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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-17
CLEAN FEED FOR HOGS
Waste From Kitchen and Dairy
May Be Fed to Swine.
Compost Heap Is Most Profitable Place
for All Refuse If 1t Is Getting Bad
ly Deeayed or Fermented-
Animals Are Clean.

During all the cool season of the
year, the waste of clean nature from
the kitchen, cellar and dairy depart
ments Of the home may be fed to the
hogs, large and small. But in warm
weather, one must be very careful not
to allow the waste or garbage to accu-
mulate so as to set up fermentation.
says a writer in an exchange. That
is to say, Danish from the back prem
ises any receptacle into which all
waste can be dumped and be allowed
to sour, ferment or start to decay.
All the pure and clean refuse can be
fed to the hogs daily, but omit to mix
with this class of feed any of the soapy
dishwater, the suds from the family
washing, and any fluid in which is in
eOrporated any excess of salt, bleach
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-17
MUST HAVE AIR-TIGHT WALL
Necessary to Keep slIaoe In Proper
condtIon-Tar Paper lie Used
by Some Owners.

To prevent the air from reaching
the silage oil silos must have alright
walls. These must be rigid enough
not to be sprung out of shape by the
pressure Of the silage, permitting air
to enter next to the wall.
Not only the walls but the doors
also must be perfectly alright. To
accomplish this they should be well
fitted and the joints made more per-
feet by felt pads or gaskets.
1t is good practice where the silo
door is set against a shoulder, to place
clay, worked to the consistency Of
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-17
NATIVE GRASSES FOR FARMS
Trials Made at North Dakota Station
Show Wild Rye and Slender Wheat
Are Promising.

Trials have been made on the North
Dakots experiment station farm with
a number Of the native grasses with
the intent Of learning their value for
the farm. Some were from Mani
toba.
Wild rye and slender wheat grass
were the only two that gave any prom
lse and these we're not as good as
bronze grass. The slender wheat grass
Is being used q good deal Il can be
pastured and makes = good hay when
cut early. When TOO mature It be-
Genes woody.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-17
VALUE OF CORN AND sILAGE
Net Profit Of From $50 to 500 for an
Acre Obtained BY Many Ex-
perienced paIryHen.

Corn .hst will make 90 bushels Of corn
to the acre win. as a rule. make u
tons of silage which win contain about
seven pounds Of shelled corn in every
100 pounds Of siIage. SIlage can be
produced and put In the silo for about
s1.T5 a ton. An acre Of 60-bvsheI corn
costs the farmer. in the silo. about so.
This includes rent for his land. and MI
labor in growing and putting up the
crop. Many experienced dairymen as
sert that they market their silage via
the milk route fer from 80 to $40 per
tom This makes q net profit OF from
so to 500 for an acre Of COED sIlags
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-17
GOOD REMEDY FOR RINGWoRM
University Farm Expert Recommends
Iodine and Acetle Acid Treat
ment-caused by Parasites.
(By N. H. REYNOLDS, Veterinarian
University Farm. ST. Paul.)

By N. H. REYNOLDS, Veterinarian
University Farm. st. Paul)
Ringworm appears most commonly
In cattle as a round, slightly raised,
bald patch, being seen especially about
the head and neck of calf or year
ling. Older cattle, other animals and
men are subject to the trouble. 1t is
caused by minute vegetable parasites
which grow under the skin. something
like mildew In grape leaf.
Ringworm can be rather easily
cured by giving the spots good scrub
bling with soft soap and water, then
treating them once each day with
equal parts Of tincture Of iodine and
glacial acetic acid. The treatment
may be continued for several days, as
appears necessary.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-17

age, without any grain at all, while
the steers of lot 4 were grazed on q
pasture of orchard grass. red top, blue
grass. with q little alsike and red clo-
yer mixed in, and were fed a dry rough
age when the snow was so deep tha'
the steers could not get grass. The
pasture was on the side OF mountain
which had been planted to grass and
allowed to grow up during the sum-
mer without grazing. The 10 head were
grazed on "a acres, or considerably less
pasture than would have been neces-
sary for summer grazing. Lot ] lost
"a pounds per head, lots and y lost
Al and 40 pounds. respectively. during
the winter, while lot 4 actually gained
% pounds per head on pasture.
Lot /. which was wintered as most
cattle are In western North Carolina
was wintered at cost OF S12.14 per
head. which was more expensive than
any OF the other methods used. BY using
sllage. the winterIng was reduced In
cost TO 81 head. while the steers OF lot
4 which gained in weight, cost but $3.50
per head to winter. This method Is
the most satisfactory and economical
method of wintering cattle which has
been found for the Appalachian region,
and Il should be given wide publicity
In West Virginia three lots Of year
ling steers and three lots Of cows were
used In the wintering experiments. A
pouular method Of wintering steers on
farms where there are no sllos Is to
feed them on mixed hay and straw
or on hay and shock corn. Lot ) In
each group was fed In this manner.
On farms having silos the steers
are usually fed on silage and dry
roughage, being given little or no
grain. Lot ! was wintered in this way.
The steers Of lot 2 were fed 70
pounds Of silage. 8 pounds Of straw,
and were given In addition pound
of cottonseed meal per head per day.
Lot l neither gained nor lost weight.
lot 2 gained 80 pounds per head. while
the steers of lot 3 lost ! pounds each.
and cost the most to winter. Again.
the prevailing method Of wintering
the steers was the least economical.
The steers wintered on siiage and dry
roughage dot u cost s2s2 less to win
Ter per head than the steers Of lot 3
receiving hay and straw.
The use Of cotfonseed meal as sup
elementary ration was most satisfnc-
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-17

putty, into the joint. The clay is placed
on the bearing surface and the door
placed over II, and when the pressure
OF the silage comes against the door
an alright joint is obtained.
Tar paper is successfully. used by
sonfoSs ilo owners, either in strips to
cover the cracks around the doors or
in widths sufficient to cover the entire
door and lap few inches on the sIlo
walls.
Not only should the wills be tight
and rigid, but they should also be per-
fectly smooth on the inside to permit
the silage to settle without forming air
pockets, which cause a certain amount
Of the adjoining silage TO rot
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-17
FALL FLOWING FOR cUTwoRM
That and Thorough Cultivation Are
Most Practical Methods Of Rid
ding Fields Of Pests.

FAN blowing and thorough cultiva.
ton are the most practical methods OF
fighting cutworms in the fields. In
gardens a poisoned bait, made of bran
mash, sweetened with cheap sugar or
molasses mixed with, paris green and
containing the Juice Of lemon OF
orange has given good results. This
should not be put nearer than eight
inches TO plants, for In case Of rair
the poison win lnjure the roots.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-17
WEIGHT OF CRIMSON CLOVER
seed Should Weigh 90 Pounds Pei
6ushel, According 70 Clemson
Experiment Station.

Cleaned crimson clover seed weighs
90 pounds per bushel. Careful weights
and calculations recently made By the
experiment station indicate that l0c
pounds Of seed In the hull are equlva.
lent In weight TO a bushei. or O.
pounds. Of cleaned seed; OF. that ans
weight Of seed In the huh viii give s.
per cent OF that weight in cleanst
seed.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-17

superior quality be looked for from n
herd Of ordinary breeding and inferior
type.
Sell as young as possible for beef,
but, above all. finish well. The finished
cattle are the ones that top the mar
ket.
Good bulls are scarce. Don't part
too quickly with the tested sire. Sc
lect the bull Of good beef type with n
good, strong. masculine head, good
back, loin, and deep ribs. Strong. Wig
orous. masculine bulls with the proper
conformation are the kind that are
necessary to sire the right kind Of
calves.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-17
KEEP GARDEN SOIL FERTILE
Without Good Fertility Farmer Cannot
Hope to Realize High Profits
Take Care OF Manure.

A primary consideration In every
gardening project is to make and keep
the soil as fertile as possible. With
out high fertility we cannot hope to
realize high profits.
Use lime occasionally 50 that the
clovers win thrive. See that an ample
supply Of phosphorus Is furnished all
crops. Grow green manurial crops as
much as possible.
Take care Of the stable manure pro-
duced on your own place and use It
where 1t win do the most good. Buy
stable manure when the price Is right
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-17
FACTORS IN RAISING CATTLE.
Finished Animals Are the Ones That
Top the Market--Hold on to
Sire Of Right Kind.

(By w. L. BLIZZARD. Department Of
Animal Husbandry, Oklahoma A. and
M. College.)
Scrub cattle carried over the winter
may mean money wasted. They had
better be finished for the block at once.
The great shortage Of beef warrants
you in raising all the good calves. Ear
ly maturity in feeders is invaluable. 1t
is only secured by raising them from
good quality, early maturing stock. A
stream cannot, of itself, rise higher
than its source; neither can cattle OF
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-17
sEEF ON HlGH-PRIcED LAND
Big Increase In Yield Of Corn Noted
In Kansas Where Attention 10
Given to Cattle.

investigations IN the state Of Kan
sas. according to W. A. Coehel Of the
Kansas Agricultural college. show that
the average acre Of that state pro-
duces 81 to 80 bushels OF corn. while
the average acre on cattle farms pro-
duces between IS and 60 bushels.
They also show that the average
value Of the farm land Of the state II
SEQ compared with the average value
Of the beef cattle farms q 500 an
acre.
Apparently II Is not 20 much a1es-
don Of whether one can afford to raise
beef on high-priced land As whether
one cannot afford 70 raise It
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-17
NECESSITIES FOR HEN HOUSE
To Keep Away vermIn Of All Kinds
and Ward on Diseases, Spray
Materials Are Essential.

Spray materials and a cheap spray
pump are a necessity. Lice, mites,
'fieas. ticks, harvest mites and other
insects must not be allowed to get
the benefits Of your labor and time,
Disinfectants should be kept on hand
to use occasionally.
Fowl cholera, white dlarrhoea, roup.
blackhead, sorehead and other diseases
may pounce down on'your flock at any
moment. Preparedness Is necessary.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-17
W. F. WARD,

w. F. WARD,
Senior Animal Husbandman, Beef
Cattle Investigations.
How to winter his beef cattle eco
nomically Is often a serious problem
with the farmer. The economy Of
wintering the stock often affects very
seriously the profits to be made upon
them. In order to determine what
methods are more economical than
others, the department, in cooperation
with state agricultural colleges, has
been conducting experiments for sew
eral years, testing out common meth
DDS along with others which give prom
Use Of being both satisfactory and
economical. The summary of the ex-
periments of. 1876 In carrying beef
cattle through the winter are given
In the accompanying table.
In North Carolina four lots Of steers
were used in the experiment, which
lasted 100 days. The results of three
years experiments In North Carolina
will be published at the end of the
present year. The common method OF
wintering steers in western North Car
olina is to give them light ration
Of dry roughage, usually composed Of
corn stover, hay and straw, supple
mented with little corn. Lot / Of
the experiment was fed In this manner
to test the efficiency and economy of
this practice. Lots 2 and 3 were fed
a light ration Of corn sllage rs
pounds per head daily and given in
addition 9 pounds each of dry rough
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-17
USE Low WAGON FOR sILAGE
Although Draft Is one.ThIrd Greater
Than HIeh-WheeIed Vehicle, Labor
Saved Counts Most

A wagon with low wheels for use In
the harvesting Of corn for silage is
recommended By H. c. Ramsower Of
the Ohio College Of Agriculture. Al
though the draft "a approximately one
third greater than that Of q higher
wheeled wagon the saving Of man labor
Is Of greater importance. Aside from
It's use IN the handling Of silage It en-
be ~ great advantage for many other
farm operations.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-17

by studying these results closely and
substituting ration of silage and cot.
tonseed meal for wintering the breed.
Ing herd a-d stocker steers. in place of
the common ration made up of mixed
hay and shock corn or ear corn.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-11-17

tory. These steers were wintered
cheapest. but still made the largest
gains. Their gain in weight does not
really show what a difference there
was In the steers at the end Of the
winter. The cottonseed meal steers
were in as good condition as when
they entered the feed lot In the fall,
and their coats were glossy, while
those of the others were dead and lus-
terless.
Cottonseed meal should be far more
generally used in wintering stockers,
as 1t always proves profitable for this
when fed in limited amounts.
The breeding cows of all three lots
came through the winter in good flesh,
and all the calves born were thrifty.
Again combination Of silage and cot
tonseed meal proved the most salts
factory and economical ration. 1t cost
but SLIT to winter each cow of this
lot, as compared with $1S.2S per head
for the cows Of lot 3, after a pork
credit of $1.34 was deducted.
The cows fed on silage and cotton
seed meal were by far in the best con-
dltion and were giving more milk for
their calves than the cows of the other
lots. Lot 8 stood second, and lot 1
third. The cost Of wlntering lot 3,
however, was far greater than that
for either of the other two lots, and
was the least desirable way of win
tering the cows. The farmers Of West
Virginia and neighboring states can
save great deal Of money each year
( cattle In North Carolina and West vir-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-03-03
BILLS PROVIDING INCREASES IN
THE ARMY and NAVY
TOBE THE GREATEST EVER
EXPENDITURES and ADDITIONS New
Err BEFORE DREAMED OF IN
TIMES OF PEACE

Washington, D. O., March 3.-The
new campaign for national prepared
ness will enter new phase in congress
next week when it is expected bills
providing for increasing the army and
navy to an extent never before con.
templated in time of peace will be
introduced In the house and senate.
The house military committee TO-
morrow will begin it's final review of
the measure tentatively agreed upon
and which, it is stated, will be altered
only in minor details before being fa.
vorably reported.
The senate committee has agreed to
insert only general provision for the
liberalization of the national guard in
the regular army reorganization meas
use. leaving the task Of shaping the
final bill to joint confe renee ccm.
mittee.
Rear Admiral Knight continued to
rsiterare before the house naval com.
mittee mis- recommendations that every
facility be employed to hasten the cor.
struction of fleet equal to those OF
any two nations, Great Britain OK.
Oepted.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-03-03
nIGHLEY FOR COMMISSIONER
Has Announced His Candidacy for the Office
of Commissioner From This District

Has Announced His Candidacy for the Office
of Commissioner From This District
l.. e. Hiehley, proprietor Of the
Highley Drug Stores in this city, has
announced himself as a candidate for
the office of county commissioner from
the third district on the republican
ticket. Larry is one of the heaviest
tax payers in this district and q capa-
BILE business man. He will make good
man for the place and will at all times
look after the interests of this district
as he has done in the past as our rep
resentative from this county to the
state legislature few years ago
He has the endorsement of big ma.
jority of the people of the city who
have urged him to become candidate
aud all who are acquainted with him
know that he will be one of the hard
est men to beat at the primaries and
the fall election.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-03-03

more than $40 was the average. The
factory produced more than seventy
one million pounds of standard granu-
lated sugar. If each sack of sugar is
thirty inches long. little elementary
figuring shows that the sacks would
form one unbroken line of 336 miles if
placed end to end, or starting over the
North Dakota line this "sweet path"
would extend across South Dakota be-
yond Omaha. Some sugar produced on
an irrigation project with conditions
not so favorable rs on the Angostura
Thissis only part Of what was produced
on our neighboring project last year.
Possibly the total income from other
crops will run into the millions.
Imagine what two to five million dol
les of new wealth turned loose into
the channels of trade in the Angostura
territory would meant Is the game
worth the price? Then get busy and
be booster, in word and deed. Now
is when we need your checks.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-03-03

manner and would give the same caro-
full attention to the work that has
characterizen him In his own office.
He has been resident of this city
for the past eight years and during
that time has been connected with the
Commercial Club as one of its pres
idents and at the present time its Sec
retsry and also one Of the members of
the Association of Commercial Club
Secretaries Of the Black Hills.
He Is very much interested in road
work and was one of the men who
plated the road from here to Winner
last year. Before coming here he was
county auditor of Bremen county, Iowa.
aud is thoroughly converssnt with the
clerical end Of the county business.
He will without doubt have no oppo-
sition on the democratic ticket ct the
primaries and II elected this fall will
make an ideal man for the office.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-03-03

urn Is incorporated with ample capital
aud resources to start an aggressive and
progressive campaign for business in
this territory aud the men behind the
concern are good live fellows.
Loren j. Bingham ia a native of
this county being one of the large land
holders on the Horsehead Valley. He
Is graduate Of the Lincoln Business
College and is we'll and favorably
known to newcomers and old timers
alike. With his mother he will move
to this city within short time.
Ralph Williams, the other member
OF the firm. is South Dakotan by
birth and resided greater portion of
his life near Yankton. He has been
identified for number Of years in
the machinery business with his father,
b. 5. Willims. in fact for the past
twenty years. He was travelling sales-
man for several years and called on
;he trade in the eastern part of this
state. he moved to this county in 1911
and took up homestead near Oelrich
which place has since been his home.
With his family he moved to this city
last week and they are now located in
the r b. Tully home on College Hill.
We bespeak for this firm success in
their new venture
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-03-03
ENTERTAINED AT MIGnLEY'S
The Shakespeare Club Celebrates its Twenty
Third Birthday

iHe shakespeare SluO IeleDrateS us twenty
Third Birthday
Monday evening thirty ladies and
gentlemen gathered around the table
in thu residence of Il. u. Highley.
They we're engaged in the pleasant task
of "interior decorating" the material
used being oyster cocktail. turkey,
salad, ices, etc. The occasion was the
birthday party of the SHAKESPEARE Club.
Twenty three years ago Mrs. A. b.
Connor, then a newcomer in Hot
Springs, missing the literary club Of
her home town, invited few ladies to
her house-snd the SHAKESPEARE Club
spranR into existance It was there
fore fitting that she, the "mother Of
the Club" should deliver an address of
welcome to the assembled guests. This
she did in her usual graceful manner.
X. b. Adams responded to the toast,
The Club Womsn's Husband" The
pathos Of the picture he drew was GAL
culated to wiring the hardest heart.
Mrs. Southland spoke on "Shakespeare's
Women" Her argument was that,
judging from the testimony of the
plays. the great poet has pronounced
the verdict perfectly nice" upon
womankind.
L. II. Hedrick following, responded
to the toast, "Womsn." He took ex-
ception to some Of Mrs. Southard's g
conclusions; however, be was disposed
to "temper justice with mercy" and
closed his remarks by declaring that
though woman is the couundrum of
the age, she shall never be "given ap.'
Mrs. Jennings was toast mistress of
the occasion. At the conclusion of
Mr.. Hedrick's talk. she convulsed the
table with her witty observations on
"Man"
Mesdames Spencer, Hedrick and F.
l.. HummeI entertained the company
with brilliant instrumental music,
Oharades followed.
Those present we're: Mr.. and Mrs.
E. B. Adams, Mrs. Helsn Brelsford,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Connor, Mr.. and
and Mrs. Robert Connor, Mr.. and Mrs
l.. II. Hedrick, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. E
Highley, Mrs. F. l.. Hummel, Mrs E
s. AIMEE, DIR. and Mrs. Z D. Jennings
Mr.. and Mrs. Q. T. @. Lollich and
sister, Mrs. Guthrie. Mr.. and Mrs. e
| P. DeMoulin, DR.. and Mrs. w. j. Nc
Roberts. Mr.. and Mrs F. G.. Os-
motherly, Mrs. Southland, Robert W
Soutbard. Mrs. ]. {. Spencer. Mr.. ant
Mrs. Wattles, e. r Juckett, Miss Ner,
McRoberts and Miss Sue Osmotherly
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1916-03-03
CATHOLIC LADIES ENTERTAINED
Mrs. w. N. Hunter Hostess to Catholic Ladies
Tuesday Afternoon

Tie hosne of Mrs. w. N. hunter
was the scene of a very enjoyable gath.
ering Tuesday afternoon when she en-
tertained the ladies of the Altar So
ciety and members of the st..
Anthony's Catholic church to the
number of about sixty.
The home was beautifully decorated
with yellow flowers in the dining room
and a profusion of red carnations in
the other rooms of the house. The
souvenirs were white daisies.
The guests arrived at 200 and were
entertained during the afternoon with
fine musical program, after which an
elaborate luncheon was served. De-
parting at five O'Clock the ladies voted
Mrs. Hunter an ideal hostess and u
royal entertainer.