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Evening star., 1923-06-04
PACKERS ACT RAPED.
Removal From Control of Agricul'
ture Department Asked.

In a. statement criticizing the ad-
ninistration of the packer ana STOCK
yards act nv Secretary Wallace, the
PEOPLES Reconstruction League an
nounced today that at the next ses-
sion of Congress it would propose an
investigation of the matter and seek
a transfer of the administration from
the Department of Agriculture to the
Federal Trade Commission.
Evening star., 1923-06-04
UPHAM WILL RETAIN
COP. TREASURERSHIP
Retirement Planned Only at End
Of Regular Term in 1924.
Says Blair.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. June 4.-Fred W. Up
ham of Chicago, treasurer of the ma
tional republican committee since
1918. has no intention of reslgning
his Office, but will retire at the end
of his present term in. June. 1924.
Harry NJ. Blair. assistant treasurer
and Mr.. Upham's assistant. declared
in a statement here.
Certain reports have been circu-
lated that Mr.. Upham is not in ac-
Evening star., 1923-06-04
Wedding Salad
Sends Groom and
81 to Hospital
Hr the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK June A bride
groom and five of his wedding
guests are in hospital today
suffering from ptomaine poison
ing which last night struck down
thirty-two members of a wedding
party of seventy-five in a Bronx
home The bride, Miss Mary OCon-
nell, and various members of her
family were among those stricken,
but were attended by physicians
hastily summoned to the home.
Conrad Kissel, the twenty-four-
year-old bridegroom, and the five
taken to the hospital with him
were said to be in a serious condi-
tion. All were victims of chicken
salad, the authorities said.
Evening star., 1923-06-04
KINGS CAMELOTS CAUGHT
Arrested for Selling Socialist News
paper Near Paris Church.

PARIS, Jure 1.-Two members of
the Kings Camelots" were arrested
yesterday for selling copies of FAC
tion Franchise outside churches here.
One of those arrested, whose name
is Devolve. was identified as one of
the assailants last week of Deputy
Sangnier, socialist, who was beaten
by a band of men who also tried to
pour tar on his head and admisinster
a dose of castor oil in true Facist1
style. The other man was taken into
custody because of a dispute which
arose between him and passersby who
objected to his selling the newspaper
outside the church.
Evening star., 1923-06-04

years service was adopted by mem
bers of the National Association Of
Letter Carriers from the eastern Ohio
and western Pennsylvania districts
in thirty-eighth annual convention
here Saturday night
The resolution was adopted after
Representative NJ. l.. Davey of Ohio
addressed the meeting, advocating
the retirement.
Under the present law, which re-
Evening star., 1923-06-04
POISON IVY PLAYS HAVOC
WITH CLASSIC DANCERS
Moonlight Engagement Cancelled
When wines Does Work at
"Dress" Rehearsal.
Rr,he Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June Paul Popo-
lous today cancelled an engagement
he had made to appear with his six
teen pupils of the classic dance in a
moonlight presentation at the West
chester Country Club. The reason
he said. was that a bed of poison ivy,
yirulent cousin to the vine with
which classic brows were wreathed'
was unwittingly chosen as the stage
for the last dress rehearsal.
Some of the dancers were blistered
TO the knees. Others. Popolous said
suffered more extensively.
Evening star., 1923-06-04
II BRIDGES WRECKED.
Manitoba Rains Also Garry Away
Seven Crossing Grades.

WINNIPEG. Man, June 4.-Reports
were received here early today of a
heavy rainstorm which broke over
the Margaret district, carrying away
twelve bridges along the Cana
dian National railways between Mar
garet and Dunrea, and washing away
the grade at seven crossings.
Ninette was also reported to have
been affected by the storm. There
was little damage to crops
Evening star., 1923-06-04
BODY OF SLAYER OF WIFE,
19. FOUND ON MOUNTAIN
Keller Blows Out Brains After
Fleeing From Scene
of Crime.
Is, the Associated Press.

EASTON. Conn. June 4-The body of
Robert Edwards slayer of his pretty
nineteen-year- ar-old wife, Ruby Wells Ed
wards, was found by volunteer search
ing posse shortly after noon yesterday
on Wintergreen mountain, where ne ned
after he had killed her Tuesday night.
Indications were that he fired three shots
in the air to direct his pursuers to his
hiding place and then bent over the
muzzle of the gun and blew his head on
Evening star., 1923-06-04
JOHN G. H0UK DIES.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. June John
G. Houk, former representative in
Congress from the second Tennessee
district, later senator in Tennessee
legislature, died here last night, after
an illness of several weeks.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-01
DAIRY
POINTS
KEEP YOUNG HEIFER GROWING
Winter Rations for Animal important
II Profitable MIX Producer
10 Expected.

The dairy heifer. since she is for
the present u~nproductlve. Is likely 10
be neglected after the pasture season
Is ended. To keep the young stock
growing normally during the winter
months the department of dairy hus-
bandry OF the Missouri College of Ag-
riculture suggests the following ra-
lions:
If sllage and clover or alfalfa hay
are available, feed from two to 1--we
pounds of corn or other farm-grown
grains available. depending upon the
age OF the animals. HeIfers close to
calving time can probably be fed
somewhat larger quantities of grain.
IL sIlage is available but no clover
or alfalfa hay. a good ration would
consist of sllage and fodder OF mixed
hay with a grain mixture consisting
Of equal parts OF corr and llnseed
meal. Cottonseed meal or gluten feed
may be fed In place OF linseed meal.
Where clover or alfalfa hay Is fed
alone dairy heifers viii do fairly well
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-01
GRADING or CREAM is URGED
surest Means Of Producing Good But
ter, Says Dairy Specialist at
University Farm.

Pointing out that cream grading Is
the surest means Of producing good
butter, A. J. Mcclure. dairy specialist
with the university agricultural exten.
sion service. adds that Eastern mar
kets are scoring butter closer than
ever before. There is real COMPETE
tion," he says. for the best markets,
and II cooperative creameries are to
hold such markets they must make
good butter and see that II Is sold as
such. A c~resm-cooling tank on every
farm makes cream grading easier, both
for creamery men and for patrons. Are
you urging cream cooling and cleanli-
Of cream separators7 This should
precede cream grading"
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-01

Prepared by the United States Department
of Agrtculture.l
If county agent work continues to
advance In the 93 northern and
western states at the average rate IL
has maintained during the past ii
years, or since its beginning, every
county in these states will have a resi-
dent agent within the next three years.
or the 1.6l6 agricultural counties In
these states. 1.239 have agents. accord
Ing to the report Issued by the United
States Department of Agriculture as
Department Circular 244. on the Status
and Results of County Agent Work In
the Northern and Western States,
1921.
The county agent work, says the re-
port, made a conservative and uniform
growth from 1913 to 1917 of about 100
new counties each year. Then came
the artificial stimulation of the large
appropriation authorized by the war
emergency act, which provided for
national security and defense by slim
uiating agriculture and facilitating
the distribution Of agricultural
products. In a period Of about 10
months during 1918. 544 agents were
appointed. The conclusion Of the war
so soon after the appointment of this
large additional force and the with
drawal of more than a million dollars
Of federal support. brought q real
crisis In the development Of the work.
A considerable loss Of agents was com
fuonly forecasted. Farmers rallied to
the support of the work. however, In
these new counties In a most surpris-
ing way. Agricultural colleges sacri-
feed some other lines of work in order
to retain contact with the county. In
stead OF a loss, there wal an increase
of % agents the first year after the
war.
Work Should Go On.
About 80 per cent Of the agricultural
counties of the North and West are
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-01
MARQUIS WHEATLEADs
AMONG "a VARIETIES
Has Become More Widely Grown
Than All Other Kinds.
outylelds Others Because Of Its Earlier
Maturity and Exceis In Quality
of Fiour-kota Is Prom
Using, Say Experts

prepared By the United States Department
of Agrtculture.l
OF the "a distinct varieties of hard
red spring wheat now being CONNER
cially grown in the United States, the
Marquis Is the leading variety. accord.
Ing to J. Allen Clark and John H. Mar.
tin, -agronomists, United States De-
partment of Agriculture, In Farmers
Bulletin 1881, just published. Since
its Introduction into this country In
1913. Marquis wheat has become more
widely grown than all other varieties
of spring wheat. 1t has outyielded al
most all other varieties. due principal
iy to Its earlier maturity, and excels
them In the quality of Its -four.
The varieties of hard red spring
wheat differ widely In their yielding
ability, rust resistance, earllness, and
milling and baking value, as well as In
their external appearance and I'm theiE
adaptation TO local conditions. or the
new varieties recently developed, the
Kota is the most promising. say the
investigators. In North Dakota IL
has outyielded the Marquis in sea-
ons when rust is prevalent, and limit.
ed experiments show 1t to be best
adapted to the eastern and southern
parts of hat state, where stem rust
is often a serious factor In wheat pro
duction. The Preston variety yields
only slightly less than the Marquis in
the Minnesota and Red River valleys
but considerably less In other sections
The Red Fife and Power varieties are
best adapted TO northwestern North
Dakota and northeastern Montana.
Detailed descriptions of each of the
"a varieties in this class. with discus
sions of their adaptation and value,
supplemented by maps showing the
areas where the more important n
are grown, are lDcluded In the bulie
tin, making 1t valuable to farmers In
the wheat-growing sections, The bul
lctin may be obtained free as Ions
ss the supply lasts. upon application
to the United States Department OF
Agriculture, Washington, ID. c.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-01
ICE WATER FOR DAIRY COWS
Animals Dislike II az Much M HUI
nan Beings In Winter, Says
Kansas DaIryman.

Although people drink large quanti-
ties Of Ice water In summer, they do
not like II In cold weather. But the
only Ice water that dairy COW get
is In winter. and they like II then az
little a do human beings. according
to G. II. Gearhart. extension dairyman
of the Kansas State Agricultural COL
lege.
Cows producing milk require large
quantities of water. They will d.
minish their milk flow rather than
drink cold water 50 often furniahcH
them. ~~
Water which Ii stored In tanks In
winter should be warmed with q tank
heater, says Mr.. Gearhart. These are
made to burn coal. wood. or corncobs.
When only n or two COWS are to be
watered, a teakettle of boiling water
viii take the chill of of the half bar.
rel OF water necessary for them.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-01

Government Test Shows Cows Fed
and MIXED at Random Come
Close to Average Yield.

II has long been q rule on well-man-
aged dairy farms to milk and feed the
cows at the same hours every day.
Regularity was always thought to have
q beneficial effect N production How
ever. experiments carried on by the
United States Department Of Axricui-
lure on the government farm at Belts
vile. Md, have shown that cows Of
average production MIXED at the same
hours every day produced but slightly
more milk and slightly less butterfat
than those MIXED at random. pro-
vided the feeding was done at regular
times. When the feeding as well as
the milking was done at nndom hours
the cows produced about 8 per cent
less Of both milk and fat
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-01

Increased demands for campaigns
against pocket gophsrs have led to the
undertaking of work "a Z large scale
In Arizona. Idaho. KanAa, Nebraska.
New Mexfce. Oregon. Texas and
Washington. under the supervision Of
the biological survey. United States
Department OF Agriculture Constd-
erxble demonstration wosk has also
been done tn florida. Minsurf. North
DAKOTA, Oklsboma and South Dakota
A determined effort - being made In
the alfsifa~prodnc1nG sections to DE-
sfroy these pcsts. w11<A IN damage
esSamoniy arsSuzflnx b "a or more
su AGRA ssa s6x0 e~utr~y the entire
sann4
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-01
INTENSIVE WORK
IN HOME GARDEN
Especial Attention Should Be
Given to Follow and Com
panion Crops.
PLANT CORN AFTER RADISHES
Early Cabbage Plants Set Among
Young Onions Give an Example Of
Companion Crop-HotstIon 10
Most important

Pay especial attention to companion
and follow crops A companion crop
is one that grows simultaneously with
another. A follow crop is, as its name
indicates, something to follow and use
the same soil after the first crop Is
harvested. Corn oil cabbage would be
q follow crop for radishes, early beans,
lettuce or spinach.
Companion Crops
Parsley or carrots sown with radlsh
seed Is a companion crop, the seeds
terminating In succession and the rad
ishes being pulled as they mature
while the parsley or carrots, taking
longer to terminate, VIII keep right on
growing among the radishes and con-
tinue after they have been pulled.
Early cabbage plants set at inter-
walls Of Is inches among rows of early
radishes or young onions to keep
growing when the radlshcs and onions
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-01
,u%,MFAv0RABLE WINTER
WEATHER is HARMFUL
Conditions in Fall Do Not Mate
rally Affect Wheat.
Damage to Grains In Severe Weather
Usually Grouped Under Four Heads:
Hsavino. 5%motherlng, Low Tenn
persture and Drought.

prepared by the United States Department
Of Agrculturo.)
While u~nfavorable winter weather
occasionally damages fall-sown grains
to a considerable extent. statistical
studies indicate thai conditions during
the fall do not bear. In general, any
material relation to the yield OF wheat
the following summer. but that the
weather during the winter, spring, and
early summer months, especially from
March to June, has a much greater In
fiuence on the final output. Conse-
Quently, the weather bureau. United
States Department Of Agriculture.
points out, wheat may be In poor on
difion at the beginning Of the winter.
and with favorable weather later the
Improvement may be such as to pro-
duce satisfactory. yields.
When the weather is favorable dur
Ing the fall months, grains usually
establish a good o system and are
less liable to winter injury than when
fall weather La u~nfayorable. Winter
damage to grains Is usually grouped
under four main heads: Heaving,
smothering. direct effect of low tenn
pcrstures and drought. II
Heaving occurs usually on poorly
drained soft In the spring. and Is due
to alternate freezing and thawIng,
which breaks the roots or lifts the
from the soil and leaves the
roots exposed to the afr.
Smothering occurs when the ground
IS covered with an Ice sheet. as when
netting snow freezes. II In some
caused By q glaze covering the
When snow protection is alb
Ienf. plants are sometimes killed by
he direct effect of cold on the tissues
This kind of injury usually increases
With the degree and duration Of the
old. but a sudden freeze may do 9
,reat deal of harm. especially in the
pring. Winter drought may also
injury. though II Is less freQnent
ban other causes-
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-01

applied II the basic agricultural pro-
gram is not carefully thought out and
the extension services of the colleges
and department organized to meet
these conditions. This is a matter
which the county agents have TO con-
slider with the farmers in developing
a county and the community program
of work. and the questions raised by
them have served to give renewed
emphasis TO the need OF state pro-
grams in agricultural improvement.
Such state plans as have been de
veloped In the past two years have
for the most part been a combination
and elaboration of the county programs
worked out by county agents In CO.
operation with farmers committees.
and these county plans will go far in
helping TO supply the raw materials
for the complete working out Of a per-
manent state plan OF work. The
analysis of county extension programs
In relation to agricultural statistics is
calling attention to deficiencies or
wrong emphasis. and so making for
county programs based on real rather
than apparent agricultural needs"
Cover Wide Range.
A considerable part of the report Is
given over to an interesting discus
sion Of a number of examples of
demonstration work covering a wide
range of subjects which have served
to give the work a reputation for az
compllshing results and to make 1t q
more firmly established activity in
agricultural and rural progress.
This circular is the last of a series
of reports of this kind on the work
In the northern and western states.
since, with the combining OF the office
OF extension work In the North and
West with the office of extension work
In the South, the work will In the fu-
ture be given a national rather than
a regional conside ration. Copies Of
this circular may be obtained by adj
dressing the United States Department
Of Agriculture, Washington. ID. O.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-01

BY a trio Is meant a male and two
females.
Keep pure fresh water always with
In reach.
What is known as a yearling hen Is
one having laid twelve months.
In selecting q location for q poul-
try yard, choose a light, sanity soil.
A male bird less than a year old Is
known as a cockerel. When over a
year old 1t is a cock.
II costs no more TO keep a hen that
lays $50 eggs a year than one that
lays only rs. Why keep the latterf
Dry quarters free from drafts and
with ample room for the birds housed
there are the best preventives OF roup.
Cramming is q system of forcing
feed into young fowls, either by hand
machine, so as to put on extra
flesh.
Lameness In poultry is a symptom
Of a number Of poultry troubles end
diseases. the most common one being
A hen must lay 80 eggs a year TO
.arn her feed alone. and at least 90
gigs to pay her board. keep and fare.
I Is figured
The brakes can be distinguished
rom ducks when seven or eight weeks
Id by the curl in their tails. They
ave largsx heads and a s~traIghfer
srrfage.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-01
CUT or LUMBER DECREASING


The cut OF lumber In decreasing In
all the eastern states: In practically
every state west Of the Great Plains
II In Increasing. says the forest serv-
Ice. United States Department of Az
rfculture- The principal source of
softwood lumber for the entire nation
yin soon have shifted to the west
coast and the sverass freight cost
paid by the home builder or manufne~
tarcr VIII hsve advanced TO q Ssw and
htxAm twSsA 70
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-01
DISCARD ALL DOUBTFUL EGGS
Farmer Should Give More Attention
TO Gambling Before Shipping
Product to Market.

Prepared by the United States Department
OF Agricuiture)
Farmers, merchants, and shippers
In the country districts will improve
the reputation of the market egg IL
they give more and more attention to
careful Gambling Of eggs before they
let them go any farther on the way
toward the consumer. The presence
of doubtful eggs hurts the reputation
OF all the eggs marketed and has a
corresponding effect oil the price. The
wag responsible for the saying "a
doubtful egg is a bad egg even If II Is
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-01

now reached by a resident agent, and
these counties contain ~ per cent Of
the total number of farms Of the 33
states according to the 1920 census. II
would seem, therefore, says the writer
Of this report, that, at least from the
standpoint Of the number Of farms per
county. the average county without an
agent is relatively as important as
those with agents, and that the work
should 60 on to rapid completion, or at
least 90 forward at the rate main
tanned before the Wal. Commenting
further on the status Of the county
agent. the report says:
There Is gradually developing In
some states q definite plan or agri-
cultural program of work looking to-
ward the future and having In mind a
permanent agriculture based on the
character Of the population, soil. labor
distribution and marketing conditions.
The need Of such . program has long
been recognized and its absence
lamsnted as the chief limiting factor
In the effectiveness Of extension work.
Such a program requires painstaking
study and careful elaboration. and but
institutions have possessed either
money or facilities to undertake such
work The development Of farm man
agsment and farm economics depart
nents In the colleges win make the
working out Of such programs possible.
extension program can be assured
soand that IL not based on such a
'tudy and analysis Of funds mental
sgricasfurai conditions, with rather a
hear vision Of future possibilities.
Community Program Of Work.
THE esnrhaaas that has been placed
s~strrsiou proxrsms mar be mis-
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-01
STERiLIZED DAIRY UTENSILS
chimes Be Kept Clean to Pre-
vent Contamination.

Prepared by the Unitsa States Department
of AEriculture.t
Special care is required to keer
milking machines clean so that thej
Will not be a source Of contamination
for the milk that passes through them
After many tests the United States De
partment of Agriculture has decided
that the heat m~ethod-that is, the uS
of hot water at a temperature of 16
degrees to ITO degrees Els much bet
ter for sterilization than solutions such
as chlorin or salt and chlorin. The
%salt-chlorin solution was found to be-
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-01
CLEAN EGGS ARE PREFERRED
BRING Five TO Eight Cents More Per
Dozen Than Dirty stock-chsnos
Nest Material.

Clean pests will 90 a long way
toward securing fresh eggs, which
will bring all the way from five to
eight cents per dozen more than dirty
eggs In the city market. Change the
nesting material frequently. keep the
dropping. boards clean and renew the
litter as soon as II becomes dirty.
The house. litter and dropping
boards must be clean or The layers
will have dirty feet. Hens with dirty
feet will soil q whole nest full OF eggs.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-01
Gambling 10 sursst Way OF Taking
Doubt Out Of EGG Case.

q good egg said something no poui-
tryman or egg dealer ever should for
get.
Gambling Is the surest way to take
doubt out of the egg case. The uni
ted States Department Of Agriculture
has a bulletin on the best methods and
equipment for doing the work. Those
who desire 1t should write to the de-
apartment at Washington, ID. O., for
Department Bulletin b85. How to Can
die Eggs. 1t contains descriptions Of
Gamblers for the handling Of small
numbers of eggs aud for handling
large quantities.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-01

no better than the plain chlorin solu,
tion.
A study Of data from nearly 200 tests
by the United States Department Of
Agriculture has shown that there
ere 1913 per cent more bacteria in
fresh milk produced with unsteriA
utensils than In milk produced In ster
ilixed utensils. After standing for "A
hours At q temperature Of 90 degrees
r, the count was $50 per lent greater
for milk drawn. handled. and kept IN
unsteriIe utensils. Where steam il not
available. thorough heating In boiling
water noticeably reduces the bacteria
count.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-01

but Will not make normal growth.
About two pounds Of corn daily viii.
improve the ration at small cost.
When only corn fodder or timothy
hay is on hand 1t Is generally best to
purchase clover or alfalfa hay and
feed equal parts Of the two r~oughages,
A good grain mixture for this rough
age consists Of two parts Of corn to
one of llnseed meal.