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why he wisely chose former Repre-
sentative Bascom Slemp of Virginia,
republican, to be his private secre-
tary.
Mr. Coolidge didn't know Mr.. Slemp
Nor does he know many members of
Congress very well. So he consulted
the leaders of both houses and asked
them to suggest the names of men
Who did know Congress and who did
know official Washington. That's
how Bascom Slemp came to be chosen,
and il gives an interesting insight into
the workings of the Coolidge mind.
Another, thing he did in the first
twenty-four hours which is indicative
of the new Presidents attitude to-
ward his job. He was advised by
of the things that took up Mr.. Hard
ings time and worried him con-
stantly was pardon cases. Mr..
Christian said he thought it would be
a good plan if these cases were left
almost wholly to the Attorney Cen
Coolidge adopted the suggestion i'm
mediately, and as a consequence his
desk was cleared of one of the noun
tainS of documents which in every
administration as far back as this
correspondent can remember always
plagued the Chief Executive.
Cites European Policy.
Perhaps the information given out
about Europe was the most vital
thing that came from the White
House. Here is the exact thought:
The United States government under
the Coolidge administration is ready
to help and cooperate in every way
without involving itself: America is
very heSitant about making offers.
but the President will be responsive
to any requests for help that may be
administered in the interest Of the
American people.
Read the foregoing sentence care
fully, for it's a clue to the foreign
policy of Calvin Coolidge. He doesn t
want to interfere in Europe. He doesn't
want TO involve America in any
thing disastrous, but he will not turn
a deaf ear or a cold shoulder to pro-
posals emanating from European
governments which, when examined.
seem to be to the economic benefit
Of the American people as we'll as
the peace of the world. He knows
that the world situation encompasses
step in foreign policy it will be with
the idea of saving the United States
from the i'll effects of a collapse in
Europe.
| The Coolidge statement is a sympa-
thetic expression of American pur-
pose, and the only unfortunate thing
about 1t Is that the exact words
weren't put out in formal fashion
above the signature of the President,
so that Europe might take heart and
apply for American mediation 1t is
not impossible to conceive, however,
that the thought will be conveyed by
American ambassadors and ministers
abroad in even more explicit language
If necessary. Calvin Coolidge has
started out to tackle the problems of
his office without delay. He will be
a celebrating President to the point
of getting the facts. but he will act
quickly and decisively. That's the
first impression which the new Presi-
dent has made, and it doesn't take long
as a rule for people in official life to
size up the man in the White House.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1923-08-15
BAND CONCERT.

BAND CONCERT.
At the United States Capitol.
Marine Band. Taylor Branson,
second leader.
PrOgram......
March, Our Glorious Banner"
Santelmann
Overture, "Seriramide." Rossini
Romance in F minor" opus 5.
Tschaikowsky
Selection, La Boheme." Puccini
"Reverie. ~....:.... .Vieuxtemps
Ballet music. "Feramors."
Rubenstein
a. Bajaderen Dance No. l,
moderate.
b. Candle Dance, by Cashmir's
Bride, listesso tempo.
C. Bajaderen Dance, No. 2,
allegro vivace.
d. Wedding procession, mod
erato.
The Star Spangled Banner"
Band concert by the Army
Music School, Chevy Chase Cir
| Gle, this evening, beginning at
| G:30 o'clock, senior bandleader
students conducting:
| March and procession of
Bacchus. from Sylvia" Delibes
Conducted by Charles F. Wad-
dington.)
| Overture. Raymond. Thomas
Conducted by Charles V.
Banner.
Extra: Fox trot, Carolina
Nanny James
4 g
'Mikado" ............ sullivan
Conducted by Wallace Apple
waltzes, Casino Tame" Gungl
Conducted by Nicholas Frank.)
Solo for saxophone, "Ro-
nance in b Flat" "..... Bright
Played by Harry w. Canter-
bury.)
Popular selection from The
Rainbow Girl. Hirsch
Conducted by Olaf NJ. Nord)
Tarantelia. "Forosetta".. .Arditi
Conducted by Warrant Officer
Ammon E. Gingrich.)
(a) Popular waltz song,
Good Night" t"........... Wood
(b) March, Universal
Freedom" .... .Blankenburg
Conducted by Alfred i. GseH.)
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Concert by the United States
Soldiers Home Band, at the
bandstand, Soldiers Home, this
evening, beginning at $50
O'Clock; John $. NJ. Zimmerman,
bandmaster.
March, "Officer of the Day."
Hall
Overture, Mill on the Cliff"
Reissiger
Morceau, "Serenade Celebre."
Czerwenky
Scenes from the opera
"Mikado" (requested), Sullivan
Fox trot. You Gave Me
Your Heart" Snyder
Waltz ballad, "Swanee River
Moon" .Clarke
Finale. Those Days Are
Over Won TilZer
"The Star Spangled Banner.
Evening star., 1923-08-15
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-05-31
Use Banding Material
to Repel Gypsy Moth

Gypsy moth tree-banding material is
a greasy and semi-viscid substance
with a tarlike odor, which is being
used by the bureau Of entomology in
its control work against the gypsy
moth in New England. This material
has been developed since 1915 to re-
place German product no longer
available, which was formerly used for
the same purpose.
Questions have arisen as to whether
the odor or the viscidity Of the mate
rial was the chief element which halted
the caterpillars as they tried to get
into the trees. The exhalation or odor,
it was found on investigation, exercises
a restraining influence, but the viseous
or physical condition is more impor-
tant as barrier factor in the band.
Studies made in connection with the
solution of these questions, which have
a practical bearing on the development
of an efficient barrier, are described in
a professional paper, United States De-
partment of Agriculture Bulletin 1142,
1.-THE Barrier Factors in Gypsy Moth
Tree-Banding Material" by M. T.
Smulyan, specialist, bureau of ento-
mology. 1t may be obtained upon APP
plication to the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-05-31
Twelve Good Reasons
for Building a Silo

/. More feed can be stored in a
given space in form of silage than in
form of fodder or hay.
2. A small loss Of food material
when crop is made into silage.
8. Corn silage is better feed than
corn fodder
4. An acre of corn or kafir can be
placed into a silo at less cost than the
same area when husked and shredded.
5. Crops can be put in the silo dur
ing weather which could not be util-
lied for curing fodder or hay.
6. More stock can be kept on a
given area of land when silage is the
basis Of a ration.
Z. Less wasted in feeding silage
than Fodder.
8. Silage is very palatable.
9. Silage, like other succulent feeds,
has a beneficial effect upon the diges-
tive organs.
10. Silage is the cheapest and best
form in which succulent feed can be
provided in the winter.
IL. Si1age can be used for supple
mentary pasture more cheaply than
can soiling crops, because it requires
less labor and cattle like silage better.
II. Converting corn or kafir crops
into silage clears the land and leaves
it ready for another crop.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-05-31
GEESE AND CHICKENS MIXED
Fowls Do Not Breed Very Well To-
eether-suppIy of Clean Water
Is Important.

Geese and chickens do not breed
very successfully together. AS is well
known, geese like to dig around in the
dirt and then wash their faces in
every pail of water that is placed in
the yard for the poultry. The geese
will soon empty the pals by dipping
their heads deeply in the water and
throwing It over their backs until the
pals contain only few inches of dirty
water. A steady supply of clean water
is important for growing chickens SO
the geese become nuisance in the en-
closure.
/. Geese will often drive the poultry
away from the dry mash hoppers. AS
the profit in geese depends on raising
them on a cheap ration largely COM
posed Of grass it does not pay to feed
them much mash during the summer.
The best place for geese is a field
near a pond. This gives the birds
plenty Of water. They do not need a
body of water but it saves the work
OF carrying a lot Of drinking water If
the geese have their own supply for
washing in.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-05-31
Find Salt Effective
in Killing Burberry
Chemicals to Play Important
Part in Eradication.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agricultural
Chemicals will play an important
part this year in the eradication cam
paign against the common barberry,
which aids the spread of black stem
rust to the wheat fields Where only
the digging method has been practiced
1t was difficult to remOve all the roots,
especially in rocky ground or around
tree stumps. Where even the small
est fragments of the roots were not
destroyed, sprouts have sprung up the
following year, necessitating repeti-
ton of the work In lawns or gardens
where a careful watch can be kept of
the places from which bushes have
been removed, digging is all right, for
in year or two all roots left at the
first digging will have sproated and
can be removed.
To make the eradication Of the
bushes simple and sure, two chemicals
have been found by the United States
Department of Agriculture to be eff
fective for use in such places as pas
lures and wooded lots and along
fences where it is difficult either to
dig bushes up completely or to locate
the exact spots in a resurvey. OF
these two, common or crushed rock
salt is very satisfactory Ten pounds
of salt piled on the crown will kill
a bush Of average size 1t should be
applied to the bush as dry salt and
may be used at any season of the year
with success. The bushes either may
be left standing or cut down. If left
standing, they are easily located and
the necessity of re-treatment more
easily determined.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-05-31
Deadly Turkey Disease
Is Traced to Chickens

Recent research indicates that chick
ems and turkeys especially turkeys
will not thrive when raised together
within comparatively close quarters
and small field range. 1t has been
found that blackhead, which is said
by investigators to be responsible for
90 per cent of losses among growing
turkeys, may be produced in the poults
by feeding them the eggs of small
worm found In the blind gut of chick
ems. The germ which causes blackhead
may and does live in the eggs of the
common intestinal worm of hens.
Gwen turkeys sick with blackhead
are not so dangerous to their kind, !"
says DR.. w. A. Billings of the agricul-
tural extension staff, University of
Minnesota, "as are common hens or
the soil on which the hens are raised.
The turkeys should be Matched and
raised where they will not come in
contact with chickens or chicken yards,
for it is possible to produce blackhead
in chickens by simply feeding them
contaminated soil from a hen yard.
Damp weather and early morning
dews do not cause blackhead, accord
ing to investigators. This upsets a
theory long maintained by some poul-
trymen. In order to contract the dis
ease the turkeys must get the germ,
and the fact is established that they
often do get it by eating the eggs of
the chicken intestinal worm. Doctor
Billings says the way to raise turkeys
successfully is to protect then. from
infection which they get from chickens
and chicken yards.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-05-31
MAKE SUCCESS WITH GEESE
GosIings Month Old Are Hardest Of
Fowls-Grass in Ration Is Most
Important.

After goslings are a month old they
are among the hardest of fowls, but
they are rather delicate at first and
should have careful attention. The
main thing is to keep them warm and
dry the first few weeks, feeding them
q little at time and often-say four
or five times a day. One of the best
rations on which to start goslings is
a mixture of corn meal and shorts,
mixed with bread or cracker crumbs,
hard boiled eggs chopped fine, etc.
1t is also good plan to provide
some tendcS grass as a relish right
from the start. The goose is essen
TALLY grazing bird, hence grass in
ats ration is quite important at all
times. Other grain food, along with
meat scraps, should be added to the
ration gradually as the goslings grow.
Most people keep goslings in small
movable runs for the first two weeks,
so they can't run wild but can be
moved to fresh ground each day where
they can pick grass and bugs. The
extent of this ranging space can be
gradually increased until the goslings
are a month old, then they should be
turned out ON free range where they
will find lots of pasturage to make
rapid growth.
Geese do not have to have water to
swim in, but at the same time they
get lots of enjoyment from it. If a
small stream or pond cannot be pro-
vided, then It is quite essential that
the fowls have an abundant supply of
good drinking water, which they con-
sumo freely.
After goslings are turned on pas
ture, if the grass is in good condition,
1t is not necessary to feed them grain
more than twice day at first and
later once a day. The first object
should be to get as large a growth Of
frame as possible Let fat come last.
To build frame requires lots of grass,
bugs and worms, and grains like oats
and buckwheat that are not especially
fattening.
AS fall approaches and the grass be-
gins to fail, corn should be substituted
for one of the other grains as it is
more fattening. Starting at least a
month before the holiday selling sea-
son. the geese we want to sell on mar
ket are fed all they will eat of a mix
ture of corn and oats at first and
corn alone later. In fitting geese for
market it is hardly possible to make
them too fat, as extreme fairness has
no bad effect upon their table qualities
and therefore most people want lots of
at.--Farm Life.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-05-31
Spread Manure Thin in
Every Short Rotation

Best evidence indicates that manure
gives largest returns to the ton when
applied thin once in each short rota-
Jon, or twice in rotation of more
than five years. Eight to ten tons to
the acre in three or four-year rota-
ton, used with an average of 200
pounds of acid phosphate to the acre
each year, give excellent returns, the
New York State College of Agriculture
at Ithaca has found. A manure spread
er is said to be time and labor saver,
particularly in making light applica-
lions, and it tears up the manure so it
Is mixed more uniformly with the soil.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-05-31
Rosette Disease Of
Wheat Is Compared
Difficult to Tell Accurately
Harm Caused by Each.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
The rOSette disease of wheat, dis
covered in Illinois and Indiana in 1919,
affects wheat seedlings in somewhat
the same way as do the attacks by the
Hessian fly and certain other insect
pests. When the trouble is caused by
insects, their presence or evidence of
their work serves definitely to show
lings attacked by rosette disease alone
show no evidence Of the presence or
work Of insects, it is pointed out by
specialists of the United States De
partment of Agriculture who have been
investigating these wheat maladies.
The first positive indications Of the
rosette disease become evident early
in the spring after the growth of the
healthy plants is well started. Plants
affected by rosette remain dormant in
the spring after the healthy plants
commence their spring growth. Infest-
ed fields are spotted with irregular
patches Of dwarfed plants, the leaves
of which are dark blue-green in color
and are rather broad and stiff. The
whole plant has bunchy, rosette APP
pearance.
When both rosette disease and insect
injuries, especially those by Hessian
fly, occur together in the spring, it
sometimes is difficult to determine ac-
curately the injuries caused by each.
AS the rosette disease Is not apparent
In the autumn and as it becomes evil
dent in the spring before the emer-
gence of the adult Hessian fly, there
is very little chance to confuse the two
maladies during these periods. In the
late spring, however, there is posi-
bility of confusion, especially If plants
affected by rosette show, in addition,
the spring infestation of the Hessian
fly. These matters are discussed in
Bulletin 1877, Symptoms Of Wheat
Rosette Compared With Those Pro-
duced by Certain Insects, just issued.
and may be secured upon request from
the United States Department of Agri-
culture, Washington, D. G.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-05-31
Green Feed Required
for Summer Feeding

There is probably no feed which ex-
cells good pasture grass for econom-
ical milk production. To be sure, the
highest records of milk and butterfat
have not been made on a grass ration,
but in economy of production, grass
ranks first.
Good grass is not available during
all of the summer months. Even
though the cows are pastured over a
large area containing plenty of grass,
there are times in late summer when
it becomes dry and of poor quality.
If milk production is to be maintained,
some provision must be made to fur
nish the dairy cows green, succulent
ration other than grass during such a
period. The soiling system has come
to be used rather generally in many
dairy sections.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-05-31

Gull your flocks as many times as
possible during the year.
Drafts in the poultry houses mean
colds and colds mean less eggs.
Chicks in the habit Of receiving
good, fresh milk each day, are very
apt to develop some digestive trou-
bles if old milk-milk that is begin
ming to turns given them.
Americans are eating more poultry
every year. Farmers may yet find
that the hennery department is among
the most profitable. Start with a
standard breed rooster and breed up
the flock.
Lack Of suitable equipment Is one
of the main reasons why mediocre
success is experienced In raising
chicks.
Newly-hatched chicks should not
have any feed for 80 hours after
Matching, and in most cases 48 hours
Is better.
To get eggs in abundance, it is nec~
essary not only to place feed in the
hen house but to get it into the hens
crop in the right proportion for m~p-
ufacture Of eggs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-05-31
Yearling Fruit Trees
Overtake Larger Ones

Yearling trees Of some fruits are
quite small trees while Of the peach
they will be as large as they should
be at all for planting out, If they are
first class. With all the fruits, the
yearling trees will grow more surely
and many times will overtake the
larger trees in couple of years, even
when they start promptly, and one
fault with large trees is slow starting.
The small trees having less root spread
are damaged less in the digging, and
the small tops make less demand on
the roots.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-05-31
Check Weed Injury by
Cleaning Grain Seed

A little effort exerted In cleaning
seed grain is much more effective than
attempting to check weed damage to
the crops through control measures
after the weeds have had chance to
grow, suggests Matthew Fowlds, in
structor In agronomy at the South Da-
kota State college. The tanning mill
is the best means of separating the
weed seeds from the seed grain.
New weeds are often introduced by
being mixed in with other seed which
has been shipped in.
Rotation of crops should be prac-
ticed in addition to seed cleaning in a
thoroughgoing weed eradication pro-
gram.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-05-31
Spraying to Control
MANY Injurious Pests

Arsenate of lead at the rate of IL
pounds of the powder to so gallons,
can be used with dry-mix sulphur-lime
for the control of cooling moth, cur
culio and other chewing insects. When'
arsenate of lead is used in combina-
ton with dry-mix sulphur-lime it
should first be mixed with water and
then added to the diluted mixture.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-05-31
Parsley Excellent to
Use as Edging Flower

Parsley is very slow to terminate
and should be sowh as early as seeds
can be put. into the ground. 1t may
be used as an edging to a flower bed
with good effect and as only a few
leaves are needed at a time, such as
are necessary for kitchen use may al
ways be secured without destroying
the ornamental effect.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-05-31
Watch Young Plants
Carefully for Bugs

Watch young plants carefully for in
sects. If aphis appear on cabbage and
caulifiower, the infested plants should
be removed and the aphis destroyed.
If the aphis are wide spread over the
plants, they should be sprayed with
nicotine. solution. Dust cabbage plants
with arsenate of lead to destroy the
worms.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-05-31
Alfalfa and Clovers
Sources of Nitrogen

Red and alsike clover, as well as al
falfa and sweet clover, have been
found to supply rs to more than 100
pounds more available nitrogen for
following grain crop than does a nom
legume, according to one state agricul-
tural college. These legumes are said
to be the cheapest source of nitrogen
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-05-31
Quality Hides Will
Bring Higher Prices

Exercise the utmost care in removing
hides and skins from the carcass with
the idea of avoiding cuts and scores.
Use fresh, clean salt on hides and
skins. There is little strength in spent
salt and consequently insufficient cur
ing properties. Quality hides bring
higher prices.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-05-31
Save Soil Moisture

The conservation of soil moisture is
one of the most important roles Of till
age. The moisture of the soil around
the plant is rapidly exhausted by being
taken up by the plant and evaporated
through the leaves.