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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-08-01
THE ASPARAGUS BED
By Ola La rson, Foreman Central
Experiment Farm, Utah.

The most excellent early vegetable
should be in every garden. One year
old plants should be planted in rows
four or five feet apart and Is to 20
inches apart in the row. Great care
should be taken to get them planted
right, for after a bed is well started
and properly taken care of it will last
almost indefinitely. In planting small
beds dig holes for each plant 16 or 1S
inches square and is inches deep; put
in about eight inches of well-rotten
compost; then about three or four
inches of soil, leaving the bottom of
the hole a little higher in the center
than at the edges. After the roots of
the plant have been trimmed to three
or four inches, place the crown of the
plant on the high place; spread the
roots all around; then cover with
about three inches of soil. Press the
soil firmly and leave until the plant
has commenced to grow, then fill the
hole up with soil. Early spring is the
best time for planting. Rows should
be run north and south. A shaded To-
CdllOu 10 UOt ueSit dulC dS inc IlldulS
need all the sunshine they can get. In
planting large beds, plowing furrow
is better than digging holes. In the
fall of the year the tops should be cut
off and burned, and the bed should
be given a heavy covering of we'll
rotted manure. This should be dug
into the ground in the spring, taking
care not to disturb the plants. Aspa-
ragus may be cat the third season
after planting. After July l cutting
should stop and the beds allowed TO
rest until next season. In cutting.
care must be taken not to cut the
young sprouts that are not out of the
ground. The English method is to
leave it until the sprouts are six or
eight inches out of the ground and
turning green. The French and Ger
man method is to bank up the beds
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-08-01
FUMICATOR FOR SMALL
TREES I'm THE NURSERY
SimpIe Treatment Effective. BY United States
Agricultural Department. Expert

The chief advantages claimed for
this fumigator may be stated as fol.
lows: Its cubic content may be easily
and accurately computed, and hence
the exact amount of chemicals neces-
sary for the treatment of each tree in
readily determined. The same
amounts of chemicals will be use for
each tree, and the necessity of separ.
ate estimations of amounts and weigh
ings of chemicals in the field are thus
avoided. Fewer men are required to
manipulate the fumigator than would
be necessary to handle tent large
enough to cover trees of the same
size. The fumigator does not rest
upon the trees, and there is therefore
little danger of injury to buds or
of breaking small limbs. Trees which
bear some long branches may be
pruned sufficiently to admit them into
the fumigator without injury. The
frame of fumigator constructed in this
manner was found to be rigid and suf-
ficiently strong. and the whole proved
TO be gas-tight.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-08-01

about one foot above the crown of the
plant, and bleach it. Those who use
this method claim that it gives the
asparagus a better flavor.
Asparagus will do well in almost
any soil, but deep, black soil or sandy
loam is preferable. Small vegetables
may be grown between the rows the
first two years. A sprinkling of coarse
salt over the ground once year is
beneficial as asparagus grows wild on
the sea coast
The new asparagus culture for COM
mercial purposes now existing in Ger
many is entirely different from the
above method. Hundreds of acres are
grown there The plants are set about
10 inches below the surface of the
ground and the land is plowed over
them about eight inches deep every
fall and spring.
Asparagus for winter use can be
forced to good advantage in hotbeds
or under greenhouse benches. Large
clumps of roots can be taken from the
field and transplanted. The crop is
produced chiefly from the nourishment
which is stored in the roots aud the
roots are then thrown away after the
season is over.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-08-01
FEEDING THE FARM
WORK HORSE
BY E. c. Parker, Asst. Agricu1tur.
ist, Minnesota EXP. Station.

The average cost to the farmer
of maintaining farm work horse for
a year is approximately SIS. this fig
ure including feed, labor in grooming
and harnessing, depreciation, inter
est on investment and shoeing. About
two-thiids of this expense is made up
of feed, fact which emphasizes the
Importance of judicious and econom-
ical horse feeding.
The horse is one of the most diff
cult of domestic animals to properly
feed. The energy manufactured from
his feed is converted into muscular
effort, and because OF the relatively
small size of his stomach and diges-
tive apparatus, it often happens that
the outgo of energy-as expended in
muscular effort is greater than the
capacity of the digestive apparatus
for taking in energy, and the ultimate
result is lack of power and stamina
and disease in the locomotive or
gans. The working life of the average
city dray horse does not exceed FIVE
or six years, and the farm horse ten
years. Injudicious feeding and water
ing and poor care are responsible in
many instances for the short working
life of the horse.
I The problem of feeding farm work
horses resolves itself into problem
of securing high degree of efficiency
at the seasons of greatest activity, as
seeding, harvesting and plowing, and
into q nrnhlnrn nf nhnan a N a N
| during the remaining seasons of the
/ year In order to secure the greatest
efficiency in feeding the grain should
! be adapted to the various seasons of
| the year, and this point should re-
ceive greater consideration at some
seasons than the relative price of
feeds. During the hot harvest months
oats are always to be preferred to
corn or barley, and wild hay or tim
othy to clover hay. Corn, barley and
clover are too heating to be constantly
fed in large amounts during these sea-
sons and keep the horse up to the
highest point of efficiency. At other
seasons, however, the relative prices
of grain feeds should determine their
selection for horse feeding. Too
strong a prejudice in favor of oats eY-
lists in the upper Mississippi valley
While oats are more cooling and
life-producing food than corn, they are
usually more costly than corn, and
corn should be substituted for oats
during many seasons of the year be-
cause of its cheapness. From expert
ments in horse feeding conducted at
the North Dakota Experiment Station.
the conclusions were drawn that oats
at 30 cents or over are a costly food
as compared with corn and bran.
Corn at Sc cents per bushel was con-
sidered as cheap a grain feed for
horses as oats at % cents. When
bran is worth SIS ton or less and
corn is cheap, an excellent grain ra-
ton for work horses can be made of
mixture of one-third corn and two
thirds grain. Grinding the corn and
cob or cracking the corn is desirable
for old horses. Barley, wheat and rye
are too expensive to feed unless dam
aged, and damaged grain ought moi
to be fed to the work horse-better
feed it to the sheep or the hog.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-08-01
CONCERNING THE cows.
A Series of Don'ts Which the Farmer
Should Remember.

Don't be unkind to the milk cow.
Don't use a club but kind words in
stead.
Don't torment q COW by teasing her
young.
Don't allow cows to sleep in a mud
dy shed
Don't permit the COW to drink i'm
pure water,
Do not feed the milk COW rotten"
or decayed corn.
Don't allow your fingers nails to
grow loag II you are daily mixer.
Don't allow any loafers around
when milking, such as dogs, children
or cats.
Don't yell at the COW. and beware of
profane language. 1t leaves a bad inn
preston.
Don't fail to keep some sort of salt
handy so the COW may have free ac-
cess to II.
Don't expect a COW to give as much
milk when half fed as when properly
cared for.
Don't, when milking, beat the cow
for stepping backward when flies are
numerous.
Don't allow your cows TO be chased
by dogs. or be hurried when going to
or FROM pasture.
Don't expect the cows TO come from
pasture By mere calling them but
drive them up slowly.
Don't forget TO allow the COW civil
treatment and she will return the
same in good measure.
Don't milk until dusk during the hot
months 50 as 90 avoid the presence OF
tue flies which so vigorously attack
the COW Just before sundown.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-08-01
DAIRY NOTES.

Do not change the feed suddenly,
Keep the separator clean by wash
ing after each separating
stir each of the separate lots of
cream every day 10 keep them uni
form
It takes capital to run any busi-
ness, but the best capital a creamery
can have is plenty of raw material.
Feed the farm by the way of a
good COW. Give her the right feed and
she will give your land the right fer
tilizers
Observe aud enforce the utmost
cleanliness about the cattle, their at
tendants. the stable, the dairy and
all utensils
Instead of buying more cows the
average farmer could make more
money by spending the money on
better care of the cows he already
possesses.
Buttermakers, don't quarrel with
a patron. patrons. don't quarrel with
your buttermaker Children quar-
rel; business men state their case
aud thea II is case of take it oil
leave it alone"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-08-01

treated with raw oil and white lead or
shellac and oil is suitable for this pur-
pose. Canvas may be rendered dark
in color by mixing lampblack with the
oil. AS an especial precaution against
possible tearing of the canvas at the
top of the fumigator wire net may
be tackled on the inside of the frame
so as to prevent the limbs from COM
ing in contact with the canvas. The
canvas may be sewed in such man.
ner that three sides are inclosed with
one large sheet. Around the base Of
the fumigator a strip of canvas IS
inches wide is securely tackled and
when the box is in place these strips
lie on the ground and may be covered
with dirt or, preferably, long sand
bags of small diameter for preventing
the escape of the gas. These strips
may be fastened up out of the way
when the fumigator is being moved.
The movable face of the box rests
upon a twoinch iange which is COW
cred with felt so as tn prevent leak
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-08-01

Fumigation with hydrocyanic-acid
gas has been recognized for some
time as one of the most effective
means of dealing with San Jose scale
and other scale insects. This method
of treatment has been applied to
nursery stock as well as to trees
standing in orchards. The labor nec-
essary for manipulating tent or box
covering for trees in orchards Is un-
der any circumstances considerable,
and this gives Importance to the prob
lem of deyising a cheap, easily man
aged, and effective covering for fumi-
eating trees. The frame of the fumi-
gator illustrated herewith Is construct
ed of pine strips three inches wide
and seven-eighths inch in thickness,
the strips being braced on three sides
by double cross-pieces midway be-
tween top and bottom and short
braces at angles. The base has but
three sides, the fourth side being
omitted so as to avoid the necessity OF
lifting the fumigator over the top OF
the tree In order to strengthen the
base. two trips extend from the back
strip of the base to the front end OF
the side strips. Two stouter strips are
bolted onto the sides at convenient
height for carrying the fumigator. The
fourth side is separate from the rest
of the fumigator, is made of the same
material, and fits tightly in place
against the two-inch flange on the
face of the box.
The frame is covered with any gas
tight material. Eight-ounce duck
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-08-01
Never. No, Never.

Never milk with wet hands. Never
mix warm with cold milk. Never close
a can containing warm milk. Never
try to break kicker with a club.
Try kindness Never form the habit
OF feeding and milking at irregular
hours. Never allow the cans 10 stay
In the dairy stable While being filled
with milk Never add an animal TO
the dairy herd before being sure 1t is
free from disease. Never buy COW
on her pedigree alone. It's her per-
formanee at the pail that counts most.
Never allow COWS 60 become excited
by hard driving. I-"'"d word or un
necessary dis
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-08-01
secesr oF GOOD CREAM.
Suggestions Which " Followed viii
Give Good Results.

The following suggestions are given
as a guide for the production OF cream
Of good quality
J. Clean cream. cold cream. and
rich cream are the three words which
tell the secret OF producing sweet
cream
.. Be clean and sanitary in milking.
s. Have all pals. crooks. cans. and
dairy utensils scalded and clean.
4. Keep the separator clean by
washing after each separating
5. Cool each lot of cream in cold
water before setting it away and have
It thoroughly cooled before adding to
the general lot Of cream. "a good way
is never 70 mix a fresh batch OF
cream with older cream but keep
each lot from the differeat separat.
ings. separate and in one.gallon
crocksD
g. Have a well-yentilated cave or
cool cellar in which to keep the
cream
:. Stir each OF the separate lots OF
cream every day to keep them uni.
form
S. Have wire screen for each
crock so as to "air the cream" and
keep out flies and insects
.. Skim a rich cream-35 to As per
cent-and il will keep sweet longer.
10. Deliver the cream to the cream
cry or receiving station three times a
week In summer and twice a week in
/ winter.
IL. Insist upon the creameryman
weighing out the sample of cream for
a test instead of measuring in a pip.
cite. The scales are more accurate.
y. Have the cows come fresh in
September and October and receive
20 to 30 cents a pound for the butter
fat in winter instead of 10 to 20 cents
pound in summer.
1S. Make a study of the herd Of
cows, select the best ones, sell the
poor ones. buy or raise more good
ones. grow more cowpea and alfalfs
hay for winter feeding, and make the
cows keep you instead Of you keeping
the cows.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-08-01
Rack for Feeding Corn.

lowed One such as shown in the
sketch is a good one, The corn is put
into the rack at a, and the cattle
reach over the bar, e, and eat it
through the slanting Stats, b. Corn
that falls OFF drops down upon the
platform, q, where it is reached by
the stock.
There is no loss in this method OF
feeding, says Farm and Home. and
tests at the Nebraska experiment sta
ton show that in many cases a great
er net profit can be secured from the
feeding OF corn to the stock with the
fodder in this method than can be had
by feeding shucked or shelled corn.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-08-01
A BAD PRACTICE.
Don't Let the MIX Remain in the
Barn After Milking.


A good many keepers of cows have
in the COW stable and behind the cows,
pegs on which to hang the milk pals
that are too full of milk TO prevent
their being further used at that milk.
ing A man fills the pail, hangs it on
the hook and proceeds to mix anoth-
er COW. BY the time the milking is
completed several pals have been
hanging on the pegs for Is minutes
to half an hour. In addition the emp
ty pals hung on the same pegs before
they We're taken for milking purposes
and just as readily gathered germs as
when they had the milk in them. So
far as the milker can see, there is no
reason why this practice should not
be continued. The pals look clean
when they are taken down to be used
for milking purposes and the milk in
the pals that have been hanging there
looks as clean as any other milk. The
pals are hung too high to catch any
visible dirt. The custom is bad, says
the Northwestern Agriculturist, but
its badness is hard to prove because
the student and the scientist know
that the air is full of odors and germs
that are constantly settling in the
pals to become manifest later in bad
favored butter or quickly souring
milk. The milk should be removed
from the stable as fast as milked, that
the time exposure to bad odors may
ba No short as nOgsihla
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-08-01

Growing cataIpas.-Following are
the conclusions arrived at in the dis
cussion of catalpa growing as prof
table tree culture, by Samuel ]. Rec
ord. forester: /. That the wood of the
hardy catalpa has many valuable prop
critics, and is specially desirable for
posts; 2. Only the pure catalpa spe-
cies should be planted; 3. Only good
soil is adapted to the culture; 4. 1t
is much cheaper to grow the seed
lings than TO purchase them from
dealers; 5. That close crowding of
the young trees is to be avoided; 6.
That hand pruning is necessary to
make clear, straight and sound tim
Der; Z. That the growing of hardy
catalpa may be made a safe and prof
liable business.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-08-01

age. The surface of the movable side
which rests against the fiange is COW
cred with the same material. This
movable side is forced into position
and held by wooden buttons firmly
bolted onto the frame. The cost of the
fumigator, 10x6x6 feet. will vary from
s13 TO SIS, depending upon the quality
of the sheeting which is used to cover
the frame and whether wire netting is
used in the top of the fumigator. A
tumigator made according to this
method may be carried and operated
by two men. For operating the appa-
Tatus bag of cyanide of potash is
placed over the dish of acid, and a
string tied to the bag is extended
through small hole in one of the
strips of the frame. The string may
then be gently pulled from the out.
side, when the cyanide will fall into
the acid, after which the hole is closed
with a wooden plug. The time re
quired by two men for moving the
fumigator from one tree to another
and putting Il In place was found to
average about ten minutes during the
expsripsnts reported.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-08-01
Showing Method OF Constructing a
Square Slio and Method OF Cutting
the Corners.

says Hoard's Dairyrhan. If a square
siio is desired, our illustration will
show the method of building and espe-
cialiy the method of cutting the cor
ners, which must be done to keep the
siiage from hanging in the corners
and so spelling. The frame is made
of 2x6, laid horizontally foot apart
SO as to obtain the utmost strength.
The lining and outside is put on as in
other forms of silo.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-08-01
carelessness and neoIeet.-rn


are the worst enemies of any enter
prise. They will wreck any undertake
ing, however favorable the conditions
may be for the success of that under
taking. Carelessness in the poultry
yard leads to all kinds of troubles
Neglect of the fowls brings in the lice
an often lets in the night prowlers.
1t frequently leaves a broken window
till cold storm comes and the birds
are down with colds that make it DOS
sible for that terrible disease. the
roup. to develop. More flocks have
become unproductive from neglect
than from any other cause. Unless a
man can give his poultry the care
they should have he will get little
satisfaction out of them.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-08-01
THE SQUARE slLo.
How u Can Be Built and Made suffi.
eiently Strong.

The square or octagon silo is not as
strong as the round form, but it can
be made sufficiently strong TO be a
successful silo. but all things consid-
cred. round silo is much to be pre-
ferred, both for strength Of construc.
tiou and ease Of building and repair,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-08-01
Dairying.

Dairying is not frontier business.
Il follows after the pioneers and Is
a moro finished type OF farming. re-
auiring more skill and knowledge than
ordinary croO production
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-08-01

Before using fertilizers in large
quantities it is well to experiment
with several different kinds in plats.
The above diagram shows plots of
uniform size which should be sep
arated by a space of at least 12
inches. The squares marked o are
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-08-01
FEEDING CORN AND FODDER.
Special Form Of Rack Which Makes
the Practice Easy.

The feeding of old corn stalks with
good results by many western corn
belt stockmen. This requires a special
form of rack If it is successfully fol-
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-08-01

not fertilized and are used for COM
parison with the certified ones. II
the squares are made 20 by 20 feet
an application of one pound of nitrate
to each one of them will be equivalent
to almost one hundred pounds to the
acre.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-08-01

In Watering the Horse.-Avoid sud.
den and unnecessary changes in the
method of watering
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-08-01

Fattening Horses.-In fattenins
horses for market an average gain OF
over three pounds per head for a Pc
riod of 80 days has been made under
favorable circumstances.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-03
WE WONDER

If Buffalo Bill thought that Water bury money was the tainted" kind last Friday, when he kept the people waiting from until o'clock before he started his performance and then picked up his tent at 6:30 and skid dooed out of town after advertising to give us another performance in the evening? We'll, poor Bill" as great man as he is, must take his bumps once in while and he got them the day before he arrived here. We heard the buffalo got at the COL fee and late it all, and the men could not find the grounds. That was good joke. But we hear when the. canvas men told Bill their pay ($3 per week and grub) was too small, he couldn't see the point and they struck. But that was carrying the joke too far, and when he offered more pay they said his money was tainted" because 'taint" enough. That settled it and he couldn't do as he advertised. We'll last week We couldn't do as we advertised. We only had half enough of those butter crooks to satisfy our trade, but we'll see you later about them. This week we'll give you a splendid blue deco rated cuspidor with pound of our warranted nice tasting soc tea at
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-03
The aldermen will meet at 8 o'clock

The aldermen will meet at o'clock tonight.
 The annual dinner of the officers and directors of the Business Mems association of New Haven will be held at The Elton on Thursday, June 6.
 Thomas H. Hayes is contemplating making a trip to the old country, and if he doesn't change his mind he will be off next week. Mir Hayes was over there fifteen years ago with Hen " Flanagan, Richard Phelan and F. w. Connor, and had a very enjoyable outing. Mir Flanagan and Mir Phelan have died since that time.
 The Rev Timothy E. Sullivan of St Thomas's church was one of the assisting clergy at the silver jubilee of the Rev William J. Dullard, pas tor of St Mary's church, held in Mt Carmel to-day About seventy-five other priests were expected to be present. Among the guests was Right Rev Bishop Tierney.
 John Mclaughlin, who resided in this city at one time, and Miss Helen Woods of Dublin, Ireland, will be married at St Patrick's cathedral, New York, on Wednesday evening at o'clock. Miss Mary Woods of Washington, sister of the bride, and William Grouden of this city will be the attendants Mir and Mrs Nc Laughlin will reside in the Bronx after trip to Albany, Washington, Niagara Falls and the Jamestown exposition.
 The silverware and table linen found by the police last week in Simonsville belonged to the Second Baptist church people and was returned to them to- day It included everything missing except one table spread and few pieces of silverware. 1t is supposed that the whole thing was carried away by mischievous urchins, who didn't mean to steal and when they realized the seriousness of the situation, were afraid to return them or tell anybody where they could be found.