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The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-08-21
Making Herd
Much Better You

form of silage and roots to replace the
June grasses-who shall say that
Bossy will not make ample returns IN
the milk pail?
In nothing have most farmers SO
sinned against their herds, probably,
as in the Inadequate shelter pro-
vided them against winters cold
and the hot sun of summer. Warm.
well-lighted and ventilated stables are
essential to high rate Of production.
A sanitary barn should have from four
to six square feet of window space for
each cow kept. Where cows are kept
in the stalls much of the time, 1t IS
not unreasonable to say that the barn
should be light enough for one to read
in. Good ventilation is essential; but
it should be so arranged that the cows
shall not be exposed to a draught'
while warmth without ventilation IS
conductive to disease, ventilation With
out heat is consumer OF feed. Inc
rage Of temperature in the barn
should be kept between 40 and 60 de-
grees F. In summer, the shades
should be pulled down, lest the we'll
lighted barn become too warm. They
will also keep out the flies. 1t is we'll
to have gunny sacks hung in the door
way, so that, as the COW forces her
way through, the flies will be brushed
off her back.
Nowhere on the farm Is cleanliness
more desirable than in the dairy barn.
Stalls and calf-pens should be kept
free from filth and moisture. Plenty
of bedding should be used at all times,
and the pens cleaned out frequently.
If the calf pen is not large one, It
should be cleaned out every day. In
the cutters, it is we'll to use common
Stacked lime, or wood ashes. as an abb
sorbent.
Cows should not be kept in IAN ice
house, a hog pen or a dungeon" A
dark damp and dirty place is very
favorable to the growth Of bacteria,
which may attack the health of the
animals. Plenty of sunlight keeps tho
place dry, purifies the air, and kills
bacteria.
When kept in the barn, cows should
be brushed daily not only to keep the
dirt and hair from falling into the
milk pail, but to keep the pores Of the
skin open. This makes the cow more
comfortable, and 1t cannot be too often
, repeated that anything done to add to
i the comfort Of the COW adds to her
!, | productiveness.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-08-21

sufficient stamina in all the seeds to
reproduce like the parent. The corn
reverted not only to the one-eared but
to the eight-rowed type.
This is one of the mysteries that
will have to be solved, no doubt be-
fore a ghly-productive two-eared
type Of corn can be raised with the
qualities Of the parent 81 fixed that
it can be relied upon to maintain
big average yield. 1t may be due to
a weakness Of inbreeding.
Some of the ears weighed over
pound each. making over two pounds
to the stalk. If this could be aver
aged for an entire corn field 1t would
yield over ten tons to the acre.
Such may seem an exaggeration or
an impossibility, but it so only In
comparison with what we have been
accustomed to. Even If by judicious
selection of two-eared seed each
year still the type could not be fixed
so as to produce even yields OF the
maximum amount, yet If it gave an
increase of 20 per cent. as 1t did In
my experiment, the return would be
a Dig one for what is involved. 1t
does not imply added cost, in the pro-
duction. but only greater care and
interest in ones work.
Another thing to be kept In mind
in breeding up type Of corn for high
| er productiveness Is that the number
| of kernels to the ear and their size
has an important bearing on the yield
of grain.
A corn expert once figured out that
If the productiveness OF corn could
be increased by only one kernel to
each ear, on the entire crop it would
mean a gain of so tons of grain!
Even though the figures be not abso'
lutte there is no gainsaylng that the
increase Of yield would be very big
amount in the aggregate. The point
is made very clearly in the accom-
panying photographs which show
eight, ten and twelve-rowed ears OF
corn. Each ear was exactly the same
In weight, being IL ounces each. The
eight-rowed ear gave seven ounces OF
grain, and had cob weighing foul
ounces, the ten-rowed ear weighed VI
eight ounces of grain and had 8
three ounce cob. The twelve-rowe(
ear gave Sh ounces of grain. A diff
ference of an ounce and a half to the
ear Of actual grain Is an appreciablt
gain worth striving for. But tha
does not mean that such is the lmi
of the gain to be obtained. 1t woult
be quite within reason to obtain ten
fold that increase.
The chief requisite to substantial
progress in the growing OF NOR
productive corn must be the skill ant
Judgment of the worker. The frs
essential is no doubt seed selection
but this does not merely mean tn
picking out of the best looking ear
either at harvest time or In the hush
ing. It is necessary that the grove
shall watch the corn from the frs
start of the seed and through tn
growing.
Vigor. productiyeness and earl
ripening should be noted, not merel
, in the mind, but in a book, and tn
stalks should be marked SO that the
can be identified at any time. NJ
method is to snip out little bits Q
} tin; punch a hole through them a
one side and put bit Of thin wir
! through and twist this loosely abou
the stalk when marking 1t. On tn
, tin scratch a number with shar
) awl. There Ia not likely to occu
any accident that can destroy thi
I tag or erase the figures.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-08-21

1t is not in the soil, or the fertilizer
or the weather, nor In any other fac
tor, important though each may be.
The first essential is to breed up
corn for points with the same care
given to animals or fowls. Type,
quality, stamina, productiveness, etc.,
must be known, must be sought for
and improved with each season. 1t
is not enough to pick out perfect ears
or such as may be attractive at harv-
est time. 1t is necessary that one
shall know the plant that produced the
ear, and all the conditions of its
growth and environment.
There are many mysteries to be
solved in this question of seed selec-
ton with the view to breeding up
more productive type OF corn. My
own experiments in this direction will
indicate some of the difficulties to be
met with. In husking the corn in
the fall Of 1908 came across just
one stalk containing two ears. 1t
was the first l had ever met with.
though upon inquiry find that farm
ers do frequently come across such
two-eared stalks, though they never
pay any attention to them, but throw
them in the crib with the others.
/ Il occurred to me, however, that it
would be we'll to plant from those two
ears and endeavor to raise two
cared type. One ear was OF good size
and the other about two-thirds as big.
Weighing them the large one weighed
II ounces and the small 9h ounces.
The large ear was an average ear
such as every stalk carried. Thus
this particular plant gave 9h ounces
more than any other plant. This gain
would mean almost ton more to the
! acre IL the corn could be bred to
yield two ears. It would mean even
more II the two ears could be made to
attain a good size instead Of one be
ing large and one small as In this
case.
The corn was of a variety called
yellow-tiint. obtained originally Of 8
nearby farmer. From these two ears
selected $50 kernels, discarding the
butts and tips. The field In which
this was planted was fall plowed ant
dressed during the winter with {
liberal application of a high qualit,
of stable manure as keep such in {
cement-bottomed pit. The two-earet
seed was planted at one end of thu
main corn field. 1t should, Of course
have had a separate plot, and it ma.
be that the tendency to revert to ont
ear was due in part to its contiguit!
} to the ordinary corn.
The $50 kernels made 210 hills
Fourteen failed to come up, probabl.
beingeeaten by worms or mice. TIL
} termination showed very strong vital
ity. However, of the GIG stalks. al
from the two-eared seed, only 13
stalks produced double ear. Abou
one-fifth.
} Another interesting point, showin
, clearly the tendency to reversion t,
remote ancestors. is found in the fac
: that while the two-seed ears we're q
. IL rows about Is per cent. Of tn
yield was OF one eight-rowed cob'
: Although this variety Of flint cor
, will show frequent ears OF IL and l
: rows, it may DO considered properl
an eight-rowed type Of corn. Thu
] we see that after throwing the spol
Of a two'eared stalk. there IL nc
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14

cover the location OF robbers hiding place
and help himself to the plumber or to as much
OF 1t as he can carry away. This is exactly
what happened TO more than half of the
$4,000 IN gold which Browning and Brady.
the desperate train robbers, stole from an ex-
press car near Dayisville, Cal.
| have told you in previous chapter how
these two bandits held up the train and
frightened the express messenger into ad-
hitting them to his by their cold-blooded
threats to kill the engineer.
The booty they got consisted of a large iron
strong box containing more than $4,000
worth Of specie and gold dust.
They loaded this into the locomotive and
raced down the track for two miles or So
There they dismounted and started of across
country.
But their booty was too heavy to carry any
great distance. particularly as they were in
momentary fear Of being overtaken by one OF
the posses which had probably already taken
up the chase.
After stumbling through the darkness with
their cumbersome burden several hundred
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14

berries on the steamer. Unfortunately he had
been arrested on Saturday afternoon, and
so it was therefore Monday before he was
free again. This gave car 1903 start OF
nearly forty eight hours.
Raymond went straight from the jail to
the railroad yards. Handicapped as he
by the necessity of concealing the reason for
his interest in this particular passenger
coach, 1t hours before he could lay hold
OF any definite clue to its whereabouts
The trail led first to Ottawa then back to
Nova Scotia, then across the American Doun-
dairy into Maine. For week Raymond lived
on railway trains. ceaselessy pursuing the
elusive car night and day.
There was something almost human about
the way it escaped him Just when he was on
the point Of oyertaking 1t. Once, when he
was only few minutes behind the train to
which No. 1903 was attached the car was
switched off to branch road Raymond
ignorant Of this fact, travelled a hundred
miles III the opposite direction before he dis
covered his mistake.
Every hours delay increased his fears for
the safety OF the diamonds There were a
thousand and one chances which might arise
to prevent his recovering. them-the car
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14

The health crib is used practically bird cage
It Is made Of willow and stands about two feet high
is nearly two feet wide and is and half deep
Placed In this cage-ke affair baby is absolutely
SAFE He can't get out to hurt himself; it is padded
SO that he can't hurt himself while in it, and it is SO
screened and covered that nothing in the crib
to hurt him. Inside Of the willow latticed walls is
mosquito netting keep out the insects The top is
solid to protect the infant from articles might
be dropped through
In the crowded cities. where lawns and meadows
are scarce the baby will prove useful. To
meet city requirements the cage is made to stand on
the window ledge! There isn't the slightest danger
OF the with its precious inmate falling out of the
window as 1t is securely camped to the window frame
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out waiting for his change, turned and rar
from the store.
The merchant was curious to know what
item of news could have excited his customer
SO strangely. A glance at the page of tho
paper he had been reading showed long
account Of the fruitess search for Brady, the
train robber.
That was enough for the storekeeper Hur
rying to a telephone he conided his sus-
picions TO the sheriff, and within half an hour
every ablebodied man In the country was in
pursuit of the bandit.
They took him by surprise high up on the
mountainside and succeeded in capturing him
without firing shot. At first he stoutly pro-
tested his innocence, but two days in Jail
broke down his nerve and he confessed
everything
I'VE never spent penny Of the money We
got at Davisville," he declared, land you'll
find it all in the strong box just as We buried
it that night"
Officers went to the spot he indicated and
dug up the box. But they found it contained
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14
Put Your Baby i'm Bird-Cage

I'm the crowded sections Of the big cities the baby
brigade" with nurse girl mother standing
~ watch each infant has long been a
familiar sight If baby is to thrive 1t must, of course,
be kept out in the open air and sunshine. This has
meant that somebody must stand constantly on guard
to see that no harm befalls it.
unique plan to relieve busy mothers Of this exact
Ing duty without deprving infants Of the sunshine
fresh air they require has recently been worked out
by Mrs Robert G. Laerty, CT Baltimore and New York
Strangely enough, Mrs Laferty doesn't happen to
have any children OF her but her observation Of
the troubles Of other set her to working out
plan to the difficulty and the infants health
crib" which she Invented was the result.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14

earth, marking the top of the mound with two
big stones
This was desolate, thinly settled section
Of the State, with no houses for miles, and
the robbers felt their loot would be safe there
forever.
They planned, however, to return for it
within few days. 5ut on reaching San Fran
cisco they found the public so stirred up
over their crimes and the police SO active in
trying to run them down that they decided it
was not safe to try to recover the gold at
present
Lack OF ready money soon drove :. EN- from
cover Within few days they added to the
long list Of crimes for which they were al
ready wanted brutal murder and several
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14

daring rODDerleS. lnen,
as l told you some
weeks ago, came the
train robbery at Wheat
land, when Browning
was shot dead and
Brady fled to the noun
tains.
For seteral months
Brady kept out of
reach of the posses
which were securing
the State for him. He
might never have been
captured had he not
been forced to come
down to a settlement
for provisions.
He walked into a
little crossroads store
and asked for some
canned goods. While
they were being done
up, Brady picked up a
newspaper.
Suddenly, as he read,
he began to tremble
like a leaf-his bronz-
ed face turned a hay
white. He seized his
package of food, threw
down q bill and with
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might be sent TO the
shops for repairs or it
might be destroyed IN
a wreck or some
inquisitive passenger
might pry the fireboard
open and discover the
package.
But Raymonds per-
severance was reward
ed at last Late one
afternoon as his train
drew into Quebec his
eyes were gladdened by
the sight of car No.
1903 standing on a sid
ing. empty, evidently
tied up there for the
night.
When darkness came
It was the work of
only a few minutes for
Raynond's def fingers
to pick the lock on the
car door. Frying the
flreboard open. he
reached his hand down
behind it-there were
the diamonds just as
he left them.
Not infrequently some
other thief will dis
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14

The
Baby-Cage
in Use,
as Seen
from the
inside of an
Apartment,
and, on the
Right,
How the
Baby-Cage
Looks
from the
Outside.
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yards they gave up
the task in disgust
and decided to bury
the box and return
for it later.
The spot they Sc.
lected was az the
entrance to q wild,
lonely gulch. They
dug a deep hole,
placed the box in 1t
and filled Il up with
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In their efforts to account for the missing $4,000
tenon Of the police was directed to whose poverty
had suddenly changed TO wealth about of the
train robbery He fashionable restau-
rant when he had gained reputation lavish spending
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No. Glow the Robbers Were Robbed

The man confessed that he had the bury
treasure After they had gone dug up the strong box
and taken as much of the gold 0oo
All but small part of this no squandered In rotous
living,
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No. The Train Robbery.

messenger opened the door and let th,
In. They quickly overpowered the messenger made
escape with strong box containing $4,000 In gold.
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No. 2 Burying the Treasure.

The strong box too heavy carry any great dis.
lance, and the robbers decided bury return
for later. The spot they selected lonely eulch
when they had no Idea there was any them.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-01-17

Geal scholar and authority on an
cient history, is authority for the
statement that Adam and Eve
were a sortof Siamese twins, who
were separated by a divine surgi-
cal operation. And he declares
that bible scholars and scientists
in Sweden, England, Germany
and France as we'll as America,
are now investigating and begin
ming to accept his theory.
"The Adam whom the Lord
placed in the Garden of Eden"
he explained to me, ''was not
man, but a man-woman. The
Lord caused this man-woman to
fall into a hypnotic sleep, and
then bisected or separated the
two halves, or sides, one from
the other, thus making a man
and woman of equal physical and
mental powers.
Science is willing to admit
that such a double being might
exist. The Siamese twins we
know, and modern science cannot
deny successful surgical opera
tions of this kind, and every doc
ument coming from the Greeks,
the Persians, the Hindoes, the
Egyptians and the Teutons
points to this theory of our COM
mon ancestors.
why have we held so long to
the rib story" l asked him.
Simply because of the wrong
translation of the Hebrew word
'zela, which means side, but
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-01-17

note side, like a side of an army
These references to the side
or half taken from man and made
or built into woman carry us
back to a wide spread idea among
classical and oriental people that
man once existed in duplex form.
These beings were called andre
gynous, or 'men-women, and it
IS perfectly clear to my mind that
Adam, who was of higher culture
than most of the people at that
time, was that kind of being.
You don't mean to say" I in
terrupted, that there were other
people living at the time of Adam
and Eve, in the garden of Eden"
There is no doubt, to the
scholar" said DR.. Toffteen, chat
there were people living on this
earth before Adam.
"At least a thousand years had
elapsed between the creation and
the Garden of Eden story and
the process of evolution had
formed a race of beings not much
better than the brute, with here
and there a man of greater cul-
-ture topping his fellows.
adam. who was an agricultur-
list, was one of these superior be-
ings, and was placed in this gar
den probably near the Tigris and
Euphrates rivers, to protect it.
The third chapter of Genesis,
twenty-fourth verse, shows that
he was guarding it. not against
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-01-17

"Jebbs is not the sort of man
who waits for Opportunity to
knock at his door" mo; he is
the sort of man who expects Op-
portunity to write note begging
for an appointment"
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-06-02
DURANGO HONORS SOLDIERS
OF THE CIVIL WAR

The large number who assembled at
the district court room today to listen
to the Memorial exercises given under
the auspices of the G. A. X. attests to
the high value placed on every oppor-
tunity to honor our heroes of the civil
war, through the veterans who are
still with us.
Time has reduced the ranks of the
veterans but not the patriotism. Those
who went forth in response to the
country's call and found their duty
in camp, field or prison and saw their
brothers go down to death, have as
nobly responded to the call to live
for their country and even with the
weight of years upon them are still
potent factors in our country's prog
ress God forbid that we who enjoy
the fruits of their heroism and sacri-
fee should ever forget the debt of
gratitude we owe them, by allowing
their efforts to have been made in
vain.
A more patriotic set Of men than
are numbered among the members Of
Sedgwick post, never shouldered a
musket. They are noble company in
all walks of life. Through the half
century that has passed since our ma
ton trembled beneath the battle tread
the friendship of "the boys" has stead
lily become more strongly cemented
until now they seem truly to be bound
by ties of blood.
This morning all business was sus-
pended and hundreds Of people assem-
bled on the streets to witness the
parade which always has a part in the
days program.
Through the courtesy Of the Motor
club twenty-four automobiles hand.
somely decorated with the American
flag conveyed the boys Of the Blue
and the Gray, the Woman's Relief
corps, the Sons of Veterans, the city
officials and those who had a par
in the program on their line Of marcf
through the city.
At the court house the parade dis
banded and the company were seatet
in the district court room where tn,
excellent program previously announc
ed was carried out. Glorious tributes
were paid to those who offered W
their life blood upon the altar o.
their country and gave the world th'
most sublime example Of patriotism
it has ever known. The exercises in
spired new loyalty to our nation OIL
its career of peace and brotherhoo'
and awoke an answering thrill in ev
cry member Of the vast audience
Taps were sounded for those VIII
have joined the silent majority.
At the conclusion Of the solemn
and impressive services the soldier
citizens journeyed to Greenmoun
where the grave Of every departe
comrade, resting there, was marke
with flag and flowers were strew
| everywhere.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-06-02
THE PUEBLO RAILROAD SUIT

The Pueblo Commerce club has
instituted suit with the interstate
commerce commission demanding
a better differential freight rate
between Pueblo and Durango.
This matter has been under
consideration for some time. Sec
retary Jenkins Of the Pueblo Com
merce club wrote the Durango
board of trade in March and the
information furnished by the sec
retary and at length by Chairman
Eldredge of the railroad commit
tee.
If Pueblo is given lower rate
to Durango it means lower rates
from Kansas City and points east.