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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-06

good qualities of the parents may be
transmitted to the first cross but in
ferior qualities are bound to appear
in later generations. Continued cross
or mixed breeding is certain to result
in a herd whose breeding qualities
are uncertain, and whose production is
poor.
The wise dairyman secures at least
few pure bred cows of his favorite
breed and uses them as the foundation
stock upon which he can build his flu
ture herd. He may be unable to af-
ford more than a few pure breds to
begin with, but he knows that by the
use Of the right kind of sire, he can
develop animals with which to replace
the scrubs he is at first compelled to
keep i'm his herd Besides reproduc-
ing their good qualities with regular
ity most certain and precise, pure bred
dairy cattle are an advantage in that
surplus stock can always he disposed
of readily and at good price, which
cannot be said of grades. The men
who in the past have recognized and
taken advantage of these principles
are reaping the greatest profits today
from their dairy operations.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-06
County Road System

Hastings-The county road system
will come before the board of super
visors at the coming session. The OBJ
iect is to get uniformity in road build
ing. Under such a system good roads
can be built from and between mar
ket towns so that produce can be de-
livered at all seasons of the year.
Roads must be built better than for
merly; what would do passably well
for horses and wagons is soon render
ed horrid and unfit by autos for haul
ing loads over. The cost of the pres
ent township and a county road system
would hardly be noticeable in taxes;
the efficiency in the making. of good
roads would amply pay for the great
er cost if there were any.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-06
Striker Inventory Filed

Hastings. G. Ketcham and p. A
Sheldon, appointed to appraise the
Sarah f. Striker estate, filed their
inventory Monday. According to the
inventory the estate foots up at $685.
S05.55. The principal items include
the home on Jefferson street, valued
at $4,000; Bay View property, $4,000;
three-acre pasture lot on South Jeffer-
son street, valued at $500; real es-
tate mortgages, $1384.50; bank stock,
$4,000; certificates of deposit in
Fourth National Bank of Grand Rap
ids, $500; savings bank accounts, $780,
616.S0. Daniel Striker was at one
time President of Albion College.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-06
Good Roads Department
Conducted Especially for the Banner by Hon. p.
T. Colgrove, President of the Michigan
Good Roads Association.

to make continuous highways. The
advantage of this lies i'm the fact that
the arteries of travel will then first
receive the attention Of the good roads
builders. 1t will also facilitate tour
ing, in itself valuable asset for any
community.
1t is interesting to note that in 1913
Ohio had the largest mileage Of i'm
proved roads of any state in the Union
with 28,312 miles. Indiana was sec
ond and New York third. Illinois was
seventh with 5000 miles. While New
York can claim the greatest progress
in road building from 1909 to 1913,
having built nearly 10000 miles in
that time, | feel that the work Cali
fornia is now doing probably puts that
state in the lead. | have just returned
from California and am amazed at the
wonderful way in which this state is
taking hold Of good roads work.
Three years ago California appro-
priated $l8,000,000 for good roads
The various counties each appropri-
ated in addition from S250,000 to 49,
100000 for the improvement of coun-
ty roads which are feeders to the main
highways. Los Angeles county has
over 400 miles of improved roads. BY
september one VIII ne aDlC 10 uTlNe
from Los Angeles TO San Francisco by
the coast route and return by the val
ley route over continuous good roads
"a boulevard 900 miles in length.
The same agitation that brought
California its appropriation for good
roads is now being waged elsewhere
throughout the West In some places
actual work is in progress. The state
of Utah has passed favorably upon an
improved road that eventually will be
part of one all the way from the Vel
lowstone National park to the Grand
canyon of the Colorado river in Ari-
IONA.
In the East New York is working
out its good roads plan and | am in
terested in the efforts Illinois is max
ing to improve its roads.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-06
The Value of Breeding

One of the prime considerations in
selecting cattle for dairy purposes is
their blood origin. There is no inn
mediate gain or permanent profit in
maintaining herd of scrub, or mixed
bred animals or for that matter, a
herd composed of the first cross of
pure breds. This is true regardless of
apparent superiority in present pro-
duction. 1t often occurs that animals
of the first cross of two dairy breeds,
equal or in some cases excel their pro-
genitors in quantity and quality of
product, but when the second cross is
made an animal inferior in all re-
spects is nearly always the result. The
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-06
To Have Municipal Auditorium

,um Grand , Rapids architects TaG have have
chairman Of the building committee
all the material and supervise the
construction, the building to be erect
ed by day labor. 1t will probably be
dedicated in about two months. 1t will
be used for motion picture show
house, and space will be rented to
two stores. The main auditorium will
be given up to dances and in the hope
of attracting travelling dramatic COM
panies to Sand Lake.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-06
Gave Them the Nightmare

1t gave Charley Coon the nightmare
recently when he drove home from
Grand Rapids to see a fine automobile
tire disappear from the road when he
reached down to pick it up. Claude
Brockway was with him and he almost
had the jim jams to see it crawl away.
1t lay in the road and when the Coon
car ran over it Charley thought they
would go back and get it. AS he and
Claude were about to CATTLE onto 1T
someone at the other end of long
rope to which it was attached, hauled
it into a nearby barn.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-06
GO RIGHT AT 1T
Friends and Neighbors in Bedding Will
Show You A Way
Get at the root of the trouble.
Rubbing an aching back may reliev

Show You A Way
Get at the root of the trouble.
Rubbing an aching back may relieve
it,
But won't cure it if the kidneys are
weak.
You must reach the root of 1.-THE
kidneys.
Reach the cause; relieve the pain.
Begin at once with Doan's Kidney
Pills.
Are recommended by thousands.
Here is a statement from resident
of this vicinity.
Mrs. NJ. J. Young, 335 w. Washing
ton ST., Ionia, Mich, says: 81 have
been a strong friends of Doan's Kid
ney Pills ever since ! first used them
some years ago. Doan's Kidney Pills
brought great relief from kidney COM
plant and since then | have taken
them occasionally as preventive and
they have always helped me-"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Young had. Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.-adv.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-06
Died on Operating Table

Clarksville-The sad news has been
received here of the death of Miss
Grace Bradley, daughter of Rev. and
Mrs. Chas. Bradley, of Berlin, who
died on the operating table in Grand
Rapids September 9. Miss Grace was
a graduate of the Hastings high school
and was a great helper in all church
work. Rev. and Mrs. Bradley and
family having been former residents
of the village, he being pastor of the
w. NJ. church, while here, are well
known here. They have the sympathy
of their many friends here.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-06
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
A Fine New Plant

Howard City-Improvements are
daily being brought forward at the L.
Barber Co., creamery and poultry sta
ton. Manager Letter expects to have
things in ship-shape and in running
order by late next week. Mr.. Barber
manager of the main plant at Edmore,
will be in Howard City Friday or Sat-
urday and make final inspection of
the property which will be made fully
up-to-date and modern i'm every re-
spect. They will be able to coop 5000
head of poultry at one time at the
local plant.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-06

Alma-Alma will soon lose one of
her important industries, the Standard
Foundry Mfg. Co., having signed an
agreement with the Saginaw Board of
Trade for the removal of it's plant to
the latter city.
The proposed move is to be made
before the end of the year and the
company has already picked out the
site for the new buildings. The move
is for the purpose of getting a more
favorable location, near its customers
and where labor can be better pro-
cured and where transportation facil-
tiles are better. 1t will be quite loss
to the industries of Alma, as the bust
ness of the company is steadily in
creasing.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-06
Changes Business

Hastings-Will Barnaby after thir-
ty years catering has sold his interest
in the Barnaby & Patton restaurant to
his partner, who will with the assist
ance of his son continue the business.
Will, howver, doesn't propose to quit
business but has rented the Osborn
store and on Monday went to Muske-
gon where he purchased new bill
lard and pool outfit which he will
install and open for business in short
time.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-06
Dangerous Road

Lowell-While Paul Stewart was
driving home from Ada Thursday
evening, in turning out for another
car near Coonrod's place, his car went
over an S-fott embankment. Mrs.
Dawson was bruised quite badly, and
Jack Hayes helped her into w. F.
Howk's car and brought her home. 1t
is said to be dangerous place, four
other cars having come to grief there
recently. A suitable warning sign
should be placed there.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-06

If set to work on our public high
ways the convicts in our prisons would
go out into the world after their SEN
fences are fulfilled better qualified to
take their places as self-respecting
men and stronger mentally, morally
and physically. This aspect Of the
good roads subject is receiving con-
stantly increasing attention.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-06
Pere Marquette train time at Belding
Corrected October 1, 1915

ODER 1, 1913
To Greenville and Big Rapids 1908
a. m. and $3.50 p. m.
To Lowell and Grand Rapids 1920
a. m, sos p. m, and t9:26 d. m.
sDaily
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-06

To Ionia and Detroit, 11:46 a. m,
1882 y. m.
To Greenville and Saginaw, 500 a.
m, 1884 d. m, and 6:35 y. m.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-06
p O u l. r Y
CONSULTING DEPARTMENT
In the Poultry Yard
How the French Do IL

The French are naturally an eco
nomical people and after their fowls
are killed and dressed are by no means
through with the treatment of the sub
ject. The waste products are all saved
The feathers are carefully collected
and sorted, and then when well dried
are sold to the dealers. The intestines
are boiled, the fat skinned off, mine
ed as food to poultry, and the liquid
fed to pigs. The combs and kidneys
are sold to pastry cooks, the first for
decorating purposese, the latter for
pies. The head, neck and feet are sold
to hotels and restaurants for flavor
ing sauces, or are boiled down to make
chicken jelly.
The Frenchman kills his fowls by
dislocating the neck with a swift back
chuck, given close to the head. At
once dressing begins so that it may
be completed before the body cools.
The legs and wings are tucked close
to the body, which is placed breast
downwards against board. A moist
cloth is spread on the back to impart
fine grain appearance to the flesh.
A weight is next applied thereon to
secure the required market flatness
and when thoroughly cold the birds
are removed, packed carefully and
closely, in crates or cases, as they are
intended for the home or foreign mar
ket.
For fattening poultry, the French
poulterer prefers the epinette plan.
This consists of rows of cages, with a
separate compartment for each bird.
These cages measure twenty inches
square and open at the top, no place
being allowed for movement. The
bottom Of the cage is in open work,
and below a movable board strewn
with ashes or sawdust to receive the
droppngs. In front is placed a trough
for food and an earthen vessel for
water. The cellar or fattening house
is kept warm, and the light gradually
diminishes till total darkness is Sc
cured on the fifth day. Only when be-
ing fed is daylight readmitted, and
many prefer to employ a lamp. EX-
change
Poultry Bulletin: The Maine Ex-
pertinent Station has just issued Bull
letin No. PIG, under the title, Poultry
Notes 1911-1913," dealing with topics
of interest and utility to the farmer
and poultryman. The topics covered
are; the value and preservation of hen
manure, drawings and description of a
shed for preserving the same. the con-
struction of a small chicken cream
atory, construction of feeding troughs,
how to deal with chicken enemies, and
the best methods of supplying green
food to poultry the year round. Copy
will be sent on request TO residents of
the state, and to non-residents of
currency. Address Chas. d. Woods,
Orno, Maine.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-11-12
What Bingham County
Farmers Are Doing
Continued from page one
Diversified Farming

Carl Nelson, $50 acres in one tract
and 81 in another: Beets, 2 acres,
Is tons; potatoes, 10 acres. Is sacks;
wheat, 35 acres, 40 bushels; oats, six
acres, 40 bushels; field peas, five
acres, for hogs; hay, 35 acres, three
and half tons. He has eight horses,
25 cattle, so hogs, 25 sheep, so geese,
$50 chickens. Has 100 acres fenced
with woven wire netting with two
barbed wires at the top; has cross
fences cutting it in two and has two
12-acre lots All gates on the place
are hung so they swing readily and
fasten securely. The barn is 32x60,
with a Ballard roof and capacity in
the now for 80 tons of hay. 1t has
plank floors in the stalls and a
cement floor in the driveway. There
are. single and double box stalls, with
room for 10 horses total, In one
ccraer s. an open cement tank with
canaettY to water all the stock It
it supplied from the windmill, and
<enimale turned loose at chore time
helm themselves to the water and re-
turn to their PLACES. There is a re-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-11-12

Three cups Ronr; 4 to X CUP short
ening; 3 As0ei keasboonfnks X c Baking
Rowcey;; about / CUP MILF or vate,; I
keaSb0ontuL salt.
Sift three times, the -four, salt and
baking powder. Work into the -four the
shortening, using lard or butter for
shortening. Then mix to very soft
dough with the milk. The softer the
biscuit enters the oven, the lighter it
comes out. Never knead baking powder
biscuits; press the dough into shape and
roll lightly. Cut in small shapes and
bake on sheet or very shallow pan in
a hot oven. In placing biscuits in the
pans place we'll apart, not allowing edges
to touch. Small biscuits are better than
large ones. Large biscuits do not have
the proper amount of time to raise and
bake.
Have Won seen the new K c Cooks Book
Pr.fnful OF appetizing recipes that simply mrsn
be successful every time IL the few simple direc
tons are carefully followed. You would gladlc
pay so cents for this valuable book. yet we sena
IL a5soisf<lv.f,es upon receipt of the colored Ger
f'fcate pac ked IN every 25-ccntcan of K Bakinc,
J. ,-y,ier. JAouFs hire. Co. Chicago. SiusS
Hr sgi- certificates. IL
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-11-12

ment granary with capacity for 5000
bushels, shop and machine shed
and chicken house. Mr.. Nelson has
a complete line of implements, and
carries fire insurance, keeps a COM
plete account of all receipts and ex-
penditures and Undertakes to have
his books show him what he makes
money on and what he does that is
not source of profit. He came here
from Nebraska in 1900, without cap
ital, and wants all the information
he cansget about how to farm bet
ter and for better profits. Mr.. Mel
son is not an advocate of small
farms; but thinks a man should have
plenty of implements to work with,
and should have enough land to give
him full swing so far as he can be
thorough. s'+
Farming-And learning to Farm
Heber c. c. Rich: Beets, 80 acres,
17R tons; potatoes, six acres, 200
sacks; hay about 800 tons; sold half
of it in the stack at $3.50. Has 800
Duroc Jersey hogs; 20 Jersey cows
and makes about 100 pounds of but
ter week; 20 acres of his beets sub
irrigate. Raised 700 bushels Of
of wheat, 500 of oats and 200 of
barley. Has a feed grinder operated
by horse power. Has a feeder in the
hos yard who're he dumps a load Of
chop Nand lets the hogs feed them
selves. Cold springs in the hog lot
afford pure clean water every hour
in the year without change of tenn
perature. Il have been impressed,
said Mr.. Rich, with the idea of hav-
+ z th;ngs automatic where it is pos
sue; have hogs feed and water
themselves, and all the animals so
far as possible permitted to do the
chores themselves. ! have beennup
and examined the premises of j. G.
Johnston where everything is so con-
venient, and have been studying on
making everything as convenient as
possible, as automatic as possible and
looking to the greatest comfort for
he animals. 1t will cost some
0'0ney t. 10 this end | want to edu-
a'e my boys and girls, and ! can't
Do both row, 50 ] have concluded to
look after the education first. / am
going to send them and Mrs. Rich
to Logan for the winter. | will load
freight car with produce and a COW
or two and snch furniture as they
want to take along, and they will
come back in the spring. want
them to attend the agricultural col
age md learn all they can of the
science of farming. I want them to
know why we pillow and harrow and
cultivate. | want them to know why
we plow up hard ground to make it
loose and then drag it and roll it
to make it firm again for seed bed.
When they come back with all the
theory they can get, we will all go
to work to make money to modernize
things around home. Mrs. Rich wants
to take doemstic science or as much
of it as she can. She has been stay
ing pretty close to the farm for
good many years and this is to be
an outing for her. The Chesterfield
country is settling up again. both un-
der irrigation and dry farming"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-11-12

boy carried out his orders, and Mr..
Broadhead's beets did not grow as
large as they usually do when farther
apart. If he hires that boy again
he will tell him what he wants, and
not depend on his Judging.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-11-12
After the Record

w. L. Parker, a mile east of Black
foot, had some beet land that has
raised six consecutive crops. Last
year he raised Is tons per acre, and
this year 81 tons. Last March he
spread Is loads of manure per acre,
and six tons of lime from the sugar
factory. The manure was not well
rcted; it was mostly pea vines from
sheep feeding grounds. The soil was
more mellow this summer, and es-
pecially in the low places where it
flooded in irrigation. The beets kept
a better color in such places and
the yield was good. He planted the
beet seed on the seventh of April,
and watered the crop twice.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-11-12
Hon. M. Alexander,
Governor, State of Idaho,
Boise, Idaho.

Dear Sir: ! beg to submit here
with a report on the hog cholera sit
'uation as compiled from the records
tof this office.
''Since April there has been 1873
cases reported, totaling 1854 hogs,
all of which were quarantined and
vaccinated. OF this number 81 cases
were treated by the government and
Squarantined by the state, totaling
5,744 hogs; 16 cases quarantined by
Tthe state. totaling 511 hogs, were
treated by private practitioners; 80
Ncases were treated by the state, total
ling 5000 hogs.
| "In view of the fact that this de-
tpartment has treated hogs that were
sick with the cholera when called up
lon to vaccinate, the per cent of loss,
MAS been little larger than the gov
'ernment's loss, as they do not treat
a hog that has temperature of 1O4
degrees. Our loss has been approx
imately per cent, while the govern
ment's has been about per cent.
\ II have no data, whereby can de-
itermine the loss of the private prac-
/ toners, but l am satisfied it has
been great deal larger than ours,
due to the serum and the careless
!
manner in which it was used.
Yours very respectfully,
H. G. BODDLE,
State Veterinarian"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-11-12

Orchard and Berries Make Money
Joseph Wilson, living three miles
west of Blackfoot, has 166 acres Of
land, and says he makes more money
from his little orchard land berry
patch than he does from all the rest
of the farm. He had some hay and
grain with about the usual amount of
expense and moderate yield, and it
would not matter how many acres
one raised Of those things the profit
is so small he would not get rich from
the sales. He had about half an
acre of raspberries and they brought
him some money. He had three
fourths of an acre of strawberries and
they brought him more money. He
sold $50 worth in one picking. Mr.
Wilson says he finds a great deal of
work is required to keep a strawberry
pat h in condition, but he has not
missed crop in six years and he is
.oino 70 koon raising them He has
tried a good many devices for keep
irq tho runnars ont and has decided
shot rrrnino mn and down the rows
with two rolling coulters chipping
+1o,,, ofp ,Ioeo 10 tbn vinee is good
way n troaf them He is working
am what he calls ri~king machine
c,r st,,,y,borr;es N savo tho tirasome
.tr,picg THO deri~a is mot intended
A,,1r7r ,ia,, Tho harrioe Int simnrv
,,.r,, Enc ri,1-or .1ong in comfort
.,tra bo nike in q aittioo risition
~. y4rsc, ,,ofeod eoro naoe that
t,,1- nri..s ~ p1oalfoo+ and Twin
r-,,-s and q ei1ver madaIat San Fran
o;.oo
s4rdvino Soil
mr.. ,ror,t, 1opooo,,o and conc
bo,,o oo,o1pdo5 tbo+ suoor boets do
NOT g+ow wo11 ovcent whore the
,.-o,,oa :, r,o,uro5 plowing nm al
s,lco o,d r1artiro boo+s bos NOT boan
-o.;,roo+,rv br+ tbov can raise good
~o.o+oo. On o1folf, ground and noor
ono. so,,ouino oron If hoo+s Hare
+bo,, oro or1,, oo;no 70 n1a,t hoets
ava no+a+oos WHOM +bo ground 10
n,onor,, arodod For irr;ootion and
u;,, oni, nl,nt hoot. ON orornd tbot
hoe hoon uo,, ror,rod
stuptad POTATOES
1obn ur+ob,nsor bod sue.r bee+s
tbot cried from Eve 70 * tons ao-
'oordiro ~ tho amount If monuro on
nIiod IN tho ground He has DECIDED
that no manure means no profits. He
thinks the cold spring stunted the.
potatoes so they never recovered and
made thrifty growth.
A Good Crop
L Kohlson on the original Laliber-
tv plane had three acres of beets and
thew averaged IS tons.
Big Beet Field
George H. Smith who lives on the
sugar farm west of Groyeland. the
original Swendsen place, reports 10
acres of beets on a piece of land that
has had 12 consecutive beet crops,
and the average this year is IL tons
or little over. He SAYS they manure
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-11-12

Protect youf butter by using no
thing but pre- vegetable parchment
tutter, wrappers printed with pure
vegetable ink-the product of The
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-11-12
GOOD RESULTS IN
HOG TREATMENT
Total Number of Cases of Cholera
, Treated by the State is 10000

I The loss of hogs treated by the
state for hog cholera since last April
is approximately 8 per cent while the
loss through treatment by govern
ment agents during the same period
is about per cent. The total num-
Der of hogs treated by the state dur
ing that period was over $4,000. This
is the fact shown in report made by
State Veterinarian Boddle to the gov
ernor. 1t is as follows: