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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03

when one end rests on top of a fencs
and the other on the ground This in
clination to climb prompts them to
run up the plank. and the platform
seems 10 be an attractive place for
them TO play; finding little bran and
oats or cracked corn in the troughs,
they soon learn what it is for. and il
is amusing to see them chase each
other up the plank. and crowd upon
the platform as soon as let in at feed
ing time
This idea was originated by N R
VandervOOrt. of Clinton county. Ohio.
says the Ohio Farmer, and the cut
shows a few of his ewes with the
lambs feeding on the platform
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03
A FERTILIZER TEST.
Way Farmer May Experiment and
Ascertain the Elements Need
ed in Soil

The writer was recently talking with
Prof. C. G. Hopkins of the University
of Illinois on the use of PHOSPHORUS
on the clover being grown at the uni
versity farm. The professor gave the
following figures on the test on sew
eral experimental plots last year. Ten
plots were used, two of which were
check plots and received no treatment.
The yield of dried clover hay in tons
on the ten plots was as follows:
No treatment, 1.26.
Legumes, 1.21.
No treatment, LIS.
Legumes, lime, 1.S2.
Legumes, 1.21.
BY comparing the above It will be
gen, as the blowing under of tho le-
gumes did not increase the yield. The
lined plot gave a. slightly increased
yield. The next five plots yielded as
follows:
Legumes, lime, phosphorus, 2.9I.
Legumes, phosphorus, 2.91.
This seemed to indicate that the
lime was not needed, and without
doubt this was the case.
Legumes, lime, phosphorus, rOtRs-
stun, 3.19.
Lime, phosphorus, potassium, S.1p.
Lime, phosphorus, potassium, S41
The above three plots also indicated
that nitrogen was not needed, as the
plots yielded about the some with and
without the legumes. The story that
this set of experiments tells is that
the land needs phosphorus and potas-
stun, but does not need nitrogen OF
lime.
What is to hinder our farmers from
carrying on experiments like this on
their farms and finding out just what
elements are needed in their soils?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03
THE KICKING cow.
II the Animal Kicks There Is Gem
orally Some Good Reason for It
Find Out What Tt Is.

The best cure for a kicking COW Is
to try to find out why she kicks. and
to avoid the cause. Cows don't kick
for fun or for mastery" They kick
because they are hurt or startled.
Of course you can break them by
causing them more serious pain and
terror with the whip than by milking.
but II is not right. and your wrong
method Of milking may be injuring
your COW. The kick comes almost IN
consciously. if the udder Of the COW is
hurt. and the better the COW the mora
sensitive the udder
My best COW was a Confirmed
kicker" says a correspondent of the
Country Gentleman. and gave little
milk in the winter. until / MIXED
Ter myself and found that cold hands
against her udder made her shudder
all over. contract her udder and kick
Probably a whip would have caused
her TO stop kicking. but it would not
bring the milk. nor have bean any
thing less than cruel
Again. last So mer the man said a
big. stolid COW that always stood like
should think she did kick After !
found the remnants Of the pail and
stool. convinced myself that barring
bruises l was uninjured. and that
there was no hole in the roof. 1 tried
to find out why Apparently she was
well and her udder normal Three
days / MIXED her that way. only
lodged the kick learned she kicked
only when one teat was touched. The
other three were all right The third
day I could feel a little grain in the
milk duct. and characterized it as a
boil from a bruise. Until that boil
broke, milking was a function"
could have omitted But 1 can truth
fully say / never struck her. and the
day it broke she was as quiet as ever.
with no memory OF blows or harsh
treatment TO alarm her or the herd
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03
DOCKET GOPHER AND IT'S BURRow

small fields, where only a few gophOrs
are present. A small steel trap may
be employed, but there are a number
Of special gopher traps on the mar
ket. These traps must be set in she
main gopher tunnel.
Carbon bisulphide has been used
extensively for kihing gophers. If the
burrows are large in dry soil, however,
the gas evaporates so rapidly that
much of the liquid is required to kill
the animals and the methods is expen-
sive. If the burrows are small in
moist soil, an ounce of the liquid to
each burrow is sufficient. Pour the
carbon bisulphide over a bunch of cot
ton rags or other waste material and
push this quickly into the burrow and
close the opening. All the farmers in
a community, says the Orange Judd
Farmer, must cooperate in order to
exterminate the pocket gopher. I'm
less they are eradicated from the
ueighborhood they will soon come in
and restock the territory.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03
THE AMERICAN SHEEP.
Animal Which Is Coming More and
More to Be Matter of Inter
est to Farmer.

The American sheep is coming to
to the American farmer. 1t is doubt
full If in this generation we shall
again see the small interest in sheep
that has been shown during the past
Is years. This lack of interest was
due to the fact that the sheep with
which the farmer found himself Is
years ago was largely a wool-pro-
clining at rapid rate. The demand
for mutton was much less then than
now. In the Is years there has been g
great change in the character OF Amer
lean sheep. They are more largely
suited for the production of mutton
than they were then, and, moreover,
the price of wool is again high enough
to encourage the sheep owner to pro-
duce it.
The city people are demanding a
sheep of higher quality than formerly.
declares the Farmers Review, and can
hardly be satisfied with a sheep that
has been brought up on weeds and
brush. The sheep that is we'll fed
from birth to the block is the only
one that produces meat that brings a
good price in the city markets. This
sheep that have been grown on poor
feed and then fattened quickly sell for
. smaller price on the city market, az
their meat is known to be not of the
best quality. The American sheep
may be a pasture cleaner, but it must
have good grass also il it Is to be
profitable.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03
CURING HORSE OF BAD HABIT
What Is Better Than a Muzzle in
Keeping Animal from Gnaw-
ing Wood or Halter.

I notice that your veterinary advised
placing a muzzle on horse or mule TO
keep him from gnawing the woodwork
of his stall, writes a correspondent of
Rural New Yorker. This would be a
troublesome remedy. as it would have
to be removed every time the animal
was fed. have found that BY paint
ing the woodwork with coal tar the
worst voOd-gnawing horses would
never bite it afIerward. The tar should
be put on while hot An old broom or
whisk brush may serve as a paint
brush / have also found q way TO
cure q horse biting his halter strap or
rope by boiling the rope in water in
which a bar of cheap washing soap
has been dissolved. This remedy tried
never failed. One horse. when first
on several horses which have owned
got him, would bite a heavy rope in
two almost as soon as tieS- A small
soaped rope cured him completely.
That was nearly ten years ago and ii
has not been necessary to tie him
with chain since.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03

% %Y
'7Hi, 20 Ky
-~tHEfT&
EXPRESSING CATTLE.
Cow It Should Be Done to Insure the
Greatest Comfort for the
Animals.

Express is always preferable to
freight where the expense is not too
great. Express companies require ami
mails to be Grated, and generally 1 use
short. light Stat crate for little
calves, with head protruding from the
crate; that is, the body alone is cased.
With older and larger animals l use
large, strong and heavier crate, full
length Of the animal, with the animals
neck placed in a sort of stanchion
made Of two hardwood sticks that run
from floor to top, and are secured at
zach end. Feed can then be placed be-
fore the animal, and water will be
given by the express company's people.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03
]"
little
VISITS
WITH
INCIKB
- 4. 80 ~ I
Brother Bill

Brother Bill.
Ny Brother Bill he knows it all He's too
rip-snortin' smart.
He's one Of these here Johnnie Wise that
oyerdOes his part
BIZ SEE never know tn way 10 do a thing
UP brown;
But Bits the boy at knows IL aIl-ths
wisest bug in town.
whenever l suggest q scheme Z drown a
gopher out,
Ny Brother Bill he knows THE nav =.
reach that gopher,s snout,
l carry water frum tn erick, while Bill hs
has tn fun.
Vi pourin' it right down tn hole an sseln
Of him run.
"hen 1 advanced plan t poke that rabbit
frum log.
Then Bill he pushed me rfzb. go, .,a
Hmsted fer tn dog
A cum a tearin' frum tn hole, right in
Bits arms ker-pIunk.
OH ncked me when smeIIed of hfua-6er Ia
had ketched a skunk.
"hen an IN boys is Wis tin me an I am Big
Chief 10.
6ih Gums an crowds me on my stump
then he's the hull darned show!
last summer when I found tn bees q.
sWarmin' in our lot;
knew It all tn time" seq Bill: lest see
the sting I gotg'
An when Cy Bingham's dog he cum an
ct Up our buck sheep.
Ay brother dreamed the hull thing ont the
night afore, asleepI
90 jest planned 'speriment. rushed
IN with a laugh
an yelled, Our brindle COW, old Spot,
has got a brand new caIfl''
knoWed i first SEE Brother Bill Last
night heerd her bawl.@
An then danced and holIered: s.she Amt
got no calf a-taurss
twas Yesterday I went Z fish where
knows pick'rels is,
ia Jest spit on my bait and cast, a gettin'
down Z biz
When Brother Bill he cum along an, zsz.
You don't fish right
An took tn pole away frum me fist when
got bite
But. gee. IN fsh unlocked hisself, an Bill
he said word
Thet If my ma had heard him say, he'd
wisht she hadn't heard.
An BIZ ne ashed like eyerything-he fest
tried hard an fshed-
Then threw the pole down on tn bank and
seq We'll, III be swishedt"
An right then when picked II I'D felt a
awful pull
By jin-i-nee! I'm tellin' you I jest had both
hands full,
eFt'-- an 1DNr an jumped IKE uIne,
a-whippin' things I foam
fell in-but I landed him an hipered on
fer homel
Gee whiz. he weighed eighteen pounds on
mothers butter scales,
An she said: Goodness gracious me, tn
next things viii be whales!H
See Bill: 'Oh. I've caught bigger fsh.'' an
He just made you climb:
That's why I tossed the pole I your BE
KNEW IT ALL TIL TIAIEt
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03
NOVEL LAMB CREEP.
Economy of Shed Space May
Be Secured.

The cut shows an effective and prac-
teal lamb creep. The idea is valuable
On account Of the economy OF shed
space secured. A plank on which
cleats are nailed leads from the ground
up on a platform about 81 feet high.
On one side of this platform are ar
ranged the troughs for the lambs TO
feed from, and il is remarkable how
soon the lambs learn TO make use Of
the whole contrivance. Lambs natur-
ally take to climbing They can often
be seen to run to the top of a board
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03

partment of agriculture. Dissolve
pne ounce of strychnine sulphate
IN one pint of boiling water.
add a pint of thick sugar syrup
and stir. Preserve in a close vessel.
This quantity is sufficient to poison
one-haif bushel of shelled corn or
pther grain. Steep the corn in hot
water and allow it to soak over night.
Then drain and allow it to soak for
several hours in the poison syrup.
Corn may be rubbed in meal to remove
ne excess of moisture.
This poisoned corn may be intro
iuced into the runways by the use of
dipple and a spoon. This dipple,
shown in the sketch, may be made
rom spade handle with a metal
Joint and strong bar upon which
o place the foot in forcing it into the
ground. The bar should be about Is
inches from the point. A hole is made,
spoonful of poisoned corn dropped
INTO it and the hole left open. The
'orn, of course, must be put in or near
he main runways.
Trapping is a good method If fol-
owed persistently. 1t is adapted to
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03
LOCUST sTUMPs.
How They May Be Removed by the
Use of a Home Made Device and
Without Digging.

The best way to remove locust
stumps without digging is to use
stump-puller and pull them out II
they are not large, one can rig up a
homemade lever puller or twister.
The accompanying cut shows a home
made device which will answer the
purpose If the stumps are not too
large. The upright, explains tbs Ohio
Farmer, should be of good material,
eight feet long. seven inches thick at
the butt and tapering to four inches
at the top. AT the butt mortise in a
piece of plank, three feet long and
seven inches wide. At az to tAree
feet from the butt bore holes through
the upright and insert heavy bolts
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03
FARM NOTES.

mulch works well around the
rOOseberry bushes.
save your own seed, or buy thu best
.eed at four times the cost, if neces-
90, all the wood ashes you can and
.nnIv them to the garden and truck
nont buy lot of things you do not
"a merely because the agents
W. ss,,s is hung in the middle ami loose
Now give the boy few acres to
Win a team, and seeds, and see
ls he will make of it. II will make
vus W.. ,ael like man and bind him to
~ ,arm.-Farm Journal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03

Put on the cover, carry to the porch,
and adjust the hive in position.
Some of the old bees will leave,
but those that are Matching will
make IL their new home 1t Is
necessary to hang this hive in the
shade out of direct rays of the sun.
which would kin the larvae and drive
the bees from the hive. BY observing
this hive regularly, says Farm and
Home, yen will learn OF the workings
of bees 10 way which ia otherwise
impossible
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03
Make Plan of Garden.

Make a careful plan beforehand Of
the garden, dividing it into plots. then
decide what is TO be planted or sown
in each plot, and when planting time
comes begin at one side of the plot,
leaving space for successive sowings or
paintings. This method viii not only
save time but it viii also make the
garden look more ship-shape. should
perhaps say garden-shape.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03

THE HIVE IN PLACE ON PORCH.
are to be fed. Hang this hive near to
some vines on the porch, allowing the
inlet tube to extend outside, as shown
in Fig 2. The bees viii enter through
this tube and viii seldom be found
within the hive.
To prepare for operation go to an
old hive about six days after you
have seen a swarm, and you will find
number of live queen cells from
which the queens will emerge in a
day or two. which looks somewhat as
shown in Fig s. Take three frames
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03

porch or at any other point which is
convenient. Make a frame of lumber
as shown in Fig. 1, about five inches
wide, II inches high, and IS inches
long. Prepare a tube a "a inches
wide. one-half inch high inside and
about 20 inches long, through which
the bees may enter through the door
C into the hive.
MAKE a top for this hive with a
round opening covered with screen.
This opening serves to ventilate the
hive and also is useful when the bees
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03
rima 10 10 wife J Farnr

Don't get too busy to make your wife
flower bed. or half-dozen. If she
wants them. Remember. she has to
live with you 3ss days in the year. and
she needs samething TO brighten her
up.-Farm Journal
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03

Before taking pillow to the field, care
fully 60 over it and tighten up all
bolts, ETC., and
MI ,I your pillow will
run almost like
new. If the pillow
has become badly rusted from stand
ing out in weather, apply kerosene oil
and rub briskly for a few minutes
with a brick. A simple device for
transferring the pillow from one part of
the farm to another. as suggested by
the Farm and Home, is made of a
block of wood 2x4 or five inches wide
and is to "a inches long. Iron pins, a,
between which land slide sets, and d
d loop to receive pillow point Where
loop OF clamp is not at hand. use
aims as shown by dotted lines.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03

tested with the
pocket gopher, so
very destructive
to crops. Go
piers may be de-
stroyed by poi
son, by traps
and by the use
of carbon bisul-
phide. Poisoning
with strychnine
is the most eff
fective means, as
it may be done
at the lowest
cost. AS recon-
mended by the
United States de-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03

of Matching brood
with one or more
queen cells and
place in the OBJ
servation hive.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03

way which is bet
ter than to OBJ
serve them in
such an arrange.
ment as is de-
scribed herewith.
This may be To-
Gated on the frnnt
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03
HOW TO DESTROY ooPHERs
methods Recommended by the Agri-
cultural Department at
Washington.

Nearly every district west of the
mississippi river is more or less in
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03
AN OBSERVATION HIVE.
Arrangement by Which a Study May
Be Made of the Bees When
at Work.

II you wish to become familiar
with the workings of bees there is no
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03

OGe
Spring
Is the thing
To make one sing.
See
IT'S the bee
On busy wingl
Breeze
In the trees
CO-cheei I sneezeD
Bird
I have heard
Sing ecstacies!
Blue
Is the hue
p The sky is. tool
Mud
In a f7nog1-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03
A Reason for It.


In a lucid moment one Of the in.
mates of an insane asylum sat on the
sanitarium wall and rubbered at
lone fisherman angling in the creek
"Fishing?" queried the lunatic.
YES" good naturally.
Caught anythingR"
NO"
Had a bitter"
mo"
How long have you been fshing?-
'oh, about six hours," yawning.
Say" screeched the man with thu
bug, waving his arms wildly. You
come on in herei"
Then he got 'em again and fell OF
the wall into a raspberry bush.
A comforting thought in connection
with the coal strike is that we don't
burn coal in our hearts TO keep theT
warm, anyhow. Everybody cheer upA
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03
AFEW PLoW POINTS.
xhe Proper Care of the Tool and an
Easy Method of Drawing It
to the Field.

Before taking pillow to the field, care
hlly 20 over it and tighten up all
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-07-03

20 cheel ke-chewD
Rain
On the pane,
Beats down like Caini
Brook.
1t has snook
To lowlsnd plainl
RillS
And some bills
For springtime ills;
Worse
Is my purse
For doctor bills.
BoShi
Hear it swash.
ke-sOOsh, ke-soshl
Stop
In the crop
In spring, by gOshl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-20

line For by that time all eyes here and
above and below will have become adjusted
to the change and in love with 1t, and the
present clumsy and ragged forms will be
grotesque to the eye and revolving to the
soul And we shall be rid of phthisis and
phthisic and pneumonia and pneumatics
and diphtheria and pterdactly. and all those
other insane words which no man addicted
to the simple Christian life can try to
spell and not lose some Of the bloom of
his piety in the demoralizing attempt. Do
not doubt it. We chameleOns, and our
partialities and prejudces change places
with an easy and blessed facility. and we
are soon wonted to the change and happy
In 1t. We do not regret our old, yellow
fangs and snags and tushes after we have
worn nice fresh uniform store teeth a
while.
A Words q Word.
HE said: a words a word. and cents
Is the contract; what are you going to do
about it.?
Il said: Jackson, this Is cold-blooded OPP
preston. What's an average English
word?'
HE said: six letters
II said: Nothing Of the kind: that's
French and includes the spaces between
the words: an average English word is
four letters and half. By hard honest Ia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-20

cecus ornithrhynous. and rotten to the
poraneousness. God forgive me for that
wanton crime: he lived only two hours.
From that day to this l have been a
devoted and hard-working member Of the
Association for the Prevention of Cruelty
40 Authors. and now 1 am laboring with
Carnegie's simplifled committee and with
my heart in the work.
simplifed Spelling.
Now. you see." said Mr.. Clemens. what
simplified spelling can do. 1t can convey
any fact you need to convey: and it can
pour out emotions like sewer. 1 beg you,
1 beseech you to adopt our spelling. and
print all your dispatches in 1t.
Now. wish to say just one entirely seri-
Gus word:
Il have reached time OF life-seventy
Germs Of this world have much interest for
me personally. 1 think l can speak dispas-
sionately upon this matter. because, in the
little while that 1 have got to remain here
fashioned forms. and I don't propose to
make any trouble about 1t at all. 1 shall
soon be where they won't care how spell
so long as keep the Sabbath. Uaughter)
There are s.. 600 900 OF us people that use
this orthography, and It ought to be SIM
plified In our behalf. but 1t is kept in its
present condition to satisfy 100000 who
like to have their literature In the old form.
That looks to me to be rather selfish and
we keep the forms as they are while we
have got 100000 people coming in here
from foreign countries every month and
they have got to struggle with this orthog-
raphy of ours, and 1t keeps them back and
damages their citizenship for years until
they learn to spell the language. II they
ever do learn. This Is merely sentimental
argument.
No Real Argument
People say 1t is the spelling Of Chaucer
and Spenser and Shakespeare and lot of
other people who did not know how to
spell anyway, and 1t has been transmitted
to US and we preserved 1t and wish to pre-
serve 1t because of its ancient and hallowed
associations
Now. l don't see that there is any real
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-20

Dor I've dug all the large words out of my
vocabulary and shaved 1t down till the aver
age Is three letters and half. can put
200 words on your page. and there's not
another man alive that can come within 200
of It, My page is worth $S4 to me- 1t takes
exactly as long to fill your magazine page
with long words as 1t does with short ones
four hours. Now then, look at the criminal
injustice Of this requirement Of yours
am careful. 1 am economical of my time
and labor. For the family's sake I've got
to be. So I never write metropolis for 7
cents. because 1 can get the same money
for city" 1 never write policeman" be-
cause l can get the same price for cop"
And so on and so on. never write "valetu-
dinaran" at all, for not even hunger and
wretchedness can humble me to the point
where l will do a word like that for Z
cents: / wouldn't do it for Is. Examine
your obscene text please: count the words
He counted and said 1t was twenty-four.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-20

Robert Wells of Hyattsyille. Md. were the
speakers of the afternoon and evening, re-
spectively. The committee in charge OF
roasting the oxen, ten in number, did their
work WELL and when the beef was served
1t was decided to be of splendid flavor.
In the evening the grand ball was held.
and the knights who had won in the match
es crowned the queen and her maids Of
honor.
The knights who won and the girls
crowned were as follows: Thomas Head of
Virginia. crowned the queen Of love and
beauty, Miss Lizzie Harrison of District
OF Columbia; r. H. Mercer OF Pleasant VAL