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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
Plan for Summer Ice

My, how hot it was last sum-
mer. Didn't that ice you Brought
over from neighbor Smiths
help a lot to make the lemonade
refreshing? Didn't mother say
she wished that she had ice to
use right along? She was sure
it would save a lot of food from
being wasted. You thought at
the time you'd see about putting
up some ice next winter.
If there is to be ice next sum-
mer it is now time to plan on
where it is is to be stored to be
convenient. It does net take
very complicated shelter TO store
ice if plenty of sawdust or
pIaner chips are used. OF course,
good icehouse that is well
built and permanent is an adj
dition to the farm buildings of
which the owner may we'll be
proud.
Plans for an icehouse may be
seen in the office of the county
agent, and he viii gladly tell
you where they may be obtained.
H. B. White, assistant profess
sor of farm buildings, Univer-
sity of Minnesota.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
increase CROSS
SUPPLY OF BEEF
Kansas Expert Recommends
Practice of Producing and
Fattening Young Animals.
PASTURE OF BIG IMPORTANCE.
Experiment Station Produced Gain
With Calves With a5 Per Cent Less
Grain Than 1t Required
With Big Steers.

A more general practice of pro-
ducing and fattening baby beef will
increase the gross beef supply of the
country and add to the profit of the
cattle producer and feeder, DR.. G.
w. McCampbell of the agricultural col
lege believes. A baby beef is a steer
or heifer that is fat and ready for
the market at the age of twelve to
fourteen months, weighing from 750 to
900 pounds each.
Pasture is Limiting Factor.
Pasture is the limiting factor in
beef production" Doctor McCampbell
says "a baby beef grazes but one
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
Catechism on Birds

What are some of the birds
that do more good than harm?
Robin, screech owl, chipping
sparrow, brown thrush, wood
pecker, sparrow hawk, meadow
lark, blackbird, bluebird, gros-
beak, redbird, wren, Swainson's
hawk, quail, swift, swallow,
dove, hooking bird and others.
2. What birds do more harm
than good? Cooper's hawk,
sharp-shinned hawk and Cos
hawk.
8. What hawks are considered
more useful than harmful?
Marsh hawk, sparrow hawk,
Swainson's hawk and night
hawk.
4. What hawks may be called
chicken hawks? The Cooper's
hawk and the sharp-shinned
hawk. The latter usually at
tacks small chickens.
5. What birds are there differ
ences of opinion about as to
whether they do more good than
harm? Catbird, crow, bluejay,
belted kingfsher. The English
sparrow is a great nuisance.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
L0NG-HANDLED NET IS HANDY
Matter of Capturing Chicken for Fam
lily Dinner Made Easy With
Device illustrated.

Who has not seen the farmer, his
wife, the hired man and one or more
children engaged in the exciting chase
for the chicken which is to be served
for the family dinner All around the
yard, over the fence, under the barn,
through the garden, until somebody
luckily falls upon it. An easier way
is to make a long-handled net, using
a sound, well-made barrel hoop. An
old hammock makes a fine net for this
purpose. The net should be about
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
DAIRY cows MOST SENSITIVE
Animals Must Be Provided With Suit
able Shelter If Good Milk
Flow Is Expected.

Milk cows especially should have
good shelter If a good flow of milk is
to be produced, and milking COWS is
more profitable now than during the
war when feed was so high. Hogs, too,
are very sensitive to cold storms and
require a dry, well-ventilated place if
the most profitable gains are to be
made. Their sleeping quarters must
be kept well bedded or they will seek
shelter elsewhere, even If it be outside.
If they can find straw or other litter
they will crawl into that and sleep
even If cold and damp there They pre-
fer this to bare floor or the ground
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
Handy Chicken Net.

two feet deep. Lay it down, mouth
up, put few grains of corn On top,
pretend you are looking the other way,
and when chicken steps on the net
to pick out the corn, lift up suddenly,
tip it slightly to one side, and you
have the fowl safe. If you are par
ticularly expert the net may be
dropped down over the bird.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
Baby Beef Production Increases Meat
Supply and Reduces Production
Costs.

Baby Beef Production Increases Meat
Supply and Reduces Production
Costs.
season, and that only as a calf while
he is sucking his mother. If he
were carried over and marketed off of
grass as a three-year-oId, as is so
often done, he replaces a cow, that
might have been producing a baby
calf each of the three seasons this
steer was grazing beyond the age of
baby beef.
%The average three-year-old steer
represents a gross selling weight of
less than 1900 pounds. The three
baby beeves that might have been pro-
duced by the COW he replaced during
the three grazing seasons he was de-
veloping a gross weight of 1900
pounds would represent gross sell
ing weight of 2,4OO pounds of beef.
Increases Beef Supply.
"Baby beef production not only in
creasts the beef supply-it also re-
duces beef production costs. Last
year the Kansas experiment station
fed a group, of calves exactly the same
ration This ration consisted of corn,
Iinseed oil meal, alfalfa hay, and 81
lage. 1t required 30 per cent less
grain and 20 per cent less roughage to
produce gain ON the calves than it
did on the big steers, and the calves
marketed as baby beeves showed a net
return of $37 a head more than the
big steers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
Gate is Permanently Closed.

nal. It is made of two by eight-inch
planks with about a six-inch space be-
tween planks to keep animals from
walking over it. BY having a grad
ual slope a car can pass over it very
easily. Besides requiring no getting
in and out of the car by the driver,
such a gate always is closed and there
fore is proof against the neglect of
drivers who fail to close gates behind
them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
TESTS SHOW MUCH SOUR SOIL
only One Piece of Land in Illinois
County Found to Be Sweet
Legumes Were Cause.

In soil testing meetings held recent
ly by the county agricultural agent of
Boone county, H., to which each farm
err attending was asked to bring sew
eral samples of soil from his farm, only
one farm showed that the soil was
sweet, according to reports to the Uni
ted States Department of Agriculture
TIE owner of this farm stated that he
has been growing a large amount of
clover. sweet clover, and alfalfa.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18

tee of going from farm to farm with
che stallion during the breeding sea-
son, as practiced in some localities
and countries, has proved very good,
often getting as high as 90 per cent
colt crops, while a great many men
think they are doing well if they get
G5 per cent to 70 per cent colt crops,
by the present method of close con-
fnement.
Work for Stallion.
The practice of working the stall
ton is one Of the most economical
ways of inducing him to take plenty
cS exercise. OF course, during the
breeding season, the work should not
be too heavy, or the hours too long,
but light work is very beneficial
After the breeding season is over, the
stallion may be worked along with
the other horses and shown no favors,
and in this way help to pay for his
Keep, as often where only a few
mares are kept, the stallion is rather
an expensive proposition The most
common reason given for not working,
the stallion is that they are too much
trouble, but If the stallion is worked
all the time, most of them soon be-
come quiet and easily handled, and
give very little trouble-R. f. Keiffer
Asst. Professor Dept. of Animal Hus-
bandry, Colorado Agricultural College
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
STALLION NEEDS
RIGHT EXERCISE
Close Confinement Long Been
Given as Cause for Short
Crop of Young Animals.
KEEP animal IN CONDITION
Practice of Working Horse During
Breeding Season Is Favored II Task
Is Not Too Heavy and Hours
Are Reasonable.

Probably no other animal on the
farm is taken care of more carefully
than the stallion, and yet, when the
breeding season opens, he is often not
in condition
Causes of Short Colt Crops.
The practice of keeping the stall
lion in close confinement has long
been given as one of the causes Of
short colt crops. The ACCESSIBILITY of
giving the stallion plenty of exercise
cannot be cverestimated. The prac-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
CURE FEATHER EATING HABIT
indication That Fowls Are After Ger.
tain Glasses of Foods They
Are Not Getting.

The reason that fowls eat feathers
is due to the fact that they are after
certain classes of foods which they
need but are not getting. This class
Of food is represented by any form of
milk, tankage, meat scraps, cotton.
seed meal, peanut meal, or alfalfa
pasturage. If one or more of the above
feeds are furnished them in sufficient
quantities they will get over this
habit.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
GATE THAT'S ALWAYS CLOSED
contraption Will Save Much Time for
Travellers Through Pastures Con-
tanning Stock.

A "gate'' like the one shown in the
drawing will save great deal of time
for travellers where roads lead through
pastures containing stock, writes
Claude Dieckman of Dodge county,
Nebraska, in the Nebraska Farm Jour
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
SHEEP AND LAMB SHIPMENTS
Increase of 335, 600 Head Noted for
First Nine Months of Year-Re-
ceipts Decreased.

Shipments of sheep and lambs back
to the country for feeding showed an
increase during the first nine months
of this year of $4,000 head, or more
than q per cent, over the corresponds
ing period of last year, although there
was a decrease in market receipts Of
100000 head, or nearly 10 per cent,
according to a report of the United
States Department Of Agriculture.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18
SHIPPING CRATE FOR SWINE
Device Shown in Illustration is Easily
Made and Will Give Good
Satisfaction.

The hog crate shown in the accom-
panying illustration can be made by
anyone at a small expense. The size
will have to be varied according to the
size of the hog to be shipped, and
must be several inches longer and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-01-18

enough wider so that the hog can lie
down. Care must be taken that the
hog cannot get it's legs fast in the
lower cracks and that no nails pro-
ject to injure the hog or those that
handle the crates.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25
City Water Supply
lin To Standard

Good news for water drinkers IN
Augusta. and that is unanimous II
is certain is the report of Elmer w.
Campbell director, Division of SAM
tary Engineering. State Department
of Health in regard to tests given the
Augusta water supply. His com
munication to the Augusta Water
District is self explanatory:
State Department of Health,
July 10, 1928.
Augusta Water District,
Augusta, Maine.
Dear Sirs:-
The meteorological examination of
four samples of water taken from
Augusta Water supply, showed that
this water comes in under the L. 5.
Federal Standards which are the
ones adopted by this Division for the
purity of drinking water.
This water can be considered SAFE
to use for all usual purposes so long
as it maintains its present condition
Very truly yours.
(signed) Elmer w. Campbell, Direc-
tor
Division of Sanitary Engineering
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25
Sidney Alfalfa Plot
One of COuntv'S Best

One of the best alfalfa plots in
Kennebec county is that on the farm
of Scott Bracket in Sidney. Mr..
Bracket recently cut the first crop
for the season and it yielded practi-
cally three tons per acre. This par
ticular plot is one of II which is
being conducted by the Farm Blu
reau and the Extension Service to
determine whether alfalfa can be
successfully grown in this county.
If it is found that alfalfa can be
raised in this county it will prove of
special value to dairymen since al
falfa is the richest of all feeds in
proteins and once established will
give. satisfactory yield much longer
than clover.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25

An opinion received here Tuesday
from the United States Circuit court
in the case of the r. l.. Pitcher Com
pany and the Briggs Hardware Com
pany. both of Caribou, against the
Standard Oil Company OF New York,
disposes of an important legal ques-
ton in regard to the liability of COM
panies handling gasoline. The case
is the first on record where legal
liability has been fixed for fire re-
sulting from a spark of static cleo
tricity generated by pouring gaso-
line. The case was tried in the United
States district court at Bangor. the
Pitcher Company being awarded
verdict of $17,O55.0S and the Briggs
Company a verdict of S6,001.S0.
The defendant carried the case to
the United States circuit court of
appeals and the opinion overruling
the exceptions of the defendant was
drawn by Judge Charles f. Johnson.
The law firm of Andrews, Nelson &
Gardiner of this city was counsel for
the plaintiffs and the Standard Oil
Company was represented by Nathan
w. Thompson of Boston and Arthur
S. Littlefield of Rockland.
Statement of Case
On May 81. 1920, the defendant
company owned and operated in the
railroad yard at Caribou, large stor-
age tanks for the distribution of
gasoline, q highly inflammable and
dangerously explosive substance.
The evidence shows that when gaso-
line is discharged from a tank
through a pipe into a tank automo-
bile. insulated from the ground by
rubber tires, the receiving tank and
the vapor therein become charged
with static electricity. If the receiv-
ing tank is grounded, this static cleo
tricity passes off without harm. If
not, there is serious danger of the
tatic jumping a gap between metal
lie points. causing static spark
and igniting the gasoline vapor and
gasoline.
The plaintiffs alleged that as early
as 1917 the defendant company had
knowledge of this danger. both from
experience with static fires and from
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25
observation-disclosures

Announcements of the wedding of
Miss Josephine galloway and Joseph
Bousley at Ipswich, Mass, June 30,
are being received in the city by
friends of the bride, former Au-
gusta girl.
The wedding was an outdoor event
and the young couple will make their
home in IsTwich, where Mr.. Bousley
is conducting a very successful con-
tracing business. The bride and
groom were attended by the brides
sister and the groom's brother.
Mrs. Bousley made her home in
this city for a number of years. She
was a prominent member of the Au-
gusta Girls Community club. taking
prominent part in theatricals of the
club. She was employed for some
time by the Charities and Corrections
Board at the State House.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25
CIRCUIT COURT OPINION FIXES ]
LEGAL LIABILITY FOR FIRE
FROM CASOL| Ne STATIC SPARK

expert advice, and had adopted as a
safety grounding device a bright,
metal chain which was furnished to
all it's stations and ordered to be
used at all times. This chain was in
each case attached to the filling
pipe. and when a tank car was to be
filled, was dropped down onto the,
bottom of the automobile tank, dis
charging the static as fast as it gen.
Grated. . Such a chain had been in
use at the Caribou station for two or
three years, and no fire had occur
red.
The plaintiffs further claim that on
the day in question, the driver of a
tank automobile drove up to the
filling station and found the safety
chain broken to such an extent thar
it could not be used. He, had been
cautioned to always use this safety
chain when filling his car. The driver
was in a hurry, as it was holiday,
and chose to attempt the Alling OF
the car without the chain. When
the automobile tank was about two
thirds full. there was an explosion,
fire burst up out of the man-hofe of
the automobile tank. which was be-
ing filed, and the burning gasoline
set fire to a store house nearby in
HUI "CIt utpOSltCu lilC Scouo iOi
the loss of which recovery was
sought.
The Opinion
"There was evidence from which
the jury could find that frictional or
static electricity could be generated
by the forcing of gasoline under
pressure through an iron pipe, that
the automobile tank was not ground
ed, that the depression of the springs
of the automobile tank and the Vi
bration of the filler pipe and the
sleeve would produce a break in the
electrical connection between the
manho1e of the tank and the pipe or
sleeve and produce an electric spark"
SAYS Judge Johnson in his opinion.
ut was not necessary that the
plaintiffs show that a static spark
was actually produced, but it was
if conditions and circum-
stances We're shown from which the
inference could be reasonably drawn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25
Hay Fertilizer A
New F. 3. Project

One Of the projects which the
Farm Bureau and the Extension Ser
vice have been trying to work out is
a good fertilizer formula for use on
hay land. Ten farmers in the county
have been using the formula rec
commended by the Extension Service.
They have just finished weighing
samples of the hay grown on the
plots. They find that the plots where
the formula was used gave an In
crease of practically one half as
much again over plots on which no
fertilizer was used. The men who are
conducting this important phase of
the Farm Bureau work are: Z. A.
Walker, Augusta, A. w Hawkes. and
F. NJ Lenfest. Manchester, W. p.
Briggs. winthrop. B. r. Small, G. NJ.
Rogers, Litchfield. F. w. Foss. w. u.
Chase and N. B. Perkins, Mount Yer
non, A. H. Ware, Windsor.
Any one interested in using chemi-
Gals on hay land will do we'll to talk
matters over with these men.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25
Railroad Worm
Now Being Fought

One Of the most serious pests
which orchard men have to contend
with in Kennebec county at the pres
ent time is the tripeta or railroad
worm. Last year this worm COM
pletely ruined the apples in a great
many orchards as far as commercial
value was concerned The worst
year was experienced last year. The
Extension Service is conducting
three spraying demonstrations in the
county to show how these worms
can be controlled. The demonstra-
lions will be held as follows: Maine
Wesleyan Seminary, .Kents Hill, farm
Of C. c. Pierce at Monmouth and
farm of II. c. Parlee of Monmouth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25
Radio
Programs
TODAY, July rs, 1928

WaS--sso xilocycies, Frequency, west.
anshouae Electric, Springfield, Mass.
1887 8eters-wavs tength)
Eastern Standard Time
11.55 A. M. Time signals; weather re-
ports; Boston and Springfield
o.00 T. NJ. Baseball scores.
= m Dinner, concert by the WBz trio.
500 p. M. Baseball scores.
News from Farm and Home.
6.l5 p. NJ. Farmers Night courtesy
OF the New England Homestead.
$50 =. M. Bedtime story for the chill
$40 ?. NJ 1.-THE Travelling Dental
Clinic" by DR.. Charles E. sher-
wood.
Continuation Of material for
Farmers night.
Laughs from Life.
Concert by Fred Gardner, tenor;
Ruby Triton Kingsley, pianist
Victor. Garboni, violinist; selec-
tions by, WBZ trio.
$40 7. NJ. Bedtime story for grown
Baseball scores.
1000 p. NJ. Time signals.
$50 Meters, wGY-(schenectady, N,
~ General Electric Company
Eastern Standard Time
11.45 A. NJ. Weather report.
1I55 A. NJ. Time signals.
500 p. NJ. Produce market quota
tons; news bulletins; baseball re-
Silent night.
WJz-455 Meters, Broadcast Central,
SO West 42nd Street, N. Y. City
Daylight Saving Time
400 P. NJ. Baseball scores every Is
minutes after this time.
5.45 Z. NJ. Closing report of the New
York State Dept. of Farms and
$50 p. NJ. Farm and Home reports.
5.55 p. NJ. Iron Age steel and iron re-
600 P. NJ. Closing quotations of the
New York Stock Exchange.
sos Z. NJ. THE Adventures. of Pc
ter" a sleepy story for little folks,
7.So 7. NJ. Harper's Bazaar Fashion
7.45 p. M. Review Of reviews.
500 p. NJ. Recital by Constance Huls-
man, pianiste: .
Van Hoogstraten conducting the
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
at the Lewisohn Stadium.
$50 +. NJ. Dinner in honor of Hon.
Hiram johnson: by direct wire
from the main ball room of ths
Waldorf-Astoria. =
1855 2. NJ. Time signals and weather
forecast.
wJY-4o5 Meters, Broadcast Central,
80 West 42nd street, N. Y. City
Daylight Saving Time
40 P. NJ. Song recital,
$40 P. NJ. Instrumental solos.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25
100 Kennebec Boys and
Girls to Take in Tour

The date for the Western Maine
boys and girls club tour to Lewis
ton and Auburn will be Thursday.
Aug. 16. About 100 boys and girls
and leaders from this county are
planning to attend. Exercises will
be held on the campus at Bates COL
lege and the specially arranged pro-
gram will include speaking and vari-
GUS phases Of the club work.
l.. II. Shibles of Orono. State ciup
leader will have charge Of the pro-
gram. The local arrangements are
in charge of r. N. Atherton, a former
Augusta boy, now county agent of
the Twin counties Farm Bureau.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25

Pillsbury of Brookline, Mass: Mrs.
George Emery, Hyde Park. Mass;
ID. l. Hackett, Garland; Mrs. G. T.
Marley, Gardiner; Mrs. V.-O. Herrick
and Mrs. Myron Laurette of Beverly,
Mass; Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Green of
Scarsdale, N. Y; Mr.. and Mrs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25

Arthur Roundy of Waterville was a
caller, Tuesday in the city having
come to Gardiner on the Boston boat.
Mr.. Roundy was returning from the
Hub where he took a piano lesson of
Gebhardt, the well known pianist.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25
Girls Club Guests

Guests at the Augusta Girls Com
munity clubhouse Monday included:
Jacob Wirth, Temple; Mrs. G. H.
Pennington, Mr.. ana Mrs. w. II. C.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25

E. A. Gray returned Tuesday from
several days trip to Boston and New
York. In the latter place he at
ended the dance recital which tire
pupils of the Chaliff school gave. His
daughter, Miss Dorothy Gray, was
puDil
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25

Mrs. A. G. Smart and sons, Gerald
and Jerome of Millinocket, have
joined Mrs. J. A. Laliberte and son
William of this city, and will leave
this morning for Old Orchard. where
they will enjoy a weeks vacation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25

Miss Dorothy Gray returned Mon
day from New York City where she
has been attending the >Chaliff school
Of dancing. Miss Gray took part in
the recital which the pupils gave at
the close of the term.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25

Mrs. Annie Leighton and son,
Walter, who have been passing sew
eral weeks in Litchfield with friends
and relatives. were callers, Monday
in the city. They went on to Madi-
son for visit
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25

c. w. Dufresne, Division Superin-
tendent of the New England Tel. &
Tel. Co, with headquarters in Port
land, was a business caller, Monday,
in the city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25

Mr. and Mrs. Antonio N. Landry
of this city and Miss Angelina Lam
dry, who is now living In Watervilie
with her brother, Alberto Landry,
motored to Biddeford. over Sunday,
to visit friends and relatives.