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The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23
Grape 9e -h1ao@ Gown

Ut LTHOUGH the nrst days Of au-
tumn may not be much cooler
than the ones which have just
preceded them. Invariably they
cal out different style Of gown from
any that have been worn during the
sumner. IN fact. this is the season Of
the year when the weIl-gowned woman
delights in appearing ia a distinctly
m0oish costume Of heavier late sum
mer material
Let il not be thought that these are
regular cloth gowns or anything that
might be suitable TO wear through the
winter. They are intended for the
present moment and are more or less
O. a luxury. for most women wear the
same gowns during the spring and
autumn Fashions followers today are
az extravagant lot. and she demands
or her followers that four times in the
twelve months new costumes and hats
shall be purchased II one is to be truly
smart And il often happens that at
this time there are TO be seen some OF
the most attractive styles of the whole
year They may have been made up
late in the spring and kept fresh until
row. but as a rule they have just been
completed and sent home ready to be
wcrn- In them are combined the pop
uisr fashions OF the summer with the
very latest ideas projected for the COM
Ing winter
Il is not surprising to note that both
the princess and empire styles are
much in evidence. The lines Of both
OF these models have been greatly i'm
proved since they FIST came into fash
ion, and now that they are graceful
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23

Sorry we can't admit you.s said the
acting manager. who happened to Be
standing near.
Not admit me-what forT' asked the
man
'Well-you're intoxicated"
Intoxicated. Why, you IDIOT, you
don't suppose I'd come here and want
to pay to go In to see this snow u
was sobex?"-Casselrs Journal
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23
You Don't Suppose.

The Puddleborough Amateur Theat-
rical Society was giving its annual per-
formance in the local assembly-rooms.
The play had commenced some few
minutes when a man in evening dress
and showing signs OF having dined
rather we'll staggered up to the box
office and asked for half-crown seat.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23

front, while the tapered ends of the
cloth band also suggest slenderness
even where slenderness is not
Will the empire styles be generally
popular? is the question which has not
yet been satisfactorily decided. At
the same time the smartest gowns be-
ing turned out are on this model. and
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23

L-HoUGH the nrst days of au-
tumn may not be much cooler
than the ones which have just
preceded them. fnvarfabIv tbav
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23

@N10oN A@eAN~AAS@4 "a 4tAdAt04As
Hang the haunch for ten days or a
fortnjght--as long as possible without
permitting it TO become tainted, trim
of the skin and cover with -four or with
sheets of buttered paper and put on "a
spit or IN a cradle spit. placing it
about fifteen inches from the fire
Baste frequently and gradually bring
IL nearer the fire. Sprinkle it with a
little salt, dredge It over with -four
and baste with little butter. Serve
with brown gravy and red currant
jelly. From two and oHe-half to three
and one-half hours will be required.
Boned Leg of Mutton.
Remove the hone carefully from a
small leg of mutton and dll the hole
with veal forcemeat. to which should
be added about three ounces of chop
ped ham or bacon. Draw the skin over
the opening and sew il up to secure
the forcemeat. Roast for three hours
before a clear, bright fire.
To Roll Loin of Mutton.
Hang a lofn of mutton until tender,
take out the bone and lay over the
meat a stuffing such as you would use
for roast chicken Roll 1t up tightly,
fasten with small skewers and tie it
around with a string. Roast before a
brisk fire, allowing at least a quarter
OF an hour for each pound of meat.
Make a gravy of the bones. adding a
tablespoonful of ketchup and a little
salt. When the meat is done, pour
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23

those who have given the subject
thought believe that it is merely a
question of time before radical modi-
fications of the fashion make it a pop
ular style. Nearly all the gowns now
being made up are built on these lines,
and the shert jackets that are intend
ed to be wern with them are distinctly
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23

the gravy made from the bones mixed
with that from the meat over it and
serve with currant jelly.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23
Roast Haunch of Mutton.

however, VIII probably not hang thei
meat as directed.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-12-15

This table does not mean that profits
in cattle feeding are impossible when
corn is worth over forty cents per
bushel with clover hay at $1,000 per
ton. 1t does mean, however, that with
the conditions stated a larger at-home
margin between buying and selling
price than $1.25 per hundred is requIr-
ed to make the enterprise profitable.
Other factors affecting profits will be
considered in subsequent issues.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-12-15
Took
BEEF PRODUCTION
Relation of Costs to Profits.


Copyright 1906, by II. W. Mumford)
In attempting to estimate the prob
able number of cattle that will be fed
during any given season and the prob
able profit or loss to the cattle feeder
there is no factor that is more fire.
ouently mentioned than that of the
cost of feeds. From this we may as
sumo that this factor, if not the most
important one affecting profits in cat
tie feeding, is certainly one of great
Importance and one that should be
thoroughly understood by every man
engaged in the business of finishing
cattle for the market. Live stock
journals begin as early as July and
August to anticipate the probable size
OF the corn crop the probable demand
Tor the same and the bearing OF these
factors on the cost Of corn to the cat
tie feeders of the country. The cattle
feeder is inclined to wait until he can
form some intelligent opinion as to
what the market value of corn will
be before he decides to what extent
he will engage in the cattle feeding
enterprise. This is well, for, other
things being equal the cost of feeds
determines the cost of gains and the
cost of making gains has very di-
rect bearing upon profits and losses i'll
cattle feeding.
A discussion of this subject upon the
basis of feeding the steers simple
ration like broken ear corn and Glove
hay will be most helpful. AT the Il
linois experiment station the writer
fed carload of choice Well-bred two
year-old Shorthorn feeding cattle from
November to June, or in other words,
during a six months winter feeding
period of broken ear corn and clover
hay. These cattle weighed approx
mately 1000 pounds at the beginning
and made an average daily gain per
steer for the six months of slightly
over two pounds. To be exact, the
total gain per steer was 386.27 pounds
Just enough hogs followed the steers
to consume the whole corn in the drop
pings of the steers to advantage. No
additional feed of any kind was sup
piled for the hogs. In this way it was
determined that Tab pounds gain on
hogs was made per steer fed. 1t took
3T.73 bushels of corn and approx
mately 8 of ton of clover hay TO
secure the above gain on steer and pig.
1t is probable that the gains made per
unit of feed were larger than those
usually secured by corn belt cattle
feeders. Stated in terms OF beef and
pork per bushel of corn fed it would
be $50 pounds beef and 1.29 pounds
pork per bushel of corn fed. With
these figures as a basis to consider
that pounds of beef and LA pounds
pork Cts pounds per steer in months)
may be made from a bushel of broken
earn corn supplemented with clover
hay where the corn is fed to well bred
two-year-old feeding cattle with hogs
following them to consume the waste.
1t should be stated that the load OF
cattle fed were not what would be
called fully finished, as they sold in
the. market for $595, when the top
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-12-15
Much Education Is Necessary.

Reference has been frequently made
in the columns of The Ranch to the
apathy shown by the stock raisers
of the northwest to bring the indus
try up to the plane where it belongs.
Many do not think pure blood in the
stock is worth striving for; others
think animals of good merit and pos
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-12-15

of the market was $6.15 per hundred
weight. Had these cattle been full fed
for a longer time, (they were full fed
only about one hundred and twenty
days), the total and average daily
gains would probably have been larg-
er. The writer believes it would not
have been difficult to have secured an
average daily gain of % pounds per
steer or 396 pounds in one hundred
and eighty days.
We have then sufficient data as to
gains and feed required to produce
gains to discuss intelligently the sub
ject of relation of the cost of these
feeds to profits in cattle feeding. To
avoid misunderstanding let us repeat
that we assume that each steer in
volved in this discussion makes an
average daily gain of % pounds or 1896
pounds for a six months winter feed
ing period. that IS pounds OF pork is
made from the droppings of the steer,
that pounds of beef and LA pounds
O. pork are made from each buShel
Of corn fed supplemented with clover
hay. On this basis it would require
about &C bushels of corn supplemented
with one ton of clover hay to secure
the gains recorded for the whole time.
Granting that we are dealing with a
choice 1,000-pound feeder that is worth
$3.50 per hundred weight in the feed
lot, the following financial statement
might be made up:
Disbursements-EXh a:
1 1OOO-lb. choice feeder q $3.50 per
cWt. .......... ..,.'.#'.. $3.50 o o. oo
1 ton clover hay @ $5....,...,.. 5.oo
Total cost .................... $69.SO
The above total cost" does not, of
course. include interest on investment
CT labor and to simplify the discus
sion it is assumed that the cattle are
sold at home, thus doing away with
marketing expenses.
For the first statement thirty-cent
corn and five-dollar hay are taken as
about the minimum prices that could
be figured even from the viewpoint OF
the cattle feeder who produced his
feeds If the choice, well-bred feeding
steer cost $3.50 per hundred weight in
the feed lot and the purchaser gets
what he pays for and properly finishes
the steer he ought to expect $125 per
hundred weight more for the steer at
home in the feed lot than cost price
delivered in the feed lot.
Receipts, Exhibit A
/ 1396-lb. choice to prime steer
"a .$5.75 per cwt. ....... $8O.21
Is lbs. pork a So per cwt. ........ $40
Total receipts $S4.Oa
Total expenditures ............ $3.50
Profit per steer on basis of 80
cent corn and s. hay. .......$ l4.22
The following table figured out in
the same manner shows the effect OF
price of feed on possible profits:
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-12-15

Profit per steer on basis Of 80
cent corn and s. hay. $14.22
The following table figured out in
the same manner shows the effect of
price of feed on possible profits:
Amador ledger., 1906-04-27
Enough is Enough.

Quitting work with million dollars
saved in twenty-five years, the mana
ger OF the Waldorf-Astoria in New
York sets an example that might we'll
be followed by those men who get the
money-making craze and develop
from captains of industry" through
"plutocrats" to something worse.
Thomas H. Hillard came from Ireland
when he had attained his majority.
He is now forty-six and a millionaire,
having made it all in hotel manage
ment and careful investment of his
savings. He is of the opinion that he
has worked hard enough and long
enough. Acquaintance with the range
of hotel prices, in connection with ho-
tel tips, would indicate that he had
also worked people enough, although
there has been nothing in Mr.. Hill
lard's career to show that he has ever
made an overcharge. On the other
hand, he has devised many of the
modern conveniences that add to the
delectability of hotel existence. But
the best thing he has done has been to
'-now when he had enough and to
stop when he got it.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-27
Nine Million PloRs at Work.

It's plowing time, Two hundred
million acres of land will be plowed
this year in the United States and
about 100000 plows are on the farms
to do the work. The capital invested
in plows alone represents $4,000, ,OOO
Such multitude of types of plows
and plowers can be found on this old
continent that we can but name a
few. In the great southwest the Mo-
have with his three or four squaws
starts for the planting ground. Each
woman carried her digging stick, the
most primitive of fall plows, and the
man stands guard all day while the
Original farmers of this country dig
the land and plant their gourd seeds.
In Canada but for the interference of
the government we might see the
Doukhabor women drawing the plow
in exactly the same way that they
have done for centuries In New
England the oxen are being yoked,
and in the middle west the fourhorse
teams are ready. In the south the
negro sits on his plow hilt to watch
the train go by.
In other parts of the country we find
traction engines at work, plowing
forty or more acres day and requir-
ing but two or three men to do it.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-27
LONG ISLANDS BARREN LANDS.
Project to Make Them Productive
Railroad Making Experiments

Another railroad has essayed the
problem of reclaiming land. This
time it is the Long Island Railroad
Company. 1t has taken under its con-
troll a plot Of land containing about
seventeen acres near the end Of the
north shore of the island. The land
Is typical Of much Of that on Long Is
land 1t is known as pine-barrens,
Is considered sterile and is in the full
est sense of the word waste land.
The railroad company will establish
an experimental fruit and vegetable
farm. The company also intends to
esta blish an experimental farm near
the middle Of the island and another
on the south shore.
Suffolk county has an area Of 739,
III acres Of which 10000 have been
esteemed of so little value that they
have never been assessed for taxes,
and the value Of 100000 acres of the
remainder is so slight that the taxes
levied have been nominal. The des-
patches telling Of this experiment of
the Long Island Railroad announce
that several other railroad companies
will be interested spectators of the re-
suits, which If satisfactory will be
accepted as examples worthy to be
followed.
American railroads not only open
up new land to settlement, but exert
themselves to attract settlers and al.
90 reclaim waste land. The railroads
OF the west have done effective work
IN promoting emigration to that section
and the roads of the south and south
west are now particularly active In
soliciting immigration. The southern
lines have perhaps done more than
any other agency In turning the tide
of Italian immigration into the cottnn
and sugar fields and the mill cities OF
the south
Amador ledger., 1906-04-27

Haveyoua small garden? Ifnot, why?
There is no reason why anyone with
the slightest taste for the pursuit
should not be successful in raising
a garden with very small expense or
effort. Unfortunately in most works
on horticulture, and in all short art
icles on the subject it is taken Tor
granted that the reader has some pre-
vious knowledge of the business, or at
any rate has his garden already pre-
pared by an expert. This will not be
the case with many who intend to
move into suburban homes this spring,
so it is for their benefit the following
hints are given. Even the circum-
scribed area available at the back of
twenty-five foot frontage, will, if prop
erly handled, furnish enough green
delicacies to materially reduce the
grocery bills during the summer, and
add much to the health and comfort of
the family, for a twenty-five foot lot
OF ordinary depth should permit the
rear fifty feet to be used for gardening
purposes.
In many instances careless contract
ors scatter the subsoil removed when
excavating Easements all over the lot.
When this has been the case the work
OF preparing the garden ground is in
creased as this unfertile soil must be
removed, until not more than three
inches are left on the plot it Is pro-
posed to cultivate. When this Is well
leveled the ground can be treated the
same way as If still covered with sod,
the trenching being carried slightly
deeper. The ground having been made
reasonably level the best course to
pursue Is to stretch garden line three
feet from the fence lengthwise of the
plot, and parallel with it stretch an
other, leaving a space of two feet be-
tween them. Cut along both lines
with a sharp spade, and turf path
clear to the alley is the result. Prob
ably the sod on this will not at first
look very tempting, but constant travel
over it, if not too frequent, will i'm
prove it so that in time it will afford
a smooth green walk. Now dig a
trench a foot wide and a foot deep
across the end Of the three foot space
between the fence and the path, plac-
ing the soil removed, somewhere con-
Venient for future use. Into this trench
throw the sod removed from the second
foot, taking care to invert it when do
ing SO, and then add a thick layer of
coarse manure, tramping it well down.
On top Of this throw deep spadeful
OF the underlying soil, and repeat the
Amador ledger., 1906-04-27

devoted to Japanese climbing cucum-
bers. They do well in this climate
and their fruit is more symmetrical and
cleaner than that of the creeping
variety, which take up too much room
to be available in small garden.
AS to the five centre beds they
should of course be mainly devoted to
vegetables that are at their best when
fresh gathered. Peas belong to this
category, and besides yielding well,
are almost sure crop for an amateur
to raise. The eight feet wide beds
should be marked out in straight
rows, the fCst one a foot from the
Amador ledger., 1906-04-27

ditch, the next two feet from it, and
the same on the other side. The two
middle rows of the first bed should be
planted with second early pea, such
as Heroine or Dwarf Telephone and
the outside two with an extra early,
such as Motifs Excelsior, as this ar
rangement enables the peas first ready
to be picked without disturbing the
others. The same course should be
pursued in the second bed, a second
early filling the outside rows, while
one of the giant late varieties such as
Stratagem or Duke of Albany oc-
cupies the other two. Nothing is
more vexatious to a gardener than to
raise a patchy crop. To avoid this
the drills should always be made four
inches wide. For peas they should
be three or four inches deep according
to the heavy or light nature of the
soil. The seeds may be planted some
what thickly, say dozen to each four
inches Of row of the width recommend
ed. When six inches high, the soil
should be drawn well against the outer
stems in order to induce the plants to
Amador ledger., 1906-04-27
THE SMALL GARDEN.
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

A garden so constructed will stand
great extremes of wet and drouth,
for it is mistake to suppose that
plants on we'll laid up beds suffer in
dry weather, on the contrary they will
continue to thrive when those on the
level are whitening, so no one need be
afraid of making high beds, though
eighteen inches from the crown to the
foot Of the ditch is sufficient elevation
unless the location is very low. Some
people might think that to devote so
much space to paths with such
small area available is a useless
waste. This is not the case, for the
frequent paths enable the gardener to
till and gather his crops without the
necessity of treading on the cultivated
ground, an advantage that far offsets
the loss of space. The same plan may
be followed on property a lot and a
half wide, though, if two full lots are
available, an additional grass walk
down the centre will be useful, and add
much to the appearance of the garden,
which, if all lines are kept perfectly
Amador ledger., 1906-04-27

Market Gardener Cutting Asparagus Tips.
process until the bed is all dug over.
AS soon as the surface is dry rake in
thoroughly a dressing of fine manure,
mixed with a liberal amount of lime,
and little coarse salt. Then smooth
and level the ground, giving a slope
Of about foot from the fence to the
edge OF the path. Follow the same
course on the other side of the lot, and
at the rear end.
This mode Of procedure furnishes
two beds fifty feet long and one Of
fifteen which are available for climbing
plants, with permanent walk around
the garden giving access to the alley
on both sides. The space between the
paths il treated in the same fashion,
will be sufficient to provide five beds,
each eight by fifteen feet leaving be-
Amador ledger., 1906-04-27
A SMALL GARDEN WITH CAREFUL CULTIVATION
WILL PRODUCE ABUNDANT CROPS oE VEGETABLES.

straight, will in any case be attractive,
even when the beds are bare.
1t is obvious that to ensure SYM
metry, and for many other reasons,
plow is entirely out of place in
gardens of this size. In order to
achieve success the work must posi-
lively be done by hand and conscient-
iously done at that The expense Is
really very small, and need only be
incurred once, for a garden so con-
stucted will need very little work to
prepare it the second season.
AS to the use to be made Of the
beds when properly prepared, much
depends on the taste of the gardener,
but a very good way to utilize the
fences on either side is to sow along
them scarlet runners mixed with other
beans. The runners with their gor-
geous flowers which bloom from June
till October are very ornamental. They
are also prolific croppers, and despite
an absurd prejudice against them, the
young pods, when cooked green, are
delicious, while the shelled beans are
superior to limas. Scarlet runners
may be planted as soon as the ground
is warm, even as early as mid April,
for the bean itself remains in the
ground sending only its shoot to the
surface. They should be sown two at
time; about four inches deep, and a
foot apart, so that when all danger
of frost is over, more delicate beans
may be planted between them. The
best for this purpose are Cranberry,
Kentucky Wonder and Golden Clusz
ter, as their flowers and pods form
charming contrast with those of the
runner. In order not to interfere
with the early care of the climbers
it would be well to leave the space
between them and the grass walks va
cant until tomatoes, cabbages and pep
pers are ready to plant out by which
time, if the soil has been kept well
pulverised, the beans will be able to
care for themselves. The little bed
at the foot of the garden might be
Amador ledger., 1906-04-27

New Horseradish from Bohemia.-An Improved
and Excellent Variety for Garden Use.
supply pods. Valentines for a green
variety, and Wardwell's Wax for a
yellow one are probably the best. The
outside rows should be reserved for
beets, as they require thinning and
wedding. The centre rows of the fifth
bed should also be put in beans, late
varieties being chosen that are suitable
for shelling, just as they reach their
full size. Yellow Swedish and Red
Flageolets are far the best for this
purpose. One outside row should be
sown to Chard, a delicious and pro-
lific vegetable much neglected in
this country, while the others will sup
ply plenty of radishes if they are
sown broadcast. On a double lot a bed
or two should be reserved for early po-
tatoes, as nothing is better than the
young tubers when fresh dug, but
they begin to deteriorate very rapidly
as soon as exposed to the air, for
nothing equal in flavor to home grown
product can be obtained from a
market man.
With regard to culture, no matter
how strong the temptation may be, no
one should ever attempt to do any
thing in garden when the foliage is
wet with dew or rain, or until the soil
is sufficiently dry to crumble between
the fingers without adhering to them,
and if it can be avoided no foot should
ever press the cultivated ground. The
most efficacious tool in any garden is
sharp and narrow rake, which should
be constantly run between the rows
whenever the ground is dry. Except
in very wet seasons this implement
when frequently used will suffice to
keep down all weeds between the rows,
which it also keeps the soil sufficient
ly pulverized to act as watering pot
as we'll. An expert gardener seldom
needs to use hoe, except when pre-
pairing his beds for SECOND crop, or
when spell Of rainy weather has