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The Colorado statesman., 1913-09-27
Crepe Neulluees.

White crepe negligees, embroidered
with fine wool threads in soft colors,
are very becoming. A long rest robe
Of the crepe shows loosely arranged
bunch of embroidered flowers at the
TWO front corners of the skirt, and a
trailing little streak of embroidery
up each side of the front. At the
neck the embroidery widens out into
yoke design. A dainty lingerie col
ar falls over and half conceals this
'oka-
The Colorado statesman., 1913-09-27

tened at the side, tiny nosegays of IA
miliar flowers are sometimes used.
Often small, soft rosettes, made by
shirring the ribbon or by little groups
of very short loops, finish the trim
ming here. But her little ladyship
may be indulged with little diminu-
tive ostrich tips, or novel little fur Or
naments, or specially designed ros-
cites. by way of pleasing her, IL she
is allowed a preference.
Childrens millinery is SO carefully
designed at present that mistakes
need not be made in the matter OF
making a choice.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05
Salt the Cove.

Cows shonld be sailed regularly, win
ter and summer. Salt is m essential
part OF the ration even though 1t may
not have much direct food value.
Many farmers who otherwise are care
FIJI feeders neglect the sailing Of their
stock especially In winter. The best
plan is 10 mix certain percentage Of
salt in he grain feed when It Is mixed.
pound and half Of salt per 100
pounds OF grain is about right. The
salt will make the grain more palata-
bic. and one will not be 80 apt to neg.
lect feeding any II is wise plan to
keep supply OF salt where the cattle
'sn reach it whenever they are loose.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05
Profit In Horne Raialno.

Good colts are about as paying an
advertisement as farmer can have.
and one OF the strongest incentives to-
ward getting good colts Is q determine
tion TO show them at the grange fair.
The county fair or the state fair. saws
the Kansas Farmer. This determine
ton results in increased interest In the
individual animal and better care and
feed for the colt and its dam. In CIV
inc This care the farmer Is training
himself and is learning how to de-
velop a prize colt. He should know
that late foals or those in poor condi-
ton are moi likely to show well along
side Of early ones or those which have
been we'll cared for. The first six
months of colts life is not expensive
to the owner. and such colts find
ready sale at good figures. but. Of
course. The little added expense to
bring him to n vearling more than pays
for itself
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05
+" Pays to Raise Calves.

a. It Is almost impossible TO Inv
-. ""s at reasonable prices the
q, .armer cannot do better than
!. als own. In raising cows there
- - . y for selection and training,
n 'ae owner knows what kind he
~. lae practice Of buying fresh
~. "' aud feeding them heavily until
ul,,,,' 0evo"e fat and dry off, then
th,.a, s 'nem to the butcher, is fast
,s,., .''s out the dairy cows of some
1as,' .sc0'd should be kept of the pro.
h .. VI each COW. and none should
I'm . 0 that will produce over
Il hu. uou''us OF milk and 300 pounds
i,,~ "'' ., per year. All heifer caIves
nd ,' ~ such cows should be saved
tb,v % \, raised. When mature. II
lssa' 10 not give promise of being GOOD
A h.,s 'ney can be sold for beef
hrt, ~ ea'f can be brought to ma.
/ w; ' .'.. oae-third to one,half y w hat
>srtet, a., a., 10 buy a good COW on the
psp,e a. r. ' nc usually when mature will
,seOd NV s",' 81 good COW and sired by
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05

100 freely. especially while the calves
is very young and their stomachs I'M.
abe to use it all. as it causes scours
Ine calf Is taught to drink. sweet
whole milk being given for the first
week, after which sweet skimmilk is
gradually substituted. Care is taken
mat the milk when given is not more
nof less than the exact temperature of
ne Calls body. This. he says. is very
important. In about two or three
weeks the calf will begin to nibble,
'au Ine hest green stuff or hay on the
pace should be given to encourage
'eF' Fresh air, sunshine and exercise
W excellent health promoters and
uOuld be available for all stock.
ne does not believe in breeding the
se,.er until two years old, for if bred
slo!e mature the result is an under
.,su ea'r' and the COW herself Is stunt
AZ soon as Il heifer comes to be
:. nuuc'hs normally her efficiency is
s''eu' and II she falls below standard
y Is sacrificed at once. By these
I s'"Ous ne succeeds in maintaining a
1'F' nerd Of very high standard.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05
KEEPING UP THE
DAIRY QUALITY

: ]. Griaing, writing in the low"
.,,.,d ON the economy or dair!
,..rsrs raising heifer calves says; /
~ long talk with one OF the leao
'ps dalrymen Of our country the o'a ct.
!, No said that he owed the greater
~ Of his success to the fact that he
r,.sd the heifer calves from the best
.ors in bis herd to take their place IN
a. dairy He prefers to do this be
.,.o good dairy helfers are very hard
!. hur and by rearing the home prod
!. no Ia able to bring 1t up Just the
Il, bo thinks A dairy calf should be
reared.
This dairy farmer claims that many
ANNALS of good blood and natural
.AIitv as milk producers do not attain
.A.,, host because they were not prop
sly cared for VIXEN developing M"eh
= tho future worth of the COW Is lie
,ermined in the first year or two of its
Ne II, underfed it will be stunted
and understood. and If dirty or lousy
viii be nervous and depleted A
IN no matter how gentle by nature,
iii develop into Il very vicious cow II
.on.tantly wbacked and cursed when
young. A vicious. unreliable cow no
natter how large producer, is not
vorth keeping in the dairy herd.
This man likes to use skimmilk in
moving the calves and recommends 1t
nehly He even says that when the
milk is sold ii pays to keep enough
for the calves. While he recommends
akimmllk. he cautions against using 1t
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05
DRINKING FOUNTAIN
FOR POULTRY YARD

4 convenient place should be provid-
ed for water for the hens. 1t is best
To construct small stand about one
foot above the hoor and place the wa
ter dish on thus. This stand can be
constructed in the partition SO that the
hens in two pens drink from one dish
1t is. however usually better to give
each pen Il separate drinking dish
The water stand should be placed
where ii is light and also where il ia
convenient to empty the dish and re-
I'LL it, As n rule the water dish will
keep cleaner il near the south side OF
the building a. the hens scratch the
litter toward The north much more
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05
SLEEP.

Do but consider what an excel
lent thing sleep is. 1t is so in
eStimable Il jewel that if ty-
rant would give his crown for an
hours Sumher 1t cannot be
bought. Yea. SO greatly are we
indebted to this kinsman of
death that we owe the better
tributary half of our life to him.
and there is good cause why we
should do SO, for sleep is that
golden chain that ties health and
our bodies together. Who com
plains of want, of wounds, of
cares. of great mems expressions.
of captivity. whilst he Sleepeth?
BeggarS in their beds take as
much pleasure rs kings. Can we
therefore Surfeit on this delicate
ambroSia: Can we drink too much
of that. whereof To taste too lit
tie tlimneS into Il churchyard
and TO use but iuiitferently
throws us into bcdlam: No.
no, Look upon Erdylnion. the
moons minion, who slept three
score and fifteen years and was
not Il hair the worse for ii. Can
living abed till noon. then. being
not the threeScore and fifteenth
part of his nap, be hurtful?-
Thomas Decker.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05

Hougette's Fancy, the pure bred
Guernsey COW herewith shown. is
considered the best COW in the is
land Of Guernsey. She is by Gov
ernor Of LaChene, out of Red Rose.
and Is ten years old She has won
many prizes in her show ring ca
reer In 1865 she was awarded sill
yer cup for best COW and challenge
cup offered by the Guernsey Farm
ers' association and in 1909 won first
prize and kings cup, The next
year she won first prize in first class
and the silver cups given by the
Agricultural society and the Guern-
sey Farmers association for best
COW In the show. Hougette's Fancy
3 owned by T. Mansell Simon. St
Saviour's. island of Guernsey
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05
SOME PRACTICAL
FARMING HINTS

The other day on Il trip of two or
three hundred miles the writer could
but notice the large number of farms
on which the stock had been turned
into pasture to Craze what they could
when the pastures We're as bare and
brown rs n barn floor The stock not
only got little or nothing that was
worth anything. but it is clear that
they were injuring the pasture. Where
stock is turned into pasture thus early
the damage done to the roots of the
grass when the sod is soft is consid-
cradle
AT the end of the nineteenth week
of the international egg laying contest.
which is being conducted at Storrs
college. in Connecticut. Thomas Bar
ron's pen of English White Leghorns
still maintains the lead. with a score of
IL eggs Edward Cams pen of White
Leghorns (alSo EnglSl holds second
place. with :.So eggs To its credit;
George Schmitz'S pen of Buff Leghorns
ranks third, with BIZ eggs: Cams White
Wyandottes fourth with Il score of $40,
while the Braeside's poultry farms pen
Of White I.eghorns stands fifth. With
3l5 eggs
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05

isr can he pulled NJ with ease. If the
post is large the arms can bc sprung
apart so that the points can he driven
in on each side. The lever should he
sufficiently long and strong. and the
lev cragc block may be a separate short
piece Of wood
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05
Make the Hons Work.

Don't overfed your hens. When they
begin TO act lazy and walk around as
If they had little or no ambition you
can make up your mind that they are
getting too much food without work.
Bury their grain in the soft ground or
in deep litter and make them work FOR
it-Kansas Farmer
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05

QAD0ln 81 SSSoNsVU1s
,euue ~ Tue brood sows so TINT tho
IL tims s' 9 : Will begin to grow nom
n. ' a, Of their birth. 90" non"
tsvelopIsrsr should 81 .I be kept growing and
~ they 's W., 10 :, That at eight months Of
l..I, Nv. will be at for market '''"' u
Economical up 'ap'd growth is the most
hs the Sss. method eth as well as produc '
s,nt to , svans pigs are very fat and
mths rr 1'as In the nest get them a, anu o",
nAmm '''' or you will have cases Of
an! cu,s :. =, on the ground vii, ma,
NH. # + .s sareless in feeding skim
'n ., sst the most value s out st :, nn0
"nal. wv VI It,
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05
Useless Endeavor.

An English missionary advised a
mill hand to husband his resources, to
spend less in beer and tobacco, in or
der that he might not feel the pinch of
slack times later on But the mill
hand. strokine his chin doubtfully, an
IWered in broad Lancashire dialect:
"Aw know a chap as saved about t13
against the slack times. an they never
COON that winter. m he had all that
brass thrown on his hands,
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05
THE IMPORTANCE OF
SWINE PASTUR|NG

while clover is The very best pasture
for pigs and hogs. get good results
by letting them run on mixed wild
grass writes Minnesota hog grower
In the Orange Jndd Farmer | like
white clover and timothy pasture In
the spring, then have ready a mixture
Of oats, barley and rape to turn them
on the last of May and rape lot FOR
the latter part Of July and August 1t
~ also good plan to have ready
small sweet corn Held near at hand. l
always SOW rape when | cultivate corn
the last time, and this makes fine
rape pasture After the green corn 10
cut | open the gates and let the hogs
clean up both the corn and rape.
Pumpkins are a good feed for old hogs
late in the fall.
One of the advantages Yorkshire
breeds have over other types is that
they can he marketed Mt almost any
age With good liberal treatment they
reach prime weights at six and seven
months, weighing Jas to 200 pounds or
better they can he held n little longer
and turned OF ut 225 to $50 pounds to
advantage If held a year they can be
made to tip the scales at 400 pounds
With extra care they can he made to
do better than that. There are many
kinks IN the hog business. One that l
consider important is to know and like
your hogs. If YOU Hike them and study
them This kink will let you on to all
The other kinks in time
Select good stock and use only a
pure bred boar OF your favorite breed.
Then treat this foundation herd well.
Put them on pasture and give them
plenty OF pure water and provide COM
forta BILE sleeping quarters. Feed va
riety OF foods but do not overfeed.
Dsinfect troughs and sleeping quar-
tiers and The pigs themselves either by
sprinklne or dipping Keep them free
at all times from worms Wood ashes,
SCOT. sulphur and charcoal are good
things to keep before the hogs. Do
not keep too many hogs together.
These things in my experience are the
Fundamentals of success In the hog
business.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05

There is to be esta blished on July
Il new bureau under the federal de-
partment of agriculture that will have
charge of what will be known as the
rural organization service. The main
object to which attention will be given
will be better marketing facilities, so
clal welfare and other problems hay-
ing directly to do with the farmers
financial. physical and social welfare.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05


lSiand like this iusures clean wafer for
fowls.
than toWar, the front of the house \
hen faces HE light usually wien dig
.in. in the straw for her feed, and the
result is that the litter works hack.
There are numerous drinking devices
on the market many Of which are val
nable \ large number Of farmers.
however. use either II small pail OF pan
4 low pail makes Il very CONVENIENT
water dish. rs the hail ena''lr> II It"
nc readily handled with one haud.
\ p-n us shown in the cul ais"
makes Il convenient Watering ul>h
Care should be taken net 10 use Wai"i
ine devices nf ANY kind Which haN"
parts that oinn" he rehdiiN riranrd
\ dirty drInl,in@ dish j. frequently Il
source Of di~c;,>r and should never to
permitted iu amy poHitf> house
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05
The ONLY
Democratic Paper
I'm T.
CENTRAL WASHINGTON
THE LAW OF NATURE.

The law of nature Is that GER
tain quantity Of work Is neces-
sary to produce II certain guam
tity of good OF any kind what
ever. If You want knowledge
you must toll for II and II pleas
IRE You must toll for It. Ruskin.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05
Superiority Of SiIaee Fed Cove.

The following remarks on the econ.
omy of siiaee are taken from Farm
and Fireside;
The results Of cooperative COW test.
ing in Minnesota during 1912 have been
announced one of the most remarka-
bile comparisons was that between
silaee fed herds and herds which re-
ceiyed no Slage
The slage fed herds which were
tested for milk and butter fat produc-
ton were twelve in number and In.
Guided 2l6 cows The average net
profit in the >Iage fed herds was $33 .O4
per COW
There Were sixteen herds, with a
total of 239 cows, which did not receive
silage, and the net profit of these ami
mails was SD % per COW.
In round numbers the cows receiving
silaee made a profit of slightly over
$40 each more than the cows which did
not receive silage
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05
A WISE OLD WRITER.

CoIumeIla in the first century
4. H.. wrote: 40 one gifted with
common SENSE vii, ever permit
himself to be persuaded that our
earth has grown old. az Il man
grows old The sterllty of our
fields is to be imputed to our do
ings because we hnnd over the
cultivation of them to the uurea
sOning management Of ignorant
and mskillful slaves Columel-
Ia also recommended the grow
ing of alfalfa and vetches. com
u.ending their virtues In the
highest terms.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05

ine an old fence
\ stout pry has two
round iron arms at
taciled to its end.
The iron has its
ends turned in and
drawn TO II point
So that it can he
d riv e II into the
most whom tho lat
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05
THE ONLY
nemocratic Paper
IN
CENTRAL WASHINGTON
TRUE FRlEND SHlP.

The most holy bond of society
is friendship 1t has been we'll
said by Il Shrewd satirist that.
rare as true love is. true friend
ship is still rarcr. - Mary Woll-
stonecraft.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05

Trouble in breaking n horse may be
reduced to a minimum if the animal
is halter broken before it is eight
months old and accustomed to bit be-
fore it is two year-old. The value of
many an otherwise fine horse is often
considerably reduced simply because
of the postponement of the training re-
ferred to until after it has its habits of
life pretty well formed.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05

The other day Il breeder of bloOded
cattle who lives not far from the writ
ers home town had five cattle out or
nine head that We're bought at sale
returned to him because they showed
symptoms of tuberculosis when tested
by II veterinarian of the department of
agriculture prior to being shipped out
of the state There should be laws
in each state that would prevent breed
ers from offering any animals for sale
that had not passed Il satisfactory tu-
bercuin test When buyer gets hold
OF Il diseased bunch such rs this one
did it is calculated to make him lose
confidence in pure bred cattle and the
men who sell them and in 50 far serves
to work IA definite injury to the bust
ness
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05

station showed That potato vines that
were sprayed with limesulphur were
stun ed rs Il result and that the yield
of It bcrs was materially reduced.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05
AND GARDEN
ITEMS OF INTEREST

A pretty good fish story comes from
Boston TO the effect that Il fisherman
named John Meuse hauled a lob
ster aboard the other day three feet
long and weighing in the neighborhood
of ten pounds. 1t had claws eighteen
inches long and is thought to have
been ut least twenty-five years ola.
The lobster attacked the man on beng
hauled into the boat but was put out
of business with an oar after bitlhg
the legs of his captor
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05

At just the right time. when the
weeds are starting in the surface soil.
IN iron rake is the best weed killer
for the small garden that we know
of. as ii not only covers good deal of
ground. but stirs it we'll and exposes
sun
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05
Bear Down: Up Goes Post!

A New York correspondent of the
Farm journal says
The Illustration shows Il simple eff
toctivc and very convenient nipple
meu for pulling np posts when remov-
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05
An Idea.

An toea
The word idea formerly meant com.
pleted performance. whether mental or
physical
The Anemone.
AnemOhe means wind flower" The
anemone is So delicately poised that 1t
trembIaS IN the slightest breeze
Not Bare.
Hubby That's a bare attempt at a
alad. Wife-Oh. no. dear. | dressed
it myself. Houston Post.
More Trouble With the Language.
He's II steady drinker, isn't he:'
Hes IA drlnker. all right but hes
never steady '-Cleyela nd Plain Dea Ter.
Rare and Well Done.
Reporter-lt was a rare sight.
City Editor When you write the sto
ry waut il we'll done. Judge
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05

According to figures lately issued by
the bureau OF statistics at Washing
ton. the cost of living was higher dur
ing the closing months of 1912 than
for any period during the preceding
twenty-three years. I'm 1890 the cost
Of a years food supply for an average
workingmans family was S2o6; II
1896. 1914. and in 1912, SAB. FROM
these figures it is clear that there has
been IN increase in the prices OF food-
stuffs Of about 60 per cent since the
year 1896
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05
Little chicks are likely to have trou-

Little chicks are likely to have trou
bic if they are not given an opportunity
to scratch and stretch their legs by tho
time they are three weeks old. And
such trouble is aggravated if the ra-
ton is too largely fat rather than bone
and muscle forming
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05

A leading eastern agricultural jour
nal recently contained an illustrated
article telling how one man failed in
The poultry business. While they
won't say much about it. there are
doubtless a good many of its readers
who will be in shape to sympathize
with this unfortunate.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05

Mourn over that which nature
puts upon us:
\aught that must he Is terrible
TO morlals.
Euripides
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05

A firm in Massachusetts makes a
business of collecting stray milk bot
ties Last year it collected from vari-
Gus sources 100000 bottles. and of
this number 100000 were taken from
city dumps. If this practice is general
in American cities it is no wonder that
the cost of living is a trihe high.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05

The department of agriculture mas
recently issued farmers bulletin NO
SIS. which gives detailed descriptions
of fifty kinds of useful American BIRDS.
With each description is given a pc
ture of the bird. done in colored plates
Not only the appearance and habits OF
these birds are set forth. but emphasis
is also placed on their value to the
farmer and gardener. 1t seems strange
indeed. that just such II bulletin wa
not issued twenty or more years ago
instead of great deal of matter which.
in the course of events, was used as
filler for low chairs or to start tres
with. However. lovers of birds as well
MS filters of the soil should be gratified
with this publications. even though pc
lated
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05

A farmer living in a county not far
from where the writer resides has late
ly figured up the receipts for year
from his herd of eight iIolstein cows.
They gave 10000 pounds of milk, which
sold for $500 or an average of 81 10
per head. This record is not given
because it. is exceptional. but because
it is good-twice as good as the aver
age of dairy herds the country over
The owner of this bunch Of HolSteln
cows knows exactly what each is do
ing in the way of butter fat production
during the year by weighing the milk
and applying the Babcock test, and he
further knows what the bill of fare OF
the herd averages during the year. 1t
is fair to assume that the annual feed
bill of these COWS is not far from 500
head. in which case the owner had
$500 to put in the bank at the end OF
the year.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-06-05

The slugs that often skeletonlze the
leaves of pear and cherry trees may be
nut out of business by spraying the
trees with commercial arsenate or lead
dissolved in water at the rate or TWO
hounds to fifty gallons or, If the trees
are low, by busting them with hne
road dust. In either case the stun APP
piled puts kink in the slug's glzzard.
Common road dust is also equally ell
fective in doing away with the rose
slug. The worms that feed ON cur
rant and gooseberry leaves may DC eX-
terminated by busting them. when the
dew is ON. with powdered hellebore.