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The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17

There are more colored females en-
gagged in domestic and personal serv-
ice in New York city than in any
other city. followed by Washington,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and New Or
leans.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17

The genial Tom Smith of Baltimore
has enlarged the seating capacity of
his cabaret to accommodate the dele
gates to the National Colored Demo
cratic convention.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17

Nine. jefferson and son left for FIT
Morgan Saturday on II business trip.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17

The colored Democrats have found
another "bishop." Are they pulling off
political convention or a church
conference?
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17

Colored business men of New York
have purchased country club on
Long Island, where they will have an
1S-hole golf course.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17

(Lincoln News Service)
There are 126 colored school teach
ers in New York city.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17

An autoist has just been fined for
allowing girl to drive the car while
sitting on his lap. BE careful!
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17

Although Queen Elizabeth started
the style of wearing silk stockings, she
did not create the short skirt that
goes with them.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17
SHORT CUTS

OIlONl w 1O
Uincoln News Service.)
There are 126 colored school teach
ers in New York city.
Attorney "Billy" Hueston, of Gary,
is candidate for the Indiana Legisla-
ture.
On the average, Hebrew women are
said to live longer than those of any
other race.
There are 375 colored married males
and 1,O71 married females under the
age of 10 years.
The Prince of Wales, while in Paris,
frequented the Montmarte cafe, which
is owned by n colored American.
Birmingham leads all other cities in
the number of colored persons engaged
in the iron and steel industry.
The colored Democrats have found
another "bishop." Are they pulling off
political convention or a church
conference?
Although Queen Elizabeth started
the style of wearing silk stockings, she
did not create the short skirt that
goes with them.
An autoist has just been fined for
allowing n girl to drive the car while
sitting on his lap. BE careful!
Colored business men of New York
have purchased a country club on
Long Island, where they will have an
1S-hole golf course.
The genial Tom Smith of Baltimore
has enlarged the seating capacity of
his cabaret to accommodate the dele
gates to the National Colored Demo
cratic convention.
There are more colored females en-
gagged in domestic ana personal SerN-
ice in New York city than in any
other city. followed by Washington,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and New Or
leans.
Detroit leads all other cities in the
number of colored iron molders, foun-
ders and casters, and is followed in
the order named by Chicago, Indian
apolis, Cleveland and Birmingham.
Word comes that Hon "Bill' Nc
Donald of Fort Worth is lecturing to
packed audiences. He probably han
dies packed audience with the same
skill he handled ''packed" state con
ventions when he was in the political
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
Diseases and Pests of
Manv Garden Vegetab'

From the time the seeds of garden
crops are put into the ground until
the crops are gathered, diseases and
insects may appear that must be
fought. Vegetable troubles are due
to numerous causes, including unfa-
vorable soil conditions, too wet or too
dry, too rich or too poor, lack Of hui
mus or lime weather unsuited to some
crops, careless use Of fertilizers, or att
tacks Of fungi or other parasites The
adoption of the best horticultural prac-
tice-crop rotation, the careful appli-
cation of fertilizers suited to each
crop, adequate cultivation, the plant
ing Of all crops in their proper sea-
son--is important for the successful
growing of garden crops. The con-
troll Of diseases due to fungi, bacteria,
and other enemies requires special adj
ditionaL treatment, as does the dam
age caused by insects.
The purpose of Farmers Bulletin
No. 1871, issued by the Department of
Agriculture, is to present briefly con-
troll measures for the more important
insects and fungous and bacterial dis
eases Of the home-garden vegetable
crops.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
Make Quality Hay When
Alfalfa Blooms Appear

Alfalfa should be cut for hay about
the time the blooms appear or at the
time the young shoots start out from
The crown. The mower should be
equipped with a shoe so as not to cut
too low as this will damage the crop.
The hay should remain in the swath
only long enough to wilt good, then
it should be raked with tedder, or
side delivery rake, and allowed to cure
in the windrow, rather than in the
swath. If exposed to the sun too long
in the swath, the leaves will cure and
become brittle before the stems are
cured. This will stop the leaves from
performing the duty of drawing the
moisture from the stems, and that will
result in dangerous hay If it is baled
before properly curing. When prop
erly cured in the windrow the leaves,
which constitute about so per cent of
the feeding value of the hay, are
saved OF course alfalfa can be cured
in the swath, the same as any other
hay, but it is important that it be
thoroughly cured, or 1t may cause
death from feeding, or possibly, spon-
taneous conbustion-whic will like
ly burn the place where it is stored.
However, there is no excuse for this
If care is taken in curing.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
TRUNK HIGHWAYS
BADGER PRODUCT
Touring Is Made Easy by
Numbered Routes in This
Summer Playground.

Wisconsin has given to the world
the numbered trunk highway system.
She has today the best marked roads
In the world If the reports of travellers
from other states are not baseless
fiattery.
"She has also led in the mainte-
nance by the state Of trunk highway
system" says w. o. Hotchkiss Of the
state geological survey. "Other states
have maintained roads after they had
been improved, but 1t remained for
this state to show the real benefit to
the public Of maintaining the whole
main system so that the traveller could
start out with assurance that heswould
reach his destination no matter
whether the road was surfaced or not. "
Wisconsin Roads Developed Rapidly
In seventy years, according to
Hotchkiss, Wisconsin has passed
through the cycle Of highway history
that took the original seaboard states
$50 years to compass. This cycle has
swung from the mere ribbon Of earth
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19

of pioneer days up to our wonderful
concrete highways of modern times.
"The condition of the highways in
the early days was not far out of line
with general living conditions" con-
tinues Hotchkiss. Every farmer was
as near independent of outside aid as
he could be. He made most of his
own tools and clothing and raised
practically all his own food. His roads
were not called upon to bring him
in quantities Of the products of the
far-away factory nor were the great
Industries dependent on what he
raised for raw materials
Early Assisted Read Building.
At first the roads were cared for
by the smallest local units, but it
soon became apparent that the town
ship unit was inadequate for the in
creased need Of travel between rap
idly growing cities. The Philadelphia
Lancaster pike built Of macadam In
1892 was the first toll road chartered
by a state, according to Hotchkiss.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
Leg Weakness in Chicks
From Lack of Vitamins

Feeding is factor III prevention Of
poultry disease. A ration should be
fed that contains not only the proper
amount Of fat, carbohydrates, and
proteins, but also the essential vita
minis. Vitamins are best supplied by
green feed. Green feed should be
given to the birds daily. A disease
known as nutritjonal disease results
from lack Of the proper vitamins, but
more important than this is the dam
ger Of lowering the resistance of the
fowls and thus making them suscepti-
BILE to more serious diseases, says w.
r. Hinshaw, instructor In bacteriology,
Kansas State Agricultural college.
Young chicks are especially suscep-
tihle to the deficiency disease caused
by lack Of vitamin d. Weak legs re-
suit from the lack Of this vitamin, and
this can be corrected by giving small
quantities Of cod liver oil. Direct sum
light. has the same effect as cod liver
oil In correcting this condition, so
that sunlight may be considered q
factor in health feeding. When direct
sunlight is available nutritional ricketts,
or weak legs can be prevented If the
chicks are allowed to get plenty Of
1t, according to Mr.. Hinshaw.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19

He says the success of this .oad ven
ture and the Improvement 1t made in
ease OF travel ushered in an era Of
toll pixies.
Public interest Jagged until 1906
when congress passed an appropria-
ton to build the National Road" or
Cumberland Pike. In 1918 this was
opened as far as Wheeling, w. Va.
The road was finally graded through
to Vandalia, ILL.,, and surfaced as far
as Columbus, Ohio.
Railroad Building Killed Interest.
The canal and railroad building
which developed about this time d.
verted interest from highways to the
cheaper modes Of transportation. AS
the construction of railroads and
canals spread westward, 1t was pre-
coded by fringe where people were
doubtful about the need of the costly
railroad and canal and were more In
terested in roads.
Hotchkiss states that the govern
ment, for long time, limited its road
building activities to the construction
of military roads. Roads did not i'm
prove much until the Inauguration of
the policy of state aid for the con-
struction of surfaced roads by New
Jersey in 1892. This movement rap
idly spread westward and reached
Wisconsin in the late nineties
This renewal Of highway interest
was fostered by the great popularity
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
Best Plan to Save Feed
by Discarding All Males

1t will cost about $1.50 to feed each
male in the poultry flock until next
year, and since the males are Of no
value to the flock until next breeding
season, it is natural to ask, why feed
them for eight months without returns,
especially when new blood is needed
to help build up the flock?
You can purchase new cockerels
from any reliable breeder and save
the feed money and time in raising
them, and new cockerels will mean
better baby chicks and a larger per-
centage raised next year, according
to poultry specialists.
Infertile eggs will keep better dur
ing the hot summer days, and they
have a better market value than the
fertile eggs. After a fertile egg ger
inmates and the blood rings begin to
form, the eggs are not good for hui
man food. "Swat the rooster and pro-
duce infertile eggs" should be
the slogan.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
Several Effective Ways
to Destroy Field Pests

There are several effective means Of
destroying the pests which burrow in
the fields. Poisoning with strychnine,
trapping, flooding and fumigating with
carbon bisulphide are popular meth
DDS. The mole is difficult to destroy
In any other manner than by trapping.
Poison is the most effective means Of
destroying the rodents. Flooding, of
course, is only possible in certain
cases. Carbon bisulphide is used fire.
quentIy but in the case of moles con-
siderable gas is lost where the run
way is near the surface Of the ground,
and the efficiency of the method is
seriously impaired There is also some
difficulty in using carbon bisulphide
due to the fact that the runways are
not all on the same level and the gas
will remain in the lowest portions, not
rising to fill the runway where it ap-
proaches the surface Of the ground.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
|ORGANlZE FORCES
TO GUST BARBERRY

The days of the common barberry
are numbered. A force Of thirty-fve
men will soon be sent out on its
trail in Wisconsin. The cleanup squad
will work under the direction Of fed
eral officials.
According to e. r. Schulz of thu
federal barberry eradication service,
the common barberry bush on which
the black stem rust of grain spends
its spring stage is getting special att
tention in Wisconsin this season in the
eradication campaign. Some work
has been done for several years past,
but not on such large scale.
This drive, Schulz says, is part Of
the federal scheme to reduce the an
nual loss from black stem rust in
the United States by destroying the
barberries which are necessary for it's
spread The rust must spend one
stage of it's life on the barberry leaves.
From them it goes to the grasses and
grains. Work in the past has shown
that the rust will be controlled if
there are no common barberries.
Common salt and grubbing hoes will
be depended upon to kill the bushes.
The eradication service has tried va
rious chemicals and finds that salt is
cheap, effective and not dangerous to
handle The bushes will have to be
grubbed out in places where salt can
not be used without damage to val
liable plants.
Only the common barberry is guilty
Of harboring rust. The Japanese va
riety may be recognized, Schulz points
out, by the saw-tooth edges on the
leaves, and thorns grouped in threes
and the berries In clusters like cur
rants. The Japanese variety has
smooth-edged leaves, the thorns are
alone or in pairs, and the berries are
single.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
'BLOAT IN CATTLE
EASY TO CONTROL

"An ounce of prevention is worth
q pound OF cure" This, according to
r. B. Hadley Of the Wisconsin College
of Agriculture, is just as true in treat
ing bloat of cattle as In other things.
Contrary to the general opinion that
alfalfa and clover are the only pas
lures to cause bloat, he says that a
number of plants and even some feeds
may be. guilty. However, these two,
especially when wet from dew or rain,
are most apt to cause this form of In
digestion called bloat.
Hadley recommends keeping ami
mails from feeding on alfalfa or clover
pastures until all dew or rain has
dried off as the first step in proven
ton. Giving them a liberal feeding
Of dry hay to which they are accus-
toned each morning before turning
them out is another precaution which
helps.
Bloat is caused, Hadley explains,
by the fermentation of food resulting
IN the formation Of an excess of gas
in the stomach. It gets its name from
the chief symptom, sudden "bloat-
ing of the paunch which is shown by
a bullying Of the left flank. The flank
becomes so stretched from the pres
sure of the gas that it gives a drum
like sound when tapped with the fin
ger. Unless the pressure is relieved
death follows
The fermentation causing the gas
+
NAV be checked by giving the animal
two ounces of pure turpentine in a
pint of raw linseed OIL according to
Hadley. Passing a rubber tube down
the gullet into the paunch to provide
an outlet for the gas has proved eff
fectiye in emergencies.
Hadley believes it is safer to "tap"
the paunch, however. Tapping" Is
an operation to make an artificial
opening through the side into the
paunch by which the gas may escape.
n should be done with special in
strnment known as trocar and can
MIA The proper place for tapping Is
the most prominent portion of the left
flank when it is distended. The point
of the instrument should be pointed
downward and forward towards the
right elbow.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
Film Shows Control
of the Grasshopper
Government Picture Shows
Methods Of Fighting Insect.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
choppers" a film dealing with grass
hopper control, particularly in the
western states, has just been COM
pleted by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture. This picture
shows various methods of fighting
grasshoppers, including the hopper
catcher, the 'balloon," and large
flocks Of turkeys, but particular stress
is laid upon the poisoned bait method
of killing hoppers, and upon thorough
blowing and narrowing Of fields for
destroying hopper eggs Scenes illus
trative of community campaign, in
Guiding a big mixing bee" constitute
the body Of the picture. The bureau
Of entomology advocates such neigh
borhood campaigns as an effective
means Of checking grasshopper infes-
tations in the spring and early sum-
mer.
Interesting features of this picture
are scenes taken on "grasshopper
glacier" in Montana, where prehis-
toric hoppers are found frozen in the
ice, and scenes taken in Africa show
ing great flights of grasshoppers such
as are supposed to have figured in
the Mosaic chronicle of the Plague
Of Locusts
The film is in two reefs. 1t will
be circulated through the film distri-
button system of the Department OF
Agriculture and the cooperating state
institutions. Copies may be borrowed
for short specified periods, or may be
bought by authorized purchasers at
the laboratory charge.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
Softening Waters for
Use by Orchardists
Where Liquid Is Too Hard
Oil Will Separate Out.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
On account of the low cost of the
2 per cent lubricating oil emulsion
developed by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture for the con-
troll of the San Jose scale, this spray
is coming into extended use by orch
ardists. Inquiries received at the de
partment indicate that many of the
waters used in preparing the diluted
spray are more or less hard and cause
the oil to separate from the water.
Fruit growers contemplating the
use of the per cent homemade
emulsion or commercial products made
according to the government formula
should ascertain whether the water
to be used for spraying purposes is
sufficiently hard to cause the separa-
ton Of the oil and water when diluted
in the spray tank. This can be read
lily determined ! by mixing three tea
spoonfuls Of the homemade stock
solution, or of the commercial article,
in a pint Of the water to be used
in a glass jar and placing it aside
for a few hours. If no oil rises to
the top, the water does not require
softening. If, however, the oil separ
ates out, the hardness Of the water
must be corrected if effective results
are to be secured in the control Of
the scale. The water can be soft
ened in different ways, but con-
venient and inexpensive method is to
make some weak bordeaux mixture
for use in the spray. The bordeaux
should be made according to the fol
lowing formula:
Bluestone ............se.s... pounu
Lime ....s.ss..ssisss.ss sssses
Water s.........es.....0 U gallons
Add the bordeaux mixture to the
spray tank while filing with water,
adding just before the tank is full
six gallons of the stock oil emulsion
required to give the two per cent of
oil in 200 gallons Of spray. The spray
should be kept well agitated during
application. The bordeaux mixture
made from one pound of bluestone
and one pound of lime is the proper
amount for 200 gallons Of spray. When
less quantities Of the spray are re-
quired, as so gallons, II pound Of
bluestone and n pound Of lime will
make sufficient bordeaux
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
FARM MITES

Weeds are robbers of both plant
food and moisture.
Plant corn every ten days for a
succession Of roasting ears.
Low-analysis fertilizers cost just as
much to mix, bag and deliver as the
high-analysis grades.
A homelike home and a homely
home are not the same. Sometimes a
little shrubbery makes the second into
the first.
The typewriter is also valuable
farm implement, for it gives the farm
err a carbon copy of each business
communication.
After all, the secret of success in
farming lies in the proper cultivation
Of only the acres that can be made to
produce large yields.
With things so high, the farmer who
puts out a good garden for next sum-
mer is likely to be well repaid, even
If not a thing is sold out Of it.
Take all the time that is necessary
to get the farm machinery properly
adjusted. 1t will save horse power
and time and will enable you to do
better work.
OF 1890 grain marketing associa-
lions reporting to the United States
Department Of Agriculture, 70 per cent
buy feed for members; 70 per cent buy
fue,, and "a per cent buy containers.
Reports from 753 associations han
ding fruits and vegetables Indicate
that 80 per cent buy containers for
their members; 40 per cent fertilizers,
and 25 per cent buy spraying mate
rails.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
D0'QIH M
( UUIINl
FEEDING BABY CHICKS
is IMPORTANT WORK

Feeding the baby chick is important
because Of the fact that good start
means good growth, early maturity,
and healthy stock, says d. H. Hall.
extension poultry specialist at Clen-
son college, who suggests below when.
how, and what to feed the young
chicks.
A good many people make a mistake
by feeding the baby chicks too early
after they are Matched. The chicks
can go without food for at least 48
hours after they are Matched. During
this period they are allowed time to
absorb the yolk material left in their
bodies and to put their bodies into
condition for receiving other food
The first food that should be given
a baby chick Is buttermilk, as it is a
good protein and also contains much
Tactic acid The tactic acid forms an
unfavorable medium for the develop
ment Of white diarrhea. White d.
arrhea is one Of the most dreaded dis
eases Of baby chicks, and to guard
against this disease buttermilk should
be kept before the baby chicks at all
times
After the baby chicks have had
drink Of buttermilk, the next feed
should be given as soft feed. Hard
boiled infertile eggs mixed with an
equal part OF cornmeal is mighty
good starter. The eggs furnish pro-
tein and the cornmeal furnishes heat
and energy. When the eggs cannot be
obtained, 1t Is a good idea to start the
baby chicks off on one-half pound Of
meat meal mixed with FIVE pounds of
cornmeal, which can be fed damp with
buttermilk
After being fed either of the
above mixtures for one week the
chicks should be gradually weaned Off
to the regular mashes and scratch
feeds. A good scratch feed consists
Of the following:
! part pinhead oats
parts cracked wheat
parts cracked corn
The above should be fed as q
scratch feed and the baby chicks al
lowed to scratch In the litter for it.
The dry mash should contain the fol-
lowing parts:
40 pounds cornmeal
20 pounds wheat middlings
10 pounds wheat bran
10 pounds finely ground oats
10 pounds meat scraps
5 pounds peanut meal or soy bean
meal
The above scratch and mash feeds
can be fed to the baby chicks until
they are three months old. After
the chicks are three months old they
can be placed on the regular scratch
feed and mash.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
Night Pastures Favored
for Cattle and Horses

A night pasture for dairy cattle and
horses saves some time EVERY morning
and good effects can be noticed on the
stock. The cows will do much bet
ter IL they can spend the night on pas
ture from the time the ground has
warmed up until early fall. 1t isn't
possible to have night pasture on
every farm In such case, it is bet
ter to spend little time rounding
the stock up in the morning than to
not let them out at all.
Some object to letting their work
horses out nights on pasture. A horse
may sweat a little more, but seem to
keep in better health the year round
and takes much less care when given
the run of a pasture. This does not
mean to not give them an evening
feed. We give our horses the regular
feed in the barn when at work. On
Idle days they are turned on pasture
and given feed at night if they come
up. When a horse can roll on the
pasture sod he requires very little cur
rying.