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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10
Reindeer In Labrador.

The Dominion Government has
granted land to Dr. Grenfell. the mis-
sionary-physician, to enable him to try
the experiment of breeding reindeer In
Labrador. The original 300 deer
brought by Or. Grenfell from Lapland
have increased to 500 and have al.
ready been boon to the people Of
Labrador. The milk is being made
into cheese, which is an important ad.
dition to the food supply. but of still
greater value is the fact that the
reindeer are able to pull four times as
much as the Tskoni dogs, and will
travel and live off the country. while
the dogs have to be provided with food
at all times. 1t is further stated that
smoked reindeer tongues are already
in the market at very high prices,
while the soft, thick fur is in great de-
mand for motoring garments. DR..
Grenfell has just submitted a report
recommending the wholesale breeding
Of reindeer in the Yukon and other
parts of the Canadian north to take
the place of the dogs for the use of the
royal northwest mounted police and
the trading posts.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10

pillow has scratched over the land by
being thrown broadcast, and covered
by hauling bunch OF brush over the
land. When the rice is about one
foot or Is inches high 1t is cut down
with grass hooks; not even a scythe
is used for this work. This cutting
back is said to make the rice grow
more bunchy and enables the rice
plant to get the best of the weeds.
whereas. IL the land had been proper.
ly plowed before planting. there
would be no weeds and this cutting
back would not be necessary. Some
eight or ten days before cutting or
harvesting time the water is shut of
from the rice fields to allow the rice
to ripen, when 1t is cut with the same
grass hooks. 1t is then piled up for
three days, when 1t is threshed by be.
ing hand beaten on rock, by which
process five to ten per cent. of the
grain remains on the straw. During
the eight or ten days the field is dry.
ing out loss of about 40 per cent Of
grain occurs from various causes
This style Of farming, witho,,
farm implements. could be continued
through the long list of crops that are
raised In that country.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10
Photoaranhlna Digestion.

]. Carvallo of the Marcy institute,
Paris, France, has recently succeeded
In making cinematograph X-ray pic
lures showing the process of diges-
ton both in warm and cold-bleoded
animals.
Many attempts have been made to
produce this result. but they have
failed because of the difficulty expe-
rienced in obtaining Roentgen pic
lures with exposures lasting but a
small fraction of second, also be-
cause no suitable cinematographic ap-
paratus was available for producing
the pictures.
The animals under test were fed
with an alimentary paste on which
was their usual food mixed with a
basis of bismuth nitrate. The results
of these pictures have been checked by
special Investigations showing that
the pictures are true photographs Of
the actual movements of the organs
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10
Those Church Suppers!

Church sales, dinners, teas and the like are
not only means for promoting social enjoyment
and incidentally of repenishing the treasures
Of the organizations which provide them. These
functions real and valuable economic
purpose, as is indicated by the lady whom Edna
X. Wooley quotes in the Toledo Blade. This
lady, weary of the work of providing three meals
a day for her family. consisting of herself, her
living at this time Of year, and explains why:
Last night we went to roast beef dinner. To
night we are going to Methodist progressive
supper My husband hates those progressive
suppers, because start with soup at the
church, you know, then go to some house for the
meat course and finish up at some other house
for the dessert He says when he sits down to a
meal he likes to finish the job on the spot In
stead of getting up every little while, putting on
his hat and coat and galloping out into the cold
and cruel world to resume his eats at some other
stand. But think it's fun. It's blessed change
Tomorrow night we go to a Presbyterian church
supper. That's only rs cents too and / don't
see how they do 1t for the money The next one
after that is an Episcopal turkey supper and the
next is also turkey supper at the Unitarian
church Then come the Disciple and Congrega-
ton church suppers, and by that time you'll see
my cheeks sticking out with rich living What
would we poor home cooks do If 1t wasn't for the
church suppers? They give us a rest from the
eternal routine of planning and cooking the daily
meals. Nobody that hasn't tried that three4meal.
a-day business knows what a grind IL gets to be
l don't believe there's a man on earth would
stand for it.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10

to see prizes awarded to lads who pointing
the way to increased averages of corn produc-
ton in the south, and incidentally to partial
solution of the increased cost of living. And no
oldtme farmer can sneer that the showings
made in this Notwithstanding corn growing are
spurts of practical significance On the con-
trary the government officials have applied mod
bookkeeping methods to the business side OF
the proposition and the reported costs OF produc-
ton can be accepted as fair actual costs.
The yields made during the past season by
these young growers have been truly aston
ishing and of them almost past the
belief of farmers who have been getting an aver
age Of say 80 to 40 bushels of corn per acre
in choice corn country in the middle west. In
one Mississippi county 4S boys averaged 50
bushels per acre. In one South Carolina county
20 boys produced 100 bushels of corn on 20
acres In another county in that state 142
boys averaged 60 bushels per acre. One lad
made $1,000 from single acre of Jerry
Moore of Winona, s. c., the champion corn
grower of the world, got the amazing yield Of
22S bushels to the Steve Henry Of Louisi-
ana carried off the highest honors for economical
farming, producing on his acre nearly 140 bushels
at cost of only 13 cents per bushel Joe Stone
of Georgia, youngest and smallest Of the national
prize winners, is only eleven years of age, but
he produced 102 bushels to the at cost Of
20 cents per bushel Next season the scope
of the corn-growing competition is to be greatly
extended and the government may also strive
to get the country girls of the United States
into similar competition, only, of course 1t will
not be corn growing but vegetable gardening with
canning and preserving side line"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10
IMPORTANCE OF ERADICATING
INJURIOUS CATTLE TICK
Southern States Need Live Stock and
Larger Dairy Industry-Objects be Promoted
by Destroying Pest.

the pasture, or those which hatch
from eggs laid by females already
there, will all eventually meet death.
Such of these as get upon the cattle
from time to time will be destroyed by
the treatment, while those which fail
to find host will die in the pasture
from starvation.
Animals may be freed Of ticks in
two ways. They may be treated with
an agent that will destroy all the ticks
present, or they may be rotated at
proper intervals on tick-free fields un-
til all the ticks have dropped.
Spraying is probably the most con-
venient and practical way of treating
cattle on the majority Of farms. A
good style of pail spray pump will be
sufficient for treating small herds.
About Is feet of 3-3 inch highpressure
hose is required and type OF nozzle
furnishing cone-shaped spray Will
be found satisfactory. A nozzle win
two small an aperture should not be
used.
Every portion OF the body should be
thoroughly treated, special attention
D0luB given " INC hOoN' "~FI
brisket, inside of elbows, thighs and
TANKS, the tail and the depressions' at
the base of the tail. Crude oil alone
may be used, but in general a 20 to 20
per cent. emulsion will be better
All the cattle should be sprayed
every two weeks and the treatment
should not be discontinued simply be-
cause the ticks have become scarce or
seem to have disappeared
In localities where ticks commonly
occur on cattle in considerable num-
bers during the winter time 1t Will be
advisable to continue spraying. In To-
| calities where ticks disappear or are
present In very small numbers during
| the winter. the cattle should be In
spected carefully each week to remove
/ and destroy any ticks that may be
present. When warm weather comes,
1t will be we'll in all cases in which
spraying has been discontinued dur
ing the winter to begin spraying and
continue until 1t can be determined
with certainty that eradication has
been accomplished The spraying
should not be delayed until ticks show
again in considerable numbers. One
tick destroyed in the early spring will
save the trouble of destroying thou
sands few months later.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10

Italy to one New York street, and
with the other have come the doctor.
the grocer. the priest and the annual
celebration of the local patron saint.
The acute rivalry between village peo-
pie, who have not developed and can
scarcely be expected to develop in
short period what may be called city
consciousness" is perhaps the most
important cause Of the lack Of coher-
ence in the Italian mass, which makes
impossible united and persistent effort
on its part in any direction, economic,
social or political.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10

In the Italian quarters the life is
that of the tenement The families
are usually large, and in most of them
boarders are taken with a view to
eking out the payment OF the rent.
There are tenements occupied by Ital.
ians in New York In which eight and
ten sleep in one room, with not more
than 1900 cubic feet of air to breathe.
for eight or nine hours. Very often a
whole family occupies single sleep
ing room, children over fourteen years
Of age sleeping with their parents or
with smaller brothers and sisters.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10

The eradication OF the cattle tick
from the southern states is a problem
of prime Importance to the agricul-
tural interests of that section. More
over, the good that would result from
the elimination Of the tick would not
be entirely confined to the region d.
rectly concerned, and thus the matter
assumes to a certain degree national
Importance.
The south needs more and better
live stock and a larger dairy industry,
and these objects would be greatly
promoted by the destruction of the
tick. The increased production of live
stock by reason of its important bear
ing in maintaining and improving the
fertility of the soil, would be of dis
tinct benefit In increasing the yield of
field crops. An incidental though i'm
portant advantage Of stock raising and
dairying would be found in the distri-
button of the farmers income through
out the year. enabling him to live on
a, cash basis. It can thus be seen that
the benefits which would accrue to
southern agriculture from the EXTERN
ination of the cattle tick would be
very great and far-reaching.
There are several species of cattle
ticks, but the chief one is commonly
called the cattle" or Texas fever"
tick 1t is the one most frequently
found on cattle and is much more
abundant than the other species.
When the losses occasioned by this
parasite are once thoroughly under
stood by farmers and stoekmen there
will be little need for arguments in
favor of tick eradication. Some of the
losses are not directly noticeable and
consequently make little impression
while other losses properly charge
able to the tick are frequently attrib
uted to other causes.
Various writer's have estimated the
annual loss due to the tick at from
$40,000,00 to $100,000.000 These fig
ures should be ample argument, ever
to the most comprehensive, for the
eradication of the pest.
In getting rid of the tick, 1t may b.
attacked on the pasture and on thu
cattle.
In freeing pastures the method fol
lowed may be either a direct or al
indirect one.
The former consists in excluding al
cattle, horses and mules from pas
lures until all the ticks have died from
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10
MEXICAN STYLE
OF FARMING
Most Primitive Methods of AGri.
culture Are Still Carried on
In Many Parts of the
Old Republic.

By vIcE-coNsUL r. NJ. sTADDEN9
The most primitive method of
farming is still carried on in many
parts of Mexico. The blowing is done
by the old-time bull tongue, which
Is crooked stick with the point Gov
cred with an iron shoe. which only
scratches the soil.
Corn is planted by hand. man fol-
lowing the plow, dropping the seed
and covering 1t with his foot. 1t is
cultivated with the same pillow, which
gives very poor results in. destroying
the weeds. The fodder Is gathered
by pulling the leaves or blades from
the stock, which are made into bun.
dies and carried from the fields by
pack mules.
Rice is planted. after the native
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10
Moving Pictures of Insects In Fight.

Moving Pictures of Insects In Fight.
A French inventor. NJ. Bull, has
perfected cinematograph with which
pictures of insects in flight may be
taken, and afterwards exhibited In
motion on a screen. or in a stereo-
scopic apparatus. AS many as 1000
images per second may be made, but
in studying the movements made by
the flying insects, as represented by
the images, the latter can be caused
to pass with relatively great delibera'
ton, SO that only twelve or fifteen
or even only two or three, succeed
one another per second. An ingen
Ious device causes the insect Itself tc
make an electric contact, and thus sci
the apparatus In motion at the be
ginning Of its flight.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10
Guide for Teacher.

The teacher should not expect to
make great strides of progress every
day, but should be content If little
growth marks each day. She should
not be satisfied unless some advance
ment is made each and every day
The longest road is traversed step by
step. The greatest height is reached
by a slow and steady and Outlines
painful climb Patience, industry. de-
termination and constant and intelli-
gent application will master most, If
mot all. difficulties.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10
Lambs and Wool.

It is asking too much of eve to
make her grow the heaviest or next
to the heaviest fleece of her life. and
raise a lamb in one year. 1t cannot
be done without checking the growth
of the sheep and producing lamb
lacking in constitution. Continuing
in that line for several years, the
flockmaster will have a very uneven
flock, and constitution will be bred
out of them.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10
THAT ONE UNIVERSAL HABIT
All Mankind, at Some Time or An
other, Can Be Put in the Class
Of Borrowers.

Borrowing is a universal habit.
Every one condemns borrowing and
everybody borrows. People borrow
everything, from money to pins, from
friends. acquaintances and strangers.
Probably the first case Of borrowing
on record was when a rib was borrow
ed from Adam to make Eve. Since
Eve was immediately given to Adam,
1t was also the quickest repayment on
record. And Adam received interest
on the loan. Originally he had only a
RIB, but afterward he had rag and
a bone and hank of hair"
People do not draw the line at bor-
rowing retail; they want to borrow
wholesale. Thus Antony in opening
his speech to the Romans, said. Lend
me your ears" just when the owners
had most need of them. So the magi
clan today says. Kindly lend me
your attention" II you go about
where men are working you will often
be requested to lend a hand" and
more than one man has needed re-
quest to lend his influence" and
never got 1t back.
Strangers come up to you on the
street and ask you to let them have
the time of day, and when man
wants to sell you anything he general
ly begins by asking II you can spare
an hour.
| may have borrowed some of these
ideas, but If have l don't know who
owns them, so there's no use trying to
give them baek.-Judge.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10
Italians in Ne,U York City

cities within a city AS matter of
fact, they are collection of small vii
lagos, with all the characteristics Of
village life. In one street will be
found peasants from one Italian vii
lage; in the next street the place of
origin ia different and distinct, and
different and distinct are manners,
customs and sympathies. Entire vii
lagos have been transpianted from
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10
The Aoupen Floor.

The cement flooring with movable
slat platforms makes the ideal floor
for the hogpen. The cement floor
alone Is too cold and damp for the
hogs, but with the Slated flooring on
top, which may be taken up to clean
out the place, there is nothing which
is better.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10
state Secret.

Mr.. Stayleight-Johnny, your par
Tor clock is an hour fast
johnny know It. but don't tell
sister so.
Mr.. Stayleight-Why not?
Johnny-Because she thinks you
don't know it-Stray Stories,
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10
American Students Have Referred 10
Their Settlements as Cities
Within City.

Four-fifths of the Italians of New
York come from centers of less than
10000 population, and are therefore
entirely new to the active exciting me
of a great city. American students OF
social conditions rave referred to the
italian settlements of New York as
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10

the corn belt" for there is no de
sire to interfere with the growing If
our greatest agricultural staple Ia
that broad section of the country
where corn has long been the priuot-
pal standby of the farmer. The Lew
plan of the department of agricui-
ture-for of course that is the branch
of our government machinery that has
charge Of this new activity-is simply
in effect to make two blades of grass
grow where only one grew before.
Although all the world has bean
gasping in astonishment these many
years past at the bumper crops Of
corn this country turns out each year,
the experts of the government SOME
time since came to the conclusion
that great as was the national corn
yield 1t was not as big as it ought 10
be. Furthermore, they thought they
foresaw a time when, with our rapidly
growing population, the corn crop
would not be any too big for our own
American appetite and, of course, If
that came to pass, we would lose more
or less of our foreign trade. for a vast
quantity OF Yankee corn products now
find their way to dinner tables over
seas.
On the theory of a stitch in time
the agricultural sharps proceeded to
get busy over this impending prob
lem. First they set about increasing
the yield of corn per acre and latterly
they have entered upon the even more
significant mission of extending the
corn growing area. AS our readers
are aware most of the corn crop has
been grown heretofore in the middle
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10
Pail Spraying Pump.

starvation. The latter consists In per.
hitting the cattle and other animals
to continue on the infested pasture
and treating them at regular inter-
walls with oils or other agents destruc-
tive to ticks and thus preventing en-
gorged females from dropping and re-
lnfesting the pasture. The larvae on
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10
Beans In Michioan.

The cultivation of beans in Michi-
gan has become SO large that bean
threshers with complete outfit of ma
chinery and men travel over some
parts of the state to harvest the crop
as wheat threshers do in other states.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10
rhe pecIIned Dram . !.

Blobbs-Scribbler has had no less
than nine 2lays rejected.
SIobbs-What is he doing now?
Blobbs-Writing essays on the de-
cline of the DRAMA
Record.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10
Hia View.

Friend-And were you ever in Ven
fee?
Mr.. Richquick-Yes. Slowest town
was ever in. The sewers were
busted all the time we were there
Puck
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10
Per Simmons.

How do Jack and jeanne ever man
age to scrape a living?"
why, he makes the money first
and she makes It last"-Harvard
Lampoon.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10
BIZ WALDON FAWCFTT

HE United States govern-
ment is now at work
upon one of the most am
bilious and, by the by,
one OF the most interest
ing projects it has ever
undertaken. 1t is moth
ing short of a scheme for
moving the corn t&lE."
Or perhaps 1t would be
more accurate to call 1t
a crusade for extending
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10


being kicked
the entire framework attached
Small
the partition to keep the bottom In place and guide
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-10

are known as corn
clubs. T h e r e ar e
great numbers of
township clubs all
over the land-the
township being the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-23
RAISES GRAIN
FOR The STRAW

Mandan News: II raise grain for
the straw" was rather unusual
abatement made recently by William
Nickel Of Judson. Yes, you fellows
laugh he added, but ] mean just
what said. raise grain for the
straw, for during the past 10 years
/ have made more clean profit from
feeding the straw to stock than !
have from the grain "A few years
ago / got hold OF s25, took ii to the
bank. deposited it. took check book
and started out among my neighbors.
Whenever found yearling for sale
i bought it If could. giving check
Tor 81. After | had the stock pur-
chased went back to the bank,
mortgaged the cattle and finished
paying for them. got the, stock home
ana fed them wheat straw when they
could not rustic; when the wheat
straw was gone fed oat straw; when
that was finished / fed hay until they
could 60 on pasture. Many of those
long yearlings I bought during the
winter sold the following fall for
twice what / had paid for them.
nave 1OlIOWH0 LHdI pau LSA q AIAA
Der OF years. When had an abund-
ance of straw let the stock run to
the stacks, and IL was short I fed
ii out. The most of the work with
my stock has been during the sea
sons Of the year when could not
work at anything else.
.And here is another thing for you
fellows to think of. I've put more
barnyard fertilizer back on my land
than any farmer in Morton county
MY plan is to fall plow part of my
land and after it freezes up / spread
with a manure spreader six loads pei
acre. This will not leave it so thick
but that a drill and harrow will work
it nicely. That means more grain and
more straw for the next CROP
Though Mr.. Nickel is still a young
man, he is known throughout Morton
county as a financially successful
grain and live stock farmer.