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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08
How TO GROW ONIONS

rpa'ler Of these notes makes in.
aa'r' ID regard to the raising of onions
""'''s some pointers that will be of
Ul'e assistance to him In the patch he
s"us 70 grow the coming season. The
WV 'olng needed for a crop of onions
goo rich soil. II the patch chosen
naturally 40 It should be enrich
WIN nnely pulverized manure. but
'en better than this Is a commercial
ss .u''.e' consisting Of tankage. s25
.u.'' oonemeal. $40 and muriate of
potash. 325 pounds
This should be applied with o drill,
" tne seed rows The soil should
,.,, %ade dne and compact by either
~" 'as Of uoating before the seed Is
a me seeder should be adjusted
M y % scatter about three and one.
8" pounds per acre. Some growers
Imna u'Oae seed and some less, but the
- ,a ~ point Is to get a good stand
th,rs 'u'ck. the young onions can be
ins 'e. At the time Of the first weed.
n's.. !. . % quite important that the
,hon,S ~ - .and chosen for the onion patch
rs Su'u oe as free as possible from
xs.S S seeds On clean ground two
t,,~a ns' should be sufficient, but cul,
H. s's should be continued through
p,e,.'' Uw ing season. and this holds g.
tie ri, s .sue u rains are frequent and
,el,st," n" SHOWS tendency to bake. In
one ,h ss variety of onions to grow.
apd sUS \ write to his nearest market
no,t i y . the variety that ia USUALLY Ir,
to tbs = -, ssnand- The writer is partial
lit, m 80 globe. but some other w.
tior' ns,' sell better in another sec.
. lhN. s 'ssy. the hest seed and from re
h 4. sss :, should be used. and
sdds ~ s ~ this will he found nv NJ,
b, With ', ,rI Itnever pays to mon.
mIoc '' .a. ,swo-year-old bargain c 70 t'
pncucs go g Many truckers m r"u'a'e u
Z ,onn y Ewing a SECOND application cn
ee.s when tho fertilizer er. and this is
mchea hIph Ie onions are about six
DIM elo sss }. :! being scattered with ga a
aOp tie ~, the rows For an earlv
/! hotbsd spS Is. Is often sown thickIy in
distance ra y. transplanted the desired ID
: high Il th ~nen three or four inch
nsnsr wsy = -. .s seed is sown in the
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08
WALL ATTACHED FEED TROUGH.
TFrom Orange Judd Farmer.)

will like 1t, says correspondent OF
the Orange Judd Farmer. Cut through
the ceiling board between the studding
and take out the board. Put two small
hinges on 1t. replace and fix a button
tn hold 1t in place Next cut a slit
about two inches wide and nearly to
the studding on both sides. about
foot above the floor Insert a trough
running back and slanting to the out
side claDboards. Allow the front edge
of the trough to come little above
the opening In the wall SO the feed will
not overrun. With a coal sctttle the
trough may be easily 6lled. and the
hens cannot waste or get on top Of the
trough and foul 1t.
have three in my house for grit,
shell and bran during the winter
Where one feeds grains and thinks It
best to keep hopper before the fowls
nil the time this plan will be liked. as
II takes up no rom whatever. II ones
house is not ceiled the boxes may be
mt on The outside of the house with
troughs running through. The tops OF
the boxes should slant so the rain Will
run of. These. of course. will have to
be oiled from the outside. With this
plapt the feed drops down as fast as
the hens remove It from the troughs.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08
SUCCESS IN LIFE.

When thou dost clearly see the
path thou canst not wander from
1t. Out Of the lightnings of the
mind come forth the thunder
shocks of action. See thy act
in thy minds clear vision and
It's already done. In hours Of
strength prepare for hours of
weakness and thou shalt never
fail. Forelive the thing thou
dreadest. Fight thy battle in the
high arena of thy mind, and
when thou contest to the arenas
bloody sands thy victory Is al
ready won. In silence prepare
thy battle shout Steadfastly sit
ting in thy lone retreat, act thou
thy coming part. In silence let
thy speech be framed. In the
still chamber Of the mind let all
thy acts conceive and none shall
fail Of sturdy life. If thou dost
fear temptations power, alone
in silence meet thy foe and Stay
him with thy thought. With
sword thrusts Of brave words let
out his life, and when thou meet
est him upon the sands naught
but a shadow faceth thee. Trust
not thy soul to conflict unpre-
pared. Go armed with predeter-
mined thoughts, with will strain
ed, like the bowstring. ere the
strife begins. Sharpen thy ar
rows in the forge of thought. Let
each be pointed with willful
word and they shall reach the
tempter's throbbing heart.-SO-
lon Lauer.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08
FARMING MUST Be
MADE PROFITABLE

-.~ITH the present tendency OF
A/ city people to acquire land
" We will see better market
w ing. II not better farming
rhere Is q call for business methods OH
49, s.rm Greater profits will come
~ landowners study the needs OF
~. w.. markets. which surround them.
~S should aim to produce those ar
.,.Is. for which there is a steady de-
s'.nd and which give good return for
the ground and labor involved.
ANY one starting on u little farm can
...,I, tell BY the location what prod
MT. will nay best. If near a good cash
NJ, a city Of 10000 to 10000
. General line Of garden truck may be
,.ispd A load can be taken to town
every day for six or seven months In
~ vear. Private families, restaurants
and hotels will gladly pay full retail
,,Ices to the farmer for fresh produce
nicely handled. This marketing may
include eggs poultry. milk and all
binds Of fruit and vegetables.
II three to FIVE miles out from sta
,,on the little farm owner can contne
M operations to produce that does not
require daily trip to town Weekly
rim will do for two-thirds Of the prod
uce that Is raised. and instead of run
nine dairy II will be better to raise
hoev poultry. potatoes and other
thipsy that do not have to have quick
marketing. There is steady cash de-
mspd for all these articles
A successful grain broker quit bust
uess IN the city few years ago to en-
sase In flower raising. He wished to
hy life on a farm Being a practical
man, be determined to get good cash
income, 20 be bought twenty acres and
vent IN for carnations and asters.
In four months from the time he had
secured bis land this practical business
man was shipping carnations to the
dty market. One greenhouse covering
nearly an acre had been put up, and IA
hrge steam beating plant was being
Installed
The latter feature was In working
order before winter set In. Two dwell
Ing houses were also put up AS soon
u bis help was well organized and ac-
eustomed to the work at hand another
hfge greenhouse was erected
The production of flowers proceeded
oil winter. and the end Of the first year
found the man who was running his
farm On business principles enjoying
% income Of $1,000 per month.
Il Is probably true that when lar
GET proportion Of trained business men
turn their attention to tilling the sol
there will be greater financial results
and less waste of land
When men take hold Of farming in
earnest they will work the soil for all
nee 3 10 1t. just as they conduct
stores and factories The American
hrmer Is Industrious. frugal and in
teAigent. and yet. as a rule. be does
Dot farm on business principles. He
~ acquired his fertile acres too cas-
w.and the handling of large areas has
bred carelessness and overconfidence.
Inc new way that am trying to tell
ABOUT Is to make twenty five to City
acres produce the same results that
lefetofore have been gained from 100
70 1O acres would cut out the
one hours Of drudgery and make the
business Of farming tolerable to young
people OF ambition and spirit. This is
we improvement needed In American
rural life.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08
1.-THE ONLY
nemocratic Paper
-ur1AL WASHINGTON
TIMELY GARDEN TALK.
OUTDOORS.

Protect the shrubs with
wrapping of hay or rye straw If
you would preserve the seasons
s growth. Even If the early win
ter has been mild March freezes
s do the most damage.
Mulch the lawn. If there are
5 thin spots give it an extra coat
of compost, tobacco stems or a
clean stable mixture, putting on
straw to hide it. This ugly COW
) ering, which snow. will usually
hide. will assure a beautiful
) sward In the spring.
Start a compost heap. A good
gardener never burns leaves, but
keeps them in a compost be-
) tween layers of stable litter, rot
ting for use in the spring.
Trim the tops from the hardy
chrysantheInums, the hoIlyhocks
and the golden glow and mulch
the roots.
uhc thC SlupSS anu CuITOHtS
any mild day, but leave the fruit
trees until later.
INDOORS.
Begin your paper garden,
pencil plan that will avoid over
planting. BY adding shrub,
flower or Il new vegetable from
time to time let the garden take
shape on paper as new IDEAS ap-
pear. Put in your postcard Or
ders for seedsmen's announce
ments.
AcNAnNANZ
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08
THEY OUNCE CAN
Be MADE A VERY
PROFITABLE CROP

Two acres of ounces ought TO make
more money for the farmer than twen-
ty acres of apples. according to Pro.
fessor j G. Written. well known au-
thority on horticulture.
1.-THE ounce is more neglected in pro-
portion to its merits than any Of our
orchard fruits" he said Nobody ever
saw an Overplus of ounces. There Is
an unlimited demand for them II the
farmer has place where they will do
well the crop. properly handled. will
pay better than any of our orchard
fruits. The fruit Is the finest we have
to ship. the most handsome and the
best keeper"
According to Professor Written,
ounce growing has never had boom.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08

Experience has proved that most OF
the trouble arising from coldness ana
dampness in cement floors In stapie'
hog house and chicken house may ne
overcome by putting down four OF
five inch layer of cinders and ashes pe
fore laying the cement. This serves I"
break the moisture connection betwee.
the ground and the body OF cement anu
reduces greatly the tendency OF !he
latter to draw dampness. Somewhat
,be same result is obtained If strings
of four inch tile are laid at Intervals
of eight or ten inches across the are"
which the floor is to occupy. inns
serves to give ventilation anG tends u
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08

AS nicely illustrating the fact that
things got away from home are no
better than and often not so good as
those to be had at home, the writer
recalls the case of a lady friend who
raised some eighty Barred Rock cock
erels last season. She sold these at
50 apiece. when the truth was they
were far superior. from the stand
point of size, color and general excel
lence. to birds that she imported and
paid S15 apiece for BOOSTERS, like
prophets, are not without honor save
In their own country.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08
DAIRY FARMS LAST.

The greatest advantage In dairy
farming is it's relation to the fer
tility of the soil. No other sys-
TEN of farming excels it in this
respect, and but few equal it. A
farm used for dairy purposes
does not lose in fertility, but
gains, and may be used for this
purpose almost indefinitely.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08
FINE SPECIMEN OF OUNCE.

FINE SPECIMEN OF OUNCE.
"This is because the ounce grown IN
der ordinary treatment. as most or our
apples and other fruits are grown, does
not have a good flavor and Is poor IN
quality.
1.-THE trees must have individual care
and expert treatment. 1t requires the
greatest skill to select the right site TOT
the orchard If properly handled prtln-
ing. spraying and picking are easier
than in our other orchards.
when cooked the ounce Is the best
of our core or stone fruits For pre-
serves. jeIies and the like the ounce
is the richest. most highly Favored ana
the most delicious fruit we have.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08
Good Garden Advice.

In many instances the yield Of gar
dens can be increased by simply get
ting down Il few inches deeper with
fork or spade. The French gardeners
can give Americans many lessons in
this respect. The soil should be pull
verified. but work should not be COM
menced too early. Flowing the ground
while it is too wet will cause the soil
to pack in solid Jumps. Good land Is
often ruined in this manner.-Farm
Progress
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08
THINK THIS OVER!

One ton of butter contains 90
cents worth of fertilizer constit
uentS.
One ton of milk contains SOD
worth of fertilizer constituents
One ton of wheat contains $40
worth of fertilizer constituents
One ton of oats contains SI26
worth of fertilizer constituents.
one ton Of corn contains ST. 10
WORTH of fertilizer constituents
One ton of clover hay contains
S007 worth OF fertilizer constlt-
uenta
one ton Of alfalfa contains
50 80 worth of fertilizer cOnStit
ueniS. Kansas lndnstrialiSt
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08
Prairie fires are rare thing today as

Prairie fires are rare thing today as
compared with thirty or forty years
ago, but when one does get started IL
is accompanied by the same disastrous
results, even If on a smaller scale. One
of these fires got loose in Major coun-
ty. Okla, the other day, and rancher,
his wife and son. who were en- route
by team to a nearby town. were caught
by the fire and burned to death, their
charred bodies and those OF their
horses being found short time after
ward by the roadside where the fire
overlook them.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08
Don't Eoruet the Wrench,

A wrench is good thing to have
along with the pillow in the spring. Be-
fore YOU forget fasten it to the beam
with short strap and buckle. A wire
will answer the purpose. too. but Is
apt to rub the paint off the iron and
invite rust.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08
Keen the Money Home.

If it pays Belgian truck gardeners to
send witloof or chicory salad across
the ocean and after paying freight and
duty of % per cent ad valorem to
sell 1t for 8 cents a pound why wouldn't
1t pay some of our growers here ?-Ru-
raj New Yorker.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08
Alfalfa Without Seeds?

1t seems that the department OF az
riculture in its worldwide search ror
varieties has discovered an al1aiia
which produces rhizomes. A rhizOme
Is an underground stem. like That OF
Bermuda grass and quack grass. oy
which the plant Is able to reproduce
itself without seeds. If this Is true II
Is enormously important
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08
Quick Work With Alfalfa.

Alfalfa land should be disked as early
in the spring as the ground is in condi-
ton, as alfalfa starts rather promptly
and will be injured If it is already
under way.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08
,,se For an Old Buggy Wheel.

\ very good way to use I'm old buggy
wheel is to attach it on an axle at the
outside of long farm gate so that II
will roll when the gate is opened either
way 1t will keep the gate from sag
ging and help to make it open and shut
EASILY. Farm Journal.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08
Do You Grow Roses?

The Maryland experiment station
finds that painting greenhouse not wa
ter pipes with concentrated lime-sui-
phur and evaporating the lime sulphur
IN ,prn containers controls mildew on
greenhouse roses.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08
DRILLING Oats Is Best.

Oats which are drilled usually yield
lust little better than when broad
casted Because Of the uniform cover
irg less seed is required and the ripen'
ing Is more even.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08

There are nice little improved farms
Of forty, fifty or eighty acres to be
picked up at $1,000 to $1,000, including
good dwellings and other buildings.
The location would not be suitable for
city man who had to go back and
forth every day, but otherwise they
would fill the bill.
In buying such a place as this one
need not pay down more than one
quarter of the purchase price. If debt
is ever justifable it is in case where
q man of moderate means Is trying to
do the best thing for his boys and girls
and is determined to bring them up on
farm.
1t is always possible to rent farm.
and that is the easiest way to get
start. BY renting one is soon able to
tell whether he is adapted to farm life
or not. Nobody should begin this voca-
ton with the idea that it is free from
care and hard work, 1t does not call
for drudgery. but the great essentials
are industry. patience and intelligent
management
To city people who know what farm
life is and who are determined to go to
the country ! wish to say that condi-
tons are the most favorable that they
have ever been for making money from
the soil. This is because cities have
grown and good markets developed at
a faster rate than agriculture has ad
vanced.
In these days IL farmer who raises a
diversity of articles such as town fam
lilies have to buy for their tables has
no trouble to sell all he can produce.
Prices are high enough to afford salts
factory profits 1t is only necessary to
raise variety of good products and to
handle them with taste and skill. The
cash is always ready This is in real
ity day of opportunity for the pro-
Queer.
With such an equipment as have
outlined the earning capacity of a
twenty acre farm well situated and
skillfully managed is from $500 to
$1,000 year.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08
SOME VALUABLE
POULTRY POINTS

The chick that hasn't sufficient vitall-
Y at Matching time to make an unaid-
id exit from its shell is likely to find
life Il pretty uphill kind of proposition
and is seldom worth raising.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08

One of the most satisfactory barn
yard floors that the writer remembers
in his boyhood days was made of thin
and fiat fagstones. 1t was always
well drained, and an even more excel
lent feature was that it never got
miry. Where stone of this kind cal
be cot there is nothing for flooring the
yard that is cheaper or better.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08
TO GET At HEIGHT
OF A FRUIT TREE
OR A PEST NEST

Having this simple device, you can
ascertain the height to limb or burl,
often of advantage in taking out tim
Der, or can find the height to desired
thickness of the trunk. which is often
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08

Don't fail to SOW Il good sized patcD
of rape near the hog lot and also neal
the chicken yard. In both instances
it will give as large return on the In
vestment as any like area on the farm.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08

For list of cheap lands on easy
terms write to q. w. Golf, Colfax,
Washington. 29tf
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08

Whenever it can be arranged 1t is
well to have the brood sow and her
litter in a separate colony house. These
should be so built that they will be
WATERPROOF, vet well lighted and well
ventilated.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08
little "B|DDY'S"
LUNCH COUNTER

One of the greatest needs in a hen
house is q dry, clean trough for feed
ing shell. grit, bran or the dry ration.
The man who has ceiled house can
try my methods. and I'll guarantee he
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08

Springs lap must be worn thread
bare with all this lingering of winter
thereon. The poor girl is entitled to a
letup.
While the paterfamilias may wish
for it, he can hardly expect his son
and heir to develop Il finer or more
noble type of manhood than he him.
self exemplifies.
The spark Of decency and manhood
innocent little children and takes time
from the stress of work and worry to
admire the beauty and fragrance of
flowers.
A corncrib on one side of q fence
and an alfalfa pasture on the other
will serve to give about as ideal feed
combination as it Is possible to have
for the growing pigs The ration is
not only the best but also the cheap
est that can be had.
| The government report on the cOndi-
ton of winter wheat April / of the
present year Is dig per cent as COM
pared with S06 per cent for April 1,
1912 The average condition of rye
was 1913 per cent of normal yield as
compared with $40 per cent year ago.
| In Kansas they have horse thief as
sociation-that is. not for stealing
horses. but for keeping other fellows
from stealing them. The association
has been in operation for twenty years
or more and has been instrumental in
not only preventing much stealing, but
in recovering horses that have been
| stolen.
The disappointing and dreary old
world is much in need Of more humans
who will show the spirit of q robin
that the writer heard piping its sweet
song the other morning just after a
four inch snow and when good many
more timid birds had taken a trip
south. This robin knew spring was
coming.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08

While batch of newly Matched
chicks may shy at fat earthworm
tossed to them and utter chirps of sur
prise, it usually isn't long before Il
couple of these same chicks are tug
ging at opposite ends Of this same
worm They have jumped at the cor
clusion as to what this worm was ere
ated for
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08
A FEW FARM HINTS

Springs lap must be worn thread
bare with all this lingering of winter
thereon. The poor girl is entitled to
letup.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08

There is no getting around the fact
that little chicks that are Matched in
incubators and raised In breeders are
freer from lice and mites than those
that are reared in the old fashioned
way.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08
WOMEN MAKE GOOD
TO DATE FARMERS

TAT HEN man or woman has de-
WV cided to own little farm
" there are few sa1ent
points that need careful con-
sideration. These are cost, improve
ments, nearness to town, transporta-
ton facilities and neighbOrhood. The
investment may not be of first impor-
lance. With many persons the tone OF
the neighborhood would be considered
first, and rightly so.
The matter of location has to be care
fully considered by any one who pro-
poses to continue city employment In
such case the land will cost about $500
an acre. This would be the average
price for twenty acre tract thirty to
forty miles from large city.
If farming is to be the sole vocation
a person can afford to go to the more
inland sections, where land is obtain
able at from $50 to 500 an acre. In
no case is it wise to go more than three
or four miles from good railway
town. A fair estimate Of the necessary
ipvactment iS oS follows.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08

While the paterfamilias may wish
for it, he can hardly expect his son
and heir to develop finer or more
noble typo of manhood than he him.
self exemplilies.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08

1t is a bit hard to realize, but new
ertheless fact, that the diamond thai
sparkles on the finger. the lead in the
pencil which one is using and the coal
that burns on the crate are all formed
of the same element. carbon. under
varying conditions.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-08

If sorrel grows on the lawn it prob
ably means that there is too much
shade and that the soil is sour. The
way to correct this Is to trim the trees
and let in the sunshine and to scatter
slaked lime thinly over the places
where the grass does not do well.