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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-05-21

roots of the COW pea crop add a great
deal of nitgrogen to the soil, and have
marked effect on fertility, If heavy
green crop of COW peas is plowed un-
der in the autumn 1t is best not to-
plant the land until the following
spring. A very good plan for bringing
up the fertility of wornout field is to-
sow rye in the fan. pillow this under
in the spring, harrow thoroughly, let
the land lie month, and then SOW
COW peas. Cut the peas for hay and
sow rye again. A few seasons of such
treatment will restore fertility to the.
soil. Fortunately. both of these crops
will grow on very poor land.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-05-21
CYCLONE IN KANSAS.
Large Area in Ruins-Three Dead and
Many Injured.

LdTS0 tAI6d III ISu1Lb-1 1l1OO OCdu dnO4
Many Injured.
Kansas City, May 16.-A recapitula-
ton of Friday nights storm, general
over northwestern Missouri and east
ern and central Kansas and extending
into Oklahoma, and which in places
reached the proportions of a tornado,
shows three known dead, six others
missing and IS injured, at least half a
dozen of the latter seriously hurt
The principal damage was done at
Hollis, a town of $50 inhabitants near
Concordia, Kan, and at Mount Wash
ington, Mo-, a suburb eight miles east
of Kansas City. In both of these places
practically every house was either dam
aged or demolished and dozens of per
sons injured.
The dead Frederick Jeardoe, boy,
at Hollis, Kan; William Elliott, a car
penter, blown from a derrick at Chill
wood, near Joplin, Mo-; William Ack-
ley, engineer of Santa Fe railway
bridge gang, working near Great Bend,
Kan.
Got in Storm Cellars.
Five members of the Eckstrom fam.
lily, supposed to have been killed in
their home near Hollis, and Charles
Quance, a rancher, who was believed to
have succumbed near Larned, Kan, es
capped unhurt to tornado cellars. The
fact became known late today when
wire communication was resumed with
these points. The known dead from
the storm in this part of the northwest
is three and the injured 81.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-05-21
Great Attractions at Spokane.

a complete list of attractions that
%ln appear at the Spokane theater for
'He remainder of the season is an
uOuheed by Manager Charles H. Muehl-
man, as follows:
may 25-2s-fThe Merry Widow"
May 29-3O-Otis Skinner.
May 31-Mme. Nazimova.
lures. 80 O---'0
House, INV
T June l3-16-"The Burgomaster.
July 5-6-John Drew.
J Ty s-lO-Ethel Barrymore
July 19-2O-Mrs. Fiske.
July 26-27-Marie Doro.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-05-21
Eggs Pre.erved with wnr.

By novel process of preserving,
eggs six months old are made to retain
their new lald' freshness The pro
cess has been developed by firm Of
English importers, acting on the theory
that an egg decomposes owing to the
entrance of bacteria through the shell,
The eggs are thoroughly cleansed and
disinfected and then immersed In a
vessel of hot Darafin wax in vacuum.
The air in the shell is extracted by the
vacuum and atmospheric pressure Is
then allowed to enter the vessel, when
the hot wax is forced into the pores
Of the shell, which thus hermetlncaIly
seals it Evaporation OF the contents
Of the eggs, which has a harmful ef-
feet, is thereby prevented and the egg
is practically sterile.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-05-21
Tnn Mnch snIt kim.

Hogs like salt, and too much salt
win kill them. Being hogs they do not
always know when they have had
enough. If mixed with ashes, or ashes
and sulphur, and deposited in piles no
danger need be feared unless they are
ravenous for salt from long continued
deprivation. But If you give them
brine from the meat barrel In free
doses you might as well give them ar
senic. Meat brine Is one of the hog
polsons. Cottonseed is another, but
why no man knoweth. The latter is a
slow poison for hogs, yet good food
for cattle.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-05-21
Got in Storm Cellars.
ewYNN WINS IN oRAToRY.
Forest Grove Man Successful in College
Contest.

Tacoma.-Five representatives of a
score of colleges in Pacific coast states
contested recently at the Puget Sound
university for the championship of the
Pacific coast and the right to repre-
sent this section in the biennial ma
tional contest in 1910.
The prohibition question in its vari-
GUS phases was the theme of all the
orators, the contest being held under
the auspices of the Intercollegiate Pro,
hibition society.
W. E. Gwynn of Pacific college at
Forest Grove, Ore, won first place and
Ben D. Scitt of the University OF
Southern California at Los Angeles sec
ond place. Gwynn won first over Scott
by only two points on delivery.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-05-21
Governor johnson on Tariff.

New York, May 1.-THE New York
World prints a signed statement by
Governor John A. johnson of Mime
sofa. in which he declares that the re-
publican leaders in congress are not
keeping faith with the people in re-
vising the tariff, and declares that if
the party does not keep faith, the mid
die west is lost to the republican party
four years hence.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-05-21
Ancient ArricnItnre.

Why agriculture, the first industry
to be learned and so obviously the most
fundamental, was the last to be de-
veloped Is one Of the most battling mys-
teries of history. One marvels at it
afresh as one stands before certain
glass case in the Egyptian quarter of
the British Museum. wherein is lit
tie group of farm utensils--a fractured
wooden plow; a rusted sickle, two
sticks tied together with a leathern
thong and several tassels that had
hung on the horns of oxen. To be
sure, these implements were used 5000
years ago-they were found in the
tomb of Seti but one remembers
that when Egypt was using these
bread tools, no better than those of the
barbarians about her, she had a most
elaborate government, an army and
navy and art and literature.
The records and relics of other ma
tons down through history show the
same strange incongruity. For thou
sands of years the wise men of the
world absolutely ignored the problems
of the farm. A farmer remained either
a serf or tenant. He was a stolid
drudge-"brother to the OK" Even the
masterful old pilgrim fathers had nc
plows at all-nothing but hoes and
sharp sticks-for the first twelve years
Of their pioneering. And therefore for
thousands of years there was hunger
Journal of Agriculture.
Milking by Hand and Machine.
After test of milking machines for
period of more than a year, Prof
A. L. Hacker, of Nebraska, has made
several conclusions. Heifers in their
first lactation, apparently give better
results by machine milking than dc
aged cows that have been accustomed
to hand milking for one or more years
Some cows are not adapted to machine
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-05-21
Circus Tent Blown Down.

CORY. Pa.-The severe wind and
rain storm which swept northwestern
Pennsylvania recently blew down the
main tent of the Cole Brothers circus
at this place, causing a wild panic
among the spectators. Hundreds OF
men. women and children were pinned
down nv the wet canvas and in Their
struggles to free themselves a number
were injured.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-05-21
Washington Wheat Market.

Ritzville.-Bluestem $1.1O; red, CSC
Davenport.-Bluestem, $1.15; club,
81.
Portland.-Track prices: Club, $1.18
.@1.2O; choice milling bluestem, $1.27h
@1.3O; turkey red, $1.1s; red Russian,
$1.15; valley, $1.1O.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-05-21
POPULAR BREEDS OF CHICKENS AND DUCKS

popular general utility
growing fine fowls
desired Light Brah O superior.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-05-21
ReAtriction Of Fertility.

Prof. Spillman says 1t seldom pays
to turn under crop Of cow peas In
the green state. 1t Is better practice
to make hay Of them. feed the hay
and put the manure back on the land.
AS is the case with all legumes the
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-05-21

a little stronger to suit yourself. Then
bore a hole, b, in the center for 2
inch gas pipe to act as a king bolt
Then take a 4x4-inch, 3 foot 6 inch
long crosspiece and fasten 1t to the
gas pipe, C, and brace it with 4x4 inch
braces. a. The height is 8 feet 6 inch
es and width 4 feet.
When taking off the grain bed place
the jack a little better than half way
to the rear end. then remove the rear
end of the wagon first and swing it
on to the jack. Then put your weight
on 1t and swing it off the wagon,
placing a small jack under the front
end.-C. 2. Rux, in Farm and Home.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-05-21

milking. Alternate hand and machine
methods of milking have a detrimental
effect upon the flow. Manipulation of
the udder is absolutely necessary In
some instances before all the milk can
be drawn by the machine. One man
operating one machine can milk about
the same number Of cows in an hour
as one milking by hand. Two men
operating four machines can practi-
cally do the work Of three men milk
ing by hand. Two operators with four
machines MIXED twenty-four cows In
an hour. 1t Is necessary to thoroughly
wash and boil the milking machine
parts after each usage in order to pro-
duce milk with as low bacterial con-
tent as that resulting from careful
methods of hand milking.-Denver
Field and Farm.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-05-21
The Annual Honey Crop.

In one year the bees sent to market
4 crop of honey worth nearly as much
as the barley crop; three times as much
as the buckwheat crop; $6,0O0,O00
greater than the rye crop. and nearly
100000 greater than the rice crop.
All Of the rice and buckwheat grown
on an aggregate area Of 2,126 1-S
square miles, did not reach to the
value Of the honey by $50. 259.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-05-21
Lifting the Wagon Box.

Liking the Wagon BOX
1 constructed wagon bed jack that
is one Of the handiest devices on the
farm where there is only one man to
put on or take off a grain rack or
wagon box. The construction is very
simple. Make a carpenters jack, only
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-05-21

The finest private goodness grows
ont of devotion to public welfare.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-05-21

Wheat bran is preferable however,
because it is less bulky.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-05-21

Patience becomes a habit quicker
with a woman than with a man
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-05-21
OTHER MARKETS.

Dispatches concerning market quota
tions, conditions and phases are as fol-
lows:
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-12-11

same day the mems meetings, but in a separate
hall The demonstration car OF the women's In
stitute force. which is fitted up n modern kitch-
en- is believed to be the first in the country.
The value OF this work has been fully demon
strated in every State in which 1t has been estab-
lished and the increasing demand for II shows
how much the women appreciate It. There are in
stances In North Carolina OF women going 10 and
Il. and even 90 miles. TO attend the meetings;
and better still. they attend the next year TO tell
how tho work has helped them. We believe that
these women's institutes In some form should be Il
part OF the regular institute work In every State In
our territory. and that provision should be made
for their support just tho same for tho insu-
tutcs for mon. Tho various womcn's clubs and
other organizations should take this matter W
and bring IL 20 tho attention OF their Legislators
when II Is once made plain that tho women real
ly want the work established. It will DO done.
And tho progressive farmers OF tho South
should Join with their wives and sisters and
daughters In getting tho womcns institutes s,art-
cd and then making success ot them. Tho work
inside the home !s iuat importan, aa that out
side. and ISogrcss In tho two must so together Il
IN" country itfo IS 10 improve M Il should
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-12-11

Why Not Have Woman's Institutes
in Your State.

n
M tho United States Department of Asr'eui-
turc In which Information is given rs to
tho work for women In connection with tho farm.
crs' institute work. This work has taken di.-
fcrcnt forms in different States. and has made
grca, progress in the Las, tcw years. las; year
73a meetings for country were held by tho
farmers institute directors in the several States "
Some Illustrations OF the work done In different
States may be OF in,crca,:
In Colorado last year three domestic scIonco
courses. OF i've days each. we're held with regis
tered attendance OF i.2i0. Each woman paid
fec OF 81 and tho has. lights. etc. were furnish
cd by the localities In which tho Institutes were
held
The Illinois Association OF Domestic Science has
an organization In 70 out OF the 100 counties OF
the State some OF the counties having as many an
eight local organizations.
In Indiana CO womonH institutes were held In
connection with the regular farmers Institutes
Michigan has ten women lecturers an institute
force which holds separate sessions from the
mems meetings. In Minnesota two-day cooking
schools have been held In connection with the
regular Institutes. In one county meetings were
arranged for Ave localities In n circuit. The meet
ing in one neigh borhood would be on Monday: in
the next. on Tuesday. and 30 until Friday The
next week the circuit was gone over again. and
thus for four weeks In Utah 10 women's insti-
tutes were held with total attendance OF a.6A9
Institute work for women Ia placed by law on n
parity with that for men. and funds provided
In the same manner
North Carolina was the only Southern State
TO report any work along this line. In Tennessee
n woman's auxiliary TO the farmers institute work
was organized. but no meetings were reported
Sixty-eght women's Institutes were held In North
Carolina. usually at the same place and on the
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-12-11
This Week and Next.

"N ADDITION 20 our $500 More \ Year
lANI article this week. which treats OF thlnEs
often neglect bat which arc literally
matters of iifo and death and. therefore Of moro
Importance Than any mere matters OF financial m
ror,ancc thoro arc several features Of more than
ordinary interest We shall mention ouiy touv
CD Tho good crop reports on page !. stories
fu of Inspiration and practical help TO all ~ho
would mako better crops ana DO better farming
ca Tho talk soft formation on page 8 Il,
,his talk wll only lead tomo % our ycadcra to
studying the wonderfully made and wondor-
working coil from which &c must draw tho ,hinrb
that sustain our life. and which SO many people
think Is only lltclcas ''Lirt'-lt No can only do
this. shau ha,o glscn them entirely now ldoas
o. wha, farming really meana
t5l Mrs. stevens article on home made Christ.
nlna gifts on page s II is tho habl, with most
Of ua 10 put OF preparing for Christmas until Il
IL upon ua. and II can gc, over tho habit It
will save much needless wear and tear OF both
body and mind in those last tow days before the
children hang up thoir stockings
90 Tho report OF the meeting OF tho Mlaaiaaippi
Farmers Union on page - We would call special
attention to the resolutions adopted by tho moo,.
'hs anu 10 'ho pFoEF"hh9F" views tn" Union lead
orH hold on purely agricultural toptcn
We Nigh; call attention. 81 course. To Mr.
frcnch's methods OF killing hogs. 20 tho article
on rico growing on page IT, to Professor Dun
cans report of the boya club work In Ala
hama. 10 Professor Massey page OF instruction
and 10 other features. but NC said Nc wouldn't
Next ~oek moro reports OF good crops and moro
helps In making Thorn: moro auggoationm for
Christmas gifts: more talk about the things that
ough, TO be done right now and an announcement
Of special interest TO NIL Alabama readers.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-12-11
We Guarantee Our Advertiser.

WE WILL positively make GOOD the sustained By
w subscriber . fraudulent
ahe In columns the Of
be deliberate suioacr 60 the
advertiser the only exception eeins purchass
lands and hous~ In vheh The huysr must 30 bis Judge
his
between reliable husineAa house.
Of actually fraudulent dealing viii
the subscriber
this the
and that tho subscriber whom urisins
arh advcrtisrr ! writing advertiser
SorrHsss FAnu oAsrrTI which the rsaia
hiIiiy Of all advcrtiscYs that u carries"
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-12-11
A Thought for the Week.

NAiT HEN THE FORESTS are all cut down and
k"l The mines are nothing but empty holes In
@I---' tho ground. the farm lands OF the country
WIZ ROMAN capable OF renewing their bounty for
over. Here lies the true secret OF anxi-
GUS interest In agricultural methods. because. In
mo long run. they mean life or death TO future
millions, who are no strangers or invaders but
our own childrens children. and who viii pass
judgment upon us according TO what We have
made or the world In which their lot IL 10 be cast
james J. I'M. In Worlds Work"
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-12-11

In all sections OF the South the boys corn clubs
are proving one OF tho greateat educational ar.n.
cles ever devised and one OF the greatest aida IA
better farming yet thought Of We heard tho 9TH
or day OF fourteen-ycar-old boy who made 9s
bushels OF corn on an OF land while
neighbor farmer In an adjoining field cleared nj
the same time made on 10 bushels See vour
County Superintendent and put your county Il,
the forefront OF the Boys Corn Club movement,
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-12-11
Editorial Notes.

TN1PEAKGNG OF good crop yields there ia ,u,.
10y one thing we wish We could Impress a,
- every readers mind: Tho average GRO,
does no more than pay its way. even II II ao.
that The ordinary corn or cotton crop in n.
South does not return enough to pay back tho
actual cash expenditure and give a fair wage 10,
tho labor spent In It's making The moral ia plain.
We must quit growing average crops.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-12-11


We must qui, growing average" crops
How does the old rhyme run
For age and want while you may.
No mornings sun lasts a whole day"
Tho present high tide OF prosperity In the South
canno, last always. and there has never been .
better umc In history for preaching economy than
RICH, now. when times hard. economy NAY
run into parsimony; right need TO preach
economy In order TO prevent extravaganza. Save
your money. Start a bank account II you have
surplrs. bu, nrs, OF all. tha, the farm Il
properly supplied With stock and equipment, and
tho homo with convcnences. &c, tho improved
farm implements and machinery you have been
wanting so long. the sewing machine. washing
machine. range. and watcr-works for your WIFE
and improved breeds OF hogs. cattle and poultry
And then paint tho house.
A Doctor OF Divinity. FOR whom have both IL.
'-c,!on and respect. says OF tho hookworm dis
case: TO aay tha, much more than !nconse-
qurntial part OF our people arc infected wi,h the
parasite 10 iibciions and absurd" The Secretary
u tho Hoard OF Health In tho same State Doctor
~ Medicine. says tha, 80 per cent OF the school
children IN the eastern half OF tho State have the
trouble And much az 40 admire tho Doctor Of
Divinity. must believe tho Doctor OF Medicine
should DO better Informed about medical matters
Tho recont drogth has resulted In enormous
damage TO our timber resources by torca, area
We have ~ means developed as yo; a public
sentiment against negligence. With nrc In the
woods such as 40 ought 30 have. aud must have.
oar timber supply. large ircca and young under
growth. are iuHt much OF III. farmers wealth
aA hia houSea. barns. and whoat-Btacka. and a man
Is just as blamabo TO lot nro destroy one ms the
other
We have no patience with tho idea that tho ne
gro can TO; DO taught bcttcr methods OF farming
and bo''or habits OF living Tho white man OF
The South has taught him all that he now knows.
and "hca tho white farmers adopt better methods
Tho negroes ~!li follow We have to-day a report
OF negro tenant who made Zoe bushels OF corn
on an acre. OTHERS can do jus, aa we'll
Tho farmer who doca no, know more about tho
basic prlnciploa OF farming next spring than he
docs nov will have wasted or inis-spent his winter
evenings
Prevention IL better than cure" There Ia more
religion In digging out stumpa this winter than
In fooling sorry for cuss words and mule beating
next summer.
Tho pretty picture on our nrst page IA repro
duccd by courtesy OF tho South Carolina Depart
mont OF Agriculture
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-07-30
This lively Ysnr

The year OF 1909 has lived out a ,;,,,,
more than half its allotted sn,r an,
already gives promise of supnlar,;.s
1913 as the year Of revolutions, C,s,r
has heen chased out Of Vcro,,o,1
Reyes came neal heing chased nm,
Colombia. Lclayus. we hope, NAV =,
fore the end uf the year lc chased
Of Central America: and il he is bpr-;t
across the bourne whence mn al
%r..iurnS. ii wouldn't Il, any ..
cessivc grief. Turkey has deposed and
imprisoned Il sultan and Persi, ha.
deposed and imprisoned a shah. Chin,
has had Il change Of heart more e,tr,or
binary than many revolutions; a cham,
all the more impressive bv reason .,
its OrdcrlineSs. And now Sr,ir 4.
standing up in the seats to hiss Tho
royal performance, is CRYING for AN end
to the Moorish war. and "A return or A..
soldiers who are now being kent abroad
to bc shot or die of fever. OF "A surety
things have been happening these lac,
seven months.
At the present writing it Seems nm.
likely that the Spanish ruction will o,
far enough t" rid the throne Of IN.
young king. But the Snniards hay.
already treated tn" world 10 "A couple Of
surprises, which make one reckon
almost anything possible. The home Of
cruSades has ~rcvoltcd against a war ON
the infidrl Moors; and the country with
the longest martial traditions of any
land of western Europe has apparently
set its face against war of nv sort.
Rocky Mountain News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-07-30

Speaker Reed, in discussing the
defeat Of the republican party following
the passage of the Mckinley bill. said:
I'm hundreds of cases the 'drunmers'
were, intentionally or unintentionally.
missionaries to preach democratic
doctrine. They went all ove the
country with their stories of advances
in prices that Were to be made next
week or next month Oh account of the
Mckinley bill.
But 1 am inclined to think that the
most important factor in the result of
this election WIS the women of the
country. 1t is the women who DC the
shopping. who keep the run of the
prices. who have the keenest scent for
increased cost. They heard in every
store the clerks behind the counters
explain how this article or that could
not be sold hereafter ut the former
price because of the Mckinley bill; they
went home and told their husbands and
fathers. And their stories had a ire
mcudnus effect ut the ballot box
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-07-30
Hunting 10 His One Hobby.

William Northrup Mcmillan. who Is
TO entertain President Roosevelt and
his son at NaIrobI. British East Africa.
In April, has engaged in more big.
game shooting In the last four years
than falls to most hunters In a life.
time. Standing ove six feet I'm height
and Of Herculean strength, lie In a man
OF dauntless courage and n deadly
shot. He shuns publicity and cares
little for society, entertaining on rare
occasions. Ills wife IL as daring where
sport Is concerned as her husband. She
has made many Journeys with her own
caravan and was the first white WON.
an to cross Abysslnia from west to
east. Mrs. Mcmillan had an audience
with Segus Mcnelik and was received
with courtesy during her travels. even
from chiefs Of tribcs whom the negus
regarded as hostile.