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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18
DON'T GUESS ON WEIGHT.

Our boss says: "No more guess
work for me-" He has put in a
pair Of scales, having found out
many years too late that scales
make knowledge definite. "Before
I put in the scales" says the boss,
Il did not know anything for GER
tain and sure" Smart buyers OF
live stock count on making good
money just because they are better
gt1essers than farmers and they are
always anxious to buy on a guess.
You can bet your last dollar that
these fellows never view a farm
scale with a friendly eye. A man
feels mighty cheap to learn that
some slick buyer has bought his
hogs at guess weights and sold
them at advances ranging from p
to 50 pounds per head. In these
days there is no reasonable ex-
cuse for farmers to persist in sell
ing their stock and crops at a
Guessed weight. A set Of farm
scales furnish facts that help to
put farming On a business basis
\ Hired Man.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

In the drier regions where
building materials are scarce or
costly an adobe house a be built
cheaply and yet be permanent, at
tractive and comfortable as it is
possible to build { house.
They do not settle after they
are dry. Mice do not work in
them if they are protected at the
foundation. They are superior to
concrete or cement block houses
in that they are non-conductors Of
heat and cold. They never sweat
or become frosty on the inside, and
rain does not wet the walls through
as it does in many concrete
houses.
IN planning a building of this
kind, we should consider the kind
Of roof TO be used and make the
dimensions such that it may be
covered with the least possible
waste of material. The dimen-
mansions being decided upon, stake
out the foundation carefully. If
concrete foundation is to be used
Il will be necessary to make forms
for the foundation. Then set good
straight posts in each corner and
at intervals of IA TO IS feet on the
inside of the wall. Line and plumb
these posts very carefully. Good
straight 2 by 4 posts are all right.
Plow a thin sod from prairie
when grass is thick and tall. Spread
this in a circle not more than II
or - feet in diameter, and if pos
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18
FEEDING THE OWL OYS-
TER SHELLS.

The proper way to feed oyster
she'll is TO have a small box of it
within reach SO the fowls may help
themselves at will. Mixing it in
the morning is risky. as there is a
likelihood that the hens will con-
sumo more than required, and in
consequence the shells of the eggs
would become too hard. The hens
know best when their system de-
mands more lime. 1t is a very rare
case when a hen gets too much if
constantly within reach.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18
TO KEEP MARRYING MAIDS
AT HOME.

Young farmers complain that
farm girls are running away from
the country to marry city men.
Many Of them seem to prefer life
in the city with a mechanic whose
wage is 500 per month or even
less, than on the farm with a man
who owns a quarter section and
owns cattle and horses with long
pedigrees.
There are grounds for these
complaints, more's the pity, and it
is time the young marrying farmer
should give the situation serious
study. We confess we have not
given the matter that careful
thought it deserves, but to one who
has lived on a farm and has seen
farmers wives and daughters serve
their term of dreadful drudgery
under the condition to which only
the poor in the cities are subjected,
some reasons why farm girls marry
away from home quickly suggest
themselves.
Perhaps if young marrying far
mers with quarter sections would
cut down their acreage and in
crease their household furnishings,
pay less for blooded bulls and
more for hired girls, build fewer
wire fences and more cement
walks, cut down on farm machin-
cry and buy more washing ma
chimes and gasoline ranges, build
bath looms as we'll as silos and
show a real desire to make the
work for women on the farm easier
and life more worth the living,
perhaps the tide OF marrying farm,
girls would be changed.
BY providing the right kind OF a
home they will have less difficulty
in keeping the brightest and best
young girls in the country AID
spare themselves the spectacle Of
city men carrying them off, leaving
the undesirables to become ole
maids or farmers wives.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18
A PET.

John Blake, a little Pennsylvania
boy, has beeen deprived of a pet
snake with which he had been
sharing his supper for weeks be-
tore his parents made the discoy-
cry. He would ask permission to
eat his supper Of bread and milk in
the woods, and finally growing
curious, his mother followed to
ind a cause. To her horror. after
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18
SKIM MILK FOR POULTRY.

Very few people understand the
value Of skim milk as a food for
poultry. They relish it and it is
very good for them, either svee,
or sour or buttermilk, if it is 10,
too old.
Milk takes the place of mt.ss
scraps to a certain extent. In TACT.
the feeding Of meat can be put
down one-fourtk when the fowls
have all the skim milk they can
drink, and the results obtained will
be the same. Milk is fine to feed
laying hens and will materially IN
crease the egg yield.
It is one of the very best Of
foods for the growing chicks.
keeping their digestion in good or
der and Fastening their growth, as
it contains the elements necessary
for their development
Where milk is fed regularly ard
a teaspoonful each Of ginger and
soda added to each gallon every
third Or fourth day, there will be
no cholera or other bowel troubles.
Stir the mixture until thoroughly
dissolved before feeding. This is
very easily prepared and will keep
their digestive organs toned and
sweetened.
When fattening fowls, skim milk
should be used to mix the mash.
They like it better and in this way
are induced to eat just as much
more, as the milk while serving as
moisture to wet the mash is also a
hearty food.
The food for young ducks
should be mixed with milk and
curds made from sour milk are in
dispensable for young turkeys.
Remember that milk will not
take the place of water, as it SO
soon turns to solid food in the crop.
Keep water before the chickens
the same as ever, no matter how
much milk they may have.
On every farm there is more or
less milk for feeding and it will
pay to see that the chickens get
their Shora nf r.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

The Veterinary department of
the Agricultural College of Mis-
souri, has been unable to supply the
demands OF the state for hog chol-
era serum. Four thousand doses
of the serum have been sem over
the state within a short time.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18
Trimming edge of ado be wall with hay knife.
THE MULE FOOT HOG.

J. II. D., of Indiana, writes to
know if the mule foot hog is a
straight breed OF a sport. They
are a distinct breed and originally
came from the South Sea Islands.
They were first sold to museums
and circuses as curiosities, but are
now bred in several states. w. T,
Conner, of LaBette, Kas., is a
breeder of these hogs.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

A splendid mixture for laying
hens is equal parts OF cracked corn,
wheat and oats, which should be
scattered in the litter SO that the
birds will be compelled to take ex-
ercise by scratching for it.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

No plant OF tree is fit for setting
out unless it has made a normal,
healthy growth. Neither extreme
is desirable.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

As a rule hens that lay stead;lv
during the cold weather are ind;f-
ferent hot weather layers.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

Winter eggs do not come by
chance. 1t takes planning and
work to get them but ii pays.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

DO not apply lime on foliage Of
growing crops. Winter or early
spring are the best seasons to .
ply.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

The fertility Of many farms liza,
been reduced by improper systems
OF tlllage and crop, and CONNER
c1al fertilizers are useful and even
necessary in the economical M
provement of such lands.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

SEATING lhnlseiI on a Stun.
wihlstllng softly a huge RATHER Join
ed him. The mother stood para
lyzed while the boy held the bowl
at a convenient angle for the snake
TO devour the contents, after which
1t colled for a nap, resting its head
on the boys knee.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-09

at the present time. "there is ten
dency on the part Of the banks all over
the country to draw in their money and
prepare for heavy demands about crop
movement time" This is all the
more pertinent from the fact that in
dications now are that the grain crops
of the country, as well as the general
crops and the cotton crop also, will
break all records The banks naturally
have to be prepared for the strain
upon them for the movement Of the
crops, and for the financing OF business
during the period of that movement,
when the demands for cash are ex-
traordinarily heavy.
1t was good talk on the general
situation; and in showing that Utah is
in favorbale position in all of this
uncertainty, Mr.. Walker did good serv
ice to this community, and to all who
would have true view of the general
financial situation throughout the
United States.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-09
MR.. WALKERS SUMMING UP.

Mr. NJ H. Walker, President of
Walker Brothers Bank in this city,
gave good square financial talk to
the directors of that bank at their
meeting on Monday. Considering the
financial situation at the close of the
half year, Mr.. Walker concludes that
Utah is in good condition, with much
TO congratulate herself upon. The sit
uation throughout the country at large,
is one of waiting, rather than of the
progressive order. A good deal of
money has been lent TO European ma
tions for war or other purposes, as Mr..
Walker says. but the supply Of money
in the country is greater than ever
before. The recent computation by the
U. 8. Treasury showed a slight gain
per capita to the money in circulation,
while the amount in the Treasury is
also greater than ever before.
But the uncertainty OF the situation
lies in two directions. First the pro-
posed passage of the bill revising the
tariff, move which is always unset
tling to business. In Mr.. Walker IS
words. cit always causes business to
hesitate.
The next disturbing factor is the
prospective currency legislation. In
stating the needs Of this legislation
Mr., Walker was concise and compre-
hensive in the expression; ''It is con
ceded that the United States needs a
more elastic currency system, which
will make quick commercial securities
available under proper restrictions as a
basis for currency issues, and which
will avoid the necessity for boarding
individual bank reserves in times of
stringency. Legislation which will
provide this without allowing politics
TO enter into control of the banking
system should have a beneficial effect
On business
There is no question Of the sound
ness of this view. The trouble, how
ever, in the proposed currency legis.
lation is that it does the very reverse
of keeping the banking system out of
politics. On the contrary, it distinctly
and openly proposes to place the con
troll of the currency in the hands OF a
board comprising six politicians and
one banker, who may also be a poll
tician. And so the bill goes directly
contrary to what Mr. Walker soundly
and conservatively states the true re
quirements to be.
The conditions throughout the coup.
try, created by these two main factors
of uncertainty, very naturally have the
effect referred to by Mr.. Walker, that
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-09

The New York Court of Appeals has
upheld the constitutionality of the
Callan act, which provides that any
one driving motor car, who had rea,
son to believe that he had injured a
person or property on the public high
way, and who failed to stop and give
his name and address to the injured
party or to the police, should be
deemed guilty of u felony. The law
was directed against the heartless
motorists who abandon the victims Of
their carelessness on the high roads
and seek immunity from the conse.
quences by fight. And an excellent
inculcatlon is in that law, calculated
to do much good.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-09

The most startling "near accident" 4"
mat has been reported for a long time
is that which represents the danger in
which the yacht Mayfower was put
through the firing of a shell over her
from the Indian Head proving ground.
President Wilson was on the Yacht
and the story is that the steel band
became detached from the shell and
fell perilonsiy near the yacht. Surely
there must have been gross careless.
ness sorBewhere TO make such peril
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-09
HIGHWAY RETIREMENT.

The project to make necessary ex-
penditures to improve the main east
and west road in this county from
Parley's canyon along Twelfth South
Street to the point of the mountain ut
the Tooele County line westward, is a
good proposition. That road has been
good deal neglected, although it is
located favorably and ought naturally
to be one of the best roads in the
county.
We notice that Mr.. B, Fl. Burrell.
the road expert sent here from the De.
partment of Agriculture at the request
of the Commercial Club. is doing excel
lent work. He is making a map Of the
county road system and Is personally
examining all of the roads, so that he
will be able to present thorough and
consistent plan of expenditure. The
idea should be, and naturally viii be,
TO make systematic improvement of
all the county roads. since the county
as whole is expected to pay for the
work.
The computations which arc expected
to be made by Mr.. Burrell will prob
ably, as they should, govern the County
Commissioners in the amount of money
that they will ask from the taxpayers
Of the county in the way Of bonding
for road purposes. OF course. it would
not be, fair to ask the whole county
to pay for good roads to be made IN
one or two sections. There should be
good roads generally, if all the taxpay-
ors are to be required to pay the cost
of the work.
There has been suggestion to the
effect that the County Commissioners
might ask for less than million dol
lars. This is a good proposition, too,
provided the lessened amount will meet
the requirements for good road pur-
poses. If it does not meet the general
requirements, then it is not good
proposition For the road Improvements
should be considered as complete
whole, and not merely as q makeshltt
to cover part, for the time being.
For, if the county should build Just
one or two good roads and then stop,
the natural presumption would be that
these roads so improved would serve
the greater part of the population.
Then when it came later on to improv-
ing the roads of less importance, those
who might be already served through
the public taxation would be reluctant
to vote money to build the less impor-
tant roads, since thew would be all
completely served with good roads al
ready built.
il is, therefore, the course of wisdom
to proceed in this matter on the basis
which would systematic the work as
complete whole, in which all the county
would be served, without any piece
meal work; for if the county is not to
be treated as whole in road improve |
ments. it is difficult to see why 1T
should be taxed as a whole for road
It follows, therefore, that the road |
expert should make his estimates to
cover all of the work to be done on all
of the county roads If his esti-
mates for the making of good roads !
Of all The public highways fall short
,f n million dollars. we shall all be by !
hat much gratifed. But if they 60 !
over, we should not be ap- |
paIled. but should face the music and
vote the bonds for the complete work,
20 that no favoritism should be shown
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-09

Unhappy Cuba is passing through an
other period of turmoil The chief
trouble seems to be that the Cuba n
people take their politics altogether too
hard, as do the Mexicans; and un.
fortunately that spirit is growing too
much altogether in the United States.
where strenuosity and vehemencc are
taking the place of the former calmness
and give.and take methods Of the hap
pier times among us.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-09

II is impossible to see in Lamar 5
statement any excuse for his impersona
'tion Of members of Congress. His at
tempt TO ''force them out into the
open by giving false telephone con.
.versations IN their name was both un
.manly and disreputable, and lacking in
only because there docsn 4
happen to be any criminal statute GOV
.ering the case.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-09

! IT is sickening to read OF such bloody
5and absolutely futile fighting as is now
going on in the Balkan states. Every.
body knows that the big powers of
: Europe are permitting this slaughter
! so that when the fighting forces are
thoroughly exhausted the nations repre-.
sented bv them must the more abiectlv
do as they are bid, just as Montenegro
was despoiled of Skutari after captur
ing that city.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-09

has been sent on a mission to Santo
domingo; and speculation is rife on
sthe point whether he is to withdraw
our saving hand which rescued that
Hand from the grasp of the European
shark creditors, and turn her over 10
the rapacity Of the powers, in accord
with our rejection of "dollar diplo
lrnnnu
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-09

Another aviation disaster results in
of the most expert "birdmen =" in the
army. The full conquest of the air
must no doubt come, but while it is be-
ing accomplished, death exacts fear
frl roll
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-09

Monday, that the girl was actually paid
81 or $S week, her explanation Of her
testimony being that her father, to
whom she turned over her pay envelope,
told her that she was getting 80 a
week, and that she supposed he told
the truth -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-09

Boston Globe; Newspapers that
have made comments like that of the
New York World, reprinted in the
Globe, on the testimony Of girl en-
ployed in tho Ipswich hosiery mill that
she was paid only $50 or 50 a week,
will no doubt be glad to do simple Jus,
tice to her employers by calling at
tentlon 70 the fact. brought out in court
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-09

The Agricultural Departments re-
port on cotton shows mach better than
at this time last year, and nigh above
the ten-year average. And last year IS
crop of cotton was next to the record.
A new record is thus in promise for
This wear
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-09

The newest Zeppelin airship carried
twenty passengers on recent trip
from Munich to Berlin, and made n
time schedule. Zeppelin builds his
airships bigger and bigger every time
one is destroyed, (and he has awful
luck in losses,) and insists that size
IL what counts
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-09

1t is serious matter when a great
financial institution such as the First.
sSecond National bank at. Pittsburgh
goes to the wall But it is some salts
faction to know that the trouble did
mot not arise in general conditions, but
was local merely, and was because of
bad methods of banking rather than of
"a general pinch
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-09

Z The visiting teachers were delighted
with the singing of the school chill
sdren-fopr hundred Of then-ir tEe
Tabernacle yesterday, during the
morning session, II vas captivating
performance, and the appreciation of
III by President Fairchild that "it
awas worth coming across the conti-
;nent TO hear met the universal
opinion
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-09

The burning of the Horn Silver's
buildings at Frisco, involving a loss
of S95, 900 to the company, is a severe
loss to the mining property. 1t was
fortunate that the blaze did not spread
TO the main camp.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-09

The official unmerging OF the Har-
riman railroad interests is now of ju-
dicial record here, and is therefore
complete. But it took a long time TO
"unscramble those eggs.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-09

A marker has been placed on the
battlefield of Monmouth TO note the
spot where Washington rode up in
fury to General Charles Lee and
cursed him soundly for ordering a re-
treat And now let new cherry tree
be planted on the site of the one so
seusatspnally chopped down.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-09

imminent, and an official inquiry is
clearly in order.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-09
Wednesday, July 9, 1918.

The canyon breezes are the in
vigorating forces that relieve the val
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-09
Utah Savings G
Trust Co.

This bank is 25 years
old-but age in itself is
not the ultimate test OF
a banks fitness and ca.
pacity to serve the peo.
pie, But when a steady
and continuous growth
characterizes q financial
institution from its be.
ginning 10 its present. ii
indicates that it is Civ.
ing satisfactory service
to the business commun.
ity. If you are not do
ing business with US
YOU are neglecting n val
uable asset. Banking,
Trust. Bonding, Safe De.
post Boxes. Title Certi.
fcates.
235 Main Street.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-09

OFFICERS AND
DIRECTORS:
w. S. Mccormick, Pres.
{. A. Wall, Vice Pres.
w. Mont Ferry. Vice Pres.
Frank 3. Conk, Cashier,
N. G. Hall. Asst. Cashier.
w. j. iaIloran.
F, a. Fisher.
r. NJ. Cameron.
E, S. Richards.
F. c. Jensen,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-28
Food Nourishes if it Does Not
Impact; Take Jacobs Liver
Salt Before Breakfast.

The prevailing complaint Of eivlIIxa-
tion Is malnutrltIon and Inactivity Of
liver and bowels, for the higher. man
advances the richer becomes hlsSdiet,
with heavier percentage Of waste
which Impacts and retards elimination,
then ferments and poisons the system,
resulting In constipation, Indigestion,
headache, blliousness and rheum atlsr.
s5 per cent OF all diseases originate In
the digestive tract, says DR.. charcot,
the French scientist. Food poisoning
destroys strength and resIiency and the
system succurbs to malevoient germs.
But II 10 not the food itself which de
stroys; Il Is impactIon and ferrnent
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-28

One of the most elaborate parties
of the week was the luncheon at
which Mrs. Chessley Howard enter
tanned Friday at her home on Pied
mont avenue for Miss Anne Akers, a
debutante.
The guests were seated at tables
placed in the dining and reception
rooms Each one had a vase of pink
roses and narcissi as a centerpiece.
In the dining room there was large
center table and it was adorned with
a mound of pink roses and parcissi
Mrs. Howard was assisted in en-
PERTAINING by her mother Mrs. Isabel
O'Hear, who wore a gown of laven-
der crepe and lace, while Mrs How
ard was gowned in blue meteor crepe
and caracmacross lace.
The guests were Misses Margaret