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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-31

mie plains; and the oil meal was old
process.
The lambs on native hay ate less
hay than those fed alfalfa, and the
lambs fed pea hay ate only 200 pounds
of hay per head, which was less than
the amount of hay and grain eaten oy
any other lot.
Lots 1 and 8 constituted a second
trial of native hay, oats, and Oil meal,
in comparison with alfalfa hay and
corn. In experiments conducted the
previous winter with small lots of
lambs upon various grain rations and
native hay, the ration made up OF ma
tive hay, oats and oil meal proved to
be the best of those tried, the lambs
making a gain of 17.4 pounds per head
in IA weeks, against 2S.6 pounds made
by the lot on alfalfa hay and corn. The
present experiment with 40 lambs IN
each lot shows an average gain OF
2O.3 pounds in II weeks by the lambs
on native hay, oats, and oil meal, ana
34.3 pounds by the lambs on alfalfa
hay and corn.
The amount of feed required was
GOT pounds of native hay, 46O pounds
of oats, and rs pounds of oil meal for
100 pounds of gain. In the previous
experiment 574 pounds Of hay, 591
mounds of oats, and So pounds Of oil
meal were required for 100 pounds
gain.
The results of these two expert
ments indicate that the native hay,
oats. and oil meal ration will produce
somewhat less than two-thirds the gain
produced by alfalfa hay and corn in
the same length of time, and also re-
uuires considerably more feed to pro-
duce 100 pounds gain.
Wild sweet clover is common along
irrigation bitches and in waste spots
and since it withstands alkali well
and gives heavy tonnage of hay, il
should prove desirable hay crop in
many sections. Stockmen commonly
believe that sweet clover is useless
as a forage plant, but cattle and sheer
will eat the growing plant If 1t Ii
not too large and coarse, and the ex
neriment here reported shows tha
lambs eat the hay readily and make
good gains from it.
Comparing Lots A and 5, We fin(
that the sweet clover lambs made al
average gain Of SO.7 pounds in L
weeks. while the alfalfa lambs mad
34.4 pounds gain. The former att
one-sixth more hay, somewhat NOR
corn. and a small amount Of oil meal
The larger consumption of sweet Gle
i yer hay was due to the fact that
was cut late and was very coarse AM
stemmy. The lambs liked 1t, however
; and showed steady appetite for il
There was not the slightest dificult
in getting them to eat it at the star
The lambs eating pea hay made th
low gain Of 16.9 pounds per head I
IA weeks. II required 1,472 pounds Q
. the hay to produce 100 pounds gal
|. lin live weight. This poor showing 70
: pea hay is borne out by the result
gotten with Let 10, which containe
a very different class Of lambs an
> was not carried on in comparison wit
: Lot 6, but which shows still poOre
gain of only 6.S pounds per head
14 weeks.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-31

stringy, undoubtedly would show bet
ter results than those given above.
but when compared with alfalfa and
corn the pea hay is poor ration.
By comparing Lots Z and we hnd
that Scotch barley and bald barley are
practically equal in value when ted
with native hay and oil meal. A study
of Lot 9 shows that spelt is not near
ly equal to either bald or Scotch bar
ley when fed with native hay and oil
meal, giving a gain of only 1873 pounds
in ii weeks, or less than a pound
week per head.
The peas in the field gave gain
of 1873 pounds per head in IA weeks;
.95 of an acre was required for the
production. of 100 pounds gain. An
acre of the peas supported six lambs
for IA weeks.
The pea hay fed in a corral pro-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-31

The Wyoming experiment station
have Just concluded years inVesu'
cation in lamb feeding with view to
lscertaining the best ration.
Three experiments were carried on
at the same time. Previous expert
ments with small numbers Of lambs
had shown that oats and oil meal
seemed to balance the native hay ra-
ion about as we'll as any grains tried.
Therefore, one lot of 40 lambs was fed
this ration and another lot was fed al
falfa hay and corn. Shropshire-Meri-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-31
EXPERIMENT IN LAMB FEEDING
IN THE WEST
Results Obtained from Various Feed COrnO
e. Morton, Wyoming

The pea hay seemed very unsSnsiac'
torv and while nothing is defnlbeiy
established by this experiment WIN
regard to the amount of pea hay need
ed for the production of 100 pounos
gain. yet it can be definitely stated
that it gives unsatisfactory results for
fattening lambs. The lambs DO NOT
get enough roughage, and have the
scours almost constantly. What gam
is made is chiefly framework and mus
Gle and little fat. Pea hay that was
we'll cured before the stalks became
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-31

Improving the Farm~-One of the
quickest, best and cheapest ways to
improve the farm is to put it down to
clover, field by field. and pasture hogs
upon it. Cowpeas can be used in the
same way.
Fall Flowing Best for earIey.-In
a cooperative test the Wisconsin ex-
pertinent station found an average
yield of AIS bushels of Oderdruck
barley per acre was secured on fall
plowing and 35.9 on spring plowing.
Drilling gave an average yield of All
as compared with 1915 bushels where
sown with a seeder. Drilling on fail
piowing gave an average yield Of 1913
bushels. and on spring plowing S7.3
bushels, as compared with 41.2 and
S5 bushels respectively, where a seed
er was used. In four cases where the
barley was sown on land not plowed
but worked up carefully with disk
plow, an average yield OF 22.2 bushels
was secured.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-31
From Bad to Worse.

In DIR. Edward Everett Hale's young.
er days he was about to leave parbsh,
and a good lady was bewailing the
fact and insisting that the church
would be ruined thereby DR.. Hale,
fiattered by her words and manner,
and wishing to console her, said;
''But, sister, the man who will sue.
ceed me is fine preacher. and a
splendid fellow. You'll soon see that
everything is all right and get used to
It,"
mo, no; WON'T she answered
tearfully. II don't get used to this
changing. I've seen six changes IN
preachers now, and it's got worse and
worse all the time"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-31

Raising calves.-If calves are raised
by hand it is very important to allow
them to get the mothers whole milk
for three or four days. The first milk
after the COW freshens contains much
more protein and ash than after.
wards. Nature provides these to loos.
en- and clean out the digestive system
and to give the calf a good start in
life. 1t is the safest plan to allow
the calf to run with its mother fos
the first two or three days. It can.
easily be taught to eat from a nail
after this time.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-31
TRAITS OF AUSTRALIAN GIRLS

Is as much at home in ballroom as
any town-bred girl, as neat and well
dressed as If she had never ridden
barebacked over wild tracts Of country
with little thought Of appearances.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-31

! duced So pounds gain in the same
length of time; 3,47O pounds of the
pea hay were required for 100 pounds
gain. The results from the pea hay
were wholly unsatisfactory.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-18
Pointed Skulls.

The egg shaped heads of some of the
natives of Malekula. in the New Heb,ides
were once thought to he naturally conical.
For that reason scientific men decided
that the Malckulans were in the lowest
rung of the human ladder.
Later 1t was found that the cpnical
heads were produced as the Chinese wcm-
en- distorted ed, their feet. BY binding them in
fashionable in Malekula, where some ex-
traordinaIy results are achieved
A cOnical head retreats from the fore
head in such a manner that one is araaZ-
ed 20 know the owner of this remarkable
Droflc preserves his or her proper senses,
such as they are, / could not hear, how
ever. that the custom was supposed to
affect the intellect in any way
ing strong sinnet cord spirally about the
heads of the babies and tightening tho
coils from time to time. A piece of pleat-
ed mat is first put on the head and the
good purchase. The crown of the head
is left to develop in the upward and
backward fashion that is so much adj
mired.
mich FROM the process. The child I saw
was fretfu and crying and looked as if
it were constantly in pain. but the moth
er. forgetting for the moment her fear
Of the strange white woman, showed it
to me quite proudly, pointing out the
cords with smile.
She had a normally shaped head her.
self and it seemed that she had suffered
matter for she was married to a man
who was of no particular account. A
young girl who was standing beside her
had evidently had more careful mother.
for her head was almost sugarloaf
shaped. It is interesting to know that
this well brought up Young woman has
married chief.-National Geographical
Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-18

Wilson tariff law-showed that the
people of our State had at that time
invested in our Maine savings banks,
trust companies and loan and building
associations money to the amount of
SCI ,535, 1873. The last report of the
Bank Examiner Q9O7) shows that the
people Of our state had in those In
stitutions at that time money to the
amount Of 1852, 400 O0-a gain of $780,
976,9e7 under the Dingley tariff law.
How puerile it is, in the face of this
record, for Democratic leaders and
newspapers to claim that the wage
earners and. farmers Of Maine have
not profited by the good wages and
good prices for products that have
prevailed under the Dingley tariff law.
AS a matter of fact these plain figures
of the peoples savings prove beyond
all reach OF controversy, that, under
the Dingley tariff law, all classes of
our citizens have prospered az never
before in their history. In the face OF
this fact we do not apprehend
that they are anxious to abandon
the protective policy or that any of
them will overlook the fact that vote
for Gardner will be vote for Bryan.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-18
Has RarthaIe Skeleton.

United StateAtional Museum has
just completedpunting for exhibit
t"i Il skeleton 4 rare and interest
lpS whale knoi as Baird's beaked
Wilal" tDerardluairdiD. 1t is kind
of gigantic porh. about FORTY feet
long. but does lifelong in the same
1amlly Of the ortry porposes, being
more nearly allie the sperm whales.
Balrd's whale, ich was named in
honor of Prof n, second secretary
of the Smithsol Institution, was
first made knovabout twenty-five
years ago by Drronhard Steineger.
of the National sd, off the Siberian
coast, while engasin collecting birds
for the instituticThe expedition Of
the Nerga under prdenskiold found
q portion of a Skun the same island
q little earlier, bno account of it
was published at time.
Nothing more wheard of Baird'S
whale until 1908, W two other speci-
mems were found the shore of st.
George Island. ONT the American
fur seal islands in ing Sea. A few
months later the Fdale whale was
obtained.
Prior to DR.. Stejnr's discovery the
beaked whales of tRenuS to which
Baird's whale belOnaas been known
only from New Zeal, and their oc-
currence near the Aic circle. thou
sands of miles awaHas most unex-
pected. 1t now appe probable that
they range extensivtin the Pacific
Ocean, but they areknown in the
Atlantic
Little is known fhe habits OF
Bairds whale or of Inoux's whale.
the New Zealand spe. 1t is prob
able. however, that : go in pairs.
instead of schools, anhat they feed
on cuttlefish like tfpther smaller
beaked whales. They've no teeth
in the upper jaw, and ~ four in the
lower jaw.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-18

The Baltimore Sun, the leading
Democratic newspaper of Maryland
has announced that it cannot endorse
the candidacy OF w. J. Bryan and will
support Taft. Most of the leading
Democratic papers of Maine We're OPP
posed to the nomination of the Ne
braskan leader prior to the Denver
convention. and haven't had much to
say about him since Still they can
not escape the fact that vote for
Gardner will be q vote for Bryan.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-18
Sinking" a Mine Shaft.

Mining engineers have performed an In
gcnious and gratifying feat in literally
sinking" mine shaft near Wilkes
Barre. Pa. In an article in the Popular
Mechanics VIM. C. Richardson describes
the construction as follows
"a shaft wall on caisson OF reinforced
concrete is being huilt above '"o"nd ~ =
allowed to sink by its own weight through
the SOFT soil. in when are ayers ui .;,a,-
el, uuicksand and clay. until solid rock
is struck some so IT. below. When the
rock is reached it will b. cuanied out
in the usual way and. should not the cut
ting shoe find level resting place. it will
be blocked up and all the interstices
poured full of cement to form a water
tight joint The total depth OF the shaft.
as now contemplated. will be 800 TT
I'm sinking the shaft, the first opera
tion was to construct = steel cutting
shoe, oblong in shape, SO TT. in. by IS it.
about 30 in high. To the inside of this.
about in. from the bottom. was riveted
Kin steel horizontal plate, #. vide
to act as shelf for the concrete. which
tapers from a width of "a in. at the bot
tom to in. at the top.
"l'irst pit. Is TT. in depth. was dug,
into which the cutting shoe was placed
the bottom of the pit being made peri ct
for the concrete were erected on the
shelf within the shoe and the walls built
In the customary manner to height of
20 TT. When these became sufficiently
hardened the earth was dug away from
within the shoe. and as the excavation
progressed the weight of the walls forced
the steel cutting edge gradually down
ward Ry placing the molds OIL top of
the hardened walls and repeating the OPP
Grafton. the cutting shoe has been driven
down until it is expected that the entire
shaft will be completed in time for coal to
be mined next winter.
In all some 300 GU. yd of concrete
and AS tons of reinforcing steel will be
used in the walls. which will be carried up
10 or 20 TT. above ground, 50 that, even
when the surrounding fields arc under
water there will be no danger Of the river
entering the shaft.
when completed. the shaft will be d.
vided into three sections. the first to ac-
commodate two cages for hosting coal.
the second for n pump and ladderway
and the third for an upcast airway 1t
is estimated that the cost Of the shaft
will he 1000. of which the concrete
work will cost about $4,000. Two power
full ventilating fans. each with capacity
Of 35o,00 GU. IT. OF air per minute. will he
installed, one for regular use and the
other for emergency cases.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-18
Our Cash Supply.
CPorflanl ENnroSS


The big gains in the amount of money
in circulation. as reported from Washing
ton must make Bryan wish some of his
predictions of 1896 and 1900 could he wiped
Oh the slat. one of the complaints in
his IrSt canvas was that the refusal to
throw the mintS open to silver would re-
duce the stock of money in the hands OF
the people to such dcr2ee that there
would net he enough to take care of the
exchanges. Like all his other political
prosnostications this one turned out TO
increased rapidly in those years. bu: it
has grown faster than population. The
growth in the gold ingredient or the cir
culation has also been much greater than
has the ncreas' in tho number of the
Countlv'.s Inhabitants.
The aggregate circulation of the Coun-
try on August ] was s3,o45 So. 54,. com
pared with g. 7S1 3a3 $50 at the same date
in 1907. The present figures break al the
records. And the tendency is upward
Moreover the gold element Of the cir
culation is larger than it was year ago
production of the Country stands; a
chance ia so to the sloG, ooOooo mark in
the calendar year 1905. the gold stock in
the bants and in the peoples hands is
reasonably. certain to touch record-break
in figures by New Years Of 1909
The per capita circulation is now s34.T
as compared with s32 y. a year ag"
was starting his little reign of financial
terror, the per capita circulation was
$2l.1N. TIE population of the Country
has increased "A per cent in those dozen
years. hut We see that the volume III the
Count,N's cash has grown much faster
The difference between a circulation of
ST 10 in the, middle of 1896 and one of
SAT now shows the wide divergence be-
tween lslyan's prediction and the actual
facts. Much of this increase in circulation
has been due t" the fact that EIyan was
vaSs of 1900. And Bryan's defeat in 1909
will foreshadow a further big gair in the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-18

The Democratic prediction claims
have n familiar sound: but 1T must be
admitted that they are neither so loud
nor so fun chestcd as they were two
years ago when the leaders of that
party vociferously asserted that
Cyrus w. Davis would carry the state
by at least 10000 plurality. The Re
publicans of Maine and hundreds of
former Democrats believe in the policy
of protection. and have no use for
Bryan. Both the protective principle
and the candidacy of Bryan will be
involved in our September election,
which will be the opening gun and
voice the sentiment of Maine in Il
great national campaign. AS Il result
this state will roll up an old-fashioned
Republican majority.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-18

George NJ. Houshton. passenger traf-
fic manager, who has just returned
from a trip to Aroostook says that the
crop outlook for that section is excel
lent. The recent rains have come at
Just the right time, and according to
experienced potato growers have in
creased the production of the potato
fields at least 25 bushels to the acre.
Mr. Houghton says that he never
saw the potato crop look better or such
fine tubers as those that have already
been dug. The crop this year will
equal, if not exceed, the crop of 1906.
which was the largest in the history of
potato growing in Aroostook county.
Potato men say that it will amount to
20, 900. 900 bushels at least, if it doesn't
reach larger figures of 100000 BUSH
els. We apprehcnd that Mr.. Gardner
and the Democratic press will expert
ence some difficulty in persuading the
farmers of that section that free Cana
dian potatoes and other products,
would be good thing for Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-18

Not day passes that former Demo-
Gratis do not write Hon. Bert Nj
Fernald that they purpose to vote for
him at the coming election. Thou
sands Of former Democrats in this
State have no use for Bryan, and
recognize the fact that the most effec-
tive way to voice their disapproval of
his candidacy, will be to vote the Re-
publican ticket i'm September.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-18
QrxiIle D. Baker.


The news of the sudden death of
Hon Orville D. Baker came as great
shock to the community. A man in
the prime and vigor of life, the future
certainly seemed to promise him full
ness of years His death removes from
our midst one Of our ablest and most
prominent ciizens. He was recognized
as one of the great lawyers of New
England, a man of integrity, loyal to
his clients, strong In his friendships,
and tolerant in all things. He knew
how to give and take hard blows in
any cause in which he was enlisted;
but he never cherished unworthy re-
sentiments or carried away the scars
of battle Born and reared in Augusta.
Mr. Baker was always intensely in
terested in all that pertained to the
growth and welfare Of our city. He
was ready at all times and in all
places, to champion her cause.
The removal of such a man from
our midst in. the very zenith OF his
strength and activity, is indeed q
great loss to the community and one
which is deeply felt by all our citizens
General Baker was more than a
great lawyer. He was a great scholar,
man of the broadest culture. and a
conVcrSationaliSt of rare brilliancy. 1t
was in the quiet of his own home,
which after the death of his father he
always maintained in this city, that
he was seen at his best. There throw
ing off the cares and worries of his
busy professional life he took a keen
delight in the society Of his friends,
finding peculiar pleasure in those
whose tastes, like his own, ran in
literary channels. With his rare
grace of diction, and his keen an
alytical mind General Baker, had he
devoted his life to letters. as he did to
law, might have won even greater
laurels in the field of authorship.
He had in a marvellous degree, the
power OF mental concentration, which
enabled him to assimulate rapidly and
clearly the details of any subject which
engrossed his attention. He had a
wonderful capacity for hard work, and
was equal to long sustained effort, that
would have been impossible to a man
of less physical and mental vigor.
But after all, perhaps, the most
striking thing about him was the
lightness with which he apparently
bore the many and exacting cares of
his busy professional life. The face
he turned to the world was always a
genial and smiling one. II he had
worries, he certainly was master Of
associates. He rarely talked shop
with his friends, apparently finding a
keen zest in the discussion of topics
outside Of his legal activities. He was
an orator of rare gifts, with strong
personality, a wonderful command of
pure English, pleasing voice, and
rare power in marshalling and pre-
senting facts. He was also an after
dinner speaker of exceptional brillian-
cy, and one who took an unfeigned
delight in the bonhOmme of such occa-
sions. The people OF Augusta will
unite in mourning his loss.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-18
Ante Greatest iderS.

The real SkvScrarerS built by the
white ants. The great pmid of Egypt
ie "hort $50 feet high. Fincl Tower
Is oS4 feet, the new offictf the Metro
politan Life Insurance tf"nr in No.
York will reach 65S feet height. But
these gigantic StructureSlk into COM
parativn inSionificance bic the cone
Shaped mud and clay ceilings con,
str,lcted by the telmit, or So-called
white ants Ono of these hills recent
" measured by an entcr6ng natural
list exploring Somaliland NfoGnd to b"
Is feet in height. while nv he disroN-
cred to be 10 and Il feet u. The stat
ure of an average man is but 80 feet
The highest dwelling houNet erected
is about :75 feet. or 60 TIL th" height
of this man. The Eiffel 'Ihr is about
179 tines the height of this h. But the
average height of termitG about haiI
an inch. making ten-fo4nt hili :"
times his stature. IF we mafv the an,
be 800 feet in height. intparatively
larger in proportion than aFkvscraper
ever erected by genus hon The con
structirc instinct Is highly floped IN
many Of the lower animals Ihc beaver
not only burrows but bull n hut or
sticks which 1t plasters W mud ny
means of it's fiat tail that mbe liken'h
to II earde ner's grass heater;h tail AIS"
serves as store for fat to I the am
r,al over tho winter. The lingo also
builds a nest of mud TIarvdrnice anu
dornice make spherical ncsof grass.
and many fishes construct ne in Which
to rear their young. Chicag"ibune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-18

Those. Democrats in Maine who still
remain in the party since the nominal
ton of Bryan are endeavoring to
make up for the decrease in numbers
with an increase of noise, but without
success. There are not enough OF
them left.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-18

our merchants, and tine greater the
general prosperity Among our citizens
We cheerfully credit the Sun with
having fairly and honestly stated the
Democratic policy; but 1t Is not an
attractive one to Maine citizens.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-18

The reason for issuing this notice IL
that the owners of the hotel nave not
complied with the laws which require
the building to be equipped with hre
escapes. This is the first instance OF
the kind in the twin towns when the
warden was Obliged to issue such
notice