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The Keota news., 1916-05-26
Best Cattle $40, High Mark Of
Season; Cows About Steady
HOGS LOWER; RECEIPTS GOOD
Lambs, Steady to Higher; Stronger
Tone to Market; Small Supply OF
Ewes.

6"COs
Union Stock Yards. South Omaha.
Neb., May "a. lsl6.-Cattle receipts
for Tuesday were moderate, some zlO
loads, or about 1000 head. The Tat
cattle market was very strong and
active, and the record price of the
season was reached. The demand for
both local and shipping account
seemed strong for the heavy cattle.
while the choice lightweight cattle
were also In demand. The medium
and common year.ings hardly sold al
we'll as yesterday. but a new high
mark was reached In $9.S5. The bulk
Of the fair to good 1000 to 1.350-''.
beeves sold At &s.2509.75. The sup
ply of COW stun was limited. and the
competition was strong for the good
to choice stock at fully steady prices.
choice heifsry stock selling 1t $7.7s
0s.7s and higher.
Quotations on cattle: Good to
choice beeves. $9.6O01O.o0: fair TO
good beeves. $9.2609.50: common to
fair besves. $s.250s.l5: good to
choice heifers. 37.760S.00: good to
choice cows. $7.5o0s.25; fair to good
COWS. 16.7607.50: Gamers and cut
ters. $45006.s0: veal calves. 5000
1900: bulls. stays. ETC.. &6.000S.O0.
Tho offerings Of hogs for Tuesdays
market were large. Owing to the good
supply Of hogs. the market was again
ON tho decline. The shipping orders
were small, and the packers took
most Of the offerings ut mostly 100
lower figures than yesterdays market.
The market was fairly active At the
decline. Most Of the hogs sold at
$9.456s.e0. and . few real good heav.
les reached 1910. the top.
The offerings of sheep and lambs
for Tuesday were moderate. some II
cars, or about 1900 head. The mar.
ket was slow, on account Of sellers
wanting higher prices at first. but the
sales were finally started at figures
steady to strong. and In some case
traders quoted deals as much as 1Oc
higher. Some choice handy clipped
lambs brought $1,000. new record.
California lambs from the same lots
rs yesterday brought steady prices.
The supply of ewes was SO small.
there was no market. There was q
bunch OF clipped ewes that sold at
$3.50, the high mark for the season
to date.
Quotations on sheep and lambs:
Lambs, wooled. fair to choice. 100
012OO: lambs. clipped, handy. 1925
@1O9O: lambs, clipped. heavy. $3.50
91060: lambs, spring, $11oo113 90:
yearlings, fair to choice hight. $1,000
Q11OO: vearlings, fair to choice
heavy: saOO610.O0: wethers. fair to
choice, ss25@975: ewes. good %
choice, sS7599.50: ewes. fair to good.
S8.0O1875: ewes. clipped. s7.00@S.50.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-10-19
No Insects There.

The local bigwig's presence in the
chair at an entertainment was desired,
and two of the organizers waited upon
him with deferential request. The
required promise was duly obtained.
"You may rely upon me-" said the
big man, Friday, the 25th, in the par
ish room. It's quite an unsectarian af-
fair. suppose"
BLESS your cart, sir" came the re-
ply, "the place was only lime washed
last week. You won't find nothing OF
the kind on the premises. Pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-10-19
The Road to Fame.

William Dean Howells was talking
once about a writer who, after a good
beginning, had degenerated into a pro-
ducer of trash.
II suppose" said Mr.. Howells, "he
got discouraged with the moderate sale
of his good work and now hopes to sell
his poor work abundantly."
Mr.. Howells shook his head, smiled
grimly and went on:
"The road to fame is crowded with
men who, discouraged, are hurryina
delphia Bulletin.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-10-19
Weeds Prove Theory,

Someone once said that ITS not so
much a question of the survival Of
the fittest as Of fitting as many as pos
sible to survive" and truer words
were never spoken. Everybody who
has a garden and carefully tends 1t
knows that the only things which real
ly seem fit to survive are the weeds.
Baltimore Sun.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-10-19
One Dollar Winner.

Esther, aged seven, was listening
to conversation Of her elders on the
subject of sharks. "You can always
know man-eating shark" auntie said,
because he has one fin sticking out
Of the water" "Then," said Esther,
"when you see two fms sticking out,
does that mean it is a lady-eaterT
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-10-19
Squelched.

SqueIched.
"While Professor Ruffinsky was play
ing the violin it seemed to me that /
heard heavenly voices singing" said
the temperamental young woman.
How did the music affect you, Mr..
Dubson?"
"Oh-er-I was considerably moved
myself" answered that gentleman,
"but when l started to beat time to
the music by tapping my foot on the
floor several people glared at me so
fiercely that l subsided. birmingham
Age-Herald.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-10-19

DON'T FRET.


No mental attitude is more dis
astrous to personal happiness
and to personal usefulness in the
world than worry and its vicious
twin brother, despondenoy. The
remedy for the evil lies in train
ing the will to cast off cares and
seeking a change of occupation
when the first warning is sound
cd by nature in intellectual lassi-
tude. Relaxation is the foe of
worry and "don't fret" one of the
heaIthiest of maxims.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-05
YES, YOU CAN BALE
OUT THE SILO GAS

The daily mail at Oklahoma Agri-
cultural and Mechanical college brings
some interesting questions. Not in
frequently are the experts of the eX-
pertinent station called upon to settle
some controversy over scientific facts
A woman sends the following ap-
peal for information: IL committed
myself in crowd on this subject and
was greatly ridiculed. My statement
was that in ridding well or silo of
damp gas or death gas one could dip
or draw out the gas with a rope and
bucket, the same as water. on the
principle that gas is heavier than air"
The woman was right and her friends
were wrong, according to DR.. c. X.
Francis, chemist Of the agricultural
experiment station, who made the fol-
lowing reply to this query:
''The gas which you refer to as be-
ing found in wells and silos is usually
carbonic acid gas. 1t Is approxi-
mately one and one-half times heavier
than air, so 1t can be handled in a
similar manner to water or any other
liquid. 1t does not support combus-
ton, and animals may be drowned in
1t. II this gas is suspected in a we'll
or silo. largo bucket should be low
cred and some of the gas brought to
the surface and tested by lowering a
lighted candle into it, or it may be
poured onto candle resting In a
watertight box or bucket. II the gas
is carbonic acid gas the flame will be
eXtinguished."
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-05
Grit, Grace and Gumption
The "Tlree Gs' Will Accomplish Wonders Toward Making
Poultry Success.

the fowls to exc out a scanty living.
to contract disease and die, and then
they pronounce the business a failure.
The rearing of few fowls in your
back yard may be, and often is,
profitable pleasure and pastime. the
rearing of thousands as business,
while it may be a pleasure, is profit
able only If it it is done as n business.
and II requires active work all the
time. 1t is a joke to say that it is a
womans work. The women succeed,
but they will tell you that it is work
early and late and no pastime when
they are keeping hundreds and rear
ing thousands. This Is not written to
fill space, nor to keep anyone from
entering the business. but with the
hope that those who read 1t will be-
come imbued with the idea that rear
ing poultry for profit Is a business
and requires to be profitable the
same painstaking care, thought and
study OF conditions as does any other
line of endeavor.
My creed is: Pure-bred poultry
and more of it; business principles
applied in every phase Of the work.
and the use of grit, grace and gump-
ton through it all. and the taking OF
many things seen in the press with
several grains of salt.
A Few DOn'ts Well to Observe.
Don't be too quick to buy fine
looking bird. He may be half-breed.
Don't sell the best youngsters. They
are the ones you will want to use next
year.
Don't try to raise too many. Give
better attention to few.
Don't expect to hatch prize winners
from 81 eggs.
Don't sell bad eggs to your grocer.
Don't ship any but good ones and
from the pen the customer asks for.
Don't ship fancy birds in heavy
coops. Buy nice light ones in differ
ent sizes. They cost little compared
with the advertising you get.
Don't forget that the first impress
sion is usually a lasting one.
Don't forget that you will not sell
to every man who writes for prices.
Don't complain II customer re-
ports a bad hatch-give him another
setting of eggs.
Don't forget to attend promptly to
your correspondence. and to use WELL
printed stationery.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-05
Had Their Tickets.

Mary Ellen. the colored maid. had
been carefully instructed by her new
mistress in number Of things con-
corning which she appeared to be
profoundly unenlightened. Particu-
lar stress had been laid up the proper
manner Of receiving visitors and Of
informing the mistress Of their pres
ence in the house.
Perhaps altogether too much had
been said about it, or perhaps Mary
Ellen had stage fright at the crucial
moment, for when the first callers
came after Mary Ellen's advent into
the family she "ushered" them only
as far as just inside the hall door.
taking the cards they gave her. and
leaving the visitors standing there,
she went to the foot Of the staircase
and shouted:
Mis- Gallatin! Mis- Gallatin! Der's
two ladies down here dat's come to
see you and dey's fotch dere tickets"
From the Baltimore American.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-05
Eleven Cotton Standards
Official Rules for Color Of Cotton Established Promulgated

Eleven official standards for color
OF cotton have been established and
promulgated by the secretary Of agri-
culture in accordance with the terms
OF the United States cotton-futures
act. The new standards are for yell
ow-tinged cotton OF the grades of low
middling, strict low mddling, mid
ding. strict middling, and good mid
ding, and for yellow stained and blue
stained cotton of the grades of mid
ding, strict middling, and good mid
ding.
In promulgating these standards the
attention of the trade is especially di-
rected to the change in the nomencla-
turc of the standards for blue cotton.
Since the United States cotton-futures
act became effective, the lowest grade
of such cotton tenderable on con-
tracts for future delivery made on the
exchanges has been known as low
middling bluc-tinged. In the new
standards this cotton is designated as
stained and the grade names are
raised The reasons for these changes
STe:
% There has never been sepa-
rate standard for blue cotton in gen.
eral use. Heretofore such cotton has
been sold on type or sample, or else
value. based on the white standards
for grade.
(2J Blue in cotton is a stain rather
than tinge.
go In the application Of grade
names 1t is considered that each of
the color standards should contain
Approximately the same amount of
leaf and trash as the corresponding
grades of the white standards. The
standards established for blue cotton
correspond In grade most nearly to
the standards for middling, strict
middling, and good middling white
cotton.
oi) Under the fifth subdivision of
section 5 Of the United States cotton
futures act, stained cotton of the
grade of middling is the lowest of
such cotton deliverable on contract.
The new official standards became
effective at once and can not be
changed within a year. nor without
due notice. Practical forms will be
furnished the cotton-future exchanges
and the spot markets at the earliest
practicable date. The cost of these
practical forms, or copies OF the stand
ards, will be $25 for each full set of
IL boxes, or $3.50 for each box in
fractional sets.
The official standards for color take
the place Of the tentative guides for
color issued on February IS, 1915.
The latter may be recalled at any
time. and no longer will be considered
as representing the lower limits of
-enderability for tinged and stained
cotton on future contracts made on
the exchange.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-05
Poison Does Away With Gophcrs.

There are several methods OF get
ting rid Of gophers, and one is by
poisoning them with strychnine or
arsenic poisoning. Gophcrs are fond
OF potatoes, sweet potatoes, apples.
raisins, and prunes. In the summer
it may be best to sweeten the poison.
but I'm the fall of early spring 1t does
not seem to be worth while-The
poisoned food should be introduced
to the burrow below the surface where
there will be no danger OF poisoning
stock. 1t might be well. however. not
to let swine run in the field when
poison has been put out.
The following method of introduce
Ing the poison is recommended.
Cut potato in pieces not more than
three-fourths of an inch in diameter.
Cut slice in half and with the point
OF knifeblade insert little sulphate
| Of strychnine-as much as half
grain OF wheat. After preparing a
sufficient quantity of bait you should
have a short, pointed implement from
one to one and a half inches In d.
ameter and of sufficient length to
| push down into the ground as deep
as the burrow. An old spadehandle
with sharpened tip is n good instru.
ment. Make an opening into the bur-
row with this instrument and drop the
poisoned hait directly in the furrow.
leaving the hole open. No digging
with the spade is necessary
Many acres of alfalfa can be pois-
oned In this way in day, and II
proper care Is taken to distribute the
bait II will not be necessary to go over
the ground a second time. However,
some experience is required to find the
burrows quickly.
1t Is best to insert the food as near
as possible In the freshest mound, and
, 1t Is very little use to put your bait
near mounds that are not fresh Hogs
should be kept out of the treated field
for wilhelm. A. Beeson, depart
ment of agronomy, Oklahoma A. & NJ.
college, saltwater.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-05
ON MILK ANDDISEASE
tuberculosis and Other Diseases Transmitted From In.
fected Cows.

susceptible to disease than are gorwn
persons 1t is quite likely that much
OF the so-called summer complaint of
children is caused by the use of milk
that has not been produced under
sanitary conditions. 1t has been noted
that an Improvement in the quality OF
milk in large cities has been followed
by decrease in the death rate OF
children.
Considering the fact that millions
of gallons of milk are consumed each
month. it must be admitted that tho
danger of adults contracting typhoid
or some other disease from infected
milk is remote. The fact, however,
that such possibility exists makes 1t
imperative that all reasonable pre-
cautions be taken to insure safe
milk supply, II any doubt exists as
to the safety of the milk that Is used
in tho home, the milk should be pas
teurized. Briefly, this means that tho
milk should be heated to las degrees
Fahrenheit and held at that tempera-
ture for twenty minutes. 1t should
then be cooled Immediately to around
so degrees Fahrenheit and held at
that temperature until used Milk
thus treated is safe to use.-J. NJ.
Fuller. department of dairying, Okla
homa a. NJ. college. saltwater.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-05
The Sunday Worlds Page of Live Agricultural Features
Advice and n
LAW ON MIGRATORY
BIRDS EFFECTIVE!
Special to The World.

Special to Tho World
WASHINGTON. March "A mis-
leading statement has recently be-
come current in newspapers of the
Mississippi valley and elsewhere "a
the effect that the department of ag-
riculture has suspended the enforce
ment of the federal regulations under
the migratory bird law. and by this
means has enabled sportsmen under
state laws to shoot wild fowl the
coming spring.
Under the federal regulations as
they now stand. the season on all mi
gratory wild fowl Is closed until next
autumn throughout the United States
Federal inspectors and wardens are
required. and others interested in the
protection OF wild fowl are requested
to report to the department of agri-
culture all cases of violations of the
regulations in order that proper ac-
ton may be taken.
The department of agriculture has
no power to suspend the law or 10
pardon violations OF the regulations
Doubtless the erroneous impression
on which the newspaper statements
are based has grown ont of the pen
dency of litigation involving the con-
stitutionality of the act OF congress
approved March 4, 1913. under which
the regulations were prOmulGated
The lower federal courts disagreed as
to the validity of the statute and the
issue was carried to the supreme
court of the United States. The ease
was argued in the supreme court in
October. 1915. but has not been de-
cided. Following the lower court de-
cisions congress appropriated money
for the purpose of continuing the en-
forccment of the law. The depart
ment of agriculture is bound to report
to the department of justice violations
of the regulations IL the supreme
court should declare the law const-
tutional. All persons should. there
fore. be warned OF the danger they
incur from failure to abide by the
regulations
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-05
Don't Prune With an Axe.

One would not think of amputating
an arm with an ak and he should
think the same way of the limb Of a
tree, for trees are in many respects
like animals. Animal wounds must
heal or harm will result, and 1t is the
same with tree wounds. If you go into
the orchard and hack limbs off with
an ak, you are probably doing more
harm than good. Many Of these
wounds will be jagged aid long stubs
will be left. Many of these will never
heal over. and as a result decay will
set in and q healthy tree may. in a
few years. be ruined. Pruning Is a
necessary orchard practice, but slash
ing with an ak is not pruning.-C. w.
Rapp, department OF horticulture,
Oklahoma A. and NJ. college. STILL
water
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-05
jolt for the MOtOrist.

Before motoring became as popular
as 1t Is today. a man was driving n
big car through "a country section
several miles from town, when he saw
road.
"Hold on there, mister!" cried the
man. wildly waving his arms as the
car approached. IL want to talk to
ye!"
whats the matter with you coun-
try constables?" angrily shouted the
automobilist, bringing his machine tc
n standstill. II wasn't going at a rate
Of even twenty miles an hour"
81 amt no country constable. mis-.
ter" was the rejoInder OF the man
my wife's been invited to weddin'
an I wanted to know If you wouldn't
let me have n little gasoline to clear
her white gloves. s."-Philadelphia Tel.
egraph.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-05
ORDER NURSERY STOCK.

If you have decided to set out
an orchard this spring, do not
wait until the last moment to
order nursery stock.
The best trees are always sold
first. AS soon as the weather
permits, in the spring. the trees
are shipped and the best trees
go first. orders which come
later are filled with whatever
trees remain. whether good trees
or culls, and the culls are likely
to predominate late in the sea-
son.
In many cases the nurseryman
has only IA limited number of cer-
tain varieties, and his supply Is
soon exhausted. If you order
early you are likely to get what
YOU want. Later. other varieties
may be substituted. Unreliable
nurserymen may substitute va
rieties and make no mention Of
it.-C. w. Rapp, department of
horticulture, oklahoma A. and
NJ. college. Saltwater.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-05
Hammer and Nails.

Shinglers have saying that nails
should not be struck the last blow,
They mean by that that the head of
the nail should not be driven until 1t
presses the shingle down tightly. as
this will cause the shingie TO swell
and burst when wet. The nail should
merely set down against the shingle.
A very handy thing to remember
when trying to drive nails in thin
boards or into fine furniture Is first
to drive the nail into bar of soap.
This causes 1t to enter the wood
much easier Another very easy way
is to drive a smaller nail in first. pull
it, and drive the larger nail in the
same hole. Always use a straight
clean nail when the wood is likely to
split. az there is less danger Of split
ting than with q crooked rusty one.
In removing old nails from lumber
the easiest way Is to drive them in a
little way with a blow or two from
the hammer, which, though it sinks
further into the wood, will loosen and
break the rust coating which has
been formed around them. After this
has been broken they can easily be
pulled with pincers or a hammer.
Another way Of loosening very rusty
nails Is TO urOp lttle Kerosene or
thin machine oil around the nail. and
after this soaks down a little while.
tap the nail lightly on the head. when
it can be drawn easily.
If you have read how nails are
manufactured, you will certainly keep
them out OF your mouth.
A very good thing Is to lay in q
stock Of various sizes Of nails on the
farm. for some Of these sizes will
como In very handy when needed
most.
Every nail that reaches through q
board should be clinched, as 1t will
hold better and not stick out and
cause an ugly scratch or tear.
The hammer, II always In place. Is
one Of the handlest tools around the
farm, but 1t is o source Of vexation and
gives poor service when It IL left any.
where and everywhere. and never
twice in the same place.
On tho farms that are we'll kept up
you will always find little work.
shop In which things are kept In
place. Even II there are but dozen
or 80 Of tools in all they will be kept
in good shape. always in place, and
not allowed to rust and become
ruined.--H. L. Thomson department
Of farm engineering, Oklahoma A. q
M. college. saltwater.