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The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-05-04

Tie reason of this downcest OK
preston is because We nave JUS
discovered that We missed attend
ing d meeting of society in which
gt hold membership, at which a
paper was read on The Evo!ut1oI
and Philosophy of the Infinitesimal
Calculus"
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-05-04
Three Gates.

II you are tempted to reveal
A tale some one to you has told
About another. make II pass.
Before you speak. three gates of gold,
Three narrow gates-First. "Is it true?'
Them us It needful?" In your mind
Give truthful answer. And the next
Is last and narrowest, us 1t kiRd?'
And II II reach your lips at last
In passing through these gateways three
Then you may tell the tale nor fear
What the result OF speech may be.
Mutual Magazine
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-05-04

The first American money OF
which there is any record was fried
Goldfish. AS there Was no sugar.
gasoline, rapcr. automobiles, min
ing stocks, and party dresses N
those days, one fish probably went
q long, long ways.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-05-04
THOUGHTS ON SLEEP.

We are somewhat more than
ourselves In our sleeps, and the
siumber of the body seems to be
but the waking of the soul. 1t
is the legation of sense, but the
liberty Of reason, and our wax
ing conceptions do not match
the fancies of our sleeps.-Sir
Thomas Browne.
Sleep, the type of death, is
also, like that which II typifies,
restricted to the earth. 1t flies
from hell and is excluded from
heaven.-C. C. Cotton.
Sleep, thou repose Of all things:
sleep. thou gentlest of the del.
ties; thou peace of the mind,
from which care flies; who dost
soothe the hearts of men wea-
ried with the tolls OF the day
and retttest them for labor
Ovid.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-05-04

Every woman should read fash
Oh magazine. One lady of the dis
trict is still collecting cigar rib
bons, and is nearing The comp elton
Of her forty-third pillow.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-05-04
Choats and the Green Baa.

Very few of our lawyers carry the
green bags which were once badge Of
that profession.
II think the sight of such a bag once
kept Joseph Fl. Choate from coming to
Philadelphia to make speech" Mr..
COnlen said
Mr.. Conlen and another lawyer had
gone to New York to invite the exam
bassadOr to England to deliver an I'D
dress In Philadelphia. Mr.. Conlen's
companion carried a green bag. which
he laid upon Mr.. Choate's table. evil
IDENTIFY to the great lawyers annoy
ance.
what do you carry In that thingy
he asked.
Il have some law books" the young
Philadelphia attorney replied.
when I was a young lawyer" Mr..
Choate said rather coldly. 81 was
taught to carry my law in my head"
And the invitation was declined
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-05-04

The above is tire routine monthly
report of Bellingham police news
az published in Mondays Herald.
"Drunkenncss" was the charge in n
good share of the sixty-flve cases
And Bellinofam was dry long be-
fore the State of Washington Vot-
ell fayorably on prohibition!
If the city officials don't wan'
to bother about the matter, and they
evidently don't, a little activity on
the part of the sheriffs ana the
prosecuting attorneys office might
result in the conviction OF those
who are selling the liquor. E!ec-
ton time is getting mighty close.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-05-04
The Usual Report

"Tbe monthly report Of Police
Judge II. c. Beach SHOWS that six
ty-five cases came before him dur
ing April. Most of the cases we're
for drunkenness or traffic viola
tons"
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-05-04

of office would not be limited au-
tomatically by quack laws; it would
last as long as they did their work
satisfactorily. Merit would be re-
warded by promotions to more i'm
poftant posts.
That would be the businessiike
way of running the County. Not
exf iiing-just efficient.
Under the present system, every
voter is business manager, and
the County has Thousands and thou
sands of them.
One wise move that these voter
managers might make this year is
the promotion of Chris King, super
ntendent of the County Farm, to
the office of sheriff. King has
made a wonderful record while in
charge of the farm. Ire splendid
esults he has obtained with min
mum of expense, his success in
andling prisoners, ard the honest
way in which he makes the peoples
BUSINESS his own, should be enough
If a recommendation for his ad-
gance:nent.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-05-04

NIGHT.
Mysterious night! When our
first parents knew
Thee. from report divine, I
heard thy name
Did he not tremble for this
lovely frame
This glorious canopy Of light
and blue?
Yet meath a curtain Of translu-
cent dew
Bathed In the rays Of the great
setting flame,
Hesperus. with the host of
heaven, came
And 10! creation wldened In
rams view.
Who could have thought such
darkness lay concealed
Within thy beams. oh. sun! or
who could find,
While fly and leaf and insect
stood revealed
That to such countless Orbs
thou mad'st us blind!
Why do we then shun death
with anxious strife
If light can thus deceive. where
fore not life?
Joseph Blanco White.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-05-04

DRAIN TILE AT BARGAIN PRIC-
ES-For a short time, we car
offer burnt clay drain tile at $40
a. thousand for inch, $1,000 TO
ilch and $500 for inch.
Supply limited. Order this week
Lynden Cooperative Co.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-26
DEMON
STRATION AGENTS

(By c. A. Keffer. Division of Exten-
sion. University of Tennessee.)
Forty-four counties in Tennessee
have co-operated with the Division OF
Extension OF the College OF Agricul.
ture In employing farm demonstration
agents. No state In the union has bet.
ter natural advantages for farming
than Tennessee. In almost every coun-
ty in the state two crops year can be
grown; throughout the winter the
fields should be covered with winter
grains and legumes, affording the best
OF pasturage for live stock, and green
manure for increasing the fertility OF
the land for summer crops. Wherever
county demonstration agent has
been employed he has more than earn.
ed his salary in the increased profit.
able production on farms where his
methods and advice have been follow
ed. The Division of Extension win pay
five hundred dollars per year toward
the salary Of county agent, provided
the balance OF the salary Is raised
within the county by appropriation Of
the county court. or from other
sources. A good man can be had for
twelve hundred dollars per year. This
opportunity should be seized By every
county In the state that has not yet
secured a demonstration agent. For
full particulars address Director Di
vision Of Extension, University OF Ten.
Hessee. Knoxville
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-26
is OUR POULTRY
WORTH HOUSING 2

(By R. N. Crane, Division of Exten-
sion, Uniyersity Of Tennessee,)
AT this season ofthe year when eggs
are high priced, one may see on many
farms in Tennessee the fowls roost-
ing in trees for want OF comfortable
house.
It is impossible to get the best out
OF poultry under such conditions. II is
necessary in order that fowls make as
profitable returns as possible, that
they be given comfortable house.
This house need not be expensive. but
must be dry and free from draughts.
We would like to furnish you with
Farmers Bulletin No. 574. which is a
very complete thesis on poultry house
construction, suitable to our Tonnes
see conditions This no doubt, will
be OF considerable interest and great
value to you, If you adhere TO its teach
'ngs
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-26
VALUE OF HERD RECORDS
(By H. c. Stockwell, Division Of Exten-
sion, University of TENNESSEE

(By II. C. Stockwell, Division Of Exten-
sion, University of Tennessee.)
It has been demonstrated through
testing associations, by individual rec.
ords, and by the breed associations,
that systematic system of milk and
butterfat records. and also record OF
the feed consumed by each individual
COW, is the only method of running a
dairy on a business and profitable ba-
sis. II Is impossible to breed up a
herd OF profitable cows without this
system of checking each cows per
Torrance by what she actually does at
the pail.
When starting to keep herd records,
a record sheet should be procured and
placed on the wall of the barn in the
most handy place. Then pair OF
scales should be purchased and hung
to one side OF the record sheet. After
milking each COW, the milk should be
weighed and the weight recorded on
the record sheet for future use.
At the end Of each month sample
OF each cows milk should be taken
and tested for butterfat, and from
these records the total amount Of milk
and butterfat can be calculated.
The record is not complete unless
the amount and cost of feed, which
each COW consumes, is known. The
feed should be weighed or measured
and, If the latter method is used, the
weight Of feed which the measure con
talns should be known
with the record Of production and
the amount and cost OF feed consumed,
it Is easy to detect and eliminate the
unprohtable cows in the hero.
After detecting Improbable cows in
the herd, they should be sold to the
butcher and replaced by profitable
COWS. and records kept the same a.
on the original herd.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-26

naeht phosphorus win justify $4,000
per ton for acid phosphate We can
afford to pay ii II we must But must
vet Phosphate must be used. but Is
1t necessary to pay $1,000 for it, II
we buy singly we pay the highest
price; II we buy collectively we have
every advantage in buying at the low
est price.
One hundred Knox county farmers
bought collectively during the past
year 10 tons Of acid phosphate at
Sf4so per ton. when 1t was retailing to
individuals for $3.50 per ton. There
was an actual saving Of $3.50 per ton.
Besides, the fertilizer was delivered in
car load lots to the nearest railroad
station. Instead OF having to haul Il
by wagon from Knoxville, 1t is esti-
mated that they saved 1900 miles
haul. which was an even greater adj
vantage than the reduction in the first
cost.
The first essential in such co-opera-
tive relations was mutual confidence.
They obtained 1t by frank, open dis
cussion OF the phosphate problem.
They determined the amount that they
needed and agreed upon spokesman
who should correspond with number
OF wholesale fertilizer dealers and OBJ
tain their bids.
II would seem to be more profita-
Bile thing to launch and "put over"
such an enterprise in community
than to bubble about the chance OF
profit or loss from the use OF phos-
plate. 1t is a necessity if it is de-
ficient in the soil.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-26
COST OF KEEPING
THE BREEDING COWS
Wintering on silase and cottonseed
Meal-Summering on Pasture.

(By c. d. Lowe, Division of Extension,
University OF Tennessee.)
Twenty head of registered beef cows
v re used in a recent three-year ex.
pertinent at the Pennsylvania Expert
ment Station. They were fed for a
period OF 14O days during the winter
on silage and cottonseed meal. They
consumed on the average approximate
ly so pounds of silage and one pound
OF eottonseed meal per head daily.
During this period they gained In
weight an average OF over one pound
per day per head.
The silage was fed twice per day
and the meal once. These cows were
allowed to run loose In well-bedded
open shed, with free access to water
1t required four tons Of silage to win
ter each cow, which at rate Of $3.50
per ton would make silage for each
COW cost $1,000.
The cottonseed meal at $4,000 per
ton would cost per COW about $500
for the winter.
Total cost Of feed per cow was then
$1,000 for 140 days.
It is interesting to note that nearly
FIVE tons of manure was produced by
each cow during the period, which at
$500 per ton would be worth $1,000.
Also each COW gained in weight 1874
pounds, which at cents per pound
would be worth $500, but Of course
this is Of no value unless the animal
was marketed, excepting that It In
suEes that the COW gofs on grass lp
good coalition.
When these cows were turned on
grass in the spring they continued to
make satisfactory daily gains, indicat-
ing that ,silage. even when fed in rath-
er large quantities. is In no manner in
furious.
This experiment was carried on for
period of three years and the re-
suits noted here are an average OF the
three seasons totals. The whole ex-
pertinent was carried out as nearly as
possible like ON the average farm. so
that no doubt the results can be dupli-
Gated there.
Pasturage was charged against each
COW at $3.50 per summer, making an
average yearly feed bill Of $3.50. The
pasture land was valued at $4,000 per
acre.
These cows we're regular and salts
factory breeders during this period.
showing that conditions we're favora.
BILE to the purpose Of the plan.
Such experiments give fair idea OF
feed costs on beef breeding herd and
are an interesting study.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-26
PLANT LOCUST FOR POSTS

(By Charles A. Keffer, Division Of Ex-
tension. University Of Tennessee)
There is hardly farm in Tennessee
that does not contain few acres that
can be devoted to the growing of trees
to be used for fence posts. There are
odd corners, irregular pieces of
ground that can not conveniently be
embodied in fields, steep hillsides,
gullies, even the best of farms have
small areas that for one reason or an
other can not be proiitably cultivated.
Plant them to black locust, or other
good post timber.
Trees are sometimes planted along
highways, and used as living fence
posts, but this is poor plan because
too much of the adjoining fields, which
Is often the best on the farm, is taken
up by their shade and roots; the land
two to four rods into the field Is great.
ly reduced In cropproduction by the
trees.
Black locust Is the best species to
use for posts, because 1t Is very dura-
BILE in contact with the soil. and Is a
tree Of the most rapid growth. The
seedlings can be bought Of western
nurserymen for less than two dollars
per thousand. They are easily grown.
Gather the seed now, thresh them
from the pods with a fail, and keep
dry until late March. Just before plant
ing pour boiling water over the seeds,
and leave stand until the water Is
cold; then plant either where the tree
is to stand or in thick drills, where
they should be cultivated one year,
and then transplanted to their perma-
nent place. II sown in drills. SOW very
thick in drill about four inches wide.
to prevent too great growth the first
year. AS soon as the Seeding is trans
planted cut the top off at the ground
TO secure vigorous shoot.
In good soil locusts will be twelve
to fifteen feet high when three years
old, and If cut at the ground will make
excellent tomato or vine stakes, and
the shoot from the root will make
wonderful growth Planted four by
four feet, fence post size is reached in
ten years or less. and the plantation
Is continuously productive. A batter
use for odd corners, steep lands, or
eroded lands hardly can be found.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-26
The BUSINESS or DAIRYIge

(By C. 4. Hutton. Division Of Extern
sion. I'M. arsliN OF Tennassaa

lBy c. 4. Hutton, Division Of Exten-
sion. Uni sTsIty OF Tennessee)
There Is NJ line o. farming that calls
for as much exper scientific knowl-
edge as daiS taruing The success
ful dairyman must not only know the
best principle PEI Ening to the prop
er feeding. care, management and
breeding OF his ! itle but he must
also be a goo iareler in order to pro-
duce feeds q saply and build mp his
store OF soil iertih.E The dairy BUSH
ness offers absolutely no inducements
Tor the lazy, easylgoing. unbusiness-
like man, but for one who is willing
TO work. thin, plsln, study. and put
some brains and enirgy into his work
1t affords mo excellent opportuni-
ties.
It has been said hhat one could al
most detect ID daitymen in a buch OF
men by talkinl g item for few min
utes on almof ant subia 4, because
It is claimed real "a lryman can
not talk longb hott a os ell and pa
per- I do not IS tha lis is liter
ally true, butt lie az least true with
regard to the uce hssful dairymen.
Dairy farmii ~ properly conduct
ed, is one OF the Most profitable sys-
TENS of farming, and even poor, un-
business-like daryihg may sometimes
result In some gain The only way to
ever attain succets at this type of
farming is by the ase OF the best bust
ness principles. lsbod dairymen may
be said to be born lehd not made. Good
dairymen have 10 hg since found that
milking cows is Very much like real
work, and that il only pays /, keep the
best. They know that the only true
way to find out wAich cows are pay
ing a profit and which ones are losing
is by the keeping of herd records.
They know that Il pays to feed bal
anced ration 10 hood cows bred to
freshen in the fall; that they must
feed silage; thai they must study the
market problem that they must con-
stantly read AM study and profit by
the experience Of others; In short, that
they must be good business men.
Talk all you may Of the advantage
OF pure bred cattle and the folly of
owning scrubs. but the scrub dairy.
man will always have scrub cows.
When the dairyma himself reforms,
then, and not anti then. IRE these
things added uilto aim
The Requirement TOR uccessful
dairy farming are tour G cd cows,
good feed, good markets 5 d a good
dairyman. The grte b these Is
the man behind the COW
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-26
MARKET CONDITIONS
GOVERN BREEDING
(By C. D. Lowe, Division of Extension,
University of Tennessee.)

(By c. D. Lowe, Division of Extension,
University of Tennessee.)
When meats are high there is a big
demand for the corresponding pure
bred stock. Breeders get more money
because the meat value of their ami.
mails makes them independent of the
cheap customer and because the de-
mand is sufficient to take all their
stock at good figures, When meats
are low the demand for purebred stock
falls off and breeders are compelled
to sell for less than when slaughter
stock is commanding good prices.
Therefore, when the meat market
is low, when the demand is least for
breeding stock, that is the best time to
invest in purebred stock.
Just now hogs are cheap and breed
ers have a surplus for sale at reasona-
BILE prices. Now is the time to stock
up on purebred hogs. DO not wait un-
til everybody wants them. Get them
now and be ready with surplus of
your own for the time when everybody
wants them. That time is coming just
as surely as it has come In the past
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-26
CATTLE DEH0RNING
PAYING PROPOSITION
(By c. D. Lowe, Division of Extension,
University of Tennessee.)

University of Tennessee.l
There is not a single step in the
handling Of live stock that returns a
bigger profit on the first cost than the
simple act Of dehorning.
The presence of horns on cattle on
sale at the large central markets gen.
orally means that those cattle will sell
for from Is cents to 25 cents per hun
dred pounds less than otherwise,
There is only one argument in favor
OF horns and that is the value of the
horn, as a by-product OF slaughter, for
the manufacture of buttons, etc.
Horns interfere greatly in the feed
lot with the development of uniform
bunch of cattle; they also are trouble
some in the car when shipping. In
fact, they serve no good purpose at
any time, on market animals.
Methods of doing away with horns
are simple, In the first place they
may be bred off, by using a polled bull
Practically all breeds of cattle now
have polled strains.
Arresting the development Of the
horn, by application Of caustic when
calf is from three to seven days old is
-another easy waS.
Actual removal Of the horn with
clipper Of saw. If properly done in
early fall, will not affect the animal
greatly, but should be done while
young, before horn has reached large
size. Care must be used to cut close
enough to the head to insure that no
stubs follow. A ring of hair should
come off with the horn.
Bleeding is many times quite excess
sive in removal of horns from mature
heavy horned animals, therefore, such
should be watched.
1t is usually not necessary to apply
antiseptics or ointments to the stumps
in this climate, II operation is perform
ed in cool season when flies are abb
sent.
In any event, get rid of the horns.
1t will pay and pay well.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-26
COOPERATIVE BUYING OF
FERTILIZERS ESSENTIAL
Farmers Are Asking Everywhere,
"How Much Can We Afford to Pay
for Phosphate 7v--lf We Buy singly
We Pay the Highest Price.

tBy ]. c. McAmis, Division of Exten.
sion, University of Tennessee.l
The price OF phosphate fertilizers
has gone sky high II is retailing In
many places for $500 per ton and
over. Farmers are asking every
where, How much can we afford to
pay for phosphategg 1t depends upon
conditions.
Experiments and field practice has
amply proven that phosphate can be
used under average conditions with a
greater chance Of profit than any OF
the commercial fertilizers. Soils and
crops which are in need OF the ele-
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-26
PURE BRED CATTLE
BOUGHT DURING YEAR
(By r. M. MURPHY Division Of Extern
sion, UNIVERSITY 81 rennessee.)

(By r. M. MURPHY, Division Of Extern
sion, UNIVERSITY 81 rennessee.)
Upwards of zoo purebred cattle we're
bought in the star during the past
year for breeding p poses This rep
resents an expen lure OF at least
100000 and indfcate that there is an
increasing interest in beef cattle and
faith in the futur.Aof the beef cattle
industry. AS to breeds they are pretty
evenly divided between the Angus,
Hereford. and slaliorn. showing that
que breed ,ss-rasi> ss-l Just .asar-se
good as either ofNAe others. These
cattle were bought largely in small
lots in many cases only single ami
NAL to buyer. A number of first
class good sizedd& Nerds we're estab-
lished and by men who will be heard
from later as breeders. The majority
of the animals will be used in building
up the general grade Of beef cattle in
sections to which they have gone.
This is the larger field of usefulness,
II It were not for this demand the
breeders would soon have to go out OF
business. The big business of growing
cattle is not the production of regis
tered cattle, II is the production Of
beef. We will doubtless never have
too many real breeders OF cattle, but
there is a danger Of too many people
owning purebreds, breeding indiscrim-
inately. producing registered scrubs.
The breeder is born, not made, the
other fellow is born too, but there Is
something wrong with him. He is the
fellow who complains that he can find
no market for his surplus. He is sure
that the cattle business is being over
done. Very interesting reports come
into the Office from breeders over the
state. The successful breeder, the
man with good stock reports sales as
fast as animals are available. One
man wrote In during November, 1915,
that he had sold all his calf crop and
had already booked 16 orders for 1916.
The breeders OF beef cattle within
the state should take care of the home
demands for registered bulls to be
used in the beef business. 1t is enough
to import sufficient new blood to keep
up the standard of the breeding herds,
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-26
STUDY APPLE Tree CAREFULLY.

Study your apple tree carefully. es-
peciaIly with reference to pruning
them. They do not as rule require
cutting back as severely as the peach
or plum. Thin out all the interfering
limbs and branches and cut back only
sparingly. This is especially true IL
the trees are older. Young trees may
require more at times, while shaping
them to the tyne you have fixed in
your mind to develop IN ycue sraes.