Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 53, Number 19, Jasper, Dubois County, 17 February 1911 — Page 2

Winter Months

How to Improve Them

Cowtubt. ivta. t" Weiteru New;ui'ur I'mcn

It ts easy to make cows give an nbundant flow of milk in spring ami summer when pnsturos uro luxuriant and tho days warm, but in the severe winter months tho greatest skill of the feeder is demanded to keep up the production of tho dairy hord. By buying plonty of expensive feeds it is posslblo to do this, but that removes the profits nnd the problem Is. how to get a large production of milk from an economical system of feeding. Many dairymen make a great mistake in not keeping enough grain and roughage to carry tholr herds through the winter. Instead they sell grain and roughage in largo amounts and as a result find themselves handicapped for feed before spring pasture is available. Unless a man grows enormous crops, this sale of farm product ta its original form not only robs the soli of fertility but also is a falso economy, for tho reason that in late winter the farmer has to buy feed at high prices when the supply is scarce or has to sell his cattle because of lack of feed for thorn. j Much wiser Is tt . dairy farmer. 1 who fills his feed bins and his silo or his root collar and feed? their contents to his herd during the winter. He markets his produce in tho form of milk and besides realizing a good profit from it also hgs the ue of the manure from tho herd to return to his fields. A money value is realized from the grains and also a fertilizing

Careful mixing cf feeds 6uited to the Individual needs of each ccw Is the secret of successful feeding for milk. This feed car makes the mixing cf rations an easy matter.

value in that the mauurial residues of these feeds is returned to tho soil. The golden maxim of tho dairy farmor should be "Produce as much feed as possible on the farm. Feed tho grains and market them as milk 'and meat, at the same time making uso of the mfliure as fertilizer." Feed According to Production. Each farmer should keep the production and expenses of every cow in hin Lerd and should supply feed to the row in proportion to her production and capacity An excellent rule use-d in the Wisconsin College of Agriculture herd is to "feed as many pounds of grain dally as the animal produces pounds of butter fat during the week." Roughage should be supplied in amounts which the cow will clean up thoroughly. Corn still remains the most valuable winter feed grown in tho United States. It can be best fed as silage as In this form tho dairy herd relish It best and there is the least waste. Silago which is to the cow what canned vegetables arc to tho human race, is greatly relished by tho dairy herd on account of iij succulence. It should be fed after milking whore fears aro entertained that it will give an unpleasant flavor to tho milk. Silage Is rich in carbohydrates and low In protein and should be supplemented by clover hay or some Bimtlar leguminous hay as clover, alfalfa. jea or votch hay in order to provide sufficient protoln. Whero silage Is not available tt ts advisable to grow root crop as mangels, turnips and rutnbae;.s and use thcni as part of the ration These roots can be grown rhoajtly and can b- substituted for a port of flu grain in th dairy cow's Tt on. bing -sioinlIy relished on "mt of th ir tu.-culencf . Kven "iiaKo the furnifh variety and c' valuable. A i in '.';. 18 very palatah iTfl alcablf :is n fed on account j o' i- arse iro' .n ontent. It is an '"'lt!t food, both for growth and r .1 Uboratior. A very cheap rat -r. lor rattle fir !-?. of corn silage ard alfalfa. System of Vlnter Feeding. rurtng the winter tho dairy herd a the Wisconsin College of Agriculture receives per head dally 20 to 40 pounds of corn stingo according to the capacity of tho animals, S to 0 pounds mlxod hay, and as many pounds of grain dally as the cow produces pounds of butter fat nor week. The

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Feeding for Milk Krcping the Dairy Hen! Up to the Maximum Production in Cold Weather By PROF. G. C. HUMPHREY Wtttonstn CotUf of stittculturt

grain ration consists of wheat bran 3 parts, oats 3 parts, corn meal 2 parts, and distillers' grains 2 parts. Whoro the cow requires variation in her feed small amounts of driod browsers grains or oil meal are usod occasionally. Prof. V. A. Henry sponks as follows regarding tbeso feeds; "Whont. bran is especially valunblo due to its laxative properties. It furnishes bulk and plenty of protein and ash so essential In milk formation. Tho combination of bran nnd corn meal is not excolled as a dairy feed. Tho bulk of tho oat though carrying little nutriment renders this grain a feed of light character which Is easily digestible. Oats contain a higher proportion of digestible protoln than corn or wheat. This grain in Itself is a well-balanced ration. Corn meal is a heavy, rich food and should always be lightened or extended by the use of bran, shorts, oil monl or some other feed of light character." Feeding experiments prove that dried distillers grains are more valuable than oats as a feed for tho dairyherd. Cows s.re fond of brewers grains nnd their uso Influences a good milk flow. Because of the sloppy character of wet brewers grains they should be supplemented by some dry tcqd In the whiter ration. Oil meal is ä very healthful feed and brings tho nnlmals Into good condition, with pliable .Ins and oily sleek coats. It has a very beneficial effect upon tho digestive tract but should not be fed in large quantities due to its concentrated character. Tho nutritive ratio of a given ration depends upon the character of tho feeds which It contains with reference to their protein, carbohydrate and fat content. Some feeds are deficient in protein and such feeds, therefore must be supplemented with feeds rich in protein substances in order that the animals may be supplied with the proper nutrients for nourishing the body and for the production of milk, beef. wool. etc. An investigation of problems connected with the feeding of the Wis- 1 cousin College of Agriculture dairy herd, which has been conducted du ring tho past nine years, furnishes additional evidence with regard to the proper protein supply of rations for dairy cows on Wisconsin farms and in other northwestern states. This Investigation and practical feeding experience in this country have shown that a nutritive ration of 1:6 or even 1:7, which is wider than that of 1:5.4 recommenced by the Gorman investigators, can be UBcd successfully. Tho teachings of many carefully plannod and conducted experiments and tho evperlenco of dairy farmers who havo paid special attention to tho question of the rolatlvo economy of tho different kinds of foods under tholr particular conditions Indicate that a medium wide nutritivo ratio Is, in goneral, to bo pioferred undor conditions of dairying In the northwest. Medium Protein Rations Best. This Investigation mentioned above showed conclusively that the medium protein tatlons were more oconorolcal -n(t mlnrd hotter rnaults than thti I high protoln rations. On the average ! thara u-n n i-nin In thn Tint nrnftt in favor of medium protoln rations amounting to nearly IS por cent. The significance of this result lies in the fact that the medium protein rations wero composed largely of farm-grown feeds, supplemented by mill feeds nnd tnall amounts of the more expensive high protoln feeds. This Investigation leads to tho conclusion that Wiscon sin dairy farmers and othors similarly sltuatod will do well to feed their cows rations of medium protoln contents which as a goneral rule will have relatively wide nutritivo ratios; about 17.

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"MEMO" BOOK COVERS SUGGESTIONS FOR DINDINGS OF THESE USEFUL LISTS. How Engagements, Shopping, Tele phone Numbers and Stamps May Be Fixed Up Attractively for Yourself or to Give Away. Tho true woman likes a pretty cover for n useful article. Well, here aro suggestions for four llttlo books that will remember for -you your eusagomonts, your telcpliono numbers, your shopping lists, and tho last will keep your stamps In an easy place. You can buy llttlo books with plain backs of linen or leather, or you can make the bindings of silk, linen, denim or suede. Indeed, this art of making and decointing little cases and memoranda is a profitable one from the esthottlc Iwfik of view, if yo"u enjoy beautiful things, and from the practical valuo, if you wish to make a neat little profit by selllrg thorn to your friends. For the numbors of telephones tho little suggestion In solid black and white is given. It is very effective on gray linen or on tan or gray cardboard. In the former case you can cover a plain book purchased at a stationer's or made by you with thin cloth. Uso the following pasto when apply lug cloth to pasteboard: One cup of whole wheat flour, one cup of cold water, add two cups of boiling water and boll five minutes; hen add one teaspconful of powdered alum dissolved in water; place tho mixture in an uncovered jar after straining through cheesecloth. Make an outline drawing of the telephone and use the waterproof India ink to fill in tho figure and cord. This little book can be carried in a HAREM SKIRT FROM PARIS. Word came from Paris tho other day that in tho spring a new form of divided skirt is to bo introduced. It is described as an almost exact reprciuction of the dress worn by the ladies of tho harems eo a famous man dressmaker has put It. Thoso who fnvor this fashion will have a skirt to each anklo. The harem skirt fhown here is of palo fawn cashmere do foie with a silver eheon upon it, comprising Turkish trotisors nnd a clever draped and Orientally embroidered tunic dross, over which a capo weighted wun neavy tassois is worn. Novel Hatpins. Get common black-headed hatpins and two or three different colors of sealing a tallow raud'.e and a cup of cold water. The browns nnd reds go farther for a beginning, then mix in some gold and stiver; twirl betwoon thumb and finger over the flnmo of a cnndle, then drop quickly Into the water, and mold in tho ahaixs desirod. To add the last glossy finish hold over flame, but not long enough to spoil the shape. They are cheap and pretty. Ft Net Stylish. French Mot, so much worn last winter, is ngnin coming baok Into style. Darned itlot all-over net, usod in tho bnndeddn stylo, Is hotng shown on many of the dainty little dance frocks.

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' hnndbng or can bo placed on tho desk of tho ownor. "Kngagomonts" for tho popular woman, lest ehe forgot an oxcellunt suggestion. On gray, blue or Kreon leather tho peacock design is most effective. Paint with oils or dyes on tho loathor In blu green and gold paint. Dull gray pnper inelde, dated and decorated with llttlo feathers, will complete the Idea. It Is as attractlvo as you can Imagine. And then some stamps enn be kept in tho little linen case that Is built for shoots of four. For a llttlo gift book this Is always acceptable. Those aro merely suggestions that load the worker on into decorative fields of possibility that aro surprising and decidedly pleasant to tho maker and the roceiver of tho gifts.' They are easy, too, and strike tho note of being made for the recipient, which doubles the preclousness of a present. DONTS FOR DRESSMAKERS Some Valuable Little Hints for the Women Who Make Their Own Garments at Home. Don't open a lingerie waist In front unless you wish to say ndleu to all stylo. Don't use a doop navy bluo this winter when a bright shade and royal blue are tho newer tones. Don't save on any linings or notions in dressmaking. Don't buy cheap black goods when a decent quality repays you twofold. Don't try to use stitching as a trimming unless you know your machlno nnd have a "straight eye." Don't make a walking skirt to "dip" at the back; lot it hang evenly all around. Don't begin your homo dressmaking with a tailorod suit, this requires ex perience. AVlth paper patterns of excluslvo mako you will find tho extra shoulder and underarm soam allowance sufficient for any ordinary altoratlons; tt not you need a larger pattern. Pin your pattern together and try It on If you do not cut one of cheap muslin and make It up, thus save stashing into dress goods until you are sure that you are right. Shapo tho bottom edge of a skirt exactly with tho pattern or it will never hang evenly. Uso snap fastenings at the placket opening and anywhero else you can. Keep your clothos pushed down about the waistline, tho shortening of which indicates the flight of youth. To Save the Tablecloths. As laundry work is a serious problem In our home, I recently made a dozen dollies from red and white checked toweling. These dollies are 12 Inches square, nnd wero simply hemmed on the sewing machine. They are placed under tho children's plates, under tho treat platter, and under dishes containing fruit or vegetables that nre liable to spill whilo being served. These doilies, or mats, aro easily washed, and my tablo dollies keep clean three times as long as formerly. They can also bo used at lunchaon on a bare table. Suburban Life. New Hair Ornaments. Among hair ornaments thcro ts something altogether now. It Is a fancy shell hairpin, with two pendants swinglng from golden chains. There is a craze for dangling gnrnltures, and this novelty li in harmony with the prevailing tasto. The untqtio ornnmont adjusts Itself readily to present coiffures, and Is decidedly chic Harper's Bazar. Chiffon Collar. An unlinod collar of hemstitched chiffon in somo bright tonos is frequently tho only roliovlng note of color on a short volvot froclt or black, doep purple, dark blue or somo other Somber shade, nnd tho effect of such a collar Is delightful whon tho color Is good and tho arrangomonic cloverly handled.

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Granite of the South. When one speaks of gronlto tho mind naturally reverts to Vermont. It is dltUcult to ussocinto graultu with any section of North Amorica outsldo New Englnnd, yet it must now bo acknowledged to the credit of tho south that Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland and Virginia uro producing largo quantities of stone of good quality which insures tho south u place in tho market at any rate. Tho annual output Is now worth nbout $3,500,000 nnd tho Industry Is growing. It may be of comiianitlvo Intcrost to know that New England's output is about $9,000,000 worth of stone annually.

No Need to De Good. A llttlo Shaker Heights gtrl sur prised her parents last week by refusing to be scared into being good. "It's no uso telling mo Santa Clntis won't come, or that tho angels will write it down in tholr book if I'm naughty, mnmma," she said. "I might as well toll you that they think up In heavon that I'm dead." "Hut why should they think thnt. donr?" "llccauso I havon't said my prayers for two weeks." Cleveland Plain Dealer. CURED HER BABY OF ECZEMA "I can't tell in words how happy tho word 'Cuticura' sounds to me, for it cured my baby of Itching, torturing eczema. It first came whon she was between three and four weeks old, appearing on her head. I used everything Imaginable and had one doctor's bill after another, but nothing cured It. Then tho oczema broke out so bndly behind her ear that I really thought her ear would come off. For months I doctored it but to no avail. Then It began at her noso and her eyes were nothing but sores. I had to keep her in a dark room for two weeks. Tho doctor did no good, so I stopped him coming. "For about two weeks I had used Cuticura Soap for her every day, then I got a box of Cuticura Ointment and began to uso that In a week thcro was a marked improvement. In all I used two cakes of Cuticura Soap and one box of Cuticura Ointment and my baby was cured of the sores. Tills was last November; now her hair is growing out nicely and she has not a scar on her. I can not praise Cuticura onough, I can tako my child anywhoro and people aro amazed to see her without a sore. From tho time she was four weeks old until slu was three years she was never without tho terrible eruption, but now, thanks to Cuticura, 1 have a well child." (Signed) Mrs. II. E. Householder. 2001 Wilhelm St., Baltimore, Md., May 10, 1910. Tho saint who says ho cannot sin may bo an earnest man, but it is wisest to trust some other man with tho funds of the church. 1 The very le.t advice: take Garfield Tea whenever a laxative h needed. We always tool sorry for a dignified man when the taffy Is being passed. I'VckIi fiipplv Mrs. Austins Famous Pancake Hour. Now at your procura. An undertaker knows a lot of "dead oue3" that ho Is unable to bury. Garfield Tea purifies the blood ami eradicates rheumatism. It made of Herb.-. Some tombstone Inscriptions aro too good to bo true.

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USE FOR THE NEWSPAPER Story That Contains a Moral It M j Bo Well to Keep In Memory, A llttlo King Charlos dog. a i i a fnmlly whoro ho had been the , mnto of a llttlo boy, slipped Hit , an open door somo tf mo ,go uini appeared. Servants and the !,.,: of tho houso searched every . i . UBked questions at all places w . i It was thought posslblo tho dt.jr bo In hiding, but to no avail, animal was finally given up f.,r and thoro was doop mourning in i nursery. Ono dny rccontly the an who owned tho dog mot a i, bor at a florist's Bhop, who hn ! leash a dog strangoly like thpet, nnd asked whoro ho came "Why, ho ran Into our house ,i days ago, and wo don't know wi.. . bolongs." Tho dog know his !, tress and was quickly surnii ! . "You might havo iind him sooin you advortised," said ono wotiuit, you could liavo found tho own. r or hud you advertised," said tin - and the newspaper man h 1.. rl tho story added the moral.

Always Worrying. Tho lato John H. Darker of v lgan City, who left a fortune ,.r . r $30,000,000 to his M-yoar-old dMi. . r, was strongly opposed to specula-1 "Do not speculate," Mr. Darker said In an nddress to youii t "Speculators stnjul on shaky gr....- i They know no ponce." Mr. Barker smiled. "In fact," ho said, "a specula - s always worrying about the t . r market, while his wifo Is nlw;, rrylug about tho market mone ' Caution. "I havo a remarkable hlston gan tho lady who looked like a ; ibio client "To tell or soil?" lnqutrt-a the : . yer cautiously. Washington Her.i'u Constipation cautcs many periou- ' . eases. It is thoroughly cured t ' -Pierce's Plwtmnt Pellets. One a la i , three for catburtic. Reforms conio slowly because w ,il would rathor wlotd the ax than 1 .r tho knlfo. Frch supply Mrs. Atin 1 i Ituckwhcat 1-iour t all rwen. Lot us make the best of our fru : whilo we havo them, for how loi r . o shall keep them Is uncortaln - Sil. x Take Garfield Ten! Made of Neri. i pure, plcnmnt and 1 nltli pivm. It somctlmos happens thnt the b!ack sheep of a family is a blonde Roots Barks Herbs That have great medicinal power, aro raised to their highest efficiency, for pu fying and enriching the blood, as tl v arc combined in Hood's Sarsap "ilia. 40.366 testimonials received by act J count in two jears. Bo sure to tui Hood's SarsaparNIa Got It today In usual liquid tT, r chocolated tablets culled Snrsatabs. BOYS "ÄND GIRLS i tilr:ii.ncii:u-r f IWi-ardsnUD. ra. b. 1IOMI; treot, Violine liL ASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Hava Always Bought Bears tho Signature In Use For Over Thirty Years THi OITU SOUNMr. WTOflRCrTT. Pink Eye. Eplroollo Shipping Fever c Catarrhal Fever

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