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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24
CAREFULLY ADJUST
COLLAR OF HORSES
Sore Shoulders Are Mere Easily
Prevented Than Cured-Rest
the Team often.

/ have found that sore shoulders
on horses at plowing and cultivation
time are due largely to lack OF
humane thought and to neglect on
the part of the driver. We cannot De
too careful about fitting the collars.
The trouble lies there. The collar
should be fitted to every horse with
precision and pains. II is cruel and
mistake to change harness from one
team to another without carefully ad-
tusting the collar each time, says
writer in Baltimore American. The
padding OF the collar should be
worked down with the hands until 1t
conforms to the shape OF the horses
shoulder. The surface of the collar
should be clean and free from grit.
When the collars are removed after
working II takes but little time to
bathe the shoulders in cold water,
and II counts a great deal It tough
ems the shoulder and removes all
sweat and dirt Calling will never
occur If the horse is not overheated
beneath the collar. 1t takes some
thought and care to prevent this, espe-
cially ON sultry. humid days.
Cultivation is very strenuous and
heating, and upon sultry days the
team should be rested often, the col
lar being lifted from the shoulders to
allow them to dry and cool.
Many think CALLED shoulders nee
essary evil, but sore shoulders can
be prevented and are more easily pre-
vented than cured. II think j
cannot avoid CALLING upon a hot, hui
mid day, prefer to put the team in
the barn.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24
(Dy L. MfLLER)

(Dy L. MfLLER)
There is good profit in making
baby beef; that Is, in preparing ami
mails for market when they are from
twelve to eighteen months old, but not
every man can make 1t. Many things
enter into the preparation of baby
beef which very few farmers possess.
In the first place he must have on
his farm an abundance of foods that
are well adapted for the particular
purpose of making growth and fat In
the youngsters. He must not feed
foods that are so coarse that they will
not be suitable for young stock, II he
does he will produce paunchy animals
and fail to get on their ribs the nee
essary fat and to make them profit
able. Foods, especially fodder. which
may be suitable for older animals are
often entirely unfit for the production
of baby beef. There is a tremendous
waste in feeding young animals al
though pound of grain fed to the
very young calf may produce a pound
OF gain. but with this there is more
or less waste. mainly water, and the
first thing to do is to start the fat
going on the youngster.
II the calf is allowed to become thin
he can never again be properly fat
tened. Baby beef must be started
from the moment the animal is able
to take his first meal from his mother
and he must be first every moment
from that time until he is sent to
market.
Dry straw fattens calves particularly
when they lie on 1t and sleep a great
deal. Young calves are much like
young babies. they must be stuffed as
much as they will in peace and quiet.
Sunshine and plenty of fresh air
are almost as necessary as food be-
cause they help digestion wonderfully.
The farmer who has plenty of skim
milk, alfalfa, clover and corn may
produce baby beef at profit. Calves
can be raised on skim milk until about
six months OF age, provided they are
fed on grain, clover or alfalfa at a
comparatively small cost Some ex-
perienced feeders say they can make
$50 to 400 pounds of baby beef at six
months at a cost of less than $S per
head. In this cost the skim milk
has been put at so cents per
hundredweight. Roughage figures
at 81 per ton, and al; grain at so
cents per hundredwsight. Labor is
put in at 10 cents an hour. At the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24
passed a large share Of the territory

passed a large share of the territory
that now is and surrounds the Dis
trict of Columbia. The Washingtons
had their seat at Mount Vernon; the
Lees came into possession of the mag
nificent tract that was the home of
Robert e. Lee and is now Arlington
cemetery; the Blairs, somewhat later,
attained yet other great tracts in and
around the District OF Columbia. and
the ancestral home of Senator Lee,
only few hundred yards beyond the
District line In Maryland. is one of
the historic places of the country.
1t was there that Senator Lees
mother. woman who lived to be
ninety years old and linked the De-
mocracy of Andrew Jackson with the
Democracy OF Grover Cleveland, wit
messed what she considered the most
dramatic scene of a most dramatic
epoch-the struggle between her
father. Francis p. Blair, and John c.
Breckinridge. his kinsman, over the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise
Exchange.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24
FINDS LESSON IN THE WAR
Dean Hodges Points Out Four Things
Learned ss Hesult OF Great
Struggle

That there are four great lessons
being taught by the present war in
Europe was the declaration OF Dean
George Hodges OF Cambridge Theolog-
ical seminary, former rector OF Cal
vary Episcopal church, Cambridge, In
a sermon on "The War" from the pull
pit he used to occupy in Cavalry, re-
Gently.
The war will teach that nation
is not exalted by material strength
said he. ITO be exalted a nation must
have, beside material strength, the
true ideals of brotherhood. The sec
ond lesson that this war Is teaching is
that might is not right, and any nation
that thinks so to the contrary will re-
gret It. The third lesson is that peo-
pie have been wrong in saying that
men are invincibly selfish, for this war
offers thousands and thousands OF
cases of men gladly giving up their
lives. The fourth lesson is that the
old belief that war is glorious Is a
false belief. War is far from glorious
and we are realizing it today as never
before. Because of the neglect Of ma
tional Christianity we find this war
existing today. Christianity is for ma
tions as well as for individuals and
that will be the one great, comprehen-
sive lesson this war will teach"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24

Kansas station a lot OF skim milk
calves which were placed In the feed
lot at once and finished with alfalfa
hay and corn made an average gain of
440 pounds per head, consuming "a
bushels of corn during the second pc
riod. Adding this to the average
amount fed to the skim milk calves
up to six months of age, the total
is 3S bushels of grain when the
calves were sent to market weighing
a little over 500 pounds.
Another lot OF skim milk calves was
placed in the feed lot and finished as
baby beef on cut alfalfa and 35 bush
els of grain per head. They were
sold when they weighed TAO pounds
at 12 months. The calves in this ex-
pertinent, however, we're of very low
breeding and were we'll suited for the
purpose. II they had been well-bred
calves, Professor Wheeler states
Sey might have been brought up
about 100 pounds of weight on the
same amount of grain. These are
some of the things that the baby
beef feeder must thoroughly under
stand before he undertakes to start
In the business.
Another thing to be figured in the
cost of making baby beef is the cost
of feeding the dam while producing
the baby beef for market. If the COW
has given no other return she is Ger.
tainly worth at least SIS per year and
this should be charged against the
calf when he Is sent to market. Too
many feeders fail to take this impor-
tant item into account. overlooking
the fact that they must feed the COW
while she is producing milk to give
the youngster a start. II she has fur
nished milk which has been sold or
made into butter or cheese then, of
course, this item may be very much
reduced
The calves should be allowed to
suckle the dams as long as possible
In order to keep what is known as
"calf fat" that is, the natural fat
which is on their bodies when born,
and they must be taught to eat grain
as soon as possible. This should be
in the form of oats and corn ground
and II fed with one-half bran the
ration is an excellent one.
1t is a mistake to feed very young
calves cottonseed meal as 1t is too
strong for their digestive organs and
is liable to upset them and prevent
them from laying on fat.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24
Queens All In Flames.

Obeying tradition, bonfire was
lighted the other night at the gypsy
camp. Simonsville, and will be kept
until 1t consumes all the effects OF
Tryphena McNeill, queen of the tribe
of her name, who died in a hospital
here.
Fuel has been furnished by costly
clothing. including a $3.50 fur coat and
everything she owned or handled, val
ued at thousands of dollars.
Mrs. McNeill was the wife of King
Samuel. Her reputation as a seeress
brought many rich clients to her
Waterbury (Conn) Dispatch to New
York World.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24
DRY FARMING HERE TO STAY
Many Farmers Have Proved That II
10 a Success--Thousands Of Acres
OF Land Still Available.

Dry farming has come to stay. Many
farmers have proved that II is sue.
cess. Some have failed. 1t is true, but
their failure has been due to one of
two causes-either the land was poor
ly adapted TO dry farming, or improper
methods of farming were practiced.
There is considerable land In the
semiarid regions that is not good dry
farm land. and probably never can be
successfully dry farmed. But on the
other hand. there are thousands OF
acres OF splendid land yet available
which are capable OF producing profit
able crops under scientific dry farm
methods.
II Is OF the utmost importance, how.
ever. to follow out these methods most
carefully, Often a fence, OF only
division line. separates the man who
is dry farming at a profit from the
man who is losing money. II you will
study the difference carefully you will
find that one is more thorough than
the other In his operations. He plows
deep and at the right time. he keeps
down weeds. maintains a mulch to
conserve moisture and selects good.
clean seed OF the right kind.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24
Trickster,

John Fl. Finley. New York's com
missioner Of education, said in AL.
bany. apropos of an argument on Bi-
BILE reading In the schools:
This argument is straightforward.
1t does not shift and jump and beat
about the bush. 1t isn't like the tricky
schoolboy.
Which would you choose his
teacher asked this schoolboy, the
tenth or the twentieth part of an
apple?'
THE boy answered that he would
choose the twentieth part, and then,
noting with his shifty eyes his teach
er's frown. he added, hastily:
" I don't like apples. you know y
Washington Star.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24
POULTRY FANCIERS'
NEED OF INDUSTRY
Men Wanted to Create Breeds
and Perfect Old 0nes-Spec-
ulator Is Passing.
CBy NJ. X. BoYER.)

II has been asked: viii the fanci-
ers eventually be driven to the wall by
the progress made in growing market
poultry? Certainly not, We need fan
ciers-real fanciers. We want men to
create breeds and to perfect the old
ones. But the speculator and the
huckster is fast seeing his finish.
The man with a string of breeds Is
not fancier. He is a speculator. It
would be next to impossible for him
to give each of these breeds his best
attention. To thoroughly know a
breed, and TO get out OF 1t all that is
good it would require an ordinary life
time.
Amateur fanciers will often buy
culls from a breed we'll advertised and
then advertise eggs for Matching from
so-and-so's strain. The man is a
worse enemy OF the fancier than the
man who breeds dunghill fowls.
A wonderful interest has sprung up
in poultry matters. Large sums Of
money are being invested, and poul-
try farms by the score are started.
These new farms are on the lookout
for utility stock. The man who can
advertise big egg records generally
gets the trade. They want carcasses
and egg records-business poultry.
So the best advice to the beginner
is to Join the utility ranks and raise
poultry and eggs for market.
Then In after years he ,an, II he
feels so inclined, gradually creep up
into the fancier's fold. It is a step
that cannot be taken hastily.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24
The Human Touch,

There must be a sensitive touch.
A visitor to a mandatory saw a man
molding clay into pots. Noticing that
all the molding was done by hand. he
said to the workman: why do you
not use tool to aid you in shaping
the clay?" The workman replied.
There is no tool that can do this
work. We have tried different ones.
but somehow II needs the human
touch" And how true IL is that IN
shaping lives for God there is need Of
the human touch. We cannot do the
Lords work by machinery. Jesus
touched men. imparting health. cleans
ing and salvation.--Biblcal Recorder.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24
DEEP FLOWING is ESSENTIAL
Many Farmers Do Not Understand
Necessity Of Preparing Good Seed
Bed-Packer 10 Needed.

Deep plowlng is essential in all dry
farming countries. The use OF the
subsurface packer or some other i'm
plement that will pack the furrow
slice firmly down against the slbsoil
again. also is necessary. Too many
farmers do not understand the neces.
sity OF preparing a perfect seed bed.
They are inclined to plow and harrow
the ground with the single purpose in
view of getting loose dirt to cover tho
seed. This is mistake. for loose
dirt is only an incident in the prepara.
tion of seed bed and may have but
little relation to moisture conservation
which is. after all, the essential Time
in all semiarid countries
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24
FACTS ABOUT SUDAN GRASS
One Remarkable Thing Is That No
body 10 Knocking lt--Exeels As
Droupht-Reslsting Crop.

There is one remarkable thing about
Sudan grass; nobody is knocking II.
When feterita appeared the hammers
we're Immediately taken up. and that
really splendid grain crop for thin soil
and dry years had to battle It's way to
the front, which II did in magnificent
shape. Sudan grass and feterita are
really companion crops; the one for
hay and the other for grain. They
are both easily more drought-reslstant
than any of the previously known
sorghums.
A conservative estimate OF Sudan
grass is that II is decidedly higher In
feeding value to cane hay, while at
the same time possessing the advan'
tage OF being finer and easier handled
At least two crops can be cut in an
average year. II stools more prolih'
cally than any other crop, and conse-
quently less feed is required. It's
feeding value is superior to prairie
hay, timothy or any OF the known
sorghums. but not equal to alfalfa 1t
can be made to serve as pasture
crop, with good results. Its ability
TO make good crop under conditions
which no other crop except possibly
feterita can withstand should not be
overlooked. Apparently there is only
one caution to be exercised In taking
hold OF Sudan grass, and that is TO
look out for Johnson grass, which Is
very similar in appearance, and which
Is pest except where II freezes out
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24
OF ANCIENT BLOOD
Maryland Senator May Boast His
Ancestry.
Descendant Of Some Of the Most Dis
tlnsulshed Families Of the Ma
tion, Blair Lee Has Name
Linked With History.

Imagine, IL you can, a congress
meeting in Washington, among whose
new senators could be counted a scion
of the Washingtons of Virginia, an
other OF the perennially famous house
Of the Virginia Lees, yet another rep
resenting the only less famous Blairs
of the day of Andrew Jackson and
the kitchen cabinet" another whose
mother had lived in the White House
as the intimate friend OF "Old Hick-
ory," and yet another descended d.
rectly from the war cabinet Of Abra-
ham Lincoln.
Add to that group OF representa-
tives of the colonial aristocracy that
founded Maryland and Virginia, that
received its vast landed estates from
the old Stuart kings, that fought in
the colonial wars. that represented.
through ancestral affiliation, some in
innate association with half the ad-
ministrations that have presided at
the White House from the beginnings
OF our government, and, finally, in.
clude in that group the most intimate
personal friends of the present admin
istration-that would be quite a not
able representation of the old Ameri.
can aristocracy. wouldn't 1t?
Yet there is among the baby SEN
ators of today one man who repre-
sents all this aggregated association
OF distinction and ancestry. He is
Senator Blair Lee of Maryland-a Lee
of Virginia, a Blair of the old Vir-
Observation-Disclosures family Of
that name, gist of the colonial gists,
distinguished for nobody quite recalls
how many generations, a relative OF
the Washingtons.
The Lee stock came over with the
conqueror," il there is any American
ton. Their holdings in Virginia and
Maryland date back to the time of
Charles /, the first Of the line being
Richard Lee, who came as secretary
of the colony of Virginia, and was
given extensive landed holdings.
They helped to establish the early
greatness of Virginia, they served in
Its burgesses, fought in its Indian
wars. distinguished themselves in the
old French struggle. Light Horse
Harry Lee was one of this line. Not
everybody, even of those who have
read their history well. remembers
that it was yet another of this family.
Richard Henry Lee, who on June z,
17f6, introduced the resolution In the
Continental congress declaring the
colonies free.
Senator Lees mother, Elizabeth
Blair. lived at the White House as a
little girl. the protege and intimate
friend of the Jackson family. She
was a pet of the hard-fsted old
Tennesseean. and her father. in turn,
was a member of the Kitchen cab
met"
In the olden days, when the Lees
and the Washington family intermar-
ried. the great manorial estates COM
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24
PIT SILo MOST ECONOMICAL
Any Man Can Build One. as II Re-
quires Little sklll-Saves Crop
During proushty Year.

The pit silo is the cheapest and best
silo you can build. A good pit silo may
be built for an actual outlay of cash
for material not to exceed thirty dol.
lars. Any man can build one, as II
requires little skill; no high priced
machinery is necessary for filling; IL
can't fall down; there is no upkeep
and the ensllage can't freeze. The
silo will save your crop during a
droughty year and give a feed carry.
ing all the value of the green fodder.
II you build a silo and feed one win.
ter from it, you win wonder how you
ever farmed without one.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24
EXCELLENT DRY FARM CROP
katr Is Essentially Drought.Resist.
ing Plant-corn siIase is SUI
perlor for Milk.

Kafir is essentially drought-reslst-
ing crop and It is not proper to com.
pare it with corn in those sections
in which corn does best. Where the
rainfall is sufficient to grow good
crops of corn 1t probably will not
prove profitable to raise kahr for
silage. Under proper conditions OF
moisture corn will yield more fodder
10 the acre. and corn silage is some.
what superior to kafir silage for milk
production.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24
siIo Prevents Loss.

The silo is not the only way OF
preventing the usual loss from the
corn fields. but It is the only way,
and the best way. for preserving the
feeding elements OF the corn plant
The silo adds nothing to the feeding
nutrients. On the other hand there is
a slight loss through fermentation,
but 1t does increase the paiatability
greatly.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24
Ahnut Cows

No matter how well our cattle are
bred. or how intelligently they are
fed, II the environment does not cor
respond with their breeding and feed
ing. our efforts are in vain.
Our lives are too short for US to
try to perfect herd of improved
cattle from bunch OF scrubs. Neither
can we keep our herds up 20 profit
able standard unless We employ we'll
bred animals.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24
Treatment for AIIIna hsn.

II hen lays many small eggs shs
has inflammation OF the oviuact; II
many double ones, she is more than
likely TO have been fed too heavily
on corn or some food twice as stimu.
iating. Give both plenty of green
stun and drop OF aconite, evening
and morning.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24
Matrimony's Cost.

Timid Youth-What do have to
pay for a marriage license?
Facetious Clerk-Well, you get 1t on
the installment plan
Timid Youth-How's that?
Facetious Clerk-Two dollars down
and most of your salary each week
for the rest of your life.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24
Applied Art.

What's your hired man plowing up
your front yard for, Blinks?''
my daughter has a new camera,
and the instruction says to break up
the foreground before taking picture,
and | couldn't very well let her do
that hard work"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24
Essential Elements.

We cannot remove the conditions un-
der which our work is to be done, but
we can transform them They are the
elements out of which we must build
the temples wherein we serve.-West.
colt.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24
Something Wrong Somewhere.

Does my new dress fit?"
"Splendidly."
Then IL is unbecoming?"
"On the contrary"
"Then why does everybody praise
it?"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24
Easy.

How did you manage to win the
hand of an heiress." asked the en-
vious friend of dancing man"
-0h-er-I glided into her affec-
tions."
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24

You would be dismally lonesome II
everyone in the world were ss good
as you think you are.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24

There was an increase of nearly
700 100000 in the cigarette output in
the United States last year.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24

Beauty may be only skin deep. but
1t is nearly always effective.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24

Barcelona, Spain. does large busi-
ness in the manufacture OF paper
drinking cups
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-06-24

A man who is tied to his wife's apron
string certainly isn't fast.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-10-08
DEMONSTRATION
EXHIBIT FOR FAIR,

One Of the chief attractions in the
Agricultural Building at the Louisiana
State Fair this year, as heretofore,
will be the exhibit by the Cooperative
Farm Demonstration Bureau, United
States Department of Agriculture, in
charge of Mason Snowden, state agent,
of Baton Rouge. The head office at
Washington last summer gave per.
mission for the demonstration agents
to participate, and in various parishes
they are working on exhibits TO be
placed in the demonstration depart.
ments booth.
This exhibit will be an evidence Of
the excellent work being carried on by
the Farmers Cooperative Dcmonstra-
ton Bureau, which is always striving
to show the farmer how to save in
the matter of expense and labor and
at the same time produce better "a.
suits Improved methods of farming
are emphasized. Products grown und
these methods will feature the exhib t..
Farmers placing exhibits in tie
Demonstration Bureaus booth may
also use them to compete for in
dividual premiums.
For catalogue, etc, write to Score
tary l.. n. Bruggerhoff, Shreveport,
and don't forget the date Of the far,
November 3-8.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-10-08
Come to the fair.
Notice of Tresnass

All persons are hereby warn
ed not to trespass upon the fol-
lowing described property, com
monty known as PERKINS, Island
to-wlt: W IA and lots 8, 6, 7
and 8, e IA of n W IA, S W IL
OF n W IA and W IL of S W l.
of sec. Sc, lots 10 and II, of Sc,
IS, all in tp II n, rae. The a
bove property having been post.
ed this day. All persons tress.
passing upon the same will be
dealt with according to law.
(Mrs.) Laura E. Graves
Columbia. La, Sept. |. 1915.