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Tot Just Three Years Old Milks Holstem-Durham Cow Alone
t Master George Foster Beard, Young Illinois Farmer, 4lble to Give Pointers to Many Experienced Milkers. .
HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
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nlLKINQ a eow regularly at the age
of three and a half years has
brought fame to Master George
Foster Beard, lover of dumb animals,
and the sturdy little son of Mr. and
Mrs. George M. Beard, who reside at
Twin Maple Farm,' one mile out of
Dover, New Hampshire.
When the Beards bought their stock
farm 13 years ago there came with the
purchase a well-bred Holstein-Durham
eow, 9 years old, and giving then 24
quarts of milk a day. Master George,
as soon as be could toddle to the eow
barn, became greatly attached to Old
Dutchic, as she was called, and one af
ternoon last summer, when the cows
came up from pasture, he asked his
father if he might milk her.
Cow Takes to Tot.
His fatlier, pleased with the prospect
of having so young a pupil in the mils
ing art, consented and provided him
with a low stool and a pail, 'lhe youug
ster had. watched the men milk and he
sat down to his first milking stunt with
the air of a veteran. The 22 year-old
eow took kindly to the efforts of the
novice, though Mr. Beard bad misgiv
ings as to whether' she would brush him
away.
Dutehie milked easily and George so
eured three quarts at his first attempt
He milked the cow regularly every
night after that through the summer
and gradually acquired the requisite
strength to milk her clean. He weighed
about 40 pounds when he began milk
ing and has become very muscular
through the constant exercise,
Lad Bom Farmer.
The little lad seems to be a born
huHbandman, When three years old he
used to go to the pasture alone and
bring in the cows. He could not tie
them, but would have them in their
right places and knew the name of each
one. He takes a keen interest in all the
affairs of the farm.
During the pnst season he took charge
of a Jersey calf, which he led about and
trained to drive with an improvised har
ness and reins.
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Master George Foster Beard Milking at toe Age of Tiuee i One-Half Tears.
Farmer Disagrees
with Pullman
TWO heads are said often to be better
than one. This is not always the
'case. It depends upon the case.
In a recent bulletin, published in this
paper, from the University of Wash
ington at Pullman, written by Professor
H. L. Blnnchard, the writer declared
that tho only cure for roup was to "cut
off the chicken's head and get rid of
her," thus preventing the sproad of
the disease.
From Mrs. H. P. Kiiiney, an Arling
ton, Wash., farmer, the Home and Farm
' Magazine section has received the fol
lowing letter, which speaks for itself
and which we commend to Profossor
Blanchard for his opinion:
Dear Editor: I should like to answer
H. L Blanchard with a Roup Cure which
we have used and know it to be very
successful and recommend its use:
Take 1 or., of nitrate of lead to 7 oza.
of water. With medicine dropper put
in the eyes and throat. Take i lb. ni
trate of lead to a tub of water and dip
each chicken. Do this in the chicken
bouse and Bpray the chicken house with
what is left.
This receipt works. ' Mrs. H. B. Kinney-
Business College Tends To Success
Mrs. P. M. Baldwin Tells How Studies Help the Pupils in Their
Careers.
BY MRS. P. M. BALDWIN.
HERS is perhaps no one thing our
young people need so much as thor
ough business training.
It is said that 90 per cent of the
business men of this day and age arc
failures. Wherein lies the trouble! In
nine cases out of ten, there is a lack
of system a lack of preparation for
business. Careful training will remedy
this evil.
Few young people realize the bless-
Ling they enjoy in living at a time when
they can take a course in a business
college, and get the training in a few
months' time which it took their fathers
as many years to acquire in the school
of experience.
College 11 Tears Old.
At Portland, Oregon, is located the
Behuke-Walker Business College, oc
cupying the Old Y. M. C. A. building,
at Fourth near Morrison streets. The
fact that this institution was founded
ly 11 years ago' seems almost in
credible, considering the size, the equip
ment of the school and the number of
students enrolled.
The school occupies about one-half
acre of school room, and in addition
to this, a new typewriting room on the
fourth floor is to be ready for occup
ancy this fall.
Visiting the different shorthand, type
writing, bookkeeping and telegraph
rooms, and seeing so many students at
work so earnestly, preparing for busi
ness life, one cannot help feeling that
it bodes well for the futuro of the Pa
cific Northwest.
System Is Watchword.
System is the watchword throughout
the departments.
A careful record is kept of attend
ance, students bfeing" required to make
out tardy blanks when lute and excuse
blanks on leaving school at irregular
hours, which must be 0. K 'd. at the office.
Behnke-Walker fills a need in the
community actual business methods
are taught, Here, too, is a place for a
class of students who have not com
pleted the course in the public school,
who waut more education, and yet feel
that they are overgrown and out of
place in the public schools. The work
is arranged especially to help these.
With students enrolling at any time
during the year and having such a dif
ference in education to begin the work
in a business college, it was necessary
to formulate somo plan to take care of
all. Uenco, the work is arranged so
that a great deal of individual instruc
tion can bo givon so that one student
one student is not embarrassed because
of lack of educational advantages
previous to enrollment, and so that,
eaeb student may progress as rapidly
as his ability and efforts will permit.
The wisdom of this plan has been
demonstrated. University graduates
and those from the grades work side
by side.
Good Work Done.
Good work is being done and a business-like
atmosphere is felt on every
side.
Frequent talks to the students arc
given on various subjects from politics
to dress, by the president of the college
and by business meu and women.
A choral class has been organiped
under Hie direction of Dr. Enna, one
of the loading musicians in this sec
tion, and students who desire the in
struction may join the class.
When the bnseball reason opened, a
baseball club was organized in the col
lege. In this way good clean sport is
encouraged among the students.
The position question the placing of
students is one that receives a great
deal of attention. Many "a student
wants a position, but could not bold it
if he had it. Few business houses will
take a young man or young woman and
train them for business. Thev think
a young person should perfect his train
ing before applying for tny position.
They can get some one who has been
trained, so why should they bother to
train anyone 1
The management of the school confer
with business men to learn just what the
business men want, and just what they
do not want, in employes, and govern
themselves accordingly in planning the
work of the school.
Students Are Placed.
If the students would do the work
assigned in a careful, painstaking way.
and thus prepare themselves for a posi
tion, they would bo placed. The num
ber of calls the college receives for
competent heTp is far in excess of the
number placed. When a student is put
in a position, the college wants to be
able to guarantee that he will prove
satisfactory to his employer, and thus a
credit to tho school and himself.
It may be of interest to many to know
that seven of the girls who ran for
Queen of the Rose Festival are Behnke
Walker girls who did good work while
in college and are making creditable
record in their present positions.
The seven Behnke-Walkor Business
College girls were: Matilda Peterson,
City Hall j Minnie Smith, Ladies of the
Maccabees; Helen Fitzgerald, 8. P. & S.;
Lina Ostorvold, Woodmen of tho World;
Dalles Perkins. Women of Woodcraft!
! Alice Husby, V. R. L. & P. Co.; Sadie
Vigus, Portland Ad Club.
Students All Over West.
- Behnke-Wniker students are holding
positions with every large eoncrn ia
Port'.ani!; in fact, these students are
"making good" in every section of tk
Northwest.
Behnke-Walker training has become
synonym for thorough business training
among the business men of this section,
through the untiring efforts of the
president, I. M. Walker, who states
that his aim in building up a big busi
ness college was not only to make gooi
bookkeepers and good stenographers,
but to build character to have students
leave the' college with a broad view !
life and its responsibilities.
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. '14th and Washington Streets.
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For Astoria, Warrenton, Flavel or
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in California, 110 miles of fire liens liv
been built on the Sierra Baiiaeal foreai.
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