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The Lamar register., 1905-07-19
ooooses 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 II for
u.s." said Mr.. w. II. Gerdts of Cope,
who was in the city for few days
this week. There have been few
people in our section who have advo-
Gated such IA law for eastern Colorado.
but the more we see of the way the
plan works in Nebraska, the more GER
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. single sec
ton of such land is worth nothing to
anyone. 1t is impossible to raise any
cattle on such a 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 a 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 a section.
thinking they would get rich. They
had nothing when they came. and 1t
was Just a 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 n 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 1t under fence and can
prevent over-grazing at the wrong
time. 1t is almost crime that our
government should not give us some
laws that would allow us to use the
range properly.-Denver Record-Stock-
man.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-19
THE FARM AND RANGE
To Combat Wheat Rust.

w. II. Olin, professor of agronomy at
the State Agricultural College. has
written an important letter concerning
wheat rust. lie 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 it.
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 If your readers
would be willing to drop me a postal
card telling me when rust first attacked
their wheat this season.
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 If 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 1t 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
IL rust has begun its ravages. l would
be pleased IL could know the result of
this examination.
Address w II. Olin, Colorado Ex-
pertinent Station, Fort Collins, Colo
RADIO. Yours very truly
w. II. OLIN.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-19
Bad Fodder.

There is great reason to be on the
lookout for poor fodder, especially at
this time of year when most OF the
fodder in the barn is old, and even the
silage is rather old. l am in favor OF
silage. but silage that has been kept
over from the previous year is apt to
be in rather poor condition at this
season. Nevertheless there is a ten
dency to use it for the purpose of saw
ing 1t. The COW owner argues that
with so much green grass little poor
silage will not be detachable in the
milk. Perhaps not, but 1t Is best not
TO risk it. 1t will pay far better to
throw the doubtful stun out into the
barnyard where it will be tramped into
the manure and made into fertilizer.
This should also be done with the
moldy hay. When fodder has become
tainted | do not know that 1t is even
good for the bedding of dairy cows,
though it may dc for bedding horses.
Bond Co., Ill. Samuel James.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-19
Caldwell Co.. KY.
Milk Fever.
George Ellis,

1t is my experience that milk fever
Genes only to the highly developed
COW and almost never to the COW that
is a moderate mixer and in only fair
flesh. A neighbor of mine had a Jer-
sey COW that was regarded as a great
mixer. The man has a penchant for
high-priced cows. as he believes it is
more profitable to build up a dairy of
medium-priced cows that give a me-
dium amount of milk. So he has been
skirmishing about the country for a
long time getting hold of the best
cows he could find of the Jersey
breed. The last COW he bought was
the one referred to- She had a per-
feet udder and big one at that. She
proved to be a heavy and persistent
mixer, and her owner took care to
feed her on the best rations that could
be obtained. The result was that
when she calved this spring she took
milk fever and died. l lay 1t to too
high feeding at that critical period.
believe it is better not to feed q
COW very high the few weeks previous
to parturition. also give a pound
and a half of epson salts before the
cow calves, or afterward II she calves
when | do not know 1t. For the first
two days do not milk much from the
udder. leaving most of 1t in for the
calf. which does not take much the
first day or so. have never lost any
COWS from milk fever, but my COWS
are not of such high milking capacity
as are those of my neighbor.-Charle rles
Busort, Becker Co., Minn.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-19
Manure and Drouth.

In my garden it has been notice
able for several years that the land
that had received the most manure
showed the effects of drouth least
There was one place in the tomato
field where l had dumped large
amount of manure one fall and where
1t had leached till the next spring.
when it was scattered. One summer
a severe drouth came and all the to-
mato vines in the field seemed to feel
IL except the vines upon that little
piece of ground. They kept right on
growing and bearing as IL nothing had
happened. The solution was easy
The richness of the ground had caused
great growth of the vines and OF
the root systems, and the latter had
struck SO deep that they had reached
uown into the moist soil, far below
the surface. The ground over most
OF the field was SO dried out that
suppose the roots of most of the to-
mato plants could get almost no
water.
The thought naturally came to me
That the best way to fight drouth is
by means of the manure we can work
into our land. The same end may be
gained in the cucumber patch by fill
ing barrel with manure and running
water into 1t occasionally. a part OF
the water being allowed to leach out
through small holes near the bottom
of the barrel. Jessie Winship.
Clarke Co.. Iowa.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-19
Beet pulp for Cattle.

A bulletin will be issued very shortly
by Professor Carlyle of the State Es-
pertinent Station on the results OF the
feeding experiment of last winter. Ex'
tensiye 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 pup
never before discovered.
The experiment shows that II TOOK
2S.6 pounds of alfalfa hay to produce
one pound of gain in the average two
year old steer. 1t will show that 30
hounds of beet pulp equals one pound
of hay in feeding value. and that three
mounds 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 nan
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
Inv moving it is not harmful plant to
grow in an orchard and perhaps 1t
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 1t. Its deep-root system also
tends to improve the soil texture. Dur
ing a 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
bencfiting the soil the plant is also OF
great value as a honey-producer ana
everybody with whom we have talked
ia quite pleased that brakes bill
against it 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. II
an orchard is seeded to grass and
moved frequently, the sweet clover
will soon disappear.-Field and Farm.
A number of years ago harvest hands
slept in the haystack, ate insla hot
kitchen and no ice. mo, porch, no cool
ing shade trees were known or ex-
pected All this has been so changed
that to be harvest hand no longer
means to work like peon and to sleep
with the cattle when the work is done.
A harvest hand these days has to work
hard. but he gets good wages, has
comfortable bed in which to sleep,
there are screens to the windows. tho
grub is excellent and he has every mod
ern comfort, but still he is not happy.
and, like Oliver Twist. is always asking
TOR more Field and Farm.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-19
Creamery Surroundinas.

The agitation in favor Of flower beds
around creameries has been going on
for some years, with but few fruits
Here and there is creamery that has
been surrounded by shrubs and flow.
ers. but the nuE,ber is not large. The
subject, however, is good onu to
discuss. The man that plants floz ers
about the creamery is sure to clean up
the rubbish before and behind. look
after the drainage, and when that has
been done, fix up the inside Of the
creamery. Probably too he will him
self put on a white apron oftener than
he would If the outside Of the cream.
cry were unsightly. The effect Oh the
patrons is sure to be good and lead
to improvements in the care of their
own farms. Example is contagious.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-19
Alfalfa and innoculation.

: We sowed alfalfa year ago in May
on well prepared sandy loan. worked
down to fine tilth. it being in good
state of fertility, sowing about
twenty pounds of seed to the
acre. We inoculated it from an
old field of alfalfa. where few
plants remained. sowing the dirt
by hand Immediately before putting in
the seed. In this process we failed to
Aake the dirt meet, and when the
alfalfa got started we could readily
see where the soil was inoculated and
where not, by the color and size of the
alfalfa.
However. we got a good stand and
1t wintered all right. This spring the
non-inoculated strip offered the same
as 1t did last summer and we COW
cred it with good stable manure. TAX
ing dirt from a well inoculated spot
and covering each load before scatter
ing. In this process the dirt became
well mixed with the manure and
hence was evenly distributed over the
soil From that time on the weakly
strip began to take on new life,
nodules appearing on the roots, and
when cut, which was on June 13, could
see but a mere trace of them, it being
practically all inoculated and making
about three tons of fine hay from two
acres of ground, first cutting.
C, NJ. Teegarden.
Kosciusko Co., Ind.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-19
PASSWORD NOT IN ORDER.
Farmer Abner Benson Astonished d
Church Gathering.

This story has been told times
enough to be true. and presume it is.
Several years ago there lived at North
Paris, Me-. a prosperous farmer by the
name of Abner Benson. who was a
good Methodist. and also member of
the grange. The grange meetings
were held in the church as well as the
religious meetings. and this fact was
the cause of the following contre-
temps:
Abner was a red faced, portly man
OF rather pompous appearance. The
four words, 'he knew 1t ALL" might
have described him very we'll One
afternoon as he was riding past the
church he noticed that meeting was
being held there. and. not knowing
that any church meeting had been
called. he at once took 1t for granted
that 1t must be grange meeting.
He hitched his horse, went into the
entry and knocked on the door, after
the fashion of the grangers and. as it
happened. the doorkeeper of the
grange Was there. and on hearing a
knocking. got up ami opened the door.
whereupon Abner stepped in, and with
pompous bow and flourish, gave in a
voice loud enough to reach every ear
in the church. the grange password,
"Cul-ti-va-tor!" "CuLti-va-tori" You
can imagine the smile that illuminat-
ed that Methodist class meeting.-
Boston Herald.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-19
Moisture for the Trees.

In the case of all fruit trees that
have been recently set out, the pro-
lection of the moisture supply is an
important point. When the trees have
become large their great branches will
so shade the ground that weeds and
grass will make a very meager
growth and the sod will be
hardly existent. But in the
case of young trees the branches
are not of enough consequence to
shut of the light of the sun from the
grass, and the latter will take about
all the moisture that gets into the
soil. II the season is a wet one this
is not of SO much consequence. but
in season where drouth prevails to
any extent the loss to the tree will
be severe. The better way to protect
the trees is to put around them straw
or old hay or masses of weeds that
have been cut down. Where sweet
clover grows 1t may be made
a great ameliorant of the soil, as it
will protect 1t and will, on rotting,
furnish it with some nitrogen. We
have found that when the earth
around young trees is simply spaded
up the dirt around the roots dries out
in a dry time and the trees are In.
jure1 seriously.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-19
POLAR EXPEDITION.
Psary Will Soon Sail in Quest of North
Pole.

New York. July 13.-With $35. 900
subscribed yesterday toward his expe-
dition to reach the North Pole. Robert
Il. Peary announces that he will sail
this week for the North. Commander
Peary's new Arctic ship. the Roosevelt,
has been waiting several days for sup
plies. which could not be bought on
account of a lack of funds.
The Polar expedition. which has
been in preparation since October 10.
1904. has cost $15O,O00, including sub
been given by American business men
to the Pcary Arctic Club, whose men,
bers are anxious that none but Ameri-
cans have a hand in this Polar expedi.
tion.
Morris X. Jessup. president of the
club subscribed $4,000. and Thomas
II. Hubbard gave a check for 900.
Mr.. Hubbard also offered to join
with any other "believer" in the North
Pole expedition in putting $25,OOO Into
a fund to be divided among the mem
bers OF the Peary party in case they
succeed in reaching the pole and re-
turning to New York within eighteen
months after their departure from
here.
In announcing that his ship is at last
ready. Commander Peary yesterday
made public for the first time a dona-
ton of $4,000 given by George
Crocker in January last.
Mrs. Peary will probably sail with
the expedition. From here the Roose-
welt will proceed to Sydney, Cape Brc-
ton, where the New York crew will
give up the ship to picked crew.
which is already waiting on the Erik.
a coal ship, which will accompany the
Roosevelt to latitude 79. The Erik
will then return south. bringing Mrs.
Peary with her.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-19
CANAL WILL Be BUILT
so SAYS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
Bearers Of Diseourasins Reports Lik-
ened to skuIkers Fleeing From
Battle Field.

Oyster Bay. July 13.-President
Roosevelt delivered notable address
yesterday before the Associated Physi-
clans of Long Island.
He discussed in the course OF his
speech the relations physicians sus-
tain with the people Of the communi-
ties in which they reside and the work
to be done by the medical experts In
connection with the construction Of tho
Panama canal, declaring that, despite
all difficulties on the isthmus and here
in the United States. the canal would
be a success.
He referred to the achievements OF
the sanitary engineers who cleaned the
cities of Cuba for the first time in 400
years. and closed by paying tribute
to the services of Gen. Leonard Wood.
whose career as military officer. he
said, was fiouted by some critics be-
cause he once had been doctor.
In his address the President said:
Just couple OF weeks ago there
seemed to be succession of people
whom had some tale or other to tell
You will always find in any battle.
even II it is victorious battle, that in
the rear you meet number of gentle
men that are glad that they are not at
the front, VINO, If they have uDfor-
tunately gotten at the front have come
away and who Justify their absence
from the front by telling tales of how
everything had gone wrong there.
"Now the people who fee from Pan
anna will carry up here just such stor-
les as the people who flee from the
forefront of battle carry to the rear
with them. The people to whom this
country owes and will owe so much are
those who stay down there and do not
talk, but do their work, and do 1t we'll
"Of course, in doing n great work
like that in the tropics. In region
which, until this government took hold
of 1t, was accounted to be a region ex-
ceptionally unhealthy, we are going
to have trouble, have some yellow
fever, have n good deal of malarial
fever, and suffer more from the latter
than from the yellow fever, although
we will hear nothing like the talk
about It. We will have every now and
then troubles as regards hygiene. just
as we will have trouble in the engi-
neering problems. Just as occasionally
we will have trouble In the administra-
tive work.
whenever one OF these troubles
comes there will be a large number OF
excellent but timld men VINO VIII AT
once say what an awful calamity 1t Is.
and express the deepest sorrow and
concern, and be rather inclined to the
belief that the whole thing is a failure.
at will not be n failure. 1t will be a
success, and 1t will be success be-
cause we shall treat every little check
not as reason for abandoning the
work, but as a reason for altering and
bettering our plans. SO as to make 1t
impossible that that particular check
shall happen again"
The Lamar register., 1905-07-19
19AKg&11
Show at the Fairs.

Someone complains that farmers do
not show enough dairy animals at the
county fairs, and think the complaint
is just one. But there are few OBJ
stacles in the way. One of these OBJ
stacles is the lack in every county OF
enough COWS of distinctive breeds to
make showing. If canvass Is made
OF the matter it will be found that the
number of Jerseys. Holsteins, Ayr
shires and so forth that have been
registered is small. The tendency
among our farmers is to use monde
script cows or cows that have not
been registered. A good many that
have pure-bred Jersey cows or other
dairy animals would find it somewhat
difficult to prove the purity of breed
ing of their animals. Some have bred
bull and have obtained Jersey calves
that grew into cows; but as the own
ers did not expect to show their COWS
for premiums they did not take the
trouble to record them even If they
could have done so. and many others
could not have done SO because OF not
having recorded their dams or of hav-
Ing purchased them of other people
that had not recorded them.
But l believe 1t would be a good
thing If we would show what animals
we have eligible or selections from
them. And here comes in anot her OBJ
lection to showing. which is. that the
owners of some very good animals
take it for granted that the animals
they have do not possess any particu-
lar merit and so they do not care to
go to the trouble and expense OF
showing them. This can be obviated
by the diffusion of information on
what makes a good dairy COW. How
ever. 1 think that IL we increase the
number of cows showing In the dairy
classes at the county fairs there will
have to be spirit of pro bono pub
lico" behind the showing, for beyond
a certain number of entries there is
little opportunity for premiums.
George Ellis.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-19
Got Even With Judoe sew.,I.

Judge Sewall and Joseph Story were
dining together at an inn. when a jolly
son Of Erin appeared at the door and
called for dinner. The landlord told
him he could eat when the gentlemen
had finished.
Let him dine with u.s." whispered
Judge Sewall, land we will have some
fun with him."
The Irishman took his seat at the
table.
You were not born in this corn.
try?" said Story.
mo. l was born in Ireland"
rs your father living?'
mo, SIR"
What was his occupation?"
Trading horses, SIR"
did he ever cheat any one?"
Il suppose he did, sir"
Where do you suppose he went to ?"
ITO heaven. sir"
Has he ever cheated any one there?"
He has cheated one man, l believe" !"
Was he prosecutor"
HE was not. sir"
why not?"
Because they searched the kingdom
of heaven for a lawyer to take the
case and couldn't find one."
The Lamar register., 1905-07-19
China Net Wanted.

Peking, July 13.-The Chinese gov
ernment recently notified the Russian,
Japanese and also the other legations
that China would refuse to recognize
any arrangements made at the APP
preaching peace conference in the
United States regarding Chinese inter
ests, unless China was consulted in the
matter.
The japanese replied politely. plainly
intimating that the notification re-
ceived from China would in nowise af.
feet the plan of action adopted by
Japan.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-19
Weeds in the Strawberries.

In the strawberry bed the weed is the
hardest enemy to fight. The grower OF
strawberries has little trouble with In
sects in most localities, but he is eter.
nally troubled by weeds. among which
is grass. Probably grass is the worst
weed to be met with in the straw.
berry patch. unless. indeed. it be the
extra strawberry plants that are per-
mitted to grow. The only way to
keep down grass is to keep the rows
of strawberries narrow and the space
be tween either covered with some
smothering mulch or thoroughly cul-
tivated. Where great weeds grow up
in the rows they must be pulled before
they go to seed.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-19
Two Iitters a Year,

The practice of raising but one lit
ter of pigs a year is not one that is to
be commended. There is more profit
in two litters than in one,
and the question of furnishing
protein food for winter use
need not worry the farmer. There
are so many things that hog will
eat that it is not much of a task to
select one or two that may be fed in
the winter. Silage made from clover
will prove to be one of the great helps
to the producing of winter pigs, and
winter dairying will be yet stronger
announcement. With two broods a
year double interest is being obtained
from the money invested in equip
ment.