Polk County observer., December 01, 1908, Image 4

MILK TESTING
ON THE FARM.
fill ITnrtl difving to be horse is what I returned free of charge by the express J r-
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A milk tester should be owned by
every farmer who keeps a cow and
sells butter or milk and cream on u
butter fat basis. Vet n relatively
small number of farmers bare purchas
ed them. It Is partly because they do
not understand the operation, think
ing It too complex to be performed
by those unfamiliar with chemistry
and laboratory manipulation, or, as Is
often true, they do not realize the dif
ference between a high testing and
low testing cow.
The meaning of n test is very sim
ple when onee understood and is only
a simple problem in percentage, with
which most of us nre perfectly fa-
fast living is to man; he cannot keep
it up.
Horses which have to work hard do
not need any surplus flesh.
A good draft stallion, crossed on
mares with good dispositions, produces
colts that are naturally quiet and easy
to train to the slow work of the farm.
Vacuum For Cleaning Horses
The vacuum machine as used for
i cleaning the furnishings of homes and
office buildings has become a familiar
sight in nearly all parts of the coun
try, but such a machine used for
cleaning horses Is new to most peo
ple. A horse can be thoroughly clean
ed by the machine in from three to
five minutes, while with the ordinary
c urrycomb and brush the task takes j
from twenty minutes to nu hour of
vigorous rubbing. According to Pop
ular Mechanics, it removes all dirt on
the animal's skin, cleaning both the
surface and the pores.
FOR BUTTERMAKER S.
companies and last for years, saving a
great deal hi cost of package.
THE HORSEMAN.
Homemade Butter Worker Barrel
Churns Best Points on Packing.
.Many butermakers consider the but-
tr worker shown in the illustration
superior to the high priced factory
butttcr workers now on the market.
The top, or bed, should le of hard
wood If possible. Make the bed about
thirty inches long, twenty inches at
the wide end and eight at the narrow
end. These dimensions nre for a small
APPARATUS FOB TESTING) MILK
miliar, writes L. .1. Ilayues in Ameri
can Agriculturist. When a farmer
takes a note for a hundred dollars
with interest at (i per cent it needs
no explanation to make him under
stand that the 0 per cent interest will
bring him $4. I!ut this same farmer
may be absolutely ignorant of the
amount of fat In a hundred pounds of
milk testing 0 per cent. He does not
realize that the per cent test problem
Is exactly like the per cent simple in
terest problems he fised to ilgure out
in the old arithmetics and is doing
now whenever he takes or gives a
note.
If lie had $5,000 to put out at Inter
est and one parly offered him S per
cent, while another would pay only 3
per cent, he would know that the ft
per cent offer would bring him 250,
Just $100 more than the 3 per cent
rate. If he was getting only 3 per
cent and a friend gave him informa
tion that would enable him to place
his money at C per cent, this knowl
edge would bo valuable and worth
something to him, and he would be
willing to pay for (he Information.
Now, then, let us connect the Interest
problems with the cow testing prob
lem, using the s.'imc amount both as
to the quantity of milk In pounds rep
resenting the $3,000 and the same tests
corresponding to the 3 per cent and
the 5 per cent rates of interest.
I'lve thousand pounds of milk is not
too large an amount to expect from a
cow; neli her is u 5 per cent test ex
traordinary nor a 3 per cent test un
common. The .ViOo Kjunds from the
one cow testing 5 per cent would con
tain 20 pounds of fat, while the same
a iii hi ii t from the other cow tinting 3
per cent would contain 150 pounds of
butter fiit. if W cents a und Is re
ceived for the butter fat the high test
ing cow will miiku (fT.I, just ?M more
than the 3 per cent cow, whose credit
Is only $15. Isn't information which
Hill enable him to sift out these low
producing cows and replace them by
better ones of value and worth some
thing to him, and can he not well af
ford to pay for ll? That Is Just what a
tester will do, and It won't cost him
very much cither.
The complete outfit shown ill the II
lustration can be un bused for from
$.1 to $5, Including tester, u quautlly of
the acid used, milk pipette and nn ncld
measure. While wc have a larger test
er fur our dairy mid would recommend
the purchase of one, this small one Is
iniicli better than none at all. This one
Is compact, taking up little room, and
mil be damped to any table, bench or
even to the box In which it is shipped.
Ten minutes w ill complete the testing.
A GOOD BUTTK1I WOIIKEB.
worker, for ten to twenty-five pounds
of butter. If you have a larger quan
tity of butter, make the worker corre
spondingly larger.
Make the lever, or roller, of a three
Inch square stick at least ten inches
longer than the bed of the worker. It
Is made with six sides, hexagon shape,
one end shaped as shown for a hand
hold, and the opposite end has n half
inch pin placed in it.
This pin Is Inserted in the hole bored
In the narrow end, as shown, and the
roller, or lever, moved over the butter
with a rolling motion, the water and
buttermilk escaping at the narrow end
through the hole shown below the end
of the roller. A bucket should be
placed below the narrow end to catch
this drip. Make the small end one or
more Inches lower than the opposite
end toHosure the water draining away.
The Barrel Churn.
A well known buttermaker says:
Use a barrel churn. The dasher churn
Injures the grain of the butter. The
labor of operating the former Is less
than either the
dash or the
whirling paddle
form, and It
makes bet ter
butter. There are
no Inside fixtures
to be cleaned
and no crevices
or corners Hint
nre dliliiult to
clean. The churn
The time for training the colt Is
when he is young. The lessons be
learns at this early age are the ones
that will stay with him. It Is never
best to match strength with bim, for
once he breaks loose be will always
remember it, but if he does not get
away in the first few days of his life
he will grow to full size believing that
he must obey.
Spavin and Ringbone.
Here is an experienced breeder's
remedy for spavin and ringbone: Tur
pentine, three-quarters of a pint: wood
alcohol, three-quarters of a pint; tinc
ture of Iodine, three-quarters of a
pint: camphor gum, six ounces; crude
petroleum, one and one-half ounces
oil of thyme, one-half ounce. Cut the
camphor into small pieces and dissolve
It in the alcohol and turpentine, mix
ed. Then mix In the other Ingredients
and shake thoroughly. Before apply
lug wash the parts well with strong
soapsuds, taking care to wash off any
discharge. For ringbone cut off the
hair and rub the remedy in for fifteen
minutes every other day. For spavin
nib for the same time every day.
A Famous Harness Blacking,
The famous English harness black
ing Is made as follows: Three ounces
of turpentine and two ounces of white
wax are dissolved together over a
slow fire. Then add one ounce of
ivory black and one dram of indigo,
well pulverized, and mix together.
When the wax and turpentine are dis
solved add the ivory black and Indi
go and stir until cold. Apply thin.
Wash afterward, and you will have a
beautiful polish. This blacking keeps
the leather soft and Is excellent for
larness and buggy tops.
i 1
How's Thlsl
We offer One Hundred Dollars Rewsrd fof
oy case of Catarrh that cannot be cored bj
nall'B Catarrh Cure.
F J. CHENEY CO., Props ., Toledo, O,
We the nndcisiened, have known F. J. Che
ney tot the last IS years, and believe Mm per
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any ODUga-
tious made bv their firm.
West a Tucax. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Wii.ui.vo, KiN.VAH&MiBviK, vt noiesaia AVUB-
g;st, loieuo, o.
TTalV-u fntnrrh Cure is taken internally, nctim
Jiirr.r,t nr.in tht h?nnri anH Innrnul surfftcesO
the system. Price, 75c. per botue. Sola oj ail
BrPTVista Testimonials tree.
Hall's Family Pills are the Den.
Hobbling a Running Horse.
To hobble a horse fasten a surcingle
about the animal's body, having two
short straps on the underside to buckle
loosely around the fore legs, and drop
about halfway to his knees. This does
Health of the Work Horse.
A half pint of lluxseed Jelly once or
(wire u day added to the ration will
work wonders In a horse's condition.
The Jelly is made by pouring boiling
water on whole flaxseed mid allowing
It to Jell.
Scratches in horses will nevor occur
lieu the mud has I .ecu allowed to dry
niul then brushed off without the ap
plication of water.
A rt-iiii-ily foi- it. Tub-luMi Is oxide of
slue, one drum; baseline, one ounce.
Never tiooK water to the legs..
IIKVOI.VIMI IIAIIIil.I.
ciiritx.
shown In the Illustration has n hole in
the side near the bottom, through
which the buttermilk may bo drawn
off, which Is a great advantage. It Is n
demonstrated fact that butter can be
churned better in a churn having no
Internal fixtures than In one with an
elaborate set of paddles.
Package Butter.
There are many different styles of
packages, but I prefer pound prints
and for several reasons, says n New
York buttermaker. Tubs, palls and
Jars cost a cent for each pound capac
ity, are very seldom returned and very
seldom sell for more than the regular
market quotations for dairy butter.
Three and live pound paper and wood
en boxes make very neat and attrac
tive packages, but cost still more, and
customers do not always want the
whole of even as small n package as
that. Ily putting In prints each cus
tomer can have any quantity desired
and hi n form which looks ni. c on the
table, and with the better class of
trade this coiiuts for nearly as much
as quality, mid If they can get both
together they are generally willing to
pay for It.
Xly prints nre each neatly wrapped
In parchment paper having my name
and address on them nod shipped in
fifty four nod seventy-two pound car
riers. They cent about $ ea h. but are
FOH THE UNRULY HORSE.
not interfere with walking or feeding,
but the animal cannot run and is there
fore easily caught. As It also prevents
Jumping, says I'nilrlo Farmer, it Is
also a good thing to apply to unruly
cattle.
AT A BABOAIN SALE.
talued almost on one floor of a coun
try house and the tiny dooryard be
covered with a good sized tablecloth.
Everything, too, costs so much even
the air, we get so little, and we sigh
in vain for the cooling breezes that
are nearly always to be found some
where on our farm home.
City women, however, have a good
many advantages that their country
friends miss. They have more time
for rest, recreation and reading.
Their homes, being small, are more
easily cared for. The men of the
household nre usually away through
the day. Fruit, vegetables and gro
ceries are brought to the door, and It
Is always possible to find some one to
do the work. The chances to shop
and attend bargain sales are right at
hand. There are also theaters, lec
tures, concerts and in the summer
numberless little excursions that nre
not expensive and make a delightful
change. When we visit the city we
enjoy these privileges very much. If
we go in the summer, however, we
hardly get home before our visit is re
turned. Our city friends think It costs
country people scarcely anything to
have company they raise so much of
their food, and they have plenty of
room anyway. So if we go for one
week they return us two or three, if
not more. They always get the best
of us, we can be certain of that, and
how they enjoy the drives, fruit, milk
and outdoor life even better than
we do the city pleasures, which tire
us even while they entertain, so that
we are glad to go home, glad to return
to the simple life and take up our old
work. We all have, I believe, some
city friends w hom we visit seldom and
whose coming we look forward to
with dread. Their children are un
ruly, and they don't wish them to be
corrected. They keep our houses and
lawns untidy with their hats, wraps
and papers, while In their own homes
OUT OF DOOR WORKERS
Men who cannof stop .
for n rainv da v.- will 1 J
f;4 ii- n,AAiBil . .1
III IU lll7 il CUIC Jl
comfort and freedoi
of bodily movement
in owe?:v
WATERPROOF
OILED CLOTHINi
SUCKER$39? MWm
Every aarmenf bearina ,X II
the sian of the fish' "Wl
guorqrifeed waterproof Ji5
catalog tree
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KILLthe cough
and CURE THE LUNGS
w,th Dr. King's
Flew Discovery
F0RC8ffisHSBSfe.
AND ALL THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES.
GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY
OS MONEY REFUNDED.
Care of Cream.
The following advice is being sent
out to patrons of a Missouri creamery
company:
Iio not keep cream In damp, moldy
cellars orIn hot sheds or outhouses,
but In light, airy, cool places, away
from bad odors, dust and dirt.
1 not milk in unclean palls or keep
cream In dirty vessels, but in clean,
scalded receptacles, always open for
air, but screened against Insects or
vermin.
Io not keep the separator in the
barn, but in some clean, airy room,
away from dirt and dust.
Wash the separator after each skim
ming, for the wandering microbe loves
the separator filth and multiplies n
mlllloufold therein.
Alnavs clean the cow's udders and
sides before milking and also the
hands, and do not milk In dusty sta
b'es, amid falling hay and dust.
FOR FARMERS' WIVES.
wnat They Need Is an Occasional
Change of Scent.
a nngut woman correspondent of
Country Uont Ionian writes as follows:
Once In awhile most farmers' wives,
I think, get tired of their everyday du
ties ami occupations-out of tune with
their work and surroundings. The best
medicine for such a complaint Is
change. They should go to the home
or some city cousin, of which most of
us have a few. and compare conditions.
The first thing we notice Is lack of
room, which is a painful waut to those
of us who have been brought up In
the big country. What comprises a
home In a large city can often le con
rz " n
The Secret of a
Beautiful Face C
lies in keeping the skin pro
tected as well as cleansed. Just
washing is not enough that
only leaves thedelicatesurface
more exposed to the irritation
of dust and germs; to merci
less attacks of sun and
weather. After washing, ap
ply Robertine and experience
its delightful refreshment.
Vou will admire the line-less
softness it imparts to face,
neck and arms. It not only
stimulates a radiant glow, but
protects the skin from becom
ing coarse. Prevents burn
ing, tan and freckles.
A tl )9ur Dnigtla fir f
frit lamtU mtul TRY
!ROBRTINEi
IS
OF
THROAT
AND
LUNG
OHES
OR.
llXjE
KING'S
w
DSCOVE
FOR COUGHS COLDS
CURES "l THROAT LUNG
DISEASES
SAVCO HER SOU'S LIFE
My urn Kes wn takea itm a year aft) vitfc long trouble. W
doctored torn months without improvement. The a I beg as firing
Dr. Klaf'a Hrw Diaoorery, aad I aooa aoticed a chase for the better.
1 kept tfcia treatment up for few weeks tad aow By aoa is perfectly
wtU aad work! every day. I02S. SAJCP. EIPPII, Ava, Mo.
BOc AND $1.00
SOLO AND GUARANTEED BY
TBElIi CHILDREN ABB BNItttLT.
they are extremely particular nud
don't want to have a thing out of
place.
There nre others who feel superior
to us. They view the farmer and his
family with pity, almost with cou
tempt. They think farm life Is so soli
tary, farm earnings so small! Vet
they like to partake of the farmers'
hospitality even while they try to e.t
clte envy and discontent, and I think
they really like to have us visit tbeiu,
mostly, though, for the pnnose of
showing us their luxuries and advan
tages which we do not possess. Such
acquaintances should never be Invited
to repeat the first visit. We should
speed the parting guest and discour
se them from coming again.
LrfiUMtid: '-usttsHaais
Elite IC
HIDDEN DANGERS
Nature (lives Timely Warnings That
No Dallas Citizen Can Afford
to Ignore.
Feeding the Work Horse.
For a general feed corn aud oats In
equal parts make a very good grain
ration for a heavy farm horse doing
slow work, says a Michigan breeder.
Kor the driver oats alone or with a
little brau is lietter. With corn the
bran helps to lighten the ration and
aids digestion. 1 should recommend
putting a little bran always with any
grain ration for this reason. In win
ter farmers frequently keep their work
horses on straw, with a little grain.
Where this Is done brau should alwavs
make part of the ration, for the straw
Is binding to the bowels, and this teu
dency the bran counteracts. Some
horses are predisposed to colic, and a
straw and corn diet Is almost sure to
cause trouble at frequent Intervals
w Ith any sm b cases.
BELT & CHERRINQTON, Dallas, Oregon
Index to Horse's Character.
According to the Koval Colli nf
Veterinary Surgeons, England, the
horses face Is a good Index to hi.
cn.iraeter. ir there Is a reneral curve
to the profile and at the same time the
ear are pointed and sensitive l tm
safe to describe the animal as gentle
and at the same time hich .ii-ir.i
If. on tre other hand, the hor- h. .
dent In the middle of his nose he Is
likely to be treachemns and vklooa
""r tnat dmor his ears I i t.
be laiy as well as vicious.
Success In Breeding Hegs.
A farmer ibo has twn kr..i;n.
kM a -
i-rmy nve rears and bas
hern unusually successful was aLed
how b, did It lllsrepb. In substance
was that be provided p J. decent quar
ters, plenty of shade, c wd pasture, a
variety of rood food, rood water al
ways fed for Tiwr and rare tbe boe
regularly asbea and chr.rcoaL This fc
all simple, bet all good.
The kidneys are bean-shaoed
eompoeed of masses of little tubes, all of
which pour their secretions into a main
channel that leads to the bladder. In
this way the kidneys pass off more than
an ounce of poison every day when in
health. Hut it does not take much to
set the kidneys back, and when they get
behind, they cannot right themselves
iiooni nein. The nrin il lie,,;...
yn'g uie moneys, causing that dull.
neavy aching in the back, and ahum
iniiKrs wnen stooping or lifting. It
crystallizes in the muscles and joints,
and every turn or twist brings keenest
torture. It attacks the nerves with
neuralgia, and sciatica, it brings head
ache, dizziness, languor and disorders
of the urine. Try a good kidney medi
cine, if you have any of the above sym
ptoms. There is nothing else so prompt
and effective as 1 Man's Kidney I'iilt
and this remedy has no effect on the
ether organs, exeept to drive oni the nric
ix.irun mm interrupts their action. It
cures the kidneys and thus ends the
""r1 "'"ease. Kich, pure blood and
lasting health result.
"me proof is convincing evidence of
the etileiency of iMan's Kidney fia
Call at Belt Cherrington s drug store
and ask to see statements of Dallas peo
ple wno have used this lemedv
ror sale by all dealers. "' Price 60
cents. Koeter-Milbnrn Co., Buffalo,
ew ork, sole agents for the United
7
Even our-
Grandfathers knew whrtl
BALLARD'S SNOW
LINIMENT
will do.
A CONVINCING PROOF
of the worth of a medicine Is the cures it can effect Vr,
one who lias used Ballard's Snow Liniment knows that ii 57,
riTPK 5"r?MATISM- CUTS, SPRAINS, SIFF JOIIflr'i
LUKtl .NEURALQ.A. CONTRACTED MUScTi
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AND ALL PAINS.
USED SNOW LINIMENT in VPAdc
"Tins is t0
V. L. Settle, Richmond, Mo., writes
lato relief
and satisfaction."
Avoid all Substitutes. Three Sizes 25c, 50c. $1 nn
BALLARD SNOW LINIMENT CO.
500-502 North Second Street, ST. LOUIS, M0.
Sold and Recommended by
STAFRIN DRUG COMPANY
BELT & CHERRINQTON, Dallas, Oregon.
Remember
no other.
the name Doan"i
and
FRIEND TO FRIEND.
The personal recommendations of people who
have been cured of coughs and colds by Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy have done more than all
else to make ir a staple article of trade and com
merce over a large part of the civilized world.
AN INSTANCE.
Lncy Suddreth, of Lenoir, N. C, had been troubled with
rery bad cough for over a year. She sajs : " A frien.l
horgU a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
brouf ht it to me aud insisted that I should take it. I did
o and to my turprise it helped me Four bottle f &
cored me of my cough."
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Huts tti Betel!
V? OBlBIMAL LAXATIVE nn C0D6I JTEOP
il si il -
AXATIYE n I
Ll Best for Ci:u r
For Sale by Druggists.
tJEYpi?
tei Dm CsatM - "
Cures Biliousness, Sick
Headache, Sour Stom
ach, Torpid Liver and
Chronic Constipation,
rieasant to talie
RIND
Laxative Fruit Synip
For Sale by STAFRIN DETJQ CO. Dallas, and IL THOMPSON, Falls City.
Cleanses the ays21
thoroughly and clcafl
sallow complexions
pimples and blotches.
It Is guarant