davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15
TO A MODEST LITTLE SMILE

Be not so modest, pray,
Little Smile!
Come out and shine away,
Little Smile.
Don't hide behind that frown;
Come, break that barrier down,
And tighten up the town,
Little Smile!
You need not hide away,
Little Smile!
There's nothing will say.
Little Smile,
That you wouldn't like to hear;
In fact, if you'll appear,
! won't talk while you are near.
Little Smilei
/ almost saw you then,
Little Smile!
Pray, come near again,
Little Smile
All! at last see you've come,
And you're surely shining some;
So accordingly I'm dumb,
Little Smile!
Frank II. Villa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15
HEART AND BRAIN

THE heart that husbands a desire to "get
even" with imaginary enemies is the haunt
Of unhappiness; and the brain that strives to
conceive a means of retaliation for fancied
wrong IS the abode of misery.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-20
THE eAPEs.

It is stated that 100000 chicks died
In 1907.
The most Of the bright eyed fluffy
ruffles go by the cape route.
England loses 100000 annually by
this disease, and thousands Of her
pheasants and quail are choked by the
"branch (gape) worm"
Wet weather and sandy soil are cape
worm breeders. They were first dis
covered in the United States in 1899,
and, though various theories have been
ascribed for their existence, about the
only thing so far proven is that the
gapes are here.
1t is a double worm, the male and
female being a Siamese twin. Each
head has a sucker that attaches itself
to the inner surface of the windpipe,
sucking the blood, irritating the lining,
so that, with loss Of blood. constant ir-
ritation and accumulated bloody mu-
Gus, the victim soon dies of weakness
and suffocation.
Sixty have been found in one pleas
ant, thirty-seven in a poult and thirty
ave in a chick. Three or four are
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-20

IT'S not of arms with Virgil we sing.
Nor just of the man with the hoe;
IT'S not for the Carnegie hero we bring
Our verses with praise all aglow.
But tits for the hero who wears the blue
The blue overalls, well worn;
Who wears Coxey badge or two
And checked shirt soiled and torn.
His hands are neither soft nor small,
His face not creamy white,
But the hero who wears the overall
You just can bets all right.
He wears no starry diamond ring
Nor sports stovepipe hat.
He meier puts on the dandy fling.
But he's the man for a. that.
Leave us our noble Coxey badge blue
And fiaunt your robes of state.
We'd rather grub from dinner pals, too
Than dine from White House plate
c, NJ. B.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-20
PREVENTION AND CURE,

We once visited a poultryman who
pointed with pride to a great accumula-
ton of bottles, patent poultry nostrums
and prescriptions and exclaimed, 'eThis
is my medicine chest!'
But with all this his poultry were
always ailing. He may have been
long on poultry physic. but was very
short on prevention.
The man who is proficient in physic
and prevention need not make a drug
store Of his birds. It's much easier
safely round the precipices of disease
than to get them back after they've
gone over. And how easy to keep them
well generally when the causes of
disease are so well known. Here they
are in brief:
Filth. improper feeding, erowding,
vermin, dampness, drafts, extremes of
heat and cold, exposure and egg tonics.
There may seem accidental causes
where diseases are introduced by
strange birds, originate in heredity or
from floating germs.
But every stranger should be quaran-
oAIy SlIOuS StOCh SuOulu U6
from, and birds in health and sanitary
environment offer little encouragement
to germs seeking lodgment.
Yes, my friend, you are wise to be
prepared for war.
You should accumulate a library Of
good medical works, acquire knowl-
edge Of the symptoms of every known
fowl disease, and you should by your
study, observation and experiment be
able to detect the first symptoms Of
disease and make a correct diagnosis
and have the remedy right there to
cure or the wisdom to see the incurable
and to end 1t with the ak.
But what does it amount to If you,
Mr.. Chicken Doctor, have not learned
the old lesson that "an ounce of pre-
vention is worth pound of curer" A
physician depends for his living on doc
toring people who are sick, but has
nothing to do with their getting sick.
A poultryman depends for a living on
keeping his fowls well and has every.
thing to do with their being in health
or sickness.
If through ignorance of the require
ments his birds are afflicted and he
meets with loss he is to be greatly
pitied, but If he sins against knowledge
he deserves no sympathy and only con
demnation.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-20
SWINE GROWING.
How che industrious French Farmer
Handles Hogs.

How the Industrious French Farmer
Handles Hogs.
Although most French farmers raise
only enough hogs for family use and
few for sale,+ in certain districts the in
:dustry is quite important The condi-
lions are very favorable, as barley Is
grown in all parts of the country and
corn is produced in the warmer por-
tons. Dairy farming Is also very gen
eral in the northern and central por-
lions, and the byproducts are available
for feeding pigs.
Breeding animals are fed along silG-
liar lines to those of the best English
breeders. Grasses, legumes and other
forage crops are especially utilized. Up
to within few weeks of narrowing
time brood sows receive little or no
grain, being maintained almost entirely
on green crops, dairy byproducts and
kitchen Stops. During the last six
weeks of CESSATION they receive crushed
oats and shorts or ground barley fed
as a slop. This is continued up to the
last week, when the grain Is reduced
and bran or shorts mixed with water to
form thin slop Is given. At this time
many farmers give from three to six
ounces of EPSON salts In the feed. Aft
er narrowing the light rations are con-
tinued for about four days.
Young pigs intended for breeding
| purposes are fed on dairy byproducts,
succulent feed and grain. The devel-
| opment of bone In these animals Is CIV
| en- much attention, shorts or skimmilk
being fed with corn. Some breeders
attain the same results with alfalfa
and clover, but skimmilk Is preferred
| to overcome the Objectionable feature
Of corn for young pigs.
Those who make pig raising some
thing of a speciality force the stock as
rapidly as possible from the start. No
special effort Is made to produce high
grade bacon, and the feeds used are
those which will give heavy gains
The most desirable market weight ap
pears to be 800 pounds, and on many
|. farms 1t is reached at the age of eigh
to ten months.
/ A representative forcing ration Is on,
of two parts ground barley one par
/ wheat shorts and skimmiik or butter
milk until the pigs are six months old
after which cornmeal and cooked pc
tatoes take the place of the shorts
The meal is usually steamed In win
ter and soaked In summer Potatoes
are always cooked. Some feeders US
gluten feed with barley meal an,
skimmilk when forcing young pigr
Artichokes are used extensively 70
gattening and are grazed.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-20
FEATHERS AND EoosHELLs.

1t is impossible to feed 100 or 200
young chickens evenly in bunch. It's
the easiest stunt to stunt stock there
Is.
Many poultrymen are taking up bees
as side issue. They certainly work
overtime, require little care and gath
er big returns on small investment.
Congress has been seriously discuss
ing the question, what does 1t cost q
year to keep a hen" They are be-
ginning to show some sense at Wash
ington, after all.
A poultryman In New Jersey lost
5000 duck eggs because the gas was
shut OF that was supplying the heat
for his incubators. Is this another
proof that corporations have NO con-
sciences2
The Society For the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Animals has come out
against the shipment and sale Of live
chicks for Easter gifts. It certainly
n cruelty to give little chicks to chill
drsn for Easter toys The sale Of
stuffed chicks and little ducks In the
stores IL bad enough.
Our English friends followed the COL
cny house plan the past winter. Give
m the long scratching house for hen
health and eggs. Then we don't need
to shovel 30 many paths. By the way,
didn't the English try the colony plan
on this side and fail? Too many
spunky, revolutionary roosters In the
colonial coop. =
A number of our chicken brethren
are keeping Belgian and Flemish hares
They find their main enemies are rat
and heavy showers. The surface wa
ter runs down the burrows and browns
the harelets. They tell us that marke
demand Is greater than supply. ant
Belgian and Flemish hares taste muci
better than common red, white and
black hairs. Have you tried themf
It's funny, but. It's true, that among
pigeons two cock birds sometimes
mate and If given eggs will Otter
hatch them out. Hens more frequent,
mate II they can't be suited and la.
eggs, but hatch nothing but .'stoo
pigeons" A cock bird will occasionali,
mate with two or three hens and tax,
turns at setting on the eggs. What |
squabbling household a'uong cooinl
doyesi
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-20

4 "A CHOICN ROADSTNR.
MANY times q champion. Note the un-
usual length Of body and rangy con-
: formation. Note also the unusual length
from hip to hook and well muscled
thighs and quarters. indicating speed
qualities. Height 1S.3 hands, weight
LEO pounds.1
bic a. one that does not stand more
than 1873 hands. Some authorities 60
80 far as to say that a sixteen hand
horse is not wanted. However, If the
extra height is all that is against him
he usually finds buyer without great
difficulty. AS in the carriage class, all
the requisites for good horse are de-
sired, but as a matter of fact the road
ster does not have the symmetry Of
form and finish of the carriage horse.
The head should be neat and expressive
Of intelligence.
:. Speed combined with grace, ease and
endurance Is the principal quality
sought in the action of the roadster.
He should have long, free, open
stride and quick recovery; should be
straight line mover and have good knee
action, but this need not be excessive
~ high. Interfering, forging, cross
firing and spraddling wide behind are
faults commonly Disseminated against
There IL strong demand for road
sters from both home and export trade
for pleasure driving and sporting pur-
poses. To fill the demand as racing
and matinee horses they must be able
to trot mile in 2:30 or pace in 2:25 or
less. The more speed they possess the
higher price they will bring. The less
speedy are often purchased for their
utility In being able to make long
drives In a short time. There is a
stronger demand for trotters than for
PAGERS for road work, but for racing
purposes they are about on a par.
Runabout horses occupy an interme-
date place between typical roadsters
and carriage horses. Because of the
harness they wear some authorities
might class them as carriage horses,
but on account of their action. confor.
nation and the use to which they are
put 1t seems more proper to class them
as road horses.
"A runabout horse is rather short
legged horse, standing from lab to 49,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-20
kURIos FROM CORRESPONDENTS.

Q, Can you tell me why my chicks
have no head feathers2 If disease, it
must affect them all over, for they
grow slowly. N.
A. Your chicks have head lice and
have made themselves bald scratching.
These lice are gray and fat and are
not easily seen. They suck the blood.
Rendered hen fat will kill them.
Q. Will you give me good summer
ration for my white Rocks? ! wish to
show in the fall and would like to keep
them from getting fat and creamy.
A. Whole oats, mash Of mids and
bran, beef scrap and greens. Throw in
little corn and buckwheat occasion
ally. Quantity according to condition.
Q. What is a fair price for an incu-
bator from 100 to 200 egg size and a
brooder for 100 chicks? There are so
many prices cannot decide. o.
A. A dependable $50 egg incubator
costs $23 and a first class colony brood
er $18.
Q. What is good cure for canker?
1t seems to bother my fowls summer
and winter.
A. The best thing you can do Is to
get new stock. Thorough disinfection,
dry house, no drafts, new stock and
no range in snow, cold and storm will
put you on your feet. Chronic canker
no profit. Use chlorate potash or apply
iodine.
@. There are various prescriptions
purporting to be the Douglas mixture,
but l notice they differ. Can you give
me the true one? w.
A. Sulphate of iron, eight ounces;
sulphuric acid, half an ounce; water,
one gallon. Put your iron into jug
containing gallon of water. When
dissolved add acid. When clear give
tablespoonful to quart of drinking wa
ter in glass or glazed vessel. Good for
general tonic, for diarrhea or for
strengthened during mott.
Q. What height ceiling do you sug
gest? N.
A. We have had best success with q
ceiling nine feet front and seven back
Lower ceilings make very hot houses
many broody hens, and IL you are trou
bled with frost your birds are W
against it. Then think Of humping
your head three times a day.
@. My chicks seem SO dull In tn,
morning lose some every night ant
cannot account for 1t. I use the -
brooder and paid a good price for II
Please help me out. M.
A. The style brooder you use Otter
smokes the chicks. Cement under
meath, and If you then find SCOT unde
the hover discard.
Q. 1 am in southern state wher'
we have long rainy seasons. Our chick
ems are on range and the wet give
them bowel trouble. VIII you recon
mend preventive?
A. During the wet season cut on
mash, feed much oats In hull and keel
venetian red in the drinking water
pound to the gallon.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-20
A WORLD oE MIcRoREs

There are microbes in the DIR
And microbes in the drink:
There are microbes in the blood vessels
Ard microbes in your think,
tuberculosis in the COW
And cholera in the hog
Diphtheria in the pussy's fur,
Distemper in the dog.
The ROSTERS, too. are crawling full,
And ducks, though they are quacks,
And turks and geese and guineas. too,
Have microbes by the stacks.
You drink them when you take your beei
And breathe them in at prayers.
This old world seems all microbes
In concentrated layers.
us there place where one may fee
From microbes murderous blown
why, yes; the scientists tell me
That place is down below"
c, M b,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-20

Height lei hands. weight 1850 pounds.
Rather awkwardly posed on his hind
legsl
hands high and weighing from 900 to
1060 pounds. His head should be neat,
ear fine, eye large and mild, neck Of
good length and neatly cut at the
throatlatch. The neck should be Of
medium weight, not quite SO heavy as
that of the coach horse and not 30 light
and thin an that Of the roadster.
The action of runabout horse 10
more moderate than that of cobb. o.,
he does not need to DO as high an actor
and should have a little more speed.
Fhe action should be bold, frictionless
and straight, snch as is conducive 10
speed and beauty of form.
The demand for runabout horses L.
for single drivers and pairs only. They
are used largely by business men Of
cities on runabouts, driving wagons.
phaetons, etc. The demand Is active at
remuneratiye prices. They are OF more
or less mixed breeding. the predomi-
mating blood being either Of the Ameri-
can trotting horse, American saddle
horse or hackney. RI
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-20
comnetltion In .crean.

Competition may be the "spice Of
trade" but 1t certainly does not tend
TO improve the quality Of cream. We
have recently seen a striking illustra-
ton OF this fact. Cream which was
delivered In one locality where compe-
tition was lacking was nearly all class
ed as first grade. In another locality
where several buyers were competing
for the cream it was practically all
third grade cream.-J. G. Kendall. Kan
sas.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-20

enough to cause death, though birds
three or four weeks old are little af-
fected and adults not at all.
The earthworm is stepmother to the
gapeworm, just as the common hen
Ia believed to breed within her the
black head germs. In some way the
gapeworm egg gets into the earthworm
and develops there.
The chick swallows the earthworm
and gets the gapeworm for a side dish.
Then the fight for life begins. The
chick throws up it's head, coughs, gasps
and after a hard struggle throws up
some of the worms. 1t promptly eats
them. The eggs in these worms are
Matched in the digestive tract; the new
worms fall to the ground; another
chick picks them up and also gets the
gapes. It's on the endless worm style.
TREATMENT.
The following remedies are good.
Take your pick:
One garlic bulb chopped in feed for
ten chicks, pheasants or poults. Cam
phor or assafoetida in one grain pills
three times day.
Ten drops turpentine to pint OF drink
ing water. Place chicks in covered box
and blow In tobacco smoke or dust
Stacked lime through muslin top. The
chick will cough up the stupefied
worms, but be careful not to smother
chicks.
Loop a horsehair or trim a small
wing feather except the end, dip in
turpentine and twirl In windpipe.
Worms will be withdrawn. with hair
or feather Grease under neck with
lard and turpentine, equal parts. Buy
an extractor and use according to di'
rections. Our plan Of keeping chicks
out of the wet and on boards for three
weeks saves us from this plague. The
gapes especially attack chicks and tur'
keys from one to four weeks old and
phsasants at change Of plumage just
when sex can be distinguished.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-20
THE DAIRYMAN.

To be sanitary a dairy barn should
be whitewashed at least once a year.
An interior with a few boards laid
overhead at irregular intervals, with
hay hanging through and with the
sides In poor condition, cannot be prop
erly whitewashed. The ceiling should
be tight, excluding all dust and chair
from above. and the sides should be
smooth, thus affording a firm surface
to which the whitewash can cling.
Profit From Dairy Cow.
The average cost of feeding dairy
COW, as shown by records of ten years,
is about $50 per year. and the total
value of butter fat is about $40, leav-
ing an average of about $40 for labor
and profit in addition to the value OF
the skimmilk and the value Of the
calf.-A. L. Hacker. Nebraska.
Laetation and Rest.
A western dairyman has found that,
"as rule, the variation in milk flow In
individual cows from year to year was
due to length of lactation and rest be-
fore freshening. A long lactation Pc
Rod favors larger milk production;
also long period Of rest before fresh
ening brings the same result"
Grain In the Ration.
More grain in the cows ration may
mean more milk. more butter. more
dollars. but perhaps not more net prof.
it.
Butter Tubs.
Butter tubs should be we'll soaked
before packing the butter and should
be lined with parchment. This will
prevent the butter tasting of the wood.
Barley and skimmilk.
Barley has been found to be an ex-
sellent grain to supplement skimmilk
/ IN feeding calves, but owing to the high
market price of barley in comparison
| with corn it did not show as good gains
/ financially However. 1t should be
borne in mind that barley can be pro-
duced. pound for pound. as cheaply a
corn.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-20
BR AHMINS
IN TEXAS.

1t Is we'll established fact that
Brahmin cattle are entirely free from
ticks, are better rustlers on the range
and stand the heat better than the ma
tive cattle and look as white and clean
as a cat.
There is one breed of these cattle
that may develop into a dairy breed.
This Is the Syuda. or milk breed, but
unfortunately there Is not cow of this
breed in the herd from which individu-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-20
poNTs.

Don't think weasels can't get through
inch wire. II there's a loophole, they
wont need lawyer to help find 1t.
Don't let the poultry roost in the
barn. The sparrows will distribute
enough lice to make the horses lively.
Don't get excited over orders and
sell all your best birds. That's ften-
Eied finance.
Don't build your poultry house with
ont thoughtful planning. No cold afr
castles for sLeghorns.
Don't get gay and go on for fun and
let your incubators run themselves.
Picnics are pleasant. but fires arsnv
Ice cream and cake.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-20

ais are shown in the accompanying
photographs, only one bull. The cow
and calf shown are Of another breed.
1 was told. though. that this cow was
fairly good mixer, though no effort
was made to increase the quantity Of
milk.
There are still two other breeds in
this herd, those used in India as work
animals and those raised exclusively
as beef cattle. The bull here shown Is
of the latter breed None Of these cat
lie have ever been sick a day since
they were landed here.
With entire immunity from ticks,
standing the heat better than the ma
tive cattle ana being better rustlers.
these cattle will thrive where the ma
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-20
ROADSTERS AND
RUNABOUTS.
By r. c. oBRECHT. University of I'LL
nois experiment station

nois experiment station.
Roadsters should have action and
stamina that will enable them to draw
Night vehicles with ease at a fairly good
rate Of speed for considerable dis
lance without undue fatigue. Stamina
Is generally accompanied by marked
degree of quality and highly develop
ed nervous system. They are more
1.-THE in build and angular in conforma.
ton than horses of the runabout class.
Roadsters stand from fifteen to six
teen hands high and weigh from 900 to
1,150 pounds. While sixteen hands Is
the upper limit for this class, sixteen
hand roadster is not nearly so desira-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-20
AZ Graxers.

: In a Utah experiment 1t was found
that .'as grazers pure bred Tamworth
irvine were most superior. Berkshire,
Poland China and Tamworth grades
were about equal. Pure bred York.
shires were not equal to the other
breeds In feeding qualities. especially
as grazers."
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-20
Dairy Temperament.

There Is NO class OF farming where
kindness and punctuality win receive
q greater reward than on the dairy
farm.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-20

Can't Know Too Much.
Before you begin dairying Oil your
head as full of COW knowledge rs yea
caffboth from books and obseryation
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-20

tive cattle can hardly pull through
and are a great deal larger than the
native cattle. These are a few Of the
already established facts in favor of
these cattle, concludes @. A. Major in
Texas Farm and Ranch.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-01-30

tE-A QUANTITY OF ALAS
q Admiral seed peas; suitable
b factory. Address p. o. Box
tn, Colo.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-01-30

\ Gated; ut great bargain ii taken Mt
once. Now is your opportunity to make
easy money. Houtchens d Drumm,
The Greeley tribune., 1908-01-30
A Telephone Party.

The telephone people for the
Greeley district, including Eaton
and Windsor, enjoyed social gath
ering in Academy hall Tuesday even
ing, Jan. 81. There were forty-two
present and the evening was spent
with literary and musical program,
after which dancing was enjoyed. A
fine luncheon was also served. w,
T. Cozad, traffic engineer for the
company, and Travelling Auditor
Stubbs were present. There was a
question box in which every one
could drop questions to the officials,
or the officials could ask questions OF
the help, for the Improvement OF the
service,