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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-05-21

tition that separates the parlor from
the sitting ROOM and the part of the
cellar to the front 10 reserved fol
fruit and vegetables 30 that Window
may be left open to keep 1t cool
The door going into this fruit cellar
Is opposite the inside cellar door and
you may have 1t fitted with lock 30
that you can turn the key and feel
that your fruit in glass Jars is per
fectly safe from boys and from ire
sponsible furnace men.
House cellars have improved very
much since hot air furnaces were
nrst introduced into domestic econ,
omy. We have learned how to build
cellar walls higher and to put in more
windows and better windows. We
now take as much pains in laying
out a good cellar stair with sufiicient
headroom. easy treads and sensible
risers. as we do with any other stair.
Such q cellar Is q great contrast from
what we weHe accustomed to in our
boyhood days when the heater pipes
were 10 numerous and so low that
we couldn't move about and retain
our self-respect. and the place was
so dark that We couldn't see 10 get
either In or out In the daytime with
out a lantern.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-05-21
JAPANESE PLUM IS POPULAR
Many Of These Varieties Ars Earliest
on Market and Sell Readily At
Good Prices.
(By c. N. sHULTZ.)


P1ums of the japanese variety are
popular with most growers, particu-
larly in the East, because they are
hardy and come on early. Many
OF these varieties are the earliest in
the market, and ~ they are always Of
good color, either cherry-reds or light
yellows, they sell readily and bring
good prices.
They will grow well on almost any
kind Of decent soil, and do not need
to be particularly coddled, although
they should have all the caro- that any
good fruit tree deserves.
The japanese plum differs from the
domestic varieties in that its leaves
are longer. thinner and smoother, and
it has a greater tendency to produce
lateral fruit buds on the annual
growth. Its fruit IL mostly short,
round and plump.
The japanese plum Is liable to In
jury from curculio and black-knot
than the domestic varieties.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-05-21
GOOD PROFITS FROM STEERS
Most Remarkable Rssults Sseuesd q
lewa StatieN Win Five Different
loto of Animals.

At the Iowa station, during the last
season. most remarkable results were
secured with I'VE different lots Of e.
perimental steers. The best paying
lot made . pro0t Of e23.As per head.
This lot received l4.s pounds per
head daily Of shelled corn. three
pounds cottonseed meal and 2sS
pounds silags. Other lots were fed
In comparison. receiving varying
amounts Of the same feeds. and some
were fed clover hay in addition, but
the lot which received q ration in
which the bulky part was silage and
the concentrates consisted of shelleA
corn aud cottonseed meal. was the lot
that turned on the most clean noney.
No station has done ~ noch ex.
perimental feeding with siIage ration
~ the Indiana station a& Purdue.
Many years Of continuous records arc
available at this statioa. and In NO
instance. from the standpoints OF
gains and profits. doss any ration com.
pare with those n which sila9e con.
stitutes an important feature. Last
year 70 head were fed In lots of ten
each. The lot receiving silage. oats
straw and cottonseed meal during the
first 60 days. and corn. cottonseed
meal, silage and clover hay during the
remainder of the period. made the
cheapest gains. but not the greatest.
DisFegarding the pork produced incl
deutally. the lot fed on corn. cotton
esed meal and silage made q profit
Of 320.96 per head.
The Illinois station has several
years Of experimental data which
correspond closely to that already Civ
en-. and it is generally entirely favor
able to the use Of silage in the beef
ration. Illinois also found that for a
maintenance ration for breeding beef
cows, silage is . most desirable and
economical feed. It cost 49, cents per
day per head to maintain 140 days =
lot of cows fed on silage, clover hay
and oats straw; as cents per day
to maintain a lot fed on shock corn,
clover hay and oats straw and 81
cents q day to maintain a lot fed on
corn stover. clover hay and oats
straw.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-05-21

ence in = set Of such cupboards than
In . whole. large kitchen without
them.
In all well arranged houses the
laundry IL built under the kitchen.
This 70 done for several reasons.
You want the kitchen and bathroom
over the laundry because Of ths ws-
ter supply and vssts Dipss. They
must be ~ short - possible for
economy. for protection against frost
In winter and because they work w.
Ter vhsa short. You want each one
OF tAass rooms in the rear of the
house because It 10 more convenient.
besides. you want the front for other
purposes.
II this plan the outside cellar stair.
way goes down directly into the Aun.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-05-21
The Refu0t,

Apropos OF the starvation rate paid
for magazine poetry. Jerome 8. Nc
Wade. the millionaire sociologist of
Duluth. said:
"On recent Summing trip l gave
some aid to = magazine poet. Apropos
of the current poetry rates. the poor
fellow told me story.
How much do you want! an edi
tor asked poet. "for this sonnet Sc
Quence on white slavery?
1.-TWO cents a line. II you please.
SIR the poet humbly answered.
Don't slam the door as you go
out said the editor"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-05-21

got worse each year until the house
wives ordered them taken out. and
you could not blame them.
1t often happens that one side or
one end OF small modern kitchen
IL all taken up with small cupboards.
cupboards with doors that cover the
whole opening so there are no dark
corners. The shelves are loose SO
they may be lifted out for cleaning
the cupboard IS neatly painted and
everything 10 sanitary and clean.
There is more comfort and convent
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-05-21
Early Spring Pigs.

After being weaned. early spring
pigs may be run on alfalfa, rape,
clover or grain pastures with q sup
Elemental feed Of grain until some
crop Is ready to hog on. During the
summer, mature crops Of barley,
wheat and peas, with alfalfa or rape
pasture, will carry them until the
main crops are harvested.
They then CLEAN the stubble fields
and feed on standing corn In the field,
roots, pumpkins, etc, until late in the
fall. They may be sold directly from
the cornfield, or may be fed for a few
weeks before being marketed.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-05-21

dry which makes It convenient on
wash-day The same pair of steps
comes in handy in carrying out ashes.
Steam and odor from hot laundry
water is kept In the back Of the house.
and. except In severe cold weather
this back entrance is kept open and
the steam passes outdoors.
II IL natural to put the furnace un-
der the center of the house. in fact.
1t 10 necessary to do 20. Then in
this plan there is = cement or stone
wall across the cellar under the par.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-05-21
$61.41

One-half of the feed cost the first
year and one-third for the full two
years u for whole and skim milk.
By nax the most expensive period
in tie nfe of the calf 10 the first four
wssaR, the cost being nearly double
tAsa for any other four-week period.
m high cost 10 occasioned by its be-
t~c dependent almost entirely upon
v<,ole milk.
The man labor required in raising =
heifer 10 about 40 hours during the
srst year and % hours the second
year. The total cost of man and horse
t1oor for the two years 10 close to IS.
The manure produced during the two
years has been valued at IS; conse-
quently, the cost Of labor 10 practical
ly Offset by the value of the manure.
Tho item Other costs" consists OF
expenses usually overlooked in esti-
mating costs. These are interest.
charge for the use of buildings and
equipment, expense for bedding. mis-
cellaneous expenses, 4 share Of the
general expenses for the entire farm
business. and = charge to cover losses
by death and discarding. The total
:or these forms nearly one-fifth Of
the total cost Of the two-year-old
heffer.
The foregoing figures show that 1t
! costs moro to raise calves to maturity
1fh4a is commonly supposed. and they
support the advice which the depart
ment is continually trying to impress
upon dairy farmers. that 1t does not
pay to raise any but the best heifers.
Raising scrub heifers and selling them
at $25 to $40 Apiece, As many do. 10
improbable except on cheap land or
under other very favorable conditions.
But 1t does pay to raise the best
heifers, for in good dairy sections we'll
bred heifers are worth considerably
more than $50 when two year, Of age.
Furthermore, dairy farmers rs . rule
are obliged to raise their own stock
as it 10 difficult to buy productive
COWS at u reasonable price. In some
sections Of the West where alfalfa Ii
worth only - or IS q ton. or in the
Southwest where pastures furnish feed
the greater part Of the year. this cost
may be greatly reduced. Even vhEe
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-05-21

is a hole through the floor into the
laundry with hooks underneath to hold
a clothes pocket, which may be
basket or bag. This is the most
sanitary and most approved laundry
chute because 1t does not offer a har-
Dor for mice. 1t may be easily cleaned
and It "a just ~ convenient as the
old fashioned affair that looked bad
and smelled worse. Those lengthy
old laundry chutes. boxed In between
the different floors. collected q little
dirt each time from the soiled cloth
ing thrown into them, and they were
80 inaccessible that they could never
b cleaned. As natural result they
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-05-21

0Se9aFs1 By tAs DATED States Ds0AFt-
nsst q Asrteulturs.)
According p invsstisators IN tAs
Aspa1tnsnt q agriculture the average
1st cost Of raising . dairy heifer one
year old ON Q Wisconsin farm u e3S.63
aaA Of . two year hsifer 3s1.4l. These
figures are applicable to other dairy
districts 1. tie North and East where
land and Seed valves are similar to
those In Wisconsin. They arc based
on data obtained from raising lit
calves fro0 birth to the time they
eater the dairy herd. Tho details,
with . complete summary Of the in
vsstigatioa. have recently been pub
lishsd BY the department Of agricul-
turs In Bulletin No. -. under the
title of."Ths Cost of Raising . Dairy
Cow"
There arc in the United States over
3l.ee0. 900 dairy cows. These figures
give some idea Of the importance Of
this economic problem to the coun-
t1y - . whole, for these cows must
b replaced every few years. The
cost Of the production Of these heifers
10 . large item In keeping down the
prodts Of the dairymen.
The new bulletin contains numerous
tables and several illustrations Of the
jersey calves from which the items
Of cost were obtained.
Tho most important item was the
cost Of the fsod. which was estimated
At market value and amounted to
nearly two-thirds Of the total net cost
Of the heifer, while labor formed 11h
per cent Of the cost
Figures for the average net cost
of the one-year-old heifer are ~ fol-
lows:
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-05-21
Real Test,

Harold-"She said she would be
willing to 90 to the end OF the world
with me-" Jerrold-"Oh, any girl
would! But how about settling down
in q small fat?-Puck
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-05-21

isolate Settling Hens.
II is never advisable to set hens In
the han house where other hens an
around to disturb them.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-05-21
sympathy Wanted. Not Truth.

Sympathy w1hteo, MOI Iruth.
Does Alice bring her troubles to
YOU now as she used to-"
NO; not since began pointing out
to her that she was to blame for hav-
ing them"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-05-21

To this should be added the initial
value of the calf, which was estimated
to be 3704, making total cost at
the end Of one year of $42.52. This
charge II justified in view Of the fact
that dairy cows are credited with this
item in determining the cost Of milk
production. By allowing 50 credit tor
manure, it leaves . net cost of 1852
at the end of the first year.
Figures for the average net cost of
the two-year-old heifer are q follows:
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-05-21

II costs 80 to raise . heifsr. tvo-
thirds Of this amount u charged for
fssds at market prices. large part Of
which can b grown on the farm At .
peoat Thus by raising the heifers
the dairy farmer nnds . home market
Tor feeds grown on the farm at 70
munerative prices. and At the same
time aids in maiataining the fertility
Of the farm.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1914-07-23

slit rent which extended to the
knee. Now, hats are worn tilted
to one side, and this same (happi-
ly small set must needs cover up
one side of the face with hat. Col
lars are worn high-theirs flare to
a startling extreme.
Of course there is one angle of
the clothes question that all wo-
men ought to protest against.
While we need not worry particu-
larly about the immortality of our
present modes. as long as we en-
ploy little common sense in our
dressing and department, there is
one phase that should receive some
attention. And that is the rapidi-
ty with which the styles change.
The entire performance, SO unnec.
essary and idiotic, reminds me of
the cardboard men we used to play
with. You pull string and he
wags his head, or waves his arms,
or performs some other acrobatic
act. Entirely without sense, of
course, merely in response to some
higher power. And here we are, re-
peating the spectacle. Fashion says
collars shall be low and rolling.
We follow. Fashion says collars
shall be high and incase the neck.
We follow again. Fashion says
collars flare in the back and be cut
to nothing in the front. Again we
quickly follow. No wonder nerv-
GUS prostration is so prevalent
among women.
Concentrated, cooperative ao-
tion on the part of thinking, level
headed women ought to and could
remedy this side of the dress
question.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1914-07-23
The immortality of Fashions.

The following thoughtful and
sensible article from the pen of
Gertrude We'll, we take from the
Commercial Appeal;
The Woman's Federation of
Clubs recently closed a very inter-
esting, if not fruitful, session
Some very, very hard words we're
said about our present mode of
dressing, its immoral origin and
its immoral ending. Such charges
as the fashions being set by the
demimode of Paris were brought
forth as sound reason for clear
headed American women to refuse
to adopt them. But there was one
note sounded that rose clear out
of the excited babble, and seemed
to hit the mark exactly. "Our
fashions immoral! Tommyrot!"
was the way one emphatic Chica-
go woman expressed it, and "tom-
myrot" suits the charge to nicely.
Fashions as fashions are neither
moral or immoral. The coquette
of the colonial days, in her bulg
ing skirts, was also called i'm
moral by her more staid sis
ters. So you see that even the
most severe style can be trans
formed into just what the wearer
pleases to have it. For instance,
and apropos of the present ten
denotes in dressing, I was riding
in street car the other day when
two young women or girls. really
can't say which, attracted my at
tention. It was not their clothes
that attracted me, but 1t was their
conversation, which was carried on
in a high pitched treble; but it
was their clothes, or rather their
general appearance, that held me
spellbound for the rest of my ride.
Now, just what is it that makes eve.
rybody stare at them, I wondered.
Their clothes are exceedingly fash.
ionable, but not at all gaudy or in
appropriate.
A young girl came in and sat
down beside them. They stopped
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1914-07-23

her quick, appraising glance, and
it was quite evident that the new
conner had given them new line of
talk. Her appearance also served
to give me clew to the mystery
OF what constitutes moral or i'm
moral clothing. Except for the
absence of artistic facial makeup,
which the other two girls faunted,
she might have been replica of
either of them. Her suit was
modish Russian tailored model
with founce of Roman striped
silk. She wore small black hat
tilted slightly to one side of her
head, and neat black shoes encased
her feet.
Now, my talkative young friends
also wore rather quiet toned serge
suits, beautifully tailored and up
to date. But they looked entirely
different. There was no gainsay-
ing that. There was an indefna-
ble something about the pair that
Immediately attracted attention
and not admiration. They wore
their clothes with a certain air of
challenge, and that is really the
entire matter. The very way they
lounged in their seats, their feet
pushed far out in front of them,
displaying gray suede slippers and
and a generous expanse of very,
very thin gray silk hose, their side
long glances at every male being
that came into the car, their exag-
gerated gestures and staccato vol
ces, stamped them as of the small
army who lay basis for the charge
that our fashions are immoral.
Why, these women could take a
perfectly modest fashion, and by
simply exaggerating it little,
transform it into something fear
full to behold.
The slit skirt, when it was worn,
came in for tremendous amount
of censure. Original it was
harmless enough innpvation and
quite necessary for comfortable
walking in narrow skirt. But
came the ultra-smart and made the
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1914-07-23
DR.. Frank Crane says:

Money can do many things; it
has it's peculiar dynamic; but in
the making of the world better, in
the increase of conscience power,
of ethical energy, it counts not at
all.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1914-07-23

Improve your time and you will
be improved.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-19
THE BRINDILLA LEAVES
AZORES; BRITISH WATCH
Standard Oil Tank Must Prove
That Cargo Goes to Neu-
trails Only.
Spread cas,, Despatch 10 rur sr>

ST MIcHAEL's. Azores, Dec. - (De-
layed) The American tank steamer
Brindllla departed to-day FOR Copenhagen
with a cargo OF 100000 gallons OF petro-
leum and benzIne. which she had rams
shipped from the German steamer Excel
slor, which sought the shelter Of this por,
on the outbreak of war.
Both ships as well as the cargo are the
property OF the STANDARD oil Company OF
New Jersey, but before the Brindilla can
get out of sight of the Azores she Will
have To satisfy a British lieet that the OF
is not intended for her enemies. II =
consigned TO the Danish Petroleum Com
pany OF Copenhagen, which Is controlled
by the standard oil Company.
Soon after IL was learned that almost
a dozen German ships with rich cargoes
had He'd 20 the Azores England sent twelve
| warships to the neighbOrhood, with the
Argonaut as flagship, Every ship ap'
| preaching or leaving the Azores Is ident!-
fed by some member of the fleet and II
| il more than likely that the Brindlla will
be halted soon after she passes the thre,
= mile limit.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-19
Won BUELOW IN ROME,
NEWSPAPERS RESENTFUL
German Special Ambassadors
Mission Is Assaulted n
sclc>S.
>oec,n catie bespotch 10 tn. : .

ROME. Dec. iS.--runee vun hI,..N. 'e
special Ambassador of G'rmi.. ... .-
the illness OF Herr Won FlutoV a.I.tei
here on q special train las, night u. I'D
q ponf,rcu OF 400 hour to-day wit. i..f.n
Souu.uo, the Minister ~ Foreign Ana >,
which wt- ust,usibly for the Iurr.~. -
making arrangements for the pres, ti'. N
of his credentials to- k.ng N.r'nt m
manuel
Prince Won Bu,low had a couf' .r.. -
with Herr Won Fiotow. VINO MAS about 20
start for Ndpi"s.
the newspapers resent the pl'n Psi. "
pfiyce Won EuelnW'S mission. which they
acrc. 8, destined tu failure. I'll. E.r'yu.s
dF0Iid lays ciuphasi, on tn" uu.'' o. a
King the people the Govern ;
Parliament ON a., subject Of sdfc-Iatd.-g
Italy SUPP. u' iu' rests For .- r.-
e.u. tn, riprr SAYS prinne Won 's... IS
gsrrcScat4t.uns viii NOT Influence ~. .tt-
una. Of Italy loo the war
The Td,a No.inrdir says: "1tt b. 5e-
t.rm..-i g. conquer 10y hr- -..,r..-. ~
.iHc Nattlcr.l.-. amt 10Y tn 'rasn. 't-
m.Iati.g diu'mat. ,omnrom s- aIo u.e-
Ices
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-19
FRENCH FINANCES STRONG.
Nation Has Resources TO Continue
wnr 10 End. says ". Ribot.

PARIS. De lS.-In eXplaining the
budget for 1913 to the Appr priatlons Com
mittc- of the Chamber Of Deputies to-day
VI. Ribot. Minister of Finance, said that
the financial position of France was
strong and that the nation would not lack
resources to continue the war to the end
without faltering.
When the war began, he said, the
French Treasury had not taken any pre-
cautions to enable 1t adequately to meet
the expenses involved, He pointed 20 this
as one u the proofs that France did not
want war ana that hostllties We're thrust
upon her.
The Muister said that he considered the
reesta blishmt nj Of credit, temporarily em-
barasSed 10y the war, as the most pressing
need. and that this intricate system Of
commercial and industrial credit was now
recovering.
NJ. Ribot told the Appropriations Com
Mite that the Government had adj
vanc.d 10 allied on friendly countries
these amounts: TO Belgium, 250.O00. 900
francs sjO.O0U. 000) 20 Se,Nil, 90. 00O,-
00o francs t$lS,000, O0O) to Greece.
2O,000,o0 francs Si,OOo,oOo) To- the
Bank of Montenegro. j00,00O francs
($1OO.0UOD.
The Treasury had in circulation on
September | i27.O0OO0o francs CsS5,4o0,-
u0U) of Treasury bonds, THIS was in
creased before the end Of November to
$4,000, 600 francs GlSS, 000.0OO), the
total authorized under the Governments
decree of October |. However. the Gov
. eminent on Dec, mhcr authorized an in
crease TO total OF l.i0u,O0O.000 francs
/ CS2S0, O00, Oo0D. The total National De-
/ Tense b. subscribed for now SURPRISES
/ 900, 00O 900 francs t2O0o00,00O).
The Finance Minister explained that
/ the Bank Of France. under the law of
/ November II. 1911. advanced to the Cow
| eminent for mobile tion expenses $780,
| o0O 00O francs Cs5S0, 0GO.Ou0) and the
| Bank of Algeria 100 600 900 francs S20,-
| 600. OO0D This proved n insufficient for the
/ first expenses OF the campaign, and the
| Government called upon the bank I'm Sep
I TENDER 10 increase it's advances to an
J ultimate total of 5000, 100000 francs
,slaOO, OOO.OO0) NJ Ribot requested the
/ Appropriations Committee To recommend
/ that Parliament sanction this agreement
with the Bank of France, which was
| dated October ~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-19
HIT AT YELLOW BOOK.
"Clumsy Invention" IL German
view of French Paper.

BERLIN. via Amsterdam AMI London,
Dec. lS.--The following statement re-
gardlng the French Yellow Book was is
sued by the official press bureau to-day
The Norddc utschc Algcmeine ZeNung
commenting on the French Yellow Book
copies of wh,ch have just been received
says that II consists OF documents OBJ
v!ously selected and prepared to prove
that Russia did not provoke the war, Ia
place the responsibility on Germany, 10
creite dissension between Germany and
Austria, and to turn neutral nations,
especially Holland and Denmark. against
Germany.
1T can he stated that the pretended
offlcial German secret report concerning
TIN, Increase in the German army which
the French War Minister is said TO have
received IN March. 1913. is only clumsy
invention. this newspaper says"