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The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1915-03-26
LoEALS.

AOHAA6A
Eli Thomas was up from his
Regnier lanch last week.
w. M. Thompson of Villas was
transacting business in town OH
the 18th irst.
Earl Whitaker is driving the
Green car while the latter is
down and out at Lamar.
Have team to sell; or will
trade for cows, calves, or some
thing that can be utilized. In.
quire this Office.
Gurn Thompson, the Baca
county auctioneer and Stoning-
ton merchant, was a recent BUSH
ness visitor at Kansas City.
E. Lepel OF Boston, helped lis
out 81 Is worth last week, and
thus keeps his place on the IA
nous irst with it's famous Brus-
sells.
Atty Albert informs US he
has sixteen cases now pending in
the county court, two Of which
will be heard during the present
term.
Frank Lepel of Sweet Springs,
Mo-, by the good graces of his
brother Emil, will remain on
the Herald band wagon for the
year to come.
Lost-roll of tar paper. be-
tween Rhinehart's and Butte
Crack, OH the 21st inst. Finder
please notify M. D. Conner,
Springfield, Colo.
Lamar, where are you? Chas.
Henson. ]. B. Clifford and Com.
Hazel, forty miles to your south,
pulled broomcorn this week to
Elkhart, seventy-five miles away.
The Herald is indepted to JAKE
Lasley for some fine samples of
corn. maize, feterita and pop
corn, all of which are coming
factors in the greater Baca coun-
ty.
C. H. Jacobs of Domby, Okla,
contributes SIPS to the Herald
strong box, and thus takes his
place on the first floor and the
famous Brussels carpets for the
year to come.
Cashier Sam Holt got Ibis"
(alk..li itch, said to have been i'm
ported from Lamar) the first of
the week. Very light. Presi-
dent E.kles and Vice President
Laura Holt ran the bank during
MIR. Hollis enforced absence.
In the case of Jose Torres vs..
Maggie Drew ct al, tried before
Judge Allen on the 23rd inst,
the decision was in favor of the
plaintiff. THIS was a case in
which cattle had been stolen
from Torres and sold to Mrs.
Drue.
George and jim Villers Tuesday
tried to get through with loads
of corn. but we beat them to it
and learned they were headed
for Lamar (where they have
that alkali itch), and expected to
get 81. 40 q bushel for it: that is,
for the corn.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1915-03-26
Locals

capt. VanorSdol is hauling
manure onto his garden.
j. l.. Almon did some carpen
ter work for S. r. Speckmai !,
this week.
1t is reported that contractor
Green is down with the small
pox at Lamlr.
T. V. Nidey, the cowboy
preacher. YVES one of the thrDnq
here Monday.
Gus Arndt and son Ed were
taking i'll the sights in Spring.
field Tuesday.
Jake Lasley last week sold five
horses, one mule and one COW Ia
parties near his home.
Harry Jones returned last week
from Tnron, Kans., bringing an
other of his sons with lin.
Thos. Heagney. one of the new
live wires Of Baca county, was
in from his ranch on the 22nd.
w. M. Stewart has a hot bed
and intends to see that Ed Meas
ell doesn't get them first" this
year.
U. S. Com. S. E. Speckmann
has put a partition through his
building, and will install his
d'ugs therein.
The board has closed the school
at Sandy Soil to stamp out the
alkali itch, said to have been i'm
ported from Lamar.
Ed Measel repaired the dam
age to his hot bed by the zero
weather and intends tn be first
with spring vegetables.
DR. Culp got a hnshel of gar
den seed at Bakers last week
and is going to show them some.
thing about gardening this year.
Herb. these fellows down here
are going to lay it. over You on
the garden business this year if
Won don't get away from that
legislature pretty
soon.
Yves Gray and wife of Fnun-
tain, this!!state, are visitino in Ba-
ca county. a child having
been born tn them at her par.
ents. c E. Rohb's. the frat Of
the week.
n. K Ellis. the all-round gen.
iaI greater-Raca. county booster
of Stoninrtnn, WAS shaking
hands in Springfield Monday.
and drorred in to talk it over
with the Herald.
G. r. Lnpwood Of Villas, enters
the Herald family by way Of
the basement route. Knowing
right where the trap door is. Of
he wilTcome right on up
when he has served his probation.
When d F. McEndrse got hack
tn Rnffalo. his old home in Okla.
homa. last week, he found all his
neiehbe va rearing to COME" 20
pulled in Sunday with two car
loads ct them all located south
west.
H. s. Monlove of the ''Manlove
has joined the Herald
in its crusade for a greater Baca
contributing 81 Is to help
it along. The family will please
to sit over and make room for
the next one.
Mrs. Lena Clauson, who has
been visiting her sister at Boise,
Ida, during the winter, returned
Thursday. She says their fruit
up there is great, but after all
there's no place like Baca ooun-
ty. She may, though, pay a
visit to California during the
summer.
STATEMENT OF THE
Ownership, Management,
Circulation, ETC..
Of the Springfield Herald, pub.
lished weekly, at Springfield,
Colo, required by the act of
"a. 1912.
Editor, managing editor, BUSH
ness manager, and publisher, S.
H~~Ir<,I C--:--a-Il
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-01
DAIRYIMG AND THE SOIL.

The greatest advantage in dairy
farming is it's relation to the fertility
Of the soil. No other system Of farm
ing eTcels In this respect, and but few
equal 1t. A farm used for dairy pur-
poses does not lose in fertility. but
gains, and may be used for this pur.
pose almost indefinitely.
When animals OF milk products are
sold or the farm only a small portion
Of the fertility of the entire crop is
sold, while the greater part of the fer.
tiilzing elements are returned to the
soil in the form Of barnyard manure.
The fertilizing value of common grains
as compared with the fertilizing value
of the products Of the dairy farm, fig
ured at prices of commercial fertilizer.
shows less decrease in fertility by dairy
farming.
One ton of butter contains 80 cents
worth of fertilizer constituents.
One ton Of milk contains 500 worth
Of fertilizer constituents.
One ton Of wheat contains S7.75
worth of fertilizer constituents.
One ton Of oats contains $7.2G worth
Of fertilizer constituents.
One ton Of corn contains $6.75 worth
of fertilizer constituents
One ton Of clover nay contains $9.O7
worth Of fertilizer constituents.
One ton Of alfalfa contains $3.50
worth of fertilizer constitucnts.-Dry
farming and Rural Homes.
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-01
Farm and
Garden
PREPARING LAND FOR OATS.
Diskins Gives Nearly as Good
Results as Fall Flowing.

Spring Diskine Gives Nearly as Good
Results as Fall Flowing.
Farmers usually give little attention
to seed bed preparation for oats. When
oats follow corn in the rotation the
cornstalks are usually disked over in
the spring and the oats sown broadcast
or drilled. There are some farmers,
however, who plow their land III the
fall. leaving it rough during the win
ter and thus putting it in better condi-
ton to absorb moisture during the win
ter and early spring. Others, not hAv-
ing time to plow in the fall, pillow their
ground In the spring before seeding.
Experiments carried on by the agron-
omy department Of the Kansas State
Agricultural college show that 80 far
rs yield is concerned spring disking is
practically as good as either spring or
fall blowing. Flowing, however, has
the advantage Of turning under all
gtubble and trash. In the case Of fall
blowing, moreover, the ground dries
faster In the spring and seeding, there
fore, may be done earlier. This is
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-01

SAMPLE OF OATS FROM D1sKED SEED BEL
sometimes highly important since a
profitable yield Of oats often depends
on getting them sown so early as to
make them mature in time to escape
hot winds and drought. In some sea-
SOL where ground is not fall plowed it
Is necessary to plow or disk the ground
in the spring when it is entirely too
wet, which may injure it for several
years. If, On the other hand, the plow.
ing OF disking is not done when the
ground Is too wei it will be necessary
to delay seeding until there is practi.
cally no chance Of getting a good crop.
It appears from results secured up to
the present time that where blowing
for any reason cannot be done in the
fall disking is practically as good and
sometimes better than spring blowing.
In western Kansas it seems even bet
ter in ordinary seasons than fall plow-
ing. This is probably due to the fact
that oats require a compact seed bed.
and when ground is plowed in the
spring it does not have time to become
thoroughly settled before the crop is
sown. 1t would seem desirable when
blowing in the spring for oats either to
plow rather shallow OF else to disk the
land thoroughly before seeding.
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-01
Keen the Plows Clean.

How nice it Is to hitch to a plow and
have it clean right off when you first
start! The first day Of the blowing
does not seem such a bad job then.
But when you have to work half a day
to get the plow to scour you're apt to
have some pesslmistic thoughts in re
gard to farm work. 1t is 80 easy to
neglect the plows when a job Of plow-
ing is done. leaving them exposed to
the weather, but when the time again
comes to hitch to those plows and one
sees the condition they are in, why,
then, we are apt to resolve to take bet
ter care of the tools in the future.
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-01
FIGHTING WHEAT PEST.

Folds Heavily infested by tho Hessian
Fly Should Be PIowed Under.
Prepared by United States department of
agricultural
Before the warm days arrive it
would seem advisable for farmers in
the wheat belt to plow under such
fields as are heavily infested by the
Hessian fly (where the plants are
mostly dead. to a depth of not less
than seven inches. This measure will
aid in protecting the late sown and
noninfested fields. The farmer will
fare much better to destroy these heav-
lily infested fields, where, owing to at
tack of fly, the present stand Is very
thin, than he will to allow it to stand
and permit the flies to emerge and in.
jure fields not seriously infested.
Fields containing much volunteer
wheat may also threaten uninfested
fields in much the same way. Fields
plowed under this spring should after
ward be thoroughly packed and plant
ed to some crop other than barley or
wheat, which will not require deep
cultivation.
The Hessian fly has survived the
winter and threatens heavy damage.
according to recent investigation by
scientists of the bureau of entomology,
in Kansas. Oklahoma, Nebraska and
Missouri. In the fall Of 1914 the de-
partmeDt called attention to the fact
that q serious outbreak of the fly was
pending. The results Of this outbreak
Of 1914 were very disastrous to thou
sands Of acres throughout this wheat
belt, causing farmers in many local.
ties to plow under the wheat and re-
SOW, a thing heretofore unrecorded,
and besides the fields that were plow-
ed under there were still thousands of
acres so badly damaged that the farm
ers resolved wheat as late as the mid
die Of November. This late sown
wheat did not get a very good start
last fall and will be an easy prey to
the pest this spring.
There were also many severely dam
aged fields that were allowed to stand.
farmers depending on pasturing or eli
matte conditions to destroy the pest.
So far as has been learned, however.
pasturing and climatic conditions have
had no generally decisive effect on the
pest, so 1t seems advisable to recon-
mend the blowing under Of heavily in
tested fields. where the wheat plants
are at present thin on the ground.
Farmers should remember that their
wheat must Withstand another attack
Of Hessian fly before harvest. wher-
ever the fly was bad last fall.
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-01
ARoUN H FARM

Mature abhors a vacuum" and
If you don't plant crops she will
grow weeds or bushes. Make the
soil grow something useful, says
Farm Journal.
The farmer who thinks that he
hasn't time to sit down and fool
away an hour or two when he Is
very tired Is making q mistake.
Do you raise enough oats to
last all the year round? It used
to be that farmers did not need
to buy a bit Of any grain, and to-
day few raise enough for their
own use.
Why not demand a govern
ment bureau to supply medical
attendance to the farmers fam
lily at nominal cost in case Of &C.
rious illness, as we'll as for cattle
and hogs?
All Of us know Of instances
where it was Johnnie's pig until
selling time, when it was his no
longer. Be honest with, the
youngsters; it is an investment
that yields immense returns.
The reading farmer has q world
Of enjoyment that the unlearned
man wots not Of. Inculcate a
taste for reading by teaching the
children to respect books and not
tear them.
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-01
TEACHERS EXAMINATION

The next regular teachers exami-
nation win be held in the court house
in Dickinson May 13 and ID. The
program is as follows:
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-01
Making the Little
Farm Pay
By c. c. BOWSFIELD

Successful marketing does not con-
sist Of getting more for an article than
1T is worth, covering up defective goods
OF sharp practice Of any kind.
It depends on giving a good quality
Of produce at a fair profit, serving
customers promptly, dealing honestly
and IS far as possible checking waste
full methods Of shipping and delivering.
The most direct dealing that can be
brought about between producers and
consumers is desirable as a means Of
lessening the cost Of living and adding
to farm profits.
The majority Of farmers are 80 stu
ated that they can supply a great deal
Of produce to private customers, thus
cutting out the expense Of middlemen
and securing a double profit for them
selves. The parcel post adds greatly
to their facilities for sending choice
edibles to town families, hotels, res
taurants, clubs, hospitals and other
public institutions. To gain this end
farmers must raise a variety Of COM
modtties and handle them in a clean
and tasty manner. Slovenly or care
Less methods will not do.
Experts claim that the carelessness
Of farmers in handling eggs is often
responsible for their financial failure.
It Is shown by government statistics
that the difference in market value be-
tween eggs that are properly gathered,
marked, sorted and shipped and those
that are carelessly handled amounts
to $5O,O0O.000 in the United States and
100000 to $5,000,O00 in the separate
~states-that is, the egg production of
the country would sell for $50, 900
more than it does If the product were
sent to market in more p%resentable
shape.
The people who are working for a
better marketing for farm produce say
that the common faults which take the
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-01
Tankaae q Safe Feed.

There Is no danger Of tankage a +
rying the virus Of foot and mouth dis
ease In the tankage itself. In the
preparation Of tankage the meat scraps
from which it is made are heated under
high steam pressure for a long period.
This heating destroys absolutely all
forms Of germs or bacteria. The only
possible chance that tankage could be a
source Of Introduction Of foot and
mouth disease would be in the contain
ination of the sacks during shipment.
Tankage with a guaranteed analysis
from a reliable packing company
should be used.-National Stockman.
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-01

profits off eggs are due to the constant
drudgery Of the agricultural vocation,
which causes farmers to treat the
poultry industry as a side issue instead
Of making it an important feature and
giving to it the thought and attention
required to make it q success. Eggs
are gathered in the most slipshod man
ner because nests are not always kept
I'm regular quarters, but may be found
in haystacks, fence corners and other
out Of the way places. They are gath
cred when they are found and are sent
to market without regard to age. color,
cleanliness or uniformity. F."
If the flock is mixed, brown eggs
should be placed in one case and white
ones In another. This item is impor-
tant. If eggs are soiled they should be
wiped clean. When there is any doubt
about the age Of an egg it should not
be sent to market. There is a certain
bloom about a strictly fresh egg that
dealers and h"ousekeepers look for.
This bloom disappears with time or is
rubbed of with careless handling.
Owners Of poultry should ship the eggs
promptly and regularly.
Not only should different kinds Of
vegetables be provided for, but particu-
lar attention should be paid to the de-
sires Of the customer with reference to
quality. While it will not be possible
to cater to all the whims Of the con-
sumner, it must be kept in mind that
when q customer orders from a farmer
he expects to get produce Of a quality
which he has in mind, and every en-
deavor should be made to meet his rea-
sonable requirements so that the bust
ness may be established upon a mutu-
ally satisfactory basis. Give a pur-
chaser what he or she wants and is
willing to pay for.
Not only will this plan provide an
outlet for vegetables, but it will. also
establish a contact through which vari-
GUS other farm products may be mar
keted.
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-01
ANTYLENE

Bring in your broken castings and
have them welded by the Oxy-Ant,-
lene process. Steel, Mallable castings,
bronze, brass, aluminium and cast
iron welded by this process makes it
as strong as new.
Saves time and money. All work
guaranteed.
ARTHUR HEASLEY,
At Phochal & Kusie's blacksmith
shop, LIST Ave. East.-adv. Stiff
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-01
STONE BEST.

base. Some farmers have storage
tanks built in the tops of barns, but an
occasional overflow or Il little leakage
will soon prove disastrous, for this will
rot the timbers underneath. A stone
foundation will prevent this trouble.
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-01
Profit In Turkeys.

On nearly every farm some turkeys
can be raised. They will pick up a
good living ranging about the farm.
They bother very few growing crops.
except melons and garden truck, and
these an be kept out of their way.
With some corn to finish them of, a
nice sum Of money-nearly all profit
can be realized from their sale. The
utilization o f5such opportunities as this
very often marks the difference be-
tween the successful and unsuccessful
farmer.
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-01
PULLMAN AUTO AGENCY

The undersigned have the general
agency for the Pullman automobile
make of cars in Stark and Dunn
counties and would like to appoint
local agents in every town. Those
wanting to represent this modern
priced car, should address
BAYER & Lob CO.,
adv Stiff Gladstone, N. D.
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-01
Beauty che House Yard.

The man that likes to see flowers
around the house and other things 30
correspond and helps to make them 80
Is usually a good farmer in other re-
spects. The same thing in the heart
that prompts him to do good blowing
and narrowing makes him want to
have the yard look pretty and the
home heautifnl
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-01

the time and try to make the build
ings have a neater appearance. If
this were done, l am sure it would be
a pleasure for anybody to visit this
ward.
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-01
Foundation For Water Tank

Foundation For Water n
If it Is necessary to use a storage
tank for water pressure on the farm a
tank built on the ground with a stone
foundation will be found much more
satisfactory than If built upon a wooden
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-10-16
RESOURCES OF
RUSSIA STRAINED

LONDON. Oct. 14.-The enormous
drain on Russia's supply OF men and
the financial strain up the country are
emphasized by the Times Russian
correspondent in Il review of the stu
alton in the east Russia, he says,
never expected the war to last lon
er than six months. She had sufficient
money, an abundance OF shells and a
superfluity of men for such a war, but
was not prepared for so prolonged and
strenuous a struggle.
She strove hard" the correspond
ent declares, Ito meet the demands
for ammunition. but she possesses
neither the Industrial background, the
skilled hands nor the industrial mobil-
ity to support her army adequately.
She must depend on outside help and
has to buy from Japan, the United
States or elsewhere. Thus the prob
lem becomes largely financial.
1T should be remembered that the
Russian ruble has deprecated 40 per
cent; that Russia raises nothing by
the sale of spirits and scarcely any
thing by her tariff on imports, and she
also has greater difficulty in borrow
ing in America.
For the time being she continues
to hold her own. Soldiers wages and
army bills are paid with admirable
nunctuoltS aud tbnrn iS n raplinp that
all supplies will be obtained easily if
once the Dardanelles are taken"
PETROGRAD, Oct 14.--Owing to
insufficiency of the supply Of silver
decided TO issue currency stamps.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-10-16
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
02295

IGlko, Nevada. Land Office
Sept. 20, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that the San,
Ia Fe Pacific Railroad Company, by
Charles b. Henderson, Attorney in
Fact, of Elko, County of Elko, State
of Nevada, has filed in this office his
application to enter-select-locate
under the provision of Act Of June 4,
1897 $50 Stat 26), the following de.
scribed land, viz:
Lot 2 of NWA, and SEA NWA,
Sec. 10, TIP IL N. r. 40 E., NJ. d. NJ.
containing 1882 acres, in Elko Land
District, Nevada.
Any and all persons claiming adj,
versely the lands described, or dCsir.
ing TO object, because or the mineral
character Cf the land, or Or any other
reason 10 the disposal to applicant,
should file their affidavits of protests
in this office, on or before the 18th
day OF November, 1915.
JOHN +. ROBBINS,
Register.
First publication Oct. 4, 1915.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-10-16
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Elko, Nevada, Land Office
Sept. 20, 10
Sept. 20, 1915.

02297
Notice is hereby given that Charles
b. Henderson of Elko, County Of Ell.
ko, State of Nevada, has filed in this
Office his application to enter-select
locate under the provision of Sec.
ton 2306 Revised Statutes of the Uni
ted States, the following described
land, viz:
The Southwest Quarter of the
Northeast Quarter of Section 10, Up
IL n, r 40 e, NJ ID NJ, containing 40
acres, within the Elko, Nevada, Land
District.
Any and all persons claiming adj
versely the lands described, or desir-
ing to object, because of the mineral
character of the land, or for any ether
reason to the disposal to applicant,
should file their affidavits of protests
in this office, on or before the 18th
day of November, 1915.
JOHN e. ROBBINS,
Register.
First publication Oct. 4, 1915.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-10-16
APPLICATION NO. 34s3
Notice of Application for Permission
To Appropriate the Public Waters
of the State Of Nevada.

Notice is hereby given thai on the
goth day of June, 1915, in accordance
with Section SO, Chapter 14O. of the
Statutes of 1913, the Nevada Land &
Live Stock Company, a corporation,
Of Reno, County OF Washoe, and State
of Nevada made application TO the
State Engineer OF Nevada for permits
sion to appropriate the public waters
Of the State of Nevada. Such appro.
priation is to be made from MoTat
Creek, at a point in the SEA of SWX
Sec. 81, T. AZ N. r. So E., NJ. d. b. &
NJ, by means of a dam and 2h cubic
feet per second is to be conveyed to
the NEA of NEA Sec. 20, NJ Sec.
20 and sen of Sec. 90, T. AZ n. II. SIS
E., NJ. D.. B.. & NJ, by means OF bitches
and there used for irrigation purpos.
es. Water not TO be returned TO
stream.
w. NJ. KEARNEY,
State Engineer.
Date of first publication Sept. Is, 1915
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-10-16

the State Engineer of Nevada for per.
mission to appropriate the public wat
ers Of the State OF y vada. Such ap-
preparation is to be made from The
North Fork OF Cornwall Creek. at a
point in the SWA OF SEX of Sec. 80.
L. As n. II. sc E.. NJ. d. ID 4 NJ, by
means of a dam and l.6 cubic feet per
second is to be conveyed to Lot /,
SEA of NEA. Sh OF SWA of NEA.
the NEH of SWh of NEA, NWA of
NEh of SEA. the NWA of SEA of
Sec. ?, T. A, n. II. 56 E, NJ. ID. b. 4
NJ. by al of bitches and there
used for irrigation and domestic pur.
poses. Water not to be returned TO
stream
w. NJ. KEARNEY.
State Engineer.
First publication October Is. 1915.