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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23
HEN, TOO, SHOULD HAVE
WELL BALANCED RATION

There is a strong tendency on the
farm to makeza seaEeHger out of the
hen, says w. F. Schoppe. poultryman
at Montana State College. Many
farmers expect the hen to hunt her
feed, picking up what she can about
buildings, grain stacks and feed
yards. While the hen may be able to
live under such conditions, she cannot
find enough to supply all ner needs
so as to make a big egg record. The
properly balanced ration for laying
hens should consist of one part pro-
tein and four and one half parts of
carbohydrate and fats. Best results
can be obtained by using a combin-
alton Of whole grain and mash. The
average hen consumes about eight
pounds of grain per month.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23
STAR BOARDERS NUMER-
Gus IN FARM FLOCKS

Some hens lay Is eggs in a year
while others in the same flock lay $50
or more. A hen must lay SO eggs a
year to pay for her Keeping. The hens
in Colorado average 80 eggs in a year
which proves that there are more good
hens than poor ones in the state. Ac-
cording to the poultry authorities at
the Colorado Agricultural college,
the proportion of good hens to poor
ones is two to one. For every two hens
that are self supporting, there is one
star boarder. There are 1900, 600
hens in that state. 1,000, 600 good and
SOC, 1000 culls.
1t costs on an average 81 a year to
feed, house and care for a hen. These
SOC, 1000 Gull hens cost the farmers of
Colorado $1,000, 900 a year. Again
agricultural authorities who have ex-
~perimented with the production of
culls and have an abundance Of data
TO back up their statements, say these
,ull hens pay for half their keep.
we conclude that if the culls
could be disposed of our farmers would
save $500, 900. They could also have the
ash which the cull hens would bring
On the market.
Culling schools have been conducted
different parts of the county the
past two yeasr and those who have fol-
the system taught claim they
have increased egg production per
number of hens kept materially, which
would seem profitable business for the
time required
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23
OVerruIeS Demur-
rerS, Judith Case

Demurrers to the affidavits filed in
connection with the m%andamus suits
of Fergus and Cascade counties
against the board of commissioners
which adjusted the indebtedness be-
tween Judith Basin county and the
older counties, were overruled Satur-
day by Judge j. B. Leslie on the stip-
ulation of counsel for both sides. The
commissioners were ~giyeH-ap to and
including April 3 in which to file their
answer. Hearing on the issues raised
by the answer will be heard by Judge
Leslie April 8.
Counsel for the board of commits
s%ioners, also filed motions to quash
the alternative writs of mandate which
were ordered issued by Judge Leslie
after he had read the affidavits stat
ing that the board had erred in COM
putting the amount owing Cascade and
Fergus counties by Judith Basin coun-
ty. 1t is contended by counsel for the
two counties that the indebtedness of
Judith Basin county is greater than
the amount fixed by the commission
on the grounds that the commission
acted illegally in including bridge and
highway funds and steel bridges as
of the older counties.
1t was the prediction of attorneys
Saturday-that the points Of law in
volved in the cases will be settled only
by the decision Of the supreme court.
. constitutional question is raised in
to the steel bridges, whether
they are county or public property.
state law says that steel bridges,
less than 10 years in age, are county
property. while the constitution reads
hat all bridges are assets of the pub
lie.
The firm of Norris, Hurd &
Rhoades appeared for Cascade and
counties. and Judge Henry c.
Smith of Helena, and John b. Muzzy,
attorney of Judith Basin coun- +,
", represented the board of commits '
;loners. 4,
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23
Plan Changes in Coun-
~ Milk Grading System

Tentative plans for changing the
system by which the sanitary standard
of dairy products is determined were
made at a meeting in Great Falls of
the city and county health board Hast
Friday night. DR.. w. !. Butler, state
veterinarian and secretary and execu-
tive officer of the state livestock sani-
tary board, and members of the Cas-
cade County Dairymens' association
we're also present. The change in the
method of grading milk and milk pro-
ducts, which at the present time de-
Ponds largely on the bacterial count,
is contemplated because it is felt that
other factors should be taken into
consideration and because the public
at large does not sufficiently under
stand the bacterial ratings to compre-
bend their significance.
1t was pointed out by DR.. Butler
that a larger or smaller number of
bacteria in milk does not necessarily
mean that one is of higher or lower
standard than the other. Under the
new sanitation schedule, equipment
and handling of milk products will
play an important part in the de-
termination of the sanitary standards.
was agreed hat a system of scoring
hat will guarantee the public a
wholesome milk product and put the
Iairies on an equal footing should be
DIR. Butler, who has re-
emily inspected the diaries of the
stated hat all are of an excel
snt standard.
The question of the best methods
Or producing wholesome milk were
iscussed by members of the board of
by DIR. Butler and by DIR. w
[. Marsh, bacteriologist of the live
took sanitary board.
The new system of grading will be
oted upon by the city and county
GARD Of health before it's adoption.
ne date of the meeting when action
ill be taken has not been set. f,
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23

through a settled country, that it is
the most direct line of travel between
Great Falls and Helena, that it has no
abrupt grades, that it is equipped with
bridges and culverts, is graded and
graxeled for a good portion Of hedis=
lance and that it is in direct commun-
ieatien with the Dearborn valley. The
petitioners also assert that the Bird
Tail road is four miles shorter than
the Sullivan hill road.
The commissioners took the petition
under Amusement. y
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23
ASK si0,000 APPROPRIA-
TION FOR BIRD TAIL ROAD

Petitions were filed with the board
of county commissioners Saturday
asking the appropriation of $4,000
for the improvement Of the Bird Tail
road between Sun River and the Lewis
and Clark county line, a distance Of
n miles. The petitions carried the
signatures of approximately $50 tax
payers, the majority Of whom are res
idents Of the Simms, Fort Shaw and
Sun River territory. The petition.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23

What will a dairy COW do in the way
eff milk and butterfat when fed on
roughage exclusively? Perhaps the
concensus of opinion is that she will
not do well, but the United States
Department of Agriculture has some
figures that show what a few cows
did that were fed on alfalfa hay and
corn silage without grain.
A mature Holstein COW was pastur-
ed on irrigated tame grass at the de-
partment farm at Huntley, Montana.
During the winter months she received
nothing but alfalfa hay and corn sill
age. She was under test and was
MIXED three times a day. For 140.5
days and SO nights she was on pasture.
During the rest of the year she con-
sumed 9,014 pounds of alfalfa hay and
1885 pounds of corr silage, a rather
large amount of bulky feed. While
this ration was fed the COW maintain
ed her weight at practically what 1t
was at the beginning of the test, and
produced 14,210.1 pounds of milk and
470.24 pounds of butterfat.
For the II months following thenext
freshening this same COW was MIXED
three times a day and given, in addi-
tion to roughage, all the grain she
would eat. The surprising fact is that
she ate 1855 pounds of grainland
practically the same amount OF
roughage as before. The actual
quantities of roughage were 10,093
pounds Of alfalfa hay, 1925 pounds of
silage and 1920 pounds of beets. She
was on pastrue 100 days and nights.
The production for the same year was
2 1894 pounds, and butterfat 823.11
pounds, and the gain in weight was
200 pounds.
But notice the difference in the nu-
trients required to produce the pro-
duct the first year and the second
year, when rs per cent more butter
fat was produced. The first year over
and above maintenance and in addition
to pasture, the COW consumed for each
100 pounds Of butter fat 1857 pounds
of digestible protein and $3.50
pounds of total digestible nutrient, and
for each 1000 pounds Of milk yielded
she used SIT pounds of digestible
protein and I84.S pounds of total di-
gestible nutrients
The second year when she received
all the grain she would eat, she re-
ceived above maintenance and in adj
dition to pasture, in the production of
butterfat, 18.7pounds of digestible
protein and 1074.4 pounds of total di- !
gestible nutriment; and in the produc- t
ton Of 1000 pounds of milk she used '
70.43 pounds of digestible protein and d
pounds Of total digestible nu- a
c
From a nutrient standpoint the cow C
made a more economical use of the |,
roughage ration than of the roughage
plus the heavy grain. No attempt Il
made to compare the relative d
of the two systems of the h
on a dollar and cents basis, as Il
he relation between the prices of s.
roughage, grain, milk, and butterfat
which vary by localities and seasons, "
would be a factor in determining this b
question. T
There are now several cows on this W
arm that have records made on
oughage alone. One made ATT pounds
# butter fat in $50 days, and promises
o have a record of 400 pounds at the
of her year, which will be 40 er
4 the record made the year before f
vhen grain was fed. Another cow in II
he herd made 345 pounds of butter di
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23

which was circulated in Great Falls
bore SO names.
The petitioners listed several rea-
sons for the improvement of the Bird
Tail road. They said the road passes
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23
EPISCOPAL CHURCH NOTICE

Archdeacon S. ID. Hooker of Hell
ena, will hold services at st. Luke's
Episcopal church on Sunday, March
&c, at IL o'clock a.. m All are cor
daily invited.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23
Seed HELD
Available Shortly

For many weeks farmers have been
coming before the board of county
commissioners of Cascade praying for
relief in the way of seed and feed
loans for spring work. The greater
number come in from the country
north of Great Falls, where there has
been drouth for several years past.
and where the farmers are in no COM
dition to carry on without aid. The
commissioners cannot aid them, as the
S250,000 seed bonds voted by the, peo-
pie of Cascade county several years
since, has long been exhausted, and
there is not a dollar in the county
funds with which to give them the
aid desired.
In addition to the $3.50, 900 loaned
out by the county, $4,000, 900 was
loaned by the federal government last
and a considerable amount the
year before, and the continued drouth
left the farmers still high and dry
In the hope of hurrying a seed bill
in congress up, the commissioner COM
m%unicated with the Montana delega-
ton, receiving replies from two con-
gressmen.
Congressman Carl w. Riddick and
Washington j. Mccormick wired that
the 100000 appropriation by the
house and s 5 1000, 900 by the senate
had been arbitrated in conference at
81 100000 late Thursday afternoon
and the bill had been sent to the White
House for the signature Of President
Harding
Congressman Riddick adds:
Farmers wanting seed relief
should write to Seed Grain Office
of Federal building, Grand Forks,
North Dakota, as that office will han
ile all applications for loans from
rorr district
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23
Total .72 1928
State of Montana, County Of Cascade

II w r. Cali, cashier Of the
above named bank. do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the
best OF my knowledge and belief.
w. X. CALL, Cashier.
Subscribed and to before me
this nth day Of March. la22
(Seal) LEO C. GRAYBILL,
Notary public for the State Of Mon
txna. residing at Belt, Montana. My
commission expires May IL. 1924.
Correct-Attest:
G. w. MERKLE,
JAS BR0DTE,
p. Fl. JONES,
Directors
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-21

Conveniently located on the Main Floor is
an official Pageant Booth, where you can secure
Tickets to all the Pageant Dramas and Balls, as
we'll as information concerning the various
Pageant Events
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-16
Walton TO Come
To Gibbons Aid
If NeCceSSarU
Speakership Candidate Sure
He Has More Than Enough
Votes to Elect

Special TO The World
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. l5.-
Belief that Murray Gibbons IS
thoroughly entrenched behind the
breastworks Of the incoming ad-
miniStration, and that he is as
sured OF the support Of J. c. wal
ton If It becomes necessary for the
new governor to intervene. was
strengthened today by the decla-
ration of Representative Joe
O O'Brien OF Oklahoma city, at
present secretary TO Governor
Robertson, and elected TO mem
bership In the lower house
O'Brien said that he will be for
Gibbons for speaker. mot be-
cause he is my personal choice,
but because Governor Walton
wants him"
The oklahoma county delega-
tion will be divided on the speak
ership, two members, O'Brlen and
Mrs Anna iaskeg, being for Glib
hons; Street ana Singletary for
Disney. and the other two mem
bers noncommittal. with leanings
toward Disney but subject to
pressure.
Gibbons tonight stated that his
opponents might be able to gather
as many as 30 votes, but would not
Concode any more. That would
leave him SO In the caucus, with
~ necessary to a choice.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-16
VALUE OF 1922
CROPS 7 BILLION
Nations Agriculture on
Dec. |, Was Valued at
$7,572,8 100000
GAIN OVER LAST YEAR
Increased Value of More Than
Billion Reflects Improve
ment in Farm Prices
py the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
WASHINGTON. Dec. 15.-The
rotion's crops this year are worth
s7572S9O,O0O, based on their farm
value as Of December /, the depart
ment of agriculture announced to-
doy in Its final crop report Of the
year.
nIIiion More Than Last Year,
Tbeir value is Sl,S42,91S,000 more
.ran In st years crops, reflect!ng i'm
rrovement in prices for farm
nroducts prevailing now aa com
pared with a year ago and increased
rroduction in some crops. This
Years farm production is worth
about the same az that Of 1916 but
is lower than 1920 by about $1,000
900 coo and lower than any year
since 1915, except last year. II is
only a little more than half as much
as The record value year Of 1919.
Record production was made THE
year in rye, white potatoes, sweet
Dotatoes and hay, Other bumper
rroua this year were rice with the
third largest production, tobacco
with the fourth largest crop in his
tory. wheat with the fifth largest
production and corn with its seventh
largest crop. Cotton this year Is the
fourth most valuable crop of thai
staple ever grown, although a small
crop in point Of production.
Corn Most Valuable.
Corn. as usual, is the country's
most valuable crop, being worth this
year S70O,000,O0O more than last
wear, with a total value Of $1,000,
2E7.O00. Cotton stands second will
sl36S,517,OO0, the lint being valueC
at s1,19O.761, 900 and the cottor
seed at S177756,00O. Hay Is th'
third most valuable crop with
total OF s1,331,679.OO0. No othe'
crop reached a billion dollars il
value this year. Wheat was valued
at S864,139,0 900, standing as fourth
most valuable crop of the country.
In todays final estimates, baset
on revisions to conform with tn
census bureaus decennial crop pre-
diction statistics, the preliminar.
estimates OF production announced
last month were somewhat changed
There was n reduction in the corr
crop Of about six million bushels
Increases were shown for othe
crops. Including winter wheat, 45,
GOO, 600 bushels. spring whea
100000 bushels; oats, t4,27S,00
hushels rye, 15,S74,o00 bush
els: buckwheat. 1,407,000 bush
els. rice. 2,S06,OO0 bushels; potatoes
172S0.O00 bushels, and hay, 4,055r
600 tons.
Revision of the 1891 productio
statistics placed the crops of tina
year as follows: Corn, 3,06S, 1863,
0oG bushels; winter wheat. 500
$4,000: spring wheat, 214,5S9, 00O
oats, l,O7s,341,00O; potatoes. 36l
6b9, 900: hay (alD 97770.000 tom
and tobacco, 1868, 9,693,000 pounds.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-16
CONTINUE FIGHT
OVER IRISH FUND
Court Action to Compel
Free State to Reveal
Where O'Mara Kept

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-The Irish
Free state was ordered by Justice
George V. Mullan in supreme court
today to show cause next Tuesday
why the place Of imprisonment Of
stephen NJ. O Mara, Irish repubh-
can leader, should not be revealed
TO attorneys for O'Mara ana
Eamonn de Valera.
The order was granted on peu-
ton Of John +. tinerty OF Wash %
ington, -. G.. through Martin Con-
boy, his New York representative,
who seeks TO have commission
take O'Mara's testimony in the
S2,500,0O0 Irish republic bond suit
which has been in the New YORK
courts for more than a year.
The papers alleged that OMara
was unlawfully detained in Ireland
and it was feared he would be killed
or otherwise prevented from giving
testimony before the case could be
brought to trial
This development OF affairs OF
the Irish Free State in this country
followed the receipt today Of let.
ter by Daniel ]. McGrath, who has
been handling the consular affair'
OF the Free state since Joseph Con
nelly resigned November 26, warn
ing him to leave the country hCfur'
December 26 or he shot at sight /
was signed competent military au
thority.'
/ Mr.. Finerty went to court toda,
on receipt Of reports that OMara
who raised the s2,500,O00 by popu
lar subscription in America durini
| the World war, was in tho custod
| Of Free state authorities.
I 1T appeared TO us" he said, tina
the Free state might execute O Mar
! before his testimony on how tn
! fnnd r.ns rnLaad nMuld be taknn.- "
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-16
No Carp. siki Action Yet.

PARIS, Dec. l5.--The boxing fed
Grafton committee which is investi-
eating the charges Of Battling
sikh that his fight with Georges Car
pentier was framed, today asked the
federation to take no notice OF Skis
letter proposing a fight with Car
pentier for the benefit OF scientific
laboratories, until the Senegalese
consents to appear before the com
mittee to give testimony. Several
more witnesses appeared before the
committee today to tell what they
knew about the Carpentier-Slki
fight.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-16
Rooney Heads Spanish
War Veterans in Tulsa

Col. l.. T. Rooney waa named to
represent the Fityhush Lee camp Of
the Spouish-Amorlcau war Veterans
OF Tulsa at the funeral services ~
j. Bnrt Foster. head of tho state vet
Grams organization, who died yester-
day at his home IN chandler at a
special meeting OF tho Tulsa camp at
the national guard armory last
night Fue,er organized the Tulsa
cnmp in 1910 and waa wcll-knnwn i'm
this city. according TO mcmbcrs ot
tho Fit2hurh Ice camp. Funeral
services VIII nc held sunday after
noon az Chandler
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-16
Sen. OWen's Daughter
Is Granted DiUOrce

RENO, New. Dec. i5.--Within ig
hours after her complaint was filed
ia the district court here, Mrs Dor
thea owen Hawkins. daughter OF
Robert T.. owen, United states soma
tor from oklahoma and mentioned
in 1920 as n democratic presidential
possibility. today was granted n de-
cree OF divorce from John Cameron
Hawkins The decree was granted
~, ,rounds of nopApport. Mrs.
u,Wkius was awarded thc custody Of
a A-vcar.old son. in pursuance OF an
agreement entered into between the
partlcs The couple were married in
Washington, u. G, october 27. 1917.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-16
Newspaper Decision
GiUen to GLickner

DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 15.--Glen
Glickner OF Racine, Wis, won the
newspaper decision over Harry
krohn, Akron, Ohio, here tonight in
a lo-round bout They are middle
weights.
Jack Dalton OF Dallas knocked out
Jack Arnold of Houston in the third
round Of their scheduled eight
round bout. They are featherweights.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-16
HACKERS STOP AUT0IST
II :. Hisson Held Tp on SklatoolI
Road by Two Masked Bandits.

Hijackers confined their activities
20 the county last night, when II. S.
Hsson reported to Tulsa police early
in the evening that two masSed men
stopped him about two miles from
Skiatook and took 81 from him at
point OF a pistol.
According to officers, Hisson
stated that he was driving along
slowly when two men in another
car drove up in front OF him and
commanded him to halt. Both men
were tail and heavily masked. They
wore dark overcoats, according to
the reports.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-16
WOMAN BURNED IN HOME
wife of Farmer Attending klan Pm
rndC Relieved 10 Have Been slain.

MADIlL, Dec. l5.--Tho body OF
Nrs. \. NJ. Chastaine, wife Of A NJ
Chastaiue. farmer. living one mile
cast OF here, was found tonight In
the flames of hor burning home.
Chastaiue expressed the belief
that his wife was murdered for her
diamonds and money kept i'm tho
farm home, ana the house fred by
the thief 60 hide the crime.
Chastaine said no was in Mndill
attending tonights -Ku-<ux Khan
prade when he saw the light OF the
FIRE in the sky east OF here. lie
riishcd 20 tho scenn nt once. hn said
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-16
43 Indicted in Omaha
On Mail Fraud CHARGE

OMAHA, Dec 15.--Forty-three
persons, including prominent New
York and Chicago men and 26 we'll
known Nebraska bankers were in
diCted here late today by a federal
grand jury for alleged use of the
mails and alleged conspiracy to mis-
use the mails, In connection with the
affairs of the defunct Lion Bonding
& Surety Co. Among those indicted
are William Van Wyck of Oklahoma
City; and Fred j, Hannigan, Hutch
inson, Kan.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-16
A. A. 70 Meet To-day.

CHICAGO, Dec. l5.-Club owners
of the American association Will
meet here tomorrow to adopt a
schedule for the 1928 season. Pres
ident Hickey said tonight that a
schedule calling for 16S games.
opening the season April IS and
closing during the first week in
october, probably would be adopt
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-16
Hold Chrl.tmns As.cmhlr.

Christmas assembly was held a.
Celia clinton school Friday afternoon st
2 30 o'clock. after all the classes W the
day were over. The school wa. success.
tully entertained by Christmas program
given by the Gals and the G.A."a
The i-B class room was presented with
a reward Tor having been kept the clean
esf Of an the rooms at Celia Clinton
schooi since Thanksgiving Mr and Mrs
sorry the Riuitors at the school, were
the ones who made the award. Mr.. and
MIS- Sorry were also presented with "a
Vet Of dishes and glassware by the teach
ers Of Celia clinton iu the same as
sttnhiy.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-16
FIREMAN DIES IN BLAZE
Chief Overcome When Fire Destroys
BoIeinan, Montana, Buildings.

BOHEMIAN. Mont, Dec. 15.-One
fireman, Ernest Robertson, killed by
suffocation, Chief Alexander OF the
fire department was overcome by
smoke and seriously injured, and
property losses estimate at $3.50, 900
were sustained in a fire that for q
time threatened to destroy the bua-
ness district OF Bozeman today. Late
this afternoon the fire was eX-
t{Dgilisnpd
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-16

nature. on account OF tho involved
nature OF testimony and the number
of witnesses expected 20 he called to
the stand IL wns predicted tonight
thnt tho trial coud not be completed
before late next week.