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Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-11

Two Oregon (Utah) Detectives dis guised as women carried S1.000 to meet robbers who had demanded this sum. Instead of capturing the bandits they were held up by them and re- lieved of the money.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-11
Strike on Grand Trunk.

Portland. Maine. April 1o-one hun dred and fifty freight handlers at the Grand Trunk Railway sheds struck for an advance in wages from S1.7a to S2 a day
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-11
Largest in Conne
Condensed Teiegrams

Next Monday Will Be the anniver- sary of the sinking of the Titanic.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-11

Secretary McAdoo's Gag Order'' has been extended from the assistant sec retaries of the treasury. to whom it originally applied, to every bureau and division chief of that department.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-11

The Presbyterian Parsonage at To- lono, ILL. was dynamited yesterday. Rev. w. W Wilson. who lived there has been vigorous foe of saloons.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-11

Oregon Farmers Are Asking for has StaILad WssI
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-11

The Year 1918 Has Proved thus fa1 the most disastrous three months that ship owners on both sides of the At lantic have experienced ill nearly 5G years.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-11

Charles D. Clayton of Asbury Park, N. J., who was convicted on his second Charles D. Lippincott of Asbury Park, committed suicide in jail yesterday.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-11

Two Hundred School Children who went on strike at Elmsford. N. Y, and broke windows and damaged other property because the board of educa- ton dismissed William J. Gleason principal of the school. returned to their desks yesterday on the advice of MT. Gleason himself
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-11

Ex-Governor William L. Douglas was married at Brockton, Mass. yesterday Me, who has been his thousekeeper since the death of Mrs. Douglas.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-11
Amonc the BeIated suits Aaains

the White Star line for death claims growing out of the Titanic disaster is that of Mrs. Mareelle Navratil of France, mother of the two Titanic waifs," Mono and Lolo. rescued fa- therless and protected by Miss Mar garet Hays of New York The suit was filed Wednesday and asks $3o,00G fer Nayratil's death
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-11

Fire in the Livery Stable of T. 4. Green at Danbury yesterday afternoon caused damage estimated at about $1,3O0. Four horses were suffocated.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-11

Between 175 and 200 Men, mostly laborers, in the employ of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road and the Central New England railway quit work yesterday because a demand for an increase of wages fused.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-11

Echoes of the Trials of Harry K. Thaw reached the United States su- prene court yesterday when John B. Gleason, once an attorney for Thaw, took steps to have the court review his suit against Thaw for s60,00O for legal services.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-11

Richard Bosh Was Killed Yesterday afternoon while riding on an elevator at paper box factory at New Haven, where he was employe6h.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-11

Rev. Marion Capps, Convicted on the charge of burning two of his children to death in an oiI-soaked bed to which it was alleged he tied them, was sen- fenced at Fort Smith. Ark, to be hanged May 30.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-11
Fortv Rovs Between 12 and 1e, mem

bers of the Columbia Park Boys club of San Francisco, and all of them musicians or athletes, left yesterday for trip around the world that is planned to occupy a year.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-11

a wealthy dealer in dye stuffs and chemicals, committed suicide yesterday by shooting himself in the head while standing on a bridge spanning the Lehigh Valley railroad tracks.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-11

the opening of the Panama canal was proposed yesterday by Representative Cop1ey in a resolution to authorize tions to participate in such an event.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-11

Egan, chief of the state police, as del- gate to the weights and measures con- ference at Washington on April IA, was made yesterday by Governor Baldwin.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-21
IOWA SWEET CORN OUTPUT

Prof. A.. T. Erwin Of the horticul-
tural department of Iowa State coll
lege estimates that over 100000
cans of sweet corn have been put up
in the Iowa factories this year. The
forty-three canning establishments OF
Iowa furnish more than one-fifth Of
the total canned corn of the United
States. Nearly $4,000 acres are plant
ed to sweet corn annually to furnish
the green material. On the average
the farmers have received $25 per
acre for this crop and have had some
very valuable fodder left.
In addition to corn, enormous
amounts of vegetables are made use
of in the canning business. Last year.
1911, between $500 and 1000 of
Iowa's fertile acres were given over
to growing tomatoes for the canning
factories. Peas, beans, cabbage and
many other such crops are grown ex-
tensively to be made into the canned
product.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-21
OUR EXPFRlnENlTAL APPLES
Spraying, Pruning and Cultivatins
Prove Effective At Council Bluffs
Experiment QnehaId.

ny EARL ELIJAH, Iowa State College.
This years crop Of apples from the
experiment station at Council Bluffs
more than doubles the output of last
year. More than $500 bushels have
been gathered from the twenty-three
acres and the apples are of excellent
quality. This record is very cncour-
aging when it is considered that
much less than twenty-three acres &C.
tually produced the apples, as good
many of the trees are not yet of
bearing age. Again the apple grow
ers in the vicinity of Council Bluffs
call this a very poor apple season.
Laurenz Greene, horticultural exper-
imentalist, reports the apples to ex-
eel in quality and color the boxed ap-
Piles of the same varieties shipped in
from the western states.
The fruit has all been gathered and
graded. Nine hundred bushels were
carefully packed in boxes and placed
in cold storage, while the remaining
fruit was either packed in barrels or
disposed of locally. Mr.. A. B. Coop
er, an expert fruit packer from Hood
river, Oregon, gave demonstrations in
packing and trained men who assist
ed in packing during the whole sea-
son. The class in orchard practice
from Ames assisted in the packing
and in keeping the records Of the
trees, as complete and accurate
record of each tree is kept.
The increased yield and superior
quality of the apples harvested this
year, Mr.. Greene thinks, may be just
ly attributed to the cultivation, spray
ing and rigorous pruning carried on
in this orchard. On the whole the
results are very encouraging, al
though there have been many OBJ.
stacles to overcome. For example,
the blister canker has killed a large
percentage of the Gano and Ben
Davis trees. Another fight was car.
ried on with the apple blotch, which
first broke out in July on the North
western Greetings. A thorough
spraying Of the trees with Bordeaux
mixture practically stopped the
spread of the fungus.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-21
EXPERIMENT ORCHARD

This experiment orchard is one
which the college horticultural ex-
pertinent section has leased for a
period Of ten years. This is the third
season under the new management.
Various experiments will be carried
out from year to year studying the
effect of different treatments IN both
the fruit and the soil. Part of the
orchard is under cultivation. while
another part is in sod. The dry sea-
sons of the past three years have pre-
vented the forming Of good sod. but,
with what sod there is, the results
point very strongly to the conclusion
that cultivation increases the yield,
while the apples of the sod ground
take on 4 higher color.
1t is interesting to know that the
soil in which this orchard was plant
ed twenty years ago was so poor that
it would not raise = good crop Of
corn. This is the report of neigh
bors who were familiar with the tract
of ground at least two decades ago.
The prospects for good returns are
much brighter than they would be
with poor corn field. The market
price Of good varieties Of apples IN
the neighborhood of Council Bluffs
was $1.O5 per bushel on the 7scker's
table. Corn would. have to sell con-
siderably above the present market
to make favorable comparison.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-21

efficient seemingly as either alone.
This is contrary to our results Of =
year ago and may be possibly due 70
the fact that the clover used was not
Of the choicest a.-Ty; however, II
was good, clean, bright hay and WAS
eaten to considerable extent by the
ewes. 1t was not as leafy as good
choice hay, but rather inclined to be
somewhat stemy. The alfalfa was of
our own raising and of choice qu2!-
ity.
The average daily ration per eve
and the daily feed cost was as fol-,
lows:
Lot No. daily ration: Corn,
.sO2 pounds; clover, 2.9O9 pounds; al
falfa, none; silage, none; daily cost
of feed per eve, RAT cents.
Lot No. 2paily ration: Corn,
.799 pounds; clover, none; alfalfa,
2.71 pounds; silage. none; daily cost
of feed per eve, 2.74 cents.
Lot No. 3-Daily ration: Corn,
.5s7 pounds; clover, LA pounds; al
falfa, none; silage 2.s77 pounds; daily
cost of feed per eve, 2.03 cents.
Lot No. 4-Daily ration: Corn.
1902 pounds; clover, none; alfalfa,
none; silage, 4.717 pounds; daily cost
of feed per eve, 166 cents.
The feeds were charged as follows:
Shelled corn, so cents bushel. or
1913 cents hundred; clover hay, $12
a ton, or 60 cents hundred; alfalfa
hay, SIS ton, or rs cents hundred;
corn silage, $500 per ton, or 16 cents
hundred. Il -.
That the daily cost of feed per
eve is decreased by the use of silage
is clearly shown. AS compared to
clover and alfalfa the cost is much
less, or practically one-third.
The chances are that the ration
could be made more economical and
much more efficient if some cotton
seed meal or oil meal were added to
corn and corn silage when allowed
the ewes. It would result in not only
cheapening the ration, but in health
Ter lambs. The addition of some
oats would be of some value, espe-
cially when they are moderate in
price, as this year. 1912. Oats is a
premier feed for ewes at any rate
and they may be given small al
lowance.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-21

prising. 1t so happened that they
gave birth to the least number, or
SO lambs as compared to practically
IL lambs with the other three lots,
This, of course, would tend to make
these lambs heavier, because we know
the less the number of offspring in
the litter the higher the general
thrift, vigor, etc, at birth. However,
the differences in the number born is
not enough to Offset the advantage
which the silage fed lambs seem to
have. 1t must be remembered, how
ever, that these ewes were al! very
we'll fed and that is quite a factor in
the production of good strong lambs,
no matter what the ration.
The alfalfa ration clearly produced
larger and stronger lambs than the
clover. The roughages, silage aNd
clover. when combined, were not as
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-21
CORN SILAcE FOR EWES.
~ J. M. Evvard. Iowa Agricultural Es'er~
tment Station

~ J. M. Evvard. Iowa Agricultural EH'et~
iment Station.
The time has come when every corn
belt farmer who is in the snsep busi-
ness must preserve a part OF his corn
crop in the silo if he wants to produce
lambs economically. In a careful test
Of silage as feed for pregnant
ewes, the Iowa Agricultural Expert
ment Station demonstrated It's worth
very clearly. When fed upon sllase
as the principal part of the ration.
ewes produced better lambs more
economically than when fed on other
feeds.
In figuring the cost of lambs at
birth, taking into consideration the
cost of feeding during the winter
period, cost of pasture and crcdltlnG
the eve with the average wool clip,
we find that the lambs cost on the
average practically seven to ten times
as much where silage is not used as
where it is. For instance, last year
lur lambs at birth cost on clover and
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-21

This unusual animal demonstrates
that what the animal husbandry de-
partment of the college knows about
dairy cattle is not all theory. He
was born on the college farm and he
was reared there and brought into
championship form there under the
direction of Prof. H. H. Kildee and
the herdsman, Axel Anderson. His
mother, Imported Rouge End of the
Brickfeld, is still owned by the col
lege and is the holder of the worlds
record among Guernseys for milk
production as a 2 1-2-year-old. He
has started out to produce caves as
fine as himself and some of them, his
first. won third at Chicago in a very
large class of senior calves. These
animals are all part of the fine dairy
herds Of all breeds which the college
is building up for demonstration pur-
poses.
The offer of $4,000 for Imported
Rouge Seconds son came from Chi
cago man, DR.. Truman Brophy. He
saw the champion and was much
taken by him. When his telegram
offering $4,000 cash was answered in
the negative, he wired again to know
how much the college would take.
mot 100000" the reply went back.
I'VE need this animal for our own
herd" says Prof. H. H. Kildee. YHe
has a rare combination of individual
ity and breeding and he has great
future ahead of him. We need him
for our herd and also for our stu
dents. In these different ways he
ought to exert large influence on
his breed in Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-21


alfalfa practically sl.25 each at
birth, while on the ration of clover
silage and silagc the costs were re-
spectively, 60 and 13 cents. This
does not count depreciation, interest
on the investment, possible loss OF
ewes due to sickness and accident nor
building space 1t does assume, how
ever, that the manure dropped offsets
the labor in taking care of the sheep.
These statements are based on our
work at Ames. To compare the rela-
tive efficiency of corn silage and the
standard leguminous hays for the
wintering of pregnant ewes we car
ried on in the winter of l911-12 quite
an extensive experiment. The objects
of the experiment were to determine
the relative influences in producing
strong, thrifty, we'll boned lambs OF,
good size.
Forty-eight ewes were equally di-
vided as to breeding, thrift, condition,
shearing ability and weight into four
lots as follows:
Lot Glover hay and shelled corn.
Lot 2-Alfalfa hay and shelled
corn.
Lot 3-Clover hay, corn silage and
shelled corn.
Lot 4-Corn silage and shelled corn.
These ewes were all bred to the
same ram, the breeding season Begin
ming September "a and ending No
vcnber 49, The ewes were run upon
blue grass during the fall. a fairly
liberal allowance of corr and cotton
seed meal being specified. They were
divided into lots on November Is
and fed the different rations.
The character of lambs produced
by these various rations may be des-
ignated as follows:
Lot No. Average number lambs,
..67; average weight per lamb,
pounds, 6.5s; Vigor, strong, per cent,
80; medium, per cent, so; weak. per
cent, S; dead, per cent, 5.
Lot No. Average number lambs,
l.lC, average weight pei loHO,
pounds, 7.91; vigor, strong, per cent,
sc; medium, per cent, s.; weak, per
cent, S; dead, per cent, 4.
Lot No. average number lambs,
1.67; average weight per lamb,
pounds, 7.44; vigor strong, per cent,
80; medium, per cent, 20; weak, per
cent, none; dead, per cent, none.
Lot No. Average number lambs,
1873; average weight per lamb,
$50; vigor, per cent, 81; medium, per
cent, 10; weak per cent, none; dead,
per cent, none.
The ewes were SO fed as to make
their gains practically identical. In
the 115 to 12O days the average gains
on these rations daily were: Lot l.,
.231; lot 2, 1853; lot 8, .225, and lot
4, .237 pounds. Thus the factor of
gain was uniform These ewes were
what would be considered very well
fed, much better fed than the aver
age farm flock.
That corn and corn silage should
produce such strong, we'll conditioned
large lambs at birth is somewhat sur
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-21
PURE BRED vs. SCRUB cows

ny q. u. BUCKINGHAM. Iowa state College
A pure bred DAIRY COW Is more
profitable than a scrub. This mas
been found true at the Iowa expert
ment station. The work carried on
also shows that grade cnw returns
greater profits than a scrub. lnd'cat-
ing to the practical dairynan the
value Of pure bred sire.
Two rows of clean, healthy looking
cows at the college dairy farm, fur
nish the proof of these facts in one
row may be- found representatives OF
the four main dairy breeds, Jersey,
Guernsey, AYRSHIRE and Holsteln
They are representative both in type
and production. Although one of the
Guernscys holds worlds record.
most Of the cows are neither eNcep-
tlonally low nor high in production.
On the other side of the barn is
line in marked contrast because 1T
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-21
ECONOMY OF AcETYLENE.

Acetylene gas production on the
farm is now so well developed that
the man on. the farm can make as
good gas as the man in town can buy.
He doesn't have to pay an exhorbi-
tant price for it, either, for a "a
candle power acetylene light costs a
cents per hour, city gas light of the
same size, 5 cents per hour, and a
kerosene lamp, 6 cents. 1t does not
take many hours Of burning at this
rate to pay the interest on the plant,
an investment of about 1925.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-21
WIllEJ'T|'ERRA1IONSrOR EWES
~ JOHN n. EvvARD, Iowa Agricultural
Experiment Station.

~ JOHN n. EvvARD, lows Agricultural
Experiment Station.
Since the more general distribution
of the silo the place that silage should
fill in the ration for sheep has been
an open question in the minds OF a
good many. Whether or not the sill
age has a detrimental effect IN the
sheep and on the lambs to b. pro-
diced in the spring have been ques-
tions constantly raised.
Last winter to determine the rela-
tive efficiency of corn silage and the
standard leguminous hays for winter
ing pregnant ewes, the Iowa expert
ment station at Ames carried on
quite an extensive experiment. The
objects of the experiment were to
determine the relative influences OF
different rations in producing strong,
thrifty, well-boned lambs of good
size. At the same time the economy
of the rations was taken into consid-
Grafton.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-21

A Scrub COW THAT WITH COOP CARE
MADE: 4 RECORD Or Is: POT Nns
BuTIkRfAT-SjiE COST AS MICH
10 KEEP AS ROUGE IND.
consists of scrubs. But in one point
at least, variety in color, these are
not to be excelfeG. They range from
an old yellow and white COW to a
muddy brown heifer. These cattle
were brought from the Ozark noun
tains in Arkansas. where they had
run practically wild. In the expert
ment, they represent the scrubs
and as such are unrivaled in Iowa.
Coarse heads, heavy skins and droop-
ing rumps are characteristic. A
Scotchman at the college, in speaking
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-21
AcoLLEGE BRED CHAMPION

There's $4,000 beauty in the
dairy barns at Iowa State college. He
is Imported Rouge Seconds son, the
sensational 2-year-old Guernsey bull
which recently won championship
over the best 2-yearsolds in the Uni
ted States at the great national dairy
show in. Chicago. The college was
offered $4,000 for him the other day,
but it would not take less than
$4,000.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-21

The COW that drops calf in the
fall is the one that will drop money
IN her owners pocket, provided she is
given the feed and care she deserves.
If she is compelled to trough it" the
owner may have an easier time doing
chores, but he will be sure to have
less money to spend.-Iewa Home.
stead.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-21
TEACHERS NEEDED.

Iowa teachers VINO want to fit
themselves for teaching home eco
Monies or agriculture will have q
chance to do it in summer session
at Iowa State college. A six weeks
term from June to July 25 has just
been authorized by the board of edu-
cation and it will be devoted chiefly
to men and women who want to get
special training in home economics
and agriculture. A similar session
was held last year and proved such
success that there was unanimous
demand for its permanent establish.
ment.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-21

It is hard for the man who huslks
100 bushels of corn per day to under
stand how his father was satisfied to
pick as one of five men to q wagon.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-21

Ar COUNCIL BLUFFS.
of their low backs, said: "ihey nave
backs like scenic railway" Sc typi-
cally "scrubby" are these Arkansas
cattle that one of them was carried
on the dairy special" last winter tN
illustrate to the farmers Of Iowa
what dairy COW ought not to be-"
In order to obtain results with
grade, as well as pure bred cattle
these Arkansas cows have been bred
to the herd bulls of the different
dairy breeds. The heifers from the
first cross were again crossed with
pure bred sires and are now in milk
and in the experiment.
All cows. pure bred, cross and
scrub are given the same care. They
stand in the same barn and are fed
balanced rations. This makes pos
sible results fair to all, and with the
care taken in testing and caring for
the milk, the records are very accu.
rate.
The following shows summary of
facts obtained in one year:
Breed, Arkansas-Average length
lactation period, 8 months, 90 days;
average milk production, 3,245.34
pounds; average fat, 154.Ss pounds;
feed cost per pound fat, 1926 cents.
Breed, Grades-Average length lac
tation period, 8 months, q days; av-
erage milk production, 3.s25.OO
pounds; average fat, 1924 pounds;
feed cost per pound fat, .21s cents.
Breed, Pure Bred-Average length
lactation period. II months, 90 days;
average milk production. 7,s0S.65
pounds; average fat, 319.42 pounds;
feed cost per pound fat. .1s6 cents.
This proves. if one years evidence
may be trusted, that "a pure bred COW
is more profitable than scrub and
the grade COW returns greater profits
than the scrub" In every part of the
experiment this is true, in milk and
fat production and in cost per pound
of butter fat.
It is desirable not only that COW
shall return large profits during lac
tation. but also that the period OF
lactation be long. The following
table shows the relative value of the
three classes of cows in this-respect,
by showing the per cent of their
greatest milk flow, which they were
giving at eight and twelve months
after calving:
Breed. At s mo. At 12 mo.
Per cent Per cent
Arkansas 40.1 Sc
Grades asa 1913
Pure breds 63.O3 3S.3
1t is not necessary to point out the
moral of this comparison.
This experiment will be carried on
for some time, the hope beng to
prove conclusively that the highly
bred cattle are the most profitable.
The value of pure bred bull in
building up dairy herd will also be
determined by this experiment. All
the cows will be given an equal
chance and the cows deserving to win
will receive the credit.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-21

A Healthy man is king in his own
right an unhealthy man an unhappy
slave. For impure blood and sluggish
liver, use Burdock blood bitters. On
the market 25 years LOO a bottle.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-21

Harsq physics react, weaken the
bowels, will lead to chronic constipa-
tion. Doan.s Regulets operate easily.
25c box at all stores.
Chamberlain's Ss's, esol ssa,. sSa
Never fails. Buy it now. It may save life
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-21

A $4,000 organ will be installed in
the Catholic church at Dyersvilie.