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The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-04-22

and still raise a crop of seed that i
as valuable as the average crop.
1t will produce from three to sever
ton to the acre.
1t will produce from five to ffteer
bushels of seed to the acre.
It is nearest to a balanced ration
of any crop.
1t has more protein than wheat
bran.
1t will come nearer crowding out
foul weeds and grasses than any other
plant. Three hundred and sixty
stalks have been grown from one
seed. Unlike most any other plant it
does not exhaust the soil, but en-
riches it; so much so hat grain yields
nearly double after alfalfa is plowed
up.
In the Greeley settlement in Colo
RADIO, and now in the Yellowstone,
they are blowing up alfalfa for win
ter wheat and sugar beets and the re-
port yields fully double than on soils
where alfalfa had not been sown.
The d%igestibility of alfalfa is chang
ed less by process of curing than that
of any other forage plant. But alfal-
ia in the summer is as palatable to
the dairy COW as green grass. 1t con
tains largely succulent qualities of
green grass in June, keeping the di-
gestive organs open and active and
it has a cooling effect on the blood.
Fed TO dairy COWS alfalfa main
tains the flow of milk equal to June
grass for nearly a whole year. 1t
can be chopped as fine as wheat bran
and mixed with corn meal to form a
balanced ration.
Such a mixture is worth more
pound for pound than the original
corn-meal.
Where alfalfa is grown to perfec-
ton is a cows paradise; such a land
is certain to flow with milk and hon
ey.
1t is superior to white clover, or
buck-wheat, and under favorable con-
ditions will give honey from June to
October.
Feeders in buying sheep to go on
grain are willing to pay as much for
alfalfa fed sheep in the Yellowstone
Is they are for the range sheep in
st. Paul or Omaha.
They 1r- I'm mike III the diff !
erence in price in the grain ',ni the J
Iuick returns on grain after being {
ed alfalfa. I
Alfalfa will grow one and two :
rops on any land that will grow win :
wheat. q
1t is ground into meal andmixed
lake a balanced ration Tor any kind
stock. and finds ready market in d
he east and sells at $1,000 to s25.0Oo
IT ton. Il
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-04-22

Alfalfa in money value is worth
As per cent more than clover and &C
per cent more than timothy.
One acre will pasture thirty hogs
for six months. Ten milch COWS can
be fed on less than two acres 6 month
by soiling. Three pounds makes full
feed for fattening lambs.
Thirty-five pounds makes full feed
for fattening steers. A lamb will
winter and thrive on two pounds per
day. Sheep fed on alfalfa will gain
from eight to fifteen pounds in seven
ty-five to n hundred days and dou-
BILE that with small grain ration adj
ded.
Steers will put on a pound to a
pound and a half per day on straight
alfalfa and if fed grain rations will
put on double that amount.
Lambs wintered on alfalfa will pro-
duce n to two pounds of wool more
than when on range.
Brood sows will do we'll all sum-
mer on alfalfa pasture aone.
Horses have been known to put OF
six pounds a day where grain rations
was fed with it.
Alfalfa is a great poultry feed when
cut fine and mixed with corn meal.
This is also a good way to feed it to
hogs in winter.
To give an idea what an acre of al
falfa will do 1 quote from figures
made some time ago.
"One acre irrigated will produce
10000 pounds; n acre in enclosed
pasture will produce 500 pounds;
one acre range will average a produc-
ton of $50 pounds, or again, one acre
Of irrigated alfalfa will feed one steer
400 days; one acre of enclosed pas
ture will feed one steer 20 days; one
acre of average will feed one steer
10 days.
Putting it in the form 70 sheep, it
will show as follows: 100 acres ir-
alfalfa will run 1000 sheep
1ne year; 100 acres of enclosed pas
.ure will run 80 sheep one year; 160
lcres of range will run forty sheep
me year. (,
Apply these figures to the stock
in arid regions taking the s
proportions given above in round
and 100 acres of irrigated (
Italia will cardy LAG steers for a {
ear and it would require something e
yer eight sections, 5120 acres, of dry C
to carry the same number of v
attic, or putting it briefly, one acre p
( irrigated alfalfa is worth as much
S t~hirty-two acres of average dry D
s
A windmill which will irrigate one a
re of alfalfa will add the equivalent $
thirty-two acres of range to the
rm or ranch. In
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-04-22

An engine and pump tina will irri
gate ten acres of alfalfa will add {
half a section to the farm. That is
it will increase the productiveness as
much as the acquisition of additional
land.
A pumping plant large enough to
irrigate twenty acres will add the
equivalent of a whole section of the
range.
And any irrigation system which
will irrigate a whole quarter section
of alfalfa is as good as the perma-
nent acquisition of eight sections of
range. In other words, a section of
alfalfa is equivalent of 10000 acres
of range as a source OF food supply
for stock.
Those figures are worth studying.
They show that a great many of our
livestock men are worrying about
more range and scheming and plan
ming to get more land when they
would find it easier and more profit
able to cultivate some of the land they
have already and get returns from
it.
The money lost 19O6-07, last win
ter in eastern Montana and Dakota in
winter losses on sheep and cattle if
spent in retaining and seeding alfal-
ia would raise enough feed to feed
every hoof of stock in the State six
month, and the land so improved
would be a revenue afterwards with
the good prospect that it would more
than double in value.
The feeding of cattle and sheep on
alfalfa means the keeping of at least
$1.00 to 5000 per head on sheep and
$1,000 to $40 per head on cattle at
home instead of sending it to the
eastern states.
In South America large tracts are
with alfalfa for range or pas
ture, and where the native grasses
fed but one bead of stock, they are
feeding Z or s.
Some of the large ranchers have
entire range seeded to alfalfa.
There are ranches of twenty-five
aLo fifty thousand acres ali seeded
% alfalfa for pasturing only. I don't
see and reason why something of this
Kind could not be done here in the
vest. there are thousands of acres
# our range that are the best soil on
arth and lay good for cultivation and
ould be worked and seeded cheaply !
With modern machinery. (And have /
lenty of moisture.) 7
And If average range lands can be g
astured at a profit on a valuation Of
LOO, $500 and $500 per acre, then /
Italia pasture land would be worth {
500 to $500 per ace. I
On this basis the sheepmen could t
his sheep on from 1-5 to ITO as
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-04-22

hear or express or fight for their
views on the Tariff, railroad rates,
the Open Range or the Forest Reserve
While the most important factor
of all, and the foundation Of all, the
stock business-Grass is the least
looked after.
Senator ingalls, in his famous ora
ton on grass, well said: " Next in
Importance to the divine profusion of
water, light and air, those three Ply
steal facts which render existence
possible, may be reckoned the Univer-
sal beneficence of grass"
And the grandest of all forage
grasses is Alfalfa.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-04-22

much land as he now requires. Thii
is from a pasture standpoint.
Now if he will seed enough alfal
ia on his home ranches to winter his
focks four or five months he will cut
his range necessities again in two.
If every sheepman in Montana
would seed enough alfalfa to winter
his sheep for six months, our ranges
would support 100000 10 as they are
instead of 100000 and if our range
could be made to grow four times
what they now do we could handle
twenty million and then not be at all
crowded.
To me, gentlemen, this would be
much better than to be driving your
sheep ove and back across half the
state striving to beat each other to
a little patch Of free grass, or eating
out some small settlers door yard or
COW pasture.
I think the losses alone from the
average trailing of sheep back and
forth annually would come nearer
seeding enough alfalfa on the home
ranch to winter them.
Again, but few sheepmen ever stop
to figure what 1t costs to winter sheep
on the range. They only figure what
they pay out in actual cash and some
time credit.
But even with fairly good range
conditions a two-year old wether in
the fall that will weight 100 pounds
in the spring, he will do well to make
IS. Then it takes him the better half
of the next season to make up what
he lost in winter.
Few sheepmen realize what good !
pasture amounts to-. To give you an
idea, on my home farm of $40 acres
mostly seeded to alfalfa. After cut
ing my three crops of alfalfa of an
average of 5 tons per acre, I can win
.er a band of 1000 lambs for 100
lays on the pasture alone, or about
)ne-third of a ton of feed to the acre.
AS a medicinal proposition it beats
anything I know of. Green alfalfa
pasture will cure 90 per cent Of the
o-called locoed sheep.
Locoed sheep, poor scrubby lambs,
I'D toothless ewes or most anything
n the sheep line that is going wrong,
f turned on green alfalfa pasture at
nee beings to thrive.
1t will fatten an old eve and make
er meat SO young that you will think
is lamb. Gull lambs put on alfalfa
asture in September will be as good
S the main band by December.
Sheepmen and stockmen of all
inds hold annual conventions both
ounty, State and National to discuss
lie great problems that pertain to :
leir business. ~, q
They will go thousands of miles tol
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-04-22

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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-18
Anti Clerical Campaiqn.

Rome. oct. 11.-All indications are
that the extremists in italy are deter
mined to undertake an anti-clcrical
campaign. more vigorous even than in
France. This is being directed by the
Masons. whose grand master has is
sued most violent manifesto in be-
half of Ferrer. recently executed. and
against the church. The manifesto
says:
'Sacradotal tyranny still vermilion
with Italian blood imposed and OBJ
tanned through the fright of a boy and
the cowardice of the government; the
slaughter of an innocent. who was not
Judged but murdered. Rome. which
has inside its walls the vatican. that
for centuries has supported all tyran-
MES. from which. 10 our shame. the
SlaC ghter of Barcelona originated,
must decree that the last crime viii
not remain impoverished"
An international subscription has
been opened for the purpose of collect
ing funds tn establish i'm the piazzo
of St. Peters, facing the vatican. Fer
rer's modern school. which was sup
pressed at Barcelona
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-18
Make Demonstration.

Havana. oct IA disnrderly mob
of several thousand. including Il ma
jnrity of the university students and
many Spaniards, made demonstra-
ti0n TODAY in memory of Francisco
Ferrrr They marched in procession
through the principal streets. carrying
red flags and cheering for anarchy.
Two outdoor meetings were held at
which violent orations were made by
Major General Enrique Lnynaz Diet
Castillo. who recently was appointed
envoy extraordinary To the South
American republics. and other extrem-
lists. Resolutions We're passed IN boy
colt all Spanish goods and IN accept
the offer of the SteVedorrs' union To
refuse to unload Spanish vessels until
Spain rescinds the order confiscating
Ferrer's estate.
The mob attempted To approach the
Spanish consulate and the bishops
palace. hut was driven back by the
police. The line Of marrh was taken
'1p To the Church af the Angelica.
which MAS pelted with stones. The
police charged the rioters, \ sharp
fight ensued and several on both sides
were hurt The nah then started To
attack the office Of the Diaro de In
Marina. but was driven hack and dis
persed by the police There were many
arrests.
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WORTHY OF Confidence
AN OFFER BACKED BY ONE OF
OUR MOST REPUTABLE
CONCERNS.

We pay for all the medicine used
during the trial. if your remedy fails
to completely relieve YOU of consti-
patton. We take all the risk. You
are not obligated to us in any way
whatever. if you accept our offer
That's IA mighty broad statement. but
we mean every word of II. Could
anything he more fair for you?
\ most scientific. common sense
treatment is Rexali 0rderlies. which
are eaten like candy Their active
principle is "A recent scientific dIscov-
cry that is odorless, coloriess and
tasteless: very pronounced, gentle and
pleasant in action, and particularly
agreeable in every way. This ingre-
dent does not cause diarrhoea. nau-
sea. flatulence. gripping or any incon-
yenience whatever. Rexall 0rherlies
are particularly good for children.
aged and delicate persons.
Ii YOU suffer from chronic or ha-
hitual constipation, or the associate
ar dependent chronic ailments. We urge
You to try Rexall orderlies ut our
risk. Remember, YOU can get them
in Missoula only at oiN store. II
tablets IL cents. Sc tablets - cents.
The Rexan Store. The Missauia
Drug Co
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-18
TRAVELS BRING TAFT
TO FAR SOUTH
Continued From Page OneD

ell. that sort of welcome that comes
to the head of nation If which /
am certain from your looks you are
ali proud.
Il suppose you are Interested in ir-
risation. This western trip has i'm
pressed me deeply with the import
ance or irrigation. We are exhaust
ing the land Of the east and the high
price of farm products and every
thing Of that kind is explained bv the
fact that We are using UP most of
the land and unless We can extend
our territory by making that which
has heretofore been a desert useful,
Ne are up against it"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-18
NO MORE ROOM RENT
SAYS FOSTER
NEWSPAPER MAN LEAVES RE-
QUEST THAT BODY BE GRE
mATED-LEAvEs LETTER.

Salt Lake City. oct. 1T have
paid rent all my life: | mean to quit
il when / die" declared Warren Fos-
ter. weH-known newspaper man. in
Il letter expressing his last wishes.
which was opened after his death in
Ogden yesterday For the final dis
position of my old body" says the
letter. my first wish Is that il be
Crcmated. Ii ineonsenient ar expea-
sivc, then lay me away in what Is
known rs the patter's field. But in
no event, under any condition. am I
to- be buried in any cemetery where
they buy and sell lots ar charge a
rental Of any kind for keeping the
lots in condition, Any evasion OF this
request will meet with my hearty
aisapproyal and fnr which there will
be no forgiveness either in this life or
the next Ii my life service has not
been sufficient for the community Ia
furnish place 10 rest my body when
get through with ii, then let them
feed it to the more merciful and more
kindly coyotes. Do not spend one cent
directly or indirectly. l want no land
lord calling me up from my rest To
pay him his rent"
The body Will be taken to Denver
for cremation Mr.. Foster was bril-
liant speaker and writer. He took
part in the populist movement in
Kansas and in recent years has been
Identified with the socialist party.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-18
UNL0ADEO
NEAR RAVALL|
BISON ARRIVE FROM kAlISPELL
AID ARE PLACED IN THEIR
NEW HOME.

Yesterday was big day at the new
national bison reserve on the Flathead
reservation. for the first shipment of
buffalo was received and for the most
part nnloaded. The stockade around
the reserve had been completed and
yesterday an interested crowd watched
the unloading of the animals. Three
cars Of the once numerous rnamers
of the prairies We're receiscd-.aI ami
mails in all-and last evening there
remained but Il few Of them who
were not in their new stamping
ground. The rest will be unloaded
from the cars this morning.
The herd which was received yes
terday was large part of the famous
Conrad collection. which had ranged
near kalispen. Recently the animals
We're purchased by the National Bison
society and donated to the United
States government, the object being
to propagate and preserve few of
the typical American animals. In
yesterdays bunch was 'Kalispeli
Chief thought by some to be the
largest buffalo in America: he is the
head of the herd and is a mighty
men who nave seen the monarch place
his weight at $500 pounds. but this
il only approximate. as he has never
been placed on the scales But what
ever may he his true weight. he is a
monster and the government is to be
congratulated upon his acquisition.
II had been originally intended to
bring the animals across the Flat
head lake from kalispcll in barges.
from where they were to he driven
across the reservation 10 their new
home, but this plan WAS abandoned
The beasts Mere loaded ut kalispell
on the Great Northern road. They
We're placed in crates in three box
cars. From Kalispell they We're taken
to Spokane and thence over the
Northern Pacifie to the unloading
chute about two and half miles
west of Ravalii. Arriving at the
chute. the doors to the cars We're
opened and the crates pulled to the
entrance. from where the animals
backed from their prison into the
chute. There was no trouble and no
walked To the corral at the entrance
~ thS ANHSiNe A4ASs NSAt iHSfSN'Sh ~
Warden Hodges, who is a government
employe detailed TO their care. After
inspection the animals We're permit
ted to enter the reserve. Their first
act upon entering their new home
Was tn sniff the air, take LOOK
around and then start off at "A good
pace for the hills. which could be
seen in the distance. There is a
creek near the place of unloading and
this they went through with the
greatest of enthusiasm They We're
unlaadea one nj a time. and. as each
MAS released. he sought his fellows
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-18
RED LAMP DISPLACED
BY POLICE STATION

When yuu want policeman now
call up Il,
NJ longer will il be necessary Ia
ring up central and have her turn on
the signal lamp when father comes
home soused, or when some Weary
hooks In through the window. for Mis-
souIa is - have real. day and night.
always open police station now. and
the one best het hereafter win be 10
call tbs. sane station and rnut nut the
guardians af the peace The change
Was announced yesterday and the new
regime will go inta effect at once.
Chief Ncaicy and Chick White will
hold the fort during the daytime.
Chick acting As day desk sergeant.
while Night Chief Pete Mcdonald and
Night Desk Sergeant Carver will have
charge of things after bedtime. The
service. NIu be constant and Will sim
plify matters lot. the move. besides.
making Missoula little more eitified
and modern i'm its police department.
Remember the nuu.ber-lt Is 81.
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in the foothills and was soon lost to
view. The herd is composed chiefly
of and 3-year-olds. with few
yearlings. and Is in the best of con-
dition.
The operation of unloading was in
charge OF Warden Hodges and Assis-
tant Engineer T.. w. Kramer of dis
trict No. | of the forest service. Mr..
Kramer has been in charge of the
construction of the fence around the
reserve since last July. The only
work that now remains to be done is
the construction of Il house for the
warden. which will be commenced at
once.
Almost any day now another ship
ment of buffalo is expected from the
east. but just when it will arrive is
not known. II is not known how
many more animals will be received.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-18
ANARcHY's KIN CONDEMNS
SPAIN
Continued From Page OneD
side streets, dispensing it without
In France.

Paris. Oct. 1.-THE anti-Spanish
demonstration eliminated today in
meetings and professions in larger
cities of France. organized by the So
cialists and workmen's organizations.
The organizers laid emphasis on the
peaceful CHARACTER of those demOnstra-
tons, and. although violent speeches
were made. little disorder is reported.
In Paris the government had taken
elaborate precautions In prevent riot
ing. The procession passed through
a double line of police and troops.
but the leaders themselves furnished
II line of piekets who aided in pre-
serving order, and no collisions &C.
Cured. The socialist deputies and
municipal councillors headed the pro-
cession. which was composed Of about
1000 who sang the "lnternationale. !"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-18
Attacks Priest.

While passing the Spanish embassy
aad several churches there were cries
Of Down with the clergy" Down
with SPAIN" but the majority of the
paraders refrained from disorder,
obedient to the instruction of the lead
ers. Rowdies attacked a priest in the
Tulleries gardens and attempted to
throw him into the lake. but the police
rescued him. only one shot was fired
and Il of the rioters were arrested.
In several cities the socialist leaders
and deputies led the procession. NJ
Jaures, the leader nf the socialists in
the chamber Of deputies. spoke at
Lyons and delegates Of the General
Federation of Labor At other places
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POLITICAL SKELETON
IN NEW YORK
Continued From Page One)
elected, but your running will raise

elected, but your running will raise
hell
- said: You have relieved me of
embarrassment. | do not want the
responsibility and the work of the Of
flee of mayor of New York. but | do
want to raise hell. | am decided and
will run"
WINS made no reply to the George
statement last night but it is expected
he will do 81 later. As supporter
of Hearst, he has been bitterly at
lacking Gaynor throughout the GAM
paign.
Gasnor will this week take tine
stump under the auspices of the reg
ular organizations in the several hnr-
oughs. He will appear in public ut
least 20 times before the campaign
closes. ...
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Lisbon. Oct. I7.-Cable dispatches
fram Barcelona state that the situation
there is Increasingly disquieting.
Twents-seven bombs have been thrown
in the last four days. fixe persons
being killed and Il wounded. on Sat
urday an attempt Mas made to rush
the fortress of MnnIjuich to release
the prisoners. \ bomb Was thrown
against the dnnr. but il failed To ex-
plade. and the attacking party fled on
the approach of the guards.
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Personal vennearce.

Paris. Oct. I7.-Alenjandre L"rrpUX.
chairman of the republicans in BARGE
lana. in an interview here today pre-
dicIed revolution in Spain and the
establishment OF "a republic, He con-
sidrrcd the execution of Ferrer tn"
outcome "f personal vengeance Of King
Alfonso. who. he said. always Was con-
WINGED nj Ferr"r's completely in the
bomb "utrag,. against the king "n his
" cddlug day.
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Genoa. oct. IA Ferrer procession
in which many of the marcherS car
ried flags draped With crepe. one Of
them having caricature of King Al
f9nso with the inscription Alfonso
is "A monster" caused fight with the
police today. The police succeeded
in capturing the offending flag. but
Ittle injury Was done on either side.
The procession Mas prevented from
approaching the Spanish consulate.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-18
VANDERBILT WINS TWO.

Paris, Oct. 1I.-w, X. Vanderbilt
captured two races al Bois dn Bou-
losne today. Maraure,e syon the Prix
d.s Champs Eiysee. selling event. at
fire and half furlongs, while his
Silver Street finished first in the Prix
du Cedre. stake of $4,000 for Swear
olds, at IL furlongs.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-18
Churches Attacked.

Brussels, oct. 11.-Big Ferrcr dem
oaStrations We're held in the principal
cities of Belgium today. At Liege
rowdies smashed the windows of
churches and religious establishments.