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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-11-18
Ambition.

Ambition.
Mamma, may stand on my head r.
No; little girls can't do that"
well. may 1 do 1t when I'm a big
girlf'
The increase In deaths from pneu-
monia due to bad weather is probably
Offset by the decrease in deaths from
the automobile due to the same cause
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-11-18
PUPPY LOVE

She: | love him because he's so
affeetionate.
He: And you get mad when Pm
too affectionate.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-11-18
Careful Chauffeur

Careful Chauffeur.
Applicant-You advertised for q
careful chauffeur?
Motorist-I did. Are you one7
Applicant-You bet. / should re-
luire my pay in advance.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-14
CONTROL OF SPOTTED BoRER
Best Friend Of Apple Grower In De-
stroying Most Injurious Pest
10 Woodpecker.

The best friend Of the apple grower
so far as warfare on spotted apple
tree borers Is concerned-is the wood
pecker. Specialists of the United
States Department of Agriculture de-
clare that If 1t were not for the wood
pecker this pest would be more wide
ly known and much more destructive.
Control Of the borer at present, how
ever, is not a difficult matter, accord
ing to department bulletin No. 1856,
which contains full discussion Of
the pest and the best means for keep
ing its destruction within bounds.
Spraying apple orchards with ar
senicals for the codling moth and
other common insect pests kills many
adult bOrers, it is said. While small,
borers may be found and removed from
the trees very readily by pairing away
the bark over their burrows with a
sharp knife.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-14
KEEP ROADS OPEN IN WINTER
Federal Highway Commission Suo.
gests That Special Efforts Be-
e Made by State Officials.

1t is suggested by the federal high
way council that state and county
highway departments make a special
effort to keep the roads clear Of snow
during the winter months and thus
permit of uninterrupted traffic. The
transportation of certain commodities
is really more important during the
winter than in summer and it Is then
that the roads are more difficult to
pass over. Then, too, the rural mail
must be carried whether roads are
good or bad, and when the snow drifts
several feet deep over the roads the
life of the rural mail carrier Is any
thing but pleasant. AS the snow meIts
1t transforms many roads into mire
that is almost impossible. On any
road, no matter how good, there is a
tendency for the melting snow to soft
en- the subgrade and loosen the base
under the wearing surface, thus caus-
ing great damage to the road.
Road officials could do nothing bet
ter than to keep their equipment busy
in the winter removing the snow from
the road surfaces. It is one form of
maintenance work that is very essen
tial in frightening the life and USE
fulness of the highways.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-14
SIZES OF FRUIT CONTAINERS
Efforts Being Made to Fix Standards
Readily Distinguishabie by
the Average Buyer.

The bureau Of markets Of the United
States Department Of Agriculture, in
its efforts to bring about standardiza-
ton of shipping containers for fruits
and vegetables, is recommending
standard types for three Of the most
common types Of packages. These
are the hamper, the round stave bas-
KEEL, and the market basket.
These recommendations provide not
only standard sizes but standard d.
mansions, and 1t Is the intention of
the department to fix standards which
will be readily distingulshable from
each other by the average buyer.
There are at present great many
containers of different sizes which are
so nearly the same in appearance that
they are a never-ending source Of
fraud.
By slight modification In construc-
ton it is possible to make 2S-quart
hamper which looks so nearly like a
full bushel hamper as to deceive the
purchaser, who is defrauded out Of
half a peck.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-14
FIGHTING PEACH TREE PEST
Para. Dichlorobenzene Treatment A.
lords Means OF Kidding Or
chards OF Harmful eorer.

Tie results of what is known as the
para-dichlOrobenzene treatment for the
eradication of the peach-tree borer
lead experts Of the United States De-
nartment. of Agriculture to believe that
a practical means has finally been
found Of Kidding orchards of this dis
astrously destructive pest. Previously
the only effective method of fighting
the borer was by removing the soil
around the base of the tree and dig
cling the grubs out of their galleries
with knife. 1t Is estimated that the
borer had done ,$6,OOO,OO0 damage a
lear and that 100000 a year has
been spent in fighting them. &
The observation-disclosures method
vas first used extensively by orchard
lists in 1919. 1t consists in sprinkling
1ne crystals of insecticide on the soil
around the base of the infected tree
and covering with earth to hold the
gas. The substance is highly volatile
and forms gas when the soil is be-
tween IS and so degrees Fahrenheit.
This gas is five times heavier than air
and sinks down through the soil. 1t
is highly effective against the borer;
and pound Of the insecticide, cost
ing not more than 25 cents, is sufficient
FOR eight to ten trees. The labor Is
scarcely one-third of that formerly re-
luired. The saving therefore is great.
In 1920 the para-dichlorobenzene'
'rocess was used extensively in the
Georgia peach belt, some localities
buying as high as $4,000 pounds and
large individual growers as high as
two tons each. Growers declare that
IT Is one of the greatest accomplish
ments in the history of the depart
ment, comparable to the self-boiled
llme-sulphur treatment for control of
brown rot and scab of the peach.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-14
ADVANTAGE OF FALL CALVES
Dairy Products Bring About One Third
More Money In Winter Than In
Spring Season.

Several reasons why farmers find It
more profitable to raise fall calves are
given as follows by Prof. G. Larsen Of
South Dakota State college:
A COW that freshens in the fall will
produce about 20 per cent more milk
during the year than one that calves
in the spring.
Dairy products bring the farmer
about third more money In winter
than In spring. M
Winter dairying allows Of more and
cheaper labor after the field work is
done. @
Winter dairying avoids flies that cut
down the milk flow and bother the
milk-fed calves.
Calves dropped in the fall will do
well under good winter care and when
spring arrives they are ready for pas
ture with the other young cattle.
Avoid mating too early in the fall.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-14

therein, helping to name that ticket.
and cannot morally or legally aceept
Office in opposition TO that ticket
after such action en- my part | re-
gard my right of franchise as
sacred trust and am not inclined TO
treat it lightly.
NV business affairs will not per-
NIT of my accepting the office OF
alderman at this time, as am very
busy and cannot give the time neces-
sary for the work expected of a city
councilman.
Last, but net least, | am in favor
of the election of the Economy I'M
provement ticket from top to bottom
and was selected by the convention
as a committeeman to assist in its
election.
With cordial thanks to those who
nominated me I respectfully decline
to be candidate.
Yours very truly,
F. E., SEEGER.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-14
Brigham, City Peach
Crop Show Slight
Damage by Frost

The commercial peach crop which
has made Brigham City famous has
emerged from the recent frost show
ing only slight loss, according to
Robert H. Stewart, county agricul-
tural agent for Boxelder county, in a
long-distance telephone report to the
weather bureau office. The loss of
fruit at present noted will serve only
to increase the quality and not ap-
preciably reduce the crop, according
to Mr.. Stewart, provided the orchads
escape future frosts.
The late cherry crop is also rea-
sonably safe, showing only slight
injury. These varieties constitute
about 80 or 50 per cent of the COM
mereial cherry crop. The early
cherries suffered a loss of about 20
per cent and early cherries about 80
per cent. as reported earlier by Mr..
Stewart, altho these constitute but a
small part of the fruit as whole.
The apricots, both early and late
varieties, have been cut about rs per
cent by the frost, and some early -ap-
pies have been found damaged. The
later apples have apparently escaped
injury.
The peaches, cherries and apricots
in the Granger, Salt Lake county,
district, are practically gone, and the
Winter Banana and Black Twig ap-
Piles badly damaged, according to a
report of George E. Greene of that
district to the weather bureau. The
Rome Beauty, Jonathan, Early June
and Gano varieties appear to be safe.
The fruit casualties have not been
great on the Provo bench, from gen.
eral outward appearances, accord
ing to Joseph B. Walton, weather OBJ
server and fruitgrower at that place.
He reports that aside from such
varieties as had reached the blossom
stage, such as apricots and a few
cherries and peaches, no extensive
damage has been done.
It is Mr.. Waltons opinion, how
ever, that the sustained cold snap
will have tendency to weaken the
stem, causing it to lose vitality and
resistance to disease. The tempera-.
lures were below freezing five morn
ings in succession, being 20 degrees
on the two coolest days.-Salt Lake
Tribune.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-14
BREED UP PROFITABLE HERD
Judieious Selection Of Sire and Dam
y. Is vitality lmportant-FoIIow
! Some System.

In breeding up dairy herd judi
cious selection Of both sire and dam
is vitality important, and then must be
pursued system of feeding and man.
agement suited to the purpose for
which the animals are being raised.
Many dairymen follow these princi-
pies only in part. For instance, there
are farms where comparatively
high-priced purebred sire has been
purchased, but the owner has paid
little or no attention to the possibili.
ties Of his cows and the result has
naturally been that some of the stock
is good and some poor.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-14
BENEFIT TO SUBURBAN LAND
One Advantage Of Road Improvement
Would Be to Open Up Territory
for Homesteads.

Another change In the use Of land
which may result from road improve
ment, especially near towns and cities.
Is to make 1t available for suburban
development. This might better be
termed increasing the home value of
the land, and 1t will be found to ap-
ply where the land Is retained for its
original uses as well as where, fol-
lowing road Improvement, 1t is utilized
so as to yield higher retura on agri.
cultural products. The home value Of
land Is one to be given consideration.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-14
Horticultural
Points
TREE.REPAIR WORK SIGHTED
DIE at Times to Unfavcrable Expert
erees With Dishonest or Incapable
Hort;cuturist.

At present tree-repair work has not
received the recognition and approval
from tree. owners that 1t deserves
This may be due at times to unfavor-
able experiences with dishonest or ig.
nOrant tree surgeons, at other times
to the reluctance Of the owners to
spend much money in preserving their
trees, or from their ignorance of the
benefits that may result when tree
repair work is properly done.
Reliable tree surgeons, are doing
mucn in practical way to educate
the public as to the benefits of tree
repair work. A few states have laws
regulating tree-repair work on a com
mercial basis.
The United States Department If
Agriculture invites correspondence
concerning methods of tree-repair
work, and Is prepared to advise for
or against any particular method so
far as experience and the results Of
experiments permit. Farmers Bulle-
tin ITS on tree surgery will be sent
free on application.
Tree owners are urged to remember
that the necessity for tree-repair work
10 or 20 years hence may be reduced
materially by promptly attending to
the fresh injuries Of today.
Most persons can, at least with q
very little preliminary practice on the
simpler types Of work, undertake ordi-
nary tree surgery provided they are
familiar with the use Of gouge and
mallet, saw and paint brush. A
steady head and ability to climb will
be necessary for work in the top Of
the tree. w
A badly diseased or injured tree
should be removed and replaced by a
healthy one unless there Is some very
special reason for trying to preserve
the tree.
Two axioms Of tree-repair work
that should be borne in mind constant
~ are: that prompt treatment Of
freshly made wounds Is the surest
and most economical method Of pre-
venting disease and decay In the fu-
ture, and that all wounds made in tree
surgery should be cleaned, sterilized
and protected from infection just as
thoroughly as in animal surgery, and
for the sarne reason.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-14
COAT OF MANURE IN ORCHARD
Work Should Be Done as Soon az
Time and Weather viii Permit
Watch Cover Crop.

II the orchard Is to receive a coat OF
manure this spring get the work done
as soon as time and weather permit.
Then plOw the ground as soon as 1t
has dried out enough to be In good
blowing condition. If there Is q cover
crop 1t will use much Of the soil water
and hasten the drying OF the ground.
1t should be watched carefully and not
allowed to get too large nor to dry out
the ground too much before the plow-
ing is done. Harrow the ground with
in day or two after blowing and har-
row at least every two weeks through
ont the season.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-14

has consistently followed this prac-
tice. The originally improved roads
in Maryland were comparatively in
expensive, costing only what the tax
payers were willing to pay for. The
first few years the average cost was
less. than $4,000 mile. In some
cases the work entailed considerable
grading and drainage, but in others
1t amounted simply to resurfacing the
old turnpikes, which had already
been graded and drained.
Generally the roads built at thai
time were macadam. II feet wide
and six inches thick. Soon the width
was increased to IA feet. Later many
were widened still farther, some very
successfully, by adding concrete Shout
ders on each side Of the existing
macadam. This method Of improving
roads makes 1t possible for traffic to
continue unimpeded on the road while
he work Is going on.
The macadam roads In Maryland
have given very good satisfaction, but
continuous care has been largely re-
spOnsible for their success. The roads
are constantly patrolled and no hole
Of any size is allowed to 60 unre-
paired. Material for patching Is kept
ut convenient points along the road
for the use Of the patrolman. From a
relatively small investment in an ad-
mittedly low-type road 1t builds up
better one from year to year, always
conserving the bulk Of the previous
Investment.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-14
DAIRY
HINTS
cow TESTING PAYS FARMERS
Most Excellent Results Reported by
Association In Coos County,
New Hampshire.

Coos county, N. H., has very sue
cessful cow-testing association. A re-
port from that district regarding the
dollars-and-cents value of the associa-
ton says: "Many times the testers
salary is saved each month"
One farmer in the Coos County as
ISOLATION reports yearly saving Of
$525 In the feed bills alone. Another
with eight cows claims net gain Of
$3.50 year from the work Of the assO-
citation, and local cattle dealer says
that the tests add $40 per head to the
value of good cows.
A farmer near Lancaster offered to
sell one Of his cows for SIS before
testing her. After the test. however,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-14
MlLK-MAKING FEEDS
Clover and EnslIage With Little Bran
and Ground Oats and Corn
, Are Essential.

!. The cow that rustles what she can
get from the pasture in the summer
and from the straw pile In the winter
is like a stream that is fed by heavy
pains followed by drought-a food Of
milk followed by long dry spell. If
you want to keep the COW in full flow,
keep the milk-making foods coming
steadily all the season. For that pur-
pose clover and ensilage, with little
bran and ground oats and corn, va
ried according to the animal and the
milk fiow, give profitable results.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-14
ORCHARD
CLEANINCS
SAVE GIRDLED APPLE TREES
Bridge Grating as Shown by the Illus
tration Herewith Should
Be Done Early.

Apple trees girdled by rabbits or
mice can be saved by bridge grating
as illustrated herewith. The work
should be done now as soon as posi-
BILE and before the leaves show. The
scions for bridging can be cut from
any convenient apple tree and the
ends where they are inserted protect
ed by grating wax, or the whole
banked up with earth so that every
wound will be covered and kept moist
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-14
F. E. sEEGER DECLINES

Blackfoot, Idaho, April IA, 1921
City Clerk,
City of Blackfoot, Idaho.
Dear Sir:
l have been advised that I have
been nominated by the Peoples party
convention held ON the thirteenth
day of April, 1921, as candidate for
alderman from the second ward of
Blackfoot.
While deeply appreciate the con-
fidence of my fellow citizens in nam
ing me for this Office I am compelled
to decline for the following reasons:
I attended the Economy Improve
ment convention and participated
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-14
NITROGEN is BIG ESSENTIAL
10 Lacking When Strawberry Plants
Grow Slowly and When Peaches
Show Poor Wood Growth.

When plant growth is poor, as when
the new strawberry plants grow slow
ly and fail to send out vigorous run
ners, or when blackberries and rasp-
berries, otherwise healthy, fail to re-
new themselves by sending out new
suckers, or when peaches or apples
show poor wood growth, or when foil
age Is weak and poorly colored, there
IA a shortaee of available NITROGEN.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-14
To Protect Young Trees.

cultivating young trees the end Of the
whiffletree is continually knocking the
tender bark from the trunks, as horses
will swerve suddenly, however care
fully driven. Take bit Of old broken
trace and bind with wire to the trace
and whiffletree as shown in the cut,
and the young trees will be spared
many a gouge.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-14
Better Roads
BETTER TO BUILD UP ROADS
Continuous Care Has Been Largely
Responsible for Improved High.
ways in Maryland.

1t is better TO build cheap road
and keep 1t in good condition by ade-
quate maintenance than to build the
most expensive highway and permit
1t to deteriorate for want Of care, say
officials of the bureau of public
roads of the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.
Maryland, which has one of the fin
est systems Of improved highways in
the United States il not the best
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-14
Profit In Winter Zoos.

The profit is made on winter eggs.
Almost any hen will lay in the spring.
but prices are usually lowest then,
and 1t requires good many eggs to
pay hens keep in these days 6
the high cost Of living.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-14
DEVELOPMENT OF BULLS


In these times when the at
tention of dairy farmers is
turned toward building up their
herds, and when breeders asso-
Citations, the agricultural col
leges and breeders are cooper
ating to encourage the use of
better sires, 1t is only natural
that the care and development
Of young bulls should be given
more consideration,
Successful breeders place
great stress upon the early care
and management of their slres.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-14
Roadside Tree PLANTING.

Roadside tree planting had best not
be in formal rows, but in groups or
as specimen tree at irregular inter-
walls. Street trees should be in straight
rows Of the same species for ten or
twelve blocks.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-14
PROTECTION IS GIVEN TREES
End Of Whiff'etree Prevented From
Continually Knocking Tender
Bark From Trunks.

Something like this may have been
suggested before, but the present gen.
Grafton Of fruit tree cultivators is en-
titled to make use of the device. When
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-14

throughout the summer. 1t will, in
deed, be well to use both the wax and
the earth covering. The work must be
done as carefully as possible, but the
most important matter of all is to do
1t in good season before the foliage
has started.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-14
Before the Introduction o. Modern
Methods Cows Were Bought and Sold
on Outward Appearances.

on Outward Appearances.
she was not for sale, because during
the ten months she made $40 more net
profit than his twelve lOwest-produc-
ing cows combined. These and other
figures from the Coos County assoc!a-
ton show that COW testing may be
made to pay big returns. Its educa-
tional value Is also great.
Contrasting work is growing rapid
~. but 1t still has room for growth.
Less than one per cent Of all the dairy
cows in the United States has been
tested for production. Progressive
dairymen say that there should now be
at least many times that many cows
on test.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1921-08-07
TARGET PRACTICE At
ST. SIMON RANGE DAY,

A team Of five "sharpsh9oters" will
be selected today to represent the
Brunswick Rifiemen at the state rifle
contest to be held in Atlanta early
in September. All members of the
company who desire to compete for
the honor of representing the com
pany are notified to be at the range at
St Simon this morning, when the
team will be selected from among
those who succeed IN making the best
score The winners in the state con-
test will represent the Georgia Ma
tional Guard at the national army rife
meet at Camp Perry, Ohio. this fall.
Valuable prizes will also be awarded
at the state shoot. All expenses of the
team will be borne by the federal gov
eminent.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1921-08-07
JUDGE MAX ISAAC
RETURNS FROM EAST.

After an extended trip through the
Eastern and New England states
Judge Max Isaac has returned TO
Brunswick During his absence from
the city Judge Isaac combined hiisi-
ness and pleasures having appeared
before the supreme .court at Washing
ton, in two or three cases, after which
he attended to legal business at Phil
adelphia and New York, judge Is &C
was successful in obtaining a haaring
before the supreme court of the roted
Moore case, in which he is he leading
attorney for the defense. The SUI
preme court win probably pass pn
the merits Of the Moore case some
time during the fall, and upon the out
come depends whether Moore will be
given new trial in the state eouits.
or be ordered to begin serving the
sentence pending agai4st
him as result OF the verdict in su-
perior court The grounds upon which
a hearing In the supreme court was
obtained was based on exclusion OF
the public from trial in superior court.