The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-07-11

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broke All records In the history Of the
industry. the total output Of the differ
ent kinds being 1851 91 barrels. val
ued ut $677. 46l .513. compared with TO-
1883 barrels III 1911 and valued at
$6G. 7O5. 1856.
Statistics that have been gathered by
the federal department OF agriculture
show that one COW in every three ip
the United States does not pay for her
feed Till during the year. and this takes
no account of the expense Of milking
them twice a day during their period
of lactation.
II any Of our readers live nea beet
sugar factories they can get lime which
is we'll suited to scattering ON and and
to sweeten it for practically the cost of
loading and the freight charge: This is
a %byproduct Of the process used in the
making of beet sugar and is worse
than useless around the plant.
The creamery located at Modesto.
CAL, is credited with a production of
three tons of butter in Il period of
t%wenty-four hours during the flush sea-
son. An interesting feature Of this
butter production is that 1t is all from
cows kept On irrigated alfalfa in the
shape Of either pasture OF hay.
William Cook of Orpington. England,
is the originator of nine different varie-
ties Of Orpingtons. Mr.. Cook claims to
have produced the White Orpington
through q succession Of crosses OF
White Leghorns and Black Minorcas.
white pullets from these crosses be-
ing bred to White Dorking cocks.
A good horse is altogether too high
priced u proposition these days to risk
doing it a permanent shoulder injury
by using a cheap and Ill fitting collar.
The cheapest kind of a plug should
have. a. good. collaz., simply from, the
standpoint Of work to be got out Of it.
What is true of the plug Is doubly true
of q valuable animal.
The state of Iowa has taken a de.
cided step ahead in the matter of en-
couraging education in her rural and
small town schools by the passage of
a law which grants $3.50 annually to
high schools that teach domestic sci
ence and agriculture. $500 to four 70
schools in consolidated districts and
$3.50 to two room schools operating un-
der the same conditions.
Housewives who like mutton as a
substitute for the omnipresent beef
and pork will he interested in farmers
bulletin No. 526. entitled Mutton and
Its Value In the. Diet" The publica-
ton contains besides a discussion of
the nutritive value Of this meat sixty
different ways Of cooking it. One may
get the bulletin by writing to the de-
partment of agriculture, Washington.
A couple Of weeks ago there were
shipped from 81. Paul to Mount Yer
non, WASH, a consignment Of $50 dairy
cows, consisting Of Holsteins. Guern.
seys and Durhams. The shipment rep
resented an outlay Of $4,000. and ten
standard cattle cars were used In trans
porting them. The cows in question
are good mixers and are to be distrib-
uted among the farmers Of the Puget
sound basin.
As still further showing the rapid.
tendency toward a breaking up Of the
big grazing ranches Of the central west
ern and western states may be cited
the sale the other day Of what is
known as the &C., ranch. in central
western Texas. At first the home of
the long horned steer. this ranch
grazed 2O.OOO head Of pure bred Angus
cattle. The new owner proposed to
break It up and put 1t to titled crops.
A very convenient tool for cutting out
small plants such ~ the dandelion is
made by having the end, of a good
sized fat Ole drawn out and fattened
and. sharpened When ready this
should be inserted in the end Of a stout
handle about four feet long. which will
make 1t possible to cut the roots Of the
weeds without STOPPING over. In cut
ting care should be taken to 60 below
the crown from which the new shoots
start.
Without an exception. the biggest
fool that comes down the pike is the
chap who very fresh in the operation
Of an automobile will take on a load
Of women and children and then pull
OF q stunt Of trying to beat an express
or fast mail train at a railway cross.
ing. There have been a scad Of fu-
,nerals following such foolishness as
this, but too often the fellow who
needs discriminating escapes with his
worthless skin.
Some folks have got the notion that
treating seed potatoes with tornado
hyde solution will prevent the develop
ment Of leaf blight This is not 30.
The treatment referred to will prevent
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