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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-02-23
Urging Seed Growers
to Buy, and Plant a
-..... Better Grade of Seed
BY C. B. ALLISON,
State Seed Commissioner

.CluLC OCCu "
The preliminary statement from
the 1921 annual report on Idaho ag-
riculture completed by the Idaho
crop reporting agencies shows that
1880, pounds of red clover were
produced IN Idaho this last season
from $4,000 acres at value of
$43.SS per acre. Practically all of
this seed has been shipped out of
the state.'
!. Seed laboratory tests show that
so per cent of the Red Glover
samples received for analysis were
condemned on account of noxious
weed seeds, The presence of noxious
weeds, principally dodder, in red
clover this season has resulted in a
loss to the growers of approximately
100000. This is an enormous sum
lost by carelessness in buying seed
for planting and in caring for the
field before harvest.
The growers have realized the i'm
portance Of clean seed this past seS-
son, as the quality of the seed de-
termined the price received for it.
a large acreage of clover. win be
planted this spring and consequently
seed will be shipped into the state
from all sources. 1t is up to the
farmers and dealers in this state
to purchase a first-class product
in other words-seed which is dod-
der free and conforms to the require
ments of the state seed law. A lot
of seed labeled 99.5, per cent pure
is no guarantee that that lot Of seed
will pass the state seed laws. 1t
may contain in excess Of twenty
seven noxious weed seeds per pound
and consequently be condemned.
Each lot of seed should be labeled
as follows:
(a) Name of agricultural seed.
CD Name and address of the
person selling, offering and exposing
for sale such seed.
(c) Grade, date of grade and
grader.
I'D The kinds and number per
pound Of noxious weed seeds con-
tanned therein, using their common
names.
If the purchaser is dubious about
the quality of the seed which he may
have purchased, it is simple matter
to send two-ounce sample to the
state seed laboratory for analysis.
This service is rendered free Of
charge to the grower. The point is,
get your seed early. Purchase it
from a reliable source and if in
doubt submit a sample to the state
seed laboratory, Boise.
A few cents an acre more for seed
that is free from noxious weeds is
profitable investment. This ex-
penditure can be prorated over a
period of two or three years. Ex-
periments show that weed seeds live
much longer than do the seeds of
economic crops. There is an old
adage which runs as follows: lone
years seeding demands seven years
wedding" This is true Of weed
seeds. Pay the price for good seed
and save the expense of hiring ad-
ditional help to cut the weeds out
later. Save the enormous loss in
CURED by weeds. Idaho is the great
est seed producing state in the
Union. Improve the quality by
planting seed which passes the state
requirements.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-02-23
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BOY STARTS PUREBRED HERD
Was Means of Eliminating All Scrubs
on Fathers Farm-crops Tried
for Pasture.
prepared by the Emitted States Department
of AEriculture.l Aa ~ ~.

prepared by the United States Department,
of Agricuature.) aH ~ %F.n
Other pig club members may be en-
couraged by the, way In which Thur
bert Campbell, thirteen-y ear-oId boy
iii Haskell county, Oklahoma, persist
ed IN spite, of various setbacks until,
In little more. than a year he had not.
only started a purebred herd Of his
own, but eliminated all the scrubs
from his fathers farm and. induced
the latter to plant forage, crops. that
had never been tried before. ,%.
To,begln with, ,Thurbert's fatherwas
not very much interested, either in. his
Joining the pig club In the spring. of,
1920, or in. the Eureka Boys Demon
stration club, of which he was a mem
Der. The father was unable, and
partly, unwilling to back the, boy ;finan-.
cially when, he proposed. buying bred
gilt. He had plenty Of ordinary. hogs
which he considered good enough for.
himself, and thought they would dc.
quite as well for the boy. to- start with,
A purebred gilt would cost $50. The,
county agent became interested and
took the matter up with the father,
who agreed to let the boy borrow. the
money If he could do so without obi
cation on the fathers part.
When the time came ten pigs were
narrowed, but only one was alive. II
was crushing blow. Thurbert came
to the county agent for advice. His.
$50 note was extended by the bank
He was determined not to quit. The
gilt was bred again; and Thurbert
went right ahead caring for his pig.
The second litter brought eight pigs
all alive, and things looked consider
ably brighter for the boy. The one
pig from the first litter sold about this
time for $45, and two of the new ones
for SIS each, so that after paying his
note with interest Thurbert had 500
left.
From the same breeder who fur
nished the gilt Thurbert now bought
boar pig. The price, $50, was to be
paid when the boy had sold some more
stock. Two more pigs which were
sold at $25 each cleared the note off
and left Thurbert free from all in
debtedness with balance III the bank.
An arrangement has been made with
an older brother who is to grow the
feed while Thurbert furnishes the
herd. The 'herd" consists now of
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-02-23
FEED sILAGE TO THE SHEEP
Must Not Be Made Entire Ration, but
should Be Used With Proper.
5ta ton Of Hay. j.,

Whether or not 1t pays to feed silage
to sheep, hogs and horses Is q more
or less debatable question. 1t will be
safe to feed 1t to sheep Of all classes
except that feeding a flock Of breeding
ewes on silage alone or a ration
composed almost entirely. Of silage is
likely to cause q crop Of weak lambs
IN the spring. It viii always be safer,
therefore, to use some hay and toward
spring little grain also for ewes that
~ due to lamb.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-02-23
FEEDING THE PREGNANT EVE
Fair Amount Of slIaoe, With Cotton
seed Cake and Hay, 10 Rec
ommendation Made.

Pregnant ewes should receive from
three to four pounds Of silage per
head daily during the winter. This
should be supplemented with two or
three ounces per head daily Of cotton
seed cake and some hay. After the
lambs are born silage increases the
milk flow Of the ewes. In the fatten-
ing Of lambs and yearlings for market
the cheapest gains have usually been
made when silage constituted a part
Of the ration.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-02-23


foundation stock, soon due to farrow
again; three younger gifts, which will
be bred this fall; the herd boar, and
one young boar which is for sale. All
the fathers scrub brood sows have
been disposed Of, with no other scrubs
left but a shote, which will 60 to the
pork barrel.
Oats, rape, sudan grass and sweet
clover have been tried out with good
results for summer pastures. Bermuda
and red clover have been planted on
small scale. The entire family is won
over to the purebred stock Idea and
many changes for the better have been
begun on this farm.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-02-23
centIsnsss With Cows.

Cows respond to gentle treatment.
The dairyman who makes pets OF MS
calves and who continues to fondle the
animals even after they have dropped
their own calves Is almost certain to
uossess a herd of good milkerA
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-02-23

IN. poN Car IQI PTOlSSSIoi VI POsosSSS5
cked, as would be the case II string
ad Of lengthwise.
b A record was kept Of IA New, Jersey
tlocks for five months. The birds aver
aged 1892 in number and laid 2S0,511
eggs altogether. This was Al per
cent production, whereas % per cent
production was usual before the expert
ment. This meant an Increase Of 1877
1853 eggs.
An experiment was made at the agri-
cultural experiment station, New
Brunswick, N. j., in which 600 unlight-
ed pullets made profit Of $500 per
bird, but 500 lighted birds cleared $5.O7
each. The lights were turned on in the
morning. Where an evening lunch was
given to 100 pullets the profit per bird
was $5.4S. The fuel and operating
cost for LOO birds was "A cents per
bird. An increase Of single egg per
bird pays this cost.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-02-23

for two years without danger Of in.
breeding. If there were five lots OF
cows and five bulls, and the bulls We're
rotated from one herd to another
every two years, each bull would have
period Of usefulness Of possibly 10
years, and may easily have added 100
head Of young stock, with due pro-
portion of high milk-producing heifers
AS the first generation Of heifers be-
came mixers, the breeding value Of
the bulls would become established
and any inferior sires could be weeded
out. Five bulls kept for ten years may
change the entire dairy industry OF a
community and possibly give it's cattle
a distinctiveness that would be a
valuable market asset.
Cooperative bull associations have
existed in Europe for long time. In
America the system is only twelve or
thirteen years old, but records of milk
and butter-fat production are in pos
session of the department, showing
tangible benefit far exceeding the
cost to the COW owners.
AT New Windsor, Nd, for instance,
seven daughters Of one sire averaged
27O.5 pounds Of butter fat year, an
improvement over the average OF
2O83 pounds for their dams. This was
only the first generation. The five
block association will permit line
breeding with greatly increased pos
sibilities.
To organize a cooperative bull as
ISOLATION 1t Is first advisable to arouse
as much interest as possible In the
plan through meetings, conversation,
and the circulation Of Department OF
Agriculture literature. 1t Is possible
that the county agent or even some
state OF federal agricultural repre-
sentative can be induced to help per-
sonally. Advice can always be OBJ
tanned from the department by mail.
Forms can be had from the depart
ment for preliminary agreement, In
which, among other things, the number
Of cows owned by each prospective
member is listed. When a sufficient
number Of cows have been listed, a
meeting should be called and arrange
ments made for Incorporation. Each
member would contribute In proper
ton to the number Of cows he owns,
hut would have only one vote.
AS early as possible, the temporary
or permanent secretary. should begin
corresponding with breeders having
hiph-grade bulls for sale. One bull
should be purchased for about every
rs cows. The cows should be divided
into blocks Of that number, with re-
gard to geographical convenience, and
arrangements made for the keeping OF
the bull by a responsible member
whose farm Is conveniently located
The fees should be such as to cover
the purchase cost and the cost OF keep
for a year. and annual assessments
provided thereafter.
Valuable information on the forma'
ton and conduct Of bull associations
will be found in Farmers Bulletin
9os. which the department will send
free on request. Supplemental IN.
formation, including plans for a model
bull pen, and data on the operation
and success Of various established bull
associations can also be had by cor
respondence. The department is doini
everything in its power to promote tn
cooperative bull association move
| ments as one Of the most valuable al
yances made in modern dairying.
| A>n$lAnAaa With Gown
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-02-23

adv. 7-8
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-02-23

You can sew from morning till night
Western Electric Sewing Machine wi
being the least bit tired. You can accom-
much more sewing and do far better work
can be done with any foot power machine
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-02-23
SCHOOL WARRANT CALL

Warrants of school district num-
Der %, (Moreland) from number
313 to BAL of the 1920-21 issue and
from number l to number 81 of the
1922 issue are now redemable in
cash upon presentation.
JOE FYANS,
adv. 7-8 Treasurer.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-02-23
infaIIIble Sian,

As a general thing, when a man
doesn't ask his wife what she does
with the money he gives her 1t is
sign that he doesn't give her any.
Galveston News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-07-01
Schoolboy Athletics
World's Work.

The elementary school athletic
movement, which was inaugurated
in New York City seventeen years
ago in the form of the Public School
Athletic League, has gone steadily
forward. Practically every city of
any size in the United States now
has school athletic league. AL
though inter-city athletic meets
rarely occur. inter-class and inter-
school matches of various kinds are
more frequent than among colleges
and high schools.
In New York City, during the ele-
mentary school year, more than 100,-
600 boys are actively engaged in ath-
letics. Track events hold a promi-
nent part in this interest and last
from September to June. In the fall.
considerable attention is paid to Soc
Ger football; in the winter comes
basketball and with spring baseball.
Whatever the type of competition
may be in these schoolboy athletics,
the genuine interest of the small boy
is aroused, and that is an asset of no
small proportions. A district school
superintendent in New York said not
long ago that organized athletics had
done more to break up truanCy than
any other method tried.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-07-01
MADISON

AS a result of a series of showers
amounting to almost cloud burst
in this section the Kennebcc river
was at a frcshet pitch late Thursday
evening and is the highest t this
point that it has been this season.
Owing to washouts and landslidcs on
the railroad above Madison the 1909
and 1870 2. NJ. trains were cancelled
Autoists report numerous bad wash
outs in the roads above here and in
many cases they are so bad as to
make the roads impossible. Farm
ors in this section also report con-
siderable damaseto crops. The Ken
Inebcc river was over the road on the
Ansoni side n short distance above
the railroad bridge.
Miss Blanche V. Wlher left town
Thursday night for Montreal. Miss
WILDER will sail on the steamship
Antonio of the Cunard Line on July
1st for Paris and a trip through
Europe.
Morrill, Paine has recently accept
ed position as clerk in the Merrill
Furniture store
A feature of the services at the
Methodist Episcopal church next
Sunday will be Children's Day con-
cert in the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. r. Abbott Of
Chicago ILL.,. arrived in Arson Friday
morning to visit relatives and friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-07-01
A CLOSED INCIDENT
OK. Y. TimeS)

Williamson County, H., is sovcr-
eign state. It's real Government is the
district branch of the United Mine
workers. 1t executes its own law, the
higher, the union Jaw. by summary
process. A CoroncT's jury, composed
of three union miners and three bust
ness men, subject to the union,
brought in the inevitable verdict on
the killing of two union miners and
nineteen non-uionists last week. The
officials of the coal company are the
guilty men. The murdered supern-
tendcnt of a mine of the company is
held responsible for the murder of one
of the two union miners. Each of the
twenty other persons killed "came to
his death by "gunshot wounds at the
hands of persons unknown" The
ruling powers behaved handsomely
The burial of the two union miners
was marked by much pomp and cir
c'lmstance and display of "union
strength" in the procession from the
church to the burying ground: but
even to the outlaws, executed by
union justice, decent interment was
not denied.
If there We're only manned funeral
rites, it must be remembered that the
non-union dead were pariahs, men
justifiably dispatched according to
the higher law Of Williamson County.
Yet the union allowed them to be
buried in the Potter's Field. There
was no attempt to interfere with the
few persons who attended the service
At the head Of each grave was placed
the inscription: "Died June 90. 1922"
for "the union would not tolerate any
names or reference to the manner in
which the sixteen (nameless dead) met
DEATH" To this anonymous rest has
the sovereign union reduced their I'M
alicnahle right to life, liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness Thus is JUST Q
established and domestic tranquility
insured in Williamson County.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-07-01
THE RAILROAD SITUATION

The United States Railroad Labor
Board was established In the hore
OF providing a method for avoiding
the tying up of railroad traffic by
strikes. Before 1t employers and
employees we're to be heard. They
have been heard. Regulations have
been made and with the exception Of
the matter Of contract repair work,
which some Of the roads had out
standing. employers as we'll as en-
ployes have conformed to them.
That this has not been fully done in
the case of shop contracts by some
roads constitutes, as Ben w. Hooper,
chairman Of the Board, says, the one
substantial grievance of the en-
ployes. This, he says, is not only a
labor grievance, 1t is also public
grievance, but he reports that some
have complied and he hopes all will
do so. In this respect those roads
which have held out against the de-
cision of the Board contribute to the
present trouble. They have fur
nished the would-be strikers their
sole excuse, they themselves, these
railroad executives who have not
complied with the Boards findings,
are defying the authority constituted
by Congress. The report that they
have at last agreed. to abide by the
findings of the Board is unduly late
but it is better late than never, al
though it has afforded the labor
leaders an opportunity for COM
plant and for refusing to respect the
Labor Boards findings.
There are gratifying features, or
will be II the difficulties are finally
ironed out. We will have seen a
tribunal without other authority
than it's appeal to public sentiment,
for the Labor Board has not power
to enforce its conclusions, able to
reduce wages, to reduce freight
rates, to insist upon certain regula-
tions to be observed by both en-
ployers and employees. to obtain
recognition Of the third party, the
public, hitherto powerless. If these
things are accomplished there will
be no occasion to get respondent
respecting the future Of our rail-
roads.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-07-01
INTERESTING TO MONKEYS

A not unnatural apprehension has
been that this wonderful era in which
we are living may be referred to by
posterity as the gland age. Hope Of
eternal youth, however, would
greatly alleviate such apprehensions,
no doubt, but conjecture about all
this appears to be in vain. Perma-
nent youth is not assured by neV
glands, is the latest dictum. accord
ing to Hearst's International Maya
zine. Experimenting on rats it was
found that by enlarging the inter-
stitial gland. old. gray rats became
youthful and vigorous but the result
was not permanent. After a few
weeks the rat again became old and
decrepit. Again the rat was made
temporarily young with new inter
stitial gland but whether the process
could be continued indefinitely II the
supply Of new glands was maintained
has not yet been determined, it
seems. Doubtless the monkeys would
be interested to know whether that
is possible.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-07-01
Frontier Displays
Americanisnn in
It's TrueSt Form

| Detroit, Mich, June 30-What is
| Americanism? Il found the answer
while cataloging a collection of local
! historical material" said Miss May
Wood Wigginton of Denver, Colo, be-
! fore the conference of the American
Library Association here today. 1T
gave me a fine panoramic view of the
American frontier The frontier is
the one experience common to all
America and that other races have
not. Each state in turn has been the
frontier. American development has
exhibited a return to primitive con-
ditions on a continually advancing
f1pnticr line.
This continual rcbirth and fluidity
of American history, Offering new OPP
portunities, enforced equality. the
simplicity of primative society, fur
nishos the most distinctive force DOM
mating American character. Each
state in turn has been built by men
with the spirit Of adventure. hardi-
hcod, sturdy independence. fortitude
ana courage of the frontiersman.
This is our one common foundation
from which to build up national
character.
IF we admit this lasting and in
cradicabie influence of the frontier
upon the American character and the
character building power flowing
out of the conquest of continent
and a century Of struggle with the
wilderness. the duty of the librarian
is clear.
eve believe in the rower of books
to carry on this tradition. We must
see that the nation does not forget
/ the strong lessons learned in that
time when we were all Americans"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-07-01
u. S. Makes Money
With SaWmill on
Indian Reserves

Menominee Indian Rese rvation,
keshena, Wis, June 3O.-(By The
Associated Press - The Federal
Government operates, on this Indian
reservation. complete northwoods
logging industry, including a saw
mill valued at a quarter of a million
dollars.
1t is successful, money making
industry, which since about 1914 has
put more than two million dollars
net profit in the tribal fund of the
Menominees. It's purpose is not pri-
marily to make money, but to af-
ford an opportunity for Menominees
to learn business.
This government lumber camp
works in a tract of DIT 600 acres
timberland. with about 30 miles of
railroad to haul out the logs. and
the rail head at Neopit, in the heart
of the reservation. The work is con-
Quoted by white men, under the gen.
eral supervision of Edgar A. Allen,
superintendent of the reservation.
and the logging operations under
G. A. Clutches, manager OF the
operation, University of Michigan
man. White lumberjacks and con-
tractors have done the largest por-
ton of the work, for the Indians
have not taken to numbering readily.
The Menominees are encouraged
not only to work in the camps and
the mill for wages, but to undertake
operations as jobbers on their own
responsibility. Comparatively small
tracts are assigned for this purpose,
where an Indian undertakes to clear
the logs and deliver them to the
railroad, hiring his own helr, and
furnishing teams and equipme Mt
This requires capital, skill and bust
ness ability. 1t is not necessary for
the Indian jobbers to have capital
to start. If they can convince the
superintendent of their responsible
ity, the government advances the
means for them to try to make good
and to become independent. There
are several Indian jobbers now at
work. One of these camps is con-
Quoted by a Carlisle graduate. who
was a notable ball player in his COL
lege days. and who now plays sum-
mer baseball with the Neopit Indian
team.
Among the staff of white men in
the lumber corps is a former New
York state theatrical man, who re-
tired after making some money, be-
came interested in doing supply
work for the camps. studied farm
ing out of books, and this summer
has thirteen or fourteen acres I'M
der cultivation about the camps to
supply fresh vegetables.
Superintendent Clutches conducts
the major part Of the numbering OPP
erations and watches the market for
disposing of the lumber. His part
of the training work IS to show the
Indians the right way, for he says
there is one right way of getting o, -.
logs and about. fifty that are wrong.
He showed some of the camps a few
fundamentals that raised the amount
of their production something like
four fold, without increasing the
labor or the expense. These other
loggers were not taking everything
as they went, nor clearing the brush