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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-28

bench terrace should not be used on
slopes exceeding 20 per cent. How
ever, they are actually In use on slopes
up to 80 per cent, with a vertical In
terval of to 10 feet; but in such
instances the labor of cultivating the
narrow benches and of maintaining
the high embellishments Is considerable,
and it is believed that such slopes
could be devoted more proftably to
pasture or timber.
Narrow-Base Level-Ridge Terraces.
The narrow-base level-ridge terrace
is used to great extent throughout
the Piedmont region Of the South. It
is essentially the first stage in the
construction of q bench terrace, but
methods Of blowing are employed to
prevent it from developing into a ter
race of the bench type. 1t is built usu-
ally to feet wide at the base and
from one-half to 1 foot high. Where
these terraces are sodded heavily they
render satisfactory service on previ
GUS soils and slopes not greater than
to per cent. They should be
spaced from 2 to feet apart in YER
teal distance. A close spacing re-
duces the volume of water which col
lects above the terraces, and the sod
ded surface prevents erosion of the
terrace due to impounded water over
topping it.
This type of terrace is cheap to col
struct, easy to maintain, and affords
very convenient guide row In plow-
ing and planting. The principal OBJ
jections to it's use are a. the land &C.
cupied by the sodded terrace reduces
the total amount of tillable land In
the field; (2) the growth on the ter
race saps the strength from the adj
joining soil, resulting In a dwarfed
plant growth on either side of the ter
race; and 60 the weeds which often
are allowed to grow on the terrace
tend to seed the entire field, and har-
Dor Objectionable insects in the win
ter. Owing to these objections, this
type of terrace is losing favor rapidly
among the most advanced farmers.
Some attempts have been made to
cultivate this terrace and thus do
away with the Objectionable features,
but such attempts have been attended
with very little success. except where
the soil is very sandy and capable Of
absorbing most of the rain water as
fast as it falls. Where this water is
not absorbed readily by the soil, it
concentrates above the terrace, gener-
ally-~breaks it and rushes down the
slope, usually washing deep gully
and carrying away large quantities Of
fertile soil.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-28
THE MANURIAL INGREDIENTS OF
FEEDS
National Crop improvement Service]

National Crop improvement service]
Nitrogen is the most important ano
most valuable fertilizing element sup
piled by feeds, and it is in this ele
ment that they show the creates
variation
The Connecticut Experiment Sta
ton states that it was found that the
average mixed fertilizer contained
2.95 per cent nitrogen and showed in
table that eighteen of fifty-two diff
ferent feeds contained 1913 per cent
Among this list is cottonseed and lin.
seed meals, gluten seed, middlings
brewers and distillers' products, ano
few of the feed mixtures. 1t is OBJ
vious. therefore, that wise selection
of feeds enhances the value of the
manure and consequently plays an
important part in farm economy.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-28
THE DAIRY RATION
Feeding Tables Hard to Follow on
Account Of Variation of
INGREDIENTS
National Crop Improvement servics.l

National Crop improvement Servics.l
For many years feeders have en-
deavored to use so-called standard
tables showing the theoretical num-
Der of pounds each of so-called di-
gestible protein, fats and carbohy.
drates. These methods are fatally
defective for the following reasons:
First, the tables call for so much
digestible food. If there was such a
thing as digestible food it might fur
nish basis to go by, but digestible
food is really apparently digestible
food, in that it disappears in the body.
Just what use is made OF it is not al
ways clear. Some of it turns into gas,
some is converted into heat, and much
of it is used in the labor of digesting
and handling the food. In the case
of straw and similar material, nearly
all Of it's energy is used up in the
| labor of digesting it, leaving little or
no net gain. Straw should be re-
turned to the soil. Take two samples
of dried barley grains, each contain
ing the same amount of digestible
food, and one will give twenty more
therms or heat units than the other
One hundred pounds of digestible
food derived from roughage is about
equal to eighty pounds derived from
grain, so if we add together things
which are unlike, we get no tangible
results. It is like adding so many
pounds to so many gallons. So, the
digestible basis of figuring rations is
very inaccurate. The correct way is,
first, to ascertain how much protein
and energy COW needs to sustain
life and keep weight. You can get
this from your experiment station
and ascertain how much is necessary
to make one pound of milk of GER
tain fat test, and then feed her as
much protein and energy as is needed
to maintain her and supply food for
as many pounds of milk as she can
make.
This is very difficult problem
and few can do it, and we challenge
any two men to tackle the same prob
lem under the same conditions and
arrive at the same result
We cannot tell unless we try to find
out, that a COW will not give more
milk on more feed, or maybe as much
milk on less feed. So feeding is large
ly experimental, as no two cows are
alike.
However, the law of averages will
hold, and the feeder can save all this
trouble and much loss by feeding
ration which his experiment station
has in most cases made, say three to
four pounds of milk for each pound
Of mixed feed.
There is one thing certain. The
more solids and fat in the milk, the
more feed needed per pound of milk,
So, a good mixed feed which is prop
erly combined and all the roughage
she will eat will greatly simplify your
feeding problem and a very little ex-
perimenting will soon show you how
much concentrates each COW needs TO
produce u maximum yield.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-28
the water from washing over and
eroding the embankment.
Eauor NyIda RAn%hae

the water from washing over and
eroding the embankment.
Favor Wide Benches.
In the field studies of the depart
ment, the best terraces were found
where the greatest height and width
of shoulder were used with the small
est vertical distance between the ter
races. It is believed that the height of
shoulder should be not less than O5
foot for Northumberland terraces or
less than 1 foot for newly constructed
sloping-bench terraces, and that the
width should be not less than feet for
the former or less than feet for the
latter The vertical spacing between
the terraces should be governed by
the type of soil, the slope of the land
and the ease of starting and maintain
ing a heavy sod on a steep and high
embankment. The best practice indi-
Gates that this spacing never should
be less than feet nor more than 6
feet. The smaller spacing should be
used on gently sloping land while the
greater spacing applies to steep land.
The question Of proper spacing de-
ponds to d great extent upon the care
and maintenance of the terraces. I'm
less considerable attention is to be
given to the maintenance of the ter
race banks the smaller spacing should
be used. For the 3-fOOt spacing a
greater number of terraces are re-
but the terraces are easier to build
and maintain than for a greater Spac-
ing. iFowever. many farmers favor
the wider benches because of the few.
er terraces required and the fact that
it is more convenient to cultivate the
field in a few broad strips than in a
greater number of narrow ones. In
other words, they are willing to in
cur greater loss by erosion for the
sake of greater convenience in cult
walton.
Protection Against Erosion.
When constructed and maintained
properly, bench terraces give excel
lent protection against erosion. How
ever, many landowners object to this
terrace on account Of the difficulty of
moving farm machinery from one
bench to another, the necessity of cul-
tivating each bench separately, the
loss of the land occupied by the I'M
cultivated embankments, and the
growth Of weeds and grass on the en-
banknent, which robs the adjacent
cultivated soil of it's plantfood and
tends to seed the entire field to weeds
and Objectionable grasses. These
reasons are sufficient to initiate
against the use of this terrace except
on steep slopes where no form of cul-
tivable terrace can be employed.
The best practice indicates that the
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-28
TERMS USED In FEEDING
Scientific Nomenclature Reduced te
Everyday Meanings.

National Crop improvement service.l
Stockfood consists briefly Of three
chief parts or compounds, emitting
the water and minerals. They are:
Protein containing nitrogen), a
muscle former.
Fat mot containing nitrogen), a
fuel or fattening substance.
Carbohydrates (meaning made of
carbon, hydrogen and oxygen)
These three substances are called
organic matter, because they will
burn.
Mineral matter is called Inorganic
An animal can live on protein alone,
but would not under normal condi-
tlons, because protein Cor albumen)
Is only found mixed with fat in the
case Of meat and with fat and carbo-
hydrates in the case of plants and
cereals. Familiar examples of pro-
tein are white of egg, lean meat and
the gluten which can be chewed out
Of wheat. Fat or oil we all know.
Carbohydrates include sugar,
starch, cellulose, fibre, gums, ETC.
To keep alive and not lose weight
an animal must have small amounts
of protein and larger amounts Of fat
or carbohydrates. They serve as
building material to replace WORKOUT
tissue and flesh and also to furnish
power (energy) to move, work, and
do all the inside work of the body.
The ash or mineral matter fur
nishes bone material and is also nee
essary but abundant in nature A
growing animal needs plenty of pro-
tein and ash (bone food and of car
bohydrates and fat. A gr0Wn-up ami
NAL needs less OF either the first two,
but plenty of the last two A preg-
nant animal needs plenty of food for
its unborn young.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-28
BARLEY PRODUCTS.

NATIONAL Crop Improvement Service.
Prof. j. P. Street, in the Annual
Report of the Connecticut Agricul
tural Station for 1912, says: "That
malt sprouts should receive more con.
sideration from dairymen, especially
in comparison with many of the pro.
prietary mixed feeds containing only
from one-third to one-half as much
protein as malt sprouts, prices being
considered"
He also states that dried brewers
grains, prices considered, in connec.
ton with the feeds high analysis, is
one of the cheapest high-grade feeds
on the market
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-28
Grecian Dolls.

AS one might expect, the little Greek
girls had beautiful dolls. They were
with bright cOlOrs. They had beautiful
garments which could be put on and
taken off at will, and some of them
were made to represent the gods and
heroes so much reyered by the people.
They were not stiff creatures, but had
movable limbs.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-28
STRAW SHOULD BE SPREAD.
National Crop improvement Service.

National Crop improvement Seryicel
The feeding value of straw being
comparatively low, and the fertilizing
value being high, all straw should be
spread upon the fields and not burned
or wasted. The use of straw to pre-
vent winter-killing of wheat is now
well established.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-28
tn.t,on., Crop Improvement Service. !

Homegrown grains can often be prof
itably traded for protein feeds. While
oats are generally demanded for horse
feed, they are nearly always too ex-
pensive for dairy feed. Oats by-prod-
ucts, however, are very useful for
bdlk
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-28
National Crop improvement Service /,

IN1CDna1 IMPROVEMENT Service.1
Starchy feeds like corn and oats
often sell as high as protein feeds be
cause of the demand for them for
horses and other work animals
Starchy feeds are also good to fatten
steers. That is why they are often as
high in price as dairy feeds, which are
strong in protein.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-28

Poverty holds mortgage on the
feeder who can see nothing but the
price. Some feeds are as cheap at $50
as other at $25 per ton.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-28

Foods with the highest protein and
highest analysis are usually but NOT
always the cheapest to use.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-28

No protein-no casein; no casein-
no milk; not enough protein-not SO
much milk; also not enough feed-not
SO much food.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-28

When you buy hay for cows it u.s.
ually costs more than grain by-prod-
ucts, although it costs half as much
Der ton.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-28

Wheat bran is a dear feed. Barley
and rye by-products are more eco
nomical
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-28

Cows won't make milk out of water
and air.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-05-28

Optimistic Thought.
Wondrous is the strength Of cheer.
fulneSS.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-28

al amendment abolishing the cleo
tive once ow township highway
commissioners. talso passed two
bills to allow villages OF 800 or
more Inhabitants to operate their
own water and lighting plants. In
committee Of the whole the house
worked for nearly two hours. pass
Ing total Of Is bills along to third
reading
A resolution Of coincidence wa
passed by the house and viii be
sent to Rep. Leo p. Wagner Of SAG
inaw. whose father and mother both
hAvs died IN Beilsvus. Ky. within
the past week.
I The senate held up The Condou
election amendment bin fer day
or too afsss getting into IN argu-
ment over chsnsing the time of the
state primary elections. now held
on the last Tuesday Of August
every other year. Senator Damoa
wanted the primaries set earlier h
August, but farmer members object
cd that this would bring them IN
harvest time. Senator Coudou
wanted TO change the date TO the
FIRST week In September.
Rep. Brewer. Of Jackson. intro
ducsd bill In the house to appro
pirate s2li.oo0 for Jackson state
prison. slfs.2oo OF n being desired
for the purchase Of additional land
for the prisou farm and the rest fcF
the removal Of the brick and tie
plant from tho prison to Clay Pit
In the country outside Jackson. Ap
preparations Of eli4.o0o for the state
nsh commission also are asked In
q bill introduced by Rep. Ewing
toeesher with Sss.ooo additional for
equipment At Ash hstcheries.
Rep. Duigneau. fBenton Harbor
introduced bills establishing stand
ard sizes for baskets and barrels
for shipment Of fruits and vege
tables. Rep. Clark introduced a
'bfll for . closed season on beaver
otter. fisher. skunk. raccocn, mink
muskrat aud martin. from Feb. I tc
Oct. 20 OF each year.
--
Birthday greetings Of Geraldine
Farrsr, Americas most famous
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-28
FOOD PRICES
ON DECLINE
Dsycett In Chicago Forces
Dealers To Unload
Stocks

O8CA9O. Feb. 2s.--Foodstuns--
tuttsr. eggs and some vegetables
continusd 10 20 lower today. follow
Ing the BOYCOTT inaugurxted this
week.
Retailers, unable 10 determine 10
Just what extent The housewives
would carry their warfare were re
iuctanf to buy heavily.
Potatoes. which sold down 10
sass a bushei In carload lots yes
tcrday. we're scheduled for an add
tional drop today. Eggs tumhled
from eve TO seven cents yesterday
and dealers asserted that the in
creasins supply would force them TO
lower lsyeis today.
Butter, yesterday on one cent a
pound, has dropped six cents this
week. rodsy's quotations were In
ciined to be weak and lower.
Sugar. selling last week AZ around
$3.50 per hundred. was quoted st
$500 today, sltho commission men
were asking AZ high as s632 and
buyers were Offering ISIS.
The board of trade. closed yester-
day because OF the primary elec.
fiops. held another conferences today
Ia regard to the freight situation
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-28

only TWO WOMEN
KNOWN TO BEDEAD
Negro Trimmer Among
Missing Believed
Citizen

LONDON. FEB. 2a--with two
Ansrtcsas known to be among the
80. the American embassy was di.
rscting m energies today to obtain
ing dsanits information whether ak
otAsr Americas listed IN the La
eonia's crsw were among the miss.
ing.
Thsnas CoRsy. . Baltimore Negro
trlmDee. has not been accounted
cor. ysur msmbes OF the crew are
se1li njssing. according 10 the Cum
ard so0Daay's iist. and eight accord.
lng 10 un00cial check.
a member a the Laconis's survi.
vess rsachs1 here today on q spe-
o1nl trA1n, bat tAsy he'd practically
ne<hlng 10 add to survivors stories
- tod st Queenstown yesterday.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-28
LIQUOR BILL
REPORT NEAR



sfaf CovvssDss6ssf Dssrote 1Dsss)
LANSING. Mich. Fsb. ss.--nsa-
bers Of ne senate end hosss issssr
committees say thsy win rspsrt oct
the prohibition bills either .at tAs
end Of this week or the beginning a
next week. ia
Two bills are TO b IMPORTED out.
they have agreed One WI furnish
the legal machinery for allowing
liquor to come into the state for the
ave purposes exempted BY the con-
stitutional amendment aAopted last
fall-medicinal. sscrasnentai. me
chanical. scientific and chemical
uses. The other bill VIII BE- the
bone dry measure absclusoly prohib-
iting the importation oe any intoxt
eating liquors for beverage pur.
poses. Rep. Macarthur. intro1uosr of
the bone dry bills. has had the tob
Of producing this hone dry measure
left 10 him BY the committee.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-28
Be Del 1ilG
|! LDglgor
|BELIEvE U-B0AT
LAY F0Rs ND
Hated BY German
Navy, Says Lpndon
sTfIule0S

LONDON. rsS Ensssnd ca
pects ADsQ1ea TO sct-
n1ltor1af comment n III nswspa-
pers rsos0tsd the atfttude o. the
several public toAay that tn Lnco.
nie cannet - ccnstruo4 olhoewiss
thaa ~ SvsFt act". yugt h9w Amor-
ioa WIN ~sst~ stAsr thAn - s1C>s
~ srne1 neutrality psltoy ppf1o =
n IL Dess11eat's oveoco ~ -
suG0ooeod - TIE e11tos1f1o ~ ~
iueseeocs wNs clear that uAG16b1
thinhs neth1ng short - ne most
drastic stsVs win satisfy American
11Un1ly sal hooog.
IN be11ef ef a trreeoncllahle aif-
fsrsoes bsewesa Axner1ea an1 IN
Tss4sGio agsnc3ss was hsiohtsnsd
to0ny by vssaaa dispa&ches inlieat-
ing eAst Aassioan Ambassaler Psn-
nsl6 vou11 roesive te6ny ths answsr
of ~ AoDtro lsangnslna UDvsrumsus
70 ~ rSoDsst ~ . ssAssDsnt of ths
1uai DsungsAyns pgsltisa e shs ~
limited subUnsins. vuFfase.- De.
paAohse fssa owltssslanl ysSsrs1ns
opo1it1sas - Anees1a iaAicete1 this
aAsw~r wsul1 sonsunes osnpsoes
supDsst q 0srnauyss '-ruthIessnsss-
aad h1nts1 tnat . break VIII Aus.
triA, sinilar 70 that with Germany,
~ tAs Uniesd States was cssss Il
hoo1.
One esAsr sAing vhsch - Bs,eoas
to1ay 10 the ceoc1ustea tnat Amsr.
ica win have 10 - fasthsr tnaa q
msre brsak IN rslstious with the
rsstoas wss the report non Berlin
that the Americans taken prisoner
on me Yarrowdaie were still bsins
hsI1--this time on the prstsxt OF
quarantine necessity.
The Lon1sa Times psblishsd to
day 1(spatch from CorunnA de.
claripg that fY1sn6s Of fornsr Amer
isaa Anbasss1eR Gerard. smbarkiss
thsss for ths voyass TO sAs Unitsd
States. vsrs anxious fDr his safety
Asserting 10 this dispatch. Gerard
vas vssns1 By = German friend
hisA n ths eoancils of the empire
just bsfors n isft. not 10 make such
. trip. TIE German navy. the Times
said. hates Gerard. believing that
for q ysax ana haif he has pre-
vented the fall force Of csrmany's
submarine weapon from being felt.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-28
Az IlIdu III O. -
To Way Police En-
force Ordinance

A chaotic state OF Affairs reigned
In the common council Tuesday
night. after Aid. Sherman Littieneld
had made an effort TO amend the
muddled and remuddied traasc ordi
nance BY the elimination Of the -
impounding fee. Before the amend
ment had nnaily been disposed OF
by reference 60 the committee on
ordinances, half the members Of the
aidermanic body had become In.
volved In n discussion Of tranhc reg
uiation. the commissioner OF police
some of his recent Law enforcement
each other. and many other things
that weer far fetched from the orig
insI argument about the impoundins
fee.
!. Aid. Guthard. president pro tenn,
occupied the chair. and had his
hands full STRENGTHENING out the mo
tions that were nyins In bis dirsc'
tiun.
AID. Liftiedeid wanted to rail-
rosd" his amendmsut thru. and Aid.
Albert r. Allan. chairman Of the
csmmfttss on trs6lc and police rec
uIation. entered B formal objection.
Ilttleefld confined his rsmarka
largely to . personal attack on Po'
lice Ccmmissioner James coussns.
Ald. Hol6en contendsd that the 20
lscs hsaA ~ carried cst the isttss
a tAe lsv.
4 lssrn tha4 people Who pay tAs
inpoundfns fss to the pollcs depart
meat have besn sonmoned into 20
lioe court on chsrgss a violating
the trAAAc ordnance" said Ala,
LittieaeId. "If that isn't equal d
using . sss pipe On the commsn
people. rd ifhs 70 know what 10. II
the poles srs NJ eoins to handle
this mattes sairIy. cell abolish the
sse and Ist Tie courts have their
hAala fuIl."
Aid. Din said the committee va
10 blame for ever framing such q
clause.
ousstionsd By Ala. Holden. Littis
field couid not say whether any
man had been fined IN police couFi
for violating . traflc ordinance An
er he had paid ths impoundins fs<
Of g.
The commissicnsr 10 following
the law, exact,y." said AID. Holden
The fee vas intended 70 cover tn
cost Of removing the auto frou
the parking place to the pound.
sec no reason Why this body shouI<
make Il more dlfacuit for ths Coz
missioner Of police, and sect d
hamper hts work In every possibIs
way
Removal Of all mo parking sigps
not placed by order OF the polics
department vs. directed By reeulu
tion of Ala. LittlsSsld. He pointed
,ut that many Arms have been put,
ting signs mo parking BY state law'
In front Of their places Of business
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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-28

PrNpHURST. N. c.. Feb. 2s.-
Norman naxweIi. of Philsdslphis.
won ths medal for low score In the
Quaiifyfns round OF the spring tour.
neg here. Maxweli's score was $50
STROKES Tor ss holes.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-28

The annual Kentucky State Farm
ers Institute. under the auspices cf
the state Board Of Agriculture. viii
assemble az Frankfort today for =
four-1ay ssesiou.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-28

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