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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-09-13

RustlinE for Themselves.
dry lot gained at the rate of 1.6 lbs
per day and at cost of S3.43 per lOC
pounds gained. The pigs from the
field were more vigorous and better
rustlers than the feed lot pigs.
If the corn in the corn and pea.
field had been husked and sold, ii
would have brought approximately
$1,000 per acre; hogged down, it pro-
duced pork worth S1974, a 100 pei
cent increase.
If the corn and soy beans field had
been husked and marketed it would
have brought $ll.62 per acre; as it
was fed, it produced pork worth
$27.41, an increase Of lao per cent
If the corn in the corn, rape and
pumpkin field had been marketed, il
would have brought s19.S4 per acre
1t produced pork worth S3804. The
corn and vetch field yielded corn
worth 1851 and it produced pork
worth only S17.0l, indicating that the
combination is Intellectual.
Even where no soy beans or COW
peas were sown, corn may be salts
factorily hogged down if meat meal
or it's equivalent be. fed with the
corn. A pound of meat meal per hog
per day will give the desired results
and increase the feeding value of the
corn. The farmer need not hesitate
to buy meat meal, though it may cost
him from s45 to $50 per ton. A
pound of meat meal will put on as
much pork as fifteen pounds of corn,
and its cost is only pc cents az
against ~ cents for the corn. 4
pound will answer for each pig per
day. When more is fed it loses soma
of its efficiency as feed. Just enough
to balance the ration is necessary.
The cost of fencing off the feeding
lot is urged as an objection to hog
cling down corn This may be met
by fastening woven wire fencing tc
the corn stalks with binder Irvine. If
we'll done, that sort of fencing will
answer the purpose.
Professor Evvard's experiments
show very conclusively the value Of
hogging down corn He advises it
because it pays, in money and in la
Dor saved.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-09-13

packs, according to the number of
rows across the box from side to
side. The number of apples from top
to bottom is spoken Of as so many
layers. Packs are coming to be
known more and more by the num-
Der of apples in the box. This is the
better method, as the buyer does not
care so much about the style of the
pack as he does the condition of the
apples and the number he gets in a
box.
The five tier pack is used for the
200 apple pack and this is the usual
number found in a five tier box.
The four tier pack is used for the
90, 112 and 1913.
With the diagonal packs we find
greater variety of packs and num-
bers. In the three and one-half tier
pack we have in the standard box
Ga, y, 80, SO and 112; in the special,
sc, 1O4 and 12O.
In the Az tier we have 155, 165
and ITS.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-09-13
A GOOD HOMEMADE FLY TRAP
By A. A. Burger, Iowa State Colles
Extension Department.

ny "A. "A. DuIScI, AO"d oI<ASS Oo'ANc
Extension Department. y
The common house fly, innocent
end harmless as he may look, is not
only troublesome pest, but one OF
the dirtiest, filthiest and most COM
mon carriers of disease germs which
we have. "Swat the fly" is the
watchword these days and knowing
his soulless habits we cannot be too
persistent in the 'swatting." The
common breeding grounds of the fly
are piles Of rubbish and barnyard
manure. We could effectively pre-
vent his invasions if we would clean
up the yard of all rubbish and haul
out the manure daily. This may be
kept away from the house by keeping
slop buckets, garbage cans, ETC., at
some distance from the house and by
screening the porches. A very effec-
tive device is the home made fly trap.
1t is easily made and costs but few
cents. Take a piece of one-inch
board twelve inches wide and saw off
two pieces twelve inches square for
the top and bottom of the trap. (Any
size board will do.) Tack the two
boards together temporarily and with
a keyhole saw rip out a piece from
the center of the boards about nine
inches in diameter. Save one Of
these pieces for a top through which
the flies may be removed. A small
strip nailed to the top will hold it in
place and serve as handle. A piece
Of three-foot screen is now tackled
around the two square blocks and
four-inch strips( lath doubled will
answer the purpose) nailed to the
edges. The strips should project two
inches at the bottom, thus allowing
room for dish of bait such as sweet
ened water, or anything which will
draw flies. Before the bottom board
is nailed into the trap the wire cone
should be securely nailed. This is
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-09-13

It is estimated that not less than
5000 new silos were built in Iowa
This season, and perhaps nearer 1000
Professor J. B. Davidson, head of the
agricultural engineering department
Of Iowa State College, believes that
the average will run close to forty
per county. A large majority of these
thousands of new silos are stave silos
but the number of tile and cement
block silos will reach about 500. The
demand for silos will probably con-
tinue as large next year, this years
experience with that of other years
proving the silo a necessary equip
ment for every modern farm where
live stock Is grown.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-09-13

A Lively Bunch Of Shoats
1t pays to hog down" corn.
That is no longer matter Of
guesswork. 1t has been thoroughly
demonstrated by the feeding expert
ments recently conducted at the Iowa
Agricultural Experiment Station I'M
der the direction of John M. Evvard,
experimentalist in animal husbandry.
Shoats turned into a field Of ripe
standing corn, especially if there be
with it supplemental crop like cow
peas, soy beans, rape or pumpkins,
will take on weight faster than those
in the feed lot, and they harvest the
corn and feed it with less labor and
larger profit for the farmer. They
do their own husking, they distribute
their own manure, they eliminate
hauling and storage Of corn, they
save the time and labor of feeding,
and they become good rustlers and
through exercise become strong and
vigorous. Moreover, the experiments
show that when hogs are brought
lIOIl CIlc AClu W JIG leu VuI, SIiCy may
be finished off at one-fourth less cost
than the hogs taken from the dry
feed lot.
The complete results Of the Iowa
station experiments are not yet ready
for publication. They will be given
out later in a bulletin under prepara-
ton by Professor Evvard. But all
these facts taken from the records
Of some hundred young hogs make
clear the value of "hogging down.
In 1909 four lots Of shoats' were
turned into four different fields, one
of corn alone, another Of corn and
COW peas, third Of corn and soy
beans, and a fourth Of sweet corn and
soy beans. The pigs were carefully
weighed and the value Of the corn in
the field was carefully estimated on
the basis of the cost of labor, rent Of
land, etc. At the end of the test the
following results were shown:
Cost Total
for each lbs.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-09-13
how The COW TESTING
ASSOCIATION HELPS.

In single years time, w. H.
Maust, president of the Pioneer Cow
Testing association, near Waterloo,
increased the average butter fat pro-
duction of his dairy herd from 231
pounds per COW per year to more
than 800 pounds.
In 1910 the cows on his place re-
turned him nearly 500 more apiece
than they did in 1909, with exactly
the same barn room, the same pas
turage, the same labor, and practi-
cally the same feeding. When he
counted up his profits in 1910, he
found himself better off some $3.50 on
his thirteen cows than in 1909, and
yet he had worked no harder, nor
had he put in any longer hours.
How did ne do it?
He put his dairy herd on business
basis. He cut out the guess work in
the management of his cows.
The agricultural department of the
Iowa State College at Ames showed
him how to find out exactly what
every cow was producing. It helped
him to locate the goodfor-nothing
animals that were eating their heads
off. When he located them, he got rid
of them and put money makers in
their stalls. The result was that in
years application of common sense
business methods to milk production
he increased the yield Of his cows
from 231 pounds of butterfat to more
than 300 pounds year. That isn't
the end of it. Mr.. Maust has started
on a road of better dairying that will
lead him finally where his cows will
yield 400 pounds of butter fat, prob
ably, instead of 300, and add still an
other S25 to $50 a year per COW to his
income.
These facts are brought out by fig
ures of the 1910 tests Of the Pioneer
Cow Testing association, which are
now being compiled at the state col
lege. The records of the other asso-
Citations like it in Iowa indicate that
Mr.. Maust's experience is not the
only one of that kind. 1t may be
said safely that good gains in butter
fat production will be shown in every
herd Of the forty-six comprising the
two associations that began testing in
1909. Every herd record examined
by the state college statisticians JUS
titles the testing association and gives
evidence that if every dairy herd III
the state were included in testing
association, many millions of dollars
would be added annually to the wealth
produced in Iowa.
The testing associations are purely
local associations, cooperative II
character. They comprise from TIVE
ty to twenty-six herds of animals and
when organized the state college fur
nishes a man to test the cows who
makes his home IN the community an'
visits every herd once a month
through the year. The cost to tbs
farmer is dollar per year per cow
no more, and for that dollar he is
given test of feeds, milk production
and other things that will point the
way to increase his milk output many
dollars per year.
Iowa now has five of these testing
associations, all of them located IL
eastern Iowa and including some
thing like 1900 to 1,4O0 cows. L
there were 5000 such associations
including Iowa's half million cows
they would point the way to adding
at least $15,OOO,OOO to the annual net
income from them.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-09-13

A Fly Trap mat MAY DC 0uitk'S huA
Cheaply Built.
made about fifteen inches high with
one and one-half inch opening at
the top. The accompanying illustra-
ton shows a trap twelve inches
square by three feet high, a very
convenient and easy form to make.
The flies light on the bait, eat their
fill, rise to the cone and finally pass
through the opening into the trap.
Once inside they are safe. Empty
the trap every two or three days,
either burning or burying the flies.
If the trap is properly made and
baited with proper material it will
do the business. Where flies are very
plentiful it will not be uncommon to
find the trap half full of flies in three
or four days
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-09-13

This is the time of the year to re-
member that it adds to the life Of
farming machinery to put it under
shelter promptly after the harvest
season. Lumber is cheaper than self
binders, even though it is dear.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-09-13

thing that corn without supple
mental feed is not as good for grow
ing swine nor as economical as a
combination feed. They must be fed
something with corn that will give
them needed nitrates. The cow peas
and soy beans do that. If the sup
Elemental crops were not sown, then
hogs turned into the corn field should
be fed meat meal, tankage, or linseed
OIL meal. That is important, insists
Prof. Evvard.
In 1910 another four lots Of shoats
were turned into the fields to forage
for themselves, with the following re-
suits:
Cost Total
for each lbs.
100 lbs. gain
of gain per acre
Lot I, corn and Cana
dian field peas$3.75 329
Lot 2, corn and soy
beans ...---..-.......... 3.O6 4o7
Corn, rape and pump
kins .............. 300 abt. same
Corn and vetch.. 500 2S3
In this test, the pigs in the field
of corn and soy beans took on weight
at the rate of g ID. per day, in the
corn, rape and pumpkin field l ID.
per day, and in the corn and vetch
field A lbs. per day. The vetch proved
itself an unsatisfactory supplemental
feed. The rape and pumpkins were
very satisfactory, even though the
rape and pumpkins were only fair
stand.
In this 1910 test the cost per 100
TBS. of gain was estimated differently
than in 1909. In 1910 the corn yield
was charged to the hogs at 7 cents
per bushel less than market value,
that being the cost Of husking and
hauling to market.
Professor Evvard demonstrated
this other important fact in his 1910
experiments: The shoats from the
corn field may be fed out at less cost
than those that are taken from the
dry feed lot. The shoats from the
corn and soy bean field gained 81
lbs, per day in the finishing lot at
cost Of only 1858 PEI 100 pounds Of
gain. The shoats from the corn and
Canadian peas gained at the rate o.
LAT lbs. per day. Those from the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-08-05
CHAPTER XIV.
Through the Telephone.

A persistent ringing of the telephone in
Fanny Milton's bedroom walked her out of
a delightful dream.
She was on shipboard again. 1t was
moonlight, and Lord Loveand was tell
ing her that he really cared great deal
more for her than for Lesley Dearmer.
She confessed that she liked him. too;
and he was just asking her to come and
reign over IIoveland Castle as well as his
heart, when the distant. though disturb
ing, notes of an amateur concert in the
music room of the Mauretania turned
definitely into the shrill BUR- Of that
wretched telephone. The dream broke
like a rainbow bubble. and Fanny sat up
in bed disappointed with life
1t was past 10 O'Clock. but she had been
at a ball the night before and had not
meant to wake till II. After the dream
realities seemed fat and Improbable for
a minute, and she was angry with the
telephone, 20 angry that she was tempted
to spite 1t by turning over Ind trying to
sleep again. But the hateful thing went
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-08-05

house listens intently. no one more so
than Mr. Balfour. who never conceals
his respect for this shy, self-contained
man, so lofty of soul, so fortnight In
speech, so remote from the throbbing
EVERYDAY life Of the house OF commons
Sir Edwin Grey is not an orator; his
speeches are never adorned by rhetoric,
his style is always sober matter of-fact;
he weighs and measures every word, yet
the net effect of speech by him is over
whelpling such is the power of simple
ity and of character
In Prime Of Life.
He is in the prime of life, having been
born in 1862. He looks younger than
his years. with his tall. upright figure
and his keen, alert, clean-shaven face.
from which the blue eyes shine forth like
lamps The profile Is decidedly Roman;
so is the firm set Of the mouth. The
head is not that Of an intellectual, but
alphabetically 1t Is that of a. man Of char
acter. The mans whole air conveys the
ideas of integrity, of duty, of conscien-
tiousness. A proud yet Wistful face, it's
normal expression is grave, but when the
features relax i'll smile the whole
countenance is illuminated with sunshine
Grief has left an enduring mark upon it,
A few years ago Sir Edward Grey lost
his wife. charming and gifted lady.
to whom he was devotediy attached. Her
death in a carriage accident left Z wound
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-08-05
ANCHOR LINER COLUMBIA
WILL DOCK MONDAY
Steamship Which Struck Iceberg
Last Wednesday ALI Right,
Says Wireless.

NEW YORK, August 5.-"AlI well
everything all right and we will dock
early Monday morning, was the brief
but reassuring wireless dispatch received
today from Capt. George Mitchell of the
Anchor liner Columbia, which on her way
here from glasgow bumped into an ice
berg last Wednesday.
Officials of the line said that the Co
lumbia had suffered little more than a
push in of the nose" and that there
need not be the slightest anxiety as to
her safety. The liner has $50 passen-
gers on board, and the news that a COLI
sion had occurred was sent by one oil
them to Glasgow. Scotland.
The Columbia was proceeding SLOWLY
through an intermittent fog, $50 miles
northeast of Cape Race, about O'Clock
last Wednesday evening, when she col
lided with an iceberg. An examination
showed that the bow had been damaged
above the waterline. Capt. Mitchell as
sured the passengers that there was nc
danger, and the Colum bia proceeded
Capt. Mitchell has been many years ir
the Indian service and this voyage is the
first transatlantic trip he has made In
years. Officers of incoming liners have
reported many large bergs near the trans
atlantic pathway in the last week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-08-05
BOY SHOOTS HIS FATHER
WHEN HE ABUSES MOTHER
Empties Shotgun Into His Abdomen,
1nf1icting Probably Fatal
Wound.

PHILADELPHIA, August 5-Going to
the aid of his mother last night when she
was attacked by his father, who brand
ished a razor and threatened to kill her.
seventeen-year-old Raymer Sutton of 32O6
Summer street grabbed a shotgun and
discharged one barrel into the fathers
abdomen.
While Sutton was being taken to the
Presbyterian Hospital his son escaped,
Doctors at the hospital say the father
has slight chance for recovery.
According to the police, Sutton, who is
forty-five years old, has been drinking
since the death of his two-year-old SON,
Charles. nine weeks ago. The child was
scalded by overturning a pan of boiling
water, and died after lingering for sew
eral days.
Sutton, the police say, grieved over the
Many times since the funeral, they say,
he has returned home drunk and beat
his wife.
1t was II o'clock last night when he
entered the house. Mrs Sutton was sit
ting in the kitchen. According to the
police. her husband pulled a razor from
his pocket and rushed at her
Raymer, the son, was aroused from his
sleep by the cries of his mother. Rush
ing downstairs, he found his father
standing over her with a razor.
A loaded shotgun stood in the corner,
and in a moment the youth had it in his
hands. The next instant the father was
lying unconscious, with a large hole in
his abdomen.
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Report Confirmed That He Will
Lead Cleveland in 1912.

PHILADELPHIA. August 5.-Capt
Harry Davis of the Philadelphia Ameri-
can League base ball club will manage
the Cleveland club next season This
statement was made here last night by
one of the scouts of the Cleveland club
who confirmed the report that not only
would Davis manage the club but that
an agreement already had been signed
The salary called for by the agreement
which is sort of pre-contract affair, is
$4,000
The Cleveland club started negotiations
with Davis several months ago, and made
him an offer of $4,000 Davis told the
mana cement Of the club that this figure
was no inducement to him, as he had
been considering Cuban proposition
which he thought would net him at least
that figure
After some dickering the club raised the
figure. Davis went into consultation with
Connie Mack of the Athletics and it was
settled finally by Mack declaring ne
would not stand in Davis light Then
the deal IVES contaminated All this
happened during the first western trip of
the Athletics, and it was the desire of
both clubs to keep the matter a secret
until the end of this season. Since the
agreement was made Davis has been al
most constantly on the bench with Mack
getting pointers from the astute man
ager. Davis will be a bench manager
strictly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-08-05

SportSmen who were in the vicinity OF
Weverton and Harpers Ferry last Sun
day were given a genuine treat by Johr
W. Hurley The enthusiastic fisherman
had made the catch of the season, and
anglers gathered about. the hotel at
Weverton in the afternoon to discuss
the catch and see the string of fifteen
small-mouth black bass.
The Colonel had not recovered from
his exciting sport landing a five-and-a.
half-polInder. the biggest fish of the
string and he recounted how he haG
made an unsuccessful fight with another
equally big fish. His story was listened
to attentively by the other anglers, sew
eral of them having witnessed the strug-
gle he had to get the fish from the river
1t was the work of more than fifteen
minutes to land the big fish. the bass
leaving the water fully half dozen times
and endeavoring to shake the hook from
its mouth. Two of the fifteen fish tipped
the scales at considerably more than
three pounds, three weighed more than
two pounds each and the others averaged
more than one pound.
Can't Lee Baumgarten headed a party
of fishermen on a weekend trip to the
upper Potomac and the members of the
party are afraid their friends will not
believe they landed tWenty-seven small
mouth bass.
But" says John Trammell of Great
Falls 1.-THE boys had the goods on them
when they returned in the evening.
and" he added. you know there is
not the slightest chance to buy such a
beautiful bunch of fish at any point on
thn
J. C. Kaufman. Sydney c. Kaufman
Ike Oppenheimer, Max Goodman, Edgar
Kaufman and George Preston were
among those who accompanied Capt
Baumgarten on last Sundays trip; and
they are prepared to make an affidavit
covering the result of Capt. Baum
gartens piscatorial efforts.
sgd Kaufman carried off the honors
of the day with fish weighing four
and one-quarter pounds, while George
Preston's excitement following the taking
Of his bait by fish of unknown weight
resulted in his scoring bathing record.
II hate to tell it on George" said one
of the anglers. but he certainly did
get a bath when a f1sh took his oalt. me
clicking of the reel came so suddenly
that he went overheard when he made
an effort to stop the fish"
Joe Hunter thinks there is no bait like
the Zulu Queen. and others who are IA
miliar with his work on the river do not
blame him for thinking So
81 have watched him pull bass after
bass from the river said one of his ri
walls for piscatorial honors, and Won
dered how he did it. Others were fishing
all about him. but they were not lucky"
Joe Hunter is regarded as the most sue
cessful of the local fishermen, end he
probably has caught more big fish than
any other local angler.
Last Sunday he went fishing with Frank
Sherman. The anglers went to q point
a short distance below Pennyfield. an
chored their boat and proceeded to wade
the river When the time for them to
quit fishing came they had a string Of
thirty-two small-mouth bass, the only
None of the fish weighed more than three
pounds.
ut pays to take life easy remarked
an angler, telling of the recent experience