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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-02-18
CONVEYED THE WRONG IDEA
Two Anecdotes That Show Necessity
for Careful Wording When %.
Inc the Wire.


The Stokes house at Lenox, finally
converted into I hotel, was one OF the
show places" Of the region when An
son Phelps Stokes, Jr., now secretary
OF Yale university. was an undergrad
uate.
The young man perturbed his moth
e. Just before Christmas holiday Pc
Rod, BY proposing to invite q number
OF his classmates to Lenox. His class
was that OF 1895. and In the telegram.
not caring to mention the exact num-
Der. but intending merely to show that
they were classmates, he said: "Am
inviting SO men to Lenox for the va.
cation"
She promptly telegraphed back: do
not ask more than 40. Have IS house
guests here now"
Which puts one In mind OF q tele-
gram Capt. "Archie' Butt once sent,
while he was Mr.. Taft's aid. Mr.. Taft
had been eating many big dinners in
public, at the height Of the open sea
son. and he longed for moderate re-
past So Captain Butt teIegraphed to
the next gathering at Chicago: Make
It simple. Butt" The telegram was
made to read, MAKE It simple, but"
and the collation. outdid In sumptuous
variety any Of It's predecessors"
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-02-18
HARD TO GET CONDOR EGGS
Only Seven Are Known 20 BE in Ex-
Istenee, and the Bird Itself
10 Near Extinction.

The Academy Of Science in Phila-
delphia, some years ago, lost an egg.
Presumably 1t was stolen. It was the
egg Of California condor, and worth
4 lot Ut money.
Only seven eggs Of that bird are
known to exist In collections. It fire.
quents the most inaccessible peaks In
southern California, and matches its
young at dizzy heights In caves in the
faces Of cliffs. Thus the task Of pro-
curing IN egg is one involving utmost
danger.
The species, 4 gigantic vulture, has
been almost exterminated. Cattlemen
and sheepmen poison carcasse1 to de-
troy wolves and bears; the condors
eat the bait and die.
That IN ostrich eEg may be danger
Gus, Il oyerripe, was discovered q
while ago BY Doctor Bauer Of the
Smithsonian institution. While he
was boring q hole In one, It exploded,
the Tying fragments cutting him bad
".
The eggs Of some orioles are marked
with grotesque figures, often resem-
bling Chinese characters. Experts in
oriental languages have on OCCASIONS
been asked to read them, but no. sat-
isfactory translation has been OBJ
tanned
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-02-18
Coming to
G r A Nd FORKS
DIR. MELLENTHIN
SPECIALIST
FOR HIS EIGHTH YEAR IN NORTH
DAKOTA
DOES NOT USE SURGERY
TWO DAYS ONLY
No Charge for Examination

DR.. Mellenthin is regular graduate
in medicine and surgery and is licensed
by the state Of North Dakota. He
visits professionally the more import
ant towns and cities and offers to all
who call on this trip consultation and
examination free, except the expense
Of treatment when desired.
According to his method OF treat
ment he does not operate for chronic
appendicitis, gan stones, ulcers OF stom-
ach, tonsils or adenoids.
he has to his credit many wonderful
results In diseases OF the stomach, liver,
bowels, blood, skin, nerves, heart, kid
ney, bladder, bed wetting, catarrh, weak
lungs, rheumatism sciatica, leg ulcers
and rectal ailments.
It you have been aihng for any length
of time and do not get any better, do
not fail to call, as improper measures
rather than disease are very often the
cause OF your long standing trouble.
Remember above date, that examin-
alton on this trip will be free and that
his treatment is different
Address: 1886 Boston Block, Mime
apolis, Minnesota
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-02-18
Famous Egyptian Queen.

Aames Nefertari was the great an
cestress Of the New Empire at Thebes
In ancient Egypt. 100 B. 6. This dy-
nasty. the eighteenth, was that Of the
Th0thmes' mighty warriors ana build
ers. and Of the famous Hatshepsu-
Pharaoh. woman Pharaoh and dis
c0verer. On the rock-tablets Of Mas
sarah opposite Memphis on the Nile,
and In the sepulchral chambers Of the
Theban Metropolis, this great woman
Is remembered Us "the beautiful con-
sort Of Aames," and as ''the wife OF
the god Anon" (Amon-Ra). On her
head she wore not only the crown
OF Egypt united. but the vulture head
dress signifying motherhood. for the
"vulture" was the symbol Of Nut, the
second person in the Egyptian triad
OF gods at Thebes Anon, Nut, Khon-
So.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-02-18
Lands in Texaa

: The federal government never
owned any Of the public lands In Tex
as. It was a republic for some years
before it entered the union Of states.
When it came into the Union it was
stipulated by joint resolution Of con-
gress, passed March 1, 1845, that Tex
as was to retain all vacant and IN
appropriated lands within its limits to
be applied to the payment of the debts
and liabilities of the said republic OF
Texas" etc. The state established
its own land Office, made grants to
railroads, ETC., and made its own set
Element laws.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-02-18

Great Names WorthiIy Borne.
Somebody of an inquiring mentality
and good stock Of patience has been
examining the personnel Of the United
States army and makes the interesting
discovery that whereas there was only
one George Washington in the army OF
1776 there We're seventy four George
Washingtons in the army Of 1917-191S.
Two Ulysses s. Grants and 1--WE Ulysses
Grants took the field against Prussian-
Ism and with them marched seventy
nine Robert e. Lees, an impressive
tribute, by the way, to the enduring
quality Of the affection and admiration
that the great southern general in-
spired.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-02-18
Serbia to Build Long Canal.

According to, news item IN the
Athens Progress the Serbian govern
ment has decided to construct canal
from the Danube to Sa1oniki The
canal is to begin at the confluence
Of the Danube and the Morava, follow
the course Of the Morava in Serbia,
then join the valley Of the Vardar, fol-
lowing the river to the vicinity OF
Saloniki. The total length OF the
canal will be 600 kllometers (373
miles).
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-02-18
Sweet Memory!

.John," said loving wife, Il wish
you would sing two or three lines Of 4
song for me-
what on earth do you want me to
do that for?"
There is something want you to
bring home, and I've forgotten what It
is, but I think I'll remember it If you
sing"
The good-natured husband complied,
and the charming wife said:
II remember now. It's file want
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-02-18
How True!

The mathematics teacher was try.
Ing to impress her class with the ne
cessfty Of putting more time on math-
ematics You must all know arith-
metic Il you want to be successful
she told them. "Al our public men
should be good mathematicians. Can
anyone tell me why9'
Up went little Max's hand. $50 that
they can keep their accounts straight
he answered.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-02-18
Strictly Business,
ga,A.sL

EmployeeTm afraid, Sir, under the
present high prices shall be unable
to live on my salary and
Emp1oyer-Well. what Of 1T I'm
conducting business, not q lHe-saving
sassoefati london Answers.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-02-18

OLSON : HAaD. Attoeneys-at-Haw.
0mes = Taralseth Block, Warren.
Mn
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-02-18

All wise people use the Sheaf a. their
Advertising medium.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-30

vented or reduced to a negligible
quantity. In barrel experiments in
which only part of the fruit was
wrapped, the scald was greatly re-
duced on apples adjacent to the
wrapped ones. Ordinary commercial
apple wrappers caused little decrease
in scald and paraffin wrappers were
but little better.
Several other points of Importance
were determined as a result of the
experiments. Mature fruit scalds
less than immature, but fruit just
changing from green to yellow has
scalded worse than either green or
yellow fruit. Well-colored red fruit
surfaces have been practically inn
mune. Heavy irrigation of apple
trees increases the susceptibility to
scald in the apples produced. APP
pies in ventilated barrels DEVELOPED
less than a third as much scaId as
those in commercial barrels if both
were held in a storage room that re-
ceived occasional ventilation. If the
storage room was not ventilated, or
if it was only poorly ventilated, the
ventilated barrels caused very lit
tie decrease in Scald. Apples near
the aisle or near q door scalded far
less than those in the bottom of
the stack. Boxed apples exposed to
continuous air current Of eighty
eight miles an hour were practically
free from scald while similar ap-
pies that did not receive the constant
tanning became badly scalded. Stir
ring the storage air was found to be
more important than renewing it.
scald was greatly increased on
fruit delayed in storage unless well
ventilated during the delay.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-30

Of this kind you can pitt on your land
the better it will be. Three hundred
pounds per acre would be mini
mum. but from 500 to 1000 pounds
would be better. I am sure you
would be surprised at the beneficial
results obtained from the use of as
much compost material of this char
acter as you can secure.
Ill addition to the above we would
use 500 pounds of fertilizer per acre.
The fertilizer should certainly be put
under the cotton at the time it is
planted. Side applications are nos
likely to prove profitable or desira-
BILE unde, boil weGvil conditions. A
good formula to use would be to So
per cent of nitrogen, to 10 per cent
phosphoric acid, and 2 to 3 per cent
potash. There is no reason why you
should not mix the materials al home
if you prefer to do so.
There is little to choose between
nitrate of soda and sulphate of am
monia as a carrier of nitrogen. We
would be governed in the purchase
of these materials by the cost per
pound of available plant food. These
materials could be mixed with
complete fertilizer and incorporated
in the soil as l have suggested. You
might make side application on
corn if you prefer. To that end you
should put it on when the corn is
about knee high. The nitrate of
soda is probably the best material
to use for this purpose.
An orchard that has been al
lowed to stand for long time and
has not been fertilized OF cared for
to advantage needs to be reinvig
grated. To this end plant cuwDeas or
velvet beans between the trees and
turn under in the fall. At the time
of planting the. cowpeas or velvet
beans put on at least 900 to 400
pounds of acid phosphate and Toe
pounds Of some carrier of potash,
one of course that is free from soda.
1t is desirable to put the equivalent
on orchard land, of at least so
pounds OF available potash per acre.
AS some of this material IS coming
in from Alsace-Lorraine you may be
able to secure what you need at
fairly reasonable cost.
Spraying the trees will, of course,
do mitch to reinvigorate them
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-30
PROTECT ANCESTRY OF THE
WELL-BRED EGG IN INCUBATOR

"CorSercl No. 1854 The dam of
this bird was NO. 987. She held
egg-laying record of 22O eggs in
her .pullet year. Sire of this cock
erel was son of No. $40, that held
3-year record of $50 eggs"
A bird with a pedigree like the
one above is the kind that is com
handing Il fancy price in poultry
circles today. Ancestry counts in
chickens quite as much as in cattle
or horses, and every poultry man
or woman who is endeavorjng to
build UP the egg productivity Of
his flock seeks a bird with a good
reproducing ancestry to head it.
Better still, he buys a pen of podi-
greed birds and gradually culls out
his common stock. For these birds
he goes to a reliable breeder of the
variety that he keeps 1t is not
profitable for the owner of a large
flock who is producing eggs and
chickens for market to pedigree
The breeder, handling fewer bros
and making a relatively higher
profit on each one, can afford to
eXpend more time and care on the
individuals. With him it is not
chow many" but how good"
Trap Nests Necessary
Pedigreeing a chicken means the
keeping OF 4 complete breeding rec
ord. This involves a record by
leg band or some other accurate
means of Identification of the male
and female which are mated:
record, with the aid of trap nest,
of each egg laid; an arrangement
of the eggs in the incubator so
that the baby chicks can be iden-
titled and the labelling of the chicks
by a leg band after their removal
from the incubator.
By means of leg banded hens and
trap nests the breeder is able to
identify every egg produced and to
mark each egg. The United States
department Of agriculture poultry
specialists mark the big end of the
egg with the number of the hen
and then put underneath that the
pen number. The number on the leg
band of the hen gives the clue in
the record book to her pedigree. The
pen number gives the information
regarding the sire.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-30
VENTILATION OF STORAGE
, ROOM PREVENTS APPLE SCALD

Most people have learned that, if
they sleep in an unventilated room,
they poison themselves with the
gases eXhaled in their own breath.
But it probably has not occurred to
many people that apples asleep or
semi-dormant---in cold storage-do
exactly the same thing. 1t had not
occurred to anybody, in fact, until
very recently, when some specialists
in the bureau of plant industry,
United States department of agrl-
culture, worked it out. 1t is not
always possible to leave the windows
open in the sleeping room of the APP
pies, but the specialists have found
a way of getting around this diff
ficulty in experimental quantities by
the absorption in certain fats and
oils of the poison that is breathed
out by the apples.
The diseases which may be thus
caused in apples is known as apple
scald and manifests itself by turn
ing the skin of the apple brown
While the scientists have discovered
that the disease is due to a gas or
gasses breathed out by the apples,
they have not been able to identify
the gas or gases. But they have
discovered that, if the apples are
placed in wrappers impregnated with
certain fats and oils, the poison is
absorbed and the disease. either pre-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-30
Farm WAGES Hiqhest Known

At no time have The wage ra teS
of farm labor been as high in this
country as they were in 1918,
certainly as far back as 1865, when
the first investigation of this subject
was made by the Bureau of Crop
Estimates, United States Department
of Agriculture. Averages for the
United States are in mind, and not
local rates. For labor hired by the
month with board, the average rate
was $39.82, and among the geo
graphic divisions the average was
as low as $3O.54 in the South At
lantic and as high as S62.96 in the
Western, including thu Mountain and
Pacific states. Without board, the
average for the United States was
$500, and the lowest was $14.03 in
the South Atlantic states and the
highest, $87.12, in the western. EX-
tras, such a ftreWOod, milk, /etc., are
not included.
Harvest wages per day with board
reached the top figure OF S4.48 in
the North Central states west of the
Mississippi river and the lowest
figure of $2.28 in the South Atlantic,
and the United States average was
S3.15. Without board, the United
States average of $3.8& was most
exceeded by $3.50 in the former
states, while the later states had
the lowest average. $2.S2.
Statements in similar form for day
wa nes for work outside of harvest
with board maze the United States
average $2.45, that of the North
Central states west of the MISSISSIPPI
pi River 1922 and of the South At
lcntic states $1.85; the rates with
out bc7C6. il the same order, were
$3.1@, &4.c2. and $2.39.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-30
Winter Care for
Breeding Ewes

FlOckmasterS are urged 10 see that
their breeding ewes are receiving
the proper kind of attention at this
time in order to produce the most
profitable lambs. The ewes should
be in good thrifty condition. 1t is
not necessary to feed a large amount
of grain to breeding ewes which are
receiving good, clean, mixed clover
and timothy hay, clover hay or al
falfa. Where bright corn fodder is
available in conjunction with some
leguminous feed very good results
can be obtained from feeding what
the ewes will clean up nicely in the
middle of the day at one feed. Where
the breeding flock is a little thin in
condition a grain mixture of equal
parts of corn, oats and bran by
weight, fed at the rate of one-fourth
to one-half pound per head daily,
will be found most satisfactory and
will increase the profits, as the ewes
will be better mothers and stronger
mixers when the lambs come.
1t is not necessary to provide close
quarters for the breeding flocks, ac
cording to United States Department
of Agriculture specialists. They
should be kept in a clean, dry place,
which is dry overhead and uhderfoot
and free from drafts. Plenty of eX-
ercise is very important, and the
breeding ewes should be out every
clear day. Where forages are fed
and winter pastures are not avail
able it will be found beneficial to
spread the forage over the ground
some distance from the shed, and as
the ewes feed back and forth over
it they will thus gain plenty of ex-
ercise.
The flock which is in good thrifty
condition, properly housed and prop
erly fed, and receives adequate e&
ercise, will lamb out much better
and will cause the shepherd far less
-liffinnifv
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-30

| If laying heavily enough eggs
from one hen for one sitting may
be safely saved when a hen is used
for Matching. When an incubator is
used a tray contains eggs from
several hens. The method which
the department of agriculture spec
ialists use to identify the baby
chicks when they hatch is as fol
lows:
identifying Eggs III the Incubator
On the 18th day the eggs in the
incubator are sorted. Each hens
eggs are put into wire box or
bobinet sack. These containers must
be large enough to permit of plenty
of room for the chicks. Each box or
bag IS tagged with the hens num-
Der and the incubator is closed, not
to be opened until the birds are
matched out of the shells
Under ordinary conditions as soon
las the chickens get their "sea legs
latter Matching, they go toward the
light in the front of the incuba tor
and drop into the nursery below.
Here the temperature is cooler
The pedigreed chicks in the boxes
or bags, being unable to leave the
tray, may become too warm. After
the hatch is over if they show
signs of painting the door should be
fastened open so a little more air
may enter.
AS soon as the chicks are dry
or after about II hours, they are
taken out of the bags and small
metal band with a number is wrap
ped around the leg. This should
be folded until it will not slip over
the foot. Some breeders put one of
these baby chick or pigeon bands
on each leg so if one gets off acct
dentally there is still one left by
which the bird can be identified. AS
the bands are put on, the record is
made in the book. For instance, No.
1 would be the first chicks number
and opposite this in the pedigree
book would be written the hens
land pens number of the egg from
which it Matched BY this means
the accurate pedigree of each chick
is assured.
How the Identification Of each
bird is kept as it grows older and
outgrows the baby chick leg band is
another story.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-30

S7,572. 90
Surely welfare work of this char
acter is of the most fundamental
nature. Certainly it is worth while
for us to promote and encourage it
in the largest measure possible. An
agent who was able to perform serv-
ice work of this character in a, Civ
en- community earned her salary
many times over, because the fig
ures assembled represent only one
phase of her work. This side of the
service she has performed has been
quoted because it can be reduced
more readily to a dollars nd-cents
basis. In this connection we must
not lose sight of the fact that this
represents the work of only one year
and with one group of individuals.
1t is quie certain, now that these
girls and women have been induced
to take up the canning of fruits and
vegetables and the cultivation of
gardens, that they will continue to
do so. Next year the agent will
reach a new set of people, and so
the constructive effort she has set
in motion continues to spread and
radiate from the center out to the
circumference Of the circle. 1t is
like stone dropped in the center Of
a pond, which starts a concentric
circle of wavelets ever widening and
spreading until the borders are
rea ched.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-30
FanHinu Oujruns Dictionary

/ q. if!s!lu OLIti U3lS Ey!GtiUj!a3 y
\ s-,aj many terms il common
use N agricultural discussions have
never found a place in the diction-
aries. SO widely used and important
term as "vitamin" mas not YET
found it's way into rne pr;nclpal I'M
abridged dictionaries. For the p1'b-
lie, therefore, there exists no APP
proved spelling, no approved pro-
nunciation, and no approved defini-
ton of the name of a thing that is
vital to all living things. There
are scores of terms, indispensable
in agricultural writing or speaking.
that have not been recognized by the
photographers, and there are quite
as many new usages Of established
words. Blood line" q term COM
monty used in discussions of breed
ing, is not in the dictionaries. No
body knows whether it is one word,
two words, or a hyphenated word.
"Overrun," q term widely used to cz-
press the thing that is practically
the determining factor of profits in
creamery establishments, is unknown
to the dictionaries. Standardized"
trap nest" and any number of other
commonly used terms, understood
we'll enough by agriculturists, re-
main underlined for the accurate in
formation of the general public.
The United States department. or
agriculture through the joint efforts
of the bureau of animal industry and
the division of publications, has be-
gun a movement to standardize the
use of such terms. and about thirty
of them are on the griddIe now.
Three points of view are taken
that of the field man who knows
the common usage of the layman,
that of the scientist who has the
viewpoint Of the specialist. and the
point of view that looks merely to
the use of good English. Each word
is submitted to the various classes of
persons interested, together with the
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-30
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY Or. ANDREW NJ SOULG

short time To this end L am pre-
senting below some facts from a re-
port of the extension work in Full
ton county. Here in the very shad-
ow af Atlanta. a city which is under
supplied locally with fruits and
vegetables, a few women and girls,
with a little encoura cement from
their county agent, established a
very considerable number of tenth
acre gardens and put up canned
goods last year which in the aggre-
gate were worth $7,572. The same
thing went forward in a number of
other counties, and so in the aggre-
gate these girls and women, encour-
aged and helped by the county agent
in home economies, added to fheir
individual revenues about $1,00000O
last year and saved this sum perma-
nently to the people of Georgia.
Fulton County Report
Total value of fruits and vegetables
conserved by women, G,000 qts.. 81 800 90
JeIlles, preserves and marmalades,
Total of brined vegetables, 500 lbs. 90