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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-03-14
GOOD FOR WORMY SHEEP.
Gasoline is Given In Time Will Often
Save Valuable Animals.

Sheep affected with stomach worms
will SHOW it by their general nnthrifti.
ness and abnormal.app"tite. They will
eat dirt. litter. etc, to the neglect of
clean food. Lambs suffer most and,
after mOping for a few days. are often
taken with q prOfuse diHrrhea and die.
When Il lamb dies it should he exam
ined for stomach worms, which are
usually found attached to the walls Of
the fourth stomach or in twisted mass
eS. They are only about an incl long
and have Il reddish appearance. so they
are not easy to see. AS both grass and
drinking water are affected, the first
move is to get all well lambs on high,
dry pastures and separate from those
which are not in good condition.
Let the infected animals fast from
dark until next day at 10 a. M, when
much Of the food will be out of the
stomach. The dose for Il we'll grown
sheep is a tablespoonful Of gasoline,
while for a smaller lamb two teaspoon
fuls is plenty. Shake the gasoline up
In a gill Of sweet milk and give it as Il
drench. Many sheep are strangled by
throwing the head back in drenching,
so the best way is to set the sheep on
its rump when pouring medicine down
the throat.
Keep the sheep from food or drink
for three hours after giving the gaso-
line. when they may be allowed to
Craze as usual. This dose should be
repeated for three days and may be
depended on to cure the worst cases if
the lamb has not already become too
weak to rally. After an outbreak OF
this Kind the pasture will remain dan
gerous for both cattle and sheep for a
year.-American A%griculturist.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-03-14
ONE WHO KNOWS BEAMS"
Gives Some Timely Advice on the
Growing Of the Vegetable.

No beans should he SOwn outdoors
until all danger from frost has zone
and the ground has become tloro,Iwh-
~ warmed. Bean plants are tender.
and the seeds will not gcrminnte in
cold weather. The bush or dwarf va
rie1ics arc usually grown in rows three
feet apart. Lima beans should stand
fully six inches apart. -Four inches is
sufficient for the other varieties.
\ top dressing of chemical fertilizer
j. beneficial if applied after the plants
have made their appearance. If you
want tender beans never allow the
pods to attain their maturity. hut pluck
them while they are young. Bean pods
must O be pulled off. but must be
carefully picked. because if the root
system of the plant is disturbed the
remaining pods will not ripen.
In the case of the pole beans it is
quite different. The hills should be at
least three feet apart and the poles
should be erected before the beans are
planted. The best bean poles are made
of young cedar trees. for they last
longer than any other wood. Plant
ten seeds round each pole. but allow
only the four strongest plants to re-
main. If poles are set in single rows
it is advisable to connect all the poles
with wires on the top so that the bean
vines can run along and form Il gar
land effect.-Country Gentleman.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-03-14

may be kept warm and moist. At the
end Of five days tho kernels should
have sprouted sufficiently to conclude
the test.
1t requires more work I" make an
individual car test. However. whom
the general tcst shows that less than
30 per Ont of the kernels grow each
ear to be planted should be tested sep
arAtcly. \ crate or box thirty inches
long by twenty inches wide 10y n to
three inches deep filled with clean sand
level to the top is convenient for MAX
ing the test. 1t should be marked off
in two inch squares by fastening
cords or wires both ways across the
top of the box. These may be fastened
to small nails or tackS driven ON the
edge Of tho box two inches apart. The
ears t" be tested may I've laid down
in Il long row where they will remain
u~ndiSturhed till after the test is com
plcte. Each ear should have n num-
Der corresponding to the number Of the
square in tho tester where the kernels
from that ear are placed.
The operator should at
the left Of the row with ear No. I. re-
move six kernels-two near the butt,
two near the middle and two near the
tip. These may be pulled out with the
aid of a %penknife without injury to the
kernels. The six kernels from this ear
should be placed in the sand, tip down.
ward. in square No. !. Six kernels
should be taken from ear No. > and
placed in square No. = in Il similar
manner and so on. After the germina-
ton tester is full the sand should be
kept sufficiently moist and should be
covered with n wet cloth to hold the
moisture. The most favorable temper
allure for termination is from SO to
90 degrees +. In five days the test
should be complete. All kernels which
have not terminated in this time are
weak in vitality, and the ears from
which they came should be discarded.
1t is essential that the test be con-
Quoted before the ear is shelled.
Seed corn which was mature before
the early freezes in the fall and was
r. perry cared for is likely to be of
strong vitality.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-03-14
Method Of Winterinq Horses.

l have a half section of land and use
eight horses in my farm work, says a
Minnesota correspondent of the .Ameri-
can Agriculturist. / have never expert
enced any trouble in keeping horses
over winter. If they are given plenty
of corn and prairie hay, fresh water
and kept in a we'll ventilated barn l do
not believe any farmer will have
trouble in wintering. 4 good, cheap
method for wintering horses is to feed
them corr and hay morning and even
ing and let them rustic for themselves
during the day.
1t is very important that the barn
be kept clean. In fact. to get the best
results the barn should be cleaned
daily. l should also have some system
of ventilation. Fresh air is absolutely
necessary to the health of a horse. In
the winter l feed grain twice a day.
When my horses begin work in the
spring | have the same man who
bitches the horse up look him over
carefully after he has been pulling for
about two hours. In this a the
harness is taken care Of. so that it al
ways fits. and l have very little
trouble from sore shoulders. OF
course | drive them very slowly the
first few days.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-03-14

ships mechanics to make me another
from the wax impression. My victim
Invariably spent an hour or more aft
err dinner in the smoking ROOM l took
a great risk. / entered his stateroom
and with the key made from the i'm
preston opened the trunk, found the
treaty, took it to my stateroom, copied
tit was in cipher-and got it back to
the trunk in plenty of time to avoid
getting caught.
With success came the pricking Of
conscience. l told my victim of my
circumstances, the loss Of my father.
my effort to obtain employment and
ended by falsely telling him that l was
going out to India to be a governess.
From that moment his manner chang
ed toward me. l had considered before
that my success was due to having
won his heart. Now I was sure of it.
Then he asked me to be his wife.
Now, for the first time, l realized
in winning him. Whatever vas good in
my nature rebelled at my trickery. l
longed to confess it and throw myself
upon his mercy. But I dared not.
From loving me he would despise me.
| told him that I could never be his
wife; that there was a barrier between
US: that l was unworthy Of him. He
science was abnormally sensitive; that
he was sure one SO lovely could not do
anything very wrong.
The night before we reached Bombay
we were on deck together under the
starry heavens.
"Sweetheart," he said, I'VE part to.
morrow. 1t rests with you whether
call on you on my return. You are not
cut out for a diplomat, but you will
make a good wife for one"
"A diplomat! I a diplomat"
He took my hand. II suspected you
the moment you began to play your
game, and l played mine to trap you.
gave you my key on purpose and
knew how you used it by traces of
wax adhering to it. Certain e Of
the manuscript you stole were. loosely
tackled together, and I found them de-
tached. l was disappointed to learn
all this. but when afterward you told
me how you had been tempted I pitied
you. You are a lady and out of your
element. l would be sorry for you
losing your way if l wished you to
earn pay in that way"
land my copy Of the cipher dis.
patch" l faltered. Il will give it to
you at once"
Don't hurry. 1t is no cipher. but a
tumble intended to deceive you.'
And do you mean that you can love
one who has made this abiect at
tempt"
IF we only loved those who were
perfect there would be no marriage.
You have simply been parted for a
brief time by circumstances from your
natural self"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-03-14

WILL not dwell on how |, a wo-
man. got into the foreign secret
service. Father died insOlvent.
Mother and | were reduced from
atliuence to positive want | applied
to n friend in the foreign office for a
clerkship. 1t happened that at the
time the Americans were aiming at a
treaty with Japan that would be preju-
dicial to u interests. An emissary of
the state department at Washington
was on his way Via the Mediterranean
with the treaty. The vessel he travel
ed in was to stop at Marseilles.
I confess was shocked ut the prop
ositiOn that was made mel, who had
never done Il mean thing in my life
to wheedle a knowledge Of the drift
Of the treaty out of the American.
But the reward was great, enough to
keep mother and me in comparative
comfort.
In social life l had been considered
what the Americans call "a f1irt,' but
l was never d~ishonorable. l would
never attack Il man unless he was in
clined that way himself. Now I was
expected to win II simply for pay.
The temptation was too great for
me. I yielded. l boarded the ship at
Marseilles. Roger Sutherland, whom
| was to snare, was a modest look
ing. quiet man. | soon made his ac-
quaintance. and lie seemed to take to
me at once. He said that if it were
not for my accent he would not be-
lieve me to be English: that l had all
the Sprightliness of an American girl.
The game I was playing was natural
to me. ] didn't have to try to win
him. If l had possibly I might have
failed.
But, as to stealing the information,
didn't know where to begin. We had
passed through the canal before l ven.
turcd to make a move in that direc-
ton. l began by asking his occupa-
ton. He prevaricated. | leased him.
He told me that he had a government
position, and that was all that I could
get out Of him for a long while. Then
suddenly he told me everything. I
wondered why he who had so long
been reticent should have changed SO
quickly. He answered my every ques.
, ton. and truthfully. The treaty was
in his trunk in his stateroom. Did he
not fear it would De stolen? No
There was q lock on the trunk thai
had been made for it. The key was OF
a peculiar kind. The next time we
were on deck together, feisning to be
moved by a natural feminine curiosity,
l leased him to let me see the key. He
took it out of his pocket and handed
it to me. Feigning an intention to
brighten him l ran to the side Of the
ship and held it in my fist over the wa
ter. He didn't even follow me. SO I
took it back and gave it to him. l had
provided myself with a bit of wax and
had squeezed an impression of the key.
Pretending that l had lost the key Of
my W trunk, l called for n of the
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-03-14
Clean the ASPARAGUS Bed.

II the dried tops of asparagus plants
are not cleared away in the late fall
or early winter they should be cut off
in late March and burned. Though
many growers apply manure to the
bed in fall or early winter, others pre-
fer to do it in the spring. The applica-
ton should be made early in a broad
furrow on each side of the row. The
practice Of applying it on alternate
sides of the rows in alternate years
prevents too frequent disturbance of
the roots. -Country Gentleman.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-03-14
Set Apart For the Farmer
CAUTIONS FOR CEMENT
USERS.

, Never expose freshly made con
: crete to the hot sun. Avoid TOO
> rapid drying out.
= DO not allow it to freeze before
; it is properly hardened.
? DO not use soft sandstone or
) brick except for filler in large
. work, and even then with discre-
!, ton.
, do not apply fresh cement to
, old and hardened surfaces with
: out first thoroughly soaking with
, water and hacking a rough sur
: face on it. Cleanse thoroughly,
!, and then apply u very thin, neat
) cement wash.
, DO not attempt to retemper
) and use concrete that has stood
!, too long in the mixing board and
) attained it's set.
, Use a uniform portland cement
, and give attention to uniform
, methods Of working. and the re-
, suits will be uniform.
!, Use a finely ground cement.
; The finer the cement the greater
, covering properties it possesses
, and the more sand it can carry.
!, An excess of cement is unneceS-
!, sary. as Il thin, even coating is
, all that is required.
; BE sure to mix thoroughly.
!, Many faulty jobs + due to poor
, mixing. DO not be afraid Of
; OVERRIDING it. AS longer mixing
!, permits of using less cement
American C%ultivatOr.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-03-14
TEST YOUR CORN.
Only Way to Tell Whether Seed
Will Grow.
SOME SIMPLE DIRECTIONS.
Kernels Which Do Not terminate Un-
der Proper Conditions In Five Days
Rejected.

rejected.
It is not expensive or difficult to
make a termination test Of corr which
will show whether or not the vitality
Is sufficiently good, says n bulletin of
the Kansas state agricultural expert
ment station. \ general test may be
made by removing and placing in q
termination tester five or six kernels
from different parts Of about 100 rep
resentative ears. If more than ) or 10
per cent of these kernels fail to grow
each ear should be tested before plant
Ing. If the corn is already shelled 100
or 200 average kernels should be taken
for the test. In either case the kernels
for the trial test should be placed in
a germinator and kept moist and warm.
If the cOrn is not of good vitality it
should be discarded. 4 great many
kinds of termination testers are used
in making a trial test. The kernels
to be tested may be placed between
two moist b%lotting papers or between
flannel cloths and in Il box where they
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-03-14
In the Clouds SiTUer Lfnin6
Backward.

"lSn't that fellow ever going to pro-
p"Nc:
Il Guess not. He's like an hour
GLASS
ELBOWS that:'
"The more time he gets the less sand
he has st. I'aul Pioneer Press.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-03-14
Invented Long AGO.

Mr.. S@turloarNrr What's all this riot
about: Mr.. Ollhoarder-That fellow.
\~ewhoarucr. has been Dragging that
he's invented a machine for collecting
and condenSing the steam Of Il kitchen
so it can be served as soup.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-03-14
Neglected a Duty.
.uShed for Shamon

She blushed for shame"
"Why?"
when some one questioned her the
other night h had to admit that her
children had kept her so busy she had
not time to read the latest novel;
Brooklyn Citizen.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-03-14

Photograph by Idaho agricultural xperment station.
Idaho annually ships out thousands Oft tons O feeder lambs and thousands
experiments with a view tos showing that the lambs will furnish a profitable
nome market for the hay nd that they can be finished successfully on home
grown grains. The picture shows 59 lambs now being fed by the station at
substitution III Caldwell, Ida. OF the 800 lambs 254 are fed barley three
parts IN Oatso ~ party while 30 ire fed wheat three partsa and oason ~ part
Both lots are fed all the alfalfa hay the lambs care to eat
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-03-14
An Unanswerable Argument

An Unanswerable Argument.
Prospective Tenants - There's n
great disadvantage about this house
it is damp. Landlord-That's no dis
advantage. If a fire were to break out
it wouldn't burn nearly so fast.-Flie-
gende Batter.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-03-14
The Real Dancer.

Mrs. Goodsole i wish there was
some way to cure my nephew Calvin of
his i%nfatuation for Miss Tartun.
Mrs. Chillicon Nearney-Let him mar
ry her. Thatli do it soon enough
Chicago Tribune.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-14

ne accommodates his customers and
heips both himself and his business
rms e. -. n. clement Of Uncle Sans
Youngest "nterpra" is 3 greater boon
/" the business man Ethan The ipsur-
ahc" feature which has been cocX
istcnt with IN" parcel post from tho
daN OF it's beginning While il is a
distinct advantage to hc Unidentified
against loss when sending parcels
through the malls. the possibility Of
loss IN the postal scrviC" is 50 SLIGHT
that One regards Tho insurance fee
more as an eXtraordnary safeguard
than as an absolute projections Tho
> cents that may lie paid To insure
articles valued mp To SD or the 10
cents paid TO insure those worth up To
500 guarantees tho sender that the fun
NaIu" OF Tic articl" sent VIII lie re-
funded IN case OF its loss.
New Insurance Feature.
In The case Of prepaid articles sent
out t" customers = merchant secures
the insurance tag. which serves as a
receipt. specifying that the article
ordered has bccn delivered ANY fail
'trc In transit can then lie shown to he
due not 10 his own negligence. as
might he charged, but 10 the fault of
the postal service.
\ sum Of $4,000 has been provided
10y The government 10 pay Tor the
losses OF lnShfcd articles. This fund
has by no means been exhausted thus
FAR Uncle Sam does not pay for mere
damage. and this is generally the cX.
lent OF his abuse OF goods. unless he
goes SO far as 10 render tho article
unrccognizablc Then hc is willing TO
pay the full indemnity Fee Tho re.
funds he has been obliged TO make
are. in more than 20 per cent OF the
cases. due to irremcdiablc damage
rather than to a complete disappcar-
ancc Of the articles. Because All par
eel post articles arc eliminated from
the registered mail. this insurance
feature holds QUO to the merchant car
iying on large mail order business
the only possible means OF guarantee
against loss
The country merchant as we'll rs the
city dealer rcaps "a harvest of increased
business from the parcel post The cry
! mat his city competitor would crowd
the rural s,orek ccpcr out OF business
is giving way 10 a cry Of JOY from the
/ country merchant, who begins to
! realizc that hg has the ADVANTAGE over
his county scat and city competitors.
because the zone rates for computing
postage enable him to send the same
| Soods to his ncighborinS customers by
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-14

~
lower rat" than that paid by tho store
keeper ia the county seat
MA the country merchant has a
double advantage OYER the city dealer
IN that every iuch OF the distance TO
his rural patrons adds pennies 10 the
lattcr's stamp bill. Rural free de-
livery routes provide the country mer-
chant nov means for tho distribution
or advertisements. and modern meth
odS for creating efficiency in business
arc brought right 10 his elbow Uncle
sam vas not partial to his city
ncphcws in business when he inaugur-
atcd the parcel post
'rime-snyimg Postal Devices.
Tn" business mans desire for speed
ia mail service is resulting in the in.
siailation al our post Offices Of many
new tincsaNinE devices Thus, pre-
can"cicd parcel post stamps supplied
t" merchants but good only In the city
in which They arc sold, now save time
30 the clerks in the cancclmg room.
ny their use packages can be dis
patched Immediately from the firm
ciiccs to the postal clerks without the
delay which separate stamping in the
main post office would occasion.
Another innovation is tho placing in
Ia" iarc" mail order houses of import
dnt cities q! postal clerks. giving en-
elusive attention 10 tile stamping of
parcels Delivery is TINS expedited
a. hauling 10 the city post office for
stamping and canceliuc is entirely done
away with. Firms now haul their mail
directly 10 the depot. where they make
connections with the fastest mail
trains. The merchant il now benefited
also by new contract postal stations
established i'll large department stores
Here pa;rons appreciate the accommo-
dalton. for they may have their parcels
weighed aud stamped without going
outside. y new type OF automobile
the latest cry in motor,om, has just
been adopted for tho parcel post
Twenty Of these delivery ears have
been put in service in each large city
OF the East. New street mail boxes
that will he quickly cmpticd into the
waiting motor ears by means of curved
slide bottoms arc now under contract
and Will soon be seen in our cities
Rocks WIii Come Cheaper.
proposed change in our poStaI
regulations directly affects booksellers
II Will remove books from the present
third class Ia tho parcel post or fourth
class. Rates will thereby be reduced
10 such an extent that the booksellers
can supply non resident patrons with
the newest literature through tho pos
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-14
-irculatioG and advertising rates
every paper included
Whole World nj ,our Call

2
every paper included.
Whole World NJ Your CaiI
or ~ YOU desire 10 do business with
amy established firm in the world or Ia
learn, for example. Tie names and adj
dresses Of all people engaged in a Ger
tain line 81 business in ANY locHlity
whether IL be in Scucgambia or I'm
swat. YOU Will find Invaluable :, trade
dircs'turN OF the entire world which
TINS bureau has lately compiled fOi this
purpose. II il AN enormous Volume Of
Ina" pages r" test it. turned 10
l'unta Arenas. the most isolated and
thc suuthcrnm"st town of earth. which
straits Of Magellan, through which
ships pass around the Horn" There
was a twu-parc list Of the Shopl[ccpcrs
and business men of that last Jump
ms of place OF man
When our business men write 10 the
bureau Of foreign ana domestic COM
merce for amy informatior which it
does not have Oh tap. ii will either send
to our commercial attaches abroad Tor
il or. II Il matter not within their
province. il will chccrrully ten the in
quir"l just where he can obtain IT.
Thus. Il he wishes TO write q lctto, To
n3tivc Uf .NhE@Sit.lu, he viii receive
the address, al an a9cuc, in America
which cam translate II into The Ian
gua@c of that dnrk empire or. If he
wants q debt collected in Madagascar.
this bureau Will give him the names Of
agencies which Will there attend 10 his
business promptly Ia other words.
this bureau is big, lrcc commercial
agency. created solely for the Ameri-
can business mans hcn"ut. ;ud hc Is
expected to avail himself OF every ia
cility afforded by it AS we are fast
reaching = point whore our ability to
produce Will be- greater thau our abil-
iiN 10 consume. it is making II thor
ough search Of the foreign countries
~ and markets :or american Goods
Trade scouts Srour Earth.
y dozen trade scouts are S"ourili.. tho
four corners OF TIA" .lobc 10 obtain ms
information. pl- 81 them lately rode
upon Il camel through the wilds Of Al
rica to gather pointers ON the cotton
textile trade "f that country. He has
sent III SAMPLES. now on exhibition in
our principal cotton manufacturing con-
tres. Each OF these scouts il Il tech
rical expert trained ia tn. trade which
ne Is investigating. lie is appointed
npon the recommendation of our rep
rcscutativc business pIru engaged in
tn" industry TO ho studied Thus am
electrical expert is p,H ing into foreign
demands Tor our electrical appliances
chemical expert is studying the chcln-
ichl trade and other experts are ferret
ING out actual demands abroad for