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Evening star., 1923-05-31
ShiD's. StelUard
Turns Out to Be
Rumanian Count
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May sI.-The log
Of the Fabre liner Patria, which
has Just docked, contained the
entry: Ships steward identified as
count" In that brief note was
contained the. story. told by pas
sengers to the captain in mid
voyage, of Count Georges Boldour
of Rumania, son of Prince Alex
ander, and descendant Of Catherine
the Great of Russia.
The count is forty years old. He
had money and ancestral estates
once. But, as he told passengers
who pierced his identity, he was
fond of roulette and Of the Casino
at Monte Carlo. and he suddenly
found himself q pauper.
when a noble has money" he
he's broke =" he shrugged
his shoulders. So he had disap-
peared from his little world. One
day there was new porter in the
galley Of the Patria. Soon the new
man became cook. then assistant
steward and finally chief steward.
This is how he will be listed on
the pay roll when the Patria sails
again, Count Georges Boldour,
chief steward
Evening star., 1923-05-31
REFITTED TRANSPORT PUT
IN TRADE WITH ALASKA
Former q. S. S. Buford Re- -Estab-
fishes Service Without Change
From San Francisco.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 31-The old
Army tran>ort Buford. refftted into
steamed from San Francisco to re-
rim Of the continent has not known
since the subsistence of the gold rush
to Alaska. Commanded by Capt. l.. L.
gator the Buford left out" with ITS
first-class and 200 third-class pas
sengers and 1000 tons of freight
She is under charter of the Alaska
Siberian Navigation Company of this
city.
The Buford is starting anew the
passenger carrying service between
San Francisco and Alaska, without
change, the same service that the
Alaska argonauts knew twenty-five
years ago" the agents announced.
The ports of call are Seattle, Nome,
st. Michael, the old gold port of Colo
win and other points on the pathway
of the Alaskan pioneers.
! The Buford can follow no set sched-
nle because of ice drifts. She will
map out a route which she will fol-
low in the future. The career of Capt.
Lane includes participation in the
rescue Of members of the party of
the arctic explorer, Vilhjalmur Ste
fansson, after they had become lost
The Buford is the ship on which
several score of radicals were de-
ported from the United States to
Russia in 1919. Among them were
Emma Goldman and Alexander Berk-
man, anarchists.
Evening star., 1923-05-31
TOXIC RECOGNITION
OF MOSCOW URGED
Japanese Business Interests
Bring Pressure for Re-
neWaI CT ParIey.
BY the Associa ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, May 31.--Widespread propa-
ganda. backed by commercial inter-
ests, is being brought to bear in an
effort to induce the government to
resume negotiations with soviet Rus
sia. mo decision has been reached.
the cabinet being divided on the mat
ter. Another meeting will be held
June 2, when action may be taken.
At an authoritative source. it is
declared that Japan will not under
any circumstances Internationally rec
ognize the soviet, was request
ed by A. A. Joffe, soviet envoy plent-
potentiary to the far east.
The soviet government has retreat
ed from it's position regarding the
Nikolaievsk massacre, in which many
Japanese were slain. Russia now as
sumes responsibility for the affair.
but insists that Japan must take the
blame for the whole interallied ST.
berian campaign during the world
war, which Japan declines TO do.
The negotiations between Joffe and
ex-Mayor Goto of Toxic are said not
to have narrowed the breach between
the two countries. ..-
Evening star., 1923-05-31
HOLD COUPLE IN JAIL PLOT.

NEWARK, Ohio, May 31-A man
and woman who gave their names as
Arthur Dillman and Sarah Crawford
of Detroit were held for investigation
in connection with what county su-
thorities believe was q plot for q
wholesale Jail delivery here last
night. Surprised at cell window,
the pair was captured after a chase
Of several blocks during which four
shots were fired, none of which took
effect. When searched three files
were found on the man, the officers
said.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-09-27

the places visited were Nashville,
Tenn. Denver, Colo; Lincoln, Neb.;
Crookston, Mimi Madison and James
vile, Wis. Fort Worth, Tex; Okla
lhoma City, Saltwater and Guymon,
Okla. Peoria, Urbana and Aurora, I'll. !;
Columbus, o.; Lafayette, Ind; Lex
ington, KY, and Des Moines, Ia.
His journey will continue through
out the fall months when he will be the
center Of attraction at many of the
large fairs. 1t is planned to bring him
back to Chicago the first week in De
.cember for the International, this be
ing the first time that the grand cham
pion barrow at this show has ever been
returned the following year.
Oklahoma King has stood up well
and actually gained flesh during his
travels. This is all the more remark
able in view Of the fact that he has
been shipped as any ordinary hog
would be moved about, in crate by
express. At his numerous stops, how
ever, he has been accorded royal re
ceptions and honors have been heaped
high upon his porcine head. In one
city nothing was considered too good
for one Of his royal standing and he
was given quarters in the lobby Of the
leading hotel.
This noted animal began life in the
classical environment Of the Oklahoma
Agricultural college. Under the con-
gtant supervision of a former pig club
winner he was grown and fitted for the
great competition at Chicago and am
ply justified this faith by defeating
nearly 500 Of the finest market hogs In
the world for supreme honors.
Competent judges have conceded
that Oklahoma King is one Of the most
perfect types of market barrows that
has ever been produced, and it is for
the purpose Of allowing as many peo-
pie as possible to personally inspect
this ideal porker that the breed asso-
Citations have saved him from the
butchers block and have sent him on
mis- history-making tour Of the United
States.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-09-27
Rotation to Prevent
Disorders of Beans
Hand Pick Disease-Free
Pods to Use for Seeding.

Plant beans on the same land not
oftener than once in three or four
years, particularly if disease has been
prevalent. Soils which once become
thoroughly infected as a result of con-
tinuous cropping are seldom safe to
use for the same or closely related
crops for years to come.
Wherever practical, destroy all dis
eased vines and trash by burning.
If the bean straw from diseased
vines is to be fed, do not use the
manure on field that is to be planted
to BEANS
AS far as possible avoid cultivating
the beans early in the morning when
there is dew on them, or when they
are wet with rain.
Hand pick disease-free pods, or ii
possible, select disease-free plants
for seed. Use these to plant a seed
plot on land which has never raised
BEANS and which is removed some
distance from the main crop.
Remember that hand picking of seed
as it comes from the Hall or Cnrasner
for the purpose Of controlling disease
is Of no value, since it is impossible
to detect even a small percentage Of
diseased seed.
Seed treatment Of beans is Of no
practical value, since any chemical
that would penetrate the seed deeply
enough to destroy the disease-produc-
ing organism would likewise be apt
to kill the seed.
Spraying with bordeaux mixture,
$3.50 formula, even when done thor
oughly by competent persons, is at
best unsatisfactory, Improbable and
only partially successful. Walter G.
Sackett, Bacteriologist, Colorado FIX
pertinent Station.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-09-27
World Hog Production
Shows Large Decrease

Numbers of swine in the principal
producing countries of the world are
estimated at 227, 431,O 900 head by the
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture, compared with 1884, 600 head
for a representative prewar year. This
is a decrease of 36,413, 900 head or IA
per cent.
The United States shows the largest
increase in production. There were
63, 424,O 900 hogs on farms on January 1,
1923, compared with 58,933,OOO hogs on
farms on January /, 1914 Smaller in
creases are indicated for Argentina
and Canada. The number of swine in
most of the European countries was
less in the recent estimates than dur
ing the prewar period, the department
states. Some of the countries showing
decreases in numbers are France, Ger
many and Denmark.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-09-27
POULTRY NOTES

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Proper feeds and feeding are the
best poultry tonics.'
When the weather is favorable
every chick should spend time on the
ground each day.
Many thousands Of dellars are lost
every year in the poultry industry on
account Of various diseases contracted
in the yards where the laying fowls
are kept.
Do not tolerate sick chicks in the
flock. The initial cost is small. The
risk in trying to raise them is too
great.
Cockerels from early matches gen
orally mature more rapidly and at less
expense than those of midsummer
matches.
Small drinking fountains are always
becoming empty. Then the chicks suf-
fer with thirst and when the fountain
Is filed they trample each other In
the fight for water.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-09-27
vantage IN reducing unit freight

advantage In reducing unit freight
costs.
Losses from Gripping and killing
hogs in transit, under present prac-
tees, are paid by the local shipping
office and included in its marketing
costs. Probably differences in losses
from this cause should be considered
when making comparisons of ship
ping costs; but the department has
not been able as yet precisely to de-
termine the factors making for vari-
ability in loss ratios. 1t has estab-
lished, however, that loss from Grip
ping is greater in mixed shipments
than in shipments containing only
hogs; that the loss is greater in VIM
ter than in summer; and that the per-
centage Of hogs crippled is twice the
percentage killed Though seasonal
variation in the number of hogs killed
is not as great as in the case of hogs
crippled, there is, nevertheless, an APP
preciably larger death loss in the
spring than in other seasons, per-
haps in consequence of sudden
changes of temperature
Officials of the department are press
ing forward their study of the whole
subject in the hope that it viii throw
light on the causes Of strikingly wide
variation in live stock marketing costa
which has been shown to exist They
believe that diversity in the account
ing methods and in the form of ship
ping associations, and differences in
the amount of service received at ter
minal markets, account for a substan-
tial part of the spread, but leave much
of it unexplained. It is expected fur
ther investigation will reveal elements
Of cost which, in many cases, might
be eliminated or greatly reduced, and
will indicate the direction in which
the best prospect of Improvement Is to
be found for the entire live stock
shipping industry.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-09-27
DOES YOUR TOWN
MEET RURAL NEEDS?
Six Cylinders of Service Fulfill the
Essential Wants Of Farm
ers, Asserts KoIb.
q vour town hittine on ..all six n,

Is your town hitting on ''all six"
There are six services which a town
should render to the population sur
rounding it if it is to win Al rating in
the honor roll Of service stations
According to j. Fl. Kolb Of the Wis
consin College of Agriculture the first
cylinder performs the economic func-
ton. This includes merchandising,
the merchant selling his wares to the
farmer. Marketing is just the reverse
lit is the distribution Of the farmers
products. Financing works both ways,
she farmer buying and selling in town,
the merchant buying and selling to the
farmer.
The second cylinder of this odd ma
chine takes care Of education, includ-
ing the high school, the library and
the consolidated school Good schools
should be provided for these young
sters who come to the small towns for
their advanced education beyond the
primary schools. Consolidated schools
give the country youngsters the oppor-
tunity to enjoy all Of the improved
facilities to what their town cousins
fall heir.
Social, Religious Sides Important.
Cylinder No. 3 takes care of the re-
ligious service. The church itself and
Its associated activities along educa-
tional lines play an all-important role
In the life of rural folk.
If your town were a four-cylinder
town it might stop here. But cylinder
No. 4 is the social service rendered.
This includes both sociability and So
rial welfare Organized clubs of any
and all kinds for creating a greater
degree of sociability between town
and country find their way into this
cylinder. On the welfare side the
clinics, dentists, charitable institu-
tons, Red Cross and similar organiza-
tons may be grouped.
Last TWO Are Essential.
Investigation of the fifth cylinder
reveals the fact that here communica-
ton and transportation are handled.
These two services are grouped to-
gether because they are so closely in
correlated. Good roads, telephone,
rural free delivery and newspapers all
fulfill the requirements of this cylin-
der and keep it running without miss
ing.
Way at the end of the line we find
the sixth cylinder, but 1t is not the
least important. Organization activi-
ties keep this cylinder from .loafing
and throwing it's burden upon the
other five. Under this we have the CO.
operatives, giving the farmer the adj
vantage of your business experiences.
Many men in small towns are not in
sympathy with cooperative move
ments, but where a sympathy does
exist the business man can be Of great
help to the fRrmax.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-09-27
Versatile Soy Bean
Good Dat Substitute
May Yield as Much or More
Than Grain Crop.

The versatile soy bean not only can
substitute for hay and silage but has
also been found, when allowed ia
ripen, to be a good substitute for oats.
While the experiments so far made
may not be conclusive, the college OF
agriculture at Ithaca is of the opin-
ion that soy beans are likely to yield
as many pounds to the acre as oats,
and frequently even more. The fact
that soy beans make a good substitute
for oil meal in dairy rations is an
other reason that dairymen particular
" are becoming interested in their
production
Soil which has been put in condition
favorable to corn should produce a
good crop Of soy beans. Like other
legumes, they can use large amount
Of acid phosphate. Unlike many lie.
gumes, however, they are not very SEN
sitive to our soil and viii frequently
grow well where clover is a failure.
If soy beans have never previously
been grown, the seed should be inocu-
lated. On clean land they may be
planted solid with the grain drill at
the rate Of a bushel and a half Of seed
to the acre. The college recommends,
however, sowing them in rows %
inches apart, at the rate of 20 quarts
of seed to the acre, in order to make
cultivation possible.
Soy beans are usually harvested like
other beans. If not allowed to get too
ripe, however, they may be cut with
the grain binder.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-09-27
PLAN BABY CLOTHES
FOR CHILD'S COMFORT

TN planning clothes for the baby,
the mothers first thought should be
the comfort and welfare of the child.
deliberately ruffled and embroidered
garments are out Of place in the ward
robe Of the modern baby" declares
DR.. Dorothy Reed Mendenhall Of the
home economics department Of the
University Of Wisconsin
What clothes are necessary during
the first year Of the baby's life, suit
able outdoor clothing, night clothes,
and many other phases of clothing the
child are discussed at length in Doctor
Mendenhall's recent bulletin, Cloth
ing the Baby" which has just been is
sued by the wisconsin College of Ag-
riculture.
In planning children's clothing it is
important to remember that clothing
is worn primarily for warmth, for it
prevents loss Of heat from the surface
Of the body. The smaller and thinner
the child, the greater is the heat loss
relative to his size and the more care
must be taken to keep him properly
covered.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-09-27
How Much Grain to Feed
Hens of Various Breeds

Most people who are attempting to
put the flock on scientific basis are
perplexed as to the amount of grain
which they should feed to their hens.
Some people feed by measure, others
by ''handfuls" and most people by
guesswork.
Measure feeding is probably to be
condemned more than any other
method. Merely giving quart pail of
grain to the hens and letting it go at
that is what causes so many poor flock
records over the country. The hens
should be fed all that they will con-
sumo, never by measure, yet measures
can be used as an indication Of the
amount they are likely to require
Morning feeding Of grain should be
just sufficient to get the hens busy.
Oats make a good morning feed and
one quart to a hundred hens will keep
them busy most of the morning, but
where a balanced grain and mash ra-
ton is being fed you will not want to
disturb it by feeding oats alone in the
morning. Feed a small quantity Of
the grain mixture you are using in the
morning, only enough to get the hens
working and give them all they want
at night.
Experiments carried on by the fed
eral poultry farm authorities have
brought out some interesting figures
as indicating how much grain and
mash by weight is required for fowls
per day. General-purpose fowls, such
as Rocks, Reds and Wyandottes, re
quire one quart of scratch grain and
a quart and a half of mash per day
for each 10 hens, or for each 16 hens of
the smaller or egg breeds. This is at
the rate of w pounds each of grain
and mash per day for 100 Leghorns
and 97a pounds of each to 100 gen
eral-purpose fowls. Hens having range
consume 70 pounds Of feed in year,
while the Leghorns consume 55 pounds
in addition to the green food eaten.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-09-27
Sheep Raising Spurred
by Advance in Prices

''The farmer who has the equipment
and feeds at hand should be encour-
aged in raising lambs says Phil A.
Anderson Of the animal husbandry di-
vision, University of Minnesota. "But
farmers entering this field should go
slowly at first and study the require
ments very thoroughly" he adds.
Mr.. Anderson makes the foregoing
statement in view of the greatly in
creased interest exhibited in sheep pro-
duction the last few months, which has
been brought about by advancing
prices for wool, steady lamb market
and good profits made in feeding lambs
during 1921-1922,
Stocks Of wool, which accumulated
during the war and Immediately after,
have now been converted into merchan-
disc. Manufacturers short of mill sup
plies and eager to keep the mills going
have become anxious to buy, causing
the price to go up.
prices Of lambs have been at $12 to
SIS per 100 pounds for long time,
with a variation of So to $3.50 for
shorn lambs" says Professor Anderson.
Such prices should be an inducement
for many farmers to have fiocks of %
to IS ewes or more which will consume
green food perhaps otherwise wasted
and convert it into marketable
product. With wool and market stock
high in price, because of decrease in
the number Of sheep in the United
States and the action of the new pro-
tective tariff, our sheep breeders can
surely compete with the breeders of
other countries"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-09-27
Great Value of Adding
Protein to Hog Ration

The value of adding protein to a
ration, even when pigs being fattened
for market have the run of a good
alfalfa pasture was shown in test
conducted by the Kansas experiment
station last year One lot was fed all
the corn it would eat, in addition to
alfalfa pasture. The other lot was fed
all the corn it would eat plus one-fourth
of pound Of tankage per head per day
in addition to alfalfa pasture. The pigs
in the lot receiving no tankage made a
gain of IA pound per day at cost of
$5.55 per 100 pounds of gain The pigs
In the lot receiving tankage made a
gain of 1.25 pounds per day at a cost
of $4.99 per 100 pounds of gain. The
addition of one-fourth of a pound of
tankage per head per day on alfalfa
pasture reduced the cost of gains SO
cents a hundred.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-09-27
Champion Barrow
Has Travelled Far
"Oklahoma King Has Been
Exhibited in Different
Parts Of United States.

Not content with being declared the
grand champion barrow of the world
at the 1922 International Live Stock
exposition, Oklahoma King has added
to his honors the title of the widest
travelled and most inspected hog on
earth.
Instead of being sent to the block
after attaining supreme honors at Chi
.cago last December, he was purchased
by two Duroc associations and sent on
a tour Of exhibition which has carried
him to all parts of the country. Among
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-09-27
Vaccinating Cattle to
Prevent Shipping Fever

Although still in the experimental
stage, the vaccination method of treat
ing cattle to prevent their contracting
hemorrhagie septicenia has reached
such a degree Of perfection that it is
now in use by the United States De
partment of Agriculture.
Until the method has been more
thoroughly tried out, the department
win furnish vaccine produced in its
laboratory and also trained veterinar-
ians who will give the treatment at
actual cost.
Losses from this disease have been
steadily increasing for several years.
During the past fall and winter the
disease became more prevalent and
virulent than ever before. It is most
likely to show itself among animals
shipped long distances, although it
occasionally attacks those that have
never left the home place.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-09-27
Table Scraps Important
Item for Small Flncks

Table scraps become an important
item for small flock, but are of little
value for large numbers. The small
lock will pay at all seasons, because
the scraps lessen the cost of the food
by permitting of the utilization OF
waste materials that would otherwise
go into the slop barrel For this rea-
son every family should keep few
hens, even If but half dozen. and
especially the families that live in the
suburbs Of cities and towns, or who
have q space that can be utilized for
that purpose. The greatest obstacle
is the attempt to keep too many. Be
satisfied with few, and the cost viii
be less and the result more satisfac-
tory.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-09-27
Find Silage Profitable
as Feed for Baby Beeves


Recent feeding tests with baby
beeves at the Minnesota experiment
station show that silage can be prof
itably used in fattening baby beeves.
In the tests, which were conducted by
w. IA. Peters and N. X. Carnes, calves
getting silage, plus full feed Of grain,
fed more regularly and required less
skillful and careful feeding than calves
getting a heavy feed Of grain and no
silage.
The silage-fed calves gained 2.36
pounds per head per day as an average
of a 196-day feeding period, while the
calves fed without silage gained at the
rate Of 2.22 pounds per head per day.
Although the calves fed without silage
were valued at 10 cents per hundred
pounds above those which had silage,
the silage-fed calves showed net
profit of $3.50 per head while those
without silage made profit Of $16.15
per head.
In another test barley proved prac-
tically equal to corn, pound for pound,
in making gains on fatt,Aning calves.
However, because Of the greater cost
Of the barley and the smaller saving
Of feed made by hogs following, the
corn-fed calves showed a profit Of
$10.15 per head, while the profit on
those fed barley was but $6.91 per
head
Pure bred beef calves, high-grade
beef calves and common calves show
ing some traces of beef breeding made
similar gains on similar amounts of
feed. The difference in selling price
was marked, however, the pure breds
bringing $8678 per head, the grades
$S3.45 and the common calves only
S56.1S per head.