Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 176, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1911 — Page 2

Care of the Dairy Sire

By P.H. CRANE.

The care of the dairy sire is one that has received considerable attention, but in spite of this fact, the half nt the herd embodied in the herd bull, is very frequently given too little or Improper care. In many herds will be found bulls that are kept continually In a box stall, where they receive but little exercise, see other members of the herd but seldom, and too often receive feed and water very irregularly. Such conditions are not conductive to health and good service. Animals unifier such conditions often become over fat, slow in service, and frequently cross. The herd bull must be cared for in a manner that will keep him in good health, and make him a sure and quick breeder. The question that should be considered, after knowing what is desired, is, how can these conditions be brought about with least expense and labor? There are a great number of different methods of caring for bulls that give very good results, such as keeping the bull tied in a stall along with the remainder of the herd, giving him a chance for exercise every day either

Free Seed Testing for Indiana and Seed Growers

By G. M. FRIER

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Alfalfa seed should be not less than 98 per cent pure. Not less than 97 per cent of the seed should be visible. Seed, however, which is 98 per cent, pure may contain hundreds of noxipuff weed seeds per pound of alfalfa, or, the other two per cent, may 'be mainly Inert matter of which practically all seed carries a greater or less amount. Dodder is a common Impurity in alfalfa seed. Alfalfa containing Dodder should not be used. There are a score or more of other noxious weed seed impurities which If scattered over the land in alfalfa or other crop seed mean disappointment and loss instead of a good stand

Good Seed of Alfalfa.

and a large crop. Several other factors contribute toward success or fallare in alfalfa growing, but the matter of securing a high class seed is -one of the most important Very close examination of seed with a small

Demonstration Orchards.

The demonstration orchards of the horticultural department are proving more than a success. The work has been carried on In seven different representative orchards ranging 4n size from four to forty acres. All operation In these orchards are personally superintended by the department, so that exact data are kept on all spraying, pruning, fertilizing, cultivating and harvesting operations. In every orchard one row of trees Is left uncared for. so that comparisons may be drawn. When the fruit Is ripe In the tell a meeting Is advertised and the termers and fruit growers of the vicinity meet In the orchard and hear a discussion of the methods of handling. and see the results of the work. Hie demonstrations have shown that the value of the average orchard will be Increased from 86 to 95 per cent, when handled as well as possible under average farm conditions, and that this Increase may be realised at a cost of fifteen or twenty cants per tree.

Good Strawberry Crop.

The horticultural department has 'Just finished harvesting the strawberry crop- 'there are 124 varieties of berries in the variety teat experiments that have produced a very good crop despite the dry weather. The crop is much better than that reported by commercial growers In the vicinity, because of the more careful

Dairy Department, Purdue Experiment Station

Bull Pen and Shed, Purdue Dairy Herd.

In a lot alone, with other bulls, or by snapping a rope from his ring to ring on a wire a few feet above him. Another good method is to have a box stall built so that the bull can see the other animals of the herd and in addition to such quarters, it is well that he have opportunity for more exercise than is possible in a box stall. All of these methods require a little more worli than is always necessary. An excellent method Is one now used In connection with the Purdue experiment station herd. This method allows all the bulls to run together in a bull pen connected with a shed that is tight on three sides and open on the south. It should be dry and have stalls, in order that the bulls may be shut up when the cows are taken into the pen to be bred. The above illustration shows a view of the pen and shed where the bulls of the Purdue Dairy Herd stay the year around. A water tank m the pen supplies the water and the bulls receive their feed through small doors in the north'side of the shed. Under these conditions the hulls are kept in good breeding condition and are quick and sure In service.

magnifying glass together with the making of germination tests before buying are indispensable if one would be sure of getting good seed. Tbe United States Department of Agriculture in conjunction with the Agricultural Extension Department of Purdue university maintains a seed

Imported Screenings Sold as Alfalfa Seed.

testing laboratory for Indiana farmers and seed dealers. Before purchasing your supply of seed, procure samples representative of the seed offered. A sample should consist of two or three tablespoonfuls of seed. Place distinguishing marks such as a number or a letter on each sample and send in to tbe laboratory. Reports as to per cent pure seed, per cent, of Inert matter, common names and amount of each weed seed impurity as well as the per cent of seed that will germinate will be promptly furnished. Many failures in attempts' to establish alfalfa fields are due wholly or largely to poor seed. Alfalfa seed sold in Indiana varies much In quality. Why not send samples to the seed laboratory to be tested before buying. Address all samples, Branch Seed Laboratory, Purdue University, La Fayette, Ind.

Scoring Tested Cows.

Prof. O. C. Cunningham of the dairy department of Ohio State university, scored the tested cows of the Purdue experiment station. He scored Purdue’s Evening Primrose at 87; Purdue's Golden Day at 86H. and Ida’s Morn 2d at 84. Their sire. Gorgeous Boy, was also given a score of 89.

Work Bearing Fruit.

Manufacturers of spray pumps and spray materials report that their Indiana business Is greater than ever before. The Increase is duo largely to the success of the horticultural department in the orchard demonstration work over the state.

Feature of County Fairs.

The Purdue county fair exhibit will be one of the features of more than 20 Indiana county fairs during the late summer and fall. The exhibit la educational throughout, and la worthy of the closest study and attention.

Plants Eaten by Sheep.

Nearly all plants at some period of their growth seem palatable and are freely eaten by sheep. No domestio or wild animal Is capable of subsisting on more kinds of food.

Butter Greatly Improved.

The Purdue creamery Is now grading Its cream on the basis of quality. As a result of this grading the quality of Purdue butter has boon greatly Improved

LIFE ON A BOER FARM

NOT INVITING FROM AMERICAN Point of view. Woman Traveler Describes the Monotony and Discomforts She Found In the Agricultural Regions of South Africa. An American woman traveling in South Africa was detained by floods and compelled to spend a month on a Boer farm. “The first night’s monotony,” she writes in Health Culture, “was broken by the roaring of ostriches under our windows. We thought it was a tame lion. "The farmer and Ms family lived chiefly on sour bread and sour skimmed milk. I was therefore hungry most of the time and the ripe figs hanging in dusters were pretty alluring. After pushing back the skin of the fig and enjoying the soft fruit with its tropical taste I had a refreshing night’s sleep, only to awaken in the morning pretty wqH scared, for my tongue was so swollen and black that I could not talk. ’The Boer wife laughed and enjoyed my discomfiture and explained that the skin of the fig had numerous fine thorns and I had not been careful to remove it when eating. “When I told the farmer’s wife that I liked buttermilk in quantity I noticed that I had a cupful'or so given me, but she threw it by the pailful to the pigs. They were of far more consequence to her than I, for they would stay longer with her and were her familiars. I was not. ‘Then again, when I was hungry for butter on my bread, a white clammy substance made from ‘sheeptail fat’ was handed to me, and I could not allow the farmer’s wife to see me quiver. She sold her butter In the village close by at 75 cents a pound, more or less. Sour bread and green strawberries (plenty of them) were considered good enough. "The Boer family was one of the wealthiest of their kind. There was not a ripple of fun or exuberant life in anything but the live stock. Conversation was a dead language—unknown. “The women are mute belngß, accepting their destiny with a deep stillness. The wife gives of her strength to the limit,, and dies after giving birth to a dozen or more children, to make way for wife number two, who gives another dozen children to her country. Her adobe house, with its dirt floor made o’s anthill clay mixed with beef gall, is a chamber of borror to an Amerivan traveller. “The farmer depends tfpon his ten to eighteen children, of all sizes, to help him. A Kaffir as an employe is undependable as the wind that blows. Yet that Kaffir is tbe hired man In the mines and elsewhere in South Africa. The white man as a day laborer is a general failure. He cannot be worked In droves like tbe Kaffir from the Interior, whose language, in clicks and vowel sounds, is hardly human. . “The Boer is not long lived. One seldom met an aged Boer of the old stock. Oom Paul Kruger, who was 75 years old when he died, was an exception. Hatred toward the Ultlander and the lust for gold and power was what kept the fires of life burning at white heat within him. ’To stem the elements alone In Africa takes the stoutest heart. Fevers asAll the discouraged and underfed home boy. The easily forded streams become rivers, like swirling JNiagaras, in a few hours and the terrific thunderstorms paralyze one sensitive to electrical Influences. “There is no pretty little, far-off streak In the sky which the amateur photographer can catch on bis film, but tbe air is charged with electricity bo appalling in its violet hued and deep orange earthbound clouds that one has toxome to a complete standstill whether walking or riding on the open veldt, so as not to attract the rlbbonllke lightning playing around him and venting -its fury on any moving object.”

A Poor Proposition.

Frank A. Munsey, the well-known publisher, is noted among his friends as a close reaßoner. ... v A New York reporter submitted recently to Mr. Munsey a proposal for a new magazine on novel lines. Mr. Munsey proved In a closely-reasoned argument that this magazine would fall. Then, in conclusion, he said: "Or, If the magazine did pay, It would pay so little that its publishers would be like an editor in the neighborhood of my native Mercer. "Near Mercer, Me., lived an editor who once printed in his weekly paper this editorial announcement: “ 'ln view of the fact that we are unable to pay the road tax of 18 assessed against us, we have been sentenced to a period of confinement by the authorities. Consequently there will be no Issue of this paper for the next month; but. a 8 the state will have to board us. we figure that we shall come out some sls ahead.'”

Tit for Tat.

*T understand yon broke the horse which just lost the race." '1 did, but be returned the service by breaking me."

Keeping Him Interested.

"She won't let me kiss her." “Then why do you keep hanging around here?" "Well, she lets me try.”

MATTY IS SAVINS HIS WHIP

Giant Star Pitcher ls Now Relying on Ability to Outguess Batter Rather Than Speed. Christy Mathewson, it is said, is using a different system of pitching now from what he did formerly. Matty realises that he cannot last forever, yet he wants to stay as long as he can. Consequently he is giving his arm all the rest he can. A New York critic has this to say of him: “Mathewson is saving his mighty right arm. As he grows older Sir

Christy Mathewson.

Christopher realizes that the time is Approaching when he will be compelled to retire. For that reason he doesn’t use great speed at all times, but employs methods.that keep his fielders busy. It is only when he finds himself In tight places that Matty puts smoke on the ball to bowl over the opposing batsmen. Headwork, rather than brute strength, Is tbe Becret. of Mathewson’s pitching this season.”

ST. PAUL AS BASEBALL FAN

Would Be Enthusiastic Rooter and ' Attended Games, Declares Rev. Dr. Young of Brooklyn. One Sunday in each year is devoted by - Bedford Presbyterian church of Brooklyn to a Bermon on baseball. The services are held under the auspices of the New York league of Y. M. CA hfißAhflll tPAinfl Thifl vflftf’fl Hftrv« • A« ÜBDQVQU tvOUsB, X UID J wfw *» V ice was held recently and the sermon was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Edward Young. He told his hearers that St. Paul, If preaching in America this summer, would undoubtedly be an enthusiastic fan and would attend the games. * > “Paul was an enthusiastic sportsman,” the preacher said. “So close was his friendship with the presiding officers at the great games of western Asia as to excite their very active solicitude in his behalf when Paul seemed in danger—so records tbe Book of Acts. He used athletic terms frequently, speaking of himself as a runner and boxer and figuratively applying the term “great umpire of the skies” to bis Master. “A bad time came to tbe ball field a few years ago when betting apd sold contests ruined the game, but now young men are here taught honor, the slightest infraction thereof being visited with exclusion from the field.”

One by Tim Hurst.

Tim Hurst, the former major league umpire, waff-asked one day what was the closest and hardest decision he ever made, says the Sporting News. "It was In Baltimore,” he said, “Jennings was on first, McGraw was on second and Stenzel at the bat ; They started a double steal. Jennings as he passed Long, hit him and Long tripped him, after which Jennings went on and jumped into Collins. Tenney tried 'tb hold McGraw, but he broke reached second and kicked the ball out of Lowe's hands. Stenzel swung his bat and {lit Robinson on the hand trying to keep him from throwing. Robby tripped me and poked me In the back to keep me from seeing and Stenzel spiked my foot” “How did you decide it?” was asked. “I called it a foul ball, sent the runners back and kicked Stenzel on the shins,” said Tim.

Player Was Rattled.

New players sometimes do badly at the start from pure stage fright Ar-' thur Irwin tells of a rattled player who came under his notice when he was coaching Pennsylvania. Penn had a game on with the Phillies and the player booted everything which came his way. “What’s the matter,” asked Irwin after the game, "couldn’t you see them?” “Say, coach,” was the reply, "I don’t even remember potting on my uniform.”

End of Bad Beys.

Teacher (severely)—Do you know what becomes of beys who ran away from school every afternoon to play bell? Small Truant—Some of ’em get into the big leagues.

BASEBALL NEWS and NOIES UP 10 DATE GOSSIP

Hans Wagner is some first baseman. Too many leagues in the country? Minor leagues seem to be having their troubles this year. Every club manager is hoping to discover another Ty Cobb. Better a pennant-winner in a minor league than & tail-ender in a major. Detroit believes Connie Mack has the right Idea in signing up the collegians. Detroit is doubtless glad that it put away so many victories while the winning was good. "Noisy” John Kling is said to have received a bonus mounting into four figures for joining the Doves. Eddie Cicotte and his famous knuckle ball would go well with Ed Walsh and his spitball and Bill Lange with his terrific speed. There is some ground for the belief that a man who has experienced tfie discipline of college training will be amenable to that in tbe big leagues. Secretary Bill Locke of the Pirates says his team has been holding back so they could get their second wind and give the leaders a real battle from now until the end. In the case of a baseball team, noth-

BOSTON FAN’S DOPE WAS BAD

White Box Captain While Playing With Red Sox Forcibly Resented Offensive Remarks of “Bug.” " - One Boston “bug,” at least, will remember Harry Lord. After one of the Chicago games, as Lord was walking

Harry Lord.

to the carriage that was waiting to convey him to the hotel, this fan informed Harry that he was playing on a bum team and that he was no good.

HITTING SENSATION OF THE BROWNS.

"Molly” Meloan of St. Louis Americans.

“Molly" Meloan has proved to be the hitting sensation of St. Louis since he joined the Browns and got a regular position la the outfield. He duplicated his work on the White Sox team last summer right off the reel. He got away to a good beginning, and has made the St. Louis fans sit up and take notioe. Last summer with Comlskey Meloai started to hit like a Lajote or a Cobb, and the Old Homan thought he had

ing is so conductive of freedom from emotional excitement as a safe, assured position at the bottom of the percentage column. Billy Evans' Suggestion that night club leagues have two or four towns in reserve to which they may tarn in case of falling off in attendance at the regular cities seems good. Hoblitzel, the first baseman of the Reds, is now a real dentist. He received his diploma a few days ago and will start practice next winter. He is not going to give up baseball in the summer, however. Kling has shown more life since he joined the Doves than he has for the last two years with the Cubs. The Doves are beginning to show the effect of the work that Kling is putting them through. “Old Cy Young” intends to change his style of delivery after twenty-two years of pitching. He has always depended on his speed, but now he is going to put more dependence in his curves and drops. . Efforts of three Central league clubs—South Bend, Terre Haute and Wheeling—to secure Shortstop McCarthy from Pittsburg have proved unsuccessful and that player will continue to sit on' the Pittsburg bench.

Harry merely said, “Is that so?” and landed a punch on the critic’s jaw that knocked him out cold. Harry carried a damaged hand'to show for his trouble and the “bug” took home a badly swollen chin. Mr. Lord Sr. was a witness of the brief encounter.

Accident Made Bresnahan Catcher.

An accident made Roger Bresnahan a catcher. Roger went to Baltimore as a pitcher, but was not much good* and Manager McGraw had just abont decided to let him go for keeps when Wilbert Robinson and Bill Clarke were hurt. McGraw asked Roger to put on a mask and pad and catch. Bresnahan was game. There was a fast man on first base who thought he could take advantage of the boy’s inexperience and he tried to steal. Roger shot the ball down so fast that he had him by 30 feet. McGraw saw what he could do and asked Robinson to make a catcher of him.

Convicts Form League.

A baseball league has been formed among the 500 prisoners in the Rhode Island state prison, and games are played in the prison yard every Satuprday afternoon during the summer. In a recent game, a car barn robber played behind the bat, a post office robber covered first base, and a man convicted of manslaughter was in the box for one of the teams. Those who did not play were supplied with pipes and tobacco and rooted for their far vorites during the game.

the man who would turn the Whits Sox team out of the "hitless wonder' class. He was batting In the neighborhood of .380 when along drilled the Highlanders With Quinn pitching, t Meloan ran Into a “bean” ball and was rendered unconscious. After that, when he returned to the game, he fell off deplorably In his sitting. H« aa If he baa rounded to