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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-17
Forbes Robertson at Press Club.

j. FOrbeS-R0bertson, the actor, VIII be
guest at the National Press Club to-
night, Immediately after the conclusion
OF his performance. He IL expected 60
speak Informally.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-17
Papers Read.

Papers upon other subjects included
1.-THE st. Paul Overturn." by John w.
Bennett of the st. Paul Dispatch; ''Edu-
cation of Foreigners in American Citizen
ship" by Miss Grace Abbott. Chicago:
IAN Effectual Civil Service Law in Cit
ies," by Elliott Goodwin of New York,
and "Some Political Phases Of the LIQUOR
Problem in Chicago" by Prof. F. D,
Framhall Of the University of Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-17
Inquiry as to Street Work.

The Commissioners will be requested to
advise the association at what time work
will be commenced on the extension OF
Longfeilow street between Georgia avenue
and 18th street. for which an appropria-
ton was made last year by Congress.
A committee. composed Of F. ]. Metcalf
and ]. c. Proctor, was appointed to con-
fer with officials of the Baltimore and
Washington Transit Company to ascer-
tain what the future plans of the COM
pany are and when cars will be running
on a regular schedule.
Walter Mcdonald, r. Livingston and
John G.. Keene were elected members of
the association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-17
CALL MASS MEETING

Continued from First Page.)
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CITY LIGHTING PLANT
MEETS WITH APPROVAL
Brentwood Park Citizens Will
Study Feasibility of Great
Falls Power.

The feasibility Of utilizing the watel
power at Great Falls for a municipal
lighting plant, as proposed by Engineer
Commissioner Judson. will be investigated
by the committee on lights of the Bright
wood Park Citizens Association, in ac-
cordance with resolutions adopted last
night at meeting of that organization,
and a full report submitted at the next
meeting.
The meeting was held in Van Horn
Hall corner Longfellow street and Geor-
gia avenue. and in the absence Of Presi-
dent Howard S. Omohundro. Vice Presi-
dent Jesse l.. Ergood occupied the chair.
Project Meets Favor.
William Mckay Clay ton brought up the
Great Falls proposition. 1t met with
general favor. il being the opinion that
lighting would be furnished much cheaper
and could be extended throughout the
suburban sections If the District owned
Its own power plant.
Wednesday, November %. will be visit
ors' day at the Brightwood Public School.
an invitation being extended by the teach
ers of the school to the members of the
association and the parents of the chill
dren to visit the school on that occasion.
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much better condition. producing more
largely Of beef. milk or any OF the
products for which they are fed. than
the animals Of our own country. When
we are desirous of improving blood
for breeding up our farm animals. we
import 1t from the old countries. II
it be Jersey cattle we bring them from
the Jersey Isles: II Guernsey cattle
they come from the Guernsey Isles:
and the same is true OF all other farm
animals. Now. to a great extent this
is due to the fact that for hundreds
of years the feeders and breeders Of
these older countries have realized
the value Of the use Of good sires and
have continued through many genera
tions to breed their animals up to the
point of their present excellence. But
they have been assisted greatly by
their methods Of feeding in that they
have resorted to formulating a ration
that was not only palatable. rich in
its feeding nutrients. cheap in its cost,
but also succulent in its nature and
conducive to keeping the digestive
apparatus in the best possible condi-
ton of health and thrift. The feeders
are aware of the fact that just SO long
as an animal remains in good healthy
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toiling scientists have revealed. what
many state agricultural departments
tell US, what the United States gov
ernment publications declare. and
what we can all see with our eyes II
we stop to observe. one great In
calculable value of our birds lies In
the tremendous number OF harmful
insects which they destroy and the
vast quantities OF harmful weed seeds
which they consume. 1t is no small
service that a pair Of robins render
when they honor you by living a
summer In your garden. and each day
probably eat more than their weight
Of worms and insects. It is no little
thing to have a pair Of pewees nest
In a tree near your house. and every
day for weeks and weeks rid the air
Of hundreds Of harmful insects that
seek to destroy the foliage or to sting
the fruit OF young trees. l once
watched q pewee capture sixteen In.
sects during q period Of ten minutes.
Many people have failed to appre-
ciate what q tremendous force the
wild birds are for doing good to the
agricultural interests Of the country.
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simply from n failure to observe them
closely. Many people rarely see wild
birds except when the frightened crea-
lures are wildly endeavosing to es.
cape from the real or imaginary en-
emy who has intruded upon their sol.
itude. But hide In a quiet place. al
most anywhere in the fields or woods.
and soon the birds come back to their
accustomed activities.
While we often fail to give birds
credit for the good they do. but few
men neglect to condemn them most
heartily for any act which may be
regarded as detrimental to mans in
terests, no matter how superficial the
data may be upon which the charge
Is based.
It Is not an unheard-of occurrence
for men to order that ell robins. cat
birds and mockingbirds on their
places should be shot. because these
birds were seen eating cultivated
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New Tile siIo at Iowa State College.
condition in this respect. large gains
from the feed given him will result
Prominence Of the siIo.
In the eastern sections OF the United
States. or more truly In the dairy dis.
tricts. there is seldom a farm with.
out one or more silos. and the day II
rapidly coming when tho man without
a silo will have q dinncult time in ma
king a profitable competition with the
one who resorts to the use of the silo.
This Is true Of all farm products and
especially is It true OF dairy products
II the consumer has been led to the
point where he Is paying extremely
large prices. As a matter Of fact. he
is paying for dairy products almost
as much as he can AFFORD to pay and
the dairy farmer should begin to real.
ize that he In receiving extremely
large prices for the commodities
which he Is producing. II Is q shame
and a disgrace for the farmer In the
corn belt to be compelled to say that
he cannot afford to produce butter for
an average price of from 25 to 30 cents
q pound the year through, or milk
averaging when It reaches the con-
sumer more than five cents a quart.
This statement Is in view Of the fact
that farmers in older countries are
doing this very thing on land which
rents annually for rs much as a large
portion of the land in the corn belt
sells for. It is possible to make great
profits out Of the dairy business at the
present prevailing prices OF both dairy
products and food stuffs. but It is
necessary for the farmer and dairy
man to surround his efforts with bet
ter conditions In the form of better
cows. better feed produced more in.
telligently and combined more thought
fully. In other words. the time is close
at hand when the up-to-date farmer
will be vastly different from the farm.
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sands OF hawks and owls are yearly
slaughtered because the part they play
In natures scheme is misunderstood
or ignored. Unquestionably. individu-
al hawks that have learned their way
to the poultry yard should be sum
marily dealt with. but because oc-
casional individuals Of two or three
species destroy chickens 1t Is mani
testify unfair to take vengeance on the
whole tribe. The very name Of hen
hawk" is a misnomer SO far as the
bird to which It is chiefly applied Is
Moreover. It Is made tho
excuse by the farmers boy and the
sportsman for killing every hawk.
large or small. that flies. Thousands
of these useful birds are killed annual
Iy by thoughtless men for no better
reason than that when sitting notion
less, they offer an easy target for the
small rife or. flying. present a tempt
ing mark for the shotgun. SO far has
popular Misrepresentation In regard to
these birds gone that again and again
states and counties have offered boun-
ties for their heads. thus depicting
treasures and inviting heavy losses
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Meadow Lark.

have been killed by persons who SIN
cerely believed they were doing the
country a service. We now know that
a very large percent Of the food OF
the sparrow hawk consists OF grass
hoppers and other insects. The red.
shouldered hawk feeds to large ex-
tent on field mice. shews. young rab-
bits. and other Injurious vermin. To
kill q sparrow hawk. therefore. means
an Increased opportunity for the grass
hoppers to eat the grass. and to Kill
the red.shouldered hawk means that
further Invitation Is extended to an
noying rodents to increase and gnaw
the fruit trees or eat the grain in the
field.
"Of late years the acreage under
cultivation in tho United States has in
creased rapidly. with Increased acre
age the number OF rodents has multi
piled accordingly. because of tho
abundance OF nutrtcious food and also
because their natural enemies have
been destroyed by man. The services
Of hawks and owls were never so
much needed as now. and these faith
full helpers Of man are likely to be
more needed in the future: yet thou
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er and dairyman that we have known
in the past. He will place himself
more in a position Of the business
man. the merchant or the manufac-
turer. He will be acquainted with
every individual animal upon his farm
even as is the merchant acquainted
with everyone Of his customers. He
will be acquainted with every feature
pertaining to every acre of ground Of
which his farm Is made up. even rs
the manufacturer is acquainted with
every machine In his factory. When
ever this time comes conditions on
the farm will not only be more inten-
sive but methods will be more diversi-
fed and although It is dimcult to pre-
dict that prices Of farm commodities
will be much greater than they are at
the present time. It is a certainty that
farms will be more valuable and the
commodities that are now being pro
duced upon the farm. especially tae
dairy products. will be produced for
much less cost ~sr pound than at tho
present time.
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SEVERAL COMMON BIRDS
OF AGRICULTURAL VALUE
Farm Lands Are 3uppled With Numbers Of Feathered
Which Injurious
Insects and Noxious Weed Seeds.

any observant man over forty years
of age will readily testify.
The early inhabitants of New Eng
land felt that they had a grievance
against the blackbirds for eating corn
in the fields. SO laws were passed Of
fering "a bounty of threepence dozen
for dead maize thieves" DIR. Benja-
min Franklin is quoted by Peter Kahn,
a Swedish naturalist, as saying that
the blackbirds were thus exterminat-
ed, but as In the summer OF 1749 an
immense quantity of worms appeared
in the meadows, which devoured the
grass and did great damage. the peo-
pie abated their enmity. for they had
observed that those birds lived chiefly
on these worms before the maize is
ripe. and consequently extirpated
them"
or recent years the study Of the re-
lationship of birds to agriculture has
revealed many facts which are having
a decided influence In changing public
sentiment regarding many birds which
were formerly regarded as largely II
not wholly detrimental. The most
marked example is probably In refer
ence to the real value of some species
OF hawks and owls on the farm. Many
people have recognized but little dis
tinction between these. and tens OF
thousands OF these useful creatures
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Notes..

An agreement has been prac.
tically made that all bills shall be
printed.
At Representative w. II. McCaskill's
invitation. the house and senate met
Tuesday afternoon at 4 O'Clock In the
house chamber and devoured several
crates OF cantaloupes presented by the
farmers Of the Arkansas valley.
The suggestion has been made that
IL the initiative and referendum Is
passed, It should be with the proviso
that at least so per cent of the voters
taking part In the election in question
must vote on the proposed law. other
wise the vote Is void.
Representative Helbig was asked
directly by the chairman IL his bill was
Intended to vitiate the local option law.
He replied that 1t would not affect the
law at all. unless the people wished to
use their own discretion in the matter
VI wet or dry town.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-08-26

fruit. But did not the birds perform
a great part in helping raise that
fruit? Why not do as some men do
in the land. who plant a few more
trees or vines in order that there may
be enough fruit for both the planter
and the birds?
Whenever man interferes with the
laws Of nature he is liable to suffer
for II. 1t Is one OF the divine and alb
solutely Interchangeable laws OF nature
that birds are set apart to serve as .
great natural check upon the hordes
of insects which. like a scourge. are
ever falling upon the plant life with
unabated fury. To kill the birds is
to allow these pests to increase.
Some of our government experts
who have made a close study of the
subject OF bird destruction and the
results, tell US that one-tenth Of the
entire agriculture products Of eastern
United States Is annually a total loss
from the ravages Of insects. This
percentage. too. we arc told. is on the
increase. owing to the decreasing
numbers OF birds. That many birds
arc far less numerous than formerly.
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Direct Primary Bill.

The direct primary bill is yet In the
committee OF elections. The chairman.
Representative Helbig OF Denver. was
in favor of reporting all bills out favor.
ably SO as to give the House chance
to settle the matter In open debate.
The members OF all committees have
manifested a desire to read the bills.
section by section. however. believing
this will expedite matters.
The direct primary bill Of Represen'
tative II. A. Hicks of Gilpin was taken
up Monday afternoon and four sections
considered. The committee has not
taken up section 4 yet for the reason
that that Is the one in which a conven-
ton feature will be inserted, II at all.
The only important recommendation
decided on was in regard to petitions
OF candidates. The bill provides that q
candidate or set OF candidates for Of
flee may be placed on the primary bal
lot by one and the same petition. The
committee will recommend that every
candidate must have his own separate
petition.
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|ROFITABLE DAIRYING
By HUGH G. VAN PELT
Dairy Expert Iowa State Dairy Association
Judgment in Feeding

great losses of the farmer in the corn
belt at the present time Is the loss of
foodstuffs which remain in the fields
exposed during the entire winter to
the elements of the weather. and any
method by which these same feeds
can be taken indoors out of the wealth
er and saved rather than wasted adds
greatly to the producing capacity and
to the net profits Of the farmer.
Capacity Of the Sllo.
It ia a well-known fact that 400
cubic feet of barn space is required
for the storage OF one ton OF clover
hay; SO cubic feet of silo space will
suffice for the storage of one ton OF
silage: therefore 1t requires eight
times as much storage space in the
hay NOW to store one ton Of feed as
1t does In the silo. However. corn
silage contains so per cent. Of water
and for this reason the silo will not
contain as great an amount Of dry
matter in comparison. but We do find
that one cubic foot Of silo space con-
tains as much dry matter as two
cubic feet in the hay NOV. and re-
duced to terms of digestible feeding
nutrients. which in reality is the
standpoint from which all foodstuffs
should be figured. we find that one
cubic foot Of silage space will hold as
many digestible feeding nutrients as
two and .one-third cubic feet OF space
In the hay NOW. In consequence. II
we were to build q hay NOW that
would hold rs much feed as 100-ton
silo, It would be- necessary to build a
barn with a storage space for 500 tons
OF hay. or II we were to supply the
same storage capacity as is found In
a 100-ton silo for the storage Of dry
matter, a barn with a capacity Of 200
tons OF hay would be necessary. Fig.
uring further. II we were to build a
barn with the capacity for holding d.
gestible feeding nutrients In amounts
as great as could be stored In a 100
ton silo, It would be necessary to
build barn with the capacity to hold
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233 1-3 tons OF clover hay. This win
ter in particular demonstrates more
clearly than most winters the value Of
a silo and the feeding nutrients that
can be saved through its use. It was
estimated that in the middle of Janu-
ary there was remaining in the corn
fields Of the corn belt from 20 to
25 per cent. Of this last years crop
which could not be harvested on &C.
coui,t Of the severe snowy weather.
As a result of this. much of this years
crop Of corn was ruined and
wasted. One Of the largest corn rails
ers in Iowa who is also a dairyman
and milks from 80 to IS cows. had all
Of his corn crop under shelter where
It could not be wasted in view OF the
fact that over 50 acres of his corn
went at once into his enormous silos
and was in good condition to afford
the greatest amount Of feeding nu.
trients in the most palatable and di.
gestible form. The remainder Of his
corn was cut up a: once and put into
shocks to be shredded and the better
portion Of the shredded fodder used
to supply dry matter for the cows in
conjunction with the silage. and those
portions which might be termed az
waste were used as bedding to absorb
the heterogeneous waste from the ami.
mails and returned again to the
field during the late winter or early
spring In the form Of fertilizing con-
stituents for the upbuilding Of the
fields from which the crop itself was
taken.
sIIaoe 10 SuccuIent.
There Ia one distinct advantage In
corn silage which is not enumerated
In Its feeding analysis. That Is the
moisture or succulence which It con-
tains. The American feeder has not
realized in the past the great value OF
succulence added to the ration of his
farm animals. II is a common saying
that animals fed largely for a long
time on dry corn become burnt out,
and tue It is that their digestive ap.
paratus has become more or less i'm.
Iaired. This result is overcome by
the feeding Of succulent foods, which
fact has been recognized by feeders of
the older countries for many years.
Rations for dairy animals as well as
for other farm animals in Scotland,
England. ireland and other countries
across the water are made up largely
of beets, mangoes and carrots. One
reason for this Is because OF the high
price of land in those countries and
tho corresponding cheapness Of farm
labor. but the result Of It is that We
hnd animals in those countries In
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points to be considered in formulating
rations for the herd. They must be
palatable SO that the COW will eat in
large amounts and waste very little
of the feed. They must contain a suf-
fcient amount OF digestible nutrients
and for this reason concentrates must
be fed in addition to hay. straw and
grass. They must be inexpensive in
order to insure a profit. There must
be a sufficient amount Of variety in
order that the feeder may change his
ration from time to time and keep
the COW always ready for her next
meal. There must be a certain amount
Of succusence summer and winter II
the ration Is to accomplish the best
results.
The sIIo.
One Of the chief sources Of all Of
these points is the silo. There Is no
feed more palatable. more easily d.
eested. affording more Of a variety
Aad costing as small an amount in
0ie corn belt as does corn silage and
I am confident that the time is close
at hand when silos on the farm will
be as plentiful as corn cribs are
at the present time. II has other ad-
vantages In that 1t is useful in feeding
other farm animals. It supplies in
the winter time the succulence Of the
June pastures. It is convenient in
that the feeder Is not compelled to go
to the cornfield and pick the dry corn
stalks out Of the snow on cold, frosty
mornings. Experiments prove that
milk and butter fat can be produced
for at least one-third less cost where
corn silage is used than where the
COW must subsist wholly on dry feed.
The farmer Of the corr bell. has during
the past year. demonstrated that he
is aware Of the fact that silage is one
Of the very best and cheapest feeds
that can be supplied to farm animals.
In Iowa there are to be found up to
this year in the neighborhood Of 1900
silos on farms and during the present
year there have been sold and erected
on other Iowa farms In the neighbor-
hood of 1000 more and likely It 10
that during the coming year the num-
Der Of silos in this state will be again
doubled. The chief objection to the
silo at the present time. and, in fact,
the only objection that the writer has
heard for some time. Is that the first
cost is q considerable expense--which
IS true. However. II one stops to com.
pare the actual cost OF storage space
of foods for farm animals It Is readily
found that the silo ia the cheapest
structure that can be built upon the
fsnu. As q matter of fact. one Of the
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To accomplish the most profitable
results from the dairy herd judgment
must always be used in selecting and
preparing the feeds which compile the
ration. 1t Is not a new idea that
cheap feeds are oftentimes more stim-
ulating to great results than are those
feeds which sell for high prices. There
was a time when the feeder Of the
corn belt was misled into believing
that there were certain feeds that II
fed in small amounts had the power
OF producing great results. Conse-
quently he was led to purchase In
large amounts patent stock foods
which cost him anywhere from 500
to 5000 per ton. Ten years ago there
were thousands Of tons Of such feed
sold annually, but greatly to the credit
Of the present-day farmer and feeder.
there is being very little Of this food
sold at the present time. The farmer
realizes that all foodstuffs are made
up OF the same kinds Of nutrients:
namely. protein. carbohydrates. fat
and mineral matter. The only dif-
ference between any of these feeds is
in the proportion Of these different
nutrients. When the patent stock
foods were analyzed 1t was found that
they contained less protein. or tho
most expensive feeding nutrient. than
did oil meal. cottonseed meal. gluten
feed and many of the commercial
foodstuffs upon the. market that are
sold for the purpose Of forming bal
ancei ration when fed with corn. The
chief value Of the stock foods rested.
Of course. in their stimulating and ap-
petizing power. In other words. these
foods had the power Of adding palata-
bility to the ration. but the intelli-
gent. successful feeder Of today finds
1t possible to so mix his ration as to
make It sufiiciently palatable without
the use of these condiments costing
eight or ten cents per pound.
Six Points to Consider In Feeding.
Besides the consideration of quality
and quantity. there are six essential
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CBy T. GILBERT PEARSON. J

Many orchardists and farmers think
they have trouble enough with the
grass and weeds In their growing
crops. but 1t would doubtless be a
greater task to keep these subdued
II 1t were not for the assistance Of
the birds.