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Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-07
COAST

Rescuers face dangers and difficulties
In taking bodies OF avalanche victims
down trail at wellington. PAGE 3
six couples dance fifteen hours in San
Francisco. breaking worlds record;
all are carried TO hospital at finish.
PAGE /
Chemist discovers presence OF stryeh-
nine in viscera of Mrs Edith Pepoon
and her husband is arrested. PAGE
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-07
FOREIGN

Wild rioting marks close of demonstra-
tion against suffrage bill in streets of
Berlin. PAGE
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-07
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
FORECAST

FORECAST
For Los Angeles and viclnity-Fair
Monday; light west wind. Maximum
temperature yesterday 65 degrees,
minimum 90 degrees.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-12

General
average .3,54S,o33 1.195.7O1 3~1-1ODths
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-12

other Tor 4 year. agreeing To paS 500
OF z also per year per COW for some
who shall make II his duty t. ap-
pear At each farm nnce a month for
q year. at milking time. see the cows
milked. weigh their milk. test it. and
make a record OF each cows work
and leave Il With her owner. In his
way q practical mar thoroughly ac-
quainted with the work can br I'M
ploYed t. give his experience To thu
falrynan at 50 low \ cost n L. make
MS employment q necessity Ia cvers
owner OF a considerable number or
COWS. Some may say they can't 8f-
lord the cost. \ few
COWS will in a year cost more han tn.
expense Of having the herd tested for
q similar period. II a COW isn't worth
the feed and care she requires the
farmer should know ii. If she is Il
paying COW he should know il and
breed her to q sire Of pronounced
qualities and thus build up his herd
TO a standard OF excellence and profit.
GOOD G3lry COWS are seldom i'm the
market People az Z rule do not sell
such cows. or il so thoy sell 1T an
eXFs0rb!tant price few farmers can
afford 10 pay. SO the really practi-
cal and economical way to get q pay
lns herd is TO breed Up to il from
SlreS OF such excellence as t. leave
no question as to the dairy merit al
their offspring, beginning with the
best cows in the herd as mothers and
d~iscirdinS those OF inferior quality.
The tester can visit one herd one
day and then the farmer can take
nm to the next, and so on until he
mas gone the rounds Of the n~aighbor-
hood once each month. At the end
OF the year each farmer viii have
q record showing a losing or winning
game on the part Of each COW, be
sides having been educated in yari-
Gus branches of the industry. y limit
ed number Of COW testing associations
Nave been organized in Minnesota and
the are pleased with the re-
suite
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-12
IMPROVEMENT OF DAIRY HERDS
Best Results Can Only Be Obtained
By Exactly Testing the Milk OF

Every farmer is Interested in his
herd of dairy COWS OF the
money the cows bring him. Very leW
farmers however. ave any knoWi-
edge OF what their COWS are doing.
Most of the armer judge OF the quail
itv OF their COWS from the anloun OF
milk each one gives. Ii she gives q
large mess OF milk she is usually the
best COW on the farm, and ii Il small
mess she is not a very good COW.
This is an unscientiiic way OF Judging
Of the individual COW or the herd. To
help farmers upon a higher plane OF
Gairying has been a study OF the Min
nesota Department OF Agriculture Tor
several years. Through q long series
Of experiments the department has
found that the testing Of individual
cows. weighing their milk and testing
it is practical and necessary II one Is
to breed up his herd in~telligently. The
department now recommends the or
canizatiOn of cooperative COW test
ing associations in any nelgnborhood
where q sufficient number OF COWS IS
kent. This is not a hard matter TO
do. Let fifteen or twenty FARMERS
ioin together in q ~neighborly way ana
sign an agreement to stand by cacn
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-12
POULTRY ITEMS.
suite

Cleanliness in every part 81 the
poultry house, is Of the utmost i'm
portance with fowls in confinement.
Onions chopped fine and mixed with
the mems food occasionally Will pro
mote health. Onions are a great Doul-
try tonic and they are relished by
fowls, old and young. Our fall
Matched chicks tumble over one an
other TO get to their feed when on
ions are mixed with it.
Keep he males entirely separated
from the hens in winter quarters,
when eggs are not wanted for breed
ing The eggs are better in
quality. and Will keep longer if not
fortified. and in number are not in
creased by the presence Of the male.
Pullets are the best layers. old
hens bring the egg record down. But
Of course there are always exccp-
tons.
The remova Of nesting material,
and refillinG with clean dry nesting
IS a great help in keeping down the
lice.
one Of the most difficult things for
q beginner i'll poultry raising to learn
is TO Gull closely, and there are 9th
ers besides the beginners that need
to practice this necessary thing.
A film of kerosene over the drink
ing water. Will prevent one chicks
catching disease from another: also
ii will cure slight colds, an easy pre-
ventiye, and no possible harm in it.
There is no gold mine nor get ricIs
quick scheme in the poultry yard, but
if YOU will practice these four words
cleanliness, p~unctuality. perseverance,.
and care. YOU will receive a good pro
fit from the poultry.
During very cold weather it is ab-
%solutely necessary that the eggs bc
gathered several times a day. for Il
they are lett III the nests theE are
apt TO be frozen. The evil habit cf
egg-eating is very often formed by
hens getting their first taste Of eggs
from eating a cracked one which has
frozen III the nest.
A poultry house need not be irtt-
iicialiy heated TO be warm enough 20"
the hens to be comfortable and la
eggs, but it SHOULD be built yerr
tight and snug. SO as to exclude all
drafts of cold air.
Now that green food is So scarce
would be a good time to sprout SOM
oats or barley. These ]sprouted oats
try feed for - cents per bush-i.
Some kind Of green food is neces-
sary for laying hens, now hat the
ground is covered with snow with r,
green blade in sight. Cabbage, tur-
nipS beetS or small potatoes are all
good: 50 is scalded alfalfa leaves.
Hens tina are not laying these days
can be coaXed sometimes by fecdiI"
them Il small amount OF cut hone OF
fresh meat in some form.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-12

II Is not for a moment centende0
mat the states average yield per acre
should at once measure up to that OF
the Georgia or other Experiment Sta
ton. Not at all. But it is urged that
the true status having been presented
as to five representative cotton States,
and it having been demonstrated by
careful experimentation that it is pos
Slble largely to increase the WELD Of
cotton per acre by proper methods
and higher fertilization. every cotton
grower in this country should feel en-
Outraged TO the extent Of putting forth
his very best efforts his year with q
view to bringing up the general aver
e yield OF seed cotton to q point
higher than has yet been reached.
that IS the single object Of this arti-
Gle. That is the one thing aimed
at in making the foregoing careful
display Of interchangeable facts and
igureS.
Experiment. Ca, April I. 1910.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-12

TIN lessons taught US by the results
of 1904, in the matter Of cotton grow
ing, have not yet been orgottef
Those results persuaded cotton grow
rrs generally that the wiser course to
nursue was to reduce creage IN 1919,
and hold it down to a reasonable num-
Der Of acres. year by year. That has
been done.
The results referred to, suggested
that. ia reducing acreage, we should
strive Tor a larger yield per acre. That
We seem not to nave done.
It Is safe to take five such States
as the Caroljnas, Georgia, Alabama
and Mississippi as illustrative of all
vital subject.
The record shows, as Will more
fully appear in the facts and the fig
ures which are to follow. that in 1904,
the cotton acreage Of the States
named, averaged 3,o62,o44 acres; the
crop, 1,379,571 600 pound) bales, ex-
,jHslvc Of l~inters; the average yield
s,ar acre, 45-1o0ths of a ale.
The general average acreage Of
those States for five years. 1905-1909,
both inclusiye-Was 100000 acres;
the average annual crop, 1,123,195
900 p0und) bales; the average yield
per acre, 39-100ths Of a bale.
\ word as to linters. 1t may in
%ercst all your readers to know that
fhe Inter crop of the States named
was for the year 1908, for example,
lbG.I&S (500 pound) bales. The lint
rs are in large request. They are
Hsed to a great extent in fleeing,
with lambs wool" as it We're a large
ger cantage Of the underwear on mer-
chants shelves, goods that are pOp
lar With the people.
X is evident that cotton growers
must exert themselves, in the present
and in the future. more than in the
immediate past, If they are really de-
sirOuS to attain unto high things II
cotton production, meaning 4 remun
eratjVe crop each succeeding year.
I do not know a better way by
A. Mich to mpreSS upon cotton ROVER
the necessity which exists for a steady
increase in the average yield per acre
producing the largest quantity per
acre at the smallest reasonable cos
than by placing before them, il
>uccinct form the results Of their la
bGrs in the five States through q pc
rod OF five years.
Young farmers, as well as farmers
ageous to study the facts herein giveI
then file them away for repeated
ready reference. The facts are in
disputabie. They constitute a rec
Ord full Of interest. They represent
many hours Of honest toll on the par
81 those who wrote it in indeliblt
characters.
Here is that record by years as vel
s. hy States:
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-12

The small average yieiS per acre
made by the group Of States indi-
Gates, in q most foryefui manner one
Of the prerequisites to a yield OF say
three-quarters Of a bale per acre, fol-
lowed i'll q reasonable length Of time,
quick time, by the high but possible
general Terag of one bale per acre.
That prerequisite is, higher fertiliza-
ton. There must be, Of course prop
er preparation Of soil. the best seed
and the most approved methods OF
cu1tiyation-rapid, light and level.
Let us look into the results OF high
CT fertilization as shown in the case of
the State Of Georgia-the years 1905
and 1905 compared. Georgia is chosen,
because official facts and figures are
in hand-
The New Orleans convention urged
q reduction OF acreage and fertilizer.
There were those, this deponent
among the number, who insisted that
the true policy was to reduce acreage
and increase the quantity OF fertilizer
per acre. The latter policy prevailed
In 1905 Georgia farmers applied an
average Of 20 pounds Of high grade
commercial fertilizer per acre; in 1906,
they economical over the ~left-using
204 pounds per acre.
In 1906. 2O4 pounds Of fertilizer
! gave s~4-10oths. or ITO pounds lint.
In 1908, z1S pounds Of fertilizer
gave ~S9-1eoths, or 1s5 pounds lint
In 1906. go pounds OF fertilizer
gave ~45-100ths. or 225 pounds lint.
Two hundred and seventy pounds Of
fertilizer per acre gave IL crop in
crease Of 32.3 per cent over 2o4
rounds per acre. and 1873 per cent.
over 218 pounds per acre
There is a lesson OF value to every
farmer in those facts. Note the small
increase In the quantity of plant food
supplied, and the resultant larger crop.
Feed the plants unstintingiy. Sup
ply them with the food they require;
they will respond accordingly.
TO the crops OF 1905 and 1906
there was applied per acre $50 pounds
Of a high grade fertilizer; the average
yield OF seed cotton per acre was
Lac pounds.
To the crops OF 1907, '0S and '09
there was applied per acre 700 pounds
Of q high grade fertilizer; the average
yield per acre Of seed cotton was
1,643 pounds.
An 1873 per cent. increase in the
acantity Of fertilizer used gave a crop
Increase Of 1s.9 per cent.
An average application of go
pounds of high grade fertilizer per
acre, Statewide, gave 675 pounds OF
seed cotton III Georgia in 1905. Al
the Georgia Station, 1905, and 1906,
$50 pounds of high grade fertilizer pei
acre gave an average yield OF 1,44-
pounds Of seed cotton, which. com
pared with the average yield IN the
State, 1905, was an increase OF 1l5.t
per cent.
We have seen that an average ap-
plication through three years OF 'ot
pounds of a high grade fertilizer pei
acre at the Georgia station gave Z
yield OF Las pounds Of seed cotton
Compared with the State yield Of 1903
that represents an increase q 1i4e
Ter cent.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-12
Experiments Show u Wide Margin OF
frOfit Where Fowls Are Properly
Cared For

Very few poultry-keepers know
how much the g produced by their
fiocks cost them. They accept the
dictum that poultry is profit
able, but do not know how lnuch II
costs them to produce q dozen gigs.
On most farms it is impossible to
arrive at q very exact estimate Of the
cost Of caring for the fowls kept on
it, because this work is a part of the
general routine. but when it comes
to Estimating the ~''feed-cost Of eggs
We have some very reliable figures on
which to base estimates.
In the great Australian laying com
petitions the accounts kept show
exactly how many eggs were produced
and how much the feed consumed by
the hens cost. In the several com
| petitions from 500 to 500 hens Were
entered and kept in confinement for
a year, st4ict o being kept with
them.
In one there were 800 hens in the
annual contest. These were divided
into SO pens Of six hens each, no males
Z! being kept with them.
These 800 hens produced during the
year 54,O70 eggs, oua to almost eN-
actly $50 each, or Is dozen average
10 each hen. The cost Of keeping
them n year was as follows. count
ing the English pound sterling at
sass American Bran and
shorts s194.4o: grain-wheat and corn,
mostly ~$32l.70; meat-largely OK
livers, SASS: green feed-chopped
alfalfa, $19.44; she'll, s19.44 sundries,
sass; total feed-cost, s549.1S.
The average price Of eggs in Aus
tralia for the year was about 80 IA
cents per dozen, the total receipts be
ing S1,297.70. The feed cost Of these
eggs was almost exactly 12.6 cents per
dozen, the price Of feed not being very
much different from prices for the
same feeds in this country.
A series of experiments in Canada,
where two hOcl<s We're used during g
period of four months showed some
what different results. In this expert
ment each flock contained twelve hens
and a cock. One flock was pure
bred by Plymouth Rocks and the
other was pure-bred Andalusians.
The Plymouth Rocks produced
eggs at IN average cost Of 6 Ia cents
and the Andalusians at an average
cost of 5 4-10 cents per dozen.
The feed was oats. wheat. meat
bone and a mash made Of e4uai parts
of shorts and ground oats. 1nIxed with
SKINNED milk. The method was
grain in the morning. scattered III
deep litter; meat at noon four times
a week. No noon feed was given or
the days meat was not fed. mash 81
four in the afternoon and an hou1
before dark a little whole grain. seat
tered III the litter.
These hens were kept confined anG
the experiment was conducted during
the most favorable time in the year
for egg-production. Those same hens
at liberty on u farm would have pro
duced the same number Of egg a
| about half the feed cost.
It is quite probable that the farm
CT who feeds his hens properly and
regularly produces egg at Z cost OF
about 8 to 10 cents q dozen. All he
receives above this price he may
reckon as profit or as pay for his flnt
in caring for his hens.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-12
Acreage Reduced, But
Yield Not Increased
RESULTS Of FIVE YEARS

Hive statfS. the IarolinaS, Georgia.
Aiahama and Mississippi. 1iiustrt-
tive of All the Cotton States. Are
AXE to illustrate the conditions
Tor the Past Five Nears-Planters
Must Exert Themselves for II Great
tr Yield.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-12
SOME FIGURES ON COTTON GROWING
Rccapitulation.

Under this head, the five years
average by States is given with a
view to showing the general average
of the group of States for the term
of years mentioned:
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-12
Land High In Aslsc.
jefferson Recorder.

Jefferson Recorder
Mi. David Sutherland, Of Dyson. -.
e.. while in town last week, told as
OF selling twenty acres OF land at
Sutherland for three thousand dol
lars one hundred and Ifty dollars
an acre. This is the highest price
we have ever heard of farming land
bringing III this State unless it was
some special selection OF bottom land
o. some other price Of special value.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-12

Happy is the land titled by the
man who owns it." Happy 5 the ma
who owns the land he tills. Land Is
cheap in the South, and the man
who is content to be q renter all his
life lacks either thrift or AMBITION
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-11-25
Statement

On account of my wife'S i'll health am froced
to say Good Bye" to Camas Prairie and Cotton
wood. It is with many regrets that shall retire
from your vicinity. Having lived amongst the
Cottonwood people and learned to know each one
of you personally, also having enjoyed good bust
ness am loath to depart from your midst
When close my doors for the last time
January LIST, 1911. it will be with the kindest of
feelings for one and ALL and in the meantime, in
order to dispose of my large stock of Merchandise
am going to give you some prices never heard of
before in Cottonwood They will be talked about
long after | am gone
S. C. KURDY.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1910-07-14
OFFICERS OF THE
SONS OF NORWAY
LODGE DIVIDES INTO TWO DISTRICTS
AND SUPREME LODGE WILL HOLD
MEETING EVERY TWO YEARS

Grand Forks, N. D., July o.
The following officers were elected
by the Supreme Lodge of the Sons
of Norway here today:
President, Olaf I. Rove, Mil
waukee; Vice President, NJ. Ros-
ness, St. Paul; Secretary, L. Stavn-
helm, Minneapolis; Treasurer. B.
O. Draxton, Minneapolis; Chief
Medical Adviser, DR.. E. Klavness,
Sioux Falls, S. D.; Trustees, Hans
Bugge, Bellingham, WASH; G. Z.
Elken, Mayville, N. D.; Olaf Ray,
Chicago, I'll.
With the election of officers the
supreme lodge adjourned to meet
again two years from now, the
place of meeting being left to the
board of directors. Fargo, N. D.,
and Tacoma, WASH, are candidates
for the next meeting place, the
latter being favored by many be-
cause of location. The change of
the organization of the lodge into
two district lodges, one comprising
the Pacific coast states and the 9TH
er North and South Dakota, Min
nesota, Wisconsin and Illinois,
means that the supreme lodge will
be high tribunal in the future
meeting every two years instead of
every year and the membership
will be cut down to probably 40
delegates. The district grand lodges
which will be held every year,
however, promise to be big affairs.
DISTRICT OFFICERS.
The officers for the western dis
trict Of the lodge we're also elected
at the meeting yesterday and the
meeting place for next year was
left to the decision of the board of
directors. The following are the
officers of the western district:
President, T. E. Nelson, Mime
apolis; Vice President, Alfred
Cabrielson, Fargo; Secretary, H.
Aasland, Minneapolis; Treasurer,
B. 0. Draxton, Minneapolis.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1910-07-14
HEAD OF RECLAMA-
TON COMMISSION
BNcADlER GENERAL MARSHAL FORMER
CHIEF OF ARMY ENGINEERS APPOINT.
EDToSPfND The APPROPRIATION

Washington, July 3.-Brigadier
General w. L. Marshall, retired
former chief of engineers of the
United States army, is slated to
head the commission which is to
supervise the expenditure of the
$50, 900, 900 which congress author
ized to be expended in the prosecu-
tion and completion of irrigation
projects in the west. In order to
secure this money the treasury de-
partment is authorized to issue GER
tificates of indebtedness which will
be paid off by receipts from the
sale of public lands.
The president has long been con-
vinced that there has been lax
management in the reclamation
service, and it was in response to
his request that congress granted
authority to him to place army
engineers in charge of the impor-
tant irrigation works that are con-
verting sections of the western
desert into fertile lands. The Sc
lection of General Marshall, which
may not be announced for some
little time, will mean the eclipse of
Frederick III. Newell, now head of
the reclamation service.
Information has been laid before
the president which led him to be-
lieve that great deal of the money
has been injudiciously expended
under the existing reclamation re-
gime, and even though Director
Newell may not be retired from
the service, the authority he now
exercises will be practically vested
in the commission of which Gen.
Marshall is to become the head.
When this change takes place there
is likely to be a ''holler" from some
of the Back from Elba coterie, in
asmuch as Newell was appointed
by former President Roosevelt and
is on friendly terms with former
Secretary of the Interior Garfield
and Clifford Pinchot, the deposed
chief forester.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1910-07-14
Crop Reports

Summing up the reports received
from over the county it seems that
conditions are not near as bad as
first feared and that in many parts
of the county and across the river
in Mckenzie county there will be
almost q full crop. OF course, in
some sections, take Immediately
north of the city and along the
railroad west on the high ground
the crop will be slim, but some of
the farmers around Trenton have
fine crops, especially corn and
other things besides grain, and tax
ing conditions as whole this coun-
try will be in a much better con-
dition financially than was at first
expected. So cheer up and change
your tune, we are out of the dark.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1910-07-14
GOOD WORK FOR
WOMENS CLUBS
WHILE WILLISTON IS. YOUNG IS The
time TO OBTAIN A CITY PARK
AND BORDER OF TREES

With the completion of the Ii
brary undertaking the Civic
League of Williston, the Book and
Thimble club and the American
Woman's League can turn their
successful energy toward another
most desirable feature for our
growing city. It is the securing
of a large public park and having
it planted in trees.
The location of the James Me-
mortal Library is not a bad one
for at least small public park or
civic square. This place could
be made a beautiful spot indeed
with trees, flowers and shrubery,
and then another and larger city
park should be commenced at
this time when the city is compar-
atively young and when the land
can be obtained where wanted and
alta much less cost than later.
Something that would also give to
the city a unique distinction and q
most desirable asset would be a
row of trees entirely surrounding
the city with a drive way or an
automobile road. Nothing so
beauties city as a lot of trees
and Williston is in position to
become one of the best known in
the country from that standpoint.
Let our three womens clubs
take up this work together and if
q friendly rivalry is desired each
one could take 4 certain part, say
one the small park near the libra
~, one the larger park in the
edge of the city and the other the
row Of trees and the driveway
around the city. All Of these and
any Of them would be ! monu-
ment that the ladies would be
proud of IN future years and they
would be of great benefit to many
people.
Let the entire population work
for greater and Z more beauti-
full city.