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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-01
Profitable Feeding of Dairy Cows

Perhaps no dairyman in the state
of Washington has devoted as close
attention to the feeding problem as
Mr.. w. j. Langdon, of Sumner,
Wash. Mr.. Langdon delivered an
address at the Dairymen's Conven-
tion at Chilliwack, B. c., short
time ago. From this address, which
is one of the best we have ever read,
we are selecting that part which re-
lates to the feeding of dairy COWS and
commend its careful reading for every
dairyman. The article follows:
Where we have plenty of cheap
land the matter of feeding is simple,
for we can then have plenty of good
pasture, the ideal feed for milk pro-
duction. But whether we have cheap
land or not, we must have silo, or
better yet, two of them. We have
three silos. Into this silo we would
put corn if we could get variety that
would mature, if not then we would
raise clover, vetch and oats or barley,
or peas and oats or barley, for both
for hay and silage. We put our first
crop of clover into the silo for sum-
mer feed, and cut the second crop
for hay. The silo is the safest and
surest method we have of securing
our forage crops, and gives a feed
that is more satisfactory to feed, and
gives better results at the pail. No
one should try to dairy on the Pacific
Coast with 10 or more COWS without
silo. 1t don't pay. Don't raise tim
othy or mixed grasses for COWS. 1t
don't pay. Raise clover. If we can
do SO profitably we should raise oats,
barley and peas to grind for the COWS,
for these with clover, pea or vetch hay
and silage make good ration with
out buying anything.
1t is a good plan to SOW oats or
barley with vetch or peas to hold
them up. Especially on valley land.
Fifteen pounds of clover, pea or
vetch hay, 35 pounds silage and four
pounds each Of ground barley, oats
and peas makes a fairly good ration
for 1000 pound COW giving 40 pounds
of 4 per cent milk at cost of about
80 cents. Or So pounds silage and
20 pounds of clover hay will do for
20 pounds of per cent milk, or
even for 20 pounds of per cent
milk.
Where we have to buy all or part
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-01

of our feed it is necessary to figure
pretty close. AS we have to buy
most of our feed, we have figured
out the following values for the
different feeds that we are likely to
want.
The cost of one. pound of digestible
nutrient in the different feeds is as
follows:
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-01

PrOtenia $40, l 10. costs ------. SIC
The ration that we are feeding now
is about as follows: For COWS giving
up to 20 pounds of 5 or 6 per cent
milk we feed about 30 pounds Of
silage and Is pounds alfalfa, at cost
of 10 cents. This gives about two
pounds pro-, 10. IA pounds car. and
A F. This is little shy in car. and
we give a little grain to some of the
best. For those giving 80 to 40
pounds of to per cent milk we add
to the above eight to 10 pounds of
grain of the following mixture: One
sack each of bran. oats and barley at
cost of about % cents per day.
This gives about 80 pounds pro-,
1924 pounds car. and ct f. The
amount required, according to
Hacker, is 245 pounds pro-, 10
pounds car. and .83 pounds fat. We
don It pretend to follow these amounts
very closely, some get more and some
less as they seem to need.
The ration that we are feeding costs
lis about 81 cents per day for each
COW in the herd. This means an av-
erage of S76. 65 per COW for our whole
herd. We have no pasture and must
feed the year through.
To the $76.65 must be added for
care, one man for 20 COWS at So. 90
per day.
Care. .S36. so
Depreciation on COW, barn and
equipment at 10 per cent. 400
Int Investment at 6 per cent. g.. 40
Insurance LOO
Bull $50
Inciden tails 150
--
S63. 80
S76. 65
S140. SO
One hundred and forty dollars and
fifty-tive cents is what it costs us to
keep our cows, and that means that
our COWS must produce at least $500
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-01

One hundred and forty dollars and
fifty-tive cents is what it costs us to
keep our COWS, and that means that
our COWS must produce at least $500
pounds of milk before we can receive
any profit. ALLOWING S1.75 per 10)
for milk.
Those who have cheap pasture can
do some better than this for feed, but
l hardly see how better than $50 or
500, taking feed at market price. And
even then he must get $500 pounds
of milk at 81. rs to break even. Pro-
lessor Fraser says that the 1000 pound
COW in Illinois costs S39 to feed and
500 for care, ETC., or $67, and that she
lacks 81. 10 of paying her way.
l find that there is great variation
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-04-01

Silage at So per ton $500 10. costs 1c
Mangles at So per tom Id. costs &c
Corn at $38 per ton $50 1 ID. costs 2.2c
Barley at $27 per ton 1 Id. costs 1.77c
Wheat at S27 per ton II ID. costs Ice
Oats at $27 per ton 1 ID. costs &c
Clover hay at $12 per ton ID. costs 1.3c
Alfalfa hay at $12 per ton 1 ID. costs lie
Or if we need more protein, one
pound of digestible protein costs as
follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-04
THE KAISER IN JERUSALEM

rrOm the Fnliauelpnla PuDlic Ledger.
 Not very long before I was in Jerusa- lem the Kaiser had been there. It was a favorite way of hotel proprietors to please a guest to say to him:
 am assigning you to the very room occupied by the German Emperor
 The result was that rooms honored by the Kaiser seemed as numerous as Egyp- tian guides who helped Mark Twain climb the great pyramid.
 That fine highway leading down from the Holy City to Jericho. some 15 or moro miles, had been very largely rebuilt as an especial mark of respect on the part of the Turkish government for the simperial visitor. It was not deemed expedient that the Kaiser should get any unnecessary jolts while sojourning in the land ruled by the Sultan.
 In return for some of these favors the Kaiser had given to the Sultan for the Mosque of Omar the most gorgeous and largest rug ever saw. This is the mosque which stands upon the foundations of King Solomon's Temple.
 So it appeared even then that a warm friendship was being cultivated between Turkey and Germany.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-04
Yesterdays Elections

In yesterdays elections the demo-
 crats acquitted themselves we'll in
 some of the states, but throughout
 the north the republicans showed sur
 prising strength, and the net result
 was much in their favor.
 A new Congress was elected, and from incomplete returns at an early
 hour this morning it is seen that while the democrats will have working ma iority in the next House it will be considerably less than had been fore cast by the democratic congressional campaign committee. In the Sixty third Congress the democrats have 279 members of the House with six va cancies, the republicans 129 and the progressives 15. The republicans seem to have elected 200 or more rep resentatives to the Sixty-fourth Con- gress.
 The progressives made a poor show ing; so poor, indeed, that they will scarcely be in the running in 1916. The republicans, on the other hand, must have surprised even themselves. The republican national committee had been claiming majority in the next House, but well informed observers re- fused to take such claim seriously. That a party, however, supposed to have been moribund should have made any headway at all was enough to ex- cite wonder.
 The republicans had sweeping vic tory in the state of New York. Not only did Whitman, republican, defeat Giynn, democrat, for governor by a great plurality, but Wadsworth, re- publican, defeated Gerard, democrat, for the United States Senate by very decisive plurality. A straw vote can vass that had been carefully made in-
 
 dicated. Whitman's election by an overwhelming plurality, yet the same canvass indicated Gerard's election. But yesterday was republican day in New York. The Empire state has way of alternating between the dem ocratic and republican parties every two years It went republican in 1910 and democratic in 1912. This year then, the republican party was due" to win At any rate that is the philosophic view to take of it. In 1916 New York will probably be dem ocratic again.
 The south went solidly democratic. In Tennessee Governor Hooper, repub- lican, was candidate for reelection, but he was defeated by his democratic opponent, MT. Rye. There were sur prises in number of states, but the fact that Congress remains democratic is of real significance, because it often happens that the congressional cleo tions midway between presidential elections swing from ..the party in power to the other side.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-04
German Naval Victory

The Germans are revenged for the exploit of Sir David Beatty in daring the guns of Helgoland and sinking five German warships.
 The English Pacific squadron un- der Sir Christopher Craddock off the coast of Chile was attacked Sunday and practically destroyed by German cruisers which have been preying on British commerce since the opening of the war.
 The warships Gneisenau, Scharn- horst, Nurnberg, Leipsic and Dresden attacked the Monmouth, the Glasgow, the Otranto and the Good Hope. The former was sunk, the latter practically destroyed and the Glasgow and Otran- to forced to take refuge in neutral harbors.
 The victory of the Germans is en- hanced by the fact that they escaped uninjured. Even though the British were outnumbered the fact that they inflicted no damage requires explana- tion ~and if Sir Christopher is not a prisoner or dead he is in for an un- pleasant time.
 The Good Hope, the flagship of the squadron, was superior to any ship of the attacking force. She was vessel of 14,100 tons and carried heavier armament than any of the other ships involved in the encounter. The Monmouth, which was sunk, was of $500 tons, while the Glasgow was of 4S2O tons.
 The Gneisenau and Scharnhorst are sister ships and displace 11,600 tons. The Leipsic, Dresden and Nurnberg are small ships of less than 5000 tons.
 The victory is vastly important one because it disposes of the myth of British invincibility on the sea just as the German army's halo was dis lodged by the Belgians. British naval officers have frequently boasted that the Germans would not stand show with odds anything under three to one, an assertion not borne out by the bat tie Sunday.
 The British navy has done nothing of which to be especially proud since the beginning of hostilities. The Ger man submarines have been far more successful than the British. German cruisers have slipped through the ad- miralty's fingers and have wrought 'Sayoe with English shipping. And
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-04
John l.. Parker

Few citizens of Birmingham num- bered so many personal friends as Jobn L. Parker ard his tragic death yesterday startled and saddened the entire community. He was not an old man-was not 50 years of age hut about quarter of century ago be came here from Sumter, his na- tive county, and had been familiar figure in business circles ever since. Birmingham never had more pub lie spirited citizen than Mir. Parker. He was full of civic pride and was al- ways ready to serve in any capacity for the upbuilding of the city or the promotion of any good cause. He was deeply interested in Birminghams school system and was at the time of his death president of the board of education. Until few years ago he was active in local politics and en- loved the honor of filling the position of president of the city council.
 Birmingham can ill spare such men as John l.. Parker--a gentleman who was kindly in his nature as we'll as helpful in a large public way. He will be sorely missed and his mem
  ory will long be fondly cherished. "After life's fitful fever he sleeps we'll"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-04
THE CATHEDRAL

A Free Translation of Rostand's Sonnet by Frances c. Fay. "Deathless" is graven deeper on thy
 brow; Ghouls have no power to end thy endless
 sway. The Greek of old, the Frenchman of to-
 day, Before thy riven shrine are bending now. A wounded fortress straightway Heth
 prone, Not so the Temple dies; its roof may fall. The sky it's covering vault. an azure pail. Doth droop to crown its wealth of lace
 work stone. Praise to you. vandal guns of dull intent! We lacked till now our Beauty's monu-
 nnent Twice hallowed OCT by insults brutal
 hand. As Pallas owns on Athens golden hill. We have 1t now, thanks to your r-iiun4
 bran6i Your shame--our gain, misguided German
 skill!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-04
B. M. Allen a. Hu.bandman

q nave 200 bales of cotton which raised on my farms in Hale and Marengo, but I am not worrying about selling it, said B. M Allen, who Is as successful a husbandman as he is lawyer and capi- talist.
 "I am particularly interested in live stock. I have 75 head of steers in fine condition, which in time will be converted into the finished product-beef. The de- partment of animal industry has a dem- onstration station on my estate, and l ex- pect to derive great benefit from the scien- tific methods that are being worked out. Live stock farming is very attractive, and 1t can be made very profitable.
 As to cotton, I have not made up my mind how much will plant next spring maybe none. I am satisfied of this, how ever no farmer should undertake to raise cotton in these progressive days unless he can make bale to the acre."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-04
LIKE M,LUKE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Old Adam didn't ask for a divorce, be- cause it jarred him to have to name snake as correspondent But modern hus- bands are not so thin-skinned.
 The old-fa ashioned woman who used to have a dress that she put away because it was ''too good to wear now has a daughter who kicks because she can't find anything good enough to wear.
 This Is a funny world sporting edi- tor is usually a mild man who has no bad habits. And a religious editor is usually a rough neck who has all the bad habits ever invented.
 Marriage is a lottery. That's why many a man who buys a certificate discovers that he has drawn a lot of cotton batting and excelsior shaped like woman.
 Any woman can tell you that the heroes in the serial stories she reads never act anything like her husband.
 While the marriage ties are worn rather loosely these days, a bride should wait until the groom gets the wedding ring paid for before she starts hunting for an affinity.
 Another reason why we have so :.iuch trouble in this world Is that there are too many married women and not enough wives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-04
Prosperity and Bushes.

Business conditions in and around BIr- mingham are now showing distinct indica- tions of Improvement, said George John- ston of the Johnston Bros. company of this city.
 promptly and this always makes for greater satisfaction all along the line, for the merchant can then treat the manu- facturer in like manner. This, of course, gives the manufacturer a sure working basis from which to figure a legitimate profit; and when this is the case numerous factories and industrial plants naturally operate at full capacity This in turn makes strong demand for labor and farm products, and the farmer is greatly benefited. Prompt payment of obligations is necessary to industrial commercial and agricultural activity, and these three items are absolutely essential to any de- gree of prosperity.
 'The cotton farmer should, therefore. bear in mind that the prompt payment ot his debts is absolutely essential to the general welfare of his community as well as the country at large. and he should act accordingly. If the farmer on a modest scale has made a mistake in depending too much on the old staple corp, he should not make still greater mistake of sailing to meet the just demands of his creditors, and if necessary some sacrifice should be made to maintain his credit and that of the community. When a business man makes a bad investment he takes the first opportunity to recover himself, and many southern farmers are now showing this same business method. Alabama farmers are resourceful and will soon recuperate any loss sustained on account of so-called distressed cotton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-04
Belgium's King and Queen

The small respect paid to crowned heads nowadays by disinterested ob- servers does not apply to the heroic King and Queen of Belgium, whose conduct since the war began has en- deared them to their own people and won the admiration of the world. Never was a monarch and his consort called on to face greater crisis than that which has overwhelmed Belgium and made homeless wanderers of her people, once the personification of thrift and industry.
 The King has revealed powers as soldier little suspected before the war started, and he has conducted himself not only as brave man but as wise and humane King who is well worthy to wear the high honors of his posi- tion. In no less degree has the Queen of Belgium lived up to the best tradi- tions of royalty. While Albert has been fighting for the existence of Bel gium the Queen has followed him into the danger zone, where she has had charge of hospitals and ambulance corps that pick up the wounded.
 Hugh Gibson, secretary of the American legation at Brussels, re- gently returned from a special mission to Havre. Contrary to reports, he says, the King and Queen have never left Belgian soil and do not anticipate that such necessity will ever arise. Both are doing heroic work, says MT. Gibson, and are grateful to the Amer ican people for their efforts to relieve the Belgians. Wearing simple uni form, King Albert is constantly in the trenches directing and encouraging his men by his presence. He keeps at the front and is not afraid to ex- pose his royal person to the fire of the Germans. Nor does the Queen fear hostile bullets. She frequently goes to the firing line while directing the recovery of wounded and is never out of sound of the big guns.
 In many ways the gallant Belgians have earned the sympathy of friend and foe, but even had they proved a race of poltroons, the devotion and self-sacrifice shown by their rulers would have earned unstinted praise. After so long time it is good to know that all crowned heads do not rest on the shoulders of ineffective weddings or misguided egotists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-04
THE PoTTER's WHEEL

From the Kansas City Star.
 What land Is this that seems to be
 A mngling of the land and sea
 This land of suices. dikes and dunes?
 This waternet that tessellates
 The landscape?
 The lines of very peaceful poem of Longfellow's may come to you as and on the land and sea.
 ''The painted ships float high in air" over "the intending maze of gardens" of Longfellow's "Keramos" Today the the shots of the land forts over trampled, desolated gardens
 It was particularly of Holland that .he poet wrote in his delightful picture of peace and industry in his tessellated land. But the description fits the stretch across the geographic line It would be hard to imagine a more tragic contrast than that between Longfellow's portrayal and the picture shown by the war reports now.
 A verse of the potter's song that runs as fugue through "Keramos," is: Turn, turn, my wheell All things must
 change
 To something new, to something strange.
 Nothing that Is can pause or stay. The moon will wax, the moon will wane. The mist and cloud will turn to rain. The rain to mist and cloud again,
 Tomorrow be today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Crop nfxersificntinn

There is no question but that Ala bama's cotton acreage will be greatly re- duced next spring, and that more alfalfa and grain will be raised in this state than ever before" said D. M. Dickson. the well known fertilizer salesman, who keeps in close touch with the farmer.
 The value of agricultural chemistry is now greatly appreciated and is being ap- piled to practical farming. A new Ger man soil inoculator is being used, which will increase in a large degree the produc- tion of alfalfa and other crops. Steady progress has been made in agricultural Alabama, but the most wonderful strides will begin with 1915.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-04
Regarding Grand Jury Services

There has been much discussion re- gently through the press and otherwise about the need of legal reforms, both in practice and procedure" said J. Hoke Perkins. Among the reforms suggested is the abolishment of the grand jury or at least a radical departureI from the system now in vogue, which in my hum ble opinion as layman is antiquated and unweildly. There is one thing about the grand jury system that I know ought to be changed and that is the length of time a. grand juror is required to serve.
 T am not unmindful that jury service Is a patriotic duty that every citizen should be willing to perform, but I do in sist that it Is both unfair and unjust to require a man to leave his business for eight or nine weeks to serve on the grand jury. In my case my business requires my personal attention and yet I have been compelled to leave 1t to others for weeks at time and I might say at con- siderable loss. There are others in the same predicament as I am."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-04
FEMINIST LEGION OF HONOR

From the New York World.
 wonen's Clubs of Legion of Honor for the sex, feminism ventures in where mere man has never dared to tread, whether by reason of fear or ridicule or because of a traditional and ingrained objection to orders of merit. True, there are Car negie medals for heroes and halls of fame for dead worthies. But the establishment of an American equivalent of the French Legion of Honor marks an interesting new departure.
 The plan as outlined is to elect annually for decoration with medal one New York woman who has shown herself worthy of the honor by the performance of specially notable achievement. Will one suffice among so many deserving! That will make the decoration more ex- elusive than a Nobel peace prize-which. of course. it ought to be-but with the in evitable result of causing dissatisfaction smong many others who demonstrate every year .'what womanhood has accom- plished.'
 Al least there should be enough medals to go around, like the Iron Cross, and 1t is not apparent why every woman belong
 ing to the federation should not have one by right of membership. And as matter of exact justice, shall not men qualify for the decoration through distinguished service to the cause, such as marching up Firth avenue in a suffragist parade? The order. if 1t is to achieve Its best re- suits. should be sufficiently comprehen- sive, for a legion. after all. to be effective must have numbers as well as exclusive ness
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-04
The International Institute of Agricul-

The International Institute of Agricul- ture estimates that the wheat crop of Russia for the current year will be s1,- Wo,ooo bushels, which is S5 per cent of last years crop. The rye crop is estimated at SS4.Ooo'ooo bushels; barley. sS2, GOO 900; oats, Aoooo.oOO. In the 10 governments of Asiatic Russia the wheat crop Is placed at 121,- oo,ooo bushels; rye. soooo.oOo; oats 122ooo,- : 900. spain's corn (maize) crop is 2ss, ,ooo, 900 bushels; rice. 1.56S. .oo0.o0O pounds; wine, 272,ooo,ooo gallons. Japan's rice production is estimated at 17.sOs, 100000 pounds. The total production in the countries of the northern hemisphere is estimated at 2.6e7.ooo0oo bushels of wheat, 1, ,47s, ,Ooo, 900 bushels of rye; 1,164. .Ooo.0o0 bushels of bar ley, 32es,ooo,ooo bushels of oats. These totals are respectively s2.3, s5s, s9s and sS2 per cent of last years crops The figures apply to the production of 21 coun- tries
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-04
ANOTHER BY "PRIvATE" JOHN
 ALLEN
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 Private" John Allen was telling stories in the Willard lobby, and. as always. was surrounded by an attentive group of prominent men. Someone suggested that the Mississippian had never equalsd in humor the speech in the House that earned him lasting fame and secured to Tupeio fish hatchery.
 That fish hatchery was a good thing for Tupelo." said Private" John. And that reminds me of an experience one of my clients had. There Is a law in Missis- sippi which prohibits the setting of fish traps in any stream. and few persons have the nerve to attempt violation of