EXPERT OPINION ON MILKING MACHINES. The practicabliity of milking by use of mechanical milkers has been given a test at the Nebraska Agricultural experiment station amd the with the opinions of those in charge of the tests made known in a bulletin which the station recently issued. A milking machine plant was installed at the station in October, 1906, and since that time a number of experi mental trials have been made and careful reports kept. From these data the cxyperts in charge of the tests have the following siona: “Heifers in parently give resuits reached their firat lactation by ap hetter results ma GARDEN raising. Any experienced, cloge-observine, poultry raiser knows, at a glance, the laiving hen. The small feminine neck and head count again, the bright, alert eye tells a tale, the drooping tall tells another tale and wf foot and i have another pointer, A very few clubhheaded, necked steer-horned she plcks her down on un iomps them thick Cows are any with the cow the the good Even tells a tale, heavy club-tall sel a good cow, while on the { dom follows 1 other hand, a slim tal me of teristics of a good on F have been a 4 to hand milk ing for one or more years chine milking. fect upon the milk flow. “Manipulation of the udder is abso an on the into a balance in the t least $2.000 when machine. “One man operating one can milk about the same number cows per hour as one man milking hand. “T'wo men operating oan practically do the men mixing br hand. “Two operators with four machines milked twenty-one cows per hour in the university dairy. “It was found necessary oughly wash and boil the milking ma- chine parts after each usage in order to produce milk with ag low a bacteri al content as that resulting from ca ful methods of hand milking “Washing the machines at intervals though will terial content of the mil poor methods of hand md “The man operating must thoroughly understand the and managsement of dairy should be persistent in tention talls order the best results “From theze stu’ that the n large andd cable install than thirty round.” machine by four machines work of three to irregular simply drawing water or them increase the bac above SLOO also the to to obtdin es it would appear ing machine is fitted for herds rather than small ones, we believe t would be impractl them fon to where cows are milked the 3 FARM NOTES. Don’t weakly the seagon Birds whou'd The wild or frightened specimen. Take the mond! u®e on the potatoes, beets, turnips RB them all in ang store for the poultr Help in sacking Take three sticks about an inch and a half attomp or intended handled ang ‘ cannot do be judges cabbage which to table, potatoes gular stand. Put three hooks in the upward part of the angle. The hooks should be about as high a3 a sack when filled. One man can do two inen's work in this manner. Crowding and improper ventilation wel regulated flocks. fally true at this time of year ani often are crowded into a Httle 2xi coop that is cleaned out once a month. droop around with one ailment or an- other. Kaffir corn is an excellent focd for poultry. It will grow anywhere. pro duce more grain per acre than Indian corn and will stand more drouth than any other grain. It should be drilled in rows and cultivated like corn. Some poultry raisers successfully fight poultry parasites by treating dip” twice a year, but they'do not use the sickening tobacco dips. By all méans grow sunflower geeds, They mmke an excellent feed for young stock that are growing feathers, and for molting fowls they are unex. celled as a means of alding the new coat of feathers, PICKING OUT THE LAYERS. Dairymen, to make the greatest profit, build up thelr herds through careful breeding, careful buying and mmerciful culling. They do not ask the good ones to average up a record for the poor ones, This some “common-sense” plan can be profitably applied to the poultry business. Hons that jay 200 eggs In a year should not be averaged at 150 eggs with hens that lay 100 eggs, A dairyman uses care in breeding, { then gin | firty, then to one 1 { hundred produce a pi ¥ last fit y interest, would seom i almost incredible. He the | increase of stock from his profits on the i | with compor can raise 3 Ea . Lr rw 1 - | the cockerels, and 3 i 4 hens should b louhilo stock ket | breed ket t Thus b; Coline abr > Youn ston each 3 iderably inereass good well » SAMO a fountain stead and ging | that she has arrived and | : him Indiana Farmer AND YIELDS hardest point for the unprofessional farmer understand {is that two flelds of soll may look | alike, but one will yield 73 busbeis of { corn ang the other 19. This very ex | ample may be seen at the Urbana | (Ohio) Experiment Farm, where one { lald has been grown to corn exclu | sively for 30 years without manure i or fertilizers of any kind. In 1807 it | yielded less than i» bushels to the acre | Not ten rods away with everything | else the same, over 75 bushels to the | acre were harvested, only because the | necessary plant food had been replaced in the form of stable manure, ote. | ang because rotation had heen prac | tised, using as corn one of the crops in the rotation scheme. —The Hpito i mist, SOILS Perhaps the to A —— IN FEEDING. [but good things can be woefully abused. Too much at a time, or too often, and the hen's bowsls will get out of fix, and her reduced condition therefrom will prevent her laying. Two ounces a week per hen is a prop er allowance, when fed In connection with beefacrap always before them Wholesome grain and green food, the staples—beefacrgp, the “between meals”—cut bone, the treat—that's it; and you can't expect returns from any or ail unless you use proper dis crimination In setting up the treats. Better no green bone at all than too much. Farmers’ Home Journal, No fewer than 8.282 medical stu dents attend lectures at the univer sities of Germany this winter, a India sends America many rugs. All the pay the good weavers pet for mak: ing them is 16 cents a day. Head weavars get $15 a month 1 Cartoon by Ro the New York American ~There it this time; public indig New York City fake about - nation against the i the “joy rider" is thoroughly aroused and they are going to be vigorously dealt with. newly formed Asgociation 3 Club of and is no mis- “scorcher'” and ivers of autom to aid in prosecu are resolved to the severes teeta Liat part in the present cru congratulated ug successful issue Judge Swann h April Grand Jurors eral Sessions expresse automobile speeding, harge to the Part 1. of Gen. is opinion of | 1 called | new method old He said the last month many been committed by men speed ma They en and children on om children and are entitled much a: 1 exclusive the mar g thir va crimes.” “Within crimes have of committing possessed of the that the act that to commit. A nd the ordi of his owp , and the owner who puts a reck jess in an automobile and sends him through the strests could be properly found by you to be equal ly guilty with the chauffeur of the tn int 0 ine pee vy 14 a TeRuiis chaaffeur reasonably be expected to be com- mitted by that chauffeur.” Seattle, Wash. —-In the most gruel. ling race of dog teams Alaska ever has known, the plucky malamutes, owned by Al. Berger, carried off first and second honors in the All-Alaska sweepstakes for $11,000, and annexed in addition the Suter Gold Cup. The race was from Nome to Candle, a dis- tance of 412 miles, and much of it} was run under conditions as put the animals to a bitter test of strength and endurance. No American Derby ever enlisted ig the United States a keener pop- ular interest than this flight of dogs across the stretch of country between the starting and finishing points, From the time the racers were sent away on their exacting contest busi- ness at Nome was practically at a standetill. The focal points for the townspeo- ple were at the stands of the book- makers. At these thousands of dol- lars were wagered on the result, the biggest single bet having been placed on a Siberian team. A pool of an even $100,000 was put up that these animals would score a victory. One wagar of $10,000 was made that the race would not be finished within ninety hours. This bet was lost, the time of the winners being eighty-iwo bours and ten minutes. All Nome watched the start of the race. The dogs got away in « blind- A strong wind swept the cpow and ice clad hills, The dogs did not mind the Sarvival of the Fittest in a Scramble For Job, New Haven, Conn.-The superin. teadent of the Carlyle Johnson Manu facturing Company, of Manchester, advertised, one day only, for twenty men to whitewash the inside walls of the new factory. Over 300 men out of work applied next morning. The superintendent threw twenty white. wash brushes from a window and the men scrambled for them. The twenty who were fortunate enough to get the brushes got the job of white- washing the place, : cold, but the wind tossed fiaxes of snow plainly gave them distress. With all the zest of the chase they moved off at the word, while the crowd cheered and the drivers waved goodby, not certain they would come out of the contest alive. The Berger malamutes No. 1 and No. 2 teams, driven by “Scotty” Allen Percy Blatchford, respectively, finished in the order named. A mixed team of hound and bird dogs driven by George Fink came in third in the race. The Siberian dogs, which were the favorites and heavily backed, became DANCING The that POR HEALTH dancing that girls ghou they may acquire heal not done on waxed of a ballroom, but on the rous crete canvas floor of a gymnasi on the 18 or even lefore or carpet of he nt dancing that has d such an petus last with watching Genee, Isadora Duncan and Gertrude Hoffman, our women had learned the called athletic To waltz or two step wel the rect in the year or two benefit of dancing. grace and Is essential its be questioned a swaying benefit on The done social success, but health may at which social dancing is mention the heated roon brought Many old folk work and learned tl practiced instead of regular sleps Are eXercses In ones own room dancing is sal ve-mile walk, and DE DO Mi oveahle and kind, will ents of the outer d make, them kind a wits vem boa a fusg ’ Mere physical beauty has heen va Tue Ivy overra‘ad hv th 2 vol § : ver ated OY the artists and poets, ever since art and poets Merely symmetry of 1 ineamen were bora. since the world began, won true or commanded Pleasing to look at, but the human heart hun- gers for more than pretty visions Who thirks of selecting one's friends because of their straight Doses? More than that—{far more love true respect Who does not love a dear old mother, and wrinkles In her cheeks? A life long devotion generates a apirit of beauty that no physical deformity can shut in.~New Haven Register. LARGE RVENING HOODS. While in this city the immense hood for evening has not taken the place of the race, to turn back. The fate of some of the other starters is still unknown. Teams are straggling back to Nome, some of them in pitiful condition. It hands. Prohibition Law Held Valid. The Supreme Court at Montgom- ery, Ala., declared the State prohibi tion law valid, all the judges concur. ring in the opinion. This is the sec: ond time the court has upheld the State wide act of the last Legislature. other American cities. There were many years when it was sald that a Philadelphia woman could be identified in a cosmopolitan erdwd beacause of the fact that she always For several years, however. sho has rarely appeared without a hat. Like wearing a huge hat to the theatre, tional grounds, EE i ——————— Anarchist Commits Suicide, John Mercadante, an Anarchist, whose wife had left him, killed him- souf in New York City. Brewers Join Forces With the Anti-Saloon League. Cincinnati, Ohlo.—~~The brewers, the Anti-8aloon League and the Mu nicipal Reform Hanguo will unite iv an effort to put the saloonkeeper out of business. Through the efforts of the Ohlo Brewers’ Association the State Legislature passed. a law de signed to suppress {illegal selling One brew company at Hamilton yg ta"vny saonkoeper who. peri 0 kouptng his saloon open on the Sab Now one occasionally sees the fas. cinating evening hood worn here, but They are worn by those in motors, In coupes, on subway and in trolley. They fll the dressing room at the no end of ways is hunt brac of 80 up furniture, tapestri certain inaeh with efch other Iika women she hings think, rs of arti sorts of that 79 3 at anted fast) demand. apd ce: so that a South Sea Islander or a native of Siam may, over his fellows ghortest no a conquering smile his would be! It is pleasant to know in dave like these of decaying industries that art! that thousands of men, Home Talk BOOKS REPAIRED It would seem that the school board of Bloomfield, N. J, has invented a new occupation for women. The pu mer two women go through the eight ed with free text books. Bach sum. mir two women go through the eight school buildings of Bloomfield and put every book in order. At the end of the schoo! terms the books are sort ed by the teachers, grade by grade, and all needing repair are Jeft in great piles on the office floor. The two repairers take their paste pot, aw! and needle and make them all as good as new again before the sum. mer is over—New York Sun. SCHOOL PRINK NO PRIMP. A woman will spend an hour be fort the glass, prinking to please a man, when she could cook a good meal in twenty minutes that would please him Detter. {Note-—Observe that word “prinking.” You may think it ghould be “primping.” There's where You are wrong. We used “primping” for years until we discovered it was wrong. Now we use “prinking” to ex- ploit yur knowledge.) —Atohison Globe, of the Normal Institute for the of State Superintendent of Public struction. She is now serving second term as suporintendent of
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