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Semi-weekly herald., 1916-04-27

Miss Lucy McCulloch returned
from Silverton this morning where
she visited the Mesdames Clark and
Qunstrom. Miss McCulloch plans to
leave for Phoenix, Arizona, in few
days, where she probably will enter
hospital and engage in nursing
again.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-04-27

Woodriver, Idaho, Times.-it will
not be surprising if Mr.. Wilson, with
in the next few months, decides to
return to the study of history, rather
than become candidate for reelec-
ton.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-04-27

Colville, Wash Statesman-Index.
In the Democratic orchard of fol-
ly and fallacy, the fruit never ma
lures. The people who try to harvest
crop always get stung by the hor-
nets of free trade.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-04-27

Charles Fleck Wilmer is very
sick child again. 1t seems the little
fellow scarcely recovers from one i'll
ness before he is stricken with an
other.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-04-27

Mrs. William Phelan and Mrs.
Stevens were motor visitors in Farm
ington yesterday. The trip was made
in the Phelan car with Mr.. Hamilton
as chauffeur. The journey was for
the purpose of seeing Mr.. and Mrs.
James Clark of Cortez part way on
their initial auto trip of length and
portion of the distance Mrs. Phe-
Ian drove the Clark car.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-04-27

Jim Brown Goes to Grand Junction.
The travelling public will be very
much interested to know that Jim
Brown, who for years served as tick
ct agent in the local station has been
appointed ticket agent in the Grand
june tion depot, the best position he
has ever held with the d. & R. G.
He is very competent and worthy Of
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-04-27

Frank Bell, of Harrisburg. Pa, a
member of the Board of Lectureship
of the Christian Science church, who
delivered a very interesting address
here yesterday, departed this morn
ing for Monte Vista, where he will
lecture before he departs for the Pa
cific coast. He is accompanied by his
wife, very interesting little woman
who delighted all who had the pleas
ure of meeting her.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-04-27

Miss Rachael Tingle, an attractive
Denver girl who recently graduated
from Minnequa hospital, was at the
Savoy last night on her way to Cor
tez to take charge of a case. She
is an old time friend of Miss Mable
Johnson of Lightner creek, and the
two visited together during her be-
tween trains wait.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-04-27

Durango friends are extending
cordial welcome to Phil Parkinson
who arrived from Montrose Satur
day evening, on Western Colorad
Power company business.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-04-27

According to the Bayfield, Blade
physicians in that town are complain
ing of the present "distressingly'
good health of the people in the com
munity.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-04-27
activities of smelter Band.

Hctiviiies OF SmeIter Band.
About two weeks hence the Smelter
band boys expect to make their ap-
pearance in the handsome new uni
forms they have just ordered. Two
fine new instruments, trombone and
clarinet have just been added to the
organization equipment. The mem
bers are giving great deal of time
to practice and expect to give even
better entertainments than last year.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-04-27

Dir. and Mrs. G. V. Copp of Phoe-
nix, Arizona are guests at the Her.
mosa house, Trimble. DR.. Copp prac-
ticed dentistry in this section for
years. In 1901 he was elected SEN
ator from this district His wife
was formerly Miss Minnie Kraus, a
step-daughter of the late Billy White.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-04-27

Miss Margaret Kroeger, one of tn,
popular teachers in the park school
motored down from the Animas val
ley this morning where she spent th'
Saturday recess with her brother
Fred Kroeger and family.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-11-16

should not be f~attening. but succulent
and somewhat laxative. Roots, kale
or fine clover hay are good winter
green feeds. The hay is not green, but
has the same effect on the digestion.
Clover or alfalfa hay may be fed in
racks where the SOW can help herself
at will. Do not force her to make her
living altogether from this diet, but it
supplements the grain very nicely.
Don't starve the SOW and expect to
get a strong litter Of pigs.
It is best to have the sows separated
from the rest Of the hogs, and II the
old sows fight the younger ones make
q further separation. It doesn't pay to
subject the pregnant SOW to punish
ment. Oftentimes they are found in
the steer feed lot, where they are bunt-
ed around too much. OF course 1t is
best not to shut them up in the far
rowing pen until q few weeks before
They should be In there,
long enough beforehand to
become accustomed to the place. II
you wait until the SOW has picked her
bed or nest, trouble may result. Keep
the SOW we'll fed, well exercised, and in
clean quarters for best results when it
comes to narrowing time.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-11-16

Tue residue after these oils are En-.
tracted shows on analysis Ingredients
that may make It 4 practical cattle
feed similar to linseed cake.
The axed oil IL the most important
by.product Of cherry pits. It has q
golden yellow color and . pleasant
nutlike taste and odor. In character
It is 30 closely related to imported al.
mond oil that It Is believed to POS
sess similar possibilities In the COM
mercial manufacture OF drugs. oils
and SOAP.
II the pits Of all domestic cherries.
now thrown away at canneries. and
the pits extracted nom imported cher
rfes, were processed In this way II IL
estimated that they would yield $780,
600 pounds Of fixed oil. worth In the
neighborhood OF twenty cents q
pound. The best quality of this fixed
oil Is extracted from the kernels In
hydraulic presses. The shells Oh the
pits r first cracked In a mill and the
uncrpshed kernels separated out with
sleeves. The oil is then pressed out
from the meats. In a laboratory ex.
pertinent the kernels yielded 81 per
cent OF fixed oil under a pressure Of
1850 pounds to the square inch. On
a commercial scale, however. with
presses equipped for heating the ker-
nels under pressure. 1t is believed that
so per cent or more can be obtained.
The oil also can be obtained by grind.
ing the pits and extracting by means
Of solvents.
Volatile Oil Second Product.
The volatile oil. the second product.
in the pressed cake liter the
fixed oil has been extracted by pres
sure or by solvents. The volatile oil
is then secured by chemical means
and distillation. In the experiments
tie oil was obtained at the rate of
nearly one pound for every 100 pounds
Of residue treated. 1t is estimated
that 5000 pounds Of this volatile oil
could be obtained II all the cherry
pits handled at canneries could be
used. The value Of this b%y.product.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-11-16

based, On the current prices for the
very similar imported bitter~Asmond
oil. would be In the neighborhood OF
$4,000.
The press cake left after both iixed
and volatile oils have been removed.
IL believed to contain substances
which may make II . desirable stock
food. lts most important constitu-
ents, a. shown by analysis, are tat.
protein. including nitrogen compounds.
and sugar and other carbohydrates.
The protein amounts to so per cent
and In this the cake compares favor
ably with other stock foods. II cherry
kernel meal proves in practice TO be
as good for feed n the laboratory
analysis would indicate. the annual
value of this product would be about
$4,000.
Much Juice 10 Wasted.
The 10000 gallons OF cherry juice
wasted each year in the %canneries, the
experiments show. would. II collected
and treated. produce $1,000 gallons Of
desirable Jelly or a large quantity OF
table strip. pr could be made to fer
ment and produce alcohol. In the ex'
periments a cherry jelly. bright red in
color and with q fruity odor. was
made by concentrating the cherry
Juice with cane sugar In a vacuum.
A small amount Of gelatin was then
added and the mixture allowed to
cool. Other processes in which the
concentrated juice is heated with
pectin or fruits rich in pectin. the
Investigators believe might produce
even better results.
The juice also could be made into
some $1,000 gallons of an agreeably
favored table strip by neutralizing
the acid in the filtered juice with milk
of lime and concentrating 1t by evap-
Grafton and then settling or altering
out the lime compounds.
The cherry juice, II fermented BY
the addition of yeast and then dis
titled. can be made to yield So per
cent Of absolute alcohol or about
5000 gallons"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-11-16
SHEEP REQUIRE DRY SHELTER
In Ordinary Climate House for AMI
mails May Be Constructed Of Ono
Thickness Of Boards.

Contrary to general opinion, sheep
as we'll as any other class Of farm
animals require clean, dry shelter. It
is especially important that the feet
and fleece be kept dry. II their quar-
ters are dry and clean the sheep will
stand very cold weather without dis
comfort OF disease. There must be
ample ventilation, for sheep. II closely
crowded, sweat badly and quickly use
up the oxygen in the air, but there
must be no drafts as sheep are easily
subject to colds.
In the ordinary climate the sheep
barn may be constructed Of one thick
ness of matched boards. It should be
large enough to house the entire flock
without crowding. Windows enough to
permits lots of sunshine to enter and
clean, dry bedding under foot r
necessities. The lambing pens should
be of warmer construction than the
general shed.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-11-16
COED W ARE CENSORED
Some Girl Sent Homo From Dances
-Frocks Are Too Low at Top or
Too High at Bottom.

Bloomington. lnd.-The Indiana uni.
versity authorities have established .
censorship of clothes worn by the Co
eds"
The censorship is in charge Of Miss
Ruby c. e. Mason. dean Of women,
who Is attending all dances and in
specting the frocks and gowns. II
the evening gowns Of the girls do not
conform to regulations as to length
and style, the wearers are sent back
to their rooms for a change of attire.
This has happened to several young
women recently. The censorship is
established because Of the loyalty of
the Indiana goods" to the prevailing
styles. especially in dancing frocks.
The frocks have been cut so low from
the chin and so high from the ground
that they havo been shocking to some.
the university authorities say. all
during the winter.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-11-16

(By GRACE MARIAN sMITH.)
As there Is now little new land to
which we can 60, we must give at
tention to rebuilding the soils we have
worn out.
We can do this three ways:
By applying commercial fertilizers.
By growing legumes.
BY keeping stock and returning the
manure to the land.
A combination of the last two is
profitable and leads to diversified farm.
ing. which is essential to permanent
agriculture.
In some sections of the country, e.
pecially where the ground has been
cropped hard q good many years. 1t is
very profitable and sometimes almost
necessary, to apply lime, and also
phosphorus in some form.
The alfalfa crop. which does so
much toward replenishing the soil.
pays q good profit while 1t is doing 1t.
Do you remember the market price
of the hay secured from an ere of
alfalfa? And the cost of growing 1t?
Does It pay az we'll as other farm
crops?
Remember that in addition to its
money returns. alfalfa is paying US
by adding fertility to the soil. A. P.
Grout, an Illinois authority on alfalfa.
says: Alfalfa is like a man who Of
fers to pay you for letting him work
for you. 1t works day and night,
rainy weather Or dry, does more than
any other help you can hire; then, in
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-11-16
Illicit Dispensers Of Liquor Busy
in Dry Territory Along Mexi-
can Border.
PfelEe WALKING BARROoM
Cook With Troopers At Columbus Ped
dies Refreshments From His oaken
Limb Until Ofieers Discovered
Source Of Supply.

Columbus, N. M.-Everywhere that
the broad trail Of the army leads. the
trail of the "bootlegger" parallels. Par
ticularly If the route of the troop
ers lies through dry territory, the H.
licit dispenser Of the draft that
sometimes cheers is q hangeron.
And he has q million and one ways
to evade the regulations.
The b~ootlegger arrived in Columbus
about ten seconds after Uncle Sans
soldier boys. He did q profitable
business, especially around pay day.
Some of the troopers. disgruntled be-
cause they were forced to remain here
inactive while their mates were play.
ing hide-and-seek with Villa in the
sand dunes. were intent on drowning
their sorrows. Others celebrated their
good fortune when they we're ordered
to cross the line.
"Pegleg' is. or was. q cook for the
civilian employees Of the quartermas-
ter's department. The name comes
from his portside limb. which Is Of
sturdy oak. After the troops arrived,
Pegleg seemed always to be In the
mood that can come only from looking
on the wine when 1t il red. And he
became surprisingly prosperous. His
condition drew the suspicion Of the
army authorities.
Lieut.. Austin M. Pardee Of the
Twentieth infantry. detailed as a pro-
vost marshal. decided that Pegleg
would bear watching.
After several hours Of watchful
waiting he saw two troopers slide up
to Pegleg's tent and in distinctly audi.
BILE tones bid Pegleg to set out the
JOY Juice" Pegleg was complying
when Lieutenant Pardee arrested the
three.
Il won't go!" declared Pegleg. and
promptly lay down.
Get two men to carry him." sug-
gested a sergeant.
Get nothing" decided Lieutenant
Pardee. You fellows take on his
pants and his leg. and let him lie
there. He won't escape on one leg.
that is certain"
Pegleg protested vigorously. but It
awaited him nothing. The pants came
on. likewise the leg. and with the lat
ter came the secret OF Pegleg's sue.
cess at dispensing.
The leg was hollow, lined with tin,
and held at least a half a gallon Of
liquor.
Pegleg. his stores conflscated and
poured into a dry but unappreciative
desert, was landed on an eastbound
freight.
Half an hour later Lieutenant Par.
dee saw a white-haired. venerable
looking old gentleman alight from an
eastern passenger train. He carried q
suitcase.
Two soldiers greeted the old man
afectionately.
Got anything good!" queried Lieu.
Pardee.
"S-s-sh.h: it's six bits q bottle. !
rot to get big money because its
risky business here" replied the aged
80 It is." commented the lieuten-
ant az he took the suitcase and start
ed leading the procession for the jail.
Since the troops have been here.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-11-16

addition. pays you for the privilege Of
working"
But marketing the hay, even at a
high price, Is not the most profitable
way to dispose of alfalfa. The best
returns, both in money and in soil i'm.
provement, can be secured by feeding
the alfalfa to stock. The stock will
bring returns in money and also sup
ply the fertilizer to put back on the
land.
1t seems strange that people should
need to be urged to grow so valuable
Q crop.
It is true there Is a notion that 1t is
hard to get a start with alfalfa. But
this is due largely to not understand
ing what the plant needs. Sometimes
it is hard to get q good stand Of
clover.
Glover. like alfalfa, will not grow
In a SOU soil, and it also needs its
own kind of bacteria. Alfalfa needs
the same conditions-sweet, fertile
soil and its own kind of bacteria.
Given the right treatment, alfalfa
is just as certain to grow and produce
a good crop as clover is.
II we fail to get a stand the first
time, WI should not say 1T won't grow
here" and quit trying. We should
simply be sure all the conditions are
right, then replant. Sometimes we
have to replant clover; sometimes we
even replant corn and oats, but we
don't quit growing them because Of
that,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-11-16
Fertility OF SOIL
AND KEEPING STOCK
Close Relationship Demonstrated
at Experiment Stations and
by the Farmers.

(By F. B. MUMFORD. Dean of Missouri
College Of Agrtculture.)
The problem Of the American farm
er today Is how to conserve the fer
tility of the soil and yet insure q rea-
sonable. income. In considering
changing from grain farming to the
raising Of live stock, the farmer asks
himself If this change has been sue
cessful in maintaining soil fertility.
From the New England states west
ward to the Dakotas, he sees q trail
Of once-depleted soils reclaimed by
substituting dairying and stock farm
ing for exclusive grain farming. The
result Of profitable systems Of live
stock farming on even the poorest of
soils Is to be seen in Holland. Den.
mark Is another example Of q country
whose soils we're becoming depleted
by wheat producing. but where q sys-
tenn of livestock production conserved
the soil fertility.
Permanent success from exclusive
grain farming has not yet been demon
strated, 10 modern farm practice Is
showing the Importance of the devel-
opment Of animal husbandry. The
close relation between the fertility of
the soil and keeping Of live stock is
demonstrated at experiment stations
and by the successful farmer. Pro-
ductiveness of the acre Of land is the
main factor for which the farmer Ia
everywhere striving. Because the
productiveness Of the land Is main
tanned and often increased is sufi-
cient reason for the keeping of ami
mails IN the farm, not ven taking into
consideration the increased profit from
the livestock farm.
Farm manure is now, and always
has been, the greatest available re-
PURGE for maintaining soil fertility on
the typical middle-West farms. Gen.
orally speaking, the most prosperous
farms Of this section today are those
on which live stock is a large, If not a
chief, factor Of production.
While the practice Of blowing under
clover and that OF adding the humus
vegetable matter to the soil will un-
qu%estionably keep up the humus or
vegetable matter supply, such mate.
are too valuable for the nutri.
ton Of animals to be thus employed.
At the Missouri agricultural expert
ment station for two years the aver
age income Of clover pastured of with
hogs amounted to $40 per acre.
All such materials as stover, hay,
straw and grass can be proftably
through animals, and at
least so per cent Of their soil.building
value saved, and at the same time q
considerable profit from feeding the
animals.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-11-16
1MA4MN
3!
INCREASING VALUE OF LANDS
Immense Uneuitivated Area Cannot
Be Developed Until Improved
Highways Are Constructed.
J&S

There are over 00,000,0 900 acres Of
uncultivated land in the United States
awaiting development that cannot be
developed without improved highways.
It has been shown that the value OF
land is increased evenly with the i'm
provement for the roads, the increase
running from 81 to 50 the acre. As
the roads are improved, there is q
corresponding increase In population.
In twenty-five counties, taken at ram
dom, which have contained on an av-
erage only IN per cent of improved
roads in the decade 1890 to 1900,
there was a falling of in population
Of 5000 in each county. In twenty
five other counties, taken at random,
in which there was an average Of 40
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-11-16
ANNUAL EXPENSE OF
MAINTAINING A COW
Animal Must Produce at Least
200 Pounds Of Buiterfat Year.
ly to Pay Her Way.

(By F. w. PECK. Minnesota Experiment
Station.)
from several years records of milk
production and cost Of maintenance It
has been found that a COW must pro.
duce at least 200 pounds Of butterfat
or about 5000 pounds of milk annual.
ly II she is to pay her way. This
means 10 pounds Of milk daily for
300 days.
The annual cost Of maintaining q
COW fs close to $65, II a man values
his labor at Is cents an hour. II a
man wants more than a market price
for feed and this bare wage, he must
put his time on COWS giving more
than 200 pounds Of fat. The larger
the increase over this amount the
larger his pay will be.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-11-16
PRODUCTS
FROM cANNERlES
may Be UTILIZED
Cherry Pits, Now Source Of An
noyance, Can Be Made to
Yield Valuable Oils.
NEW INDUSTRY IS POSSIBLE
8peeiaiists In U. s. Department Of Az.
rieutture Declare Also That 1os.-
600 Gallons OF Juice Now
Thrown Away May 30
Converted Into Jelly
and Strip.

Washington. D. c.-Sixteen hundred
-0ns OF cherry pits. now a source Of
annoyance and expense to canneries,
can be made to yield two valuable oils
and also q meal for feeding cattle. &C.
cording to specialists Of the United
States department Of agriculture. In
addition. $4,000 gallons OF cherry
Juice now wasted In seeding cherries
can be turned into desirable Jelly and
sirup, OF ven into alcohol. A saving
OF these valuable by-products from
cherry canning may make possible the
domestic manufacture Of substitutes
for almond oil and bitteralmond oil.
now imported, and at the same time
establish q new industry in the cherry
packing districts of the North Allan
tic. North Central and Western states.
The specialists, however, have not
yet carried their work to q point
where they can say that the convert
ing OF this Juice and the cherry pits
would be q profitable side industry for
the ordinary or smaller cannery. In
cases where q number Of Gamers are
operating within 4 reasonable distance
OF q another. the specialists, how
ever. believe that the waste products
could be sent to q central cooperative
or other plant at small cost and there
utilized to advantage. Studies. how
ever. N being carried on to deter
mine whether means cannot be de-
vised for making these waste products
profitable also when handled on q
small scale.
Some time ago there was similar in
vestigation Of the use OF peach and
apricot pits for making oils and
meal. and . commercial enterprise
has been established in California for
dealing with these products. The de-
partment has published a bulletin on
this subject and also one dealing with
the utilization Of raisin seed from
the seeded raistn industry. II was
found that many tons Of raisin seed
had considerable fruit adhering to
them which could readily be turned
AhSO . vCiy uCoitdbtC ihiSiu " ny ~
the use of c%onfectioners and others.
After this pulp had been used it was
found that an oil useful in the arts
could proftably be pressed from the
seed. and experiments are under way
to determine whether the crushed
seed could not be used to advantage
In feeding stock.
The following description Of these
products. and methods which have
been developed for making them. are
taken from professional paper $50.
The Utilization of Cherry By-Prod-
ucts." by Frank Rabak. chemical
biologist. bureau Of plant industry.
Fixed Oil From Cherry Pits.
The kernel of tine pit. as long has
been known. contains a considerable
quantity Of oil. Investigations re-
Gently conducted show that the oily
constituents Of the kernel can be o n
verted into a fixed oil much like al.
mond oil. and a volatile oil practically
identical with oil Of bitter almonds.