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The spectator., 1919-01-31
SPRAYING CATTLE FOR LICE
One Per Cent Solution of Any Stand. ard Coal Tar Dip Used at
 Pennsylvania College.

It Is good practice to spray cattle for lice in case they have found a lodging place in the shaggy winter growth of hair.
 The spray used on the cattle at the Pennsylvania State college is a | per cent solution of any standard eoal-tar dip. The spray application is made with long nozzle to avoid Injury to the eyes of the one applying it. Modi- fications of this method include the use of sprinkling can, brush, or dipping the animal in the solution.
 For convenience, animals should be driven into stall or other enclosure and sprayed number at time. While the entire body of the animal should be sprayed, special care should be given to application along the back bone, the shoulders and directly back of the horns.
 A second application should be made about 10 days after the first to destroy insects which may have matched from the eggs during that time
The spectator., 1919-01-31

cred with wire screen and the top should be so hinged that it can easily be opened and the accumulated grass hoppers shoveled out as needed.
 Horses are hitched to the extended beam, one at each end, and the catcher dragged through the infested area, be- ginning at the sides and working to- each riding a horse. can handle the machine nicely. A heavy rope attached to the names, so that 1t drags a few feet in front of the shield. is anDad- vantage in that 1t stirs up, just before the catcher passes. the hoppers not otherwise disturbed.
 Flowing Infested Fields.
 Where it is not practical to blow in- Tested fields, such as ground in clover or alfalfa, they should be thoroughly disked in the fall or winter and har- rowed early in March of the following year. In Indiana clover and alfalfa fields are among the best breeding places for grasshoppers.
  sists of bran or sawdust made tasty and attractive by the addition of mo- laSses and fruit and treated with an arsenical poison. The following for mula is recommended:
 Bran (half-and-half bran and hard wood sawdust. or sawduSt alone), 20 pounds paris green or crude arsenious oxide. one pound, or white arsenic, l F pounds; molasses (cheap feeding grade), two quarts; lemons. bananas or oranges, six fruits, or one ounce of cheap lemon extract; water, about two to four gallons.
 The poison should be thoroughly mixed with the bran. The water, mo- lasSes and finely chopped fruit or ex- tract are then mixed and added. The mixture should be wet so that it moldS in the hands, but is not "soppy." The bait should be scattered broadcast at the rate of seven to ten pounds to the acre, applications being made in the early morning.
 In clover or alfalfa much material and labor can be saved by first cutting around the field until there remains q small central uncut area where the grasShopperS will have gathered and may be quickly and chcaply destroyed by the poisoned bait If the grasshop- pers are feeding in corn or young trees, more water, or, better, more molasses and water Should be added and the mixture thrown forcefully so that the particles will adhere to the crops to be protected.
The spectator., 1919-01-31
ISSUANCE OF CROP REPORTS
United States Figures Photographed to Each Field Aoent-Estimates
 Given to Papers.
(Prepared by United States Department
 of Agriculture)

Prepared by United States Department
 of Agriculture)
 Each field agent of the bureau of crop estimates, United States depart ment of agriculture, now publishes a crop report from his own territory. Immediately upon the issuance of a crop report in Washington the United States figures are telegraphed to each agent, together with figures for his particular territory. The agent at once issues mimeograph report with comments on crop and weather condi- tions in his state, copies of which are furnished to the press and to crop re- porters and published in full in many datlies. In some of the states agents now are issuing reports on county basis. The service is winning warm appreciation.
 For this service in securing quickly reliable reports along special lines de- cided Improvements have been made in the organization of this bureau. Field agents of demonstrated ability have been employed; their offices supplied with clerks, telephones and other time saving equipment; and every field ugent has mimeograph and an ad- dressing machine. The field man now is able promptly to make both general and restricted special investigations, sitst,,r uron his own initiative Q qpon
 -,.sriiic request from Wash on.
The spectator., 1919-01-31
WET LANDS ARE PRODUCTIVE
Most Fertile When Soil Moisture Is Properly ControlIed-Drainaae
 Is Recommended.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
 ment of Agriculture.)

Prepared by the United States Depart
 ment of Agricultural
 Wet areas in cultivated farm lands usually are the most fertile when the soil moisture is properly controlled, be- cause generally they are Expressions in which more or less of the richest soil from surrounding fields has been washed. Farm drainage transfers these unproductive places into highly productive land, thus increasing the profitable area and the acre yield, while removing obstacles that increase the time and effort required for farm operations.
 Recognizing the importance of this possible conservation of man power, the drainage division of the bureau of public roads recently has given first consideration to projects looking to the improvement of lands already under some degree of cultivation or needing only drainage to prepare them for the blow.
The spectator., 1919-01-31
BIG YEAR SEEN
 IN BEEKEEPINC
Greatest Effort Made in Further ing Industry Is Predicted
 on Account of War.
INCREASED COST OF HONEY
Product to Value of $2,000,000 Was Exported During Last Half of Year-Food Administration Has
 Been of Great Help.

(Prepared by the United States Depart
 ment of Agriculture)
 Increase in the cost of honey, due to the big export demand created by the war, makes it safe to predict that the coming year will see the greatest eff fort ever made in furthering beekeep- ing. During the last half of the year honey to the value of perhaps $2,0OO,- 900 was exported-about ten times the valuation for any year previous to the beginning of the war-indicating that minds of the allied peoples.
 Home Demand Increases.
 Also. the home demand for honey has increased. Figures are not avail able, however, as much of the honey of this country never reaches the larger centers of trade. In addition to these two demands, the heavy loss of bees during the winter of 1917 and q resultant decrease in production in the eastern United States likewise was responsible for increasing the price of honey to the highest figure recorded in many years.
 In eXpediting shipments of honey and supplies for beekeeping, and es- pecially in granting permits to bee keepers to buy sugar for feeding their bees where this was necessary, the United States food administration has been of great help 1t IS stated. The issuing of the semimonthly market re- ports by the bureau of markets, United States department of agriculture, has made it possible for the first time for the producer to get reliable informa- ton regarding the honey markets. This has been a chief factor in making it
The spectator., 1919-01-31

unless the field can be inclosed with rabbit-proof fencing. In some of the Northern states, woodchucks have caused considerable damage to srnalE plantings of the soy bean.
 Root-knot caused by a nematode often causes considerable injury to soy beans m many sections of the South ern states where this pest is prevalent In sections where the pest has become we'll established in the soil, soy beans should not be planted. To plant them is dangerous practice, not only be- cause the bean crop will be reduced. but also because the pest can propa- gate freely and greatly damage any susceptible crop which follows the SOY beans.
 Cowpea wilt, due to- a. Fusarium. causes considerable damage to the soy bean. One variety, unnamed as yet. is highly resistant to this disease and has given quite good results on soils infested with wilt.
 Caterpillars sometimes eat the soy- bean foliage, but the damage from such insects is seldom serious. The black blister beetle has been reported in few cases to have done consider able damage to soy-bean fields, but sn. general this insect cannot be consid- cred a serious pest.
The spectator., 1919-01-31
GET AHEAD OF HESSIAN FLY
Cooperative Campaign lnauguratec' by Bureau of Entomology ia
 Eastern Kansas.

Prepared by the United States Depart
 ment of Agriculture)
 In eastern Kansas, where danger from the Hessian fly threatened dur ing the fall of 1917, cooperative campaign was inaugurated by the bu- reau of entomology, United States de- partment of agriculture, to secure the. blowing down of stubble, and to urge the observance of safe planting dates This is believed to have greatly improved conditions which prevailed during the spring and summer of 1918.
 In Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri, where full advantage of the safe plant ing period was taken by growers, the current crops of winter wheat were excellent. Results obtained from it's ex-- perimental plats have enabled this bu~ reau to forecast Hessian fly conditiorss and thus to issue timely and valuable information to wheat growers
The spectator., 1919-01-31
NO SERIOUS ENEMIES
 OF SOY BEAN PLANT
No Insect or Fungous Pest Has
 Assumed Importance.
Rabbits Are Most Troublesome as They Are Fond of Plant and Have Destroyed Considerable Areas
 -Woodchucks Also Damage

Prepared by the United States Depare.-
 ment of Agriculture.l
 As yet the soy bean is troubled by few serious enemies. In general. f6 may be said that no insect or fungons pest has assumed any great economic importance in connection with the cui- ture of this crop.
 Rabbits are most troublesome, as they are very fond of the soy-bean plant and have been known to destroy considerable areas Where rabbits are abundant, soy-bean culture in small areas is practically impossible
The spectator., 1919-01-31
Relic of a Lost Race.

At Casa Grande, near Florence. Italy, Is the ruin. with walls still standing, of what probably was the last com munai house erected On the southern plains by race of pueblo builders that probably had departed elsewhere or had been merged with wilder tribes even before the passing to the west ward of the Aztec south-bound pill grimage about the year 1900.
The spectator., 1919-01-31
Feathered Leqs.

Good condition of the feathers on the legs of exhibition birds is important. To preserve the leg feathers unbroken, feather-legged breeds need to be kept on short grass runs and given very soft, chaffy litter to scratch in.
The spectator., 1919-01-31

feasible to encourage beekeepers to in- crease their production. Of impor- tance in this crisis in the bee industry has been the continuation of the crop reports of the bureau of crop esti- mates.
 Permit Factories to Operate.
 The United States fuel administra- ton permitted the chief factories of bookkeeping supplies to operate on fuel less days, and supplied one factory with coal at serious time, and the post office department ruled that bees without combs may be shipped by par cells post. This ruling materially helps in the proper distribution of bees whenever there is a serious bee loss in any part of the country.
 Organization among beekeepers for better marketing has resulted, through the assistance of the bureau of mar KetS, in the formation of two large CO., operative societies.
 In respect to bee culture the most important work of the bureau of en- tomology was a series of field expert ments on the behavior of European foulbrood in the hive during the time that it is being cleaned out by the bees. These experiments served to throw light upon the method to be used in preventive treatment. The result of this work, which marks a new phase in bee disease, and which promises to yield most helpful results, soon will be published
The spectator., 1919-01-31
Feeding Lambs.

Every shepherd knows that there are many difficulties in feeding and taking care of orphan lambs. There is some times considerable loss, especially in large herds, from orphan lambs. At present values of sheep and lambs these losses are well worth striving to save.
The spectator., 1919-01-31

Prepared by the United States Depart
 ment of Agrculture)
 There are going to be lots of grass hoppers during the summer of 1919 in Indiana and other states in the grass hopper belt, according to indications found by entomologists of the depart ment of agriculture and the state agri- cultural colleges. Farmers are urged to start cleanup campaign against them right away. Flowing to depth of six inches and subsequent harrow ing during the winter, at any event not later than April 10, will cover the eggs so deep that the young will not be able to escape. When grasshoppers make their appearance they can be destroyed by the common poisoned bait method.
 But there is another way of getting rid of graSshoppers that makes the pests pay for the trouble of killing or catching them. This method consists of driving a grasshopper catcher through an infested field, catching all the grasshoppers that hop, and then feeding the insects to chickens. They can be dumped into sacks and hung up to dry and fed as dry grasShoppers, or if it is preferred to feed the grasshop- pers alive, the machine can be hauled to the poultry yard and placed so that the front will face the light. The in sects will find their way out, but not too fast for an ordinary flock of chick hnn tnh h.a- comes poultry self-feeder.
 An analysis of gra: shoppers shows them to be high in protein, and there fore good chicken feed. It is known that chickens are more productive when insects are part of their ration and graSshoppers when dried can be used with other feeds during the win ter
 How to Make Grasshopper Catcher.
 The graSShopper catcher, which has an advantage over the old style hop perdoZer, in that the insects can be utilized for chicken feed, is about 16 feet long with an upright but curved piece of tin in front and so arranged that the grasshoppers will strike it as they hop up, falling to the bottom and back through narrow trap opening into box behind. The tin front does not extend quite to the bottom, where, just in front of the tin shield, is strip of tin placed so that there is an open Ing about 115 or ? inches wide. This front strip or lip may be made by using n 16-foot length of gutter one side of which is tlattened outward. The back and top of the box in the rear is cov-
The spectator., 1919-01-31

Whether or not the talk about Gen. eral Pershing as q possible presiden- ual candidate has been the cause of complaints and criticisms of the man. agement of the army in Europe, it is certain that something is at the bot tom of an effort to create an unfavor- able impression of the man most prom lnent In the military service of the country. The complaints about the condition of the authorization camp the complaints that officers have not received due recognition, the com paints that men were unnecessarily sacrificed in the last days of the war; nave all been put forth since the close Of the war and seemingly with the idea of giving General Pershing a black eye. That there Is politics In 1t to some extent one must believe, be- cause assertions are made that Gen eral Pershing is moi really popular in the army and that the returning sol diers and those to be returned will not be enthusiastic. for him if he should be candidate for the presidency. One thing Is certain. If this war does not develop a president, 1t is the first war the country has ever had that failed to do so.
The spectator., 1919-01-31

strong enough, to control more than one-third of the United States senate, which would defeat the treaty, the president will make tour of this country for the purpose of creating public sentiment in favor of the league. President Wilson has on several occa- sions said that congress will obey the will of the people and he has no hesi- tancy in going out and creating public opinion. No doubt this would be very disagreeable to those who are known as the recalcitrants in the senate but they could not help themselves.
The spectator., 1919-01-31

From 1884 to 1919 is long span of years. That is the period during which Henry Cabot Lodge and Theodore Roosevelt were close personal and po- litical friends. They made their first politcal fight together in 1884 at the convention which nominated Blaine. They were against the Plumed Knight. and since that time they had been to- gether on nearly every political propo- sition that came before the country. particularly on the subject of civil service reform, which brought them in closer alliance than almost any other issue. They were active lieutenants in the fight to make Tom Reed speaker 30 years ago. Senator Lodge would not go to the Republican national con vention in 1912 because he did not want to be put In the position of an tagonizing Roosevelt, although he did not believe that his candidacy at that time was opportune. In the conveu- ton of 1916. however, Lodge voted for Roosevelt on the second ballot.
 Any man who seriously proposes to annex territory to the United states Is sure to start something Every acquisition of territory has aroused bitter opposition. History tells Us that was the case in regard to the Louisiana purchase. the annex alton of Texas, the acquisition of terri tory from Mexico after the Mexican war. and again when Seward bought Alaska from Russia. It is within the memory of men still living how oppo- sition to General Grants proposal to acquire Santo Domingo was strong enough to overthrow a presidential pol icy. Plenty of people can remember the bitter contest against acquiring Hawaii and the Philippines. But with the exception of Santo Domingo, which Is nominnlly under our control, nearly every movement for the acquisition of territory has been successful.
 Perhaps that Is what makes Sena- tor Ashurst's proposition real sub Ject of debate. He wants to add Lower California and large slice of the northern part of Mexico to the United States. and puts up some pretty good reasons for the acquisition. Just as Tom Reed complained bitterly about buying Malays at S2 a head" alfudng to the S20.000,000 paid for the Philip pines with their 10,00O,0OO population. so there will be great deal of oppo- sition to taking over the peons and semi-savage tribes of northern Mexico. even if We get a large slice of land with 1t. However. the world Is be- coming somewhat topsy-turvy and geo. graphical lines are heinz redrawn in the old world. and perhaps the intiu- ence will spread to this continent. not withstandlng the ringing declaration of Senator Elihu Root nt the Rio Janelro conference when he told all of the Latin-American republics that the United States did not desire foot of their territory.
The spectator., 1919-01-31

While there is talk of rushing everything In the way Of legislation in order to avoid an extra session, 1t may be mentioned that the house of representatives devoted four or i've days to hearing contested election case. Strange as 1t may seem, the contest came from Alaska, n terri tory having delegate who has no vote. The time was when contested election cases excited considerable in- terest in the house of representatives. It was contested election case which precipitated the fight when Tom Reed counted n quorum In tho Fifty-first congress, provoking one of the most bitter partisan struggles that has ever been known in the history of con gress. Much of the time In the debate in the Alaska case was taken up by the men who are battling for the seat. in long rehearsal of election cond!. tions In the territory.
Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-04-10

pany and the Gravity Company. these
questions being considered IN JOINT
meeting by the two Boards. NO ac-
ton, however, was taken pending the
report of the committee appointed 10
inquqire into the various changes Ill
the pumping plants which would Dc
of benefit to all concerned, this COM
mittee to report at the next meeting
in April.
The Claims committee and the
Auditing Committee had no report
to make.
The Board again discussed the
subject OF coming under the proVl-
sions of the Workmen's Compensa-
ton Act, but pending the thorough
understanding of certain questions
involved ii was decided to hold this
matter In allegiance until further IN
| formation was received.
The committee appointed to Sc
lect a site for the Pumping company
at Hazelton reported that they had
found a suitable location in the west
end of town, and after discussion
the superintendent was ordered to
see what could be done In the way
of selling two lots occupied by the
Canal company. with the idea that
both companies would move to the
new location. it being the under
standing that the Directors of the
Gravity Company would approve this
change.
The Watermaster was instructed
to report when it was necessary TO
start the pumps, rs matter OF rec
ord.
No further business appearing
the meeting adjourned.
Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-04-10
500 REWARD. 800

The readers OF this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
oeen able to cure In all its stages and
that Is catarrah Catarrah being
greatly Influenced by constitutional
conditions requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrah Medicine
IS taken internally and acts thru the
$1,000 on the Mucous Surfaces OF the
system thereby destroying the foun-
cation OF the disease. giving the pa
tient strength by building up the con-
stltution and assisting nature in do
ing Its work. The proprietors have
so much faith in the curative powers
OF Halls Catarrh Medicine that they
Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-04-10
Church OF Christ

Bible school at 10. Communion
and preaching at IL. Christian En-
deavor at 7. Preaching at 8. Don't
forget the Institute Wednesday ev-
ening and Thursday. It is good for
you. Remember that E. s. Mucklev
OF Portland will be with us next
Sunday. Every member should bv
all means be present is possible
E. A. Palmer, Minister.
Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-04-10
Baptist Church

Christian Science Services
Christian Science Society holds
regular services each Sunday at IL
O'Clock Sunday school at IL o'clock.
"Wednesday evening meetings at
Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-04-10
English Lutheran Church

There will be services every Sec
ond and fourth Sunday IN the EMS
copal church at 4 o'clock D. m.
We wish to correct an error print
ed In this paper last week. in regard
to the English Lutheran services to
be held on April 9Th. This was tho
mistake of the writer. who wishes to
state that they will not be held mil
the 18th of this month at the En,s
copal church at 4 D. m