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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-30
KEEP THE CHICKS WARM.
In Moving Youngsters From Incubator
Use Care to Prevent Chill.

In Moving Youngsters From Incubator
Use Care to Prevent Chill.
In removing chicks from the incu
bator to the brooder great care must
be taken to prevent them from being
chilled. This can we'll be accomplish.
ed by placing them in a basket and
covering them with a wooden cloth
laid lightly over the chicks or with
burlap Or cotton cloth laid over the
basket. A shallow wooden box having
a muslin v makes a very conven
lent chick carrier.
The main thing to do is to prevent
chilling. Care should be taken to
have the temperature Of the brooder
about the same as that of the incuba
tor-that is. at SO degrees to 100 de-
rees F.. under the hover. The tempera.
ture should be lowered gradually about
> degrees per week until during the
fourth week it is running at a. de.
grees. II very high temperatures are
maintained for long periods 1t lowers
the vitality Of the brood and many
deaths are sure to result.
Marked downward variations are
equally objectionable. II the hover is
kept too cool the chicks will crowd
together and much injury is sure to
follow. BE careful not to allow the
direct rays Of the u to fall on the
hover of the brooder. This causes great
variations in Temperature. and besides
all the chicks are apt to try to crowd
to the one spot.-Ohio State University
News Letter.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-30
ABOUT YOUR CLOTHES.
Make Bags For Your Clothing ar d
Keep Wei Groomed.

DO you live in dusty quarters, and are
you particular about your clothes, or
is your clothes spress d narrow. low,
shallow one, perhaps behind a curtain
"a miserable makeshift one. ut best?
You cannot keep well grOOmed and
we'll dressed if you live under such con
ditions. Clothes must be properly
hung and shielded when not on the
back. Even with fortunately construct
ed closets, bags should be made for
gowns, suits and waists.
Making these bags is very simple.
takes little time and may be done most
cheaply. Buy six and a half yards Of
twenty-seven inch material. You may
pay as little as 5 or 4 cents a yard for
this, or you may get lovely cretonne to
match your bedroom color scheme. or
even silk or soft silk muslin. All de-
ponds on what you wish to pay. This
piece will make two bags, n for
dresses and for skirts or suits. Add an
extra length of one and one-half yards
for q waist bag.
Take three and a quarter yards or
half your large piece, fold 1t together,
end to end. and cut open one-third
down the center. On either side Of this
opening make Il firm facing and put on
snappers. Now stitch up both sides
and the top. Add bits Of hanging
straps, although that is not necessary.
Put the garment to be hung away on
a hanger and then draw the bag up
over it. Snap shut, with the hanger
hook out. of course Put on a nail.
More than skirt or gown can be
hung In a. bag. You will be careful to
smooth things out before swapping shut
the receptacle.
The waist bag Is folded with ends
together and made up exactly as the
longer bags. Your waist bag will be a
little less than three-quarters of a yard
long. allowing something for seams at
ends or turning back.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-30
LIVE Stock
HUSbAl1DKY.
CARE OF YEARLING COLTS,

Young Horses Are Often Neglected
When Spring Farm Work Begins.
When every grown horse on the place
Is put to work in the spring there Is al
ways a tendency to neglect the year
ling colts. They are turned ON the first
pasture that looks as though it would
be able to keep them alive, and no one
pays them very much attention except
to see that they are moving around
and to salt them on Sunday mornings.
They have been getting a grain ra-
ton as well as plenty of hay or silage
all winter. and this change from a
concentrated and dry food to a ration
that is weak and watery is likely to
give the young horses a considerable
setback in their growth. There should
be a gradual change from the grain
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-30
BINDING MILADY'S BOOKS.
The Intellectual Part Of Her 6oudoir
10 Beautiful This Season.

The intellectual Part Of Her eoudoir
10 Beautiful This Season.
All bound in calf, with the tale in
side." was once the book setting for
milady's bOudoir. The tale might have
been gilt edged. but the cover always
had that secondhand shop look not
exactly suited to the pink. blue. laven.
der or old rose trimmings and draper,
les. The artistic temperament Of to-
day, however. has relegated these
priceless volumes to the bookshelf of
the collector in his musty library. and
the intellectual part Of the boudoir this
season is beautiful.
1t cannot be denied that white vel.
lum, gilt illumined. with lavish illus
trations, is much O tempting Of con
tents to the woman whose breakfast is
served in bed or the daintiest of china.
she herself sweetly disarrayed in the
costliest Of pussy willow silks. crepe de
chimes. laces. ETC., than the old. be-
thumbed calf bound volume Of Dickens
days. Such a book was never meant to
rest in peace in a one in awhile open
ed bookcase. 1t should be laid within
easy reach Of it's mistress. where the
very beauty Of the thing tempts her
fingers. that its contents may reach her
soul.
This is the demand Of the day. and it
is filed to overlooking. There are
among this seasons harvest all the
stirring tales from the calf bound cover
re~incarnated into covers Of soft suede.
professionally known as ''yapped." and,
with all due respect to the author. It
is the best of tn ste to select these
things of beauty.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-30

and hay ration over to the feed that is
This change may he very gradual.
finally tareiing the grain ration down
to nothing lit all by the time the grass
Is making Il good. full and strong
growth.
Along when the first warm days come
and the first sprigS Of green grass be-
gin to show the yearlings and two.
year-olds. like the older animals. will
become restless and uneasy. They will
nibble at every sprig Of green that
shows. and If there is a small lot. an
acre or two Of pasture available. it
is a good plan to turn the colts into
this first and keep them there for an
hour OF two at a time. As they be.
come more accustomed to the grass
they can be kept out longer at a time
In the meanwhile they should be
getting something less than their usual
ration of grain and hay-that is. If
they are getting enough grass to keep
them grazing while they are out. Their
digestive organs are becoming used to
the grass. and there will be no intes-
final disturbances later on when they
are forced to make their living from
1t. After ten days or maybe two weeks
Of this sort of handling the colts will
get along all right If turned into the
grass and kept there.
If there is an old shed in the pasture
where the colts are to be kept it will
he all the better for them.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-30
POULTRY
ana EGGS
PROFIT IN LARGE FLOCKS.
Importance Of Proper Feeding For Pro.
duction Of Fertile Eggs.

Importance Of Proper Feeding For Pro.
duction Of Fertile Eggs.
While proper feeding is a very nee.
essary help to obtain strong fertility in
eggs. my experience over a period of
years has demonstrated very satisfac-
torily to my W mind that 1t requires
very simple common sense methods to
obtain the strong fertile egg that will
produce the vigorous chick. and that
proper feed is only II of the essentials
necessary to obtain such results.
Small focks enclosed in small pens
and yards are a failure in producing
strong fertility. writes r. S. Homer in
the Philadelphia Ledger. The few eggs
that are fertile from these small pen.
ned up tockS will not produce vigorous
chicks.
| like Il fifty foot continuous house
tn1t will take care Of from 80 to $50
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-30
Worth knowinu.

A stool painted white enamel is a
comfort, for with it one can sit to
wash dishes and to iron. and it can be
pushed out Of the way easily. Also a
stepladder chair is an adjunct to the
kitchen equipment (also painted white).
as high shelves have to be reached
sometimes. If a blue and white kitch-
en- Is possible It is a Joy. all white
woodwork and blue aud white limo.
leum. with cooking utensils and bowls.
etc.. Of blue and white.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-30
NURSERY CORNERS.

A novelty for adjoining unat-
tractiye corners of the nursery
is being shown in u picture
chintz. which can be made up
into charming scarfs and pillow
tops. Little Boy Blues and Lit
tie Bopeeps sport through truly
illogical fields of cream color in
numbers enough to awaken the
fancy Of young Master Sober
sides o. little Miss Shy. Per-
haps there would be fewer sticky
fingers If some Of the tiny Dor
dered towels would tell the story
Of Little Miss Muffet or Jack
Horner in bright cross stitch fig
ures.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-30
RATION FOR A STALLION.
Animal Should Be Kept In Good Flesh
but Not Diverted.

Animal Should Be Kept In Good Flesh.
but Not Ovsrfed.
Nothing is better than good oats for
the main ration of a stallion. but this
should be varied by occasionally feed
ing corn or barley. Horses. like all
other live stock. relish a change, which
is conducive to health. Wheat bran Is
an invaluable adjunct because it is the
cheapest. safest and best regulator for
the bowels. At the same time 1t pro-
vides in large quantities n Of the
most important elements Of nutrition.
No specific direction as to the
amount to give daily can be given. The
safest rule Is to feed three times daily
and with as much regularity as posi-
BILE. Where a stallion Is a considerable
time on the road making a steady
route it is essential to plan the trip SO
that he can be fed regularly. The
quantity Of feed will depend somewhat
on the exercise and the drain on his
system during the season.
Keep the stallion in good fesh. Never
feed more than will be promptly eaten
up clean. II any food should be left
in the trough It should at once be re-
moved and the next time less given.
Feed so as not to overload the horse
with fat. In addition to the green corn
feed all the sweet hay the horse will
clean up. Under no condition give hay
that Is dusty or moldy.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-30
Weed Out Poor Hens.

It is we'll to be on the lookout for
the improbable members Of the flock
II hens are not laying ut this time of
the year there is something wrong
with them. and they ought to be dis
carded. It Is only a waste Of money
to keep nonproducers on the place. II
they are too old r too Fat put them in
the pot or send then to the butcher
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-30
Thumps In Pios.

THUMBS commonly attack young
pigs that arc "vcrfed and under exer-
cised. and they may tive for months
and eventually recover or die after be-
ing affected for Il few weeks. Feed
light. laxative STOP. without o and
add IN ounce of limewnter to the
quart Of slop. Roots and alfalfa hOr
would be good for the pigs. Turn them
out for abundant exercise every day.
Allow free access to slaked lime. wood
ashes and wood charcoal.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-30

There exist five principal breeds
of draft horses. ~PercherOn, Eng
fish Shire. Belgian Shire. Belgian
Clydesdale and Suffolk Punch. Good
individuals Of any one of these
breeds may be used to produce
hiSh class draft horses. M the in
ferior stations Of any OF these
breeds should be discarded AS
quickly as the unregistered inferior
stallion. 1t is highly advisable in
most cases that these breeds be
maintained separate n not cross.
ed back and forth The animal pic
tured is Il pure bred P~ercheron
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-30

? ME short skirt is meeting with immense favor. 1t is shown in evening
frocks a well a frocks for daytime wea and is immensely chic If
the wearer happens to have we'll shaped feet and ankles. The gown
shown in the illustration is a dance frok Of peachbow chanyeable
pussy willow tafeta. the straight gathered skirt attached to the short waiNcd
bodice by a frl and a cord Of black velvet and tafeta. The bodice consists
of a wide iamd of black velvet boldly embroidered in silver in snnlowcr de-
sign. held in place by two shoulder straps If silver ernlroi'>red in vclycta and
wilS of white tuHe A wide band of velvet embroidered in design similar
to the bodice hens the skirt
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-30

When brown eggs are wanted any
of the American class varieties are
satisfactory. Such as WNuNdctt-.,
Plymouth Rocks or Rhode Island
Reds. For brown eggs and hYnilers
the Wyandotte family is Usually
preferred, as the birds dress clean
for market. Where the combina-
ton Of brown eggs, brollels and
roasters is wanted the White plym-
outh Rock answer the purpose
most fully, producing roasters on
the average larger than any Of the
other Plymouth Rocks. The bird
shown is a White Wyandotte
Evening star., 1915-01-03

things gon' this fall. Lord knows they need it"
"The place is all right, said, resenting his apparent
reflection upon newly acquired home.
"Oh, amt sayn' it amt, he said. "The' amt a
nicer little piece O property in the county, as told
father when l recommended him buyin' it. Only it's
run down so. l spose that's how he to get it
cheap they havin let it go rack an ruin, land an
buildn's."
Fathers already had the barn an house all new
shngled"
"They need more'n shinglin SOS they won't look so
disgraceful from down village way"
@They don't look disgracefu-nothin' of the kind.7
protested
"Sho, Sid, don't bite me! l amt sayn' only what
folks say. An tellin your father couple O
coats O paint would sure do 'em world O good. He
allowed l right; but guess got to remind him
az in about it
Each word of Josh's had burrowed its way beneath
nv skin Ike wood tick 1t not so much his sug
gestion that place looked shabby that made mad
either as his air of superiority He told Father He'd
got remind him Hadn't come to sit on the fence,
and boss him, and him. that he would be pulling
his foreock and addressing @Master Sid, and
here he was, not only failing to recognize as his
master, but asserting sort OF propr1etorship over
Father WE'LL
"You don't have to remind Father of nothin!' | ex
poded. Hes gon' to attend to it right away
"Sho!" said JOSH Strengthening up from his hoeing.
~Who told you?"
"Father, O course" I said aWho'd you Think"
But" said JOSH if it the surprising thing
in the world @thats funny. He amt said word to
about it."
well" 1 retorted 4he don't have to tell you every
thing. does he?" And with this stingng shot hoped
from the fence and left him.
SPENT the rest of the forenoon roaming about but
keeping at distance from JOSH who annoyed me-
Half dozen times took the back-door key from my
pocket and let myself into the house with all the airs
and graces of king unlocking his castle door; but when
came each time, and looked up at the house, it
seemed to have lost its charm, in way. 1t did look
awfully dngy 1 should have enjoyed its possession
whole lot if it had been painted. And the big
gray barn. How shabby and tumbledown it looked
sought soace in the orchard, where the Red Astra
khans least required paint to add to their beauy
At Josh came in from the cornfied, and let
him into the house, fumbling with the lock sufficiently
long to show him that it ordinary proceeding
Evening star., 1915-01-03

set out our dinner the kitchen table, and in the
delight of eating mine as l fit without Mother at
my elbow to watch my manners, forgot for the time
being all else cut my cold ham with my pocket knife,
Josh did with his, and butered my bread with the
same utensl aferward wiping the blade my overas
in imitation of my guest. 1t very pleasant mea
but Josh had spoil it, just he started back to work.
by saying:
"speakin' o paintin' the place up, Sid, when was it
your father was tein' you about tendin' to it?"
@Oh, the other day. said as locked the door and
stood outside with him. He said nothing at first but
looked up the caves, and l wondered if he had in
way discovered that l was telling an untruth.
@Why?' asked looking at him out of the corner of
my eye.
aWe," said Josh cts funny that's all, cause when
we was talkn' it l kinder thought he leaned
towards givn' the job to my cousin to Wes Had
ley, who's frs'class house painter only he's color
blind an likes not to git half house started yaller an
finish up red blue But with the job to boss
things told your father I'd git everything did up ship
shape, an mebbe him hunderd dollars or so. l
hope he amt went an gave the job to amachoor that
won't do the right thing by him.
More of that unbearabe patronage and superiority!
lost all restraint, all discretion. eaped blindy into
the depths of mendacity.
WELL he is said "He amt goin' to have no coun-
try house painter fool with this ob you bet He's got
it all ranged with reg lar New York City painter he
has, an he don't darn what it costs! An when
it's done it'll be something fancy tell you It'll lay
anything you seen an just put your eyes out
You wait that's all got to say!"
Josh with his hoe his shoulder, well up the
lane toward the cornfield l delivered this informa
ton. He stopped and looked around at me. gaping
with wonder "No" he said. "You don't tell me!
When is this here job gon' to start?'
"Most any time now,' 1 said. "Why-don't you
believe it?"
4Oh yeah,' said Josh; @but my folks my wfe's
second cousins side comes from Missouri
was angry, not embarrassed, at this expression of
doubt, and shouted back at him he disappeared in
the corneld well, you tell EN- to git their glasses
ready cause they're goin to something nobby'
7 THOUGHT heard him laugh but as look back
now believe that it of the little Imps of
Fate, for at that very moment, as l turned my eyes
toward the road there very front gate behed
wonderful wagon.
1t good-sized wagon, with red wheels and
Evening star., 1915-01-03

yellow BODY and along the sides seemed to be letters
and pictures Several long ladders projected out behind
and the heads of the two horses and there
five or six men aboard. My fervid imagination in
stanty connected it with circus, and forgetting my
role of dgnied squire became myself again, and with
shrill whoop of Joy and welcome dashed madly down
the front lane and dragged myself the top of the gate
post obtain better view of the parade which l
thought must be coming
But there seemed to be nothing down the road, and
centered attention the wagon; which, however,
that nearer did not look so much like cir
Gus vehicle. it quite red and yellow; but it
lacked gilt and pictures of lions and hippopotam In
stead on the side toward me the picture of s1n
ing, gray-hared old lady, and alongside:
GIVE MOTHER A NIGHTS REST
wondered what that meant; but it did not seem to
have anv personal alusion myself, looked the
They did not appear like circus cavaliers but
thev might all have been brothers of Joseph for their
Dress originally white overalls and jumpers splat
tered and splotched with paint of many hues Each
wore skulcap lettered an F T NJ
But what made my eyes pop as looked down into
the body of the wagon and and cans of
paint red green yellow, blue,-I guess there all
colors-brushes too and paint -daubed sticks. Why,
these were-yes the ladders the paint the brushes,
the splattered cothes-they PAINTERS!
l nearly fell off the gatepost. Could it be possible
they were coming to our house? Had my father with
out letting know, actually made the arrangements
L had JUST invented JOSH De1leilI!
They were going somewhere else, and had just halted
for breath. If could only find out, and make them
think the place, and have them paint it all up
before they learned how l had tricked them!
cannot say where the wildness of my fancies would
have transported me if | had not been brought sud
denly back to earth by conversation among the men
in the wagon who all looking toward our house
"Some location, Charley' said one. Gee. What
flash from them roofs down over the valley"
"Now you're talkin, Ben. You could that barn
hundred mile!'
@What's the matter with the house? asked another.
Honest Charley, say the word, and I'll tackle it now
"Nothin' don', Sam. l been through this locality
before an you couldn't make these rubes listen to
son. Feller up here couple o miles offered to
paint everything ncludin his pgpen any way he said,
if he leave the roofs to us; but he wouldn't"
"Some people amt got idee of art" growed Ben.
"I spose the farmer that lives here would set he
dogs on us if offered fix his old barn up nice an
neat
"Wel, we amt got the time to find out with four
mile o fence touch up before hike back to
New York Too bad' Charley whipped up the horses,
and the wagon started.
7 COULD contain myself no longer. Vaguely it had
come that these would like to paint our
house; but afraid to ask permission. One of them
had expressed his desire "tacle the house
the say-so of Charley, who seemed to be their boss
What could it mean? Perhaps they philanthro
piss travelling through the country to fix up places just
Continued page IL
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-10-01
ASPECTS OF TEE BIG LOAN.

Arrangements have been completed
for the half-billion dollar loan to the
Allies. The underwriting bankers get
the bonds at 06 cents and will resell
them TO the public at SO cents. The
securities run five years at five percent
and are then convertible into four and
one-half percent bonds.
None Of the money goes abroad.
The Allies merely want an American
credit in order to pay for food supplies
and war munitions and to facilitate ex-
change. In fact, the loan 10 expected
to prove boon to the American farm
er by Henry Clews and other financial
writer's. The Allies viii now buy his
wheat without casting about for other
sources Of supply. They win not
await the possible opening of the OAR
daneIIes and the release of Russian
wheat. In fact, the loans stimulus
is already felt In rising markets.
Even the prof. German America farm
er need not bother about the ethics Of
the transaction. Let him sell his wheat
when the price suits him, pay his obli-
cations and rejoice. While the Allies
are incurring enormous war debts, the
security risk is the underwriting bank
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-10-01

era and not the farmers, unless he
chooses to buy some Of the bonds.
II every warning European govern
ment goes TO pot and repudiates It's OBJ
legations It win not be his funeral. No
such governmental lapse was ever re-
corded in history, but neither was an
other such costly and colossal war.
The United States government had
nothing TO do with this loan. Il was
negotiated by private bankers, entire
ly within their rights, with representa-
tives Of the Entente Allies. Germany
has no legitimate complaint TO make.
Were she in position TO negotiate and
utilize q similar loan, she would not
hesitate 10 do 80.
Even 80, the loan is q financial vic
tory for the Allies, As IL their smash
ing drive on the western front mar
tiai victory. They are girding their
loins and strengthening their thews in
men, munitions and money. IL may
possibly mean the beginning Of the end
for the royal houses Of Hapsburg and
Hohenzollern who-to use homely but
pertinent phrase-have "bit of more
than they can chew"