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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-12-25
ROYAL ATHLETES,

Queen Alexandra Encouraginx Eng.
1ish Princesses In Sport,
Queen Alexandra has always been
an advocate OF games and athletics
for girls, If kept within reason. She
herself was very fond of all outdoor
games as child. In running she was
swift Of foot as Atalanta, and skating
came as naturally to her as walking.
Never ! wrote an enthusiastic ad-
m1rer Of her, the mother of the then
rector Of Sandringham, did our dear
princess look more graceful and fairy
like than when skimming over the ice
ON her skates. She seemed to express
the poetry of motion" Although fond
of riding. the queen, owing to the me-
cessity Of sitting on the wrong side
Of the saddle, has not been a great
horsewoman. Driving was at one time
a favorite amusement of hers, and peo-
pie living round Sandringham used to
watch for the pretty pair of grays she
fooled along SO deftly. On one of her
birthdays a little carriage, with four
ponies, was given her by the Emperor
Of Russia, and she drove these either
four abreast or in the usual four-in-
hand style.
Her majesty encouraged her daugh-
tiers to try every form of outdoor and
indoor exercise, and arranged that
they should receive lessons in boating.
riding, swimming and billiards. They
are all fond of cycling, especially the
Princess Victoria, who has made sew
eral bicycle excursions with her init
mate friends. The Duchess Of Fyfe's
favorite sport is salmon fishing, and
few women can throw fly as skill
fully as she can. Princess Charles of
Denmark is good tennis player, and
has lately taken up the fancy for cro-
quet, game in which the queen ex-
s.-London Modern Society.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-12-25

the birth night of our dear Savior, let
us give ourselves anew to the work you
have been doing alone"
Little girl, you don't understand. I
have not been what you think have,
and"
Her dimpled hand closed his lips. you
are not to malign my dear grandfather.
We will work together. will we not2"
Eyes, dear"
In those two words the old man ~
nounced his greed and selfishness. On
the morrow his workmen should receive,
not a reduction of their wages, but IN
assurance Of his good will and interest
In them. For this child's sake he would
learn to know and do his duty.
st will be our first Christmas ~
gether," Florence said drsamily, her
cheek pressed against his.
Eyes, little girl. 1t will really BE- nv
frst my very Arst Christmaa"-Homs
Monthly.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-12-25

cent on all wages. One week-that will
be the twenty-Hfth. Why, that will be
Christmas, and the men must have a
holiday, Christmasl As IL that old super
stition made any difference with the
world to-dayw
The frown on his brow deepened. He
leaned back, staring from a window. He
could see the long, low buildings of the
Bentley Lumber Company. In the back
ground was the leafless forest. The sun
was setting and the sky, above the tree
tops, was tinged with a rosy glow.
Gilbert Bentley had spent ten years
In that numbering village. In that time
he had doubled his capital. Now, owing
to general depression, his profits were
small To continue his business through
the winter would mean very little profit,
but doubtless the spring would bring
change Well, he would not wait for
spring.
Money had always bean Gilbert Bent
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-12-25
Between Heat and Cold.

What difference and vet what a sim.
llarity between the balmy DAYS Of
spring and the Indian summer of Oc-
tober and November! The first, a
changing Of cold to heat, Burroughs
calls inspiration; and the second, heat
to cold, expiration. He also calls at.
tention to the fact that "the delicious
Indian summer is sometimes the most
marked in November. A truce is de-
clared, and both forces, heat and cold,
meet and mingle in friendly converse
on the field."-St. Nicholas.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-12-25

ley's god. He had begun life a poor boy
and had worked his way upward, nm
aided. His life had been too busy for
sentiment. To be sure he had married.
His wife lived only a few years. There
was a child. Harold had grown up, high
spirited and proud. In early manhood
he married against his fathers wishes.
Estrangement had followed. Harold and
his wife died within a few months Of
each other, leaving little daughter.
Pride prompted Mr.. Bentley to pay the
girls bills at good school, but he never
saw her.
The door bell rang and there was the
sound Of footsteps and voices in the hall.
The door of the study was thrown open,
and sweet voice cried:
Grandpa, are you herew
Before Mr.. Bentley could speak, Simp-
son, his old English housekeeper, enter
ed. In one hand she held aloft a lighted
lamp, thus showing Gilbert Bentley his
unexpected visitor. She was a slender
girl of sixteen, a dimpled, blonde face
lighted by sunny blue eyes.
"Why, don't you know met am
Florence, and am glad-so glad-to see
your
She was at his side, both arms round
his neck, and her lips uplifted for his
kiss. As In a dream he listened as she
told how she had grown tired Of spend
ing her vacations at the school.
"You know, grandpa, that it Is dread
full to have no one of your very own to
be glad with, and I've come to spend
Christmas with you"
The girl was SO sure that her grand
father was glad to see her that he could
not tell her she was unwelcome. An hour
later they sat at dinner. The old man
looked across to where the girls golden
head cleaned in the lamp.
She chatted gayly. When they rose
from the table she went with him to the
study. Sitting on stool, she told him of
her school life.
II am happy there, grandpa, but will
be glad when school is finished. Then 1
can keep house for you. It has been SO
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-12-25
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= An OLD MANS FIRST CHRISTMAS q,
BY HOPE DARING.

" ES, will do it. It's the only way I
can be sure of making fair profit
next year. My workmen must under
stand that run the mill to put money in
my own pocket"
There was an ugly frown on Gilbert
Bentley's brow as he sat in his shabby
little study, communing with himself. He
was small, STOPPING man Of 65, with
searching blue eyes, and cold, forbid
ding expression.
''I'll do it at once. One week from
tomorrow I'll announce a cut of ten per
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-12-25

Boil hard for five minutes four cup
fuls of white sugar, one cupful of hoi
water, twelve drops of oil Of pepper
mint, fifteen drops of wintergreen
Pour into bowl and stir briskly until
the mixture begins to thicken. Then
drop on cold tin dish as fast as posi-,
BILE. A small teaspoonful of the candl
dropped on the dish will make a u
enge as large as half dollar. Do
place the lozenges so close togetl
that they will run into each other.
they will not be good shape.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-12-25

Green with an i'm
aginary wrong Of
which the man
was entirely limo
cent, was So years
old and was one
Of the most prom
1nent and public
spirited citizens of
G r e a t er Ne W
York. B e 9 ! d e 8
bringing about the
creation of the
greater city, he
had promoted and
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-12-25
Nothing in the Way Now.

"Do you think the north pole will
ever be discovered?"
Sure. It's as good as discovered al.
ready"
"Ho w so?" ~
"Why, they know right where 1t is.
Nothing to do now but go there and
run up flag."-Kansas City Journal.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-12-25
Pumpkin Pie.

Into two cupfuls of stewed pum
that has been rubbed through the
ander beat the whipped yolks of 70
eggs, cupful Of granulated sugar,
quart Of milk, a teaspoonful of q
namon, nutmeg and mace mixed, an
lastly, fold in the whites Of the ed
beaten to stiff froth. Line a Il
pie-plate with good paste, cut
gashes in it. beat the pumpl
and pour into the open cru
Immediately in a steady ove
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-12-25
FATHER or GREATER NEW YORK.

Andrew III. Green, Who Was Shot to
Death by an Insane Negro.
Andrew H. Green, who was shot to
death in New York by Cornelius M.
Williams, a negro, who charged Mr..
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-12-25
Street Railway EmpIoyes.

Five hundred and sixty thousand
persons in the United States are de-
pendent upon the street cars for sup.
port
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-12-25
POTATO M

One-hah Of a cupfi
spoonful Of butter, sd
taste, the well beaten
eggs added to six nd
Stir all together light1
Pile in a mound and BIRD
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-12-25

A Cooking Time Table.
Many hOusekeepers, young and old,
are In doubt as to the right time to
cook vegetables and meats, so that the
following table is given, with the hope
that 1t may prove of value:..
Baking meats: Beef, sirloin, rare
Eight minutes for each pound. Well
done-Ten to fifteen minutes for each
pound.
Beef, rib or rump-Ten to fifteen
minutes for each pound.
Beef fllet-Twenty-five minutes
Lamb, well done-Fifteen minutes
for each pound.
Mutton, rare-Ten to twelve min
utes for, each poun.
Mutton, well done-Fifteen to eight.
teen minutes for each pound.
Pork, well done-Twenty-five to
thirty minutes for each pound.
Veal. well done-Eighteen to twenty
minutes for each pound.
Chickens weighing from three to
five pounds-One to one and a half
hours.
Turkeys weighing from nine to
twelve pounds to three and a
half hours.
Fish Of average thickness, Weighing
from six. to eight pounds-One hour.
Vegetables: String beans-One and
q half to two hours.
Caulifower-Thirty to forty minutes.
Corn, young-Five to ten minutes.
Cabbage, new-Thirty to forty-five
minutes.
Carrots-Fifty to sixty minutes.
Onions Thirty-five to forty-five min
utes.
Peas-Fifteen to twenty minutes.
Potatoes, boiled-Twenty to thirty
minutes. "
Potatoes, steamed-Thirty to forty
minutes.
Turnips- five to fifty minutes.
Parsnips- Thirty-five to forty-fivs
minutes.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-12-25
Rice Griddle Ca

~ ANAAS SG
For rice griddle cakesl
a cupful Of rice. Wher.
thoroughly with one 4
milk, the yolks Of 70,
enough flour to make
Add one tablespoonful
ter, one teaspoonful q
cream Of tartar and a
in the beaten whites
bake on a hot gridt
baked, butter, spreal
up and serve hot.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-12-25

Half a cupful of the b,
cupful of New Orleans
cupful Of cream, three Gu
best -four, three teaspoonfuls
finely ground ginger, cloves and Gil
mon.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-12-25
Boiled Turkey.


SINCE, draw and wash a turkey
weighing about nine or ten pounds,
and stuff with a dressing made by
chopping a quart of small oysters,
rather coarse, and adding to them
quart of grated breadcrumbs, two lev
ell tablespoonfuls of salt, half a tea
spoonful of pepper, grain Of cay
enne, a quarter of a cupful of butter
and two eggs beaten slightly. Fill the
breast Of the bird with some of this
dressing, and put the remainder into
the body. Sew up and truss. Dip a
large piece Of cotton cloth into cold
water, and after wringing it well
dredge it thickly with -four. Pin the
turkey in this cloth and plunge it into
boiling water. Boil rapidly for fifteen
minutes, and then set back where it
will just simmer for three hours. Serve
with oyster sauce.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-17

nually treated in this way for a nnn-
Der OF years do not show on the on
erage appreciably more water .ol,
BILE plant food than adjoininp .o;1.
upon which no such applica+;on"
have ever been made The Burlot;1
discusses the influence of the textn,o
of the soil of rotation, and variety 81
the plant, on the yield of crops and
also the action and use of commero;-
al fertilizers and their influence =,
the fertility Of the soil. These sinh.
jects, we will take up in a subsequent
article, together with the conclusions
to be drawn from the experiments,
"The point we will now emphasize
is, that the position we have taken
up and enforced in our writing for
years, that this physical and me-
chanical condition of a soil is Of
more influence and Importance in the
yield of the crop than the applica-
ton of any fertilizer, is more than
sustained by the evidence accumu-
lated in the Bulletin"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-17
Value of Spraying.

W. P. Cora, an assistant pomolo-
gist of the Department of Agricul-
ture, devotes most of his attention to
apples. Speaking of his personal ex-
perieence and observation in spray
ing this fruit, in a conversation with
the Washington correspondent Of
The Progressive Farmer, Mr.. Cora
said:
"I bought a farm some thirty years
ago in Sussex County, Delaware. It
had an orchard of $50 trees. found
that they we're all Northern apples,
quite out of place in their semi
Southern home. Thereupon I top
grated them, but I then found that
the fruit, although it set well, was
every year infested with insects. The
first year that the new gratis bore, l
got not a single perfect apple. They
commenced dropping when the size
of a walnut, stung and disfgured
by the larvae of the cooling moth.
We tried picking up the drops two
or three times a week and boiling
them to kill the worms, then feeding
them to the pigs. But this did not
do. The entire country swarmed with
the pests-my own orchard and those
of all my neighbors. Not much was
then known about spraying, but l
fixed up a kerosene barrel, with a
spraying pump and hose, at a COST
of about SIS. With this I sprayed
my apple trees thoroughly with paris
green, and also loaned the pump TO
all my neighbors, as I wanted them
too to get rid of the moths. old
not know anything then about COLI
bining paris green and bordeauA
kmixture, and thus killing the lnSe0''
and fungus spores at the same spray
ing. We had trouble with the brown
cedar rust, but overcame this Largely
by cutting down all the cedarS arOunu
and working up a sentiment among
the neighbors against them. InD
cedar rust works over from wo
Lcedars to the apple leaves, wlnteflHS
on the cedar foliage.
eff every farmer who has even
few trees would spray them he Woula
realize enough profit from It ito to m rear,
than pay for his outfit the nIS' Trees,
but if he has any number Oh o+ing
he is wasting money by neg onnie
this most important item OF app
culture"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-17

ton of the soil to moisture, and
probably also to temperature. 1t al
so changes the character of the at
mosphere coming In contact with the
root system. We know that stable
manure and lime, for example, have
a marked influence upon the texture
of the soil, and therefore indirectly
upon the climatic conditions. It
seems possible that other fertilizer
materials may produce effects of a
similar character. If fertilizers
have any influence upon the texture
of the soil or upon the movement of
soil moisture, they will not only in
huence the supply of water which
will be delivered to the plant, but al
so the supply of nutrient materials
normally contained in this water.
""The important practical infer
ence, if this is so, is that fertilizers
have, to a certain extent, the same
effect as cultivation and cropping,
but it is undoubtedly better to de-
pend upon efficient methods of cult
walton and cropping than to rely up
on fertilizers, while at the same time
neglecting to give proper attention
to the physical condition of the soil.
The effect due to cultivation is also
more permanent than the effect due
to fertilizers.
"'Furthermore the influence of fer
t~ilizers on the yield of crops is not
proportional to the~amount of ferti-
lizer added, as it frequently happens
that a small application is quite as
efficient as a larger application
Discussing the effects of commercial
fertilizers on the yield of crops, the
authors remark that where the an
nual application of the fertilizer has
been discontinued, the effect is al
once apparent in the smaller yielc
of crops. In other words, on a sol
which has a natural capacity for Is
or Is bushels of wheat, as the Ro.
Hampstead soils in England seem tc
have where wheat is grown continu.
ously and fertilizers have not beer
used for fifty years, the application
of certain fertilizers has increased
the yield to thirty bushels to the
acre, but to maintain that yield &
constant annual application of ferti
lizer has to be given and subse.
quent applications merely maintain
but do not increase the yield. It is
recognized that in our own soils
when under intensive cultivation, az
in the truck and tobacco areas, large
applications of and fertili
zers are often used amounting tx
from two to five carloads of manurt
and 1000 OF 5000 pounds per acre O.
the fertilizers, the maximum efec
of these is quickly obtained, anC
these yields can only be maintained
by continued large applications.
""The results obtained in the ex
pertinent by the Bureau of Soils G,
to show that these large annual ap
plications of stable manure or o
high-grade fertilizers do not appar
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-17
FERTILIZERS AND CROP PRO
DUCTION.

ling and Too Little to Tillage.
The Progressive Farmer has al
ready published lengthy extracts
from the recently issued Farmers
Bulletin, "The Chemistry of the Soil
as Related to Crop Production" and
we have also published the comments
of DR.. Henry Wallace; but the sub
iect is so much Importance and the
bulletin so effectively rebukes the
fertilizer craze from which the South
has suffered so much that we are
glad to reprint herewith the views of
u Virginia contemporary, the
Southern Planter. The following
editorial appears in it's November
number:
"For more years than we can recall
agricultural writer's, scientific au-
thorities and practical farmers have
been engaged in discussion of the
problems affecting crop production
and the discussion still proceeds even
more vigorously than ever before.
With the spread of scientific educa-
ton and the realization that if farm
ing is to be made profitable it must
be conducted on scientific principles,
thousands who were formerly con
tent to follow in the footsteps of
their fathers find it absolutely neces
sary to give heed to the teachings of
the expert scientists as to how and
with what to feed their crops and
fertilizer their lands. The difficulty
they experience in doing this is to
know what teaching to follow.
"In the early days when farmers
first began to realize that their lands
in the old country needed help, they
were advised by Jethro Tull that 'cul-
tivation was the fertilizer they need
ed Many accepted the advice and
profted by it. Then investigation
by scientific chemists having demon
strated that the food plants needed
was nitrogen, p~hosporic acid and pot
ash in an available form, Peruvian
q, guano to supply the nitrogen, the
German potash salts to supply the
potash, and superphosphate to supply
the phospboric acid, we're put within
the reach of farmers, and were found
to give good results.
Experience, in the use of these
fertilizers has, however, demonstrate
ed the truth that to secure continued
good results their use must, wher
once applied, be continued, and even
then their action is very uncertain
One year they give excellent returns
whilst in another year, and on tbs
same crop, no results can be seen
On one piece of land they will tel
Immediately, whilst upon anothe,
their action will be inappreciable
These results led to the conclusion
that what was needed was a chemica
analysis of the soil in order to deter
mine what were the plant food con
stituents lacking therein in orde
that these might be supplied.
Experience, however, with thi
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-17

be well supplied with all the plant
food needed, but the crop failed to
make these available when only the
natural solvents of the atmosphere
were available. A careful considera-
ton of all the work done in the past
in advising and aiding farmers in the
work of crop production and practi-
cal application of these, has led to
the conclusion that other factors
were at work determining the crop
productive capacity of land than
hitherto deemed conclusive, and with
a view to endeavor to find out what
these were, a great series of expert
ments has been conducted by the
Bureau of Soils of the Department
of Agriculture, under the direction
of Profs. Whitney and Cameron.
"The result of these, so far as they
have proceeded, has been given to the
world in a bulletin just issued by the
Department of Agriculture. This
bulletin we regard as one of the most
valuable ever published. After Civ
ing the results of the chemical exam
nation of the natural moisture con-
tent, the true plant feeding constitu-
ent of all crops, of hundreds Of sam
pies of soil taken from typical soils
in various parts of this country and
abroad, the authors of the bulletin
say that the analyses show that there
are no wide variations in the amounts
of plant food material going into So
luton where these various soils, SO
different in their other characters
tics, are acted on by a definite pro-
portion of water for a short but
definite length of time; in other
words, all types of soils furnish
about the same amount of plant fooC
when treated with the same proper
ton of water, other conditions al
time, temperature, etc., being also
the same.
""The conclusion seems inevitable
that all our principal soil types, IL
fact, all cultivable soils, contain
naturally a nutrient solution which
varies within comparatively marrow
limits with regard either to compost
ton or concentration, and which i
usually sufficient for plant growth
Apparently, therefore, all these soil
are amply supplied with the neces
sary mineral plant foods, and thes
plant foods are not in themselves
matter of such paramount impor
tance to the agriculturist, for thei
supply as regards the plant is deter
mined by the supply of soil moistur
which the crop can obtain from tn
soil.
""The chemical analysis of a sol
can not in itself, therefore, throv
much light upon the problem of fe1
tility, but when attempting to COZ
troll the factors governing crop yielc
attention must be directed to the me
chanical condition of the soil as al
fecting the supply of soil moistur
with its dissolved mineral nutrients
to the effects of climate, to rotation