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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05

OFrom the United States Department OF
Agriculture)
There are some sections of the cOun-
try that have become noted for the
quality of the live stock they pro-
duce. In most instances this Is found
to be the result of concentrated eff
fort. The state of Wisconsin offers n
splendid illustration of what II be
accomplished through community
breeding associations. Here are to be
found 1876 organizations devoted to the
breeding of high-class live stock. OF
this number, JOS are promoting cattle
Of the different dairy breeds; ., beef
cattle; 10, horses; ., swine; and H.,
general live stock. These associations
have met with marked success and
prove co~ncluSively that community
livestock breeding is not an expert
ment when thoroughly organized and
properly conducted. Livingston coun-
ty, Michigan, and n considerable sec
ton of New York, particularly the re-
gion adjacent to Syracuse, are famous
for their dairy cattle. In Iowa promi-
hence has been gained in swine rails
ing. The bluegrass region of Ken
lucky, noted as the center of American
sa~ddle-horse breeding, affords Il fur
Their example of the success resulting
from unity of effort and purpose.
There are still other sections where
attention is being given to the pro-
,J,,ntinn af t1, az f,,,, nI,rcnc ,f l;,n
stock. Each is noted as Il breeding
center, and buyers who pay the high
est prices are attracted from other
states and ever foreign countries.
Leader Is Necessary.
The organization of a community or
cooperative live stock breeders assoc
citation requires the services of a lead
er, as do all movements that have for
their object the improvement of I'M
satisfactory conditions. The leader
in an enterprise of this kind should
be one of the successful breeders of
the Colnmunity-aggreSSive as well as
progressive. With such a man at the
head of the movement, little trouble
should be experienced in interesting
others and securing their cooperation.
A preliminary organization should be
effected, Il committee appointed to
draft a constitution and bylaws, and Il
definite breed selected which the asso-
citation is to promote.
The selection of a breed is of great
Importance. If the best results are
to be gained, individual taste should
be disrcgarded and II breed selected
which has proved profitable in the
community. The action taken in this
respect should be unanimous, and
every effort should then be made in
improving the type of stock to which
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05
TOTAL CROP YIELDS IN 1916
Products in United States Com
pared With Last Year.

The total production of important
products this year in the United States
compared with last year is estimated
as follows: Corn, 50 per cent wheat,
COL per cent oats, 19.S per cent bar
ley. IA per cent; rye, S5.1 per cent
buckwheat. SS.4 per cent; potatoes.
S3.1 per cent sweet potatoes, 91.2 per
cent; tobacco, 1874 per cent flaXseed,
111.3 per cent; rice, TAG per cent ;
hay Gall tame), 101.1 per cent; clover
hay, 10S.S per cent; cotton, 1910 per
cent; apples, S6.3 per cent; peaches.
$50 per cent; pears, 900 per cent; su-
gar beets, 1853 per cent.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05
INVEN!S NEW TRANSMISSION
Hydraulic Principle Applied to
Transfer Power to Rear
Wheels.

A new automobile transmission, de-
signed to do away with gear-shifting,
Is the invention of Carlton II. Rad
cliffe of New York. The driving and
the driven members Of the device are
inclOSed in a tluid-tight case and the
hydraulic principle is employed for
the transference of power. The driv-
ing member of the mechanism is rO-
tated by the engine of the automobile.
When this members rotations reach
a sufficient speed the force of liquid
against the driven member impels it to
revolve, transmitting the power to the
rea wheels. There are two driven
members, n for the forward speeds
IF the car and the other for the re-
verse. Control of the speed of the
car is obtained by the shifting of the
members of the device.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05
TAKES UP LIGHT QUESTION
Accidents Caused by GIaring Head.
lights Causes Automobile Engi-
neers to Consider Subject.

In view of the great number OF re-
cent traffic accidents that have been
attributed to glaring headlights, the
announcement that the Society of Au-
tomobile Engineers will soon present II
report on the light question that will
go a long way toward solving the
problem is welcomed by the motoring
public. That the question is Il much
more difficult n than is generally
supposed is proved by the fact that
the society already has spent more
than a year in considering remedies
for existing conditions.
To provide safety for night driving
1t is necessary that the automobile car
ry a light which will illuminate the
road in front of it for $50 feet. 1t ia
equally important for safe driving that
the light shall no dazzle pedestrians
or drivers proceeding in the opposite
direction. To obtain a lighting adjust
ment that will meet both conditions is
the problem that the society has faced
and which it Is said to have solved.
DiStu on IIp So
ciety's findings will soon be presented
to the manufacturers and the public,
and 1t is expected that these recon
mendations will be Incorporated in a
model bill to be laid before the various
legislatures by the American AutomO-
bile association and affiliated organiza-
tions that are interested in obtaining
uniform traffic laws.
1t is understood that the society will
suggest changes in lamp design so that
no part of the reflected beams of light
shall rise more than AZ inches from
the ground at II distance of - feet or
more ahead of the automobile. This
change can be effected with little trou-
bic, it is said, by the various manu-
facturers.
In the model traffic bill which the
American Automobile association will
frame, horSr-draWn vehicles will come
in for their share of attention and an
effort will be made to enforce the light
ing of these vehicles after dark in ev-
cry part of the country.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05
When the Tongue Is Coated,

Time was when a coated tongue was
associated only with impaired diges-
tive organs, but science has now found
that many other things beside diges-
tive troubles may produce marked
changes in the appearance of the
tongue. If the base of the skull Is
fractured, the tongue will acquire a
heavy coating. This fact leads to the
belief that various disturbances of the
nerves affect the appearance Of the
tongue. Therefore, if your tongue is
furred, don't jump to the conclusion
that your stomach is upset; it is Just
as likely that your nerves are upset by
o%verwOrk, eye-strain, lack of sleep or
the multitude of other causes that ef-
feet the nerves.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05

and it has a concrete floor to keep the
tools and machinery up from the
ground and to keep them dry to pre-
vent rusting.
The sides and ends are built in the
usual way by using a light sill and
2-hy-4 studding covered with drop sid
ing or clapbOards. The roof is con
structed by 2-by-4 rafters with matched
roofing boards covered with roll roof
ing. The advantage in using matched
roofing boards Is to prevent the wind
from tapping the roll roofing. Good
roofing boards will sometimes double
the lasting qualities of the roof.
Some farmers build a regular repair
shop in one end or in the center. The
shop is provided with a blacksmith kit
and all the necessary woodworking
tools to make small repairs on any
farm machine or implement; such
work as replacing lost bolts or broken
braces, or replacing worn parts with
new ones is done In the winter time,
between chore periods.
But a farmer is helpless without
tools. 1t is not necessary to collect
an expensive outfit of blacksmith's,
machinist's or carpenters tools, but a
forge. anvil. wise, drillpress, with a
small assortment of cold chisels.
punches, hammers, wrenches and tongs,
will enable a farmer to do. a good deal
of blacksmith tinkering and save many
trips to town during the busy season,
when time is an object.
A few carpenters tools, such as
saws, a square, a couple of good heavy
hammers, with a brace and bits and a
few wrenches and half a dozen chisels
will give a handy farmer enough tools
to do extensive repairing.
Farm machinery and implements
are made with standard patterns SO
that repairs may be ordered for almost
any implement manufactured. There
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05
RIiuht- Killed Mood NaluahIe

The department of agriculture has
issued a circular to the effect that ex-
periments conducted by the forest serv-
ice of the department to determine the
value of chestnut wood that has been
blight-killed, show that 1t Is Just as
durable as healthy timber. Posts. poles
and ties made from infected timber
show that, after three years use, they
are as sound as timber not infected.
Blight-killed timber, which had sea-
soned on the stump for several years.
and which had lost its bark, resisted
decay better than healthy wood from
which the bark was not removed.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05
DA1PY NOTE
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Poor cows are never clean.

Poor cows are never clean.
No dairy was ever too clean.
The COWS should have a chance to go
to shelter now when they naturally
seek it.
A thorough chilling now will dis
qualify a herd for profit during the
whole winter.
The breeding bull always represents
half the value of the breeding power
Of the herd if it is desired to grow
calves for the dairy.
Calves intended for the dairy should
not be made fat as veals, and they
should not be allowed to become stunt
ed. They should be thrifty and grow
ing all the time.
A good price for a superior bull is
money well invested. The difference
between the price of a strictly high
class sire and an inferior one is made
up in the first lot of calves.
1t is hard to make some men realize
the great influence of a good, pure
bred sire in q herd. The sire is more
than half the herd. If he is richly
bred, every heifer inherits from him
good butter traits.
Buying a bull without knowing the
record of his dam is apt to result in
heavy loss for the farmer. Get a sire
that will improve the herd.
A carload of grain is worth $3.50.
A carload of butter is worth $1,000.
Convert your grain into butter and
save the freight on 10 cars.
All milk should be graded and sold
under its proper label. All grades
which contain over 100000 bacteria
a cubic centimeter should be pasteur-
lied.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05
Farm Implement Storage Barn.

door in the side to be used when pass
ing in and out and for the carrying
in of hand tools and other small farm
implements.
Farm machinery and implements
depreciate about 10 per cen a year
when they are properly housed and
kept painted. The loss from leaving
tools out in the weather is m
An implement shed constructed in this
manner is a great convenience in doing
repair work.
All farm machines require overhaul
ing in the winter time to put them in
q thorough working condition during
the busy time in spring. A house of
this kind makes it easy to take the
machines apart and examine every
wheel and every casting, so that the
worn parts may be replaced and the
whole machine gone over with paint or
linseed oil.
This implement house has n concrete
wall extending all around the outside
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05
Quit Colleges for Munition Shops.

To help forward meeting the ever
increasing demand for munitions of
war numerous groups of young stu
ian state universities have signiGed
their willingness to quit the lecture
halls for the workshops. In encourage
ment of this movement the Italian
government has decided to grant ex-
ceptional concessions in the matter of
studies. exemptions and degrees, so
that their patriotism may not prove a
handicap to the volunteers In their fu-
ture professional career.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05
An Important State,

The state of Bahia, one Of the
largest and most important Of the
Union of Brazil, occupies an aera four
fifths the size of France, and fas a
population estimated at 2,5OO,OOO, of
which the capital, the city of Bahia
contains 10000. Its coast line of 635
miles is longer than that of any other
state in Brazil, and the great Sac
Francisco rver is navigable for $40
miles within the state,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05
About Gears,

The planetary gear is so named be-
cause the change-speed gears revolve
around a center gear attached to the
main shaft, the motion of the gearing
resembling that of the planets around
the sun. The main gear, which is at
tached to the central shaft, is termed
the "sun" gear, while the assembly
members are called "planet" gears.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05
Garage Heater for Motor Cars.

An electric heater which can be con
nected TO an ordinary lamp socket for
use during winter nights in private un-
heated garages, is described in the
Electrical World. This device is of
such a size that it can be placed in
the hood of the car between the engine
and the radiator. The body Of the
heater contains a rugged heating ele-
ment which consumes OIL XIV. and gives
off just enough heat to keep the radia-
tor from freezing and the engine from
causing starting trouble.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05
MisaIianment Wears Tires.

One of the causes of tire treads
wearing excessively is the nonalign-
ment of the wheels, The wheels
should be in perfect alignment, other
wise the wear is very rapid, and the
fabric forming the body of the tire
will be too thin and puncture will re-
suit.
If nonalignment is suspected. it is
well to have the wheels examined and
the defect remedied.-R. A. Bradley,
Colorado Agricultural College, Fort
Collins, Colorado.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05
Rye as a Cover Crop.

Rye, own in the fall, makes a good
cover crop and furnishes considerable
pasture, both in the fall and the fol
lowing spring. Then it can be turned
under in time to plant corn and will
add organic matter to the soil.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05
Rings That Will Not Leak.

There are several leak proof" rings
m the market. They overcome the
disadvantage of the slot in the Ordi-
nary ring and so improve the compress
sion to a great extent. 1t would be
well to put one at the top of each pis-
ton, but a complete set would be some
what expensive. If the rings are bad
~ worn they should certainly be re-
placed. Some Owner make a practice
of replacing broken rings with leak
proof rings. By this means the cost
Is distributed over a longer time.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05
HOLSTEIN BREED IS FAVORED
They Are Best Able to Rough It Where
Roughage Is Plenty and Grain
Feeds Are Scarce.

Every dairy breed of cows has GER
no best breed" can be named because
conditions vary even in the same state.
But for a region where roughncss is
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05
Care for Seed Corn.

After picking your seed corn, dry
it out quickly and store in a dry pace
corn will stand cold better than mois-
ture.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05
Nav Be an Exodus.

Boxes of food r to be placed In
the north woods for the use of hunt
ers who get lost. Happy thought
maybe there will be an exodus Of
hoboes to the north woods.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05
Placing Sires.
Advantages Of Cultivation.

Fall cultivation has we main advan-
tages. 1t stimulates weed growth which
the frost destroys and reduces the
amount of spring work.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05
Value of WoodIots.

The annual value of the farm wood
lot products of the United States is
over S195, 100000.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05
No Success at First.

Success in farming will not come
the first year. /
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05

Ter concluded, "you 60 down to the
other corner to call the doctor the next
time. and come up to me to get the
prescription filed" - indianapolis
News.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05
NEW INVENTIONS FOR AUTOS

To obtain Il powerful S%carchlight
with a comparatively weak current a
Frcnchman has mounted Il number Of
incandeScent lamps on Il revolving cir
Gle, each in turn being illuminated
briefly and their combined rays being
collected by a reflector.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05

the breed has been decided upon, the
first step is to procure Il number of
sure purebred sireS of that breed
to be mated with the females owned
by the members. If there are a few
good privately owned sires already in
the community they can be put out for
service and the expense divided on a
pro rata basis.
If additional sires are found neccs-
sary, it should be possible for the as
ISOLATION to secure them at a consider
able saving in price through the selcc-
ton of a committee of competent men
authorized to make the purchases. 1t
will in some cases be advisable to
have a qualified veterinarian as one
member Of the committee.
Placing Sires.
At the opening of the breeding sea-
son tie sire should he placed at the
most convenient points and put in
the hands of capable and efficient men
who understand the breeding question
and who will take proper care of the
animals in their charge. After each
second season it may prove advisable
to change or shift the sires. This
will allow each breeder to procure the
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05
MOTORISTS USE INCLINES INSTEAD OF GATES

In many parts Of the West and Southwest where automobiles are numer-
Ous it is becoming ommon to drive ones "a over a fencei instead of stopping
to open a gate, drive through, and then shut it,. The and quicker method
is made possible by the construction of inchnes which make it IN easy matter
to mount to the top of the barrier and then descend on the other side. The
incfnes ARE usually composed of w tracks, set the proper distance apart for
automobile wheels and supported by posts The tracks aree equipped with a
guard at side, which prevents a car from running off, although accidents
happen occasionally in spite of thisp provision. Cattle will not walk up these
ncines since ordinarily no floor is laid between the tracks-Popular Me-
.chancs Magazine.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05

A sand box for automobiles, like the
familiar device on locomotives, to dis
tribute sand under the tires to prevent
Skidding, has been patented by a
Massachusetts inventor.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05

An automobile that turns easily in
narrow streets that two New York
men have patented has Il wheel at
side and one at each end, the
steering mechanism operating the last
two simultaneously.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05

plenty and where grain feeds are liable
to be scarce Holsteins are preferred
because they are best able of all the
dairy breeds to trough it,"
In localities where hay is costly and
fodder scarce the smaller dairy breeds
would be preferable to the Holstein.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05

A French automobile driven by an
its inventor claims, because the blades
Of the propeller are shaped like the
wings of II bird.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-05

Tests in Italy of blowing with cleo
trio motors have demonstrated that
It's costs about half as much as if
horses had been used and about two
thirds as much as steam blowing.
The Harrison times., 1917-06-30
TRADE TRAINING IS LACKING
Uncle Sans Chief Foreign Commerce
Booster Says Facilities Are
Not Sufficient.

DR.. Edward Ewing Pratt, chief OF
Uncle Sans bureau of foreign anC
domestic commerce, declares that the
United States lacks facilities for pre-
pairing men for a career in foreign
trade.
"The great demonstration for foreign
trade in this country" he says, "bega1
literally before the echoes of the tirsi
guns in Europe died away. 1t was
really ten months later, however, be
fore we began to get our bearings ant
before the business men of our coun
try actually get down to brass tackS
In this foreign-trade busineSS-sOme OF
them have not got there yet. But ir
spite of all this noise, backed up as II
has been recently by considerable
amount of real solid activity, the uni
versties and colleges have not YET
awakened either to the need in the
everyday business world or the OppOr'
tunity for practical service that lies
before them.
"It is not sufficient for the prOfes
sors to point to a few language courses
many of which do not really teach the
languages; and to a general course OF
commercial geography; nor to course
on the history of South America; mol
even to a general course on foreign
trade. Foreign trade has a technique
Of its own. No doubt many Of th'
courses in the ordinary school are ex
cellent as leading to foreign trade
But the mere assembling of few pa
per courses under denomination
which will attract students interested
in the subject is not sufficient.
The Harrison times., 1917-06-30
STARTS NEW MARKET SERVICE
Uncle Sam Believes System Will Aid II
Stabilizine Live Stock and
Meat Prices.

Uncle Sam has established a new
market news service on meats, supply
Ing telegraphic reports of conditions II
three representative eastern meat-con'
suming centers. These reports are
now available daily to the trade and &c
consumers in New York, Boston, Phila'
delphla, Chicago, Kansas City and
Omaha. They are intended to place al
the disposal of the meat producer and
of the wholesale and retail trade use
full information in regard to supplies
on hand the demand for the various
kinds and grades Of meat and othei
factors influencing the trade.
New York, Boston and Philadelphia
where the conditions IRE represents
tive Of those in other large consuming
centers, government agents obtain early
each morning all available information
and send 1t by wire to Washington and
to the eastern and western local office,
Of the Office Of markets and rural or
ganlzation. There II is placed early lr
the business day at the disposal Of al
interested persons.
The Harrison times., 1917-06-30
BIG GAIN IN POTASH OUTPUT
Production During the Calendar Year
1916 Reached Value Ten Times
as Great as In 1915.

A remarkable expansion In the Amer
lean potash industry has resulted from
efforts to make the United States inde-
pendent Of foreign sources for the pot
ash used In munitions and for other
purposes, and although the boom did
not get under way until late in 1915,
production during the calendar year
reached a value ten times as great as
that of 1915.
The 1916 production Is estimated, In
a preliminary report published by
Uncle Sam at 10000 tons, worth $780,
600.
"The largest output" the repsrt says,
"has come from the Nebraska alkali
lakes, but the natural saline deposits
elsewhere are now Just beginning to
make important contributions. A great
deal Of publicity has attended the eff
forts to obtain potash from kelp, but a
similar organic source Of high-grade
potash has been quietly developed,
which has proved more productive"