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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-03-17
Al K. MOORE.
Estate of Beebe T. Rice.
Commissioner's Notice.

The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Hon Probate Court for the District of Addison,
commissioners to receive. examine and adjust
all claims against the estate of Beebe T. Rice
late of Middlebury, in said District, deceased and
all claims exhibited in offset thereto, hereby give
notice that we will meet for the purposes afore-
said at the residence of the late Beebe T. Rice in
said town of Middebury on the 18th day of March
1911, and the 18th day of August 1911, next, from
two o'clock p. m. until four o'clock p. m each of
said days. and that six months from the 9th day
of February, A ID. 1911, is the time limited by said
Court for said creditors to present their claims
for examination and allowance
Dated at Middlebury this LIST day of March,
A. d. 1911.
c. F. Benedict ,Cor,,nissiorers
A. n. McQuivey, No'i'''''sS'o
c. J. Matthews, Executor
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-03-17
Blacksmith
Shop to Let

Located at New Haven
Street. Large shop with
complete set of tools.
Attached to shop is a
good seven-room tene-
ment. Also barn and
garden. This is the
only shop in the village
and is a great oppor-
tunity for hrst-class
blacksmith. Address,
G. L. NUTTING
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-05-25
CONDITION OF SOIL
Must Contain Absolutely Neces-
sary ingredient, Moisture.
In Irrigated Districts Wheat, In All
Probability, viii Require Less
Water, Per Pound OF Dry
Matter, Than Oats.
BY r. L. PARsHALL. Colorado Agri-
cultural College)

BY r. L. PARsHALL. Colorado Agri-
cultural College)
Soil conditions are the prime re
quisites to successful agriculture, and
The proper conditions are not all the
same for all kinds of crops. A soil
particularly adapted to one kind of
crop may be wholly inadequate for
others. The soil in proper condition
for whatever crop to be grown must
contain the absolutely necessary in
gredient, moisture.
The moisture of the soil which is
available for plant growth is known
as free moisture, OF that which is ap-
parent This moisture or water dis
solves the salts of the soil and is
taken into the plant roots to be used
Ia the growth of the plant. This mois-
ture is absorbed from the soil and by
the capillary action follows along the
minute tube that extends up the stem
Of the plant and out to this leaves
where the moisture is evaporated
This process is continuous and at the
same time the growth of the plant is
increased. We see that there must be
some ratio between the amount of
moisture absorbed by the plant and
the increased growth produced.
Many experiments have been made
upon different kinds Of farm crops
and the amount of water required to
produce a pound Of dry matter varies
between wide limits. These tests in
dictate that 200 pounds of water Will
be necessary to produce a pound of
dry matter. while in other cases as
high as 500 or 900 pounds viii be
necessary.
This great variation is due to the
climatic conditions, locality, kind OF
crop, and kind of SOIL In the hui
mid regions less water is required
than in the arid country, and this
fact partly explains why a greater
amount of water must be held in
the soil in our irrigated districts of
the west. Wheat, in all probability,
will require less water, per pound of
dry matter. than oats, and alfalfa
will require more than oats.
If we assume that an average crop
requires 400 pounds of water to pro-
duce one pound of dry matter and
in the case Of alfalfa, which pro-
duced four tons per acre for the sea-
son, will require for the above aver
age about 81 200 cubic feet of
water, or a depth of a little over four
teen inches over the entire acre, or
1.175 acre feet This amount of water
must be held in the soil particles as
free water available for the plant
growth. A good soil must be of such
nature as to act as a reservoir and
at the same time supply the neces
sary chemical constituents to the
plant.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-05-25
IMPLEMENTS FOR DRY FARM
Most Important Of All Is PIow-Ordin-
airy Moldboard Is, Perhaps, Best
Level Head NeSd ed.

Some farmers thing that farming is
altogether a question of implements.
others will do good farming with a
secondhand pillow and an old wooden
harrow. some will pin their faith to
some particular implement and use 1t
for nearly everything. A level head
is what is most needed in this matter
and a confidence In practical trial
work, instead of in advertisements.
The most important Of all implements
is the pillow and there is no getting
around this TACT. The men who think
they can use disk and a packer are
still drying out a little worse than
usual this year
The ordinary moldboard is perhaps
the best pillow we have in this country,
but it has its limitations. and for clay
land (adobe as the farmers call it,,
we often have to fall back on the disk.
Dry p'owing is often a necessity on
the dry farm, and if done in the fall
so as to allow the soil to settle during
the winter and fill up with moisture is
an operation of the first Importance.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-05-25
SOCIETY NOTES.

Mr. and Mrs Kneerly-Busted are
spending eighty dollars and fifty cents
at Taken Inn. New Hampshire.
Mr. Feerce Tltewadd spent fifty dol
lars at Atlantic City. Otherwise he
had a good time.
Mrs. o. Wattsurnaim wore her two
hundred dollar dress at the matinee
Wednesday She paid four dollars for
her box seat
Miss Vera Giddeigh wore her spring
complexion at the golf dinner Tues
day. Miss Giddeigh is always uncon-
ventional
Mr.. Dommer Yeti has purchased
two new pictures for his art gallery.
They are very attractive. One cost
$500; the other close to $4,000
Miss Ina Frite was the central fig
IRE in serious accident Wednesday.
She was thrown from an automobile
and suffered a spralned finger, as we'll
as breaking her SIS parasol and spoil
ing her 1887 coat.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-05-25

MIXED frequently it caused these
glands to be enlivened and stimulated,
with the result that more and better
milk was drawn from the COWS, and
the milking period was heightened in
nearly every instance.
The feed question is solved, too.
Keep n high-class breed Of COWS, and
whatever expenses are incurred by ex.
ira feed will be overbalanced by a
gain. The Holstein. Jersey and Ayr
shire breeds are considered the best
for dairy purposes.
Milk three times daily for a month
and compare the results with this
month. Give the COW a square deal
and you Il be a wiser, Weather farm
er for the experiment.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-05-25
JERSEY cow is BEAUTIFUL
Takes Strong Hold on Sentiment
Of Farmers.

Possibly no class Of cattle appeals
more strongly to the majority of peo-
pie than the Jersey. Its gentleness
and pretty fawn color and the deer
Ike appearance of the young calves,
takes strong hold on the sentiment
Of people, farmers as well as others.
The Jersey is easily kept and while
her flow of milk is not as large as that
Of some other breeds, it makes up in
richness and quality. The conforma-
ton Of the Jersey is lean and muscu-
lar, and represents the two dairy
types. Well bred Jerseys have a thin
skin, elastic and fine to touch, and
covered with thick coat of soft hair.
It's back should be strong. straight
and not sag; and the ribs, as in all
dairy COWS, should be well sprung.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-05-25
MILK cow THREE TIMES A DAY
IL Pays, According to Results Secured
by Dalrymen and Owners of
Large Herds.

Does II pay TO milk a COW three
times a day? Dairymen and owners
Of large herds say so. They can, and
do, produce the proofs, too, that milk
ing their COWS this often is a very
profitable practice.
To obtain the best results from your
COW, or COWS. health and comfort
must necessarily be considered care
fully. The modern farmer is making
rapid progress in regard to the sani-
tary conditions Of his barns and dairy
stables. and learning also many inn
proved methods of feeding. Yet a
surprisingly large number of farmers
do not see that the COW with a heavy,
full udder, unrelieved, is laboring
against big odds.
The two indisputable benefits de-
rived from milking three times every
day are: A steady increase In the
amount of milk produced, and a high
err percentage Of butter fat in the milk.
The first is especially valuable to the
persons who feed skim-milk to the
young stock.
Danish dairymen have shown
clearly that infrequent milking tends
to make the Emphatic glands in the
cows udder become inactive and slug
gish, which is the principal cause of
the drying up" stage, and proved
thoroughly that when their COWS we're
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-05-25

The little boys of twenty years ago
Bad little boys, that is-had one queer
trait
Which many folk considered crude and
low;
Twas calculated TO exasperate.
But twas expressive, and twas under
BY those who saw it-though it always
ranked
with words and actions that were far
from good
And boys caught at II sometimes would
be spanked.
Twas this. The thumb in insolence was
Against the nose-tp and the fingers
spread
Fan-wise. derisively; their wiggles traced
The ''Yahr the daring youth must
leave unsaid
A silent ieer-a most insulting 1eer-
1t flung a challenge to a youthful foe,
or wggled at the back Of teacher dear
When from the schoolhouse door she
bade US go
Oh. can't you see freckled, tow-haired
boy,
with two teeth out in 'front.' with twin
king eyes.
Who thumned his nose and made that
When he saw one whom he must needs
despse?-
The grave town marshal who had chased
IN vain
The lads who had been robbing orchard
trees.
The brakeman who had kept thom from
the train.
The spinster who would scoid in stri-
dent keys.
But now no more-times change; so does
the lad.
What newer rudeness now makes clear
his scorn?
What does he do to make folk call him
bad
And vow he'll rue the day that he was
born?
But we, old fat. bald-headed men
How Oft there comes a memory that
shows
boy with stone-bruised feet who
spreads again
His fingers. with his thumb against
his nosel
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-05-25
POULTRY NOTES.

Avoid exciting the geese; let them
alone.
Leg weakness in ducks is usually
caused by dampness.
There are several insect enemies Of
poultry-lice. mites and fieas.
Lice may be found on the bodies OF
fowls at all seasons of the year.
Geese grow better with age and are
just about in their prime at twenty
months.
Roup may be apparently cured, but
It cannot be entirely eradicated from
the system.
At all seasons Of the year It is a
good plan to burn out all nests every
four or five weeks.
Liver troubles are caused by a lack
Of sharp. grit or by feeding too rich
or stimulating food
AS soon as a setting hen comes of
the nest should be burned out and
fresh nest material supplied
Cayenne pepper is a most powerful
stimulant That it will induce egg
production there can be no doubt.
It is bad move to change the
quarters of pullets or hens while lay
ing. It is very apt to check egg pro
duction.
While it is desirable to set eggs
while they are as fresh as possible
It is not always possible to do so
particularly when an incubator is be
ing used.
If the duck Is compelled to sleeT
in a damp house she is likely to be
attacked with rheumatism or cramps
for which there is no sure remedy
Overlooking win also do it.
The turkey hen Is an ideal setter
but a bad mother unless confined. as
she drags her young after her and
does not wait for those who fall oui
by the way so long as one is left
A thorough drencning of the poul
try house with kerosene emulsion &c
which a little crude carbolic acid had
been added will prove very efectua'
against the red mites If done ever
week
When setting hens It is never ad
visable to apply any grease to theil
bodies. but they may be busted with
some good insect powder. while the
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-05-25
KING PLAN OF VENTILATION
Arrangement by Which Foul Air Of
Barn Is Removed by Shaft-lllus-
tration Shows Flues.

The King system of ventilation is
an arrangement by which the foul air
Of the barn is removed by a shaft
called a ventilator. It is built upon
the same principles as chimney to a
fireplace. The fresh air is admitted
TO the barn by ducts made in the wall
that open on the outside near the base
Of the wall and on the inside near the
ceiling, says Hoard's Dairyman. This
construction prevents the warm air
at the ceiling from passing down and
out and permits the cold air to be
tempered more or less before 1t reach
es the animals. The ventilating fiue
takes the coolest and foulest air from
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-05-25
IRRIGATION AN AID TO WEST
Greatest Single Factor In Building Up
and Populating Barren Lands
in Many States.

Irrigation, perhaps, can be given
no better tribute than the increase
in population of Colorado, Nevada and
Idaho. recently announced by the
census bureau. Take Nevada. for ex.
ample. Ten years ago. or in 1900
the state census report showed a de-
cline of IL per cent in that decade.
Since 1900, however, the tide has
turned-the state has almost doubled
in population. Here's an illustration:
The old Carson sink, so much dread
ed by the forty-niners, and which was
strewn by the bones OF cattle that had
died Of thirst, and also notorious for
its Ragtown, where fresh water be-
yond the waste could first be OBJ
tanned, now lies under a great irriga-
ton system.
The population Of Idaho also has
been doubled in the decade just past,
due in a large measure to irrigation,
and also to the settlements in the
fertile panhandle at the north.
Colorado, which had gained 30 per
cent. in the last decade of the last
century, shows a gain of 40 per cent
in this decade. OF course, some may
question the statement or claim that
these changes can be attributed to
the irrigation undertakings of the
past ten years, but it cannot be de-
MED that they have given a stimulus
to general industries of these COM
munities that has played a vital part
In the general results. Irrigation,
perhaps, has been the greatest single
factor in the building up and populat-
ing Of the barren lands in the rapid
ly growing states referred to above.
The same condition prevails also in
other sections of the country. Take
Texas. New Mexico, Arizona, Califor-
MIA. Utah, Wyoming, Washington and
Oregon. All these states have ad-
vanced rapidly in the last few years
especially in population and develop
ment, due in a large measure to the
various irrigation projects that have
been installed and are now in process
of being installed. 1t is by no means
a small advantage to any state in its
social and political aspects to have
sturdy and progressive farmers 60
In and fill up a sparely settled region
as is being done in the several states
above enumerated. They relieve
these sections Of the unsubstantla'
character which they would have with
population dependent on ranchine
or searching for precious metals fol
their livelihood
It is safe to predict that in the nexi
ten. if not five. years. the phenomena
growth of these various states during
the last decade viii be duplicated and
perhaps doubled through the private
and governmental irrigation under
takings.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-05-25
FEED YOU MONEY
Feed Your Brain, and 1t Will Feed
You Money and Fame

Ever since boyhood l have been
especially fond of meats, and am con-
vinced l ate too rapidly, and failed to
masticate my food properly.
The result was that found myself,
a few years ago. afflicted with all
ments of the stomach, and kidneys,
which interfered seriously with my
business.
AT last took the advice of friends
and began to eat Grape-Nuts instead
of the heavy meats, ETC.. that had con-
stituted my former diet
Il found that l was at once bene-
flied by the change. that was soon
relieved from the heartburn and indi-
gestion that used to follow my meals.
that the pains in my back from my
kidney affection had ceased.
my nerves, which used to be IN
steady. and my brain. which was slow
and lethargic from a heavy diet OF
meats and greasy foods, had, not in a
moment. but gradually, and none the
less surely, been restored to normal
efici ccy.
Now every nerve is steady and my
brain and thinking faculties are quick
er and more acute than for years past.
After my old style breakfasts 1 used
to suffer during the forenoon from a
feeling OF weakness which hindered
me seriously in my work, but since
began to use Grape-Nuts food can
work till dinner time with all ease
md comfort" Name given by Pos
um Co. Battle Greek, Mich
There's a reason"
Read the little book. The Road TO
Wellville." in pkgs.
Ever read the above Ietterf A new
-r1rsraor.rr Ernru ffrnaa 81 ffn4ae Vhe.r
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-05-25

There was once young man who
became involved In an alteration
with a large. rude person Of sudden
manners. who kicked him out of the
house and down the street. While he
was being kicked along the sidewalk
the young man exclaimed:
"sir. you are heaping indignities
upon mel"
-How's that7" demanded the large
person with the lively foot.
Because everybody who sees us
viii think that have proposed for
the hand Of your daughter"
Bethinking himself that he would
give his family the appearance OF
trying to break into society. the an
cry man desisted from kicking the
youth any further
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-05-25

Farmers carry on dairying as a side
line.
Paying for quality is the way to en-
courage quality.
The mixer should wear clean cloth
ing. preferably white.
Good feeding is an integral part Of
success in breeding dairy cattle.
The Jersey COW is adapted to the
conditions imposed by all climates.
If intending to get into the dairy
business and don't plan a silo. stay
out.
On the farm the Jersey has proven
herself to be the litter Of the mort
gage.
The cows flank and udder should
be wiped with a damp cloth before
milking.
Keep the COWS comfortable at night
especially when the weather is cold
and wet.
There is general movement
among creamery men to pay for but
ter fat according to quality.
The dairy COW has a highly tenn
pered nervous system which responds
to either care or negligence.
There are some objections to usinr
vetch. especially spring vetch, unless
it can be cut before seeds form.
The farmers that have had mos
experience with silage are the mosi
enthusiastic advocate of the SLIDING
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-05-25
The Hoo Business.

The hog business may well be d.
vided into two classes. the raising OF
market stock and the raising of pure
bred breeding stock. It is a regret
table fact that. on the whole. the man
who deals chiefly or solely with mar
ket stock shows much better judg-
inent than do many breeders of pure
bred stock Excepting the chicken
fanciers, the breeders Of no other
class Of live stock pay more attention
to useless fads or fancy points than
do many swine breeders.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-05-25
no PRAY FOR the RIch-

Two women prominent in St. Louis
have started a movement to induce
100000 of their sex in the south to
pray every day for the rich. They ex-
plain they hope by organizing system
atically groups of women who win
pray often and well for the more afiu-
ent, wealthy persons will be led to
contribute to fund for the evangeli-
zation of the world. Belle H. Ben
nett, president of the woman's mis-
sionary council of the Methodist Epis-
copal church south and Mrs. R. w
Mcdonnell are the originators of the
plan.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-05-25
PHYSICIANS NOW FAVOR MILK
Once Regarded as Doubtful Diet To-
day It Is Preferred to Anything
Else for Sick.

Dairying is always sure to prove
profitable. Many other ventures In
agriculture are fraught with risks and
uncertainties, but this invariably
proves secure. in season and out of
season.
The demand for dairy products is
constantly on the increase. The time
was when the dairyman was com
PEELED to be on the watch for a mar
ket for his commodities. Nowadays.
the consumer is out in search of him.
His market is assured. Conditions
have been reversed.
The constant growth Of the great
industrial centers has slowly but sure
ly brought about a revolution in the
dairy market. Little by little the SUI
burban farmers have been forced to
retreat before the steady advance of
the builders brigade, until now almost
every farmer in the land is on an
equal footing with them.
Within a very few years the race
has come to recognize as It never did
before the true value of milk as an
eAAA'AC VI AOo1s Even DnY
sicians, too, this same change Of opin
ion has come about. Formerly the doc
tor regarded milk as a doubtful ar
ticle Of diet for his patient. Now h,
prefers it to anything else.
The steady increase in the price o
all dairy products is the best tribut,
to their worth that could possibly b,
paid. The world at large is extendinl
them a recognition such as it neve
did before; voluntarily places a high
er estimate on their value thar
formerly.
The dairy farmer can ask no NOR
substantial evidence Of appreciation
than he is today receiving from tn
community at large. in the shape O
advanced prices for the products O
his care and labor. And II is wei
earned and justly due.
Amy man who is willing to conduc
a dairy. In progressive and pains
taking manner. Is bound to put hi
fellow men under a debt Of obligation
to him which viii not pass unre
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-05-25
A Clearinghouse.

THAT boy Of mine is going to be an.
other Pierpont Morgan or Carnegie"
says the visibly proud man.
What's he done?" asks the other.
Why l told him last night I would
have to whip him for some mischief
he had been in. and he explained to
me that he had gone into combina-
ton with the other boys in the neigh
borhood, so that they pooled their
punishments and rewards, and thas at
present the rewards Offset the Fun
ishments due three to one. He Of
fered to get me the position OF audi.
tor for the crowd"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-05-25

giving a large bread-basket. The hips
should be broad and long and the
thighs thin. muscular and set wide
apart.
The udder is of fairly good size. al
though not as large as those of the
Holstein and other breeds. The teats
should be large and well placed. The
weight of the average Jersey COW is
about 800 pounds.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-05-25
Keen eoslInns Dry.

Keep goslings dry. and moderately
warm while "downy'; confine them in
small, movable pens and change to
fresh grass daily. For SO to As hours
give nothing but tender grass, then
feed every two to three hours one
third corn meal. two-thirds shorts.
wet up and squeezed almost dry;
avoid sloppy food and feed sparingly.
After a week give scalded cracked
corn and a grass run.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-05-25
Exercise Is Essential.

It should be remembered that exer
else is as essential as feed. Decide how
much feed your birds require during
the day and feed the smaller portion in
the morning the larger portion al
night This method insures exercise
and prevents sending the birds to the
roost hungry. Always feed plenty al
night.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-05-25

Save all the corncobs. They are
good for smoking meat in absence of
hickory wood. and they are splendid
for burning to a charred condition for
hogs. The surplus cobs should so
into the manure. They are good alb
sorbers Of liquids and improvers a
soil texture. besides supplying some
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-05-25
Loss bv Poor Packing.

A writer some years ago said thai
more is lost to the producer OF
dressed poultry, eggs, butter, vegeta
bles and fruit through sending them
to market in improper condition than
would be required to pay the national
dabf