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The Delta independent., 1922-03-31
RAIcHART WANTS TO SEE THE
DELTA SUGAR MILL OPERATE
(By 1. B. Raichart.)

| tby 1. b. halcn8rt.)
1 have been reading with great in
terest every word which has been
printed regarding the beet controver-
sy, both from the factory standpoint
and the farmers standpoint.
Upon my return to Delta Monday it
was gratifying to me to learn of the
possible chance of securing sufficient
acreage in the Delta section to guar
| antee the Delta factory to grind beets
in 1922.
I have been in Delta county about
16 years. Every year, except two, I
grew beets. Nearly every controver-
sy over our contract during that
period OF years, l. was among the
"kickers" against the contract Many
of you farmers remember the tits
which we had with the company, and
especially the agitation for contract,
which 1 note has been granted-name-
ly, one based upon the price of sugar
from year to year. When we had the
contract covering the three months
of December, January and February
many Of the growers were dissatisfied,
and I was one of them, because we
thought the price of sugar was forced
down during those three months and
raised in other months.
The year to year contract which
the growers have now is. in my opin-
ion, about as near to fifty-fifty basis
as can be arrived at. The growing of
beets on the present basis of pay to
growers will do more to bring values
hn IL t1Sov, lw1 -I
to helping stabilize everything in this
section.
During my five months absence
from Delta I have been in and around
Denver, Greeley and many places in
Nebraska. What gathered from the
values of real estate in those parts of
the country. our real setate in this
section is much below what it should
be. Perhaps you think I am merely
boosting our sugar factory, but that
is not the issue with me. Every dol
lar which posses is invested in Delta
county. and from my survey of east
ern Colorado and Nebraska, many
and many farmers whom l talked to
were very frank to admit that the su-
gar factories had been the one great
thing to building up there land values.
fully agree with the assertion. We
can not hope to put our real estate
upon its proper plane unless we keep
the beet sugar industry going. A
small acreage of beets each year and
proper rotation of our crops and the
grinding of the beets into refined
sugar at Delta is what will make our
land values climb up to where it right.
fully belongs.
1t was a very regretable thing for
me to have to admit that our sugar
factory did not operate but short
time after 1t was built. You would be
surprised to know that this question
was asked me many times.
have always worked for a sugar
factory at Delta and am glad we
have one. but 1t must operate and 1t
can operate and return the growers
good money and at the same time en-
hance the value Of every acre Of our
soil What we need to do is to let the
people of eastern Colorado and Neb-
raska know the things which we have
to offer over here. Our production,
climate, citizenship, schools. etc. are
in the lead. Our land values are en-
tirely too low In comparison with
other parts of Colorado.
Let's keep our industries going!
The Delta independent., 1922-03-31
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

NOIlOE TO1t IODLiCzfI iOKN'
Department of the Interior. U. s. Land
Office at Montrose Colorado, March %,
1922.-Notice is hereby given that Hermann
Mayer of Delta, Colorado, who, on Febru-
ary 27, 1918, made Homestead Entry No.
O12291, for Farm Unit "K''. or NEA NWA,
Section %, Sh SWA, Section q; SEA
SEA: Section 20, Township Is s. Range
notice oil intention TO make final fiye-year
proof to establish claim to the land above
described, before Milton r. Welch, U. S.
Commissioner at Delta, Colorado. on the
29th day of April, 1922.
Claimant names as witnesses: John S.
Fuller, Delta, Colo; Philip Kehl. of Austin.
Colo; Roy Swan, of Read, Colo; John c.
Watts of Austin, Colo.
Non-coal in Uncompahgre Project.
HENRY ]. BAIRD, Register.
First pub. March 81, last pub. April %, 1922
The Delta independent., 1922-03-31

The Interior of the auditorium room
of the new Presbyterian church is be-
ing thoroughly overhauled this week,
the walls being retinted, the floors
treated and new lights installed. May
G. Marsh are in charge of the painting
and tinting and it is going to make a
great improvement in the room. 1t
will be about two weeks before the
work is completed. The services in
The Delta independent., 1922-03-31

FOR SALE-Ford light delivery
truck. price $125. Call at Peterson's
Depot store. ts 13p
FOR SALE-Baby chicks, $1.2O per
dozen. Place orders now. Mrs. w.
F. Blaine. 13p
The Delta independent., 1922-03-31
Returns to Native Land.

No absence could make I. B. Raj
chart contented, and ON Tuesday
evening he returned from Denver
and will spend the summer here look
ing after business matters in Del
ia. He says there is no place like
home, and home means Delta, with a
big 3D..
The Delta independent., 1922-03-31

the meantime will be conducted in the
Sunday School annex.
Starr Nelson and Frank Hoppe are
both driving new International trac-
tors on their ranches this week.
The Delta independent., 1922-03-31
Missouri Jacks

Missouri Jacks
Will stand season Of 1922 at my
place, 119 Meeker street. $16 to in
sure foal, or no pay. d. A. Butler.
13-16p
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-09-28
HAVE THEIR FOOD DELIVERED
Mature Has Arranged II so That Sand
Flddlers Find Little Difficulty
In Subsisting.

The houses OF the agile and lively
sand flddlers are burrows dug out
along the ocean beach just below the
high-tlde line, and extending down
ward n foot or more at very steep
angle.
When the tide comes In they crawl
into their burrows and the beating OF
the wavelets soon stops their doors
with sand. When the tide has begun
TO ebb and leaves the wet beach, they
dig themselves out and toddle down
to the waters edge.
Each wavelet Of the receding tide
casts up on the beach a tiny wind
row" OF sand. There is, however, much
more than sand in this wlndrow.
Among the sand grains are caught and
left countless numbers OF microscopic
plants and animals that dwell at the
surface OF the sea. The fiddlers walk
along the windrows as they are
formed, and with the spoon-shaped
tips OF their smaller claws or hands
scoop up the food-laden sand and stun
It into the,r mouths as fast as they
can.
At meal times the females have a
notable advantage. Both their hands
have spoon fingers enabling them to
eat twice as fast as the males.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-09-28
HENS HAMPER GRASSHoPPERS
Make Better Showing on Infested
Nebraska Farm Than Poison
Fowls Bring Profit.

prepared by the United States Department
OF A.. riculture.)
On the ScottsblufT reclamation prof.
ect, Mitchell, Nebraska. where the
grasshopper pest has been particular
ly bad this year, various methods Of
control have been tried out. One Of
the most successful methods observed
so far was used by a farmer VINO has
a quarter-section of land
Five hundred chickens divided into
lots Of 100 were kept in colony houses
on 80 acres Of the farm and moved
about as occasion required. AS re.
suit on the half of. the farm where
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-09-28
WALNUT AND HICKORY
TREES HURT BY PEST
Species Of Snout-BeetIeS Attack
Immature Fruits.
Methods Of Controlling Nut.Infestinu
Cureulies Include Burning Fallen
Nuts and Spraying With
Arsenate OF Lead.
Frepared by the United States Department.
OF Agriculture

prepared by the United states Department,
OF Agriculture,)
Several species of snout-beetles
nearly related to the common plum
curculio attack the immature fruits,
tender shoots and leaf petloles Of
walnut and hickory trees. A discus.
sion OF four such species, all belong.
ing to the genus Conotracbelus, which
closely resemble one another I'm ap-
pearance, habits and seasonal activ
tiles, is given In United States De
partment of Agriculture Bulletin 1906
Curcullos That Attack the Young
Fruits and Shoots of Walnut anC
Hickory, by Fred Il. Brooks, entomol
ogist.
Special characteristics of the but
ternut curculio, the black-walnut cur
cullo, the hickory nut. the hickory
shoot curculios are separately de
scrlbed. Methods Of controlling nut
imestlng curcullos include burning the
fallen nuts, spraying the leaves which
they eat with arsenical poisons, and
spraying the nut trees with lead ar
senate. While the dropping Of cur
cullo-infested walnuts anu hickory
nuts before the larvae III thrm mature
affords an opportunity for destroying
the young insects by collecting and
burning or otherwise dspcsipg of the
fallen nuts, this method is successful
only in cases of isolated trees or
plantations Lead arsenate applica
tions on the STEMS leaves and fruit
soon after growth starts in the spring
can be counted on to give good re
suits In reducing injury from butter
nut and black-walnut curculiOs. Spray
Ing walnut trees with lead arsenatt
at a strength Of six pounds to ffty
gallons of water is an effective method
Of controlling the butternut curcullo.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-09-28
PRODUCTION OF YOUNG TREES
Unless Allowed to Overload, They viii
Not Be Injured by Rather
EARLY Bearing.

Growers of fruits sometimes are
alarmed because very young trees may
set rather heavy crops of fruit. Since
It is perfectly natural for fruit trees
to bear, they will not be injured by
early production unless allowed to
overload.
AS long as a tree makes n normal
growth, fruit production will not hurt
it. Peach and plum trees may pro-
duce considerable fruit at two or three
years of age; even when only one year
old they sometimes begin bearing.
Under the long system of pruning,
which is now being so generally prae
ticed. there is a tendency for trees 10
bear more heavily and earlier thar
under the old system Of heavy cutting
back. 1t has been noticed that despite
rather heavy fruit production at an
early age, such trees will make a fine
growth and apparently there is no In.
reference with their general condi
ton
While heavy thinning may be deslr
able in IN" case of young fruit trees
they may be allowed to bear some
fruit, and the practice OF those wha
pull 1t on seems TO be unwarranted 10
the face of extended observations.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-09-28
FURNISH PROTECTION
FOR CRANBERRY BOGS
Beneficial Effect Of Sanding Is
Noted in Wisconsin.
Frost Hazards Greatly Reduced and
Water supply Conserved by Elim-
mating Need for Frequent
Flooding-Reduee Labor.

prepared by the United states Department
OF Agriculturc.)
Observations by the weather bureau
Of the United States Department of
Agriculture on the beneficial effect OF
sanding cranberry bogs have recently
been confirmed in report from the
cranberry experiment station near
Cranmoor, Wis. According to the re-
port there is an average Of SO days
between the last spring and first fall
frost (June % to August 22) over uH-
sanded bog, as against lis days be-
tween the last spring and first fall
frost over Sanded bog.
This represents n gain OF % per
cent in length of frost-free season on
sanded bog. The item OF sanding,
therefore, greatly reduces frost haz.
ards and conserve9 the water supply
by eliminating the need for frequent
flooding to protect against summer
frosts Sanding not only permits but
requires deeper and better drainage,
and Is an insurance against fires on
a hog in dry times. Sanding, together
with thicker setting OF plants, reduces
labor and expense of wedding, besides
insurlng earlier cropping ON the bog.
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from plants that were dug August /
produced a high percentage of seed
llngs.
After the bushes are taken out the
tops should be separated from the
crown and balls Of earth shaken from
the roots. Grubbed bushes, lying on
the ground, have been found prOduc-
ing green leaves. In such cases one
or more roots were i'm contact with the
soil. Some Of the grubbed bushes
were completely severed from the soil,
but there was enough earth left on the
roots to hold moisture until secondary
roots we're formed. This condition
happens most frequently in wet
weather or in moist woodlands
Seedlings Under Dead Bushes.
Great numbers of seedlings some
times are found growing under dead
bushes that were dug when in fruit.
The last Of September berries were
collected from bushes dug August l,
and 1000 of them (about 1000 seeds)
were scattered on loose earth and
lightly covered with dirt and leaves.
The following June there were 2S2
seedlings on this area. The same num-
Der of berries were collected from
standing bushes at the same time and
sown under similar conditions. The
following June there were 307 seed
lings on the area, showing that the
immature seeds were almost as viable
as the matured ones. II is probable
that seeds from bushes grubhed out
even before August will grow, and for
this reason 1t is important, says the
department, 10 destroy them.
Advisable to Watch Sprouts.
1t also is advisable to watch the
sprouts that may come up where old
barberry plants have been taken out.
These sprouts produce seed much
earlier than bushes that grow direct
Iy from seeds Bushes were dug In
the fall of 1920. That same fall
sprouts were produced, and during the
following year they grew vigorously.
by 1922 these plants were bearing
flowers in abundance. This summer,
therefore, special attention must be
given to places where bushes were
dug in 1920 or earlier says the de-
partment.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-09-28
Land verteorates Of Coal Era

The land yertebrates Of the coal era
were amphiblous animals, half-rep-
tiles, half-hsh. Bones and skeletons
OF the Eryops, the largest and best
known of these amphlbians In Amer.
lea, are occasionally found in the up
per coal measures Of Pennsylvania, but
the best specimens are fron Texas.
The Eryops is twice as old as the
Brontosaurus, five times as old as the
Echlppus-the dlmlnutlve ancestor OF
the hOrse-one hundred times as old
as the mammoth or the mastodon or
the earliest known remains Of man.
II has been said Of the Eryops thar
he is collateral ancestor of oil the
higher anlmals-of reptiles. birds,
mammals, and of man himself all de-
veloped through the ages which havel
since elapsed from animals Of the
same type aud grade of organizatIon.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-09-28
SUITABLE CABBAGE STORAGE
House Should Be SO Arranged and
Constructed as TO Prevent Drip
Striking Heads.

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agriculture
Cabbage for storage should he care
fully grown and handled and of n
variety well adapted to keeping, say
the vegetable specialists Of the Unit
ed States Department OF Agriculture
The heads should be solid with all
loose leaves removed and practically
free from injuries caused by insects and
diseases. They should be placed In n
storage house so constructed and ar.
ranged as to prevent drip from the
structure striking the stored heads. 1t
Is also essential that moisture and
ventilation be so controlled as to pre-
vent the condensation of moisture on
the cabbage while in storage. The
temperature maintained in common
storage houses may vary from 32
degrees to 40 degrees or 80 degrees
f., depending on outdoor conditions
In no case should the cabbage be
allowed to freeze.
The usual type of construction EN-.
ployed in commercial storage houses
Is that of broad. low house with an
alley sufficiently wide to admit a team
and wagon through the center. and
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-09-28
HOW TO RENEW STRAWBERRY
Leave Only Enough Old Plants to
Start Runners-Pateh Should
Be Moved and Raked.

The time to renew the strawberries
for next years crop is Immediately
after this years crop Is harvested.
Only enough old plants should be left
In the rows to start the runners. The
best berries are produced on the new
growth. Before the plants are thinned
the whole patch should be moved,
then thoroughly raked and all the old
leaves burned. This VIII destroy a
great many insects that had intended
to winter over on the plants. II will
also get rid Of numerous diseases that
might be carried on the old plants. II
the whole patch Is burned over II
should be done on n very windy day,
else the crown Of the plants will be
Injured past recovery.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-09-28

the chickens were pastured there were
only about 20 per cent as many hop.
pers as on the other so acres. This
Is a better showing than has been
made on most of the fields where
poison was distributed.
The owner and the renter found the
method profitable. After they had used
what they needed of the poultry for
domestic purposes, and after the
weasels and coyotes had taken their
toll, the rest were marketed and
brought I'm about 70 per cent of the
original investment. This year the
owner is stocking the farm with 1000
chickens as insurance against the
grasshopper pest.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-09-28
KEEN INTEREST IN POULTRY
Between so and rs Letters Seeking
information Received by Animal
Industry Bureau.

Many requests for information on
poultry ralslng-avenging between 81
and 10 letters day since early in
the year-are reported by the bureau
of animal industry, United States De
partment of Agriculture. In addition
the supply of poultry literature dis
tributed by the division of publica-
tions has surpassed the records Of all
previous years.
The departments literature on poul-
try raising is unusually complete.
ranging from discussions Of the prln-
cipal breeds of poultry to manage
ment, housing, incubation. brcoding
and culllng. The departments poul'
try publications include more than
thirty bulletins for general distribu-
tion and many others Of technical
character on special phases of poul-
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-09-28
RAPE IS IDEAL FOR PASTURE
Found Especially Valuable In North
Dakota Because II Is Not Injured
by Frost.

In North Dakota they have found
that an Ideal fall pasture can be pro.
vided by sowing two or three pounds
Of rape seed per acre in the corn at
the last cultivation. If the corn is
to be hogged of, rape win furnish an
ideal pasture for the fall season. 1t
is especially valuable because It is
not injured by light frosts In fact,
II has been found good for forage pur-
poses until time OF severe freezing.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-09-28
RYE AND VETCH HELP SOILS
Combination Makes Fine Crop for
Cattle and Contributes Source
for Nitrogen.

Rye and hairy vetch make very
fine solling crop for cattle Vetch
with rye also greatly adds TO the crop
for soil Improvement vetch, being
legume, contributes source for nitro.
gen-gathering organisms and thus
helps enrich the soil In that constltu.
ent One bushel Of rye TO thlAy or
forty pounds of vetch makes good
combination. AS yetch seed are usu,
ally high. less may be planted, though
with less benefit to thin soil
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-09-28
SPREAD OF FLAG
SMUT or WHEAT
Area in Which Infected Fields
Have Been Found Has In
creased 700 Square Miles.
GROW RESISTANT VARIETIES
Spores OF Disease Are Carried From
Field to Field-Farmer In lnfest-
ed Area Are Urged TO Con-
suit County Agent.

prepared by the United States Department
OF AEricultureD
Although there have been no serious
commercial losses in this country re
sulting from the spread Of flag smut
Of wheat In the region adjacent to st.
Louis In Illinois and Missouri, the
area In which infected fields have been
found has increased since 1921 from
72 to about 700 square miles, and the
United States Department Of Agricul-
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-09-28
BATTLE AGAINST
BARBERRY PLANT
digging Must Be Complete and
Thorough in Order Not to
Leave Pieces OF Roots.
BUSHES DIFFICULT TO KILL
Large Number Of Seedlings Some
times Are Found Growing Under
Dead Plants That Were DUO
When In Fruitase Stage.

prepared by the United states Department
OF Agriculture)
In carrying on the fight against the
common barberry, the plant that har-
'Oors stem rust of wheat, the United
States Department Of Agriculture has
found that It is very important to do
the job of digging thoroughly and to
destroy plants having berries, even
though they are only partly matured
The bushes are hard to kill. and seeds
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-09-28

pushed their way past the incoming
crowd at Meals
They walked lesurely back 10 the
fraternity house. In the meantime Dud-
ley Barr made haste, for he had an inn
portant note to write
Hang 1t ALL" said Tom. after glanc.
Ing at an othclallooklng note that was
waiting for him at the frat house.
That sorehead Barr has tied me up
for the afternoon tomorrow. | had to
make up some lab, but | thought he
was going to let me of Now comes
this note to say that I've got to make
up three hoI Is in chem before he'll
get me thro.g that course And I
passed mis- rotten old exam. l cap that
dirty work. l do"
llldegarde looked puzzled. rs that
the first notice you have had7" she
asked.
Yes" said Tom, "and it's just at
the time of the game. But hang It all.
I'll cut II. What does credit in that
course compare with going to the ball
game with your Say, Hlldega.'', you
don't think I'd pass up going to that
game with you for all the credits in
the world, do you?"
"lf you think as much OF me as
that" bushed Hildegarde, please do
the laboratory work. DO II for my
sake"
''Prettlly said" said Tom. perhaps
| had better see II through"
So while Tom Froblsher toilcd In
Tie laboratory. alone save for pinch
fnced assistant whom Dudley Barr had
left to watch Dudley sat beside Hide
garde, and students and ,helr girls who
knew Tom Froblsher and had seen
him with the strli 'hg Hldegarde.
looked on and wondered.
lost behind Dudley and Hlldegarde
ns they were leaving the stadium
walked one OF the students to whom
Ten had conversed the day before at
Neal's.
Rough on Tom" commented the
student looking ahead.
"But Il isn't as II she was his very
best girl" said the overdressed flap
per; and then, as they had passed
Barr, she added 81 said that loud on
purpose. wanted that Hlldeearde
person to hear. think she's d per-
feet cat TO go Off with that professor
when poor Tom is working In the
lab"
And Ihldegarde had heard. and SO
had Dudley Barr, but neither made
asked IIildegarde II she would let him
sec her Off at the station the day after
the dance Hildegarde assured him that
she would be glad to do so.
After effuslve farewells Hildegarde
boarded the train wondering where
Dudley Barr could be. and then Dudley
appeared. ut Just happened that
was leaving on the same train. You
won't object TO letting me have my
seat changed 10 this one beside your"
So Dudley travelled on with Hide
garde, and EIlldegarde wondered at
the time why Dudley did not leave.
Within an hour of the time due TO ar
rive in her home town Dudley became
very serious.
"Hildegarde," he said. 81 arranged
affairs so that could come home with
you. ! wanted TO ask you to marry
me. wouldn't poach--you know that.
II you really cared for Tom Froblsher
or II he was worthy OF you'll would
have kept my secret TO myself. II
you win let me I'll go home with you
so that I can present myself TO your
father and mother, and do the thing
In the good old-fashloned manner"
"Oh, | am so glad" breathed Hide
garde. "Father is very oldiashloned
! know he will approve OF you"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-09-28
WASTE OF GRAIN EACH YEAR
Much Loss Caused Every Season by
Poor shoeking-Man Driving
Binder Can Help.

Every season there is. much waste
Of grain caused by poor shocking The
man driving the binder can help the
shocker by making timely adjustments,
so that all the bundles are OF proper
size and shape and the band placed in
the proper position on the bundle.
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with the storage bins or shelves ar
ranged on either side. The cabbage
is placed on shelves in layers one to
three layers deep, or In crates or
ventilated bins. Banks, pits, and cell
lars are also largely used for the
keeping Of the crop.