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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20
BALANCED RATION FOR BEEF.
Combination Of Cotton Seed and 81.
lage Gives Excellent Returns.

lage Gives Excellent Returns.
The South Carolina experiment sta
ton has recently published a bulletin
dealing with the subject of feeding
beef cattle In South Carolina. This
bulletin. No. 100. by Archibald Smith,
gives the result Of test to ascertain
the value Of different kinds of forage
fed with cOttOnseed meal.
The bulletin il another proof Of the
great economic use of corn silage,
which. when properly balanced. al
ways shows most profitable gain.
In this particular test silage corn stO-
yer and cottonseed hulls were compar-
ed. The corn silage gave by far the
best returns, not only In economic pro
ductiOn Of beef profit In feeding. but
also in the quality of the beef and the
shape in which 1t reached market.
The silage fed group Of steers pro
duced beef from 10 to 20 per cent
cheaper than the other groups. They
lost less in shipping to market. which
is a test that has been disputed In the
past, as some feeders have claimed
that silage fed beef lost severely In
the shipping process In this test they
lost the least. The silage fed group
produced gains that would warrant an
earning on the silage Of $3.50 per ton
This earning was made on very
poor market. rs the steers sold for
only $50 Der hundred Had they sold
on a better market this price could
easily have been increased 20 to 30
per cent.
With corn silage costing but 81 per
tOn-which is Il fair price for its pro-
ductiOn-goOd corn land can be made to
earn from 500 to $40 per acre. II the
landowners of the southern states
would heed the teachings of this bulle-
tin their profits would be increased mil
lions of dollars. The worn farms Of
the southeastern section OF this cOun-
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20
Hoo rrouuho.

The question is often asked, what
is the best style Of hog trough" writes
G. p. Williams in the National Stock.
man. We use trOughs made of inch
oak boards. Bottom boards are eight
inches wide, with edges slightly bev.
eled so as to make the width at top
about ten inches. The sides should b.
of six inch boards nailed to the beveleA
edge Of the bottom board. End boards
should be two inches longer at each
side than the width Of the trough T.
prevent splitting when nailed on. Thir.
ty inch lengths for single hog, three
feet for two or three hogs and twelve
feet for general use make good stand.
ard lengths.
Wider bottoms are likely to warp ana
split. Shalower troughs waste fed.
Deeper troughs invite the hogs to nut
their feet into the trough while drink.
ing. No Stats should be used, an they
prevent easy cleaning
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20

try can better be brought back to prof
table and rich lands through the feed
ing and growing Of cattle and the eco
monte use Of the silo and the cotton
byproduct in the form of seed and
hulls.
The fact that corn silage is the most
economical form Of carbohydrates
should be known to every farmer keep
ing live stock The southern farmer
having cottonseed meal at hand and
soil that will grow abundant corn and
forage for the making Of silage GER
tainly should utilize these products In
the form of feed. Good feeding means
supplying animals with needed nour-
ishment at the lowest possible cost.
The last part of this definition calls for
study and figuring. Anybody can feed
an animal well. but 1t requires skill and
application Of science to feed an ami
NAL we'll and economically. The two
great food elements are carbohydrates
and protein. To learn how to supply
these two in the best and cheapest
forms means good feeding
The combination Of corn silage and
cottOnseed meal makes a balanced ra-
ton which has always given good re
turns. Siage furnishes cheap succu
lent. easily digested food. lacking only
in protein. which is supplied by the cot
tonseed meal In condensed form. and
corn silage can also he balanced by al
falfa. clover. cowpeas. soy beans. peas,
wheat. bran. oilmeal. gluten feed or
oats but the silage should form the
bulk Of the ration. us 1t contains the
principal food needed and is In a cheap.
wholesome form.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20
Indigestion Of Horsss.

Horses frequently suffer from indi.
gestion caused by imperfect nutrition.
Have the teeth attended to by a vetsr-
marian. Give the drinking water be-
fore meals; do not feed any bulky feed
at noon or work the horse soon after
meal Allow free access to rock salt
Bed with sawdust or planning mill
shavngs if lie eats his bedding. Feed
wl"se oats odd and one-sixth part Of
wheat bran. wetted ut feeding time
Allow one pound Of this mixture fol
each 100 Of live weight and give a like
amount of mixed or timothy or prstris
hay. Farm journal
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20
tioW TO CORRECT EYE
STRAIN IN CHILDREN.

Eve strain is said to be largely
Il defect of civilization. To coun-
teract ii children should be en-
couraged to use their eyes at long
range. and older persons should
so train themselves.
\ teacher who has surpriS-
ingly small amount of eye strain
among her pupils attributes it to
her practice of having the schol-
ars drop their work at the end OF
each hour and look out of the
window. There is contest over
who sees farthest. This rests
and trains eyes and teaches OBJ
servatiOn.
A woman who does fine sewing
for her living found her eyes
strained and weak. She was ad-
vised to drop her sewing every
half hour and look for a minute
into space. Relief was quick. and
the eye strain disappeared.
Nearsighted persons who hold
their book or work close will ease
eye strain and lengthen their vi
sion if they frequently remove
their glasses and look at some
object on their farthest horizon.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20
DESTROYING GRASSHOPPERS

Reply to Jacob Mathiason. Walnut
Grove, MINI. "Please send me by
mail directions for killing grasshop-
pers."
Before attempting to give remedy
for the grasshopper plague. a few
words in regard to its early stages Of
growth will not be out OF place. In
order for the grasshopper to multiply
to any extent, the soil in which the
eggs are laid must be undisturbed and
there must be an abundance of food
available. The most favorable con-
dition for erasshOpper development
seems to be found in the alfalfa sec
lions of the west. Where it is possible.
one of the hest preventive measures is
to cultivate the ground The soil need
not be disturbed below the first two
inches of surface. for most OF the
eggs are deposited very shallow. We
fully realize that in many cases this
cannot be done so as to completely
destroy the prasshopper, but where it
is possible to plow and cultivate in the
fall the number can be greatly de.
creased.
There are two ways OF destroying
the adult or grown grasshOpper. One
is by the use of the hopper doZer.
Various forms are in use. but one that
has given very good satisfaction can
be built of sheet iron, ten or twelve
feet long. and about twenty-six inches
wide, with a board across the back,
against which the grasshoppers will
nv and then fall into the bottom Of the
hopper dOzer The bottom of the hop
per dOzer should be made water tight.
so that a quantity of water may be
poured into 1t, also small quantity of
kerosene The hopper doZer should he
mounted on low skids or small wheels
and drawn by one or more horses.
The grasshoppers will be collected in
the hopper dozer and killed by coming
IN contact with the kerosene. This
whole structure is rather inexpensive
and has proved very good method of
destro, ing the grasshopper.
The bureau of entomology Of the
United States Department Of Agri-
culture has recommended poisoned
bait. which is known as the "criddle
mixture" and has given very good
results in some sections. The mix
ture is made as follows:
Onehalf barrel fresh horse drop
pings. in which is mixed one pound
each of salt and paris green. If the
droppings are not fresh the salt is
dissolved in water and mixed with the
manure and poison.
Then this mixture is scattered freely
about where the grasshoppers are
abundant. DR.. Fletcher, entomologist
for the Dominion of Canada, cites an
instance where this poison mixture
was scattered around a portion of the
field, with the result that this portion
stayed green while the grasshoppers
seriously injured other parts of the
same field The criddle mixture has
been preferred to other brands Of poi
son because its effect on other forms
of animal life is not so serious.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20
LIME FOR SOILS

Crop Growth Indicative Of CONDITION
Of the Soli-Lime is Important for
Growing Leguminous Crops-Man'
ure Spreader May BE Used for Ap'
plying Lime
Mr.. o. c. Rostel, Marble, Washing
ton, writes as follows: please let
me know if our mountains OF lime
rock here in Stevens county could re
utilized for commercial fertilizer by
grinding it fine without first burning"
Irnburned but finely ground lime
stone is best for correcting soil acidity.
The use of lime on soils Is beneficial
in places where calcium is deficient
Some crops require more calcium than
others. This is especially true OF
elovers, alfalfa, and other leguminous
crops.
Whether the soil requires calcium
depends upon It's condition. and this
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20
THE BEST COMPANION.

want for companion dog or
u boy or person who has the
virtues of dogs and boys-trans-
parency, good nature. curiosity.
open sense and Il nameless quail
ity that Is akin to trees and the
inarticulate forces of nature.
With him you are alone and yet
have company. you are free, you
feel no disturbing element. The
influences of nature stream
through him and around him.
He is Il good conductor of the
subtle fluid. John burroughs.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20

Both meat and fish, as well as fruit.
put up in tin cans should be removed
to Il glass or earthenware vessel as
soon as the cans are opened. Most
result of allowing these products to re-
main for some time in their tin retain
arg,
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20

That big turkey that was furnished
the White House family and whose
crop was given daily massaging to ia
ciltate the process of digestion prob
ably did taste a bit better than the fine
little eight pound hen turkeys that
graced the tables of hundreds of folks
all over the land
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20

Carlotta Pontiac, . registered Hol-
stein COW. produced 22,593 pounds Of
milk containing 7OS pounds Of fat
in one year under official test. This
Is equivalent to s27 pounds Of but
ter. This COW was bred. raised and
is owned by the University Of Mis-
souri, and is a granddaughter OF the
well known Hengerveld De kol. She
Is the ninth COW In this herd to
make a butter record In excess OF
100 pounds and the third to pass the
800 pound mark.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20

Many breeders Of dairy cattle reg
ularly WORK their herd bulls. The
results in all cases are excellent.
Not only does regular work render
the animals more docile, but 1t
keeps them in fine physical condi-
ton for their special purpose In tho
herd They retain their vigor longer
and are surer getters Of healthy
calves The illustration shows the
method Of exercising herd bulls at
Walhalla farms, Middleburg. N. Y.
The bulls are Of Brown Swiss breed
and are ten and twelve years old
respectively. They are gentle and
easily handled and highly potent.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20
FAIR WARNING Mr.. MAN!

THE WISE MERCHANT is A MAN THAT
ADVERTISERS HIS GOODS AND SELLS AT
A REASONABLE PROFIT" IF YOU
WANT TO KEEP YOUR GOODS DON'T
ADVERTISE THEM IN THE DAWN,
FOR If YOU DO, THEY WILL SURE
BE SOLD.
TRIAL WILL CONVINCE
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20
RS JOB PRINTING

u,,,,,cu AND UP TO DATE
la ruar rs WANTED, BRING III
ONN LAWN OFFICE-THE HOME
! ALL CORRECT pRINTlc "a AT ~, LIVE We
p 49, I'VE" PRICES. TRY US AT
M ~ ,,uEN IN NEED OF OUR
|ERvIcE .u ,,uE STR
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20
LAYING TILE IN QUICKSAND

Reply to NJ. f. Barton, Mishawaka,
Indiana: "Will you please give me a
little information on laying tile on a
farm that has a quicksand bottom,
also a little advice on killing out
smartweed?"
This is quite a difficult proposition.
and we believe the only way that re.
suits can be obtained is to use some
durable timber and lay a board in the
bottom OF the ditch on which the tile
can be laid to keep it from getting out
of line. You would need board
about the same width as the tile, that
is, for finch tile 1x4 board would
be sufficient. At the points where
the boards join, short piece ~ or IA
inches long should be placed below so
that there would not be possibility
of the tile becoming disicinted by one
end of the board settling.
If you can get considerable fall
the sand will probably not bother in
filling up the tile, but if you cannot
get fall of three or four inches per
100 feet. it would be best, if possible.
to fill in about the tile with clay or
some other soil through which the
water would seep and at the same
time keep out the sand.
AS to smartweed, we believe IL you
get your land properly drained you
will not he bothered with this pest,
as it only grows in soil that contains
too much water for the proper growth
of ordinary crops. If draining does
not do it, we are sure that you can
get rid Of it by cultivation. A few
crops of corn will help rid your land
of this pest
Yours very truly,
II C SERVICE BUREAU.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20

1t is really feed economy to blanket
the horse that has to stand in the open
during the cold weather, as blood is re.
quired 10 furnish animal heat and feed
Is required to make blood. However,
when the horses are standing idle in
yard the blanket is rather expensive
substitute for the currycomb and
brush
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20

The dealers who had large quantities
of eggs in cold storage can hardly be
said to have met the new year III
cheerful frame of mind. 1t Is apparenf
that the worst is yet to come"
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20

COrnmeal. wheat bran and ground
oats. equal parts. and few handfus
of beef scrap. moistened with skim
milk. make Il fine morning feed for
laying hens.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20

Corn and alfalfa make Il combina-
ton that is hard to beat on the DAIRY
farm.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20

A small paddock for the horse to run
in is cheaper than veterinary bills and
Il good deal cheaper than losing the
horse by death through lack of place
in which to exercise.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20

The hens need strenuous exercise
these days to keep them from becom
ing sluggish and inactive
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20

Analy SEES show sorghum seed to have
about three fourths of the feeding val
ne of corn. Like corn. it should be
balanced as a ration with tankage or
olmeal. Owing to the hardness of the
seed it gives best results in feeding
when ground.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20

AT the second session of the Sixty
second congress $4,000 was appropri
Ited for use by the department Of ag-
riculture in horse breeding experiments
having in view the development Of u
type Of horse suitable for army pul~
poses Last season several eastern
nOrsein"n placed fine sres at the dis
poSal of the department. with the un-
derStanding hat the colts resulting were
to he purchased by the government
provided they were of the type desired
The appropriation made is for the car
rVing on of This work
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20

Rats and mice are such all round
nuisances and so destructive that traps
should be kept set for them all the
time. Only in this way can the ro-
dents he kept in anything like subjec-
ton.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20

When boy gets to the age of fifteen
and thinks ne is so smart that he does
not need any more schooling and on
top of this becomes addicted to the
reading of yellow back ten cent yarns
(he usually gets to reading these be-
fore he decides to qait SCHOOL, he Is
headed straight for humanity's scrap
heap. and unless he is Jared to his
senses by something out of the usual
Is pretty sure to land there
Nine men and boys killed and some
tLirty-three wounded more or less Sc
riously is the score in Ohio for the
thirty days open season for shooting
rabbits. This is about as bad as the
showing during the open season on
deer in Maine and Michigan What
the writer can't understand about the
Ohio situation is not that there were
so many killed and injured, but why
the open season on rabbits Is not
twelve months in the year, as it is in
good many other states.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20

The hens of the United States laid
l,70O, 100000 dozen eggs in 1912, which
were worth $35O,O0O,OO0. The value OF
fowls Of all kinds raised was $22O,OOO.-
900, which brings the total value or
poultry products up to $5I0.OOO.OOO.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20

II the job has not been already done
the little orchard trees should be given
q protective covering Of wood veneer.
wire screen or common newspaper.
Such protection will prevent damage
by both rabbits and field mice.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-05-03

Madrid and esteemed as one Of the
most learned men of his day.
There were many distinguished mu-
sicians among the harpers of the sew
enteenth and eighteenth centuries, yet
Turlough O'Carolan stands pre-emi-
nently as the representative Irish
musician of that period. O'Carolan
was born at Newton, Meath, in the
year 1870 He became blind in his
22d year. and being an excellent player
on the harp, decided to make music
his profession. His compositions num-
ON the noon train, Mary replied,
famous.
The invention of the musical glasses
was due to Ricard Pockrich, native
of Monaghan, in the year 1741, John
Clegg, born in Dublin in 1714, was one
of the greatest violinists of his time.
Another celebrated Irish musician of
this period was the Able Madden of
the Eyrecourt, County Galway, family.
He was successfully chapel master of
Tours Cathedral (1725), then to the
King of France (1737), and finally of
the Chapel Royal, Versailles (1744).
He died at Versailles in 1748.
We have only to mention William
Michael O'Rourke Cor Rooke), the in
structor of Balfe, and a famous COM
poser himself; John Augustus Wadd,
also a pupil of O'Rourke, and the COM
poser of several successful operas;
Michael Kelly, historian, singer and
composer; Michael William Balfe, Will
liam Vincent Wallace, George Alexan-
der Osborne of Limerick; Sir Robert
Prescott, Augusta Holmes, born in
Paris of Irish parents and famous both
as pianiste and composer; Henry
Villiers Stanford, Hamilton Harry, Pat
rick Sarsfeld Gilmore, and many
others, to show what an interesting
history of Irish musical celebrities
might be compiled to the advantage of
their native land and to the credit of
the race from which they sprang.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-05-03

/. The infallibility of the Pope was
defined as a doctrine of Catholic faith
at the Vatican Council in 1870; but
this does not imply that the doctrine
was not held prior to that time. The
Vatican announcement merely put
into definite form for the acceptance of
all, a doctrine that had been general
ly believed by the faithful and taught
by the Church from the beginning. 2. If
a Catholic is validity married he can
not get a divorce under any circum-
stances. 8. Easter Water is blessed
by the Church on Holy Saturday for
the benefit of the faithful who take it
to their homes, while the rest is used
for sprinkling the congregation on
Holy Saturday and on Easter Sunday
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-05-03

guarantee his own safety, strengthen
his own rule and save the city from
military oppression, he disbanded the
praetorian guards and dismantled
their camps, which had always been
nurseries of instruction. He reduced
the number of civic guards Rome, be-
cause it was his Rome, must be free
city. AS long as he ruled no one
could dare snatch the pearl of liberty
from the proud front of Rome where
he had set it.
Soon strange faces, distorted by
fear, corrugated by suffering and dis
figured by hot irons of torture, ap-
peared in the streets-those who had
long memories tried to recall what
these ruined human temples had once
looked like! Men whose limbs had
not been mutilated in war or manned
in some great catastrophe of nature
hobbled painfully through the Eternal
City-they were those the muscles of
whose legs had been cut before going
down to work in the pestilential mines.
Widows and orphans wendell their way
daily to booths where money, clothing
and foodstuffs were dispensed by care
fully chosen almoners, whose hands
were generous because the Emperor's
heart was warm. These pitiable rem
nants of humanity were the salvage
from the storm which had ragged
against the Church. They streamed
into Rome because Rome was the city
of their souls, and their souls were
Roman because Catholic, and Constan-
tine was the Church's Deliverer.
From the first the Emperor took a
decided stand in favor of Christianity.
He not only opened his hand to the
Christians, but encouraged them iby
his sympathy for the Gospel"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-05-03

Masses to be said in future for the
repose Of his soul, and sermons
preached, inviting prayers on his be
half. Yet doubtless there are still
many who imagine Henry as good
Protestant, on whom ''The Gospel light
first beamed from Boleyn's eyes"