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Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-28
POULTRY NOTES.

A $40 rooster is generally cheaper
than 81 one. The good blood will
tell the second year.
Oyster shell is absolutely the best
shell making food for the hens. Keep
it before them constantly.
The market garden furnishes a
large amount of waste products which
may be utilized for poultry food.
The March pullets are the ones that
Will begin to lay in November If they
have been given the proper care.
If you buy homer that has large
warts on his beak you may be sure
that 1t is more than two years old.
The best place In the world for the
poultry yard is the orchard-any kind
of an orchard where insects abound.
A woman who makes a success OF
poultry raising has the laugh on the
man who makes a failure at farming
A hen is good deal like a COW; she
likes to be let alone to wander at her
own sweet will wherever she pleases.
Keeping many breeds is poor way
to succeed. Get down to one or two
varieties and give them the best OF
care
Duck eggs do not hatch as well II
they r<ed TO be washed. Therefore
keep the duck pen pedded with clean
litter.
II the hens were compelled to work
little harder these days for what
grain they get 1t would be a good
thing for them
II Is almost a waste of time on your
part as well as that of the hen tc
set her in a nest and in house in
tested with vermin.
The poultry raiser who is too lazy
to keep his poultry house absolutely
free from vermin does not deserv,
success nor will he have It,
Eggs in March and early in April
may not prove as fertile as-those laid
in natures" own time. but once
Matched. you can hardly kill an early
chick
Now is the time to begin to think
of the molting season and prepare fol
1t. Study the subject carefully as II
has an important bearing on winter
egg production. Winter eggs are eggs
of gold nowadays.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-28
TO ELECTRIFY WATER
Benefits Which Are Said to Be
Secured Are TWo-FoId.
System 10 Expected to Materially In
crease Crops and to Combat Effec-
tualIy Drought, Insects and
Other Troubles.

tFROM THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.)
We have had occasion In these col
umns to refer repeatedly to expert
ments carried on by Sir Oliver Lodge
and others on the influence of electric
ity on the growth of plants. Mr..
Emilio OLSON Of Buenos Aires, Argen-
tine Republic. at present in the Unit
ed States. has Of late years been CIV
Ing his attention to the practical de-
velopment Of a process in which it
is proposed to make use of electrified
water for sprinkling fields. The in
ventor claims that his experiments
demonstrate the practical utility of
such procedure. The benefits which
are said to be secured are two-fold.
First, there is a direct advantage to
the plants. and secondly, Mr.. OLSON
states that according to his observa-
lions various harmful insects and
other organisms are destroyed be-
cause of his process.
The need or artificial irrigation Is
severely felt in many places where
owing to the nature Of the climate
long terms OF drought have to be con
tended with. 1t is particularly in such
districts as these that Mr.. OlssoI
proposes to introduce his system, BY
the aid Of which he expects to in
crease the crop and to combat effec
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-28
IRRIGATION OF AN ORCHARD
Not Necessary to Use Water In Such
Quantities as to Transform High
way Into Mudpuddle.

II Is not necessary in the irriga-
ton of an orchard to use water In
such quantities or in such manner as
to transform the adjacent highway in
to a continuous mudpuddle for the
length of the farm. or If the road is
on a grade wash deep gullies in 1t
and thus make travel either disagree
able or dangerous. as is SO often lille
gally done in our irrigated districts.
Field and Farm. Again. at the oppo-
site extreme are instances in which
only small head of water is used
and none is permitted to run off the
field, yet the loss is as great in pro
portion to the amount applied, as
when it runs into a road. This may
occur through a desire on the part
of the irrigator to be economical. The
water is applied in homeopathic guam
titles, at frequent intervals, not enough
at one time to thoroughly moisten the
ground, and as a result of the subse-
quent baking of the top soil in the
shallow burrows, practically all the wa
ter applied quickly escapes by evap-
Grafton and accomplishes no good.
Very often much water is wasted, or
at least excessive amounts are needed
for orchards because of undue haste
In planting and lack of care In first
properly grading and preparing the
land so that the trees may be econom-
ically irrigated This is a matter that
should always be given careful atten-
ton, for patience in getting the or
| chard established has sometimes made
II necessary to replant and is invaria-
by a source of aggravation, expense
and waste for years. We know by ex.
perience that depth of burrows used
In irrigating bears a marked influence
upon the rate at which evaporation
takes place and is therefore factor
TO be taken into account in checking
losses by this cause When they are
made only three inches deep, the
losses are three times as great as in
cases where the water is applied in
burrows twelve inches In depth. The
use of burrows shorter than those com
monty made would likewise make a
considerable saving possible in most
Instances.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-28

Milk clean, but do not tug" to
keep up the milk flow.
Never forget the Importance Of cool
ing milk in a clean place.
Dairying is one of the profitable
lines in which a farmer can engage.
Churning is soon out of the way
when the cream is in proper condi-
ton.
Notice the cream once or twice the
first ten minutes after starting the
churn.
To do good work the cream separa-
tor must be level and on good solid
foundation.
Stop the churn as soon as the butter
graduates if you want TO work out
all the buttermilk.
Veal calves in hot weather VIII
grow better if kept during the day in
a dark. cool stable.
Some dairymen make It practice
to give some mild purgative to COWS
at the time of parturition.
A bull tied in the stall will get lazy
and useless, besides making extra
work in his care and feed.
If you have not good cellar. nor
ice nor cold water. making good but
ter I'm hot weather is out OF the ques-
ton.
THE cream separator. the silo and
the manure spreader should find
Mace in the equipment of every dairy
farm
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-28
VALUE OF PURE-BRED SIRES
Prof. e. II. Fraser Of Illinois Expert
ment Station Explains This
Feature of Dairying.

The value of a good bull In the
dairy herd is something that dairy
farmers are now giving more attention
to. Prof. E. H. Fraser of the Illinois
experiment station has made this fea-
ture of farm dairying a study, and ex-
plains its benefits in this way: IF, for
example, the good pure-bred sire i'm
proves the milking capacity of his
daughters by only one and one-half
pounds of milk at milking, above the
production of their dams, this would
mean an increase of 900 pounds of
milk for the ten months or 300 days
during which the ordinary cows should
give milk; they would also be much
more persistent Mixers that is, would
give milk for longer time in the year.
and would regain their flow of milk
better after an unavoidable shortage
of feed as in a summer drought. Such
daughters may certainly be credited
on the average with 1000 pounds more
milk per year than their dams pro-
duced. At the low estimate of one dol
lar per 100 pounds this extra amount
of milk would be worth $40 per year.
luz average COW lS SOOu pIOuuSci
| for at least six years. or until she gets
eight years old. Each daughter having
a pure-bred sire will, therefore, earn
$50 more money In her lifetime be-
cause of the good qualities of her sire
1t will on the average be four years
after purchasing the sire before his
first daughters will have finished their
first lactation period and brought In
the first extra $40. Eight dollars and
twenty-three cents kept at compound
interest for these four years at five
per cent. will equal $40. so daugh-
ter's improvement or increase of In
come the first year is worth 1928 at
the time her sire is purchased"
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-28

~ months as a three-year-old is as fol-
lows: MIX, 11.06S pounds; fat in milk.
COS pounds.
The average per cent. of fat for the
entire year was SAG pounds. Com
putting the yield of butter. on basis of
So per cent. according to the rule of
the Jersey Cattle club, this COW pro-
duced 1912 pounds of butter in the
IL months.
Her weight was $50 pounds at the
beginning of the test and increased to
$50 pounds at the end of the year.
The best previous authentical years
record for an animal of this age is
SIS pounds fat, which is exceeded S7S
pounds by the record of Pedro's Es-
tella.
The average amount of grain fed
per day was about fourteen pounds, or
a total of 5.110 pounds during the year,
which consisted mostly of corn, oats.
bran and oil meal.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-28

water is raised to a suitable height
supply may be drawn from a river.
stream, artesian well, or any other
suitable source. Two high towers may
be installed. from which pipes are sus-
pended by means of suitable support
Ing cables. The pipes apply circular
spray nozzles which revolve automat-
ically, and five to ten acres OF land
can readily be thus supplied with an
evenly distributor shower of water.
When it is desired to use electrified
water. reservoir is used, into which
the water is pumped. to be subse-
quently distributed in the manner in
dicated above. The reservoir consists
of an iron tank placed on an insulated
support and charged from a dynamo
supplying 0.5 ampere at ITO volts. The
iron wall Of the tank serves as posi-
tive pole; the negative pole consists
Of copper wire insulated all except
the tip. 1t is claimed that certain
chemical reactions take place in the
water, with production of oxygen.
ozone. and hydrogen peroxide at the
anode, and that certain OF the proc
ucts formed are beneficial to the
plants. Mr.. OLSON further suggests
that this Identification of the water
would tend to purify it and -ender
it better for drinking purposes.
Mr.. OLSON has installed his appara'
tus in plantation near Buenos Aires
and states that by the use of six
| sprinkling MOBILES at a height of five
meters above ground some 600 acres
OF ground under cultivation were treat
ed with beneficial results. The appa
ratus has also been adopted by the
municipality of Buenos Aires and Is
| giving satisfaction in the public parks
and gardens in that city. Mr.. Olssor
also states that during the Ions
drought from which the republic suf
| fered for over six months In 1910. h'
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-28
Modern
Woman
There Ought to
be Only Equal
ity of Sexes
By MARY r. COLE

HERE is such delightful balance
IT OF men and women the eernay nerdean-
dent that there should be disadvantage belonging
L@&I either half of humanity But
vA88I ton tempted believe that planned
u8 I'll some Age of God which suddenly turned base alloy
hands Looking along the pageant of the centuries
IL that in cruder times disadvantage a question
- muscle and today still handicapped, spite
great around advances their mperfecy
minds and bodies still conspe with pepeuae
induced by the reign of brute force
The found sad disadvantage grind all
the and bear all the burdens The civilized
her unframed labor but of providing for those Deepen
dent her. The of today the disadvantage
her skill market where
lower her allotted portion The
from corruption foster the juvenile aid the teachers by providing
but she finds crushing society
which approved of her helping the but dappove
of her helping to elect its officers.
at disadvantage life also But whenever the
have together the simple family relation the power which
makes the world round has always neuzd of the artificial dis
ncons of society Away from the competitive struggle individuality
has chance The greatest of concentration guides the family
whether But though character
always felt
The historical attitude of formulated Christianity toward
commands be obeden their husbands barking back The
dictum the Apostle dogmats
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-28
Two Forms of Power.

For pumping water prefer a wind
mill, as 1t is the cheapest power. but
for grinding feed a gasoline engine is
best have used a windmill for ten
years. says writer in an exchange.
1t cost me $50 complete. and the ex-
pense for repairs has not exceeded
five dollars We always have plenty
of water and supply about sixty head
of horses and cattle and fifty head OF
hogs the year round. The well is 240
feet deep and the supply tank holds
20 barrels.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-28
A Convenient Barn Truck.

enough to do. Hence the Importance
Of his considering the truck or car
presented in the cut. for which We are
Indebted to an exchange. Made of good
lumber. the only iron about 1t is the
handle at each end by which to draw
or push it, and the straps which are
screwed against the ends. engage the
ends of the axle outside the wheels
and are screwed fiat againsth the bot
tom of the truck.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-28
Clean MIX.

A maker of certified milk, and head
of a company which owns 500 cows.
kept for this purpose at a sanitary
milk producing plant. asserts that
every dairyman can get clean milk in
any barn If he takes proper care. This
statement should prove interesting to
those who lay so much stress on
changes in the barn equipment. rather
than upon the one all important item
of care.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-28
Train the
Reason
of the
Modern
Child
BY JOHN A. ROWLAND

habits of mental investigation and analysis There is lack of cond
ability reason tendency minds
machine for wood treats the rough produce fed to without
regard to grain texture.
should be clasS according their abilities
the quality taught separately
should be required demonstration of heorem
But the of thought by which such dmonsra
ton s made should be rgdy exacted.
formula be dedued the student should be required
deduction, but give the process involved
should have of text books examination and
should questions appeal his intelligence to his
judgment he with carload of books at
his elbow.
knowledge time fobd his acquiring it during exami
also answering the question with satisfaction
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-28
Green Food for Cows.

AS in the case of cows, swine also
should be fed plenty of green food in
order to keep their digestive tracts in
the best condition. They should be
supplied with plenty of pure. cold wa
ter and an abundance of shade and
sanitary wailowing place.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-28

follow Paul's rushght, preferrng his concep-
ton of a submissive TO Jesus broader vision
which distinctions Of rank in the great
family of humanity.
Today we accept as a convention that men should
be uncovered and women covered N churches and
semblies at teas funerals and the like. We think of
it, if at ALL odd survival, like the obsolete but
tons the back of mans coat. But when Eng
fish rector actually closes his church to prevent its
"desecraton" through the visits of in the glory
of their own hair realize that Pauls ghost still
walks and tries to blast the wighs that it, Every
disadvantage which the modern finds in her
home and her outside work is a survival of the old
brute force idea, supported by the theological tradi
ton of superior and inferior
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-28

To train the reason rather than the
memory is the plan of Julian Chase Small
wood, who insists that during his education
the modern schoolboy is like key with
funnel in its bunghole TO receive the
liquid poured into it. He is in passively
receptive state, taking no active part in the
proceedings except that he supports the
funnel He is made to remember facts.
When he has passed his examination more
facts are poured in, largely displacing the
old facts.
Mr. Smallwood wishes the student 20
think independently and develop or create
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-28
HANDY ANTI-KICKING DEVICE
Cows Legs Strapped to Strong Stick
Will Keep Animal Quiet While
Being MIXED.

BY the use of the device shown in
the cut We succeeded in breaking one
of our COWS of the habit of kicking
while being MIXED. says writer in
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-28
Coal Ashes on Stiff Clay.

Coal ashes have no particular fer
tilizing value. yet they are good for
stif clay garden soil, making 1t
lighter and easier to work. Woo
ashes are an excellent, general fertil-
izer for both the vegetable and flower
garden, as is also SCOT from stoves
and pipes.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-28
Keep
Cool and
Usually
Win Their
Point
by w. r. HATHAWAY

one this type positively that he had done me out of many dol
r and ncbed into him vigorous English at
Had my talk there would have been trouble
but didn't length grew of conducting one-seu ngh
When nv this Walngod began TO snow me
how entirely wrong finish and one would have thought
/ had been backening the fair fame of an angel
he stuck by till he had made me eat an expensive
dinner his guest although morally he paying for it
with coin taken from other innocent of my kind
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-28

The reason that men of the Get-Rich-
Quick Wallingford order "get by" with
their dubious schemes, is their ability to
keep their temper in the face of great prov
ocation. Most men, when denounced as
thieves and bunco-steerers, get into a rage
and are ready TO fight, but not so with the
disciples of the Wallingford school. They
will simply smile and gently assure the
man who is denouncing them that he is
wholly in the wrong and bless me if they
don't usually succeed in making him sorry
he has uttered such injurious language
Not long since had an experience with
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-28
CONVENIENT TRUCK IN BARN
Easy of Construction and VIII Lessen
Dairyman's Labors to Consld-
cradle Extent.

No dairyman can afford to ignore
that which will tighten his labor in
any way whatever. Be his stable ever
SO conveniently constructed, he has
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-28

the Homestead. We put a strap
through each end of a strong stick and
buckled this around the cows leg just
before milking.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-28
a Valuable Cow

At the cattle sale OF H. w. Woods
of Baskerville. Ia, black Galloway
COW called Gentle Annie brought ST.
500.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-28

tually drought, inseos and other
troubles. The cost of the OLSON sys-
tenn is estimated at figure which is
quite moderate as compared with the
benefits to be derived. The cost of
installation for the sprinkling appa-
ratus is figured at $50 to 800 per
acre, according to local conditions.
The system Is very simple The
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-28
cows GOOD RECORD
Pedro's Estella, Bred by Missouri Az
ricultural College, Produces
Much Butter.
CBy c. H. ECKLES.)

This Jersey COW, Pedro's Estella
1925. as bred by the Missouri
Agricultural college. Her record for
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-28

was able to produce very fine crop
of alfalfa and vegetables and to supply
the owners of race horses with fresh
fodder. By installing a system of arti-
fetal irrigation over some part OF
their crop, farmers should be able
to insure themselves against drought,
falling back upon artificial sprinkling
in case natural rain falls.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-31
cover every expenditure that might be
made by candidate.
Jokesmiths' Work in Provision.

made by candidate.
Jokesr,iths' Work in Provision.
But then the little jokesmiths of the
two houses quietly inserted the fol-
lowing provision:
provided, further, that money ex-
pended by any such candidate to NEE.
and discharge any assessment, fee, or
charge made or levied upon candi-
dates by the laws of the state in
which he resides or for his necessary
personal expenses, incurred for him.
self alone, for travel and subsistence,
stationery and postage, writing or
printing (other than in newspapers)
and distributing letters. circulars, and
posters. and for telegraph and tele-
phone service, shall not be regarded
as an expenditure within the meaning
of this section and shall not be con.
sidered any part OF the sum herein
fixed as the limit of expenses, and
need not be shown in the statements
herein required to be filed
Thus congress has legalized the ex-
penditure Of $4,000 by candidate for
the house and $4,000 by candidate
for the senate for any of the follow
ing or any other purposes that may
be deemed expedient:
Employment of speakers and assist
ants.
Newspaper advertisements.
Entertainment of voters or legisla-
tors.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-31
.RETRENCHMENT IS
NOT NOTICED HERE
Richmond Division of P. r.
R. Gradually Taking on
More Men Now.

Despite denia1s of officials of the
Pennsylvania railroad, it is reported
that it has issued order for retrench-
ment, and it is said that by Septem-
Der 1, there will be laid off on the
lines east and west of Pittsburg be-
tween $4,000 and 10000 employees.
The order, it is said, has been sent
to heads of all departments of the
railroad system to cut down expenses
wherever possible, because of the
heavy falling off in business. It is re-
ported to be the second order within
six months, the previous order having
been issued following the interstate
commerce commission denial of the
plea of railroads of the country for
higher freight rates.
The reported move on the part of
the Pennsylvania closely follows SINH.
lar orders of the Union Pacific, Cana
dian Pacific and the Southern Pacific
lines. The latter company last week
issued an order laying off 5000 en-
ployes.
Local officials of the Pennsylvania
line assert that they know nothing OF
the reported drastic action. 1t is ad.
mitted, however, that the Pennsylva.
MIA, in line with all other roads, is fol.
lowing retrenchment policy, but it
is said that the matter is not likely to
assume serious proportions, at least
not for the present.
Eastern reports show that the
company planned to issue the second
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-31

retrenchment order last June, but
brighter and the order was withheld.
1t is said that in the execution of
the new retrenchment orders, depart
ment chiefs will be given some lati-
tude as to when to make the order eff.
fective. The Topping off of expenses
will be carried out, it is said, in every
way possible, without Gripping the
company's service. No new work will
be undertaken which can be post
poned, and pay rolls will be pared as
closely as possible.
However, the Richmond Division ap-
parently is not effected. New men
are being hired every day.