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The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
Measures of Farm Efficiency.

There are certain factors on which
the success of a farm business usual
ly depends. From these it is usually
possible to determine not only the
good points in system OF farming
but also its deficiencies. The latter
being known, the method of improv-
ing the system becomes evident.
On a great majority of farms, sue
cess is primarily dependent on three
important factors. These are Cd the
size of farm business; CD the yield
of the crops and the returns per ami
NAL, representing the quality OF the
farm business; and CD the diversity
of the business. OF course many
other things have their influence, but
the farmer whose business is efficient
in these respects is generally success
full. Those farms that are excellent
in some of these respects almost uni
versally fail Those deficient In one
or two may succeed, but their chanc-
es of success are greatly lessened.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
RAISE A FEW DRAFT HORSES
Plenty of Pasture and Access to Good
Stallion Are Essential-Good
Breeding Necessary.

(By d. c. CAMPBELL. Kansas Expert
ment Station)
There is nothing more profitable to
the average farmer than the raising
of few good draft horses, provided
to a good stallion.
If good stallion is not standing for
service in a community, the man who
has at least five or six good farm
mares can afford to own his own stall
lion and use him with work horses.
A coming two-year-old stallion can be
bought for approximately 500, and
taken in hand at this age, he makes
an excellent work horse. In fact,
stallion is better for having been
worked. He is harder, more docile,
and makes a good work horse. II the
stallion is worked alongside bred
mare there will be no trouble in han
ding him. He should be made to
earn his keep and he will be the better
therefor.
The raising of draft horses is diff
ferent from that of any other live
stock on the farm. Important factors
are good food and attention. Good
breeding gives the possibilities, but
good breeding is necessary to bring
this out to its fullest extent.
1t is better for the man of limited
means to raise horses only as by
product, because the exclusive raising
of draft horses for market requires
considerable capital. The returns at
first are slow, for draft horses must be
six years old before they are ready for
market. The man who has other cash
crops to meet his expenses can afford
to wait for the returns from his young
draft horses.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
u WE
STOCK
ECONOMICAL FEED FOR EWES
Circular Issued by Missouri Expert
ment Station Gives Results OBJ
tanned With Rye and Grain.

The feeding of ewes sucking lambs
is factor which materially affects
the profit derived from the produc-
ton of spring lambs. A circular just
issued by the agricultural experiment
station at the University of Missouri
reports the work done with ewes
sucking lambs, fed on rye and blue
grass pastures. Ewes were placed in
four lots. In one lot ewes received
grain on rye pasture. Those in an
other lot received only rye pasture.
In third lot the ewes were fed grain
on blue grass pasture, while those in
lot four received only blue grass pas
ture.
The grain for both ewes and lambs
consisted of equal parts of crushed
corn, oats, bran and rape. The re-
suits show that the feeding of grain
to ewes on rye and blue grass pasture
was not profitable, if the ewes were
to be kept If the ewes were to be
marketed with the lambs, the feeding
of grain would have been profitable,
because the ewes which did not re-
ceive grain became very thin and
were not in condition to sell on the
market, while those receiving grain
maintained about the same condition
of flesh throughout the experiment.
There was little difference in the
efficiency of rye and blue grass pas
lures for ewes sucking lambs. In
fAl he
on blue grass had decidedly the adj
vantage, while in the other two lots
in which no grain was fed, the rye
had the advantage. The difference In
each case was small. Rye will come
little earlier in the spring than blue
grass. but will not afford as good
pasture in June as blue grass, because
the rye heads and the sheep do not
like coarse, woody stems.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
BREEDING FOR SEX.

j. E. Jones of Nowata, Okla, and
who is credited with having the fin
est herd of Jerseys in Oklahoma,
many that are prize winners in the
middle west, has proved, at least to
his own satisfaction, the science of
sex breeding, and calims record OF
100 per cent results on his Westview
Dairy Farm. He says: To secure an
offspring of opposite sex from that
obtained each time, breed the dam at
odd heat, and to secure same sex as
last calf foaled, breed at even heat
By this process Mr.. Jones has made
record, getting a calf of the sex
desired each time.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
SUITABLE PLACE FOR CREAM
Arrangement Shown In Illustration
Answers Purpose Quite Well
Little Souring Results.
(By CARL E. LEE.)

tBy CARL II. lEbJ
Most farmers would deliver better
grade of cream if they had suitable
place for keeping it until it is deliv-
cred. No one should attempt to keep
the cream in the cellar or in large
tank of water where the daily pump
ing is not sufficient to keep it cool. If
a suitable place cannot be built in a
well-constructed milkhouse the fol-
lowing arrangement answers the pur-
pose quite well.
Caring for the cream at the proper
time by any of the methods given be-
low will result in very little souring
at the end of two days.
Make small watertight box of two
inch material and of sufficient size to
hold all the cream cans necessary in
handling the cream. This box should
have a tight-fitting cover, and be di-
vided into sections by means of rods
which will prevent single cans from
upsetting when left alone in the tank.
The best place for this tank is in the
milkhouse. 1t may be placed between
the we'll pump and the stock-watering
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
GOOD TREATMENT FOR SHEEP
Real Value Of Animal 10 In Wool,
Lambs and Mutton-Weed Destruc-
ton Is Only incidental.

1t is often argued that sheep should
be kept by farmers because they live
in lean pastures and are useful in rid
ding the fields of weeds, getting much
of their living from what other stock
will not eat and that the farm is much
better rid of. That is all true, but
that should not be the main reason
for keeping sheep. In fact, weed de-
struction should be only an incident.
The value of the sheep is in wool.
lambs and mutton. To do their best
in these lines. sheep need and should
have as good treatment as other do
nestle animals.
Sheep may live on pastures that
would not sustain horses or cattle, but
they will not do their best on such
pastures. They must eat and thus de-
stroy weeds and even sprouts and
brambles, that other stock would not
touch, but such growths do not make
their best feed.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
SAFE AND SURE FOR HORSES
Sarbadoes AIoes, Four to Seven
DRAINS, Makes Good Purgatlve-
Castor OIL Is Uncertain.

In preparing purge dose for a
horse the medicine that is safest and
surest is aloes; and only Barbados
alocs should be used. not the Cape
aloes. A dose win generally vary from
four to seven drains. Linseed oil
is safe purgative, but it is uncer-
tain. The dose varies from a pound to
a pound and half.
Castor oil is both uncertain and I'M
safe as a horse remedy, though 1t Is
fine for man Croton In the form Of
meal, made into ball with linseed
meal, is good purge. Doses vary
from a scruple to half dram.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
AN INTERNATIONAL
HIGHWAY POSSIBLE
Feasible Route From Canada to Old
Mexico Through the Inter
mountain States

The news that the commissioners
of Coconino county, Arizona, are seri-
ously considering the construction of
a road from Tuba City. Arizona, by
way Of Lees Ferry to Kanab has di-
rected the attention Of the local mem
bers of the District Office of the For
est Service to the fact that by the
expenditure of a relatively small
amount Of money and effort 1t would
be possible to link Canada and Old
Mexico by an automobile route trav-
ersing the intermountaiR states. In
scenic grandeur and general interest,
this route would surpass any of the
highways, trails, routes, etc., which
have up to this time, been established
for the use of automobiles. That its
construction would give renewed i'm
petus to the See America First"
movement and would very materially
contribute to the general prosperity
Of the intermountain region is abso-
lutely certain.
The route which suggests itself most
strongly is not the most direct route
but one of the richest in interest.
scenic beauty and comfort to the
traveller. 1t would afford ready access
to four state eapitols: Phoenix, Salt
Lake City, Boise and Helena; to two
present National Parks, the Grand
Canyon and the Sawtooth; to the
petrifed forest, the Navajo Indian
Reservation and the Canyon de Chiefly
In Arizona; the most fertile and pro-
ductive valley of Utah, the Garden
spots OF Idaho, and the parts of Non
tana Of the highest scenic attraction.
With its pleasing diversity of noun
tain and plain and rapid changes in
local color it would offer splendid at
fractions for the motor tourist In
search Of months rest and reerea-
ton. The Grand Canyon can be
reached from either the south or
north side. From Flagstaff the dis
lance to the Canyon is IS miles. On
the north the Forest Service has con-
structed a road "a miles long within
the Baibab Forest which makes 1t
possible to motor from Kanab to
Bright Angel point in three hours
The table of distances along the
proposed route is as follows:
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24

Opportunities on the North Side
Tract" is the title of neat little
folder that has been issued by Robt.
s.. Frazer of Jerome, who is familiar
ly known as Bob" The folder sets
forth conditions and opportunities in
the Agriculture lines on the North
Side Twin Falls Project. 1t men
lions the fact that the Government
reservoir at Jackson Lake will be
entirely completed in the early
spring and this will give the Jerome
people 100000 acre feet of storage
water
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24

tank, and in that case another box or
small house should be built over it for
protection. All the water pumped for
the stock should flow through this
tank, the inlet discharging near the
water out first The overflow pipe
should have one-half inch larger diam
eter than the inlet in order that the
water may be freely carried off. The
water in the tank should be of suffi-
cient depth to immense the cans
within two inches of the top.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24

al Forests. 1t is the aim of the Forest
Service to expend these funds upon
roads which will be units in a som
prehensive system of state roads and
its work is carried on in cooperation
with the State Road Commissioners
OF the various states. 1t is further SUI
perv1sed by representative Of the
Federal office of Public Roads and
Rural Engineering who are detailed
to the district offices to handle the
road work. This double cooperation
has resulted in the construction of
high grade roads at reasonable cost.
The Forest Service is working to-
ward the construction of 95 miles of
he road necessary to make the In
ternational Highway possibilitv.
The remaining 800 miles must be
built by the states, counties and
cities which would be benefited by the
road. The State of Idaho now has a
gang of convicts working on one sec
ton near higgins; the State of Utah
now has or soon will have a gang
of convicts working on the section
between Kanab and Panguitch. The
Of new work required and
its cost are small compared to the
benefits which would be derived by
a road such as the one suggested.
There is not county, city or town
along the route which cannot well
afford to give this proposition their
favorable attention and support
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
A Stentorian Voice,

my niece, Fannietta Flooter, is VS.
iting at our house, accompanied by
her infant son. Hubert st. Aubyns
FIooter," trife grimly admitted the
Old Codger. "A great deal of the
time the baby cries for all he is worth,
and his mother frequently states that
he is worth his weight in gold. =
Judge.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
Prize Cattle.

for an animal with a weak constitu-
ton cannot hold up through the feed
ing season.
A wide head and muzzle, which
usually indicate good feeding qualities.
Short legs, heavy hindquarters and
arched ribs are essential in the feed
ing animal.
The skin should be reasonably thick,
soft and covered by heavy coat of
hair.
The animal should have straight
back and low-set appearance, due to
the depth Of body and short legs.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
BEST FEEDER CATTLE TYPES
Steers Intended for Profitable Gains
in Feed Lot Must Possess Good
Beef Characte ristics.

How to select steers that will make
good gains and return substantial
profits should be well known by the
man who plans to market his crops as
feed this winter
Steers, if they are to make profitable
gains in the feed lot must have beef
characteristics, wide, strong back
and large heart girth.
They must have strong frame and
plenty of room for the vital organs,
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
Miles

After touring the Park the motor
list could leave at the Gardner en-
trance connecting at Livingston with
the east and west Park to Park road.
The completion Of the link from
Tuba City to Kanab would make the
route practicable for motor travel but
not first class highway. The new
work required to establish an excel
lent road across the continent will be
as follows:
Tuba City to Kanab, $50 miles of
road; one bridge NEW work..
Kanab to Panguiteh, 70 miles of road
(repair and Improvement one
bridge.
Boise to Mccall, 115 miles of road,
(repair and improvement two
bridges.
Mccall to Meadows. IL miles Of road,
NEW work..
Lowman to Stanley, 45 miles Of road,
(13 repair and improvement, 3S new
work..
Gibbonsville to Bitterroot % miles of
road, (new work. and one bridge.
Total road to be constructed OF i'm
proved 415 miles.
Estimated total cost of work: $780,
900.
OF the total mileage Of AIS miles
which must be improved or construct
ed. IS miles arc located within Ma
tional Forests In District 4, and COM
prise units in the plan or system of
roads upon which the Forest Service
is working. Ten per cent of the gress
receipts from the National Forests
are available by law for the con-
struction Of roads within the Nation
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
Scarcity Of Talent.

IT think l ought to have my jew
elry stolen" replied the prima donna.
Very WE'LL" replied the press agent
but one of these days you're going
to lose something that way. It's get
ting harder and harder to find dis
Greet, reliable burglar"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
In Need of a Rest.

Does your boy take kindly to farm
life, now that he has finished col
lege?"
"Oh, yes" replied Farmer Cobbles.
HE says that after the strenuous four
years he's been through, it's a pleas
ure to loaf around home and watch
the hired men at work"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
Tho Other Side.

What do you think? I saw a fell
low the other day who was wearing
q wrist watch on his ankle"
Then you can safely gamble on
the fact that he hasn't brains enough
to enable him to foot the bill"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
Hard.

Church-In all buildings in Cologne,
except separate residences of not more
than two stories, concrete or iron
stairways are required by law.
Gotham should think wooden
stairways were hard enough when it
comes to falling down.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
An Insinuation.

Scribbles-I say, old chap, the first
edition of my book is entirely ex-
hausted.
Dribbles-Well, / hope your friends
appreciate your generosity.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24

Mrs Gotham see it said that the
roar of the lion can be heard farther
than any other noise made by living
creature.
Mr. Gotham hope to gracious
they won't get any monograph rec
ords of them, then.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
One Reason.

81 have discovered" remarked the
old codger, zone reason why political
parties, clubs. societies and organiza-
lions fail to keep intact"
"Why?" asked the youthful seeker
after knowledge.
Il just told you" said the old codger.
"They fail to keep in tact Judge.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
Awful Thought.

BILL see some cities are thinking
Of adopting municipal moving-picturo
theaters.
Jill-Well, II we have EN- here I'll
cut out movies. Just think of . fellow
seeing the amount Of his taxes staring
him In the face on . hlmI
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
A Common Kind.
In this old world
You'll often meet
The man who's cursed
With frosty feet.
Generality Of Mankind.

Hostess latter the guests have de-
parted)-Oh, dear. wish visitors
weren't such awful bores!
Host-f they were not bores most
of them wouldn't be visitors.-Judge.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
UnhesItatina Choice.

(Which do you enjoy more. pictures
or literature?"
Literature replied Mr.. Cumrox,
firmly. "In my opinion most of these
funny pictures wouldn't be anything
at all without the readin' that goes
with EN-"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
SOME INTERESTING FIGURES

During the recent campaign for city
ownership of the Detroit United Rail-
way System which ended in the defeat
of the purchase plan, the Journal of
that city prepared some interesting
70 Ioc
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
Tho Cause.

ITO what do you ascribe the fact
of that musical comedy's having such
an old and ugly chorus?"
ITO the fact that the peach crop
must have failed
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
An InconsequentIaI.

The Man-If you are so forgetful,
how is it you remember me?
The Girl-Lots of times remember
little things when the big ones es-
cape my notice.-Stray Stories.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
A Kindly Feeling.

why don't you join the campaign
to abolish billboards?"
For sentimental reasons"
'Impossible!"
Its the truth When | was boy
and played baseball with other boys
on a vacant lot, billboard served US
passing we'll for a backstop.'
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
Between Autolsts.

5 Can l give you a lift?" asked the
sympathetic motorist of the man who
was underneath his car.
You might lend me a LITTER" an
swered the other. MY jack won't
work"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
III. observatIon.

She-Do you believe that bleaching
the hair ever drives people insane?
He-Sure thing. Why. know two
or three fellows who are crazy over
bleached blondes.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
Up-to-Q

"Why was Gladys making inquiries
as to which of the young men she was
going to meet owned automobiles ?"
II suppose she indorses this new
science OF preparedness.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24

When see a cigar box hid
Up in the closet on the shelf.
I'm glad. The smokes that Molly buys
Are better than l buy myself.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24

The following figures present a
comparison between the low rate of
pay drawn by conductors in the eight
foremost British cities which operate
their own traction systems:
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
An AvarIcIoua Clean.

An Avaricious Clean.
did this lawyer offer you any en-
couragement in your damage suit?
Eyes, but he didn't intend to-
What do you mean by that?"
when l told him how l was hurt
and offered to split $3.50 If he won the
case, could see by the way his eyes
sparkled that we stood good chance
to get the money"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
Scarlet Fever.

Signs-A bright red rash over the
whole body, coming out one day after
sickness begins; sore throat; vom1t-
ing; high fever; four or five weeks la
ter the skin peels off in scales.
Children who have scarlet fever
must be kept away from the rest OF
the family until the skin has finished
peeling and the child is declared well
by the doctor or nurse of the Depart
ment of Health.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24

The tourist desiring to visit yell
lowstone Park would leave the High
way at Pocatello the distance from
that point to the Park being as fol
lows:
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
Diphtheria.

Signs-Sore throat with a gray film
or membrane on the throat and ton
sils or in the nose; fever.
1t is caused by germ called the
diphtheria bacillus. This can be
grown in tube of jelly called cul-
ture. Diphtheria often ends in death,
especially when it affects the wind
pipe. 1t is then called Group" The
only cure for diphtheria is antitoxin.
If antitoxin is given on the first day
of the disease and in large enough
dose, ninety-nine out of one hundred
patients get we'll. The injection is
harmless, not painful, and leaves no
scar
Children who have diphtheria must
be kept away from the rest of the
family until cultures from the nose
and throat no longer show the diph-
liberia bacilli
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
Mooner-Better be chary.

War In the Sugar Countries.
The price Of sugar skyward went.
Like any acroplane,
When men quit raising sugar beets
And went to raising cane.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
DISEASES

Diphtheria, scarlet fever and mea-
sizes are very contagious (catching)
diseases. They spread quickly from
the child that is sick to other children.
1t is important to send for the doctor
in case a child is not getting well. The
following signs of the disease and adj
vice as to how to care for them will
he of helm To YOu
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-03
FoGG FAMILY REUNION

The Fourteenth Annual Reunion Of the
Fogg Family Association of America
will be held on Friday, Aug. q. in the
William Fogg Library, Eliot. Me-. which
is situated on the highest part Of the es-
tate of Daniel Fogg Che second son OF
Samuel 1st), who settled there in 100 and
died Jan. g. 1855. Daniel and his wife.
Hannah Libby, were buried on the home
farm To them were Born four daugh-
tiers, five sons, SO grandchildren. James
his youngest son. lived and died on the
homestead in Eliot.
Registration commences 1910 A. NJ
Reception 1890 to 11.30. Committee, Hen
~ NJ Fogg, Mrs. w. D. Smith. Mrs. "
A. Stephens. Mrs. ]. L. N. Willis, Mrs.
E. P Harris. Dinner will be served in
Grange hall. across the road from the
library.
The program will include: Solo, Leo.
nard E. Shanks, Roxbury. Mass; violin
and piano. Verne Allen and Lloyd Foge
(brothers). Topsfleld. Mass; greetings,
the president, Willis Allen Fogg, NAL
den. Mass: paper. John Smith Fogg, n
D.. Biddeford. Me-; reading, my Grand.
father. Col VIM. Perry Fogg." William