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any violation of the prohibition laws. This enables any citizen to enforce the law without being dependent upon the ac- ton of the grand jury for the beginning of the prosecutions.
 'The code commissioners put into the new code, which will be out next spring. provisions by which the hire and man agement of all county convicts were taken away from the Various courts of county commissioners and boards of rev enue of the respective counties and put into the hands of the state convict board. That action of the code commissioners was revoked and a law enacted giving back to the commissions and boards of revenue the hiring of the county con x-iefs
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-11-14
ABOUT THE FARM.

The COW should be turned dry a
month or six weeks before the arrival
of the calf is expected. Never milk
a COW up to the time she is expected
TO be fresh.
Under no circumstances should any.
thing be added to milk to prevent IL
from souring. Such doings violate
both the laws of God and man. Clean
liness and cold are the only preserva.
tives needed.
. Keep only healthy cows, Promptly
remove from the heard any animal
that is suspected of being III. In par
tieular add no cows to the hord un.
less it is proven fact that they are
free from all kinds OF diseases.
II is just as easy TO raise the best
Of everything as It is to raise inferior
products BE satisfied with nothing
short OF the best that can be produo.
cd in your neighborhood. II you are,
Feu will soon be classed a second rato
farmer.
People rarely respect the farmer
who does not respect his business
enough TO keep everything IN proper
condition. The farmer with the poor
team. the broken harpess and tumble.
down buildings rarely has the unluali.
ned respect OF his nelghhors.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-11-14
PUTS THE "elNeER" IN.
The Kind of Food Used by Athletes.

4 former college athlete, one OF the
long distance runners, began to lose
his power OF endurance, His expert
enco with a change in food is interest
ing.
while | was In training on the
track athletic team. my daily 'iogs' be
came a task, until after | was put on
Grape-Nuts food for two meals day
After using the Food for two weeks
felt like new man. My digestion was
perfect. nerves steady and | was full
OF energy.
Il trained for the mile and the half
mile runs Chose events which require
SO much enGurance) and then the long
daily Jogs, which before had been
such a task, were clipped OF with
ease. | won both events.
Tho GrapeNuts food put me IN per
feet condition and gave me my 'ginger,
Not only was my physical condition
made perfect. and my welsht in.
creased, but my mind was made clear
and vigorous SO that l could get out
my studies in about half the time for.
merly required Now most all of the
University men use Grape-Nuts for
they have learned its value. hu;
think my Testimony will not be amiss
and may perhaNs help some one 10
learn how the best results can be oh.
tained."
There's 4 reason for the effect of
G0pe-Nuts food on the human body
and brain. The certain elements IN
wheat and barley are selected with
special reference 20 their power for ~
building the brain and nerve centres.
The product is then carefully and
scientifically prepared so as 10 make
3 ccsy OF digestion. The physical and
mental results are so apparent Rfte'
TWO or three weeks use as 10 prodHc,
a profound imnression Read The
Road 70 welville," in pkgs. There's
q reason"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-11-14
LINING SOILS.
Make Tests With Blue Litmus Paper
Before Applying Lime.

The acidity or alkalinity of the soil
may be tested by the use Of blue lit
mus paper, which can be secured of
any druggist. The litmus test may be
made by moistening a portion of the
soil so that 1t will stick together, and
inserting the litmus paper in a cut
made with a knife, and closing the
soil together compactly around the
paper. If within a half hour or less
the litmus paper turns pink the need
of lime Is indicated. Where tests are
not made, and the soil has not been
lined for years, it is much safer to
lime than to run the risk of the alfalfa
or other crops being killed out by
the acidity of the soils. The amount
that should be applied varies with
different soils. clay soils requiring
a heavier application than sandy soils,
On clay soils which have not been
lined in many years about one ton
per acre should be applied, while
soils In which the acidity has been
partially corrected should receive
proportionate amount. On sandy or
humus exhausted soils il is not ad-
visable to put or more than one thous-
and pounds at one time, for lime is
an indirect fertilizer, and liberates
plant food by Fastening decomposi-
ton of the organic matter in the soil.
and thus reduces its fertility. Clay
soils are more retentive Of plant food,
so that less is lost by this decomposi-
ton, and, Furthermore, the clay soils
are improved greatly in texture by
the collection of the smaller particles
of the soil into larger ones.
Oyster shell lime or stone lime is
generally used, though other sub
stances, such as mari, may be used
more economically, where they can
be obtained on tho arm for the ex-
pense of digging. The lime should
be applied on the surface, and worked
In with the surface soil, and il should
be nut on in as active condition as
possible To do this the lime should
be slaked with water, and as soon as
slaked should be spread as evenly
as possible. 1t may be applied with
a shovel or with the lime attachment
which comes with fost manure spread
ers.
Ground stone lime, which has re-
Gently been put on the market, says
the Journal of Agriculture, is a finely
ground lime, which is easily distribut-
ed, and is thought to be better than
the burnt lime. as 1t can be applied in
the active state. Ii can be applied
through the fertilizer attachment of
the ordinary grain drill.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-11-14
TEA FROM THE FLOWERS.
This Product Little Known In the
United States.

Tea, not from leaves, but from the
flowers alone of the plant, is rarely en-.
countered in commerce. The petals.
stamens, etc, are sun dried, and the
resulting tea is of a rich, deep brown
hue of peculiarly delicate odor. and
gives a pale amber colored infusion
rather more astringent in taste than
that from the average fair grade leaf
The taste for it is an acquired one,
and oyca IL this tea could be made
commercially possible. 1t is doubtful If
II would ever become popular.
The American tea trade could ad.
yantageously take a suggestion from
the brick tea of the far east. In our
country, the tea dust, some of which
is good quality, is not properly
utilized. In Europe it is a regular
article of trade, and 1t is advertised
and sold as tea dust. In America il is
sold to thousands of cheap restau.
rants, who make from it the mixture
Of tanic acid, sugar and boiled milk
which they sell as tea" If, as in the
orient, this dust was compressed into
bricks. good tea could be made from
II
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-11-14
BEES AND GRAPES.
A Mistaken Idea That the Little Insect
Punctures the Fruit.


An Illinois reader wants to know If
there is any way to prevent the bees
from sucking the juice out Of grapes.
II is commonly supposed that the
bees break the skin of the fruit and
then remove the juices of the pulp
This is n mistake. II there is no rup.
ture of the skin of the grape, the bees
will not bother the fruit. Since they
attack onlS those berries which are
broken and which will, doubtless
spoil, they do no material harm TO the
fruit.
IL the vineyard ls a small one, one
OF the best remedies is to go through
IL and examine the lunches and re-
move AL fruit on which the skin is
broken. This fruit can be used in
making buffers, jellics and wines and
mt the same time the temptation Is
removed from the bees.
In some small vineyards the grow
ers resort to what is called "bagging,"
This Is done about the time the ber-
ries arc the size of small peas Two
pound paper bags are used, slipping
the bunch into the bag. which is slit
for an inch on opposite sides of the
sack, near the top. Draw the top of
the bag up to the lateral to which the
bunch is attached so that IL passes
through the two slits made In the bag.
Then bend the paper OYER on either
side so no opening Is left. and wrap
little fine wire around the lateral
at either side of the sack. Leave this
till the fruit ripens. This not only
prevents bees and ants from getting
to the fruit, but also protects IL from
birds.
Just what causes the fruit to crack
open, is not quite plain TO our station
eNperimenters. The writer has no
ticed, however, that fruit grown on
rich soils has greater tendency TO
break open than that grown on poor
soils II the soil is very dark colored
the probabilities are that il contains
a great deal of nitrogen, which may
cause the fruit TO crack In the way
mentioned. Manures should not be
applied TO the vineyard. especially
fresh manure. says Journal OF Asri.
culture. IL the soil is naturally rich,
IL should receive n liberal application
of hard wood ashes 20 which has been
added a little ground hone or pulyer-
i2ed rock phosphate. These materials
should be worked into the surface
layer of the soil few feet surround.
ing the vine.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-11-14
POULTRY POINTS.

oats are manifestly an gg-produc-
ing food
Cripples and stunted specimens spoil
the appearance OF a flock. besides tax.
ing mp much needed room, Weed
them out,--Farm Journal
Il does not pay TO keep any except
strong. vigorous chicks. ANY that ap-
pear weak after receiving proper care
and food should be disposed Of
II the fowls are confined in yardn
whore the ground is bare OF grass.
the earth should be turned over fire.
Quently. either with a spade or a hand
cultivator. II the yard is small. or with
plow. harrow or horse cultivatoI II
tho yard is large.
Milk. whole or skim. sweet or ur.
is an excellent food for fowls and Iay
be fed by itself or used TO mix the
mash provided a mash is part of the
ration. Milk. however. will not take
the place Of water as o drink and the
latter must be furnished also.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-11-14
FIFTEEN YEARS OF ECZEMA.
Terrible Itching Prevented Sleep
Hands, Arms and Legs Affected
-Cutieura Cured In 6 Days.

'T had eczema nearly fifteen years.
The affected parts were my hands,
arms and legs They were the worst
IN the winter time, and were always
itchy, and | could not keep from
scratching them. had to keep both
hands bandaged all the time. and al
night | would have to scratch through
the bandages as the itching was so
severe, and at times / would have to
tear everything off my hands to scratch
the skin. / could not rest or sleep.
had several physicians treat me but
they could not give me a permanent
cure nor even could they stop the itch
Ing. After using the Cuticura Soap,
one box of Cuticura Ointment and two
bottles of Cuticura Resolvent for about
SIX days the itching had ceased, and
now the sores have disappeared, and
never felt better in my life than | do
now. Edward Worell. Band 30th u. S.
Infantry, Fort Crook, Nebraska"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-11-14
NO PLACE FOR HIM HERE.
Alabama Judge Did Not Think De.
ceased Would Miss Much.

"Your honor" said prosecuting at
torney In an Alabama backwoods
court, "the prisoner at the bar is
charged with killing one of the most
exemplary citizens of this county.
Thomas Jones, your honor, was in
every respect model man. He was a
member of the church; he was never
known to bet on horses. play poker.
drink whisky or use tobacco. He"
Hold on a minute" said the judge
"You say he never bet on a horse?'
That's what | said, your honor"
Never was known to play a gamer
Never your honor"
"And he never drank liquor?"
Never drank drop, your honor"
"And he didn't chew tobacco?"
Never took chew In his life"
well, then" said the judge, 81
don't see WHAT he wanted to live for.
There wasn't anything in life for him,
and | don't see why he amt about
as well off dead as alive. Release the
prisoner, MIR Sheriff, and call the next
case"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-11-14
COMBS OF FOWLS,
They Are Good Index to the Health
of the Bird.

The comb OF the fowl may count
for much or IL may count for little.
In n cold country IL is OF more con-
sequence than IL is In warm coun-
try. because IL too much exposed II
freezes. For this reason fowls hav-
ing large thin combs are not so well
suited TO the cold north as are those
fowls that have thick. compact combs,
which we generally designate as rose
combs" Some fowls, like the Polish.
have head gears that seem to fit them
Tor life in cold climate. The man
that in the west cannot give his fowls
much protection from the weather
will do well TO choose those that have
naturally protected combs.
The combs of the fowls are reoep-
tacles for blood, and this does not
seem to be in motion. Consequently 1t
freezes easily, and It is the common
impression among poultry raisers that
a fowl that has had her comb frozen
is Of MO value for egg laying opera.
tons When fowls get ready 10 lay
their condition is always shown by
their combs, When bird is being
bled TO death by mites the comb
shows the loss of blood by becoming
pale. The comb is therefore quite
good index of the health of the fowl.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-11-14
LAYING HABITS OF DUCKS.
II Handled Right They VIII Lay Early
In the Morning.

Never keep ducks shut up TO lay;
they will sometimes lay their eggs
upon the ground or drop them In the
water. which gives trouble in collect
ing, and II there are any carrion
crows or even rocks in the neighbor.
hood they will be there before you,
and the eggs will be destroyed which
certainly is loss, says William Py.
gott, an English duck raiser. But
breeding ducks hate confinement, and
IL let out regularly from six to seven
a. m. you will find their eggs. as
rule, laid on the floor OF the house
about that time, and far greater
quantity of eggs will be secured dur
Ing the season by adopting this plan
rather than keeping the birds con.
iined until late hours. | may also add
here that IL you can safely leave
the ducks ont until dusk in the
evening II Is better TO do so. as the
birds find more natural food--worms.
etc, which are quite a necessity to
breeding ducks--durlng the early
mornings and late evenings than any
other part Of the day. An experienced
attendant can tell In moment by
handling each duck any that are car.
rying an egg, and the bird can be
watched, or the first feed could be
LEFT until later. when they would re-
turn for the meal, and be confined for
awhile. Sometimes ducks get egg.
bound, and have been known to carry
the eggs for several days, and eventu.
ally die. II taken In the first stages,
& pinch OF EPSON salts in small pei
let given to the bird will reduce the
Inflammation of the ovaries, and the
esq can be laid; occasionally second
and even n third, dose will have to be
administered (given once a day. be-
fore the egg Is laid. In fact, | once
had a duck lay three eggs in one day,
the last being a soft-shelled egg. and
the FIRST like cement, having been car
ried four days. AS a rule, 1t is during
the early stages that ducks lay their
eggs carelessly about and drop them
in water. Later on in the season they
Will make n nest in the hedge row, or
among aettles, sometimes In the
stable or duck house, and It is quite
safe to leave the bird to nature, re-
moving the eggs at leisure.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-11-14
reRTILlzINe THE SOIL.
Be Sure You Put In What the Plants
Will Use.

The man that puts into the soil fer
tilizer wants to make sure that 1t is
utilized by the plants for which 1t is
placed in the ground. IL is possible
to apply. barnyard manure and espe-
cially. the chemical fertilizers under
conditions where they will be ineffec-
tive in doing the work they are intend
ed to do. 1t may be taken for granted
that If the fertilizers are placed in dry
soil and the soil remains dry it will
do plants no good. More than that,
in the dry soil the destructive chemi-
cal processes will be going on that
will burn up the fertilizers of an or
ganic nature.
When men SOW such chemical fer
telizers on the surface of the ground
and merely cultivate them in, when
they are cultivating to make a dust
mulch, they are but taking the surest
way to destroy all the fertilizer of an
organic nature as fast at least as 1T
yields up available plant food. Mois-
ture is needed and a quite constant
supply of it in the form, not of water
such as exists below the water table,
but such as exists in the soil as film
water around the soil particles.
Mr.. Thomas G. Wallace, who has
spent his life studying fertilizers and
soil questions, has now charge of a
large fertilizer business in California.
He tells the writer that in that state
it is found exceedingly difficult to fer
tilize the grape vineyards. This is
due to the fact that the vineyards
are on light sandy soil, and the sand
is perfectly dry doYn sometimes six,
eight and ten inches from the surface.
Tho moisture and heavier soil is be-
low that. Thousands of grape growers
have put expensive fertilizers into the
surface soil of their vineyards to have
it do apparently no good. The reason
is that the moisture is not present
that would set it free for the use of
the plants. The rains that come oc-
casionally wash very little of this
down to the soil below 1t is evident
that such fertilizing materials as
ground bone will remain for very
long time in such soil without doing
good. An occasional irrigation also
has little effect in setting loose the
plant food from the storedup fertiliz
er If dried blood is put into such
soil it is evident that it will soon be
burned up in the dry sand and will
largely disappear in gas produced by
it's chemical changes. The vineyards
are not cultivated on account of the
practice of allowing the vines to die
on the ground without supports.
The same principle holds good in
any part of the country where dry soil
is the bed in which manure is placed,
says the Farmers Review. There
are many people who have the
idea that manure once put on the
soil will lie there till it is utilized If 1T
takes years. That is costly mis-
take. The air receives some of the
most valuable portions of all fertiliz-
ers so applied. Fertilizers must be
gotten into the moist soil to become
available.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-11-14
FALL FLOWING PAYS.
Put Ground in Better Shape for
Spring Seeding.

Put Ground in Better Shape for
Spring Seeding.
| plow my land very deeply in the
fall and then leave it. 1t absorbs a
good deal of rain during the winter
and does not wash as badly as it
would, were il left packed down. Not
only this. but usually turn under
some green growth that will decom-
pose during the winter, adding humus
to the soil and improving the physical
condition, writes a correspondent of
Orange Judd Farmer. II. this is left
over till spring il will lose much OF its
value as green manure,
The good start which an early
seeded crop gets is a strong argument
in favor OF fan plowing. for II enables
me 10 set q good. strong stand before
the dry, hot months come, when the
crop suffers much from drouth.
From years Of experience, I believe
thai land plowed in the spring packs
much worse than that plowed in the
tail and when plowed in the spring
IT. Is usually a little wet and hard 10
handle. have seen much lard
ruined by its owners being crowded
iE the sarsag and thus forced TO plow
whon the land was far too wet for
such an operation.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-11-14
WOMEN AS POULTRY RAlseRs.
Why They Are Specially Adapted to
the Business.

Poultry raising Is one kind OF stock
raising that is adapted especially 70
women. Brains count FOR more than
muscles in this department of the
farm, and every expense Of brain
force is rewarded by increased reve.
nues. The women on the farm have
Il in their power to make as great n
success OF poultry raising as their
husbands make of the raising OF
horses, cattle, hogs or sheep, There
are thousands OF women engaged In
the raising OF poultry on n CONNER
eial scale and there are thousands OF
women ON the farms that have
brought the science OF poultry rails
ing 20 such perfection that the bust
ness is every year paying them a
large income.
The education OF most women has
been in the direction OF cleanliness in
the house and tidiness about the
premises. This same kind OF eduoa.
tloa Is what is most needed in the
poultry establishment, says the Farm,
ers Review, II has often been solely
the lack of this that has caused losses
IN the poultry yards. The women on
The farm have all the advantage OF the
woman in the village in the way OF
poultry keeping. for they have the
raw material for the feeding of the
poultry. all OF which the village poul-
try keeper has 20 buy.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-11-14
The Handy Wire Reel.

needed and a corner is just as east
ly turned with it as If you had no wire
on at all, writes correspondent of
The Farmer. 1t can be made of two
2x6 inch pieces two feet eight inches
long and Ike inch pieces, one foot
eight inches long and 1x2 inch pieces,
three feet one half inch long. An old
fork handle can be used to put
through the spool. The spooler goes
In the back end of the wagon box in
stead of an endgate. The 1x6s are
nailed on the ends of the 2x6s.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-11-14
Good one-Row Harvester.

Explanation: The guiding arm collects
the stalks on the platform from which
they are thrown at intervals.
amount of work where it is handled
right. OF course. the harvesters you
can buy will do more and quicker
work and are what you want If you
have much corn to cut, but the home
made affair we show herewith fills a
place with the small farmer and is
comparatively inexpensive.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-11-14
Would Run No Risk.

Darling" said the young man as he
bent fondly over her chair, Il would
die for you
''Well," rejoined the practical but
otherwise fair maid, "the rates OF in
surance are pretty low. Suppose you
get your life insured in my favor for
$4,000 and then die for me?"'
"And let some other follow lux
uriate on the insurance." exclaimed
the wise young man. We'll, l guess
NOT 4"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-11-14
A Strenuous Hint.

II was growing very late, but tho
young man in the parlor scene showed
no signs of making home run.
"You evidently have a very vivid
Imagination, Mr.. Borem," said the
dear girl, as she made an unsuccessful
attempt to strangle yawn.
"Why do you think so?" queried the
unsuspecting Borem
81 thought perhaps you imagined
yourself in the Arctic regions, where
the nights are six months long" she
explained.
And so seconds later he had faded
into the glumpsome gloom.
Laundry work at home would bs
much more satisfactory II the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use SO much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric 10
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear.
ing quality of the goods. This trou-
BILE can be entirely overcome by usinS
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
er strength than other makes.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-11-14
\ Simple Lice Protector.

supports OF the roost are set in little
cans of OIL or water coatetd with oil,
as shown at a, the hens will be safe,
and the lice can be kept in check by
ordinary care, says Farm and Home
Low, level roosts with large, round or
fiat Stats are best.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-11-14
The erowlna Chick.

A growing chick represents an in.
vestment II IL is well cared for and
develops into profitable fowl. the
investment viii be profitable. II
Through neglect or bad judgment q
does not develop into healthy. Wig,
or9us specimen. the investment is a
failure.