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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-06

found corn ensilage to be worth from
$3.50 to $3.50 per ton when fed to
fattening steers and sheep. This is
in the light of the fact that corn en-.
silage will not cost the farmer more
than 50 ton and should be convincing
argument.
Pennsylvania station found good re
suits in feeding steers silage and real
lied a value of S6.20 a ton when used
in this way. They also found silage
superior to hay and much more eco.
nomic in the raising of young stock.
Ontario experiment station found
they could save $63 on every 5000 in.
vested in feed if they used corn ensi.
lage in preference to hay in feeding
cattle.
Kansas experiment station not only
produced beef cheaper with ensilage
in the ration but also the silage-fed
steers sold at a higher price on the
market than did the dry-fodder steers
They found corn ensilage when put in
the silo would keep for five and six
years and retain its feeding value.
Michigan experiment station has
been using silos since 1881, and has
found in several experiments ensilage
to be the most economic form of feed
ing the corn plant to live stock.
Silage, when fed in conjunction witt
alfalfa, produced mutton more cheaply
than when hay was used.
Many other stations have tested ou
the economic use of the silo, and ONT
and all have Endorsed it as a practical
economic equipment for the stool
farmer.
Thousands of farmers and stockmeI
all over the country have been demon
strating for the last quarter of cen
fury the economic use of the silO. ant
all who now have such equipment ar
strong in its praise.
| EnsiIage VS.. Grain.
In test conducted recently the Obi
experiment station endeavored to an
swer the question, Can ensilage b
made to take the place of a consider
able portion of the grain ration usu
ally fed to dairy cows?
Ten cows, representing five differen
breeds, We're fed these rations fror
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-06
Price OF Roses.

A small flower shop in the humber
quarters of Southern city. A young
hospital nurse, still in training, is
asking the price Of roses, her rounded
cheek, itself rose, half turned to the
open door.
The daily tasks of the hospital
training school are exhausting. But
she has managed to embroider a work
bag-a wedding present wrought by
her own hands-and she seeks to
adorn the package with few buds.
To the question she puts there is
no reply; only a thoughtful look.
Such voice as is IAN excellent thing
in woman" repeats 1t. Then the wom-
an Of the shop, quietly:
Il heard you the first time, dear,
and I've heard your voice before. You
were good, so good, to my Alice at the
hospital How she suffered And
how patient to the end ~
Then, turning to the boy, she bids
him give the lady all the flowers she
may need. And she herself pins a
white rose on the young nurses
bosom.-New York Independent.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-06
BILLIONS WASTED ON FARMS

Many Of us tail to appreciate our
real blessings, because we regard them
as just common everyday things. If
some mysterious power were to sud
denly change winter into summer, it
would be recorded as a miracle. In
reality, this is what the silo does
changes winter INTO summer. The silo
makes June grass out of the waste
products of the farm. Silage is the
winter pasture for the farm animals.
The silo is the cows kraut barrel. No
man can get the best out of the bust
ness of farming without a silo.
1t combines more good things and
brings greater profits than any other
building on the farm; it provides a
cheap and convenient place to store
all of the crop; helps utilize cheap
roughage. makes it possible tc keep
more stock on the farm, which means
more manure for the land. The silo
insures succulent feed in the winter
and in dry spells when pastures fail ;
provides a balanced ration when fed
with alfalfa clover, bran, cottonseed
meal and other protein or muscle-build-
ing feeds. The silo takes care of the
crops and clears the land for early fall
blowing. prevents waste in feeding,
keeps stock in good condition, makes
cheap beef and milk.
Waste With Corn Crop.
The greatest waste in any one indus
try in America occurs with the corn
crop. The grain of the corn crop of
the United States every year is worth
on the farms about 100000; GO
per cent of the feed value in matured
corn is contained in the kernels, and
30 per cent in the stalk and leaves.
With the grain worth nearly three.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-06
SUMS RAYS CARESS TEMPLE
Tinee of Red Upon Mighty Columns of
Baaibek May Be Explained
in TWO Ways.

At Baalbek man has truly achieved
have unearthed a complete set of
ruins. Here lying guides get tourists
to swallow bigger stories than in any
place 1 know of, says writer in the
Christian Herald.
Here the towering columns of the
temple of the sun watch the orb of day
descend behind the Lebanon, after the
lifting shadows have engulfed the
smaller temple of Bacchus. And the
sun, In departing, leaves his kiss upon
the stately colonnade in a clearly seen
tinge of red.
There are prosaic folk who say that
this is caused by iron in the rock. That
may do as an explanation to those
who believe in the age Of iron, but this
mighty temple does not belong to the
present age of machinery.
1t is more likely that the red tinge
In the rock is the stain of blood-the
blood of men who died in erecting this
everlasting monument. Perhaps it is
as well that the blood of the labor
ers should show on the monument of
the conqueror who built this temple to
an unknown god.
Men who are killed in mines and
dangerous occupations today have no
such mighty reminders of their toll as
the blush which shows on the graceful
columns of Baalbek when the setting
sun slowly settles behind the long line
of lofty Lebanon.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-06

a silo-but you can't afford to be with
out one.
1t is not necessary to construct an
expensive one to start with-a cheaper
kind will do There is no best silo,
generally speaking. The best silo for
you is the one which can be con-
structed on your farm at the lowest
cost and pay you the greatest profit.
A pit silo or a bank silo may be the
best for you. They are adapted to
many sections. Regions which are
passing through the pioneer stage of
their development, where the cost of
material, labor and transportation is
high, need not be without silo. Kan
sas, Nebraska and Colorado farmers
have constructed more than three
thousand pit silos in the past two
years. In Montana, the Dakotas and
other northern states, where the win
ters are severe, the pit silo is in gen
eral use. They cannot blow down nor
freeze up, and they are cheaply con-
Structed.
Prove Value of Siio.
A good proof of the value of the silo
is a record of some work done in a
contrasting association at Albert Lea,
Mimi. under the direction of the Unit
ed States department of agriculture.
In this association 10 herds, or PIG
cows We're fed silage and 16 herds, or
239 cows We're not fed silage. 1t seems
to me that when man will examine
these data carefully he cannot but feel
that he is the loser if he does not have
a silo.
The results show that it cost $500
more per COW to feed the silage herd
than it did to feed the herd which had
no silage, but the silage-fed cows pro-
duced 50 pounds more butterfat per
COW, giving a net profit of $1,000 more
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-06
Not Improbably.

A gentleman of very excitable and
emotional nature had the misfortune
to lose his third wife. He took the
affection very much to heart and at
the grave was so overcome that he
tainted. His friends gathered around
him and were fearful for his life.
Among them was German who spoke
English brokenly. He stopped down
and felt the gentleman's pulse and
looking up said: He's all right; he'll
e-wive."-The Christian Herald.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-06

quarters of a billion dollars, the feed
value of the rest of the crop is nearly
billion dollars. AT least 80 per cent
of the feed value of the stalk is lost
under the present system of farm man
agement-a waste with this crop alone
Of a billion dollars annually. No
other business but farming could stand
such an enormous loss.
Contrast this waste by the corn
growers with the practices of large
business organizations. For years the
great packing houses have sold dressed
meat for less than they have paid for
the live weight of the animals. Yet
every year these packing houses re
turn millions of dollars profit be-
cause they utilize TO the fullest extent
the value of their hy-products. At the
same time the corn growers are vast
ing most of 40 per cent of the feed
value of over one hundred million
acres of corn.
Great Value Of SiIo.
The results of hundreds of feeding
experiments conducted in the past ten
years with silage as a part of the
ration gives proof of the great value
of the silo to the farmer. There will
always be more or less of the corn
crop shocked in the field, but corn left
exposed TO the weather loses the great
er part Of its feeding value. Why
waste the crop after you have grown
it, when you can put 1t in silo and
preserve Ii with all its succulencef
Have a silo-no matter what kind
but have one.
You may say that you cannot AFFORD
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-06


Waters Day.
two to four months, five cows taking
the test the full four months.
The cows fed the silage ration pro-
duced S6.7 pounds of milk and sos
pounds of butterfat per 100 pounds
of dry matter.
The cows fed the grain ration pro-
duced S1.3 pounds of milk and 80
pounds of butterfat per 100 pounds of
dry matter.
The average net profit per COW per
month over cost of feed was 1886 with
the silage ration and $2.4O with the
grain ration.
Fodder or Silage.
AT the Nebraska experiment station
two groups of calves nine months old
were fed from March % TO August 10
In one lot each animal received an
average daily ration of: Corn, 10
pounds; alfalfa hay, Al pounds; shred
ded slower without ears), SO pounds.
The animals in the other lot received
an average daily ration of: Corn, 81
pounds; alfalfa, ga pounds, and corn
silage, 10 pounds.
The larger amount of corn was fed
to the slower lot to offset the grain
contained in the silage. The two rations
therefore, were practically identical,
except that to one lot of animals the
cornstalks were fed as shredded sto-
yer, while TO the other they were fed
as silage.
The silage-fed calves made an aver
age daily gain of is pounds each.
which was about one-third of a pound
more than the average daily gain in
the stover-fed lot. The silage ration
was II per cent more efficient than the
stoyer ration. On that basis the same
area of corn. of the same kind. when
put in the silo would make IL per
cent more beef than when cut for fod-
der and fed dry.
There was time when silage was
considered entirely as dairymans
| feed. 1t is Just as good for the pro-
duction of beef. One experiment may
be quoted, though hundreds have been
made with practically the same result.
At the Indiana experiment station four
lots of steers were fed as follows:
Lot 1-Shelled corn. clover hay. cot
tonseed meal. Average profit per head
when sold. S3.37.
Lot 2-Shelled corn. cottonseed meal
clover hay and silage, half and half
Profit per head, $10.51.
Lot S-Shelled corn, cottonseed meal.
and all the clover hay and silage they
would eat, given separately. Under
this method of feeding the steers ate
ten times as much silage as clover hay,
Profit per head. $13.59.
Lot 4-Shelled corn. cottonseed meal
and silage only. Profit per head. S20.96.
The Missouri state board of agricul-
ture asked 200 farmers this question:
BY feeding silage have you reduced
your feed bil?"
Out of the 200 farmers 196 answered
Yes" four said they didn't know.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-06
sparino Her Eeelinns

"Confound her awllwnrdncss! be-
lieve the cook has broken another
plate!" exclaimed Mr.. Gadson.
For heavens sake, start one of your
funny stories. so she won't see how
agitated we are" said Mrs. Gadson.
She's coming in now with the roast.n
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-06
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ture or disfigure. Besides, they meet
every want in toilet preparations.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. l.,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-06

dragging sensation across my loins,
difficulty in collecting my thoughts
and was troubled with short
ness of breath. Dodds Kidney Pills
have cured me Of these complaints.
You are at liberty to publish this let
ter for the benefit of any sufferer who
doubts the merit of Dodds Kidney
Pills"
Dodds Kidney Pills, SOC. per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Dodds Dyspepsia Tab
lets for Indigestion have been proved.
soc. per box.-Adv.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-06
This Is No Joke.
rhey mad graduated in June.

They had graduated in June.
"What are you doing now?" asked
the dear girl in the dialogue.
Newspaper work" replied the
young man. Il have charge of the
Hints to Mothers column on the Daily
Planet And you?"
"Oh, I'm doing similar stunt" an
swered the dear girl. Il write the
Man About Town articles for the
Daily Gusher"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-06
sILAee THE WINTER PASTURE

pound by using ensilage than they
could when using hay. A like differ
ence was found in milk production.
The Indiana station found the silo
the most economic means of produc-
ing both beef and mutton in three WELL
conducted experiments. They also
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-06
Quite a Hardship.

'Did you hear what happened to
young Dowder Simkins?"
NO What was it,"
HE hurt his right arm in a motor
accident and now he's compelled to
hoist highballs with his left. It's
deuced awkward, too"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-06

refreshing. l felt
heavy and sleepy
after meals, was
always nervous
and tired, had a
bitter taste in my
mouth, was dizzy,
h a d fl 0 a t i n 6
specks before my
eyes, was always
thirsty, had a
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-06
His Little .,,,ks

1T seems to me thst you are much
heavier than you were, said the police
man
Il am" replied the retired grocer.
but don't weigh as much as 1 did,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-06
sawed-oH Sermon.

And many man who gives up ten
cents to the church on Sunday ex-
poets the Lord TO give him back $40
the next ay,-Indianapolis Star.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-06
A GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

Mr.. F. G. Case of Welcome Lake,
Pa. writes: Il suffered with Back
ache and Kidney Trouble. My head
ached. my sleep was broken and I'M
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-06

Chile will this year spend $3,650yOOO
on new public-school buildings.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-06

per COW than the cows receiving no
silage This means that on 20 cows
we are losing enough in one year to
put up a silO.
Benefits of the SiIo.
Missouri found in steer-feeding ex-
pertinent where corn silage was COM
pared with hay, S1.07 for every 100
pounds of beef was saved by the use
of silage.
Illinois station found corn ensilage
worth 81 per cent more than corn fod-
der when all costs were considered.
Ohio station found they could pro-
duce butterfat cents cheaper per
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-29
TACOMA'S FAVORlTE PLAY.
BIRD OF PARADISE COMING

In "The Bird of Paradise"
which will be seen at the Taco
ma theater soon, we will see a
play that is now in it's fifth sea-
son on the road and each year
1t becomes more firmly entwined
around the hearts of the theater-
goers of Tacoma. The piece is
by Richard Walton Tully, author
of Omar the Tentmaker," who
has in the past few years become
known as one of our best at
mospheric writers.' The produc-
ton is under the personal man
agement of Oliver Morosco, who
is now known as one of our fore
most American producers.
1.-THE Bird of Paradise" is a
sound ethical, political and racial
lesson. II is also a strong, virile
drama, and contains thorough
ly absorbing love tsory.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-29

who were determined that republican should not be
elected and by the also considerable number of re-
publicans who preferred that democrat should be
elected rather than progressive
The split in the republican party, the most severe
revolution in the ranks of any political party in the
history of the United States, in itself explains the
election of Wilson. THIS WOUND HAS TODAY
BEEN PRACTICALLY HEALED THE CAUSES
WHICH OCCASIONED THIS DIVISION OF
THE PARTY IN 1912 HAVE NOW DlSAP-
FEARED.
The progressive party in Ohio for example, in
1914 ceased to exist-castng small a vote i'll the
state and congressional election of the yeal-less
than 10 per cent-that under the law, it is not Ell
titled to participate in the primaries in the state in
1916. This same situation has resulted in Massa-
chusetts another illustration, through the state
election there last fall.
This result has been due to the feeling of the
great majority of those who voted the progress
sive ticket in 1912, that the ideals for which they
stand can best be accomplished through repub-
ican success.
AS the democrats were successful through dislu
ion in the republican party in 1912, SO MUST THE
DEMOCRATS FAIL IN 1916 THROUGH THE
REUNION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
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COhan 4 Harris
Comedy Coming

The crisp, clean fun of ut Pays
to ADVERTISE" the new farce
which Cohan and Harris will pre-
sent at the Tacoma theater In a
few weeks is the magnet which
Is drawing immense audiences all
over the country. Incidentally
the piece is an irresistible argu-
ment in favor OF big advertising,
with an accompanying lesson in
the art that will do more to ere
ate an optimistic feeling and
boom big business than all the
laws that will be enacted in a
hundred years.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-29

Lewis White, Philadelphia hus-
band, left his wife because she
broke three of his Christmas
cigars.
See DIR. O. Brunn, $40 Nat1
Realty bldg, for all kinds of stom-
ach and nervous disorders. adv.
II. r. Rogers of Tacoma, presi-
dent of the Rogers company, is
reappointed to board of U. s. tea
examiners.
So
Mclean the contract mover.
Main 1850. adv.
Mrs. @. p. Balabanoff of Ta-
coma Is appointed delegate to
General Federation of Women's
Clubs which meets in New York
June /.
Cut flowers and floral work.
Him., florist, So. 9TH and X. adv.
Mrs. Ella J. Bender, PhiIadel-
phia hotel owner, is fined $170
for four biting words she used in
tiff with former tenant.
Republican Leader Mann yes
terday came to the defense OF
President Wilson when Texas
representative attacks speech on
national defense.
Spring fashions include castor
blue and pink colors, absinthe
green hats decorated with apples.
lemons, oranges and grapes.
Warden Sale OF North Caro-
lima penitentiary dies Of apopIexy
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-29

Among the campaign pledges
loudly heralded by the spokes-
men OF the democratic party for
the last twenty years has been a
promise to curb" the large cor
porati0ns. The Sherman anti
trust law has been denounced
from every democratic stump In
the country, and the method OF
Its enforcement ridiculed. The
democrats have put through con-
gress a corporation legislative
program-the Clayton antitrust
act and the federal trade commits
sion act being its most important
measures-and we have been as
sured that with the enactment of
this legislation We stood on the
portals. as 1t were, of an economic
millennium. And yet We have
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-29

the state failed to return to the
republican list by less than 500
votes. and particularly the out.
come in the Twenty-third con-
gressional district Of New York,
in which a democratic plurality
OF 6SS2 was converted to re-
publican plurality of 707, clearly
indicate the trend of public SEN
tlment.
For these reasons, / look
for republican victory In
1910. This year, the demo-
cratic party, which has ut
terly failed In itp program Of
reform and Industrial read
iustment, will face u militant,
reunited republican party,
commanding the confidence
Of the electorate.
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There are many other causes
which will contribute to the GER
tsinty of republican victory next
year. One is the inevitable reac-
ton which always exists against
the party in power. Many who
voted with the democratic party
feel that its legislation has not
been radical enough to meet Its
campaign pledges, Others that the
legislation enacted has, on the
other hand, been too radical. AS
a natural result there has been a
diminution of party solidarity.
The predominant issue OF 1917,
preached by every democratic
orator on the hastings, was the
prevalent high cost of living. A
man high in the councils OF the
democratic party and later gov
ernor of one of the largest states
i'm the union, oracularly declared
during the campaign that on the
day President Wilson was inaug-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-29

Headed by Norman Hackett,
five new players will join the
Wilkes stock company at the
Empress theater beginning to-
morrow matinee in Willard
Mack's sensationally successful
play, kick In" In addition to
Mr.. Hackett there will be Miss
Phoebe Hunt, Guy Hitner, STAN
ley De Wolfe and Olga Gray.
Other favorites in the Wilkes
company will have prominent
roles.
Kick In is a crook play,
but one of immense possibilities
and a novel theme. 1t tells the
story of Chick Hewes and his
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-29

wife. both ex-convicts, who have
decided to go straight.
The police prosecution of per-
sons who have done time" to-
gether with their mistake of re-
tanning as friends some of their
former associates, cause the
couple serious complications,
which sorely tempt them to re-
turn to their former life. The
climax is thrilling one.
For the first time since the
Wilkes company's engagement
began, the prices at the Sunday
matinee will be reduced to the
same as prevail for the Wednes-
day and Saturday matinees.
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Republican Victory Certain This Year."
Says Burton, Citing Impressive FiqlreS

regime. II Ia not necessary to
quote here the many warnings of
Mr.. Fitzgerald, the chairman OF
the house committee on appro-
priations. They may be found In
the Congressional Record. and
they furnish interesting reading
to those who recall The loudly
proclaimed promises of democratic
economy and reform.
In view of the present in
ternational situation, l wish
to make no comment on the
handling of our foreign af-
fairs, other than to say that
our relations with Mexico to-
day seem almost as unsatis-
factory az they have been mt
any time within the last two
years and n half.
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seen no redemption OF these
pledges.
No powerful malefactors"
have been imprisoned be-
cause of their indifference to
statutory dictates. Democratic
pledges have not been re-
deemed and democratic prom
ises have not been fulfilled.
Instead we have been treat
ed only to pleasing rhetoric
and unmeaning pIatitudes.
Nothing indicates more plainly
the falling confidence in these
empty phrases than the results OF
recent elections. Very generally
democratic pluralities have been
greatly cut down and often en-
tirely overturned. The results of
the election In Kentucky by which