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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1907
Page
8
Canadian farmer F G Semple shares a simple wood cow stanchion design using two four foot sides of hardwood and end pieces mortised to receive them. Sides connect with loose bolts to allow movement and a clevis locks when folded. Estimated cost of 60 to 76 cents per unit including materials and labor.
A dairyman and farm wife can reduce butter faults by using proper milk vessels, milking after calf birth windows, washing and sterilizing equipment, providing clean water and odor-free surroundings, keeping udders away from mud and dirt, and maintaining clean stables and hands during milking. Avoid dirty air, pails, or pre milking feeding that stirs dust.
Apples are safe for cows when fed in regular quantities and gradually increased from a few per meal. Cider pomace has similar guidance. Horses may receive one or two quarts daily for benefit, while large feeds cause softness and sweating. Moderate apple intake benefits bowels and kidneys.
A rainy spell leaves most farmers with muddy barns as cows roam freely. The resulting filth makes it nearly impossible to keep milk clean and free of contamination.
In long milking periods dairy herds face churn difficulty. Adding one or two fresh cows to the milking herd often overcomes the issue and restores smooth production.
Improve your herd by treating cows like premium stock. Feed well and care for them as you would thoroughbreds to raise quality and productivity quickly.
A Farmers' Review rep notes price gaps between good and poor cows during a University of Illinois visit. In Elgin district sales a poor cow fetched 40 dollars while a good one reached 58. He cites farmers pricing cows alike, losing profits and wealth as 300000 Illinois cows supposedly pay no profit. The lesson: differentiate values to avoid farmer losses.
A Kansas Farm and Home correspondent urges strict dairy cleanliness to keep milk sweet. He favors aerators for cooling, avoids soap in can washing, uses sal fada, and drains cans with proper orientation. He notes clean cows and barns, frequent floor sweeping, and cautions that milk can spread disease and will face tighter future handling rules.
A simple device helps steady a milk pail. Cut off a tin pail top and bottom to create a ten inch high sleeve. Bend the top into a hoop inside the rim to form a support that keeps another pail nested and less likely to overturn.
Haste hurts dairy work as clean milk hinges on cow type and feed. Beef-bred cows produce less milk solids while low butter fat means higher water content. A nearby creamery improves cow quality. distillers grains boost fat. Urgent needs include cleaner barns lighter airy spaces cleaner animals and better manure sanitation.
The text explains that grains with hard shells resist digestion until ground. Ground grain loses the tough outer shell, allowing digestive juices to act and digestion to proceed more easily. Therefore, feed ground grain to improve absorption.
Lafcadio Hearn notes that Japanese sake brings rapid yet brief intoxication. Banquets encourage small cups and measured drinking. He recalls a captain’s large glass and advises moderation to endure the ritual.
President Hadley recalls a college prank where sophomores altered a blackboard notice. The professor, sidelined by a cold, left Dr Dash unable to attend. Students erased one letter, then he returned and struck another, changing it to Dr Dash unable to attend to his asses today.
Mrs W G Davis of Groesbeck Texas credits Dean’s Kidney Pills with relief from back aches dizziness and sick headaches. She says she passed gravel stones after starting the pills and regained strength and health. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Miss Annie Peck returns from Peru after failing to reach the Andes summit. She blames the expedition’s guides and porters for the setback, noting 18 000 feet achieved on the first attempt before desertion, drunkenness, and fear hindered progress. She plans another try with Swiss mountaineers.
Eye strain causes puffiness under the eyes and unsightly bags. Tannic acid mixed with glyrine at 20 grains per ounce can restore skin condition, applied with a camel hair brush each night and morning.
Dr Morrison, London Times correspondent at Peking, visits maneuvers near Chang te fu and finds the modernized Chinese army a repeat of 1905. He notes ineffective officers and poor field training, though material is good, and suggests Japanese officers would be essential to avoid rabble conditions.
In a sales pitch from Toledo based F J Cheney Co the ad claims catarrh is constitutional and best treated internally. It promises cures with Hall's Catarrh Cure and offers a hundred dollar reward for any failure. Bold by druggists at 75 cents plus mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A marriage vow tale questions whether a husband’s promise to endow his wife and a wife’s pledge to love honor and obey will endure. The piece compares old expectations with practical truth about lasting partnership.
May Irwin recalls a New York child who bathed rarely and wore filthy clothes. After being sent home to improve, she returns as dirty as ever with a sister asking if the school is for being cleaned or educated. The moment underscores demands of cleanliness and learning.
A Kansas woman details years of coffee problems including heart palpitations and rheumatism. After stopping coffee and switching to Postum Food Coffee she reports improved digestion sleep and stamina and credits quitting coffee with no medicine. The ad cites Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan and promotes The Road to Wellville and grocer availability.
A testimonial claims Dr Williams Pink Pills cure nervous headaches caused by nerve hunger. Mrs Addie Merrill of Auburn Maine says years of periodic pain, appetite loss, and weight drop stopped after using the pills, which she praises for restored health. The pills are sold by druggists or by mail from Schenectady New York.
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