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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-09
THE IENSASr
! ST. JoNf OF MEAT
CONTINUES TO RISE
Adequate Supply Of Good, oId-fashion-
Inv cd, Home-Produced Lard, Bacon,
ger Hams and Salt Pork Essential.

Yinishing-on hogs, either for home
slaughter or for the market, should
receive special attention at this time
on account Of the unprecedented high
price Of pork and pork products.
Never before, except during the Civil
War, have farmers been able to sell
their hogs for 10 cents per pound live
weight, and there has never been a
time when there were such great Op-
Dortunities for making money in the
production OF hogs for the market.
ne forSsighted farmer will also see
~ Il that he has an adequate
supply OF good, old-fashioned, home
Suoduced lard, bacon, hams and salt
pork. The price OF all kinds OF edi.
be fats, both animal and vegetable.
= constantly mounting, and will prob
ably continue to do SO for some time. 1t
u much cheaper to produce both the
hts and meats at home than to de-
pend upon buying, even with twenty
cent cotton. Too many OF our farm
- - SChiRtCd W oDdbuoh
other Arm enterprise and risk every
ching ON cotton, This is too danger
Gus as there are so many factors
which may enter into both the pro
duction and price OF the cotton. and
again the margin or profit in the pro-
Auotion Of hogs is fully equal to that
ct cotton. But aside from the price
4f either. both should be produced on
every we'll managed farm In the cot
ton belt.
Packers at the central markets
make q difference Of from one TO five
cents per pound on the condition. or
~Anish" of the hogs offered for sale,
and there is the same difference in
value to the owner who slaughters his
hogS for homecoming. The crop
which is providing the largest part OF
de fat deposited in the bodies OF our
hogs Is sweet potatoes, although corn.
soy beans, peanuts, ETC., are essential.
Many farmers make practice OF kill
ing or selling direct from the sweet
potato fields, while others pen the
Aogs Tor several weeks and feed either
corn alone or corn with cotton seed
meal or tankage to har0en the rat
end bring the hogs to a prime .condi-
esoa. The latter method is unquestion-
Nbly the better as it greatly In
srsases the value Of the carcass. 1t
. impossible for hog to be brought
. q prime condition when grazing,
- TOO much exercise is required in
Gathering the food, and, after GER
tain degree Of fairness is reached,
there will be no further gains. where
-, 4 the hog is penned and fed all it
YIN consume. 1t will still make salts
Ackegy gains. e. L. Jordan,
Louisiana State University.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-09
Build UP POULTRY FLOCK
BY CAREFUL BREEDING.

> There is probably no one practice
which will do SO much to destroy the
efficiency of the farm poultry flock as
the old method of indiscriminate
breeding from every bird kept on the
farm. Mass breeding means rapid de-
terioration; proper selection means
improvement.
Every poultry raiser should provide
means for keeping a small pen Of Sc
lected birds separate from the remain
der Of the flock during the breeding
season. Where a separate house and
yard is not available, this can be &C
complished by putting a Temporary
partition in the roosting house and
providing a wire-enclosed yard out
side.
The prime essential Of good breed
ing bird is vigor and vitality. When
the chicks are first Matched, one will
often notice some which are smaller
than the rest; chicks which do not
dry of" well; chicks which show q
protruding abdomen, or chicks which
show other abnormal characteristics.
Many of the chicks will apparently
overcome these troubles, and they will
be quickly forgotten unless some
means is taken to mark them 80 they
can be readily identified at any time.
All of these defects point to weak
constitution, and mean that such
chicks should never be used for breed
ing purposes, no matter how strong
they may look later. Perhaps the SAT-
est way to mark such chicks Is BY
cutting of one of the middle toes.
Perform this operation with a sharp
knife or pair Of scissors, making the
cut right at one of the toe-joints. In
this way It will cause the bird very
little pain or Inconvenience. The time
10 do this Ii just a. soon as any Do,
feet II noticed, such a. those mentioor
Cd, which points to weak vitality.
While the young chicks are grow
ing there VIII occasionally be seen Q
bird which is sick, which is not feath-
ering out properly. which does not
grow as rapidly as others from the
same hatch. or which shows some 9th.
or weakness. Just as soon as any Of
these points are noticed, mark that
chicken. II this practice of marking
the weak chicks is rigidly followed.
from time Of hatch to maturity, and
even after maturity. one will know
that all birds not having the mark are
those which have never shown indi.
cations of weakened vitality. They
are the cream of the flock"
The strongest Of the unmarked
birds should then be selected. The
vigorous. healthy bird will show large
bone, a comparatively short, stout
head and beak. a bright. full eye, a
nrm, red comb, a wide back, a full,
deep breast, a glossy, close-f1tting coat
Of feathers, and straight legs, set we'll
apart. Discard the birds which do
not show all these points OF vigor
Then. from the remainder, select those
which show suitable color and shape.
Remember, mass breeding means
rapid deterioration, and proper selec.
ton means improvement.-A. E. Rolf.
Live Stock Extension Service, LoQisi.
ann Sfofa TTpfuorot<x
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-09
S0WS SHOULD FARROW IN
EARLY SPRING AND FALL
Pigs Can Then Take Advantage Of
Grazing Crops and Avoid Extremes
Of Tempsrature-Feed Of Sow
Needs Careful Regulation.

In Louisiana the breeding of sows
should be 20 timed that the spring 1t
tiers will come about the hrst Of
March and the tall httsN about tho
first of September. At these times Of
the year the small pigs are less Liable
to suffer from the extremes Of tempe
nature, and can take advantage of the
grazing crops when In their prime.
The care of litter Of pigs should
begin before it is narrowed, because
the conditions to which the sow is
subjected has much to 90 with the
strength and vitality OF the pigs at
birth. Feeding should be carefully
regulated for about q week before and
after narrowing. Overlooking u .
common fault at this time. especially
OF feeds that are high in carbohy.
drates and fats, such as corn and rios
polish. These should be gradually re-
duced, and entirely eliminated several
days before narrowing time. The feed
should not be OF a heating. or energy
producing kind, but rather cooling and
laxative in its effect. Wheat bran Is
a good feed during this period. and
even this should be withheld for at
least twenty-four hours after farrow-
ing, giving nothing but fresh water.
The pigs will not take q great deal
OF milk the first week, and no effort
should be made to bring the SOW to
low of milk until the pigs require II.
Too much milk at first not only causes
scours and digestive disorders in the
pigs, but often leads to udder trou-
bles in the SOW. The feed should be
gradually increased. but not brought
up to a full ration before the pigs are
ten days old. II is not necessary 10
begin feeding heavily as soon as the
milk secretion has stopped. even.
though the SOW Is thin in flesh. Her
system has gone through . strenuous
drain, and should have q complete
rest for a time. The nearer she Ia
kept in good physical condition On
pasture alone the better it will be for
her BY the time her next CESSATION
period is half spent she will need some
concentrated feed. The demands on
her system during the last half Of the
CESSATION period is greater than dur
ing the first half; and the sows are
few in number that can meet this de-
mand on grazing alone, however good
the grazing crop is. A. r. Moist,
Live Stock Extension Service, Louis
lana State University.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-09
Statesmen Wanted

To sell lubricating oil, grease, spe-
cialties and paint. Part or whole
time. Commission basis until ability
is established. Permanent position
and wide field when qualified if de-
sired. Men with rig preferred.
RIVERSIDE REFINING CO.,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-09
Plan for q home garden.
River and Contractors
Plant For Sale

Consisting of steamboats,, dredges,
pile drivers, derrick boats, fats, dump
scows, pumps, hosting engines and
general contractors plant. A full de-
scription with prices upon applica-
ton. T. A. GILLESPIE CO.,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-09
LARGE CANE YIELD DUE TO
CROP ROTATION.
oae>sepen Produced BY Lesuminous
Crops Principal Fertiiizlng Eie-
ment In Cane Production.

Crops Principal Fertiiizlng Eie-
msnt In Cane Production.
Some Of the largest yields of cane
ever recorded in Louisiana were har-
vosesd this season. A brief inquiry
Ssvsals the fact that some of these
heavy yielding cuts were planted in
ths fall Of 1915, on land which had
been planted in corn and peas. clover,
alfalfa, or other leguminous crops for
two or more years during the depres-
oiou In the sugar industry. Any num-
bor Of fields, which have not been
planted to cane for the last two or
GAroo years. have been again planted
Shis fall. In some cases there were
two or three years Of corn and peas,
Who're the pea vines were plowed I'M
der one year and harvested for hay the
ether years In Q few cases cane has
been planted on land where white. red
q burr clover, or alfalfa had been
crown alone or in succession with
corn and peas. This is going to give
. very me opportunity to test the
value Of widening the common three
year rotation into four or fve-year
rotation, with . view to increasing
the tonnage Of cane per acre. It is a
lully accepted principle among sugar
plantsrs that ut least one years rest
Win . restorative crop. such as peas
ydantsd with corn between each plant
hg Of corn. which usually occupies
~ land two years, is essential in OBJ
tanning satisfactory yields. This is
dons for ne well-known reason that
A1eyogsn IL the principal fertilising ell
Smaok required to produce a good
tonnage Of cane on the alluvial lands
Of Louisiana, but the average land
during . decade or more shows q de-
1l1ne in the average tonnage yield
VIM the regulation Of three-year TO
ta&ion. Cane 10 very expensive crop
- grow, and all costs outside of har-
ve0t ere more or less constant, wheth-
- ne yield b large or small. When
ne yield gets 10 be less than ten or
twelve tons per acre, with the average
price for cana, the crop becomes un.
profitable. The additional tonnage
produced on IN acre is largely profit
aftsr deduoting the cost of harvesting
he increase in the crop. This is the
primary reason why cane growing in
he tropics. where yields Of from
1osty TO one hundred tons per acre
are procured. Is so much more profit
ahls than in the more temperate re-
gions. where the growing season is
Ssduced TO seven or eight months,
and the average tonnage IL CORE
epoadinsiy smaller. @. z. Nesom.
Avs Stock Extension 6seVaa Lanle
- OtAAo UaiVogs1fR
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-09

Some highbrow rises to remark that
quinine lie authoratively pronounced
seven ways. That may be true, but it
tastes only one way.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-09

We celebrated it In what we deemed
. fittinR and appropriate manner BY
sgosAg ssasAss on trounaheg Day.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-09

This buying plan of five dollars
down and FIVE dollars when they catch
you keeps the housekeeper on the
jump.-Philadelphie Inquirer.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-09
STRAYED OR STOLEN

From st. Joseph, La, on Saturday
night, Jan. 9TH, 1917, small bay mare
with black name and tail, about lax
hands high, about 10 years old; has
small blaze i'm forehead and marks on
right hind ankle resulting from foot
evil.
reward of $500 will be paid for
return of animal or Information lead
ing to recovery Of same:
MACE MILES,
Locust Midee "a O., H.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-09

Don't forget stable manure IL good
thing for the orchard.
, 1917-03-15
A "GooD ROADS" COLUMN.

1t will be noted that elsewhere
on this page is a column devoted
to the cause of good roads, and an
invitation is extended to all good
roads enthusiasts to contribute
their opinions on this up-to-date
subject. Throughout the west there
is no subject which is being given
more discussion and attracting
more general attention than the
subject of roads Progressive CON-
munities everywhere are coming
to a realization of the fact that be-
fore they can have anything else
of consequence they must have
good roads, and every year greater
amounts of money are being ex.
pended to improve the public
thoroughfares. We of southern
Carbon county are reasonably sure
that many of our public highways,
and particularly those between
Saratoga and Walcott and between
Saratoga and the county seat
will allow of much improvement,
and suggestions as to what i'm,
provements are needed and how
best these improvements may be
brought about, will be gladly wei,
coined in our Good Roads" col.
umn. Everyone who is interested
is urged to contribute-The Sun
will do the rest. There is only
one provision-that the matter be
considered from a non-partisan
standpoint. We can discover nc
connection b. ween the subject OF
good roads and politics or religion
We all have urgent need of good
highways and every person would
derive direct benefit from them.
regardless of his or her persona.
opinions on other subjects. If you
are interested in the cause of bet.
ter roads, if you think our present
highways can be improved anC
have any ideas as to ways anc
means, let's hear from you.
, 1917-03-15
Cooperation Necessary.

The good roads contagion is
spreading. 1t is said an automo-
bile club Or good roads club has
been recently formed at Rawlins,
to help the project along, and last
weeks issue of the Encampment
Record reports a meeting held at
that place at which a permanent
organization was formed to take
up the matter of goods roads in
that section of the county. The
Record says, "the chairman was
instructed to prepare petitions aud
get every farmer, rancher, business
, 1917-03-15
LEGAL NOTICES
Notice to Creditors.

STATE OF WYOMING, 9.
County of Carbon.
In the District Court, Second Judi
cial District.
In the Matter of the Estate of Charles
Mitwalsky, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the I'M
dersigned, administrative of the es-
tate of Charles Mitwalsky, deceased,
to the creditors of, and all persons
having claims against the said de-
ceased, to exhibit them within six
months after the first publication of
this notice, to the said administrative,
at her residence in Saratoga, Wyom-
ing, the same being the place for the
transaction of the business of said
estate.
Dated at Saratoga, Wyo., March
7tb, 1917. BARBARA MrTwALsKY,
1888 Administrative.
, 1917-03-15
Notice to Creditors.

Notice is hereby given That letters
of administration upon the estate OF
Gustave Jensen, deceased, was duly
issued to Mary N. S Jensen, by the
District Court of Carbon County, Wy
oming, on the End day of March, A.
D. 1917. All persons having claims
against said estate are required to ex-
hibit them for allowance to Mary n.
S. Jensen, said Administrative, at
Saratoga, in the county of Carbon,
Wyoming, within six months after
date of the issuance of said letters
as aforesaid, or they may be precluded
from any benefit from such estate;
and that if such claims be not exhibi
ted within one year from the date of
the issuance of said letters as afore.
said, they shall be forever debarred.
Dated at Saratoga, Wyoming, this
9Th day of March, A. D., 1917.
Mary N. S. Jensen,
Administrative,
A. J. Roster, Attorney.
, 1917-03-15
Welcome News.
Communicated

The writer hears that there is
talk among the county commission
ers of the county buying a heavy
road grader and a traction engine
to run it. This is the best news
that we have heard for a long time.
With such machinery-providrd
the right kind is purchased and at
the right price-roads can be built
everywhere save on very steep
side-hills and the fills over deep
gullies or against bridges. Truly
there is hope for good roads in
this county when those in charge
of the road building see this great
light.
Does anyone who has driven a
car over the goods roads in Colo
RADIO and Nebraska during the
past year think that these miles and
miles, yes, hundreds and thous-
ands Of miles, of roads that make
the heart glad as one drives over
them, were built with fresnos or
horse graders ? That system is
entirely obsolete, for with up-to-
date tools a wider, better, soldier
and smoother road can be built for
one-third to one-tenth the money.
Attention is called to the work
done in the past two years around
Cheyenne, where three years ago
the condition of the roads was al
most as bad as in this county,
but now are a matter of pride to
their people and of envy to ours.
Mr.. Richardson, chairman of the
board of county commissioners at
Cheyenne, is a road crank of the
first water, and would no doubt be
delighted to give others the bene-
fit of their experience.
They, however, found that it was
not profitable to the county to own
a traction engine, but rather to
have a heavy grader, the strongest
and best o%btainable, and to let the
contracts for making roads to men
who own traction engines, thus
saving the county from amending
troubles from breakage, repairs,
etc, while the men we're under
pay all the time. incidentally,
the dimensions of the Cheyenne
roads are: Width, 80 feet from
ditch to ditch, l6-inch grade, one
inch to the foot, giving a roadway
of twenty feet or more. The road
Id packed by the weight of the
traction engine or roller, and drag
ged smooth. And this kind of
road is being built for less than
500 per mile,
, 1917-03-15
NO MORE SERIALS.

The management of The Sun
is inclined to doubt the popularity
of the serial story as a feature for
a country newspaper. 1t seems
more reasonable to presume that
people of this or any other com
munity would prefer the same
amount of reading matter in the
shape of live town and county
news, than a three-column install
ment of a serial story in each issue
of the local paper. Consequently,
upon the completion of Zip
pecanoe," the serial which has
been running in The Sun for many
weeks, the serial story feature will
be discontinued There are many
magazines and books on sale at all
news stands for the benefit of
novel-readers, and it would seem
that a novel in it's entirety is more
to be desired by readers than one
cut into small pieces and scattered
over a period of several months
The Sun has no desire to invade
the field of the magazine or the
, 1917-03-15

Every farmer in the land should
take heed of the imperative neces-
sity for cultivating every available
foot of ground this season. ON
of the first resources to be hus-
banded in time of wal is food for
the army and for the civilian
population. Without it any nation
will be brought to its knees, and
that is a condition which is un-
thinkable for the American people.
And not only should the farmer
produce to the utmost. Vacant
lots and back yards in every town
should yield their quota forthe com
mon good. Every citizen should
consider it incumbent upon him to
do his share, and he should do it.
When this spirit animetes a ma.
ton of a hundred million patriotic
people it will require something
more than words and plots to con.
quer it.
, 1917-03-15

man, and all others interested to
sign these petitions to present to
the county commissioners next
meeting, April 5rd."
1t is doubtful if a great deal
can be accomplished unless the
members of such an organization
are willing to do more than sign
petitions, The county commits
sioners, we have no doubt, try to
do all they can for all parts of the
county in the matter of road work,
but they have only a stipulated
amount of money available for road
work and this, in farness to all
sections of the county, should be
distributed as equally as possible
over all the roads of a very large
county. Hence it could hardly
be expected that they would bewill-
ing to appropriate large amounts
from the county road fund to
build a certain piece of road sim
ply because it had been petitioned
for.
The better way is for the road
clubs, automobile clubs, CONNER
cial organizations, farmers who
will be directly benefited, and
those public-spirited individuals
who feel like taking a hand, to
perfect their plans and decide how
much they cap give in money and
work toward a certain piece of
road, and then enlist the assist
snce of the county authorities, in
which case they may be sure of
good, loyal help from those in
charge of the county government
Along the Yellowstone Trail
through southern Montana and
North Dakota, where great things
have been accomplished in the
way of fine automobile highways,
fully as much of the work was &C
complished and financed by auto
mobile clubs and commercial or
CARNATIONS of various cities along
the route, as was done by the vari-
u counties through which this
great highway passes. Had it been
up to the commissioners of the
various counties to finance and
build this highway entirely it is
doubtful if there would yet be any
great amount of automobile travel
bet, zen the Twin Cities of Min
nesota aud the Yellowstone Park
If we are to accomplish any
great amount of road work in
southern Carbon county this year
will be through active and loyal
co operation between all parties
aud organizations directly inter
ested, working hand in hand with
the county commissioners. Crit.
kicks or petitions won't
build many roads. III. /
, 1917-03-15

The Sun desires it's readers
throughout the valley to know
that much new material in the
way of up-to-date type faces and
other modern equipment is being
installed in this plant, and that it
is now equipped to turn out thor
oughly modern printing of almost
any kind. Other improvements
are contemplated for the very near
future and it is expected to make
this a thoroughly up-to-date print
ing plant. An effort will be made
to merit the patronage of everyone
in this territory, and we will I'M
dertake to print your stationery
and other commercial work on a
basis of frst-class work or no
charge.
, 1917-03-15

metropolitan daily paper, and after
the completion of the present ser
iaI will devote it's space entirely
to the local and general news of
it's own Legitimate feld-Saratoga
and Carbon county. The last in
stallment of the y"Tippecanoe"
will appear in the issue of March
22nd.
, 1917-03-15
Freight and Express.

Parties desiring freight and ex-
press hauled from Walcott may
have same delivered in Saratoga
promptly by calling on Lee &
Broadhurst, the Windsor Stables.
Phone No. ID.
The Lamar register., 1917-02-21

disagree. The author has made the
mistake of using the very methods he
deprecates in others, and hurls invec-
tives at all who disagree with him.
We have not been among those who
try to throw the blame of the present
unfortunate crisis on the school, and
neither are we ready to hold any i'm
portant factor in the community as
entirely blameless. Such a condition
could not exist without the cause be-
ing far reaching and in all probable
ity it is due to too lax discipline in
the home life, in the school life and
in the community life generally, and
can only be corrected by reversal
of conditions and more strict discipline
in all directions. No good will be
accomplished by throwing brickbats at
each other, or by firing any one
particular man and placing some
other particular man in his position
to draw the salary. 1t is no tine for
selfish interests to step in and try
to gain advantage, but all should
unite in trying to better conditions in
the spirit shown by Judge Horn to-
day in his talk to the business men.
There should be no animosity to-
wards any ndividuals-just let all
realize that this condition could not
exist without more or less RESPONSE
bility on the part of the entire COM
munity, and that the remedy is along
the lines Of stricter discipline for the
young people in all respects. with
charity towards all and malice to-
wards mono" let us apply the remedy
at the root of the evil.