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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-01-31

flammation, and your Sanative Wash re-
lieved me. Your Liver Pills have no
equal as cathartic.. Any one wishing
proof of what your medicines have
done for me can get it from any drug
gist or by writing to me. You can use
my testimonial in any way you wish,
and Twill be glad to answer letters. y
Mrs. CHRISTINA REED, 105 Mound ST.,
Peoria, Ill.
Another Operation Avoided.
New Orleans, La.-'For years l suf-
fered from severe female troubles.
Finally was confined to my bed and
the doctor said an operation was neces-
sary. l gave Lydia f. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound trial first, and
was saved from an operation. Mrs.
LILY PEYRoUX, I'LL Kerlerec St., New
Orleans, La.
The great volume of unsolicited tes-
timony constantly pouring in proves
conclusiveiy that Lydia f. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound is remarkable
remedy for those distressing feminine
ills from which so many women suffer,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-02-07
FARMERS CURE
THEIR MEATS
This May Be Done Rather Easily
and Flavor of Product Much
Eiuer-De1icious at Ger
tain Times.
CBy S. c. MILLERO

(By S c. MILLERD
In these days of salt-peter. oenzoale
Of soda, formate and other dope
used by the big manufacturers IN
the curing of nearly everything we
eat. wonder why more of our farmers
do not preserve their own FOODS
particularly meats. 1t seems TO me
there IL more danger in the use OF
preservatives in the use of meats than
anything else. and picking OF meats
on the farm is such simple matter
that every man who kills his own pigs
should in addition TO hams and bacon
put down a barrels OF meat picked
Properly cared for, it is delicious al
certain seasons of the year. On the
old farm in Virginia the following
method was always used. No better
meats were ever put on the farmer
table:
For each 100 pounds of meat TAKE
two pounds OF sugar and four pounds
of salt. Mix we'll and when the mea
is first cut rub it we'll with pure sal
on the flesh side. Let il lie day O
two and then drain out any blood tina
NAV be left Divide the sugar an
salt mixture in three equal parts
Use one part on the meat and pack 1
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-02-07
Poultry Terms.

Poultry terms not generally known
are as follows: A cockerel is male
bird less than a year old. A cock is
male bird over a year old A pull
let is a female bird less than year
old. A hen is a female bird over a
year old A yearling is generally one
counted as having laid II months. A
setting eggs is Is, although many poul-
trymen have increased it to 15. broil-
or is bird weighing two pounds or
less and from 6 to IL weeks old. a
capon is the male bird deprived OF its
eenerative organs for the purpose OF
improving the weight and delicacy OF
the carcass. A spring chicken Is
young bird weighing over two pounds.
A stewfng chicken weighs about three
hounds. A rooster weighs four or
more pounds A poult is a turkey IN
It's first year. A poularde is a pull
le deprived OF the power OF producing
eggs. with the object of size. A trio
is male and two females breed
Ing pen is generally made up OF iron
TO IA females and a male. The
male chicken is called cock. th'
male goose a gander, the male duel
drake and the male turkey tom.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-02-07

a barrel. Ii should then be allowed
to lie three or four days when IT
should be rubbed. with another portion
of the mixture and three or four days
later repeat the operation with the
remainder. 1t should then be packed
tightly in a barrel. After lying three
or four days it is ready to hang up
1t must be kept in cellar or some
place where ii will not freeze while
the curing process is going on When
/ applying the salt and sugar mixture
il is more convenient il one has two
barrels to use al the same time
A great many people do not seem
to understand that smoking meat doe:
not cure it except as the warmth from
the fire causes the moisture 10 evapo
rate. There is no particular virtue
in the smoke itself and meat could o.
as we'll cured by any kind OF SLOW
gentle heat even If no smoke CAM
from it. However, the heat from
clean. fresh hickory chips can neve
be improved upon and If people be
lieve that the quality of the meat /
improved by the sweet odor from
this form certainly no harm will b
done. The main thing is to keep tn
heat regular and at low point in o.
der that the moisture may be draw
out from the meat evenly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-02-07

Intestinal parasites. 1t is practice
with some men TO clean of the floor
with a shovel every day when the
floor is used for growing pigs, which
removes thousands OF worm eggs
when the herd is Wormy, and there
are few that are not to a certain e1-
tent
The accompanying illustration shows
the main points in feeding floor
that combines all the best fea-
lures with cheapness. This is con-
structed as follows: Select we'll
drained spot in the hog lot, remove
all rubbish and litter till solid
earth surface is secured. Level the
surface, and if there are any soft
spots fill with clay if obtainable, and
tramp firm On this surface spread
an inch of sand and smooth the same
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-02-07
DAIRY NOTES.

Keep a COW, she's winner.
High ceilings and plenty OF light are
the price of good health in the dairy
Never offer a pound Of poor butter
for sale. Better take it right out and
bury it in the back lot
Save some of the oats to grind for
the milch COWS. You never will find
a better grain to make milk.
Glover bloat can usually be prevent
cd bv keeping the calf off the clover
when it is wet from dew or rain.
Make a good job of Washing the
separator. One time of neglect may
cost YOU the price Of q churning.
The grain for calves should be fed
first while the calf is quite small with
a little bran to aid in learning TO eat
Sell every COW that you suspect Of
soldering on you. and do it now. be
fore you have fed out lot OF hish
priced feed.
The farmer who keeps COW TO-
the profit she may bring should know
what the cost is to keep her. as vel
as the income.
Butter making can be readily re
duced to a system. and should be |
is the slip-shod way that causes $
much moor butter TO be sent TO mai
ket
The old COW knows better how I
color butter than you do. Let her tax
that part of the work. Throw IN
I bottle of bogus color as far as 70
can send it.
4 Farmers and feeders would o We
m nav more attention TO t1c 700
crops in their attempt at getting n
i ideal feeding ration. both for beef an
/ dairy cattle.
+ Utensils used for milk should
n rinsed with cold water and then vii
n boiling water. thoroughly drained NJ
$ allowed TO become cold before heir
filled with milk.
when COW once falls off in mi
production 1t is more difficult TO bril-
her back to her full flow than TO
D. feed her as to keep her as near h
e capacity as possible.
,e Don't put on the dirtiest old cloth
IT Won can find to milk it. Have ni'
Is clean suit and keep ii so. To he
ID about that. brush the cows on eve
time before you sit down 10 milk
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-02-07
DISK PREVIOUS TO FLOWING
Surface Mulch Of Soil Retains MOIST
ure and Offers Surface to
Absorb Rains.

In order to secure the ideal con-
ditions for termination a seed bed
for wheat or other small grain or
grasses should not be too deep and
mellow and yet finely pulyerized o-.y
about as deep as the seed Is planted.
Below the depth at which the seed
Is planted the soil should be firm. but
not hard, making good connection
with the subsoil so that the soil wa
ter may be drawn up into the surface
soil. The firm soil beneath the seed.
being well connected with the sub
soil, supplies the moisture TO the SEED
/ The mellow SOIL above the seed allows
sufficient circulation OF air TO supply
oxygen and favors the warming OF
the soil. gathering the heat OF the
sunshine during the day, acting as
blanket to conserve the soil heat
and maintaining a more uniform
temperature in the soil during the
night.
It is often a good plan to disk
the ground previous to blowing, says
Field and Farm II plowed at once
the loose surface Is In better conol-
ton to more readily connect and re-
! unite with the subsoil when the FUR
row slice is inverted and If the plow
: Ing is delayed the ground will re
main In good condition for blowing
for a much longer period during th'
r dry weather than land which has re
ceived no cultivation. 1t Is Otter
{ possible, when our lands have be
d come too dry to pillow, by establishing
y a soil mulch with the disc harrow AM
. retaining the water In the soil. TO s
r, improve the moisture condition OF tn
6 surface as to bring it again into goo
r blowing condition.
e 1t may even be advisable to pra'
1t tse early disking rather than earl
O. blowing when both cannot be accom-
Is plished. The surface mulch OF so
t. produced by disking not only retalr
e. the water in the soil but offers
Of favorable surface to absorb the rain
g. A new method for preparing the see
b. bed is now coming into general pra
1e tise here on the plains. The plan
err to list the ground with an ordina
al corn lister as soon after harvest
as possible. The lister burrows are II
from three to three and one-half fe
rs apart very much the same as VIII
at the lister is used for planting col
is Later. when the weeds have sprout
,st the soil is worked back into the list
is burrows by means Of disk harrow
Se- disk sled
M The disk sled has just recently
We gun to be used for this purpose
to is considered preferable to the h
me row. 1t has extra large disks. espe
is ally for this purpose. but may be US
on also for cultivating corn. The sl'
ON are made either for one or two TO
wn Several civilizations are usually
ION ouired by the disk harrow in order
UNI bring the field in good seed bed c
his dition. Once over with the disk S
lall is usually considered sufficient.
orn further work necessary to prepare
till seed bed is given with the CONN
ing harrow or other cultivating i'm
be- ment. In our dry climate this met
the has several advantages.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-02-07
MANY ADVANTAGES WITH
CONCRETE FEEDING FLOOR
Prevents Feed Being Trampled Into Mud and Con
tributes to Heal Of Animals by Lessenn2
O

Since the advent OF highpriced
corn and hogs, feeding floors OF
more permanent nature than those
made of wood are receiving good
deal OF attention, writes L. z. Trocger
OF Iowa in Orange Judd Farmer. The
advantages OF a floor Of come kind OF
material like brick or cement over
plank need not be argued There are
a good many feeding floors made OF
the first named material to be found
throughout the corn belt. and without
exception they are proving a good in
vestment.
In short, the main points in favor
of a feeding floor of permanent ma
ture Is that it is a feed-saver. as II
prevents feed from being tramped In
to the mud; 1t provides solid founda
ton for troughs, prevents mudhole'
around troughs, and undoubtedly con
tributes to the health Of the pigs b,
lessening the chances OF infection b.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-02-07
Failure of Cows to Breed.

No specific has been discovered
which will bring COWS in heat NuN
vomica sometimes has such an effect
If given in dram doses twice daily.
Sometimes a forcible service has been
followed by natural period Of heat.
Such violent measures as often fail.
II is better to give the COWS vaginal
infections. as contagious abortion IN
lection may be present. \ gallon oil
mkewarm water containing half an
ounce OF pure phosphate OF SODA
should be injected two or three times
week.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-02-07

for the brick. II considerable dirt
has to be removed to secure solid
surface 1t may be necessary TO I'LL In
with ashes before the gand Is spread
In this case the ashes should be rolled
II possible, at least, made as solid az
can be with the means at hand In
the meantime the retaining wall
should be put In. This should be made
Of concrete six inches wide and ten
or twelve inches high, SO that the
base will rest on firm SOIL The cor
ners may be reinforced with old iron
rods or wire II such material is at
hand.
The bricks should now be laid
breaking joints, and when all do~r
a half inch Of fine sand should bs
spread over the surface Of the same
TO fill the crevices. II firm founda
ton is provided for the brick Their
will be no danger OF the brick heav
ing or working out The trough
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-02-07

North Platte Satisfaction Adds
Interesting Literature.
Result Of Three Years Experiments
indicate That Summer Filling o.
casionaIIy 10 Quite
Profitable.

The most important recent addition
TO dry farming literature has been
made by the Nebraska experiment sta
uon In the results of the work at the /
North Platte is so located that part OF |
bulletin No. ia This sub-station at
North Platte is 80 located that part OF
the lands are Of the typical Platte
valley soil, and the remainder are
higher bench and divide lands. In the
valley portion, the natural water table
Is found at depth of 80 to 40 feet
below the surface, while on the table
lands 1t is from 200 to $50 feet to wa
ter. While 1t is possible that deep
rooted crops like alfalfa may obtain
water by means OF sub-irrigation on
the lower lands, 1t is clear that upon
the high divide lands, the only moist
ure received is the natural precipi-
tation, says Orange Judd Farmer. In
the seasons Of 1907, 1908 and 1909 com
PARSONS were made to determine the
practicability OF cropping annually in
stead OF summer filling the land alter
nate years, and also OF giving summer
tllage every third year.
The character of the soil is a silt
loan. commonly known as loess. and
the native vegetation Is principally
buffalo and grama grass. 1t contains
low percentage of organic matter
more than 80 per cent. OF fine sand. 81
per cent. Of silt and about 1912 pei
IT In, Nit or i+c 1lr
content of fine sand and low conten
OF organic matter, it does not run to
gether and bake TO any extent. Thi
is probably due to the small percent
age OF clay contained in IT. The me
chanical condition of this soil is O
the best, and ordinary tillage is stuff
cient to keep the surface in good tiltt
The normal rainfall, taken from th
records Of the North Platte weathe
station since 1875, is 1886 inches, a
though frequently it runs as high a
% or "a inches.
The results from the three year
work at this station indicate thu
while alternate cropping. such as
practiced in drier valleys of the We
and certain parts of Saskatchewan,
not necessary in this portion OF n
braska, but they do indicate that SUI
mer filling once every four or f'
years is more profitable than trying
raise crop ever. year upon the san
land. A five year rotation, which
recommended by the sub-station, &C
sists OF one year summer tillage fro
May TO September, winter wheat SOY
In September, corn, spring grain up
disked corn land and cane or sorghu
following this small grain crop. tt
gives one winter and one spring SIN
grain crop, one forage crop, co
crop and one season of summer [
lge. Soil which has been growi
alfalfa or grass for several years
comes very dry. partly because OF
large number of plants and roots, a
partly because it Is impossible to CT
ivate the surface and preserve d.
mulch. 1t was found at the No
Platte station that land of this ch
lcter became extremely dry to a del
81 Is feet. 1t Is recommended 4
crops the year following the plow
I'D of alfalfa or other sod should
81 a drought resisting nature. 81
Is sorghum or sugar cane planted
rows
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-02-07
Crib and Granary With Feeding Floor.

should not be set in the floor, as
slop will sour under them in
warm weather and rats may burroT
beneath
II it is desired to feed pigs away
from the sows the floor can be fenced
in and doors made in the fence that
will keep all but the pigs out floor
that is Is feet wide and 80 feet long
will furnish space for about 100 pigs
or q car load of fattening hogs, and
will cost for materials only around
s35 10 $40. Feeding can be made very
convenient by building combination
corn crib and granary adjoining the
floor In the granary part variety
of feeds can be kept. also a feed
cooker and other adjuncts. This i:
a very good arrangement for small
farm
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-02-07
Buckwheat for Plant Food.

On light lands buckwheat makes an
excellent crop for blowing under
Sown in July, it will be in good condi-
ton to pillow under for rye the latter
mart of September. Buckwheat hay,
if properly cured. makes good forage
for all kinds Of farm stock. Seeds may
be obtained at any large seed house.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-02-07

The profit from poultry depends up
on economical feeding from utilizing
materials which would otherwise be
wasted. When grain must be bought
for supplying their principal needs
close figuring is necessary to avoid
loss.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-02-07
Plant Of Wheat

A single plant of wheat grown on
the ranch OF ]. c. Yeager. near the
Dells. Ore. contained over 100 heads
all Of which were fairly well flied.
The plant had 135 branches.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-12-30
These Died in 1911

The list Of the noted men and
Women who were removed by
4 the hand of death during the
year just closin g, contains the
names of many distinguished
makers Of history, including the
following:
Is. John Marshall Harlan, asso-
eiate justice of the u. S. Supreme
Court; Stephen B. Elkins, u. S.
Senator from West Virginia and
formerly Secretary Of State un-
der President Harrison, and w. +
P. Frye, for thirty years U. S.
Senator from Maine, were prob
ably the three most widely
known. The list, includes the fol-
lowing U. S. Senators and ex-
Senator's: Charles J. Hughes, of
Colorado; ALBERT Beard Kilt
redge, of South Dakota; George
Wyckliffe Mcbride, of Oregon;
Roger @. Mills, of Texas, au
thor of the Mills tariff bill; T.
H. Carter, twice u S. Senator
and founder of the Prudential
Insurance Company of America. =
Other noted dead of the year
are Paul Morton, president of
the Equitable Life Assurance
Society and Secretary of the Ma
Wy under President Roosevelt;
Tom l.. Johnson, four times the
mayor Of Cleveland; Edwin A.
Abbey, the noted American ar
tist; John w. Gates, American
nancier; Sir William S. Gilbert,
the librettist of: -"Pinafore" and
"Mikadoe" Mrs. Carrie Nation,
the militant temperance advo-:
cate; Sir Robert Hart, the emf (
nent authority on Chinese COM
mercial affairs; Rear Admiral
Winfield Scott Schley, U. S. N,
ret, the hero of Santiago; John
R. Walsh, formerly a prominent
Chicago banker; Ida Lewis Will
son, the famous keeper of the
Lime Rock Lighthouse, Newport,
R. l.; Joseph Pulitzer, proprie-
tor Of the New York World and
the St. Louis Post-Dispatch;
Eugene F. Ware, former commits
sioner of Pensions and writer of
poetry under the name ~''Iron-
quill"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-12-30
q spunkY poet.

y
B Ramsey COLES in a book about Ire,
land tells the story Of q man whom
he met in public house. This person,
without the formality Of an introduc-
ton, presented himself to Mr. COLES
as a poet. He then presented the fol
lowing as a sample of his manufac-
ture:
You should always keep yer bosses on
the go.
You should always keep Yer HOSES on
the go.
The sure and steady pace,
,-E.. It's that as wins the race
You should always keep yer bosses on
the co.
= Mr.. COLES was not disposed to admit
that the improvisatore had made his
claim good. 35.z.. &. {. III
- why not??'" said this person. Hasn't
it more sense than some Of the poetry
made by Swinburne or Yeats? Yeats
wrote: Tez s.sz: IS : 4
She brings in the dishes and lays them in
EEs row. 49, A. n. EEy.s. Z:
With her.to an isle in the water would
go. @ l. 49,"
: >''Now," he continued, ''why did she
lay the dishes in a row instead Of one
on top Of another? Simply because
the poet must find rhyme to go
And where on earth should an isle be
but in water?' ,,:--... ..- F., T.. =.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-12-30
lnhospitabIe Siberian Peasants.


The Siberian peasant, and we have
stayed or lived in fourteen of his vii
lagos and had dealings with another
score, is not hospitable He. or rather
his wife, will not dream of cooking any
food specially for we'll paying guest.
It needs a distinct effort to obtain boil
ed eggs. A plate of soup is more the
exception than the rule. Butter and
milk are frequently refused in a pros
porous agricultural village. and there is
no joint of meat or fish. Though earn
ing over so shillings a week. a family
will eke out existence on bread and tea
with an occasional. treat Of proushkies,
or hashed meat balls. You pay at a
posthouse double the governments
scheduled price for victuals, and the
man and his wife grumble. In one in
stance-there is no space to detail
more-a woman met us at the door with
a saucer we had used, bearing an age
old black crack. and demanded: money
on the ground that we had caused it.
Cor. London Express.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-12-30
BETTER THINK THIS OVER.

A we'll known eastern bank presi-
dent recently gave the following to
the present writer, says the Ameri-
can Press:
Il never yet have seen a story
printed in "a newspaper regarding
any matter affecting my bank that
was absolutely correct in all de-
tails"
Next he proceeded to assail news
papers as careless, inaccurate and
Enthusiastically.
The banker, however, when asked
whether or not he had ever refused
information when questioned by re-
porters, said: why, certainly, l
have, and I do not allow any of our
officers to give out any statements
for publication. I am the only one
authorized to talk to the press, and
l won't talk
There lay the crux of the whole
matter the key to the explanation of
the bankers complaint. He did not
realize that his refusal to yield legit-
innate information to the reporters
at legitimate times placed them un-
der the necessity of obtaining en-
lightenment from other sources prob
ably less accurate than the president
himself.
Information regarding banking in
situations under proper circum-
stances is due the public. Banks are
quasi public institutions, and their
vital relation to the public gives a
right through the newspapers to in
formation that is not necessarily of
a confidential nature.
But the broader proposition to
which we are leading is this: :
That persons that withhold legiti-
mate information from newspapers
and throw the reporters on their own
resources to obtain the answers to
their questions have no evident right
to criticise the papers for inaccura-
cies. III advised or improper secret
iveness on the part of individuals is
a sure producer of journalistic err
rors. Frankness to honest report
ers will not be abused, and the hon
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-12-30

esty Of reporters as a class cannot
justly be assailed.
The sooner that responsible per-
sons maintain open mindedness to-
ward representatives of responsible
newspapers the sooner will the mac
curacies of the press be diminishe ed.
To sum up the entire subject. we
would say in automatic fashion:
Those who arouse suspicion
against the sincerity of the news
to themselves