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Gunnison news-champion., 1922-09-22
HOW THE FARMERS DOLLAR
HAS DECREASED IN VALUE

al, is worth while" says Secretary
uF Agriculture Wallace. "to compare
wages in the organized Industries with
the wages received by the farmer. as
Represented IN the price he gets for
the things he grows The value Of in
come. whether il be in the form OF
wages or Of money received for sales
Of products, Is represented not in dol
lars and cents but in what that in
come will buy by its purchasing power
"ln 1913 the price Of a ton Of coal
T. o. b. the mine would buy "a bushels
Of corn in Iowa; in 1921, 81 bushels; /;
in. July, 1922, 80 bu5 hels II would buy
IN 1913. IL bushels Of wheat in North
Dakota; In 1921, - bushels; in July,
1922. - bushels. In 1913 il would
buy lO4 pounds Of cotton in Texas;
in 1921, 2l.l pounds; in July, 1922, 22.9
pounds: in 1913. Is pounds Of hogs in
Nebraska IN 1921, SO pounds; in July,
1922, 53 pounds In 1918, Is bushels
Of potatoes in New York; in 1921. 20
bushels; ia July, 1922, Al bushels"
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-09-22
HOME CURED DRIED BEEF

Home cured dried beef is a delicacy
that no farm home should be with
out. The hind quarter Of "a thin COW
Is suitable for this purpose. and in
cutting up the quarter, one should
start near the back ind carve nu.
across them. This S1!l give iTregula r
shaped ricces of meat which can be
CT across the grain when dred.
Make q mixture of prurds of sllt,
? pounds sugar, ounces saltpctRr for
each 100 pounds of meat. Use ore
third Of this miNtur, Ia rub into all
surfaces of the meal, then pacl, he
meat ir q barrel. After three cayS,
take out, rub with another thjrn of
the mixture and repack, this time nut
tmg at the bottom the pieces hich
were on top before. Leave the liquid
which appears in the barrel, repacSlug
the meat in it. At the close OF another
three days, repeat the proress, and
leave for three more days. The neat
may then be taken out, allowed to
drain n day, smoked, and hung up to
dry. 1t needs no covering when dry
except to keep off the dirt.--ENtension
Service, Colorado Agricultural College.
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-09-22
SELF FEEDER AIDS IN
MAKING PORK ECONOMICALLY

For rapid and economical gains use
a self feder. II you are growing and
fattening pigs on alfalfa pasture, they
will do best when self fed on grain
and some protein supplement. Self
feed shelled corn and meat meal tank
age, and the pigs will make heavier,
faster and more economical gains than
if limited feed of grain only is fed
on pasture
Feeding tests show that the pig will
balance his ration economically when
the self feeder is used with the above
feeds. II alfalfa is good, and the
shotes pastured at the rate of about
20 head per acre, a pound of gain
can be put on with approximately
three and one-half pounds of shelled
corn and four tenths of pound of
tankage.
At this rate, with corn at sl.20 per
cwt. and tanknge at $3.50 per cwt.,
one hundred fifty pound gain per
pig can be secured at feed cost of
Ss.40. With $1,000 hogs, this leaves
$3.50 per head, or $4,000 per acre
from the gain alone to pay for alfalfa
With only twenty head per acre, a
fair cutting of hay may also be Sc
cured.-E. J. Maynard, Associate Pro-
fessor, Animal Husbandry, Colorado
Agricultural College.
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-09-22
HOT SCHOOL LUNCH

Many Of our up-to-datc country
schools are serving one hot food dur
ing the cold weather to supplement
the cold lunch brought from home.
The advantages OF the hot lunch may
BE- summed up as follows:
l. The health Of the children will
bC improved
>. The children will be more alert
mentally.
3. TubI" manners will be improved.
(. Useful knowledge Of home work
will be obtained.
5. The hot lunch will bring closer
cooperation between home and school.
Farmers bulletin No. 7l2 gives many
helpful suggestions on preparation Of
the basket Of lunch and Extension Bull
letin No, l69-A gives suggestions for
establishing a hot lunch. These bull
letius may be obtained free from E,x-
tension Service Miriam N. Haynes,
Leader Home Demonstration Agents,
Fort Collins, Colo.
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-09-22
SELECT HENS FOR BREEDING
THAT IREIYE CLOSE CULLING

Her7 lay the majority eggs during
Their fEst lEg laying seasons, and es-
pag.-..s during their p-..t. year, Il
tEay are haEcHed early.
]. q hen lays well during her pull
.si year -Ee should be kept for an
other pear as q breeder. The older she
be- 4a- .ae more r-laHg she survive
ra. E--t.r. trr lL-l -ag has proved
that -He Ea- the Vitality % stand up
4a... .aag.el. -.aI.G laying, and con-
-... ..-,.rg b.. 81. -l1.s o. & breeder.
lr pore aE d. ~ea. or cefUrFued
,..rsa e. soon e. they are ha.ched.
Sci. 4I weak. .ata-hatchst or uuds-
ss.1P-l P-.i--s- heeP ail mature Wig
.r.-.. healthy pu.ets.
De- u. Of al. hens that are weak,
-.rs, rg overly Fat. the early uultsTs,
r...e E-.-E ELrIuEaU se4.g combs. those
..-E tles pelvic bones, smal -Ddo-
....-. hard, fat, egg. -ra.. small, dry,
st... s-uf-- and tEgae u.'E pE1WIn-
,rt y,..uN -1aHEE, beaEs or ear l85eE.
-a.r hens that are healthy strong,
.rr... late roL-er=, those with WaNy,
full red combs. prominent, bright eyes,
La.a pelvic bDues, large abdomens, soft,
tryb.e egg =4cks, .4rg. expanded,
moist vents, and those with pale
hank, beaks and ear-lobes-
CuI! all aged male birds that lack
constitutional vigyr and vitality. Gull
all aged hens that do not show eIcep-
,Ioual qualities a. egg pyOdUceTs--
Paul c. Jameson, Poultry Extension
Specialist, Colorado Agricultural Col
!ege
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-09-22
BLIND WOMAN CULLS HENS,
BY THE SENSE OF TOUCH

Agricultural College News Notes
A woman totally blind culIs her
hens regularly and keeps only the best
ones. Mrs. J. E. Bushnell, recently
attended poultry culling demonstra-
ton near Clifford, Colorado, at James
Clifford's ranch. She says: at does
not pay to keep any hens but the best"
Mrs. Bushnell asked to examine
some of the hens. She is blind but
when she handled one of the culls she
said, This hen isn't good one" Then
she was given the best hen in the
flock which the demonstration had beer
using. After running her hand care
fully over the hens body she said,
This is an excellent hen. / wish all
my hens We're ike herr
With but very little help. Mrs. Bush
nell has raised three-hundred fine
Rhode Island Red chickens and has
cared for one-hundredh ems this year.
She has developed her sense of touch
to such an extent that she can also
weed her garden.
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-09-22
News of the Stoek-Items
about Stockmen-Foilo~Ing
PloW and Shovel-Dry Farm
ing Notes of Interest
NEW BULLETIN Is ISSUED
On PRODUCTION OF PORK

Feed is the most important factor
- developing pigs There Is not much
danger 0f -0vsr-feeding" II judicious
f-eding Is practiced- First, nature has
provided that our animals should
make their greatest and cheapest
growth during the season when the
plant life furnishes abundance, green,
1ocIlsnt feed Hence, II is advisable
that plenty Of grass be furnished. Al
falfa furnishes the best pasture for
pigs Where alfalfa is not available,
clover or bluegrass, or even rye sowu
for pasture is good. II is u proven
fact that pigs. ike boys and girls, need
variety Of feed. Pigs make greater
and cheaper gains where grains like
corn, barley or wheat, and tankage or
skim milk, are fed along with the
alfalfa pasture. No one feed is srf-
hcient when fed alone, but when sew
eTal are fed in combination. they pro-
duce good results Pigs AZ weaving
time will eat about one pound of grain
for every 25 pounds of live weight, and
gradually increase the amount of
grain up TO about SIX or seven pounds
per one hundred pounds Of live weight,
when ready TO go to market.
The following rations are suggest
ed to be fed TO pigs on alfalfa pas
ture.
!. Corn, 80 lbs, tankage, 10 lbs.
2. Corn, 10 lbs, tankage, 10 lbs,
shorts. 25 lbss.
3. Corn, 40 lbs, G. oats, 30 lbs.
shorts, 10 lbs, tankage, lbs.
I. Corn, so lbs. Barley, 40 lbs.
tgr.). tankage, 10 lbs.
Pick out the ration that contains
the cheapest feeds in your locality;
then mix feeds well, and feed at least
twice a day all that they will clean up
at a feed. Regularity in feding is
Feed at the same hour ever
morning and every evening. A pig is
very regular in his habits.
The above is from Extension Bull
letin 1874, entitled Principles of
Pork Production" by d. A. Jay and
b. W. Fairbanks of Colorado Agricul-
tural college. This bulletin is now
ready for free distribution and while
il is primarily intended for use of pig
club members. it will be helpful to any
beginner in hog raising. young or old.
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-09-22
ALL GRAFTERS ARE BARRED
FROM WELD COUNTY FAIR

Once in a while some editor take
suggestions seriously, as witnes
the following from the Weld Count,
News:
Through News Notes" the
press publication Of Colorado
Agricultural college. that inStitu-
ton Is urging on county fair Of
ficiais throughout the state the ad-
visibility of keeping fairs free
from the grating concessions
which have been prominent at
such events for many years. 1t
is a splendid idea, and il is to the
credit of Weld county, that that
sort Of thing is no longer tolerat-
ed here. After years Of petty graft
and Inadequate attention to farm
products, the Weld county fair is
now on a sound basis and is what
its name indicates-an agricultur-
al fair, not a holiday for grafters.
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-09-22
COW TESTING PAYS

Colorado COW testers have not, as
yet, reported on any bovine monstros-
tiles to equal those found in recent
want ads:
For Sale: A Guernsey cow; gives
good quality milk; also rope, pulleys,
stoves and refrigerators.
A dairy Inspector who saw this ad-
vertisement remarked that cooling the
milk in summer, or keeping it from
freezing in winter, ought to be fairly
easy with this type of "stove-refriger-
ator" Guernsey.
About on a par with that is the
advertisement for a musical cow,
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-09-22
WHtI Bl " l. AND HOW
II NAY BE RECOG MED

..u..4r.' College Eau s-Sots---
"I..t o.. ba-r -mut~ ~ wheat Is
ca. d.r.rrst .u the field and 10 De-
the. rra, Tho best rdea u losa is
OBJ .,. The -uIttel waca, plarr-
ar . - Ia. as normal plants, and
tn rraa- lave a blue green color.
Tn. ra..lG44 p.ke.ets stand nearly
al rgl' angles 20 the main stalks,
aaG u D." gram i- matured or nearly
So the diseased Vhrat kernels show
dark brown at In" top. The kernels
are much larger IN size and, II brok-
en-. the contents are q black powdeTy
MAJ This dusty material consists
Of thousands Of smut spores. A
spoT" D. similar 70 q seed in that il
E"rrlEates and produces more Of its
kind
Harvesting ard thrashlng breaks
UP ,Ecse anutted grains and the
sporra are catered over the soil
and wheat grains. IN cases where
grain o. heavily smutted hundreds Of
spores may b" found on each grain Of
wheat When wheat is sown the
spores germInate under about the
sam, conditions as the grain The
germIuat"d spore produces tiny
whit" n.Amcut which iufccts wheat
plant ln the seeding stage. The
iiIamont arising from the terminated
spOr" keeps up its growth with the
wheat plant. and when the wheat
lTmus are forming they are filled
with a mass Of fiamrnts, which upon
maturing break into spores This
complete Ils life cycle and thus Il
mag b" continued indefinitely.
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-09-22

]. ]. Gregg is now in the San Luis
valley where he went early in the
week to look over some herds Of
cattle offered for sale. Dos Rios
ranch plans to feed several hundred
head again this winter. Talking with
w. s. Swigart, ranch superintendent,
he tells us that the. hay crop was :
little short, running between 800 and
900 tons instead Of the usual 1000.
However, It Is extra fine quality and
hay IL going to be . good price in tt
opinion Of nearly everyone.
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-09-22

which appeared in the following form:
Wanted, a steady, respectable
young man to look after a garden and
milk COW who has good voice and
is accustomed to sing in the choir
OF course COWS with good voices are
not so rare. Some people have an ear
for the musical moo which brings to
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-09-22
AMERICAN FARMER WORLDS
MOST EFFICIENT PRODUCER

The American farmer is the most
efficient agricultural producer on the
face Of the earth. A century ago We
were ninety per cent an agricultural
p.oyle-like the Chinese. Today about
ten per cent OF our population pro-
iuce enough raw food and clothing
materials % supply the nation and
surpus 70 export. We re-
vel In abundance, compared with any
other country Famine, or even seri-
GUS shortage, is uuthinkable TO the
a. eraRc American citizen.
1t is this agricultural production, I'M
prccedeuted in history, which makes
possible our marvellous industrial de-
yeIopment, and our splendid progress
ln the Institutions Of civilization. There
o. hardly another great nation on
earth whose statesmen wOUd not con-
-Ider their greatest national prob
lens solved could they have back Of
them the American farmer and his
Productive powcrs.-Burcau Of Agri-
cutie. Economies L. s Department
Of A-.lcultuTc. a
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-09-22

mind the story of the little girl frvn
the city on her first visit to the coun-
try. She heard the mooing of COW,
looked at the animal curiously aad
then remarked: Mother, why deeD
the cow use only one of her horns ?"-
Extension Service, Colorado Agricul-
tural College.
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-09-22

While the Knott ranches on Black
mesa are in Gunnison county, they are
long ways from the county seat, and
Fred ~ Knott, the manager, does not
often get to our city. He made
business trip into town "wednesday
and was a caller at the NewsCham-
pion office. Mr.. Knott and his two
sisters own $50 acres on the lower
edge of the Black, but above the rim.
Although the altitude is $500 feet and
the forest service insists. nothing can
be grown here except wild grass, Mr..
Knott has this extremely dry season
raised 80 acres of grain which filled
and is ready to thresh. He also grows
much garden stuff and many flowers
that are supposed to mature only at
low attitudes and has this fall put in IL
acres of winter wheat, rye and oats,
his first experiment with winter grain.
Il is beautiful region in summer
time, but subject to rather long win-
ter covering Of snow.
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-09-22
RECIPE FOR CANNING CHICKEN

A slogan "Can the Culls" has been
adopted in FL Paso and MoHtrose
counties where over 10000 hens lave
been eulled from farm flocks under
supervision of the county extension
agents during the summer. Mrs. II.
j. Ryan, Home Demonstration Agent
of FL Paso county, has prepared the
following excellent recipe for canning
chicken:
Kill the chicken, dress and draw at
once. Allow to stand for "a hours,
in cold place. Cut into convenient
sections, scald in boiling water for
about three minutes. Then cold dip
until cold. Pack in sterilized jars, dip
ribbers in boiling water, place on jar,
add one teaspoonful of salt TO each
quart. Fill the jar with boiling water
TO within one inch of the top. Put on
the lid and partially seal. Process in
hot water bath for six hours. Or in a
hot water bath for one hour in each
of the three days. Remove from the
canner and seal. Test jars when cold
and store in dark, dry, cold place.
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-09-22

The new agricultural course under
the ith-Hughes bill at the Gunnison
County High school is attracting quite
number Of students. A dozen were
enrolled Wednesday, and it is ex-
peCted the number will be increased
TO 20 or more. Mr. II. d. Eldridge is
in charge of this special course which
il is believed will expand into n
course of great value in experimental
tiou. research and cooperation among
the ranchmen and their children in
these mountain valleys
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-09-22

John Moore Of Saguache county, n
student at the County High school,
taking the new agricultural course,
owns the grand champion SOW Of that
section and is much interested in hog
growing. Young Moore is but fifteen
years old, but has raised and sold
some OF the best pigs in the San Luis
valley. On his fathers farm he has
been in charge Of about eighty this
summer.
, 1922-01-11

means of helping them that would be
acceptable to all.
Il rode the blinds and side-door pull
mans for 800 miles over the NJ. X. &
T., Sante Fe and Texas and Pacific
railroads." McCalib reported to the
American Legion authorities of Texas
handling the unemployment problem.
Il noted three outstanding things in
the six-day trip. First, the real, old
time hobo of the back door variety
has almost disappeared. Second,
there were a large number of young
men who were too young to have
entered the army. The majority of the
men riding the rods were of this class.
Third, there was a comparatively
small number of ex-service men on the
rods. They were noticeabiy unframed
in the ways of hoboing."
, 1922-01-11
for
u. S. Army Men

and Belgians. In the majority of
cases. allied families have been quar-
tered in the same houses or apart
Inents with German families. the al
lied families occupying a separate part
of the house so far as practicable. and
using the kitchen and bath in COM
mon with a German occupant
As a consequence, disputes have
arisen, and the town major, or billet
ing officer, is often called upon to set
tie them. These disagreements almost
invariably have their origin in the
joint use of the kitchen. Because of
this difficulty, the policy has universal
~ been adopted of installing, wherever
possible. a separate kitchen for the
allied family.
Generally, VIXEN a house or apart
ment has been taken over, the Ger
mans have been permitted to take
their furniture and personal belong
ings with them. In the American area
it Is stated, however, that only in ex-
ceptional cases have Germans been
required to vacate their homes or
apartments entirely. One eight-rocm
school building in Coblenz was requi-
sitioned exclusively for children of
American officers.
, 1922-01-11
coblenz Provides Apartments for
Families of Yanks.
United States Army Officers Wives
and Children Get Modern Homes
Built by German city-To Re-
lieve Crowdina.

Coblenz.-Apartment houses built
by the municipality OF Coblenz, aided
by the German government. were
opened recently for accommodation
exclusively of officers of the American
forces in Germany and their famil-
les.
The purpose OF the houses is to re-
lieve the crowded condition of the
city, which has been a problem ever
since the allied troops reached the
Rhine.
There are 50 apartments of five
rooms each, and all modern convent
cnces in the rev buildings now be-
Ing taken over by the American fam
HES. Work on these apartments was
started about W. years ago to allevi-
ate, as the Germans put 1t, IAN I'M
bearable situation" as mo roof is
large enough to cover two families
Additional quarters for noncommis-
stoned officers and their families are
also under construction.
Allied army officers say thai the
population of Coblenz perhaps has
been harder pressed by the army requi-
sition of quarters than any other oc-
cupied city. All available space for
Offices and billets has been under
requlsition for nearly three years, but
German officials hope the new apart
ment houses VIII considerably improve
the present crowded condition of the
city.
In Coblenz there are about 5000
rooms under requisition by the
American army. the general policy of
billeting being similar In all the
as occupied by the French, British
, 1922-01-11
JAFFA WILL GET HARBoR AT LAST

only now Is this dream of easy ingress
and egress to and from the cradle of
Christianity about to be realized.
An Italian banking syndicate, hav-
ing satisfied itself that great CONNER
cial possibilities are wrapped up in
new-old Palestine, hos offered to ad-
vance the necessary capital, subject
to adequate governmental guarantees,
and the actual work is expected soon
to begin.
The plans as drawn call for the ex-
penditure Of n sum not TO exceed ST.
100000, TO be retired with interest
within thirty years.
The harbor is to be located directly
opposite the section of the old city Of
Bible times, making the present GUS
tom house a central point from which
the extension will be made northward
and southwark. 1t is to comprise
three sections, m devoted entirely
to freight and passenger ships. n to
shipbuilding and repairing and n to
fishing.
Lack of proper harbor facilities has
, 1922-01-11
WAS ONLY COMIC OPERA WAR
Americans Experienced Odd Pro
visions When Joining Spanish
Legion Against Moors.

1t was just a comic opera war any,
how according to So young Americans
who have returned to New York from
whence they sailed two months ago
to join the Spanish Foreign Legion
for service against the Moors. The
would-be Foreign L~egionnaires were
represented in numbers among ex-serv-
Ice men applying TO the American Le-
gion employment bureau for any kind
of work.
After enlistment in New York, the
recruits, almost all of whom had
army. were sent to Ceuta, Africa.
There they were Informed for the first
time that out of their pay of AZ
pesetas a day (about 60 cents) they
must buy their own uniform, food.
even arms and ammunition.
ut was the funniest. war you vel
saw" declared George Dimond of
Brooklyn, who explained that the hard
er you fought the mofc 1t would cost
you for ammunition. If a man fought
very hard he would soon be deeply in
debt to the Spanish government. If,
on the other hand, he conserved am
munition and tried to save money, he
stood excellent chances of being
picked off by a Moor. Besides all
that, the Americans, who thought they
were to be officers, were assured that
they were welcomed only as ~privates.
, 1922-01-11

been n of the greatest lmpediments
to commercial development of Pales-
tine. and, consequently. the inhabit-
ants are looking with keen anticipa-
ton upon the time when large ships
a dock easily on Paiestine's shores.
When the weather is stormy and the
sea rough, it is now practically impos-
sible for boats to come even within
three miles of land. where ever in
mild weather all ships have to be
loaded and unloaded with the aid OF
small, obsolete craft. Thus 1t Is es-
timnted at least $1.00O,O00 a year can
be saved on the loading and unloading
item alone. to say nothing of the in
evitable effect better shipping facil-
tiles will have on the cost of living,
which Is now excessively high.
Commensurate with harbor improve
ment, the city OF JANA itself Is maxi
ing plans to come out of it's iethargy
and reap rich rewards. Independent
commercial interests alrendy are lay
ing plans to develop four miles of
waterfront, intending to build store
rooms, restaurants. hotels and private
homes for the benefit of traders and
tourists.
, 1922-01-11
Wants More Land Opened.

For every government farm avail
able today there are 100 service men
stondIng In line, according to Secre-
tary of the Interior Fall, who has in
formed the American Legion that the
government is unable in any degree
to satisfy the "back-to-the-farm'' crav-
ing of former soldiers and sailors with
out additional legislation. The Lee
gion is ~endeavoring to have more
land opened to settlement for service
men.
, 1922-01-11
Recalls Days of
Mexican Empire

was shot. That day was an evil one
for Mexico"
Fled to Guatemala.
Sonora Degollado was in Mexico
City when Macmillan was shot in
Queretaro, and, although she had an OPP
portunity to view the body before it
was shipped 10 Vienna. she declined
perferring to remember him as she
knew him. Within a few days after
the emperor's death, she and her hus-
band fled to Guatemala, where they
lived for several years until Porfirio
Diaz became president of Mexico.
Born in Norfolk, Va, Miss Marie Jor-
dan went to Washington with her
father during the early days of the
Civil war. and there met Mariana De-
gollado. who was attached to the Mex
lean embassy. They were married in
Washington and later came to Mexico,