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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST To
AGRICULTURISTS.
scnae up-to-Date Hints About Cu'''s~
tion OF the Soil and Yields Thereon
Horticulture, yitieulturs and Fioricui'
tux@.
Exnariments wien wheat.

At the Ontario experiment statloh
tests with wheat have been a proml-
nent part of the work. Some OIL the TO
suits are reported on as follows;
The average of several years results
from seeding at different dates SHOWS
that the grain which was sown on OF
before the ninth OF September gave
considerably larger yield Of both straw
and grain than that which was sown
after that date. The very best yields
were obtained from the wheat when
was sown In the last week of August.
An experiment with different prep
arations of winter wheat land mas
been conducted in duplicate in each OF
four years. The average results IN
bushels of grain per acre of the eight
tests are as follows: Twenty tons OF
farm-yard manure per acre on bare
summer fallow, 40.9; crop OF peas
plowed under, 36.1; bare summer fall
low, 33.8; crop of buckwheat plowed
under, 29.6. These results show that
peas give much better results than
buckwheat when used as green ma
nure on land to be used for winter
wheat.
In an experiment conducted during
the past year in growing wheat on
grass sod and on clover sod 1t was
found that the former gave 2S.2 per
cent less In yield of grain per acre
than the latter. Ten plots were used
for the experiment. The crop OF both
grass and clover was removed from the
land in 1899, after which the land was
plowed and the wheat was sown dur
ing the first week of September. The
experiment will likely be repeated for
several years.
In each of six years an experiment
has been conducted in duplicate by
sowing winter wheat broadcast and
with drill. The results from sowing
the same quantities of seed by the two
methods are very similar, the yields
per acre being practically equal. II
should be understood that the land
was in good state of cultivation wher
the seeding took place, in every case
In order to find out the influence Of
cutting wheat at different stages Of
maturity upon the quality of the grain
for seed purposes, samples were taker
from the crop cut at different dates
ana these samples were carefully sowr
upon separate plots. In the average
results of these tests made with two
varieties in each of five years, it wa!
found that the heaviest weight O.
grain per measured bushel, and tn,
largest yield of grain and straw PEE
acre, were produced from seed taker
i from the crop which had been allowed
to become very ripe before it was cut
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

.x.n than any other county In the
state $1,000 to 7oo,sae being coHsio-
sred a conservative estimate OF tneir
numbers. xs
George Taylor says: Il havs found
chat a little grain Of any kind. say
bolf hushel for twenty-five or thirty
sheen. once a day during the winner,
is a great help towards making DOM
fash and fleece and good strong lambs
in the spring. Feeding ewes Wheas
should he avoided after Landing or the
lambs will scour. l have found the
feeding of oats highly satisfactory al
auy time. l do not think any domestic
animal will respond so readily TO
little extra feed and care as sheep.
1.-THE Navajo Indians of Arizona arc
a material factor in the wool Market
The tribe is wealthy through It's nocks'
The tribesmen are believed to own lit
tie short of 100000 head, the care
of the focks and the weaving OF wool
being almost the sole occupation OF
the $4,000 Indians. Singular to relate,
only a small part or the NaFaJo "ooA
crop is worked up at home into the
wonderful blankets that have made the
tribal name famous. Only the coarseE
and cheaper blankets are now made
OF the native wool.-Ainslees
A sheep raiser says: AS soon as
the lambs are weaned and the ewes
are dried the old ewes should be culled
out and sent to the shambles as soon
as they are ready. When one has his
flock well established and he can AFFORD
to Gull severely, he ought to do SO, In
such instances there is no gain in keep
ing grade sheep beyond the age of five
years for breeding uses. Beyond that
age they are not so we'll fitted to nour-
ish their young, nor do they fatten as
well when they are being prepared for
market"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

guide, BILLY" Hofer, is one of the few
men who have ever tried it success
fully. Out in the Yellowstone Park
country, but outside the government
reservation, Billy" located a colony of
beaver. They had damned consid-
cradle creek and their family houses
stuck up above the waters of a big
pond behind it. Hofer and his party
started out to drain the pond. They
cut big cash in the dam and went to
sleep, expecting to find the pond dry
in the morning. On the contrary, they
found when they got up that the beav-
ers had been busy over night, had en-
tirely filled the gap, and were once
more enjoying their usual depth OF
water. 1t took careful and endless
watching to get the water out of that
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

Geo. w. Markham, writing to the
Farmers Review from the Tennessee
Agricultural college, says: THE short
course began January 8, 1901. There
were about thirty-three students at tina
opening, and some have come since.
Much prominence is given to dairying
although all the subjects taken nm
seem to be very carefully considered.
The dairy building is very fine one
and supplied with large variety Of
milk testers, cream separators, cheese
making outfits, together with all tba
other necessary machinery and fixtures
required. All the students WORKING in
this building are uniformed in white
duck suits and they present a neat ana
Duslnessllke appearance. We are di-
vided into squads and on different DAYS
have instruction in running the boilar
and engine, milk testing, churning ana
the manipulation of the several tvnaa
of separators. Besides this. there is
work in pasteurizing milk and prepar-
ing it for the city trade and in tha
making OF cheese. For myself, l have
been on churning, butter making. milk
testing, boiler and engine, etc., and
have found out that one practice period
on churning extending from one To civ
o'clock has taught me more than ever
imagined there was to know about this
subject All the students are Delighted
with this work and every one is sur
prised at the vast amount of informa-
ton required to run dairy property
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11
ALIVE,

Thirty mountaineers, hunters, and
woodsmen are now at work in the
widest parts OF the continent bent on
capturing alive specimens of big game
animals for the coming exhibition in
Chicago of the products of the water
and the woods.
Jack" Monroe and his partner
started out week ago from their
home on the Blackfoot Indian reserva-
ton In Northern Montana and are now
well over the line of the British pos
sessions in the highest part of the
mountain country. They have gone to
capture, IL possible, some mountain
sheep and mountain goats, which are
among the rarest of American animals.
OF the two the mountain goat is the
hardest to approach, and there is only
one way to catch either of them. They
must be followed by dogs and driven
into some gulley where the snow is
soft and deep, so that they will sink
through and be unable to extricate
themselves Both goats and sheep live
high up on the icy peaks where men
and dogs have the hardest kind of
work TO climb, and they go on the
jump where a man must crawl at full
length. The sheep Is extremely timid
and equally wary, and will get away
TO an inaccessible height If it is given
half chance. The goat. on the other
hand, is afraid of nothing alive. 1t
rarely runs and thinks nothing of cut
ting couple of dogs to pieces with
Its short, sharp horns. The traditional
gentleman who sought the needle in
the haystack had an easy task COM
pared with that which Jack" Monroe
has undertaken.
Hunters who have been out at Sum-
NIT Station, which is on the roof OF the
continent at the crest of the Montana
Rockies, will remember the experience
which "Slim of Summit" the famous
guide and hunter. had with noun
tain goat which he undertook to cap
ture alive. A short distance from Sum
NIT Station Is high and wide noun
tain plateau. Almost at its center rises
an irregularly shaped peak. Across the
plateau runs track much used by
mountain goats In crossing from one
set of mountain heights to another.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

bles and desks, Work for the class is
cut out by the staff during the winter,
including strategic situations" based
upon imaginary wars between the
United States and various foreign pow
ers. To make the wording of these
impersonal, the United States is al
ways designated as "The Blue" and
the foreign power as 1.-The Red" The
military and naval forces of the two
countries are compiled and classified,
and all their bases and lines of COM
munication carefully studied before
the situation" is prepared. Copies of
this situation are then given to the
chairman of two committees, one be-
ing informed that he is commander-in-
chief of THE Blue" and the other that
he commands THE Red" and they
are informed that the game is to be
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

Weeds injure growing crops by an
propriating the available plant food bv
removing water from the soil and IN
the case of small vegetables. nv
excluding light While a soil NAV he
very fertile, there seldom ia nrasort
enough plant food. in the form necas-
sary for the use of plants. to sumner,
crop of weeds and a crop of yepetas
bles at the same time. But waads
usually do the greatest injury bv "a
moving from about the roots of tha
crop the water needed by it. Not onlv
do weeds require water for their n,
crease In size, but water is cont,nrallw
evaporating from the surface of tha;s
leaves. While they NAV sbada tht
surface of the soil SO as to chacS a,,s sne
Grafton there, the evaporation tral-
their leaves is much more rapid than
1t would be from the surface 30 AL
unshaded soiAs if it were properly crl
tivated. Thus, the destruction of 1 ths
weeds by cultivation not only curtai,s
the loss Of plant food and of watsr ' h..s
the process produces all the dasir. NV
conditions of the soil mentioned ah ,so,s
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

Captain Cotton OF the Norfolk navy
yard has made report on the damage
sustained by the torpedo-b boat Ericsson
on Jan. 2. when she touched bottom in
the Delaware and Chesapeake canal
while the water was low and the Ice
thick. The known damage is bent
propeller Orders have been issued for
the docking of the boat at Norfolk
and 1t is expected that she will soon
be In readiness to join the torpedo fio-
tilla which will accompany the north
Atlantic squadron on it's winter cruise.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

1t has been remarked In connection
with the late Lord Armstrong as moi
little singular that while he was the
founder of Elswick. the arsenal of the
north, a member OF another branch OF
the same family was the founder OF
the royal arsenal at Woolwich in f716.
This was John, a sciou OF the Liddes-
dale Armstrong;, who became very
celebrated military officer and engi-
neer, serving with the highest reputa-
ton under the duke OF Marlborough
and Prince Eugene.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

Sometimes when they are hard pressed
by dogs the goats will climb the peak
In the center of the plateau for tenn
porary refuge. slim" took advantage
OF his knowledge of these facts and
went out one day with his rope to
try to lasso one of the wild goats. He
hid himself in the most inaccessible
part OF the center peak and waited
events. Presently big billy" goat
came bounding up the rocks. Slim"
got his rope" in readiness and at the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

The Hungarian government is about
TO take steps to eigectually put an end
to the wandering of.gypsies. who are
so frequently to be met in that coun-
Try The stalwart Hungarian gypsy,
With his multi-colored cloak, his dark
syed, fortune-telling wife. and his
crowd of half-naked children, is one
81 the most picturesque figures in this
part of Europe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

Attention Is called by the London
lancet to the fact that canned toma-
toes are now being extensively coll
bred, in order to make them look at
sractive and as If made from ripe fruit
Among the colors so employed are
soal-tar colors and cochineal. The
mbject of artificial coloring and pres
rvation of food Is now receiving great
attention In England.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11
FIGHTS ON PAPER.
sea Battles Conducted In Naval War
College,

SEA Battles Conducted In Naval War
College,
Many persons have never heard Of
the Naval War college at Newport, Il.
1. In the "New Iippincott" Lieut..
John Morris Ellicott has an interesting
article. In which he says; This In
stitution has a president and a college
staff on duty the year round, and a
class of twenty-five to thirty officers
ordered In attendance from June to
September inclusive. The class Is COM
posed mainly of officers of executive
and command rank, and is divided for
work into committees of six to eight
members, the senior in each being
chairman. The committees are as
signed separate rooms, with chart ta-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

The Steele announces that M. Osiris,
well-known Paris philanthropist. has
instituted prize of 100000 francs to
De awarded by a committee of the Paris
Press Syndicate to the author or au-
fhors of a work adjudged by the COM
mittee to be the most meritorious
whether from the artistic or industrial,
point of view, or on the ground of gen.
eral service to humanity.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

played on a certain day. On the day
appointed for the game large chart
table is placed in central room; upon
the table is tackled a chart of the
theater of operations, and beside this
are placed red and blue lead pencils,
rulers, dividers, duplicating note books.
and record sheet, while around the
board are hung for reference telegraph
ic maps, consulate maps, and coalins
station maps. There is also provided
spinning arrow to decide the direc-
ton of the wind or nature of the wea-
Their when this is of Importance; also,
a table of classes of vessels, with fight
ing values, speeds, endurance and visi-
bility.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

Miss Jane Schroeder, who has Just
died In Essex, Conn. has left what is
called in sporting parlance 1000
bones" to two dogs which she had
picked up on the streets. During her
% years OF life Miss Schroeder lived
In tumble down shanty and devoted
her days to visiting the sick of the
town and picking up stray dogs and
cats. During one of these missions she
picked up child and adopted her as a
daughter, Greatchen Schroeder, as the
child Is called, will inherit what re-
mains Of the $4,000, should the dogs
die before she does.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

An original device for evading the
prohibitory law was recently I'M
earthed by plumbers in house In
Rutland, vt. The liquor. stored in o
secret nook. was conveyed In hidden
pirvs to radiator In one of the prin-
fipal rooms of the house. A small
faucet attached to the radiator was the
means by which the liquid was drawn
or for use.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

The new Japanese cruiser Yalumo,
which was built at Stettin and recently
sailed for Japan. has so far given the
greatest satisfaction. The system OF
ventilation Is so perfect, 1t lis asserted
that during her passage of the Red ses
the temperature of the engine and boil
or rooms was not much more than hal
that In British ships.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

When ex-Queen Liliuokalani visited
Ihe island of Maui not long ago for
The first time In ten years the steam.
ship which carried her was surround
Cd by natives bringing gifts of all
kinds, fruits, vegetables, fowls and
even pigs. There was music. dancing
great feast, and the whole steamship
YVES decorated with their garlands.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

In Scotland the halfpenny Is called
sSbawbee," but how 1t came to receive
that name LIS not matter of common
knowledge. 1t appears that the first
attempt at the portraiture of the un-
fortunate Mary. queen of Scots. was
made In her earliest infancy, and her
wee" face was engraved upon the
Scottish halfpennies at the time of her
coronation in 1913. when she was but
. months old. A number of these
small coins are still preserved. and it
VIII be easily understood that the
narnc "bawbee," or baby, was origin
ally given to the coin bearing the
baby's effigy.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

Charles G. Rumsey, whose equestrian
statue OF North American Indian has
been accepted by the managers of the
Buffalo Pan-American Exposition, is a
member OF the junior class OF Harvard.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

wild animals to efface themselves by
hiding until they are able to depend
for protection either upon their speed
or their courage. Often deer will leave
their young lying stretched out fiat
against the ground while they go miles
away for water or food.
The man who goes out to catch
young deer or antelope takes with him
some good dogs field glass and
pack horse, carrying large panniers,
as the most essential parts of his out
fit. He climbs a bluff, and from its
summit looks down over the neigh
boring lowland. If he sees through
though they might have young with
them he starts down the trail after
them. Shortly the grown deer vanish
across the horizon line, and then the
dogs track down the fawns in their
hiding places. All that remains for
the hunter to do is to pick up the
trembling little creatures and put them
In one of the baskets on his pack
horse. It is no great trick to pick up
half dozen fawns in this way in the
course of short trip.
One OF the hardest OF animals 10
catch alive is the beaver. When caught
in trap in the ordinary way the
beaver is usually drowned or at least
badly injured when found. There
seems to be only one way to capture
them alive and uninjured. The famous
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

Fergus county, Colorado, has been
wrested from the cattlemen by the
sheep raisers and the former have been
compelled to close-herd their stock
Fergus county is credited with more
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

Venice 10 trying to revive the pic
turesque ceremony of wedding the Adj
riatic. which has been discontinued
since the last Doge was expelled in
1877. Plans have been made for build
Ing a Bucentaur n the model OF the
last state galley used for the cere-
mopy.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

Germany has life insurance ASSOC
station of hotelkeepers which in seven
years has paid over 100000 to the
families of members
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11
Hortleultura1 oh.erration..

We notice in contemporary rec
ipe for sulphuring apples, by which
method they can be kept without can
ming. In brief, the plan is % put the
pared and CHARTERED apples in bar
rel in which is to be burned a cupful
of sulphur. Until further advised our
readers should beware of the process.
Sulphured fruit is under the ban of
medical authorities and is considered
bad food. Canning and drying give
healthful food products and these proc
esses should not be abandoned for
one that gives questionable results.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

The will of the late Jarvis Ford,
OF st. Joseph, Mo-, leaves $4,000 for
free memorial library in that place,
and $4,000 to the municipal hospital.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

IT'S an easy matter to fool any one
with the exception of yourself.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

Now is the time to be preparing for
the early radishes and lettuce. To
have them early increases their value
to the eater BY growing them in a
hot bed they can be placed on the
table from four to six weeks earlier
than If grown in the open ground
Make the bed on the south side of a
building, where it will receive all of
the sunlight possible, and where 1t will
get little wind. The manure bed may
be made in a pit or on level and
covered with few inches of good
loan. The glass should of course
slope toward the south to catch the
sun and turn the rain. The radishes
can be sown in drills or broadcast, but
must be thinned to give room for de-
velopment. Good radishes must be
grown rapidly to be tender.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

Grape growers have generally paid
little or no attention to the question
of Decentralization of grapes, believ-
ing most grapes 10 be sufficiently self
fertile to give a good yield of fruit
II other conditions were right. OF late
some of our stations have taken I'D
the question and have found that the.
varieties differ greatly in this regard.
some being self-sterile, others only
partly self-fertile. The self-sterile va
rieties cannot be improved by planting
them together, but may be benefited
by planting them near the self-fertil-
ixers However, little definite informa-
ton exists on this point, and it is
evident that a great deal of expert
mental work must yet be done to give
us light on the subject. Very marked
results have already been secured. in
dicating that variety which is more
or less incapable of fertilizing itself
generally fails in the fertilizing of
other self-sterile varieties, while on
the other hand the self-fertile varie-
ties have usually been successful in
fertilizing the self-sterile sorts upon
which they have been tried. Further
investigation is necessary to determine
whether any grape may be more sue
cessful in fertilizing some varieties
than others.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-02-21
THE WORK OF THE HOUSE.

The house passed the following
house bills:
No. 1SS, requiring the mine inspec-
tor to collect statistics and prescribing
penalties for mine owners who refuse
to answer; No. 1876, providing the man
ner in which ballots shall be marked
when there are more than one candi-
date on a ticket for the same office:
No. 125, allowing a husband or wife
who has been abandoned for one year
to manage, contract, sell or mortgage
the property; No. 1876, regulating crimi-
nal practice; No. 1913. prescribing the
manner Of selecting jurors.
The house also passed the following
senate bills:
No. "a, providing a manner of set
ting accounts between townships and
newly formed towns.
No. ~, providing for the division OF
cities into wards, cities of 1000 and un-
der to have three wards, cities of 1000
to 10000 to have four wards, cities ex-
ceeding 10000 to have six wards. and
cities exceeding $1,000 to have an adj
ditional ward for each 10000.
No. Sc, appropriatins $500 for ex-
penses incurred in criminal prosecu-
lions in unorganized counties.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-02-21
ADJOURNED UNTIL TUESDAY

The house and senate adjourned ut
noon, taking a recess until Tuesday n
permit the investigation committee 20
do its probing and at the same limo
not lose any of the sessions.
/ Wednesday the senate passed a bill
regulating the placing OF children Of
d~issolute parents in homes.
The bill providing that all fees re-
ceived by state institutions must be
turned over to the state treasure, VIZ )
also passed.
The bill requiring state officers tc
turn all fees collected to the state
treasurer was passed after being
amended to apply only to those ON
GERS who are now getting a stated sal
airy.
Senator Martin offered an amend
ment to the bill fixing the bonds of
state officers raising the bond of the
state treasurer from $3.50, 900 to s50o.-
900. The bill was then recommitted Ia
the judiciary committee.