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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01
HATCH BREEDERS WITH HENS
Best to Wait Until There Are Plenty
Of Broody Old Fowls, as They
Make Excellent Mothers.

For Matching out the flock Of chicks
to be used as breeding stock, it is bet
ter to use hens. II is not necessary
to hatch the breeding stock early,
hence it is better to wait until there
are plenty of broody old hens, as they
make better mothers than the pullets
and for this purpose a number of the
best are kept over each year.
II we wish to hatch 100 chicks we
get II hens ready at once and put the
eggs under them all on the same day,
says a writer in an exchange. On the
fifth day the eggs are tested, and all
infertile ones are removed. Perhaps
one or more Of the hens are relieved
from duty. If we desire more chicks
these hens may be given other eggs
and the work kept going.
When the Matching commences the
hens are watched closely and as soon
as a chick dries off it is removed from
the nest. No hen is given more than
20 chicks to brood. AS soon as that
number are Matched they are given to
one of the quietest hens, she having
previously been fed and watered lib
orally.
The chicks are not allowed to have
anything for at least IL hours. In this
way not all OF the sitters are needed
for mothers and some are broken up
and returned to the laying pens.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

A good furniture polish is eight
ounces of sweet oil, four ounces tur.
pentine. two ounces ammonia. Apply
with cloth and polish with wooden
cloth.
After washing q white knitted jer
sey, put it OF . coat-hanger to dry,
and hang 1t on q line in the air. II
will keep a better shape than IL pegged
on the line.
Ground rice is excellent for clean.
ing white cloth. 1t should be applied
with a piece of clean white flannel,
left for two or three hours, and then
well brushed and shaken.
Rusty irons should be heated,
rubbed on q piece Of beeswax tied in
linen, and then with q coarse flannel
cloth, sprinkled with household salt.
This will give a polish like glass.
Silk stockings should never be
ironed. Wash them in soapsuds made
with good white soap and lukewarm
water and rinse in clear water Of the
same temperature. Rough dry.
Do not iron lingerie ribbons while
damp ii you want them to be soft.
Wrap whilo wet smoothly around a
big bottle covered with thick muslin,
and press with a cool iron when dry.
II the knob has come of the ket,
tie take a cork, put q screw through
it, push the screw through the lid OF
the kettle and screw a burr on the
end. You will have q knob that will
not come off mol get lot.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01

This dam was the first work construct.
ed by the reclamation service on the
Rio Grande project. The Mesilla diver.
sion dam is located near Mesilla Park,
New Mexico, about the middle of the
Mesilla valley, and furnishes water to
lands on both sides Of the river in
the lower part Of the Mesilla valley.
This dam has just been completed.
The Mexican dam Ia located at the
upper end Of the Ell Paso valley just
above the city of Ell Paso, Tex. This
dam was constructed a number of
years ago by the Mexicans and serves
to divert water both to the lands on
the American side in the Ell Paso val
ley and to lands under the Acequia
Madre On the Mexican side. From
these diversion dams several canal
systems are built.
Aborisines Used irrigation.
Before the middle of the sixteenth
century the Spanish explorers entered
the valley Of the Rio Grande and found
in these valley Pueblo Indians c~ultivat.
ing the land and irrigating it by means
of acequias from the river, some of
which are still in use. How long
these Indians had been on the ground
is unknown, but eve at that time
they were considered old inhabitants
and raised not only grain and fruits
but even flowers. The descendants OF
these Indians and the Spaniards have
continued to cultivate portions OF
these valleys up to the present without
much change in methods.
while the S%paniards first entered
the valley from Sonora and the Gulf
of California, the first attempts at
colonization were made from Ell Paso
as a base, the Spanish conquest OF
Mexico having extended by that time
to the Rio Grande. In 1000, Paso del
Norte (now called Juarez) was an i'm.
portant town, and records are in exist
ence nearly three hundred years old
which refer to the Acequia Madre OF
Paso del Norte as being then in use
The present acequias in the Mesilla
valley have been in use for about six,
ty years, but there are evidences OF
older canals hat have been aban.
doned.
Is an Extinct Volcano.
1.-THE reclamation service began in,
vestigations on the Rio Grande March
1, 1903, considering especially the dam
site at Elephant Butte. Elephant
Butte is an extinct volcano ARISING
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01

combination of arsenicals and Bor-
deaux mixture is the best method Of
their control. The proper arsenical
spray would be made with either m
pound of paris green or three pounds
Of %arsenate Of lead to SO gallons of
water. When the combined spray is
used the same quantity Of arsenical
should be mixed with so gallons of
Bordeaux mixture instead of the wa
ter. The danger that free arsenic
may burn the foliage is lessened and
the Bordeaux mixture may control
leaf spot and other similar diseases
which affect the cataipa. The spray
may be applied with a small outfit for
young trees or with a large high-pow-
er machine such as is used in spray
ing high trees along city n
The caterpillar is attacked by a
number of parasites and the entomol-
ogists advise tree to encourage
the propagation of these natural enc
mics of the sphinx. One of these, a
minute f~our-winged, wasplike fly, lays
it's eggs in the sphinx caterpillar. This
is the same fly which attacks tobacco
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01
CONTROL CATALPA PEST
insect Feeds Exclusively on Foil
age of Trees.
Several Methods by Which Sphinx
May Be Readily Destroyed-com-
bination Of Arsenicals and
Bordeaux Is Favored.
CBy F. H. CHITTENDEN.j


Our native species of catalpa are
comparatively free from insect attack
but there is one insect, however, the
caterpillar of the catalpa sphinx,
which feeds normally and exclusively
on the foliage OF these trees and in
some seasons does very considerable
injury, often completely stripping the
leaves from individual trees and some
times from an entire grove. Owing,
doubtless, to the increased planting of
these trees outside the regions in
which they A. found in the wild state,
this insscs has extended its natural
range, and its injury is more wide.
spread now than formerly.
There are several methods by which
the cat sphinx may be readily de-
stroyeG rhe caterpillars may be
gathereS ~ hand, the foliage of the
trees may be sprayed with arsenicsl
poisons, the pupae may be destroyed
by spading the ground around the tree
trunks in the fall, and, indirectly, the
sphinx may be destroyed by protect
ing the parasitic insects which attack
1t. Owing to it's large size, the cater
pillar is easily seen and car be con-
trolled by hand picking. A long ladder
and a 12-foot pole primer or similar
device will be necessary in this work.
Where hand picking is difficult the
application of an ~arsenical spray or
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01

Marcial, New Mexico and Fabens,
Tex. The project as proposed is for
the irrigation of 10000 acres Of the
rich valley lands both in New Mexico
and Texas, and, by the convention be-
tween the United States and Mexico
signed May q, 1906, about 10000
acres will be irrigated in the republic
of Mexico.
THE source Of water supply is the
Rio Grande, which is a stream of ex-
treme fluctuations, varying from no
flow to a flow of over 10000 cubic
feet per second. 1t is necessary, there
fore, in the efficient development Of
the project, to provide storage reser-
voirs and diversion dams for the regu-
lation of the flow. The plans as de-
veloped consist OF enc large storage
reservoir and at least four separate
diversion and irrigation systems. The
four systems are necessary on account
Of the topography of the irrigable
lands which lie in four distinct val
leys, the Palmos, the Rincon, the
Mesilla and the Ell Paso valleys. Be-
tween these valleys the river flows
through comparatively narrow gorges.
Three Of the diversion dams have
been built and are now in use. They
are the Leasburg diversion dam, the
Mesilla diversion dam and the Next
can diversion dam. The Leasburg
diversion dam is located at the head
Of the Mesilla valley In New Mexico
one mile north of the site Of old Fort
6elden. and diverts water for use on
the upper part Of the Mesiila valley.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01
TOO GOOD TO THROW AWAY
ton May Be Made Into an Ex-
eellent "Gravy Stock"

The housekeeper whose rule IL ID
always to make a savory brown or
creamed gravy of the drippings and
meat-essence remaining in the frying
pan after veal, chicken or hamburg
steaks have been cooked. will fire.
quently let the contents of the pan be
discarded. If 1t were used for frying
Of the quality OF the fat that cooks
out of the meat, which is disagree
able to many persons. But If care
has been taken not to permit any
%scorching during the frying, let a cup
full OF boiling water be poured into the
pan after the meat has been removed,
and let this boil up well, stirring with
a spoon, until all traces Of the meat
essence have been dissolved away
from the pan. Strain this liquid into
an earthen or agate bowl, dash a
little cold water into 1t, and set aside
in a cool place. In a few hours the
fat will have formed a solid cake,
and can be removed, leaving a cupful
of excellent gravy stock" this can
be used for re-serving any left-overs
Of the aforesaid mutton or lamb, II
wanted as hash or ragout, adding
notably to the flavor and richness
thereof; or 1t a be added to ones
soup stock.
The same method can be used with
the dripping pan in which lamb or
mutton has been roasted.-American
Cookery.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01

work and washing for eleven and can
tr~uthfully say Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound has been q godsend
to me for / would have been in my grave
today but for it. / would tell all wo-
men suffering as ! was to try your valu-
able remedy. - Mrs. WIN. GREEN, 1872
S. Addison Street, indianapolis, Indiana.
There is hardly q neighborhood in this
country, wherein some woman has not
found health by using this good old
fashioned root and herb remedy.
If there is anything about which you
would like special advice, write to the
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co, Lynn.
Mass.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01

tn HE SHRILL whistle Of the en-
CINE at the power plant at Ele-
plant, New Mexico, echoed and
re-echoed down the canyon on
q recent afternoon at four o'clock.
While the same whistle had made
similar music innumerable times be-
fore during the last five years, it's loot
ing that day had peculiar significance.
1t gave vociferous and prolonged no..
tice that the last bucket of cement had
just been placed in it's proper niche in
the parapet wall and the greatest
storage dam in the world had been
finished.
In two important essentials the Ele-
plant Butte dam ranks all other con
crete masonry storage dams of the
American reclamation service, viz,
cubical contents and capacity Of res
ervoir. In the latter particular it ranks
every other irrigation dam in the
world. When the floods of the Rio
Grande begin to drip over the spill
ways, the Elephant Butte reservoir
will contain two-thirds more water
than the combined storage of all the
reservoirs for Boston and New York.
There will be more water by one-third
than is impounded by the 49, O0, 900
Assuan dam in Egypt. Spread out,
the Elephant Butte storage would
cover Delaware more than two feet
deep. Confined in a pipe four feet in
diameter, it would encircle the globe
seventy times. Expressed in layman's
measure, it will hold sos billion gal
Ions.
The material in the dam if placed on
a city lot rs by 125 would make a
solid block of concrete lacking only
80 feet of being a mile high. It's
weight is more than LOO, 900 tons.
Transported by rail, it would require
22,S06 of the largest freight cars or a
train PIT miles long.
In the dam are twelve openings or
passages, six for future power devel-
opment, four for delivery or irrigation
water, and two for sluicing purposes.
Retaining an Empire.
The Elephant Butte dam, while the
largest, is only one of the numerous
structures contemplated for the recla-
nation Of the fertile empire which
lies below it in New Mexico and Texas.
Ora McDermith, the irrigation man
ager, thus tells about it:
The Rio Grande project lies in the
valley of the Rio Grande between San
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01
YOUNG CHICK REQUIRES ASH
Lime and Phosphates Necessary for
Bone ~Growth-Must Be Furnished
From Animal Sources.

A rapidly growing chick gains not
only in flesh, but makes bone at the
same rate and in order to make this
necessary bone growth, a large amount
of ash is required in the form of lime
and phosphates. Some of this is fur
nished from vegetable juices but it
must also be furnished from animal
and mineral sources. Shell and grit
are the two most common mineral
sources, while beef scrap and granu-
lated bone r the most common ami
NAL sources. Beef scrap should not
be fed in excess, so bone is the most
reliable source from which to obtain
the bulk Of this animal requirement.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01
Rhubarb and RaisIn pie.

Did any Of the readers ever pu'
FaisiDs over the top of the rhubarb
about two inches apart? No more
plain rhubarb pies for me after try
ing them with the raisins. Another
thing / do which perhaps other sis
tiers do not. and that Is, ! never pee
my rhubarb for pies. / wash 1t and
wipe each stalk carefully and ther
slice it into the plate. l think Il
makes a much richer pie that way
Boston Globe.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01
Tobacco Drier.

are placed on the top rack and this is
raised a distance equal to that between
the racks. The next rack is then filled
and elevated, etc. In removing the
cured tobacco the reverse process is
followed; the lowest rack is cleared
first, then the next above, etc. 1t is
stated that this minimiZes the labor re
quired.-Wisconsin Agriculturist.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01
IMPORTANCE OF WORK TEAMS
implements, Doing Better Work
and Making Profit.

Teams are very largely responsible
for successful farming. Good teams
permit the use of improved imple-
ments, implements that save labor, do
better work and in fact make profit. 1t
has been estimated by those who
should know that it takes nearly one
ere out of every five in this country
to feed the teams used in farming.
This, il true, can that many are
using inefficient teams. Why not raise
colts and gradually dispose Of the
boarders now being used as teams?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01

from the east bank Of the Rio Grande
to a height of five hundred feet above
the river and is 80 named on account
Of the remarkable resemblance to an
elephants head. From this butte the
dam takes its name.
I'm August, 1903, a topographic sur
vey was begun at Selden and extended
down the river, covering the irrigable
area in the Mesilla valley to Ell Paso.
In 1904 these surveys were extended
to cover the Ell Paso valley to a dis
lance of forty miles below Ell Paso.
Behring'S were also made at the same
time on the site of the Leasburg dam
to determine the character of the ma
terial.
"As a result of the surveys and in
vestigations in 1903 and 1904 at the
Elephant Butte site, 1t was decided
upon as being superior to any other
site on the river for the storage of
water for both the Mesilla and the Ell
Paso valleys.
Under the reclamation act, the cost
Of the project Is to be repaid to the
United States by the water users bene-
fitted, but In this case it was evident
that the American water users should
not be required to pay for that portion
of the project constructed to satisfy
the obligations Of the Omitted States
In supplying water to Mexico. Ac-
cordingly, In 1907 congress appropriat-
ed 81 100000 TO be expended under
the direction of the secretary of the
interior toward the construction q
the Elephant Butte dam"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01
Spinach, German Style.

Cook the spinach by steam Tin q
steamer) or in a very little water, in a
closed vessel, over q slow fire until
tender; then chop fine. For every
pint Of spinach mince one-half cMpful
fat pork. and fry until crisp. Turn
spinach into the frying pan with fried
meat, and heat thoroughly; then add
one-third cupful Of vinegar or lemon
juice for each pint of spinach and sea
son with salt. Turn at once into serv.
ing dish and garnish with sliced hard.
boiled egg.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01
REAL SATISFACTION IN cows
Dairymen Should Have Made Attempt
Long Ago to Develop Better
Looking Animals.

There is &c much real satisfaction
in the milking and handling Of cows
with well shaped udders and teats,
and 80 much discomfort in managing
the poorly built cow, that dairymen
and breeders should have made more
OF an attempt long ago to develop bet
ter looking and better acting uddera
Il Il not too late to begin now.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01

and tomato hornworms. The eggs Of
these parasites hatch into white, mag
gotlike larvae which develop in the
body Of the caterpillar and then eat
through its skin and spin little white
body. AS these parasites are mostly
in evidence in September and October
and largely destroy the last generation
Of caterpillars, 1t is unwise at such
times, especially il the white cocoons
are visible, to kill the caterpillars by
other means.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01
Peach a Ia BordeIaise.

Use canned peaches for this. Put
them in a fiat gratin dish and pour
over the following mixture: Two
unces of butter, two unces of flour,
one Of sugar, half a pint of milk
and peach strip, four. eggs. Cook but
ter, -four, sugar and milk in a stew
pan. When cold, add yolks and
whipped whites Of the eggs last. Bake
half an hour in moderate over
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01
Dreamed Celery and Ega.

A leftover Of creamed celery was
rewarmcd by setting dish in cold
water and letting come to boil, then
pushed to less hot place on stove.
Just before removing from heat, two
leftover hard-boiled eggs were chopped
and cut into the rea Served on
-oast as q supper dish.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01
FEEDINGS FOR YOUNG CHICKS
Give Cracked Grain Three Times Daily
Keep Dry Mash Before Them
at All Times.

Little chicks must W. be overfed.
Feed four or five times a day during
the first feeding week, gradually d.
minishing the number Of feelings un-
til the end Of the second week.
Cracked grain may be fed three times
a day and dry mash kept before them
all the time after the second week.
Sloppy, wet foods should be avoided.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01
FEED ACCORDING TO VARIETY
Pekin Ducks Are Large, Grow Fast
and Require More Feed Than
Fowls OF Other Breeds.

Young ducks should be fed from
four to six times a day, according to
the variety. Pekin ducks are the
larger feeders. and grow very fast;
they require more feed than other
ducks, although they must not have
feed that is highly concentrated. That
II, II SHOULD DO sufficiently nourishing
but not too fattsning.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01
Fish Toast.

Take n cupful of cold faxed fish.
free from skin and bones. Heat in
water sufficient to moisten; add but
ter. pepper and salt. When hot pour
on slices of buttered toast. garnish
with eggs poached in muffin rings.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01

that / could
not work. / was
thin, pale and weak,
Weighed but 109
pounds and was in
b e d m of the
time. l began TAX
ing Lydia E. Pink
hams v egetabl lie
Compound and FIVE
m o nth 8 later I
weighed 1873 pounds.
7 40 all the houaa-
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01
TOBACCO DRIER SAVES LABOR
Plants Are Cut and Strung IN Lath
and Placed on Top Rack-Reverse
Process in Removing.

The object here is to provide a
drier to be installed in tobacco barns.
In operation, the plants are cut and
strung on lath as usual; then the lath
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01
To Clean the Range

An ordinary blackboard eraser is
splendid to keep lear the kitchen
range to wipe OF the top; the range Is
kept clean and does not need to be
washed or polished but once or twice
q weex.
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Needs No Starch,

Fine damask linen needs nc starch.
II sufficiently dampened and ironed
until dry 1t will have all the neces.
sary dressing.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01

M. A. Leaman OF Cross Hill, s. c.,
says: 'Hanford's Balsam is the best
liniment on the market" Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01

The National Guard of New York
has an armored train.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01

When the average man fails to score
q hit he blames II on the target.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01
WIFE TOO I'LL
To WORK
IN BED MOST OF TIME
Her Health Restored byLydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Indianapolis, Indiana. my health
was so poor and my constitution so run
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-01

Long answers turn away listeners.
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RED, ROUGH, PIMPLY SKIN
Quickly Cleared by cutioura Soap and
Ointment. Trial Free.

You may rely on these fragrant,
super-creamy emollients to care for
your skin, scalp, hair and hands. Moth
ing better to clear the skin of pimples.
blotches, redness and roughness, the
scalp Of dandruff and itching and the
hands of chapping and
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. l..
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Altoona, Pa, has $1,000 population.
Use Hanford's Balsam for nail In the
foot. Adv.
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Altoona, Pa. has $1,000 population.