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The Grit-advocate., 1905-07-14
Draining Prevents Heaving.

There is always much COM
plant about wheat, clover and
other plants being torn out
Of the ground by the action of
frost. If the land is well drained
this result will not follow the hardest
winter. A railroad manager recently
said that the railroads have no trou-
BILE with the frost heaving the road if
the water Is kept out. 1t is certainly
learned that on land that is wei drain
ed so that the water table is below
the roots of the plants even in winter
no heaving results. The moisture that
is drawn up by capillary attraction,
though enough to glue the soil par
ticles into a solid mass under the in
fluence of cold, yet is not enough to
cause heaving when it thaws. The
heaving results cnly in saturated soil.
Heaving of the soil is notice 10 the
farmer to drain his land. This work
should be done before it is time to
plow for the fall wheat crop.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-07-14
Free Rance.

Whatever the fancier may do or the
professional chicken raiser may do. the
farmer needs to give his poultry free
range during as much of the year as
he can. In this way he takes adyan-
tage OF the conditions that favor him
above the specialist in poultry culture.
His fowls will thus be able to pick I'D
a large part of their living. This ia
not all the advantage of free range.
The fowls that have free range do
not require the expenditure in labor
that yarded fowls require There is
no necessity of having a regular sys-
TEN OF feeding or of spading under
polluted ground. The farmer may thus
Keep large number of hens with lit.
tie expenditure in labor in, the spring.
summer and fall. Free range is there.
fore to be used to its fullest possible
extent. The fowls as bug catchers
and as cleaners in the harvest fields
are earning their living and paying for
the privilege.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-07-14
The Milking Machine.

The makers of milking machines
seem determined not to give m the
attempt to place on the market a ma
chine that will really work. A ma.
chine is now being manufactured in
small city in New York but is not
yet placed on the market. The manu-
facturers have. however, made A mum.
ber of machines, and are trying them
in the neighborhood. This machine
will milk as many as ten cows at
once. and with 1t one man milks
about thirty-two COWS in an hour and
a half. night and morning. The manu-
facturers themselves, however, do not
seem as enthusiastic as are most
makers of milking machines, and this
is thing in their favor, as thew ap-
parently recognize the great difficulty
OF getting machine that will work
perecctly and that can be kept c:ean.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-07-14
Jersey Cattle.

1t is rather strange that a very little
island in the English Channel should
have produced breed of cows that
has become the leader as specific
dairy breed and that is now known
the world around. 1t is also rather
strange that the world has so taken
to this breed that now there are hun
dreds of times more Jersey cows pro.
duced in other countries than in the
Isle of Jersey. The secret of the
influence of this breed is that in this
island they have been selected and
bred for long time along lines that
must result in the production OF the
very best possible dairy COW.
This little Island of Jersey formed
part of the Duchy of Normandy in
early times. 1t is about II miles long
and not more than seven wide, not
much larger than two townships in
the United States. Its area is about
62 square miles and about 10000
acres. 1t will thus be seen that its
area is much less than that included
in the city of Chicago. The climate
is, however, very salubrious and peo.
pie find it delightful place In which
to live. This is probably the reason
why its population is $4,000 or there
abouts, more than 1000 to the square
mile.
The exact origin Of the Jersey cat
tie is unknown, but 1t is believed that
they came from Normandy. The ron.
stant selection of the finest types did
the rest. The care they have received
is responsible for the production of a
cow that is a great milk producer but
is not one suited to roughing it. The
man that wants a COW that will stand
all kinds of hardships shourd not Sc.
lect Jersey.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-07-14
Location Of the Poultry House.

The best location for a poultry
house is on slight elevation wh1ch
Will insure good drainage. Many fall
ures come from the use of low, wet
locations. | know of several poultry
raisers that have failed completely
from the unfortunate location of their
poultry houses. In one case at least
hundreds of dollars had been invested
in brooder house The drainage was
so bad that the house was half over
flowed in the winter just when 1t was
to have been used for the develop
ment of broilers. Wet seems to be
particularly injurious to barnyard
fowls. Even ducks do not do well II
compelled to live in damp quarters,
though they like water to swim in.
have noticed that in the case Of the
poor location of the poultry house it
has been almost always matter OF
choice rather than of necessity The
location was made as it was simply
because it seemed to be the only loca-
tion near the house or that would meet
the requirements of artistic arrange
ments. OF course it is not pleasant
to have the poultry house located at
long distance from the residence, but
that is better than failure where much
money has been invested in a poultry
raising outfit.-SOphia Belknap Allan
Co, Ind, in Farmers Review.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-07-14
Opposes Section Homesteads.

Those of us in eastern Colorado
who have been familiar with the work
ing of the section homestead law in
western Nebraska want none of it for
us" said Mr.. w. H. Gerdts of Cope,
who was in the city for few days
this week. .There have been a few
people in our section who have advo-
Gated such law for eastern Colorado,
but the more we see of the way the
plan works in Nebraska, the more cer-'
tain are we that we do not want it.
Where very few might be benefited,
the majority would suffer. In Nebraska
most of the homesteads taken up under
that law have changed hands already
four or five times and very few Of them
will ever be proved up. A single Sec
tion of such land Is worth nothing to
anyone. 1t is impossible to raise any
cattle on such small amount of this
land, and with the adjoining lands
taken up the cattle business is prac-
tically ruined for every use, and as the
country is not farming country, 1t be-
comes neither one thing or the other.
The effect of the law in Nebraska has
been an actual setback. Men have
come in there and taken up section,
thinking they would get rich. They
had nothing when they came, and it
was just question of how long they
could go hungry. | am certain that we
want nothing of that kind in eastern
Colorado.
what we would like to see, how
ever, is some kind of a law that will en-
able the people to use our grazing
lands in a sensible and economical
manner. We have proven to our sat
isfaction that where the grazing of our
lands can be controlled we can have as
good grass as the range ever produced
where we have it under fence and can
prevent over-grazing at the wrong.
time 1t is almost a crime that our
government should not give us some
laws that would allow us to use the
range properly.-Denver Record-Stock-
man.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-07-14

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Dusty Stables.

long ago came to the conclusion
that it is not desirable to have hay
dust constantly blowing or falling
about the mixer. This hay dust has
on 1t many kinds of bacteria which
get into the milk and affect 1t. some.
times quite injuriously. In an old
stable where we used to keep our
COWS the NOV was just above the
heads and backs of the cattle. The
cracks between the boards were not
very tight. and in the spring when
most Of the hay had been used the
dust easily fell through these cracks
and onto the cows. A cat running
over the boards above would send
down shower, which comprised mil.
lions of PARTICLES. Even the cows NOV.
ing about and jarring the boards would
start small shower which, while not
much noticed, contained many germs
that we did not desire to have in the
milk. We had great deal of trouble
with our milk, which was peddled out
to customers by a milkman that pur.
chased it from us. He said that some
times the complaints were that it
would not keep and at others that
there was in the milk a hayey flavor
Still at other times the complaint was
that in the settling in the can there
was fine grayish cloud which knew
to be hay dust.
So determined to shut of the dust,
which | found not a very easy thing
TO do, especially as we fed from the
floor in front of the cows. The first
thing did was to make the part over
head so tight that nothing could get
through. Then constructed long
manger for the cows to eat-from and
that relieves us from the necessity OF
feeding on the floor However, | find
that even now we have to be careful
not to get the hay stirred up before
we have completed milking. wish
other readers of the Farmers Review
would tell us their experience with
hay dust.
Benton Co., la. Emanuel Small.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-07-14
Forgotten Claim Revived.

Denver, July S.-By the discovery OF
forgotten letter Gen. C. e. Cooper
has probably saved the state of Colo
RADIO about $4,000
A year ago on July 10th letter
came from the War Department to
Governor Peabody announcing that
law had been adopted by which the
states would be reimbursed for their
expenditures, but the claia, must be
filed by January /, 1906. A day or twon
later this letter was turned over to the
adjutant general and no one thought
anything more of it. 1t seems that
the letter was pigeonholed by General
Bell and there remained. In going
through some old papers General
Cooper came across it and called the
attention of the governor to the mat
ter. General Cooper. who is the gov
ernor's military adviser, was in
structed to work with Adjutant Wells
in preparing a claim for the state.
Governor Adams was in Office at
the time of the Spanish war and he
Immediately mobilized the state mill
tia in this city. Camp Adams was
established at City Park and in the
course of two or three weeks the en-
listment Of the men as the First Colo
rado Volunteers was completed and
the troops started for the Philippines.
1t is this expenditure that the gov
ernment will pay. but if the letter had
not been accidentally discovered be-
fore next January the state might
nave been out $4,000.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-07-14
CANNOT BUILD REFINERY.
Kansas Supreme Court Declares Law
Unconstitutional.

Topeka, Kans., July 8.-The law
passed by the Legislature last winter
appropriating $4,000 to build an in.
dependent oil refinery at Peru was yes.
terday declared unconstitutional by the
State Supreme Court in an opinion by
Associate Justice Greene
The oil refinery law was considered
one of the most direct blows struck at
the Standard Oil Company by the last
Legislature, which adopted several
measures tending to restrict that con.
cern in the handling of the Kansas
product.
The oil refinery law provided for the
erection at Peru, also of branch Of
the State Penitentiary to house sufa.
cient prisoners, who, it was intended,
were to work the oil plant.
The court holds that the construction
Of the refinery and the branch peniten.
tiary in connection with it Is in viola
tion of the state constitution, which de-
clares:
1.-The state shall never be party in
Carrying on any works of internal in.
provement."
The construction and operation OF
such refinery, it is held, would be a
work Of internal improvement.
Governor Hoch was greatly disap-
pointed at the decision and said:
Now that we have started it, l
wanted to 60 on and run our refinery.
We would have secured more than its
costs in the price of oil in few
months. If had been the Supreme
Court would have, strained a point to
have declared the law constitutional.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-07-14
Sleeping Places of Hogs.

The sleeping places of hogs should
be under cover at all times of year.
Build the hog house so that the
hogs cannot root under the walls and
make way for rats and mice.
Cement floors, though expensive,
are to be found very serviceable in
the hog pen. as they prevent the hogs
from roofing under the timbers. Such
floors should be we'll covered with
bedding.
More pigs die at farrowing time
than at any other, and for this reason
all useful appliances possible about
che pens should be adopted.
The portable hog house is not being
used extensively in many of our
states, especially in those states
where hog cholera prevails.
A portable hog house should be
large enough for half a dozen full
grown hogs.
The sides and roof of the portable
hog house should be perfectly tight.
A movable floor is a good thing to
have, but it need not be used in sum-
mer.
By keeping few hogs only in one
house the chances of epidemics are
lessened, though this should not be
depended on to prevent such epidem-
ics.-Isaac RHEIMS, Pike Co., ILL.,, in
Farmers Review.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-07-14
The Hoq in Summer,

In the summer time I try to give
my young hogs all the range possible,
SO that | will not have to feed much
corn. There is good deal of clover
in my pasture mixed with the grass,
and this helps out. AS the grass is
blue grass, | get good deal of that
element that is called protein. and so
the hogs do not come up very hard
on the corn ration. | have two rea-
sons for not wanting to feed corn to
the young hogs; one is that they are
growing, and corn does not supply a
very large portion Of the muscle-mak-
ing elements they need at this time,
and the other is the high price OF
corn, which makes it very expen-
sive food. In fact | figure out that
lose on every pound of corn that goes
into my hogs, though I have to feed
some of it on account of the necessity
for putting finish on them in the
fall. The more clover and blue grass
| can get them to eat the better
Jerry Owen, Knox Co., Ind, in Farm
ers' Review.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-07-14
IIVE1
STOCK
Sheep Notes.

The old idea that sheep do not need
water is a good one to get rid OF. 1t
has caused many sheep good deal OF
discomfort Give them all the pure
water they can drink, and if they want
TO so without, the conscience OF the
owr1r will lie no longer troubled.
Green feed is very important for
sheep, and this should be given even
when the pastures get dry In mid
summer. 1t pays to cut some OF the
green forage for the sheep as well as
for the cows.
When sheep are to be sold it pays
to fatten them moderately to give
them a good appearance. The sheep
that has an unthrifty look is not likely
to find man anxious to purchase.
1t 10 well to change the pasture of
the sheep occasionally. as one pasture
may become filthy. especially If the
weather is dry for many weeks at a
time.
Turnips are still one of the best
feeds that can be given the sheep.
English turnips can be sown at any
time and will begin to produce food
for the sheep early in the summer.
The English get very good results In
feeding turnips to sheep.
It is not very profitable to feed the
sheep grain in summer, unless the pas
lures are very short Grain Is not
particularly helpful to the young
lambs that are developing into sheep.
Their stomachs are more adapted to
succulent feed.
Sheep like short grass better than
long grass and SO do better on short
pastures than on long pastures. This
is true in spite of the fact that sheep
are great weed eaters.
Delaware Co., Pa. John Evans.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-07-14
Beet Pulp for Cattle.

A bulletin will be issued very shortly
by Professor Carlyle of the State Ev-
pertinent Station on the results of the
feeding experiment Of last winter. Ex-
tensive tests were made last winter,
and cattlemen in general are anxious
to learn the result.
The bulletin will be one of the most
interesting and important ever pub
lished in Colorado. and will bring out
some facts in relation to the feeding
value of alfalfa, corn and beet pulp
never before discovered.
The experiment shows that 1t took
ESQ pounds OF alfalfa hay to produce
one pound of gain in the average two
year old steer. 1t will show that 3.25
pounds of beet pulp equals one pound
of hay in feeding value, and that three
pounds of hay is equal to one pound
of corn in feeding value.
In the experiment the ration of al
falfa, corn and pulp produced nineteen
pounds of gain per week in the average
steer. Those fed pulp and hay made
an average gain of about thirteen
pounds. The hay and corn ration made
a gain OF about twelve and a half
pounds per week, and on hay alone
the grain was about ten pounds each
per week. Alfalfa and pulp was the
most profitable ratiOn.-Denver News.
When sweet clover is kept in check
by moving it is not harmful plant to
grow in an orchard and perhaps it
might even be beneficial. 1t is legu-
minous plant which takes its nitrogen
from the air and tends to increase the
fertility of the soil rather than to ex-
haust it. Its deep-root system also
tends to improve the soil texture. Dur
ing dry season a rank growth might
exhaust the soil moisture to such de-
gree as to injure the orchard crop, but
with plenty of irrigation no bad effects
should result from this cause. Besides
benefiting the soil the plant is also of
grea value as honey-producer and
everybody with whom we have talked
is quite pleased that brakes bill
against 1t fell down in the last Legis-
lature. 1t usually grows only in waste
places where some kind of weed Is
bound to grow. 1t does not bother in
grass lands or in cultivated fields. If
an orchard is seeded to grass and
moved frequently, the sweet clover
will soon disappear.-Field and Farm.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-07-14
LANGUAGE
AssAILs JOHN o. RockEFELLER
Author Of Frenzied Finance Says He
viii Put siIlionaire Oil Masnate
in the Hands of a Reeeiver


Kansas City, Mo, July s.-Thomas
w. Lawson delivered his first pubii,
speech last night in Kansas City be-
fore 500 people who crowded the ban,
quet hall at the Midland hotel. Viii
liam T. jerome Of New York divided
honors and cheers with the Boston
man, but Lawson got the lions share
Of the attention.
Prosperity" said Mr.. Lawson,
means that the people have had what
was necessary and have something
left over. There has never been such
prosperity as ours. But the people
have nothing left over from their own
labors. The surplus is going some
where. They wonder and they see
fellow standing beside them who holds
OO,OOO,oOO.
"Mr. Bryan thought he could turn
50-cent piece into dollar. He meant
well, but he failed
John D. Rockefeller has the sur
plus that belongs to the people. Then
l came along and / said l knew how
this trick is done. have shown the
American people how it is done, and
am going to show them how to stop it,
Five million policy holders of Amer
lea have been robbed by the Equitable
every year. am educating the people
in life insurance and Wall street. The
people are being robbed by Wall street
all along the line. The robbers have
abused me for my exposures, but have
never replied to my exposures. have
tested the power Of the people work
ing in combination against Wall street,
and we have dropped the value of Sc
curities held by the system $4,O00,OOO
in one day.
when people say I turned states
evidence on the Standard Oil people
they lie. When went in with those
thieves told them l would smash
them, and I'll put John D. Rockefeller
in the hands of receiver before
quit.
How long will it take me to emash
John d. Rockefeller?
Its liable to come any minute. It's
coming commissioning! Why, hold
ers of $40.000000 worth of life insur-
ance policies tlocked to my banner last
week alone"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-07-14
THE FARM AND RANGE
To Combat Wheat Rust.

W. II. Olin, professor OF asronomy at
the State Agricultural College, mas
written an important letter concerning
wheat rust He asks farmers through
out the state to furnish him with data
regarding the effects OF rust on their
wheat crops and when the rust first at
tackled 1t.
For years the Agricultural college ex-
perts have been working toward the
development OF wheat to resist rust and
all information bearing on the subject
Is of the utmost Importance.
Professor Olin's letter is as follows:
On account Of weather conditions l
find that rust is beginning to set in,
and the chances are that wheat will be
as severely, If not more severely, rusted
this season than last.
Reports which received last fall In
dicated that forty-six per cent. OF the
wheat grown in Colorado was stricken
with rust more or less seriously
This is one Of the plant diseases that
is the very hardest for the farmer to
combat, since we have no known rem
edy that has proven effectual. l would
be very much pleased il your readers
would be willing to drop me postal
cara telling me Wnen rust uTSt dtldCheu
their wheat this season.
l wish the farmers also to note the
progress of the disease and keep me
posted as to its effect upon the yield
and quality OF grain harvested. We
need to know how badly our small
grain is being affected in these years
when we have an excess of rainfall.
am satisfied il farmers will lessen
the amount Of irrigation so that the
wheat will only receive the normal
amount of water given in dry years,
that this will have the tendency to
check serious injury from rust
The rust is known to CAUSE the great
est injury to grain from the time it ap-
pears in blossom through the milk
stage and into the soft dough stage.
Probably the greatest injury will be
done in just very few days.
1t is therefore advisable for farmers
now to examine their grain fields to see
If rust has begun its ravages. would
be pleased if could know the result of
this examination.
Address w. Fl. Olin, Colorado Ex-
pertinent Station, Fort Collins, Colo
RADIO. Yours very truly.
w. H. OLIN.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-07-14
The Octopus as Food.

In Italy the octopus is taken
and eaten. 1t has to be caught
at night, when it is attracted
to the vicinity of the boat in which
are the fishermen by a bright fire
made in an iron cage in front of the
boat. 1t is said to make good eating,
and its tentacles when cooked are cut
crosswise, forming rings.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-07-14
stenosraphers Wanted for Panama.

Denver. July s-On August 1st there
Will be an examination at the Federal
building for all applicants for positions
In the departmental and Panama serv-
ice as stenographers. The secretary
OF the Eleventh district of the United
states civil Service Commission, Os-
car L. Telling. is very anxious to re-
ceive large number of applications
for the positions.
stenographers in the departmental
service receive salaries ranging from,
$500 to $1,000. while the stenographersll
IN the Panama service receive $500.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-07-14
Hay Bones,

While visiting at her grand
fathers farm short time ago,
a 4-year-old city girl, upon seeing her
uncle throwing out the cornstalks the
COWS had left in the manger. ex-
claimed, "Oh. papa. see what big pile
OF hay bones Uncle Joe Is throwing
out"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-07-14
Pass word to the Tower Of London,

The password to the London Tower
is SO carefully guarded that only one
man in London outside the Tower is
lqtrusted with it and that is the Lord
Mayor. The password is given to MIN
by the order of the king.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-07-14

Infertile eggs taken from the in
cubator need not be thrown away,
They can be boiled and used for chick
feed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-19
TRUSTEES OF AUBURN.
Board of Polytechnic Institute Named
 by Governor.

Acting Governor Cunningham ap- pointed as trustees or the Alabama Polytechnic Institute yesterday Dr. Tucker II. Frazer of Mobile, Judge J. NJ. Carmichael of Ozark, Hon. Thomas D. Sanford of Opelika and Hon.- Will liam K. Terry of Birmingham.
 All these gentlemen succeed them- selves and will hold offices during the next ten years. their terms to expire on Jan. 4, 1915.
 By a provision of the new Constitu- tion two of the trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute reside in the Third Congressional District, in which the college is located. These are Judge Carmichael and MT. Stanford.
 pr. T. H. Frazer and Hon. w. k. Terry represent the First and Ninth Congressional District, respectively. Judge J. M. Carmichael, 1t will he re- called was appointed in 1900 to suc- ceed the late Hon. II. Clay Armstrong.
 The appointees who were named yes terday will have to be confirmed by the Senate of Alabama as required by the Constitution.