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The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-03-12

w. T. Taper brought into town the
other day, a steer that tells quite a
story of what can be done with stock
on the Richfeld tract.
The animal was 80 months old; was
from registered Jersey COW and a
Shorthorn sire. 1t has had ordinary
ranch and range care all its life. For
the past fall it has had the best alfalfa
pasture, and plenty of alfalfa hay since
the coming of cold weather. 1t was fed
little grain for about three weeks.
When brought to town last week, it
weighed 1910 pounds-said to be the
biggest, fattest steer ever killed in
Richfeld Andy Petersen bought it,
and is retailing the meat here in town.
The weight is good enough for any of
the finest beef breeds to boast on the
same kind Of care-a good enough
weight to be notable anywhere. And
the fact that it was half blood Jersey
is even more notable. 1t is generally
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-03-12

noon work is up to the best standard Of
the morning. when they come in fresh
and well-cared for. He believes that
it is a thoroughly good investment.
from the standpoint of school efficiency
as well rs from that of its effect on
the future health of the pupils.
A report was made on the finances of
the hot-lunch department, which showed
number of small bills outstanding
that should be paid, and without which
the district is required to pay the
board of the pupils. It's believed that
these bills will be paid in good time, as
it was so clearly understood that the
pupils were to pay for their food served
at the school house, that none could
have misunderstood the conditions.
There are none on the tract who are
believed to be SO in need of charity
that they can not meet the payment.
The board appropriated $40 for the
purchase of invitations and programs
for the high school commencement.
The school closes on the 9th OF May.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-03-12

Manager Kays has just made out his
annual report of the progress of the
Idaho Irrigation Company, and from it
are CLEANED many interesting facts con-
cerning the material growth of the
country.
There was 6302 acres of alfalfa under
the company canals, in 1911; 1902 in
1912; and IL, 582 in 1918. The increase
last year was more than so per cent--a
sure basis of prosperity. Tame pasture
increased from 378 acres in 1912, to 1912
acres in 1913 almost 200 per cent.
That is perhaps the very best assurance
of good times to come, for it means
getting the farms seeded down to grass
for dairy cows, and every dairy country
is prosperous. The alfalfa yield was
better last year than the year before;
it was about IL tons to the acre, in
cluding more than 1000 acres of new
alfalfa just sown. In general, well set
alfalfa made from to tons per acre;
oats up to 103 bushels; wheat up to 60
bushels; barley up to W bushels, ana
potatoes up to 103 sacks of merchant
able potatoes.
These yields are not at all phenome-
nal; they will be duplicated every year.
and as the farms are better subdued,
and irrigation better understood, these
should be close to the average instead
of being nearer to the maximum. The
rabbits last season contributed much to
a decreased yield. Moore than $1,000
rabbits were killed in a great rabbit
hunt near Gooding, this winter. In
some places, they have cut the grain
and alfalfa yield fully one-half; some
fields they entirely destroyed From
the strenuous. efforts made this winter
to kill them off, it may be expected that
next season will be better for saving
crops.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-03-12
TIeu IH6IH UuC.
Simply Good Business.


Irish cooperation makes money for
farmer and city consumer alike. 1t
has succeeded in bringing the producer
and consumer nearer together The
farm products go directly to the city
consumer. The product arrives in
good shape. 1t brings only a reason
able price The result is that city
man and farmer profit by the more
economical method of distribution.
But cooperative marketing after all
is simply good, common sense and eff
cient business. There is nothing mys-
terious about it. AS we have said,
there is in it no magic. The good
cooperative marketing concerns over
here succeed because they are well
organized, we'll managed, intelligently
governed, carefully supervised; be-
cause they are simply efficient busi-
ness organizations in which 100 or
1000 men with common occupation
and a common interest get together
for a united, harmonious effort in
which every man does his full share.
Over here it is always zone man
one vote" One lesson that Ireland
has for America is that no man and
no small group of men can be permit
ted to control any cooperative organ
ization. The principal of one man one
vote must prevail. The man who has
invested $1,000 must have no more
voting power than the man who has
invested only IS. Men. not prop
erty vote,' is another expression
CONTINUED on page 3.)
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-03-12
Operative Farm
Products Marketing
How 1t Is Done in Europe and May Be Done
in America to the Pr fit of Both
Farmer and Consumer
COOPERATIVE LESSONS LEARNED IN IRELl
F0f'n1ef' ana Consumer
BY MATTHEW S. DUDeEoN.

Dublin, Ireland.-There is no magic
for economic ills. Cooperative con-
Germs succeed because they employ
good business methods. In fact CO.
operative marketing is good business
and good sense and intelligence ap-
piled to farm marketing. This is the
biggest and most important lesson to
be learned in Ireland. AS Rev. Fa-
ther Finley, great believer in CO.
operation, says in an article in the
Constructive Quarterly, THAT 1t has
been productive of much material
good to those who employed its meth
DDS with intelligence and energy, is
beyond question; that it has been
barren Of useful results where those
qualities were wanting is equally un-
deniable"
Cooperative marketing succeeds in
Ireland because it stands for three
things: Cd Good business methods
and intelligent management; (2) A
uniformly high quality of product;
CD justice, equality and loyalty
among members. Without these char
acteristics cooperation fails in Ire
land and fails everywhere. These are
the lessons that Ireland has to teach
America. No group which does not in
sist upon running its cooperative con-
Germ along these lines can succeed.
To tolerate poor business methods, lax
itv as to quality. or disloyalty and in
justice to each other is to fail.
These are some things Americans
will not be required to experiment
upon, because the Irish have already
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-03-12
"GRIT AND A GRUB HOE
Article in Country Gentleman
Makes a Realty Sale

w. H. Parkhurst has sold piece of
land here on the Richfeld tract, under
rather unusual conditions An eastern
reader, who read and believed his arti-
Gle, ''Grit and a Grub Hoe," in the
Country Gentleman, sent him check
for the first payment and filing fees for
a 40-acre tract, with power of attorney
never dreamed of going into the land
agency business, but this one commits
sion to act as agent was forced on him.
The company hrs had many inquiries
for Richfeld land, as result Of the ar
tcle in the Country Gentleman. 1t was
reprinted last Sunday by the Boise
Statesman.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-03-12
Garden Seed in Evidence

New garden seeds are now being Of
fered in all the stores, and the lure of
the brilliant, beautifully colored vege-
tables that are pictured on the envel-
opes is making many mans fingers
itch to grow something just little bet
ter. But for all that, there is likely to
be as good market as ever, for the
real gardener who wants to raise stuff
to sell in competition with the amateur
home garden.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-03-12
sCHoOLHOUsE BURNED
Early Morning Blaze Destroys
the Building

Karl Williams brought in word on
Wednesday, that the school house in
the Burmah district had been burned on
Tuesday morning, and that nothing was
saved but one book, woich boy hap
pened to have taken home. The Bolton
boys had gone over to the building to
light the fire before school hours, and
the stove evidently got hot enough to
set fire to the woodwork near by. The
building belonged to H. NJ Coffman,
who had loaned it to the district for
school purposes.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-03-12
Goes Back to New Mexico

The Recorder is in receipt of letter
from York Denton, who left here a
year ago for Garden Home, Oregon.
He has gone back to New Mexico,
where he lived for nine years before
coming to Idaho, and is now in charge
of a lumber yard at Folsom, that state.
He says that the month of February
where he now is, was about like sum-
mer; and that New Mexico has Calfor-
MIA and all the other states beaten for
climate Both he and Mrs. Denton are
well, and send their best regards to
their many friends here.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-03-12
Car of Shropshire Sheep

L. S. Dunham, of Meridian, the sheep
man who was here several weeks last
fall, to interest local men in the pur-
chase and breeding of registered Shrop-
shire sheep, brought in car of fine
stuff for E. M. Cleek, last week. The
sheep business on the irrigated farm
promises to be well worth any ones at
tention. A number of farmers are con-
sdering investments in sheep.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-03-12

G. S. Hopes left Friday night for
Shoshone, and for other points in the
south part of the county. He will be
the county organizer for the Farmers
Society of Equity.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-03-12
Snowfall

January, 1911, holds the snowfall rec
ord, with total fall of 1858 inches.
January, 1913, was its nearest compet-
itor, with record of 23.5 inches. De-
cember, 1913, comes next, with fall
of 19 inches to its credit.
The following table shows the snow
fall by months for the period included
in the above four-Year record:
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-03-12
Precipitation

January, 1911, holds the precipita-
ton record, with g. 83 inches. October,
1912, was its closest rival.
The following table shows the pre-
cipitation by months for the period en-
braced in this record:
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-03-12

For Sale--A good work horse, weight
abnut 1850 pounds. A bargain.
Owen Youngkin.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-03-12

Mrs. V. V. Bower of Shoshone Wis
tied in Richfeld, Wednesday.
Evening star., 1914-08-01
Real Estate Transfers.

NO. 1925 CoRCoRAN STREET NORTH
WEST-American Security and Trust
Company. trustees. to National Saw
tngs and Trust Company. lot 81,
square 1913; $4,000.
BARRY FARM-Joseph B. veney ct ux.
to John n. Savage, lot 81. block 4.
and lot $40: 5000.
TwENTY-sECoND AND B STREETS
NORTHEAST AND ROSEDALE AND
ISHERWOOD-Geor N. Acker to
Nicholas A. Acker. lots 3, 4. and 6,
square 1877; lots 6. Z. and =.
square square 45ss; alss' ST. iNes D. TO- II and L.
NO. i7os 2isT STREET NORTHWEST
.-Georgs 7. Worthington, jr, to
nos. 1913 TO 1917 14TH STREET
NoRTHWEsT. 1915 K STREET
WsSter S3M STREET 8 Macreery to Aavia-ea
fornia Trust Company, lots %. "a. 25
and part lot 26. square 24S: lot 81,
square 212; lot 8. square 24S. and
%ason 5Sa in 1ssts s9o OF 18th and
NO. TO H STREET NORTHEAST
William Neuland ct ux- to Laura A.
sieverling. lot Z. square sSs; SO:
NO. AN6 ae's no. 1eS1 s1REET sTREGT EeFTaMEsT HoKFE
wEST-Mabel E. Crissey to George
Y. worthington and George Y.
Worthington. jr.. lot 2s. square 212
NO. a2s Rsot lo1 IL sfqses is5 RoAn aG
EAsT--Peter ]. Bach ct ux. to John
John 8. Mansuy. lot 80, block 10,
Woodbridge: $40.
WHITNEY CLOsE-winineld Preston
Daily. D. aIa lot Is 1s1, % square % $3.50; AIKansas sio
MERIDIAN HILL-Alice NJ. Peck to J.
T. Fletcher Dennis. part lot II,
block 3; $40.
NORTH COLUMBIA HEIGHTs-Ed-
ward T. Perkins ct ux; to William
SEVENTH STREET NORTHEAST beA
tween D and E streets-Kennedy
Brothers to Elmer Selby and Clara
p: selby. lot 1855. square s62: SO.
PRINCETON HEIGHTS = Kennedy
Brothers to Charlotte J. Hooker, lot
1855. square 3031: $40.
ROOKLAND-Mortim G. Weaver ct
ux. to John ]. keenan,, part lot 8,
block 81: $40.
NO. 2213 18th STREET NORTHWEST
Annie NJ. Tecl and Julian s. Row
land to Daniel L. Reed. lot SO, square
271; SO.
PETWoRTH-Fred A. Norway ct Tx.
to John H. Baltz, lot 1O2, square 73:
sHERwooDs ADDITION TO BROOK
LAND-Abraham L. Keller ct ux. to
John F. Huddleston. lots and 4,
block 2: $40
NO. 1014 7th STREET NORTHEAST
August Link ct ux. to Blanche N.
Skinker. lot 130, square S56; SO.
A STREET SOUTHEAST between 18th
and 17th streets-Charles e. Banes
to Joseph T. Ferry and ]. Frank
Ferry. trustees. lot 40, square 1886;
SO.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Millar ct ux. to
Daniel T. Taylor and Elizabeth K.
Taylor. lot "a. square Is: $40
Charles c. Geduldig and Katie NJ.
Geduldig. lot 6S, block 70: 80
NO. 1915 G STREET NORTHEASTERN
rie NJ. Wheelock to Ogden T. Davis
and Helen p. Davis. lot SO. square
1905; SO
WEST LEXINGTON - Margaret l..
Hughes to Ethel NJ. Rutty. lot 12
block I; SO.
Evening star., 1914-08-01
TRANSFERS AND PROMOTIONS.
Changes in Office of Auditor for the
Post Office Department.

The following changes have recently
been made in the office Of the auditor
for the Post Office Department:
Transfers-Robert C. Valentine of New
York, clerk at $1,000. transferred and
appointed post Office inspector in the
Post Once Department; and Miss Mary
v. Dempsey of New York. clerk at 81. 200.
appointed as special agent in the chill
dren's bureau, Department of Labor.
Promotions. from $1,000 to $1,2OO-Miss
Rose A. Givaudan Of New Jersey, Miss
Anna Speich Of Nebraska and Mrs Cas-
sic A. Goodman Of New York. Skilled
laborer, $40 to $900-Robert Gordon of
Minnesota
Mrs. Annie L. Pitkin Of Louisiana and
Miss M. Cornelia Lusk Of Mississippi.
operatives on the key punch machines,
have been assigned to duties OF a sub
clerical character.
Tho following temporary promotions
made during the last three months Of
the Nscal year ended Juno 50, have been
permanent: From 81, 200 to 81. 4OO-Charles
H. Ourand Of District Of Columbia. John
Evans Of Alabama and John H. Roe Of
Arkansas. From 1.O00 to 81, 1,200-James
H. Solt OF Oklahoma, Frank T. Shea Of
Massachusetts. Bertram F. Linz of Mas
sachusetts, Mrs. Florence e. Miller of
wyoming, Mrs. AWE M. Allen of Ala
baIua and Elizabeth A. Brady Of Wyo-
ming. From 5000 to $1.000-Walter 8.
Grouse Of Illinois.
Evening star., 1914-08-01
TWO CUP DEFENDERS OFF
FOR SECOND RUN OF CRUISE
Committee Hopes for Good, Strong
Breeze to Test Boats-Racing
Run SO Miles.

PORT JEFFERSON, N. Y, August L.
Placid weather still prevailed in Long
Island sound when the New York Yacht
Club fleet and the two cup defenders,
Resolute and Vanitie. made sail today for
the second run Of the cruise to New Lon
don.
It was generally admitted that except
as a still further demonstration of the
superior drifting abilities of the Resolute.
the race yesterday for the cup yachts gave
the Americas cup committe very little ad-
ditional data as to the comparative merits
Of the two yachts. The committee still
is anxious to see the boats in strong
weather, and it is hoped that by the time
Evening star., 1914-08-01
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.

Quotations given tclow are for largo
lots. Jobbers' prices are higher.
EGGStStrictly fresh. Virginia, o0a2l
nearby, 10; West Virginia and south
west Virginia 1s
BUTTER-Elgin, fancy. per h.. 81;
western firsts. 2s1s: seconds. 2s; store
packed, 17alS.
cHEEsE-New York state factory.
new. 1sa19.
POULTRY-Hens. per lb.. 10; roosters.
per lb.. 10: turkeys. per h.. l6a1I: chick
ems, spring, per h., lsa2o; ducks. per
h., 10; keats. each, 80.
DRESSED PoULTRY-Hen.. choice.
per lb.. IS: turkeys. per ID, lsal7:
ducks. per h., II; roosters. per h., II.
GREEN FRUITS-Apples. new. per
bbl., 1O0a2.O0; per box. 25a75: oranges,
California, per box, 27Ja3,2J: Flori-
da, per box. 3.5oaIoo; lemons, per
box, 1.50a3.O0: pineapples. per crate. Flor
ida, .75a3 90; grape fruit. per box, 5oa:;.1.
peaches. IO0a2.oO crate: hucklcberries. ia
10: cherries, per quart, 5al5: blackberries.
5a9; cantaloupes, I5a2.oO crate: water
melons, l5a25 each; plums, 4a5 qt. :,
grapes. per crate. 175acW.
vEGETABLES-Po new, per bbi
215a2.25: new yams. per bbl., 5.5Oa6.0o:
onions. per bbl. 5.5oa6O: cabbage. per
kale. per bbI.. 25a50: string beans, Per
basket 4oa6O; per bbI., 1.OOal.25: beets.
per hundred. 1OOa1.50: tomatoes. per
crate. 25a5O: celery. per dozen, 2Oa50:
peppers, per crate, Joa75: carrots. 15a
20 dozen punches: okra. per crate. Goa
IS: radishes. per 100. JOa1.00: peas,
/ coal so per basket: lima beans. per
quart, 3Oa35; corn. SAILS per doz.: Gu
cumbers. 25a50 basket; lettuce. 50al.0o
basket.
HAY AND STRAW = Hay, western.
No. 1, 20.50a21.00; No. 2 l9.0Oa20 80:
mixed hay. 13.O0a19.O0: straw. rye. ton,
l2 5Oa13.OO; machine thrash. l1.00a11.5O.
LIVE sTocK-sheep. per lb.. 3si:
spring lambs per lb.. Sk: calves. per
lb.. Oh: medium. per H.. SASH.
WOOL AND HIDES = Wool. washed.
free of burrs. per lb.. &c: wool. un-
washed, per lb.. p: hides. dry. per lb..
l7a22; salt green. per lb.. IA; salt sides.
dry. per H.. le. Aifsk4ns. green. sAcn.
l l.50a1.75.
GRAIN-wheat. per bu.. s0a9o; corn.
per bu., Sass: per bbl., 40; oats. west
ern white per bu.. 43a44; mixed. per bu..
4112af2k.
SEEDS-Clover. per bu., 9.05a9-25: blue.
bu., 125a1.35; timothy, per bu.. S.00a3.25s
orchard grass per bu.. 2.0ua2.25.
Evening star., 1914-08-01
LIVERPOOL GRAIN.

LIVERPOOL. August -1-Wheat-Spot
unsettled: No. Manitoba, ss Cd: No. 2.
ss 4d; No. 8. ss I'D: futures nervous.
october, Is ND; December. IS 1hd.
Corn-Spot nominal; La Plata futures
nervous. September, SIS 11hd; october,
IS Sd.
Provision and other produce markets
nominal No quotations available.
Evening star., 1914-08-01
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, August 1.-Hogs-Receipts
:. 600 head: slow; bulk, s.4Oas75; light
8. .5Oas. IS: mixed. s.Soas.9O; heavy. s.20a
$50; rough. S2oas.35: pigs. 7.2oas.7b.
Cattle-Receipts, 200 head; steady;
srs ana Feeders. 5.5OaS.OO; cows and heif-
ers. 3.75a9 Is; calves. 7.50a11.25.
SheeprReceipts, 1000 head; steady;
sheep, 515a5.s5; yearlings, S.60a6.50;
lambs, 60OaS.1O.
Evening star., 1914-08-01
BALTIMORE.
cial Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, August 1.-Wheat-
Easier; spot No. red. S7A; spot No. 3
red western, 80: August No. red, SI%:
September No. . red. Sta steamer No. 2
red, S3a; receipts. 21S.430 bushels; ex-
ports, 2S4,O00 bushels; southern by
sample, 72aS4; southern on grade, s41aa
SSk.
Corn-Inactive: spot contract. So:
receipts, 1000 bushels.
Oats-Firm; standard white. 43: No.
3 white. ~; receipts, 1864 bushels.
Rye-Firm: No. 2 western export,
64a65: No. 2 western domestic, 6sa70;
receipts. 144 bushels. s,,
Hay-Steady; No. l timothy unchang-
ed No. clover mixed unchanged.
Grain freights-Dull: steam to Liver
pool, per bushel. unchanged; picked
ports, per quarter. unchanged
Evening star., 1914-08-01

Newport is reached something like Q real
breeze will prevail
The fleet was under way early, for the
racing run was nfty-three miles from the
start under the Smithtown bluffs to the
finish at Sarahs Lodge buoy at the en-
trance Of the Thames.
Tho Resolute got away at 8 :15 100: the
Vanit1e at 8 :15 80.
Evening star., 1914-08-01
WEATHER..
Generally Fair Tonight and Sunday
Warmer Tonight.

Warmer Tonight.
District Of Columbia and Maryland. gen.
orally fair tonight and Sunday: slightly
warmer tonight; gentle shifting winds.
While conditions are more or less un-
seasonable over the country, there were
only some scattered and generally light
showers in the south and extreme west,
and some rains on the New England
coast Temperatures are rising generally,
though not decidedly, and are still below
the seasonal average in the east and
south. Partly cloudy weather will pre-
half OF the country without precipitation
Of consequence, and with nearly station
ary temperature.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of water at
8 am: Great Falls-Temperature. 70;
condition, 45. Dalecarlia reservoir-Tem-
ton, 35; condition at south connection.
40. Georgetown distributing reservoir
Temperature, 70; condition at infiuent
gatehouse, 50; condition at efiuent gate
house. 16.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide, 1920 am. and 1918
p.m.: high tide, 3:23 am. and 1855 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide. 1:25 am. and
1115 pm; high tide. 4:37 am. and sos
pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-sun rose 4:59 am; sun sets
T:13 pm.
Tomorrow-sun rises 500 a.m.: sun sets
TIP pm.
Moon sets 1905 am.
Weather in Various Cities.
Evening star., 1914-08-01
NEW YORK FRUIT MARKET.

NEW YORK, August 1.-Evaporated
apples, quiet. Prunes. dull. Apricots and
peaches, nominal. Raisins, quiet.
Evening star., 1914-08-01
NEW YORK.
Science Note.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
Heat prostration will get q man at the
lawn mower just four times as quick
as il will ON the bleachers.
Evening star., 1914-08-01
Cotton Oil Market Closed.

NEW YORK. August 1.-The cotton oil
market did not open this morning. 1t
will remain closed until Tuesday morning.
Evening star., 1914-08-01
A Foundation for knowledge.

I remember that when I was boy 1
read Gibbons Rome, waded through that
ponderous. heavy volume. with hardly q
glimmering Of understanding. l was "cul-
tivating my mind" II any single sprout
of erudtion took root it perished long
ago, because the soil was too shallow to
sustain 1t. In the months Immediately be-
fore We came to the country ] read lot
Evening star., 1914-08-01

money. We suffered this year from both
hard luck and inexperience and the Iva
BILE baby chicks we Matched cost us an
outrageous sum. But the three and four
months old pullets and cockerels look
fine now and we have a flock that gives
promise Of being a good one to build
from.
Jane has never swerved from her de-
termination to make business of keep
ing chickens, and since the way the COW
project panned out 1 am less than ever
inclined to argue the matter with her.
Men are not often willing to credit wom-
en- with judgment We call 1t their in
tuition. But what matters the name it
goes by SO long as 1t gives results.
Chickens to Be Watched.
Jane has today 135 pullets, part white
leghorns and part white rocks, besides
fourteen of the twenty hens we bought
from Mr.. Brown. When the pullets get to
laying, the hens will have finished their
the pot this winter to help keep down the
cost of living. The pullets we are going
to make the basis of strict test of the
possibilities of poultry. They will be fed
ner. l am going to build trap nests and
we will keep record of the perform
ances of each individual.
Not only do we want to know which
breed OF hens and which individuals lay
the most eggs, but we want to know
which ones lay the eggs when eggs are
bringing the highest prices in the WASH
ington markets We will find private
customers for the few eggs we shall have
to sell, but we are going to do our f1gur-
ing on the general market. that we may
have a line on the possibilities Of profit
able sale for the output of from 500 to
1000 hens. II our bookkeeping shows
that hens are more promising Of profit
than truck gardening. it's hens for US.
Well switch our program and plan our
planting with view to growing the
largest possible amount of chicken feed.
F. s. M
Evening star., 1914-08-01

dignity that goes with gentle breeding
She would have put out her moist. black
nose that you might fondle it and smell
the sweet grass-scented perfume of her
breath. Old BILL" always Jealous Of at
tention to the COW, would have ambled
up. edging in between you and Lady
confident of an affectionate slap and hope
full of a sugar lump.
From the chicken house would have
come the song of cheerful, busy hens,
hustling at the job nature has assigned
them. with an occasional cackle to pro-
claim accomplishment. You may not caro-
especially for pig pens-some people don't.
i know-but had you sauntered over to-
ward the one where "Blackie" dwells.
his eager. joyous grunts of anticipation
would have sent you to the barn for an
ear of corn that you might enjoy the sat
isfaction with which he cut it from the
cob and munched it. pig and a boy,
think. eat with more manifest pleasure
than any other animals