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Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-09
Growing Calves for Beef.

In order that calves may be quail
fled for the production of baby beef,
| that is, fattened and matured for mar
ket between 1 and years of age, they
must have quality and good finish.
! The consumer does not want the un-
finished yearling, and the calf that
does not have quality will not take on
high finish. Neither will the calf
lacking in early-maturing qualities
fatten properly during the latter part
of the feeding period, but, instead,
it will use most of the feed which it
consumes for growth. The feeder
should keep this in mind and first
determine whether his calves are good
enough to compete on the fat yearling
market, and if he decides that they
are not they should be finished with
coarse feeds and marketed later.
The deep, wide-bodied, thick-fleshed
calf with short legs and an abundance
of quality as indicated by fineness of
hair, texture of skin, soomthness of
fleshfi and general refinement about
the head and other parts of the body,
is the type best suited for making
prime bay beef. Uniformity in size,
weight and color should not be over
looked, either, because such factors
are an advantage in marketing. These
points are of great Importance in Sc
lecting calves that will make rapid
gains and return the most pounds of
meat for the amount Of feed given
them.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-09

it is clearly the best range and farm
practice, should be increased, says the
program for agricultural production
in 1918 recently made public by the
United States Department of Agri-
culture, Since the outbreak of the
European war and the consequent de-
pletion of the European supply of
cattle, the task of meeting the in
creasing demands for beef and beef
products, to a large extent. has been
put upon the people of the United
States.
The exports of dressed beef and
beef products have increased III per
cent during the last three years. The
shortage Of beef abroad, like the
shortage of other meat products,
duobtless will be aeeentuated as the
war progresses.
Beef production can be increased in
the settled farm areas of the ma
ton, and especially in the South. 1t
can be increased everywhere by pre-
venting the loss of flesh by calves
during their first winter and keeping
calves growing during this period so
that beef animals may be marketed
at earlier ages. thereby requiring the
fewer stocker cattle
and making possible the maintenance
of larger breeding herds; by using
larger proportion of bulls on the
range to incure larger calf crops; by
using good bulls only; by reducing the
tick-infested areas as rapidly as pos
sible; by eliminating as far as pos
Sib.e the losses from disease and pred
atory animals; by transferring ami
mails from regions of scarcity of feed
to those where there is an abundance
Of food; by providing a more ample
supply of winter feed and better
shelter and by utilizing all roughage
produced, either as fodder, hay or sill
age, and supplementing these feeds
with more nitrogenous concentrates
and less grain.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-09
TWO THOUSAND DATE
OFFSHOOTS FOUND IN
THE BRAWLEY SECTION

On a ranch about five miles west of
Brawley 1900 rooted date offshoots
We're found by the Farm Bureau of
ficials yesterday. The rancher did not
know where they came from or
whether they were females or not,
but was selling them at from so cents
$1.00 each. A good female date off
shoot is worth from $40 to SIS.
J. p Hertel of the Farm Bureau
will visit the ranch next week with
W. P. Wilkinson of the Experiment
Farm and endeavor to determine the
sex and variety of the offshoots, as
many of them are in bloom. Date off
shoots canont be imported now and
they are rare.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-09

able, testing sede for termination to
insure good stands, treatment of seed
for various fungous diseases, proper
cultivation of crops which are inter-
titled, utilizing to the greatest extent
practicable machinery and horse la
Dor. and elimination OF losses in har-
vesting and storage.
To aid those areas which have suf-
fered most from drought and frost
the Department of Agriculture is
helping farmers to find suitable seed.
To reduce the losses from fungous
diseases, especially smuts of wheat,
barley and oats, special federal and
state agents have been placed in the
regions likel yto suffer most heavily,
to demonstrate methods of control
and to encourage their general adop-
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-09
Billions in Farm Products.

The total estimated value of all
farm products, including animals and
animal products, for 1917, is given
as S19,443, ,849,3S1 in recent report
of the Secretary of Agriculture. This
compares with $13, ,406, ,364,011 for
1916 and $9,388, ,765,779, the five-year
average FOR 191O-1914. These valu-
ations are based upon the prices re-
ceived by producers, which will apply
to the total output regardless OF
whether the products are consumed or
the farms or sold.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-09

How to Get More Beef.
The number of beef animals should
be maintained. and in areas where
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-09
New Bulletins on Gardening.

Three new publications of the De-
partment of Agriculture are intended
to hlep the war gardener. They are:
"1he Farm Garden in the North,'
Farmers Bulletin 937; "Home Gar
dening in the South" Farmers Bull
letin 934; and "The City and Subur-
ban Vegetable Garden" Farmers Bull
letin 936. Other publications of the
each describing the cul-
ture of an important garden crop, are
of special interest to truck growers.
Write the Department of Agriculture
for the publication you need.
Cut down the consumption of fats
and your Pocketbook will benefit as
much as Your Country.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-09
CASTOR BEANS
TO Be RAISED

The California Castor Bean ASso-
citation, cooperative organization,
was formed with government sanction,
to contract for acreage, distribute
seed, and supervise the planting, cul-
tivation, harvesting and marketing OF
the crop. This association agrees to
pay to the grower the full government
price (not less than $3.50 per bush
ell of 46 pounds, f. o. b. growers near
est station) less a small commission
for services rendered as stated above.
Light, sandy loans, wornout bar
ley lands, and as inter-crop in young
orchards, are especially suited for cas-
tor beans.
If you will assist the government
in this matter, all available informa-
tion concerning contracts, probable
costs and returns. will be furnished
you by writing to H. S. Cane, presi-
dent, or w. f. Oglesby, manager OF
the California Castor Bean Associa.
tion, Room %, Howard-C Garfield build
ing, Santa Barbara, California. Mem.
bership costs nothing to actual grow
ers.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-09
BEST ATTENDED
CENTER MEETING
At MELOLAND
Over One Hundred Persons Gather in
the Meloaud School and Hear an
Exceptionally Good Pr0gram-Farm
Home Section Organized With Mrs.
WILKINSON Chairman.

At the Meloland school last night
i15 persons gathered to attend the
Meloland Farm Center meeting, which
was exceptionally interesting.
A large part of the program was
given over to the Junior Red Gross
musical and literary program, given
by the children of the Meloland school.
Patriotic songs were sung. The wom-
en- Of the Red Cross under Mrs. How
land served lunch.
a Farm Home section was organ
izod under the lead -rship of Mrs. Del
la Morris, with the following commit
tee: Mrs. Walter Wilkinson, chair
man; Mrs Q. L. James and Mrs. H.
B. Gracser. The committee will meet
at the home of Mrs. Wilkinson at /
p. m. Thursday.
Assistant Farm Adviser Hertal
gave an interesting talk on silage and
siles and their Importance. He said
that the value of milo stalks, placed
in silos Immediately after harvesting
Of grain, was doubled.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-09
ON WHEATLESS DAYS

Use no bread, crackers, pastry or
breakfast foods containing wheat. Use
no wheat flour in cooking except the
smallest amount necessary for thick
ening soups and gravies, or as a bind
er in corn or other cereal breads. If
you bu! bread, pastry or cakes from
products or Victory Bread (cont aiming
at least One-fifth other cereals than
wheat) or Victory Pastry. etc. (con-
tanning at least one-third other cereals
than wheat.)
ON MEATLESS DAYS
Use no beef, pork or sheep products.
on PORkLESS DAYS
Use no pork, bacon, ham, lard or other
pork products, fresh or preserved.
ON ALL DAYS
With each purchase of wheat flour
for home use you must buy also an
equal amount of other cereals Corn.
meal, constarch, corn flour, hominy
corn grits, barley flour, rice, rice
flour, oatmeal, rolled oats, buckwheat
flour, potato flour, swet potato flour
etc.) The housewife or cook may use
these non-wheat products separately
in making bread, cakes and pastry
or may mix them with wheat flour, ex
cept for wheatless meals.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-09
GREAT SUCCE SIS
WITH VOLUNTEER
COTTON REPORTED

Imperial Rancher Raises Eighty-tWo
Bales of Cotton From SiXty-five
Acres. Allowing the Cotton to Vol
unteer After Cutting the Stalks
Short.
Assistant Farm Adviser Hertel this
morning reported the great success
attending the efforts of Mr.. Mans
field, cotton farmer of the Imperial
section, who finds that Durango cot
ton volunteers better than the orig
inal plating.
While he was farming in Silsbee
Mr.. Mansfield planted siXty-five acres.
He harvested thirty-siX bales of cot
ton from the seed. He then cut the
stalks short and listed the land. Last
year he raised eighty-tWo bales of cot
ton from the roots of the 1916 crop.
He is now cutting stalks of Durango
on $50 acres short, and believes he
will get a bale and half to the acre.
Mr.. Mansfield believes that it is
best not to irrigate the field after
cutting the stalks for about a month
after cutting. He has found that the
water sours the roots if put on too
soon.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-09
Grain SOrghums.

Kafirs are the most certain grain
crops in this section and they can
be made to supplement wheat as hui
man food and to replace corn as ami
NAL food.
The maximum productions of grains
will be secured by adopting certain
well known principles of management
These include thorough preparation
Of the soil, early seeding, use of ma
nure, selecting the best seed obtain
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-09
Lest You Forget.

All, gentle housewife, as you knit,
And as you sadly ponder
On Just how you can do your bit
For our boys over "yonder,"
Please let me say word or two,
(And it may make you smile ma ann
To save each week a pound or two
Of fats, is most worth while, ma a'am
Americans (this is not bluff,
Though tits most hard to tell
ma'am)
Eat nearly three times more'r
enough
OF fats TO keep them well, ma'am
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-09

Twelve ounces is enough each week
For grownups; six for youngsters
OF les sthan twelve. Help stop this
leak
Our Ship of State has sprung. Stir
Up husband, children, comp'ny, that's
A way zeal may be seen, ma'am.
For every ounce you save of fats,
Some soldier grows less lean, ma'am
Your nations holding out her hands;
Can you refuse her pleading?
It's fats, and fats, and fat, fat, FAT
That most of all she's needing.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-09
THE EGG CLASSES.
Six Breeds and Twenty Varieties.

There are two classes of egg breeds
Mediterranean and Continental.
The Mediterranean class includes the
following standard breeds and vari-
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-09

cites:
Breeds. Varieties.
Leghorn. ...... Single Comb Brown
Rose Comb Brown
Single Comb White
Rose Comb White
Single Comb Buff
Rose Comb Buff
Single Comb Black
Silver
Red Pyle
Minorca. ...... Single Comb Black
Rose Comb Black
Singel Comb White
Rose Comb White
Single Comb Buff
Spanish. .... White Faced Back
Blue Andalusian
Ancona. ........ Single Comb
Rose Comb
The Continental class includes one
standard breed and two varieties:
Breed. Silver
Campine. ...... Varieties.
Golden
Evening star., 1918-06-24
FIRST PATRIOTIC Meeting
OF SERIES HELD TONIGHT
Board of Trade to Follow Business
Session With Program Of Ad-
dresses and Motion Pictures.

Families and friends of members of
the Board of Trade have been invited
to the first of series Of summer pa
triotic meetings to be held in Central
High School at sis o'clock tonight.
Lieut. Philippe Barber. assistant
chief Of the Belgian military mission.
and Representative Albert Johnson of
Washington will deliver addresses.
Commissioner Brownlow will speak In
the interest of the war savings stamp
drive.
Between the addresses motion pic
lures of the war will be shown un-
der auspices of Francis Holley.
director of the bureau of commercial
economies. The pictures were re-
leased by the French war office.
Admission will be by cards dis
tributed by members. Music will be
by Rakemann's Orchestra.
The patriotic program will be pre-
ceded by brief business session for
members Of the board only, which will
begin at 1880 o'clock. The industrial
interests committee has a report to
make in connection with the work or
fight ruling of the draft authorities.
Isaac Cans will make the report. w.
T. Galliher will preside.
A joint report will also be made by
the committees of public health and
Of law.
Evening star., 1918-06-24
TWELVE BILLION BILL
REPORTED TO SENATE
Army Appropriation Measure Pro.
vides for tho Largest Single
Outlay in History.

The Army appropriation bill carry
ing $12.0s9, 900. .O00-the largest single
outlay in world history-was formally
reported to the Senate today by Chair
man Chamberlain for the Senate mill
tary committee.
In revision Of the bill which pro-
vides roughly for an army OF about
100000 men, and which recently
passed the House without dissenting
vote, tho Senate committee increased
the. measure s47.ooo.ooo. made no re-
ductions. approved the clause giving
the President unlimited authority to
increase the Army by new draft calls
and added many important Legislative
provisions.
Passage of the huge bill late this
week. with comparatively BRIEF dis
cussion. Is expected by Senate lead
ers.
Some Of the Big Items.
Among the largest items in the bill
are: Ordnance, $2.ss6,0o0, 900; aviation,
transporsatiSn asS coc: saS-
sistence, ss3o.00O.oo0; quartermastr's S
supplies, $3.50 100000; engineer oper-
ations, S892, ,O0O. 900; machine guns.
S575, 600. 900 and armored motor cars,
$S47, ,000,O 900.
or the legislative riders added by
the Senate committee were those au-
legion" and Of foreign forces in this
country, the latter being specially
designed to train Latin American units.
units.
Evening star., 1918-06-24
CNDERSEA CRAFT IN AMERICA
ANTEDATES THE REVOLUTION
Bulletin Issued By Authority Of Navy De-
partment Traces Development of Sub
marines, Mines and Torpedoes.-

Perhaps you did not know that the
submarine in America. antedated the
revolution. Moreover. about the time
the Mayf1ower was bringing pilgrims
to New England shores the first re-
corded experiments with the subma-
rine began in Holland.
This historical information is con-
tanned in Bulletin No. 2. compiled by
the naval consulting board and the
war committee of technical societies.
The bulletin contains also a resume
of the experiments and development
Of the submarine in the present war,
Of the reasons for rejecting many
plans proposed for fighting the sub
marine, of protection of ships and
also touches upon torpedoes, mines
and kindred problems.
THE first recorded experiment in
submarine operation was made by a
Hollander. DR.. Cornelius Van Dreb-
bel" the bulletin states, who. in 1924,
constructed a one-man submarine op-
Grated by feathering oars, which made
successful underwater trip from
Westminster to Greenwich on the
Thames.
Incident of Revolutionary War.
"Dr. David Bushnell, an American
inventor and graduate of Yale in the
Evening star., 1918-06-24
COMPLAIN ICE IS SOLD
AT THE WAGONS ONLY
Park View Residents Tell Of Con.
ditions-Fruit Stands Fail to
Observe Whestless Days.

Complaints are being received by
the District food administrator re-
garding the refusal on the part of
retail ice dealers in the Park View
section to deliver ice other than at
the wagon. 1t is claimed that this
dealer refuses to carry the Ice to
homes regardless Of tho amount Of
the purchase and requires those want
Ing ice to como to tho wagon and get
It themselves.
The failure has been reported Of
proprietors Of fruit stands and stores
which are now said to be doing q
thriving light lunch business to OBJ
serve wheatless days.
They are at present not subject to
the regulations governing public eat
ing places.
ministration today however. that as
result Of fruit store men taking
advantage Of this condition 1t Is like
ly they will be made to observe the
same rules now governing public eat
ing places.
Five grocers will be given a hear
ing by Food Administrator Wilson to-
morrow regarding charges of vio-
lating regulations. A baker will be
given hearing late this afternoon
upon a charge of using more than
the allotted amount Of wheat flour
in baking.
Evening star., 1918-06-24
tI1TILE&oRlEs y
IrbEDTIME
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Copyright, 1918. by T. ". Burssss)
At Last Peter RABBIT Is
Satisfied.

Peter Rabbit" said Jimmy Skunk,
trying to look very grave. you de-
serve to be punished. You have been
spying. You have been spying on
one of your friends. If you had been
spying on one Of your enemies to try
be of use to you in the future In
keeping out Of their way 1t would be
a different matter. But you have
been spying on a friend. You have
been trying to find out something
which didn't concern you in the least
Yes. Peter. you ought to be punished
please don't. Jimmy Skunk! Please
don't! I'll never do such thing
again. Truly, never will. Please
don't" begged Peter, hopping up and
down nervously. 1t was very plain
that Peter was anxious and growing
more anxious every minute. Once
again Jimmy turned his head to hide
a grin. When he looked back at
Peter the latter had backed off several
steps.
Come back here" said Jimmy
sternly.
forward one step. Jimmy didn't say
way that made Peter most uncom-
Portable and made him hastily hop
two or three steps nearer.
That's better" said Jimmy. Now
sit down and keep still whele I talk
to you a little. II you don't think
on you"
'I'll sit still and listen," declared
Peter hastily. He expected to have
to listen to a long lecture and. being
much like you and /. he didn't like the
idea Of it. No, sir, he didn't. He
knew that he had done a foolish
thing. thing which was not at all
nice to do. but he didn't want to be
told so again. Still he didn't dare
not sit still.
Peter" began Jimmy just as grave
1y as before and paused. Peter pre-
Jimmy again, you didn't fnd out a
single thing, did you?" Jimmy grinned
good naturedly.
NO" confessed Peter, beginning to
grow hopeful. mo. didn't"
And you are properly ashamed Of
yourself now. quite as you should be,
aren't you?"
yes" replied Peter very meekly.
And you won't ever do such thing
again." continued Jimmy.
Never" declared Peter.
Gross your heart" commanded
Jimmy.
Peter crossed his heart. "All right"
what you were trying to find out.
All wanted Of Mrs. Slow Poke was
to find out where she was because II
l could find that out 1 thought might
find out something else. I didn't in
tend to harm Mrs. Slow Poke. 1
couldn't II / wanted to. Now can
you guess what 1t was I wanted to
find out? Can you guess why 1 dug
those little holes7"
Peter scratched his head, but that
didn't help any. Moo" said he
slowly.
We'll. Mr.. Stupid. I was looking for
know we'll enough she has buried
them somewhere here In the Green
Forest. probably not very far from
where she is this very minute. But
l haven't found her and SO I haven't
found the eggs" Jimmy sighed re-
quite satisfied, Peter?" he added.
1T certainly is. JIMMY" cried Peter
with sparkling eyes. II wonder why
I didn't think of eggs. How stupid
of me-"
Jimmy Skunk merely grinned once
more and, turning his back on Peter.
started Off to resume his search for
Mrs. Slow Poke tho Box Turtle and
her eggs,
Evening star., 1918-06-24
MRS. BELLE LUCKETT DIES.
Widow of S. D. Luckett, Was Active
in Church and Mission Work.

Mrs. Belle S. Luckett, former president
Of the Women's Home Missionary So
ciety and resident of Washington
twenty years. died at Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital this morning. Funeral
services will be held at 1900 NJ street at
2 o'clock Wednesday.
Mrs. Luckett was the widow Of Samuel
d. Luckett, an attorney Of this city.
During her residence here she was ac-
tive in church and music work. being
prominently connected with Metropoh-
tan Presbyterian Church.
by the Presbyterian Board OF Foreign
Missions to Pyeng Yang, Korea
There she. superintended the building
Of a modern school and dormitory.
erected for the purpose Of educating
the young children of the American
mission in that field.
Mrs. Luckett subsequently became
principal and matron of the institution
which bears her name.
Her work in Korea was chiefly edu-
cational and among Americans. Mrs.
Luckett also organized Sunday schools
among Korean children.
She returned to America in 1916 and
became the matron Of Livingstone
Home, Wooster, Ohio, where she re-
mained until illness forced her to re-
sign.
She is survived by two sons, James
D. Luckett of Washington and DR..
George S. Luckett of Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1918-06-24
MAKE GAINS
Further improvement of Positions
Northwest Of Chateau Thierry
Reported by Gen. Pershing.

Further improvement of American
positions northwest of Chateau
Thierry is noted in Gen. Pershing's
communique of yesterday. received
today at the War Department. Artil-
lery activity and the repulse of an
enemy raid in the vosges also are
reported.
Section AIN spite of opposition
we again improved our positions
northwest Of Chateau Thierry. In this
region the artillery of both sides con-
tfnues active. In the Vosges, where
patrolling has been very active, a
raid attempted by the enemy was re-
pulsed.
Section B-There is nothing to re-
port in this section
Evening star., 1918-06-24
APPROVES PRESIDENTS
PROPOSAL OF SOLIDARITY

President Wilson's proposal of Pan
American solidarity. as expressed re-
Gently to the Mexican editors. has met
with approval in Paraguay. In an
nouncing that action DR.. Manuel
Franco. President Of Paraguay. says:
There is no room for divisions among
the nations Of the two Americas when
THE security Of the peace as we'll
as the moral and material progress of
the community of nations depends
upon the final triumph Of American
principles which have been given to
the world by the President of the
United States"
Evening star., 1918-06-24

for tho transportation of the workers
to the plant.
The Senate agreed to the committee
amendment increasing by $41S.11s the
amount TO be appropriated for wages
of employees for the bureau of en-
craving and printing. The increase
will make It possible to establish o
minimum pay of 1920 for woman en-
ployes of the bureau, for which the
women have been waging n deter
mined fight.
The Senate also agreed to a com.
mittee amendment appropriatinG
$1,000 for a ferry between South WASH
ington and East Potomac Park.
Evening star., 1918-06-24
TRAIN MAY HAVE HIT HIM,
Man Found Unconscious and Prob.
ABLY Fatally Injured.

A colored man was found uncon-
scious near Glendale. Md. yesterday,
suffering from severe injuries, be-
lieved to have been received by being
struck by train on the Pennsylvania
railroad. ..--.-
He was brought to the city and TAX
en- to Providence Hospital, where
physicians said he probably was ia
tally injured. A card found in a coat
crtson, Orlando. Orange county, Fla.
Police have communicated with the
police of the Florida town in an ef-
fort to establish the identity of the
victim of the accident.
Evening star., 1918-06-24
New Trial For John ]. O'Leary.

of the jurors who had been hearing
testimony in the trial Of John J.
OLeary has been under indictment
for some time in federal proceed
ing. Judge Augustus N. Hand today
dismissed the jury and ordered a new
trial for June 26 of the charges
against O'Leary. accused of having
aided his brother jeremiah, in an at
tempt to evade justice.