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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
HOW MUCH WILL SlL0 HOLD7
Amount Can Be Closely Calculated
Provided Number and Kind Of
Animals Are Known.
rBx A. d WILsoNA,


The amount of silage required and
the size of silo needed to hold 1t can
be quite closely calculated provided
the number and kind of animals to be
fed from 1t are known before build
ing.
An average cow or beef animal may
be fed about thirty-five pounds Of sill
age per day and the usual period
during which silage is used in this
latitude will be about 210 days. Large
animals or those that are being fat
tened may consume considerably
more than thirty-flve pounds per day,
but this has been found fair aver
age.
In silo of ordinary depth, the
average weight of the silage Is about
forty pounds per cubic foot. Near the
top of the silo, however, where the
pressure is not great, 1t will weigh
only twenty-five pounds per cubic foot
while at the bottom of thirty-five
foot silo it may weigh sixty pounds.
Taking these averages, II cow eats
thirty-f1ve pounds of ensilage in
day, she will eat thirty-fve fortieths,
or seven-eighths, of cubic foot per
day, and with this as basis 1t is easy
to determine the number of cubic feet
of ensilage required to feed cow or
any number Of cows throughout the
season. The diameter of the silo
must be such that the stock on hand
can use one or two inches of silage
off the top each day during the win
ter and at least three inches per day
when summer feeding of silage is to
be practiced. This is necessary to
keep the silage from spelling.
A silo ten feet In diameter is adapt
ed to feeding ten mature cattle. One
twelve feet In diameter will feed fif-
teen head, and one fourteen feet in
diameter will meet the needs Of twen-
ty head; but If there are thirty or
more cows to feed, sixteen-foot silo
should be erected. These silos should
be thirty or forty feet, or even more
In height.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
Case Of Mrs. TullY.

your medicine. Mrs. JESSIE ScHAAR,
alS Main ST., GRANVILLE, Ill
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
MAKING HAIR GROW

1t appears that in all the world there has
been discovered one drug-and ONLY one
that actually stimulates torenewed action the
follicles and cells that nourish the hair and
thereby make it grow-even on bald heads.
That drug is standard article of commerce
we'll known to the drug trade. The National
Standard Dispensatory says it acts as pow
erful stimulant to the growth Of the hair.
Therefore even If you have tried hundred
kinds of hair tonic without that drug you
have not proven that hair tonic containing
that drug will not make your hair grow. The
best way is to mix your own tonic or have a
reliable druggist mix it for you. Here is a
formula that includes the drug referred to:
Bay Rum, 6 OF; Menthol Crystals, u drachm;
Lavona de Composee, 2 ounces. You can get
these ingredients at any drug store. If you
choose you may add drachm of your favorite
perfume. Apply to the scalp with the fingers
night and morning. This formula is recon-
mended for falling hair and dandruff. 1t
should make your hair grow. 1t is NOT in
any sense dye and contains no coloring mat
ter whatever, but has a tendency to stimulate
the Misunderstanding cells and thereby re-
store prematurely gray hair to its natural
color.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
MIX as Ration for Chickens.

Combine the dairy and poultry
plants on the farm. In other words,
feed the milk to the chickens. For
fattening or for laying birds, there is
nothing better. 1t does not make
much difference, either, what kind Of
milk you give them. Sour and but
ter milk are as good as any, while
Prof. Lippincott, head Of the poultry
department of the Kansas Agricultural
college, gives the following as an ex-
cellent ration for fattening purposes:
One part cornmeal, one part oat flour,
one part barley meal, one part beef
scrap, eight parts butter milk or
skim milk. This makes what is
called slop feed, as 1t is thin enough
to pour.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
Danish All
Skin Troubles
Remarkable Remedy That
Works Wonders Against
Eczema and All Rash

II you have been fighting some blood
trouble, some skin disease, call 1t eczema,
lupus, psoriasis, malaria, or what you
viii, there Is but one sure, safe way to
get rid of 1t. Ask at any drug store for
$1.O0 bottle of S. S. s. and you are then
on the road to health. The action Of this
remarkable remedy is just as direct, just
as positive, Just as certain in its fnflu-
ence as that the sun rises in the East.
1t Is one Of those rare medical forces
which act In the blood with the same de-
gree Of certainty that is found In all nat
ural tendencies. The manner in which
1t dominates and controls the mysterious
transference Of rich, red, pure arterial
blood for the diseased venous blood is
marvellous.
Out through every skin pore acids.
germs and other blood impurities are
forced in the form of invisible vapor.
Beneath the skin is a fine net work Of
nerves, myriad of them in which s. s. s.
works with untiring energy to prevent
the further destructive work Of the acids
and blood impurities. These are scat
tered into the veins to be driven from
the system The lungs breathe II out,
the liver Is stimulated to consume q
great proportion of impurities, the stom.
ach and intestineS cease to convey into
the blood stream the catarrhal, malarial
germs; the bowels, kidneys, bladder and
all emunctories Of the body are marshaled
into a fighting force to expel every ves-
tige of eruptive disease
There Is scarcely community any
where but what has its living example
OF the wonderful curative effects Of
s. s. 8. Get a bottle of this famous rem
edy today, and If your case is stubborn
or peculiar write to The Swift Specific
Co., 100 Swift Bldg. Atlanta, Ga, Their
medical laboratory is famous and Is CON
Quoted by renowned experts In blood and
skin diseases.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
! BENEFIT BY USING CONCRETE
Farmer Adds Both Comfort and Safe
ty, 6esldes Saving Money-cen-
ent Is Not Large Item.
6By WAITER B. LEUTzo


Safety, economy and utility are the
prime considerations in silo building
and on all of these points farmers are
finding themselves gamers from the
use of concrete. Concrete structures
are much safer and in the long run
are more economical. The original
cost is about the same as for silos Of
other materials If the farmer Is able
to do the work with his regular force.
When the durability and lessened risk
are considered 1t is seen that the con-
crete construction is economical In
almost all circumstances. The con-
crete silo Is sanitary and preserves
the fodder In a satisfactory way. This
fact has been demonstrated by gov
ernment tests.
Farmers who have not studied the
subject of concrete construction will
do well to take 1t up. In most cases
the material will be cheaper and
handler than lumber. 1t is of high
value for walks. dairy floors, milk
houses, watering troughs and steps.
as well as for general architectural
work
Where the farmer is able to supply
the sand and gravel without much
expense and has time to perform the
labor Of construction, or at least to
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
Cost Of Maintenance.

Beef COWS that are not sucking
calves may be wintered on silage
alone II the silage is good, without
any hay, says the Breeders Journal.
They are the better for little straw
and pound or two of cottonseed
meal per day, Cows Of this kind will
consume about 80 pounds of silage
day and the cost of their keep will
vary according to the cost of silage
and the length of the period between
old and new grass. Anybody can fig
ure this out according to his climate,
cost OF silage,s other feeds and graz
ing, and see whether he can afford
to raise cattle on his farm. What
does 1t cost to keep beef COW per
year in your locality? Can you af-
ford to raise steers? A little discus
sion of this point would be helpful to
a great many people.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
Get Rid of Scale.

Oyster shell scale is not always re-
moved by the lime-sulphur spray. But
the Dominion Experimental farm at
Ottawa, Can, has shown by actual
test that good whitewashing will
succeed where the spray fails. Forty
pounds of lime, 40 gallons of water
and eight pounds of salt make UP the
recipe. Spray on the tree just after
the leaves fall, and again as soon
as the first wash has dried. The
scales will loosen up from the bark
and fall off. This will not do away
with the need Of the lime-sulphur
spray for San Jose scale, but is ad,
ditional.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
SOME GOOD POULTRY DoN'Ts
Particular Attention Should Be Paid
to Drinking Fountains and
Character Of Feed.

Don't let the drinking fountain sit
In the sun, for If you do your poultry
will surely get diseased.
Don't feed sour and unwholesome
food, because il you do the fowls will
have Indigestion and liver trouble.
Don't forget to provide shade for
the poultry, the scorching hot sun
will be sure to make the hens sick.
Don't keep the males In the same
yards with the females. II you have
no separate pen, sell them to the
butcher.
Don't forget to supply grit and oy-
ster shells. The hens need them as
badly during summer as they do In
the winter.
Don't forget to bury any fowl that
chances to die. Disease Is spread
through whole flock by allowing a
decaying carcass to lie around.
Don't walt till fall to sell all sur
plus stock. Now is the best and
most profitable time.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
Robber Band Loots Bank

Fort Smith, Ark.--After rifle bat
tie with several citizens Wednesday,
a band of robbers, who had looted the
vaults in the First State bank at Oar
denelle, Ark, escaped. There were
said to have been eight men in the
band. The robbers secured approx
mately $4,000, according to state
ment from the bank officials. The
robbers have succeeded in eluding half
dozen posses which are securing
the country.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
PIanksd Rsefstsak.

Take two pounds Of best round
steak. pound 1t woll after sitting one
half cup -four over 1t; slice six on
ions over the steak. salt and pepper
well. shake dash of red pepper over
also; I'LL dripping pan half full of
cold water and place In hot oven
to bake one hour; do not turn the
meat. Serve from the dish 1t was
baked in.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
CEMENT FEEDING FLOOR BEST
No Better Foundation Can Be Had
Than Solid Clay SoiI--No Ad-
vantage In Using Rocks.

In making cement feeding floor
on ground underlaid with clay few
inches below the surface, remove the
surface dirt down to its hard clay
foundation. Then tap that down
solid and level, and put on the con-
crete made of one part of Portland
cement, two parts of clean, coarse,
sharp sand and four parts of crushed
rock or clean gravel, thoroughly
mixed dry, then wet and remixed,
right onto the clay.
No better foundation can be had
than solid clay soil. There Is no ad-
vantage in putting down rocks over
solid clay, as they cause trouble In
the future. Put down three or four
inches of such concrete, and before 1t
has set put down one inch of Port
land cement to two parts Of clean,
coarse sand, mix and dry as before,
then wet and remix carefully, and
may be spread upon the coarser con-
crete.
This will make a durable floor.
Rocks and sand below are not re-
quired, and are no use in floor Of
this kind.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
OF PLAIN VEGETABLES
REMARKABLY PRETTY TABLE
DECORATIONS MAY BE MADE.
Call Only for the Exercise Of Little
ingenuity, and the Quality Of the
Food 10 Not In the Least I'M
paIred-Some Examples.

There are many artificial ways to
make lovely decorations, but in the
study of vegetable flowers we can
show simple way of making our ev-
eryday meals more appetizing and still
not interfere with the palatable part
Of the dishes we prepare. These
things will appeal to every one who
may be interested in making home
dishes with pretty garnishes. For In
stance. the small vegetable can be cut
into flowers, as follows:
Beets-Cut beets In fancy shapes;
they make pretty garnish for any
salad; cut as cups to serve salad In
carries out the red color scheme;
sliced and cut like hearts carries out
the valentine idea.
Cabbage-Cut cabbage head like
flower; take out center and make in
to slaw and serve in head. You can
also serve hot cauliflower for lunch
con In cabbage head or any other vege-
table salad
Cantaloupes-Cut cantaloupe In hall,
scallop, fill with green grapes and
serve as first course; can also serve
ice cream in the halves.
Celery-Cut celery about inches
long, slash each end with scissors and
stand in ice-cold water until 1t curls;
then serve on lettuce leaves with may
onnaise; this makes good relish.
Lettuce-Cups are pretty to serve
salad in. Use fresh. crisp lettuce.
Potatoes-Boil and cream well by
running through ricer; season with a
little butter, milk, white pepper and
salt; when a little warm, color deli
cately, put into tube, and make into
roses, sweet peas, etc., or mold into
morning glories or nests and eggs.
Make into cups large enough to hold
raw egg, run in stove until egg is
cooked, and serve around steak.
Make mound, serve chops around It.
and sprinkle with peas at base.
Radishes-S Small red radishes can
DO Oub W lOOh llhO Sul AohAOho Va ~
lips; they make beautiful garnish
for aspic in green, and are pretty on
lettuce with salad; cut in slices, they
look pretty on meat salad; cut with
celery, they are nice to serve In pep
pers with taste of onion.
Tomatoes--Cut tomatoes like pond
lilies; serve with slices of cucumbers,
as a salad. Cut as cups, take out
center, mix with cucumber and cell
cry, and serve with mayonnaise; these
cups can also be used for sweetbreads
and chicken. Serve in slices, with
cottage cheese between. Cut moe to-
matoes in half and put cheese flow
ers in center; serve on lettuce leaves.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
Lime and suIphur Spray.

The lime and sulphur spray is ex.
penslye. II is dlsagreeable to make
and to apply. But 1t clears the trees
of variety of germs and insects.
The shothole fungus is dreaded by
plum growers. Bordeaux mixture has
been the remedy 1t is effectual, but
II requires time and several applica.
tions. One good treatment with lime
and sulphur will do more to rid the
trees of the disease than season of
spraying with Bordeaux, For this pur-
pose. II for no other, the sulphur is to
be recommended Add to that the
effect on the other ailments and It
makes the treatment valuable one
for the plum grower
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
vsnatahla Scum.

A good vegetable soup is made in
this way: Brown In three tablespoon
fuls of butter In a saucepan sliced
onion, sliced carrot, a sliced tomato.
sliced turnip. stick Of celery and a
parsnip After they have Drowned
slowly for IL minutes, add a quart
and pint of cold water and three
or four tomatoes, two or three more
stalks of celery, some parsley and a
carrot, and simmer gently for an hour
or SO. Then add three tablespoonfuls
of bread crumbs and rub the soup
through a strainer. Season we'll with
pepper and salt, and after 1t Is re-
moved from the fire add couple of
tablespoonfuls of butter. Serve with
finely minced parsley sprinkled over
the top and pass croutons with It,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
To Keen Mattresses Clean.

Mattresses become soiled very easy.
A good way to keep them clean is to
get unbleached cloth, the cheap kind
is Just as good and not so heavy to
wash. Make case just large enough
to at the mattress, SO 1t cannot
wrinkle.
Sew It across the head, leaving the
foot open. Slip II on and draw 1t
down smooth, and just sew 1t here and
there to hold 1t in place. When 1t be
comes soiled take It on, wash, iron
and replace. Cool, clean and sweet.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
Memosial to BE Marble.

Washington, D. C.-The Lincoln
Memorial commission has decided to
recommend that Secretary Garrison
award the contract for the erection of
the superstructure of the Lincoln Me-
mortal in this city to local construc-
tion company at 1857, 800. The su-
perstructure is to be constructed in
the main from Yule marble from Col
orado. New bids will be asked for
the foundation.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
Four Under Auto Escape.

Hoquiam.-J. H. Brown, secretary
of the state public service commits.
sion; R. A. Brown, editor Of the State
Capitol-Record Of Olympia, and Miss
Yantis, also of the Capitol Record, all
of Olympia, and Charles Cooper, pro
prietor of the Pacific Beach hotel, a
well-known ocean beach resort, es-
capped death by the merest chance
when their automobile turned turtle
on the county road east of Hoquiam.
All four were pinned under the car,
but none was injured. Peter Gran
strom, who arrived on the scene a
few minutes after the accident res
cued the trapped autoists.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
Gold Potatoes.

In summer we will find 1t very con.
venient to have cold boiled potatoes
for use in potato salad or for frying
for breakfast or lunch or for creamed
potatoes.
We now find bacon and eggs 80
agreeable and also so easy to cook
with little heating of the house that
we can easily dispose of the cold
potatoes by frying in bacon fat. This
will save using of meat while giving
good tendency to balance the lighter
diet so desirable In hot weather.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
Concrete Trough for stock.

supervise it, the outlay for any given
piece Of work will probably be less
than it would be II lumber were used.
The proportion Of cement required is
not large item Of expense.
The farmer also gains in the matter
of insurance as he goes forward with
his experiments In concrete construc-
tion. This Is an important considera-
tion, and he adds both comfort and
safety, besides saving money.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
Use for Aniline COlOrs.

That aniline colors have a marked
action upon various kinds of microbes
appears to be established, 1t is dis
covered that aniline compounds In gen.
eral act to destroy microbes, even in
greater degree than does picnic acid.
Of the different bacteria examined the
typhus bacillus is the most readily
affected.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
FeedIno Place.

Don't throw duck feed In the filth.
Feed in troughs, and only what can
be eaten clean. Take out whatever Is
left over. Keep ducks in good appe-
tite. The duck has no crop like the
chicken. Therefore soft foods are
necessary.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
Daily Thought.

True dignity comes only of humility.
Pride is the ruin of dignity, for it is a
worshipping of self, and that involves
continuous sinking. - George Mac
Donald.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
THINK OF THE MILLIONS

that have been relieved in the past rs
years by Wright's Indian Vegetable
Pills and decide whether they are not
worth trial. They regulate the
bowels, stimulate the liver and purify
the blood. Adv.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
Fit Boys for Business.

When boy undertakes to learn the
grocery business in Prague, Bohemia.
his employer demands from $40 to $50
a year from him and in return furnish
es board and clothes. The lad must
attend an advanced business school at
least twice a week and on Sundays
study an additional language.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
newrWhere He Was.

Sportsman-"Can you tell me where
to send handkerchief / have found
belonging to Father Maloney?" Irish
Priest-"I can; but he'll have no use
for ut. He's been in Hiven these
three weeks. Punch.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
Future Beef Supply.

In the future our beef supply must
come from our farms. The ranches
are being cut up and sold for small
farms Why not raise few beef cat
tie each year to consume the surplus
hay and grain crops?
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
About stockings.

Having trouble with my stockings
wearing out at the heels, have dis
covered that very good way to pre-
vent this is to sew piece of velvet
inside the back of the shoes, This
makes the stockings last much longer.
---Exchange.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
Ilaaf,,i rnnl

4 tool used to fight fires on the
California forests combines a rake.
spade and hoe. II Is compact. 90 that
It can be carried on horseback. and
weighs less than 5ik pounds.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
When Your Eyes Need Care

Try Murine Eye Remedy. No Smarting-Feeis
Fine-Acts Quickly. Try 1t for Red, Weak,
Watery Eyes and Granulated Eyelids. Illus
trated Book ia each Package. Murine ia
compounded by our Oculists-not a "Patent Med.
icine"- but used in successful Physicians Prac-
Ace for many years Now dedicated to the Pub
lie and sold by Druggists at 2c and 60c per Bottle.
Murine Eye Salve In Aseptic Tubes, ESQ and Soc.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chloago
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
Gross careIessness.

"Bill's going to sue the company for
damages" "Why, what did they do to
him?" "They blew the quittin' whistle
when e. was carryin' 'eavy piece Of
iron, and e dropt it on lis foot
Everybody's Magazine.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28

He Knew What He Meant.

We were visiting cousin whose
small boy was very fond of the des-
serts served. After finishing his din
ner he waited for a time and then
said: Mamma. is there any last
thing Chicago Tribune.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
Phones for Rescuers.

A telephone designed for use of
mine rescuers whose heads are COW
cred with helmets while at work Is
operated by throat vibrations, the
transmitter being held at the throat.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
Cheesv autter

The cheesy taste of butter is due to
lack of thoroughness In washing and
removing the buttermilk. Butter will
not keep well II any OF the buttermilk
remains.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
For Brick Floors.

A red.bricked kitchen floor win keep
beautifully red and clean IL instead Of
soap drop Of paraffin oil il used In
the water, This mixture removes all
the grease marks.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
When Making Mint sauce.

When making mint sauce If hot
vinegar Ia used instead OF cold II will
greatly improve the flavor and give
the kauce better color.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-11-28
Ahout Potatoas.

Put the potatoes to soak a little
while with a small piece of common
soda IN the water, and you win find
they are much easier to sorape and do
not soil the fingers.