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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-08
CHICKENS TAKE FIRST PLACE
Some Reasons Why They Lead In
Scheme Ct Poultry Production
Utilize Much Waste.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agricultural

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of ~Agriculture.)
Chickens, in any general scheme Of
poultry production, of course must take
first place. They are best adapted to
general conditions, take a wider range
of feeds AID convert them, perhaps.
with the greatest margin Of profit.
Chickens. better than any other class
of poultry, utilize table scraps and
the general run of waste from the
kitchen door, all the way from apple
and potato parings to soul milk. Chick
4 far surpass all other kinds of poul-
try in salvaging waste grain from the
stables, from the shed or lot where
the cattle are fed, and from hog pens.
During the winter months on farms
where any considerable number Of live
stock are kept, the hens would take
their living from these sources with
only slight additional feeding from
time to time. Chickens are great de-
stroyers of insects, including many in
furious forms, in yard, pasture and
orchard. They utilize also many
grasses and weeds, and seeds from the
same, that would otherwise be of no
use. Except in isolated instances the
part Of wisdom would be, undoubtedly,
to keep more chickens than all other
kinds of poultry combined, but there
should be, in a majority Of cases, some
Of all the other common kinds of poul>
FRY.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-08

clicked. a cushy' job behind the lines,
and how sorry I felt that they had to
stay in the front line and argue out the
war with Fritz. They were envious
but still .good-natured, and as I left the
trench to go to the rear they shouted
after me:
"Good luck, Yank, old boy; don't
forget to send up a few Tags to your
old mates"
Ipromised to do this and left.
I reported at headquarters with six
teen others and passed the required ex-
animation. Out Of the sixteen appli-
cants four were selected. ,
I was highly elated because I was, I
thought. in for a cushy job back at the
base.
The next morning the four reported
to division headquarters for instruc-
tons. Two of the men were sent to
large towns in the rear Of the lines
with an easy job. When it came our
turn the officer told us we were good
men and had passed a very creditable
examination.
My tin hat began to get too small
for me, and I noted that the other man.
Atwell by name, was sticking his chest
cut more than usual.
The officer continued: II think I can
use you two men to great advantage
in the front line. Here are your orders
and instructions. also the pass which
A..Hl ~,,Al - --~-f NK
p. detailed on intelligence work. Re-
port at the front line according to your
instructions. 1t is risky work and I
wish you both the best Of luck"
My near dropped to zero and At
wells face was a study. We saluted
and left.
That wishing us the best Of luck
sounded. very ominous In q ears; II
h had said * wish you both . swift
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-08
BUTTER PRODUCED ON FARMS
First Thing Necessary Is to Begin
With Good, Clean Favored Milk
How to Separate.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Although creamery butter has al
most entirely displaced farm-made
butter in the markets of the United
States, more than half the butter pro-
duced is still made on farms. The
fact that this butter cannot compete
successfully with the creamery prod
uct is that most Of it brings a poor
price and is consumed in villages or
small towns, or is shipped to %renovat-
ing factories for treatment and sells
as a relatively low-grade product. It
Is possible, however, greatly to i'm
prove the quality Of farm butter by
employing in its production standard
practices and greater care than is or
dinarily expended.
70 produce good butter it is neces-
sary to begin with q good, clean-flav-
ored milk. In some sections of the
country it is customary to ripen and
churn the whole milk instead of the
cream. That practice, however, is in
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-08
MAIN OBJECTS OF STANDARDS
Aim Is to Secure Uniformity and Es.
tablish Series OF Grades as
Basis of Trading.

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture.)
The object of making standards for
poultry is the same as the object Of
making standards of weight, volume,
or quality for any product or commod-
ity; that is, to secure uniformity and
establish q series of grades as a basis
Of trading in the article.
In making standards for poultry
which apply in the process of produc-
ton the principal points considered
ore size, shape and color.
Size and shape are breed characters
and largely determine the practical
values of poultry. Many standard
breeds are divided into varieties differ
ing in color, but identical in every
other respect.
Color is not a primary utility point,
but is a secondary point often comes
In for special consideration. For ex-
ample, a white variety and a black va
riety Of the same breed are actually
identical in table quality, but be-
cause black birds do not dress for the
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-08
Mature Early Hatched PulIet.

market as clean and nice looking as
white ones. it often happens that they
are not salable.
When a flock of fowls is kept for
egg production only, uniformity in col
or is much less important than
approximate uniformity Of size and
type, yet the more attractive appear
ance Of q flock Of birds Of the same
color justifies selection for color as
far as it can be followed without
sacrificing any material point.
When q poultry keeper grows his
W stock year after year he ought
by all means to use stock Of a we'll
established popular standard breed.
BY doing so and by selecting as breed
ers only as many Of the best specimens
of the flock as are needed to produce
the chickens reared each year, a
poultry keeper maintains in his flock
q highly desirable uniformity Of excel
lenca in every practical quality and
with little extra care and no extra
cost can have a pleasing uniformity
in color.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-08
IEmpey 10 called upon to do
duty as a member Of a firing
squad. Hts description Of the
execution Is given In the next
installment
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Traits Of Bird Lovers.

Traits Of Bird Lovers.
Years ago, during a winters visit
in London, I used to watch the per
sons who regularly fed the birds in
Hyde park. I noticed that most of
them were people of apparently hum
BILE circumstances, a few pretty close
to undertaking themselves. It was
delightful to see how much pleasure
they all took in keeping these birds
from hunger.
Two that I saw each day for a
week or so, evidently husband and
wife, I ventured to speak to. Eagerly
they talked about the birds rs they
might have talked about children,
noting and relishing individual char
acteristics.
1--WE have become so fond Of them"
said the wife. They recognize US
now, many of thsr,.. and a few come
to us quite fesrlessly. We should
feel quite uncogafortable If we should
miss a day. They are like members
Of the family that have to be cared
for."-Exchange.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-08

"A strong wind had arisen and dis
persed the gas.
They told me that I had been "out"'
for three hours; they thought l was
dead.
The attack had been :enulsed after
a hard fight. Twice the Germans had
gained a foothold in our trench, but
had been driven out by counter-at-
tacks. The trench was filed with their
dead and ours. Through a periscope
I counted eighteen dead GERMANS in
our wire; they were a CHASTITY sight in
their notwithstanding r%espirators.
I examined my first smoke helmet.
A bullet had gone through it on the
left side, just grazing my ear The
gas had penetrated through the hole
made in the cloth.
Out Of u crew Of six we lost two
killed and two wounded.
That night we buried all Of the dead,
excepting those in No Mans Land. In
death there is not much distinction
friend and foe are treated alike.
After the wind had dispersed the
gas the r. A. NJ. G. got busy with their
chemical sprayers, spraying out the
dugouts and low parts Of the trenches
to dissipate any fumes of the German
gas which may have been lurking in
same.
Two days after the gas attack I was
sent to division headquarters. in an
swer to an order requesting that cap
tains Of units should detail a man
whom they thought capable Of passing
an examination for the divisional in
telligence department.
Before leaving for this assignment
I went along the front-line trench say
ing good-by to my mates and lording II
over them, telling them that I had
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-08
TURKEYS GIVEN FREE RANGE
Two Broods In One Flock Are Easy to
Care for-Larger Number
ls Not Favored.

When two turkey hens with broods
of about the same age are turned out
on free range together they will re-
main in one flock, and this makes it
easier to hunt them up and care for
them. 1t is not a good plan to have
more than this number of young poults
in one flock, however. as they may all
try to crowd under n or two hens to
be lowered.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-08

Comparison Of Pound Print. and coun.
try RoiI-superiority of Former 10
Obvious.
advisable, because it requires a high
churning temperature, which Injuries
the quality Of the butter and a
considerable loss Of butterfat in the
buttermilk. It is also liable to result
In too much water in the butter. For
those reasons only the churning Of
cream will be considered. It is just
as essential to obtain cream under
such conditions that it will be Of
equally good quality as the milk.
Cream may be separated from the
milk by gravity or by a centrifugal
separator. Gravity separation may be
accomplished by the shallow:pan, the
deep-setting, or the water-dilution
method. The first two have been ex-
tensively used and are still in use
where very few cows r MIXED. In
the first method the milk is placed in
shallow pans and set in a cool place
for about SO hours, usually in a cellar
or a spring house, and sometimes in
cold water, to permit the cream to
rise. During that time the surface, as
a rule, is exposed to the air and fire.
quently the cream absorbs or develops
Objectionable f1avors. The skim milk
resulting from the removal Of the
cream by this method usually contains
O.5 to Is per cent Of butterfat; that
is, one-eighth to one-third Of all the
butterfat in the whole milk. 1t Is fire.
quently sou also; its value for calf
feeding is injured, and its use in the
household limited.
By the deep-setting method the milk
as soon as drawn from the COW is
placed in a Shotgun" can, which is
placed in cold water, preferably ice
water, for - hours. Because Of the
quick cooling to a low temperature
the cream rises more quickly and com-
pletely than in the s~hallow-pan meth
cd and is SKINNED before its fresh,
sweet flavor has been lost. The re-
sulting skim milk may contain as low
as or per cent Of butterfat, though
often nearer O.5 per cent, and is sweet.
If the milk is not placed in ice water
Immediately after it has been drawn
the loss Of butterfat is still greater.
The dilution Of milk with water has
been used to some extent, in the be-
lief that it aids dreaming, but investi-
cations have shown that the loss OF
butterfat is as great as, or greater
than, in the shallow-pan method.
There is the further objection that a
watery flavor is impaired to the
cream, and the usefulness Of the skim
milk Is limited, mixtures of water and
skim milk being undesirable either for
household use or for calf feeding
A centrifugal separator gives by far
the best results, because the separa-
ton is accomplished in a few minutes,
while the milk is still warm. The
skim milk usually contains only a
trace of butterfat and is available for
use at once, while perfectly fresh. Be
cause Of the ability of the mechanical
separator to skim clean, it is a profit
able investment unless the quantity
of milk is very small.
A cream separator should be run ac-
cording to the directions furnished by
the manufacturer. Bearings and gear
tngs should be kept clean.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-08

A Swedish engineers stocking de.
vice makes 1.8 tons Of pulverizex peat
produce az much power In Locomotives
"a, Z tou. Of coaI
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-08
EMPEY AND HIS COMRADES REPuLsE A FIERCE GAS
ATTACK MADE BY THE GERMANS.

synopds-Fired by the sinking of the Lnstania, with the loss of
American lives, Arthur Guy Empey, an American living in Jersey City,
goes to England and enlkts as a private in the British army. After a
short experience IS a recruiting officer in London, he is sent to train
Ing quarters in France, where he first hears the sound of big guns and
makes the acquaintance of Coolies" After.a brief period Of training
Employs company is sent into the frontline trenches, where he takes
his first turn on the fire step while the bullets whiz overhead. Empey
learns. as comrade falls. that death turks always in the trenches
Chaplain distinguishes himself by rescufng wounded men under hot
fse. With pick and shovel Empey has experience. a s a trench digger
N No Mans Land. Exciting experience on listening post detail. E-
citing work on observation post duty. Back in rest brlets Empey
writes and stages a successful play. Once more in the front trenches.
Empey goes "over the top" in a successful but costly attack on the
German lines A@
New-York tribune., 1918-07-17

the shipyards of Japan and China into
full working production for ships for
the United States. All they asked was
the steel, and, as our information goes,
price little above one-half what has
been the current rate for steel ships
within this period, and at n price not
above what the ships we arc now build
ing will cost. And in the face Of this
opportunity to enlist the cooperation of
a nation of SO millions, nation larger
than England or France, larger than
Italy, Portugal and Belgium combined,
we have higgled and haggled, paltered
and procrastinated, invented suspicious
and piled them up, doing our utmost to
make an enemy where we possessed
friend. And all this while we were cry
ing for ships, ships, ships
Our dealings with Japan on the ship
question have certainly formed the most
inept and incomprehensible episode of
any bit of foreign policy since the war
began.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-17

with the opening stage of the recent
Battle Of the Aisne
The operation between Rheims and
the Argonne still remains obscure. The
German is here attacking over ground
which has been fought upon frequently
in this war and was the scene of the
great French offensive of September 25,
1916. Any considerable advance along
this dusty" Champagne region will
gravely imperil the French, both in
Rheims and in Verdun. If the German is
seeking for moral effects and already
feels that a military decision is beyond
his power, we may see a final effort to
take Verdun on the east and Ypres on
the west. But this is unlikely.
In the main, the present German Of
fensive appears as yet to have failed to
disclose the violence or the force of the
March or May operation. The attack
has been upon very wide front, and it
is conceivable that the front has been
too wide, and this has brought on the
failure, like that of Nivelle last year
at the Aisne, and more recently of the
Austrians on the Piave. On the other
hand, it may be that the main German
attack is still to come and that we are
seeing a series of feints preceding the
real thing.
"Sc far, so good" is the wisest YER
dict Of to-day. The immediate threat
to Rheims is real and considerable. It
may be the main purpose of the present
operation. No other and larger purpose
has yet been disclosed, and, to Judge
from the official reports the Rheims sa-
lent still remains tenable and the Ger
man gains too slight to repay the as
sailant for the obvious cost.
1t is much too early to appraise the
value of the work of our American di-
visions, who have played larger part
in this than in any other engagement of
the war. But it is plain that they are
giving proof of exactly those qualities
which will go far toward winning the
war-enthusiasm, determination, conf
dence and an absence of that war weari-
ness which has slowed up the pace Of
all the other soldiers engaged, on whom
the burdens of the years of conflict have
begun to weigh. Our military contribu-
tlon in this war will be decisive, but
before our military contribution will
come our moral contribution, and that is
already beginning to tell.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-17
Laywalkiing
To the Editor of The Tribune.

10 the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Your automobile editor mentions
with approval a proposed ordinance re-
curing pedestrians to cross streets only at
intersections. Crossing in the middle Of
the block is scornfully termed "jaywalk-
ing,Y and held up as an example of pure
idiocy.
This so-called "jaywalking" is the only
sensible procedure on the streets Of New
York. In the middle of the block one has
only to contend with traffic in two drec-
tlons, and if careful to face the traffic, IS
never caught unawares. At the intersections.
on the contrary, while in theory two stream;
OF trafhc move alternately, IN reality dris-
ers arc allowed to take the corners At pre-
clscly the time that the pedestrian imag nss
ne has the right of way. At such inter
sections as Madison and Forty second ana
vanderbilt and Forty-second, where most
or the traffic turns at right angles, the man
on foot can only shut his eyes and trus. to
Pro vdence.
have never been in the slightest PERI
when crossing between streets, but have
peen near-casualty times without numbe'
at the so-called protected" crossings.
FRANK MEULEADYKE-
New York, July 13, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-17
More Japanese Ships

At last we have announcement from
Washington that contracts for an addi
tlonal hundred million dollars of ships
have been awarded to Japan. This will
mean total OF 253, 900 tons. This is in
addition to the 1877, GOO tons purchased
from Japan already and 10000 tons
chartered. First contracts were also
awarded by the United States to a Chi
nese yard calling for the building Of
10000 tons at cost of some 80 mill
ion dollars.
Let it be noted that Japan will de-
liver to this country about 10000 tons
Of these ships by September and "wi))
continue deliveries at regular intervals
as the United States supplies the steel"
Observe the date of this announcement
July 16, A. D. 1918, at the close of
the fourth year of the war and in the
sixteenth month after our entry into tho
war.
An all-wise Being alone could under
stand why it is that in the face of the
most dire emergency, in the face of a
need for ships that has been shouted
into our ears from the day that we un.
dertook the burdens of war, why, why,
WHY, we should wait all this unconscion.
aMe time to conclude contracts to bring
New-York tribune., 1918-07-17
From The New York World
Letters Of a Retired
Statesman to His
Fool Friends
On Herr Hearst 8 Nomination

Bunkum Hill, ESQ
Dear Friend: What do I think Of the
nomination of Wilhelm Randolph Hearst
for Governor of New York by "The Wash
ington Tines? you ask me. Well sir,
before making up my mind 7 have been
waiting to hear the nomination seconded
maybe by the Cologne Gazette"
| thought perhaps the conference of up
state Democrats might take some action on
it, but when the delegates voted on candi-
dates all they gave Herr Hearst was a
goose egg
Although "Bone- Dry" Charles S. Whit
man is the principal Republican contender
for the governorship, not word has been
heard in favor of Wilhelm Randolph from
the "light-wines and beer contingent"
There have not been even the usual in
dorsements by the Hearst Verein don't
know what to make of this awful silence.
Sometimes | am haunted by the awful
thought that Herr Hearst may become dis
couraged and retire from politics. and then.
as the saying is, where would we be at?
Who then, whenever there was a Mavor
or Governor to be elected, would cast fhe
dark shadow across Tammany's threshold :?
Who would discover another Hylan?
Who would print Champ Clark's auto
biography?
Who would promote the entente cordiale
or the creme de menthe, or whatever it is
with Japan?
Who would keep us out of war with
Mexico If we were on the eve Of world
war?
Who would uphold the President and
Secretary Baker and Secretary Daniels
formerly "Admiral Grape-Juice of ths
FlHe) and Secretary McAdoo and Secre-
tary Lane and Secretary Tumulty and
George Creel and "The Star-Spangled Ban
ner' and "Over There" and "Rule Rr;ta,.
MA" (by requestl and "Watch Your Stenro
Citizens | shudder to think of such =
possibility. This is no time for the nation
70 'urn PACK, and it is certainly no time for
Herr Hearst to turn back-that is not wow,
far back
This prolonged silence, this jellyfsh at+i-
tude on the part of almost everybody with
respect to this nomination. and annorar+,..
none for it, may be due to BELIEF +bo+ e
Hearst should be nominated and his on,o
nent should die during the campaign and
Hearst should be elected he might be .oo
patriotic and overwork himself. and than
"here would we be again? Rather wopld
'ney nave hlm remain where he is than
nave him coiled in the ticket.
Washington still comes first with oil -
u.s. but already people are becoming fari,
lar with the modern tribute to our greatest
living patriot
neafst IN hrleg, Hearst in Friede Hearst
III the hearts of his Landsmanner,
SAMUEL SMILEY,
New-York tribune., 1918-07-17
A Pistol Toter

The Herald prints story to the
effect that Police Commissioner Enright
has revoked the pistol carrying permit
given to the pyrotechnic genius from
Laporte, Ind, Heidelberg and else
where in Germany, who, according t.
the governments accusation, has beer
one of the chief of German propagan-
dists in the United States The episode
seems to us curiously illuminative.
There was a time when many a New
York editor was accustomed to carry q
gun. Those were the days of savage
personal attacks upon political antago-
nists or business rivals. The habit still
communities of the South and West It
is somewhat out of date now in New
York 1t is matter for reflective con-
sideration that it should have been
deen4cd needful part Of the American
edition of German kultur.
One of the contributions of the new
psychology has been to show that behind
everv morbid fear is q forbidden desire
What kind Of morbid fear must have
been roaming in the troubled brain OF
this Germanic apostle to feel it needful
to keep an automatic pistol in his
pocket or his desk? Not the least inter-
esting part of the whole matter is
that part of the aspirations of this
pistol toting kulturist should have been
to be the founder of school for the
education of boys for the "higher"
duties of administrative and political
life
New-York tribune., 1918-07-17
Italy's Sixty Cents Worth

a dispatch from Rome saws tha,
Secretary McAdoo has taken steps to
prevent speculation in Italian exchange.
and we understand that our government
has in view the extension of further
credits to the Italian government, which
will do for Italian exchange what similar
credits have done for English exchange.
We hope this action may soon be
taken. At the present time the Ira
with us stands at more than 40 Der
cent discount from normal par, which
means that the Italian buyer in the
United States gets about 60 cents worth
of goods for dollar of coin. The pur
chases of the Italian government in the
United States since the war started have
amounted to something like billion and
half dollars worth Of merchandise and
food
10 date we have granted Italy only
600 millions in credit We have given
England something like 8 billions. We
believe the whole country would applaud
actlcn by the Treasury which would
stabilize Italian exchange and restore
1t to something like normal basis. And
the effect of this for Italy would be
very great indeed, because the rate of
American exchange largely determines
the run of Italian exchange in London
and IN France. Friendly aid at the
present time would testify in very
practical way the appreciation which
this country has for Italys part in the
war.