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The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-29
SOME RECORDS MADE At PEYTON,
ELIZABETH, cARBoNDALE
AND FORT LUPToN.
BIG MONEY PER COW
GRATIFYING RECEIPTS UNDER
DIVERSE OF PASTURE
AND FEED.

The Colorado Agricultural college
is collecting information in regard to
the results secured by Colorado dairy
men. A few records made in 1907
are here given:
Burke Potter of Peyton latitude
$500 feet on a dry land farm, MIXED
1G cows and q two-year-old heifers
and received for their cream 81 $50.
He sold veal calves for $50 and raised
six heifers calves worth $50 from his
best COWS. Total receipts of 81 $50.
nearly s77 per COW. He paid $500 for
BRAN raising all the rest of his feed.
He grows corn fodder, oat and wheat
hays and alfalfa.
II. L. Edgerton, Carbondale (alti-
tude G.200 feet), MIXED 20 cows and
received for their products 81 .GG0 and
for calves $4.l50; total, $l,70l.5O, an
average Of SIS per COW. Pasture, hay,
bran and roots cost $500. leaving
$l,1S1.50 for labor and profit.
Fl. IA. Ewing, Fort Lupton talti-
tude 1900 feeD, MIXED 80 cows and
received from the Colorado Condensed
Milk Co., $2,751.30, an average of over
$9l per COW. Pasture, hay and grain
cost 81 200, leaving s1,73l.30 for labor
and profit.
The cows MIXED by Mr.. Potter and
Mr.. Edgerton were Holsteins and
grades Mr. Ewing's cows were milk
ing short horns.
The farmers around Elizabeth (al-
titude G.400 feeD, in the dry land
section of Colorado in 1907 shipped
cream which brought them $50, 700
and received for milk sold to cheese
factory, $4,000. The average income
made by twenty dairymen was $50 a
year per COW, with no grain fed. In
March, 1908, one farmer received
$2l2.04 for the cream from 23 cows
and fed alfalfa hay only. He received
81 cents pound for butter fat.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-29

treatment was in progress indicated
that the room was practically air tight.
The door remained closed for "a hours,
and when opened the gas was still
SO strong that it was impossible to
work in the room for from 20 to 80
minutes. In fact, three weeks after
the disinfection was finished a dis
tinct odor of formaldehyde could be
detected in the room. The seed for
the entire 20 acres was treated In this
way. care being taken to place the
treated seed in barrels which had
never been used for potatoes before.
This is to avoid contamination in
taking to the field after treatment"
This amount of the chemicals was
figured for the size of the room. The
rule is to use 23 ounces of potassium
permanganate and three pints of
formalin to each 1000 cubic feet. I'm
der this treatment the seed potatoes
gave about as good results as when
soaked. The room should be arranged
SO that none OF the potatoes are put
directly over the rising gas. 1t is
better to fumigate before the sprouts
start. Do not wet the potatoes before
fumigating. but pour small quantity
Of boiling water on the floor just be
fore starting.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-29
Thirty-Seven Treaties Approved.

Washington.-With little discussion
and less publicity, the United States
Senate has at this session placed its
approval of thirty-seven treaties
more in number if not in Importance,
than had been ratified during the twen-
ty years preceding.
Twelve nations have agreed by
treaty with the United States to ar,
bitrate future disputes, which is taken
to mean nothing less than the world
has now been established on the plane
of arbitration.
The territory available as asylum
for the fugitive from justice has been
further restricted through extradition
treaties with Spain, Portugal, Uruguay
and San Marino, while naturalization
treaties have been concluded with
Peru. Salvador and Portugal.
The gain for arbitration is regarded
as a distinct victory for American dip
lomacy, initiated by the instructions
TO the American delegates to the
Hague conference. The result so far
is the approval of general arbitration
treaties with Great Britain. Japan,
France, Italy, Spain. Switzerland, Mex
leo, Portugal Netherlands, Sweden
and Denmark.
Besides the general arbitration
treaty, eleven of the treaties result
ing from the Hague conference were
approved.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-29
Still Time for Gardening.

Now that we are assured that
spring is really here, says Horticultur-
ist Paddock of the Colorado Asricul-
tural college. the gardening fever is
likely to attack most people and this
maady is no doubt accountable for
many peculiar things that are done. We
are all in haste to see things grow
forgetting that cold night and frosts
are apt to occur for number of days
to Gomez, so many tender plants are
transplanted to the garden after the
first few warm days.
The date after which frosts are not
liable to occur varies with different
localities, but this date when once de-
termined may ordinarily be regarded
as the proper time for setting out ten
der plants, such as tomatoes, peppers,
eggplants, and such Towering plants
as geraniums and the various ANNALS
which may have been stored Indoors
Gardeners harden off their plants
in greenhouses. This is done by grad
ually exposing them to the open air
during the day. giving more and more
exposure as the season advances
Treated in this manner the plants are
not affected by the cool nights when
transplanted to the garden or to the
field
All too often do We see the
straggly geranium plants brought
out OF their alternating quarters in
the latter part Of March or in early
April and planted in martial array in
the front lawn. More is the pity, but
vigorous young plants, started from
cuttings in the fall and planted in the
latter part of May or the first of June,
would be much better.
1t is true that plants may be trans
planted earlier and with a sufficient
amount of coddling may be made to
survive. But in many cases they do
not do so well as plants that are trans
planted in reasonable times, and very
often the entire existence of such
plants is unprofitable.
We should not be in too great haste,
then to get the tender plants set out or
to plant the seeds of those kinds which
rot easily, or the young plants that are
easily injured by frost. 1t is better to
await the coming of settled weather;
then the plants will receive no check
and consequently the best results are
secured.
In making linen the flax must be ret
ted, scucthed, heckled, softened and
bleached in about thirty processes be-
fore the finished fabric is ready for the
market. The retting or rotting pro.
cess. as followed in Europe, alone re.
quires from 1G to 80 weeks Adopting
combined mechanical and chemical.
method of disintegration, Benjamin G.
Nudge of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, greatly reduces the la
Dor and tine necessary, and by pro-
cesses yielding cloth from the straw in
twelve hours, he expects to create an
American linen industry.
The determination of the birds, the
policemen Of the air." Is a possible cal
amity of an extent not easily con
ceived. Competent authority predicts
that 1t would not only make successful
agriculture impossible but would be
followed by destruction Of nearly all
vegetation.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-29
Will Test Governors Authority.

Denver.-Col. Edward Verdeckberg,
removed by Governor Buchtel from
command of the First regiment, Colo
RADIO national guard. several weeks
ago, will question the proposition of
whether governor of this state may
remove an officer peremptorily, in a
suit in quo warranto which he filed
against Col. Zeph T. Hill of the First
regimnt in the District Court. The re-
moval OF Verdeckberg, Lieut.. Col. l..
w. Kennedy and Mai w. r. Arming-
ton. although for alleged incompe-
tency, 1t is claimed by their friends,
was result OF the old Gen. John
Chase and Adjt.- Gen. Sherman Bell
controversy of four years ago.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-29
HORTICULTURE
G94B9aRl4a4g4&
slt{s~
POTATO scAs.
Some Suggestions for the Treatment
Of the Disease,

The true potato scab is Q skin dis
ease. and develops from . germ. A
picture Of scabby seed is shown. There
will be no scab on the crop unless
. these germs are either in the soil
when the crop is planted or on the
seed. Prevention therefore depends
upon two things. We should avoid
planting in soil where the germs are
found. If this is impossible We should
handle the soil SO that the germs
will not be active. 1t seems to be
settled that sulphur acts to destroy
the germs. Some potato growers in
places where scab is bad put sulphur
in the hill or drill. When potato
planters are used the sulphur is mixed
In the hopper and dropped with the
seed into the furrow. 1t helps destroy
the scab and prevents the seed pieces
. from rotting, especially in damp
season. The scab germs develop best
In an alkaline soil. Lime, wood ashes
and manure are all alkaline. and will
. usually cause trouble when the soil
Is known to be well supplied with the
germs. When green crop is plowed
under the soil is soured more or less,
and this condition is best for scabby
ground or seed. We have known farms
The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-29
VAST TRACTS OF LAND COVERED
AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
HOMELESS.
DAMAGE IN DALLAS
THE ENORMOUS RAINFALL IN OK
LAHOMA BREAKS ALL
RECORDS.

Dallas, TeXas.-Four lives are
known to have been lost, more than a
million dollars worth of property de-
stroyed, and four thousand people rem
dered homeless by the overflow of
Trinity river Sunday night and Mon
day.
The food at nghtfall passed the rec
rord made by the rise in 1866, fifty-two
feet.
Only one street car line is operating
to part of North Dallas. The water
works plant is out Of commission and
the light plant is swamped.
Mayor Hay has issued a proclama.
tion closing all business houses at 7:30
p. m. at night until O'Clock in the
morning. Funds were raised this after
noon for the relief of the homeless.
AT night two companies of infantry
and one of artillery are patrolling the
streets OF the city under the direction
of the police and no one is permitted
to go on the streets without permit
from the authorities. In the residence
sections the patrol consists of two vol
unteer citizens from each city block
This is made necessary by the Grip
ping of the water works and TO pre-
vent incendiary fires. All objection
able characters were given until sun.
down to leave the city and many of
these had to walk out.
There is not street light burning
F, in Dallas tonight One hundred spe.
cial policemen were drafted and sworn
into service.
The noteworthy feature of more than
thrilling interest today happened this
morning when, pressed on the north
by weight of debris the trestling west
of the steel bridge Of the Texas & Pa
cific railroad over Trinity river gave
way and ten men were thrown into
the water in full view of 10000 spec,
tatorE. Seven of these men We're res
cued at great hazard.
Oklahoma City, Okla.-Six persons
are dead, from 400 to 500 are home
less, thousands of acres of lowlands
are inundated, hundreds of houses are
washed away or damaged. railroad
and wagon bridges are gone over a
large area of the southern part of
the state, several railroad bridges are
damaged, and the tracks of nearly ev-
cry railroad company operating in the
state are either washed away entirely
or dsarranged in those sections Wis
tied by the heaviest rains and most
disastrous of floods.
Along the valleys of the North and
South Canadian rivers, the Cimarron,
the Arkansas, the Washita and Red
river thousands of acres of growing
crops have been damaged and many
| homes washed away.
The railroads most seriously af-
l fected are the st. Louis & San Fran
cisco, the Missouri, Kansas & Texas.
Midland Valley, Rock Island and
Santa Fe. All the principal streams
are out of their banks at some points
along their length.
1 The vowns that have suffered the
greatest damage and Inconvenience
are West Guthrie, Tulsa, jerks, a
small town near Tulsa, Muskogee,
Shawnee and Sapupa
West Guthrie, parts of Tulsa, jerks
and Sapulpa are inundated Shawnee
is surrounded by water and isolated
save for telegraph and telephone COM
munication; Muskogee has suffered
considerable damage to outlying prop
erty and its gas plant was flooded last
night and closed down, and much low
land in other parts of the state is un'
NI,Ip
The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-29

where a five-year rotation is followed
to show some curious results. One
field would show far more scab than
another and some seasons seem to
favor the growth Of scab. On those
farms potatoes follow corn, and we
think there is less scab when crimson
clover is seeded in the corn and
plowed under In spring. This seems
10 show that the theory about sour
soil is sound.
, There are three methods OF treating
The seed-dusting with sulphur. soak
. ing with some chemical to destroy the
germs and fumigation. The busting
Is easiest, but not always effective. We
cut the seed into peach baskets and
scatter three handfuls of sulphur over
the seed as it is put in. The basket is
shaken down at intervals. AS it stands
on a paper the sulphur which falls
through can be saved. For soaking for
malin is now generally used. This
liquid chemical. also called formalde-
hyde, can be bought at drug stores.
The proportion is one pint of formalin
to 30 gallons of water. 1t can be put
in barrel or large tank, depending
on the amount Of seed to be soaked.
We use two barrels, one with the
soaking liquid and the other contain
ing clear water. The potatoes are first
rinsed in the water. They are put in
a coarse sack and soused up and down
In the barrel. An easy way to do this
Is to have pulley fastened over the
barrel SO that the bags can be easily
raised or lowered. After rinsing the
bag is lowered into the solution and
kept there two hours. Then the pota-
toes are taken out dried and cut. The
rinsing takes off the dust, thus making
!, the solution cleaner. Farmers have
different methods of doing this soak.
Ing. The principle is to keep the seed
, In long eno'.gh to kill the scab germs
without hurting the sprouts.
Fumigatio-: is now used by some
large srowe-r, says the Rural New
Yorker. At h.At experiments were
tried with sulphur fumes, as they are
used for fumigating houses, but this
formaldehyde is used with success. In.
stead of soaking the seed in solution
Of this chemical it is turned into a
gas and held in close room with the
seed. The process is described as fol-
lows:
For generator a small galvanized
washtub about Is inches in diameter
. at the bottom was placed in the center
' of the room about foot from the
floor, midway between the two lines
Of crates filled with potatoes. When
ready to use 31k ounces of potassium
permanganate was spread evenly over
the bottom Of the tub, then four pints
and one ounce of 40 per cent. formal.
dehyde poured over this. The tub
was given one rapid tilt to entirely
wet the potassium permanganate with
the formalin and then the door
was quickly and tightly closed from
without. The almost entire absence
as the odor OF escaping gas while the
The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-29

One spraying with Bordeaux mix
ture before the grapes bloom is Of more
value than three or four after that
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superstitious belief that amid risks
like these it is well to propitiate Fate
all you can. For Fate is a relentless
old machine. and when once lis
wheels begin grinding, no power on
earth can stop them. The Rule OF
Three" is centuries old. You may
hear Of it out on the ocean. in the
steel mills. in the railroad camps. and
down In the mines. And you find II
I'D there on the Jobs in the skies.
Believe it," said an old foreman.
You bet they believe it."
DO you?" l asked
Well he said. 'all l can say is
this: Ii may be . spell or 1t may be
because OF the way the whole crew
Is expecting it. hut anyhow. when
two accidents come close together,
you can be sure that the third amt
very far off"-Ernest Poole. In the
November Eyerybod's.
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for flooring, aud how will the profts
compare IL treated with those sold IN
treated? It seems reasonable to sup-
pose that the profits derived from
the sale OF treated timber VIII ex-
coed those from untreated timber.
Moreover, the greatest use Of chemi'
caliv preserved wood will undoubted-
" result in that wood giving . great.
er life In service. Hence, the amount
Of timber cut annually In the United
States. simply to replace that which
has decayed, will be materially de-
creased. and . further conservation
Of forest resources will result. Re-
cent estimates by the Forest. service
place this reduction at 10 per cent OF
the total timber cut. The practical
benefits of those experiments and OF
the investigations for the utilization
of sawmin waste are ut once ~
parent.
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To Study Timber Conservation.

~ oSo0y
The future development Of the Iun,-
Der industry In this country lis In the
direction Of a closer utilization OF
forest products. both foresters and
practical lumbermen now agree on
this point.
Just what can be done in this field
is well Illustrated In the operations
at the mill of the Great Southern
Lumber Company. which has just
reopened its plant at Bogaiusa, Louis
lara, In response to the increased de-
mand for lumber after the recent
slump in business. This IL perhaps
the largest sawmill in the United
States IL not in the world, and Is
capable Of turning out the enormous
amount Of 1000 feet Of sawed lum-
Der board measure per day. A read
er can get Z fair idea OF this quantity
Of lumber when he ID Told that rs ont
pct II enough to build . little town
20 houses, along with . good sized
church and a school house every day.
This company was quick 10 grasp
the Significance Of the rapid depIe-
ton Of timber resources. Last year II
began . cooperative Investigation In
wood utilization with the United
States Forest Service and arrange
ncnts have just been completed Tor
q renewal OF the experiments. The
work will be along practical lines
and will be aimed to secure . closer
utilization of the products Of the
southern lumber mills and at the
same time produce . margin CT pro-
1T in excess Of that obtained ~ the
methods which are now practiced.
The field for work along this fine
Is broad. II Is well known that the
superior grades Of lumber are obtain
ed from cid mature trees. provided
they are not weakened ty decay or
other Influences. In other words. .
thousand feet board measure Of .ium-
her. sawed from . tree two feet in
diameter. costs less snd Is worth
more than . thousand feet sawed
from q tree only eight inches In
diameter. Moreover. timber cut from
young trees usually contains large
amount OF sapwood. " ties. poles.
etc. are cut from such material, they
will decay faremore rapidly than IL
cut from heartwood. !; Is not good
business policy, however. In great
many cases to saw the most valuable
fimbcr into commodities which are re-.
Istively low In cost. such rs ties and
poles. II IL the intention therefore.
OF the company to 6nd ont just what
size and classes Of timber csn he
best utilized for the cheaper commodt-
ties when given . prescrystive treat
menf.
To this end q careful study viii Do
made to ascertain the amount and
value Of the products sawed from
trees of different sizes snd Just how
each can be best utilized 30 ae TO So
cure gresfer economy and profit. Fof
example, can . tree etGht inches in
diameter h. bcst Hftstzsd TOT ties or
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Bats A. Pets

A bat in q womsn's bedroom can
cause more excitement than can one
lone burglar or even . eosen msc
Al the strange creature OF tbe n,sn.
comes fippine and mapping
y the walls and ceilings sucn snreas
ere elected from the afHniea
as to rouse the wnose tsm
bring them to the rescue WITH osoSns
ED canes.
Ill OF which IL sheer 'ooiisuaess'
for II she would but ave NM
chance the bat could prove 10 Per sn
tire satisfaction That ne 10 an in.e
gent and amtablc creature ana NO Nv
worthy 81 . permanent pace IN .a
household. Yes. the oeteseeo
makes most as'ee@o'e
let.
He is most anectiouste c
and will attach himself TO petso0
does . kindly ana im'ensa
college professor says: Wnen !
. student 1t the university 20 ~
bats, which came ana went v
their own accord. In me eveo.ss
they we're wont 70 rush .a
window INTO tne ne,se"o'ns S..s
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Martin Luther 10 on most points Or
thodox enough for the average Pro
testant. Here IL . saying Of his:
If anywhere the day is made holy
for the mere days sake: u anywhere
anyone sets up its observance on
Jewish foundation. then Iorder you 10
work on 1t, ride on II, feast on It
TO do anything to remove this en-
croachment on Christian liberty
He has overstated his case In char
ac,eristi: fashion. Bun how many peo
pIe are there in this country (other
than preachers and professional the,
oiosians) who are capable OF discus
sing Il! asks the Rev. Dr.. Charles ,.
Aked in AppIeton's for November.
How many so much Is know what the
reformer meant! Could the first
reader Of these pages explain I.uther's
point of view 80 a. to justify or con-
denim It? When the polite theoloeue
was asked BY the examiners 10 state
his position with regard TO gooa
works he replied cautiously that ne
thought Q few would not do christians
sny hsrm. They would not. And a
little common honesty would not tn
lure the discussion Of the Sabbath.
Arc We under any obligation to OBJ
serve the Sabbath day to keep u
holy?- II so. wha: obligation? What
IS the Sabbath day. how We do feel our.
selves under such an obligation.
why not. lie; US clear Our minds OF
cart.
A frivolous person might entitic the
common or gordon notion Of the OBJ
liSations Of the sabbath. The Cos
ne, of the Sofa Cushion" for its out
i.res are admirably sketched IL a car
foon which appeared In Punch. when
Punch was xise and witty. A lady
e:.j,ea upop the Wears wife On the
Sunday afternoon. and her righteous
soul vas stirred within her as she b.
held the wears son end heir. In the
fr,i dush Of his seven years Of boy
hood. engaged In a sharp tussei Ttth
the sofa pillow And the clergyman
S,fc explained. Yea sec. nv dear. u
4. Sunday. and We can't let him have
tis TOYS. so re give him the sofa cusn'
ion 10 play Nth! II VOID have been
violation Of ssbSssh sanctitics "
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Saturday. The kid is now nearly six
months old. Owing to its wild nature
the little one was in danger of star
walton until its older companions took
charge. Each goat selects tbe choic'
est portion of its food each day ana
places it before the kid.
There was a christening in the
gardens yesterday when number OF
keepers solemnly bestowed the name
Of Bill Taft upon a fat. healthy but
falo calf. born a few days before the
recent election. Another calf. slight
IL older, was named Bill Bryan.
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Wstehed Ftfseso Years.

"Por fifteen years I have watched
the working Of Buck'en's Arnica
salve: snd n he's never failed TO cure
any sore. boil. ulcer or burn. to which
Z, vas applied. Il has saved us many
. doctor bill says A. r. Hardy. Of
Eas. Wilton. Maine. &c at All Drug
Eists.
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