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Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04
RYE AND RAPE CATCH CROPS
sown Just Before cuitivatine Corn
Last Time in July-Value as
Fertilizer Sc Per Acre,
CBy j. N. CLOVER. Pennsylvania

(By ]. N. CLOVER, Pennsylvania
OF the crops which l sowed ahea,
Of the cultivator at The last cultiya-
ton of cor and potatoes to get a
growth to turn under IL the spring
and to protect the land from winter
washing, rye and Dwarf Essex rape
were most satisfactory.
Rye was sown n year when the
potatoes were taken out in Septem-
Der, and a heavy sod it made to turn
under for oats in April.
Another year rye was sown on
corn stubble after the corr was cut
at the rate of one and one-quarter
bushels per ace, and it made a fair
cover crop, which I know prevented
washing, though the ground was har-
rowed only twice before drilling in the
seed.
] should judge it's value as a fer
tilizer is about six dollars per acre,
and the seed costs only seven cents
per pound. Some of the rape was
green all winter, and persons seeing
the growth it had made In the stand
ing corn were surprised, while the
growth of COW peas in the same field
was not encouraging. Crimson clover
is a good catch crop, If one can secure
a stand, and it lives through the win
ter. Rape is the best crop for me,
considering the cost of seed and it's
fertilizing value, and rye is very good,
especially when it is to be turned
under for potatoes, or one wishes to
pasture it in the fall.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

0NUdNl,ES

Sweet or skinned milk is good for
fowls of all ages, especially the young
sters.
Do not use wooden drinking foun-
tains for poultry. Wood is a germ
breeder.
If you allow eggs for setting to
stand around for two weeks before
putting them under the hen, do not
blame the dealer If they do not, hatch.
Arrange before all the chickens are
Matched to keep different ages sep
arate. The small ones are crowded out
and crippled or killed by the older
ones.
Let a brooder Of chicks have their
range for a few days, and tho day
they are not let out at the usual hour
their shrill cries are enough to deafen
one.
There is little danger of indigestion
among duckfings so long as the green
food and the sand hold out. Sand in
the drinking vessel prevents tipping,
and is easily gotten by the liz -
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

The necessity of the silo is highly
apparent.
Have you provided a green crop for
July and August?
Plants cannot penetrate or feed in
a cold. compact soil.
Do not fail to drain your soil; it
will pay you for your toll.
If ~clover's sickly. put or lime; that
will bring the soil to time.
Growing corn much water needs;
keep a soil mulch; kill the weeds.
Proper reinforcement is an impor-
tant item in successful concrete work.
Club root of cabbage is one of the
most annoying yet easily controlled
of diseases.
look as II it had a very valuable place
among our farm crops.
A lawn mower will be found about
the premises of the farmer who cares
about his surroundings.
The question of farm power and
farm transportation is one of the most
important questions connected with
farming.
Dig up grain plants and you will
find that they form their roots at the
same depth whether planted deep Oh
shallow.
To be on the safe side cabbage
plants should be started in soil whkch
has not been previously used for cab
bage culture.
Scrabby potatoes aren't fit to plant
The rapid growth and hardness oil
the willow makes 1t almost invaluable
on many farms.
Every tiller Of the soil should see tc
1t that every particle of home prod
ucts is utilized to the best advantage
and the residue returned to the soil.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04
KEEPING A P0ULTY RECORD
knowledge of Receipts and Expendi'
lures Is of Great Assistance
to Chicken Raiser.
(By r. d, SCHMIDT.)

One of the greatest needs of mos
poultry keepers is a definite record
of expenditures and receipts. In too
few cases does the owner of a poultry
flock actually know whether his fowls
have been an expense to him or have
paid a profit. This is perhaps truer
in regard to poultry than with most
other branches of animal industry,
because Of the facts that both ex-
penditures and receipts are spread
over the entire year and are individ-
ually small. that a large part of the
product is used at home, and that the
poultry keeping Is incidental to the
other farm work.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04
Farm Helm.

The scarcity of help Is preventing
the agricultural development Of the
country, and is especially against the
extension Of the dairy industry. There
seems to be no remedy unless women
and girls of the cities and towns will
take to farm and field work, at least
through the summer. The few who
are doing it confess to making good
money easily and with the gain in
health and strength. and without loss
of independence, position or dignity
II 1t were not for the help outside OF
our own women and children. one
trucker says. most of us would have
to abandon the business.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04
Overfat s Bad.

Overfat is a poor market condition.
Fowls should be fed f%attening food
two weeks before marketing. Fat
poultry, if dry picked, will cook better,
Plump and neat advertise
themselves. Short legged fowls gen
orally make the best table poultry
Never pack poultry for shipment un'
til they have been thoroughly chilled
Never market ailing chickens. Never
ship the latter part of the week, ex
cept by special order.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04
Deep or Shallow SEEDING.

Dig up grain plants and you will
find that they form their roots at the
same depth, whether planted deep or
shallow. When sown too deep the
plant sends up a growth till within
about an inch of the surface and
there starts the real root system. 1t
takes work to send up this growth,
sc the more shallow the seed can be
sown, and yet deep enough so it can
get moisture the better. A good seed
bed should be fairly compact, the
o compact 1t Is the nearer the sur.
face the moisture comes.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04
Ventilation and Cleanliness.

If poultrymen would worry less
about ventilation and pay more atten-
ton to cleanliness there would be less
losses. Ventilation is needed, and if
the houses are built on the scratching
shed order, all will be supplied that is
required. But if the filth is allowed
to accumulate in a hen house, all the
ventilation that a scratching-shed
house car afford will not prevent the
entrance of disease.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04
Cheap Manure Shed.

to get the most out of it is one of
the questions.
The illustration shows a shed 8x10
with sides 7 feet high and the corners
7 feet to the caves. The end boards
are held in place with stakes at two
corners so that one side is movable
and may be left out until the shed is
partly filled. The shed prevents
teaching where it is not convenient to
haul it to the field Immediately after
it is made.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04
EXCELLENT AS CORN CUTTER
Two Old Saw Blades Bolted Onto
Piece of Timber Makes lndispens-
able Farm Implement.

An excellent corn cutter may be
constructed at an expense OF less than
a dollar If two old saw blades are
available.
Bolt the front end Of the cutting
blade on top Of a piece of 2 by 4.
Rip the second piece of 2 by 4
about four inches and let the blade
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

An auto lately got beyond contro!
in New Jersey, ran wild and tried to
get into two roadhouses before 1t was
checked. This shows another danger
arising from the innate d~epravity of
inanimate things, If anything so lively
as a runaway motor car can be Justly
styled inanimate. II wild autos take
to drinking in addition TO their other
traits. something desperate will have
to be done.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04
Witness Of Guinea Fowls.

Several articles on the guinea fowl
usually call attention to their wild
nature and the difficulty in domesti-
eating them. Guinea fowls have been
known to become a nuisance on ac-
count of their tameness, getting un-
der your feet, flying on your shoulder
and not content unless in company
with some person. A great deal de-
ponds on the raising of all kinds of
live stock.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

A Pullman car which was filled with
New York women who wanted di.
vorces arrived at Reno, New, a day or
two ago. 1t may soon be necessary
for the railroads to run divorce spe-
Gals. Lawyers could be provided to
draw up papers on the way so that
everything would be ready for the i'm
mediate beginning of proceedings on
reaching Reno.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04
Marie Louise Violet.

1t is found that Marie Louise violet
kept cool and dry on the blooming
stage will produce flowers which are
paler in color and more fragrant than
as usually seen, and that in this
condition they find a reader sale in
the Chicago market.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

For grape rot and mildew, begin
early and spray the vines with Bor-
deaux mixture at intervals of about
two weeks. Newly-set grape vines
Should be allowed to grow only one
~ain shoot. which should be tied up.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

Irrigation is fast driving the Great
American Desert out of existence.
There are canals enough already I o
reach across the continent If placed
end on end.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

1t is surprising how a city man, for
tunate in the possession of a garden
about the size of a checker board, can
spoil $38 worth of clothes planting 10
cents worth of peas.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

One man gave a fortune teller 1918
for the information that he could find
a treasure by digging in his back lot.
He didn't find the treasure, but he got
a lot of exercise.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04
Eqqs for Market.

Keep the eggs in a cool, dry place,
free from Objectionable odors, and re-
serve the small ones for home and
market the best and largest. Put
clean dry hay in the basket or box
lsed for packing those for market.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

Henry Observation-Disclosures is
the name of a man who lives in Mis-
souri,. We suppose his friends call
him Hank Observation-Disclosures for
short.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

The appearance of five aces in a
poker game in Pennsylvania and the
resultant death of three men, simply
goes to show that a good thing some
times can be carried too far.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04
Will Return Profit.

The preparation for conserving
barnyard entails some ex-
pense and labor but all such expendi-
lures will return a margin of profit
commensurate with the outlay.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

A boy graduated from a Pennsyl'
vania high school without ever hav-
ing missed a half day, and shall such
horrors OF child slavery be unre-
buked?
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04
Missouri Fruit.

In Ottawa county a Missouri man
last, fall sold $1,S40 of Jonathan APP
pies from n acre, while a neighbor
sold $611 worth Of Bartlett pears
from three acres.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

Wealth is 10 longer an open ses-
anne to independence" walls a disap-
pointed capitalist. Too true. Why,
nowadays one cannot wear a silk hat
and a short coat without being ridi-
culed!
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

Returning from Asian jungles, a
scientist u that a man with
a tactful wife in a wild country can
get along twice as we'll as a single
man." Also in a tame country.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

The convicts who struck for the
eight-hour day in the Michigan peni-
tertiary finally decided not to walk
out
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04
STAKE DOWN DRINKING PANS
Method illustrated for Keeping Water
Vessel Uprlght-Wlred to Two
Common Lath.

The illustration shows an excellent
method of securing a pan Of water for
fowls to drink from without having it
upset and spilled. Two new laths
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

A New York boy found a certified
check for $55 900 and was paid 81 re-
ward when he returned it to its own
err. Notwithstanding this, however,
honesty is still the best policy.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

Western farmers want the weather
bureau investigated because its pre-
dictions don't agree with their rheum-
atism.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04
VENTILATION FOR HEN HOUSE
satisfactory Method 10 Shown In Illus.
tratlon-Wire Screen Placed
In Door Panel.

Where 1t seems inadvisable to
change a poultry house in order to es-
tablish better ventilation, the method
shown herewith will be found satisfac-
tory, says the Orange Judd Farmer. 1t
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

BARRIERS who plan to abolish the
tipping evil might also consider the
&C visibility of cutting out the con-
We sation.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

According to fashion experts in
London and Paris the harem skirt is
dead. AS a matter of fact it was
born that way.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

The earth has only 10000 years to
live. according to a Swedish astron-
omer. Let us then be up and doing,
etc.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

BARRIERS, alarmed by the advance Of
safety razors, are considering the
abolition Of tips. They might also
abandon criticism of the previous hair
cut.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

Germany has adopted a new gun de-
signed to bring down aeroplanes, just
as If aviation is not dangerous enough.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

Good One-Horse Corn Cutter
into it. Bolt underneath the last 2
by 4. Cover this frame with a sub
stantial platform. Two men stand on
the platform and catch the corr as 1t
falls. With 1t they can cut from six
to seven acres per day.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

When IN aviator loses his way in 6
fog he cannot ask a policeman. Al
least not yet.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

Now, altogether: us 1t hot enough
for your"
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

man to establish a correspondence
school of aviation.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04
Drinking Fountain Secured.

should be driven into the ground sew
eral inches and a new pan wired to
the laths as shown, by boring a hole
in opposite sides of the pan through
the rim.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04
A WeII-Bred Collie,

~pleasanter to send a dog for them.
especially on a wet stormy morning
than to walk a mile or so for the ami
mails or to hire a mar to do it.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

Even the mosquito is feeling the
impulse of the back-to-the-farm move
ment,
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

The aviation meet is to be held in
midsummer, whereas the appropriate
time is the fall.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04
SHED FOR STORING MANURE
Cheap Shelter Prevents Leachinq
Where Not Convenient to Haul
Fertilizer to Fields.

Manure is one Of the most impor-
tant things on a first-class farm. How
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04

Nearly everybody who says Il don't
care" is not telling the truth.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-08-04
Need of Poultrymcn.

What most poultrymen need is more
enth .siasm and fewer DRAINS.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-09-28
KENT COMPANY SELLS OUT.
f. Purdy Buys Out the Business of the
Well Known Church st. Garage.

By deal closed late Tuesday even
ing Frederick Purdy, one of the best
known of the foremen Of the Thomas
B. Jeffrey company, purchased the ga
rage business of the Kent Motor Car
company and he will take possession
of the Church street garage on Satur-
day evening. Mr.. Purdy has had long
experience in the automobile business
and has been widely known as a me-
chanical engineer for years. He has
been with the Jeffrey company for
years and has had much to do with
the work of putting out the product of
the plant. The Kent brothers made a
great success of the business and they
will take long rest before going into
another line of business. The garage
business will be continued by Mr..
Purdy under the hume of the "Kent
Motor Car company" and he will have
practically all of the lines that have
been in the charges of the Kent broth
ers during the past three years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-09-28
D. y. VINCENT INJURED.
HAS His Hand Caught in Corn Cutter
and May be Crippled for Life.

D. J. Vincent, one of the best known
farmers in Kenosha county, met very
serious injuries at his farm in the
town Of Salem on Tuesday afternoon
when he was caught in a corn cutter
and SO badly injured that it is feared
that his left arm will be crippled.
With a party Of men Mr.. Vincent was
engaged in cutting corn for silo.
He got too near the cogs Of the ma
chinery and in some way his clothing
was caught. In an effort to release
himself his left land was caught in
the wheels and terribly mangled. Two
of the fingers were so crushed as to
demand amputation while the tendon
Of the arm was pulled out. Before the
machinery was stopped the clothing
was torn of of Vincent and he suffer
ed terrible bruises. He was hurried to
the house and physicians called to at
tend him. They decided to operate
this afternoon and will remove two Of
the fingers. Tuesday morning Mr. Vim
cent had been drawn for service on a
jury in the circuit court, but hearing
Of the accident the attorneys stipulat-
ed to draw another juror and the case
went on today without interruption.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-09-28
WINS HIGH HONOR.
Miss Laura Magill Gets First Honors
in Oratorical Contest.

Miss Laura Magill Of Kenosha, won
high honors in Chicago on last Sat
urday night as this morning she was
notified that she had been awarded
first place in the oratorical contest
held under the auspices of the Column
bia school of oratory and her splendid
work in the contest will entitle her to
a year S scholarship III the university
Miss Magill was well known as an ora
tor and declaimer while she was a
student Of the Kenosha high school,
She won many honors in Kenosha and
had planned to make oratory and elocu-
tion her life work. Later she entered
the Kenosha Business College and
since her graduation she had been
working as "a stenographer in Chicago
When announcement of the contest was
made she decided to enter it. She will
give up her work as a stenographer
and take up work in the university
In the contest Miss Magill met and de-
feated more than q score of speakers
representing as many different schools.
AS she spoke as the representative of
the Kenosha Business College she won
high honor for the school as well as
for herself.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-09-28

Thieves Cut Away Wagon Load Of
Wire from the Lines of the Chicago
Telephone Company on Tuesday
Night.

Chicago detectives declare that Ke-
nosha is the central point for the work
ings Of one of the most daring bands
of wire thieves ever discovered in this
section and the depredations of the
gang during the last few months have
resulted in thousands Of dollars worth
of wire being stolen from the tele-
graph and telephone companies The
wire is cut away at some point off
the regular line of traffic and it is
declared that E'fenee" exists in Ke-
nosha by means of which the booty of
the thieves is being disposed of.
The latest work of the gang was at
a point three miles north of the vii
lage of Truesdell and Tuesday night
or early this morning the thieves got
busy and cut away a wagon load OF
wires before the fact was discovered
The tracks seem to indicate that the men
went at the theft of the wire with
great elaboration, cutting it from the
poles and loading it into wagon
The wires were cut for distance Of
nearly half a mile and the men evi.
IDENTIFY well up in the workings of the
telephone business left wires sufficient
to make service possible. The officials
of the Chicago Telephone company in
ChieagS, believed that the damage to
the wires was done by the storm and
the thefts were not discovered until
the Workmen went out to repair the
lines. Only few months ago the Pos
tai Telegraph company had large
lot of wire taken from point just
north of Kenosha and it is thought
that the same men were connected with
all the robberies.
The Kenosha police have searched
junk shops in Kenosha, but have not
been able to get any line on the wire
1t is claimed that the wire was brought
to Kenosha and people along the road
are alleged to have seen the thieves
headed toward this city with their
booty.
This latest robbery is only one of
about thirty similar cases reported to
the police of the two cities and in
nearly every case the wires were cut
away in such manner as not to in
terrupt service and in this manner the
disappearance of the wire was not dis
covered sometimes for days after it
had been taken and in this time the
thieves had had plenty of time to
cover their tracks. The Chicago com
panies have had detectives at work in
this and the surrounding counties but
they have been unable to get any line
on the guilty parties.