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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01
HANDLING SUGAR Beets.

Cultivation of sugar heets should be-
gin az soon as the rows can be distin-
guished. Some hand wedding and hoe
;n@ are usually necessary. The cult
level. shallow and frequent through
out the season.
The crust should be broken up after
each rain. Plan on going over the
field with Il c%ultivator about once in
ten days. In the later civilizations the
soil should be thrown slightly toward
the beets since all that portion of the
root above the soil has Il very low
sugar content and is cut off in topping.
Farm Progress.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01
BAD FOR YOUNG PORKERS,
Corn Alone Prevents Their Growth.
Must Be Combined With Other Feeds.

The late Professor w. A. Henry of
Wisconsin showed by numerous eX-
periments that when pigs are fed on
corn alone their growth is stunteG and
that they do not develop their bodies
as we'll as when given a mixed ration
containing a large per cen Of nitrog-
o material.
Other investigators have also proved
that a corn ration alone stunts young
pigs. They have less blood, smaller
liver. kidneys, lighter skeletons, rough
er skins and a smaller proportion Of
lean to the fat.
Corn has no superior and few equals
in fattening swine after their bodies
are matured, but it should not be fed
exclusively to young pigs. The best
supplements to the grain ration for
pigs are cowpeas. alfalfa. SOY beans.
peanuts. rape. oats. etc. for grazing.
Tankage, cottOnseed meal. skinned
milk. etc. are concentrates which CON
tain protein sufficient to develop the
carcass so that the animals may Law on
flesh when ready to feed out.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01
GIVE YOUR HENS ROOM.
Crowding Fowls Has Bad Effect on
Equ Production,

The Maine experiment station re-
Gently furnished Il test to ascertain
the number of hens most profitable to
keep in pens. All the pens were 10
by 1G feet, giving 100 square feet.
The hens were BrahnaS and Plymouth
Rocks, and these tests We're continued
six months.
The hens were fifteen, twenty, twen-
ty-tive and thirty to Il pen. The con-
ditions and hens were as much alike
as possible to make the test a con-
elusive one
The pen with fifteen hens made a
show profit of so cents per hen, and
the eggs laid numbered 97G.
The pen with twenty hens made a
showing IF I,2OS eggs for the pen and
a profit Of II cents per hen.
The pen with twenty-five chickens
made a laying record Of 1928 eggs
and a profit of 50 cents per hen.
The pen with thirty hens had an
egg production Of 1,2U and a profit of
80 cents per hen.
The experiment shows distinctly
that hens can be so crowded as to re-
dnce the profit of an egg farm. The
difference of twenty-five eggs per hen
for six months is great. On the basis
of fifteen to the pen the profits of the
total ninety hens We're SD; on a basis
of thirty t the pen. the profits We're
SIG. In each case the actual cost of
feed was deducted.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01

make a hopper similar to that Of an
ordinary grain drill except that it
should be eight feet long, with sides
and top eighteen to twenty-four inches
wide. Let the bottom be FIVE inches
wide in the clear and cut in it q row
of oval holes one inch wide, two inches
long and eight inches apart. Make a
false bottom with holes in it of the
same size and shape as those of the
main bottom and so spaced that they
will register. Let this false bottom
slide loosely under the hopper, moving
upon supports made by leaving a space
for 1t above bands of strap iron, which
should be carried around the hopper
every two feet to strengthen it. Both
bottom pieces should be of smooth,
seasoned hard wood. three-quarters to
seven-eighths Of an inch thick and we'll
oiled or painted. To this under strip
or plate rivet a N-shaped arm extend
ing an inch in front Of the hopper, with
Il half inch hole in the point of the v,
in which drop the end of a strong
lever, boiling the lever loosely but Sc
curely to the side Of the hopper three
or four inches above the bottom. Let
the lever extend six to eight inches
above the top of the hopper and fasten
to the top OF the hopper a guide of
strap iron. in which the lever may
move freely back and forth. The OBJ
ject Of this lever is to regulate the size
of the openings by moving the bottom
plate. Make a frame for the hopper,
with a tongue to it..
Get 4 pair of old moving machine
wheels with ratchets in the hubs and
two pieces Of round axle of sufficient
length to pass through the wheels and
frame and into the ends of the hopper.
where they are welded to il bar Of iron
one and one-Quarter inches in diameter
and the length of the inside of the hop
per. The aXles should be fitted with
Journals bolted under the frame.
Make a reel to work inside of the
hopper by securing eight short arms of
one-quarter inch by three-quarter inch
iron to the axle and fastening to these
four beaters or wings of One-uuurter
Inch by tive-eighths inch iron and about
an inch shorter than the inside of the
hopper, the reel being so adjusted that
the wings will almost scrape the bot
tom Of the hopper. but will revolve
freely between the sides. These arms
may be made of two pieces. bent SO as
to fit around the axle on opposite sides
and secured by small bolts passing
through the ends and through the beat
err which is held between them. The
diameter of the completed reel is about
five inches and its length an inch or 50
less than that of the inside of the hop
per. This reel serves as a force feed.
Tack WI pieces of OilclOth to the
bottom of the hopper. one in front and
one behind These are to reduce the
annoyance Of flying lime dust.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01
AN INCIDENT
OF ~
BY HENRY II. MA THEY

that our chasers would come up before
we got it hacked through. We worked
lively, you may be sure, four men
working at once-there wasn't room
for more-and did the job in about
three-quarters of an hour. The tree
fell in the right direction, the branches
lying on the other side Of the chasm.
But what was u horror when we
were ready to cross to see the de-
tached force I spoke Oft had crossed
lower d~own-dash up on the other side
to head us off. Every man Of US
slumped except the captain. He coolly
counted the number Of the enemy.
There were thirty of them. We mum.
bered about five more. The Confeder-
ates drew up in line about a hundred
yards from the ravine to dispute our
passage.
"The captain ordered us on to the log
one man at a time. Our bridge was a
round tree. the gap twenty feet wide
and the chasm below about 200 feet
deep. On the other side we're thirty
men ready to pick us off. A youngster
Of eighteen, reckless and brave as boys
OF that age are apt to be, started to
run over the log. There was a crack.
ing Of carbines: the boy pitched head
long into the chasm. The second man
got three-quarters of the way over
when he met the same fate. I was
close behind No. 3 when he, too, fell
and came near dragging me down with
him."
The veteran paused, while a look Of
pain from a mental vision of what had
happened more than forty years agone
passed V G his face. Some one asked
hin how he felt.
How did I feel? Oh, a lot Of hor.
ror mingled with a lot Of excitement.
Somehow l didn't feel sure that I
would meet the fate of the others,
though there seemed to be no chance
for me. My terror at the chasm be.
low Cancelled that Of being shot. When
the man before me caused me to totter
got down on my hands and knees
and. scuttling along, reached the
branches of the tree. They screened
me from the enemy. The man behind
NE was shot, but the next got across,
and the next. and the next, for so APP
palled We're the men firing on us or so
astonished-I don't know w%hich-at ou1
exploit that some of them ceased fir
ing, while others aimed badly.
The captain came over about the
middle of the line and, forming us on
the farther side, We charged and scat
tered our enemies like chaff.
might came Il, and we went into
hiding. The mex day we had good
luck and reached camp without any
more fighting. We lost our horses, but
we got the information we went for.
However,. it didn't do any good, for
jackson was too foxy for our generals.
The next heard of him he was turn
ing McClellan's left flank near Rich.
mond.'
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01
WHAT KILLS THE CALVES?
Dirty Surroundings Are the Chief
Cause Of Fatal Scours.

Dirt is the chief cause of calf cou
as filthy. poorly lighted and badly ven
tilated quarters harbor the disease
germs in great numbers. Sometimes
calf scours occur in contagious form.
and then only prompt measures will
prevent. serious losses, says Hoard's
Dairyman.
At the College of Agriculture of the
University of Wisconsin special pre-
cautions are taken against scourS. Not
only are the calves kept in we'll lighted
and otherwise sanitary quarters. but
they are fed regularly until four weeks
old on w to six pounds Of their moth
ers' milk three times daily. Care is
taken to have the temperature Of the
milk as near that of freshly drawn
milk as possible and to keep the feed
ing pail clean.
In spite of all ~precautions.' states
Professor G. c. Humphrey, I'VE now
and then have cases of scours among
our calves. For the past two years we
have successfully treated such cases as
follows: AS soon as symptoms appear
two to -four tableSpoonfuls of castor
Oil are mixed with one-half pint of
milk and given to the calf. This is fol
lowed in -four to six hours by one tea
spoonful of a mixture of IL part salol
and two parts subnitrate of bismuth.
This dose can also be given with one
half pint of new milk, or the powder
can be placed on the tongue and wash
ed down by a small amount Of milk.
The salol and subnitrate of bismuth
can be secured from any druggist
mixed in the proper proportions at the
time of purchase. and thus the powder
will be readily available for use at any
time. As an additional precaution
against contagious scours it is advised
that the navel of the newborn calf be
wetted with Il l to 500 solution of BIZ
chloride of mercury corrosive subj
mate>.
Great care should be taken with this
substance, as it is very poisonous.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01
WHERE LIC0RlCE COMES FROM

Very few people have any idea where
the familiar ~licorice root comes from.
AS Il matter of fact. tie bulk of it halls
from Syria. Here it is gathered and
piled into great stacks, where it re-
mains until it is thoroughly dry. 1t is
then taken TO the factory to undergo
certain processes. The finished prod
,ct is used for tlavoring confectionery
and beer. as well as entering into the
makeup OF many brands OF tobacco
Southern Workman.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01
CHINESE COOKING METHODS.

The Chinese use very primitive cook
ing apparatus, The little open air eat
ing houses found everywhere along
the streets of the native city and
along the Wharfs have the simplest
kind of a furnace supporting Il kettle.
Chinese cooking is either stewing or
boiling, and this kettle answers all pos
sible purposes. In the Chinese houses
a very thin cast iron kettle is placed
over the fire. and everything which the
family eats is cooked therein. Cob
Eular Trade Reports.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01
~ Ut / have told you the story a
dozen times"

>1'> ~ VS. ~
l wish to hear it again. You
may tell it we'll or you may tell it bad
ly. You cannot add to it nor can you
spoil it. Such stories are Independent
of the narrator. They are great in
themselves"
well, then, to begin at the begin
ming, l was in the cavalry, on scouting
service in the Shenandoah valley with
a view to finding out something about
the movements of ~'StOnewall' Jackson.
We numbered forty men. l have al
ways thought that we would have done
better with feWer-either fewer or
more. We had too many for skulking
and too few to make u fight. We did
make a fight, though. because we
couldn't help ourselves.
we met a Union man who had seen
General Jackson a few hours before,
and he gave us a very good estimate of
the umDc Of the men he had with
him. He was marching up the valley.
What we had to do was to march up
the valley ourselves, but by another
route. The Union men agreed to pilot
us, and we started to do some quick
work in transmitting the valuable in
formation we possessed.
THE captain sent three mel to sneak
through independent of the rest of us
or each other. But there wasn't one of
'en got there. When the information
was delivered we of the main body
took it in. You can judge how desper-
ate was the situation when l tell you
that every skulker was taken or killed.
"A Confederate sympathizer who met
us mounted Il swift horse and carried
the C~onfederates information Of our
presence in the enemy's country. They
sent two mounted companies after us,
and for about ten hours we We're driven
east, west. north and south-anywhere,
everywhere, to keep away from a force
the number of which we didn't know.
Our Union friend stuck to us and since
he knew the country better than our
chasers put us on short cuts and passes
in the mountains that often enabled us
to distance our pursuers. But what
good did it do since we couldn't keep Il
northern course:
lat last by one of these cuts we left
our pursuers so far behind that they
couldn't strike us for at least an hour,
or. rather. we thought we had left
them. but some thirty of them got on
to a shorter cut than we. Suddenly we
came upon a ravine a couple of hum
dred feet deep and no way to cross.
We must reach the other side by hook
or by crook or be taken. As to getting
the horses over. that was impossible.
The captain looked about for a way
to cross. Seeing Il tall tree leaning to-
ward the chasm. he ordered it cut
down. We had nothing to cut with ex-
cept our sabers. and it was probable
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01
Set Apart For the Farmer
"GARDEN TRUCK"

Letting weeds go to seed means
that you are laying up trouble
for next year.
The application # lime to cab
bage soil is highly recommended.
If dry weather sets in do not
neglect to stir the soil and
mulch. This is important.
Adjust the knives of the lawn
mower to cut within two inches
Of the roots of the grass.
The climbing or trailing mas
turtiums car be planted either
with or without support.
Although the watermelon is a
succulent fruit. wet is more dam
aging to it than drought.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01
ScornfuI Rejoinder.

Little Bobby was told to sweep the
sidewalk, and while he was doing so
a friend came along.
Hello, Bobby said the lady; lis
your mother in?"
Sure she's in answered Bobby
"no you think I'd be sweeping the
sidewalk If she wasn't in :"-Chicago
Journal.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01
In the Clouds SilUer Linm6
A Poor Prcvider,

Say. dad" spoke up Freddie. Il don't
believe sisters Teller will make a good
husband."
What makes YOU think so. my boy"
asked his father. with Il smile.
"Why,'' returned Freddie. hes been
coming here for over a year. and in all
that time he's given me only II cents
Judge.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01
On Guard,

alice is telling her girl friends that
she could have got Jack if she'd only
said 'yes.''
''That's what Jack thought. so he
never gave her the chance to say it,
Boston Transcript.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01
A Warninq to the !mprudent.

Kitty-Why are YOU so glum. dear?
Marie-Jack made an awful threat
last night when | rejected him.
Kitty-What-to shoot himself?
Marie-Oh. worse than that. He said
he'd never propose to me again,-New
York Sun.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01
An Observers Opinion.

"Nhat line of effort said the econo-
mist. "do You consider worst paid?"
THE work of a baseball umpire. |
don't know how much he gets. but it's
worth Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01
Amended Opinion.

do you believe everything he SAYS
Il used to until he tried to tell me
the other day that you couldn't lose
any more money playing 81 limit poker
than YOU could playing 10 cent limit
st. Louis Globe democrat.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01
All. We Have It,

Probably the best way to keep wom-
on off the police force is to tell them
that they'll have to travel in plain
clothes.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01
A Bedtime Fable.

"Oh, mother. why are the men in the
front haldheaded: 2"
"They bought their tickets from the
scalper. my child,"-Chicago Tribune.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01
Something Wronu.

Tommy-Pa, you know Jim and Hor.
ace: Well, pa, Jim and Horace say
their prayers every night and ask God
to make 'em good boys.
Father-How nice. How very nice.
T~ommy-But he amt done it yet, pa
The Spectator.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01
The Worst.

More tough luck" whispered his
wife. 'Well, what now:' he muttered.
You know. Miss Green never sings
without her music:" Yes" well.
she's brought her music."-Detroit Free
Press
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01
Give the Horse Room Enounh,

Sometimes 'lameness in Il horse comes
from the horses lying in a too narrow
stall. Give the horse more room. Take
down the partition and see if the ami
MAJ does not recover.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01
Real Kindness.

B~ellhop-Get Il tip from the rich
man?
Porter-Gave me a tip that il l ever
have Il million to invest not to buy
Goldplated con mon.-',ew York Globe.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01
Inquisitive.

The Youth-My grandfather settled
here forty years ago. Business Girl
Did he W much?-Kansas City Star.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01

Mrs. Justwed-Does your husband
always live up to the promise of his
courtship days?
Mrs. Longwed-Always. In those
days he said he wasn't good enough
for me. and he's been proving it eve
Since.-EXchange.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01
TO SPREAD LIME.
Homemade Apparatus That Does
the Work Well.
DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING.

Old Moving Machine Wheels May Be
Used -Don't Forget OiIcIoth to Pro-
tect Man and Team From Flying
Lime Dust.
In constructing a homemade lime
spreader similar to II which has been
tested and found satisfactory by the
Ohio agricultural experiment station,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-19
COLONIAL THEATRE.
By Mans Law. Biograph, Superb Two Reel Feature Spectacle

The intricacies of film-play pro- ducing, as well as it's possibilities, are clearly shown in the mammoth Bio graph production at the Colonial, to- day entitled By Mans Law. This powerful feature is one of the very few multiple reel dramas sent out by the great Biograph company, and it's strong story of the oppression of poor hy the monoponsts cannot fall to make the patrons of the popular Colonial see it's wonderful moral and superlative merit. Another big two-reel feature, a second one, and rare occurrence on a motion picture programme, shows Sil5s MarneT, perhaps the most widely read novel of the universal favorite auth0ress, George Eliot. as the co-star with the Bicgraph film. This supreme ly beautiful novel never was presented as accurately as in the feature by the T1dtson cast today, when William West, the veteran. actor Of the company, ,ap- pears ms Silas. This Is film tha~ none should miss, and there is plenty of nairth in the reel The Vaudeville Stars Vacation.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-19
HUMOR OF THE DAY

Biggs-How Is your flat heatedt Diggs-By tipping the janitor.-BoA- ton Transcript.
 "Grandmother kind of feels that Thanksgiving was fzzle at our house. Why, everybody ate hearti- ly." "But nobody was sick."-Kansas City Journal
 Plenty of excitement at the Wom- bat wedding" "So?" Even the horse threw a shoe. Pittsburg Post.
 Your wife must be awfully clever! She talks like a bookI" Yes: have known her silence to be eloquent and her frown to speak volumes. Judge.
 Poriceman-Do you have to take care of the dog? Nurse Girl-No. the missus says I'm too young and inexperienced. I only look after the children.-Zton's Advance.
 Now shall I tell you about the babes who got lost in the wood?' "Oh, you can't get lost in the woods, uncle. Woodcraft is the first thing you learn as boy scout. "-Louisville Courier J Journal.
 "Ahl" he sighed, "if you only gave me the least hope. - "qracious' interrupted the hard hearted belle i've been giving you the least ever gave to any Philadelphia Led ger.
 Did you say she was one of yonr prominent SuHEdB6lleS IIdN II did. sir. Would you believe hit sir, that woman as starved 'erself h'out of lyle four times i"-Detroit Free Press. 'Is it wrong for an old man to mar ry a young fool?' "But how is he to know she is a fool?" When she says yes to his proposal he ought to know its'-Houston Post.
 "Tve told my boy to study law. What for? Aren't there lawyers enough as it is?'' Tt seems so But by the time he graduates he ought to be able to get in on Harry Thaw's case."-Detroit Free Press.
 "so you don't like that professional optimist?" Not much.v replied MT. Growcher: there are times when might forget my troubles if he were not constantly advising me to make q terrible effort to cheer up.r-Washing ton Star.
 DO you believe in predestination7 P ''In a way, yes.'' Tn what way, for instance?'; well, I believe that If were to invest In a building lot today the price of real estate would be pre- destined to go down tomorrow."-Chi- cago Record Herald.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-19
BRIEF STATE NEWS


 Meriden.-F-orty-s thousand of the 50,o00 Red Cross seals allotted to Mer- lden have been taken by the sehAol children for sale.
 South Manchester. Manchester continue to exist, since it has elected officers for the coming year.
 Stamford-J Walter Madigan, a Stamford High school boy, has been appointed to enter West Point. subject to the usual examinations there
 Thonaston-Th merchants have petitioned the Connecticut Power com pany to have the electric lights turned on from 3 clock in the afternoon un- til o'clock in the morning.
 Weatport.-The first Argentine beef to be sent here was received last week by the Beers Brothers. They also re- ceived a large shipment of lettuce from New Orleans and onions direct from Spain.
 MiddletoWn.-Prof. Willard c. Fisher, who has served the city as mayor twice and has been urged by many friends to become candidate again. will permit his name to be presented at the demo : cratic caucus.
 Waterbury.-Harryl Frank. sealer of weights and measures, will soon be on the trailo of the cafe proprietors who do not comply with the law in having cor rect measures. The sealer said yester- day that he would watch the bottled goods closely, as at this time of the year there is considerable wine sold for the holidays.
 Fair Haven.-It was announced by the Rev. J. J. Smith at St. Francis church that the old convent property in Ferry street, at the corner of Cha tham, will be occupied early in the new year. The church owns a valuable property in the old convent, for be- sides the large residence formerly the Spencer English house, there are sev- era1 building lots in Chatham and Ferry streets.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-19

WANTED-12 or l5 Rose Comb White Leg horn hens, yearIing, good size; aen t eare 1T not laying. Write H. F. Hllliar Mantle, Conn dec18d