Additional Local.
Wood wanted on subscription at the
Gazette o ice. S4"
Servi. es will begin t all tbe churches
one hH hoor later next Sunday eveninn.
Mix Florence Toneue of Hillsboro has
bie the guest this we-kofMisR Manel :
Will b Iv.
. Mi-s Gertnide Bar' av f SJU'hm j
Bn t to Eiigp" "
ltl li- eister, :.r. V. H -
ar; .
TV-.'... an Flir-er T.
.r in Corva'!'" eefc. hv-
Albany to eth-nV the fiiiiei i
roi
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Bf their uncle, Tom Daonals.
1h- te iw possibility that the U. of O.
will meet the Olympics on the 3rd of
May. instead of Stanford, an orieinallv
planned, fays the Eugene Register.
The subject at the E church, Snn
dv irorning will be "Tbe Approach of
tbe Glorious Redeemer." Fveninn topic,
"Jealousy, be tather and Mother of Sin
nd Crime."
Bev. Clark Bower, former'y pastor of
tbe Christian church of Albany, wi'l
preach at the Christian church next Sun
drv. There will be services at Mountain
View at 3 p.m.
A display of Indian relics, arrow heads.
Vnivxs. niatols and suns, and a large
nnmber ot old coins have been much
observed this week in the show window
at Graham A Wortham's drug store.
Thev are the property of Tom Graham.
Ivan Daniels, a former Corvallis boy
4 now director of the military band at
Klamath . There art 23 pieces in the or
DnnizRtinn. Mr. Daniels was always
known as a promising musician, and
.in ipuvine Corvallis has held various
positions in his line.
Services will be held in the Oongrega
tional church on next Sunday, as follows
10a. m., Sunday School; II a. m.
Preaching by the pas'or, Albert W
Monnsn ith. Topic, "The Key loPower;"
7:0np m . Christian Endeavor ; 8 :00 p.
m Preaching, subjct, "The Pi ice of a
Man."
The Farmers' Hotel is again to be
opened to the public. It has been leased
br T. T. Kemn who hss been moving in
this week. But. Uttle is feno-n of the
plnns for the future of the establishment,
althonirh it is presumed it will be con
ducted on linR similar to those followed
by former proprietors.
People are frequently scarcely aware of
the value and convenience of certain
fhinffs until tbese same thines are lost or
with-heM. To illustrate: the evening
rinpers from Portland failed to reach
Corvallis, Wednpsdav eveni.nr, and as a
result there wa many a disappointed
fnee in the postoflRe, yesterday morning.
The dailv papers are taken as a matter of
course, and their real value is appreci
ated only when they fail to arrive.
Recognition of ability comes slowly at
the best, sometimes never, and when it
does come it ehonld be encouraging to
the person most concerned and pleasing
to his friends. George L. Paul, for years
a Corvallis boy, now a professor of elocu
tion and dramatic art in the Western
Academy of Music, Portland, was on the
program of the Knights of Pythias of this
citv, a few evenings ago. The general
verdict, even among those who In the
past, were disposed to friendly criticism
of his work, was that he is now si-nply
fine and merits recognition among the
best in his line, fcot one among those
who heard him the other evening has
aught but praise for his voice, delivery
and command of his art in general.
"Nothing succeeds like success" and
George has a g'-od grip on success.
One of the subjects discussed and ad
vocated by the prominent speakers in
attendance at the Y. W. C. A. conven
tion in this city last week was the es
tablishment of a "rest room." The
ladies sought to interest Corvallis wo
men in the project, and pointed out the
benefits to be derived . from "such are
Sort. It is possible that' this litttle agi
tation of the subject may. result in such a
room being fitted up, where women from
tbe country may find a place to rest, eat
their lunch, attend to their' babies and
make themselves generally at home when
in town for a day Not only this, many
a shopper, residing in town would be
very thankful for the privilege of such a
room, and the Idea certainly has much to
recommend it to public attention in case
the local "V ladies undertake such a
task. - u
An exchange says that the other day
a merchant happened to see a farmer re
ceiving some goods from the depot and
noticed they came from a mail' order
house. He noticed also that the goods
were right in his line and the same be
had carried for years. He immediately
approached the farmer and said: "I
could have sold you every article yon
bave there for less money than you paid
the Chicago house and saved yon the
freight besides." "Then why in the
devil didn't you do so," answered ' the
farmer. "I have taken two local papers
for a year and haven't seen a line about
yon selling these goods. This mail or
der house sent advertising matter to me
asking for my trade and they got it. If
you have any bargains why don't yon
bave them put in the papers so we could
see what they are?" This ended tbe
argument and the merchant went oat to
orrsl ether merchants who never adver
tise and explain to them that the mail
rder house was mining their bonnes.
Mrs. J. L Jones has been the guest of
relatives at Soyer since Tuesday.. r
J. E. Grier left Wednesday for Rainier,
where he has secured employment in a
mill
Mrs. Dick Tom returned Wednesday
from Portland, where she bad been u
visit her dauickftnr, Mrs. Leo Burnett.
Nash Taylor leaves Sunday for Port
land aftc a visit of several days in tbis
city, wHn relative.
Ha'. ii (ay lor, a inriutr orvallis boy,
i-i., v-.-i' n rvla'tvj-s tl'is week. He
' H'.i't-s a '.r is noni" at Rainier
Vv A A i One iiunireil setting bens
! rt': each for hatching pheasants.
Must b: gentle and not too large. Gene
M. Simpson, Ind. phone 254, Corvallis,
Ore. . . . -34tf
Mrs. J. B. Ht rner entertains the ladies
of the faculty and the wives of the far
ul'y members this afternoon, the gueat of
honor being Mrs. J. K. vt eateerford, of
A ba. y
A baseball team from the Albany
Christian Suaday School will piay the
"Bearers" of Corvallis on tbe diamond,
east of tbe C. & E. depot, Saturday af
ternoon, at 2 o'clock. -- - M '
Mrs. Jennie Grier and Mrs. Susie
Green returned Wednesday from Albany,
where tbey attended the funeral of their
uucle, Tom Dannalu, who committed sui.
ciile in ibat city, Mouday.
The morning subject at tbe United
Evangelical church, Sunday, will be,
'A Model Church;" evening, "liow did
we get Our Bible?" The evening ser
vices begin a half hour later, the C. E.
meeting at 7 o'clock and preaching at 8.
The construction gang of the Iedepen-
dent.telephone company returned to Cor
vallis, Wednesday, and will be here sev
eral weeks, doing further ork for their
company, as the ousiuess of tbe firm is
increasing so rapidly that more lines
were made necessary .
ihe Bell teltpboue company is prepar
ing to move its headquarters tut firsioi u
mouth to tbe buildiug north of .Nolan's
store, tormerly occupied by Uenaie dt
Davis. Carpenters are engaged in im
proving tbe building and it is stated a
new office will be put iu tbe room before
tbe change is made.
Charles Presnell, who resides across
the river in Linn county, brought to the
Corvallis market, yesterday, 28 Barren
Plymouth Rock hens that wpighed 136J
pounds, for which he was paid 12J cents
per pound. One ben weighed 91 lbs.,
and Mr. Presnell feels pretty thoroughly
convinced that there is money in chick
ens. Joseph Hile, a well known farmer re
ft ing south of Corvalli., met with a
painful but not serious accident, Wed
nesday afternoon. Mr. Hite was plowing
in the field and a movement made by
him frightened bis horses, causing them
to das- into a run. Mr. Hite was drag
ged about a hundred yards and received
numerous injuries, including a severe
cut oa tbe arm, a gash in the back of the
head, a small cut on the leg, and numer
ous other bruises. Dr. Catbey dressed
tbe wounds tnd the patient will soon be
able to be about, although be bad a nar
row escape.
KNIGHTS CELEBRATED.
Continued from page 1.
veteran's jewel on Jesse Spencer,
an honor conferred on few men,
for he must have been a member
of a lodge in good standing for at
least twenty-five years before be
ing entitled to the emblem and
also must have exhibited some
special reason for Pythian re
ward. The presentation speech
was made by J. Fred Yates. It
is said that no man in Oregon
had better claim to the jewel
than Jesse and the lodge is proud
of having a-nrember that wears a
badge of horfor' issued only by
the Snp'reme-lodgei j ' ' i ;
' The lodge "started with; a char
ter membership" of '30 "jast5 -25
years-ago and but ' nintfof ! the
original knights 'are 1 still - with
the1 lodge;"' Several of those 'were
'present Monday1 night and many
pleasant reminiscences were relat
ed: ":The nine charter members
still in the lodge- are: ' James
Booth, M. P. Burnett, " Jesse
Spencer, N. L. Raber,' 'John S.
Moore, B. F. Irvine, W. P.
Keady, David B. Irvine and
A. Osburn. " : . . i s,
- - teT; j . - xm . jtjen was pres
ent. 'ana - made a splendid char
acteristic address; W. G: ;Emery,
B. F. Irvine, George Denman,
Prof. Horner, B. W. Johnson. T.
Fred Yates and George Paul also
assisted in making : the occasion
enjoyable. Mr. Paul gave sev
eral readings that have since been
very highly praised by the
Knights who - weie fortunate
enough to be present
W. G. Emery, of Vancouver,
presided as toastmaster and at
the opening ot the affair gave a
toast which portrayed a "dream"
which he is supposed to have had
concerning Corvallis, his old
home. It is putting it mildlv
to say that this was the "hit" of
the evening,
Because
of the
many troths, staled oi referred to
in tbis toast, -and oa its - general
merit it is here given in fall:
IN CORVALLIS.
The moonlighi falls the softest
In Corvallis ; "
The 'summer days come ofteet
t y In tCorval'aa; . . ..H
Friendship is the strongest i-:
love's light slows the longest
Yet wrong is always wrongest
In Corvallis.""
Orators are the grandest ,1!b
In Corvallis;
Postmasters are the blandest
In Corvallis;
xoys are ail the flyest "'
Danger ever nighest
And taxes are ths highest
In Corvallis.
Waters are the rarest :
In Corvallis;
Drunk only by tbe fairest
: In Corvallis ; ''..''
Moon-shine is the clearest
By all means the dearest
And yet it act the queerest
In Corvallis.
The merchants are the busiest
In Corvallis;' p
Local optionists, the qu izziest
In Corvallis; '.'
The boys are the ruddiest
Their fist fights are the bloodiest
And tbe effects are tbe mnddiest
In Corvallis., 1
The lawyers are tbe keenest
In Corvallis;
The papers are the meanest
In Corvallis '; ' r"E
Grafters are the thickest
Notes switch the quickest
And a man gets licked the quickest
In Corvallis.'
For the pipe line is the longest
In Corvallis;
The whole blame thing tbe wrongest
In Corvallis;
The wooden pipes the chea est
The water sure to be the steepest
But little Billy's g'ave'e the deepest
In Corvallis.
Tbe son g- birds are the sweetest
In Corvallis;
The churches are the neatest
In Corvallis:
Their steeple s tower proudest
Their pastors preach tbe londest
Tbe landscape is the grandest
In Corvaliis. . ,
Senator Robert M. LaFolIette.
The management of the Cor
vallis Lyceum Course takes
pleasure in calling attention to
the fifth and concluding number
01 tne season's course, a lecture
by Senator Robert LaFolIette,
at the opera house, Tuesday
evening April 23.
Senator LaFolIette is a re
matkable man. Born in a log
cabin ia Wisconsin he stands to
day, second only to President
Roosevelt as our most conspicu
ous and poteut exponent of civic
reform and political purity. He
is bright, brainy and a fighter, a
"little giant" intellectually, a
powerful magnetic speaker, a
born orator and an orator with a
mission. Since his first advent
into the political arena La Fol
lette has fought, has fought cor
ruption,' lought jobbery fought
ana lost, ana lought again.
Whether one agrees with him or
not "one must admire his courage,
his integrity, his unquestionable
character and his dogged tenacity
to hght tor what he believes is
right. He is the tvpe of man
whom it is good to see coming to
tne top ot pontics.
As a representative in congress
lie was with 7 one exception the
youngest man who ever served on
the important Ways and Means
committee and wrote more of the
McKinley tariff bill than did any
otner man ; as Governor of Wis
consin he - freed that common
wealth from the dominion7 of the
railroad' hobby, ' arid ' from '' the
reign ot corrupt . politics, and se
cured the enactment of corpora
tion tix laws which yield a rev
enue sufficient tor the support of
tne state government th'js mak
ing the levy of a state tax unnec
essary; 'as a United States Sena
tor lie is coming to be regarded
by the people as one of the most
valuable men in the senate, be
cause he forces the representa
tives 01 special interests or the
opponent of statutory legislation
into the open compels them to
go on record and publish the
recora
Do not miss the opportunity
ri : . r .
01 Bearing one OI America S
greatest men.
Box office at Graham &
Wortham's will open Saturday at
a a. m. tor tne beneht of Season
Ticket Holders and will con
tinue open on Monday and Tues
day for the benefit of the general
puDlic
This Js the Day.
h Today is the day" of all ! days
for Corvallis, in the way of clean
liness." If is the day set apait ov
the may r for a general clean up
of the city, with a ' view oi ob
taining beneficial results not only
from tne otundpoint ot beauU
but from the standpoint of health
fulness, for it is hoped toimpiove
sanitary' conditions very mater
ial! v."
It is a matter in which ro
class disiinctioo, politics nor pol
icy cut any hjure; 11 is everv
Dody's dav and everybody is in
vited,' expected ard Ufged to get
busy and make a grandstand
play for a better, cleaner ai d
more beautiful ' Corvallis. It
your premises are already as neat
and orderlv as you know how to
make them, get iu and help
clean up the highways and by
ways-that arc public propertv
and in need of mention;
' Let everybody work, even
f'father," and by nigbt there wiil
be a difference in the very atmos
phere of COrvall-s, and ' everyone
will feel that the spring house-
cleaniug has been successfully
disposed ot for 190.
Verdict for Dr. Pierce
AGAINST THE
Ladies' Home Journal.
Sending troth after a lie. It is an old
maxim that "a lie will travel seven
leagues while truth is getting its boots
on" and no doubt hundreds of thousands
of good people read the unwarranted and
malicious attack upon Dr. R. V. Pierce
and his " Favorite Prescription " published
In the May (1904) number of the Ladies'
Home Journal, with its great black dls
play headings, who never saw the hum
ble, groveling retraction, with its incon
spicuous heading, published two months
later. It was boldly charged in the sland
erous and libelous article that Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription, for the cure of
woman's weaknesses and ailments, con
tained alcohoi and other harmful ingredi
ents. Dr. Pierce promptly brought suit
against the puMishers of the Ladies'
Hame Journal, for 4200,000,00 damages.
Dr. Pierce alleged that Mr. Bok, the
editor, maliciously published the article
containing such false and defamator;
matter witjr ths intent of injuring his
businessrlurthermore, tb" t no alconol. 01
other Rijurious. or habit-forming, drugs
vere, contained in his "ca
iption"; that said medicine
m native medicinal roots and
no harmful ingredients whaV
id that Mr. Bok's malicious state-
were wholly and absolutely false.
neretraction pniifn nvsain -ipnr
i3j
they were fcrcocTto acknowledge that t.hy
had oht,a.lnSl" nalvsea of" Favorite i-'re-
Wiitim rirt.' Hii rhp f. ir.rlM ?iot, contain i-
im ct-rti-mci v.
coholoj.a"rLvo tlie alleged harmful dp"gsl
These fact- were also Dioven in the trial oi
the action in tne supreme uourt. at .
business of tr. Pierce was freatlj- injured .
the publication ot the libelous article J "
its great dispiay headings, while hundreds of
thousands who read the wickedly def amalc y
article never saw the humble groveling re
traction, set in small type and made as incon
spicuous as possible. The matter was, hc-r-ever
brought before a jury in the Supreme
Court of New York State which promptly
rendered a verdict In the Doctor's favor.
Thus his tradurers came to grief, ana tasil
base slanders were refuted,
THE SEPARATOR.
If Properly Handled It Will Prove
Splendid Investment.
Every progressive dairyman should
have a hand separator. You can then
give the calves fresh sweet skim milk.
It is expensive to feed calves on whole
milk, especially , when you can sell the
butter for 25 cents per pound and sup
ply the fat taken from the milk by oil
meal or oil cake at a few cents per
pound.
From the other side, the separator is
certainly a splendid Investment as a
labor saver. It is also valuable as a
means of getting all the butter fat from
the milk. Get a good standard ma
chine, but don't get a very small size
unless you have only a very few cows.
For ten to twelve cows we would cer
tainly recommend a 450 to 650 pound
per hour separator.
Cleaning the Machine.
' Wash - the, machine every, time it la
used. Don't believe the agent who
fells you that you can wash his ma
chine by simply dipping the parts in
warm water. Any one who has han
dled vessels in which milk has been
kept knows that that is not so. Use a
brush, not a dish rag, to wash each
piece of the separator; then pour boil
ing hot water over the parts and allow
to dry. .
Use plenty of oil on the bearings, and
thus greatly Increase the life of the
machine. Fasten the separator se
curely to the floor, take three minutes
to speed it up, heat up the bowl with a
little lukewarm water before separat
ing, then flush out with a little clean
water after the milk has run through
to get all the cream. Professor W. J.
Elliott
Aroostook Dairying.
I always wash my cows' udders with
clean water and wipe them dry, milk
ing with dry hands. We strain the
milk through cheesecloth, folded twice,
and use a separator. We like that be
cause It saves a lot of milk cans or
pans to care for, and, best of all, we
can feed the warm, sweet milk to the
calf. For ventilation in the stable I
depend upon a two inch hole in the
wall with a shingle to close over it in
stormy weather. I feed through traps
in front of the . cows, and these are
never very tight; so they always have
fresh air In front of them. I clean the
stable twice a day regularly In winter,
and In the summer the stock are In the
Dastnre niebt and day V. T. Lundval,
I Aroostook County, M.
GUINEA HENS.
Tkrr Woald Be Popular U Their
, Value Were Better' Understood. j
. In many localities the guinea hen la
considered as kind of a novelty or
nuisance about the place.. It does not ..
seem to be thoroughly well understood .
that the eggs of the guinea, hen are
highly valued by bakers for cake mat.
tng and that the young guinea fowl .
will bring the highest price of any
broiler . ".; u the market, says the
Feather. If more attention were given
to the seleotion of the Tireeding stock,
preventing too close inbreeding and
providing a separate house away from -the
chickens for the guinea fowls, their
cultivation might become more general
aad profitable. Guinea hens may be.
taught to live almost the. same as
chicken hens. . The trouble experienced
from keeping guinea fowls in buildings .
of poultry houses is the overpowering
influence of mites and lice upon them,
They are much more easily . destroyed .
by lice and mites than the chickens. :
The young of the guinea hen scarcely
exist at all when once attacked by lice .
or mites, which quickly destroy them.
Guinea hens live out in the open, ;
build their nests or select their nests
under an old stump, a stone or In some
out of the way place. When once they
locate their uest and lay a few eggs
therein they continually remain about
the locality, and It is not difficult for
this reason to locate their nests and
take from them part of the eggs. These
eggs may be placed under chicken hens
or the guinea hens themselves. When
either of these are permitted to hatch
the young guineas it is well to confine
the mother and young as .soon as the
young are hatched and keep them near
at hand, where they can be looked after
and properly fed and cared for a short '
time until the young guineas become of
a size that enables them to follow the
mother about ,
"Try Nature."
According to F. H. S. in Farm Jour
nal (Philadelphia), we should be more
Inclined to "try nature." He also
throws out the following pertinent sug
gestions: We should feed fowls so as to pre
serve them in the best state of health.
As fowls become domesticated they
are brought within our control and
consequently are largely deprived of
their natural rights.
As they depend upon us to care for
them, it is a self imposed duty to care
for them in the best manner possible.
Fowls in a natural state subsist upon
food of meager character, and yet they
are in a perfect state of health. Food
of such nature is what they require.
In winter we cannot of course get
green grass for our poultry, but we
can do as we do with our cows when
grass fs out of season feed them hay.
Late cut rowen is just as good as any
green food we can get in winter, and a
supply should be kept on hand for this
purpose. Cut it fine and steam by
pouring hot water over it. Let it
stand for a few hours, after which mix
with the morning mash.
Clucks and Cackles.
The pullets,, if they have been prop
erly bred and fed, should now be doing
steady laying.
You never saw a scrawny hen lay
ing. It is the well fed hen, the one
that looks neat and trim.
Rusty Iron placed In the drinking
water at this season serves an excel
lent purpose as a tonic.
It is a mistake to think that common
or mixed chickens are more profitable
than pure bred varieties.
Good birds cost high. Bear this In
mind when purchasing new stock.
Good ones are the cheapest in the end
It is Important that the interior of
the houses, including the floors, be
dry and that plenty of fresh air can
get into the pens without drafts.
It is equally important that the drop
pings be gathered each morning, so
that a good sanitary condition can be
maintained
A Snre Cure For Cholera.
Here is a sure cure for cholera: Mix
a half pound of smoking tobacco in
dry ground feed, moisten a little and
then feed. This will be sufliclent for
fifty fowls. We have had cases so
bad that it was necessary to put the
feed down their throats, but it cured
them, says a writer in Farm Journal,
Philadelphia. Feed twice a week or
oftener if necessary.
The Bane of the Henhoaie.
Mites are very small lice which con
gregate by the thousand underneath
the roosts and in the crevices of the
poultry houses. They hide there all
day and swarm out at night upon the
bodies of the poultry. When full of
blood they are red; when empty, very
dark colored. They are the pest of a
henhouse and should be removed.
Value ot Exercise.
Old folks, young folks, middle aged
people, horses, cattle and poultry all
depend on plenty of natural exercise
to sustain health and vigor. Without
the proper amount of exercise none of
these can do their best Cultivate
healthful exercise all along the line for
the best results with your poultry.
Don't Winter the "Deadheads."
Have you counted how many dead
heads you are wintering, particularly
In the line of old roosters? They are
lusty fellows to crow and eat greedily,
but they steal the best morsels from
others and by May will have taken a
lot more than they can return.
Sunflower Seed For Poultry.
Sunflower seeds are considered val
uable to feed.. poultry during the molt
ing season. They are an oily food
thought to be beneficial In the bright
ening of the plumage of poultry. They
are of but little value as an egg pro
ducing food.
1 -
The Hatch experiment station has
been devoting its attention to the Im
provement of conditions on the farms
where milk Is produced: It has been
giving particular attention to the bac
terial content of milk. The two cows
shown in the illustration represent the
average and the extra way in which
herds are kept
The cow which was kept in the clean,
dairy will be easily recognized. She
KEPT IN A CLEAN DAIRY,
is perhaps no better bred than her sis
ter, but she looks a whole lot better.
Her product Is more desirable, too, be
cause by actual test it was found that
the bacteria in her milk was much lesa
than In the milk of the other cow. The
unkempt cow looks as if she might be
affected with tuberculosis. As a mat
ter of fact she is healthy enough, but
the stable In which she was kept and
the care which she got necessarily gave
her this appearance.
On March 24 her milk was tested
and showed 11,509,000 bacteria per cu
bic centimeter. A cubic centimeter ia
about 1.500 of a pint. The other was
tested on March 31 and showed 4.050
bacteria per cubic centimeter. These
figures are bard to comprehend, but
bacterial tests do not lie.
Another series of tests was made on
July 20 and Aug. 15. At this time the
KEPT IN AN UNCLEAN DAIBT.
cows had been upon pasture for some
weeks. They would naturally be clean
er than when the test3 were made la
March, because that date represented
tbe . end of the winter season. Tbe
spring rains and living upon the clean
pasture produced a more sanitary con
dition than sleeping on filthy bedding
In dark barns. The clean cow tested,
on Aug. 15, 600 bacteria per cnbio
centimeter, and the other one tested
1,000,000 on July 29. One way to ac
count for this great variation Is the
difference In stables and surroundings
at milking time, says Kimball's Dairy
Farmer. Most of the bacteria get Into
the milk after it leaves the cow's ud
der. Ventilation of Stables.
Every good cow stable should have
about 800 cubic feet of air space per
cow. That sounds like a big space
800 cubic feet per cow. It is not, how
ever, too much space. You should not
have your cows all dumped up in a
heap. And I would not advise you to
have the air space all above the cattle.
Have It all around them that Is, have
good wide passages and give the cows
lots of room in their stalls. Do not
crowd them down to two and one-balf
feet, but give them three, or, better
still, three and one-half feet I speak
from experience when I say that that
kind is a profitable stable. I bave
seen both kinds tried. Where the; ven
tilation was practically equal . and
where a much larger space was given
the cows they were in very much bet
ter health. I have in mind two farms.
In one I should judge the air space U
about 700 feet not quite up to the
standard, and In the other I should
judge there-is about 300 feet of ale
space, a long way ,below. In one the
cows are continually getting sick, and
the milk Is not up to the standard of
quality or quantity. In the other
stable there Is never any complaint
about the health of the animals or the
quantity or quality of the milk. This
is a result of having sufficient air
space. J. H. Grlsdale in Kimball's
Dairy Farmer.
Going It Blind.
Why are dairymen so willing to go tt
blind? I heard a man say tbe other
day be did not Intend to take time to
test any cow In his herd until he had a
hundred registered cows in milking.
He said he had no time to run the Bab
cock, though he had a flue steam one
connected with the boiler. I thought
how much money he could save by
weeding as he grows the herd. The
undesirable sire could be spotted at
once when his heifers came in and dis
carded, while the valuable one, the one
that nicked kindly with his strain of
cattle, . could be used more freely.
Numbers in a herd amount to little. , I
had at one time twelve cows at the
head of the herd that made In a year
6.132 pounds of butter, while at the
foot of the herd It took over nineteen
to equal them In production. These
last nineteen made an average of 303
pounds of butter In a year, so they
were not so awfully poor, after all.
Mrs. M. B. Sherman in California CnV
tfvator.
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