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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-06-30
Making the Little
Farm Pay
By c. C. BOWSFIELD

For maximum profits at minimum
labor and expense the American berry
crops surpass the majority of farm and
garden products.
Uniformity of yield and steadiness of
market prices are characteristics of the
berry trade. If the supply of fresh
fruit ever catches up to the demand
the surplus may be turned into pre-
serves. All loss Is thereby avoided,
and profits are doubled
Berries are valuable products on
small farms, as the bushes usually may
occupy ground which is otherwise al
most worthless. They may fill up
fence corners or the idle spaces in Or
chards. 1t is seldom necessary to use
a choice bit Of land for these crops, but
the return can be safely reckoned at
the rate Of $3.50 to $3.50 an acre. This
extra money is picked up in time which
can be spared from the principal crops
Of the farm. Spring planting is safe
and is quite generally favored.
In selecting plants one needs to con-
slider ripening and shipping qualities.
A grower wishes both early and late
berries. For instance, the Plum Farm
er black raspberry ripens early and is
delicious fruit. Berries are large,
thick meated, juicy and sweet. They
pick easily and stand up and carry
we'll In quality, firmness and produc-
tiveness they are all that could be de-
sired. The plants are hardy and Wig
orous.
Then the Gregg is a late fruiting
black raspberry Of fine quality. This
is one Of the best known late berries.
1t Is a good shipper and is an excel
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-06-30
tings and will yield from two to four
tons of good hay, In feeding value it
is similar to timothy hay, millet and
johnson grass.
THE NEW CHESTNUT BLIGHT.
Substitution of Native Trees For Asi.
alto Species Recommended.

Substitution of Native Trees For Asi.
alto Species Recommended.
Prepared by United States department Of
agricultural
How to checkmate the new chestnut
blight or bark disease that is causing
such vast destruction is a problem of
no small importance. From its obscure
beginnings in eastern New York about
twelve years ago it has swept into
nineteen states and now affects about
all Of the northern half Of our native
chestnut stands, doing damage esti-
mated at close upon $5OOOO,OOO. It at
tacks the trees in twig, branch and
trunk, causing death in a year or two,
and soon recurs in the sprouts or suck
ers sent up from the still living roots.
No native chestnut appears to be spared
In the long run, but the little eastern
bush chinquapin, with its smoother
bark and comparative freedom from in.
sect enemies, appears less readily at
tackled. The European chestnut in its
favorite varieties is also subject to the
disease, but when we come to the
chestnuts of Japan and China we find
very great resistance amounting in
some varieties to almost practical i'm
munity. There appears to be now no
method of controlling this disease.
which Is caused by fungus whose
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-06-30

You home subscribers: how many
news items have you furnished the
Gazette. There is no reporter on
the Gazette that makes a regular
business of getting news. To you
it may appear that this should be
the editors sole business. But it
isn't. He has to watch and work
for the business end of the news
paper as we'll as the news side. To
cover this whole community each
week and get the little items that
constitute our community life is a
bigger job than you may think. If
the Gazette had a number of people
in the community, interested enough
in the paper to bring in a few news
items each week, it would add very
much to the news value of the
paper. Many people are close
mouthed: they don't tell the editor
news, yet they feel sighted when
personal items about them are over
looked. If the editor knew all the
news that you.all know the Gazette
would have to be enlarged to con-
tain it. This is just suggestion
for you to help the local news
columns in this paper.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-06-30

spores are carried about by birds and
insects, creating new infections wher.
ever they reach the sap wood or inner
bark Of the chestnut tree. There is no
apparent diminution of it's yirulence
since 1t came under observation.
The most obvious means of replacing
the great losses Of chestnut timber and
nuts would seem to lie in the substitn.
ton for our native forms the Asiatic
species that best resist the disease.
having evidently for ages been accus-
toned to its presence, and also to breed
the chestnut as a valuable genus of
forest trees, by hybridization and Sc
1ectlon Tor the avowed production of
varieties better adapted for orr MIR.
poses.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-06-30
IN THE PLACE OF MILLETS.
Tests of Sudan Grass Indicate the
Value Of This Crop.
~. c. Hackleman. Missouri station. ]

II. c. Hackleman, Missouri station.l
Tests of Sudan grass by the Missouri
station during the last two years indi-
cate that this new crop will be of value
to Missouri farmers, especially in the
southern part of the state. 1t differs
from johnson grass in not possessing
the heavy root stalks or underground
stems which make Johnson grass so
difficult to eradicate in those regions
which are well suited for its produc-
ton. The plants average from three
to five feet in height when drilled or
broadcasted and have stems a little
larger than lead pencil If grown in
rows and cultivated it reaches height
Of from six to nine feet on good soil,
with corresponding increase In the
size Of the stems. When planted thin
ly it stools very freely, sometimes pro-
ducing as many as a hundred stems
from one crown.
Like other sorghums, Sudan grass
does best in warm climate. It should
not be planted until all danger Of frost
Is past and the ground thoroughly
warmed. 1t is decidedly drought re-
sistant, which makes 1t well suited for
the semiarid regions of the southwest.
1t is also being grown with success in
the more humid regions, but it has not
attracted as much attention there as
in the drier sections, where there are
not so many other good hay plants.
Two cuttings are usually made and
under very favorable conditions some
times three or four. 1t has rather wide
adaptations as regards soil, growing
successfully on almost every soil from
a heavy clay to light sand. It does
best, however, on a rich, well drained
loam
Two methods of seeding are prac-
ticed, broadcasting or drilling solid or
drilling in rows to be cultivated. An
ordinary grain drill may be used and
the seed covered from one-half to one
inch deep. Where drilled in rows q
sufficient number of holes are stopped
up to put the rows the proper distance
apart. Where an ordinary corn cult
vator is to be used the rows should be
from thirty-six to forty-two inches
apart Where seeded broadcast from
twenty to twenty-five pounds OF seed
to the acre are required. while seeding
with drill requires about five pounds
less. If seeded in rows four or FIVE
pounds are sufficient.
1t is customary to cut it for hay just
after full bloom and to cure in light
windrows and small cocks. 1t may
also be harvested with a binder and
cured In shocks. Where grown for
seed it is usually harvested with a
grain binder when the first heads are
fully ripe.
In Missouri Sudan grass should be
considered hay grass of much the
same use on the general farm as mil
let. 1t will generally give two cut
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-06-30
Avoid Changing Mixers,


In Osder to get the best results in
hand milking it is essential that the
COWS be MIXED by the same persons at
each milking time. A frequent change
OF mixers means loss in milk every
time change is made. In some diaries
where there are several mixers the
practice Is for each mixer to sit down
TO whatever COW happens to be next in
order instead of the same persons milk.
ing the same cows each time. This ia a
poor practice. Certain cows should no
assigned to each mixer and "a few
changes made as possible. Then COW
becomes accustomed to the mixer and
the mixer to the COW. The resu1t viii
be more milk Secretion If mill 10
largely nervous process.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-06-30

lent variety for evaporating. Berries
are large, regular, glossy black, with
grayish bloom; quite firm, sweet and
Of the best quality, with that delightful
favor which distinguishes the black
raspberry. These berries give early
and late supplies and will always sell
at high prices to town customers.
There is medium berry also which
may be worked into the program. This
helps to make full ami profitable sea-
son. The Cumberland is a fine. large
berry, ripening in midseason. This
is the largest of the raspberry family
and is of such handsome appearance
that 1t is sure to bring the top price.
Bushes are healthy and vigorous
The Cuthbert has long been regarded
as the best Of all red raspberries, not
only on account of its fine shipping
qualities, but for its size. color and
richness of flavor. The plant is strong
grower, with healthy foliage The Cuth-
bert is one of the reliable varieties that
can be depended on to bear profitable
crop of berries nine seasons out Of ten.
st. Regis is the only variety of rasp-
berry that gives crop the first year
the plants are set out, and it gives two
crops every year afterward. St. Regis
begins to ripen in June and continues
to bear fruit until frost. This is truly
an everlasting red raspberry. The ber-
ries are large. bright crimson Of the
highest quality, with true raspberry
flavor. 1t cannot be surpassed as ia
BILE fruit. No garden is complete with
out raspberry bushes. and a full acre
may well be devoted to berry culture.
There are three distinct classes Of
raspberries-red. purple and black.
They do best on sandy loan, but will
grow in any soil that is fairly well
drained. Set the bushes in rows about
six feet apart and three feet apart in
the row. The cane should be kept well
cut down to five or six Of the strongest
near the parent plant Cut out and
burn all the old canes as soon as they
are through fruiting.
The Rathbun is leading blackberry
1t is luscious. of the highest quality,
with fine polish and sufficiently firm
to carry well. A large proportion Of
these berries will measure one and one
half inches in length. They cannot be
surpassed for table or canning pur-
poses. The plant is a strong, erect
grower and. unlike most varieties, pro-
duces few suckers. but roots from the
tips, like raspberries. The blackberry
is hardy, having sustained a tempera.
ture Of Is to IS degrees below zero
without harm. By midsummer 1t can
be trained In tree form.
Currants and gooseberries belong in
this same general garden scheme and
are highly profitable. They should be
mulched every spring and well pruned,
30 that new wood may have a chance
to grow. The ground about them
should be kept in good condition by
manure and cultivation. Kill worms
with powdered hellebore. Give plants
winter protection.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-06-30
IDAHO TROOPS AT CAPITAL

The Statesman: On roll call Sum
day morning there were S31 enlisted
men and So officers in camp Morri-
son. an increase of 81 men over Sat.
urday morning. All day Sunday
recruits continued to arrive at the
barracks and while no figures were
at hand officers estimated that near
ly 100 new men had joined the reg
iment during the day.
The muster rolls of the different
units of the regiment showed the
following strength of the companies:
Company A, u; B, 65; csc; D, IT;
E. 81; F, 70; H, Cd; Its; X, II;
L, 70; M, 80; the band, "a, and the
hospital corps, Is. Only company
M and company E are below peace
strength and both could be filled, it
was said Sunday night, with recruits
now enroute to the city, or from
other companies having over the re-
quired number of men.
Recruiting continued Sunday all
over the state, with many mass
meetings and parades in the towns
where stations have been opened.
The governor spoke at Star, where
big meeting was held. Twin Falls
and towns in the eastern end of the
state aroused enthusiasm with SINH
lar gatherings and in the northern
end of the state meetings were held
in number of the principal towns.
A regiment marches down the
street to entrain for the front.
What an inspiring sight it is-those
splendid young fellows, their vigor,
their fine physique, above all their
exhibition of loyalty. The race
knows that the existance is some
thing more than merely to make a
comfortable living and have a good
time. If that were all, then it
would be highly foolish to volunteer
to defend ones country. But there
is no man, no matter how sordid,
who does not feel in his heart that
it is not all of life to live, nor all of
death to die.
1t is this devine spark of loyalty
and devotion that has made it pos
sible for mankind to work it's way
upward from merely animal exist
ence to its present estate. Human
ity never has been content to accept
the world on the basis of let US eat
and drink for tomorrow we die. Its
high purpose, exemplified in the
young men who have answered the
country's call, is set forth in the
concluding lines of Tennyson's
ulysses"
One equal temper of heroic hearts
Made weak by time and fate, but
strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not
to yield.-Kansas City Star
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-06-30
KENDRIcK IDAHO FRIDAY JUNE so 1915

hENDNI(h lDAnO Z ri
When we see some moving pic
lures we are glad enough that we
cannot hear them.
Occasionally man goes around
poorly dressed, because it takes a
lot to dress his wife.
Too often when the Ratchet is
buried the handle is left uncovered
and conveniently accessible.
Bear this in mind: preparedness
is not simply parading-it is that
of course but good deal more.
The uglier a girl is, the more
elaborate necessarily should be her
head gear and other articles of
dress.
Hardening Of the heart is much
more common than hardening of the
arteries and assuredly much more
serious.
If you are not regular reader
of the Gazette you miss great
deal that might prove of value in
the course of the year.
Every married woman must give
her husband credit for having
exercised good judgment at least
once in the course of his natural
life.
Courtship and poker have one
requirement in common, the holding
of the hands. But the former is
much the more interesting game
for most people.
In Kansas City Billy Sunday is
credited with converting something
like 1000 drunkards. It would be
ininterestg to hear of an evangelist
who could convert few hundred
bankers for instance.
1t is said that if the war lasts
until August LIST it will have cost
Great Britain eleven billion six
hundred million dollars; Germany
almost as much, and France nine
billion two hundred and fifty mil
lion dollars. It will have cost all
nations forty.five billion dollars. If
the costs of the war had to be paid
in coin all the gold and silver in the
world would last the warning ma
tions but three months.
THRIFT
when the well is dry we know
the worth Of water and when the
pocket is empty we know the value
of money. The happy-go-lucky in
dividual who spends as much as he
makes is thin-ice skater. If sick
ness or loss of work should come he
drops through and disappears.
When old age descends upon him,
1t is unfortunate but true that he
usually finds himself in the thread
bare ranks of those who have seen
better days"
Times have changed materially
since Bejamin Franklin wrote the
above words about the we'll, but the
lesson they impart is as unchanged
as the stars. Those who practice
thrift, who prepare for the next
year as well as for this, go rapidly
forward. A steadily-growing bank
account gives them confidence to
branch out and courage to tackle
bigger things. It makes the step
lighter and the heart more CHEEKY.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-06-30

Courtship and poker have one
requirement in common, the holding
of the hands. But the former is
much the more interesting game
for most people.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-06-30

In Kansas City Billy Sunday is
credited with converting something
like 1000 drunkards. 1t would be
ininterestg to hear of an evangelist
who could convert a few hundred
bankers for instance.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-06-30

Every married woman must give
her husband credit for having
exercised good judgment at least
once in the course Of his natural
life.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-10

fold. This is due in the main to the fact that labor is scarce, and living on an average of seventy-five per cent more expensive.( On the other hand, the employment at sqkilled labor
 of unskilled men and women has made production more costly in many cases.
 One of the results of this is that as the lot of the working classes has been improved, as it undoubtedly has, the wealthy have seen their incomes dwindle. Wars on large scale, says one of the writers, have always been great economic Jewellers, because the demands made upon all are of almost the same character. Society retraceS it's steps towards that primeval state in which the defense of the interests of the tribe lessened personal prerog-
New Britain herald., 1916-02-10
AMERICAN AVIATOR
 DELIGHTS JAPANESE
FeatS of Charles Niles Witnessed
 by Large Crowd

frxorrespondsnce of the Associated Press, Tokio,-Rare1y has an event excited the Japanese people as did the flight of Charles Niles, the American aviator who recently gave two exhibitions, be- fore some of the largest crowds ever
 witnessed in Japan. The first days
 crowd was estimated at 100000 and the second at 300,000. The house. tops and other points of vantage about the Aoyama, parade where MT. Niles manoeuvred in the air were | black with people and many arrived
 hours before the time of flying in or
 der to get a good position Prince
 Higashi Kuni who is deeply interest
 cd in aviation was present on both
 occasions as were several of the
 junior princes of the Imperial Jap
 anese house.
 Mir. Niles did his flying under the
 auspices of the Aero club of Japan
 of which the president is General
 Gaishi Nagaoka.
 This was the first time that the peo-
 ple of Japan have seen aviation feats
 in mid-air and manoeuvres of Mr.
 Niles who flew upside down, looped
 the loop and gave an exhibition of
 what is called falling leaves" caused
 wonder. The great crowd became
 frantic with cheering and became SC unmanageable that it broke loose and
 rushed to the place where Mr. Niles had landed. It was only after some desperate struggling that the ail mans assistants were able to force their way through and rescue the ma. chine as we'll as the air man from the enthusiastic and somewhat embar rassing acclamations of the crowd. MT. Niles was presented to Prime Higashi Kuni who warmly compli rnented him upon his exhibition, tn, like of which, he said, he had neve I seen. Several floral pieces were alst officers presented to aviator. Japanes headed by General Nagaoka gave dinner to MT. Niles at which Nagoakt referred to him as the "Commodor, Perry of the air" The officer said You have come to us at a time whe1
New Britain herald., 1916-02-10

the state of aviation in Japan is quite similar to the state of civilization when Commodore Perry came. We confidently expect that the progress of aviation in this Empire will be en- hanced greatly by your flights and hence we can appropriately give you the title of the Commodore Perry of the air.''
 The visit of Niles has served to arouse interest in flying in Japan and has suprred the Japanese aviation corps to greater activities. A na- t1onal aero society which will be de- voted to the cause of aviation and at the same time a campaign will be started to secure contributions by which the society expects to organize a voluntary air service squadron.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-10
AMERICAN SURGEON
 WITH CARS FORCES
Dr. Hurd Has Performed Over 5000 Operations in Past Year

Petrograd, Jan. 23-More than three thousand surgical operations, most of them close to the fighting line and with the roar of artillery in his ears, is the past years record of Dr. Eugene Hurd, until recently the only American surgeon at the front with the Russian forces. pr. Hurd is chief surgeon in charge of the twenty ninth, known as the "Grodno Nobil- ity' Flying column. He has the rank
 of colonel in the regular army. His physique-he stands six feet three in ches in height and weighs 225 pounds makes him a conspicuous figure, even among the big fellows of the Si- ] berian corps among whom he works He has acquired a reputation among the simple minded soldiers for doing l the impossible. A soldier returning 2 l from the hospital told his fellows that 1 the "big American surgeon could l take a hand that had been shot off
 patch it together and put it back on 1 good as new
 Hurd has been reported several l times killed, wounded or missing. He
 has made a number of hurried get l aways, but he has always turned up 1 with his outfit when the smoke clear | ed. His column was outftted by the 1 noble families of Grodno soon after
 the outbreak of the war. Then they
 looked about for 8 surgeon to take
New Britain herald., 1916-02-10

were prevented by fixing maximum rates for some articles. and making the handling of necessities and com modities for profit" illegal and pun ishable with heavy fines and impris- onment.
 Made. Little Difficulty. War loans were made with little difficulty, says the reviews. The fact that little of the money so raised by the central powers governments went out of the country is largely respon- sible for this. Had Austria Hungary and Germany been able to buy abroad they might be in a difficult position to- day, especially since an unrestricted or partly restricted import would in no wise have been enumerated by ex- port. With nearly 12,0OO,0OO men un- der arms. German and Austro- Hun garian industries could not hope to supply their foreign purchasers in a measure great enough to maintain the balance of export and import of nor nal times. Imports, therefore, it is said, would have caused detrimental financial drains. As one of the writ CTS says:
 England did us a great favor in cutting off our avenues of trade"
 Fully eighty-five per cent of the war loans have remained in the two countries. The money has been spent for war material turned out in the home plants and most of it has been paid out in wages. Rich and poor alike have subscribed to the war loans. The savings bank subscrip- tions and participation of working people show that the war loans keep more or less the same money in cir culation. The surest barometer of leakage is the conversion of com mercia1 securities. it is asserted, and this, while increasing a little with each successive loan, has nevertheless been slight.
 Example in Textbooks
 The relation of war loans to present economic conditions of the central powers is likened to the first example one finds in textbooks on national economy the case of the fisherman exchanging part of his catch for part of the food produced by the tiller of the soil The example seems to fit with the exception that the fish in this case is not properly but merely loan, the interest of which the soil tiller must later pay if the capital can not be returned from war indemnities
 Wages in Germany and Austria Hungary have gone up two and three