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The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1916-01-14
a Community
of United States

With the close of the potato harvest
season for 1915 the time seems oppor.
tune to call 20 the attention of both
the grower eid the scotsman the de-
STABILITY of considering seriously a
very material reduction in the num-
Der of varieties grown in any given
community or section of the country.
1t has been the history of every
other staple crop that the fewer the
varieties grown the more easily are
they marketed. The pioneer fruit
grower in America tried to grow as
large list of varieties as he could af-
ford to purchase, while today the tend
ency is to reduce the list to the least
number thai can be depended upon to
meet the rAarket requirements. The
reason for this is that it has been
found much easier task to sell large
quantities of one variety than an
equal quantity made up of large
number of varieties. 1t is believed
that the same principle applies to the
potato crop.
In recent publication by the Unit
ed States department of agriculture,
Bulletin No. 176, system of 'classifi-
cation of potatoes is presented in
which the leading commercial types
are referred to IL groups, and list
of the varieties studied which are
thought to belong to each group is
furnished. In many cases the varie-
ties listed in each group are so
nearly identical that in the opinion
of the author of this bulletin there is
no justification for the retention of
more than 10 per cent of them.
The commercial grower should de-
termine what group or class of pota-
toes is best adapted to his climatic
and soil conditions, and then eonfne
his efforts to not more than one or
two varieties within that group. In
this way it will be possible for him
to become more familiar with the be-
havior of the variety he is growing;
to recognize it's special cultural re-
and to offer for sale a
much more uniform and high-grade
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FOR GETTING MORE
PROFIT FROM SHEEP
Results Of Experiments Con-
Quoted by Illinois Station in
Feeding Ewes and Lambs.

The Illinois experiment station re-
Gently published the results of expert
ments conducted to show the most eco
nomical methods of raising lambs and
maintaining breeding ewes. Sixty
lambs dropped in March, 1915, when
weighed July 16 averaged 67.6 pounds
a head. On the basis of current mar
ket values on July 8 this lot of lambs
was worth $4,000. These so lambs
were raised by 48 ewes. The average
cost eve and her lambs for feed and
pasture from March 81 to July 16 was
S2.52. The same ewes were fed for
the entire period of pregnancy GAG
days. preceding the birth of their 1914
lambs at an average cost of rs cents
a head. This gives the cost of eve
and her lamb as 1928 for .255 days,
during which time the lamb is made
ready for market. The value of the
ewes fleece would more than Offset
the cost of her pasturage during the
remaining 10 days from July 16 to
November 3.
Another interesting and valuable
suggestion from this experiment is
found in the fact that 20 lambs raised
with their mothers upon forage crops
weighed eight pounds a head more
than those raised upon bluegrass pas
ture (grain was fed in each case) and
were sold at higher price pound,
bringing s1.55 a head more than the
bluegrass lambs. The difference in
cost of raising was slightly in favor of
the forage lot, while the ewes from
that lot had market value, when the
lambs were weaned, of $3.50 a head
more than those kept on bluegrass.
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iot appear TO recall any such charac

not appear TO recall any such charac-
| ter.
I'VE have only been in this region a
few months" he said, in explanation
land / don't remember any such chap
He is none of Ramsay's scouts. What
do you say, Snow?"
only man like that I've heard Of
sir. Is old Ned Cowan, and it amt
likely he's left the mountains to go
into old Jacks camp"
Fox laughed. as though the idea
amused him.
Hardly. Cowan rs too well known
to take the risk. Either side would
hang the hound on sight Well, let's
ride along into Hot Springs You'll
come with US, lieutenant"
There was no excuse left me, no rea-
son that l could urge for riding on
alone westward. Indeed, before
could clearly collect my thoughts, |
was in the midst of the horsemen.
slowly moving east once more over
the dark road. Riding as rapidly as
the darkness made possible. we clat-
tered into the deserted street at Hot
Springs, and Fox cursed vigorously
the negligent guard. The sergeant
knew little of where Major HARDWOOD
had gone, as he had given no orders
and not even intimated the probable
time of his return When last seen he
was riding out the south road accom-
panied only by his servant.
Fox swore again, and ordered the
men into saddle, and we swung out at
sharp trot along the dirt pike.
rode next him. but the captain was in
such rage l kept silent, knowing we'll
the tragic discovery soon to be re-
vealed. The gray dawn began to steal
about US. making objects near at hand
visible, and revealing the tired faces
of the cavalrymen. There was suffi-
cient light to enable us to perceive the
gloomy house in the oak grove, and
the motionless form lying beside the
gate. Fox drew up his horse with
jerk, and leaned forward staring.
my God, men!" he exclaimed,
choking. That's Harwood's niger.
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FARMER is HELPED
BY TIMELY ADVICE
Agricultural Colleges Doing Much
in Working Out Various Ag-
ricuItural Problems.

Not only do the agricultural colleges
endeavor to assist the farmers by edu-
eating the younger generation, but
they are taking advantage of every
opportunity to assist the farmers who
have not had the advantages that their
sons and daughters are permitted to
enjoy.
There are various ways in which
they are doing this; chief among them
being the working out of problems
which arise every day in the farm
routine. While it is not possible for
the college men to give any great
amount of time to any one man, prob
lens confronting community or num-
Der of men are given more time &C
cordingly.
This work is best being done
through the county agents or farm adj
visers in counties where there are
such men; and in communities where
there are none, of course, directly
through the people themselves.
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/ for hundred yards on foot Some
cattle had passed southwark. but
there was a defect in the shoe OF the
animal Taylor rode clearly revealed
in the clay The captain came back.
grim smile on his lips.
THE cuss was no Johnny Reb," he
said shortly. THAT was what ! was
afraid of. but now know what to do.
Well save our horses, men, for this
is going to be long ide-that muir
dering devil is headed for the Green
Briar This is the lower Lewisburg
road" He swung up into saddle.
Green, take three men ahead with
you. and keep half mile In advance
Watch out carefully, for there may b.
graybacks along here. Going with ua.
lieutenant"
About the best thing I can do"
replied readily. my orders were foy
Green Briar and Fayette."
'"All right. then. but they had small
respect for your life when they sent
you in there. From all hear it is like
a menagerie of wild animals broken
loose-good fighting anywhere. Only
trouble will be there is so much al
home there will be no need for the
boys to enlist. However. that's your
affair. not NINE" His eyes surveyed
his men keenly. Loosen carbines!
Forward march! Trot!"
Silently. save for the Jingle of 40
couterments and the tiiud of horses
feet, we rode westward, sunlight 1eck
ing the dusty uniforms The pike
dipped down into hollow and, climb
ing the hill beyond. pleared the fig
ures of the four scouta. Far away
was the haze of the MOUNTAINS
tTO BE CONTINUED
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Turn the body over, Green-ah! the
poor devil was knitted. Here, half
| dozen of you. unsling carbines and
| follow me-there's been dirty work
done. Sergeant, don't let your men
destroy those footprints in the road.
Lively now, lads!"
/ advanced with them up the drive
way, fearful that if l held back it
might later be commented upon The
front door refused admittance, but we
entered from the rear. Everything
within was exactly as / had left it.
and in the parlor, still dark because
of closed blinds, lay the lifeless body
Of HARDWOOD. Fox fell upon his knees
beside the motionless form, ordering
the windows thrown open. his hands
touching the lifeless flesh.
Dead for hours" he exclaimed in a
tone of horror turning his gaze upon
me. Struck from behind-see. Ray
nond What in Gods name can this
mean?"
He began searching the pockets.
mot robbery-for here is money,
and watch But the papers are gone.
every scrap of them" He looked about
at the men The major had his pa
pers with him. did he not Chambers?"
yes. sir" and the young, boyish
soldier addressed Strengthened up Il
was with him when he put on citi-
zen's clothes and he slipped a big bun
packet into his pocket"
Fox's bewildered glance met mine.
do you know what that packet
contained. captain?" | questioned
II do not know. Harwood expected |
to meet Taylor here at Hot Springs. |
but | think there were others to be
here also. The major kept his own
counsel, but something ! overheard
caused me to believe his engagement
with Taylor was of more private ma
ture. Chambers was his clerk. per
haps he knows"
The lad shook his head. his eyes on
the dead man.
I'm certain those papers were not
meant for him. sir" he answered
slowly They were to be given to q
,cout named Daley. 1t was some other
business that brought the major here
III alone-but he never told me-"
There was nothing further to be
and Fox realized the ne
essity of haste. His orders were
'rompt Four men were detailed to
Jury the body and then rejoin the
olumn as soon as possible The !
theirs, we're marched back to the gate. ,
nd remounted.
1t was an hour later when we came
to the fork the south branch
sading over long clay hill. the vest (
long = rocky ridge Fox sprang to r
10 ground and followed the faint
rinfs Of the horse We were pursuing e
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1916-01-14
Bird Wears Artificial Leo.

Strutting on the fss N of John r
Lott, near Freehold N j., is the only
wild bird in the country that has ar
artificial leg. This handsome cocA
pheasant owes its life to the skill o.
DR.. August R. White. \ dentist
The pheasant. With one leg broken
OF Just above the foot, and apparently
injured in a battle with cats, was
found on the farm several weeks age
and was taken to the Lott home.
Doctor White. sportsman. heard
Of the bird and made an artificial
brass leg. which he fixed to the in
jured stump with silver wires. After
the pheasant had worn its new leg 4
week. the wires broke Then Doctor
White fashioned another leg to At
snugly about the remnant OF broken
bone. and this time procured a sup
port HpoD which the bird could walk
with apparent ease
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product than where he is dissipating
his energies on a dozen or more va
rieties.
The potato siowers of some of our
middle West states, particularly those
of Wisconsin, are being strongly urged
by their potato specialists and state
associations to adopt the community
plan of growing potatoes of one, or,
at the most, two varieties. In this
way the buyer can be assured of Sc
curing uniform stock, in carload lots,
of Green Mountain. Rural New Yorker
or other classes of potatoes.
The movement must come from the
grower through combining his efforts
to a few varieties, preferably not
more than one or two. These should
be selected intelligently, with refer
ence to soil and climatic conditions
For example, the Green Mountain
group is particularly we'll adapted to
the cooler and moister sections of
the United States. The Rural New
Yorker, while succeeding under SINH
lar conditions, is also able to produce
satisfactory crops where air and soil
temperatures are higher and where
the summer precipitation is scant,
provided moisture is abundant in Sep
TENDER and October. The Irish Cob
bier group, consisting of early varie- |
ties, is at its best in the North, but |
also produces well when planted as
an early truck crop in the South.
The size of the seedsmen's lists is
very largely II not entirely governed
by the grower, and the remedy lies
wholly with him.
The efforts of the potato grower.
dealer and scotsman should be d.
'ected ~ follows
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1. Reduce the variety list to few
standard commercial varieties.
2. Standardize these by careful Sc
lection and culture.
3. Adopt the community plan of
growing but one or two varieties and
advertise this fact to the public.
4. Demand higher grade seed po-
tato from your seed grower or dealer,
but in so doing be willing to pay a
correspondingly better price for it.
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alep[D MIST
"a IALF OF CIVIL STRIFE Y.
5ArRANDAIL PARRISH "
ILLUSTRATIONS zl!;:';!;E 38j-cppHoDES J
'-1[c/1eCZlFE
SYNOPSIS.

Confederate Sergeant Wyatt of the
otaunton artillery is sent as spy to his
native county on the Green Briar by Cen
eral Jackson. Wyatt meets a mountaineer
named Jem Taylor. They ride together to
Q house beyond Hot Springs. In the house
Wyatt and Taylor meet Major Harwood,
father of Noreen and an old neighbor of
Wyatt. who is sent to bed while the two
other men talk. Wyatt becomes suspi-
eious, and finds that Taylor has murdered
HARDWOOD and ESCAPED
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Water and Horsef7esh.

Horses that are watered regularly
fatten more easily. In an effort to
put flesh upon an animal the water
is as big factor ~ the grain. Horses
can be taught to take water before
their morning meal, even In cold
weather, and q light drink seems =
be worth . great deal to thAm-
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Give the Hens Lime.

The need of lime in the laying and
breeding stock ration is very import
ant. In one dozen ordinary sized eggs
there are nearly four ounces of lime.
This element is best supplied by Civ
ing cracked oyster shell in hoppers.
Skim milk also provides life to GER
tain extent in palatable form, and al
falfa and clover are satisfactory
sources of supplying lime.
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No Record Desired.

THE course you are pursuing" said
the idealist. win not cause you to b.
rememb ered by posterity'
Thanks" replied the political boss
Il vas afraid II mjxht."
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DoSnties for Summer Wear

Artificial flowers are tied to the
sashes and appliqued to the draped
girdles of the latest summer dresses.
A plain linen frock for small tot
is fittingly trimmed, if edged all
around, Including the bottom of the
skirt, with large scallops of hand en-
broidery, .
A veritable boon for short-waisted
figures are THO Russian blouse dresses,
al in one from neck to hip and made
of soft Georgette crepe, chiffon cloth
or crepe de chine. -... -..
There are collars made of striped
cottons to wear with sport blouses.
These are usually accompanied by a
scarf of the shade Of the predominant
ing color note in the collar.
Collars of plain tone are also worn
with such blouses; pink in little
deeper shade than flesh, yellow and
the deeper tan shades are legion and
there are also collars in various
shades of blue and green.
Many sheer and dainty collars are
made of chiffon. A large collar OF
white chiffon shown among the cuts
is made in flat, sailor effect, and ex-
tends over the shoulders. Large re-
vers are Joined to the flat sailor COL
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-15
The Wife Who "Nags"

ceives her husbands faults, but tells
him Of them, finds herself forsaken.
He has gone off after some other
lady with less clarity Of vision and
more discretion Of tongue.
No man was ever made any bet
ter or turned from the error Of his
ways by nagging, but millions of men
are driven from home into clubs and
saloons by the certainty that the min
ute they cross their own thresholds
or settle down by their own fire,
sides, their wives will begin for the
billionth time to thresh over some old
grievance.
A wise woman never tells her hus-
band of his faults at all, but the I'M
wise woman, who lacks the self-con-
troll to maintain complete silence,
should, at least, have enough COM
mon sense to mention weakness but
once. Let such woman stand up
and have a fight to the finish, and
then let the matter rest without for
ever plaguing him by harping upon
the same unpleasant theme.
So shall her husband rise up and
call her blessed, for there is nothing
that man will not do for the wife
who can let bygones be bygones and
grant him the right to have a few
pet faults without forever trying to
reform him.
The pathetic thing about nagginE
is its utter uselessness. A woman
jeopardizes her husbands love, she
makes him perfectly miserable, and
all for nothing. In proof of this re-
gard the experience Of the women
you see all about you who have
fused for forty odd years about their
husbands smoking or mussing the
sofa cushions or tracking mud into
the house, without ever being able to
cut out single pipe or drink or teach
man to wipe his feet on the door
mat. " -,
The nagging wife accomplishes
nothing. But she leaves mighty
reconoiled widower behind her when
Sle dies.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-15
By DOROTHY DIX.

There is one passage in the Scrip
lures in which no woman, not even
the most devout, believes. 1t is the
declaration that we are not heard
for much speaking.
The feminine idea is the exact re-
verse of this. Women cherish an
abiding faith in the efficacy of words,
and nothing ever alters their con-
viction that the way to work miracles
and move mountains is to talk
enough about them. ..
Hence the nagger, and the fact that,
so far from regarding nagging as a
crime that ought to be punishable
by solitary confinement in q dungeon
cell, women actually accounted unto
themselves for righteousness.
Never do the angelic creatures feel
so sure that they are doing their full
duty, especially to their husbands,
as when they are harping for the
millionth time upon some subject that
is as sore as a boil and that is max
ing their listeners hate them.
Every woman knwos the danger Of
nagging, and that she nags her hus-
band at the risk of her marriage hap
piness, and yet the one who didn't do
it--who wasn't always Sally on the
lecture platform, reminding her hus-
band of his faults-would consider
herself a pretty poor, slack sort Of
a wife. -.
Why women nag no one knows.
Probably they do it because they
like the excitement it affords. 1t
gives them some of the fearful joy
we, all feel in stirring up the man
eating animals at a circus to hear
them roar. =
Certainly no wife of experience de-
ludes herself with the belief that her
continuous performance monologue
has any beneficial effect upon her
husband. On the contrary, she knows
that the direct result of forever re-
minding man of his shortcomings
is to make him get his back up and
cling to his weaknesses. .- =.
Now, nagging is not the innocent
pastime that women seem to think
it is. 1t is crime that is the run
ming mate with drunkenness and in.
fidelity. and itNshares equally with
them in the divorce prize. -.
If the majority of men who have
become neglectful Of their wives were
asked when loves young dream first
began to FRAGILE out around the edges,
and when they first commenced to
dread to go home instead of ycarning
to go, they would say that the time
conceded to the minute with the hour
in which they first realized that their
wives could not. mention a mistake
they had made and let it go at that
but insisted on rehashing the same
fault for breakfast, dinner and supper
A great part Of the glamour Of love
and romance lies in the fact that a
man believes himself to be a hero
in a woman's eyes, and wife de-
stroys this illusion at her peril. Such
is human vanity that none of US,
not even husbands, enjoy listening
to an account of the things we have
done that we should not have done,
and the things we have left undone
that we should have done.
Still less do we enjoy the society
OF the individual who points out our
plumbers to vs., and this is the reason
why many a wife>who not only per-
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lar at the shoulder and fall in folds
down the front, reaching almost to
the waist line. The edges of the white
chiffon collar are trimmed with a
two-inch band of pale rose chiffon.
Drop-stitch stockings are the new
craze, The drop-stitching is arranged
in even rows or in groups up the front
Of the leg from the instep, and is we'll
displayed by low pump or dancing
slipper. These stockings are rather
expensive and are the very latest nov
city in stockingdom. They come in
various evening shades and in black,
white and navy blue as well. The
drop-stitch pattern extended far
enough up the front to show an inch
or two above the top of a tall but
toned boot of glazed kid, or Of white
washable kid and these new drop
stitch stockings are very muck the
fad~<
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-15
Advice to Lovelorm
! BIZ Beatrice Foirfar
How Can He Be Happy With You

HOW Can ne DO HAPPY With Tour
Dear Miss Fairfax: am a stenoRra phss
earning SIS week and really extfayavanl
am very fond Of young mar OF NV
own age-26-who Is earning S22 n week
and who has two more years to complete
his studies at law school. He has asked
me to become his wife, and, while I know
that can never honestly love a man who
q not better situated financially. 4 have
given him my promise to consider myself
aged, and he contemplates marriage with
me soon. "
Do you think II wise for ne I, marry this
young man, who, while he 10 very poor md
think. promising future7 Do yop think
could be happy with this man on bis
small wage?. ROSE
Since your idea Of honest love" seems
to be exactly the opposite Of the accepted
standard Of fine feeling. I think the man
who wins you 10 going to be decidedly ,b.
loser, Don't marry because you feel that /,
you give UP this man you may be sacrif,c.
ing your last chance. That 10 what I su,s
pect As the real reason for your sccsptanc.
Of him. As long a. money Is the main
theme Of your calculations and you pr,d.
yourself on your extravagance. cont do
any mar tas injustice Of becoming his wife.
You are not going to prove . wife in The
real sense--of beiiis helpmats-until ycur
point Of view changes and money ceases
being all-important TO yo1.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-15
Graduation Gifts

The memory bracelet is a popular
gift for the girl graduate The mono
grained memory bracelet is fashioned
of links, each link bearing the giver's
monogram, and these are strung on
narrow black velvet ribbon and tied
around the wrist.
Watches with fobs or rlns-often
emblematic of the school, class or
college-are in the front rank as the
most desirable gift There is such
a wide variety of styles in these that
they would make chapter in them
selves,
J Weekend and toilet sets are on the
girls list, and ever so many things
for outdoor pleasure and use, includ.
ing field glasses, on the boys. -
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anced against the annoyance and dis
comfort which they cause to the COM
munity at large.
1t would be a very moderate esti-
mate that under metropolitan condi-
tons for every person who receives
pleasure from toy dogs at least
twenty are annoyed and inconven-
ieced by their yapping and yowling,
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their doggy smells and hair dropping
habits, their swapping and snarling
and biting at everything that comes
within tlHir reach, and their abomin-
able dehlement OF pavements, park
ings and open spaces Of every sort,
the only spots where mothers and
nursemaids can sit and children play
in the city.