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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11
ABUSE OF PASTURES.

At 2 recent farmers institute which
the writer attended considerable at
tention was quite properly devoted to
a discussion of farm p; Alrage. en-
phasis being placed especially upon the
folly of overpaSturing. both from the
standpoint of harm done to the pasture
and loss sustained by the stock raiser
through having his animals INSULT
GENTLY fed and as a consequence stunt
ed in their development one stock
raiser of experience cited the follow
ing cases which had come under his
own observation: One season with
short pasturage a bunch of steers made
gain during the season of 100 pounds
each. Estimating the anin,als as worth
81 per hundredweight, this meant Il
gain of $3.50 per head. Calling the
pasturage worth So an acre. the rental
value of the land, there was profit
of $50 per acre for the season. An
other bunch handled by the same feed
Or after he had protited by his earlier
experience We're allowed range of
two acres each. At the end of the sea-
son they had made a gain Of $50
pounds per head. Being thrifty and of
better quality. these last brought $3.50
per hundredweight. a total gain during
the season of $14.S5. Subtracting the
cost of pasturage. Sc per head for the
two acres. leaves a net gain of SS.S5
per head and a net return on each acre
of SAP. While there might be many
cases in which the results would not
ba vii In, hn i,,- 70 o;t
the underlying truth involved is one
that every stock feeder should think
over carefully. Added to the handi-
cap Of pastures being overstocked are
often found the other abuses Of turning
stock on to them In the spring before
they get fair start and Of allowing
them to be pastured too late in the fall.
With proper handling there IS no piece
Of land on the average farm that can
be made to give larger return than
good pasture, and this. too. with the
expenditure Of practically no labor and
with the exhaustion Of none Of it's fer
| tility. but rather an increasing Of 1t.
If pasture gets good start in the
spring and is strong it will carry two
cattle for every three acres. If more
than this number are put on, it will
| quite likely result In financial loss at
the end Of the season.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11
GOOD MONEY IN POULTRY,

A Pennsylvania schoolmaster living
not far from Philadelphia owns forty
acre farm near that metropolis which
gives him a larger income than he re-
ceives in his capacity as pedagogue.
Sixteen acres are devoted to growing po-
tatOes and fourteen to corn, while the re-
naming ten are given over to the rails
ing Of poultry. On this plot he aims to
keep from 1000 to 1000 laying hens
the year round, which give him an an
nual income of about $780, He never
keeps hen over year old and sells
all cockerels that he does not need for
his own use at three months old. He
raises White Leghorns exclusively and
has contract with a leading Philadel-
phia hotel which gives him so per cent
above prevailing market prices on his
entire egg output on condition that he
is to receive nothing at all for any
case Of 800 eggs in which a bad or
stale egg Is found. He aims to give
his hens fresh clover pasture all Of the
year possible and enough range so that
they are always clean. He buys yearly
the best representatives Of the breed
that he can find and selects the best
layers from his own flocks for his
breeding pens. His success is due not
only to thoroughbred poultry, but the
best in the way Of poultry houses and
conveniences and thoroughbred care.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11
Planting School Grounds.

School yards should not be planted
with view to shade or comfort alone.
for the same trees that have a de-
cided educational value will furnish all
that IS required Of any. Not only in
themselves does the value Of trees lie,
but their planting and subsequent care
may be used to impart much needed
and valuable instruction to the pupils
attending Too many of our young peo-
pie and altogether too many adults
think that all that is necessary to start
forests or orchards is to dig small
holes, put in mice little trees" and
water them at time Of planting 1t Is
this class Of work that has brought
Arbor day planting into such derision.
School grounds should be the especial
pride Of every community, and those
living nearest should watch over the
planting and the planted.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11
BILLBOARD CHAT.
Method Of Advertising That Will
Prove Unproftable.

The time will come when the bill.
board as an advertising medium will
cease to exist. for the keen business
men will not persist in keeping up any
sort of advertising that Is odious to
any considerable part Of the public.
Advertising of all kinds is merely invi-
tations. and If the invitation TO buy
certain goods or at n certain house Is
extended In an offensive manner no
good can result, but rather will the adj
vertiser be injured. There are many
who like himself, refuse to buy of any
house or line of goods offered for sale
by this odious method, says Il writer in
the Los Angeles Times. This loss add
ed TO the cost of advertising certainly
brings the total expense up to Il point
dangerously near the mere swapping
occupation.
That billboards are a nuisance and
more or less Objectionable to Il ma
jorlty OF our people is conceded 10y
nearly all and maintained by many
with argument quite conclusive. This
being so. it needs but fuller express
sion of disapproval on the part of the
public to cause the business to wane
and eventually to die. If any billboard
proves Objectionable to you, make it
known. 1t is doubtless doubly so to
some one else, and if we all work to-
ward the abatement of public nui-
sances in q cooperative way we shall
gradually approach the ideal standard
of citizenship and public cleanliness,
beauty and comfort. The most etfec-
tive weapon against the billboard nui-
sance is healthy public opinion. and
this will come only through education.
Adjustment will come only through
public demand, and the way to educate
the people Is to keep before them the
fact that billboards are somewhat OBJ
jectionable to all, very much so to
many and almost intolerable in a few.
Plenty Of agitation will finally cause
those who advertise by this method
most freely to doubt its popularity and
therefore Its value. When this doubt
becomes universal, the billboard will
slowly but surely fade from the land
scape.
Goods should sell upon their merits,
and reasonable amount Of newspaper
advertising would keep their name,
price and source Of supply before the
public. The biggest frauds ever thrust
upon confidlng public have been ex-
plotted by the billboard proclamation
method, and where do they go when
all this brazen publicity ceases? But
a year or so since the whole country
blazed with cover the fence went hap
by Joe; CUFF was the food that made
him CO." But who eats 'guff" today
and where can it be purchased? When
any article Is advertised by such a
sensational and questionable method it
is safe to presume that 1t lacks the
merit which Is ever conducive to a
constantly growing demand. In adj
dition to this fact, remember that bill
board advertising is the most costly Of
all the various classes and that pur-
chasers Of the goods must pay for it in
order that the wares may be sold at a
profit. Let us be fair, but keep up the
fight increasingly, and in the end we
shall surely win.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11
MAN MORE THAN METHOD.

1t seems to be the consensus Of opin-
ion that in the care and management
Of the public roads, while a great deal
depends upon the system which is fol-
lowed, even more depends upon the in
dividuals in whose hands are placed the
administering Of the road laws and the
superintendent Of the road work.
This was given emphasis in a recent
farmers institute which the writer at
tended, it being agreed that better
road work was done under the old sys-
TEN of paying the tax in days work
with competent supervision than I'M
der the present cash system in case the
road work was placed In careless or
Indifferent hands. Where good super
intendence is to be had under both cir
cumstances the cash system is general
ly viewed as preferable.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11
MR.. BOOMER OF Bo0MToN.

The town is on boom at last
And everything is going
IS love-" - N1l2sscs. fast
As rapid rivers flowing
New stores have started. Binks & Co.
20 huilt handsome building;
~ Ines # business make a show
WIEN signs in fancy gliding
Yes. N5omt0n now IS in the running
since Mr. Boomer went a-gunning.
The place has taken on an air
Exceedingly superior.
And not a citizen would dare
To call the town inferior
A dozen persons. more or less,
Have each put mp dwelling.
How far the village will progress
There isn't any telling
Since with his weapon Mr. Boomer
Went forth one day in wrathel humor.
There used to be some men. you see,
Who took delight in knocking.
Their number was but two or three,
But what they did was shocking.
When any person would propose
a little town improvement
These fellows swatted IN the nose
That new. progressive movement.
Then Mr.. Foomer up and loaded
His little gun. to anger goaded.
Result: A quite Immediate growth
or Boomton's Cemetery
And no good citizens We're loath
To make the funerals merry.
Then Boomion Just began to grow,
Twas ike place enchanted
For all the boomers had show
With all the knockers planted
Which elbows that real town improve
men.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11

1t is estimated that the decrease in
bird life in the last twenty years has
avera ged 90 per cent. One will readily
understand what this means in added
license for insect life if he will watch
a single robin at work feeding her
young on a summer morning.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11
The ishmaeIites of Trade,

AS rule. the catalogue houses make
a greater profit on their goods than do
the retailers, says Maxwell's Talisman.
This is evidenced by their tremendous
growth. They handle cheap grades,
with an enormous profit added. They
pay no taxes to the community in
which they do business. They are the
Ishmaelites of trade
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11

While very different in size and gen
eral appeara ice, the bluejay and the
common croN belong to the same spe-
more similarity. Barring the carrion
ration of the latter, their bill of fare
is much alike, while neither bird has
the migratory habit developed to any
considerable extent.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11

A dirty creamery patron can coun-
teract and overturn the science and
skill of the best butternaker that ever
lived and not only defraud himself out
of profits that he might just as well
have, but work like injustice to every
other patron of the same concern.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11

With an increase in the value OF
their lands American people must OF
necessity practice in a larger measure
the thrift of the foreign folk who come
to our shores, who in their native lands
are compelled to exercise an economy
that aims TO utilize everything that
can possibly be used.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11

The time is approaching rapidly
when the many varieties Of our song
birds are going to be viewed primarily
on the basis of their value in dollars
and cents to the agricultural and hor-
ticultural int rests of the country and
secondarily because Of their sweet
songs, which meet an aesthetic need in
the human leart.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11

We read the other day Of farmer
who had a good idea of the eternal fit
ness of things and was pretty level
headed. He sent his wife. son and
daughter to the state agricultural short
course, while he himself stayed at
home, did the chores and concocted his
own coffee and fapjacks. They un-
doubtedly appreciated his self sacrifice,
the exercise of which without question
had wholesome influence upon him
self
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11

The hog should not only have Il clean
place in which to rest and sleep. but a
clean trough in which to eat even if 1t
will put up with one that is dirty.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11

A lady friend Of the writer states
that she wishes to register a protest
against the planting of apple and plum
trees on the lawn, it being her thought
that the fallen fruit makes an insight
ly litter and that it also serves to at
tract numerous house flies. We are
not at all sure that the lady is not
grown in the garden patch.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11

A kite raised not long ago by an
eastern astronomer to the height OF
81 900 feet or nearly four miles, regis
tered a temperature at that height of
10 degrees below zero. This would
seem to indicate in interstellar space a
degree of cold that to the human mind
Is almost inconceivable.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11

Any method of seeding small grain
which leaves considerable portion of
it uncovered or at so shallow a depth
that it does not terminate is without
question just so far careless and
wasteful. That is why a drill is pref
cradle to the common broadcast seed
er, for with the former not only is
less seed required to cover a given
piece of ground, but better yield Is
received from that which is sowed.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11

1t Is not necessary for one to lave
the experience himself to be persuad
ed of the fact that it is wise in EN-
barking in new undertakings to start
in on a modest scale While the profits
may not be large, neither are the dis
appointments.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11

1t is just as often bad management
as i'll luck or misfortune that is re-
sponsible for fellows not getting
ahead in the world. We have in mind
the case of an acquaintance who does
not seem to appreciate tAe financial in
consistency involved in laying himself
and his team off a job at which he
realizes So per day to haul $3.50 jag
Of hay. It does not require an expert
financial accountant to make an accu-
rate estimate of this mans financial
status.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11

Among the best bird friends Of the
orchard trees may be mentioned the
nutbatches, chickadees, goldiinches
woodpeckers and bluejays. One spe-
cies inspects the trunks and limbs, an
other guards the twigs and leaves,
while still another looks for its insect
food upon the ground beneath the
trees. Were it not for the myriads Of
insect eggs, larvae and insects which
these birds destroy during the fall
winter and spring months and against
which they also wage a continual war
fare during the summer months the
trees would be able to live but for a
short time.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11

An experiment conducted last sea
son by Lord kennard of the Royal Ag-
rcultural Society of Great Britain,
while carried out under somewhat diff
ferent conditions from those that pre-
vail in this country, still has a real
value for every American farmer who
Is interested il the most economical
handling of his farm fertilizers In
the experiment referred to two ten
acre fields lying side by side and Of
the same fertility and character of soil
were fortified, the one with manure
which was left out in the weather
from the time of It's accumulation to
the time it was spread on the land,
while on the second plot of ground
was scattered manure that had been
kept under cover and as consequence
contained virtually all of it's fertiizing
power. When he gathered his crops
from these in the fall he found that
the last named plot yielded $50 more
bushels of potatoes per acre and 1909
bushels more wheat than that which
had been fortified by the leeched and
weakened manure. 1t Is worth while
Tor the farmer to inquire which OF
these two systems he is working un-
der.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11

A two line local in the home paper
will in nine cases out Of ten enable
one to find buyer for the article he
wants to dispose of as we'll as quickly
locate the party who has the thing that
he may be in need of. Try it once If
the method is new to you and see if
this statement is not correct.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11

No one should undertake the care of
poultry or small fruit who is not will
ing to give them painstaking care and
attention. When some one who has
been successful with poultry makes a
snug sum out of the business it is
quite easy to forget the time and at
tention which was required to make
such success possible.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11

He takes very unreasonable, unfair
and unjustit1a bic attitude as mem Der
of our business and economic order
who Is not willing that his neighbor or
his fellow should make a fair margin
Of profit on the business which he
transacts. A failure to show this fair
ness and consideration is responsible
for good many small and contempti-
BILE procedures.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11

Due to the operation Of kindly nat
ural law scars on the face Of nature
tend to heal over and become less un-
slightly with passing time, as do those
in the human body. The fresh excava-
ton Of gravel pit or the embank-
ments Of railway cut are soon spread
with a luxuriant carpet Of grass and
flowers, an unconscious attempt SEEM
ing to be made to repair the damage
done and make the passerby forget.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11

While the home may not be large
and finely furnished or the lot on
which it sits of generous size, there
is no excuse if a few simple touches
are not put in to add to the beauty
and attractiveness of the premises. A
neat grass plot, flower gardens, vines
and shrubs lastly arranged can be
had with a triding expenditure Of
time and pains and bring return in
real satisfaction that can hardly be
measured
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11

Dairy officials in a number Of states
are sending out this year explicit d.
rections for more sanitary and intel
ligent care Of the milk and cream in
the farm diaries. Among these direc-
tons the following points are empha-
sized, which 1t is we'll for all who have
the care Of milk and cream to keep
in mind. One Of the most important is
an observance Of strict cleanliness in
the buildings and stable equipments
and In the milking of the cows and
handling Of the cream. Another is the
thorough scalding Of the separator
each time after its use. The third and
last is the cooling of new cream before
it is added to that previously SKINNED
or separated. While much RESPONSE
bility for prime or poor butter can be
laid at the door of the buttermaker,
1t Is well to remember at the same
time that it is absolutely impossible
for him to overcome or eradicate con-
tamination in a body Of cream that Is
due to carelessness on the part Of the
individual patron in any one Of the
three respects mentioned.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11

While a thorough preparation Of the
soil is advisable for all farm and gar
den crops, there is probably no crop
in which its results are more notice
able or helpful than in the case of po-
tatoes. Putting the soil in fine filth
not only enables it to retain necessary
moisture, but in backward seasons ell
ables it to receive and retain the
warmth of the sun more readily. Add
ed to this should be mentioned the fact
that if the soil is loose and fine the
work of destroying myriads Of weeds
is greatly facilitated, which through
out the season means the reserving of
just that much moisture and fertility
for the potato crop. If you are doubt
full about results, try giving a portion
Of your field extra preparation this
year and see If the difference in yield
at digging time does not more than
pay for the extra cost of preparing the
seed bed.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-11

Reports are frequent Of late of the
use of the ordinary bicycle pump in the
cure Of milk fever. The process is a
simple one. The udder of the affected
animal is washed in soap and water
and each quarter Of the bag inflated
with air forced into it by bicycle
pump through an ordinary milking tube.
When filed the teats should be tied
with soft string to prevent the escape
Of air and each quarter gently knead-
ed and rubbed. This treatment has
been known to effect speedy cure in
many cases.
The oasis., 1908-10-31

Save money by having you Articles of Incorporation drawn and all details arranged by THE OASIS BUREAU OF INCORPORATION" "
The oasis., 1908-10-31
ACROSS THE BORDER.

industry Tn Mexico IS greatly lm' proved since the defeat of Article l44 of the proposed new mining law. Locally, mining men both foreigners and Mexicans, unqual- i6edly express themselves as taking cheerful view of the situation.
 Mexican Herald: The Mexican government and the officials of the state of Jalisco are compiling ad- ditional evidence to be forwarded to El Paso to prove that Pablo Yordi was in Gnadalajara at the time the fraud was committed Yordi's at. torneys are producing evidence in Fl Paso by which they hope to show that Yordi at the time of the crime was in the United States and was not in Mexico.
 Chihuahua Enterprise: It is now possible that work on the long pro iected federal palace in this city is about to be commenced. Timber, lumber and other materials were being piled up around the site for the new palace on Libertad street opposite the state capital, presum' ably for the commencement of work. w. A. Bird, of this city, is the contractor. The building is to cost $430,000 at least.
 Chihuahua Enterprise: That Pre- sident Diaz has determined not only to be candidate to succeed himself as president of Mexico at the coming presidential election, but has stated emphatically and at a recent date that he will retire, obtaining permission from the na' tional congress to do so, a long while before the election takes place, was stated in an article pub lished by El Diario del Hogar ir it's issue of the 20th inst.
 Chihuahua Enterprise: It nov seems certain that the telephone line projected about three year ago between Gallego on the Mex ican Central railroad some 40 or 5l miles north of this city to the towi of Casas Grandes, in the north western part of the state, will b built in the near future. The loca Chamber of Commerce is workin on plans for this public improve ment and long distance telephon lines is part of the public spirite policy of Gov. Creel.
 Mexican Herald: A cablegrar was received in this city yesterda announcing that the negotiation for the lease of the properties the Mexican Light and Power con pany by the Mexican Tramway company had been definitely II jected by the stockholders of u Mexican Light and Power con pany at Montreal. This actio means that the present board an officers of the Mexican Light an Power company will continue
 carry out the construction an operation of the Necaxa plant.
 Jalisco Times: The Nation Cracker company of this city,
 which A. A Neil and J. L. Burt
 the Sonorense cracker factory
 Hermosillo, Sonora, are principal interested, will commence operate about December 1. The compal has remodeled the three story bull ino nurchased here at a cost