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The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-01
TREES IN DRY AREAS
Success May Be Attained II Work
Is Done lntelIigently.
Ground Must Be Properly Prepared.
Trees Carefully Planted and Given
Cultivation for Several Years
PLANT a Windbreak.

One would imagine in traversing
much OF the semi.arid country that
but little can be done In growing wind.
breaks. groves or forest trees and
also fruits because OF the almost en-.
tire absence Of these In the dry coun-
try. To conclude thus. however, Is a
great mistake. The truth is. that these
are not much in evidence because no
attempts have been made to grow
them, or II such attempts have been
made, they have not been made along
intelligent lines. When one may travel
day after day In a tillable country, and
See no sign OF a shrub or tree, save
low down by the edge Of a stream. the
conclusion is not unnatural that these
cannot be grown.
The truth Is that where crops can
be grown. trees can be grown, II
grown on proper lines. II would seem
possible to grow trees more surely on
low precipitation than crops. for
when the trees are once well rooted.
the trees can go down and find mois.
ture at greater depths than are usu-
ly traversed by the roots OF plants.
This means. then, that where the
rainfall is ten inches, 1t is possible to
grow trees. 1t is possible to grow
good crops Of grain with an annual
precipitation Of ten inches. This is
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-01

The best wisdom and the best religion
come, like the best health, by the way.
In the highest realms of endeavor the
adage that you get what YOU 60 after"
is not true. Your greatest reward is some
thing you did not 60 after at all it falls
in with you as you sleep; in other words,
the supremest things in mind and charac-
ter just come, and you cannot get them.
When boys play football what they
want is to win, to get the pigskin into the
other fellows goal. But winning means
nothing to wise old nature, and the uni
verse does not care where the pigskin
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being done In certain areas In the Big
Bend country In Washington. True.
these crops cannot be obtained every
year, but they are obtained once In
two years. 1t may not be possible to
depend on getting crop OF fruit ev.
cry year on q rainfall SO low. but It
may be done In areas not too far
south on a rainfall Of twelve TO fifteen
inches A grower In Colorado has OBJ.
tained excellent returns from growing
apples. plums and cherries. without
irrigation, on rainfall OF about
fourteen inches. In Tun!s. northern
Africa. olives are grown on a preclpi.
tation Of about fourteen inches in a
year.
To try TO grow trees, however, as
they are grown In humid areas, would
be folly. II a hole Is dug In the ground
and the tree is put in there and left
II will almost certainly die either the
year OF planting or the year follow
ing. The ground must be properly
prepared. the tree must be carefully
planted. and It must be given careful
cultivation for several years after II
is planted. Fruits must, be given
equal care, even the small varieties.
1t should certainly be the aim OF
the homesteader to plant a windbreak
at the earliest date possible. He should
break up some ground on which to
plant the trees as soon as this can be
done. The ground should be summer
fallowed for at least one year before
the trees are planted. Moisture Is
thus allowed to penetrate the soil
and the grass is given some time In
which TO decay.
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Corn silage is almost as good As
roots as n succulent feed.
II corn only is fed. the ewes be-
come too fat and produce small and
weakly lambs.
Alfalfa and clover are superior to
all other feeds as roughage for
pregnant ewes.
Hogs should not be confined In a
close pen where they will have to live
In filthy quarters.
The breeding practice should be so
planned that the calves will be born
early In the spring.
As food for young cattle there
seems to be nothing quite equal to
silage to insure steady growth and
strong, vigorous health.
II is as a feed for the breeding
herd that silage has proved Of the
greatest economic value.
The hog is naturally clean animal.
and should not be made to live In
contact with manure pile.
The fall litter OF course suffers the
most from neglect because the condi.
tions at this time Of the year are the
least favorable for Its growth.
Have the barn and feeding pens so
located that the drainage from them
will be help to growing crops In.
stead OF a nuisance to the home.
The man who grows swine to nll
his fattening pens Is troubled with
under.sized sows and runty lltters and
the breeder finds his pigs In snail do.
mand.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-01
GRAND TO LIVE
And the Last Laugh Is Always the Best

six months ago would have laugh.
ed at the idea that there could be any
thing better for a table beverage than
coffee" writes an Ohio woman, now I
laugh to know there is.
Since childhood drank coffee free
ly as did the other members OF the fam
lily. The result was puny, sickly
girl; and as l grew into womanhood I
did not gain in health, but was af.
flicted with heart trouble, a weak and
disordered stomach. wrecked nerves
and general breaking down till last
winter, at the age Of IS, ! seemed to
be on the verge Of consumption.
MY friends greeted me with How
bad you look! What terrible color!'
and this was not very comforting.
THE doctors and patent medicines
did me absolutely no good. was thor.
oughly discouraged.
Then ] gave up coffee and com.
menced Postum. Al first / didn't like
1t, but after few trials and following
the directions exactly. 1t was grand.
It was refreshing and satisfying. In
couple Of weeks l noticed great
change.
Il became stronger, my brain grew
clearer. was not troubled with for.
getfulness as In coffee times, my
power Of endurance was more than
doubled
The heart trouble and Indigestion
disappeared and my nerves became
steady and strong.
Il began to take an interest In things
about me. Housework and home.
making became a pleasure. My friends
have marveled at the change and when
they enquire what brought 1t about
] answer Postum. and nothing else In
the world" Name given by Postum
Co, Battle Creek. Mich.
Read the little Book. "T'he Road to
Wellvllle." In pkgs. There's a reason"
Ever read the above ietterf A new
ono appears from time to time. They
src genuine, true, and full OF human
tstcrest.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-01
WISDOM,
Religion
And Health
Are
Adjusted
BY FRANK CRANE

goes to. These things bait.
Mark the boys splendid physique his emphatic spirits and adang
health Ask him where he these He doesn't know They just
Now he had quit playing and gone pursuit of health he would have
missed it.
Only sky folks everangy seeking health Beans and side
meat and fogeuness make better blood and than pregse food
and special diets and
Holmes spoke of how ideas If bullet had struck
one shot nowhere The highest form of intellectual product
the kind that mks genius the sort Of writing and painting music
that emerges similarly of the infinite and finds the pro-
ducer 1t the divine aatus of it is worth ton of study
In character likewise those souls the nobest who
ing noble and the pu they who struggle against i'm
purity.
The moral by those souls who, like the lilies
Of the field, toll not neither do they spin.
They have that which better than effort they used
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Yes, II he really
is saved. 1t is
true there are
some who think
that It is presump
tious for me to say
that he knows be
Is a Christian. but
Paul does not
agree with them.
for he says. Il
ow whom !
have believed. and
am persuaded that
He Is able TO keep
that which | have
committed unit o
Him against that
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-01
Vest Pocket Telephones.
A DIFFERE

They are introducing vest pocket
telephones in some Of the cities Of
Germany. Connections are placed on
walls all over town and II you happen
to walk along the street and you're
In hurry to tell your wife that you
will bring friend home for dinner
all you have to do is to connect your
pocket instrument with the one on
the wall. call the exchange, get your
party and talk to your hearts con-
tent.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-01
Dust Mulch.

We run the weeder. alternating with
the two-horse riding cultivator, until
the size OF the crop forbids, culuvat-
ing deeply at first, very lightly later.
says writer In an exchange. Thus a
dust mulch is maintained, enabling
the plant TO secure the best results
from the moisture conserved. and
keeping down weed growth. This
method leaves the fields level and In
the best Of condition for future use.
With the potato crop. In addition to
the above implements. We use a disk
hiller, thus leaving ridges In the 20.
tato fields. We think this necessary
that the potatoes may be well covered
and easily dug.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-01
Plan
for Saving
Lives
of Deer
Hunters
By L. W. WOODS

regarding the proper handling gun If careful practice shooting
encouraged the mortality would be greatly diminished
The hunting license should be issued only responsible persons who
have had experience in handling guns.
The lives Of citizens valuable risk in the hands Of
LOT Of so-caled hunters who know nothing Of firearms
The gentleman who suggested red jackets will doubtless agree with
me that restriction license and bright clothes will prove tie
solution Of the hunting problem.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-01

Evidently the writer who recommended
red jackets for hunters has never been a
hunter himself 1t is well known that AMI
mails and birds have much keener sight
than human beings. Therefore if the
hunter was forced to wear a jacket bright
enough TO be seen by other hunters how
could he expect to bag any game?
Besides, if such were the case the care
less hunter would get the habit Of shoot
ing everything that did not have q red
Jacket and the innocent woodsman would
stand , poor show.
The real cause Of trouble is ignorance
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-01

While We have cause TO be elated over
the fact that through kicking" We have
gained the individual drinking cup and
towel and have forced the barber 10 use
a separate towel for each man, yet most Of
us have never given thought to the in
struments a dentist uses.
Does anyone really know whether every
dentist sterilizes these instruments before
using them upon another patient?
We may get germ from the trans
fer slip or coin held in the mouth or from
dust, but think how many germs could be
on that tiny mirror dentist thrusts into
,ide OF a tooth.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-01

their suitability for the newcomer Of
limited means. The drier areas Of
the country which are suitable for
farming will always have their limL
tations. They will have their bad
seasons and their seasons Of abund-
ant production, but the failures In un-
favorable seasons may be greatly re-
duced by the application Of scientific
methods and the best systems Of man
agement.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-01
Who Could Doubt III

Artist (angrily)-No; l don't want
q model. l only paint flowers or
fruit.
Model (smilingly)-Oh, that's all
right. Every one says I'm peach.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-01

:. Didn't Thinks Much Of Fred.
Louis-"They tell me she will get .
million the day she marries Fred"
Louise-"Well, it's worth it.'-Chi
cago Daily News.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-01
Where Are the Tools7

After the heavy showers fall youll
wonder why you didn't gather up the
tools you need every day er two our.
Ing the whole winter.
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Can One Know
That He Is Saved
and How?
By Rev. Howard w. Pope,
Superintendent q dMen. Moody
Bible Institute Chicago

TEXT.-These things have ] written
unto ye that believe on the name Of the
Son OF God. that ye may know that ye
have eternal life.-1 St. John 5: Il
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-01

A woman wants protection, but IA.
vors free speech.
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of usefulness and kindness Hence it follows that
true happiness is experienced only in unselfsh service
for Others
OF this character should be the daily work or
calling Of every man. According as such is the case
with anyone, his life is successful not only as regards
his own welfare and his influence upon his fellow men
here earth, but also as being the appointed gateway
into life everlasting.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-01
The Meanest Man.

Knicker-Why has Smith set up .
windmill?
Bocker-To drift the snow OF his
walk onto his neighbor's.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-01

tOn therefore, primarily the great and abiding of mmor
taliy
But apart from this point may well ask ourselves what kind of
life the happ for for that life surely the most successful
which the most " happy And we have to that the
conditions Of happiness different this world and the other Rather
ought that they must be the for human beings everywhere
Happiness may be defined the of mind which realized
by living according to divine order That order consists in obedience to
Gods commandments chief among which those which prescribe love
the Lord and love the neghor These indeed the best
Of mans duty They cannot be practice BY acts
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-01
Germ
Laden
|MirrOrUSed
by Many
Dentists

ones mouth TO see the under side Of tooth
Can you imagine anything fhier germ laden than these
things il they not sterlized3
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-01
Worldly
Success
Much Depends
on Ideas of
Lies Purpose
BY g. BRABBlT

HETHER mans life in this weld is successful or not de-
pends the idea which held of the purpose for which life
given If believe that death ends ALL the conclusion
may be not uneasonab reached that the successful life is
into which crowded the greatest number of material
blessings and the least amount Of earthly discomfort But it.
the other hand convinced that our brief stay in
this mundane sphere Of existence designed to be ppa
ration for endless hereafter then that is the successful life
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-16
PROPER CARE OF
HORSES HOOPS
Wall, or Crust, Which Seems
to Possess Greatest Interest
for Horseman - Rate
of Growth.

All parts OF the hoof, which Is com
posed Of wall with its infection the
bars, sole, and foot-pad, or frog, are
of Importance as regards the useful
ness of the foot but 1t Is the wall or
crust-that part of the hoof which can
be seen when the foot is on the ground
which seems to possess the greatest
interest for the horseman. 1t is sub.
jeCt to many defects and is very in
timately connected with the retention
of the shoe.
No natural division exists, but for
conveniences of description It is divd-
ed into toe, quarters and heels. The
wall is thickest and longest at the
toe, thinnset and shortest at the heel,
a gradual decrease In thickness oC-
curing from front to rear. The horn
grows downward from the wall, Sc
GREETING a coronary substance with
equal rapidty, but there are certain
conditions which influence growth.
Abundant and regular exercise, good
grooming in Keeping the feet picked
out and washed out, preserving the
lhbiSlult anu bupplthcoS VI lbt NUN
by retaining In its integrity the ex-
ternal layer of horn known as the
periople, and at proper intervals re-
moving the overgrowth of horn and
regulating the bearing surface favor
the rapid growth of horn of good quail
ity. while lack of exercise and rasping
the crust, which causes dryness and
brittleness and excessive length of
hoof hinder growth. Perhaps good
and bad feeding also have an infiu-
ence.
The average rate Of growth is about
one-third of an inch a month. HinG
boots grow faster than fore hoofs and,
as nature COmpensates for wear, I'M
shod hoofs grow faster than shod
ones. The actual time required for
the horn to grow from the coronet to
the ground besides being influences
to a slight degree by the above-men-
toned conditions, OF course, varies in
proportion to the distance of the coTO-
net from the ground. As We have
said, the wall is longest at the toe and
shortest at the heel, while some feet
are upright and blOcky and others low,
wide and spreading. At the toe, de-
pending on its height, the horn grows
down in from II to 13 months, at the
quarters in from six to eight months,
and at the heels in from three to five
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-16

an eNpansc Of one and threefourths
Inches Ia the male to two and oue-half
Inches In the female. The larva Is
yellow or dirty white. marked with
brown or black dots and about two
inches long. See illustrations
Tho moths appear about July 1, the
males being very common around cleo
trio lights. and the females lay eggs
sinEly or I'm groups of two, three or
four, In the Crcvices OF the bark or
near the buds. The larvae. Matching
in a few days, begin to tunnel in the
twlgs, and by the end of the season
are about one inch In length. They
leave the small branches and crawl
over the bark TO enter larger ones.
cutting galleries in them and expelling
the frass through round holes, which
they soon close with silk webs. Dur
ing October the borers 20 deeper into
the wood and remain through the win
ter two inches or more beneath the
bark They pupate in their burrows
the second spring, and before the
moth energies the pupa works itself
partly out of the opening, and the
adult flies away. leaving the empty
case protruding from the burrow.
There are few natural checks, only
one parasite being known in this
country and four in Europe. 1t is be.
lieved, however, that certain birds,
especially woodpeckers, prevent tho
spread of the leopard moth in the open
country Many larvae are doubtless
killed by the breaking off OF the
branches. which in cities are carted
away and destroyed.
Removing infested branches; iniect'
ing carbon disulphide (bisulphide) into
the burrows, and stopping the open
ing; probing with a hooked wire for
the larva, are some of the methods OF
control.
Planting species of trees not badly
infested, like oaks, honey locust and
sycamore. and especially those kinds
that do not grow very large, and have
smooth bark; placing trees further
apart, so that the larvae cannot easily
crawl from one to the other; and
keeping the trees well nourished and
vigorous. are the chief preventive
measures.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-16
MONKEYS BURNED TO DEATH
Menagerie Burns and Animals, Unable
to Escape From Cages, HuddIe To-
eether and Are Smothered.

London.-Ten valuable monkeys and
two dogs were the victims of a fire in
a menagerie in Hackford road, Brix-
ton
Shut up for the night In cages
(three or toaf in each), the animals
had no opportunity of escape, and. al
though the fire brigade were on the
scene within a few minutes and the
fire quickly put out It was too late TO
save them. When the fire was extin-
guished the dead monkeys were
brought out, still in their cages and
placed in the yard. They presented
a truly pitiable sight. Lying in the
blackened straw in a huddled mass
several in each others arms-they
seemed 10 have collected together as
II seeking protection from an unknown
foe.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-16
Ireland's Wealth in Peat

using peat as q substitute for coal.
Ireland would be the Weather by
thousands OF millions OF dollars II its
peat boys could be turned to account
on a sound commercial basis. The
area OF bog in Ireland is nearly 1000
600 acres, or about 8 per cent. OF the
surface OF the country. The Bog OF
Allen stretches across the great cen
trail plain, and In the west OF ireland
there are districts in which peat GOV.
ers from 20 to 80 per cent. OF the en-
tire surface.
Most of this peat area is at present
lying waste. Two or three companies
make peat moss litter in comparative
ly small quantities, and in very re-
mote districts the turf is cut and used
al fuel by the farmers. With the ex-
coption of the more or less artificial
use of turf already referred to, these
are the only uses to which peat is APP
piled in Ireland.
The methods of preparing peat for
fuel are very primitive and would
have to be changed completely 10
make peat fuel real competitor with
coal. An attempt was made some
years ago to make turf briquettes, but
the schenS. though it promised we'll,
did not turn out as successfully as
was expected and the company, like
the turf itself, crumbled to pieces. The
moisture was squeezed out OF the peat
by compression and the briquettes
when fresh seemed to be just the
thing that was wanted, but whatever
defect there was in the preparation of
them they were not able to stand the
knocking about they got in the rail-
road wagons and canal boats.
The problem of making peat
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-16
Country Has Abundant Supply in
Its Boys.
Attention Is Turned to II as Result Of
Coal Strike-May Result in De-
velopment Of Resources
Now Little Used.

Dublin.-The coal strike In Great
Britain has sent up the price or coal
to such an extent in Ireland that the
idea of turning to peat fuel as a sub
stitute for coal is being seriously con-
bidered. A considerable quantity OF
turf is consumed in Dublin at present,
hot indeed as an alternative to coal.
but as an auxiliary to it. The poor
nse 1t instead of firewood to light their
Lres in the morning, and 1t is also
used chiefly by bacon curers, who
find that turf smoked bacon has an
agreeable flavor. A new aesthetic
taste also accounts for the consump-
ton OF a further small quantity.
Many Dublin people who have been
caught by the glamor OF the Irish Ian
guage movement and have spent holt
days in Irish speaking districts in the
south or west OF ireland in the sum
mer get Whit OF the countryside in
their own drawing rooms in Dublin
during the winter by using turf in
stead of coal in their fires. There are
quite a number of houses of which this
is true, not only in Bublin, but even
in so-called Orange Belfast.
However, all this consumption OF
peat is a mere tritie compared with
the consumption OF coal. What is now
being discussed is the possibility OF
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-16
about 1000 is looked forward to

about s25. 900 is looked forward to
with equanimity by the authorities.
The great map will really constitute
a twentieth-century London edition OF
England's famous Doomsday Book.
For 1t will show practically every
building in the 116 square miles that
go to make up greater London, set
ting forth, as far as possible, the most
important owners.
1t has often been said that London
was owned by a few great landlords,
such as the Duke OF Westminster,
Lord Howard de Walden, Lord Cado-
gan, the Duke of Bedford and the
Dude OF Norfolk. That is, of course,
true in a general way but this map
shows that there are no fewer than
&c, 500 private owners who each pos
sess enough property to make not
able showing on its face.
The map will not be issued TO the
public. but is really being prepared for
the use Of the county council itself 1t