The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 25, 1909, Page 8

STANCHION-MANGER FOR CALF FEEDING System Gives Utmost Satisfaction and Permits Youngsters te Be Fed Individually — By J. B. Monston. View Showing Stanchions. A form of combined stanchion and by boarding up from the manger te manger for calf feeding is illustrated | the dotted line shown between A B. in a bulletin published by the Michi-| The front. or stanchion part of the fix- gan Experiment station and is recom-| ture is 8 feet 6% inches high and " SET IN HER WAY. | Sweet Mary Jane sat fourteen days, and | wouldn’t deign to rise, Although her folks tried every way te make her realize That it was quite unladylike te sit all Did You Ever Stop to Think That you have much to be thankful for?—but you would be a lot bet- ter off if you would just throw away those old, worn-out shoes you are wearing now and select a few pairs from day and night, And never change her attitude or rouse her appetite | They coaxed and teased and threatened her, and still sh¢ would not stand, | And when they tried to raise her up she | bit then on the hand; | They didn’t want to do her harm, or call in the police, And yet they sorrowed at the thought of Mary Jane’s decease. But Mary Jane knew what was best, she wiser was than men, She sat until she’d had her set, for Mary was a hen. A Vain Threat. A group in the park attracted much attention the other day. It consisted mended as being very convenient, The | principle on which the stanchion is | built is not claimed to be new; the | use dates back a number of decades, | but the especial application and ad-| justment of the one hereafter describ: | ed presents some new features. This particular model is produced as the result of three years’ trial, having un dergone several changes since the first one was installed. This appli ance can be adjusted so as to accom modate the calf from birth up to 12 months of age. The calves are con. ! fined in the stanchions at feeding time only. After the calf has been secured the milk bucket is placed in the manger; when the milk is con sumed the bucket is removed and en- silage and meal supplied, followed by hay. By using this stanchion method | of feeding the maximum number ot | calves can be kept in a minimum | amount of space in a clean, healthy, | thrifty condition, providing they are given access to the outdoor yardage | The average size of the four calf pens in the dairy barn, including manger | space is 15 feet three inches by 12| feet 3 inches. Each pen span | dates eight calves up to five or six | months of age. The average size of | two pens in the grade herd barn ac- | commodating six calves each, is 9 feet | | | | View Showing Manger. | Pa 9 inches by 14 feet 10 inches,‘ and | hree_occupled by five each are 1041 feet by 11 feet 9 inches. Of course, in all cases except one, the calves have access to yardage at will. Referring to the illustration for de- tailed description, the bottom-of the/ manger, 18 inches wide, consisting of | 2-4inch hemlock, is 6 inches above the| floor. As the front of the manger fg built on rather than against the bottom it leaves the inside bottom measurement of the manger 16 inches, The side of the manger over which the calf’s neck 1s placed in feeding is $ inches above the bottom, one-half of this distance being taken up by a _ 2x4, the balance by the bottom frame. on it. E EE iy i ef i inch elm and no breaks have occurred thus far. The youngest calves do not require more than 5 inches space for the neck when confined. The stan- | chion frames are bored with a num: ber of holes so that the movable up- right piec can be shifted according to the size of the calf. As calves ap- | at the barn or lot in which the cows | are kept. Second, a great many more | milk. slopes away from the manger to in crease its capacity and give the calf the benefit of a little more spread in throwing the head up to remove it from the open stanchion. The stan chions are made of well-seasoned 1 proach the yearling stage and their horns interfere with the working of the stanchion the movable plece may be removed and the animal allowed to go free while feeding. T system has given the utmost satisfaction, permit: ting calves to be fed individually ac: cording to their needs and entirely preventing the many. bad habits so frequently acquired by the pail fed calf, DISEASE GERMS FROM COWS) Milk Contaminated in Various Ways From Time It Leaves Cow Until It Reaches Table. Prayer Inspired the Hope of Miners--A Wall Shut Off There are a hundred and one places | where milk can be contaminated from the time it is drawn from the udder | till it reaches the table in the form of sweet milk, cream, or butter. First, a great deal of bacteria, impurities and disease germs get into the milk of these owe their existence in milk to the attendant and the place in which the milk is kept. The moment the cow shows signs of being ill, or when even a slight eruption is noticeable, a person may contract disease by partaking of her Impure water is another way in which milk {is contaminated. If the cow is compelled to drink out of a mud hole, filled with disease germs, she cannot help but drink a large number of those germs into her sys- tem, some of them being sure to reach | that place we the mitk- Milking the cow into an open pail when the barn {s filled with dust, and from which there hangs an untold number of dirty cobwebs, or milking her in an offensively smelling lot. where the filth is ankle deep, or milk- ing a cow where udder, flanks and legs are covered with dirt and filth— in such cases it is impossible to avoid contamination of the milk. We believe that more disease germs are given the human family through milk than are givep in any other agency; and we also believe that less attention is paid to the care of milk than to any other food consumed upon the table, men alive and comparatively well have arisen from their grave. In these six days the rescued men have passed through a horror the like of which never has been describ- ed, even in fiction. Without food, heat or even air, the men gnawed at bark from logs used for supports in the mines, erected an earth wall to protect themselves from the deadly white damp of the mine, successfully fighting off the deaths that appeared so imminent. But the men who have returned to life can only thank themselves and the scientife knowledge of one of heir n Prehistoric Pete—Great Scott! Why don't you get your hair cut? Antediluvian Arthur—Well, I went to see the barber this afternoon, but do you know, old chap, he hasn't got a sharp rock in the place. No Hot Air, The deaf mutes have reunioned And gone, each hearless her And talkless him, and none know who The banquet speakers were, Her idea of Farming, Husband—Well, I went out to see “But, remember, we must hel; ourselves.”’ Mulberry and Western Bates. Mrs. James Knox, of Boynton, Ok.’ Tuesday evening after the family had retired at W. D. Beals’ twenty- five of the young people came in and aroused them from their slumber and had a surprise on Miss Ada. All en- joyed the evening. Thanksgiving Time Dr. J. C.. Sageser drove over to and look after place, B. F. Cumiford, of Amsterdam, Death—Story of the Rescue. _| is visiting her mother, Mrs. Scott, and | Was calling on his old neighbors. Fri- sisters, Mrs. F. A. Oline and Mrs, |day. He thinks Bates county a bet- Cherry, Ill, Nov. 20.—Twenty| Lue Scott. ter place than New Mexico. Charley Robbins is hauling corn to P. A. Sargent, Mrs. Jennie Porter visited her sis- ter, Mrs. Fred Ewbank Wednesday. There was.a good crowd at the lit- erary Friday night. RAMBLER. are alive. It was through their own heroic efforts that they were saved from suffocation in the mine. From the moment they were trapped in the blazing shaft last Saturday afternoon until they were carried from the mine vertiSed and I've made up my mind to buy it. Wife—Oh, then, we'll move away from the hateful city for good? Husband—Yes. It’s a fine place, but there's only 12 acres of ground, and half of that is covered by a pond of water. Wife—Say, that will be nice. We can raise pond lilies and watermel- ons in it. Why He Didn’t, Two gentlemen, shooting in Scot land, sat down to lunch. On taking a y bottle of whisky out, of the: noticed that the some had been rey the cage might be sent down to this afternoon the men have battled || Isat A Few Things you: Need ' for Fruit Cakes 4 of a languid-looking woman read- our new fall line of ing a novel with a flaming cover, & nursemaid, who was evidently new and green, and two troublesome little children, The youngsters fought, screamed, and scratched, while the maid looked on helplessly, At last the novel reader closed her book and said, impatiently: : “Hilda, if you can't keep them quiet, send them here to me, and I will sing to them,” “Ob, it ‘td d, am,” was the weary rerly. “Ive threatensa ff BY thus doing you are assured that the style is just right and the qual- ee ity is absolutely the best, while Regal Quarter Sizes Doubtful Compliment. give you the best possible fit—in all ob- “By the way,” drawled Percy Pickle as he smivad his Bat. with the rain- taining for you the foot bow band and sought a shadowy spot on the front porch, “what has become comfort and of your father?” “Papa?” laughed the pretty girl. ) “Oh, papa hi invented an airship. And ie you ise, he actually named THE BEST SATISFACTION POSSIBLE it after you?” “After me? Gracious! What a y compliment!” “ e “Yes; he said it was so flighty.” thier dt 4 H | RA M N | ( 0 L , “Here is another diet theory,” re marked the boarder who is always 4 i king dd items. “Lats have it," apoke up the came THE HOUSE OF BETTER SHOES - Hie comes,» ued © SY TO, HANDSOME CALENDER RRB with Jout purchece, sles Lincsis Wella kak Ou siablle “Well, a foreign professor says we could live on onions and strong cheese and thrive. That would be cheap liv- ———>>>>>—>E>E——E———__=__ ing.” position in which they were placed} John R. Knox was a caller on Har- rs eee It would only bel SNATCHED FROM and asked that each obey orders if|lan Porter Wednesday. Mr. Knox pe THE GRAVE. he ever desired to see his wife and| expects to soon move on his lease - ~ TOO BAD. babies again. near Hot Water school house. “Men, we are in God’s handsdown| Misses Ora Beall and Anna Coffin “There justas much as if we’ were| visited friends at Pleasanton Sunday. EMARKABLE SCENE| Working the steel cage up above,”’ 7 ; ms : MOST REMAR’ solemnly said the mine boss. eres ge at aoe tamepa ; AT MOUTH OF CHERRY. | “itis God's will that we be freed for him. He has been kept from work 4 MINE. — this plight, we will come out all fall on t of sickness. alive, relatives near that“ Hand ered with, and, knowing the charac- ter of their'gillie, at once accused It was Walter Waite, assistant perintendent, who headed him of having been at the lunch basket, “I fear, that you have been the whisky, Sandy.” | - “Na, na, sir, I ha not, for the cork wouldna coom oot!' - ——— Up to Date. discussed various plans in the face of what even, in'their calm ‘ 5 vedto be :