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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27

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that of the farmer with twelve stalwart sons: tor
the absence of fences will in way endanger its
productiveneSs
All of which novel conditions and many others
are to be brought about by experts OF the Depart
ment of Agriculture in connection with their eX-
peri1nents with the much hated. and long sp1ned
prickly pear. They have shown that IN bad years
this domestcated denzen of the great deserts yields
forage to the extent of twenty-three tons to the
acre. and they accidentally slip in a statement to
the effect that little tried variety last year yielded
fftv-fve tons. Tried side by side with sorghum,
the heaviest producer on the gwen farms the
prickly pear Yields times much iced tor stock
as does that staple crop. Its advantages over all
other crops are numerous that only few OF them
be put down here.
Burbank Started 1t
THE beginning of it all four years back, when
Luther Burbank announced that ne had de-
ve1oped spneess pricy pear that could be used tor
making hot cakes, and unscient1fc enthusiasts be-
gan figuring on the prospective productiveness of
such unpopulous sections of the globe as Death
Valley The department had an experiment station
at San Antonio, Texas, and as various and sundry
varieties of thorny plants grew thereabout, many
kinds corraled and placed in captivity.
Now it appears from results obtained that certain
varieties notably the pnuttd Lindhetera, had been
waiting through the centuries under unfavorable
conditions to show what they could do if given a
fair chance to compete with civilized things They
had remained green and sturdy and unaffected by
the droughts of the ages that had grpped that vast
Texas to the Pacific Coast and north and south for
thousands of miles They had placidly survived
amid difficulties that had proved death to all recog-
nized products of the farm and, given opportunity
equal to those other forms of vegetation, they pro-
ceeded to prove their superiority under favorable
conditions.
The ground was plowed and leaves or joints of
the plant laid on the surface in rows six feet
apart. leaf placed every two feet. Not one
in the lot failed to take root, though they were not
covered with earth, and not was there that did
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-05
CARE IND USE OF STRAW.
How the Farmer Can Make u Count
fer the Most.

In the care and use of straw Ne
first requisite is 10 begin caring for
the straw at the proper time, which is
when the grain is mature enough to
insure its becoming thoroughly dry in
shock, stack or barn before being
threshed Having cut and shocked the
grain at the proper season, the next
requisite is to house or stack careful
ly. housing being preferable 20 stack
ing, Of courss for both grain and
straw Permit the observation in this
connection that either straw or hay
stacked out will soon be thing OF the
past. After having permitted grain to
remain in barn a sufficient length OF
time to insure a right condition for
threshing. secure the services of a
thresher whose work it will be to
store away straw in shed and grain In
granary, or otherwise. II so directed.
The straw is now in she'd well cured
and in good condition for feed. bedding
or for market IL desirable; but we
would confine it's uses TO the farm, as
the farm from which the straw Is
MAJ hfAfl utfOAAtCs III AAt NDNA VI
time. sterile.
Shortly after threshing is done the
season is at hand when the stock
which has been roaming over the
green pastures all summer will enjoy
having shelter over them at night and
a nice clean dry bed whereupon they
may lie Now the straw which has
been so nicely cared for in the shed
will not only furnish the above com
forts for the stock, but will afford
variety in the way OF food for change
from the more nutritious kinds of feed,
which are. of course, indispensable.
After winter has set in and the
weather has become severe it will be
come necessary to have shelter for
the stock and feed within their reach
all the time The shed with the straw
therein will supply both of the above
and will also keep droppings and bed
ding in condition 10 be spread upon
the fields as fertilizer, thus repaying
the farmer for caring for his straw
and stock.
The shed and stables in which the
straw bedding has been used may be
cleaned out at the farmers leisure
when weather is reasonably fair 1t
should be done, however, only when
necessary for proper care and cleanli.
ness OF stock, as by permitting the
fertilizer to remain in shed rots 1t and
makes 1t all the richer when it is not
exposed to washing rains and SHOWS.
Many more uses for straw on the farm
might be given, but this article is
sufficient to convince all that straw
pays for its care.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-05
PROPER LOCATION OF DRAINS.
Before Beginning Work Make Aceu-
rate Map Of Area TO Be Drained.

John T. Stewart, in an address to
Minnesota farmers, said:
The basis for all drainage improve
ments is an accurate map Of the area
TO be drained. Such a map. known
as topographic map, should show all
local improvements, the boundaries Of
lands TO be benefited by the drain
age and the boundary of the water
shed II should also show the eleva-
ton above fixed point of all sloughs.
low lands and the tops OF ridges
through which it might be necessary
TO construct the outlet channel, and
wherever practicable and funds are
available five-foot contours should be
sketched of the field.
With such a map the engineer can
determine the best outlet and route
for the proposed channel. On this
map the location for the proposed
drains can be laid out, their grade,
size and approximate cost determined,
after which the ditch may be staked
out on the ground, making such minor
changes as are found necessary by
closer study OF the route. Where a
detailed survey has been made and
the notes plated 1t is economy to es-
tablish a few permanent marks, from
which the survey could be continued,
o. another engineer at some future
time could take up the work where It
has been left of without having to
duplicate that which has already been
done. Land owners should select
points for these marks where there is
little danger of their being molested
and then see TO II that they are pre-
served
Farmers as a rule do not realize the
advantages in preserving survey mon.
uments. This fact alone has been
the cause of a waste OF much money
by the duplication of work. Surveys
for drainage often costing several
hundreds of dollars, have frequently
been made, and where the construc-
tion work was not carried out the
notes and plats were never filed and
no permanent mark left. When the
work is taken up few years later, 1t
is necessary to duplicate the survey.
A few additional dollars spent in
making permanent marks and in pre-
pairing the records for filing would
have preserved the entire work for
future use.
In maiy cases an engineer is en-
ployed TO stake out a drain on a
route which is supposed TO be the
best one, no examination is made for
another route or outlet the area of
the watershed is not looked up. AS
a result the size of the ditch is mere
ly guess. Time may develop the fact
that the best route was not selected,
and the ditch is either too large or
too small, and consequently does not
perform it's work satisfactorily. 4
ditch being improperly located either
does not drain all the land II should,
or is expensive TO construct or
maintain.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-05

cows wurks. and by touching button
the milk and honey flowed into a pail,
and II he would get such a machine
could touch the button all right He
said the orphanage couldn't AFFORD TO
buy such machine, but II wanted TO
invent any device to milk cows could
30 ahead, but II was up TO me TO pro-
duce milk. one way or another
Well an idea struck me just like be-
ing hit with a baseball bat. and in a
short time ! was ready.
got clothes wringer out OF the
laundry and went TO corral the COW.
] thought II a clothes wringer could
squeeze the blue water out OF a wash
tub OF clothes, It would squeeze pail
OF milk out OF a COW, so ! took my
clothes wringer and the milk pail and
got under the COW and gathered all
her four weiners together In my hands
and put the ends OF them between the
rubber rollers, just easy, and the boys
gathered round 90 see where my in
ventive genius was going TO get on
at. Then when my audience was all
ready TO cheer me, II the machine
worked ] took hold of the handle OF
the machine, which was across my
lap. and turned the crank with a quick
motion, until all the cows weiners
went through between the rollers, and
] noticed the COW hinched, and just
then one OF the sophomore boys
threw a giant firecracker under the
cows basement near the milk pail.
and when the explosion came, just
when | was cranking her up a second
time and turning on the high speed
clutch, the COW bleated as though she
had lost her calf and she went up
into the air like the COW that jumped
over the moon and she went across
the country on cavalry charge, with
me hanging on the handle Of the
wrInger with one hand, on her tail
with the other and the boys giving the
orphan school yell, and the COW bel
lowing like a whole drove OF cattle
that have smelled blood around
slaughter house.
Gosh, but / never had such an ex-
cursion. The COW went around the
house and on 20 the porch where the
manager and some women were, and
finally rushed into the kitchen. and
everybody came and prled mo loose
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-05
AXLE GREASE.
It Does Not Pay to Use Any But the
Best.

The usefulness and durability OF a
wagon or dray depends greatly upon
the proper care of the wheels and
axles The prevailing idea among both
farmers and draymen is that grease is
grease anywhere and It doesn't matter
much what kind or how il is applied.
just so it is applied. Many wagon
owners cut the bookings out Of their
wagon wheels by some inferior lubri-
cant Many of these run and leave the
spindle dry or form a stiff, gritty sub
stance in the wheel which is very bad.
The right axle grease should have
proper body; should not be so thin as
TO run nor so thick as to cake. There
are plenty of reliable axle greases on
the market and there are plenty which
are not reliable. Get good, expen-
sive kind and stick to ii. II pays
every time.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-05

ager, and we went off into the woods
and haN1 an Indignation meeting, and
passed resolutions condemning the
management OF the orphanage and
suggested that we form a union and
strike for shorter hours and more food.
and II we did not get II, we could
walk out, and make the orphan school
business close up.
We discussed what we would do and
s.y to the boss. and just before sup
per time We lined up In a body before
the house and called out the manager
and made our demands, and gave him
10 minutes 10 accept, or out We would
go, and tell you We looked saucy.
never saw anything act as quick
as that strike did. In five minutes
the manager came out and said he
wouldn't grant a thing, and besides
We were locked out, and couldn't ever
get back into the place unless we
crawled on our hands and knees and
stood on our hind feet like dogs, and
barked and begged for food, and he
shut the door and the dining room
was closed in our faces, and we were
told to get OF the place or they would
set the dogs on us.
For few minutes not a word was
said, then the boys pitched on to me
and another boy that had brought on
the strike, and gave us a good licking,
and made us run TO the woods, and
when we got nearly out of sight we
turned and all the brave dubs that
were going to break up the orphanage
were down on their seats on the grass,
begging like dogs to be taken back,
because supper was ready, and my
chum and me were pulling for tall
timber, wondering where the next
meal was coming from, and where we
were going TO sleep
We were the only boys in that bunch
OF strikers that had sand enough to
stand up for union principles, and as
is usually the case the fellows who
had the most gravel in their crops
had little else, and was never so
hungry in my life.
A diet Of fried bull heads and skim
milk, and sour bread for a few days
in the orphanage had left me with an
appetite that ought 10 have had a ten
course banquet at once, but We walked
on tor hours, and finally struck y
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-05
Select Seed Corn EarIX.

| find It advisable 10 select my
seed corn about the middle OF Octo-
ber, writes Whiteside county
0llinois) farmer in Farmers Review.
The general practice here is to select
the seed corn when 1t is being husked.
Not more than ten per cent of the
farmers select their seed in the field.
Nearly all the farmers, however, keep
their corn unshelled. Farmers here
have corn shelters, which they use in
shelling their seed corn, and most
shell of the tips and butts to prevsnt
these seeds from going into the seed
corn, and believe this is a good prac-
tice. | hang my seed in a well-ven-
tilsted room until II is thoroughly
dry, and then | take it upstairs ia the
house and hang II in a room that al,
ways has a fre under II and the stove
pipe running through 1t. recon-
mend this as good practice 10 be
followed.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-05
SHE GOT HER MAN-H1PeY.
indian Woman Not Likely TO es Len
Far Behind in Life's BstttL

Writing of the famous Dean Kaye
OF Topeka, in Suburban Life, Paul A.
Lovewell, says:
Dean Kaye has had Interesting ex-
periences during his souiourns in the
wi'i.rness. Once all Indian woman
came to his cabin
"'You marry? she asked.
"'Yes,' said the dean, I can marry
folks. Have you got a man?'
Again the woman grunted. and de-
parted. About sundown she returned.
dragging with her an apparently
abashed and reluctant brave.
"'Got him, she remarked. laconical1J
ly. producing her marriage license.
The man knew no English, but the
woman prompted him when 1t became
necessary for him to give his assent
TO the deans questions. When 1t was
over the squaw paid the minister his
fee and led her husband away in tri-
umph."
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-05
GLASS TOLD OF DEATH.
Three Times II Cracked, and Each
Time a Child Died.

Hospital attendants are not super
stitious This may be because they
see death i'm it's multiple forms and
therefore become calloused and skep-
tical An incident at the city hos
pital recently, however, will long be
a subject for conjecture and discus
sion, says the Cincinnati Enquirer.
On the desk in the receiving ward
a water glass stainless and very
heavy, is kept for the use of the en-
ployes. To guard against its break.
age II is placed in a corner Of the
desk where nothing can strike IT,
One afternoon, when there were no
patients in the ward, a sudden click
was heard Archie Miller, an attend
ant, looked at the glass and noticed
crack about half an inch long in II,
which had not been there before
Scarcely ten minutes elapsed when
the telegraph instrument announced
the death of Louisa Young in the chill.
dren's ward.
The coincidence might have been
forgotten had not 90 minutes later the
same click been heard on the desk,
when Miller again looked al the glass
and noticed a second crack a trife
longer than the first hgain there was
a short interval OF silence, when the
ticker spoke once more, telling of the
death OF Edith Williams, also in the
children's ward. BY this time the
strange warning became subject Of
comment I'm the ward
A third time, however the omen
was repeated, the glass sprung an,
other crack. and shortly after the
death of Joseph Manning. who lived
at 424 West Third street, was an.
nounced Gee whillikins!" shouted
Miller, turning pale. Say Ia like TO
60 across the street," And he did.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-05
HELPFUL FARM HINTS,

Hay and harvesting are at hand,
but the machinery does most of the
work.
1t is better TO sacrifice few bushels
of grain than to cut down a fine row
of trees.
The latest use of cement is in the
construction of tile, which proves &c
ne more durable than clay and nearly
as cheap.
When your soil is infested with sor
rel you may know that 1t is acid and
needs lime. SOrrel will not grow
except on acid soil.
Courage and perseverance are valu-
able assets for the farmer. There are
many discouraging things in farming,
but the good mSz are the ones that
never say die.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-05
ICogyr.si 10, ~ " 9. claBnAn.j

There is no encouragement for 10.
yentive genius In this orphans home
that am honoriug with my patronage
] always supposed that an orphan
age was = place where they tried 20
make an orphan feel that u wasn't
such a great loss not 10 have regu-
lar home among your people as long
As you could be lovingly cared for In
big bunches by charitable people,
who would act Ike a high school 20
you, and when you got diploma from
an orphans home you could 20 out
into the world and hold up your head
like a college graduate. but ] can see
from my experience al this alleged
home that when We boys get out the
police will have a tab on US. and We
will be pinched like tramps.
What encouragement is there 10
learn anything but being chambermaid
10 cows Gee. but ] never want to
look a COW in the face again. When
! failed 20 milk that COW and she gal.
loped all over the place. and kicked
my liver around where my spleen
ought to be. the one-eyed warden OF
the place told me ! must practice on
that COW till got so that could
milk her with my eyes shut, and that
] wouldn't get much to eat until I
could show him that was he-mllk.
maid OF the thirty-third degree
! told him ! saw a machine last
year at the state fair that had sue
tion pump that was put on 20 the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-05
DEEP CRACKS FROM ECZEMA
Could Lay slate.Pencil in one-Hands
in Dreadful State-Permanent
Cure In Cuticura.

IT had eczema on my hands for
about seven years and during that
time had used several so-called rem
edies, together with physicians and
druggists prescriptions. The disease
was so bad on my hands that ! could
lay slate-pencil in one of the cracks
and a rule placed across the hand
would not touch the, pencil | kept
using remedy after remedy, and while
some gave partial relief, none relieved
as much as did the first box of Cuu-
cura Ointment. ! made a purchase OF
Cuticura Soap and Ointment and my
hands we're perfectly cured after two
boxes of Cuticura Ointment and one
cake of Cuticura Soap were us~d. w.
H. Dean, Newark. Del. Mar. 2S. 1907"
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from the COW. and got the clothes
wringer of her vital parts. and
shooed her back 10 the barn. and then
they took me 10 the managers office.
and ! tainted away.
When ] came 10 the one-eyed man
ager had a bandage over bis nose
where the handle Of the clothes wiring
er hit him when be tried to turn the
handle back 10 release the pressure
on the COWS bananas. and he was so
mad you could hear him sis" like
when you drop water on a hot griddle
He got up and took me By the neck
and wrung II just like was a hen
company coming and he dropped me
"kerplunk" and said ] had ruined the
best COW on the place by lat,ening out
her private affairs 50 that nothing but
skim milk could ever get through the
teats. and he asked me what in thun-
der was doing. milking a COW with
a clothes wringer, when ! ought to
have known that a clothes wringer
would squeeze the milk up into the
second story OF the COW
l told him had never been a dairy
farmer. anyway. and a COW was a
new proposition to me, and he said |
could go and live on bread and water
till doomsday. and that | was the worst
orphan he ever saw. and he pushed
me out OF the room
The boys met me when ] came out
Of the presence OF the oneeyed man
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-05
General Demand

OF the Well-lnformed of the World has
always been for simple, pleasant ano
efficient liquid laxative remedy of know,
value; laxative which physicians coulf
sanction for family use because its com
ponent parts are known to them to BE-
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect
acceptable to the system and gentle, we,
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex.
cellent combination of Syrup of Figs an.
Elixir OF SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relic
on the merits of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one Of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir Of SIENNA is giyep
the preference by the Well-Informed
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine-manufactured by the Cali,
foraia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cent?
per bottle.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-05
Nailinq Him.

He-Its jolly nice to kiss one you
like.
She-(No answer).
He-That is, of course, II she
doesn't mind.
She--(No answer).
He-If she gets mad it's altogether
another thing.
She-(No answer.
Held like to steal a kiss now
She-(No answer.
He-If it would be quite safe.
She-Have you finished?
He-Oh. yes!
She-Then how can you make SO
many fool remarks when you see that
/ am alone and entirely at your
mercy?-Young's Magazine.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-05
More Important,

"Ah! Mrs. Newcomb." said the up
pish Mrs. Subbubs, my many social
duties have prevented me from calling
upon you as should. However, | will
surely return your visit some day"
"Oh! that doesn't matter much"
replied Mrs. Newcomb promptly, but
do wish you'd return the groceries
you've borrowed from time to time
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-05

inner sills, says Farm Journal, are
trifie heavier than the outer ones. The
cross strips should be OF hard wood.
The second cut shows how the side
uprights are put in around the open
space. The two uprights have their
ends in the inner sill. and their tops
in the top rail as the others have.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-05
Honest Poultry Dealers.

When you hear of dishonest breed
er of fine poultry, don't think that all
of them are alike, The average poul
tryman regards his business in a diff
ferent light from that of mere graft.
or money making
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-05
~cUT.UNoER- Hay RACK.
Easy to Make " One .. Handy with
Tools.

A "cut-under" hay rack: Hay racks
are easy to make IL one is handy with
tools. The cut shows a diagram Of
the bottom framing. With the outside
sills severed TO give the front wheels
chance to "cut-under." The two
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-05
SPoHN'S DISTEMPER cI

STUIIN ; DISIEMPFK tURF will
cure any possible case of DlSTEMPER,
PINK EYE, and the like among horses
OF all ages, and prevents al Others in the
same stable from having the disease Also
cures chicken cholera. and dog distemper
Any good druggist can supply YOU. or send
to manufacturers. so cents and 81 90 bot
tie. Agents wanted. Free book. Spohn
Medical Co, Spec. Contagious Diseases,
Goshen, Ind.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-05
TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD.

Pinxit-I have just finished the late
Mrs. Peck's portrait. It's a speaking
likeness.
The Widower Peck-Would II be
too much trouble to-er-change 1t q
bit in that respect?
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-05
keen Manon Iack Handy.

You will grease the wagon oftener
r. you have a wagon jack handy, The
load will pull lighte: and the horses
will say thank you" now and thea.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-05

Let him who has bestowed a benefit
be silent. Let him who received it
tell OF it.-Seneca.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-05

ARE YOUR CLOTHES FADED,
Use hed Cross Ball Blue and make them
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-05
RACK FOR HusklNe SHOCK CORN
Makes the Task Much Easier and One
Can Work Faster.

Place boards IL or IA feet long on
two common carpenters horses 10