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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

the maximum hog gains in connection
with the steer feeding operation.
For the best results it requires an
active hog TO follow cattle. OF late
years the feeder has not had the op-
portunity Of discriminating as he
would like, but. other things being
equal, he prefers well-grown hog
weighing from 100 to $50 pounds, thin
in flesh and of good bone. II is not
advisable TO put shoats weighing less
than so or 60 pounds after cattle II 1t
can be avoided, and under no circum.
stances should sows in pig or with
young pigs at their side be used for
this purpose.
Frequently someone, usually be.
ginner, writes to the station for infor-
nation as to how to prepare the grain
so as 10 be able to feed cattle profit
ably without hogs to follow. In such
case the writer usually reports that
1t is inexpedient to use hogs on ac-
count OF previous outbreak of
cholera on the farm or because of the
scarity Of hogs and the difficulty with
which they can be bought. Our in
variable answer is not to feed the cat
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16
DO YOU KNOW
WHAT WHITE LEAD is7
Its Chief Use and Method Of Deter.
minina Good from Bad Explained.

White Lead is the standard paint
material all over the world 1t Is made
by corroding metallic lead into white
powder through exposing 1t to the
fumes of weak acetic acid and carbonic
acid gas: this powder is then ground
and mixed with linseed oil. making
thick paste, in which form it Is packed
and sold for painting purposes. The
painter thns It down to the proper
consistency for application BY the ad-
dltion Of more linseed oil.
The above refers, of course, 70 pure.
genuine White Lead only Adulterated
and fake White Lead, of which there
are many brands on the market, is
generally some sort OF composition
containing only a percentage of white
lead; sometimes no White Lead at all;
in such stuff barytes or ground rock,
chalk. and similar cheap substances
are used to make bulk and initiate the
appearance of pure White Lead.
There is, however. a positive test by
which the purity or impurity OF White
Lead may be proved or exposed, be-
fore painting with 1t.
The blow-pipe flame will reduce
pure white lead to metallic lead. II
a supposed white lead be thus tested
and it only partially reduces to lead.
leaving a residue, 1t is proof that
something else was there besides
white lead.
The National Lead Company guar
antee all White Lead sold in packages
bearing its Dutch Boy Painter trade
mark TO prove absolutely pure under
this blow.pipe test, and that you may
make the test yourself in your own
home, they will send free upon re-
quest a blow.pipe and everything else
necessary to make the test. together
with a valuable booklet on paint. Ad-
dress, National Lead Company, Wood.
bridge Building, New York.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16
DRY FARMING
REQUIRES BRAINS

Dry farming does not require any
special or new equipment but neces.
states more brains than most people
are willing TO give. Every dry farmer
should have four or six horses. n
threesection drag harrow, two IL or
l4inch gang plows, a subpacker, a
disk harrow and a float If not a weed
er. Most of the disks are now made
10 inches in diameter but they should
not be larger than II inches, as the
small disks seem to do better work.
harrow is valuable for maintaining
soil mulch One or more good cult.
vators are needed and a lister is quite
essential Several farmers could club
together and buy a harvesting ma.
chine, for unless a man has large
farm he would not need its exclusive
use, The press drill is one of the es.
sentials and may be either of the
shoe or disk type. The disk drill
has some advantages when there IL
much stubble or coarse manure on
the ground, but on well prepared sum.
mer fallow the shoe drill with press
wheels following to firmly pack the
soil around the seed does the best
work. on heavy clay soils where ado.
be abounds double press w.,el
should be used II the soil bakes. the
double press wheel will leave crack
in the middle directly over the seed
through which the rain may enter and
the terminating plantlets push their
way out of the ground
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

cent. of its gross weight, mixture
OF crop and rape 80 per cent. and rape
alone "a per cent. The material was
placed in the silo In September and
taken out in March.
Excessive fermentation produces ST.
lage with "A high acid content, in addi-
tion to causing large loss of nutri-
tive material. We have studied the
effect of checking extensive fermenta-
tion by treating silage with steam for
a number of years, The silos were
filled in the usual way and steam gen
Grated in boiler was passed through
a pipe into the mass until 1t was thor
oaghly heated az to IA hours at 20'f0
pounds pressure) in case OF silos FIVE
feet in diameter and ls seet deep
Large as well as small silos were
used. Tho method of piping to intro.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

There is pathos about the statement
that any man or woman has died of
grief that appeals TO the sentimental,
but as plain matter of fact grief
alone does not kill. Therefore, re-
marks the indianapolis Star, the prac.
tical minded are not surprised to learn
of the latest reported case of this kind
that the physicians return to the
health board specifies tuberculosis as
the cause OF death. Doctors are pro.
sale, for though they often minister
20 minds diseased, they begin by build.
ing up the body.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16
HAPPY OLD AGE
Most Likely to Follow Proper Eating.

As old age advances, we require less
food to replace waste, and food that
viii not overtax the digestive organs.
while supplying true nourishment.
such an ideal food is found In Crane.
Nuts, made of whole wheat and harley
by long baking and action of diastase
IN the barley which changes the starch
into sugar.
Inc phosphates also, placed up un.
der the Jran-coat of the wheat are in.
Guided in Grape-Nuts, but left out of
White hour. They are necessary TO
the building of brain and nerve cells.
i have used Grape-Nuts," writes an
Iowa man, for s years and feel as good
and am stronger than | was ten years
ago. am over "A years old, and at
tend to my business every day.
Among Jay customers meet a man
every day who is 92 years Old and at.
tributes his good health 10 the use of
Grape,Nuts and Postum which he has
used for the last years. He mixes
Grape'Nuts with Postum and saws thew
go fine together.
For many years before | began TO
eat Grape,Nuts, could not say that
! enjoyed life or knew what it was 10
De able to say I am we'll. | suffered
greatly with constipation, now my hab.
its are as regular as ever in nv life
whenever ! make extra effort
depend on Grape.Nuts food and n iust
mis- the bill. can think and write
great deal easier"
There's Reason" Name given Nv
POSTUM Co., Battle Greek, Mich Read
ihe Road to Wellville." in 2kcs.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16
GLAD TO HAVE HIM co.
Toll.Gate Keeper Thought He Had
Visit from His Satanic Majesty.

This is not the only age in which
motor cars have created excitement
and disturbance. In 1902 such appari-
tions were few and far between; at
present they are too frequent to at
tract attention. Mr.. Joseph Hatton, in
"Old Lamps and New" tells of the
fright caused by one Of Trevithick's
steam locomotives, made to run on
unrailed roads in the early part OF the
last century.
Now and then one of these extraor.
dinary vehicles would be encountered,
snorting and putting on the highway.
The countrymen regarded them as the
evil one in disguise.
One of the cars, coming to a toll.
gate, stopped for the gate to be
opened. The toll-man came hurrying
out. He flung the gate open with
trembling hands, and teeth which
chartered audibly.
The driver asked him how much toll
there was to pay.
20, nothing, dear Mr. Satan. moth.
ing!" hastily assured the man. GO
on as fast as you like; there's nothing
to pay."-Youth's Companion.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

What One Dairyman Says.-I have
a good warm stable, and while my
cows are being MIXED they receive
from five to ten pounds per day of
bran and ground oats, half and half,
mixed with clover and timothy hay
and shredded cornstalks for rougkage,
writes a Wisconsin farmer in Farm
and Homo. Good stock with good
feed and good hay will certainly fiji
the pocketbook. | started TO produce
milk for a cheese factory about eight
years ago with common bred cows,
and now use full blood Holstein bull,
which is the third that ! have had.
so ! have some pretty high.grade
cows. raise my own heifers and
also the best milking cows. My cows
pay better than anything else know
Of, and land has increased in value
from s25 to $50 per acre in ten years
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16
A Moderate-Sized Barn

This barn is calculated for farm Il
100 or $50 acres. The plan Is drawn
supposing II 10 be a bank barn. with
side drives. The same plan can be
used for an end drive with slight
changes. II will give accommodation
for FIVE horses, and box stall for
colts (or mare and foaD, q cattle and
foz st2ll for calves; also root cellar.
The walls are TO be either stone or
concrete The windows In basement tn
be q inches by 30 inches OF glass and
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

those receiving the tankage gained
1880 pounds. Conditions were other
wise identical. The amount Of tank.
age used was 259.5 pounds, costing,
laid down, S4.SS, from which an in.
creased hog gain of 422 pounds was
secured. The profit from this opera.
tion will be apparent when 1t is real
lied that this extra hog gain cost but
little more than one cent per pound.
In view OF the fact that a consid.
cradle part of the profit is in the hog,
1t is important that considerable at
tention be given to the making of
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

feet; IL pieces l by ~ for cornice,
IL feet; granary girts, 6 by 6, 10
feet; granary girts, 6 by 6, 12 feet;
lG fancy studs, 2 by 5, feet long:
800 feet matched sheeting for gran
ary; 800 feet inch sheeting, for gran.
AIRY; 400 feet inch sneeting for ceiling
granary u joist granary top, 2 by s,
IL feet; 10 pieces l by T. IA feet face
boards. The stone wall should be 10
feet high, and will require 30 cords
stone, or 12O wagon loads; 30 yards
sand, 100 bushels lime.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

cross sills. 10 by 10 inches. 40 feet
long; s side girts. By inches. l6
feet long; 6 end girts. by inches.
lG feet long; 6 center purline girts
by 6 inches. 16 feet long: 10 girrs.
by 6 inches. ~ feet long; door
caps. 6 by inches. "a feet long; II
girts, 6 by 6 inches, ~ feet long; u
girts, 6 by 8 inches IA feet long; 80
joists. 2 by 10 inches. 16 feet long
50 joists, by 10 inches. u feet long.
10 long braces for purline posts. 4 by
1 inches, 10 feet long; 30 scantlings,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16
Didn't Need IL.

Agent-Heres book that will be
welcome in every family. 1t contains
all the rules of etiquette and direc.
tions for avoiding slips in grammar.
Hiram Gasscutt-Don't need moth
In of that kind. Got a daughter hum
from boardin school, a son goin to
high school an hired man who's a
college feller workin' fer his health.
But, by ling. partner. it's a relief to
talk once IN a while to a common.
ordinary person. | don't need the
book, but I'm darned glad you called,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

duce the steam at the bottom and in
the middle of the silos is shown in our
illustration. The sugar, acidity, and
moisture were determined in the fresh
material and at frequent intervals
when the silage was removed from the
silo. In the case of cut yetch and
whole and cut clover the acid in the
fresh material before ensiling ranged
from O.lS to O.27 per cent, calculated
as acetlc acid, and in the steamed
silage when taken from the silo from
O.42 to O.SS per cent. The sugar in the
fresh material ranged from l.36 per
cent. to 2.07 per cent. and in the silage
from 0.93 to EOS per cent. In a test
in which the silage was not steamed
the fresh clover contained O.1S per
cent. acid and the ensiled material
l.Ol per cent, the proportions of sugar
in the fresh and ensiled material be.
Ing 1.S2 per cent, and 0.75 per cent.
Another sample of ensiled clover,
which was not steamed, contained ! .16
per cent. acid. In later experiments
the acidity of unsteamed silage of all
kinds tcorn, vetch and clover) varied
from 1.0l to 1.94 per cent, averaging
LIS. of steamed silage from 0.3 to O.SS
per cent. averaging 0.53 per cent.
Steaming seems to be more effective
in checking the acid fermentation in
ccra than in other crops.
In one of the tests of steamed si-
age immature corn fodder which had
been touched by frost was used. Full
analyses of the fresh and ensiled ma
terial are reported, the acid in the 81.
lage being determined at intervals of
week for about two months. The
fresh material contained 01S per cent.
acid and 2,43 per cent. sugar and the
material when taken from the silo 0.4S
per cent acid and els per cent sugar.
For purposes of comparison a full an.
alysis was made of ordinary corn ST.
lage. This contained l.65 per cent.
acid and 0.49 per cent sugar. A com.
Iarison of the two materials led the
author TO conclude that the ordinary
silage underwent considerably more
chemical or biological changes than
did the steamed silage, these changes
being indicated by the large increase
in acidity and decrease in sugar. The
steamed corn silage was fed to stock
and was found to have suffered very
little injury from the frost.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

tie, but TO either sell them to someone
who has hogs or to keep them until
hogs may be safely used, This advice
does not of course apply with as much
force to weanling calves where one is
fixed for grinding the grain and has
an abundant supply of choice clover
of cowpea hay to go with it, but even
then the hog gains will help out ma.
terially in the operation. One cannot,
however, afford to equip for grinding
grain to feed single bunch. of cattle,
and when hogs are healthy the grind
ing is not, as a rule, profitable.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

hung on hinges at the top; fan lights
above doors, ~ inches by 40 inches;
roof to be a hip with lower rafter
"half' pitch, and upper rafter third"
pitch; purline posts TO be placed Il
feet inside OF outside Of side posts
main posts and purlines post to be
10 by 10 inches, and upper cross
beams by inches. The barn IS to
be 40 by 60 feet. and basement wall,
8 feet clear Of poists. The main and
purline plates are to be "spliced" II
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16
TREAT SILACE
WITH STEAM
BY a. l.. KniseIy, Oregon.

The fermentation Of silage entails
more or less loss Of material, but is
commonly considered beneficial, as it
develops favors and softens plant
tissue.
The amount of material lost when
green crops ferment in the silo has
been frequently studied. In recent
tests carried on at the Canada expert
mental farms with an experimental
silo It was found that corn lost 10 per
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

II looks as though the ambitious
scheme suggested by certain Russian
statesmen and involving the expendl.
ture of 81, 200. 900 900 in the construc.
tion OF a powerful navy was good
deal OF a bluff" At all events. re.
marks the Troy IN. Y) Times. the
proposition has been sidetracked. the
minister of finance announcing that he
aces no possibility OF raising the
funds that would be required. 1t seems
TO an outsider that there are many
shings which Russia needs more than
o big and costly navy.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

3 by 4 inches, 12 feet long; 62 rafters,
? by 6 inches, 18 feet long; G2 rafters,
2 by . inches, . feet long; 10 cross
beams, 8 by . inches, II feet long; )
cross beams, by inches, 16 feet
long: 300 feet inch flooring; 2,240
feet planks for five floors; 2,200 feet
siding, Is feet long; 1000 siding, II
feet long for ends; $500 feet inch
roofing; 26 NJ. shingles; pieces
] by 6 for ridge brands, IA feet; 5
pieces l by I, for ridge brands, II
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16
AnsMered TruthfuIIu

During the late financial furry a st.
Louis business man was called to
serve on a jury. What is your
name?" asked the attorney. John
Smith" the business man replied.
Your color?" the attorney continued.
White said John Smith Your
age?" "Forty-eight," quoth Mr..
Smith" Your business?" Rotten"
said John Smith.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

Cows That Pay.-The farmer with
80 cows that produce an average of
two gallons of four per cent. TO FIVE
per cent, milk n day, has a source
of Income that Is worth more than
$4,000 per year in the cities. True
there will be expense and a great
deal Of work, but the profits viii be
more and the work no harder than
the man who can command $4,000 per
year in the city.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16
EMMER AND SPELT

Although closely related TO true
wheat, both spelt and emmer are in
a commercial sense quite distinct from
IT, and should be compared rather
with oats and barley. Emmer and
spelt are used for the feeding of cat.
tie, and II is for such purposes that
they deserve considerations To make
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

Preparations are being made at
Belfast for the building OF ship
which is to be 1000 feet long. II may
become possible presently to have our
New York-to Europe automobile races
on the decks OF the larger steam.
shiDs,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

Learn Howl find by experience
that not one farmer in five knows how
TO prepare the seed bed and plant po.
tatoes and attend TO them and do IL
IN n systematic manner, Some farm.
ers think they are doing fine IL they
raise lj0 to 200 bushels OF potatoes
the acre, while If they attend TO the
business in the right way they could
raise 500 bushels.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

The s50O.00O world memorial to
Shakespeare in London, to be com
pleted on tho three hundredth ami
versary Of the poets death, will be an
architectural monument and statue,
not home for impecunious Hamlets
and OTphelias.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

With 10000 more women than men
in Massachusetts. the bachelors In
that state must be exercising unusual
vigilance this year in the presence
OF female with determined CLEAN
J In her eye.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

Mr.. Edison says his success is due
90 two per cent. genius and 9S per
cent. hard work. And yet some men
who think they are endowed with 9S
per cent genius and do two per cent.
hard work wonder why they get only
two dollars a day
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

Perhaps Hetty Green. who is living
in a fiat in the slums. is preparing 10
do settlement work. She has never
adopted any fashionable fads before
but II isn't too late for them yet.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

That London health journal may be
right in declaring that flesh food Is
the chief cause OF dipsomania. Il
has been noticed that frankfurtS suG
gests beer
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

The New York man who testified
that he lost $1,000, 900 in horse racing
should have been asked II he knew
anybody who has ever made $1,000.
600 at the races.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

Maybe the editor of the Detroit pa.
per that asks. did you ever know a
Chinaman to be an anarchist?" never
wore around all day collar into the
edge OF which the Celestial laundry.
man had filed large and regular
teeth.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

A story from York. Pa. about the
cat mothering n family OF six rats
makes the most prominent members
OF Nature Fakers' organization look
look like tyros.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

A London paper is telling its read.
ers how to live on $500 a year" The
average human being would be glad
OF the opportunity to experiment on
that income without any instructions.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

That fireproof wood invented by an
institute Of technology professor is
very interesting, but the chips and
shavings won't be very good for
kindlingB.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

One OF these days the new king OF
Portugal will want wife. No Amer.
lean heiress need apply. Jobs IA
queens are not so plentiful in Europe
but that the people need them all at
home
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

II must be a great relief to find. as
King Edward did in Paris. that the
supposed explosion Of n bomb was the
blare of an enterprlsing photographers
fashlight.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

When the second robin comes
around to hunt up the first robin the
latter takes him aside and congratu.
lates him on his good sense In
waiting.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

over 1000 people committed sui.
eide in Prussia last year Evidently
the gospel OF hope is much needed in
that country.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

The news OF the progress being
made In digging the Panama canal
must be read with many a wistfui
sigh ia Paris.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

81. Louis woman has been given
verdict OF s5Ol because she was
called an "old hen" II is awfully hard
20 prove this on woman.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

An expert geologist says that Mag
ara Falls may disappear II the power
companies are not checked Then
where will the bridal couples go to?
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

II Is said that King Edward never
wears nightcap. For that matter,
neither do we
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

a man 90 Kansas City. who defend.
ed his own case, was fined $3.50 And
yet be may have saved money.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-04-16

The Detroit man who tried suicide
with safety pin might have had bet.
ter success with safety razor.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-28

Just arrived. A1legretti's chocolate
creams. Benson, Smith g. Co., Ltd.