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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

amount to feed. that viii vary with
the individual SOW, but one should try
TO feed enough to get her up in good
thrifty condition for narrowing. The
barley and wheat could well be left
out Of the ration after the s0ws get
up in flesh since they are mainly fat
formers.
On the other hand, If your mature
SOW is not to raise q fall litter and
you intend to breed for spring pigs,
turn her out on good pasture and see
that she has plenty of fresh water
and shade with a small allowance Of
barley or oats. Such treatment viii
build up her constitution and general
condition as nothing else viii. Con-
tinue this method of handling until
time to bring her up in condition for
another seasons breeding. 1t is true
that some breeders carry mature sows
through the summer on pasture alone
with water and shade) in very good
condition, but most breeders prefer to
use a small amount Of grain in addi-
ton to the pasture
Feed Young SoWs-
Young SOws will need better feed
Never turn a gilt out with q lot Of
old sows after raising her first litter.
She viii fare badly when she should
have the best of feed and care TO
grow her out as she should be- If
you allow this gilt to run along thin
she will always be understood and
common Young sows should be lib
orally fed in addition to good pasture.
Use such a grain mixture as was sug-
gested for the mature sow that raises
two filters per year and use plenty
of it, and remember that you are after
bone and muscle, not fat.
The essential thing in the minds OF
most breeders is that brood sOws after
weaving have exercise, plenty OF pas
ture, shade, fresh water, and enough
concentrated feed. properly balanced.
This should mean a strong, healthy
vigorous sow in good breeding con
ditiOn and insures a healthy vigorous
litter. Brood sows thus handled are
more likely TO produce large filters OF
strong, healthy pigs and are certainly
more likely to raise a gOod-Sized litter
After all the profitable sow is the one
that raises seven to ten good strong
pigs rather than the one that farrOws
u to Is and only raises three to five
fair pigs.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
BEST TURKEYS FOR BREEDING
With Those Intended for the
Holiday Market.

It is z great mistake for the farmer
to feed his stock turkeys with those
intended for the holiday markets, yet
so many of them do. 1t is the worst
thing in the world to do. Before
the turkeys are made ready for mar
ket make choice of the turkeys you
expect to keep over for breeding pur-
poses and choose your very best Place
these somewhere away from the rest,
and while you keep them in fine con-
ditiOp by feeding corn, wheat and oats.
the satter, If boiled, forming a healthy
ration for turkeys, do not seek to
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

bed. About the first week In August
seed the alfalfa as described above.
Spring Seeding With Nurse Crop.
A fourth method is to seed in the
spring with light nurse crop of early
oats or barley. In case oats are used,
it is best to sow not more than a bushel
to the acre, cutting them when in
bloom for hay. The advantages of
this method and also of the second and
third methods mentioned above are
that we secure a crop and do not lose
the use of the ground for one year.
Some of our best alfalfa growers have
used the beardless barley as a nurse
crop with good results in spring seed
ing.
Good Results From June Seeding.
Some of the best stands of alfalfa
have been secured by seeding in the
middle or last OF June. For June seed
ing, the ground is MANFRED and p1owed
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
BLACKBERRY CANES
NEED SOME PRUNING
If Pinehing-0ut System Is Not
Followed, Cut Back One
Fourth or 0ne-Half.

The canes of blackberries are bien-
nials-that is, they live but two years
On this account 1t is necessary to cut
out the old canes as soon as their
function has been completed, leaving
room for the young canes The first
year after planting, two or three canes
will appear, which should have the
growing tip pinched out when about
10 inches or feet high This viii
cause the canes to send out several
lateral branches and make stocky
plants, thereby increasing the fruit
producing area of each plant If the
pinching-Out system is not followed,
cut back one-fourth or one-half Of the
cane in late winter, depending on the
vigor Of the plant, and at this time re-
move old canes.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
IMPROVE ROADS TO SCHOOLS
Massachusetts,, Ohio and Indiana Lead
in Number OF Schools and in
Better Highways

There are about 1000 consolidated
rural schools in the United States,
with Massachusetts, Ohio and Indiana
In the van. It is significant TO note
that about one-third of the roads in
these states have been improved. The
boy or girl, who formerly stayed away
from school because the road was q
sea Of mud. is transported in school
wagons, which are sent out every day
TO gather up the children and to take
them home again in the evening. All
the children within a radius OF several
miles are thus provided with modern
school facilities.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Good Method for a Small Patch.

Good Method for Small Patch.
For a small patch of two or three
acres perhaps the second most salts
factory method is to manure a piece
of ground near the barn where it can
be most conveniently used for hog pas
ture. The ground should be plowed,
fitted and sowed to rape, early in the
spring. This should be used for hog
pasture during May and June. During
the first week of July the rape stubble
should be moved down and the ground
thoroughly disked, then plowed and
again disked and narrowed.
Any time during the last week Of
July or the first week of August, the
ground should be thoroughly disked
and worked down so that it is firm and
solid. If there should come rain dur
ing the latter part OF July or the first
of August, it is a good plan to prepare
the ground and SOW the seed at once
while there is sufficient moisture in
the ground to sprout the seed and give
the young alfalfa a good start.
Alfalfa After Barley or Early Oats.
A third method, and one with some
advantages over the others. where the
season is not too dry, is to grow a crop
of winter wheat, barley, early oats, or
early potatoes, and follow that crop
with alfalfa.
AS soon as the grain is ripe it should
be cut and removed from the field. APP
ply ten or fifteen loads OF manure to
the acre. Disk the ground to mix the
manure and stubbIe with the soil, and
plow and again disk and harrow and
work down to give a firm, solid seed
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
EVERY POULTRYMAN
MUST FIGHT MITES
When Allowed to Multiply They
Spread to All Parts of House
Use WhiteWash.
Bx n. z. DICKSON, Nebraska CoIIegs
of AKriculture1

Rx n. z. DICKSON, Nebraska CoIIegs
Of Agricultural
Every poultry keeper must fight
mites. They are carried by sparrOws
and in various other ways.
Mites are first noticed In early sum-
mer hiding under and about the
perches. When allowed to multiply
they spread to all parts OF the house.
They may kill little chicks and ef-
fectiveIy reduce egg production
Be on your guard, and when You
first notice the mites clean the house
thoroughly and spray the nests, drop
ping boards, walls and perches with
kerosene. As q precautiOn white
wash the entire house.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

Ry c. ". HICKMAN, Animal Husban-
dry Department, Idaho Experiment
Station.)
The management of the brood sow
after weaving her litter is a matter
Of considerable Importance. There
are number of factors that will cause
the summer management to vary.
Among the more important factors
are: the age and condition Of the sow
and the number Of Htters-one or two
raised per year.
If it is mature SOW and you plan
to raise a fall litter, you probably
have fed her well, and If so the sow
should begin to gain in flesh when the
litter is from eight to ten weeks old
and in most cases the SOW will come
in heat then SO you can breed her for
early fall pigs. We find at the ex-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
CREATION OF FERTILE EGGS
One Male to Ten or Fifteen Hens Ia
Average Ratio With Small Breeds,
Such as Leghorns.

The following ratio % male to fe-
males may be expected 10 produce fer
tile eggs under average conditions:
Small breeds, such as Leghorn. one
male to 10 or Is females; medium-size
breed, such as PIymouIA Rock and
Rhode Island Red, one male to 8 or IL
females, and heavy breeds. like Brah-
ma, one male to six or eight females.
The activity Of the individual male Is,
of course, a governing factor.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
ROUNDED ROAD SHEDS WATER
Big Essential Is Disposition of Sur
face Water-Proper Drainage
Is Solution Of Problem.

Good roads means mainly dispos-
ing Of the water Nearly always a
good dirt road can be made by proper
drainage. The King-dragged road IS
easily made and sustained by running
a split log or plank drag over it when
it is wet from a previous rain. The
surface Of this dragged road bakes and
makes a rounded roadway that sheds
water, stays smooth and solid, and
makes the best a1-round highway on
earth.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
RELIABLE REMEDY FOR LICE
or Meat Fryings Mixed With
Kerosene, Is Favored.

For chicken lice one Of the most
reliable remedies is any good, mild
grease, either lard or meat fryings, or
a mixture Of any with a little kero-
sene. It won't hurt the chicks or large
fowls as long as you don't get it too
strong. Rub the grease In the feath-
ers for lice on the body, while for
mites put kerosene on the roosts once
q week.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
AID FOR YELLOWSTONE TRAIL
Item of 5000 In Government Appro-
priation Bill to Assist in ImproV-
ing That Highway.

The government appropriation bill
contains an item Of 5000 for the bene-
fit Of the Yellowstone trail, TO assist
in improving that transcontinentaI
highway across the Standing Rock In
dian reservation In South Dakota This
item is there because Of the recognized
value of the Yellowstone trail as a
transcontinentaI rObd. and the money
that counties and states and individ-
uals are putting into the improvement
OF the road.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

pertinent station that if we don't get
sows to farrow the last Of August or
the first of September, we cannot get
an early litter the following spring,
and the pigs do not get a good start
for winter, especially in the higher,
wet sections of the state.
Pasture for SoWs.
Brood sows should have a large
roomy pasture which will afford plenty
of exercise and succulent feed, both
of which are Indispensable for strong,
thrifty filters. In addition to their
pasture, their feed should consist of
oats, shorts, and barley or wheat and
usually some tankage. As to the
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Road DRAG.

spOnsibIe for the awakening in the ru-
raj districts. The splitlog drag was
the first, cheapest and easiest made,
that appeared IN the central West. and
il is still popular. Various patent
types have appeared on the market,
the latest patent being granted on the
drag shown here The angle OF the
cutting blade may be varied by means
OF a lever.-Farming Business.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
German MiIIet seed.

German miIlet requires nearly 100
days TO mature and must be sOEn IN
May, following core. Much OF the So
called German mfIlet seed on the mar
ket is Hungarian or common miIlet or
q mixture OF them.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Tighten the Bolts.

Where burs are apt to work on
the ends OF bolts through the rattlIng
OF machinery, get some nuts that have
holes through them and run a piece OF
wire through, fastened securely to
shaft or other immovable part
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
More Money In SIC.

Practically every farmer has planted
crops this year which will furnish
more feed If put into the silo than II
handled In any other way. In most
cases they viii also make more money,
particularly If the season should be
wet or late, or both
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Teach lambs to Eat.

No matter how much milk the ewes
may have at the birth of their lambs,
the lambs must early be taught to eat
extra food if you would make big
weights at an early age.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
EXCELLENT pIsinfectsnt.

A teaspoOnfuI Of crude earbOlic acid
IN a bucket OF water makes an excel
lent disinfectant to sprinkle over the
hogpen floor to keep down OdOrS
Try it
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Benefits IF Charcoal.

Charcoal is a necessary part OF the
ration where poultry is fed heavily.
for 1t tends TO keep the digestive tract
sweet and in a condition TO handle the
food taken into it
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
substitute for Red Clover.

While sweet clover can be grown
as a substitute for red clover and
generally furnishes more feed per
acre. the most valuable use OF the
legume is for green manuring-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Paint the RuiIdinos

Utilize your leisure hours IN spread
ing paint On the buildings. Paint
VIII materially help in preserving the
wood
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
No Place for Poor Farmer.

A good farm is a poor place for g
poor farmer, because no man could
be on a good place long and still re-
main poor. He would be poor farmer,
indeed, If he did.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Cattle and Sold.

The cattle win soon be on pasture.
One necessity is salt, and plenty OF It.
It should be conveniently placed, 50
the animals can get it when they
hOose. a box full OF salt kept under
z shed is best.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
DISK Is usefuI Implement.

The disk is one Of the best impIe-
ments farmer can use. Furthermore.
the double disk Zone set throwing the
dirt cut and the other inl is more than
twice as good as the single disk. Land
that needs one disking generally needs
two.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Rioht Kind Of RlaIes.

Use males Of the large. vigorous
type, showing weiI-develOped breast.
strength OF bone. gOcd-sized comb and
wattIes, and bright eye&
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
ROAD DRAG IS A NECESSITY
spIit-Log Affair Was First, Cheapest
and Easiest Made-Narious
Patent Types on Market.

Road building becomes more q ne
ceSSity and less q luxury every year.
though the advance Of the automobile
in the farming business is largely re-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
wrong Way to Cultivate.

The wrong way TO cultivate corn L.
to cultivate shallow when the corr is
small. and deep when it Is large OF the
last time through
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

lay on the fat you want on the mar
ket turkeys. This is why stock tur-
keys often die in the winter, simply
because they were fattened until the
liver broke down and became diseased
because of its own fat.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
ALFALFA BALANCES
THE CORN RATION

In the fall, and In the spring kept cul-
Gvated or disked through April, May
and In the first part OF June to kin the
weeds; or in case the ground is not
fall-plowed, 1t should be MANFRED,
disked, plowed and again disked as
early IN the spring as possible and then
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
cuIl UnproHtabIe Ewes.

Fatten improbable ewes low, dur
ing the warm weather, ana put hne
eRe lambs In their places.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Vennin EIourieh In EIIfl1.

Do not lose sight of the fact that
lice flourish In filth Keep the plact
clean and thus cut their career short
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

Better Farming Lessons Worry.
More pasture, corn land. live stock /:
better farming and less worry.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Keen d - MiIk EIo,x.

To keep I'D the milk low. use re
with clover or Tetchs TO furnish fan
and spring pasture
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

Give the good COW little better
cara. Every calf she gives you win
more than repay yoG for any extra
care, =
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

When short Of manure Sertlize with
the teeth aS the harrow q little mere
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

Nothing Is too good for the grea4
AuAzssan huvfnz uuhlsc.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Keep ssh Aerated.

Keep the soil wen aersted snd
muesed b constant cultivation.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

Butter-fat that Is lost Il Whst eata
I'D the profits.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-05-06
ENUMERAroRs DIVIDE
 CITY INTO DISTRICTS


 Judge Jennings has appointed A. M. White as a census enumerator for the liquor election in place of VII liam Dickinson. who was unable to serve. The enumerators met yester- day afternoon and divided the city into districts. They will start their labors at once.
 The district west and north of Gold Creek and extending two niles out on the Salmon Creek road, will be covered by Ike Sowerby
 The district west Of Main street and Gold Beld avenue 10 willoughby avenue and Gold Creek will be cov- cred by A. M White.
 North of the center Of Second street and lying between the center Of Main street and Gold Belt avenue on the west and center of Gold street on the east will be covered by Henry States. North Of Second street and east Of Gold street and two miles out on the Basin road will be covered by J. L.. Gray.
 All south of Second and east of Main street and out two miles on the Sheep Creek road will be covered by T. p. P. Keegan.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-05-06

Frank Adelman, who was discharg- ed by O grand jury yesterday after being tried on on insanity charge left for the south on the City of Se- attle today.
 p. l.. Preston, accompanied by his wife and child, left for the south on the City Of Seattle. They will re- side in Tampa. Fla.
 Rev. p. Kern, of the Roman Catho- lie church, left today on the City of Seattle for Petersburg where he will conduct services.
 Walter F. O,Bryan of the Sulli- van Machinery Company, left on the City of Seattle for Ketchikan on bus ness.
 O. Peabody Rogers, Enoch Perkins and F. B. Huder, all of the Gas tineau company engineering and ge' ologlcai departments, left today on the City of Seattle for Ketchikan on business connected with mining prop. erty in that section.
 Judge Royal A. Gunnlson and son returned from Skagway today on the City of Seattle.
 II. l.. Faulkner left on the City of Seattle for wrangell where he will transact legal busciness in connection with tho Bank of Wrangell which Is to be established as a branch of the Bank of Alaska of Skagway.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-05-06
WILL DEVEOP AT ONCE MINE
 AT HUNTER BAY

Work will start within a short time on the Pekoylch mining property at Funter Bay and will be pushed until the mine has been developed to a polat where mill can be established and steady production started. The party of engineers who have been examining the property for the past week have stamped it with their ap- proyal and machinery will be install. ed at once.
 W. c. Pekoyich, owner of the property; John D. Olwell, personal representative of the financial back. CTS; and S. c. Thompson, examining engineer, returned from there yester- day on the El Nido and left today on the City of Seattle for the South.
 While in Seattle they will purchase compressor, drilling machines. drill steel, tram cars and all other machin- cry necessary for driving 150O feet of tunnel and about 500 feet of shaft at once. Mir. Pekoyich stated this morning that he would secure and install pipe line to run the com pressor by water power if 1t can be done quicker than gas engine can be secured. Whichever can be secured and installed in the shortest time will be purchased.
 The tunnel will be by feet and 1t is claimed will crosscut eleven veins of ore. The veins average four feet in width. Mir. Pekovich stated that yesterday, while searching in the snow for the outcropping of the large ore body, two other bodies of the same size or larger were discov- cred.
 The property consists of 52 claims and these cover 24 lodes, most of which are parallel. It Is the expec- tation of the owner that these all join with depth and form one large orc body. The claims start at the edge of salt water and run up the mountain to heighth of 4OOO feet The tunnel, which is to be driven. will start at @ point S7OO feet distant from the beach. Several tunnels and shafts have been driven on the prop erty already and the work to be done this summer will explore the ore body to show up the value
 Under the terms of the agreement between Mir. Pekovich and the east ern packers $75,0OO will be spent on the property at once in tunnel and shaft driving, to be followed by an expenditure of $5OO,0OO. After the mine has been prospected and de- veloped a large mill will be installed, tramways butt and the mine put on o producing basis.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-05-06
RECEPTION AND
 ENTERTAINMENT
 coMMlTTEEEs NAMED

At a meeting of the executive com mittee, consisting of J. A. Hellenthal, chairman; B. NJ. Behrends, Charles E. Davidson, John R. Vim, z. R. Cheney, W. W. Casey and John ". Troy. yesterday afternoon. the fol. lowing subcommittees were selected to have charge of the Democratic con. vention which will meet in Juneau May 24th:
 Reception Committee-B. M Beh. rends, Mayor B. D. Stewart, Gov. J. P. A. Strong. Willis B. Nowell, Dr. Robert Simpson. William Britt J. M- Miller, James A. Smiser. Rev Guy D. Christian, J. F. Cobb. Patrick E. White. George F. Forrest, Judge Robert W. Jennings, Harry A. Bishop, Harold II. Post, Victor Epsteyn, Alvin Goldstein. W. W. Casey. IT,, George Dull. Lafe E. Spray William Stein bach. 2. J. Sitter, z. NJ. Bradford, J. l.. Manning. ]. J. Reagan, Dr. Fl. C. De Vighne, Senator Frank A. Ald- rich, William Kirk. Charles Cragg, Simon Hellenthal
 The following were named on the committee on hall. arrangements and entertainment-J. w. Bell A. H. Zelgler. W. W. Garster, John B. Mar shall N. l.. Burton and Earl Maud.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-05-06
GERMAN SPIES ARE WORKING ALONG THE
 COAST OF FLORIDA

WASHINGTON, May-s.-scores of letters have been received by the Department of Justice from residents of Florida telling Of attempts of alleged German spies to obtain in- formation Of the coast Qualifications The reports are being investigated The letters also stated that the Ger mans are planning to got coal to dif ferent points on the coast. presum.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-05-06
CANADIAN WAR
 INVESTIGATION IS
 THROWING LIGHT

MONTREAL. May 6.-The investl. gation by the Canadian government has brought to light a contract en- tered Into by the American Ammu- milton Company of Virginia. and the International Firearms and Fuse com pany of New York, with the Canadian shell committee last June amounting to 1922. 100000. and on which no de liveries have been made. The two great American companies were or ganized just previous to the letting of the contracts with a subscribed capital of $4,OO0 upon which was ad- vanced S21e5,ooO"