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NEW YORK JERSEYS.
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INTERNATIONAL
DIFFICULTY.
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(Original.)
Hans Becker aud Gretchen Stiefel
were German peasants, aged respec
pure bred Jersey»
tively sixteen and fifteen. Their fa
there' little farms adjoined, and they
Merida le Farms bj
went to school together. Hans was a
some 1.400 acres
tall, dark eyed young fellow, with a tine
frame, though not yet properly filled
out. Gretchen looked out of a pair of
mild blue eyes, and a heavy coll of
hair the hue of flax hung down her
back to her knees. Tbe two bad played
together as children and when they
came Into their teens were still in
separable.
One day Hnns, after a consultation
with bls father, told Gretchen that he
was going to America. An uncle bad
written from there that if Hans would
come out be would give him a place In
his brewing business and help him to
muke a fortune. Tbe offer bad been ac
cepted. Hans would soon be seventeen
years old. an age when every German
man must serve bis term of military
duty before leaving the fatherland,
therefore It had been determined that
be should go before bls next birthday.
Ilans and Gretchen were as ignorant
of love as at the day they were bom.
When Hans told her that he was go
Ing to America she turned pale, made
a few little breath catches, then team
began
well up tn her blue eye*,
Hans,
felt a choking In bls throat,
He folded her In his arms. For the
first time It dawned upon them that
they were lovers.
The day before Hans was seventeen
he sailed for America. His uncle, who
had made money, gave him an oppor
tunity. He told him that If he would
remain at the business for ten years
without returning to Germany he
might have a year’s vacation, at the
end of which he would receive a block
of the stock of the brewing company
that would make him rich and La
should, if competent, be Its manager.
At the.end of the time Hans had com
piled with the conditions and proved
himself well fitted for a manager's po
sition.
Hans and Gretchen had correspond
ed and pined for each other, and at the
expiration of the ten years Hans went
to Germany. He found Gretchen ■
lovely woman, though still a peasant,
aud they were married. It was In the
summer, and they spent their honey
moon in Switzerland. A couple of
months liefore the expiration of 1
vacation his wife presented him
a son. But alas the boy was
with a club foot.
When Haus and his family were
about to sail for America an officer
served a paper on him distraining him
from leaving Germany till he bad
served his term In the army. Then
Hans knew what he had not known
before or bad forgotten that If he re
mained more than nine months In Ger
many he again became a German eft
izen and liable to military duty.
Here was a misfortune. To remain
In Germany for the purpose of hang
lug around a barrack for several years
would be equivalent to giving up a
fortune in America. Hans knew that
the law on this subject was Inexorable
and was about to write bls uncle re
linquishing his Interests In tbe brew
ing company when he discovered that
the period spent In Switzerland had
made hint alien to Germany, lie could
stay In tbe fatherland for nine months
more before again becoming a German
citizen. TblB gave him a leeway of
nearly two months. Ills wife was In
poor health, aud he deferred his de
parture for the United States till a few
days before tbe expiration of tbe sec
ond nine months' period, which would
again make him a German citizen.
THE DAIRYMAN
On reaching New York he found that
if tbe fatherland Is jealous of her sons
leaving her shores without having done
military service the United States is
equally jealous of any oue coming
within her borders who Is not In all
respects a desirable citizen. Little
Heinrich Becker's club foot was an
Insurmountable obstacle to his being
admitted to the uatlonal domain, lu
vain his father pleaded that be would
not |>ermlt his boy to become a bur
den ou the American people. The law
refusing cripples la as inexorable as
the law respecting army service lu
Germany, though “the reason for It Is
more humane.
It seemed that tbe only plan tor tbe
Becker family would la* to go buck to
Germany. But If this plan were adopt
ed tbe buslmud ami father would reach
German shores shortly after the ex-
ptration of the nine months' period,
which would make him liable to mill
tary duty. Haus began to wish that |
the uatlons ot the world would unite !
under one government, so that lie
might l*e a citizen of all. He was
wanted In Germany, where he could
not make a respectable living, that tbe
emperor might be prepared to tight
the powers; he was kept out of the
Uulted States, where a fortune await
ed him. because his sou
be born with a club foot
However, Hans Becker had become
an American and did not complain of
the exceptional Injustice of just laws.
It was suggested to him that he go to
Mexico with Ills family, from whose
border he could easily enter the United
Btatea. But he disdained to break the
law. He determined to semi his wife
and boy back to Germany, to have his
Rsiv's foot operated on by a surgeon
«nd then bring mother nnd child tvack
again It happened that on the day
they wen- to sail the head of the iml
grntlon bureau at Washington visited
Kilis Island, where emigrants are re ■
Prete** Boiler.
reived The case was referred to him
The governmcnt Inspcclioti of reno-
ami he decided that little Heinrich vated bnttvr last yeur showed a total
Hecker might become on«- of the W. production of tB.aMUmo |ixmds of *uch
OOO.UXt people of the United States.
batter, an Increase of 1.’ per cent over
ALIGN t. GUMMINGS.
thè precediug year.
I.
GENTLEMAN
.... DETECTIVE
Travers was to make himself a
te in society and quietly give
the criminal element moving
u. There was not the remotest
p that the most astute thief, male
How Beef Finishers Are Fa,;». „
Purpose Stock.
By FRA8ER M'LAIlf.
Time discredited the
laid the specter of a vanishing J? I
,tC,H
Tbe barrow Is coming Into his own. Industry. A few vital days lu
I Costly experience with swine disease, lug of the corn ripening season
contracted at public market exhibitions the depressed balance of the corn
despite all possible precautions. In and added millions of bushels to'icB
duced the management of the Interna yield. Nevertheless the
tional show to abandon classes for corn shortage has made itself fe|t , ■
breeding swine aud open a show for many feeders the corn belt cash J* I
barrows only, that go direct from the looked better In view of the flnwi? ■
pens to the shambles. This Idea did flurry, combined with the high co,, ■
not suit some swine breeders. But the feed, than has cattle, and they h/1
barrow show has caught the swlug of held it or turned to sheep or ou2 I
success and will hereafter receive the lines of business in which more prS ■
support of some Interests which have seemed to appear. This has sent *2 I
been fighting it. It has demonstrated numbers of calves nnd other stocks 1
the possibilities of such a show, and local slaughter houses.
those who came to scoff will remain
Those, however, who stood by w, I
to pray -and exhibit. The perfection
good beasts and filled their teed Ion
to which pork producing can be us usual seem, on the whole, to in, I
brought, mirrored In the exhibits of fair prospect of winning out when th*. I
this section. Is among the most absorb “cashing in" fever reaches the end of I
ing features of this exhibition.
its course, the length of that course & I
Hampshire* Popular.
pendlug on easy money and the turn of I
As heretofore, keen Interest was prices in the corn trade, which no mao ’
showu in the exhibit of Hampshire may forecast. With diminished feed 1
barrows. Black bogs with white belts lots the smaller number of cattle that S
around their bodies at tbe girth appeal will be brought to a finish on the short '
to the curious as well as to pork mak coru crop should mean a good fighting I
ers. They are odd. distinctive and flash chance for future satisfactory protlti. I
in tbe show yard.
lue cattle .situation Is by no means I
But it Is not aloue the peculiar color unique. Mutton finishers are loudly I
marking of llampsblres that accounts complaining of unprofitable operations.
for their growing popularity. Packers But, theu. this Is one of the usual mut.
esteem them for their dressing quali ton events of the holiday season.
ties. This fact has been emphasized in
The greut international live stock
tbe decisions registered by packing show at Chicago has demonstrated
house judges of fat barrows at this again that American beef finishers may
show. Eaeh year has marked an in challenge the world with their prod
crease lu the number.
ucts. But in respect to prices obtained
R. L. Bollman of Illinois was first for fat cattle it proved a sore disap
for barrow under six months, the Ohio pointment to the producers. While
State university second and Atkinson the demand at the show auction sales
& Stone. Illinois, third. It was a beau was keen, buyers indulged lu no fancy
tiful trio which took the prizes in this run of prices. The fact that the cham
class. A deal of finish and quality was pion car lot of the show went to the
scales at $8 per hundredweight ns
against $17 last year is evidence ot the
success with which killers kept prices
on a basis thut they claim to be justi
fied by present business conditions.
Unstinted praise for the quality pt the
cattle hardly atoned for unprecedent
edly small values. Six dollars and for
ty-eight cents was the nverage price
per hundredweight realized on car
lots.
Feeding Beef and Milk Stock.
Now that the beef and milk combina
tion promises to be in greater favor in
this country It is of interest to farm-,
ers to know something of the methods
of the past masters lu the art of pro
ducing dual purpose cattle. Eng, sh
breeders of dual purpose animals very
FIRST riUZE HAMI'SHtRBS.
rarely allow their young stock to
associated with raitber heavy bone and suckle.
(
coarseness of head, llampsblres made
Bull calves are fed on whole milk or
an especially strong pen showing.
on a gruel of whole milk or skim milk
Grade and cross bred fat barrows with flaxseed meal, cornmeal or oat
made an exceptionally strong exhibit. meal. As they grow older barley meal,
That certain breeds cross to excellent cotton cake, roots and hay are added
advantage from the feeder’s standpoint to the ration nnd the milk decreased.
was a patent fact in this collection.
A rather fleshy condition is usually
Grand Championship*.
sought for.
The Ohio State university won the
Dual purpose heifer calves are fed
grand championship for pen of three on skim milk and grain rations, and
barrows. Competition was as edged large ntpounts of proprietary calf
as a half dozen top notch rival pens foods are used. Skim milk rations are«
could make It. It was the trio of pure usually prepared by boiling the grain
bred Berkshlres, all bred and fed by In water and adding to the milk while
that institution, which achieved this still hot.
distinguished honor The grand cham-
plonslfip single barrow was the mixed
Cost of Raising a Calf.
bred hog shown by Goodwine & Goo-
There are some things of which I do
nenough.
not keep a strict debit and credit ac-
In breeding the grand champion bar count, and raislng calves to cows Is
row, from a litter of seven pigs. Is one, but 1 strongly suspect that I can
three fourths Duroc-Je:aey. one-eighth not produce a good, well grown heifer
Poland-China and one-eighth Hamp with her first calf for $50 or perhaps
shire. He was wonderfully made and $60, but the expense comes gradually,
wonderfully fed.
and after awhile one has a fine young
These interesting Items and illustra cow and does not always have the $60
tions of a fine feature of the last inter to buy one. Then the strong point Is
national show are reproduced by the that if the calf has been bred right,
courtesy of the Breeder’s Gazette, Chi with a good cow for its dam and for
cago.
Its sire a bull descended from a line of
dairy kings and queens. If the calf has
Hog Feed Rack.
been fed right and the heifer fed right
The illustration herewith shows a and enough and bandied right, we can
form of rack which was designed and embrace the reasonable assurance that
first used by a Mr. Davis of Michigan the calf will develop Into a heifer and
for feeding alfalfa to hogs which are the heifer Into a cow that will mature
following corn fed cattle. It has been Into a usefulness worthy of her In
highly indorsed by Professor II. R. heritance.— W. F. McSparran.
Smith of the Nebraska experiment sta-
Salting ths Butter.
Good fine dairy salt should be used
and never the common coarse barrel
salt that Is used by many. The salting
may be done In the churn when the
butter Is In the granular form If it is
a box or barrel churn. The salt can
be sifted on the butter by putting on a
part, theu revolving the churn halfway
over, thus making the butter fall with
the salted side down, then sifting on
the rest of the salt. Then revolve the
churn a few times, after which the but
ter can be taken out and worked on a
butter worker —C. P. Goodrich.
Smell Top Pail—Scientific View *nd
Common Sense Practice.
While on an editorial visit at < orneil
university recently our attention was
directed to a lot of milk pails with pa
ner tied over the top of each oue. I ro-
fessor Pearson explained that in the
production of clean milk everyth ng
possible should 1« done to keep dirt
and other foreign materl 4 out of the
Tier milking,
pails before aud after
milking. To
guard against this the milk pails used
in the dairy department of this instl
tutlon are sterilized and covered with
paper commonly known »among gro-
cers at tea paper. The manner In
which these pails are cov ered is shown
In the accompanying illustration, In
this manner they are carried to the
dairy barn, and the paper is not re
moved until the milker is ready to
use It.
Another Important factor in the pro
duction of clean milk is the character
of pall used. Professor Pearson speaks
highly of the type shown in the ac
companying illustration. With the hood
covering part of the opening the
amount of dirt that could fall into the
opening of the pall is greatly reduced.
This means keeping dirt out of milk
Instead of trying to strain it out.
A pall hLvlng a top diameter of four
teen inches has about 150 square inches
of open space through which dirt may
HOODED PAIL AND PAIL COVERED WITH
PAPER.
fall Into the milk. A pail with a top
opening ten Inches has half as much
space, or about seventy-five square
Inches. One with a six Inch opening
has about twenty-seven square Inches
through which dirt may fall into the
milk. As most of the contamination
occurs from dirt falling from the udder
and surrounding parts when the cow is
being milked, the great advantage of
reducing the top opening of the milk
pail is plainly seen.
Some old milkers will protest that
they cannot milk into a small opening.
We will not argue the question with
them further than to say a few days
of patient trial would probably be
■art. They represented only a enough to convince them that they can
Income of her father’s, and he milk into a smaller opening than they
afford to lore one day out of the had thought possible. Certified milk
dairies require a pall with an opening
of about six Inches in diameter, but In
ordinary practice this is not advised.
Any one could use a ten Inch opening
without inconvenience, and if a care
ful milker can use a still smaller open
ing so much the better.—American Ag
riculturist.
THE VETERINARY.
THE BAR.ROW
AT T1.3 FRONT
U-
A flock ot sheep became badly in
fested with Strongylus contortus, and
the writer tested the value ot creosote
in combating these parasitic worms.
A 1 per cent solution of coal tar creo
sote In water was prepared, and each
Bheep was given four ounces of this
solution. Previous to the use of the
creosote the sheep had been dying at
frequent intervals from the effects of
the stomach worm, but after drench
ing with creosote no deaths occurred
during a period of twelve months, aft
er which the history of the sheep was
not followed —H. Taylor in \%terlnary
Record.
When Hind Legs Go Wrong.
It is a very common practice to feed
working horses just the same grain ra
tion when Idle that they receive when
hard at work. This Is wrong and is
the cause of two diseases of the bind
legs, elephantiasis, or big leg, and
black water. In the former the horse
that was apparently all right at night
will in the morning have one hind leg
swollen up three or four times its nat
ural size and very painful to step on.
In the latter case the horse may start
from the stable all right, but soon goes
lame, first in one hind leg, then the '
other, then both. The muscles stiffen ’
up, he seems to lose all control of the
hind limb and If forced to move may
fall down. Tbe urine becomes black;
hence the name black water. In both
cases the trouble may be avoided by
changing the grain ration, cutting out
part of the concentrated foods like
corn and oats and Increasing the
amount of loosening foods like bran.
Cough In Pigs.
The commou cough of pigs that !
causes loss of appetite and constant
FEEDING ALFALFA To BOOS.
severe coughing with heaving of the I t1L°nw.,I|n(80me humld sec,lons « might
flanks is due, according to an Illinois I be well to construct a cover of some
swine grower, to costiveness. He has I kind to go over the top of It. The rack
said: “My remedy for cough in pig* ' may be ot any length, but it should
Is oats. Feed once or twice a week not be more than three or three
ail the oats they will eat. The oats and one-half feet wide, as the alf,f£
17”*° the bowel8- an«l the cough 1 The , Pr“bably
In the center
will disappear.”
The fencing board at the lswtr.™
Swamp F»v»r of Horse*.
Jb°”l<’.not h* more th,n nine inches
For a number of years a form of ' th°™s?e ,Of> ’° ,h<‘ ^""nd If higher
anaemia has been observed In horses in I the hogs will be likely to get th£
Minnesota, the Dakotas and Manitoba roVST lDt0 ,he r,<’k’ The 2 by 4 at
and has usually been referred to as
swamp fever It has caused
|
erable losses In Infected localities Re 1
iTt^ ‘V-fT "P,*’’rw'
horses
In the Red river valley and appeared
to be Identical with swamp fever A
careful study of this disease mad* by
the North Dakota station has not y,t
8t,bl« DMnfactant
shown Its cause
««nf^t'nu
Cover th* Heated Horse.
■ust'Lwl,h ’ 8pr*'
»
r be left standing uncowred. no mat-
ter what tbe weather max be.
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Fodder For Wether Lambs.
There Is no doubt as to the prefer
ence of the sheep In the choice of fod
ders. Clover hay seems to be the fod
der they relish most, then pea straw,
corn fodder and timothy hay. The
condition of the fodder will materially
Influence the gain, for if it is musty,
burned or dusty or has been allowed
to grow too coarse they will neglect It
Two or three pounds of any of the
fodders mentioned will l>e about the
quantity that wether lambs nine or
ten months old will eat daily through
the fattening period.—Craig.
Feeding Root* to Hog*.
It Is usually better to feed green or
succulent feed whole and apart from
the meal. Where the roots have to be
Pulped, however, as’Is the case with
sugar beets and turnips, dry meal may
e mixed with the pulped mass and
prove very satisfactory. Roots or snc-
111 pnt feeds need, with oue or two ex
ceptions. never be cooked. Potatoes,
turnips aud pumpkins, however, are
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