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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08
Questions and Answers
Conducted The Missoulian Every Week Under the Di-
rection Of H. P Griffin Formerly Of the Faculty Of
Montana State College.
Breeds Of Hogs.

Q. What is the best breed of hogs
for Montana conditions r. c. r.,
Great Falls.
A. This is one of those questions
which no one can answer satisfactorily
TO everyone. The best breed, If there
is such a thing. is the breed which best
suits your conditions and taste. In
other words. any breed is a good breed
If you like it, the best if you so think
it. All our breeds of hogs will do
well II given proper care and manage
ment. In Montana perhaps the Po-
land Chinas are the most popular. at
least they are the most widely bred.
Next to them in numbers come the
BerkShires, Hamp-
shires. Tamworths, Chester Whites and
forkshires are all bred to certain
extent and are popular somewhat in
the order named. The Poland China.
Duroc-Jerseys. Berkshires and Chest r
Whites are of the lard breeds, while
the Hampshires. TamwOrths and York
shires belong to the bacon classified :
ton. Many people put the Happshires
in both classes. These are all good
breeds and any or them Will make n
success on the Montana farm If given
good care. There is more sale for Po-
land-chinas and Duroc Jerseys be-
cause of more people breed g them.
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cutt;nq Sweet Clover Hay.

@. What is the best way to put up
sweet clover hay?-F. G. L., Iona.
A. Sweet clover is rather difficult
to make into good hay unless one goes
at it right. To make palatable hay
sweet clover must be cut when the
plants are small. Ii it is allowed to
grow too tail or too old, SO that the
blossoms have started to come. the
resulting hay is coarse and woody and
the stock will not eat it. Cut it when
it is yet small and tender. the yield
may not be so large but the amount
of good hay will be great deal more.
AS the leaves are the most valuable
part of the sweet clover plant. every
effort should be made to conserve
these as far as possible. The sweet
clover hay should be put up much as
is alfalfa, that is, soon after the hay
is Iuown it should be raked into wind
rows and later 1t should be cooked and
allowed to dry gradually. Hay caps
help in curing such hay. for not only
do they protect 1t from the direct rays
Of the sun. but also they keep off the
rains which would ruin it and from
which, because of the long time it
takes to cure the hay. there Is more
or less danger. The sweet clover
should not be cut off too close to the
ground lest the plants be killed.
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ture. and get "st,fhg" in more senses
imam one. The honey bee Is too busy
TO prosecute war for conquest only.
Her weapon is for defense. II handled
wisely she will use it only in self de-
Tense. Like the grizzly bear and many
other repnt"dly blood thirsty" ami
mails. the honey bee is perfectly
harmless and neiehborly creature. The
seasoned apiarist" will handle them
with bare hands. He will let them
hang by hundreds to his body. They
are his pets. as the poultryman's
fowls are his pets. It's all In knowing
how.
The amount Of work required To
handle these two side lines will, of
course. be proprotioned to the space
given them in the larger program OF
the general business. Poultry yards
may we'll be made into fruit orcha rds-
as though no poultry were kept. The
more fruit trees. the better for the
poultry-and every tree will be bene
fited by the presence of the fowls un
derneath II.
The first season it might be well IL
handle only n single pair OF colonies
! II these are strong ones. and the best
methods are studied and faithful,
practiced, the second season will fine
the poultryman quite an apiarist n.
well. In fruit culture n little moro
holiness may be exercised from tn,
first. The vegetable garden should b.
reserved open to the rays Of the sun
But all the ground devoted to tn,
poultry plant may be also devoted stu
diously and wisely 10 our two side line
fruit and bee cnlture-thus givinI
three crops where otherwise Their
would be but one. The three crop
would be mutually supplementary
each being stronger because OF tn
other two. This Is n familiar trick G
wise old Nature.
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chards have failed to produce because
of the lack OF the services of the honey
bee When the apiary was established
Mt the edge OF the orchard. n large
fruit crop was regularly produced.
Fruit farms are for this reason taking
up bee culture as secondary and sup
Elementary industry. The fruit or
chards furnish WORKING grounds for
the bees. and the bees do the vital
work of fertilizing the fruit blossoms.
Some 80 per cent Of the work Of cross
pollination has been found to he per-
formed by honey bees.
Thus 1t is seen how vitality the fruit
orchard and the apiary are related.
The poultry plant and the fruit or
chard are just as naturally and vitally
| relate. The domestic fowl was orig
inally a bird Of the jungle. Her de-
| light is to, forage in the dense shade.
digging about the roots Of shrubs and
trees. capturing and devouring endless
numbers Of insects, and gathering
| from the native soil a hundred and one
kinds of stuff about which you and
understand nothing. but which she
rapidly manufactures into personal
property the increase I'll our Iolus
ings.
Thus the fowls forage in the fruit
! ewes while at the same time they
| rr.n~, to tho f""'t. shrubs ar1 tree
culture and fertility most needed.
Bee culture on n large scale requires
expert knowledge and large expert
ence. The same may he said of fruit
culture. Each is a skilled occupation
No one can master all there Is In them
In a year. or In five years.
But the poultryman is to handle
them in a strictly subordinate way
He is to be an EXPERT in his main line
he may be n skilled amateur only il
his two side lines. He should not he
gin bltndly. A few dollars invested II
) the most down to- date books on hi
two chosen Supplements to his mali
business will be the hest investmen
: he can make at the beginning. TIL
: price Of the books will return to hir
ma nifo,ded within IL months.
: People plunge blindly into bee cu'
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ROOSTER NO GOOD
IN LAYING MONTHS

At this season of the year ROSTERS
are about the only game on which
there is universal warfare. Starting
in about July !, we wish to get rid
Of the surplus males. the lords of the
barnyard. There is Il reason for this.
Their usefulness is over. Not only
that. but from now on they are posi-
tive detriment. They are a menace
10 the keeping qualities of our eggs.
Sterile eggs keep longer than those
which have been fertilized. Not only
that, but with sterile eggs there is no
danger of fertilization having been
started, and the eggs spelling as well
as communicating other eggs in the
immediate vicinity. Furthermore, the
hens will lay just as many eggs with
out the incentive OF the rooster as
with him. And so the rooster at this
season OF the year appears rather in
the light of excess baggage. something
10 be removed.
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SHADE HELPS CATTLE
DURING. HOT WEATHER
Dairy Crows Will Yield Bet
ter if Made Comfortable
in Pasture.
ANY SHELTER SERVES
Trees Best, bat Artificial
Protection From Sun
Is Satisfactory.

With July the hot days, the warmest
Of the year. will come. There win be
days with scarcely n breath of air.
when the sun is hot s,nd'h Earning. when
a. place Of shade is the most welcome
spot on earth. This is, true with ami
mails as well as men and all stock that
Is expected to do well this summer
should be provided with ample shade
There is a peculiar thing about shade
In the west. Go under any trees or
low brush i'm the west and no matter
how hot the day you will find it~coOl
where the trees and leaves give shell
ter.
You have often seen q little bunch
of animals gathered in some corner Of
a shelterlesS pasture stamping, fight
ing the flies, uncomfortable, hot and
unhappy. Animals kept under such
conditions all summer long cannot pos
sibly do well. The heat and the flies
will take all the gain that the early
spring grazing has put on. Animals
to do well must be comfortable. While
this rule applies to all animals, 1t is
especially applicable to that highly
nervous and developed product of our
farms, the dairy COW. Special care is
needed in regard to providing shade
for these cattle in summer time. Now
in general the dairy COW eats a while
and then ruminatesher cud for a while.
Once she has ruminated the food in
the first and largest stomach she pro-
cecds to go out and get it full again.
II the COM ID kept in a hot. shadeless
pasture she cannot ruminate in COM
fort and hence she will not eat as
mllch as in a pasture where she can
get an hour or two's welcome relief
from the heat of the midday sun.
Trees Of course furnish the best pas
ture shade. however. they are not al
ways to be had. It is generally an
easy matter to provide some sort of a
shed where the cattle and other stock
can go in during the heat of the day.
This can be merely a frame of poles
covered over with grass or brush
straw sheds without sides, so that the
wind may play through them. make
excellent cattle shades. II nothing else
is available. the whole shelter can be
made from lumber.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08
SOIL MULCHES Retain
MOISTURE N FIELDS
In Dry Summer Hold Water
in Earth by Cutting the
Surface Layer.
SLOWS EVAPORATION
SLOWS EVAPORATION
Dust Mulch Acts as Blanket
and Keeps Dampness
Under Ground.

In the rush OF the past two years.
when wheat was high and war news
occupied most of our attention, we
have paid scant attention to our old
friend the soil mulch. But il this
summer turns out to be q dry one. of
which of course no one can tell. we viii
probably become intimately acquainted
with the gentleman again. 1t has been
demonstrated time and again that We
cannot successfully grow crops on dry
lands every year. In other words, we
have to use more than Il seasons
moisture to grow q single crop. The
only way We can store this moisture
and thus use it for the following year
is by means of the dust mulch.
After land is plowed and .,arrowcd
and !, rain comes there Is Il crust forms
at the surface of the soil. Through
this crust the water In the .soil is
easily drawn and is evaporated. The
water is brought to the surfac, by
means of capillary attraction. and i,om
here it is lost unless We do something
to save 1t ana to conserve It for fu-
tnrr use. About the only thing we
can do is to establish a dust mulch
that is. we fine the surface soil, break
it up into dust, through which the
moisture cannot pass. This dust mulch
acts like n blanket and keeps In the
soil the highly necessary moisture
Not only does tho summer fallow
| conserve the moisture by means of the
dust mulch. but also it kills the weeds.
The cultivation that establishes tho
dust mulch serves the double purpose,
| OF breaking up the soil and killing the
| weeds. Weeds rob the soil of both
| food and moisture hence it is ncceS-
| sary that they be killed.
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this account. which is especially true
of the buff variety. Many excellent
specimens Of Buff Orpingtons have
been bred and exhibited and they are
gaining more breeders each year.
They are good layers Of large. tinted
eggs. The chicks are rugged and rapid
growers. reaching maturity at a COM
paratively early age. From broiler age
to roasting size they make excellent
table poultry. Females weigh seven to
eight pounds: males eight and one half
to ten pounds. They have rich. golden
buff plumage in all sections, white skin
and white legs and feet.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08
BUILD STEAMERS FOR ALLY.

Toxic. - In connection with the
Of the merchant fleet of
the entente powers. the kawasaki
Dockyar dcompany of Kobe, has re-
ceived an order from Great Britain
to build II freight steamers. The in
tonnage ranges from 1000 to
$4,000 tons and the total value will
be about $25,0OO,OO0.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08

Probably the best and certainly the
most popular of all the English breeds
Of poultry is the Orpington.' 1t has
undoubted utility qualities both as a
layer and market fowl.
The late William Cook of England
originated all the Orpingtons. The
rose comb is intended for northern
ATTITUDES where winters are severe and
where frosted combs mean mo more
winter eggs" Fowls possessing rose
combs are not so susceptible to frost
as those having single combs. The
Rose Comb Orpington Is popular on
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08
Cause of Qespondanex.

Dependency is often caused by in
digestion and constipation. and quickly
disappears when Chamberlain's Tab
let's are taken. These tablets strength
en- the digestion and move the bowels.
ADV.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-30
An1boy

Tom Randall and wife also John Ho-
bert and wife have gone to California
to spend the winter.
A number of farmers are BUYING
cattle from the st. Paul stock yards SO
as to feed up their soft corn before
spring.
The lecture given by Mr. Temple at
the opera house was well enjoyed by
the large audience and if the other
numbers of the high school course are
as good no one will be disappointed.
A pretty wedding will take place on
Thanksgiving day when Miss Hazel
Brown, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Brown, will become the bride of Frank
Hemingway. The young people are
we'll known and their many friends
wish them much joy.
Mr.. and Mrs Clarence Riley are
the proud parents of a young son born
Monday, November 10.
Mrs. A. NJ Brush is seriously i'll but
her many friends hope for her speedy
recovery to good health
Miss Marie Tunn and Will Job will
be married on Thanksgiving day.
Elder Jones has moved his family
from the parsonage to the Kienholz
residence in the west part of town
Elder Smyth, the Presbyterian minis
ter, moved his household goods from
LIE Sueur to the parsonage.
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Mapieton
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily. Us
j. l.. Stevens returned to the hos
'pital ct Tennessee Tuesday.
William Wick sold his fine farm
one and a half miles east of town last
week to eastern parties at $135 pei
acre.
William Koemanen who lives south
east of town sold his farm at SAC
per acre. These two transfers are
important. Both families expect to
move to town in the spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Stoves left
for Minneapolis Saturday after living
Mr.. Stoves has done contract work
Mrs. P. H. Conner left Monday
morning for Cottonwood, S. OAK, to
visit her daughter Mrs. George John
ston for several weeks.
Miss Cecilia Petit was called to
Wisconsin on business Monday.
Mrs. Charles Jensen and little
daughter and Mrs. Ada Davis re-
turned to Little Falls Friday morning
after week spent with their parents
Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Gilmore.
A letter from Charles Gilmore
states that he is feeling fine and could
run a mile" The climate at Denver
suits his case exactly.
Mrs. J. T. Pcmroy has been very
sick again and it is probable that she
will be compelled to try Colorado on
account of the asthma
Mr.. and Mrs. Waldo Jarome and
little son are expected to spend
Thanksgiving at the home of Mrs.
w. ]. Libby who is Mrs. Jarome's
mother.
Mrs. Howard Samuelson has re-
turned from Rochester and will visit
with her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Borchert.
Mrs. Clarence Anderson is enter
tanning her sister.
John Johnston made trip to Wells
Tuesday on business.
Mrs. John Munglus departed from
this life last Wednesday at the home
of her mother in town to which she
had recently moved She had been
a great sufferer for several years hav-
ing submitted to two operations A
WOudH vi great PERSONALITY, Sue Hdu
all who knew her for friends. The
deceased came to this country with
her parents when but twelve years of
age and continued to reside in Beau
ford or Medo until just before her
death. She is survived by two broth
ers Fred and Herman Tesch and one
sister Mrs. Herman Soluble. The
rom aims wpro laid to rest in tha
BeaufOrd cemetery.
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Kerns

Frank Bigelow of Minneapolis, dis
trict superintendent of Congregational
churches, spoke at the church Sun
day morning. Mr.. Bigelow was en-
tertained at the Budde home from
SATURDAY. evening until Sunday after
noon. Mr.. Budde met him and took
him to town.
The Kerns Khoral Klub met with
Penelope Hanson last Wednesday
evening and this week Wednesday
will meet with Mrs. H. Parson
The Christian Endeavor society will
give box social Friday evening OF
this week at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs Chester Steel. The proceeds OF
this social will be used to finance a
social that the Christian society will
give during the holidays.
The church trustees have engaged
Rev. Bell of the Congregational church
in Mankato to hold services at this
church Sunday afternoons at $3.50
Sunday school will be held at 1:3(
beginning next Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Carter are pack
ing their goods and will soon move
to st. Paul.
Mrs. Eva Voss of Duluth has beer
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-30
Splendid Affair Held In That
Place Recently
NETRECEIPTS WERE S433
Interesting Program Rendered
Greatly Appreciated BY
Large Audience
From Tuesdays Daily.

Especial to Free Press.
Mapleton, November 27.-rhe Red
Cross box social Friday evening was
a success both socially and financial
ly. The total receipts being $433
above expenses. A fine program was
rendered by local talent, and the
readings by Miss Erma Meyer of
Good Thunder more than pleased the
audience. The others taking part
were Miss Lenora Geimer, Miss
Bernadine Troendle, Miss. Florence
McGuiggan, Arthur Borchert, high
school girls, High School orchestra
and Mrs. James Coggeshall. The
Mapleton orchestra furnished music
before and after the program. Louis
Hanka was presented with the pig
which had been donated by H. e.
Hance. The proceeds of the social
will help furnish material and the
officers appreciate the hearty support
of all who in any way helped to make
it a successful affair." The public
school pupils have completed thirty
two Christmas pacgages which are
being mailed out by the Red Cross
as fast as possible to get the addresses
of the boys.
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| ing done were greatly impressed by
this showing.
! The Vernon Center Red Cross ex-
tends a vote of thanks to each and
every one who helped in any way to
make the affair success. Every
body did his bit cheerfully. Espe-
cially do we wish to thank the COM
mittee from The country for their
| untiring work. Although coming
from the extreme parts of the Red
Cross territory they were the first to
arrive at the hall and the last to
leave at night.
The Vernon Center News has de-
voted nearly column every week
since the project has started, and
The Mankato Free Press has kept
the enthusiasm at a high temperature
by almost daily .chronicalling the
same. The Free Press is a daily Wis
itor into nearly every home in the
Vernon Center Red Cross territory.
Many Fancy Articles.
A booth containing fancy articles
made and donated by the ladies was
indeed fine one and seemed to have
considerable attraction for the stern
er sex, and when the articles were
put up the men would invariably out
bid The ladies. For instance beau
tiful crochet yoke seemed to just
strike a certain man in the north
neighborhood, for when the auction
eer said, bid, Fred" he replied,
"All right, l dent know what it is
but I'll give four fifty for it," and
the coveted article was his.
Postmaster A. w. Petrich, who is
the champion corn pepper of Vernon
Center, popped and donated several
large baskets of popcorn which the
Boy Scouts sold through the crowd
adding a neat little sum to the Red
Cross treasury. The Boy Scouts in
their uniforms made a decided hit
with everybody by their gentle man
ly manners as they quietly went
through the hall delivering to the
buyer the goods he had purchased.
Homer Miller of North Vernon
spent a few days in South st. Paul
purchasing sheep which will be turn
ed into the corn fields In this way
he hopes to use up the soft corn
with profit. He bought ITO ewes
which were driven out to his farm
yesterday.
Wedding bells on Thanksgiving
day at high noon will ring out the
nuptials of Editor Harold Burdick
and Miss Carrie Thew.
Two new Overland cars were pur-
chased by Leonard Zumwalt of South
Vernon, and Andy Pfeffer of North
Vernon. Henceforth the service of
old Dobbin and Gray will no longer
be needed for pleasure trips by these
two families.
James Lowell, who is a juror in
the court at Mankato for an indef-
mite period, spent the weekend with
his family.
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GIRL GAVE LIFE HISTORY
Maiden Went On Stand At Fair
mont and Told Sensational
Story

Fairmont, November pa young
girl, who ought still to be in high
school today took the witness stand in
Judge Deans court and before a jury
and courtroom almost filled with men
told the story of her shame She told
of her downfall in her own home, OF
trips to Mankato for illegal operations
and of the birth and death of her child.
The girl is Bertha Schwartz of
Truman She is seventeen years old
Arthur Graft of Truman is charged
with being the father of her child,
which, happily, lived but a few hours.
County Attorney Allen produced a
roll of bills during his examination
of the witness. They were marked.
do you recognize these bills?" he
asked
Recognized The Bills
YES" said the girl. 'They are
5000 of the $3.50 that Arthur Graft
gave me to leave Truman"
In the back of the courtroom the
father and mother of the witness
bowed their heads.
Graft is charged with an offense
against minor girl. With his at
torney, Paul G.. Cooper, he sat in
front of the witness as she told of
his relations with her.
The witness said that she first met
Graft when he followed her out of a
store in Truman and walked home
with her. She said that he asked to
call again and that later she tele-
phoned him of dance, hoping he
might ask her to go.
He did not, she said, but came to
the house that night. He came again
soon, she testified, and their relations
continued over a period of several
weeks.
Came to Mankato
When she found that she was to
become a mother, the girl stated,
Graft went with her to Mankato,
where they consulted physician. He
took her to a hotel while they were
in Mankato, she asserted. The oper-
alton was unsuccessful and second
one was performed. This also was
unsuccessful. Her child was born
last July.
According to the witness, Graft gave
her $3.50 to leave Truman. She went
to relatives in Hancock, Mimi, but
later returned home and to Fairmont,
where she consulted the county at
torney. The prosecution followed.
The girl is pretty and today was