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The Washington bee., 1912-02-10
Major Young,

he United States Army establish
mcut has a new major OF color -
the only one now III the service.
Capt. Charles Young, whose long and
useful career a West Point student,
instructor at Wilberforce,
military attache at Port-au-Prince,
Haiti, soldier in Cuba, the Philip
pines. on the Mexican border and at
various posts in this country, IS well
known 10 every follower OF current
history, has successfully passed the
examination required, and IS now a
major in the regular
army The test was given at Fort
Riley, Kansas, before a board COM
posed of veteran military tactitians.
Major Young came out with flying
cOlors.
He sails this week for Monrovia.
Liberia, to assume the duties of mil
itary attache at the American lega-
ton. One of his primary responsible
ities will be the organization of a
Iiberian constabuiary. Major Young
will be accompanied by three bright
young college men, who will bear
titles conferred by the Libe-
rian Government, and will draw
handsome salaries, paid out Of the Ii
hcrian customs collections, over
which an American receiver general
will have jurisdiction. DR.. Wilson
Ballard. Of Louisville, KY, will be a
major At 1900 per annum and quar-
ters: DR.. Arthur Brown, OF Chicago,
and Mr.. Richard Newton, of Wash
ington. d. c.. will be captains at ST.
300 per annum and quarters. These
young men have been selected by
Major Young because of their excep-
tionsl fitness for the work in hand
and because Of the inspiration their
recognition will bring to others of the
race now struggling for opportunities
to rise.
Major and Mrs. Young are the
guests oi the Dickerson family. at
IzII nth Street. Mrs. Young, a
Californian by birth, will remain in
for the present, as she
desires 10 see something of Wash
ngton and the East before leaving
for foreign shores. The Youngs
nave been the recipients of much So
-ial attention during their stay here.
The Washington bee., 1912-02-10

Remember that the Bradshaw
Chase ticket is the only genuine
ticket.
The Washington bee., 1912-02-10
THE TICKET TO VOTE FOR

The Ticket That the twenty-five
Districts and Other Organizations
Have Indorsed.
The Washington bee., 1912-02-10

See that your neighbor votes the
same ticket.
The Washington bee., 1912-02-10

Vote the Bradshaw-Chase ticket
today
The Washington bee., 1912-02-10

ne foregoing Is the ticket that the
Republicans OF the District of Colun-
bit have indorsed, and it IS for the re-
nomination and election of Presiden-
VIM. H. Taft.
The Washington bee., 1912-02-10
National DELEGATES

aaron Bradshaw. (2Ist District.
W. Calvin Chase, 10Th District.
The Washington bee., 1912-02-10
National Alternates

Dr' William Tindall, (Ist Dist
Dr' Chas. H. Marshall Gath Dist
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-06-15
Live Stock
THE PROFIT In COLTS.

For several years l kept geldings
for farm work, but for the last six
years only mares have been kept. The
change was happy one, as | have
made much money raising colts.
Colts can be grown with the same
equipment of teams, barns and pas
lures and the extra feed is hardly
noticed.
Where more than one team is kept
the mares can be bred to foal at
different times so that at no time is
the farmer without the use of team.
Mares can be judiciousIy worked up
to the day of foaling, but should be
given two weeks rest afterwards.
Work is very beneficial to the brood
mare as it enables her to assimilate
food needed for her own bodily wants
and for the development of her un-
born offspring.
1t is much more profitable to raise
colts than other animals. The cost of
male service is more, but this cost is
more than cancelled by the decreased
cost of feeding and the greater SELL
ing value. For general farm work,
mares which foal every year can do
just as much work as other horses.
OF course, as is true with other ami
mails, the mare giving nourishment to
a colt will necessarily need abundant
feed.
Many farmers do not raise fine
colts because they do not feed the
mare enough milk producing foods
while she is sucking her offspring.
They stint in feeding the colt a
variety of flesh building foods after
it is weaned IT an abundant milk
flow can be induced, the strong,
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-06-15

normal development of the colt before
weaving is insured.
When the colt shows an inclination
to nibble it should be encouraged to
eat at first from the same box with its
mother and later from a box by it.
self. To develop into strong, healthy
animals colts require feeds rich in
protein and mineral matter. find
clover hay very good feed for colts
and horses. In addition, oats and
wheat bran together with some corn
and roughage are fed.
The better the breeding stock used
the better the selling price of the Off
spring. 1t does not pay to breed scrub
stock. as the progeny is generally
poorer than the parents and bring
but poor prices. A pure-bred colt
can be raised on less grain than a
scrub and will bring almost double
the price at selling.
Keep the colt growing vigorously
from start to finish. For this, an
abundance of exercise is essential.
Colts should be where they can run
and kick up their heels, as it develops
their lungs and heart action and pro-
notes functional activity. Exercise
In rocky, rough or frozen pastures
develops strong legs and sound, tough
hoofs.
Colts should never be allowed to
run down in flesh. Every spring l
sell several young horses, thus add
ing materially to my bank account.
I now look back with regret to years
that 1 missed these potts through the
keeping of geldings as work horses. -
&. j. Griffing.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-06-15
D. 0. LIVELY HERE.

ID. o. Lively, POI tland, Oregon,
lately appointed Chief of Live Stock
for the Panama Exposition in San
Francisco, in 1915. is already busy
among his old friends in Chicago lay
ing the foundation for the work which
he has mapped out for himself in con-
nection with the big Canal show.
Energetic always, Mr.. Lively has
sketched his plans with a generous
hand and proposes more or less to
reverse the teaching of the old saw.
He will not try to cut his coat accord
ing to his cloth, but, having planned
his coat, will endeavor to see to it
that cloth enough is forthcoming
somehow wherewith to meet and fully
meet the specifications. Prospects
are very bright, he says, for a great
live stock show in San Francisco
when the time comes, and it is
acknowledged by all those in posi-
tion to know that an adequate display
of our resources on that occasion will
lead to great expansion in our ex-
port trade in pedigreed animals.
With the big ditch across the Isthmus
completed, purebred farm stock can
be laid down on both coasts of America
by American ships sailing from
American ports to much greater adj
vantage than has hitherto been pos
sible from Britain or any of the ports
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-06-15
BLOAT IN CATTLE.

Bloating is very common trouble
among cattle in the spring and sum-
mer. 1t is caused by the animal eat
ing large quantities of green food,
VIII ich ferments and often proves
fatal if not properly attended to-.
Alfalfa is especially conducive to
bloating when covered with dew.
The symptoms of bloating are
familiar to the experienced farmer.
One or more of the cattle act restless
and move from one place to another
as ii in pain. The breathing is labor
ed and rapid and in short time the
characteristic distension of the
abdomen is noted. in acute cases,
death may ensue in from ten to thirty
minutes from suffocation or apoplexy.
Prompt treatment is usually neces-
sary and often the animal dies before
veterinarian can be summoned To
be prepared for such emergencies
should be the aim of every stock
owner.
Treatment consists in stopping the
fermentation and formation of gas.
All sorts of medicinal agents are
used Common baking Soda table
spoonful to pint of water, or three
or four tablespoonfuls Of turpentine
in pint of water, given as drencb,
is good.
A trocar should be kept on hand
and the animal punctured on the left
side hands breadth in front of the
joint of the hip, about four inches
back of the last rib, and the same
distance below the back bone. If a
knife is used, make small incision
and hold the aperture open until the
gas escapes. Do not wait until the
animal is almost dead before trocar-
ing. but experience will only teach
one the proper time, if at all needed.
Horses are trocared on the right side
at about the same location. Greater
precautions must be used on horses
than on cattle, or peritonitis will
result. DIR. e. T.. Baker, Veteri-
marian, Idaho Experiment Station.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-06-15

of Continental Europe. Indeed, the
big San Francisco show seems to be
destined to be veritable, world wide
eye-opener so far as the pedigreed
live stock resource of the United
States are concerned. With the
recognition which the breeders are
sure to obtain in the department
presided over by Mr.. Lively it is
certain that all the big Western con-
Germs will make heavy drafts on the
herds, studs and fiocks of the East.
1t may not exactly pay the Eastern
breeder to exhibit his stock at the
Panama Exposition in San francisco,
but it is beyond doubt that the West
ern breeders will rake the Eastern
country over with a fine-tooth comb
for winners, now that they are assur-
ed of progressive and enterprising
management of the department. Live
Stock journal.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-06-15
PASTURE FOR HOGS.

In speaking of pasturing hogs the
extension lecturers OF the Experiment
Station at Pullman, WASH, says:
We usually find that the man who
gets the best results from pasture is
1. Raising good hogs.
2. Selecting his pasture crops care
fully.
8. Insisting on a good stand of
grass.
4. Furnishing plenty of succulent
juicy pasture throughout the summe err.
5. Feeding some grain to pigs from
birth to market.
Under these conditions the cheapest
pork produced is made on pasture.
The pasture itself should be con-
venient to the permanent yards or
house, and we'll prepared. good
small pasture is worth much more
than a large one full of weeds.
In Western Washington clover is
probably the best pasture grass for
hogs and in the Eastern part of the
state alfalfa; the alfalfa can not be
pastured the first year after sowing
Rye or rye and vetch make excellent
spring pasture. Oats and field peas
are good. White clover gives good
results in many places. Field peas
are an excellent crop for finishing off
the hogs in late summer.
At no time should hogs have the
entire run OF large pasture. Con-
fine them within movable or hurdle
fences, giving them access to a part
OF the field at time. Such fences
are not expensive. They save much
waste of grass, secure larger growth
of feed from the land and the hogs
make more rapid gains. Instructions
for building them can be had from
any good agricultural journal or from
the experiment station.
1t is important that some grain be
fed pigs intended for the market. 1t
is usually cheaper to feed a little
grain all the time than to run the pigs
on pasture alone during the summer
and finish with grain in the fall. On
pasture alone hog gains slowly.
With but little grain in addition he
will do we'll. For satisfactory gains
hog should receive two pounds of
grain daily for every hundred pounds
live weight. However, If grain costs
thirty dollars per ton it may be much
more profitable to feed as little as one
pound per day. Have the best pos
sible pasture. Make the pig use as
much grass as he can with profit.
Feed him as much grain as the price
will permit. The gains made on past
ure should cost from ten to twenty
per cent less than under other con-
diti0nS
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-06-15

A BOUT 100 head of Angora goats and kids, all
"A ages, good for use in connection with land
clearing. Price $3.50 per head for entire herd,
or So to Sc per head for selection. The above
price T. o. b. dock, Seattle Address P. o. Box
1921, Tacoma, Wash.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1912-11-14

Corn root-louse. corn and weeds. De
.stroy weeds. Plow deeply to break up
ants nests where they spend winter.
Stalk borers, truck and field crops
Usually winter in the dead stems De-
stroy all trash Fall blowing also viii
Kill larvae and puIae of some species.
Insects on hay crops, especially
clover, may be lessened in numbers
by light pasturing in the late summer
and fall
Garden crops, insects already men
toned. as recommended. In addition
to these there are many which may be
killed by spraying the late crops,
clean up and destroy all dead stems,
as potato and squash vines. beans,
peas and other trash; pulverize the
soil well late In the fall. and let the
poultry have the run of the garden
Orchard Insects. Moderately early
blowing in the fall win be found to be
very beneficial. All fallen fruit should
be gathered up and utilized or destroy
ed as soon as 1t falls. Clean up al
trash of whatever kind. Where IL
seems inadvisable to pillow, judicious
and careful burning Of the cover croE
will often be advisable. Scr sng Oil
loose scales of the bark destroys ps
hibnernating places. Late fall spras
ing With lime. sulphur Or OIL may III
substituted for the spring treatmeu
with the same materials for scale In
sects and eggs of any kind Prunins
out and destroying of all dead ant
unhealthy wood destroys many borers
Others may be dug and destroyed a
tffis time
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1912-11-14
RURAL SCHOOL AGRICULTURE

We may talk ard write of the i'm
provement Of country schools through
the raising OF the standards Of schol
arships among the teachers, the con
version of local school boards to pro
gressive ideas, etc, for years to come
and still the country school Will not
do all that 1t ought to do for the coun
try until 1t has become the active com
munlty center and assumed active
leadership for better agriculture and
home life on the farm. The patrons
Of the rural schools being largely
farmers, the teaching of agrie sisd4e SO
that 1t will win the confidence and co.
operation of the farmer, is the teach.
ers' chief problem
The textbook work in agriculture
should he along practical lines. and
should be supplemented by such labor.
atory and field work as best meets the
demands of the patrons Of the
schools. In sections where fruit grow.
ing is the chief industry, spraying and
pruning demonstrations by competent
instructors will arouse considerable
interest and result in great good for
the community.
In some sections, work along animal
husbandry lines would appeal to the
people more. Practical lessons in judg-
Ing horses. cattle, sheep and swine can
easily be given.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1912-11-14
HIGHWAY OF THE FUTURE.


For Heavy Motor Traffic.
All road builders are now engaged
in trying to devise road which WIN
stand motor traffic. Many new meth.
DDS have been tried with varying de.
grees Of success. but none of them
seems to be perfectly satisfactory.
If broken stone is to form the wear
ing surface. then some means must
be found to hold the binding particles
SO firmly that they cannot be sucked
out, and sufficient strength must be
given to the mass TO enable it to with.
stand the sliding action Of the wheels
at bends and turns. Several kinds OF
tar macadam answer fairly we'll. but
they are expensive.
1t would seem that the most promis.
ing kind of road for heavy automobile
traffic Is what is called durax In Eng
land. 1t is pavement of three inch
Irregular cubes of hard stone laid In
small segments of circles.
These stones can be cut by machin-
cry and are comparatively inexpsn-
sive. They are laid without grout
but there seems to be no reason for
its omission except the cost Great
quantities of this kind Of pavement
have been laid In Germany.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1912-11-14

If the community was interested in
dairying the testing OF milk for butter
fat would be profitable line Of work
for the rural school.
Other sections, deyoting their atten-
ton to the growing OF crops, would
be most profited by demonstration
work in the home-mixing of fertilizers,
plat and fertility tests with fertilizers.
corn variety tests, and In most sec
tons the testing of seed corn would
result in. both interest and profit to
the patrons of the school as well as to
the pupils who attend it.
Aside from the teaching of the sub
ject itself, and the laboratory and
field work, the teacher may provide,
the work In agriculture enables the
teacher to assume leadership for the
community in working up Industrial
exhibits, lecture courses, picnics, agri-
cultural and home economies schools.
and the organization and promotion Of
boys and girls club work. In taking
up work Of this kind the teacher need
not feel that 1t is an extra burden
placed upon him, but should feel that
1t is means Of supplying, in way,
the chief needs of the country school
which can be summed up in the fol.
lowing: "a more money, (2) better or
ganization, CD better supervision.
The Extension Division of the Col
lege Of Agriculture, Morgantown, w
Va, and the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture, Washington, D..
c., will furnish bulletins, literature
and special helps to supplement the
text, laboratory and field work in az
riculture which should be in the hands
of every rural school teacher.
E. w. SHEETS,
Agricultural College, West Virginia
University.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1912-11-14
GOOD ROADS TOUR.
Texans Make Auto Trip From Dallas
to San Antonio.

to San Antonio.
good roads automobile tour was
participated IN By about hundred
farmers and ranchers OF Texas 1t
started at Dallas and ended at San An
tonic week later The trip was pro-
NOTED By the Farm and Ranch journal
of Dallas. and the purpose was to i'm
press upon the farmers the Importance
and salue 10 them of properly con
structed highways.
The trip was routed with a view to
showing by contrast the difference be-
tween a good road and bad one II
ran through central Texas and through
places where good roads are unknown.
Prizes were offered to the amount Of
$1,000. which was divided into purses
of $500 $3.50 and 500 for touring cars
and $50 for runahouts trophy cup
was also awarded to the car coming In
first regardless of class
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1912-11-14
Boxers to Help Build Roads.

Il is reported that legislative meas
ure has recs~tly been enacted in New
Mexico which provides that any promo
ter who stages prizeight shah pay
into the county treasury n license fee
to be turned over TO the state road
fund II the eight is less than twenty
rounds the promoters must pay per
cent Of the gross receipts With a mini
mum Of 500 II The ight Is more than
twenty rounds the promoters are re-
quired to pay a fee Of 81. 900.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1912-11-14
Doing Enough.

Jimpson-Im gawing to Europe next
week. Can do anything faw you oyah
theah. deah boy? Gimpson- No, going's
enough. thanlxs.-Town Topics.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20

pip, Pip" said Thumbikin," her. 7
am" and he had hidden himself in the
horses name.
So he came out and had TO give hi,
word to his mother that he wouldn't do
so any more. But when they had driven
a bit further on Thumbikin was lost
again. His mother hunted for him ana
called him and wept; but gone he was
and gone he stayed.
Pip. Pip" said Thumbikin at last, and
! then she heard how he laughed and til
tered, but she couldn't find him at all for
| the life OF her.
Pip, Pip. why here ] am noww said
/ Thumbikin, and came out Of the horses
| ear.
| So he had to give his word that he
/ wouldn't hide himself again; but they had
scarce driven bit further before he
/ was gone again. He couldn't help II. A
| for his mother. she hunted and wept and
called him by name; but gone he was,
| and gone ne stayed, and the more she
| hunted the less she could find him in apy
way.
pip. Pip. here am then" said
Thumbikin.
But she couldn't make out at all where
he was, his voice sounded so dull and
muflIed.
So she hunted, and he kept on saying:
pip. here am" and laughed and
chuckled but she couldn't find him; but
all at once the horse snorted. and IL
snorted Thumbikin out, for he had crspt
up one of his nostrils.
Their his mother took him and put him
into a bag: she knew no other way, for
she saw we'll enough he couldn't help
hiding himself. sd
So when they came TO the palace. the
match was soon made, for the Princess
thought him pretty little chap, and It
wasn't long before the wedding came
on. too.
Now, when they were going to sit down
to the wedding feast, Thumbikin sat az
the table by the Princess's side; but he
had worse than no seat, for when he
was to eat he couldn't reach up to ths
table. and so If the Princess hadn't helped
him up on TO It, he wouldn't have gota
bit to eat.
Now, it went good and Well so long
as he had TO eat off a plate, but then
there came a great bowl Of pOrrdge that
he couldn't reach up to: but Thumbikin
soon found out a way TO help himself; he
climbed up and sat on the lip OF the
bowl. But then there was a pat OF melt
ing butter right i'm the middle OF the
bowl, and that he couldn't reach 10 dip
his porridge into 1t, :and so he went on
and took his seat at the edge Of the
melting butter; but just then who should
come I'm but the Princess, with great
spoonful of porridge TO dip into the but
ter; and alas! she went too near TO
Thumbikin and tipped him over; and so
lie fell over head and ears, and was
drowned in the melted butter.
tTaken from Morse Fairy Ialcs by G. W.
Dasent, by permission o; J. b. Lippineott
PHILADELPHIA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20
WHERE PRAISE IS DUE.

Some of us are going to vote for MI.
Roosevelt and some Of us are not.
However. il should be most gratifying
to aIl of us to have heard about his
courage when he was wounded in Mil
waukee last week. Many people make
light of the incident and say that he
was not as brave as thepapers say and
hat all the inspiring tales Of his con
duet after the shooting were trumped
on by his campaign followers and
press agents. But don't let any of us
take such an attitude toward admir-
able conduct in any one.
We are so likely to belittle greatness
so likely to cry down the good and
stress the bad and the ungenerOus. 1t
makes us bigger and Drawer and more
open minded to believe lovely things.
Let the good deeds of our time
quicken us and strengthen our under
standing. so that when courage, fortl-
tude and unselfshness are shown, we
may be the first to praise and the first
10 appreciate them. Then we may be
enabled to weave these qualities into
our own experience and grow finer by
the very contemplation Of them.