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Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-11-27
PRICKLY PEARS FOR DAIRY COWS

able the amount of prickly pear should
be increased to ITO pounds and the
cottonseed meal to two pounds. Ex-
periments show, however, that it is
best to feed not more than from 90
to IS pounds of prickly pears day
When l20 to $50 pounds were fed, ex-
cessive securing followed, and in ad-
dition the laxative effect of the feed
made it extremely difficult to keep
the stable in sanitary condition
In general it may be said that cows
like pricyly pear and eat it with relish.
The feed, according to the expert
ments causes an increase in the guam
tity of milk produced but slight de
crease in the total production of but
ter fat. This decrease becomes more
pronounced as the quantity of prickly
pear in the ration is increased But
ter produced on prickly pear ration
is highly. colored but neither its fla
vor nor the keeping quality of the
milk is noticeably influenced. From
the experiments it is noticed how
ever, that cows fed upon prickly pears
appear to be more sensitive to north
ers" than those which receive dry
roughage. The greater the quantity
of the plant consumed the more the
milk production fell off during these
storms. On the other hand the feed
ing of prickly pear appeared to have
no influence on the offspring of the
cows nor on the condition of the
northers after birth
The cost of feeding prickly pear will
depend naturally on local conditions.
There is no great difference between
the spiny and the spineless varieties
in their values as feed. but the cost
of harvesting the latter is less On
the other hand the spiny varieties
yielded larger tonnage to the acre in
Brownsville and are not SO suscepti.
BILE to INSECT depreciation. They are
also more hardy and can be grown on
much larger area The cost of
singeing the spines off was approx
mately so cents ton. The most com
mon method of removing them is by
singeing with strong gasoline torch,
machine specially constructed for
this purpose being on the market.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-11-27
Nevada EDITOR Goes TO HIS Reward

Germany, and in his 58th year at the
time of his death. He had spent the
greater part of busy life in success
fully practicing his profession of min
ing engineering at many distant parts
of the earth, and was so engaged III
Mexico until the civil strife in that
country closed all mining enterprises
in the revolutionary area.
Mr.. Gibson had been a resident of
this district for over two years; first
occupying himself with mining oper
ations near Battle Mountain, then,
year and half ago assuming the
management of the Scout, upon the
death of his brother, who had been its
previous publisher AS to his incum-
bency of the management of the pa
per, his patrons and fellow citizens
can attest to the virility with which
he conducted his affairs. Ever alive
to the best interests of the community
tireless in testifying to its opportun-
tiles. and steadfastly confident of the
expansion of its prosperity, his was
indeed severe loss to the town in
which he lived and the section where
in he had cast his lot.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-11-27
GLIMPSE OF PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

President Wilson will put aside
practically all other public business
this week to devote his entire time to
completing his third annual message
to Congress, which he plans to read
personally at joint meeting of the
Senate and House on December T.
The President has decided on the
chief feature of the message after
careful consultation with close advis
ers and is now writing it out on his
typewriter. No attempt is being made
to deal in the document with all the
public questions pressing for solu-
ton for the President plans to read
special messages to Congress as oc-
casions arise.
The President may advise Congress
how, in his judgment, the estimated
appropriations connected with least
injury TO the public service be reduced
so as to bring the appropriations with
in the estimated revenues, or. If such
reduction be not in his judgment prac-
ticable without undue injury to the
public service, that he may recon-
mend to Congress such loans on new
taxes as may be necessary to cover
the deficiency"
Although the President may not re-
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-11-27

drift has been run on the high-grade
recently encountered. The ledge
varies from one to twelve feet in
width and the value of the ore ship
ped is placed at about SIPS per ton.
The company will resume work
some time after the first of the year,
when they will Systematically pros
pect for ore bodies with cross-cuts.
Mr.. Miller has in his office some of
the richest ore that ever came out of
the mine, carrying 2000 ounces of sill
yer to the ton. The fact that this
came from the lowest levels of the
mine speaks volumes for the future
possibilities of the property. Walker
Lake Bulletin.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-11-27

dred weight. This will not be a pro-
hibitive figure, however.
Murphy declares California cannot
draw on Oregon for potatoes this
year, as Oregon has not raised enough
tubers for home consumption. Nevada
will not ship potatoes here unless
Californians. go there, lay down the
cash and attend to the shipments.
This animosity on the part of Ne
vada growers and produce merchants
is due to CALIFORNIA; attitude in the
past towards Nevada potatoes.
Potatoes will not go beyond the
reach of average wage earners this
year, Murphy declares. The price will
be slightly higher than usual, but will
not be prohibitive.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-11-27
THE LOSS BY STARVATION OF BEES

That proper insulation of the hives
and an adequate supply of stores will
greatly reduce the winter losses now
suffered by beekeepers was pointed
out in the issue of the News Letter
for October 20. Figures from losses
in the winter of 1ol4-l5, compiled by
the department and published in Bull
letin 325, now present additional evil
dence on this point
For the entire country the average
loss last winter was l2.6 per cent. The
chief factor in this total was starva-
ton, to which was attributed the de-
struction of 81 per cent of the colon
les. 1t is not unlikely, however, that
the actual loss was greater than this
estimate, for many beekeepers who
omitted to assign any reason for the
death of their bees were probably re-
luctant to admit that their neglect of
simple precaution was responsible.
By moderation in removing surplus
honey and by the proper feeding Of
sugar and sirup in the fall and spring,
starvation can be absolutely avoided.
The quantity of stores needed to
carry a colony in good condition
through the winter will, of course,
vary with varying conditions. The
average amount reported for the en-
tire country is 3lo pounds, but the
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-11-27
A WEALTHY MARINE

Sergeant Major James Deaver, Uni
ted States Marine Corps, wealthest
enlisted man in the united services,
was retired recently after thirty years
continuous service with Uncle Sans
sea soldiers, possessing real estate,
stocks, bonds, mortgages and personal
property valued at more than 100000.
Deaver had no capital when he en-
tered the Marine Corps in 1885 and has
been dependent entirely on his pay as
an enlisted man, and his own efforts in
tire pay as long as he lives.
He will continue TO draw from the
government about $40 month re-
tiredpay as long as he lives.
By strict ecoomy Deaver managed
to save several thousand dollars in the
first fourteen years with the Marines,
and when he was transferred to Seat
tie in 1899, predicted that Seattle
would one day be the metropolis of
the great northwest. He wisely in
vested his savings in Seattle realty
when values were low, He sold his
holdings several times and reinves.
ed opportunely until his wealth pass
ed the six figure mark.
The wealthiest enlisted man resides
with his wife and young son in their
beautiful home at 1925 South Alki
street, overlooking the waters of Pu-
get Sound.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-11-27
METAL MARKET IN fine CONDITION

long time. During the last month
there has been good business from
day to day, each buyer playing his
own hand and contracting for copper
as he thought it wise to do. On the
other hand, producers have displayed
no tendency to dangle coppers over
the buyers heads, but have supplied
it literally on scale upward. Not
yet has copper been put to an ex-
travagant price
Within month the price for lead
has risen from 41sc to 5Ac, the sue
cessive advances following large and
satisfactory selling at each previous
price. The demand for lead, both for
domestic consumption and for export
contiues large, but in this metal, as
in copper, the producers have followed
the policy of making hay while the sun
is shining and have deemed it wise to
convert lead into money as fast as
they could.
The demand for spelter appears to
be Unsuitable, for in spite of the rapidly
increasing production prices have
risen again. The great mystery is how
so much of it is being used, for the
domestic galvanizing business for
peaceful purposes continues all but
para1yzed
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-11-27

The middle OF November sees all of
the metal markets in blaze of glory.
In each case there is a large produc-
ton, probably a phenomenal produc-
ton, but the demand is so large that
the output is readily absorbed on a
scale upward. Verify, this is bull
market in the metals.
In copper the strike at the Nichols
refinery, reducing the American pro-
duction of electrolytic copper by
about million pounds day, gave the
market the FLIP is needed. Buyers be-
gan to think that no matter how plen-
tiftil copper might be next year, when
Chuquicamata and Inspiration are ex-
pected to be going real good. for a
while copper might be scarce, especi-
ally in view of the facts that producers
were well sold ahead and had no
great accumulation of stocks. Their
thoughts of. this nature prompted
them to action, and they bought
freely.
Some characteristics of the existing
copper market are deserving of COM
ment Buyers appear to have aband-
oned the policy of coming into the
market together, contracting for huge
blocks, and then remaining away for
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-11-27
INTERESTING TIMBER NOTES

The bulk of the railroad ties export
ed from the United States is shipped
to Canada and Mexico. South Ameri-
ca ranks third in the receipt of this
material.
Canada and Mexico also take the
lead in the amount of shingles re-
ceived from the United States. Aus
tralia and the Oceanic Islands rank
next in the amount of this material
received from the United States.
OF the total amount of railroad ties
exported during 1914 (over FIVE mil
lion), the State of Washington alone
furnished nearly half million.
According to the latest Forest Ser
vice figures, the amount of Douglas
fir in the national forest of Washing
ton and Oregon is estimated to be
o8,605, 100000 feet.
Nearly seventeen million pounds of
wood pulp was exported to Europe
from the United States during 1914
Canada ranks second, receiving from
the United States over seven million
pounds.
Yew is given the preference over
all other American wood in the manu-
facture of archery bows. This tree oc-
ours in the Coast region from south
ern Alaska to northern California. 1t
is also found to some extent in the
Cascade range of Oregon and Wash
ington, and in the mountains of Mon
tana and northern Idaho.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-11-27

fer to all of the subjects in his mes
sage at the opening of Congress, the
program which the administration
hopes to see disposed of during the
coming session includes:
Strengthening of the army in ac-
cordance with the plans outlined by
Secretaries Garrison and Daniels.
A merchant marine bill
Rural credits legislation.
Ratification of the Haitien, Colom-
bian and Nicaraguan treaties.
The bill to give greater measure
of self-government to the Philippines
and promising ultimate independence.
Conservation measures which failed
of final passage at ;he last SESSION.
Amendment of the antitrust laws
so as to allow the use of common
selling agencies abroad by American
exporters.
Legislation to protect the Ameri-
can market against the dumping of
cheap foreign products following the
European war"
Amendment of the Sherman anti
trust law so as to give the federal
government more power to prosecute
plots to interfere with American COM
merce by blowing up factories and
ShiDs
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-11-27
LUCKY BOY LEASERS SHIPPING ORE

The second car of ore to be shipped
by the leasers of Lucky Boy is now
being hauled to the railroad station
at Thorne by Adams & Miller's big
team. This shipment comes mostly
from the Manson lease on the 800
foot level, although others are also
shipping.
]. H. Miller states that the condi-
tons at Lucky Boy are most encour-
aging. All of the leasers, who have
blocks of ground extending from the
grass roots to the lowest levels of the
mine, are taking out ore, and some
have developed ore bodies of consid
cradle extent.
On the Manson lease, 40-foot
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-11-27

The prickly pear, specialists of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture say, has now been demonstrates
to be good and palatable feed for
dairy cows. Prickly pears have been
fed to cattle to some extent in Texas
and Mexico for many years but their
value as feed has not been fully ap-
preciated Recent experiments by the
Department OF Agriculture have
shown, however, that this feed can be
used much more extensively and can
form much larger proportion of the
ration than was believed possible here
tofore.
The results of these experiments,
says an article in the August issue OF
the Journal of Agricultural Research,
indicate that there is no reason why
prickly pears should not come into
general use for feed in all sections
where they can readily be grown.
Under proper climatic and soil condi-
tions the prickly pear is perfectly
practicable farm crop. At Browns
vile, Texas, the average annual yield
for the first two years growth from
cuttings was about 40 tons, and at
San Antonio about Is tons an acre.
,fter the first two years yield oi
50 to 100 per cent more can be expect
ed. Irrigation is unnecessary and the
cost of growing the crop is therefore
small in comparison with the tonnage
produced.
The prickly pear, it is found, con
tans approximately 10 per cent of dry
matter, the remainder being water
If il is TO be assumed that te nutri-
tive values of different kinds of feed
vary in direct proportion to their con
tent of dry matter, one pound of sor-
ghum hay equals l5.9 pounds OF
prickly pear when the latter is fed in
large quantities., and l0l pounds
when fed moderately. One pound OF
sorgum siage was found to equal 20
pounds of prickly pear and one pound
OF cottonseed equals So.
From 90 TO 100 pounds OF prickly
pear. SO of sorghum and one of cot
tonseed meal day made a mainte-
nance ration for Jersey mature COW
when dry. If no sorghum hay is avail
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-11-27

average for Utah alone is given as 49
and for Nevada and Florida as 40. To
be on the safe side the beekeeper
should provide stores largely in ex-
cess of what he anticipates the colony
will need, for, as was pointed out in
the article already mentioned, his real
aim is to save bees rather than stores.
There is, moreover, nothing to indi-
cate that the stores should be less
abundant in the warmer and shorter
winters of the South tha min the North
and West The reasons for this are
not entirely clear, but a study of the
average quantities required in each
State fails to reveal variations that
correspond to differences in climate,
except that there is a:shorter brood
less period in the South.
While SO per cent of the colonies
perished from starvation, ontly 90 per
cent were lost through cold, exposure
and smothering 1t must be remem-
bered, however, that, as is explained
in Farmers Bulletin COS, the consump-
tion of stores is greatly increased
whenever the bees are forced to pro-
tect themselves from the cold by ex-
cessive heat production. Insufficient
insulation of the hives is, therefore,
in all probability, an indirect cause of
much of the loss attributed to star
yatiOn
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-11-27
INFORMATION ON ALKALI and ALFALFA

will do fairly well for the first two or
three years, until the roots reach the
water table. When this period of
growth is reached the alfalfa plants
turn yellow and soon die. This, be-
lieve, is the condition of your land.
The bare spots in the field are un-
doubtedly underlaid with hardpan
near surface. Such spots contain
large quantities of alkali and prevent
the proper growth of the plants and
in some cases the termination of the
seed After each application of water
more alkali is brought to the surface
soil in these spots, which become very
compact and are poorly aerated, thus
causing the alfalfa plants to take on
a sickly color and sometimes die.
81 believe your entire problem is
one of drainage. If you can secure
an outlet to lower lying undesirable
land it should be possible to install an
adequate drainage system and thus
provide for carrying away these in
furious alkali salts after they are
washed down into the soil by the
food waters.
This condition may, however, be
more or less common with large
area of the land in your region. If
such is the case drainage is not an in
dividual problem for you, but a COM
muity problem which, when properly
established, should remove the injuri-
Gus effects of alkali from all of the
land in that region"
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-11-27
ONE COMMANDER FOR MEN

Reject dispatch from London says:
The advisability Of replacing the
French and British forces on the west
ern front under one commader will be
raised in the House of Commons by
Sir George Scott Robertson.
Sir George has given notice that he
will ask Premier Asquith whether
consideration has been given the ad
vantage which might be obtained by
placing all the land forces under one
supreme commander as would be the
case if the British and French grand
fleets were operating together.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-11-27
WAITED FOR ORDERS

Authentic newspaper reports indi-
cate that Congress will be overwhelm-
ingly in favor of President Wilson's
contention for greater national de-
fense, but history will record that the
politicians of all parties, with few
exceptions, did absolutely nothing
until the great mass of our hundred
million people arose in their might
and demanded protection instead of
pork barrels.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-11-27

A Clark county farmer has asked
how to seed alkali land to alfalfa. He
writes:
What is the best method to fol-
low in seeding aklali lands to alfalfa.
The, alkali soils are white. have
piacticed flooding the land several
times each year for one of two years
and then seeded the alfalfa. Some
dead spots have occurred in the alfalfa
fields. These spots come on about the
third cutting. The second year the
alfalfa is thinner where the spots came
the previous year and the third year
nothing grows"
Dean c. S. Knight answers as fol-
lows:
From the explanation given | as
sumo that you are troubled with white
alkali and have not adequate drain
age for carrying away these injurious
salts after they are washed down into
the soil by the flood waters. 1t makes
little difference how much flooding the
land receives if good drainage sys-
tenn is not present the alkali salts can
not be washed out of the soil, and
soon after irrigation the salts gradu
ally rise to the surface again in solu-
ton with the water, and when the wa
ter is evaporated the deposit of white
salt is again noticeable on the surface
Alfalfa requires a fairly deep soil
in which the water table is at least
8 feet below the surface Where the
water table is near the surface alfalfa
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-11-27

Another blow to the king business
is that the Car or some other ruler
is always leaving for the front, and
then nothing happens.-Kansas City
Star.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-11-27

Tammany's opposition to woman
suffrage in New York forced the
voters to decide the old question,
"The lady or the tiger?'-Nashville
Southern Lumberman.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-09-23

The farmers in this vicinity are
again looking pleasant, since the
weather seems settled once more for
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-09-23
1t Will Pay You to Investigate
Local Happenings

A letter from a friend in the west
ern part of Colorado says that crops
have never before been so poor in
that locality, taking all of the fruits
and grains and vegetables into con-
sideraton. AS for fruit, there isn't
any, excepting in the upper portion
of the Grand Valley, where peaches
amount to perhaps a fourth of a
crop.
Heavier hail is reported from other
sections in the storm of last Friday
than was noted in the vicinity of Wa
tertown. However, the storm was not
general, covering a stretch of country
along the Northwestern line between
Redfield and the Minnesota border.
Some damage is reported in a few To-
caIities, but for the post part the in
jury done was nominal.
Sam Shupe is in the slough of de.
spond, as the poets say. SANS auto
is on the bum owing to a broken
something or other, and Sans legs
are not Ions enough to let him &C
fast enough to catch the ducks bare
legged. What Sam ought to have now
is that gun he used to own some
years ago. The gun was such a long
range affair that Sam had to put 6
pinch of salt into each load so as tt
preserve the game after it was shor
until he could get to the spot.
The Gesley delivery auto ran ovel
the hydrant at the corner of Kem]
avenue and Broadway and succeeded