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Eastern Colorado times., 1913-03-21
Increasing The Production
of Alfalfa.

The results Of experiments with al-
falfa have clearly shown the possibili-
ty. of improving this valuable crop.
Comparative tests and systematic
methods of seed selection have been
carried on to fix, combine, and de-
velop the superior traits that have
been found in some of the best strains
of alfalfa from different sections of
the world. But to do this, and in
crease the progenies Of these types for
commercial use, will require several
years to accomplish. Ip the mean
time present results seem to justify the
advice to farmers, to SOW the Baltic or
Grimm's alfalfa seed, especially when
the seed is made with q view to seed
production as these two strains have
proved to be among the best. There
are points of decided merit in these
over most of the imported and ordi-
nary strains of alfalfa.
Some of the points of superiority
found in these hardy northern strains
can be enumerated as follows:
!. Hardness and f:ost Resistance.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-03-21
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

The Alpha NJ Literary society
gave a very interesting program
Monday afternoon. One of the
good papers was ''The Life of
St Patrick. prepared by Ethel
Long.
The High School pictures have
all been taken and they are very
good. We think that we will
have a better annual than was
put out last year.
Come to the Athletic Program
Friday night. March 2lst. The
program is an April fool Farce,
and A Country Justice Trial be-
sides some good selections.
The First View Ball team has
challenged us to series of three
games. The dates planned are
March %, 20 and April 5th.
The first game will be played
here. We hope to make these
the big game Of the season, and
are anxious for your support.
No admission will be charged.
At assembly Tuesday morning
the athletic association discussed
reorganization but it was left tun-
til Friday for completion.
Bert Step and Anna Tuxhorn
were elected song and yell lead
ers and part of the assembly
time was taken up by yelling and
singing.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-03-21
DATE MUFFlNs,

One egg, one cup of milk, two cups
-four, four teaspoon baking powder,
one teaspoon salt, two tablespoon
melted butter, one-half cup dates.
Beat egg and add milk. Mix to-
gether the ingredients, sift, and stir
into the milk and egg mixture. Add
the melted butter and then the dates
which have been mashed seeded
and cut into small pieces. Put in but
tered muffin pans and bake in Q quick
oven fifteen to twenty minutes. Serve
hot. Rasins may be used in place of
dates or plain mullins may be made
from the above proportions.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-03-21
AsToR TO MOTOR OVER
THE U. S,

NEW YORK, March IL. Vincent
Astor, the wealthiest young man
in the world, who now with a
party of friends is cruising in
the Caribbean sea on his palatial
yacht Naomi, plans to leave his
yacht at the entrance of the Pan
anna canal, go over the canal
zone and at Panama take
steamer for San Francisco.
From the Pacific coast the
young millionaire and party will
cross the continent in motorscars,
partly for pleasure. but: more to
study in person ocean to ocean
railway needs as part Of his cho-
sen life's work.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-03-21
ARAPAHOE.

Dora Loster spent Tuesday
night with Lillian Walker.
M. C. Owens arrived here Sat-
urday morning after spending a
few months in Iowa.
J. H. Nelson is building an adj
dition to his house.
Clarence Auten and Dick Grain
arrived here last week from a
visit to Iowa.
Carl Bailey arrived home from
Colorado Springs and expects to
start farming soon.
Ed Phillips spenta few days in
Cheyenne Wells last week.
We are glad to see our friends
and neighbors coming back, they
say this is too good a place to
leave.
Mr.. Jas. shaffer of Clark Co.,
Mo. a son-in-law of John Snyder
arrived with an emigrant car last
Saturday. He will reside on the
O. G. Ranch south of Arapahoe.
A number of the young folks
from and around Arapahoe at
tended the dance in Cheyenne
Wells Monday evening.
Fernard Bidinger is spending
this week on his homestead north
Of town.
Everybody has been busy SHOW
cling snow since the storm Fri
day.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-03-21
HUMAN GREATNESS

Sir John Mason, Privy Coun--
selor to Henry 9th, spoke as
follows on his deathbed; / have
seen five princes, and have been
privy counselor to four. l have
seen the most remarkable things
abroad and been present at
most state transactions for
thirty years. After all this
experience, I have learned,
that seriousness is most COM
mendable. temperance the best
physic and a good conscience the
best estate.
Were I to live again, would
change the court for the retire.
ment of the hermit; and the
whole time / have spent in the
palace, for one hours communion
with God.
When look at the tombs Of
the great every motion Of envy
dies; when ! read the epitaphs Of
the beautiful, every inordinate
desire forsakes me; when l meet
with the grief of parents upon
the tombstone, my heart melts
with compassion; when / see the
tombs of parents themselves, /
reflect how vain it is to grieve
for those whom we must quickly
follow.
When I see beings lying side
by side with those that despised
them, when I behold rival wits
placed side by side. or the holy
men that divide the world with
their disputes and contests; I re-
fleet with sorrow and astonisR-
ment on the fripulous competi-
tions, factians and debates Of
mankind.
When read the several dates
of the tombs, of whom some died
yesterday, and some, six hum
dred years ago; I am reminded
of that day when all mankind
will be contemporaries, and make
their appearance together,
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-03-21

feast. The social and spiritual
side of man are closely linked.
Come and go with US and we
will do thee good', was Moses
invitation to his brother.in-law
and he said you can do US good"
so we say to our neighbors and
we may see each other, Sunday.
We got through the storm with
out material loss and, we. are
thankful, for it was the worst
we ever saw-a little worse than
the one just year ago to the
day.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-03-21

They have the ability to survive
winter conditions where ordinary all
falfa has failed or has been seriously
injured. This is due to the difference
in the stooling habits, the hardy
strains having protected underground
buds and shoots spreading beneath
the surface of the soil, while the nom
hardy types grow more upright with
their buds exposed to the frost.
2, Better Quality of Hay.-These
strains having heavier stooling habits
from larger crowns, which send up q
greater number of stems that tend to-.
produce finer and more leafy hay.
3. More adapted to different soil con-
ditions.: THESE heavy stooling types.
have more branched roots near the
surface of the. ground. They also.
have a tendency to take root from the
lateral branches. of the crown, thus
making this type of alfalfa Better
adapted to shallow soil, or soil with.
ground Waterman the surface. They
are also better for dry land conditions
where the root development must be
necessarily near the surface as the
plant must develop from superficial
moisture. Yet under irrigation these
strains seem to have the same deep
root system as other affalfas.
Early Blooming Habits:-This doubt-
less is an advantage in several re-
spects. For in Instance, lengthening the
period for honey flow, and earlier ma,
turity of the first crop of hay, thus
lengthening the time for subsequent
crops to develop. Early blooming is
also an advantage in'seed production.
1t is the aim and plan of the Colo
RADIO Experiment Station to foster tho
Improvement and production of better
alfalfa, by encouraging farmers who
are favorably situated and otherwise
qualified to specialize in growing al-
falfa for seed production, thus devel-
oping an alfalfa seed growing indus
try to produce improved alfalfa seed,
PHlLO X. BLINN,
Colorado Experiment Sub-Station.
Rocky Ford, Colorado.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-03-21
PROSPECT HILL.
(Too late for last weekly

(1OO ldIS lOE ldSb WcShl
If you have a memory for
weather. you will recall the fact
that a year ago today Oath Mar.
the worst snowstorm of, the sea-
son or any other season was rag
.ing-we'd had no trains for sew
eral days past nor for several
days to come. Gangs of men
with shovels and snow plows
were fighting the Storm King on
the Rail Road and the weather
did not improve much till March
marched out.
Many farmers are turning this
nice weather to good account by
discing their ground to conserve
the moisture. This is good wea-
ther if you wish to plow or list.
Reed Caulkins is in the far
front of farmers this year and is
about ready to-sow barley.
The social and supper at Geo
Walkers near Araprhoe on Fri
day night will no doubt be large
ly attended and agood time is in
waiting for all who attend.
]. M. Kennard was an after
noon caller at our ranch on Tues
day.
Rev. W. J. Mills was an ever
night visitor with us tbs week.
There will be an all day meet
ing at Arapahoe on Sunday Mar.
Both. Services at II A. M. and
2 P. M with dinnerin in the Chap
el between services. This will
close Rev. Mills PASTORAL year
and he will be glad to greet
all his friends with a heartywel-
come. Everybody come with
we'll filled baskets and enjoy a
social hour as well as a gospel
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-03-21
PUBLIcsALE.

We will offer at public auction
at Cheyenne Wells Colo, on
SATURDAY MARCH %. 1913,
At one o'clock sharp the fol-
lowing property to-wit:
6 Head Of Horses
I black gelding, weight 1900
/ bay gelding weight 1. 100
/ black mare, weight 1,200
l bay gelding, weight l, $50
l black mare. weight $50
] roam gelding. weight $50
8 Farm wagons; l Surrey; 8 sets
double work harness; 2 saddles,
l Deering corn Binder; 1 Sulky
Plow; l 20 inch disc; 1 Riding
cultivator; 2 section steel harrow
2 walking stirring plows; l sod
breaker: l 2 horse corn planter;
/ 10 ft vaneless wind mill; / pat
ent churn: / steel water tank. 9
1-2 bbls; 20 rods chicken wire.
Other articles too numerous to
mention.
TERMS, OF SALE
to be made known on day of sale
E. B. SLoTTERBAcK and G. w.
MITH, Owners.
Col. PATERSON, Auctioneer.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-03-21
NOTICE,

Meeting of Cheyenne Wells Com
mercial Club Monday night Mar.
oath, at the Court House to hear
report of committees and general
discussion of same. Everybody
come and bring your friends and
neighbors and learn for your sell
YES what we are trying to do.
CHAs. HARGLERoAD,
President.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-03-21

order to witness the phenomenon
The eclipse will begin at about 4
O'Clock and will not tie finished
for two hours. For those who
miss this eclipse, there Will be
another one on September Is,
practically at the same hour in
the morning. X. C. Journal.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-03-21
'Eclips, of the Moon 22nd

:. An eclipse Of the moon, visible
in a large part of the United
States, will occur on the morning
of March %. The moon will be at
the full stage at that time. and
the exhibition is expected to be
an especially fine one on that ac-
count. Those who live in the
Mississippi valley will be COM
PEELED to arise at 3 0, clock in
the morning or thereabouts in
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-03-21
Civil Service To Stay.
President Wilson Will Not Re-
woke Order to Suit Applicants.

V0AS A$A~A ~ 1880
WASHINGTON, March 12.-
President Wilson has let it be
known there was no immediate
prospect Of letting down the civ
il service bars to thousands OF
democratic Office seekers. The
president told Senator Pomerene
that so far, he and the cabinet
had formulated no policy as to
appointments for minor positions
in the government service.
There had been report that
President Wilson might revoke
the recent order of Taft which
put SO, 900 fourth. class postmas-
ters under the civil service.
Postmaster General Burleson
has declared that no appoint
ments of postmasters probably
would be made before April 1st
except possibly in case of emer-
gency. Approximately 1,5O0
such. appointments by Taft were
not acted upon by the last senate
and it will be necessary for Pres
ident Wilson to make appoint
ments to all these offices.
Burlesonindicated that it would
be his policy, too not disturb
capable and efficient postal en-
ployes, protected by the civil SER
vice.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-03-21
FIRST VIEW. NEWS.

ElRSI VIEW. NEWS.
Jas. Rainwater went oDenver
last week to visit his mother, Mrs
Thos. Hickman.
Angeline Pauls visited Mrs.
Rankin near Arena several days
last week.
j. G. Russell, carrier on the
Medill Star Route, was unable to
make the trip Friday on account
of the storm.
Del Liscom returned from Den
yer Saturday.
D. c. Fuller, c. N. Smith and
Mrs. Clara Melton were passen-
gers to Cheyenne Wells Thursday
A dancing party was given at
the hcme of Del Liscom Saturday
evening. All had a fine time.
There will be a base ball match
Saturday March %, between
First View and Cheyenne Wells.
Worth Kerr visited his mother
Monday.
The Ladies Aid Society will
give a play and box supper April
4th.
Lloyd Van Duzer was transact
ing business in our burg Tuesday
Chas Martin and Arthur Hal
veg returned from Cresco, Iowa
Friday, where they spent the
winter.
J. M. Baughman of Kansas
City Mo-, is visiting his brother
E, G. Baughman near Medill.
Neil Mousel now has a good
well.
Last week several persons in
this vicinity received a copy of
the Excelsior Springs ono. )Stan-
dard edited by Walter Bales, a
former resident of this place.
1t is a bright newsy sheet, We
hear that Mr. Bales and family
are happy and prosperous in their
new home. They are fine people
and deserve that Dame Fortune
should smile upon them.
Dayton Ellis returned from
Manhattan, Kansas Monday.
A window was blown out of
Mrs Molers house during the
storm and she and Dollie were
forced to take refuge in the Sec
ton house.
Among those caught in town
by the storm Friday were D. c.
Fuller, Drs, Eagle and Homer,
Chas Martin and Arthur Halweg.
All the school children were also
obliged to stay in town 'oyer
night.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-14
WORKS ALL DAY
And Studies at Night on Grape-Nuts
Food.

Some of the worlds great men have
worked during the day and studied
evenings to fit themselves for greater
things. But it requires a good consti-
tuition generally to do this.
A Ga. man was able to keep it up
with ease after he had learned the
sustaining power of Grape-Nuts, al
though he had failed in health before
he changed his food supply. He says:
Three years ago had severe at
tack Of stomach trouble which left me
unable to eat anything but bread and
water.
"The nervous strain at my office
from A. M. to 6 P. NJ. and improper
foods caused my health to fail rapidly.
Cereal and so-called Foods" were
tried without benefit until saw Grape
Nuts mentioned in the paper.
I'm hopeless desperation l tried this
food and at once gained strength, flesh
and appetite. / am now able to work
all day at the Office and study at night,
without the nervous exhaustion that
was usual before tried Grape-Nuts.
ut leaves me strengthened, re-
freshed, satisfied; nerves quieted and
toned up. body and brain waste re-
stored. I would have been a living
skeleton, or more likely dead one by
this time, II 1t had not been for Grape
Nuts"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
Wellville." in pkgs. There's a Rear
son."
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-14
EUROPEAN FARMER
EXCELS Am ERICAN
Give Back to Soil Everything That
Could Be Fed in Way of
ManuriaI Value.

Manure has a peculiar effect upon
the ground. In some ways it loosens
the food necessary to plants by quick
ening the chemical action of the soil,
and inert soil particles change into
active food constituents for the grow
ing plants. 1t is not alone the direct
food value that is at issue, but the
whole effect upon the physical, chemi-
cal and bacterial life of the soil that
must be considered. In England and
other European countries where the
soil has been titled for hundreds of
years, the production today exceeds
that of former years. In fact the
wheat production in England during
the middle ages was not as good as
it is in the northwest today. At pres
ent England produces more than twen-
ty bushels of wheat to the acre,
France twenty-five, Austria about
eighteen, and the productivity of the
fields of the Belgian and Dutch farm
er are almost beyond belief. This has
come about by giving back to the soil
everything that could be fed it in the
way of manurial value. In this re-
spect American farmers have much
yet to learn.-Journal Of Agriculture
and Star Farmer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-14
HOG PARALYSIS is
COMMON DISEASE
Trouble Is With Nervous System
and Not With Kidneys as
Generally Supposed.

By L. l.. LEWIS, Oklahoma Experiment
Station)
Paralysis is very common disease
among young sows after narrowing
and in young rapidly growing shoats.
The trouble Is most commonly known
as kidney worms, and Is frequently
referred to as some kind of kidney
disease. The trouble is with the nerv-
Gus system and not with the kidneys.
Before narrowing the SOW should be
fed on ground oats, bran, milk. ETC..
with very little corn. Knuckling over
in the hind legs is generally the first
symptom. Should partial paralysis
begin to appear the following treat
ment should be given: Five to fifteen
grains of powdered nux vomica in
feed twice day, the dose depending
upon the size of the animal; also give
ten to fifteen grains Of sulphate Of
lime in feed twice day. This treat
ment should be continued for weeks
if necessary, as nervous troubles of
this character are not to be remedied
by any treatment in few days.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-14

warmer quarters, thus saving high
priced feed and horse flesh.
Try a measure of kindness for a
balanced ration.
The work-horses must have exer.
else and fresh air when not in use.
Turn them out during the warm part
of the day, and let them enjoy them.
selves.
Are you simply feeding the horses
to keep them alive this winter, or are
you feeding and caring for them with
an eye to their good flesh and useful
ness when next springs work opens
up?
Honestly, now, how many men did
you ever see salt their horses in win
ter?
Don't allow the offer of a good, stiff
price for the best colts to tempt you
in letting go of them. You'll need
some fresh young teams one of these
days, and it takes an almost fabulous
sum of money to buy a span Of young
horses suitable for farm purposes.
If you can't get competent black
smith to shoe the horses, they are
better off without any. The cause Of
most hoof troubles may be traced
back to ill-fitted shoes.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-14
OF GREAT USE IN BREAKING
UP COLDS.
KeIIoeo's Tasteless Castor OIL 10 q
Thing Long Desired.

The value OF castor oil in breaking
up fall and winter colds is well known,
but the nauseating taste has hereto
fore cut down it's use.
Kellogg's Tasteless Castor OIL re-
moves this only objection.
In taking the taste entirely out of
castor oil, Spencer Kellogg & Sons, of
Buffalo, have done a great service to
humanity, and have ended a search
which has engaged chemists for 5000
years.
Not only is the taste and smell re-
moved, but the oil is now pure and
more effective. Nothing IS added;
nothing good is taken out. It works
easily, without gripping, and does not
upset the stomach. Children take 1t
readily.
Ask for Kellogg's Tasteless Castor
Oil by name. 1t is sold in 25c and SOC
bottles, never in bulk. If it isn't KEEL
logg's, 1t isn't tasteless. Your dealer
has it or can get It quickly.
Made only by Spencer kellogg &
Sons, Inc, Buffalo, N. Y.-Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-14
PROTEIN is NEEDED
FOR WINTER FEED
Oats and Peas are Becoming
More P Popular Each Year
Easy to Cut and Handle.
(By w. M. KELLY

Every year | am coming to appre-
ciate the value of oats and peas as a
summer forage for the dairy cattle and
as source of protein for winter feed
ing. These crops are becoming more
popular every year. They are very
palatable and nourishing, easy to cut
and handle, and come at a time when
the pastures are short and dry.
A succession of sowings will afford
green feed for a number of weeks.
These crops should be sown as early
as possible and the ideal way Is to
SOW the peas broadcast and pillow them
in about four inches deep with a one
horse pillow. After four or five days put
in the oats about two inches deep.
They will come up about the same
time and the peas will fill better and
stay green longer for being planted
deep.
On account Of the rush of work
during the spring and uncertain
weather conditions we usually mix the
two kinds of seeds and compromise
by drilling as deep as possible, putting
in both kinds Of seeds at one opera
ton.
The ground should be rolled and
planked SO that the crops can be cut
with a moving machine or scythe. I
prefer to use about two bushels of
peas to one of oats, although l fire.
quently vary the amounts according
to the price of the pea seed.
For cutting green it is best to make
a number of sowings about a week or
ten days apart. Two or three acres
of good land should furnish enough
forage for twenty-five or thirty cows
for number of weeks during the
summer.
For winter feed they will produce
more tons Of good feed than clover
hay and will greatly reduce the bills
for grain feed. They should be sown
the same as for forage and cut when
the oats are heading and the peas are
well in bloom, then the stock will eat
them more readily with no waste.
Do not wait until the oats are
formed or there will be difficulty
experienced in feeding the fodder.
This mixture is worthy a place on
every dairy farm.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-14
DAYLIGHT at All Hours.

DR.. Herbert E. Ives of London has
invented daylight, he says Scientific
men have worked for years trying to
accomplish this task. Doctor Ives has
been at work for at least dozen, and
he asserts he has finally produced a
light which is in every way equal to
sunshine. The scientist has designed
a powerful incandescent lamp with a
special mantle, which is so placed in
cabinet he has designed that its
rays are Immediately beneath refiee-
tor. This is made of metal, and the
light Is forced downward through a
series of delicately colored screens,
so arranged that the average rays
which are not found in the north light
are eliminated, and the effect, it is
said, is that of a perfect harmony of
light similar in every way to the rays
of the sun.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-14
aa%a6
CBy ], M. BELLY

(By ]. M. BELL)
A bran mash, once a week, is
renoVator for the driving horse. Two
quarts Of shelled oats and the same
quantity of wheat bran, scalded about
midday and then covered with
blanket or cloth, to keep in the steam,
add a pinch of salt and feed at night.
Give no other grain with this mash,
but of course the regulation ration of
hay. This once a week mash, given
preferably Saturday night, will do
your driving or riding horse all the
good in the world.
The work stock will also appreciate
the mash, too.
Sell off the old stock. Corn and
hay are both high this year, and it's
a long time before spring. 1t is hard
to put fat on these old fellows in
cold weather, so you had better sell
them for what they will bring, and
thereby save feed and incidentally ex-
pense.
The plan of blanketing work
horses is a very good one in many
respects, but you must remember
that when once you put the blanket
on, you must be very careful as to
how you take the blanket off.
Give the horses more care and