horse could take them. Either officer made a good chaperon, so there was really no hra-ra in the escapade except a violation of custom. The ride finished, the girl was drop ped safely where she had been taken up, and, during the stay of the Honey bee in the port of Havana, Bob Merrett made frequent visits to the palm wood, at last sailing away with Donna Ysa bel's heart. A year passed before he saw her again, when his ship touched at Havana and he went to the Cardoza plantation with a proposition for the girl's hand. He was informed that if he showed his face there again he would find a resting place in a neigh boring cemetery. Bob went back to the ship and told his sorrow to his friend Perry. The result of the interview was that Perry agreed to go to the plantation in mufti, steal away the girl and take her to a village the two middies had passed through on their way to the planta tion. There her lover was to meet and marry her. There were several de fects in the plan, not the least of which was the fact that they agreed to a rendezvous in a little square in the center of the village, rather a public place for such a meeting. The next day, both middies having obtained shore leave, Ned went on ahead, agreeing to have the girl at the trysting place, though the hour must necessarily be indefinite. Bob waited impatiently in Havana till he could wait no longer, then went to the vil lage and took a seat In the public square. After waiting an hour It occurred to him that possibly if Ned had been suc cessful in getting -the girl they might not find it quite safe to rendezvous In so conspicuous a place. They might be hiding in some of the houses. Knocking at several of the doors, he asked those within if they had seen a young couple. No one had seen a young couple. Along came a hawker of toys. Bob thrust his hand into the man's basket, drew out a tin horn and blew the dinner call with a mighty blast. Up went a window sash on the opposite side of the street, and Ned Perry's head was thrust out. "I thought that would bring you," said Bob. "What luck?". "Come over here and I'll tell you." Bob crossed the street and was ad mitted to the house. Inside were a Spanish woman and a black eyed maiden just budding into womanhood. But she was not Donna Ysabel. Bol: looked r.t hrr !ir,.ppointed, then at his friend for : :i explanation. "I've p3od news for you," said Ned. 'Donna YsaLel was frantic at your re pulse and told her father she would kill herself. So he has consented to look up your credentials and if you'ra all right he'll consent." "That's good news, sure enough,'" said Bob. "but what are you doing here?" Noel f ro :ed at his friend, glancin? af V,.o nr;.. tim? at the others; then, b:d;':i5J? them good afternoon, the mid ci J3 krt the house. "Well, what is it?" asked Bob on tht Sidewalk. "Drifted into : cross current ami struck the p!rl inside there." "Oh, I see!" The next day Midshipman Merrett called upon Don Cardoza, renewed his request for Donna Ysabel and presented his credentials. There was not much money in his family, but his progen itors had been in the navy for nearly a century and were eminently respect able. So Don Cardoza yielded, and Ysabel Cardoza became Ysabel Mer rett The other of these scapegraces, after leaving a sweetheart in each of a dozen ports, finally had the undeserved good fortune to marry a beautiful and wealthy , countrywoman of : his own. Both men turned out far better than might have been expected, attaining high rank in their profession. , EDWARD MOBB1SON. They Initiated ecEnteriairied. The netui tis ? ibt tacti of A:ashinj;tons bp' s st cial a tbtir i 11 this wetk that reved o be e nut joll) a d trjM.b'e ot ny sffair ever givtn by thtm,, nd ibis is i-syirg & jocd deal i ce the ledge is noted for its cial features. - The committee memVers to whum is due. the j-uccess of the affair, eie Mrs "W. H. Dilley, Chauncy LeeVee and Mrs Beit Fackwood, nd they certaineJy proved themselves to be ie light pe i lec in the liht place. ' ? Five candidates, were first in uattd, aftei which seveial very aujhable numbers weie given. These included a song by a quartetle drefsed in the mostridi- ulous style, selections by the Skidco tiio," dressed still worse; dialogue, Norton Ad ms and Beit Packvccc; dialccvu, O. A. Tczier at d Iia Rowe Theie. were solos by Miss EfEe Kiger and Miss Langer. a leciiaticn by Glenn Packwcod, and finally the disposal of tempting refresh ments, all of which made up an evening ofl jollitv and happiness for all who were fortunate enough tj be pief-ei i. Big Show Saturday. .Every citizen should go to 1 1 1 - a. and witness French's Mammoth motion picture entertainment, engaged for this special occasion. A machine especially constructed and costing an enormous sum will be used to show the rich hand painted films made and used exclusively for French's shows, and purchased at fabulous prices. Ordinarily pictures shown here are one the cheap order but on Saturda y night you can rest as sured that you will see the best there is in that line. They also have the only orig-" inal and genuine made of the . San Francisco earthquake and fire and will devote 20 to SO min utes to that great disaster, show- 11 i i 1 mi balance of the evening is devoced to comic and sensational scenes. Over two hours or nearly 5,000" feet of the best pictures ever shown. Don't miss the treat of a lifetime. Admission only 15c and 25c. Doors open at 7:30. Show at 8 sharp. 96 Hvpyonr wach clean.' d for $1 m.:i spring for $1 ; all work guar "ned at Matthews', optician and jeweler. 84tf "rtiV!;ti."JUirefn. , The editor of a newspaper in a small eastern town had occasion to visit Washington a day or two after President McKinley was shot and was greatly impressed by the bulle tin board's containing the hourly condition of the president. Imme diately after his return he had a bulletin board made and placed in front of his office. For awhile he had no use for the board, but the opportunity came when Deacon J ones, one of the leading men of the town, became ill. The following is the way the board appeared: Monday, 10 a. m. Deacon Jones quite sick. Monday, 1 p. m. Deacon Jones. has slight rally. Monday, 5 p. m.- -Deacon Jones worse. Tuesday, 9 a m. Deacon Jones very much worse family has been summoned. Tuesday, 11 a. m. Deacon Jones has died and gone to heaven. Fu neral at 3. When the mourners returned from the funeral they were startled by another notice made by a wag gish traveling man : Tuesday, 5 p. m. Great excite ment in heaven. Deacon Jones not yet arrived. An III Timed Lecture. "There was once a minister in Hartford," said Mark t Twain, "who had a lot of boys in his Sunday school who were in the habit of staying away on the Sunday when the big steamer City of Hartford docked in. the morning. One Sun day the minister came down to Sun day school and found all the boys there. He was prof onndly affected. 'Boys he said, 70U cannot imagine how much this exhibition of loyalty on your part to the Sunday school affects me. When I came by the dock this morning and saw the City of Hartford there - ' 'Gee whiz V shouted the boys in chorus, ,1s she in? And they left in a body." . : -.--2.-r- r: