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The Monte Vista journal., 1913-11-01
TRAP-NesTING is ADVOCATED
Only Certain Method Of Separating
Coed Layers From the Poor 10 to
Keep Daily Records.

That the only sure way to know
which hens In q flock are doing the
work and which are not earning
Is the belief OF Prof James Dryden OF
the poultry husbandry department OF
the Oregon agricultural college.
High egg production is not char
acteristic Of any one breed OF fowls"
says Professor Dryden. The trap-nest
has demonstrated this. There is no
particular shape or type that indicates
good laying qualities. SO far. at any
rate. as our present knowledge goes.
The only certain method OF sepa-
rating the good layers from the poor
Is to use the trap-nest and keep .
daily record of eggs laid. 1t Is not al
ways the fault of the feed and care
that they don't do better. 1t IL the
misfortune Of the hen herself very
often: she couldn't lay II she want
ed to.
1T requires considerable time to
keep \ trap-nest record of a hock OF
hens. not every farmer has the time.
but II few farmers in every county
would trap-nest Z hock OF hens. In .
few years all tn farmers OF the coun-
ty would very likely have stock that
were from heavy-laying, trap-nested
fowls.
The Oregon experiment station 10
trap-nesting . large flock each year
and 1t is doing the best 1t can to fur
nish the farmers OF that state with
stock from good layers. with the OBJ
ject Of increasing the egg yield in the
state. 1t Ia desirable. Of course, to
keep full years record for each hen.
but II that Is not possible. record
for part Of the year would be valu-
able. For instance, a record of the
nrst six months Of laying. beginning
probably in November, would show
which were the good winter produ-
GERS.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-11-01
BROWN FOR millinery
COLOR HAS UsURPED PLACE OF
TAUPE AND SMOKE 0RAYs.
Change Makes for Richer CoIorino--
Tan and Rembrandt Crowns Vie
With Each Other for Popular
ity-Some Recent Models.

In millinery browns seem to have
AIKEN the place Of taupe and smoke
grays. SO much In vogue last season.
and In every department in which
new materials in goods by the yard
or for trimming are shown. brown
tones are well to the fore.
Bronze panne trimmed with brown
ostrich feathers and satin ribbon was
used for q smart turban shape with
soft crown raised toward the back.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-11-01

cred with the hat material are anoth-
er noticeable feature. and it is inter
esting to learn what may be done
with buttons in the way of hat orna-
mentation, some of the button-gar
nished models being very smart in
deed. For example. soft crowned
blue velvet hat, shown among the
cuts In the large drawing. had a
slightly rolling brim with wired lace
frill inside, and was trimmed at one
side with a huge red velvet button
from which rose an ostrich ornament
In tassel effect
MARY DEAN
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-11-01

The ostrich feath-
ers encircling the
crownterminAting
on the left In .
Ugh standing
feather effect, nm
lshed with loops
Of brown satin
ribbon.
Another smart
model In dark
brown velvet was
trimmed with bot
tie green ostrich
feather tins and
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-11-01
FASHIONS AND FADS.

Dark, rich colors are emphasized.
New tailored costumes are olive
green
There Is marked popularity Of the
hip tunic.
Among dainty footgear, beaded
heels appear
There are mantle coats with vida
full raglan backs.
Fur appears In vivid tones of ysl
low. blue. rose and purple.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-11-01

nave Deen caught ana
hanged, but on the other hand might
have made fortune; and that's q
thing beyond the reach of any cap
tain Of trading schooner in this year
Of our Lord 1913" !;
But II you think piracy has been
swept OF the face OF the waters en-
tirely. you're nightly mistaken. The
Canton river swarms with that kind Of
thief. and the last time l was in
China l had a run In with some Of
them.
THAT was fve years ago: l was
second mate on the Orion, trading
between Frisco and Hongkong. On
the first trip out l found that we
would have to wait a couple Of weeks
before we could get our return cargo
on board. had a friend in Canton,
tea merchant, and the captain Al
lowed me to run up and pay him q
visit
He was glad to see me, and to
pass the time proposed a trip further
up the river in houseboatsto q place
where there was good snipe shooting.
don't believe l could hit an ostrich
flying. much less a snipe. but
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-11-01

banda are tied In
a fiat bow at one
side near the
back of the hat
a n d h 9 t " o
prune loops stand
erect.
Another Rem
brandt model In
black velvet had
I W o chocolate
b r o W n ostrich
plumes at one
side. the plumes
rising from a gilt
buckle.
Buttons Gov
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-11-01
Those GIrdle Enda

or course. girdles with long ends
are being worn, and viii continue TO
be worn throughout the coming sea.
son; but the obi bow is Just little
newer. Now, TO break the monotony.
why>not take the ends OF one or two
girdlos. press thom out and proceed TO
make a nice. fat. loose japanese Obi
bow OF iheml It's as easy as the
traditional spill" on the old log. The
obi may be worn front or back. and
has simply two loops with no ends.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-11-01

This is best mixed with boiled milk,
buttermilk, sour milk or skim milk,
which. when thoroughly cooked. can
be mixed intosthe meals to make the
dry mash. and fed In boxes or troughs
once or twice OF day. In addition TO
this. small amount of green food.
he best OF rye. clover or grass, may
~ Dsovided with good results.
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-11-01

IRATES!" said the captain.
Il sometimes wish had
been born a couple Of hun
dred years ago. l might
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-11-01

The most extensively used furs are
lynx. beaver. red fox and sable.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-13

native farmers. descended from long
line OF native born are industrious and do
agricultural interests Rave not prospered
a they should. but this is not due to
any natural disadvantage. but to the
system that has been handed down
fer generations.
To bring happiness and prosperity
to the farm, it is only necessary to
break loose from this system The
state the whole country in fact. is
just emerging from the old pioneer
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-13
Err BUSINESS METHODS.

There Is nothing
the matter with
NJ aine'' for the
State is rich in
its resources. Its
10000 farms will
compare favor
ably with those
in any state in
the Union. Her
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-13
JHne II 1913

The aid OF those highly educated and ,
those particularly skilled in higher
economies combined with the efforts .
OF the city consumer. One cannot
succeed permanently without the aid !
Of the other.
While the attention Of many are I
directed to municipal marketing it is
doubtful if this is the solution of the
problem. This will only complicate q
matters and leave us as much in the /
dark as before. There are only two
classes OF people interested in the
question, viz. the city and country
consumer and the producer and this
comes very near including all of us
l. the farmers organize and raise suffi- :
cient capital to carry on the business 5
OF marketing ana the buying of sup /
plies then let the city consumer place ;
himself in position to properly t
receive and distribute the produce the !.
farmer has to offer him. The farmer /,
must reduce to minimum the cost
Of getting his product to the city and
then the consumer must master the
problems OF distribution I'm the city +
This can be brought about in exactly
the same way the farmer is working
out the problem in the country viz.
by organization.
The consumer is vitality interested in
this question oil distribution and
boards Of trade, chambers OF COM
merce and even the churches have
given their time and attention to solv-
ing the problem. In the meantime
there is an abundance OF the product
Of the soil waiting for the consumer
to place himself in position whereby
the farmer could reach him direct
The average farmer is not peddler +
or a retailer. but is engaged in the
whole ale production and selling Of
the necessities OF life He is ready to
ship his product direct to the con
sumner and eliminate the profits of the
middle-man.
1t should not be very difficult
matter for a few progressive men and
women of the city of New York to
bring about systematic organization
OF the consumers of that great city.
1t would not appear to be difficult to
sell million shares OF stock at $500
per share thus provide a capital of
$1,000. 900. The city could be divided
into say ten districts and a consumers
store located in each OF these sections
and if necessary these districts could
be sub divided into local stores. Rep
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-13
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Gays ana Is now facing European con-
ditions. Maine must solve the prob
lens as Europe has solved them.
The scientific cropping OF the soil
alone will not bring prosperity unless
some of this science is brought to
bear upon better business methods.
In the first place the present unfortu-
nate and depressing credit system
must be replaced by modern methods.
the waste on the farm must be elm
mated, the army of middlemen be-
tween the produce of the farm and the
consumer and the still larger army
between the farmers source of supply
and the farm must be relegated to the
past where il belongs, before the light
Il better days will appear to man
who tills Names soil
One of the biggest problems before
the American people today is that of
the distribution and marketing of food
product. While the farmers realize
les, than 10 per cent OF the consumers
dollar the manufacturer. who fur
nishes the farmer with his supplies.
realizes but little m re. In taking up
the ques ion OF distribution we must
not allow our minds to dwell only
upon the marketing OF the product OF
the farm for II the expensive methods
OF reaching the farmer in furnishing
him with his supplies is eliminated
il will be found to be a large factor
il solving the problem OF the farm.
The farmers Of the country owe
much to our agricultural colleges. our
state and national government. and
perhaps more than they realize and
know that the progressive farmer is
being shown how to get from the sod
every pound ii is capable of produc-
ing. the attention Of those skilled in
economies must be turned to the
problem of distributing and the buy
ing OF supplies.
We must admit that the fault lies
largely with the farmers themselves,
and this being true then we must turn
our attention to arousing them to take
a more intelligent interest in their
own welfare. Ii there are wrongs to
be righted we must not start at the
top but at the very bottom and lay
our foundation at the farm.
II the farmer is to attack the sys-
tenn of distribution in the city he
must first strengthen himself at the
base For the unorganized farmer to
attack the present marketing centers
and attempt to bring about better con-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-13

Third-Farm Demonstrations This
plan involves the the establishment of
demonstrations, or the setting up of
object lessons in good farming, under
the supervision OF county directors,
on farms located OF well-travelled
highways leading to the business CEN
tiers OF towns. These demonstrations
will be conducted by farmers them
selves, and under actual farming con-
ditions Herein lies their chief value,
since they will be conducted by men
we'll known in the neighborhood will
be located so as to be under the public
eye: and will serve as teachers and
demonstrators of modern agricultural
thought and practice every day
throughout the year. The real object
al Farm Demonstration Work is to
aid farmers to make more money in
farming. 1t IS now under way on more
than one hundred farms located in
fe ur counties in Maine and will un.
doubtedly spread until il includes
every county and every farming town
in Maine Probably some mistakes
will be made. and some failures re-
corded These are to be expected in
every line q effort, nevertheless it
promises to strengthen the chain of
agricultural extension work. and to
make the colleges OF agriculture and
experiment stations more useful to
those engaged in farming. since it
establishes direct connection between
these institutions and the industry
they were established to serve
BETTER BUSINESS METHODS.
Cooperative Buying and Selling Are
the Important Problems Before Us.
By c. E, E:nbree, Bangor,
General Manager Of the Farmers onion
Of Maine
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-09
CHINA AND OPIUM.

There appears TO be some friction
between Great Britain and China with
| respect to the working out of the most
recent opium treaty between those two
powers. That treaty provided for the
gradual decrease of the opium imports
into China, if China would itself sup.
press in the same ratio the home grown
opium product. It was expected that in
the working out Of this treaty the
opium traffic between Great Britain s
India possessions and China would alto.
gether cease in ten years, and within
that same period the cultivation of the
poppy in China for the purpose of max
| ing opium for commercial use would also
be discontinued.
But it appears that there has been
some miscalculation by the opium grow
ers in India, and they are discontented
with the working of the treaty Evi
IDENTIFY it was assumed in India that
China would not carry out her part
Of the treaty, and that, therefore, the
exports of opium from India would not
be materially interfered with, in spite
Of the treaty. But China has been en-
| forcing her part of the treaty with a
savage rigor that indicates clearly the
! earnestness Of both the old and the
new governments in China on this ques,
ton. a short time ago report was that
woman found smoking opium in one of
the interior cities in China was flogged
and shot. The Chinese troops are also
arresting and even killing farmers in
China who do not conform to the order
of the government and stop the culti
yation of the opium poppy
| This action on the part of the Chinese
government is n complete reversal of
the East India opinion as to what
China would do in carrying out the
treaty, and there is corresponding dis
content in India on account of it. If
it had been found that China was not
carrying out the treaty, India would
have been quite content; but now that
it is apparent that China is not only
carrying out the treaty, but is deter
mined to get the benefit of it in the
gradual yearly restriction Of opium i'm.
ports from India until those imports
are entirely stopped, India is shocked
and dismayed,
In response to this sentiment in India
the British government, SO report goes,
has represented to the new Chinese re-
public that an abatement Of its zeal for
the restriction Of opium farming in
China would be agreeable to Great
Britain. The trouble is that number
of spectators in India opium. taking
the India view that China would do
nothing effective towards the dscon-
tinuance Of the opium culture, loaded
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-09
CAPITOL COMMISSION ENDORSED

II is eminently satisfactory to see
that the State Capitol Commission has
the unanimous endorsement of the joint
Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate and House of the Utah Legisla-
ture. The members of that commission
appeared before the joint committee in
indignant protest against the letter OF
Secretary of State Mattsou, and proved
conclusively that his estimates and fig
ures were thoroughly misleading, where
| he undertook to show that the capitol
construction and finishing will not re-
quire the amount Of money that has
been set aside for them. Even il il
should be assumed in support Of Mr..
Mattson g position that the money set
apart for the capitol construction will
not all be needed within the next two
years, the proof Is easily at hand to
show that that assumption is incorrect; I;
for, since the contractors have assured
the Capitol Commission that the con
struction will be complete and that suf
flcient rooms for the accommodation of
tho legislative session when it meets
two years hence will be ready then, it
is manifest that the appropriation must
be mostly spent within the next two
years,
1t is also pleasant TO see that the
committee takes the same view that The
Tribune did yesterday morning, and
unanimously rejects the idea that it
would be just as well to construct an
inferior building, one that the people
would be ashamed Of as long as it stood
The magnificent site upon which the
canitol is to be constructed requires
building Of corresponding sightbness,
and the legislators are, much to their
credit, not in the least disposed to de-
face that site and make themselves
blameworthy by restricting the build
ing operations to mere makeshift.
What the people Of Utah want is
building that they will be proud of, one
that will be credit to them and to
the State, and that will be not only
commendable from an architectural a~L
artistic standpoint, but that WI be
thoroughly safe in protecting sainst
all accidents the archives ef tho State,
and that will be rooms enough to ac
commodate the States business for at
least fifty years to come.
The unanimous approval by the joint
appropriation committee of the Capitol
Commission S plan, and its vote of con-
fidence in that commission are both eI.
cellent signs that tho Legislature is not
to be hoodwinked by any small dodge
or back-fire proposition for the gratifi.
cation of any ones pique or prejudice.
By this vote a commodious, slightly, and
safe capitol structure IS assured, and
we feel justified in congratulating the
people of the State on this favorable
outcome to situation that ought never
to have arisen.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-09
INVITATION IN STYLE.

It appears that former President
Porfirio Diaz of Mexico is to be In
vited in style to come back to his na-
tive country. Provisional President
Huerta is about to send an invitation
10 former President Diaz which will be
borne by delegation. A platoon of
cadets of the military academy, accom-
panied by one or two prominent Off
cials, are to carry the invitation, and
the grim old warrior is expected to ac-
cept and return. He is now in Egypt,
but will return to his residence in Paris
with the opening Of spring, some time
during the present month. And 1t is
expected that there the official dele
CATION will sec the old man and extend
to him officially the invitation which
President Huerta sends.
1t is curious to see the undisputed
prominence which President Huerta has
attained in Mexico. No one seemed to
think of him az "the man of the hour
until all at once he came forward as
that man. He rose to high rank in the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-09

Mexican army under the administra'i.n - =
Of porfirio Diaz, and remained true 10
him until he saw that the Dinz cause
was hopeless. Then he favored "a,
dero. and was selected by Madero u
condr,ct Diaz TO Vera Cruz at the time
that Diaz went into exile. Huerta and
former President Diaz arc sara 10 =.
warm personal friends. and the lof"e-
dictator likes Huerta all the petcer' No"
that he has turned to the support u
his nephew, Felix. The SITUATION ~
Mexico seems to be favoring Hnerta
more and moro all the time, and the
general pacification Of the country
which seeing in fair progress, VIII Al
low him free hand in the suppress,
sion of the instructions in Sonora ano
Coahui1a
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-09
AGRICULTURAL CREDITS.

President Taft in his recent mes
sage dwelt very strongly upon the ncea
of banking facilities for agricultural
communities, and he cited the exam
ples of Germany and OF france As
extending agricultural credlts>ln a way
that wonId be beneficial and profitable
both to farmers and to money lenders
In the United States Others have foi'
lowed in the line Of the President 8
talk, and all have urged the need' as
we'll as the benefit, Of improved agri-
cultural credits. Such credits would
enable tho farmers to put In needed
improvements and would make thelr
farms more valuable and more SUD-
stantially productive, because the
farmers could, by the expenditure Oh
the money borrowed at low interest and
on long time, put their farms in the
highest condition of productivity. There
can be no doubt of the sound wisdom
and economic benefits so urgently in
sisted upon by President Taft IN the
extension of agricultural credits.
But in this country, while it is true
that we do not have the system or
Germany or Of France, we have at
least a beginning Of such system IN
the work of some insurance companies.
Thu recent meeting Of the Association
Of Life Insurance Presidents discussed
methods of extending agricultural
credits, and it was developed that there
i. a good deal of this sort OF thing done
by at least one OF the great insurance
companies, which makes longtime farm
loans. This is surely an important be
ginning, and it Is to be hoped that other
insurance companies will also extend
their operations in the same direction.
But the difficulty to be noted primarily
in insurance companies doing this sort
Of work is that the rates of interest
which they will receive from the farm
ers are not high enough to meet the
requirements in all circumstances of the
insurance companies. For, those com
panies have liabilities towards their
policy, holders that must be met, and
those liabilities do not admit at all
times of the loaning Of large sums Of
money to farm cooperative societies,
winch ought to be formed in order to
get the best results IN agricultural
farm credits. But those concerns
which have large accumulatious Of
money and which have no fixed liabili-
ties with regard to the income from
that money, could well establish agri-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-09

up ON opium, expecting the traffic to
go on just ms before. They are now
ffull up'' in opium holdings and want
to unload They, therefore, desire to
have the Chinese market held open
for them for n while until they can
get rid Of their accumulated supplies.
The incident affords another unpleas
ant chapter in British diplomacy. The
scandalous opium war by means Of
which Great Britain forced China to
accept opium imports from India. is
fresh in the memory of all students Of
Oriental affairs; aud now Great Brit.
ain is reported as willing to repeat on
a smaller scale its activities in favor Of
those who deal in this pernicious drug,
1t is nothing 10 Great Britain that
China is suffering distressful effects
from the prevalence Of the use Of
to help her opium farmers in India and
the spectators in India who have ac
cumu)ated large stores of opium in the
hope that China would be found dere.
cent opium treaty. and that they would
be able to continue their traffic inst
as before. And now Great Britain,
which is such a sticker for treaty obi.
cation, and which has undertaken to
hold the United States up to tho con,
tempt Of the world because we would
get some benefit for ourselves from
the enormous expenditures in building
the Panama canal, is found debasing
herself and prostituting her influence in
support Of the traffickers in the miscr.
able opium trade, even to the extent Of
disregarding the treaty A high plane
this is, truly, from which to deliver lee
lures to the United States upon the
sacred obligation Of treatiesl