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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-05
First Requisite of Good
Grade Of Strawberries

One Of the first requisites of a
good grade Of strawberries is that
they shall be firm enough to carry to
the market Green berries also must
be kept out of the crates. If the fields
are picked carefully every day or every
other day, depending upon the rapid1ty
with which the berries ripen, no diff
Guilty should be experienced in obtain
ing berries Of a reasonably uniform
and proper degree Of maturity so that
the shipper may approximate the dis
lance which they can be sent safely.
Varieties have characteristic appear
ances, sizes, and carrying qualities,
properly be placed in box or crate,
unless the package is marked plainly
linked varieties" or marked with a
statement as to the number of boxes
it contains of each variety. There is
very little occasion for a mixture Of
varieties, as they are usually grown
in separate rows.
The multiplicity Of grade names
used In different sections of the coun-
try causes much confusion. Not
more than two grades are used, but
they are designated by such names as
''Fancy" and "Choice," or 'Fancy" and
Number One" or "a" and 3D." or
"Firsts" and Seconds" 1t has been
the aim Of the bureau Of markets to
standardize names for grades, as well
as the grades themselves, SO that each
grade will mean the same in all sec
lions of the country and to all parties
concerned in the buying and selling
Of the product
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-05
Boarder Cows Nay
Lose Their Homes
Owner Fails to Realize
High Cost of Milk.

From the number of "boarder" cows
found upon many of our dairy farms,
one might think that their owners
grow so fond of these three-teated,
Observation-Disclosures, perambulating
feed bins that no cost is too great If
they can be kept stuffed with good
feed. In return for this treatment
each "boarder" presents the world
with a calf fully as worthless as its
mother, dirties the milk pail for a
few months, and eventually sends her
owner to the window marked Loans, .
rather than to the one marked DE
posits."
In most cases, however, it is not the
owners affection for scrubs but his
failure to realize the high cost of pro-
ducing milk with these cows, that
keeps them in comfort on the farm
when they should be in the stock
yards awaiting their turn to increase
the supply of hamburger. IF use is
made of the information contained in
bulletin No. PA Of the University of
4114HO1O CADCllluC1L SId-
ton, many of these ''boarders" will
be pried loose from their comfortable
homes and started on a long journey,
the last stage Of which will be made
in nice cool refrigerator car.
This publication reports in detail
the feed cost exclusive of pasture)
of producing milk and butterfat with
1,605 Holstein cows kept on practical
dairy farms. 1t compares the cost Of
feed for cows Of one production level
with the cost of feed for cows of
various other production levels. The
method of comparison is based upon
digestible Nutrients in the feed con-
sumed and may be used however
much the prices Of feeds may fiuc-
tuate.
It was found that the feed con-
sumed per 100 pounds of milk produced
decreased at an ever-decreasing rate
as production increased Figures are
presented showing the relative feed
cost of production for cows of vari-
GUS yields. For instance, 1t is shown
that for a 3,O00-pound COW, the feed
cost of producing 100 pounds of milk
is one and two-thirds times as much
as for a 10OOO-pound COW. With this
great variation in cost, it may be seen
why dairyman with low-producing
herd makes little or no profit The
bulletin may be obtained by writing
to the Agricultural Experiment sta
ton, Urbana.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-05
Decayed Animal Causes
Limberneck Among Fowls

Limberneck is recognized by the fact
that the fowl seems to lose control of
its neck muscles, thereby allowing the
head to hang down and touch the
ground. The fowl seems poWerless to
raise the head or have any control Of
1t.
The trouble, according to Harry
Embleton, professor Of poultry hus-
bandry at Oklahoma, A. and M. college,
is brought about by the eating of de-
cayed animal matter THE best means,
therefore, of preventing further trou-
BILE is to look the premises over for
carcass of some kind" Embleton says.
''In some cases we have found it to be
rabbits, In others, snakes or carcasses
of fowls. Castor oil given by means Of
a small funnel and rubber tube insert
ed in the food passage seems to help
somewhat in restoring the affected
birds to health"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-05
Troublesome Weeds Are
Difficult to Eradicate

Sour docks and burdocks are among
our most troublesome weeds, and very
hard to eradicate after once they have
gotten a foothold. A stitch in time
certainly saves nine with these two
weeds, but it is important that this
stitch be a good one. The one best
implement with which to cut these
weeds is a good sharp spade. They
must be cut well below the sprouting
line on the roots or they are up again
with the next few days.
While the corn is still small you
should spade out all those in the corn
field Those along the fences must be
cut before they go to seed, else the
soil will again become infested with
them and they will be perpetuated.
These docks being cut now could much
more easily have been destroyed sea-
son before last while still liz the seed
tower.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-05
Feeding Value Of
Oats for Horses
Acreage and Production
Have Increased Rapidly
and Consistently.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture)
Acreage and production of oats in
the United States have increased rap
idly and consistently since the an
nual estimates became available in
1866, according to the United States
Department of Agriculture. HoweveN
production has shown some fuctua-
ton, due chiefly to low acre yields in
good years. The peak of production
occurred in 1917, when the United
States produced 1,592,740,0O0 bushels
of oats. The largest acreage up to the
World war was grown in 1918, when
44,349,0OO acres were harvested from
which 1,538,124,00O bushels were gar
nered. The heavy drop in acreage in
1919 was followed Immediately by
raise to 42,491, 900 acres in 1920, and
a still further increase of 45,495,OOO
acres in 1921, the largest acreage ever
grown. Following the record acreage
Of 1921 with an average acre yield
of 237 bushels, the lowest since 1890,
decided drop in acreage occurred
again in 1922, when only 40,693,000
acres were grown. The acre yield
also has increased rather steadily
since 1890.
Acreage May Be Reduced.
Concerning the situation and out
look in oat production, the depart
ment indicates that it is probable that
the acreage of this crop may be some
what reduced during the present dec
ade. The advent and rapidly in
creasing use Of motorized transfer and
trucking in both the city and country
are markedly reducing the commercial
demand for feeding oats. The farm
tractor may also reduce the number Of
work horses on the farm, thus fur
Their reducing the quantity of oats
required. However, there still will re-
main a demand for oats by certain in
dustries that will continue to use
horses. Notwithstanding the rapid de-
velopment of the farm tractor,
large percentage Of the farms of the
United States will continue to be titled
by the use of the horse as the chief
source of motive power, and conse-
quently oats will continue to be in de-
mand as one of their principal feeds.
Occupies Unique Place.
The important and rather unique
place this crop occupies, regardless Of
the fact that its cash value alone sell
dom offers much inducement for pro-
duction, is due to its unsurpassed feed
ing value for horses and young stock,
the difficulty Of replacing it by any
other crop in our general farming sys-
TEN, and the economy Of labor in grow
ing and handling the crops.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-05
Flesh of Guineas Much
Like That Of Game Birds

Guineas are good layers; the eggs
are good for cooking and table use,
and the meat, while not as popular as
chicken, is used extensively in hotel
circles to take the place of game birds,
which their flesh resembles very close
ly. The meat of old guineas is very
tough, so they should be eaten before
they are year old, unless kept for
breeding. They do not scratch like
hens, SO are very useful for eating bugs
in fields and gardens. This suits them
fine, for they dislike confinement, but
are great foragers. When the guinea
hen starts to lay you may remove some
of the eggs, but this must be done very
carefully and without touching any OF
the eggs with the hand. 1t is recon-
mended that they be taken from the
nest with a wooden spoon. Not less
than five eggs must be left in the nest
all the time the hen is laying. She will
lay many more than are required for
one sitting IL properly managed. The
extra ones can be marketed or used in
the household, or set under hens or
turkeys, but If, after the first five eggs
are layed, there are not that many in
the nest at any time when the hen re-
turns to lay, it is said she will abandon
the nest and start another elsewhere.
Some people say the guinea fowl can
count five. If not she has remarkable
intuition, and it is well to humor her
with regard to her peculiarities. They
should not be confined with hens, as
they are very domineering and will
chase hens all around the yard or pen
and prevent them eating with any de-
gree Of comfort.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-05
Rats Prefer a Balanced
Ration to Poisoned Bait

american rats are finicky. Rat
poisoning campaigns often fail be-
cause the house owner does not give
his intended victims a sufficient va
riety of. edibles," says Otis Wade, ro-
dent control specialist in the Kansas
agricultural college. "A starved rat
will eat anything, from strip of lead
pipe to an old boot, but a well-fed
Kansas rodent is more particular"
Wade declares.
Wade divides rat bait into three
classes-meat foods, vegetable foods,
and cereals.
In mixing bats the successful pois-
oner selects a food from each of the
three classes and mixes 1t with bari
UNI carbonate, tasteless and odor-
less poisoning agent, in the proper
ton Of one part poison to four parts
food. He then places teaspoonful
Of each variety on strip of paper so
that the rat, travelling along his run
way, finds three-course dinner laid
for him. Usually one Of the courses
appeals to his taste and the rat popu-
Iation is reduced by one.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-05
Increase Needed
in Supply of Rye
In Many Localities Crop
Will Give Better Yields and
More Food Than Wheat.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
From an agricultural point of view
there is need of a considerable per-
manent increase in the production of
rye in this country, says the United
States Department of Agriculture. In
many localities rye will give better
yields and more food per acre than
wheat In other localities not now
growing any bread grain rye will give
good yields where wheat would not
succeed. There is much sandy land in
the southern part of the Cotton belt
that would produce rye successfully,
but where climatic and soil conditions
make wheat growing Improbable. In
other parts of the country also the
rye crop will be more successful than
wheat on thin, sandy, and sour soils.
Harder Than Wheat.
Rye is also harder than wheat. The
rye belt of the United States extends
across the country about 300 miles
north of the winter wheat belt. In the
present spring-wheat area of the
northern Mississippi valley winter
wheat generally will not survive the
winter unless given protection. Rye
is the only winter grain hardy enough
to withstand these severe conditions. A
fall-sown crop is desired, as it dis
tributes labor in both the seeding and
harvesting seasons The rye is largely
"stubbled in''-that is, sown in the stub
BILE of other small grain-in the fall
and in harvest before the other grains
are ready. In the winterwheat areas
generally rye can be sown later than
wheat, thus enlarging farm activities,
The risk in growing rye is generally
somewhat less than it is with wheat,
particularly spring wheat. Rust and
hot weather do not affect it so I'M
favorably, and Hessian fly and other
insect pests are not so liable to cause
damage. Besides the growing of rye
for grain there is a large use of it as
winter cover and green manure. It's
general adaptability and hardness
make it particularly desirable for this
purpose, especially when grown in
combination with hardy legumes, like
hairy vetch. Much land in the eastern
states is being enriched by use Of
this combination of cover crops.
Demand Increases Production.
Whenever there is marked de-
mand for rye its production in the
United States is largely increased. A
marked increase occurred during the
war, following an enlarged foreign
demand, small crops Of wheat, and re-
strictions on the use of wheat in this
country. This increased production
has persisted, largely on account of
maintaining foreign demand, the rye
crop in 1922 being more than double
the 1913 crop. This increase in rye
sowings is important in its signifi-
canoe as to the place Of rye in Amer
lean agriculture.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-05
Cabbage Fields Harmed
by Small Green Worms

Cabbage fields are visited by large
numbers of small butterflies which de-
post large quantities of eggs on the
leaves of the cabbage plants. These
eggs hatch in a few days and develop
hordes Of small greenish cabbage
worms. These worms feed on the
leaves of the cabbage, sometimes eat
ing out considerable holes and fire.
quently eating into the newly formed
heads. The worms are easily con-
trolled If destructive measures are
promptly begun and consistently prac-
ficed through the season. Failure to
control them is largely due to neglect
or prejudice against the use of GER
tain methods Of control. .
The most serviceable remedy is
white hellebore, a vegetable poison OBJ
tainable at any drug store. This ma
terial comes in a powder form and
loses it's poisonous properties If ex-
posed to the air. Therefore, it must be
fresh. Apply it as a spray mixed in
water at the rate Of one ounce to
three gallons Of soapy water. The
soap makes the solution stick to the
leaves. There is absolutely no danger
associated with the use of hellebore,
because it will have lost its poison
GUS property before the cabbage is
marketed. Furthermore, there is no
chance for the material to get into
the interior of the head, because cab
bage heads form from the inside and
the outside leaves are removed before
use This material must be applied
thoroughly as often as the worms be-
gin to appear numerous. Arsenate of
lead may also be used effectively at
the rate Of 21a pounds TO so gallons
Of water.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-05
Great Amount of Water
Needed in Dry Weather

An enormous amount of water is
needed during the dry weather period
In midsummer. A great saving Of
water is made possible where level
cultivation is practiced. BY keeping
the ground level, instead of throwing
1t up in hills or ridges around the
plants and working the soil regularly,
the moisture will be held in the ground
and the plants will not wilt so readily.
Crusted hills and ridges drain off the
water and the plants suffer. Such
crops as cucumbers, melons, squash,
and pumpkins require an abundance
of water because Of their extensive
development of vines.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-05
Liberator's Best II Is
World Champion Sow
Show Ring Type and Farm
er's Hog Not Different.

The SOW shown in the illustration.
Liberator's Best III, was the worlds
champion SOW of her breed in 1924
and farrowed twelve female pigs in.
April, 1923, which disproves the op1n.
ion held by many farmers that the
show ring type and the practical farm
er's hog are different.
The depth of body and highly do
veloped udder of this sow indicate
the wonderful brood SOW that she is.
She is not an exception of her litter
as regards show ring ability, for her
litter mate was the worlds champion
sow of her breed in 1921, and another
litter mate was the worlds champion
boar in 1922.
In the last analysis the best hog is
the one which does the best in the
farmers narrowing house and feed lot,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-05
Sound Hides Will Bring
More Money to Farmers

Only sound hides free from cuts
on the flesh side, well taken off, of
regular even pattern, properly salted
and cured, can command high price
and make good leather. Greater care
must be taken in summer than in win
ter in sailing, curing and marketing
hides, especially by the farmer or the
country butcher who has only an oc-
casional hide to cure. Partly decaycd
hides are practically useless.
Definite directions for the skinning,
curing and marketing Of hides are
given in Farmers Bulletin 1855,
copy Of which will be sent on re-
quest by the Department of Agricul-
ture, Washington, d. @.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-05
Squash Bugs Difficult
Insects to Eradicate

The squash bugs are one of the
hardest insects to combat. The best
known remedy is to keep all dead
leaves and other trash removed from
underneath the plant. Apply ring
of lime around the stem of the plant
lust so 1t does not come in contact
with the stem. In the evening lay a
board down underneath the plant and
the bugs will accumulate underneath
this board and when you remove it in
morning many adult bugs may be
destroyed by MASKING them. 1t GER
tainly pays to begin combating the
squash bugs early because If they
have gotten a good start it is prac-
tically impossible to eradicate them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-05
Prevent Tomato Blight
by Changing Location

Tomatoes should not occupy the
same ground two seasons in success
sion. Disregard of this precaution is
likely to promote blight among the
vines. If this pest appears it is best
to destroy the vine and spray the re-
mainder with bordeaux naixture. )
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-05
Rhubarb Plant Requires
Big Amount of Fertilizer

Just because it comes up regularly
every year, don't forget to treat the
rhubarb as if it were a regular vegc-
table. Give 1t manure and cultivation
and you won't have the skinny stalks
that are bound to appear If you neg
lect it. 1t needs a lot of fertilizer to
give juicy stalks.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-05
Light Brahmas Are Too
Large to Mature Early

The Light Brahmas are used COM
monty for capons, but they are rather
too large to mature during the COM
paratively short summer season. Nine
or ten months would be required for
them to mature il they were standard
weights.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-07-05

and the best show ring judges know
ing this are selecting hogs for the
prizes with this thought in mind.
This sow weighed $50 pounds, official
ly in the ring at the National Swine
show, October, 1922.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-11-28

chlorine than the company was using
to make the Ellsworth water fit to
drink. Now so much chlorine is be-
ing used that it is distinguishable to
the taste. Some horses refuse to
drink the water. Horses are more
sensitive to smell and taste of water
than human beings.
C0pies of the reports to the water
company were sent to Health Ofhcer
woodruff, who investigated as to
Quantity of chlorine being used.
The local superintendent re-
ported about so per cent more be-
ing used than first recommended, and
according to the State department or
health. that was not sufficient.
In addition to ordering the install
lation of a chlorinating plant, the
State health department last year
ordered the building of new well at
the pumping station. On account OF
frost conditions, permission was
given that the we'll need not be com
menced until spring The well--a
double well of concrete with inner
and outer compartments-has now
been completed, and connection made
with it ten days ago.
In making the connection with the
new we'll, it was necessary to lower
the water in the old well, which was
then still in use, and it was probably
at that time that the river water en-
tered. o Chlorine sufficient to cause
distinct taste is still being used, as
instructed by the State department of
Sc,
received on samples of water from
the new well. A recent analysis of
water from Branch Pond stream
showed it to be safe for drinking, and
an excellent water.
Ellsworth for years boosted of the
purity of its public water supply. We
want good water now. We want
water that need not be chlorinated to
make it fit to drink.
usrp ri
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-11-28

This putting the big apples in the
top of the barrel is a custom that
is rapidly disappearing among reputa-
Bile merchants of to-day, More and
more is business getting down to an
exact statement of facts, without sub
terfuge or intention to deceive Per-
haps this is more noticeable in adver-
Using than in anything else, Not long
ago the tendency was to make the most
noise, use the biggest adjectives and
make promises on paper that it was
impossible to keep in reality, For this
reason, people got in the habit of TAX
ing the usual sale" with grain of
salt. Mr., Patten, who is going out of
the shoe business in Ellsworth, dem
onstrates the truth in advertising in
his announcement in this edition. He
thoroughly means what he says, and
readers may investigate with the sure
ty of knowing they won't be disap-
pointed.-AdVt
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-11-28
PROBATE NOTICES.

Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing appointments have been made
by the Probate Court within and for
the County of Hancock, State of
Ella r. Jackson. late of fremont, in
said county deceased Richard b.
jackson of southwest Ffarbor, in said
county and Mabel L. Condor. Of
fremont, in said county appointed
executors of the last will and tesla
ment of said deceased; date Of quail
fication November 13, A. d. 1923
Emery b. Saunders late of Bucks
port in said county, deceased, Addie
c. Johnson of Bar Harbor, in said
county, Hattie A. Dorr of Orland, in
said county and Eliza N. Pickering of
Bucksport, in said county, appointed
executors of the last win and testa-
ment of said deceased; date of quail
fication November 6, A, D. 1928.
William George Sargent, late of Cas-
tine, in said county deceased Lillian
c. Sargent of said Castine, appointed
eXecutrix of the last will and testa-
ment of said deceased date of qualifi-
cation November IS. A. d, 1928.
LeGrand A, Dodge, late of Trenton,
in said county, deceased. George F.
Dodge of said Trenton, appointed ad-
ceased; date of qualification October 2,
A. - 1929
Elizabeth Colwen late of Gouldsboro,
in said county, deceased George w.
Colwell of Prospect Harbor, in said
county. appointed administrator of the
estate of said deceased; date of quail
fication November 6, A, p. 1928.
Emily A. Smith, late of Mount Desert,
in said county, deceased Fred P,
Smith of said Mount Desert. appointed
administrator of the estate of said de-
ceased; date of qualification November
6, A, D. 1928
Pearl F.. Smith, late of Mount Desert,
in said county, deceased. Fred p. Smith
of said Mount Desert, appointed adj
ministrator of the estate of said de-
ceased; date of qualification November
6, A. ID. 1928.
Willard l.. Tracy late of Gouldsboro,
in said county. deceased, Abbie J..
Tracy of said Gouldsboro appointed adj
| ministratriX of the estate of said de-
ceased; date of qualification, October
| 2, A, D. 1928,
DAME F. Hurley, late of Ellsworth,