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Evening journal., 1912-07-03
BEES ARE QUITE PROFITABLE
Only Producers Known to Husbandry
That Yield Profit Without the
Cost OF Feed.

II people knew what a great source
OF profit is found in the keeping Of
bees and how interesting the work,
there would not be an unused square
foot Of ground on any farm in the
United States
Bees are the only producers known
TO husbandry that yield a profit with
out cost Of feed. They find their
own pasturage. They multiply so rap
idly that they more than pay for the
small initial expense OF housing them,
and the first cost Of equipment is al
most trifiing.
Bee culture may be made profitable
by the children Of the farm, or by the
women members of the family. II
may be carried on successfully in con-
junction with the keeping OF poultry
or the growing Of fruit. In the latter
case agriculture Is found to be a great
help toward more fruit and better
fruit.
Bees are little trouble and require
only occasional attention. They are
easily handled and readily controlled.
Best Of all, they give real service In
hard cash and that counts most on the
farm.
Evening journal., 1912-07-03

A, Feeder set in collar under hive
body. B, Division board feeder to be
hung in hive in place Of frame.
trouble, for bees sometimes prove dan
gerous, especially to horses.
The plot on which the hives are
placed should be kept free from weeds,
especially in front of the entrances.
The grass may be cut with a lawn
mower, but It will often be found more
convenient and as efficient to pasture
one or more head of sheep in the
apiary Enclosure. The hives should be
far enough apart to permit of free
manipulation. If hives are too close
together there is danger Of bees en-
tering the wrong hive on returning.
These conditions. which may be con-
sidered as ideal, need not all be fol-
lowed. When necessary bees may be
kept on house tops. in the back part Of
city lots, In the woods. or in many
other places where the ideal conditions
are not found. AS a matter of fact,
few apiaries are perfectly located;
nevertheless the location should be
carefully planned. especially when a
large number of colonies are kept pri-
marily for profit.
Evening journal., 1912-07-03
INJURY TO APPLES BY SPRAY
orchardlsts Have Taken Up Sulphur
Compounds 20 Prevent Damage
to Fruit and Foliage.

The most striking thing that has
taken place in apple spraying since
the introduction Of Bordeaux mixture
for the control of apple diseases, said
an Official of the bureau OF plant in
dustry Of the department. Of agricul-
ture, recently, is the change from the
copper to the sulphate compounds that
has been brought about largely
through the experiments OF this Of
fice. The lime-sulphur solution is the
leading one in use. though the self
boiled lime-sulphur and the iron sui
phid are still under investigation.
The spray russeting of the fruit by
copper poisoning and the foliage in
jury due to the same cause had be-
come so serious that considerable at.
tention was devoted during the sea-
sons of 1909 and 1910 TO testing va
rious spray mixtures. Exceptionally
beautiful fruit, In most cases free
from funguous spots and diseases. was
obtained from the experimental plats.
AS a result, orchardists have taken up
the spraying with sulphur compounds
as a solution Of this important diff
Guilty.
Some injury has occurred where
mixture was used too strong or in
cloudy weather This was mostly on
the tender foliage, and In hardly any
case was 1t serious. The lime-sulphur
solution, being the most convenient
and satisfactory to use. has been &C
cepted by orchardists for spraying ap
pies.
Where It has been combined with
the arsenate OF lead, generally excel
lent results have been obtained with
the combined spray; but in a few
cases, undoubtedly owing to inefficient
agitation, there has been some
slight burning Of the fruit. and in still
fewer instances, OF the foliage. II II
now known to be possible for the or
! chardists to make the lime-sulphur 80
luton by boiling these materials OF
the farm, or II can be purchased OF
the market already prepared.
Evening journal., 1912-07-03
Ayrshire COW with Big Record.

sturdy constitution and an independ-
ence which enables her to hunt for
living. but she likewise responds
well to good treatment.
The Ayrshire gives a medium flow
Of milk Of average richness, especial
ly adapted for cheese-making on ac-
count Of its small fat globules, which
retard the creaming process-a fact
which has designated her as the
cheese-material COW.
She is medium in size, Weighing
about 1000 pounds, and is usually red
and white, or brown and white. the
white predominating. She is a stylish,
alert COW, the backward sweep of the
horns giving her a distinguished ap-
pearance.
Evening journal., 1912-07-03
AIloulno Tomatn tn Run.

IT is best 10 allow late tomato vines
TO lie on the ground and spread at
Will. claims one raiser Each plant
thus allowed freedom to vine will
cover many square feet OF soil. but II
will bear more fruit of better Navor
than tomato vines trained TO stakes.
The branches Of the vines on the
ground take root at many points for
supplying greater amount OF nourish-
ment. The greater amount of foliage
a tomato plant bears, the more fruit
II is able to produce. Tomatoes ripen.
ing in the shade OF foliage are OF as
good color and flavor as those ripen-
ing in the sun.
Evening journal., 1912-07-03
RAISING HIeH-GRADE CALVES
Feed Little Animals Whole MIX for
First Three Weeks--Do Not For
get Supply OF Salt.

To teach a calf TO drink, let II get
quite hungry first, insert two fingers
into it's mouth and lower it's head into
the pail. Calf feeders can be bought
and are liked by some II will help
matters at FIRST TO raise the bucket or
pan to the calf. II possible. Never
feed In wooden pals, says the Farm
Dairying. They soon sour. Always
wash and scald the pals at least once
a day II takes less time than to
bother with'slck calves.
As rule II is best to feed the
calves whole milk for the first three
weeks; hardy. strong calves would
stand the change to whole milk at
two weeks At first give It from six
to eight pounds 1.-TWO and one-half to
three and one.half quarts). accord
ing to the size OF the calf. twice daily.
At the end of three weeks Il should
get from eight to ten ponds The calf
should always get the colostrun (first
milk. which Is very laxative and in
tended by nature to cleanse the bow
els OF the calf.
A call az three months old should
not get over eight quarts OF milk per
day; at four months II cannot make
use OF more than ten quarts. With
this II should have two quarts OF
mixed crushed grain per day, and all
the hay Il can eat. At six months old
the milk allowance may be dropped
out, or before that time II the milk
IA scarce. Weaning the calf from
milk should be slowly done by substi-
tuting water gradually. Calves should
have fresh, clean water TO drink from
babyhood TO maturity. Do not forget
the supply OF salt for the calves. 90
caslonally put a lump of fresh sod in
the pen. The calves seem 10 enjoy q
taste OF earth. When making the
changes from whole milk, one table
spoonful OF oilcake may be added tc
the milk. II flaxseed is used. and there
is nothing better. Il should be vel
Evening journal., 1912-07-03
Substitute for Poles.

be supported without poles in this
manner: Stakes, from which wires or
strings run, should be driven in the
ground very early, so the roots of the
plants will not be disturbed. The
beans should be at least eighteen
inches apart in the row and the rows
should be three feet apart.
Wire, of course, makes the best sup
port, but very strong, hard-twisted
'twine that will not stretch in the damp
weather will answer the purpose.
The supporting posts may be set at
any distance apart, according to the
strength of the pole supporting tho
wire or twine. An excellent support
lis a gas pipe, but of course this is too
expensive for a large garden, but may
he used to advantage in the average
small garden.
Evening journal., 1912-07-03
DEES AND
FRrNOTES
/ corn averages the poorest this

Seed corn averages the poorest this
year of any year ever known.
Lima beans should not be planted
until the ground is warm and dry.
Why waste manure by teaching and
then buy fertilizers? Build sheds.
When the pea crop is over, clear
away the vines and plant potatoes.
A disk plow is all right in its place,
but its place is not in a field of
sod.
Don't SOW a big area TO alfalfa until
you have tried small experimental
patch.
Where barnyard manure is available
no better fertilizer can be obtained for
growing tomatoes.
Cut clover hay when about half the
blossoms are brown; cut timothy Just
as the bloom is falling.
The tomato. will not thrive upon
wet soil, as II is a plant that is very
iutolerant of wet feet"
To leave missed burrows is no mark
of a good plowman. Cut all the ground
and leave no hard ridges.
Make your garden so attractive that
It will be talked about and put UP
your goods in way that will please
the eve.
When using alfalfa for hog pasture
divide the field into three lots. using
one in early spping, one in summer
and the third In fall.
Considering how easily lima beans
may be grown and what fine vege
table they are, It is surprising how
few gardens contain them.
Evening journal., 1912-07-03

among the branches on the inside Of
the tree.
One difficulty with the basket is that
il is awkward to handle when hung on
the usual double wire hook. To obviate
this difficulty the device illustrated
herewith has been found effective, says
the Orange Judd Farmer. Both ends
of a stout manila cord of any con-
venient length are fastened 10 a hook
The cord is then passed around the
basket handle and the hook thrown
over a limb and caught around the
now vertical cord, as shown.
The hook. while secure, can be in
stantly released. either from the limb
or the basket, and yet they will stay
put" as long as desired.
Evening journal., 1912-07-03
HANDY IMPLEMENT FOR FARM
one-Horse Dump Cart Is Not Hard to
Construct and Material Costs Com
psratlvely Little.

The cart is one Of the hsndiest tools
[ have on the farm, writes an Ohio
man in the Practical Farmer. I made
the bed rs inches wide, 10 inches high
snd AZ inches long. used 10-inch
strap hinges to hinge bed on to back
end Of shafts. Drilled the holes larger
and bolted shafts on. The two blocks
were made of wood 10 inches long
and 3 inches wide, .holted on. to the
shafts so as to turn round when bed is
down and catch the end of the bed in
front used for wheels a pair of drill
wheels three feet high.
This cart I use every day to haul
manure from ten COWS. This bed will
hold all of 1t, and makes a good one
horse load. II is handy for hauling
and dumping anything that one horse
Evening journal., 1912-07-03
ElllInn In The Orchard

The vacant places in an orchard
caused by poor stock, injury in culti-
vation or borers, it may be well to fill
In with younger trees up to the age of
about eight years. After that time
the older trees will. occupy the ground
so fully with their root systems that
young trees set make very little
growth and seldom amount to mucn
when they arrive at bearing age.
Evening journal., 1912-07-03
EertIlIrlna the orchard.

Barnyard manure is. in general. the
best fertilizer for the orchard. says
c. NJ. Buritt OF the department OF agri-
culture This should be applied at the
rate of a load to from three to five
trees. at least once in three years The
use Of commercial fertilizers is hardly
advisable. except where careful expert.
ment has demonstrated its value. ~
Evening journal., 1912-07-03
Use Of spreader Best.

The piling Of manure in small lots
as it Is hauled aheld may have some
points in its favor, but from the
standpoint of realizing the largest
possible good from the fertilizing ele-
ments contained it is plainly poorer
method than scattering from the
spreader.
Handled in this way, the soluble
portion of the fertilizers that the ma.
nure contains soak at once into the
soil, while If the manure is put In
piles there is a loss by chemical
changes and the escape of gases.
Evening journal., 1912-07-03
CARING FOR RASPBERRY BUSH
Old Canes Should Be Cut Out Immo-
dlately After Fruit Has Been
PIoked-cultlvate often.

The red raspberry should not be
summer pruned, excepting that the
old canes should be cut out at once
after the fruit has all been picked.
In the spring the weak shoots should
be removed, and not. more than eight
canes allowed to a plant. The best
berries will be found on one-year
wood, and they should not be allowed
to fruit more than three years. This
may be managed by using method in
Evening journal., 1912-07-03
BUTTERMILK CHEESE is NEW
Great Amount Of Waste az creameries
Would Furnish Largo supply Of
Palatabie Food.
CBy J. L. sAMMIs)

Buttermilk cheese is new product
obtained by curdling buttermilk with
heat, draining the curd and adding
salt. Large amounts of buttermilk
are wasted every year at creameries.
II this were made into huttermilk
cheese II would furnish a large supply
IF palatable food. equal In food value.
Evening journal., 1912-07-03
Keen caIvea WeII Redded.

The stomach of the little calf is
very sensitive and easily ruined. Moth
ing will do It quicker than keeping
the animal confined IN a wet. dirty
pen. Clean the calf pen often and
bed It with liberal supply of dry
straw oftener. It is no little labor to
keep a stall where several calves run
clean and dry. but there is no other
way if you want to raise good calves.
Eternal vigilance is the price of
everything good in the stock line.
Evening journal., 1912-07-03
a Most Valuable Tool.

The manure spreader should be the
most generally used tool on the farm.
but this is no reason why It should be
left unprotected in the storms and
wintered in the snow bank. A shed
for the spreader would be the best
economy.
Evening journal., 1912-07-03
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Evening journal., 1912-07-03
DEVICE FOR HOLDING BASKET
Ends Of Strong Manila Cord Of Con-
venient Length Fastened 10 Hook
Supports Receptacle.

For the picking OF fruits. especially
apples and pears, many devices have
been used, and new ones are tried
every year Doubtless the pivot-han-
died halfbushel basket is the most
popular receptacle for fruit picked
Evening journal., 1912-07-03
sllaoe for Cows.

A yield Of 12 tons of silage may
easily be obtained from one acre of
corn. Allowing 80 pounds of silage as
a daily ration. one acre of corn will
furnish four cows with silage for 200
days
Evening journal., 1912-07-03
MUCH PLEASURE FROM BEES
Care Of Honey-Makers Extremely Fas-
clnatlno to Many People and Re-
turns Substantial Profit.
fRx e. E. PHILLIPsN

Beekeeping Is extremely fascinating
70 the majority Of people as pastime,
furnishing outdoor exercise as we'll as
Intimacy with an insect whose activity
has been subject of absorbing study
from the earliest times. It has the
Evening journal., 1912-07-03
Bees and Fruit.

Bees and fruit go well together. The
bees gather honey from the blossoms
and in return fertilize them. The hum
Of these Industrious workers in the
orchard foretells rich harvests. Under
the trees is a good place for the hives.
Evening journal., 1912-07-03
Danger In the Hay Fork.

Never throw down the forks in any
old place for the stock to step on.
Nall strip of board across the corner
in some handy place. and stand all the
forks behind it. Then YOU know
where to find them, and nothing can
run against them or step on them.
Evening journal., 1912-07-03
one-Horse pump.cart.

can pull. My COW stable is so close be-
hind the COWS that 7 cannot get a ma
nure spreader in. so had to invent
this cart. It is not hard 10 construct,
and is not expensive to make.
Evening journal., 1912-07-03
GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR POLES
Wire Makes Best Support for Beans
and other Plants, but Strong,
Twisted Twine Is Good.

It is every year becoming more diff
ficult to obtain poles for beans and
plants of that kind and very often a
crop is greatly reduced because OF
lack of proper support. Beans may
Evening journal., 1912-07-03
WHERE AYRSHIRE DOES WELL
Scottish Breed Thrlves Exceptionally
Well on Rough Pastures Of
Inferior Character.

Under conditions where the land is
rough and stony and pasture rather
poor, no breed will give as good re-
turns as the Ayrshire. In her native
home, Scotland, she inherited a
Evening journal., 1912-07-03
sowIna RadIah Seeds.

Sow radish seeds in the same row
with slow terminating seeds. They
will come up In a few days and mark
ehs rows for cultivation.
Evening journal., 1912-07-03
Excellent Calf stsnehIon.

boiled and from half cupful TO a cup
ful Of the jelly added to the warm
milk.
To make the jelly take one pint of
whole faxseed to four quarts Of wa
ter, add a little salt; soak over night
and boil for on hour next morning.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-05-02
Elxina Powers Of Rird,.

The rate at which some birds can
migrate under favorable conditions Is
extraordinary. and as one listens to
their ~plaintive cries coming from the
darkness overhead 1t Is difficult to re-
aliZe that In a few hours these same
birds may be within the arctic circle
and a little later may be even crossing
the pole itself. - Less Is known
of the actual dates Of the departure
of the migratory birds In autumn than
of those OF their arrival earlier In the
year, and this for obvious reasons.
The way In which our most charming
songsters silently skulk out Of the
country In the autumn is very differ
ent from that In which they make
their trlumphal entry In the spring.
when every wood and copse resounds
with their melodies. Windsor Maya
zine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-05-02
BODIES COVER
SEAS SURFACE
Rescue Steamer Picks Up 2O5
Titanic Victims.

New York, April 26.-Two hundred
and five bodies of the victims of the
titanic disaster have been picked up
at sea by the cable steamer Mackay-
Bennett and are being taken to Hall
fax, N. S. The captain of the Mackay-
Bennett confirms the Identification of
George d. Widener, son of p. A. B..
Widener of Philadelphia, in a wireless
dispatch to the White Star line and
gives the further information that the
majority of the bodies will never come
to the surface.
The following dispatch was received
Cape Race station:
Drifting in dense fog. Total picked
up 205. We brought away all embaIm-
ing fluid to be had in Halifax, enough
for seventy.
with a weeks fine weather I think
we would pretty well clean up relics
Of the disaster. 1t is my opinion that
the majority will never come to the
surface"
The bodies of Colonel John Jacob
Aston and Isidor Straus, the million
aire merchant of this city, who lost
their lives in the Titanic disaster, have
been recovered and are on board the
cable ship Mackay-Bennett. News of
the recovery Of the bodies was con.
tanned in a dispatch to the White Star
line company.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-05-02

must reckon the value of the calf
fed him for a year or two. Again. the
fact that a cow will bring $50 or $40
when her usefulness as a producer OF
milk Is past Is not so important. But
ter fat Is so high in price that cows In
a creamery section produce all the
way from $25 to $40 worth Of 1t
every year. Obviously 1t doesn't pay
to keep the cow that will give. say.
$50 worth of butter fat In a year just
because she will sell for $25 or $50 as
beef when she Is old. We would bet
ter look for and keep the one that will
give about 500 worth Of butter fat In
a year. There are hundreds that can
do 1t easily.
How much should a cow test In order
to be a good COW? Again. | repeat
the test Is not so important unless we
take into consideration the amount of
milk she gives also. A few days ago
we heard one farmer advise another
that 1t was better to keep a COW which
gave only a half pailful Of milk test
ing 5 per cent than to keep a COW that
gave a pailful that tested only 4 per
cent. Assuming the COWS equal In
other respects, the farmer was wrong.
Suppose the cow giving the half pail
full Of milk produced in one year 5000
pounds. which, at 5 per cent. means
80 pounds butter fat. At 80 cents per
pound this means $45. Now. the other
COW, giving the pailful Of milk daily.
would yield 5000 pounds. Four per
cent means 240 pounds butter fat This,
at 80 cents per pound. would sell for
SO.
II the cost Of the feed in each case
was $35 one COW would be equivalent
to a bank account Of three and one
half times as much as the other. Thus
1t is not enough that we know how
much the test Of the milk Is. We must
also know how much milk the cow
gives.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-05-02
R.m,rkabI. Feat, Of s.r.ro.h.

Louis de Bo%uffiers. who lived IN the
sixteenth century. could break a bar
Of iron with his hands. The strong
est man could not take from him a bali
which he held between his thumb and
first finger. While standing up, with
no support whatever, four strong SOL
diers could not move him. He remain
ed as firm as a rock. Sometimes he
amused himself by taking on his shout
ders his own horse. fully harnessed.
and with that heavy load he prone
naded the public square, to the great
delight Of the Inhabitants. At about
the same time there lived n Spaniard
named Pedro, who could break the
strongest handouts that could be put
around his wrists. He folded his arms
on his chest. and ten men pulling In
different directions with ropes could
not unfold them. Augustus H., elector
Of Saxony, was a man Of great strength.
He could carry a man in his open
hand.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-05-02
ROOSEVELT WINS
MISSOURI FIGHT
Delegates Selected After All
Night Session.

st. Louis, April 27.-The Missouri
Republican state convention vas con
cluded at $50 o'clock in the morning
with the election of eight delegates at
large to the national convention in
structed for Roosevelt.
Thomas K. N~iedringhaus of st.
Louis, a Roosevelt leader, was elect
ed national committeeman from Mis-
souri, to succeed Charles Nagel, sec
rotary of and labor.
Polling their votes by district dele
gates to the Republican state conven.
ton elected the following eight dele
gates at large with a half vote each
in the national Republican convention:
Governor Herbert s. Hadley, Mayor
Frederick II. Kreismann of st. Louis,
Jesse Tolerton of Bronson, Walter s.
Dickey of Kansas City, Fred Essen Of
Clayton, Charles d. Morris of st. Jo-
seph, John ID. McNeeley of st. Joseph
and Hugh McIndoe of Joplin.
OF these delegates at large all but
Mayor Kreismann and Charles Nor
ris favor Roosevelt. After the on
vention had instructed for Roosevelt
both resigned and their places were
filled by Roosevelt men.
Dissatisfied with the results of the
convention Taft leaders assembled In
a hotel parlor and chose four contest
ing delegates at large.