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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-04-15

winsors, J.. r.. Matty. Fully "a
inches remain al 10000 feet. C0wles,
q. A. Viles: Southeast slopes are
largely rare at the close OF March,
hut north and west slopes have from
2 TO 4 feet with promise OF rather
high water early. GaliinaR Canyon,
II. Krauch: snow Is compact and
water supply should Ae far above
Average. Porvenir. NJ. Romero: An
ABUNDANT water supply Seems assured.
III lloway. r. A.. LAnirand; Fully 10
mthes remain 1t 5000 feet. Glencoe;
The snow IL evenly distributed In the
mountains; fully 30 inch - remain at
5000 feet. Jicarilla. q. .. Wisehart:
from q 20 SO inches ., main above
5000 teet; drifted In places. Meek.
r.. II. Walworth: Ths water supply
will be better than usual. Nogal, II.
T.. Rellar: Some drifts ON north faces
are ten feed deep and very compact;
water outlook is good. Mountain
Park. G. Il. Beasiey: The snow in the
mountains is well packed: lots OF
water his year; fully Sc inches re-
main at 5000 feet.
Aspen Grove. j. y. Maupin; The
snow is drifted somewhat and fairly
compact. but II melting fast since
the warm weather began about the
2sd. outlook for water ls good unless
IL turns very warm. Bateman'H
Ranch. ]. w. Bateman; Fully 40
inches remain at 10000 feet; II h
well packed and evenly distributed;
water supply about the same as last
year. Chama. r. {. OJhnson; About
so inches remain az 10000 feet,
Truchas. T. Barela; About I feet OF
snow remain at 10000 feet. Anchor.
q. n. Brigham. Fully 80 inches re-
main at 10000 feet; II settled rapidly
the last week Of the month. Questa,
l.. y. Anderson: About go inches re-
main at 5000 feet, increasing To ~
inches at $4,000 feet; Il u melting
slowly. Red River, l.. II. Penn; About
80 inches OF snow remain az 10000
feet; It Is loose and does not contain
much water. Taos. G. r.. Hubert:
About IS inches remain AZ 10000
feet; Il Is evenly distributed IN the
timber. but drifted ON bare and ex-
posed locations. outlook favorable for
adequate supply OF water. Alamos
Ranch, N. n. Brook; About I feet re-
WuAN ~ HrNNN A'NAH EANHENAAH AoA
abundant water. Bland. r.. r. Davis;
From ~ 10 SO inches remain al 5000
feet. the snow Is drlfted In the noun
tains. santa Fe canyon. N. J. Plom-
teaux: Good outlook for water; the
snow Is drifted TO north slopes and
Into canyons and IL very compact.
San Mateo, ID. Nj. Chavez: About 20
inches remain at 5000 feet. Man
zano; Fully 3s Inches remain over the
higher mountains. Rea Ranch, A.
Rea: The shrinkaEe and melting have
been slow and the snow Is now very
compact 26 inches remain at the
close Of the month. Glorleta Ranch,
G. NJ. Crossman: Fully Is inches re-
main " 10000 feet. Chloride. r. +.
Holmea, Much srow remains about
1000 fccti Il Is swept into canyons
and IL compact; this should be n OF
our best years as the water outlook is
good. Hermosa. w. u. Mcdonald; A
depth Of more than 90 inches remains
at s.S76 feet, at the crest OF the Hack
range: the snow Is drifted into the
canyons. compact aud very deep. Lake
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USING HEN MANURE
AND ASHES Is BAD
Ohio Experiment Station Gives
Reply to Question as to Fer
tilization OF Soil.

The Ohio experiment station has re-
ceived frequent inquiries as to how to
use ashes and hen manure to the best
advantage in fertilizing the soil. The
best answer the station gives to the
question is: Don't. Ashes are about
one-third lime, but no material con-
tanning lime, in the form in which it is
contained in ashes, should be mixed
with moist manure, as the lime will
cause the liberation of a considerable
part of the nitrogen in the manure
and IL will escape as ammonia gas.
Ashes and dry hen manure may be
mixed Immediately before applying
the manure, as the ammonia will most
ly be absorbed and held by the soil.
The proper material to mix with man
ure is acid phosphate, as this serves
to fix the ammonia instead of liberat-
ing 1t and also re-enforces the manure
with phosphorus, which is the element
most needed by most soils similar to
that in Ohio. Acid phosphate sprinkled
over the dropping boards will reduce
the loss OF ammonia and increase the
effectiveness of the manure.
A mixture of $50 pounds dry hen
manure, $50 pounds acid phosphate
and 100 pounds unleached hardwood
ashes will contain practically the
same quantities of ammonia, phos-
phoric acid and potash as would be
carried in 300 pounds of 2-10-2 fer
tilizer. BY using a sand sieve and
wooden pestle to pulverize the man
ure such a mixture may be applied
with the ordinary fertilizer drill. and
IL the ashes are not added until with
In few days of the application there
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CAPONS ALWAYS IN DEMAND
Any Season Is Appropriate Provided
Fowls Are Of Proper Age and
Weight-operation Is Simple.

Caponizing is easily and quickly
done and pays well for the trouble in
that not only the quality OF the flesh
is improved, but also that the fowls
grow much larger. Capons are al
ways in demand at high prices.
Caponizing is best done when the
fowls are between two to four months
old or when the cockerels weigh about
a pound and half There is little
profit and some danger In attempting
to caponize birds six months old, whSe
fowls smaller than two or three
months have not developed sufficiently
and at the same time are difficult to
operate on. AS to the season of the
year, any season is appropriate pro-
vided the birds are of the right age
and weight, but April to October is
generally selected.
II takes all the way from five and a
half to seven months for capons to
reach perfection in flesh and size.
Fowls weighing from nine to ten
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ma 0NCH WL0ZVT Z
GOOLL2 IHICH

formation is available in Michigan Ex-
pertinent Station Special Bulletin No.
81.
Potatoes.
The potato is grown in nearly every
part OF the state and with splendid
success. Very definite steps have been
taken to increase the quality OF the
product and to increase the yield by
better methods of culture. fertilizers,
preventing insects and diseases and
superior seed 1t is one of the stand
ard crops OF the state. Detailed in
formation may be had in Michigan
Experiment Station Circular No Is.
Special information obtalnabIe.
No settler in the state who Is con-
sidering the starting of any orchard
should do so until he has read and
studied very carefully the Michigan
Experiment Station Bulletin No. 262.
Suggestions on Planting Orchards.
This tells in a very plain and concise
way the requirements for soil and site
CT the orchard and list OF varieties
that are known to DO well in this state
is suggested Similar information for
the culture Of small fruits is given in
Special Bulletin No. so. From time to
time bulletins are issued on spraying
and cultivation of horticultural crops
and other topics of interest to fruit
growers. All Of these bulletins are
available and will be gladly sent to
anyone who applies for then.
Horticultural Production.
The horticultural interests Of Mich
igan have long given the state a po-
sition of national Importance in these
lines Of production. In 1910 Michigan
ranked eleventh in total number Of
fruit trees of bearing age, the number
being 12,S42,S27; the products of 1909
amounted to 15,220,104 bushels, rating
third, with a total valuation for the
year of $9,O2O,s42. also rating third in
this respect.
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TURN YOUNG LAMBS
INTO CORN FIELDS
This Should Be Done While
Weeds Are Young and Ten
der-They Do No Damage.
CBy r. G. wEATHERsToNEJ


1t is good practice to turn the
lambs into the cornfield as soon as
the corn is matured enough so 1t
cannot be hurt by them. They should
of course be turned in while the weeds
are yet young end tender. They will
then crop them down and in doing so
will render the most munificent serv-
ice to the field. They will also crop
off the lower leaves of the corn and in
this way will obtain much food
without probably doing any harm to
the corn. The shade furnished by the
corn when the weather is unusually
hot will be good for the lambs.
When lambs newly weaned are
turned into such fields IL may be neces-
sary TO supplement the food given to
them. II probably will be necessary.
The weeds grow much in the shade,
and consequently will be more insipid
than II they grow In bright sunshine.
Even when newly weaned lambs are
turned in to Craze on good pasture,
they should as a rule be given a sup
plement of grain. When they pasture
amid corn, IL thus fed, the lambs will
not only be directly benefited but the
fertility added to the land, or some OF
1t. will be proportionately helpful.
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(By M. r. CONovER. Red Bank. N. J)
The orchard in question was in sod
of permanent orchard grass when it
came into my possession four years
ago, having been seeded two or three
years before. Three of the four years
since l bought il this section has suf
fered severe droughts in the summer
There was quite a lot of deadwood
In the orchard and this was cut out
the first year. The scars healed over
with the bark in many instances, in
dicating a vigorous condition of the
trees.
The next year a more drastic prun-
Ing was given and the succeeding year
a good crop of fruit was borne.
The soil OF an adjoining field re-
ceived thorough cultivation and this
extended under the outer row of apple
trees. The third year the trees
through the center Of the orchard be-
gan to die back to an alarming degree
and the foliage turned sickly yellow
ish green.
Examination revealed no scale in
sects, but ! feared some invisible pest
was at work in my orchard and my
trees must go. However, early last
spring l turned under the sod in the
entire orchard and have cultivated
the soil all the season. The trees are
toning up. but it is going to take more
than a couple of years to get back to
normal condition-if not longer.
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but as with all fruits, general care and
culture is the most important feature
that determines the profits of all small
fruits and marketing is, undoubtedly,
next in Importance. The small fruit
culture of Michigan has developed so
rapidly in the last few years that the
last United States census shows Mich
igan as ranking third with all other
states in the matter of small fruit
acreage, and second in value of small
fruit products.
Strawberries.
The strawberry is the most impor-
tant of the small fruits and by many
considered the choicest of all small
fruits. The strawberry can be grown
upon almost any soil that is suitable
for corn and potatoes after proper
preparation.
Gooseberries.
The second earliest fruit ready for
market is the gooseberry It's market
is more limited than that of the straw
berry but it is not nearly as perisha-
BILE and can be picked and used at
various stages Of maturity. More of
this fruit is being commercialized and
preserved every year. The profits are
good-sometimes being as high as sew
eral hundred dollars per acre.
Currants.
Like the gooseberry, the currant
does not require the care that the
strawberry does and finds quick and
ready market.
Red Raspberries.
Raspberries are an important source
of profit to the small fruit grower
the demand is always strong for good
fruit used in the fresh state or for
canning and preserving.
Other varieties of small fruit that
can be raised in Michigan at a profit
are black raspberries, purple raspber-
ries and the blackberry, which is un.
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The trees on the outer edge which
received cultivation last year have
suffered no dying back, but have grown
long, vigorous branches which last
year bent to the ground beneath a
load of fruit, and the foliage is fine
dark green.
If l had turned the sod under the
first year l have no doubt that my
crop of apples would have been
abundant, judging from the cultivated
trees, yet the soil has had no fertilizer
aside from the turned under sod.
l believe that two years is long
enough for any orchard to be kept in
sod or course a clover sod would
have given better results.
Judging from the appearance Of
many orchards over this section OF
the country l believe some growers
are putting too much faith in sod;
that is, they are leaving the sod upon
the orchards too long and wherever
this is being done the trees look
about as mine did
have a row of Baldwin apple
trees along a lane. A wide strip of
fine sod has grown under them on
the roadside for many years, but the
field they border is under continual
cultivation.
The trees are healthy and vigorous
and bear fruit well, SC 1t seems that
partial cultivation does much to keep
the trees in good condition.
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! kept getting worse. My limbs from
my ankles to my knees swelled and
my eyes were so swollen that
couldn't see. AS last hope thought
/ would give Dodd's Kidney Pills a
trial. 1 gradually improved and kept
on taking them and they cured me
thoroughly"
Dodd's Kidney Pills, soc per box at
your dealer or Dodd's Medicine Co..
Buffalo, N. Y. Dodd's Dyspepsia Tab
let's for Indigestion have been proved.
SOC per box.-Adv.
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doubtedly the most profitable of the
brambles-also the dewberry which is
too often overlooked by the small fruit
grower.
Cucumbers.
The cucumber crop is one OF far
more importance in the state OF Mich
igan than it is generally supposed.
Some Of the largest preserving COM
panies have many sailing stations
within the state and the culture of the
cucumber affords a very attractive
field for the beginner in fruit growing.
The crop is known as a quick cash
crop for the reason that by midsum-
mer the returns are available and thus
money is readily realized frcm the
crop. The culture of cucumbers for
pickles does not require expensive out
lay for tools and it is a crop that will
be very greatly increased in the near
future. The Michigan experiment sta
tion has a good circular, No. 10, upon
the culture OF this crop.
Celery.
The celery crop in certain regions
OF the state is world known, notably
the Kalamazoo region. This crop is
particular about the kind of soil but it
does not require expensive tools and
one will be able to start in with the
culture of this vegetable without very
much capital Full directions are CIV
en- in Michigan Experiment Station
Special Bulletin No. 60.
Onion Crop.
The onion crop offers a way to util-
ize a great deal of the muck lands of
Michigan which now can be purchased
for reasonable price and after be-
ing put in condition it is demonstrated
that they will produce good crops of
onions. and will increase in value very
rapidly. The expense of growing the
crop is not a great one and it will
afford work for all of the family. In.
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to cause humble foot, and they are
also likely to account for internal rup-
ture-a very serious ailment in lay
ing hens. The fowl roosting in a high
tree has a better chance of descend
Ing In safety to the earth than has
the bird whose perch is placed high
up in a poultry house. The former
has space in which to perform a grad
ual descent, while the latter is forced
to descend in a more perpendicular
manner.
Let the perches be placed as recon
mended above. and have them all on
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Marriaoe and Mathematics.

YES" said the old mathematician,
with a gleam in his eyes, I've always
looked at ii that way Marriage rs ad-
dition; when the little ones como IT'S
multiplication; when dissension looms
up to cloud the horizon of their happi-
ness it's division, and when the Enal
parting comes it's subtraction!
And how about divorce?" asked the
listener.
"Oh, that would come under the de-
nomination OF fractions"
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No. Of bearing Production

The crop and horticultural products,
heretofore enumerated, are wonderful
in their variety and aggregate values,
when viewed from the standpoint of a
single state. The possibilities Of ulti-
mate production in the case of many
of these crops has scarcely begun.
The 51.5 per cent of land now in Mich
igan farms can be stimulated to great
er production by improving the fertil-
ity of the land still further, introduc,
ing live stock and by the more general
use of suitable rotations, including
legumes.
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pounds generally command the best
price.
Any good poultry raiser can do his
own caponizing. Caponizing sets of
the proper instruments can be bought
for two and one-half to three dollars.
Full directions accompany each set.
With a little care and time the ca.
ponizing can be done easily and pays
well.
Capons need plenty of green stuff,
good grit, fresh water and charcoal.
To fatten them, feed heavily twice a
day. Cornmeal, oatmeal and graham
flour mixed with melted tallow and
skinned milk is a good ration for
producing flesh.
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one level, for wheh they are placed
at varying heights the birds make for
the highest one. with the result that
quarreling and over-crowding take
place. To roost high seems to be the
natural instinct of all fowls. but for
their own safety they should be un-
der the control of their owner-Farm-
er's Review.
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cellar there be
light drainage
freezing
aton essential in maintaining temperature Darkness is de-
light develops
hand light
will
cellar so by 100 feet will hold nearly 10000
10000 bushels when
ter deep-Orange Judd Farmer.
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ONLY A FEW PIMPLES
But Many More May Come II You
Neglect Them. Try Cuticura Free.

Cuticura Soap and Ointment are
most effective in clearing the skim of
pimples, blackheads, redness, ruagh-
ness, itching and irritation as well as
freeing the scalp OF daudrutf, dryuess
and itching. besides satisfying every
want Of the toilet and nursery.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Y,
Boston. Sold everywhere-Adv.
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Picked a Real American Name.

A somewhat unpatriotic little son OF
Italy, twelve years old, came to his
teacher in the public school and asked
If he could not have his name
changed.
why do you wish to change your
name?" the teacher asked.
81 want to be an American. live
in America now"
What American name would you
like to have?"
Il have it here" he said. handing
the teacher a dirty scrap of paper on
McCarty."
The Yale expositor., 1915-09-30
Fatten Turkeys for Christmas.

To fatten the turkeys for the Christ
mas market. feed whole corn at night
and give them all they will eat of 9TH
er fattening foods in the daytime with
plenty of clean water.
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nave Deen DlobSeu
with good health ever
since my cure. When
the doctors pronoun.
ced my case Bright's
Disease l was in such
a serious condition
that they could not
do anything for me.
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to supply the quantity found in the
milk and for the needs of the unborn
calf. In such cases allow the cows to
have access to fire ground bone flour
the same as they a,~ given access to
salt. BY this method have stopped
abortion in large herd where 1t was
becoming serious.
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will be no appreciable loss of am
monia.
Coal ashes have practically no fer
tilizing value, but may sometimes be
used with advantage in loosening a
compact clay soil or as a mulch
around small fruits in the garden.
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Saffron Beam.

81 fear that you are inclined to look
on your fellow man with jaundiced
eye," remarked the altruist.
1T isn't my fault" said the pessi-
mist. my fellow man shows on an
average such broad yellow streak
that the reflection has affected my
vision"
The Yale expositor., 1915-09-30
RIGHT HEIGHT FOR PERCHES
Eighteen Inches to Two Feet Is About
Right-Have Plenty of Space
Between the Roosts.

Perches should not be placed more
than two feet from the floor of the
roosting house; indeed, for the heavier
breeds of fowls 1S inches will be quite
high enough. They should be placed
far enough apart to allow the birds to
descend from them with ease.
Perches placed too high are likely
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Pick Peaches When Mature.

Pick peaches when they are mature
but not soft; handle them as IL they
were eggs, and haul them on wagons
equipped with bolster-springs.
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CURED OF eRIeHT's DISEASE.

Mrs. A. L. Crawford, MedHeld.
Mass, writes: "Dodd's Kidney Pills
cured me OF Brights Disease, and
am healthy and strong to-day and
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bodies of water and short
shipping distances to some OF the larg-
est and best markets in the world, at
test to it's horticultural Importance.
Apples.
Apples and peaches are the most i'm
portant commercial fruit crops. The
opportunities for the culture of both
OF these crops are very attractive. In
great many parts of the southern
portion of the state are to be found old
apple orchards of various size that
offer splendid opportunities for men
with a limited capital to rent or Sc
cure share basis for a series of years
and by applying the modern scientific
care and attention, profit may be
realized in year or two when it
would require 10, Is or 1S years to
achieve If one had to plant out the
trees and wait for them to bear. FIRE.
quently this business of renting or
chards is carried on while young or
chards are being established. In Bull
letin 237 of the Michigan experiment
station may be found the facts and fig
ures on the results that have actually
been secured in this work Of rejuven-
ating or improving old orchards.
Peaches.
Peach growing has, for a great many
years, been a very important fruit in.
dustry, especially in the western part
of the stRte bordering upon Lake Mich
igan. The business now requires
more skill and ability than it did in
the Bonanza" days, but with intelli.
gent work and good judgment peach
orchard is an excellent piece of farm
property. In Special Bulletin 63 of the
Michigan experiment station is to be
found the story of the life history and
profit of young peach orchard that
anyone who contemplates peach grow
ing should peruse with great care.
The details as to starting the orchard
and selecting site are also given in
this bulletin.
Cherries.
Cherry raising is becoming a very
large and important fruit industry In
certain parts of the state, notably in
the Grand Traverse region. Very
large orchards are found in that re-
gion as well as for some distance
south even as far as Oceana county.
Very large orchards of both sweet and
sour cherries are fiourishing; also in
certain parts of the upper peninsula
large orchards have recently been put
out. More Of the varieties of sour
cherries than sweet cherries have been
started and the demand for sour cher
ries from canning factories indicate
that they can use a great many more
in the future. The sweet cherries de-
mand extra care and skill and the best
shipping facilities to handle them prop.
erly and their culture should not be
attempted by anyone until they have
had some experience in fruit growing.
Pears and Pums.
Pears and plums are grown success.
fully in all the important fruit regions
Of the state. Some very old pear
trees are located in the eastern part
of the state. The culture of the pear
demands a fairly strong, heavy soil
whereas peaches and sour cherries
win flourish on the lighter soils and
plum and prune culture should be con.
fined to regions where these crops can
be transported very quickly after pick
ing.
Small Fruits.
The profits from small fruits are
fully equal to those from tree fruits
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Plan for shlpp,,n EGGS.

Always ship eggs in baskets or car
tons made for the purpose, and never
In dirty old boxes. packed in sawdust
or bran
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Lack Of Mineral Supply.

Frequently abortion attacks a herd
of dairy cows because the feeds do
not contain sufficient mineral matter
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The following data illustrates Mich
igan's rating among all other states in
the country from the standpoint OF
numbers of bearing trees in 1910 and
production and values for 1909
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Innnortant to Mothars

tT0pOtIdT1I 10 WOIIl0FS
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Signature Dss5D srS Of &HazIAw
In Use For Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Precaution is better than repent
ance.