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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-19
FEED DRY FORAGE
WITH THE SILAGE
BY c. p. Goodrich.

Cows should never be fed exclu-
sively on silage. They need some dry
forage to 90 with 1t; they need a vari-
ety. Besides this, corn silage is car
bonaceous food and needs some more
heterogeneous food to go with it to make
O well balanced ration. About 80, or
at most, 40 pounds day of silage is
as much as should be fed to each COW.
1t should be fed from the top of the
silo, taking off about two inches In
depth from the entire surface each
day, for, if it is long exposed to the
air, 1t will be damaged. If the feed
ing commences Immediately after fill
ing the silo-and this is a good way to
do-there will be no damaged silage
at all. Care should be taken at each
time of feeding to leave the surface
smooth and even and not pick and
stir it up with the fork, for that will
let in the air and cause damage.
My way is to feed the silage ration
In two feeds, both night and morning,
and it is better To feed after milking,
because the peculiar odor of the 81
lage might affect the flavor of the
milk.
Cows, as we'll as other stock, have
a wonderful liking for silage, and be-
lieve much of the success in Freding it
can be attributed to its paatablity.
They even prefer it, to a certain ex-
tent at least, to fresh cut forage or
good grass in the pasture. | have
seen COWS In June when on I'D pas
ture, which had been fed siIage every
day come to the gate at four o'clock
In the afternoon and below and ask
to come to the barn and get silage,
which hey would eat greedily and
apparently with great relish. | have
seen the experiment tried of Offering
the cows at the same time corn cut
fresh from the field and silage that
was put up the year before Every
COW chose the silage and ate that first.
1t is true these cows had been fed
silage every day all summer, and it
may be the habit of eating silage had
something to do with then preferrins
it, but they surely would not have
done it if silage had not been pretty
good feed.
There is no better and cheaper feed
to supplement short pastures, which
we are almost sure to have every sum-
mer on account of drought, or other
causes, than good silage. | know
some of the most successful dairymen
IN the country who feed silage every
day in the year-winter as we'll as
summer.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-19

appearance of the sun behind the
clouds or the coming up of a cool
spring wind will cause an equally rapid
fall in temperature. Outdoor brood
ers should, of course. be set in as shell
tered location as possible. 1t might
be easier to regulate them If they
should stand in the shade, but sun
shine is essential ~ the well-being
of the chickens. Satisfactory results
with outdoor breeders are, for the rea-
sons which have been briefly referred
to, impossible without rather close
watch and constant attention. The
brooder Is much more easily managed
If 1t stands under cover, where the vari-
ations in temperature viii be relative
ly small and il the room in which the
brooder is places is so constructed
that the chickens an get into the sun
shine, the condiapns will be as good
as it is possible TO make them where
this style of management is adopted
In the management of breeders, as In
that of incubators, 1t is the part of
wisdom for the beginner to closely
follow the directions furnished by the
manufacturers.
The plans of the brooder house
shown herewith provide for exterior di-
mansions of 70X16 feet All posts and
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-19
THE QUESTION OF A
GOOD BR00DER HOUSE
Time to Consider the Matter II You
Want TO Raise Early Hatehes--lt
Is the Early Bird That Pays.

Where chickens are Matched with In
cubators, il is the almost invariable
rule to place them in breeders or
brooder houses, though occasionally
a person is found who prefers to give
them to hens. They viii require less
close attention with the hens, but
where chickens are raised in consid.
cradle numbers, the labor of caring
for them in breeders or brooder houses
is less than it would be with hens
and one of these methods is almost
invariably preferred.
1t is by no means an easy matter to
so regulate an out-of-door brooder as
to secure satisfactory results. With
practically all the breeders offered in
the market. the regulation of the tenn
perature is a matter of considerable
difficulty, Several automatic contriv-
ances for controlling the temperature
in breeders have been placed upon the
market. but none of these have been
found TO satisfactorily accomplish the
objects in view. The variations In
outdoor temperature are very wide
Exposure to bright sunshine viii cause
the temperature to run up very rapid
ly; while. on the other hand, the dis
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-19

Of the others, making a tight fence be
tween pens and between pens and al
ley of a height of feet.
The heater pit is walled with stone
and cement, and the floor cemented
The heater has a 17inch fire pot
Pipes running from heater TO headers
are 2 inches and brooder pipes are
inch Expansion tank is at top Of pipe
set in one Of top outlets OF heater
Top Of expansion tank close 10 roof
Heater drafts are controlled by cleo
trio regulator Operated by thermostat
placed under pipes Of first pen. About
8 inches of pen is fenced off for this
purpose. A second thermostat oper-
ates bell in sleeping room OF attend
ant wherever 1t may be- The first
governs the temperature within 2 dee
while the second rings bell in case of
accident to the first, If the temper
AZURE runs up or down Z deg. from
normal
Pens are 5x10 feet outside the pipe
sections, which are 5x3 feet. Pens are
separated by boards l foot wide and
above that 1-inch mesh wire 3 feet
wide Holes are cut through the sep
arating boards by which chicks may
be driven from one pen to the next.
Oneinch mesh wire was laid on the
ground and nailed to the stills before
any of the inside work was started
This is to keep out rats and Is buried
under the dirt with which pens and
alley are filled.
There are 70 pens, the heater pit
and room the size Of two pens on
the other side of the pit Doors in
both ends of the building.
Chimney is of tile set in galvanized
collar on roof
No hovers are used, the open pipe
system being preferred. Hoyers were
not successful and were de- ~5ed.
This house is a successful chicken
-ais~,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-19
THE ROSE BEETLE HAS
INVADED VINEYARDS
Fest May Prove a Serious Problem for
Grape Growers Another Year.

Our hereditary enemy, the rose
chafer, or rose beetle, has of late been
making such bold invasions into the
grape territory that any measures
which promise even partial success
are welcome to the vineyard owners
The life history of this awkward
creature is known pretty we'll by
those interested; the eggs are laid
usually in sod land and In we'll
drained sandy sod by preference, Just
SUCH land as abounds in the fruit belt
Inc larvae are white grubs. resem.
ping, in miniature, the grubs of the
ordinary white grub of the June
beetle. Like their larger relatives,
they feed on the roots of vegetation.
Ihey attain their fui' size in the fall.
and at that time hollow out small
cells in the soil, where they pass the
winter In the spring the larvae
change to pupae and, later In June.
the adult beetles, with their long awk
ward legs, come out and spread over
the countryside, collecting in regions
where their food plants are to be
found, new legions appearing from day
to day as earlier ones die or are
killed off, sometimes collecting in al
most unbelievable numbers.
Grapes suffer most of all the fruits.
The beetles seem to come out just in
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-19

stills that come in contact with the
ground are kyanized spruce. Frame
spruce. Front and middle posts four
by four inches by two feet back posts
four by four inches by three feet. all
set five feet apart and two feet into
ground on stones at bottom -
Stills two by I7ur lncnes 10
posts Studs two by four, inch-s one
over each post. sawed beveling at top
TO suit pitch of roof. Plates spiked on
top of studs. ? Jof timbers two by
four inches, two by six inches apart
between centers, and can be Tapped
on center plate if short lengths are
used. These are toe-nailed TO plates.
Covering boards are hemlock Roof
covered with prepared roofing and
sides clap-boarded over building laper.
Studs of two by four inches are
placed at each side of window frames.
Windows are without hinges. and are
swung in by means of one-inch square
sticks from alley. Triangular side
pieces attached to windc V frames pre-
vent side drafts piece one by two
inches is nailed across from one tri-
angular piece TO the other to keep win.
dow from falling into pen. Window
slides up against this piece of roof
when cord running over pulley is
pulled from alley Windows are fit
ted with detachable frames outside
covered with one-inch mesh wire.
Sliding doors operated by cords from
alley, are under each window.
Pieces of two by three inches are
spiked across from center studs to
back posts near ground. From heater
end of house to the other end each two
by three inches is one-half inch higher
than the one before 1t. This gives a
pitch OF six inches In so feet. Upon
each two by threeinch aud parallel TO
ii is placed on edge, and nailed TO
the center stud, a piece of pine board
one inch wide and three feet two
inches long. tapping two inches on to
stud. Against the ends of these
boards next the alley long boards one
inch wide are nailed at right angles
TO the two by three-inch pieces. This
makes lower portion Of wall between
pens and alley. Notches are cut in
tops OF cross boards TO receive pipes.
After the pipes are In. another set of
boards like the others is placed on TOP
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-19

One Good sized house; modern;
two lots with barn and lot for rent.
Inquire McAlister & Sanger.
The secret to a fit of special order
clothes is the practical knowledge
of taking a measurement. l have
it. Will J. Roberts, tailor.
represent L. M. Varney OF Spo'
kane, for shirts, base ball suits and
College penants to order. Satisfac-
ton guaranteed. Will J. Roberts
the tailor.
lust ARRIVED-The new spring
styles and samples from the fam
Gus Robert, Wicks Co. of Utica,
N. Y. Without doubt the .beAt
special order house in !AmA:ca.
Will J. Roberts, the new tailor. .
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-19

Large, medium and small-sized cobs.
The ear with the medium-sized cob is
the best type to choose as the kernels
are of good length.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-19

time to feast on the flowers and
young sets, and single beetle can ac-
count for many punches of grapes at
such time
On just such an occasion, the
writer, in company with his assistant
Mr.. e. j. Kraus, visited a vineyard at
Decatur, wellknown grape region
Here a pan seven feet six inches long,
% inches wide and one inch deep was
made from a sheet of galvanized iron
To one side of this was fastened a
light frame tire feet high and run.
ming the entire length of the frame
being securely braced to the frame of
the pan. The pan was prepared by
placing number of old pieces of
cloth, soaked in water, in the bottom
and over this pouring about a quart
OF kerosene. When the pan had been
made ready, it was placed alongside
of a vine and the beetles beaten into
it by means of switches made of
broom corn. After collecting the
beetles from or vine the pan was
moved along to the next and the beat
ing repeated. Some of the beetles
fell short of the pan, some struck the
shield and bounded back, but most of
them stayed in and died. 1t is likely
that a deep notch in the side of the
pan, which would admit of placing the
pan closer to the vines, would make
it possible to catch more of the
beetles. OF course, all the beetles
that touched the oil died
Quite a large number of beetles
were collected in this way, but on the
day of the trial the beetles were not so
plentiful as the writer has seen them
at other times. 1t is likely that when
the beetles are not numerous, two men
with ordinary milk pans, with oil rags
in the bottom and with switches
would do about as well. When very
numerous the large pan should be
efficient. 1t requires hard work to
carry such a pan over the hills, such
as are ordinarily used for grape grow
ing Our illustration shows such a
pan in use.
A test of arsenate Of lead in heavy
doses was also made at the same
time. A certain portion of the vine.
yard was sprayed VIII assScG@-@. wv
ing four po"nds to the barrel of wa
ter. The ordinary prepared paste
was used We started with a we'll
stirred charge, but owing to the in
efficiency of the agitator the applica-
ton was far stronger at the part first
sprayed than when farther along.
AS to the results of the spray, Mr..
E. V. Hayden, in whose vineyard the
test was made, writes in substance:
I'm the north block where the spray
was strong, the unsprayed rows aver
aged little more than half as much
as the average of the two rows that
were sprayed. The beetles had been
at work for a week when the spray
was applied No injury to the vines
resulted from the strongest of the
mixture"
This looks very encouraging, but
the grower must always keep in mind
that the spraying must be done thor
oughly, everything must be hit and
all parts of the vine washed with the
mixture. Also use pump with an
agitator which will work when the
pump is moving slowly.
r. S. PETIT,
Entomologist Michigan
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-19
Entomologist, Michigan.
A Few Sheep Pay WE'LL have

A Few Sheep Pay WE'LL have a
flock of 80 half-blood Shropshire ewes
which have proved very profitable. l
feed then in winter on bean fodder
and shelled corn stalks, writes a Ten
nessee correspondent of Farm and
Home. l begin to feed grain about
February 1, which consists of shelled
corn and oats about equal parts and l
give them IA quarts per day. Lamb
ing usually begins March 1. Last year
| had 26s pounds Of wool and saved
45 lambs. In August l sold 26 lambs
AT six cents per pound, and on No
vember II lambs at six cents, or a
total income of 1918, besides the wool.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-19
SELECTING THE BEST
EARS FOR SEED CORN
Don't Put the Work of Until Next
Spring-Do 1t Now.

Ears from corn showing butts and
tips The two on the left ere we'll
shaped and filled to the end. Tie two
on the right are badly formed.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-19

Good for Hogs.-Oil meal or ground
aaxseed is good remedy and preven'
tive for constipation.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-19
She Knows.

No man is a romantic hero to a mar
rled woman.-E L. Lynch.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
DELINQUENT NOTICE

To Chas. Crossman. his heirs, adj
ministrators, executors and to all
whom it may concern:
You are hereby notified that AL
bert Harms expended during the
year 1908, 5000 in labor and inn
provements, upon the War Eagle and
Germania quartz mining claims, sit
uated in the Bear Creek Mining Dis
trict. under the provisions of section
1924 of the revised statutes of the
United States and the amendment
thereto. approved January %, 1880,
concerning annual labor upon mining
claims, being the amount required to
hold said claims for the period ending
OIL the 3lst day of December, A. D..
1905: and if within 80 days from the
personal service of this notice or with
in 80 days after the publication there
of, you fail or refuse to contribute
your proportion of su,h expenditure
as co-owner which is $4,000 your
interest in the Chains will become
the property of the subscriber, your
co-owner, who paid your said proper
ton Of the required expenditure by and
the terms of said sections that said
claims adjoin each other and the ex-
penditure of 5000 upon the "War
Eagle" and HGermania' quartz
mining claim as aforesaid benefited,
developed and improved both of said
claims, the location notice of which
are recorded in book II at pages
$50 and lS1 respectively. in the
office of the recorder of said Gilmore
county.
1914. Albert Harms.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the
board of county commissioners will
receive sealed bids for constructing
and improving the county roads in
road District No. as fol ows. to-wit:
Beginning on the north side of the
Oregon Short Line railroad track at
or near a crossing known as the Mac
Annuity Railroad crossing to the River
Ferry; running thence along the
north side of the railroad to the first
railroad crossing east about one mile,
where it intersects the present county
road, thus cutting out the dangerous
crossings about one and one half miles
east of Glenns Ferry.
Bids must be accompanied by good
and sufficient bond in double the
amount of the bid.
Blank bonds and contracts may be
had by applying to the clerk of the
board. Specifications covering the
work can be seen at the clerks Office
after May 81, 1909.
All bids must be filed with the clerk
not later than 9 o'clock a. M, June
81, 1909. F. C. SMITH,
Clerk of the board of county COM
misisoners.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
NOTICE

Notice 10 hereby given that the
board of county commissioners of FL
more county, Idaho, will receive sealed
bids for constructing and improving
the county roads in road district No.
!, as follows, to-wit:
Section l. Leaving the present
county road between Rocky Bar and
Atlanta at the summit of Big Elk
Greek and running around the south
slope of the hill above Lisons ditch
and crossing Elk creek at the falls on
said creek thence following around
the south slope of the. hills. to the tree
marked road on the top of the stony
grade on Hogs Back, thus cutting out
the Elk creek hills. Boiler Grade
and Hogs Back grade where rocky.
Section 2 Leaving the present
county road at the summit on James
Creek to the right and continuing
along the south slope of the mountain
and connecting with the present county
road at small park above the James
creek canyon, thus avoiding the $50
grade and Turner HIP on the
present county road.
All bids must be made covering
each section separately, no bids will
be considered without being accom-
panied with good and sufficient bond
for each bid in double the amount of
the bid.
Blank bonds and contracts may be
had by applying to the clerk of the
board. Specifications covering the
above work can be seen at the clerk s
office. All bids must be filed with
the clerk not later than 9 o'clock a.
M, June 81, 1909.
F. c. SMITH,
Clerk of the board of county com
missioners. !
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The helping hand is never empty.
One to-day is worth an eternity Of
yesterdays.
There is nothing platonic about
mans love for himself.
If small boy is quiet his mother
wonders what aiIs him
Many a mans hard luck is due to
his efforts to avoid hard work.
Money makes the mare go-and
sometimes she goes to the horse doc
tor.
II man expects woman to be rea-
sonable she thinks he ~ unreason-
able.
VIII power is apt to go down and
out when it encounters the almighty
dollar.
Some people wouldn't be so care
full about their actions If 1t wasn't for
the gossips.
The man who has kind word for
everybody is generally suspected of
having an ak to grind.
The man who is looking for trou
BILE can usually find It by rubbing the
first man he meets the wrong way
1t sometimes happens that young
man has so much common sense that
a college education doesn't unfit him
for useful career-Chicago News.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
80 600 ACRES OF LAND

To be opened for settlement under
the Carey Act at Shoshone on June
8. Reduced rates in effect via Ore
gon Short Line. June 3, 6. Z, and
8, limit, June l6. For descriptive
literature address d. E. Burnley. Gen
eral Pass. Agt.. Salt Lake City,
Utah. 3-S
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17

35 acres, thence S $40 #.
thence w 1920 #, thence N.
1920 IT, z 1913 #, thence S.
700 f, thence E 30c # to point
of beginning 1875
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED


That there is no substitute or any
thing else just as good as the truth?
That the man who never argues
with customer is the most success
ful7
That the fellow who fs always late
In coming is usually the first one
to go?
That the boss" is proud OF the clerk
who helps him. and soon gets rid Of
those who don'tY
That clean hands and clean linen
make a favorable impression. while
the other doesn't?
That the assistant who talks with
his customer and not at him always
has customer to talk with?
That the man who thinks he con
trolls the trade soon finds out he can
not even control himself?
That in successful shops the floor
Is not used as waste basket, nor the
counter for "catch-all?"
That cheerfulness is catching. and
that there is always room in shor
for smiling countenance?
That polite Thank you" should
complete every transaction; 1t salts
nes the patron and costs nothing?
That you don't need. to tell of your
ability-ff you possess any; those in.
terested will find it out?-London
Chat
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17

The Pierian spring is mineral water
that goes TO ones head. Let it alone
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17

Take things as they come or turn
your back and let them go on by.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17

Don't expect the poet to deal in reG
son; his specially is rhyme.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
PROVERBS AND PHRASES.

Do the duty which lies nearest to
you.-Charles Kingsley.
Whatsoever We do, do it heartily
Celossians. lii. %.
Strong and content. I travel the open
road Walt Whitman.
The wilderness and the solitary
place shall be glad for them---IsasAh
XIV. L
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17
Educate by Precep..

ITO bring up a child the way he
should go, travel that way yourself
DR.. Mcleod.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17

The secret of happiness is not 70 -
It stop with you.

The tongue of a gossip Is lined with
tiny needles that SOW strife.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17

That the fellow who is always late
In coming is usually the first one
to go?
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17

That clean hands and clean linen
make a favorable impression, while
the other doesn't?
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17

That the assistant who talks with
his customer and not at him always
has customer to talk with?
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17


The future is fascinating witch be-
cause of the mystery in which she Is
yelled.
Even a close friend has way OF
siding off when you put out hand to
touch him financially.
oh, he joyful, brothers, but modu
late your voices when you sing under
the windows of the successful!
It's queer; the swiftest horse often
limps in last, and the little fishes are
the only ones that are ever hungry.
Cold shoulders, even when gar
nished with crumbs OF comfort. are no
refreshments to set before friends.
The man who can still draw check
on the Bank Of Dreams and have II
honored is the only millionaire after
all.
As cracking thorns under q pot, 50
is this talk of careers" to one who
has dined with a literary lighthouse
keeper.
Opportunity is a gumshoe artist that
creeps forth only at night, when the
weary ones who have watched all day
for him are asleep.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-17

That the boss is proud Of the clerk
who helps him. and soon gets rid OF
those who don't?