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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-07-04

May came from Kenneth Deakin of
Kossuth county. His IS Anconas laid
464 eggs, or 50 per cent of perfect
record of one egg per day for each
hen. His feed cost for the month was
$&.1S and his receipts, S4OSO. The
best farm flock record was made by
n mixed flock of 40 fowls on the Kos
suth county farm They laid 2,13O
eggs, which was G25 per cent OF per-
feet record. The feed cost was $4.6O
and the receipts, $4S.93.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-07-04

mix the two together until crumbly
mash is formed and apply Immediately.
The above formula was tried out in
Mills county and within 80 hours as
many as Is dead grasshoppers were
counted in one square yard. Great
care should be taken that receptacles
containing the poison bait should not
he left where children, stock or chickens
will have access to them.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-07-04
outbreak Of Stable Fly Threatened.

Attention must be given to the stack
ing of straw during threshing if the
terrible outbreak of stable flies of last
year is not to be repeated this season.
The field men of the bureau OF entomo-
logy, United States department Of asri-
culture, state that these blOod-sucking
flies were present in unusual numbers
il, June. With many old straw stacks
still in the fields, and the usual careless
piling Of straw ut threshing time, and
some heavy summers rains these flies
will develop into veritable hordes late in
the summer.
Keep barnyard manure, especially II
containing straw, cleaned up and scat
tered OH the fields to permit the sun and
drying to kill the maggot stage Of the
flies. Stack the straw; don't blow 1t
out in an irregular loose pile. Build
vertical sides. Keep middle well filled
and tramp well. Clean up around base
of stacks and scatter remnants. If 1t
is certain that the straw will not be
used for feed, spread it at once to be
plowed under, or il that can not be done
burn the stacks Immediately.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-07-04
August Time to Requiem.

The necessity of good queen bees
in Iowa is imperative and bee men
should he making arrangements at
cnce for fall requeening, says F. B.
Paddock, state apiarist.
''The spring was so adverse" de-
clares Mr.. Paddock, 'that requeening
1T that time was very difficult The
best time to requiem is from August 1
to 10. Generally queen breeders have
their orders booked months ahead"
Beekeepers in those counties in the
state where work is being carried out
under the direction Of Iowa State
college are attending the meetings at
the demonstration apfaries and are
enthusiastic over the results, says Mr..
Paddock. The membership in the state
beekeepers association has doubled in
the last two years.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-07-04
Iowa State Ayrshire Holds Record.

Second highest in her class in the
United States and first in the state
Ct Iowa is the record recently COM
pleted by Robinhood Cavalier Lass,
an Ayrshire, four and half years
old, owned by Iowa State college.
The certificate was received last week.
The COW produced 427 pounds of but
terfat and her record is in the four and
half year old class Of the roll of honor
division.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-07-04
Change Sheep Pastures Frequently.

In order to avoid danger from i'll
lection by stomach worms, farmers
are advised by the animal husbandry
department at Iowa State college to
change their sheep pastures at least
every three weeks. 1t is better to
divide large pasture up into several
small ones than to pasture the whole
thing Mt once.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-07-04
soiiins Supplements Pasture.

With pastures i'll better condition
than in other years, it will not be
Necessary to start feeding soiling crops
ur silage as early as usual, according
to the dairy husbandry department. ut
Iowa State college. This year, it is
estima ted, pasture for dairy cattle will
last until about the middle of July.
y Soilage can be fed either in the barn
or in the pasture. The latter method
entails the least work and is the most
convenient. Both methods have adj
vantages and disadvantages. When fed
in the pasture, some of the feed dries
out, some is tramped into the ground
and the cattle are more apt to injure
each other, while eating. On the other
hand, when feeding is done in the barn
it requires more work, but the per cent
If wastage is cut down and the cows
may be sprayed for flies while they are
eating.
All of the common soiling crops,
with the possible exception of corn,
can he conveniently fed in the barn.
Where the soiling is given on the pas
ture it is usually fed only once day
hut when fed indoors from one to
three feeds may he given. Generally.
however, feeding more than twice a
Cay will not be advisable where some
pasture is available. With partial
selling system. such as is generally
used, from 40 to 10 pounds OF green
feed per COW day will commonly be
consumed in addition to pasture. In
the feeding of soilage care should be
taken to avoid the inclusion Of large
amounts of soil with the green feed.
Where the sOiling has been cut when
wet. it is advisable to limit the amount
fed as the wet feed will often produce
scOurs.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-07-04
Home Devices Demonstrated.

An old walnut bed. a wicker rocker
end magazine rack took new lease
Oh life before the eyes Of Iowa's coun-
ty home demonstration agents who at
tended q state conference at Iowa
State college last week. Under the
hands of experts the old furniture was
repaired and polished until it was prac-
tically as good as new.
This was but one of the demOnstra-
tons of modern home methods and de-
vices that filled the week. In wash
ing machine exhibition 25 machines
we're shown at work and their merits
and disadvantages discussed. A de-
monstratiOn of electrical devices for the
home was conducted by electrical engt-
neering experts Of the college.
Beside the demonstrations, talks on
many problems Of farm women were
on the program. Nutrition, sanitation,
house planning and clothing were dis
cussed by specialists of the college and
from outside.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-07-04
Celebrates Tooth Birthday.

At Center Point, Linn county. Mrs.
Jane Rowley recently celebrated her
Tooth birthday. She was born on May
%, 1921. That was during the presi-
dency Of James Monroe, the fifth presi-
dent of the United States She was a
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-07-04
4 4 4 + r r 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
THE INTEREST IN
NUTRITION GROWS
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Interest In the better feeding Of
school boys and girls is increasing in
Iowa. =
In the past school year, 1,0SG schools
jh Iowa served hot noon lunches to
pupils. That is q large increase over
the year previous.
In s. counties, 657 more schools re-
ported serving lunches than the year
previous. -n'a
In "A counties there was loss in
The" number reporting, amounting to
$50, leaving the net gain for the year
vt 3O5. II
Nineteen counties report having had
TT trition' classes for undcrweight chill
dren.s
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-07-04

If your hens are doing what they
should you will get from IA to IS eggs
from each of them during the month
of July.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-07-04
Farm News Department

ing, breed and other elements. But
generally speaking the cost, under a
definite set of conditions, averages
about the same one period of years as
compared with another"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-07-04
Dig Potatoes Early.

1t pays to dig potatoes early, ac-
cording to experiments carried on by
c. v. Holsinger. horticultural extern
sion specialist of Iowa State college.
Mr. Holsinger is Of the opinion that
even though the tops are quite green,
potatoes can be dug and saved for
winter use to advantage.
Mr.. Holsinger one year harvested a
crop of potatoes from two acres of
Early Ohios during the first part Of
July. They were thrown out with a
plOw and allowed to remain only long
enough for them to dry thoroughly be-
fore being placed in a dark cellar and
spread over the floor to depth of
about Is inches. They kept well and
by fall had shriveled only little. be-
cause of a lack of humidity.
At another time Mr.. Holsinger dug
a crop of potatoes on June II. They
were so immature that their skins slip
ped in handling After being dried they
we're stored in stalled crates in dark
place. This crop kept perfectly.
If early potatoes are not dug until
fall, the warm weather during the
summer makes them watery and re.
duces their quality. Scab will work OH
the skin of the tnbers and grub worms
end other pests will feed on them. =
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-07-04
Milk Costs Available.

On the basis Of feed and labor prices
between Nov. /, 1915. and Nov. 1, 1917,
il cost $315 net per 100 pounds to pro-
duce milk on 8S farms near Mason City,
On some farms it was as low as $50
per 100 pounds, and on some as high as
$3.50. -.
These figures are taken from new
bulletin on THE Cost Of Producing
Milk" just issued by the Iowa agfi-
cultural experiment station and which
may be secured by writing to the bull
letin section at Ames for it. While
the survey Of milk production costs
was made in 1916 and 1917, yet the
bulletin figures may be readily adapt
ed to feed and labor prices Of the
present.
In contrast with what it cost the
50 farms to produce milk during the
year Of the survey is the price re-
ceived, which averaged about $500
per 100 pounds for the year. Only
five farms out Of the So produced milk
for less than 500 per hundred. The
bulletin says that more than nine
tenths of the farmers received less than
market prices for feeds. or less than ~
cents an hour for their labor on the
dairy herd, or both" .
1t is also significant that shortly fol
lowing the conclusion of the survey
the milk producers organization sue
ceeded in getting price of SO for milk
OF certain standard quality.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-08-19
a "Sand.BoW.:.

The unusual optical phenomenon of
a rainbow produced BY the sun shin
Ing not on rain-drops, hut on particles
Of sand suspended in the air by wind.
was witnessed over part Of the Great
Salt Lake by some surveying parties.
Thu" co1ors were very brilliant, and
there was secondary obow visible.
The main bow was fully double the
width of an, ordinary rainbow. Only
a segment Of it was seen. The sand
was colitic. consisting Of calcareous
spherules of fairly uniform size, rang
ing between the limits of No. 8 and
No. 10 shot, which are polished and
exhibit a pearly ulster. It is pointed
out that the production Of the bow
must have been due to reflection from
the outer surfaces of the spherules,
and cannot be explained on the rule of
refraction and total reflection, gener-
ally applied in the explanation Of the
rainbow.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-08-19
SeIenium a Rare Element,

, SeIenium Is n rare and little-used
element described by the United
States Geological survey. Department
Of the Interior, as having it's greatest
use in giving red color to glass,
such as that used in railroads for
signal lights, and in, coloring enameled
ware red. 1t is also used to overcome
the natural green color Of ordinary
glass. Selenium is peculiar in being
a very poor conductor of electricity in
the dark and fairly good conductor
in the light and is used in several
electric devices whose utility depends
on this popularity. 1t has been used
IN teiephoning along ray of light and
in transmitting sounds and photo
graphs from one place to another over
wife. o.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-08-19
1rickinQ Fate.

Every Hindoo must have q son to
perform the proper rites in his behalf
so that he may be released from pur-
gatory after deat3, says Asia Maya
zine. Especially cursed, therefore, is
he whose fate it is to lie sOnless. One
such, Brahmin, propttiated the god
Vishu and obtained loon. He asked
for son, but, since q son was not in
the mans fate, Eishu refused. Twice
this happened, but the third time the
Brahmin asked that his merriments
might be shared by gods and men
alike. This was granted. He then
went home, locked his door and, with
his wife, began to sing and dance.
Thereupon, all the. gods and men, by
the terms of the boon. were compelled
to sing and dance with him, and the
business of the universe was brought
to standstill. "Stop," begged the
gods. "Only when you grant me a
son." answered the Brahmin. Anc he
had his way.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-08-19
LINKED WITH GLORIOUS PAST
Town Of steinamanger Within. Terri.
tory Once Important Part Of the
Old Roman Empire.

Perhaps it was not without deep sem
timental reasons that former Emperor
Charles of Austria-Hungry chose the
town of Steinamangcr-to the Hun
garians, Szombathely-as place from
which he hoped to receive the acclaim
of his former subjects as their returned
ruler, says a bulletin from the Wash
ington headquarters Of the National
Geographic society.
r. t. has been the cherished policy of
the Hapshurg rulers of Austria. Hun
gary to rejuvenate the old ''Holy
Roman Empire" the Frankish and lat
er the German union which claimed
to be the heir to the power and over
lordship of Rome. The Affiliations OF
what was AustrO-Hungarian territory
before the World war. with the old
Roman empire, were perhaps closer
through. Steinamanger than through
any other town. The present town is
in the site of the Roman Sabria, which
was the capital of one Of the chief
divisions of Pannonia--the name given
by the Romans to the province which
covered the heart Of modern Austria.
Hungary.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-08-19
DAZZLED OLD LONDON TOWN
Becky Wells, Beautiful Madcap, Well.
Known Character During the i,
Reign Of George III. r

Becky Wells, beautiful English act
ress, Journalist and author, was born
in 1859, married at eighteen, and a
few months later saw her husband de.
sert her for her bridesmaid. She
went to London and won success by
her beauty when she went on the
stage. She took up with Edward TOP
ham, an eccentric, and they estab-
lished a newspaper that thrived on
scandal
Becky took to wearing furs in sum-
mer and muslins in winter, which per.
haps stamps her as a woman in ad.
vance Of her age. She hired hackney
coaches to drive her to Oxford or
Cambridge for her health, and her
vagaries were the talk of the town.
She imagined that she was irresistt
BILE and took it into her head to i'll
fatuate George III, the dull king
whose only redeeming virtue was his
apparent faithfulness to his wife. She
was thrown into Jail by her editors,
and there she infatuated a Moor, son
Of the prime minister Of Morocco, who
had been sent to prison for contempt
Of court. They were welded in jail
with festivities that lasted a week and
which cost the bridegroom $4,000. Her
husband, Joseph Sumbel, then secured
his release by paying his brother $50.
900 and he also paid Recky's creditors
and took her with him. 49,,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-08-19
LOVES OUTCAST" IS
TURPIN A. P. SPECIAL

Ben Turpin's first starring vehicle,
Loves OutcaSt,' a tWO-reel comeu!
Of hilarious appeals, comes from the
Mack Sennett studios tel the Grand
theatre tonight and Saturday through
the releasing hands of Associated
Producers.
Turpin's security at the head of the
screen's comedy performers Is suffl-
cient to justify every expectation OF
a huge success in this the first or
forthcoming series of Ben Turpln
Specials
Loves Outcast" invades the do
nestle life of the hero frurpin)
whose misguided wife (Dot Farley
has reason to believe him to be an
incurable flirt, Romeo without re-
morse, and Daun Jaun without COM
Functions of conscience. So she
brings suit for divorce and marshalis
into court an army OF what she pc
lieves to be feminine "vamps.' How
man can be an innocent victim or so
much circumstantial but utterly false
evidence is told in one OF the l1vllest
plots Mr.. Sennett has ever concocted.
it is claimed
An excellent all-star comedy cast is
cleverly disposed in the leading roles
and includes, besides Ben Turpin, the
star as "a ladies' man," "Dot" Farley
as his wife; James Finlayson as an in
nocent detective; Kathryn Mcclure.
Phyllis Haver. Mildred June and
other beauties as plot participants and
witnesses; Kalla Pasha as jolly tar
and Albert Cooke as a "dry" court
room attaChe.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-08-19
WOMAN BEGAN,LoNG DISPUTE
shakespea re- Bacon Controversy Had
Its Origin in Book Published by
.# American Author

The long-drawn-Out controversy over
the authorship Of the ;Shakespearean
plays had its origin in remarkable
book written by an American woman.
Della Bacon, a native of Tallmadge,
o., with preface written by her
friend, Nathaniel Hawthorne. She was
woman Of intense application and
capacity for esoteric study and her
book was the product of lifetime
spent in the feverish pursuit Of her
hobby. Her book was entitled "The
Philosophy of the Plays of Shake
speare Unfolded," copies of which are
now rare, as 1t has long been. out Of
print. .
The book Is written in a very labori-
GUS STYLE difficult to read. Some of
the sentences are three to four, hun
dred words long, but the entire work
shows evidences Of intense study of
the works of the poet and a mastery
knowledge of the history Of Shake
speare's period. q ~ = y Us ''.:.
The intense Obsession with which
she pursued her theories brought her
life to tragic end. Becoming con-
vinced that Shakespeare's secret was
hidden in his tomb at Stratford, she
went to reside there to confirm her re-
searches. She was found one mid.
night at the tomb, muttering incoher-
emily, and evidently making prepare.
tiOnS TO omen the tomh in search Of
concealed manuscripts which she be-
lieved had been inferred with the body
of the poet, beneath the cryptic in.
scription, 'Good friend, for Jesus
sake forbear to dig the bones Enclosed
here" She was removed to an asylum.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-08-19
People Generous With Tins.

New York likes to refer to its
spendthrift millionaires. The head
waiter of magnificent eatery told me
that for the bountiful gratuity he pre-
ferred the visiting sod-buster to the
son of q millionaire. The young man
from Hohokus having his annual fling
has read so much abuut huge tips
that he thinks anything under SO
bill will be tossed back at him. The
information volunteered by the head
waiter came after well-known spend
thrift had departed with two young
ladies'. His dinner check came to $50
and he gave the waiter $2-the head
waiter, nothing. and" continued the
head waiter, "see that young fellow
over there in the green suit with a
large Adams apple. He has been
shocking off S. bills to every waiter
In the place. And he gave me half
century note. I'm afraid his keeper
will be along soon and make us give
it back. "-EXchange.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-08-19
FRENCH PLAYHOUSE ON BOAT
Actors In Remarkable Theatre Are
Said to Find Their Occupa-,
ton Pleasant One.

France has a playhouse, built on
barge, which travels from Tours to
Strasbourg. 1t Is & gorgeous; affair
painted in white and silver and called
the, "bateau-theatre," 1t wanders
along the canals and wherever it stops
the French, who have few entertain
ments crowd into the Fulminant to
see dramatic representation. 1t Is
agreeable life to move leiSurely by
canal and river, to stop where one
pleases, to play to a crowded house in
a sale, which is always ready. to
give pleasure to whole community
and profit to oneself The room where
the performances take place is spac-
ious enough. 1t holds five hundred
persons, and every one Of the fault
eunils covered in red velvet in this
blue and gold decorated hall zig oc-
cupied whenever the floating theatre
casts anchOri in an out-Of-theway town.
The actors are. their own mariners.
There Is much work to be done on
board any kind Of boat. as all who
have ever helped to sail yacht will
agree. They all lend hand. They
scrub the decks and they make, the
preparations which are constantly
icalled for. What do they not do?
They 60 out shopping-and is there
anything so delightful as to shop al
ways in strange towns? They pre-
pare their play bills and announce
their advent. The mere business of
acting is only an incident in this va
siad lifo
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-08-19
China to Have LARGE Mint.

One Of the largest minis in the
world. with possible daily output Of
5CO,nO0 silver dollars, Is to be erected
at Shanghai. China ut cost Of about
$2,0CO,0OO, under the direction of an
American expert. When completed, In
about two years. it will absorb some
ii tons of silver day, in its task Of
establishing a standardized currency
in China. where the present unit Of
value. the Mexican. dollar.. completes
with as many varieties OF com as there
are provinces. The Chinese tael. now
used for reckoning. is not coin ut
all, but measured slug Of silver. the
value of which varies in different parts
Of the country-Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-08-19
Forqers Use New Method.

An original touch in forgery is re-
ported by the Paris corre-
spondent of the London Daily Mail.
Making forged notes dirty III order
that they might look real is said to
have been the method adopted by four
men who have just been arrested ut
Limoges on a charge of counterfeiting
the small brown One-franc notes
(nominally 1Od.) which are in circu-
lation in Paris owing to the shortage
OF silver ones. y ,
After printing off bundles Of notes
OF face value of $1,000, the: men. it
is suited, buried them in the ground
for fortnight. The notes then had Il
crumpled and dirty appearance as IL
they had been long time in use,
and we're. readily accepted. In some
cases the forged notes were accepted
in bundles of so at local banks.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-08-19
Plant Care.

The room in which palms and gcra-
NUNS are kept should not be allowed
to get cooler than 40 or 45 degrees.
The palm should be placed in u part
~ shaded spot, but never where it may
come in contact with gas or cold
draughts. 1t should never be placed
in the direct rays of the sun. The
leaves should occasionally be sponged
with fshoil soap and warm water. 1t
should not be too we'll watered, and
perfect drainage is necessary to sue
cessful culture. The gernnium requires
plenty of sunlight and its roots should
be kept moist. It should be sprayed
with tepid water occaslonallyxto keep
the foliage bright and green and pre-
vent dust from lodging on the leaves.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-08-19
EDYTHE STERLING IN THE GIRL
. WHO DARED" COMING TO REX

Beautiful Edythe Sterling, STAR
ring in 1.-THE Girl Who Dared. nc"
photoplay of the Old West will be the
attraction at the Rex theater Sat
urday.
AS a girl sheriff, whose business Is
to round up cattle rustlers and MeN'-
can cut-throats, Edythe S'orllns poT-
trays another roe which displays her
fascinatingly as a wonderful horse
woman and lariat expert. The story
has unique plot, which concerns the
Vaccinations Of an unscrupulous
clique which has bean playing q
double game. AS the newly-electeo
girl sheriff, Edythe Sterling succeeds
by dint of tireless perseverance, IN
running them down.
There are several dramatic mo-
ments when the girl sheriff saves her
father from lynching at the hands
of an Infatuated mob and arrests him
until charges against him can be dis
proved. In the end Right asserts it.
self, and the truth is revealed. Iheh
Romancd takes hand---or both OF
them.