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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-18
EASY TO ERADICATE
SMUT FROM WHEAT
Good Plan to Get Neighbors to
Also Treat Their Seed
Spores Fly With Wind.

In many localities the loss from
sinking smut or loose smut in wheat
is as much as 25 per cent or 80 per
cent. It is easy to eradicate smut, but
unless you can get adjoining neighbors
to treat their seed for smut, the spores
will fly over the fence from the un-
treated grain, reinfecting the treated
grain.
To one pint of full-strength formal.
dehyde (you can get 1t at any drug
store) add 35 or 40 gallons Of water.
Spread out the seed on floor or can
vas, and sprinkle with formaldehyde
solution until thoroughly moist, but
not wet enough to pack in the hand.
Shovel or rake over repeatedly to dis
tribute the moisture evenly. Shovel
into q pile and cover with sacks or
canvas for at least two hours, the
canvas having been soaked in the So
luton to kill any spores which might
have remained. Take Off the blankets
and rake until the grain is dry, which
will only take a few minutes.
Be sure that your formaldehyde is
of full strength because there is much
of It that is very weak.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-18
NEW Complaining METHOD
Moisture Is Preserved Between Rows
and Plant Flourlshes During Tenn
porary Periods OF Drought.

A new method of planting corn has
been successfully tried out under
western dry-land conditions. The
seeding is done in rows twice the usu-
al distance apart while the plants are
spaced twice as thick in the row.
The stand is therefore the same.
but as this method seems to preserve
the moisture midway between the
rows the supply is often sufficient to
maintain the corn in flourishing cordi.
tion during temporary periods OF
drought while occasionally 1t may
complete the development of the crop.
BY this method the yields were
around thirty bushels the acre while
adjoining fields in which the rows
were three and one-half feet apart the
yields were only ten to twelve bush
els, which is not very profitable farm
ing In any country.
The listing plan seems to be coming
into more general favor on the arid
uplands and the new scheme will ap'
ply thereto just the same.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-18
sow ALFALFA IN FALL
Much Depends Upon Amount Of
Moisture in the Soil.
n Conditions Are Favorable Three
Cuttings Can Generally Be OBJ.
tanned Following Season
Much Seed Wasted.

A large number Of our successful al.
falfa growers are sowing their alfalfa
in the fall This fall seeding some
years depends on the amount of mois.
ture In the soil In some localities
during the last few years there has
not been sufficient moisture in the
ground to Justify fall seeding.
II the alfalfa can be sown in the
fall under favorable conditions, three
good cuttings can generally be gotten
the following season. says Twentieth
Century Farmer If this seeding is
done on stubble ground, the disk is a
splendid tool to be used in preparing
the ground
The amount of seed to be sown
and the manure in which the seed.
ing is to be done have a lot to do
in the way of getting a stand. 1t is
claimed that If one had a good
strong stalk of alfalfa every six
inches square there would be a good
stand. Do you know that II every
seed would produce a plant and every
plant was placed six inches from the
next 1t would take a little less than
a pound of seed per acre? II this is
true, we are throwing away lot OF
seed every year.
OF course, ideal conditions cant
prevail and certain amount of seed
is always lost. Some seed won't ger
inmate; some of II starts and dies
before making a plant Just because,
on account of insufficient moisture,
II hasn't the strength to hold out
The usual amount of seed sown Is
from fifteen to twenty-five pounds an
acre One of the best stands of alfal.
ia we ever had was from seeding ten
pounds per acre.
In considering the amount of seed
to be sown, we must take into consid-
GRAFTON the manner in which the
seeding is to be done. If 1t is sown
broadcast and narrowed in, more
seed must necessarily be sown than
If 1t is drilled in. We have always
favored seeding with a drill. With
the drill all the seed is covered, and
II stands to reason that more OF II
will germinate and produce plants
than IL broadcasted and narrowed.
The ideal conditions would be to
get this seed sown and covered. yet
spread as evenly as possible, or. in
other words. broadcasted under the
surface. 1t is advisable sometimes TO
use a wheel behind the shoe in the
drill and pack the soil slightly. AL
falfa seed sells at a good price. The
man seeding field must put on suf
ficient seed for a stand; at the same
time he does not want to put on more
than is necessary. He should investi
gate the different drills and methods
of seeding and adopt such a plan as
looks to him most advisable.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-18
MOST PERFECT OF PLANTS
Working OF the Human Body Makes
Any Invention Of Man Seem Like
Playthlng.

The most complicated manufacture
ing plant that ever existed is the hui
man body as controlled under the sci
eptiflc management OF the brain and
nervous system. No factory ever boast
ed more efficient producer plant for
converting fuel into energy. No plant
ever had so well.designed a pumping
system, nor one so perfect for the
disposal OF waste and sewage. Talk
OF up-to-date heating and ventilating.
or interdepartment telephonel The
best that our modern science can put
into our shops is crude indeed as COM
pared with that furnished by the
Great Designer Suppose that you
went to pump manufacturer with the
following specification:
Wanted, a pump with capacity OF
onequarter gallon a minute. to handle
warm salty fuid, to work for seventy
years night and day without a shut
down. at the rate OF seventy strokes
per minute. Must be guaranteed TO
operate for the full period OF time
without repairs or adjustments. 20 Ie-
quire no attention; must have auto
matte control and contain its own mo-
tive power. and must have a duty per
million foot.pounds superior to the
best triple-expansion high-duty unit
ever made.
Do you think the manufacturer
would bid for the job7 II he were a
timid man he would probably agree
with you and tell you to come around
next week. meanwhile edging you
toward the door before your insanity
took violent form. Or II he were
not afraid OF lunatics he would say;
"You poor bug. such a pump as you
speak OF never existed nor ever VIII
except in the brain Of perpetuai-mo-
ton freak such as ! see before me-
Which shows how much he knows
about 1t. for both you and he carry
Just such q pump around with you
and each OF you thinks too much Of
your possession to sell 1t for any
money.-John II. Van Deventer. In the
Engineering Magazine.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-18
LOVE inc (GTA)
HUpRY S&3y
by GELETT BURGESS
ILLUSTRATED 81 RAY WALTTRS
slN7GESs ~

Hurry. MIR. Doremus, hurryl" Flo
die was growing frantic. She pointed
to the clock. II indicated twenty.
eight minutes past twelve.
Hall, however. was in no haste. "Oh,
know, Jonas; but you see Flodie and
have decided to lose no more time.
You can give her away, II you want
to-" He sat down, laughing at his cou.
sins CONSERVATION.
But it's past twelve!" Jonas insist.
ed. pointing to the clock.
"Oh. ! know that That proves it's
love match. doesn't it?"
Come here. Hall. and stand up by
mel Anyone would think you didn't
want TO get married." Flodle called
nervously.
BY this time the company had be-
gun to enter, and soon flooded the
studio, laughing. wondering. joking
with Hall
go ahead!" cried Flodie. Were
ready. Mr.. Doremus. quickl" She
stamped her foot angrily.
"Oh, wait minute" Hall inter
posed, I'VE want this thing arranged
llttlv. 1t won't do to rush IT," He
turned to his guests. Ladies and
gentlemen, he began. when Jonas
broke IN again.
See here, | object to thisi" He
walked up to Mr.. Doremus angrily.
Mr.. Doremus. however, had already
begun 10 thunder out, Hall Bonistelle,
do you take this woman. Flodie Fish.
er, to bs your welded wife?"
Just wait a minutel" cried Jonas
looking at his watch
"We'rs offl" came In a chorus from
the excited guests.
Il doi" replied Hall. See here
Jonas, you mustn't interrupt the game
you know. Sit down and be quieti"
But | got something to say about
it"
"Flodie Fisher do you take-bs
quiet, MI. Hassingbury. I'm running
this"
IT'S a schemel It's fraud!'
Jonas appealed wildly to the company
this man to be your lawful wed
ded husband?"
"oh. you old scamp. you. you've sol'
me out!" Jonas shook his fist at tn
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-18

Cows should not stand facing a win
dow unless the window is covered
with muslin. By the way, the muslin
window in a COW stable is better by
far than glass. II gives subdued
light and furnishes an ideal system of
ventilation.
No man can succeed in dairying un-
less he knows that each cow is pay
ing him a profit. A dairy COW that
does not more than pay for feed and
care is a robber that should not be al
low to live.
There is no method of feeding
which will increase the percentage of
fat in a given cows milk to any con-
siderable extent. but there are meth.
DDS of feeding which will make a non
paying COW profitable, very often, SIM
ply by increasing the quantity of milk
she gives.
Take good care of the calves, for
they are the nursery of the dairy;
and a calf which has been raised in
the "pot-bellied" style on slops and
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-18

But told you what time to set itl"
Flodie fairly yelled now And ! told
you half an hour ahead on purposel"
Mr.. Doremus held up his hand. Isl
lencei" he Numbered. "Mr Hassing-
bury" he declared solemnly. there
are witnesses enough present to prove
that Mr. Bonistelle was married be-
fore midnight. AS you are aware.
seldom take sides in any controversy.
but In this case. my little friend here,
Flodie-Bonistelle--completely won
me over There's no possible doubt
that MIR. Bonistelle will inherit his
uncle's fortune"
Hall burst out OF his trance with a
whoop "Hurrahl" he screamed. I've
won four millions of dollarsl"
Flodie stretched up On tiptoe and
pulled down his dramatically extended
hand. mo. sir" she announced. Il won
Il myself"
THE END.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-18

bride and was pulled furiously back by
Alfred.
II dol" Flodie screamed. II never.
Mr.. Hassingbury! only promised to
prevent his marrying the others!
never said"
Put on the ringi Put on the ring!"
the company screamed laughingly to
Hall. He obeyed.
"Then pronounce you man and
wifel"
81 never said wouldn't get him my.
self" Flodie's words we're smothered
In Halls kiss.
Immediately she was surrounded by
the gentlemen OF the company. who
passed her from lip to lip. protesting.
laughing. struggling to speak.
Mr.. Doremus pressed Halls hand.
II congratulate you, Mr.. Bonistellel" ="
he cried enthusiastically.
Thank you, sir!" Hall answered.
I've got a fortune in Flodie."
Il think you have! Two!" was Mr..
Doremus' reply. "Mr. Hassingbury,
would you mind telling me what time
II is"
Jonas turned white, and started hur-
riedly to leave without word. Flo
die. alert. caught him as he turned,
and snatched out his watch as deftly
as q pickpocket. She held 1t up to the
company. We've won! Eleven fifty.
ninel" she shouted.
ed. too. Watches we're brought out
from a dozen pockets. compared and
the time corroborated.
IT'S a lie!" Jonas protested. why,
look at the clock! It's hal. past
twelve! He's too late tell you! The
moneys mine!"
why, that's right" said Hall
amazed by the sudden confusion. 81
sst that clock myself"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-18
SELECT SEED CORN
ONLY OUT IN FIELD
OF Much Importance to Know If
Ears Matured Early and
Thereby Avoided FrostS.
By J. c. HACKLEMAN. Missouri Col
lege of Agrlculture)

(By j. G. HACkLEMAN, missouri Col
lege OF Agriculture)
Always select seed corn in the field
before frosts and freezes injure 1t.
Scoop-shoVel selection, or even more
careful crib picking next spring, will
be especially fatal II frost Injuries the
corn this fall.
When the harvest is on and you be-
gin to gather the crop, you can not
tell which ears matured early, and
would be likely to produce an early
crop that will avoid frost next year.
You are too busy to study seed ears,
anyhow, when trying to put as many
bushels as possible into the crib each
day.
Only in the field is Il possible to
know whether an ear is large because
it was produced on the only stalk in
the hill and so had more than its
share of sunshine and plantfood. Care
full experiment station tests have
shown that the ears which are good
in spite Of having been grown on poor
soil and in a somewhat crowded stand
are more productive than those on
highly fertile fields or in thin stands.
Only in the field can you tell wheth.
er the ear was too high or too low
on the stalk, and whether 1t stood so
erect that the fall rains would enter
the husks and spoil the ear. Ears
that stand almost erect will be mate
rally injured in case Of a prolonged
rainy fall even though no frosts or
freezes should come before the corn
is harvested. II the corn should be
frozen before harvesting, and when 1t
is still wet from cold rain. it is not
unreasonable to think some Of 1t would
be killed. Ears that have a longer
shank and point down are much bet.
ter.
Ear height is important not only be.
cause the lower ears are more conven
lent to harvest, but also because pro
longed experiments have proved that
low ears are generally earlier in ma.
turing than the high ears. Therefore
select the ears that appear on the
stalk from three to four feet high
and unconsciously, but surely. the ear
height and maturity Of your corn will
be Influenced.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-18
RIGHT PROPORTIONS
IN POULTRY RATI0NS
Hens Get Fat and Lazy When
Given Nothing but Fat-Form-
ing Feed-Av0id Extremes.

Suppose you feed your hens on a
fat-forming ration altogether, AMI this
is the kind they eat most greedily.
Feed a corn mash in the morning,
cracked corn at noon, whole corn at
night. The hens would get fat and
lazy and lay few eggs; presently they
would get liver-grown, break down and
die. Feed the same flock. instead OF
the fat-making food. full protein
wheat. green bone, meat scraps oi
bran. At first the eggs laid would
surprise you; soon you would notice
the hens getting light; dinrrhea
would set in, then Indigestion and
rheumatism; the egg crop would short
en- up, and it would be a mora diff
cult task to get that flock back to
health than when fed the fat-formins
ration. These are the extremes In
feeding. Both rations are needed, but
must be mixed to right proportion.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-18
PACKING ENSILAGE
IMPROVES QUALITY
Tramping Excludes Air and Pre-
vents Formation of Acetlc
Acid-Cut SiIage Fine.

Packing the ensilage we'll improveI
1t. 1t is the air in the ensilage that
spoils 1t, and the more air in II the
more acetic acid is formed. This is
the acid that makes it sour. The leDs
air the less of the acetic acid and The
more tactic acid. which is the mos
desirable. The tramping in compact.
ing the ensilage leaves less room foi
air and so makes better ensilage.
Cutting the ensilage fine makes II
pack better. Half to three-quartei
inch lengths are the most saaisfac
tory.-North Dakota Experiment Sta
ton.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-18
Drainage Neglected.

People usually appreciate the valuI
OF irrigation, but because they can
grow crops OF sort, neglect drainage.
Such people. II they have land with
a surplus of water. should get a pam.
phlet from the United States depart
ment of agriculture on THE Economy
of Farm Drainage"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-18
A strenuous Finale.

when Professor Scrapeso plays
the violin his very soul seems on fire.
exclaimed Mrs. Prebson after the con-
cert.
"Umphl" replied Mr.. Prebson.
whose favorite amusement is baseball.
81 don't know about his soul, but when
he was finishing up that last piece
expected at any moment to see his
fiddle strings smoking
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-18
Infertlle Equs Best.

Infertile eggs produced by flocks in
which there is no male bird are the
only kind that can reach the con.
sumer in good condition during the
hot summer months.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-18
What a Cow Is Dorna.

The amount of milk in the pail may
give you an idea of what COW is do
ing, but you never can tell without
actual scales, actual Weighing in each
case.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-18
Feed Is Most Essential,

Il is wrong to expect the COW Il,
yield large profit simply because sh,
is well bred. She must have feed ant
care or the breeding win amount IL
-pothing.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-18
Cost of Chick Feed.

Ten cents should feed chick ten
weeks. and 1t should then weigh two
pounds. II highly fed, the ten cents
covering the greatest abundance OF
food.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-18
Would Be a Boon.

Any guy who would invent some.
thing effective to take the cut out OF
the cutworm would be sure OF ever
lasting fama.--Boston Globe
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-27
A. l.. SAXTON HURT
BADLY IN RUNAWAY
Superintendent of Town Farm in Hos
pital with Both Jaws Fractured
May Be Fatally Injured.

A. l.. SaXton, superintendent of the
Brattleboro town farm, is in the Me
mortal hospital in very critical con-
dition as the result of injuries received
in a runaway accident just before )
o CLOCK yesterday afternoon at the
creamery bridge.
Mr.. Saxton has a fracture of. the low
er jaw, fracture of the upper jaw,
possibly fracture at the base of the
brain, one cheek was torn nearly off
from the lower jaw and he has severe
decorations of the forehead and upper
lip. Dr. G. R. Anderson, assisted by
DR.. H. l.. Waterman, dressed his in
iuries. DIR. Anderson said this morning
that the injured man was in a very
critical condition.
Mr.. Saxton with his wife had driven
to this village from the farm in West
Brattleboro to see the ice jam and were
on their way home when the horse be-
came frightened by hitting his heels
against the runner of the cutter.
Mr.. Saxton lost control of the animal
and dropped one rein. The horse turn
ed into the road to the creamery bridge
and the sleigh collided with the bridge,
throwing both out. Mr.. Saxton was
thrown nedu iISb against 1t Dedin, nut
Mrs. Saxton was hurled into the road
way. One of her arms was badly in
.iured and she suffered from a shaking
up, but is not believed to be serious
" injured.
Clarence Covcv and Elmer Johnson
caught the horse, which had run into
the brook and from there into the mill
pond. The animal finally came neal
the shore and the Young men caught it
The horse was not injured, but the cut
ter was wrecked.
Mrs. Walter NJ. Robbins, who saw
the accident from her home, summoned
physicians and the ambulance, and Mr.
SaXton, who vas unconscious, was
hurried to the hospital.
His condition was reported as prac
tically unchanged.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-27
NO-LTCENSE BETTER
THAN PROHIBITION
Judge Tyler Commends Editorial in
The Reformer-Yearly Discussions
Make Drinking Unpopular.
,ditor of The Reformer:

Editor of The Reformer:
Your editorial of the 23d inst. upon
the prohibitory law, now pending be-
fore the legislature, deserves strong
commendation. May I add a few sug
gestions?
There is an aversion in the minds of
many men to a prohibitory law. They
say it is an exercise by the legislature
of arbitrary power. This may be un-
reasonable but it is a fact to be con
sidered. The same men will willingly
abide the result when the question Of
license or no license has been fairly
submitted to the voters of the town.
Local option has the advantage over
a prohibitory law that when a town has
voted no license it has that town 5
moral support. No license has stead
lily gained ground, and has been effec-
tive in suppressing the liquor traffic.
y strong point in favor of local Op-
tiCn is that for weeks before each March
meeting the question of license or no
license is widely discussed by people in
every town in Vermont The evils of
license and intemperance are portrayed
and men are induced to go to the polls
and vote no license. These discussions
| tend to make drinking unpopular and
to advance the cause Of temperance IN
| the state Notice the result: according
| to Walton s Register, in 1903 ninety
| two towns and cities voted license, but
the number so voting decreased year
| by year until in 1914 only twenty
| towns and cities voted license Witt
q prohibitorv law this annual canvass
Of the state against license and the
saloon will be given up for there vii
| be no field for it. Temperance viii
continue to be taught in the schools
and il viii be preached and writ
ten about. but as a living issue befor,
the people it will no longer exist fo1
the state win then have taken it our
Of their hands.
J. VI. TYLER.
Brattleboro, Vt, Feb. %
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-27
No Session of Either Branch
of the Legislature Until
Wednesday
MIR. PROCTOR REPORTS
ON APPROPRIATIONS
Thinks $4,000 May Be Saved in Com
parison with 1912 = S300,000 State
Building Bill Made a Special Order
for Next Thursday.
Especial to The Reformer.)
MONTPEI1ER. Feh- o1


AS had been expected both houses
held very tame and uneventful sessions
this forenoon. at which a large amount
of routine work was disposed of. When
the speaker gavel fell there were not
100 members present. as there had been
a general exodus yesterday of members
whose duties as town officers necessi-
t9ted a preparation for town meeting
The act repeating the 100000 ap-
preparation for state buildings which
came up for third reading this morn
ing was ordered to lie and made spe-
cial order for Thursday morning at II
o clock on motion of Mr.. Proctor of
Proctor, who explained the bill was
of considerable. Importance and that
he made his motion TO lie at the re
quest of friends of the bill who were
absent.
An act increasing the appropriation
for the purpose of caring for INDECENT
tuberculous persons from $4,000 to
$4,000 recently introduced by Mr..
| Graham of Rockingham, passed the
house this morning.
An act providing for the or9aniza-
tion OF cooperative fire insurance cor
porations, which was favored by the
state grange, also passed. The joint
resolution accepting the gift to the
state of Speedwell farms by Theodore
/ n. Vail of Lyndon was read in the
house and referred to the committee on
state schools and education. \ third
reading was ordered on II. 260, which
| provides for the instruction at home
or at some designated place of children
! physically unable to attend school, the
expense to be included in the regular
lschool expenses and not to exceed 81
per pupil for each person.
The senate amendment to the bill
relating to the charter Of the village
Of Bellows Falls was concurred in 10y
the house this morning. The senate
amendment proposed taking out the
clause requiring license to keep poul
try.
Eleven measures were read the thir,
time and passed by the house thr
morning. Among them was an act II
provide for an elementary text bool
on Vermont industries and resources
amended so as to designate the propos
ed book as & supplementary reader, ant
an act providing that not more thar
two empty freight or lumber cars cal
be attached to a passenger ear
amended by Mr.. Chalmers of Rutlan,
so as to lay the responsibility of ac
cidents on the conductor instead Of tn
engineer.
Nothing was done in the senate asid
from routine work. Two bills were III
troduced. Seven house bills were passe
in concurrence, two senate bills passe