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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

Every farmer who feeds live stock
should become acquainted with the
soy bean and the COW pea, as often
one or the other might be used to
good advantage. Both are legumincus
plants, rich in protein and make ex-
cellent crops for supplementing car
bonaceous feeding stufis, such as
corn.
Being annual plants OF rapid growth
they fit easily into a variety Of rota-
tions and may often be used as emer-
gency crops where few other things
would fit in.
Both crops are excellent soil i'm
provers, having especially beneficial
effects upon the physical condition of
soils that are inclined to be heavy,
making them loose and mellow.
Like other legumes, when inocu-
lated with their particular nitrogen
gathering bacteria, they draw upon
the free NITROGEN Of the atmosphere
for their own requirements and also
store up considerable quantities in
their roots. and when these decay
this stored up nitrogen becomes avail
able to succeeding crops. They are
therefore excellent to precede such
crops as corn, which requires large
quantities of nitrogen for its proper
development
Being such strong and rapid grow
ers and having such beneficial effects
upon the soil. they may often be used
TO good advantage as cover crops are
harvested. With sufficient moistJre
to start them properly. they may be
used In this way as late as the first OF
August and may be depended upon 10
gather a lot of nitrogen and make a
good growth of material for plowine
under, as green manure, in the autumn
or following spring.
For stock feeding purposes the soy
bean ard COW pea may be used in a
variety of ways. Most varieties OF
COW peas and the ranker growing soy
| beans, such as the Medium Green
! and Medium Early Yellow" make ex
cellent crops for feeding green, OF
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

? and 8 should not be as good as No.
l. Why, then, is there this wide va
ration?
Can we do anything to bring Nos.
? and up to the standard set by No.
/?
We can. The difference in yield
of these three ears was not due to
differences in soil, climate or cultiva-
ton. The difference lay behind all
this-it lay in the character of the
parents planted.
If we could locate all the stalks in
the field which spring from TIE broth
ers Of the kernel that produced No. Z,
We should find that the great major.
ity OF them were ears, ON an aver
age, as good as it is. The same
thing would hold true in the case
of the parents of Nos. and l. This
would lead US TO the conclusion that
the difference in these three ears is
due TO the difference in the produc-
ing power of their aprents.
Now. if We can select the .yns
AAAA HAO4ANNS AAAI cA-eA4- cal NAc
one which produces the nubbins, We
shall have gone a long way toward
materially increasing our yield. For
il is evident that this wide yariat ion
Is due TO the difference in the produc-
ing power of these two ears. In this
work of selection the ear may be
taken as the unit. While there Is
something in the individuality Of
each kernel, We are sure of gettina
good corn and large increase in thi
number of good ears 10 the hill n
We study our seed ears carefully,
and plant only the best. Fourteen
ears in the average will plant an acre,
therefore. If We put in one ear that
prod uces a great many nubbias aId
barren stalks, We greatly reduce car
yield on that acre.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

Dr- Fu-bes WinslOw says in Lon
don dlspatch 70 the New York Times.
According 70 the statistical figures on
insanity. IL can be shown that before
lozg tEere Wil be actually more luna
ties In the world than sane people. The
burning problem Of the day is how 10
prevent this increase OF insanity.
What is the use OF wasting time and
energy on an education bill when We
have before US this absorbing problem,
the contemplation Of an insane world,
10 deal WITH
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

represent Had they been fully fed
while sucking and from weaving
time forward they would have sold
as drafters rather than chunks and it
is a fact known to everyone that the
high prices are being paid for the
heaviest horses of quality rather
than for the chunks that have missed
naturalization OF the possibilities Of
their breeding. The man, then, who
breeds draft stock and feeds il in such
a way as to develop it into something
other than draft stock is fOoling away
his time and missing good money that
would belong TO him II he had sense
enough TO earn il. 1t is ruinous policy
to rough colts through the winter on
coarse, innutritious straw and hay.
They should be generously fed at all
times so that they may be kept stead
lily growing and If they stop growing
in winter time or lose part of the gain
made while sucking that loss never
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

After taking the measurements Of
uhe height of women in France, Eng.
land and America, a doctor announces
that an English woman is the tallest
pnd the American woman comes next.
The average height of the French
woman is five feet one inch. The
American woman is nearly two inches
taller, and the women Of Great Brit
ain half an inch taller than the latter.
American women, however, weigh
slightly more than either Of the 9TH
ers, their average weight being III
pounds.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

Think Tanks Wanted.-Each year
sees a bigger demand for these useful
articles on the farm. Agricultural col
leges and farmers institutes have
done a vast deal Of good in popularix-
ing them. Every progressive farmer
is alive 10 the necessity Of having
his own, and is encouraging his boys
and girls TO get theirs well filled with
active materials. There is no question
but the thinking farmer is to-day the
leading agricultural element, declares
the Orange Judd Farmer, more impor-
tant than potash, phosphoric acid or
nitrogen. For profitable eombina-
ton of these elements depend on him.
His thought is the force that makes
them active. Every man must be
his own thinker nowadays.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

In England there is an old yev
tree growing on top of a square church
tower. The tree Is not quite three
feet high. but Is thought TO be about
100 years old Down in the church
yard grows Al older yeE tree. Prob
ably. 2o1g ago. some birds were eating
ths fruit from this tree and left some
sse5s On TIE tower. One OF the seeds
found = sotI place IN the mortar be
tween ne stones and grew into tins
traz
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

Dry Leaves in Hen House-Gather
up all dry leaves and use in chicken
house what you don't need in cellar to
bury vegetables IN. All vegetables
keep fine this way ali winter long
The hens can use the rest to scratch
in for their grain.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

Director OF the Mint Roberts. COM
menting on the advance in the price
of silver, says he expects to see II
reach rs cents an ounce within two
years. The increase has had the effect
already OF sending up the rates for
silver goods, and has also made the
silver dollar more valuable intrinsical-
iy. Mexican dollars are now quoted
at IS cents.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

Fishing for wolves, has been sue
cessfully performed by Raus Schmidt,
in Millyille. Minn. While rambling
round In the woods, he discovered a
den of wolves in a hole among some
rocks In order 20 get at them, he
fastened fish hook TO pole. and low
cred IL into the hole. In this way
he succeeded in fishing out seven pups
about six weeks old
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
Storage Tank in Barn.

water is pumped by wind power. The
dwelling and barn are practically on
level ground, hence the necessity for
e.esating the supply wholly or in part
so that water may be distributed
so that water may De easily distribut-
ed. The yards for the stock in this in
stance occupy a slightly lower ele-
walton than is occupied by the house
and barn. The supply tank in this
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
Putting in Farm Water Supply System

case is made of good lumber, and is
placed on a good. frost-proof brick
wall which extends about two feet
above the surface of the ground, and
also descends to a point about four
feet below the surface. The space be-
tween the tank is used as a sort of
creamery room.
In this system the water is forced
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

"The daughters of American pork
packers are willing to pay enormous
sums for husbands says a French
newspaper The French paper should
understand that the girls are simply
following in their fathers footsteps
buying hogs.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

Bad Hitehing Praetiee.-A bad way
to hitch a horse is 10 tie the lines TO
post or tree while they are still
through the rings on the saddle OF the
harness. II the lines are strong enough
he may break his neck and if weak he
VIII break them and get away.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

In establishing a water supply sys-
tenn for a farm, the first thing to be
determined is the Kind of power to be
used in making the supply of water
available for the uses of man and
beast Wind power is the most CON-
mon, though gasoline, as well as horse
and tread power are more and more
coming into use. AS to which power
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

think what Il means. Why do not an
OF these stalks bear ears Ike No. i?
Being In the same hill. the condi-
tons OF soil. climate and moisture
must have been exactly the same.
One could not have received more
thorough cultivation than another.
From the time the corn was dropped
there was 10 good reason why Nos.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

No reasonable and Intelligent per.
son viii be inclined to eriticise the
propriety OF using water power 10 oper-
ate the milking machines on a dairy
farm. but they should not attempt any
double play with the fluid.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

Latest estimates of the wealth OF
the United States place it at s106.000,-
100000 This should serve to restore
confidence. II Mr.. Rocksfeller's wealth
were to keep on increasing at the pres
ent rate there would be no chance
for him to get 1t all even II he lived
to be so years old.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

The consumer has a right TO know
how much milk the quart bottle con-
tains that is left at his back door, but
the cream will always remain an un-
certain or minus quantity.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

Parchments used for drumheads are
prepared from the skins Of donkeys,
calves, goats and woiyes; those for
writing from the skins of sheep. The
Important part, the polishing, Is done
with pumice stone.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

II may please q woman when a man
eelps her over a crossing, but it makes
her mad when another woman at
tempts IL. II indicates. says the Atch-
ison Globe. that the other woman is
thinking OF age.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

should be used II can only be said that
local circumstances and conditions
will always determine this.
The above Illustration is a design of
a water system where the supply
comes from a tubular well and the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

Prevent Waste.-Don't allow the
corn fodder TO waste for every stalk
represents an outlay Of time and
money. Draw up the stalks TO the
barn or feed yard and stack OF pile
them handy by TO feed.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

OF all European cities, Rome has
most frequently been in the hands Of
enemies. II has been entered or sack
ed more than 40 times since $50 b. C..
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

People In Germany and Austria who
eat meat. or those who at least would
like to do so. think they have some
rights which the governments of those
countries should take into considera-
diOn
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

An English paper says Lord Strath-
coma won't tell how rich he is. He pos
sesses untold wealth, so TO speak.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

A New York citizen says he has
heard so political speeches this year
and only one Of them was good
That's about the proportion in a quart
of chestnuts.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

Maybe there is still hope for the cap
tains of industry. J. Pierpont Morgan
has just paid $500 for a Bible.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

A bachelor is forced to wear skirts
In Korea and can not don trousers uD-
Gil hs marries.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

The parrot appreciates music more
han any other OF the lower crea-
lures
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
A Single Hill of Corn
BY P. C. IZolden, Professor of Ag-
ronomy, in Iowa College of Agri-
culture.

Fig. I illustrates what is too often
seen in a single hill-a good ear, a
poor ear and a nubbin. We have seen
this so often that we never stop 10
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

Looking glasses are going up in
price. What is the difference? All
the girls know they are pretty without
consulting a mirror.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

Although the coal man was not elect
ed to anything he is gathering good
things right along.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

BY passing the 500. 600 .OOO. .Oco mar
in wealth America has goose-egled h
Viyals-
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

II Hurts.-FIle OF the sharp points
Of the Hew curry comb.
The Jewish outlook., 1907-12-20

children. warning them at the same
time against thistles and thorns And
I devise to children the banks of the
brooks and the golden sands beneath
the willows that dip therein, and the
white clouds that float high over the
giant trees.
And I leave to children the long,
long days to be merry in, in thous-
and ways. and the night, and moon,
and trail of the milky way to wonder
at. but subject. nevertheless. to the
rights hereinafter given to lovers.
The Jewish outlook., 1907-12-20
DIR. MACARTHUR TAXES THAT ST.

Comparatively little true Ameri-
canism seems to exist in New York
City, and there is less of it among
Protestant clergymen than there is in
any other Glass;" was one part of the
verbal hot shot fired by the Rev. DR..
r. S. Macarthur yesterday before his
class on "Current Events" in Cal
vary Baptist Church, in West Fifty
seventh street, New York. He took
that view OF the clergy because "sOme
of them assert the Jews have no right
to say what we shall do in our own
country"
On the previous Sunday, in a dis
c,lssion of the Christmas celebration
in the public schools, Doctor Mae
Arthur had suggested that instead OF
having the Bible read in those places
a text book containing extracts from
the Bible, the Koran, the Talmud, and
even from atheistic writings that were
moral in their teachings should be
used. A majority of the class were
opposed to that, and the subject was
carried over to yesterday.
The contention that the Jews had
no right to say what should be done
here might do for other clergymen.
said Macarthur. but it would be un-
acknowledgements for him to say
it. He had come to America only i'll
--1a62. .-sss~e-of4h his ancestors was Amer
lean. and he had no right to attempt
to dictate to Jews who were here be-
fore him.
JEWS AS PIONEERS.
"The singing of Christmas carols
in which the name of our Lord as the
Christ is used should not be permitted
in the public schools" the clergyman
continued. "The Christian has no
more right to say that the Jewish
children shall be taught his religion
in schools for which the Jew is taxed
than has the Jew to dictate to the
Christian The same condition con-
fronts the English Protes,ants. who
differ in thcir belief from the Eng
lish church. The first white man to
put foot on the American continent
was Jew: the first man to catch
sight of the land was Jew: Jews
furnished the money for Columbus
to make his voyage of discovery. and
the first Jews came TO New York in
1856"
Dr. Wendell c. Phillips said our
traditions were important. and he
would dislike to see this country
forsake so valuable one as the read
ing of the Bible in the schools
DOESN r. WANT a HODGEPODGE.
81 find myself in no Sympathy
said Phillips. with the hodgepodge
suggested by Dr. Macarthur to take
the place of the Bible. If we are not
The Jewish outlook., 1907-12-20

I devise to boys, Jointly, all the USE
full idle fields and commons where ball
may be played; all pleasant waters
where one may swim; all snow-clad
hills where one may coast, and all
streams and ponds where one may fish,
or where, when the grim winter comes.
one may skate, to have and to hold
these same for the period Of their boy
hood; all meadows with the clover
blossoms and butterflies thereof; all
woods with their appurtenances, the
The Jewish outlook., 1907-12-20
A Unique Will

my last will and testament. in order,
as justly as may be, to distribute my
interest in the world among succeed
ing men.
leave to children, inclusively. but
only for the term of their childhood.
all and every, the flowers of the fields
and the blossoms of the woods,
with the right to play among them
freely according to the customs of
The Jewish outlook., 1907-12-20

Charles Lounsberry, Chicago law
yer, who at one time ranked high in
his profession, died an insane patient
at the Cook county asylum at Dun
ming. Although this man died abso-
lutely destitute and penniless, he left
the following "will:" :"
T, Charles Lounsberry, being of
sound and disposing mind and mem
ory, do hereby make and publish this,
The Jewish outlook., 1907-12-20
True American4sm Rare Among Clergy
IN SCHOOL-BIBLE CONTROVERSY

to have the Bible in the schools, let
us have nothing in its place."
''We do not and should not give
religious training in the public
schools" said Professor Walter Fos
ter of the Stuyvesant high school.
''The ideal of education is to develop
the mind, heart and character of the
child, but the drift recently has been
toward industrial training in the
schools in an effort to fit the student
to make living. A few verses read
every morning from the Bible and
few Christmas carols sung once
year cannot be called religious in
struction. We should not give relig
io,ls training in the schools because
it is contrary to the fundamental
principles upon which the govern
ment rests
eff there is to be a solution Of the
problem the churches must find that
solution. and it devolves particularly
upon the Protestant churches, for the
Catholic and Jewish children are not
neglected in this respect. The
churches. not the schools, are the
proper forces to undertake the relig-
ious training of the child
FINDS DISCUSSION SILLY.
In his sermon at night DR.. Mac
Arthur asserted all forms of sectar-
ianism must be ruled out of the pub
Tic schools.
cit has been long time" the
clergyman went on, "since there has
been in the daily papers discussion
so supremely silly as that over the
question of singing Christmas carols
in the public schools. Certain eXcit-
able Brooklyn clergymen are largely
responsible for the latest feature of
this discussion. They were brave
Don Quixotes, rushing as heroic
knights errant into the thick Of the
fight which grew out Of their own
heated imaainations. Certain Jewish
writers of letters showed equally
bad judgment and an equal lack Of
charity They wrote letters which
were threatening and defiant. In
certain letters the bully was more con-
spicuous than the gentleman. This
spirit did great injustice to the cause
these Hebrews championed. The re-
suit is that religious bigotry and racial
prejudice have been aroused on both
sides.
''The men who advocated the sing
ing of Christmas songs in the public
schools would better save their piouS
tears for genuine evil in American
life rather than pour them out in CO.
pious floods over imaginary ills. I'm
der the American flag Christianity
must demand no more rights for it
self than it is willing to bestow upon
other faiths"
The Jewish outlook., 1907-12-20
Bernard Shaw Attacks Max NOrdau

Mr.. G. Bernard Shaw, who, in an
article in the fortnightly review Mdrz,
had violently attacked DR.. Nordau,
claiming to have demolished the au-
thor of Degeneration twelve years
previously.
DR.. Nordau repudiates the "demoli-
tion," and humorously upraids Mr..
Shaw for not having informed him
of the humiliation. He goes on to
rebuke the English dramatist for
certain anti-Semitic expressions used
in his article He writes:
"You begin by calling me zone of
those remarkable cosmopolitan Jews
who combat modern civilization and
you repeat Il little later that l at
tack civilization and also speak ii
second time of the revolutionary at
mosphere of Jewish cosmopolitanism.'
I do not pretend to understand what
revolutionary atmosphere, is, more
especially not 'the revolutionary
atmosphere of Jewish cosmopolitan
ism The meaning of this inconse-
quental phraseology is your secret. 1
do understand. however, that you
seek at the very outset to make capi-
tai out of my origin for the benefit of
the countless enemies of the Jews.
You were obviously so vividly con-
scious Of the weakness Of your other
attacks flfar you Sought 70 Strengthen
then a little with the always effective
anti-Semitism. But if you make
start with anti-Semitism, why so mild
ly? Houston Stuart Chamberlain will
smile contemptuously at you and
your modest cdptdtiO mdIecOtentiCg. A
French pornographer, who has since
died. began some years ago in the
Paris Od6n one of those performances
which used to precede the matinees of
classical pieces. with the words: Max
Nordau, Ghetto refugee, who has
written in Jhdisch jargon a book
Degeneration That was bit better
even though it brought the speaker
Interruptions which were not flatter-
ing. Cornelius Gurlitt proved in an
essay with PROFESSIONAL seriousness
which you. my good Mr.. Shaw, will
never attain. that / could have no ap-
probation of art and poetry, because
/ am descended from long series of
Talmudists. That was good. You
should have trumped over Vanor and
Gurlitt. You should have said, How
can a rlsurer and coin-debaser grasp
a despiser of property like Ibsen' s
Brand? What does decide under
stand of Christian mysticism? How
dare a Jew. who at Easter-time kills
Christian children and drinks their
blood, speak of Wagner's Good Fri
day music?' Then should be struck
straight blow in the face and could