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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-19

many who set mean one-a table
,ii'eo with Iood, rendered indigestible
oy pad cooking and uninvltlng by be-
ing piled in heaps upon coarse. nm
clean dishes.
farn iolks work hurriedIy and hard
IN the not season. and often meals arc
oil necessity hastily eaten and at irree-
ular intervals. Unless the food &c
"holeSome and properly cooked dvs-
pcpsla~ and its long train of OWLS is
sure TO follow
Tho French, who arc the most oco-
nomical cooks In the world saw t,,t
Americans spoil half as much food ~,
cooking as is eaten
1hcn The abuse of the BODY in tbe
matter OF cleanliness is often prootor
man the abuse of the stomach some
farmers remind us of the man yho
after much persuasion bought a hath
tub to be delivered in April but ro
fused TO accept it in October. because
he declared. 'the bathing season wao
over" was
Many families con6nc their batbinp
10 inc summer months. when the croel,
!" not frozen over, and even In this
open season tho only baths indulqod
In are at intervals of n week
ihihR' III you can, of man toiIIn-
ten or twelve hours day in the fields
III not sun, often drenched with tbo
ram ana the pores of his BODY cloprcd
WIN sweat and CRIME of tho week
'aklns nothing moro than n hastv din
Without soap or brush only on Satur-
day highland often during the s,roco
OF harvest skipping one or more of
these periods.
we personally know farmers whose
harhs and dairies arc provided with
every modern convenience for cop,fort
and cleanliness, but whose bathing fa-
cilltles Tor the entire family arc con
hned to the hand basin or the wash
'uo' NO man who does not keep his
SKIN cloan can have much respect for
himself. leaving health ont of thn
question. An uncIean skin is the causo
OF countless disorders which in timc
develop into serious diseases.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-19
PLANTS ABOUT THE HOUSE
They Add Beauty and Dignity
as Well as an Air of Home
ness and Comfort.
EEgE
By EpEN E. RExFoRp.

To the writer, house with exposed
foundation always seems unfinished.
II needs the grace of growing plantn
to take away the bare look which is
never pleasant, no matter how eXpcn-
give the foundation may be. TheTe is
a beauty In leaf and flower that cannot
be put into stone and mortar.
Illustration No. 1 makes clearer the
idea / have in mind about hiding the
foundation walls than any verbal one
can. In II the house seems 70 be less
prominent than it would be if no
plants grew there. and II therefore
lacks that aggressive tone which char
actcrlZes the house whose walls are
not relieved By growing plants.
Perhaps 1 may be allowed to use
this cxpression-the use OF plants close
to the house. while not detracting In
the least from the dignity and impor
tance OF 1t. prevents us from looking
upon 1t as something that boldly
challenges the attention--an idea moi
In keeping with the home sense which
ought 10 characterize the building il
which those live who care less fS
show and admiration than for ,beaut9
All OF us have seen houses which seen|
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-19
USEFUL DAIRY INFORMATION

II YOU haul your milk to the crea
cry invest So in cover for y1
wagon. 1t VIII save it's cost in a wei
A first class dairy cow ought
make net profit OF from $50 to 81
per year You can only tell whad
firSt-c class dairy COW is by keeping
on her
Belgian farmers say that skim nj
has a value of 33 cents per 100 poun|
The farmers over there have peri
knowledge of feeding and 5evelepI
young animals.
Do not set milk pans In Che PAM
or cellar way where all kinds of fd
arc kept Milk absorbs the odor
onions. cloves and other things W
readily,
The big, raw boned crib like da
cow Is going out of style and
smaller. well-formed animal is asse
Ing her superiority.
Oliver Gridley. an Iowa deirynl
uses a gasoline engine. milking n
chine and lights tho barn with eld
tricity. He began with q few COWS
A Wisconsin man fed one OF his co
$50 worth of feed last year. and
pasture. feeding, milking and stabl
cost s11,50 more. making her total c.
SIlso, but she produced $40 worth
butter, s17.70 worth of manure,
worth of skim milk and a calf wor
So. making her total income S11A
Sailing cows regularly has much
do with the case or difficulty W
which the butter Will come Let thd
have ACCESS to salt at all times.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-19
RYE AND RAPE AS CATCH CROPS

or the crops which I sowed ahead
of the cultivator at the last cultivs-
ton of corn and potatoes to get a
growth to turn under In the spring
and to protect the land from winter
washing, rye and Dwarf Essex rape
were most satisfactory
Rye was sown one year when the
potatoes were taken out In Septem-
Der. and a heavy sod 1t made to turn
under for oats In April
Another year rye was sown on corn
stubble after the corn was cut at the
rate OF one and one c-quarter bushels
per acre. and 1t made a fair cover
crop. which I know prevented wash
ing. though the ground was narrowed
only twice before drilling in the seed.
Dwarf rape 1 have always sown at
the rate of ten pounds of seed per
acre just before cultiyating tho corn
the last time In July. and have had
good growth until late In the fall.
which would have made excellent pas
ture. but a cover crop was desired so
IT was left till spring and turned under
for oats to enrich and make humus
In the soil.
j should judge its value as a fer
tiliZer is about So per acre, and the
seed costs only cents per pound
Some of the rape was green all winter.
and persons seeing the growth it had
made in the standing corn were sur
prised. while the growth of COW peas
In the same field was not encouraging.
Crimson clover is a good catch crop. II
one can secure stand, and it lives
through the winter. Rape is the best
crop for me, considering the cost of
seed and its fertilizing value. and rye
is very good. especially when 1t is to
be turned under for potatoes. or one
wishes to pasture it in the fall.-J. n.
Glover, Pennsylvania
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-19

altogether two barrels Bordeaux mixture or enough
to fill 100 gallon tank
Caution-The lime is added to the blue vitrol water
principally to prevent the blue vtrol nturinp the
1oiiage III the mixture is made according 10 the above
directions no damage to the foliage will result bt in
case OF doubt use the following To the barrel of
Bordeaux mixture add drops of potassium ferro
cyanide solution. If deep brown discoloraton or nre
cpitate is produced the mixture needs moro lime Tho
potassium fcrrocyande crystals can be purchased from
any drug store.
1t Is necessary also to that grit and unsoked
particles OF lime are strained from tho mixture
1t rs poured into the tank This will prevent loss
oil time from the clogging OF the nozzles Several i'm
porant details should he observed applying the mix
ture to the vines If the large double nozzles
should be used The pipes and should be care
1uIy adjusted so as to all the requires
about one-half hour to gallon tank whore
ten rows arc taken at each Twenty acres should
be covered during nhour when the provisions
stated above observed.
An abundant water supply is very desirable where
large fields to be sprayed Many growers err I'm not
providing sufficient barrels pals for mixing and pre-
parng the stock solutions The concentrated lime and
blue vitrio stock solutions must be poured directly to-
gether but diluted directed above Hence the neces
sity for providing the barrels make the mixture on
large scale
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-19
IN AND OUT OF THE DAIRY

The sticky substance in milk known
as albumen can be rinscd off the milk
pans with cold water which should
always be used first. Boiling water
Will cook it on.
To make the best country butter one
must not let the cream get too sour.
nor skim sweet cream and put with
the sour. Let it all ripen at once
and the butter will be much better and
keep better.
AS n rule milk Is unfit for use at
least two weeks before calving time.
However some cows milk seems to
be good almost up to calving time.
Milk is usually not saved for house
use until the eighth or ninth milking
afterward. although it has been known
to be perfectly good after the fourth
milking.
A woman in Illinois who makes fine
butter writes that she skins the cream
Of two or three days milk together.
letting it all sour at one time. and
churns as soon as 1t is sour. She
makes pound rolls, and her butter all
ways commands the highest price. her
customers preferring it to creamery
butter.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-19
he improvement and botterment gen.

the improvement and bettcrment gen.
orally In poultry raising.
Professor George Q. Gowell, who died
last summer, engaged in this interest
ing and profitable work and his dis
coveries influencing the hens wonder
full production of eggs are claiming
earnest attention in every section of
the country.
A summary OF the results OF a series
of experiments shows that of SONS
1000 hens placed under observation
for longer or shorter periods about
twenty had laid more than 200 eggs
apiece in year, while two hens, both
OF Plymouth Rock breed. and both
marked according to standard rcgu-
latlons, have stood out 40 conspicu-
ously for their performances that they
may be counted among the most profit
able fowls in this country. II not In the
world.
The special pet of Professor Cow
ellis heart. and the bird which has
demonstrated the succcssfulness of his
untiring efforts and discoveries to
make hens produce a larger and bettor
quality of eggs, is a Barred Plymouth
Rock, which yielded Z51 eggs the first
year. She would be regarded as OF the
egg type by those people who profess
TO tell the egg-yielding capacity OF
hens by their forms and markings.
A number OF other hens Yielded 24O,
23s and 235 eggs each for the year. not
one, however. producing less than 200
Professor Gowelrs methods of Sc
lcctIng breeding stock for high egg
fn hc
hens of greatest egg yield and hatch
chicks from these.
BY so doing his experimental pens
are now filled with pullets and cock
erels the ancestors of which came
from stock that had given 200 or more
eggs in year.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-19
WATER FOR THE BEES

Give the bees plenty of water. They
need a great deal and will fly a long
distance to get it,
II there is no running stream or lake
OF pure water near it is we'll TO place
> pail of fresh water near the spiary
every day.
Bees use water 10 dilute the heavy,
thick honey left over from winter TO
make IT suitable for the young larvae
and also to make the cell wax pliabIe.
Bees should be protected from the
wind on the north and west by a close
set hedge or high fence.
All weeds should be kept down in
front OF the hives. Now plot six feet
wide and then cut the weeds and grass
close 10 the ground with hoe.
An hour once Il week spent on the
care OF the bees Will bring larger re-
turns for the effort than any other
labor on the farm.
A newspaper man OF Chicago who
lives a few miles out in the country
last year sold s225 worth of honey to
three big hotels. He says he did nor
spend more than an hour a week look
ing after his bees during the season.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-19
RULES FOR RIGHT LIVING
Proper Cooking and Personal
Cleanliness Are Necessary
to Good Health.
l,a1Mllsl


"A great majority of farmers live as
we'll as anybody need 10 live and much
better than most people do. Tney
have tho best OF food, well cooked,
observe the laws Of sanitation, venti-
lation and cleanliness. and tho results
arc shown in mental clearness and
bodily vIgor.
But there arc yet many farmers who
have not learned these simple rules,
which. unobserved, are sure roads 10
III health. mental distress and business
failure Hard work on the farm does
not Kill or render useless at middle age
nearly as many men and women as
does neglect OF these health laws.
The scanned faces, bent bodies and
shrunken limbs occasionally seen on
the farms are not so much evidence
of toll as Ignorance or indifference to
the necessities of good cooking. pure
air in living rooms and frequent bath
ing.
The pride OF the average farm wife
is to set good table, but there are
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-19

to absolutely force themselves upc
our attention. We may admire the
In way, but 1t is a way with viii,
the idea OF home is not associated
But IL shrubs and perennials ar
vines were planted about them the
aggressiveness would be hidden. or
least modified, and we would soon b,
gin to think of them as homes insted
of houses.
No very tal1-growing plants shou
be used anywhere about the house
they will interfere with the outloo|
Windows are made to let in light an
sunshine and we cannot afford
darken them with bushes or vines.
In the first illustration just cnouI
vines are used to soften the outlines
the building. it will be observed
A vino used i'm this way has chan
to display it's individuality. You 81
all It's charm of leaf and habit
growth. But when trained as shown
illustration No. this individuality
lost Here we have too much Of
good thing" The windows arc dar
ened. free outlook is interfered wi
and the general effect Is monotonot
Ono vine. planted at the corner Il
trained along the cornice. over I
windows. with few branches allow
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-19
THE EGG-A-DAY LAYING HEN
Experiments Show the Egg Yield
May Be Greatly Increased by
Scientific Selection.
BY B. E. LARA.

Poultry ralsers in the United States
are greatly indebted TO the thorough
ness OF the tests made at our experl-
mental stations for a great many i'm
portant improvements in every branch
of the poultry industry.
These experimental farms have
proved beyond doubt that by systc-
matte feeding and scientific breeding OF
hens the-latter can be made to greatly
increase their number of eggs and also
improve the richness and weight OF the
same. thereby raising their market
value.
The gratifying success thus far at
taincd by experiments in the way of
increasing the egg producing qualities
of certain breeds OF hens has made
breeders hopeful of securing still
greater achievements along the same
line In tho near future.
Perhaps to no state in the union is
due greater credit than TO Maine for
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-19
USE FOR HOUSE SLoPS

Any house slops that are free from
grease or acids may be poured around
the roots of plants to their advantage.
pushing aside the mulch for this pur-
pose, and replacing when done. Water
the ground literally. always watering
in the evening Or have a rubbish cor
ner in which to dump everything that
viii make plant food. and pour the
house slops-all kinds-on il. forkinc
1T over occasionally. and letting it de-
cav Add to the heap any sward from
the roadside, peclings and parings
from the kitchen.
The Department of Agriculture states
that there are 2,151. SIS miles of public
roads in the United States
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-19
HOG RINGING DEVICE

This is set in the opening of the gate.
The hogs are driven as though they
were to be turned out When one puts
his head through between the levers
close them, fastcn with pins, put in
the rings, open up the levers and he
will go on through
The platform to which the levers arc
fastened is for the hog 10 stand on
while being ringed He is pulling or
pushing, as tho case may be. against
his own weight when standing on tho
platform, while if standing on the
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-19
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ground heavy hog would be very
hard TO hold
The pen sketch will give tho Idea
or construction. which may be altered
10 SUIT convenience and material at
hahd' This Ike all farm tools and
conVenlenccS should be kept dry
1t rs the time lost when in a hurry
II you have to look about tho place in
the weeds or piled-up rubbish for
some TOOL that counts. a place for
everything and everything in its place
Study this; 1t Will help you.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-19
DisK.HARRowING ALFALFA

The tisking of alfalfa is a common
practice. The ordinary disk harrow Is
widely used for this purpose. but a
special machine for the cultivation OF
alfalfa has been devised on the pr1n-
ciplc of the disk harrow. but with rows
OF strong spikes or digging tectn III
place of the continuous edges OF d1sks-
The spike tooth disk, known as the
alfalfa harrow" does excellent WORK
when properly adjusted, and is perhaps
better implement for this purpose
than the ordinary harrow
At trIfling cost, varying according
to individual circumstances, this har-
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-19
ALFALFA HARROW.

row splits. and spreads the crowns of
alfalfa plants, causing them to develop
additional tops; it destroys the egg
deposits and larvae of certain injurious
insects; II destroys weeds; ii breaks
UP the silt b'0nkct resulting from the
use of muddy irrlgating water, allow
ing better penetration of water and air
to the roots of the crop; it loosens up
certain dense soils. and to some ex-
tent 1t incorporates beneficial sedi-
ments and fallen alfalfa leaves with
the soil-Professor r. H. Forbes.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-19
Good Working Plan for Successfully Spraying Ten
Acres of Potatoes

Good Working Plan for Successfully Spraying Ten
Acres of Potatoes.
EXTRACT FROM BULLETIN WISCONSIN AGRICULTURAL
STATION
Provide five fty-gaon barrels. two galvanized ten
quart pals for mixing and dipping, One hundred and
pounds OF blue vtrol hundred pounds fresh
lime and cents worth OF potassium ferro- cyanide
crystals.
The two hundred pounds OF fresh lime will be suf
cent thcSeason should be bought In small lots
time of spraying The first application will
quIrc forty pounds blue yitrio nifty pounds of
fresh lime.
Suspend the blue vitrio in onc-half barrel
twenty-five galons) the evening before spraying Hang
the blue yitrio well from the bottom the barrel
and when possible only wooden copper vessels
in handling the solution. Iron and tin will be
the free acid I'm the blue soution.l
all metal containing vrioI
solution with lime water after using.
Sake fifty pounds of fresh lime In barrel
ing before spraying Then In the morning the
luton of both lime and vtrol will be ready mixing
Place oneffth OF the blue vtriol stock solution,
pared above in empty barrel and fill with
Place onefth of tho lime in another empty
fill with water Stir thoroughly. Then men
dipping strain the contents of the two through
gunny sack into third and fourth barrel. making
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-19

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Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
Victor Moore Sho'Os Gropth in His
Comedy Methods - Hoodoo Week is
Really No So Bad - Morris Money

Omaha. Managers dread this week as
being the one Of all the year when the
theater is neglected. Santa Claus has the
call at this time and money that Is
ordinarily spent for theater tickets goes to
buy nick-nacks and toys for the little
folks end more expensive and enduring re-
membranes for the g%rownups, so the week
has always been a dreaded one at the play
houses. and II is customary to practically
suspend operations until the dawning OF
Christmas day revives in the public the de
sire for amusement such as can he found
only at the thcater. Companies. are laid
off or continue under half pay, and every
thing is done to curtail expenses. But the
last week in Omaha proved an exception.
At the Boyd a good old play received most
liberal patronage, while at the Krug two
time-tried and fire tested melodramas
brought out most gratifying attendance.
The Orpheum continued its established
custom Of selling OUT for each per-
Torrance, while at the Gayety the pop
ularity OF burlesque was proven by the
presence OF such multitudes as filled the
house to its utmost capacity daily and
nightly. 1t was the biggest week-before-
Christmas business ever experienced in
Omaha, and this with the fact the local
merchants all were driven to the utmost
by the Christmas trade may be accepted
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

able, too. in it's powers of revelation,
though our research into the matter con-
vinces us that this exhibition has been dis
creatly modified. The acting of Miss st.
Denis assistants is quite natural and the
atmospheric accessories, we imagine, are
~veristic.
Is It the cry Of the new woman or the
old that, is heard In THE Lily" the new
play which David Belasco presented at
the Stuyvesant theeter, New York, on
Thursday night, with an unusually strong
cast7 As adapted by Belasco from the
French original of Pierre Wolff and CASTOR
Leroux, The Lily is primarily a drama
Of sex. There is none Of the eternal "tri-
ANGLE but instead the spectacle OF e
woman denied her right to love and be
loved. The Lily is a tragedy of "the
bachelor girl" for bachelor girls are the
daughters Of the impoverished Comte de
Maigny. The oldest, Odette, The Lily"
has grown old Ia the service of her family
she is as at the opening of the play, and
her sister Christiane is rs. In Difference
to the wishes OF her t~yrannical and alto
Rether profligate father Odette had in her
youth rclinuuished the man she loved and
has never ceased regretting her fidelity to
so-called duty. The younger sister, Chris
tiane, has fallen in love with George Ar
maud. an { fist and a married man, who
is unable TO secure his freedom from the
woman with whom he has not lived for
ten years. Before the play progresses
very far it is revealed that her relations
with the portrait painter are no longer
innocent. The girl confesses defiautly.
The Comte ispabout TO beat her when the
! gentle Odette comes to the defence. In
stead of censuring her sister she openly
and ~eloquently applauds her action.
"Christiane is right she cries passion
| ately. Anything is better. anything is to
be preferred to the gnawing loneliness of
an old maids life" Look at mel" she
weeps. 'Once l was beautiful and young,
too. l was made to love and be loved
and what am l now? Old! shrivelledl
wrinkled! Gone to ruin! An old maid!'
Continuing, Odette turns to her stupefied
father she says: 1T is your honor that
is killing us. 1t has only succeeded In
making of me a woman pure, but desperate
and broken hearted. Go, Christiane, GO
toward life, toward love! I have paid the
ransom for you" Charles Cartwright
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

as proof positive that times are good here
abouts.
A bit OF Information in which the public
may feel passing interest comes in a per-
sonal letter from one OF the directing
managers OF the William Morris enter
prises. II is to the effect that Mr.. Samuel
Newhouse is building the theater in Salt
lake city at which the Shubert shows
will be given, and that he has interested
himself in the Morris enterprises. This is
the most significant announcement THAI
has been made for some time in conncc-
ton with the managerial strife. II the
Newhouse millions are to stand as a re-
serve fund. the Morris undertakings have
a much solder backing than his opponents
have realized. Mr.. Newhousc is not
merely a lucky miner but q h~ard-headed
man of business, whose wealth has come
to him because he has been able to push
through great enterprises to a successful
contamination. IL he and his associates
determine to go into the business of the
theater Ut is because they nave satisfied
themselves that the venture promises to be
profitable, and once having convinced
themselves Of this. they are not Liable to
stop short. The Morris revolt against the
vaudeville combine is taking greater head
way every day. And, by the way, u