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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02
CARING FOR YOUNG ALFALFA
Practice OF Pasturino Crop During Fall
and Winter to Save Feed Bill
10 Serious Mistake.

lby .. o. CHURCHILL. Department of
Agronomy, Oklahoma Agricultural
College)
Many people, on account of Short
age OF pasture and to save feed, pas
ture their alfalfa during the fall and
winter. This practice is harmful to
all alfalfa, whether it is. young or old
NO doubt 1t reduces the yields the
following season, although the reduc-
ton may be very slight if conditions
are favorable.
With young alfalfa the practice ia
very harmful. 1t reduces the vigor OF
the plant, reduces the yield very ma
terially the following years, and fire.
quently kills out some of the young
plants at time when they are not
very well developed Fall seeded al
falfa should never be pastured during
the same fall and winter in which IL
Is seeded. The little feed which the
alfalfa will furnish during the winter
is far more than Offset by the decrease
in yield
When young alfalfa receives a back
set 1t may require two or three years
for 1t to fully recover. and during all
of this time the yields are smaller
than they otherwise would be. II
pays to give young alfalfa careful
treatment and to give it every oppor-
tunity to make good development
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02
GUINEAS ARE HARD TO RAISE
Young Birds Must Be Watched Care
fully Until Past Tender Age-Of
Very Wild Nature.

Guinea hens are among the hardest
of all birds to breed, chiefly because
the young guinea is so extremely ten.
der. They are also of a very wild
nature, and when one of them is lost
from the hen it may be counted as
lost. 1t is advisable to keep the young
guineas shut up for few days after
they are Matched and feed them on
bread crumbs, coarse corn meal and
occasionally hard-boiled egg, ground
fine and mixed with the bread crumbs
After they leave the hen, IL the DAYS
are warm and bright, they are allowed
to hunt bugs and worms and require
little feeding. After they are feath.
cred out they need little care, as they
are able to shift for themselves until
the winter cuts off their supply OF
food.
In winter they must have a shelter
and be fed the same as other poultry,
but must be kept shut in when there
is snow on the ground, as they will
fly into the tops of trees or on roofs
of buildings, and refuse to come down.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02
SIL0 IS A NATIONAL FACTOR
All Great Industries Depending on
Live Stock Ar Advocating Uss /
Of Hugo Receptacle.

(By A. L. HAECKER)
The leading agricultural subject Of
the day is the silo, and its coming IL
OF national Importance. No subject is
receiving 30 much attention from the
experiment stations farm papers and
farmers Institutes. All the great in,
dustries depending on live stock, such
as the stock yards, creameries, pack
Ing houses and transportation com,
panies are advocating its use. 1t is
a conservation subject of great impor-
lance. for with 1t can be saved a large
part OF our principal crop. Nearly 40
per cent. OF the food elements of the
corn crop OF this country are now
being wasted. By the use of the silo
this could be saved and by SO doing.
hundreds OF millions Of dollars could
be added to our national ~ealth. The
corn forage which annually goes to
waste In this country is often referred
to as the billion dollar waste" Is It
any wonder we are complaining of the
high cost of living?
In the past eleven years the great
stock industry of the United States in
comparison with our population, has
been showing decline. This condi.
ton has been largely brought about
by the rise OF price in all kinds OF
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02
CELERY AS DUCK FOOD
Winter Buds and Root Stocks
Are Relished Best.
Plant 10 Wholly Submerged With Iona,
Flexible, Rlbbon-Like Leaves Of
Light Translucent Green
Flowers Are Peculiar.

-
The names wild celery and canvas
back duck have been closely assoctat.
ed In the annals OF American sport
10 certain extent this association
Is justified, since the canvas back OBJ
tains about one-fourth of it's food from
this plant-a greater proportion than
any other duck. However, the asser.
ton that the favor of the canvasback
Is superior to that OF any other duck
and that it depends on a diet of wild
celery Is not proved, to say the least.
The scaups or bluebills and the red
head also are very fond of wild eel
cry, and are fully as capable OF get
ting the delicious buds as the canvas
back. Several other ducks get more
or less Of this food, the writer finding
that even the scoters on a northern
lake in fall lived almost exclusively on
1t for a time. All parts of the plant
are eaten by ducks but the tender
winter buds and root stocks are rel.
ished best. Wild celery buds can usu
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02
A eza 23lIlI Eve
IN WARFARE OF FACTIONS
snapshot Of Quiet Domestic Scene
When Rivals Fought for the
Control Of Mexico.

There was dramatic silence.
I'VE need butter for supper" said
the wife and mother firmly. 81 don't
see how we can get along without It,
I'll send Johnnie to the grocer's. It's
Just across the street. you know. He's
little and can run fast"
NO." said the husband and father
firmly, 81 will CO."
But the wife flung herself on his
breast as he took down his hat.
mo, no. john" she cried; you
can't be spared. l will CO."
He caught her by the arms.
No" he quickly said. What would
l do without you? Hark!"
They all listened.
Il can open a tumbler Of Nlly," said
the wife and mother.
Gimme jelly" cried the child.
So they sat down and ate their but.
terless supper.
And all this happened because they
lived in the City of Mexico, and the
rival factions were using the streets
for gun practice.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02

stock. This in turn has driven many
men out of the stock business, and dis.
couraged others from going in. With
the silo the cost Of producing stock
and stock products can be greatly
lowered. Experiments have shown
that by the use of the silo in place
OF the old feeding methods, butter can
be produced from nine to ten cents
per pound cheaper and saving made
on the production of beef from 81 So
to 81 per hundred pounds. As the
largest part OF our food comes from
live stock it is plain to see the rela.
ton OF the silo to our national food
supply.
Silage can be made from nearly all
kinds OF farm forage and is a good
and cheap ration for horses. cattle,
sheep. swine and chickens. 1t re-
quires little storage space, is a labor
saving device, doubles the value OF
the corn crop, triples the stock carry.
Ing capacity Of the land, restores the
Fertility of the soil, and returns its
user annually one hundred per cent
on the investment.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02
Best Poultry Tonnes

Fresh air, sunshine and exercise are
the best poultry tonics. But fresh air
does not mean drafts in the houses.
nor does sunshine call for exposure to
hot suns during the summer. The
houses should be so constructed that
fresh air can constantly be present to
drive out bad odors and purify the at
mosphere. The sunshine should be
able to reach every corner to destroy
any germs that might be lurking in
dampness. The fowls should exercise
by scratching that a good circulation
of the blood may be stimulated. The
above are the three best medicines in
the poultry doctors art.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02

Surgical treatment to turn n non.
nrmed criminal into useful citizen
received bad setback In a case
where a great apparent change after
such an operation led to the pardon
OF the remade man. His release was
followed by series OF burglaries
which necessitated his return to dur,
ance vile. Perhaps one Of the reforms
to come will be the better protection
OF society from theory and expert
ment connected with the criminal
classes. So far. the experiments made
to prove that morality is merely a
matter of physiology have not been
brilliantly successful.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02
Portable Manager.

longer. The runners are 2xS-inch
stun, fourteen feet long. Shaped at
the ends like sled runner. Six
inches from each end is a 2xS three
feet long. set inside the runners.
A third 2xs is spiked inside the
runners at center. On top of end
and center praces are nailed 2x4s fiat
side down. In each corner a 2x4 up
right two and half feet high is made
stationary, also one at center of each
side. Three four-inch boards are nail
ed to the uprights. Holes are bored
liz the ends of the runners and heavy
wire inserted to which single tree is
attached whenever - IS desired to
move the rack about on the farm.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02

II think / suffered every pain q wo-
man could before / began taking Lydia
p. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
! think it saved this baby's life, - 1
lost my first one.
my health has been very good ever
since, and l praise your medicine to ii.
my friends. - Mrs. VERNA WILKES,
4. F. D. No. l, Plattsburg, Miss.
The darkest days Of husband and wife
are when they como to look forward to
. childless and lonely old age.
Many q wife has found herself inca
pable Of motherhood owing to some
arrangement Of tho feminine system.
often durable by the proper remedies.
In many homes once childless there
are now children because of the fact
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound makes women normal.
II you want special advice write to
Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co. (conll.
dentfaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter viii
DO opened, read and answered by q
woman and held In strict confidence,
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02
Winter Feed for Poultry

One of the best and most relished
winter feeds for poultry is cabbage,
says a writer in an exchange. Even
though there is an abundance of
other green vegetable matter, |
should still strive to add some cab
bage to the list.
1t is true that there is nothing
quite as good for the hens as a grow
Ing crop, such as rye. over which they
can range and thus combine exercise
with food getting, and every effort
should be made to provide 1t. but
often space is too limited for such
crops, and dependence must be had
altogether on substitutes that can be
stored away.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02

la the onslaught on systematized
arson having deterrent effectl The
nre loss in the United States and Can.
ada was $2o.1s3.25O for January. 1918.
compared with $35.s6S, $50 in the cor
responding January, 1911. But eli
matte conditions are to be taken into
account. and these in the first month
OF the present year were favorable to
reduction in the fire loss. January.
1919. was marked by the most pro-
tracted period Of extremely cold wealth
or which has occurred since the e.
Enlistment OF the weather bureau.
and when the mercury Is very low firs
departments work at great disad.
In January. 1919. there were
6S6 fires causing loss of $4,000 or
over. and in January, 1918, only 1855
The largest fire of January, 1918, was
that which destroyed the Calgary meat
plant in Alberta. Canada.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02

ally be obtained by the diving ducks
such as the bluebills, redheads, can.
vasback and scoters. The non-divine
species, as the mallard, black duck,
baldpate and the geese get an occa.
sional bud, but more often they feed
upon the leaves.
Wild celery Is a wholly submerged
plant with long, flexible, ribbon-like
leaves OF light translucent green and
OF practically the same width (any-
where from one-fourth to three.
fourths Of an inch, from root to tin,
This plant may be distinguished from
the eelgrass, which lives in brackish
or salt water, by the fact that its
leaves grow In bundles from the root
stock, while those OF eelgrass arise
singly and alternate on opposite sides
of the stem.
The flowers Of wild celery are pecu.
liar The staminate flowers attached
ut the base Of the plants shed pollen,
which floats on the surface of the wa.
ter and fertilizes the pstillate flower.
The latter is attached to long slen.
der, round stem, which contracts In.
to spiral, drawing the flower under
the water after fertilization. The
seed pod into which the pollenized
flower develops is straight or curved.
a little slenderer than a common lead
pencil and from to inches long. II
embedded in a clear Jelly,
small dark seeds, in number about SO
to the inch. No such pod is borne by
any other fresh water plant.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02

The New York board of superintend-
ents has issued formal instructions to
teachers In the high schools Of that
city to do all in their power to improve
tAe oral English of the pupils. 1t IL
declared that the use by high school
popils of "t'row" for throw, "toin" for
turn. foil" for girl, "erster" for oyster.
lawr" for law. "thoyd" for third. and
other similar expressions no LONGER
VIII be tolerated. II. as seems to be
implied. 1t prevails at the present
time. the fact would seem to indicate
not only lack of diligence ON the part
OF the teachers Of the grade schools a.
well as the high schools. but also
slovenly pronunciation OIL the part of
some OF the teachers themselves.
bright pupils usually initiate the pro-
nunciation Of their teachers. Mil
waukeeans are aware from OBSERVE
ton OF this tendency. Children BE-
longing to homes where a foreign Ian
xuage was habitually employed have
grown up with a good idiomatic Enx-
Iish because they initiated the speech
OF their teachers in the public schools.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02
USEFUL IN FEEDING STOCK
portable Manager Proves Quite Bene-
ficiaI In Supplying Hay, Fodder
and Other Rou0haqe.

Here is portable manger that one
farmer has found very beneficial in
FEEDING hay, fodder and other rough
ness about the farm. OF course it
saves waste resulting from feeding on
the ground. In one season this man
ger VIII pay for itself in feed that is
saved. says the Iowa Homestead. II
IL can be made of oak boards, so
much the better, as it will last much
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02

college paper denounces the deca-
dence OF students in allowing the old
time rough-and-tumble rush to be sue
ceeded by "sappy. efreminate teas
ana dinners,' and pleads for the res
toration OF hand-to-hand battles to try
their mettle. Probably thus did thu
oaroarians look upon the first en-
croachments of civilization. The col
'ese-student estimate of manliness
needs badly to be revised.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02

ARE MEN LEss CHARMING,
IDAHO

The adjective u not ours, It 10 used
~ Mrs. Charles Henrotin OF Chicago.
VINO very emphatically asserts that
men Of today are. in matters OF court
Illness and charm. in no way equal t.
the men with whom her father and
mother associated 80 years ago The
word behavior" she says, seems to
have been dropped out of the language,
Forty-hve years ago the men were bet
Ter educated. they knew literature.
they were better conversationAlists.
wonderfully well read. had q leisurely
bearing and good breeding that now
seems. she thinks. to have passed out
pr existence, says the Pittsburgh Dis
patch. Big cities and the modern
civilization. In their tendency to part
The sexes. and the influx Of foreigners.
are the causes she offers In solution,
But are her charges true? Grant that
The greater strain OF life has crowded
out courtiiness. that few men can AZ
FORD leisurely bearing In these days
OF Increased cost OF living. and that
modern manners are more abrupt than
tnose OF the old school what Of her
other specifications? Are mon less
well educated, less well read, less able
10 converse intelligently? OF course
not Education. reading and intelli-
gence were never 10 generally diff
FUSED ~ today. and the broadening
process has not lessened the proper
ton OF well-educated. well-bred and ex-
ceptionally intelligent men, compared
Win % years ago. but rather the re-
verse. because the natural effect of
wider diffusion has been to create .
larger proportion of leaders.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02
Counter-Thrust.

"A very good retort!" said Senator
Lodge in an argument in this city
over the immigration bill "a very
good retort indeed! 1t reminds me OF
Weeks
Weeks and his wife were quarrel.
ing. Weeks, with hard, scornful
laugh. you acted like a fish out of
water.
Weeks sighed.
But a very cleverly landed fish,
he said, in musing voice"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02
Ending the Tale.

Barber beginning the hair cut -
Have you heard the story about the
guy that-tresuming business want
It short, sir?
Customer Ia tired editor)-.-Yes: n
mere synopsis will dol
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02
Naughty Lad.

See here, boatman," said the irate
old gentleman, Il thought | told you
/ wanted boy to go along with me
and grub my hook!"
Yes, sir" answered the boatman
and didn't he do it?'
No. He hooked my grub instead {"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02

Kansas professor has discovered
surest way to become ugly is to try
and force beauty, Any manager who
mas tried to force any of his stage
beauties to live up to their contracts
could have told him that
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02
Surprised

A Boston girl visiting in California
FOR the first time, was very much
shocked when some one pointed ous a
Is tree.
why, always thought az leaves
were much larger than that" said sic.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02
Place for Drinkino Nessele

Drinking vessels placed In the hen
houses should be put on a shelf that
is raised at least six inches from the
ground, or the fowls viii scratch e lot
of dirt into the water.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02

A doctor in Rome caused q riot
and then was kept busy patching up
che wounded. 1t was rather a strenu-
GUS and risky way OF drumming up
trade, but that business energy is &C.
counted the best which gets a market
for Its supply by creating a demand.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02
THE DEAREST
BABY
Mrs. Wilkes Fondest Hopes
Realized-Health, Hap
piness and Baby.

Plattsburg, Mia" Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has proved
very beneficial to me, for now am well
and have . sweet healthy baby, and
cur homo Il happy.
Il was an invalid from nervous pros
txation, Indigestion and female trouhlaa
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02
Honesty Best Policy

Good looking fruit on top of the
basket viii get you new customers,
but only honest quality lower down
will keep them.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02

Once in while a man manages to
get rich In spite of his wife.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-05-02

Nature is probably too busy to turn
out handsome men.
The Washington times., 1913-12-02
ST, ELMO" PLEASES
AUDIENCE AT POLLS
Company Presents WeII-Known
Play to Capacity Audience
on Opening Night.

That delightful story OF the Old South,
before the war, from the pen of .Au-
susta Evans Wilson, st. Elmo" was
presented by the Poll Players before an
audience which filed the theater last
night, and which manifested its ap-
proval by curtain calls between each
act.
The title role is played by Richard
Buhler, who displays quite dtterent
STYLE of acting from that In which
Washington audiences up to last night
have had an opportunity of seeing him.
AS Sc. Elmo he is comparatively
modern fop, who has been turned into
a devil by the betrayal of his love by his
fiancee and his best man friend. Killing
the man in a. duel which Is witnessed
by the granddaughter of blacksmith
on whose ground the encounter rs rs
waeed he is pursued by remorse Tor
years, only being won back to God and
sanity by the sweet purity. and espe-
cialIy The trustworthiness, of the hero
ine Edna Earl, the blacksmith's grand
draughter.
Miss Jewell. in the role of the black
smiths granddaughter. is excellent.
1t is unfortunate that Theodore Rob
erts. who is really a wonderful actor,
has a role. in that OF the blacksmith.
which ends in the first act, while ad-
mirers of Frank Shannon regretted
that death in the duel ended his ac-
tivities in the first act.
Miss Louise Kent, as an old-fashioned
viIlainess, which means a viliainess
who is all bad, and who is never any
thing hut all bad. is extremely good in
an unnatural role. Miss Marie Drof-
nah I new member of the company.
really only had a defamation last
night, but she did 1t well William ID.
The Washington times., 1913-12-02
THE BLUE BIRD"
SCORESAT BELASCO
Fairy Play BY MaeterIinCk is
Given an Elaborate Pro-
duCtiOn.

open your eyes down to your very
souls
Such is the command that the fairy
Berylune gives Mytyl and Tyltyl in
The Blue Bird" now playing at the
Belasco. in order that they may recog-
nize 1.-The joy of motherhood" and. in
effect that is what Maurice Maeter-
linck's inimitabe allegory does for
every one who sees tit makes them
open their eyes down to their very
souls" and see many vital truths as
we'll as many laughable things never
seen before, including 1.-The souls of the
little loaves,' as well as the souls OF
mothers.
In speaking of the cast too much
cannot be said of the work of Buford
Hampden and Editha Kelly. who, as
Tyltyl and Mytyl, wonder from the
cottage of their father, the woodcutter'
through the fairy's palace, the Land OF
Memory, the kingdoms of the Past and
Future. the Palace OF. Night and the
Land of Happiness in search of the
Blue Bird that insures happiness ia
it's possessor, and find at last that II
has been in their cottage all the time.
These two are on the stage almost
pair of unsophisticated children. they,
never fail to observe all the rules oil
good acting.
W. n. Denny as Tylo. the dog. is sc
natural that it is hard sometimes to
tell whether he is a man playing the
dog, or a dog playing the man. Tom
CorIess as the cat, Angelo Romeo a.
Fire. and Alice Butler as the FAIRY
Berylune, also show that they have
caught the spirit of Maeterlinck's de,
lightful parable.