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Show " Frida y, Augu st 2,1929 THE MIDVALE JOUR NAL Six Combination Horse and Dairy Barn With Modern Equipment CHEA P FEED MADE CHEAPER BY SILO Small Silage Cutters Reduce Big Expense of Labor. (By BERT S. GITTINS , in the Dakota Farmer. ) ' By ELMO SCOTT WATSO N N AUGUS T 26, 1881, a little group of white men and two Eskimos stood on the shore of an icelocked bay fifteen hundred miles north of the Arctic circle and watched a little steamer push its way cautious ly througll a "lead," a dark streak of open water which ran irregula rly across the surface of the frozen sea. The steamer was the "Proteus ," which had been held ln the ice there for six days while Captain Pike waited in vain for a "lead" to cleave u path through the lee of Lady Franklin bay so that he could start south towards ch·ilizat ion. The men who stood watchin g the ship until It disappea red from sight were member s of the party officially known as the Lady Franklin Bay Ex:· pediUon ary Force, which bad been sent out by the United States govern· ment ln the Interests of science. But lt was more commonly known as the Greely Expediti on, In honor of Its comman der, F'lrst Lieut. Adolphus W. Greely, of the Fifth cavalry of the United States regular army. His sub· ordinate s were Second Lieutena nts l~redericq F. Kislingb ury, of the Eleventh Infantry , and James B. Lock· wood, of the Twenty- third infantry . These with Octave Pavy, assistan t army surgeon, eight sergeant s, two corporal s and nine privates , most of whom had lately been serving in the Indian wars on the western frontier, and two dog-driv ers, Jens Edward and Frederik Thorley Christia nsen, comprised the personne l of the party. The departut"e of the "Proteu s'' :marked the beginnin g of what has lbeen aptly culled "one of the supreme ·adventu re stor..ies of the world," a :atory of almost unbeliev able human grit and enduran ce which forms one of the brightes t pages in the annals of the America n army. I•'or two years this party was as much lost from con· tact with their fellow men as it they had been on another planet, and when finally the third attempt to rescue Greely succeede d, of the original twenty-f ive there were just seven left alive and one of these died within twenty-f our hours. The other eight· een bad perished of starvatio n or accident after a series of adventu res marl<ed by incredib le suiTering and incredible heroism. The official records of the Greely expedition were marle public soon after Comman~er W. S. Schley (Admira l Schley, of Spanish- America n . war fame) and brought its survivor s back to the United States on the "TheUs, " but it was not until nearly half a century later that the heroic human side of the story became known. For more than forty-five years the diary of Ser· geant David L. Brainard , one of the seven survivor s, lay unused in an old trunk. Recently it was hrought to light and under the title of "The Outpost of the Lost" it was publishe d by the Bobbs-Merrill company. Today there are but two survivor s of the Lady Franl<lin Bay Expediti onary Force. They are 1\Iaj. Gen. A. W. Greely, retired, the comman der of the lll-fated expediti on, and the man who served as a sergean t under him, now Brig. Gen. David L. Brainard , retired. It is therefor e especial ly appropr iate that his old comman der, who once called Brainard "the most remarka ble of a number of remarka ble men of that expediti on," should write In the book a "salutat ion" to remind himself how "Togeth er with our comrade s we faced for nine months the prospect of death day by day and were harassed by the sight of our associat es perish· lng of starvatio n or from vir:ssltu des ln the polar fteld." Accordin g to the plans for the expedition , It was to establish a station A Religious Law· It w&uld be easier, I fancy, writes "Looker -on" ln the London Daily Chronicl e, to recall Instance s of beards being forbidde n by law than of their being made compuls ory, as Is the case ln Afghani stan, accordin g to a message from Kandaha r. Beards often have a religious significance. The real· ly strict udhNen t of the Jewish fulth is always bearded. while priest::~ or the us;;lan Orthodo x church must wear In th.e northern part of Grant or Grinnell Land to study the meteoro logy of the polar regions. Such a station was establish ed, named Fort Conger and then the "Proteus " which had b.rought them, salled away. The "Proteus " was to return the next year, If possible, to carry them away. If not, another rellef expediti on would be sent for them in August, 1883. In case it should fait, Greely's orders were to leave Fort Conger not later than Septemb er 1, 1883 and "retreat southwa rd by boat until the relieving vessel is met or Little Island Is reached, " or until a sledge party from the Little lslnnd base was met. As a matter of fact the "Proteu s" failed to reach them in August, 1882. Uut, says the foreword to the book, "The first year had not passed disagreeabl y, and it Is doubtful If anyone regrette d the experien ce, future uncertai nty thrown into the bargain. The entire party bad had the distinction of spending a winter farther north than any Arctic explorer s had e\·er wintered , with the exceptio n of an English outfit that had wintered on shipboar d. Moreove r two of their number (Lieuten ant Lockwood and Sergean t Bralnar d on 1.\lay 13, 1882) had set a new Farthest North record in the centurie s-old race to the pole. "Thut first winter there was weather in which Medford rum froze sol!tl and the kerosene oil had to be thawed out before the lumps could be lighted. • • • At first there had been plenty to do, and the worT;: was Intellige ntly organize d by the comman ding officer and taclded with zeal by the men. . • . But In a few weeks cold and darknes s put an end to practica lly all outside work except the Instrume nt tending near the station. The monotony of the Arctic night produce s strange effects on white men. They become melanchf?ly, sleeples s and very Every diversio n irritable . twenty-f ive minds could think of was tried out and dropped . "Checke rs are all the rage now," wrote Serg-ennt Brainard , the faithful diarist. "But nothing lasts llke long, loud arguments. Today the subject was the relative merits of the fire departm ents of Chicago and New York." Howeve r, "the second winter was harder to bear than the first," and "on .Tune 17, 1883, Sergean t Brainard wrote that although 'It is a few weeks too early for a relief ship, we cannot keep our eyes from wanderi ng hopefullJ to the south.' '' But again they were disappoi nted and they began the tragic retreat related by Brainard . On August 9, 1883, they set out in small boat:i through a "lead" which had flnully formed in the tee after they had waited for it for several days. Their coocse was through Kennedy channel, which was filled with grinding floes of ice upon which Greely's force camped when them was no open water through which to push the boats. Whenev er they could beards and allow their hair to grow as well, More strictly speaking , the canon law says that the hair must never be cut from the day on which ordinati on takes place, and so the Orthodo x cleric ls ft•ee-un officiall yto restrain an Inconven ient growth of his tresses by judiciou s singeing from time to time I Where Pleasure Liea Owning the richest tremmre ln tbe world Is useless unless some one else shares them.-A merican Magazine. use the boats they hugged the coast of Grinnell I.and through Kane sea. Early In Septemb er they were forced to abandon their boats and for thirty· four days they were adrift on fioat!ng Ice. Finally they managed to reach Smith sound and landed south ot Cape Sabine, north of and opposite Littleton island, which two hundred and fifty miles away. It was near here that the first year relief ship had been forced to turn back and far south of Cape Sabine, the second year rescue ship had been crushed ln the ice and aU provisio ns lost. The record of their stay at Cape Sabine is one Iongo story of terrible suffering. Here for eighteen months they lived on two months' rations. 'l'he simple record of Sergean t Brnl· nard's diary reveals the horrors of those days as can no extended description . On October 2 he writes: !fen who cannot afford high-pri ced feeds and who had to cut expense s on every corner have been the most loyal and enthusia stic friends of the silo. When they found silo tltling costs higher than necessar y and the work of lllling harder than they llked, these dairyme n and feeders turned their attentio n to cutting costs and llghtenin g Iuber. Ruther than allow their silos to stand wastefu lly idle and to operate without a feed which gave them 30 to 35 per cent greater returns for their corn crop, they managed Instead to eliminat e a great deal of unpleasa nt silo-filling backach e and to make this cheap cornbelt roughag e still cheaper. The old silo filling ring has passed out of the picture in many sections of the cornuelt and the small crew of two, three, or four men bas taken its place. Under the old method, the silo owner was compelle d to spend two or three weeks exchang ing work with his neighbo rs every fall. With the new plun he fills his own silo when his corn is ready without waiting for anyone else to finish first and with· out hiring extl."a men. Small, individu ally owned and operated ensilage cutters driven by the farm tractor or an electric motor have made possible this minimum expenditure of man labor. Present day, small or medium-sized cutters will take feed very nicely without a man at the feed table, experien ce shows, while It is becoming more generall y conceded every year that a tramper Inside the silo Is unneces sary. Thus, the man on the wagon is the only one needed at the silo. He can start the tractor or motor when be comes in with his load by the turn of a crank or by clr!sing a switch and can leYel out the ensilage in the silo after he bas unloaded if he wishes. In many Instance s farmers have filled silos alone in this way, although crews of two or three men a1·e more common. Evidenc e Is accumul ating that the weight of silage in itself Insures proper packing. The extent of settling is a measure ment of packing, I took an Inventor y of the comml~ ary stores last evenln .~ and found only 35 days full rations of bread and meat remained . These rations can be extended to 50 days, If we eubltct our· selves to a greatly reduced dif>t, but • the sul'l'erlng will be extreme In thi!' low tempera ture where a man requires from two to three times the normal diet. Also, we have some very hard labor ahead or us Incident to the buildIng of winter quarters . October 28: What are we to do? As far as I can see, there Is nothing ahead of us except starvatio n. Every hope of rescue this fall ha:o Called us. How can we hope for anything now from a rellf>f expediti on? The civilized world has forgotte n us In our hour of need. March 4, 1884: Lieut. Greely reduced the bread Issue to eight ounces per man. Occasion ally member s of the party were able to shoot u fox to supplem ent their rations and Sergean t Brainard rigged up a device for catching shrimps. But as the weary weeks passed the Inadequ ate food, severe col,] nnd the conditio ns under which they lived took their toll. Oue by one eighteen of the member s of the party includin g Lieutena nts Kisllngb ury and Lockwood died. On the evening of June 22, 1884, Sergean t Brainard lay in the little U,v tent which bad blown down upon him and hls six comrade s. Reside them lay the dead body of another. Rut they were too weali to move It or even try to raise the pole of the tent. Suddenl y a voice called out "Greely. are you there?" Brainard raised him· self in his sleeping bug. IIe knPw that voice I It was the voice of 1'\orman, first officer of the "Proteus " iu 1881. "It's Norman !" he shouted in a weak voice. He crawled from beneath the tent and Norman thrust u hard· tack In his hand. A moment later Lieutena nt Colwell came running over the hill. Brainard was sitting on the ground gnawing at the hardtack , hut as he saw .an ol1lcer appronchitJg, the old habits of the regular army sergeant asserted Itself. He tottered to his feet and attempte d to salute! But Colwell clasped his hand and they went together Into the tent, there to rouse the dazed Greely and to tell him that the ship "Thetis" had arrived with relief at last. Ullcle Eben •·ne hard part 'bout u p'litiC'ul 11r!!'u· ment," snl.:l Uncle Eben, "is dnt two people is liable to get mixed up tryin' to 'splaln somethl n' dat never was tul ly 'splalned to either of 'em."-W ush lngton Star. Why Not . Aalr Theom t "Feed a cold and starve a fever, say the doctors. What we woultl Ilk. to know is why every girl we take ~rn· has a cold instead of a fe,·er.--L ontlot Opinion. • MANGt:~ •• I ' ~"-----.a., • I • '----- ... ~I DE TAIL0f fLOOO CoN5TR IN DAIRY BARN • Proteins in Ration of Dairy Cows Impor tant The proteins In foods are chiefly nsed by the animal for the producti on of lean meat and the repair of tissues, I. e.. for growth and maintenance purpose s; but they may, if sufficient in quantity , also be used for supplyin g heat and making tnt. thOU!:\"h they are not so economi cal for ther;e purpose s as starch and sugar. In milk-pro ducing nt1imals the proteins In the food have also to supply the raw material fr.r the proteins in the milk, of which there is 3 to 4 per cent (say one pound in every three gallons) . While the proteins can also make fat nnd give heat, it Is most important to rememb er that no other substance can replace them in the makIng of muscle, milk casein and albumen, etc., hence rations for all animals must contain enough proteins to supply the needs of the animal for repairs of tissues. growth, and the productiol'. of milk. i. ~·~·~·<M·~·~·\S•<i·~·~·<M~·~<$·~·~~·~·~~·~ i··. Dairy Note s ~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·<i·~·~·®•<i·~·~~·<i·~·~·~·~~~·~·~ In feeding the dairy cow, include oats in the ration for Its vitnmlne s. • • • Improve d practice s in managem ent mn:v often change loss into profit with a dairy herd. • • • A goal of 8,000 tJ 12,000 pounds of milk pf'r cow is n reasonab le aim tor the average dairyma n. • • • One way of avoidin~ calf trouhles Foul r~ to lteep the barn ventilate d. carrier. disease air Is a great • • • Don't breed the cows to treshen tn spring. The cow fresh in fall is the high produce r and money-m aker. • • • Don't fall to carry a notebook . It Is easy to forget but it Is very necessary to keep tab on breeding dates. • • • ..it Is an ea!!ly matter to produce clean milk if one has the informa tion at hand as to bow to do it, and will follow the very simple rules that are nece ·sa roy. • • • Dairy farmers who would not feel that they cun a!Iord the price of a high-class proven bull can, if they exert gore~tt care in selecting a bull calf of hi!:'h qunlity, <Wvelop him into one ol the greatest assets of the farm. • • • The physic.al conditio n of m:Kjr ple dairy cows in the spring bears urtestimon y to Inadequ ate feed! ing t he winter. Profitab le producti on r:>nnnt he expected from underfed ·ows. nor is it good herd managem on\ 10 un•ll'rfeeoL By W. A. RADFO RD Mr. William A. Radford will answer question s and give advice FREE OF ::!OST on all problem s pertain ing to the subject of building work on the farm. for the readers of this paper. On ac· count ot his wide experien ce as editor. author and manufac turer, he Is, without doubt, the highest authorit y on the subject. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford , No. 1827 Prairie !\Venue, Chicago, Ill., and only Inclose two-nen t stamp ror reply. While building costs today are greater than they were 15 years ago, dairymen through out the country are fintling It economi cal to build a modern barn to house their milking herd and the feed required to carry the animals through both the fall, winter and spring when there is no pasture. And even In the summer it Is advisabl e to and a grain ration to the pnsture, in order to keep up millt producti on and keep the dniry operatio n on a paying basis. ~own in the accompa nying desilm Is a combina tion horse and dairy barn for the farm where a small herd or dalry cows Is kept. It will be noted that a concrete wall separate s the dairy barn from the horse barn. This Is ln conform ity with the laws of many , states, which prohibit the housing of horses and dairy cattle In the same stable. The floor plans of the stable floor show single stalls for twel..-e cows. There are stalls for four hors€:s In the other section of the stable floor. This barn is 34 feet wide and 46 feet long. The Width-3 4 feet-ha s been fGund to be the most economical for a dairy barn. This allows for a drivewa y through the center and llttf'r alley bnck of each row of stalls. The floor plan specifies steel stanchio ns. a concrete manger with a drain so that lt can be hosed out and kept clean, nu· tomntlc drinking fountain s at each stall head. an overhea d carrier track for the transpor tation ef feed to tlw. mangers and rem~·ai of litter, on uuAll nf tonmtk 1·entilntl ng system. tend ami \'ers these things m·e lnhor-sa e. pro!itnbl to make the hero more Cleanlin ess is an essentia l in Lhe tlairy stnl,;e. wlllll.' nn automat ic ventilati on Sy!;.tew keeps the ronstant !low of fresh air coming In for the animals and removes the foul air which hi hurl for the animals and for the purity of the milk. Uesides the fioor plan there Is reproduce d nn architec t's cross-se ction of the buil!ling .sLowing how the frame is set up and some of the details ot construc tion. This cross-se ction and the details will bE: of great assistan ce to anyone who Is contemp lating build· ing a barn of this type. Brigh ten Up Kitchen With Attrac tive Color • 'l'hPre is e,·ery reason why the kitchen should be as charmin gly decorate rl us the other rooms of the house. It is a place '"here the housewi fe spends An attractiv e color muny hours. way toward makIon~ a goes scheme ss Instead of happine of ing it u place drudgery . One of the many attractiv e color suggesti ons Is based upon walls •>t taupe gray, painted with white lead and flatting oil which has been tinted very sparingl y with lampbla ck. The .. paint for woodwo rk and trim is tlntl'lt' a sHghtly dnrl;er shade of gray, just dark enough to give contrast between the two shades. Thep the Inner sldeg of doors, shelvf's, Interiors of cup· br•at;ds, built-in features and rungs ol chairs are painted a deep orange. Curtains of pale gray volle with bands of orange crepe and a suitable floor covering of blue and gray complet e the color arrangem ent. 'l'bis is only one of hundred s of color suggesti ons, all of which depenrf upon harmoni ous colors to create a 4 atmosph ere of cheerful ness. The Whitelend paint finishes on walls and woodwork hn;e pro,·ed as practica l us they are beautifu l, for when dirt collec . on the surface, it can be cleaned with soap and water without being harmed Be Careful of Rust Rust stuins wnshttlh s, sinks and hntl:tnhs . Rusiy water ruins clothes In the lnundr)·. Walls are stalnetl and ceilings fnll when pipes leak and rugs and furnitur e are frequentl,y dama~ed by dri"ping water. |