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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17

The roofing hog needs something
besides rings.
Cholera usually affects the younger
pigs and hogs first.
1t pays to breed horses only when
good sire is used
The demand for high class mutton
is rapidly increasing.
Keep no useless stock through the
winter to eat up the profits.
Early maturity is an important
quality to consider in selecting sheep.
II hog trough is always full of
feed, 1t becomes uninviting to the most
greedy.
A shed of crotches and poles.
covered with straw, is cheap, warm
and business-like.
Foul odors in the sheep barn will
bring pneumonia. Keep your mind
on having them well ventilated.
Silage, in light quantities, Is often
beneficial to brood mare, as 1t AIDA
a bit Of succulence to the ration.
Expensive buildings are not neces-
sary for the housing of the flock but
they must be protected from the wind.
rain and snow.
Mules are ready for work younger
than horses. They are able to endure
as much at two years as colt viii
at three or four.
Angora goats cannot thrive II they
are crowded into small space. hence
they should not be kept in large flocks
on the smaller farms.
In purchasing pure bred stock, be-
ware of INSCRIPTIONS live stock breed
ers who try to palm of tail enders"
on the Inexperienced
Don't select heavy, lazy SOW for a
breeder. She should be mild in dts
position, but possessed of sufficient
energy to take exercise.
The practical remedy for little pigs
that are liable to be troubled with
thumps IL to provide them plenty 81
exercise and large range
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17
MULE IS BECOMING POPULAR
Animals Are Used More on Thorough
fares of Large Citles-Handle
Colts Carefully.

II you breed the horses to strong
vigorous sires, that is the sort of or
spring you may expect; II you breed
to the other sort, you may expect
some other sort" of an offspring.
While crushed corn and cob meal
Is an excellent ration for the horses,
1t Is apt to produce gastric collie, un-
less something else is fed along with
1t, such as oats, bran or oil meal,
to act as q laxative for the cob fiber,
which is trifie difficult to digest.
The Missouri mule is becoming a
popular draft animal on the thor
oughfares of the large cities, He is
tough, eats less than a horse of the
same weight. and sells for around
5000
Handle the colts az much as posi-
BILE during the winter and as careful
~. The most marked feature Of
the horses intelligence is Its Nom
DRY. and the handling given the colt
In early life will always be remember
ed. and II it has been OF the right MT
will aid In the breaking"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17

II is the belief of the public health
service that the health of the travel
ing public generally is menaced by
1.-The constant movement OF persons at.
flicted with tuberculosis and other con.
tagious diseases" Obviously this
problem and others OF a similar char.
acter can be handled only by the fed
eral officials. for reliance upon widely
differing state health regulations. no
matter how honestly drawn or how
rigidly enforced, could not possibly
result In thorough security to the
people at large. The railroads are,
par excellence, interstate industries
and necessarily must be among the
first to feel the heavy hand from
Washington.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17
Handy SwllI Barrel.

the hydrant. In the center Of the bot
tom of the barrel is bored a two-inch
anger hole which Is kept closed by
means of plug. C, the handle OF
which Is made Of an old broom handle
and long enough to reach to the top
or the barrel. Swill is made OF ground
feed and when it is desirable to feed
the hogs all the operator has to do ID
TO stir the swill and pull the plug,
and the swill runs out into the trough
without any trouble, say the Iowa
Homestead. When enough has run
out the plug may be returned to IT'S
place and in his way there is no spill
Ing or handling Of swill. The trough
may be of any convenient length.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17
REAR CALVES ON skIMMILk
Production Of Cheap Feeders by Pail
Method Has Become Decidedly
important Question.

There has grown up a necessity for
the application Of economic methods
In beef production. Though feeders
may be produced from cows with
calves at the side on large areas OF
cheap grazing land. 1t is doubtful
whether this method can be success
fully employed on the average farm
operated under an intensive system.
In this case more revenue must be
secured from a COW during the year
than that produced in the feeder steer
or heifer receiving the entire product
OF the mother rearing it.
1t Is true that pedigreed animals,
especially of the beef classes reared
for sale, for breeding or for show pur-
poses. can be probably sucked by
their dams because of the higher
price they bring. The rearing of
cheap feeders by the pail method has
become an important question with
the beef producers.
Dairymen, of necessity, have long
practiced rearing calves or skimmilk
supplemented by grain, hay. silage,
etc, and some have even dispensed
with skimmilk feeding In quite large
measure.
AS general thing the pail-fed calf
suffers rom neglect and want of suf
fcient feed Of the proper character,
but there Is no secret to success in
rearing calves on skimmilk and sup
Elementary feed when 1t is combined
with jul.cious management
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17

The indictment brought against the
cat by the United States biological SUI.
vey may strike many persons as rath-
er too sweeping. According to these
experts the cat is neither harmless
nor necessary, but nuisance and
danger, says the Providence Journal.
1t destroys the songbirds, and let's the
rats and mice alone 1t is a carrier
OF disease, since even when 1t has a
comfortable home 1t will go abroad
to mingle with the pariahs of its kind.
1t cares nothing for its owner and
is ungrateful for the attention 1t
receives. All this is, In a sense, a
twice told tale. familiar In the mouths
of the cats enemies But when the
government tells 1t the attention OF
the most skeptical must be arrested.
There is nothing the various depart
ments and bureaus at Washington do
not know. Yet the cat Will retain
some friends in spite of this scath-
Ing accusation. II Is perfectly true,
OF course, that the cat is the great
est foe the birds have. II Is also true
that the pampered domestic pet does
not much concern itself with vermin.
1t Is also true that disease may easily
be transmitted by the cats fur But
the determination OF the cat seems to
me rather heavy penalty to impose
Tor Its sins against society. There Is
reason to believe that man is in part
responsible for these
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17

1t was practice among the an
clients to prescribe eating the livers OF
animals fer patients whose livers were
diseased. and eating the lungs OF ami.
mails for patients who were consump-
tives. Modern medical men have been
disposed TO regard the practice as
fantastic. but at the medical congress
which came to close recently in
Paris Roumanian doctor said the
practice was rational The principle
underlying 1t, he argued is that each
organ contains special chemical COM
pound. He went on to declare that
this compound extracted and injected
into a living organism goes straight
t. tn repair of the corresponding or.
gan. strengthening and reinforcing IT
and increasing its bulk
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17
Sheep Feeding Rack.

lambs In March will reap the benefit
OF higher prices then than can be OBJ
tanned later.
II Is all right to feed roughage TO
sheep on the ground but as a rack can
be 80. easily and cheaply constructed
1t 10 much better to feed from them.
My feed troughs are made OF three
boards eight feet long. The bottom
oae Is ten inches wide and the sides
six inches, l scatter the oats thinly
In these troughs and the sheep cannot
get large mouthful. Thus better
mastication OF the grain is secured
than II the sheep were permitted to
take large mouthfuls. | have fed
threshed oats to my sheep for good
many years, and have not experienced
anything but the most pleasing re-
suits. | feed oats until after Landing
time, then l add about one ear of corn,
shelled, to one pint Of oats a day for
each sheep.
Nearly all the shelter sheep need
In the winter time ia to keep OF rain
and snow. / have always allowed
them to stay out In the coolest wealth
er II 1t was not stormy. However,
never under any circumstances allow
them to take rains and SHOWS In win
ter At this season l give them good
clover hay, and in addition, little sill.
age or corn fodder about three times
= week. l feed twice a day in the
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17
STREET CAR MANNERS,

II will be difficult to fit dra wing room
though one might wish some code OF
ethics possible of enforcement upon
the latter. II 10 one of the anon
allies of city life that men. and some
times even women. will perform man
ners In a street car they would never
countenance elsewhere. All OF which
conspire to the annoyance and discom-
fort of riding In car which other
wise might be made very enjoyable.
The pay-as-you-enter trolley Is admir-
ably adapted to the absorption Of much
that is undesirable and needless. yet
fails often because people persist in
making a nuisance OF what was In
tended as comfort and a con-
venience. II the average person did
not lose his thought for the other
fellow the moment he put his foot in
the car step. it would not be so. All
the little placard sermons Tackled up
in the car. supplemented by the con-
ductors plaintive, Move up In front.
please" fall fiat on the person sta
toned in the rear end or perhaps half
way up the aisle, possibly reading
paper. while a score of others scram-
BILE for spot big enough to stand on
In the consequent congestion at the
rear end of the car says the Omaha
Bee. There is positively no excuse for
this, though one might suppose from
Its conventionality that there was.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17
Made-to-Order Kind.

my wife is always bringing home
so much toothpowder," complained a
man the other day to a friend. ''Its
take the bathtub cleanser and scrub
my teeth"
The pair were walking down Chest
nut street and his companion stopped
In amazement. What! Doesn't Il
hurt your teeth and gums, too?" he
exclaimed almost in horror.
mo" came back the surprising re.
ply. You see they're the kind you
buy at the dentists"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17
Alfalfa Commandments.

Thou shalt not SOW alfalfa seed on
wet or UNFRAMED land.
Thou shalt not SOW alfalfa seed on
acid or sour land, but shalt apply
calcium in the form Of lime or ground
limestone rock.
Thou shalt supply alfalfa land with
an abundance of stable manure.
Thou shalt thoroughly prepare the
alfalfa seed bed.
Thou shalt SOW only good alfalfa
seed, free from noxious weeds.
Thou shalt inoculate the soil II
thou wouldst reap the best benefits
from the alfalfa crop.
Thou shalt not SOW In the late fall
II thou wouldst obtain q creditable
stand.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17
FEEDING ROUGHAGE TO SHEEP
Rack 10 Easily and Cheaply Con-
structed and 10 Much Better Than
Throwing Feed on Ground.
(By B. r. LARA.)

Tho upriohts and cross-pieces OF
this feed rack arc made Of ono by four
material and Inch boards are used In
making the frame and stats. Tho
'ack 10 1874 feet high and cannot be
tipped over easily.
Many farmers prefer to have their
lambs come In April or even as late
as May because the weather Is more
favorable then, but the man who is
properly equipped to take care of his
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17

A German soldier recently was sen.
fenced to six months Imprisonment
for obtaining leave of absence on the
plea of attending hale and hearty
grandmother's funeral. The small boy
baseball fans" In this country will
probably shudder Thanksgiving
that they are not in the German
army
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17
Use for Marea-

A Missouri farmer recently sold a
two-year and a three-year-old mule
for $4S. Their dam was large but
rather smooth boned mare nine years
old, who had been incapacitated for
hard work by an accident in a barbed
wire fence. She will probably con-
tinue to be good breeder for several
years. Some farmers may see q way
to good profit in this story.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17

A New York girl walked down the
street in her sleep clad In pink pa.
jamas, and a policeman followed her
II blocks before he was convinced she
was somnambulist. He must have
taken her for an actress pulling .
press stunt
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17
One Fisherman's Idea,

First Angler-Look, this fish was
almost caught before; see the broken
hook in its mouth.
Second Angier-It should have had
sense enough to steer clear Of hooks
after that
First Angler-Oh, come. you can't
expect fish to exhibit more sense
than human being.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17
METHOD OF FEEDING SWINE
Swill Barrel Set on Small Platform
Immediately Above Trough Proves
Quite Convenient.

A very handy swill barrel for feed
Ing a lot OF hogs when they come
crowding around the trough Is made
as follows: The barrel A is set on
small platform Immediately above a
trough next to the hydrant ID, which
has a goose neck SO that water can
be drawn into the barrel directly from
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17
Zeal Proof.

That" said Mr.. Dustin Stax, is q
magnificent art treasure"
How do you know? BY the paint.
er's signature?"
NO. BY my own signature on the
check | gave the dealer"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17

Gives Him Chance to Pursue.
The hest way for a girl to catch a
man Is by running away from him.
That's right, there's no danger OF
her beating him out In q hobble
skirt"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17
No Partially.

Barber-What will you have on
your hair?
Customer-Don't get funny. I've got
more than one hair.
Barber-So l see. Pardon me;
meant what will you have on each
Brooklyn Life.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17

Boys OF Kansas now average an inch
taller than their fathers. which may
be due to the improved methods Of ir-
rigation practiced by the present gen
grafton.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17

Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces innamma.
ton, Allays pain. cures wind collie, 25c bottle M
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17
Unusual.

was there anything remarkable
about the meeting of the Ethical Cul-
ture society last night?"
Yes; there were ten men present
who didn't have college degrees OF
any nd."-Judge.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17
Its Function.

Jimson-What in your opinion, is
the true function of the modern news
paper?
1ohnson-To distract attent on from
what In curren. literature are called
the best sellers"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17
w. N. t., Salt Lake City, No. 5o-1s12.

An old topper says that none are Sc
blind as those who refuse an eye
opener.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17
Treatment Counts

1t does not matter so much about
the breed as 1t does about the Kind OF
uestmeut your hens receive
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17

The chap who poses as a good fell
low is apt to get the short end of 1t
eventually
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17

A gossip is a woman who tells al
she knOws-and then some.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17
Gloomy Outlook

oiOVfVJ OuAtOON.
It's going to be hard winter"
How can you tell?"
by the size of the salary I'm get
ting"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-01-17

Pessimism is worry systematized.-
Judge.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-30
WORST BLIZZARD
rNr0 CVDCDIrMnCn

crushed lava. The dirt used in the
fill is conveyed by means of belt
carrier for distance of half a mile
and dumped into a chute at the sum
NIT of the bluff, from which it emp
ties into the waiting wagons on the
dam. An idea of the expense en-
tailed to convey this dirt to the dam
can be had from the fact that it is
first excavated by steam shovels and
loaded into ears which discharge into
the conveyor. The conveyor makes
an ascent of So feet in the half mile
run to the dam.
No pains is spared to make the dam
strong. First a layer of small stones,
sand and clay is deposited to a depth
of six inches. 1t is then sprinkled
thoroughly and rolled by a four ton
traction engine. Close to the con-
crete core the dirt and stone are de-
posted in a pool of water so that the
settling process is constantly going
on. On the upstream side a finer
mat is used than on the down stream
portion, and when completed the sur.
face of the dam will be provided with
layer of loose rock three feet deep
on the upper side and a similar layer
of smaller rock two feet thick on the
lower. The outlet of the reservoir
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-30
Big Land Opening in
Moses Lake VALLEY
Discovery of Immense Underground Lake East of Wenachee
Results in the Development of Many Rich Acres
of Fruit and Alfalfa Land

from the Moses Lake region, and
finds a ready market for all of it
Figuring 45c per box for expense of
production, this leaves a net profit in
this instance of $4,000 for the sea.
son. Other growers are doing as well
A very interesting instance might
be told in connection with the Ticha-
eek place. Last summer Mr.. Tichacek
sold the orchard for $4,000. The
buyers got the benefit of the season Is
crop. About the time the output of
the place was marketed Mr.. Tichacek
had a case of "cold feet" He re-
GREETED the move he had made, and
he wanted to get it back again. He
did buy it back, paying $4,000 for it,
or clean premium of $4,000 over the
price he had sold it for few months
before.
Among those who have been first to
appreciate this new Moses Lake dis
trict are the men who have made
Wenatchee. Several Wenatchee capital
lists have, within the past year or so,
invested 100000 in this district.
Some of them have planted an entire
section to orchard, and, although the
orchard is only few months old,
these men would not take $500 an
acre for the property today. They
see its future possibilities. Raw land
is selling in Moses Lake valley for
800 an acre, and value of $500
an acre is placed on it as soon as
the trees are planted.
Becoming interested in the reports
of wealth and opportunity coming
out from this comparatively new ter
ritory, the editor of the Wenatchee
World recently started on a trip of
investigation. He covered good por-
ton of Grant county. Then when he
got back to his office he wrote one
of the strongest endorsements of a
new country that has ever been pub.
lished in a rival district. In part he
said:
"Those who hold the opinion that
the Wenatchee valley has a monopoly
on the apple land of this section of
the state must change their minds.
Those who do not change their minds
must do so later. The writer has
had constantly inceasing opinion Of
the lands of Grant county. A thor
ough inspection of the lands in that
county during the past few weeks
has forced the conviction that the
fruit lands in the country east of here
are in every way equal to those of
Wenatchee, Entiat, Chelan, Methow
and Okanogan valleys. In fact, the
Wenatchee valley is just sample of
the future of Grant county.
"In short, the country to the east
OF the Wenatchee valley is one of
tremendous possibilities. 1t affords
one of the greatest opportunities in
the United States today"
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-30

own under the smile of sunny skies.
So project after project has sprung up
and the business of "cOntrolling the
ralnfall' has taken hold on the dis
trict with vengeance. Startling as
the figures may seem, it is stated upon
good authority that this county boasts
92.9 per cent of its cultivated farms
under the ditch.
Such a condition cannot help but
bring enthusiasm among the advocates
DC irrigation. Yet the enterprise and
enthusiasm preceded the water. Men
with foresight looked into the matter
scientifically and determined the pro
duotivity of the soil without water.
1t required no system of higher
mathematics to demonstrate that with
the addition of an abundance of rain
fall, regulated as are the great irri-
CATION projects of the state, the pro-
duction of every acre could be made
tC increase in ratios hardly conceiv-
able. Men came into the vicinity and
invested thousands of dollars in plant
ing orchards and laying out vineyards.
Many did not wait for the compile
ton of the canals but manifested their
faith in the future of the country by
starting development before the bitches
were made. Southern Idaho is dotted
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-30

which is now in use to convey the
water around the dam is tunnel
bored through the solid rock 700 feet
in length and 10 feet square. The
bottom is on a level with the stream
bed.
For years "Twin Falls" has been
almost a trade mark for southern
Idaho. And rightly so, for the county
OF Twin Falls stands today as the
banner irrigation county of the state,
and indeed of the Northwest. No
other county in the state can boast
so great proportion of its farmed
land under the ditch. And this
progress has been very rapid. Twin
Falls has believed in the mission of
irrigation from the very first. That
is why the country about the city of
Twin Falls has come under the spell
of the irrigation fever. Those who
have watched the development of this
splendid fruit and farming district
have seen barren wastes turned into
fertile fields and the desert vertically
made to blossom as the rose. I'm
mense orchard companies have entered
the field because they believed in the
country and the irrigation business
It needed but a small demonstration
to prove to the less sanguine that
with water to turn upon the soil at
will the country would come into its
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-30

today with the farms and orchards
Of these men, to whose faith and
courage the state owes much. More
over, business men in the southern
Idaho towns threw their support be-
hind the projects with the result that
communities became a unit in work
ing for, boosting and anticipating the
future of their sections.
Beyond the confines of Twin Falls
County the spirit of improvement is
no less. Where the government has
not taken hold of projects private cor
porations have undertaken the task,
and the Twin Falls-Oakley project is
but one of them. Irrigation started
slowly in Idaho, the people going con-
servatively for several years. But in
1909 % projects were launched through
out the state, and of these southern
Idaho received its share. Experts have
repeatedly examined the soil of its
fertile valleys and pronounced it ex-
cellent. Demonstrations have repeat
eddy been made with the same verdict.
It is not surprising then that capital
should seek these fields on which the
eyes of the East had been turned
through the enterprising publicity ef-
forts of commercial organizations. The
fields of waving grain, alfalfa, the
blooming orchards and the luxuriant
gardens today greet the eye as the