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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18
FEEDING the Calf.

When you get to the calf remember
patience. He doesn't understand your
deal-whether you want to veal him.
torpedo him or nurture him. Have a
prayer-learned at the maternal knee
ON your lips as you proceed. Tickle
his Shiny, ayaricious nose with the
tips OF your fingers. As you become
more deeply absorbed and things are
doin' don't forget the prayer. Hypnot.
ically your calm state of mind Wilt
lead bossy to the light. and humping
his timber spine he will go in for his
mess like a Jap after a Russ cruiser,
rising at intervals to blow the token
Of his happy dip on the rim of your
bib overalls. But remember he's a
calf-the same as you used to be-
Vermillion Is. d. Republican.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18
Worship Of the Successful.

While the world is generally con-
vinced that II is only the already sue
cessful person who can be Of any use.
1t must put up with having very con-
siderable amount of sham success
folsted on it. why ever did you trust
the defendant with all these goods?"
a Judge asked plaintiff. You should
have seen how he was dressed, and
the jewelry he wore, your honorl" re-
piled the too-confding merchant.
THAT was the very reason why he
should not be able to pay you-if he
had spent his money in those things"
remarked the judge severely. But the
world will not see 1t in that way"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18
AT THE AGE OF 10.
Interesting Relic of Musician llszt
Discovered In Paris.

An interesting relic Of Liszt has
been recovered at Paris. At the age
of IS he composed Don Sanche." the
libretto of which was written by The
aulon. who. in the course of his career,
was the author of $50 pieces for the
stage. and by De Rance. who is not
known to have made any other effort
in dramatic literature. After four per.
formances Don Sanche" retired into
the obscurity which befalls the major
fly of literary and musical efforts. The
MS. was believed to have been de-
stroyed In the hre at the Rue Lepel-
letter, but M. Jean Chantavoine has
found the score IN the Bibliotheque de
POpera. 1t fills two volumes and con-
tains in all S37 pages. Apparently
Don Sanche" is not a very original
production. The music even of List
at the age of 10 could hardly be more
than an echo. Nor does the libretto
exhibit any great amount Of novelty,
for the theme is taken from a tale by
Florian who calls 1t Portuguese.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18
When Color Is Used.

The use of color Is not a thing that
can be done entirely by rule, as the
COW varies the amount of color she
puts into the cream. Thus In the win.
ter the cream is largely white, while
in the summer months and when
there is an abundance of grass, the
color is deep yellow. June color has
\ ecome proyerbial. At this time of
year the butter is frequently colored
Zoo highly on account of the rapid
Increase of color when the cows go
INTO grass. The buttermaker on the
farm continues to put In the same
amount that was added in the winter
and the butter that goes onto the
market has sometimes SO much color
IN 1t that 1t is regarded by the best
customers as undesirable.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18
Show Yard Standards.

The show yard standards of cattle
have not always been the same, and
hence it is impossible for a breeder
to breed toward the show yard stan
dard from year to year. He may be
breeding toward the show yard stan
dard of to-day and away from that of
ten years TO come. We remember
that twenty years ago the animal that
was fit to win in the show yard was
the great heavy steer weighing some
times ton. We remember that men
kept breeding toward that standard
from year to year and for some time
were successful in carrying off the
greater number OF premiums. But a
change came in the market demands,
and 10, the steers and bulls and cows
that had been bred for show pur-
poses through generations of their an
cestors were out of type. A recent
winner at the International was asked
how it was that his steer, weighing
about 1850, CHANGED to take the first
prize. He replied that during many
years he had been breeding only with
the idea OF putting good cattle on the
market. He said that during all this
time the demand had been changing,
and with 1t the popular idea of what
was the best kind of steer. He had
not followed the ideal. but the ideal
had CHANGED to get around to his kind
of an animal, and he had thus taken
a prize that had made him famous.
1t is probable that show yard stan.
dards will continue to change. The
man that will win in the future, as
in the past, must be to some extent
able to look ahead and see what the
demand is to be in a coming year.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18
E4lHz
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palryina in Holland.

In an address to Indiana dairymen.
Prof. G. l.. Mckay said:
NO country is more interesting to
traveller who is interested in dairying
than little Holland The country is
peculiarly adapted for dairying, owing
TO Its cool, moist climate. The north
ern part Of Holland presents very
unique picture to the traveller, with its
small, green fields dotted here and
there with numerous windmills and
the large herds of Holstein-Fresian
cows quietly grazing. The monstrous
long-armed windmills. resembling an
old lighthouse above the sea. are used
for various kinds of work They grind
grain, pulverize rock and manufacture
paper. but their most important duty
is to pump out the water from the
marshes into canals so it may find an
exit to the sea. otherwise the lowland
would be submerged Excepting
Greece and Great Britain, no country
has SO many inlets as Holland. The
Hollanders, as people, might be
termed little slow. but the govern
ment is certainly not slow in appre-
S'u'ihS thS UcHCHtS lHdt Inc Nouutis
derives from dairying, as eight in
structors are employed. largely aided
by the government, whose duty it is
to give free instruction wherever 1t is
required
Everything pertaining to dairying Is
kept scrupulously clean, even the cows
in many cases being washed before
they are MIXED. | have never seen
a place where the old adage, "Cleanli-
ness is next to Goodness" comes in
better, and | believe that the fine
flavor OF the Holland cheese is largely
due to their cleanliness. The slow.
quiet customs of the people seem also
to have been transmitted to the cows.
Good grass land or land in the dairy
section brings a much higher price
than that In any other part of the
agricultural district. In the dairy belt
of Holland. dairying is the chief occu-
patton of the farmer, hence every care
Is given to the production of milk and
the care OF milk. The farmer, as a
rule, does not try to follow any scienti-
fic method in feeding. Roots. hay and
oil meal are fed. The Oil meal is used
only In the winter when cows are on
dry feed. They have no set rule as
regards the proportion of feed. This,
they maintain, depends upon the judg-
ment of the feeder and the cows he is
feeding.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18
Reducing the Grain Ration.

There is no doubt that in the past
away in the feeding of all kinds of
farm stock, through the feeding of
quantities in excess of what could be
utilized by the digestive apparatus of
the animals fed. We have assumed
mat the more feed used by the animal
me Better. We have taken II for
granted that the animal that received
twenty pounds of grain day got from
Il twice as much nourishment as the
animal that received ten pounds per
day. We are now finding that this is
not so. This fact Is bound to greatly
modify our systems of feeding farm
animals. The problem is to get the
amount OF feed reduced or increased
to the point where it will be expended
with the greatest possible profit to
the owner of the animal. There is
such a thing as producing flesh and
lat at too great an expense. Expert
ments have been made that showed
that steer fed eight and nine pounds
OF corn per day made the same gains
as the steers fed twelve and thirteen
pounds of corn per day. all other
parts of the ration being the same in
all cases. The results of feeding steers
from twenty to thirty pounds OF corn
a day showed that 1t cost as high as
ten pounds of grain to make one
pound q, gain and that at this cos,
the increase of weight was not proflt
able The omount Of grain to be fed
Will OF course, depend largely on the
KIND of grain being given and on the
other things tina, go to make up the
ration, We believe 1t doubtful II more
than twelve to fifteen pounds of grain
can be profitably fed TO finishing
steer on the ordinary ration.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18
Bcddinu for Swine,

In winter 1t is common practice to
bed hogs, and this is to be commend
ed. There are many kinds of material
in use and various opinions held as
to which is best. Some use oat straw,
but this is not in good repute with a
large number of our swine raisers.
Oats eften have smut In them and this
smut has been proved to be poisonous
to the hogs II it gets into the eyes
or into wounds or even scratches on
the bodies or limbs of the animals.
Probably no kind Of straw affected
with smut should be used Rye straw
seems not to have the same objec-
tons made to II as has oat straw.
One of the best beddings for hogs
is leaves. Where the country is roll
ing or cut with small ravines these
may be gathered in large quantities
in the Fall of the year, as they will
blow into the ravines and collect in
them to depth of several feet. Where
the land is level 1t is often too much
work to collect sufficient leaves to
serve as bedding for number of
hogs throughout the winter The col
lection of leaves where 1t is feasible
is not a matter that should be neg
lected. They contain much material
will be a valuable addition to the
stock of manure. They rot easily, and
this is a factor in their favor. No
better bedding for any kind of animals
can be secured.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18

miss Nellie Holmes, treasurer
Of the Young Woman's Temper
ance Association of Buffalo, NY,
strongly advises all suffering
women to rely, as she did, up.
on Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound.
DEAR MRS PINKHAM - Your med
icine is indeed an ideal woman's medi-
cine, and by far the best / know to
restore lost health and strength. ]
suffered misery for several years, being
troubled with menorrhagia. My back
ached, had bearing-down pains and
frequent headaches. / would often
wake from restful sleep, and in such
pain that suffered for hours before
could GO to sleep again. ! dreaded the
long nights as much as the weary days.
] consulted two different physicians,
hoping to get relief but finding that
their medicine did not seem to cure me.
i tried your Vegetable Compound
on the recommendation of friend
from the East who was visiting me.
~ am glad that followed her ad-
vice, for every ache and pain is gone,
and not only this, but my general
health is much improved / have a
fine appetite and have gained in flesh.
My earnest advice to suffering women
is to put aside all other medicines and
to take Lydia f. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound Miss NELLIE
HOLMES, $40 No. Division St., Buffalo,
N 5000 forfeit II ORIGINAL Of abovs letter pro-
WAg genHfnensss cannot BE- produced.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18
Winter Rhubarb Profitable.

Winter rhubarb culture is one of the
profitable crops grown by a former
banker. Of Sumner, Wash. He has a
frame house costing about $40 that
brings an income OF $500 during the
months of January, February and
March. The rhubarb roots are taken
from the field and placed in the house
the first week in January. A small
stove supplies the required heat,
which is carried throughout the build
ing by six-inch stove pipe. All
light is excluded. Within three weeks
from planting the rhubarb stalks are
ready for the market and sell for rs
cents a pound.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18
Forest Fires.

or all the foes which attack the
woodlands of North America no other
is so terrible as fire. Forest fires
spring from many different causes,
says Clifford Pinchot. They are often
kindled along railroads by sparks from
the locomotives. Carelessness is re-
sponsible for many fires. Settlers and
farmers clearing land or burning grass
and brush often allow the fire to es-
cape into the woods. Some one may
drop half-burned match or the glow.
ing tobacco of pipe or cigar, or a
hunter or prospector may neglect to
extinguish his camp fire, or may build
it where it will burrow into the thick
duff far beyond his reach, to smolder
for days or weeks, and perhaps to
break out as a destructive fire long
after he Is gone. When the duff is
very deep or the soil peaty a fire may
burn beneath the surface of the
ground for weeks or even months
sometimes showing its presence by a
little smoke, sometimes without Civ.
ing any sign of life. Even a heavy
rain may fail to quench a fire of this
kind, which often breaks out again
long after 1t Is believed to be entirely
extinct. Fires which thus burn into
the ground can sometimes only be
checked by digging a trench through
the layer of decaying wood and other
vegetable matter to the mineral soil
beneath. Ground fires usually burn
much more slowly than surface fires.
but they are exceptionally long lived
and very hard to put out. 1t is of the
first Importance to attack such fires
quickly before they have had time to
burrow far beneath the surface of the
ground.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18
CURSE THAT WAS EFFECTIVE.
Lafcadio Hearn Tells Story Of Japa-
nese Superstition.


In one of his recent stories Lafcadio
Hearn deals with q singular supersti.
ton In Japan. A woman had, accord.
ing to very common custom In ia
pan, given her mirror to 60 into the
melting pot to make bell for Bud.
dhist temple. After she had given
1t she remembered that II had been
her mothers and her grandmother's.
and that 1t must have reflected q good
many happy smiles. So she regretted
giving 1t. She longed for the chance
of stealing 1t back. but 1t never came.
AS the mirror was given grudgingly
1t would not melt. She was sure that
everybody must know who had done
such a dreadful thing as to grudge a
gift to temple. so she drowned her.
self, leaving farewell letter contain.
ing these words: When | am dead,
1t will not be difficult to melt the mir
ror and to cast the bell But, to the
person who breaks that bell by ring
ing 1t. great wealth will be taken by
the ghost of me-" This was a magni-
fcently effective curse. because every
body tried to ring the bell till 1t should
break. The priests were driven to
the verge of madness by the ringing
and threw 1t into a swamp. so that
nobody could ring 1t any more.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18
Buddhist SuperstItlons.

Japanese Buddhists have . word.
"nazoraeru," which 10 translated By
the dictionaries as ito initiate" but Il
has the esoteric meaning Of ito sub
stitute in imagination one object or
action for another. SO as to bring
about some magical or miraculous re-
suit" An example Of this is laying a
pebble before the image Of Buddha to
show that you would like to build a
temple in his honor If you were rich
enough, and making bookcase re-
volve which contains the gill vol
umes OF the Buddhist canon. and ear
nestly wishing that you had time to
read them, by which you acquire the
same merit in the eyes Of heaven as
II you did read them. The bookcase 10
fitted with a kind of capstan for tho
purpose.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18
Important to Mothers.
HAD DONE MUCH FOR INDIA.
Millionaire Phllanthropist Deserved
Well OF His Country.

Millionaire Phllanthropist Deserved
Well OF His Country.
II Is stated In a London paper that
Mr.. ]. N. Tata, the millionaire philan-
thropist of Bombay, who died recently.
had made experiments extending over
series of years for the acclimatiza.
ton Of Egyptian cotton in India, and
In suitable localities these met with
2ome measure of success. In many
other ways, such as seri-culture. after
the Japanese method in Mysore. the
extension of the use of artesian wells
and the introduction of cold storage,
Mr.. Tata contributed to the industrial
expansion of the country of his birth.
BY means of his scholarships for In
dian youths OF special promise in
Europe and America, he afforded
many OF his young fellow-countrymen
opportunity for gaining technical
knowledge. The Indian University OF
Research to be created at Bangalore
as the outcome of his offer OF an en-
downment of 100000. win be the
monument of his benefcent career.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18
experimenting the Farm.

The farmer that succeeds is the ono
that thinks and thinks TO some end.
The superintendent of the farm is
man that has farm large enough to
require the work of a number of men.
The man with the little farm can think
as he goes along, but not so the man
that has a large area of expensive
land to control. This was forcibly
brought to our attention recently in
a visit to one Of the most successful
farmers in Illinois. He said that one
of the greatest faults he had noticed
lack of ability to plan. He himself
always made ii point to think out
the work days ahead, and to tell the
men the night before what they were
each to do on a certain day He
cited the instance of one farmer that
lacked this power. He would not try
to think what to do till the day came
when the work was to be done and
then he never succeeded in arrang-
ing his work so as to save time. He
would say to one man, well, you go
over and repair that fence" ana he
would go perhaps a mile to make a
little repair on a fence, which could
have been repaired when the men
were in that vicinity engaged on
some other work. This meant a loss
of time that was a very considerable
factor when 1t was repeated over and
over throughout the year In various
forms. The man at the head of af-
fairs is the one that must make the
farm work success. IL 1t is to be Q
success
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18
Japanese Deities Are Kindly.

Japanese deities are as kindly and
gentlehearted as the people them.
selves. The story of the creation is
quaint. Two gods. lzanagi and Ian.
ami, standing upon the bridge of heav,
en-, cast grains of rice abroad to dis.
pei the darkness. They then pushed
a spear down into the green plain Of
the sea and stirred 1t around. This
spear became the axis of the earth.
started it revolving, and thus brought
about the dry land
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18
OUTFIT OF TIsETAN DANDY.
Resembles a Pouter Pigeon In a Short
Skirt

The Tibetan young man OF fashion
5ears his pigtail like the Chinese,
and would be lost without his native
girdle, This is complete multum in
parvo. at once his arsenal, his pipe
rack. and his treasury. In it he car
ries all that is really dear to his soul.
The smart tailor of the locality makes
his great coat with huge bulging
breasts, which he stuffs out with wool,
balls Of barley dough, and other odds
and ends that are necessary to . half
nomad existence. AS he walks he
loeks like a pouter pigeon In a short
skirt. He Is an industrious person in
way. for he always carries a distaff
in his belt with his other weapons,
and as he goes he spins upon it like .
perambulating wooden mill.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18
Excellent Opportunity to Arrange for
Your Reception at St. Louis, During
the Fair Free

If you intend going to the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition st. Louis, Mis-
souri,. opened by President Roosevelt
April 30th. 1904. 1t will be very much
TO your advantage to correspond with
Mr. F. H. Worsley No. All Dooley
block. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Nv. Worsley has arranged to have all
his parties met at the ST. Louis depot
and escorted to their lodgings, which
will be reserved in advance.
Information relative to passenger
rates. stop-overs, ticket limits, hotel
rates and all other necessary informa
ton asked for will be cheerfully given
free of charge. This will especially
be of benefit TO those desiring to travel
with Utah parties or in parties of four
or five. School teachers will also
hear something to their interests by
writing above party.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18
Sln Reward SlOO

The readers OF this paper will be pleased 10 learn
that there IL at least dreaded disease that science
has been able IA all It's stages, and that IS
Catarrh. Hairs Caturrh Cure IL the only positive
cure now know n to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease. requires q constitu-
tionai treatment, Hais CAtarrh Cure is taken in.
ternaliy acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature In doing its work The proprietors have
much faith In Its curative powers that they ofer
One Hundred Dollars for any that Il fails to
cure Send for list OF Testimonials,
Address Y. j CHENEY CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, use.
Take Hairs Family Pills for constipation.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18
IN INsyHE MlkApo's EMPIRE.
Travelling Is Not Altogether m IN
Mixed Delight.


Mixed Delight.
A lady travelling in Japan gives the
following sketch Of an inn at which
she stopped: The landlord and bis
wife and the servants all come to talk
to you and when you inform the conn
pany that you are sleepy and want
your bed laid. everybody says at once.
Honorable bed augustly is itf' but mo-
body does anything, and when at last
you have achieved your desire you
have to force apart. In defiance OF po-
lice regulations, the wooden shutters
which Theoretically seal the house. In
order to avoid being smothered with
the fumes of charcoal and humans. A.
soon as things are quiet enough rats
chase over the rooms and generally
over you as well, and sometimes bite
you. One o'clock in the morning. In
the old Japanese reckoning. was called
the hour OF the rat doubtless for this
reason. And all night long the watch
man sounds his rattle to show that he
is attending to his duties. You have
to be up with the cock to get the frst
go at the bath, which is only filled
once. and the wash hand basin, which
is only as large as a cake tin, IL al
ways kept In the veranda."
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18
The Cotton Crop In Egypt.

The sowing of cotton begins gener-
ally about the 18th OF February In
upper Egypt and terminates In the
first fortnight OF April in the most
northerly provinces of lower Egypt;
occasionally. in exceptional years, the
sowing is continued right up to the
end of April. without any injury to
the CrOn
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18
Eccentrlc Grave plnner.

An eccentric Shropshire, England.
sexton, who has just died at an ad-
vanced age, had been for over sixty
one years connected with Wellington
parish church as gravedigger and sex
ton. The man had never ridden in q
train or any other kind of vehicle.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18

A continual wedding out should be
practiced in the dairy. Successful
farming is largely the keeping of
weeds out of the growing crops. Sue
cessful dairying is keeping the poor
cows out of the dairy herd. There
are other things to be done. but this
is one of the more important.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18

Agriculture is becoming very popu-
lar with the people in the cities, and
large number or well-to,do men are
preparing their sons to enter the agri.
cultural colleges Of the country.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18
Orjoin Of Veil ost.

1t is hard to tell where the wearing
OF the veil first had vogue; many
think 1t originated in Egypt, for 1t
was worn there centuries ago. The
Greek brides wore chaplets instead OF
veil. These wreaths were plucked
by the brides themselves for good
luck. They usually were made of wild
thyme, myrtle, evergreen. and roses.
Roman maidens wore yellow wells
crowned with a wreath of verbina.