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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18


Alfred Noyes, the exponent Of ~pGy-
ng poetry told q good story s4
Princeton
-One morning" he said. my work
was interrupted by q Westerner. He
rushed in on me- enthusiastically He
bruised my hand with the power OF
his cordial clasp. He made NE sit
down and write my name 30 times On
a sheet Of fooIscap that he drew from
his pocket-hs wanted 70 distribute,
he explained, my autograph among al
his friends He even urged ne to
write poem for him-to dash poem
on while he looked on This falling.
he would not 90 TIL I had read him
half dozen selections from my
works
hr. Moves sighed
~And all the time" he ended. the
duner called me- Boyes-"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18
Routinn CABBAGE Worm

There are various ways OF routing
that universal pest. the cabbage WORN.
Road dust, wood ashes or -four
sprinkled lightly over the cabbage
heads when wet with dew will inter
fere with the workings Of the insect
Soapsuds sprinkled over the plants
has also the desired effect But, per
haps there Is nothing more satisfac-
tory than salt and water This not
only finishes the worms but tends to
make the heads develop more fully.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

Colt Shows Stimulate
nomicaI kind of horse power under
present-day conditions is the big,
sound, easy-going draft horse AS a
source Of farm power and as a sub
stitute for human labor in combina-
ton with machines, the horses eco
nomic place on the farm is more
strongly established than ever before,
and the same is true for city work.
The majority of horse growers are
overlooking the real situation that
exists today in the horse breeding bus
mess. They have given too little at
tention to the cost Of production and
maintenance and to the present-day
demand. The cost of production has
been increasing much more rapidly
than the increase in value, and the
maintenance cost is tremendously
large when taken in the aggregate.
1t costs Kansas horse owners over
$4,000, 900 annually to feed their
horse stock In other words, the
yearly cost of maintenance of the av-
erage horse equals 26 per cent of its
value
1000 pounds or more, have never
brought better prices than during the
last year; but there was almost no
demand for common horses, and as
the demand for this class is gone,
they will soon become a very expen-
sive handicap, yet the majority of
horse growers continue to raise this
class Of horses. If any one is really
satisfied with common, inferior
horses, he will save money by buying
some of these with which the country
is now overstocked, instead of rails
ing more to be added to this undesir-
able and Improbable surplus, for IN
der present conditions common and
inferior mature horses can be bought
considerably cheaper than they can
be grown. Good horses are the only
profitable kind to raise and every
thing possible should be done to
arouse among the horse breeders a
keener interest in better horses.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

the first thing to look for is lice and
watch about feeding too much. On
farm range a turkey hen will raise her
flock with very little feed from the
house; just enough to keep them
tame and let them know they have a
home. The little turks won't stand
demonstrating as a chick will. They
have to have plenty of air; won't do to
shut them in a close coop.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18
Important in Breeding.

The most important thing in poui-
try breeding, or any other kind OF
stock breeding, is to have one desira-
bic element predominating. That is
totally wanting in the case of mon
grels; nothing whatever is fixed about
them, and the innumerable conflicting
elements in their composition, each
striving for mastery, only insures me
diocrity.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

- ONDITIONS have arisen dur
ing the last decade that have
~ resulted in a decided change
in the demand for horse pow
er, both on the farm and in the city.
Farmers have been seeking bigger
and heavier machinery, necessitating
an increased amount of horsepower,
and experience has proved that the
most efficient and also the most eco
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

prizes, even though each be small.
more exhibitors will enter and try
for them, and eventually they will
come to appreciate the honor Of win
ming a place, rather than the money
offered. When there has been Great
ed the spirit of rivalry for the honor
there is in it, rather than for few
paItry dollars, then great good has
been done, which will result in a de-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

There has been a consistent steady
advance in the price of beef for the
last forty years." Professor CocheI
said. And there is nothing that we
can foresee which indicates that beef
will be any cheaper in the future than
it is at present.
Skim milk helps vary the ration for
the laying hen. Experiments at the
West Virginia Station show that hens
lay an extra egg for every quart of
milk they drink Skim milk can be
bought from creameries at twenty
cents per hundred. A hundred pounds
OF milk is approximately twelve gal
Ions and half. A hundred pounds
Of milk, according to the experiment,
should produce so eggs.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18
FEED PAN FOR THE POULTRY
Ordinary Vessel Placed in Shallow
Box Makes Form for Concrete
Receptacle for Fowls.

An excellent water or feeding pan
for small chicks can be made of con-
crete. Take an old pan and place it
in an inverted position in a shallow
box, as shown in the sketch, then mix
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

Yorker"
and Brahmas
to with
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18
Stealing a Nest.

A hen will use extreme caution
when going to stolen nest to lay
and will cackle loudly leaving the
nest. This is to discover the where
abouts of the rest of the fowls, as the
male bird will answer her
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

Go out behind the hen house when
the wind is up and consider how much
protection a windbreak would be.
Write to the forester at your state ex-
pertinent station and ask his advice
about quick-growing, permanent
windbreak. 1t is possible to have a
windbreak that will grow you good
fence posts at the same time.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

remember, with really good birds,
your profits come in the spring from
selling eggs for Matching or for day
old chicks. Indeed, you should not
begrudge the utmost thought and care
to your poultry in the growing stage,
for it is then you are building the
foundation for a profitable poultry
plant
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

ton for colts at all local live stock
shows Fair associations, oranges,
farmers Institutes, and; commercial
clubs should give this matter careful
consideration and use every effort to
hold a good community colt show this
fall.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18
Poor Man.

Patience-DiTorces are more difn-
cult to obtain in England than in any
other civilized country.
Patrice-Too bad; and that's the
home of the militant suffragettes, too,
isn't it?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

One good way to start hens to eat
ing eggs, is to throw out nearly whole
egg shells to them. It viii materially
assist in this, If some Of the shells
have little OF the egg stiff attached
to them.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18
Poultry Feed Pan.

the concrete and pour it over the pan.
says Popular Mechanics. When the
cement sets, turn it over and a pan
will be had that small chicks can
climb out of, should they get into it.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18
Eeed and CT. Count muoh.

It is wrong to expect the COW, to
yield large profit simply because she
is well bred She must have feed and
care or the breeding will amount to
nothing.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18
Shelter for Manure

Few farmers feel that they can AZ
ford a manure shed, but an even bet
ter arrangement is a covered shed
with a cement floor where all manure
is dumped and on which the animals
run
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

For fattening chickens, buttermi1k
has a feeding value of above thirty
cents a hundred pounds. This is con-
siderably in advance OF its vaius for
feeding hogs
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18
sforinn AIfaIfa 81

When there is any large amount OF
alfalfa hay to be loaded and put IN
the barns. the hay loader should OF
course be used In this case the hay
must be allowed to cure In the Wind
row
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

When it rains one inch, more than
1900 tons of water fall on a 1OO-acre
farm Every acre gets more than
$1,000 gallons-enough to fill a tank
or pool about twenty feet square and
nine feet deep.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18
weedy and erassv crooa.

The man who fails to properly pre-
pare his land and cultivate with the
hoe and pIoT ia the man who is apt
to have weedy and grassy crops.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18
Unnorma.

You cant Judge q man by his
clothes
only in a general way For in
stance, 8 statesman wears a high hat
with q frock coat, while a ward poll
tician wears one with q cutaway coat"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

If hog misses a feed, watch Kim.
# he misses a second feed, remove
him from tie herd and thoroughly
disenfect where he has been.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

Marriage may be a failure in some
cases, but with the advent of twins it
becomes a bowling success.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

Every rural school should have sew
eral textbooks on agriculture, but no
school should depend upon the text
books.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

Many a man who feels that he ia q
born leader only succeeds In setting
bad example.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

As soon as a rat discovers that he is
trapped he loses all interest in the
piece of cheese that caused his down
fall
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

Grind about one-third OF the hens
feed for her and she VIII be more
helpful In filing the egg basket
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

We admire the viii power Of a man
who is able to take fail out Of him
self occasionally.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

Soil that is very dry does not alb
sorb water so readily as does moist
soil
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

The only time some people aim &C
curately is when they throw bouquets
at themselves.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18
soft-Meated EowE.

The only way to secure a soft-meat
Cd bird is to keep them growing from
hatch TO hatch.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

The practice of feeding hogs on
forage crops alone is not economical
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18
PLAN A COLT SHOW FOR YOUR COMMUNITY
AND BOOST DEMAND FOR BETTER HORSES
Such Show, Properly Conducted Viii Create Widespread interest
Among Farmers and Their Sons-Dr. McCampbeh Offers Some
Suggestions Regarding Details of Such Enter
prses-Making the CIassifcaiOns

MeCampbe Regstry
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-11-27
WHAT HAPPENED IN OLYMPIA AND
STATE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
From The Washington Standard Fol
November 20, 1880. Vol.
XXI, No. 1.

During the past year, the first
years existence of Board of Health
in this city, but 81 deaths occurred,
according to the report of C. l.. Elan
nigan, health officer, and estimating
the population at 1000, this gives a
death rate of IT'S per 1000, making
it the lowest death rate of any incor-
porated city in the world.
The estimated expenses of the leg
islature now in session, the first in
the states history, foot up to nearly
lii not quite $1,000 a day. If the
session lasts five months this will
amount to $4,000 as the expense
of law-making alone.
Seattle is raising purse of $685.
900 to induce John l.. Sullivan and
Peter Jackson, the white and black
champions of the fistic arena, to fight
a match in that city.
Governor Ferris first annual mes
sage was delivered to both houses of
the legislature last Friday. The full
text of it is published in this issue.
The work of planking the track of
the street railway has been COM
rnenced.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-11-27
SHOULD VOTING BE MADE COMPULSORY.

Many schemes hdyD been ~',-e -rrd for cnI-
polling American citizens in large numbers t. do
that which Theoretically aud ..' .ticaly .oo.
They should be .agyI. TO DO .. ar, not-vot..4,
every one Of them, at election. M unusua y
large vote for an "otf' year was ,a>t at the last
elections in this state and Yet not every one
voted who had the privilege and not as many as
did two years ago.
commenting that only about sixty per cent
~ tlc vote Of the state east this year and
adding that only thirty-fve per cent is respon-
SihIc for the initiative measures adopted, the
Q'tlIcene Mcgaphone continues:
Thus we have minority rule with vengeance
When the state calls upon her citizens to sit on
iuries the service is compulsory, if there be no
lawful exemptions such as age and physical dis
ability. What is of equal Importance to the com
monV eath is that great jury that is called on
q elton day to decide matters Of the greatest
import to the state. Attendance at the polls
should be made compulsory, like jury duty. In
no other way can a verdict by the whole voting
population be obtained Now that Washington
has female suffrage and the initiative every voter,
unless exempt as il case Of jurors, should be com
PEELED to render his verdict ON election day. The
Megaphone sees no other way in which
secure ma .ority verdict. We should like to
a compulsory voting measure passed by the
ing legislature
Frankly, we have but little faith in the plan
suggested Doubtless it would result in
slight increase in the amount of voting, but every
one who knows how the compulsory jury system,
beautifully efficient in theory, is defeated to
great extent in actual usage, knows too that com
pulsory voting would fall short of the mark.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-11-27

There's one thing about this taxation situa-
ton we should not forget and yet generally do
when we start kicking about our taxes: so long
as we vote bond issues for one thing and another,
demand laws to regulate this and to make that
other crowd be good, long, in fact, as we in
dulge in all of the modern governmental frills,
we have to pay for them, too, and every single
one of them has some influence our taxes.
When most Of us vote bonds we do it with
the idea that future generations are going pay
them, and we forget that right now the present
generation is paying the bills of fifteen or twenty
years ago. the bills that play so large part in
our present taxes, and also forget that the
present generation has to pay the interest on
those bonds Governor Lister brought these
points out in speech here during the recent cam
paign-told us, in effect, that if we want the
frills we have right to kick about paying for
them.
You can't eat your cake and have it, too,
is quite common saying. The trouble is that
most of us do not apply 1T to our relations as
civic units of the state.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-11-27
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
oil IN WASHINGTON"

That phrase has been everybodys lips
these last few days, phrase which hundreds
have eagerly awaited, phrase which completes
the dreams of those who have pioneered in the
work which has made it possible phrase which,
if it becomes as all-embracing as the enthusiastic
now seem to think likely, will mean millions of
new wealth developed for the state, millions of
capital invested directly and indirectly. SO
much is there in the fullest possibilities of that
phrase that it would be difficult now to sketch
its completeness, unless perhaps one knows what
happened in the other oil fields when they, too,
were
When this is written the test of the Crescent
we'll Tuesday had not been made. Whatever we
say here, therefore, will necessarily be modified
one way another by the events of that day.
Since the first work was started on the Crescent
well this newspaper has always done everything
it could to assist the development for it realized
as did the many others that joined in this pioneer
ing, what the discovery of oil in Thurston county
would mean to the county, the city and the state.
If as the result of these united efforts oil in
mercial quantities becomes settled fact--and we
have every confidence in the principal stockhold-
ers and directors of the Crescent company-we
are mighty glad, indeed that we can be numbered
among the boosters and not among the knock
.ers'
Olympia, being the home Of the pioneer COM
pany and the nearest tidewater point will be
pgreatly benefited by the discovery of oil. One
:short year will work wonders for the city in which
we all have long had faith. Excitement has run
high these last few days, to be sure, and may run
higher, but back of it all there appears to be
that solidity Of purpose which is SO necessary
der conditions such as these.
Oil in Washington do you realize what
that phrase, if true, means?
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-11-27

What is the lesson Of Washington's first ex-
perence with the initiative? Generally the news
papers seem to agree to at least this one thing
that the deefat of eight out of the ten measures
III the last election demonstrates that the people
vigorously oppose the abuse of it. It may be
some time before every one learns that lesson
Oregon and California have been at it longer than
we have and still they have not learned it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-11-27

Andrew Hanson and family, who
last seven years, have sold their prop
erty to Lipman Simpson of Alaska,
who has taken immediate possession
and who, according to reports, pro-
poses to erect a modern hotel at the
lake and to provide other improve
ments and conveniences intended to
develop it into a still more popular
summer resort.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-11-27
Here's hoping that Thanksgiving turkeys as
good as you think it is

A Socialistic contemporary of this newspaper
during the recent campaign accused it of favoring
the interests that vague, nebulous bugaboo
SO valiantly used to scare us all--because we op-
posed the Socialist eight-hour law The verdict of
the election when the measure was showed under
by an overwhelming majority, more than confirm
ed the position we took but we derived further
satisfaction the other day when we read that the
American Federation of Labor had gone on rec
ord emphatcally against such legislation
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-11-27
WARE THE WILDCATS. ;"

s The poor we have with us always, you will
remember and likewise that species Of mankind
always eager-and always ready--to exploit the
unknowing or the gullible, appearing in diverse
forms, as fake mine promoters, fake wireless COM
panies, and Of course as fake oil operators. The
history of every strike whether it be of gold or
any other precious mineral or of oil, carries it's
story, too, in greater lesser prominence as the
case may be- of the wildcats and the financial
havoc they wreak among their prey.
To expect anything else than that history will
repeat itself in the Thurston county oil fields, if
such they be, would be to assume we were closer
to the millennium than any of us are likely to be-
lieve Fake oil companies there doubtless will be,
but not all of the companies by any means will
be fakes. The exercise of ordinary intelligence
is all that is needed to separate the sheep from the
goats and to kick out the black ones. While ex-
citement runs high is the time when the wild
cats prosper; when comes the time for the real,
actual developing work. they fold their tents like
the Arabs and silently steal away.
So-'ware of the Wildcats Their adver-
tisements, prospectuses and booklets will be just
as alluring as the others. perhaps more so their
statesmen as glib of tongue, their claims as strong
or stronger. Exercise the common sense with
which you endowed and study the different
companies carefully The legitimate operators
will be mighty glad if you willard so will you.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-11-27

We hear lot of talk about economy in the
coming Legislative sesson--let's hope the protes-
tations are sncere-but in the passing we would
like to remark that this session will close with the
best record in. history if it tries to see how few
laws it can pass, instead Of how many. But that
such an unprecedented thing will happen is a
torlorn hope, we fear.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-11-27

Week after week, as one thing after another
transpired in revolution Travelled Mexico we re.
framed from comment on it, not knowing what
would happen from the time the editorial was
written until the issue was published Last weal,
We broke over, after reading the positive official
statements that peace was assured, and it was
only couple of days later they were at it again
as holly as a couple Of Kilkenny cats!
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-11-27

Mt Rainier is liable to ''let go' most any
time says Professor (and President) Landes of
the University of Washington. All right let 'er
buck the Legislature goinq to be in session
pretty soon anyhow.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-11-27

There no doubt. however. about the wave of
prosperity that is sweeping the East, as the re-
ports published in last weeks and the current
issue more than bear out. Times changing
greatly-of that there can be question.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-11-27

The state land board this week
took up formally the proposed land
exchange agreement with the federal
the state will gain control of approx
mately 100000 acres of land, situat-
ed in convenient tracts carved out of
the present borders of the national
forests, in exchange for the same
acreage in school sections, now scat
tered through the forests in single
sections.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-11-27

For the maintenance of the states
twelve institutions and construction
lof new buildings, repairs and other
improvements, the state board of con-
troll will ask the next legislature for
$3,S09,199, some $4,000 less than
was requested for the present ben-
mum, though the population of the
institutions is increasing at the rate
of Is per cent year.