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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-01-05

harvested, and serious outbreak in
northeastern Indiana the present year
discouraged many farmers so that
they questioned the ACCESSIBILITY Of put
ting in crop of wheat.
The fully developed insect somewhat
resembles small winged black ant
The grub is whitish, with white Jaws.
Its natural length is indicated by. a
line at the right in the second cut. Il
shows an antenna and Il the jaw.
The effect of the grub in the wheat
straw is variable. Sometimes the
straw is distorted, sometimes bent;
again, there will be no enlargement Of
the straw whatever, as there may be
large gals or eXcrescences at the base
Of the sheath; again, the growth will
not exceed three or four inches, with
the straw CALLED or hardened at the
base Of the head. In some cases there
Is no outward indication Of attack.
In thrashing the grain the hardened
portions OF the straw break up into
pieces of from half an inch to an inch
or more in length, many Of which do
not go over with the straw and chaff,
but remain with the grain. The pres
ence of these bits of broken straw in
the grain is frequently the first evil
dence the farmer has seen of the pres
ence of the pest in his fields. Wheat
heads fronntke intfbst stems aresfossl
shortened, and the Enthusiastically re-
duced in size and Number.
There are no known remedies, The
most serious ravages are observed on
thin or impoverished soils, especially
along the margins Of the fields infest-
Ell. Anything that tends to add vigor
to the young growing grain will con-
stitute preventive measure. Burn
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-01-05
why the PuIlet. Don't Lay.

The April and May Matched pullets
should come into profit about October
or November. 1t is safe, however, to
say that the bulk ofs them do. not
Why? The fault lies a36ne with the
care these birds receive from start to
finish. They cannot stand any set
backs and must be kept growing from
the day they are Matched until they
are placed In the laying quarters
There is no secret about the matter
At no time in their life must they be
overcrowded. Plenty of room, SO that
they can have plenty Of exercise, is not
only desirable, but imperative. Pullets
for profit should be kept tame. Wild
scary birds never amount to muchi
the egg crop depends upon the amount
of confidence and comfort the hen, old
or young, possesses.-Michael K. Boyer
In American Agriculturist.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-01-05
FARM BREvITnsE'

Winter, when land s5are and team.
idle, is the best time to harvest the
'stone crop" - W.
Wild garlic, a veg in pastures, il
extremely troublesome to dairymer
from southeastern New York to vir
ginia and westward through many re
gions in the central states. 1t Is very
difficult to eradicate when once estab
lished.
The most practical remedy for chest
nut weevil Is the destruction Of the
worms In the nuts by means Of bisul
phlde'of carbon combined with clear
orchard management and cultural
methods.
Good scales are most necessary or
the farm. They will help to keep trad
Ing transactions ION the square" and
prove convenience In many ways.
Green cut bone Is the thing to make
the fowls lay, according to poultry
woman whose "pullets live high and
lay accordingly"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-01-05

A thoroughly practical helpful, useful, enter
tanning Christmas gift to any member of a farm
er's family will be a subscription for the year
1906 for THE TIMES. Owosso, Mich, your fav-
orite home weekly newspaper and a subscrip-
ton ffor the year 1905 for THE NEW YORK
TRIBUNE FARMER, a twenty-page high-class
Illustrated agricultural family weekly thor
y.hp to date in everything which advances
the interests of the whole household
The two papers coming regularly every week
in 1906 will be constant reminder of the giver
and Christmas gift of the most substantia
character continuously throughout the year.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-01-05
some Nature Hints.

There was tender light on the girls
face as she stood looking at the sun
set. The young man who was sup
posed to be enjoying the view with her,
but who was. in reality lost in raptur-
ous contemplation Of her. almost feared
to breathe lest he should disturb the
ecstasy of the moment for her. BY
and by she sighed deep sigh of ut
ter contentment and turned to him.
'Thank you so much for bringing me
to this lovely place." she said. 81 know
now exactly what shade of blue goes
with crimson, and 1 have the plan OF
stunning afternoon gown In my
mind"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-01-05

PORTION OF DISTORTED WHEAT STEM AND
LARVA OF WHEAT STRAW WORM.
ing the stubble is most efficacious, but
over the larger portion Of the territory
ravaged by this pest it is customary to
seed with grass after wheat, and burn.
ing over the stubble is impossible.
Such fields should be raked over with
an ordinary hayrake and the loosened
stubble removed and burned before
the adults have emerged in the spring.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-01-05

ia 6eh d for its 1If6
The 81 trnd a flank mo- cement
/ b e u i ~ ~ Iseued commands. but
N WRONG again. Had they been
t&tTed not p man would have saved
bis scalp. They were superseded by
orders from the sergeant, and the fight
| went on. One man was killed and an
other wounded. and then the lieutenant
would have had a retreat ON the fort
The sergeant countermanded the order,
and at the end Of quarter Of an hour
the baffied Indians withdrew. When IL
was known that they had withdrawn
the West Pointer seemed to come to
himself and realize that success was
due to another, and he stepped aside
and raised the revolver he had just re-
loaded.
"Here-what's this?" exclaimed the
sergeant as he caught the weapon.
"I-Pm a disgraced manw was the
hoarse answer. II got ratified. I is
sued wrong commands. But for you
1t would have been wipe out"
"Put up that gun, lieutenant, and
don't get crazy notions into your head.
It's one of the hottest days we've had
this summer. 1 was noticing you just
before we got the alarm. The heat
was affecting you. You are not used
to this climate. Boys, come here!'
When the men had come forward he
continued:
wasn't it pretty nigh case Of sun
stroke with the lieutenantT
'1t was" they answered in chorus.
"But didn't he order us down behind
the logs at once?'
Gle did"
"Wouldn't the teamster have been
all right if he had taken cover instead
of trying to get away with his mules?'
AYE, he would"
"But when ordered you to fall back
on the fort groaned the boy.
You never ordered It,"
"But when the Indians tried to flank
us!'
"They didn't try it; we kept them
too busy"
men," said the officer as he looked
them over in puzzled way, "was 1
ratified? For Gods sake, tell me the
TRUTH
mo, sir. For a minute you were a
bit dazed, but that was the, SUMS
work"
"And 1 gave you the right orders?
didn't blunder?"
mot blunder, sir. If you had been
an old veteran you couldn't have done
better"
Il thought thought
at was a great fight, sir. They were
three to one, but we killed four of
them and drove the rest like sheep.
Now, then. boys, three cheers and
tiger for our bully boy officerv
The lieutenant sat down on the
ground and wept. He thought he had
Numbered and disgraced himself and
ended his career, but he had won hon
ors instead.
And when they had gathered up their
dead and wounded and were vending
their way toward the fort Sergeant
Thompson looked from man to man
with a queer look in his eyes, but a
look that each one understood and nod
ded his head in reply.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-01-05
FOR BEEF PRODUCTION.
Relative Economy of the Beef an'
Dairy Types.


Dairy Types.
The relative. economy for beef pro
duction of the beef and dairy types of
cattle is question which is receiving
much attention at the present time
The Iowa experiment station has re.
Gently reported the results of years
feeding test to determine this point
summarizing them as follows:
Dairy type steers show consider
ably higher percentage OF offal and q
lower dressing percentage.
Dairy type steers carry higher per.
centage of fat on internal organs,
thereby increasing the total weight of
cheap parts.
Beef type steers carry higher per.
centage of valuable cuts.
Beef type steers furnish heavier,
thicker cuts. They are more evenly and
neatly covered with outside fat, show
superior marbling in flesh, are Of q
er red in the lean meat, but there is
little difference in fineness Of grain.
The low price paid for dairy steers
may be due partially to prejudice and
to the greater expense of carrying and
..selling the. lower grade eareasses,sb but
it is clfieAy due, to an. actual, 6fepA9IHY
in the csecasses. 49,
1t is neither profitable nor desirable
to feed steers of dairy type for beef
purposes. They are unsatisfactory to
the consumer because they do not fur.
nish thick and well marbled cuts; they
are unsatisfactory to the butcher be-
cause they furnish low grade carcasses
which are difficult to dispose Of, and
they are decidedly unsatisfactory to
the feeder because they yield him little
or no pNGt, and both breeder and feed.
er waste their time in producing such
a type OF steer for beef purposes.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-01-05
THE JOINT WORM


The reappearance of the joint worm
In the wheatfields of Indiana, Michi-
gan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West vir-
ginia, Virginia, Maryland and Kansas
in 1904 and in still greater numbers in
1905 serves to bring it to notice. In
1904 some fields in eastern Ohio were
30 badly damaged that they We're not
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-01-05

n A special contract enables
us to furnish both of these
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1906 for 81 .25, but If sub
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Send all orders to The
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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-01-05

!!
flt0 b q O. d b1 been nd & Tho sub
Z <ect ok Inquiry by P50fessor ", P.
k'yfheeler Of New Yol}F* In an expcrIs
yhe1it four lots Of dpcklIngs were f<(]< a
basal ration of grain SO supplemented
With animal meal and other foods thai
about 20 per cent OF the protcln Ii It'd
ration OF. lot /, 40 per cent of lot 2, &C
per cent of lot and so per cent OF
lot was derived from animal food,
The figures of the recorded results
show that throughout the entire test the
most rapid gain was made by lot 3,
Whereof per cent of the protein of the
ration was derived from animal food
while the slowest gains were made by
lot l, which was fed the smallest
amount of animal food. When the
protein from animal sources was in.
creased in the ration from GO to sc
per cent the gains were not so great
More food was required to produce q
pound of gain, and the cost of the gains
made was regularly higher throughout
the whole period.
Some Conclusions.
1t appears that the rations contain.
ing the larger proportions of animal
food were most effective and most eco
nomically used during the early stages
Of feeding. Later on the rations con-
tanning the larger proportion of grain
were fully as effective and consider.
ably cheaper than those containing
large amounts of animal food. Where
it is desired to prepare birds rapidly
for market, the ration containing the
larger amount of animal feed is most
efficient, and in certain cases this ra-
pidity of growth may Offset the increas'
ed cost of the larger meat ration.
AS far as this one experiment goes,
it seems that it will pay to feed freely
Of animal food during the first three
to five weeks and depend after that
more on increasing proportions of the
cheaper grain foods.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-09-08
TOUGH FOR THE
SALARIED
MEN
COST or LIVING HAS GONE AWAY
UP AND THEIR SALARIES HAVE
GENERALLY REMAINED ABOUT
THE SANG - GOOD TIMES ron
THE MECHANIC.

Special Correspondence,
Washington. d. G.. Aug. 81 WAGE
oarners and mllllonalre8 are the only
people who are enjoying the present
era OF prosperity. Farmers fan into
one or tho other Of these classlhca-
tons
The government bureau of lahGr has
just issued a lot of statistics about
wages and the cost VI living Some
people have been misled into Think
lng that the Source show that I'M
comes have increased more than she
cost uf food.
This IS truo only for that fortunate
class known as 'wngo-earnerai they
and the very rich.
but there are several million of
aalaried men ln the uRlted states.
They are the clerks. the bookkoopem,
the gOyornmonl employees. policemen.
nfemcn, BARRIERS, harkcopora and re-
potcrs.
What che salariod men have suffer-
ga Ne the frlghtiul prosperity which
has afflicted the country ihoy only
know he has 10 unions, and ho mover
Strikes so bis salary remains sta
ii0nary while the cost OF living scars.
The way che cost Of living has in'
creased Do NE past sixteen years o.
enough 40 make q mans hair turn
Erly Take % a standard the aver
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-09-08

Pocatello, Ida Aug. a0.--Miss 8.
Belle Chamberlain b the woman Of
the hour az Bolso. Ida Idaho Is where
women count on politics She SUR
mounted a stone wall OF political OPP
position and amashod n slate that had
resisted the assault of i2i iraurgont
delegates 90 the Ftorncr sex. She was
candidate Cor state superintendent OF
public instruction, and her principal
lieutenant was also q woman. Miss
Louise johnson.
Miss Chamberlain b tain and wiz
lowy, and she % pretty, but. better
aiill. she has q llrm, stroug little chin.
which Indicates determination The
combination of hof pleasing personal
49, her keen intellect. and her de-
termination waa too much Tor even the
willy politicians who had wiped her
name from the SLATE" and counted on
leaving her ont of the race for the Of
ncc.
Several months ago. Miss Chamber
lain announced her candidacy and she
had been quietly NO work strengthen
inE her position. On the morning
NifN"NlHN tue VIZ NNNNNNiNNN hNN anu
Miss Johnson. her valiant Lieutenant,
reached ppcatollo. They had been as
lred ~ parly leaders an over tho
state that Miss Chamberlain would be
Toe t"uiurc 81 tle paiiy But Miss
.Chamherlnln dld not rely on promises.
and went 90 work 90 End ont how sho
lines were being drawn There wan
TO De q bis battle over the nomination
.of q United States senator. and tho
Juggling OF candidates for the minor
odlcos was TO DO expected
Late in the afternoon rum0r
reached Miss Chamberlain that at "a
private caucus q slate had been made;
that her own name had been stricken
and that n man named Carpenter had
been slated instead An her friends
advised Miss Chamberlain 10 give up
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-09-08

the wicker phartou III the people
knew what cafrlaea De would use they
might set O bomb in it
nui last Friday all this dld not hap.
pen Everybody was there but the
'sick man" be was undergoing On
operation foI appendicitis. and when
this became known. ihe diplomats and
che visitors. and toe faithful. sweat.
rnrNeh subjects all went hack their
several ways. an interesting break 10
the ceremony, such qs The attempt 90
blow him up q ycHF ago Lass July.
Az HoQn aH % Wat over every diplu
mat teiefrapncd home ihai the Sick
Man was sick indeed Every pre-
mler in Eurune vas ei uaee informed
AND statesmen the continent over
began Industrious consideration of sn
event Tor which all Europe claims "a
BE- prepared. and concerning which
no one knows how any part Of Eu
rope WI act
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-09-08

the heht. telling her that she could
not hope To win against this slate.
AT her friends save Ono-MiHg john
son, who said, "Lgig smash the
slate"
And that was what ihov ala. The
nghtng blood OF both was M. They
rounded up tho delegates individually
ana talked to Eoca purpose For yc1rF
The office OF state superintendent haI
been held By woman and Miss
Chamberlain and her Lieutenant made
eloquent protests against taking the
ONCE from a woman and turning 81
over to d man. They worked hard an
day, AMI when tho convention was
called they had fomentod a rebellion.
The slate makers moved 10 adopt
by exclamation the printed list they
had prepared; this would neatly cut
Miss Chamberlain out Of the runinF.
but she had not worked In vain. There
was on uproar. and this motion was
promptly tabled. q being demanded
that the nominations be- made q. the
regular way
The nomination OF Miss Chamber
laiu's opponent was greeted with
Kisses, aud every delegation casting
vote for him SAT down with cries Df
"Shnmcl Shamei" ringing I'm ita
ears. Whom Miss Chamberlain WAS
nominated the roof was an but raised
hy the cheers and all the cloquoncl
of The "comhlno's' orator was power
less 10 save her opponent The role
call settled the matter; Misses for the
iaintly-yoiccd votes Ia favor oi Carr
pentor and rouslng cheers for every
vote cast for Miss Chamberlain cnn-
fused the slute- makers and completely
hafilod their purpose. The slafo had
been smashed. and Miss Chamberlain.
hy q splendid majority. was tho NONE
ince Of the convention IN neat
speech OF thanks the plucky little
school teacher accepted tho nomina-
tion and went about her business
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-09-08
LAST DAYS DOINGS
OF SUPREME COURT
DECISIONS IN PENDING CASES.
ADJoORNNENT TAKEN TO
OCTOBER.

After being IN special session foi
two days the supreme court OF Ncu
Mexico adjourned az $3.50 o'clock
"Wednesday afternoon 10 meet again
IN October.
The following business was tram
Hnctcd.
40. i1g0, Territory OF New Mexico
W.. }. n. Russell, appellant Appeal
allowed 90 the supreme court Of the
United States.
No. 1888. Tho City Of Roswell ap.
pollee. vs.. BENJAMIN ~ Daniels, APP
poliant Motion for rehearlng over
ruled ,~1
no. iloi, sofro Alexander. appel
liant, W.. Andrew w ClelRnd. appel-
lea. Motion for rehearing oyerruled.
No. 1915. United States Of America
W.. Rio 0rARdg Dam a Irrigation com-
pany. Appeal allowed 20 the supreme
court OF the United States
No. 1884. Territory of Now Mexico,
appellant vs. ~ A. Huhbell, appel
lee. Judgment Of lower court affirmed
no. 1874. j. j. Hagerman. ct AL, APP
pollanta. Va, Sarah Althea Meoils, ee
al, appelloes. Judgment OF lower
court reversed
No 1907, jose Dolores Marquee. e.
AL plaintiffs IN error. Va. Maxwell
Land Grant company. defendants Ia
error. appeal allowed 10 the supreme
court of the United States.
Chief Justice William j. Mills hand
ga down an opinion of the court ln
the case Of the Terriiou of New
Mexico SIS. frnnk a Hubbell. in that
case hubholl HAD been indicted for
Withholding public funds while treas-
urer of bernallllo county and the dis
triot court OF the Second Judicial disc
irici quaahod the indictment. District
Attorney Frank W. Clancy appealed
the case and the decision uf the lower
court was affirmed
Associate Justice John Il. Merle
handed down the decision In the case
oi J, } Hagcfman, 90 AL w. Sarah
Althen McckH, "a a. Ihiso case In
yolved a tract OF land IN Chayos ooun-
~ In which the heirs sought 10 set
aside q sale of portions Of il mndo hy
the mother OF these heirs under an
order Of the probate court Of Lincoln
county Ia 1883 The land has been
transferred several times since Il was
hrat FOld By the mother under the
order Of the probate court apnolntlHs
her special guardian for the purpose
Of selling ile lands OF the minors.
The district court of Chayoa county
held that the probate court had no
Jurisdiction and permitted a collateral
attack upon iie Judgment ia the opln-
Jon handed down by JuAilcO John II.
Merle ihe supreme court ug thu ter
riiOry holds that che probate court
ala have Jurisdiction and az there
was no appeal nom lis judgment un-
der which tho land was sold. tha
Judgment could not nov De- ATTACKED
collaiemily The Judgment Of Inc
lower conrf vas therefore reversed.
The hrowns are strangers. see
page five.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-09-08
JACK THE HERMIT
IN ARIZONA ASYLUM
HAD BEEN A WANDERER OVER
THE EARTH FOR YEARS BE-
FORE HE SETTLED
IN PHOENIX.

}. X. Armstrong. bother known I'D
Arizona Jack, the Hermit. was ox-
amincd IN tho probate court az PhOo-
nix, Wednesday, and committed 10 the
asylum Jack has been In failing
health for some time suffering, evil
dently. from a slow form of paralysis
Hts mind has been affected by the
disease. The old fellow Is q char
aeter with a history, Some time age
he related his experiences 20 rep
reaentailyo ol the Phoenix Gazette.
tie has been ali over the wide world
and has fought under the Tags Of
China, Great Britain auG the United
States. lie was with John Bull Ia the
Crlmean war. was with the govern
ment forces in tho Chinese rebellion
IN the latter nfties and came to tho
United States 90 fight with the Union
forces IN the Civil war.
After the war no set ont 90 make
his fortune IN California, where gold
siill beCknhed the eastern advUniuror
tie was ga the Inflated Gold Road
which was lost with $50 souls on Pan
anna, but he escaped with his life and
continued the Journey 10 San Franz
cisco
&c was IN California for several
years but finally drlfted TO Arizona
and has for a number OF years been
Twins the ilio of q hermit in little
hot far on the ROAD on a little spot
he has cleared In the thick brush. Ho
raised chickens and occasionally came
90 town 10 sell them and buy whisky
and provisions.
The story OF hls early life Arm-
strong does not Ike 10 dlacuss--that
o., The days before hn became a SOLE
der of fortune. Sic has an honest
face aud there o. probably no crime
behind q an Far back there IN the
FIRST half 0i the last century there
was probably love affair which
CAUSED the man 10 roam over the
face OF the earth, courilng death many
times until axe finally forbade his
fighting and he became "a hermit out
on the desert where no hrooded over
bis unfortunate love AFFAIR. occasion
ally drowning his sorrow hy nruakr
ing Of the cup that cheers.
When asked by a representative 0f
the Gazette n no mad ever married
Armstrong shook his head and for a
momont seemed absorbed in deep
study. Sorrow was written Ga his
face. Don't put anything in the
paper about that" be said The re-
quest was compiled with. hui now
that he 10 la the asylum lhe little
story can not worry him.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-09-08
DYING As A RESULT
OF FIGHTING A DUEL
iT WAS FouoAr BY MUTUAL
CONSENT ~ CLOSE THE
OTHER DAY.

As a result of q duel fought hate
Saturday afternoon in Globe. Aria. BY
mutual consent. between George Ne.
Itch and Nellie Vukmanoyich. both Of
them MonienoNrins. the former lies
dying and the latter % In hiding, try
ing 90 evado the consequences of hia
act
The duel vas fought with royolvefs
on the Black Warrior road The men,
both Of whom are miners IN the en-
ploy OF the Old Dominion. had been
drinking and auaIroling an day. and
several times open hogtllltloa we're
only avoided BY che EFFORTS of friends,
who kept The two men apart.
Meiich is OF d very ouarfelEome ais"
position, 30 much so that those who
know hlm best avoid him when be ID
in hia cups. he bnniCred Nukmano-
vich several times during the day tu
set his gun "nnd come on saying
that N De dld not DO 10 ho would kill
him anyway. Patience al last ceaalng
90 bo virtue, Nukmanov'ch agreed 20
tho battle
Molich drew nrst and nfcd nvo
shots before bis agsaliani got I'M a
shot hui hia aim was bad and ail Of
hl6 shots went wide Of the mark. On
the contrary Nukmanoylch's aim was
particularly good for hG brought down
his man az fho FIRST nro.
NukmaroviCh o. Ia hiding flo makes
a mistake IN this Tor he proiudiccs
hla case hy doing s0 when the facts
are 90 much ia hia favor
sentiment among che ruunifymen Of
the two men Involved. rs well as
among siuvonlans generally. takes the
part of Nukmanovich. Moilch. to put
y Mildly. is rcsarded as rather bad
.plll.
Roth men have been about a year IN
Arizona. they came 90 Globe from
nlsbee