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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1924-02-01
Winter Pruning Is Best,
New York Expert State

Little difference has been noted be-
tween the winter-pruned and summer
pruned apple trees at New York ex-
pertinent station, where a comparison
of the two systems of pruning has
been in progress for several years.
The man in charge, however, advocates
pruning apples in winter when the
work can be done more carefully and
easily. At that time there is no
foliage TO prevent the orchardist from
seeing at a glance just which branches
should be removed Moreover, as soon
as the trees commence to bear, il IS
always difficult TO remove, in sum-
mer. wood which should perhaps be
taken out because OF the crop OF fruit.
Baldwin. Boiken, Esopts. Hubbards-
ton. Mcintosh, Spy and Greening were
used in the experiments on summer
and winter pruning.
In view OF the results" q recent
report says, ''the fruit grower may be
assured that either summer OF win
ter pruning will be all right while the
trees are young. but for the sake OF
convenience he had best stick TO the
usual plan of winter-pruning when the
framework OF the tree is entirely Wis
ible"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1924-02-01
FARM #9
T1Ek$e
Potatoes Are Good Feed
for Horses and Cattle

Potatoes may be fed to live stock
In limited quantities In connection
with other feeds. While they may be
sliced and fed raw with dry feeds,
1t is best to cook them before feeding,
as heavy feeding Of raw potatoes will
cause securing. Under ordinary farm
conditions. boiling or steaming is the
most economical method Of cooking
potatoes for live stock. Feeding in
vestigations indicate that when pota-
toes are fed with other feeds to bal
ance the protein requirements, from
$50 to $50 pounds of cooked potatoes
have a feeding value equal to about
100 pounds Of corn, while from 500 to
600 pounds Of raw potatoes are required
to equal 100 pounds Of corn
Swine feeding experiments Of the
Oregon agricultural experiment sta
ton, in 1913, showed that steaming the
potatoes increases their feeding value
about 60 per cent.
Vermont experiment station bulletin
l52 shows that the average analysis
of potatoes is 7S.9 per cent water, !
Pei NCAt ash, 81 pei NrA4N PiCtC4Hf w
per cent fiber, 17.3 per cent nitrogen
free extract and Oh per cent fat. The
low protein content Of potatoes makes
1t advisable to feed them In connection
with feeds that are relatively high in
protein content
Unripe potatoes and sprouts Of
stored potatoes contain considerable
solanin, poisonous compound. and
should not be fed.
Potatoes are palatable and well
suited to horse feed. 1t is safe to feed
as high as Is pounds a day to work
horses. They are equivalent to about
one-third Of their weight In hay. When
potatoes are fed, legume hay is a de-
sirable supplement. If a grass hay,
such as timothy. Is fed. the ration
should contain feeds rich In protein,
such as concentrates. legume hay. etc.
II is advisable to chop the potatoes to
lessen the danger of choking
Cooked potatoes may be fed to cat
tie at the rate of from 25 to 30 pounds
per day per 1000 pounds live weight
The allowance should be Iessened
somewhat If they are fed raw, on ac-
count of their tendency to produce
securing. A heavy allowance Of po-
tatoes, however, produces milk and
butter of poor favor.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1924-02-01
Hog-Raising Now Exact
Science, Says an Expert

HOg-raising is no longer q business
to be undertaken without a good deal
of careful study-such study as goes
into the efficient management of any
other industry. And hog-raising is
becoming so important a feature on
many farms In the West that atten-
ton to the little economies and small
leaks often means the difference be-
tween success and failure.
One of the differences between sue
cess and failure often lies in the at
tentiOn given to providing a mineral
mixture for hogs, says E. F. Ferrin In
a bulletin on Care and Feeding of
Swine" just issued by the extension
division of the Minnesota College OF
Agriculture. A mineral mixture rec
commended by Mr.. Ferrin consists of
20 per cent of common salt, 40 per
cent of bone meal, and 40 per cent OF
air-slaked lime or ground limestone.
One ounce Of potassium iodide to 100
pounds of such mixture should be
given to prevent hairless pigs.
1t is attention to details like the
foregoing that brings success. Science,
as studied at agricultural colleges, has
solved these problems, and has helped
to bring hograising to something of
the standing of science
Copies of Mr.. Ferrin's bulletin may
he had without charge by applying to
the Office of Publications, University
Farm, st. Paul, MINI.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1924-02-01
It Is So Friendly.

friendly I am and how I welcome you
and how glad I am to see you.
az am so glad to see you that even
when you leave me 1 stick to you and
go along upon your boots and your
rubbers just to show my friendly
spirit
"And that is because of my work, -
Mr.. Showers said proudly and with a
happy laugh.
'Now here you have been making
most wonderful things, Mr.. Snow
Magic.
you've been making the loveliest Of
lace patterns and artistic work and
beautiful decorations over everything.
I'll admit you're an artist, but one
must have jokes as well as art. And
so 1 came along with my jokes
you saw through my jokes, too; you
saw that you couldn't 90 on with your
werk but had to listen to my jokes"
"True," said Mr.. Snow Magic. But
tell me, Mr.. Showers, why did you
come around now? You're not due for
a month or so anyway.
Here you are way ahead of time"
zone of my jokes" said Mr.. Show
ers. They didn't expect me and so
came. A surprise. you know. And l
played jokes on people. They thought
it was going to be a nice wintry day
and came along and my family help
ing me-the Shower Sisters are such
jolly, laughing girls-and 1 gave the
people showers such as they usually
expect in the spring or summer
"And l played joke after joke upon
theml II was such fun.
But must 90 on and play more
pranks now. must sing a song
though before / 60"
SO Mr.. Showers sang this song:
They dldn't think I'd be coming.
But here I am, you see,
And so their thoughts didn't matter
when here ! seemed 20 De.
They didn't think I'd be coming.
But I was pp 20 some fun,
And the greatest joke OF all
! played or old Dir. sun.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1924-02-01
To Remove All Wood From
Grapes Is Big Mistake

Grapes are seldom pruned too Sc
verely." says F. VI. Rolls, professor Of
horticulture at Oklahoma A. and NJ
college. The only mistake that nay
be made will be the removing OF all
last years wood which gives rise 70
the current years fruiting wood
There are many systems OF grape
pruning. However. bear in mind that
last years wood gives rise 10 the cur
rent years wood upon which grapes
are borne. Therefore. IL Is essential
10 leave some Of last years wood
where the vines are trained 70 Two
wires.
a good system Is TO leave a last
years cane extending in each direction
for each wire and cut these canes back
in proportion 10 the strength OF the
same. For the average strength cane
leave from six 20 eight buds on each
Thus four canes OF eight buds each
VII give rise 70 81 fruiting shoots. Al
average q two good punches 70 each
OF the above - shoots would produce
a good average yield. Another system
Is cutting back an " rhe iast years
canes 10 TWO Or rhree buds each. How.
ever rhis system does nor distribute
the frulrlng ares over rhe vine as Well
where grarfs are properly prgnei
the punches Viii be- larger. more CON-
pace and fhe berries Bil le larger
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1924-02-01
THE MAN WHO SAVED THE
BUFFALO

DERHAPS the greatest slaughter in
L the history of the world was one
accompaniment Of pushing back the
last American frontier. That was the
destruction OF the vast buffalo herds
which once roamed the great plains
between the Mississippi river and the
Rocky mountains How many millions
Of the animals were killed in less than
a quarter century Of concentrated eff
fort at wholesale execution will never
be known. but by the middle of the
eighties there was only a pitifully
small number OF survivors, and these
had no legal protection
However, about this time one Of the
men who had been responsible for the
defamation OF the buffalo had q change
Of heart. He was Charles J. Jones, q
native OF Illinois and settler in Kan
sas, who had been employed as a
hunter by the Union Pacific railroad
10 provide meat Tor its labOrers.
Sometimes I became sickened at the
slaughter OF the defenseless brutes and
felt Ike throwing down my rife and
never shooting another one OF them"
said Jones. in 1886 I saw that the
bison was doomed. and resolved TO
atone for my cussedness by saving as
many as could"
So he assembled party OF cowboys
and rode down into the Texas Pan
handle 70 capture buffalo calves
They roped Il Of the Little fellows. bur
could save only four OF them. The
remainder literally "went mad" IN cap
tiyity and died quickly The next year
Jones. went 70 the Panhandle again.
captured i6 calyes and saved eight.
Two later trips nstted him ST calves,
and with these as 3 nucleus ~ syentit
ally buiir % a herd " several bun
dred buffalo on hls ranch near Sarfen
city Kan
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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1924-02-01
POULTRY
FATS
Right Feeding Vital to
Get Eggs During Winter

The poultryman who wants to keep
hiS pullets laying during the winter
must give careful attention to feeding,
say the chicken men at the State Agri-
cultural college at Cornell.
The birds, they say, must be fat an
this gives them strength and endur,
a1ce Three-fourths Of the food they
eat should be hard grain. Mash Is not
a. Important during the latter part Of
their development as when they are
ready to lay If milk Is fed, little mash
II necessary. They should have plenty
OF green food at all times.
When the first eggs are found on the
range at least one-third or one-half OF
the best-developed birds should be
placed in their winter quarters,
whether it be September l or Novem-
Der l.
Good judgment must then be exer-
.cised In feeding the pullets after they
are mature and are in their winter
houses. Usually eight quarts of hard
grain day is fed to 100 birds.
One-third or one-fourth Of this
aknVult DC leu III llt luOAiiil6
and the balance at night When about
half the birds are laying well they
may require as much as twelve quarts
day.
Sometimes, however, eight quarts Is
too much and 1t is necessary to cut
down on this amount until the birds
can easily clean 1t up. Mash should
always be kept before them In hop
pers or feeders.
Pullets at Cornell have been found
to lay best when fed three parts Of
hard grain to two parts of mash by
weight. 1t is necessary to feed green
food In some form, such as sprouted
oats, or beets or cabbage. A small
amount of milk Is a valuable addition
to the ration and helps to keep the
birds In good condition. The birds
should never be starved, but on the
other hand they should be hungry at
feeding time
The secret of long and continuous
laying with pure bred flock is to keep
the birds always reasonably fat, the
college concludes.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1924-02-01
DADDY,S
|EYENIk
FAIRY TALE
.M5ry Graham Bonner
MR.. SHOW

81 must admit" said Mr.. Showers,
that l do like jokes. | have what is
called a sense of humor, which means
that / laugh when things are funny and
| see things that are funny without
having to wait day or two or three to
zee the points of jokes.
''Of course, think lots Of things are
funny which others don't think funny,
but then in my opinion it is because
understand fun so we'll"
True" said Mr.. Snow Magic. you
even think it is fun to upset all my
work
"A great joke" said Mr.. Showers,
'for / get things so mixed up.
make the hard ice melt and play with
the snow and mix the snow up with
some mud every once in awhile and /
just play all sorts of pranks and get
gether without me.
what would the earth be like in
the gpringtime if it weren't for me-?
ut would be stiff and hard. I make
ii soft and nice. OF course, the warm
winds help me and Mistress Spring
time, but I see that there isn't so
much stiffness, you know.
why the earth has the greatest
way Of getting so stiff and hard that
1t simply can't smile And when ii
does try it finds itself going into hard,
funny cracks, and unbending ruts
which aren't In the least becoming.
Il make 1t more friendly"
well" said Mr. Snow Magic, there
is, I've heard, lot of talk against
the mud in the spring, but if you say 1t
is friendly and nice then l suppose
there is some excuse for it and the
way it has of being sticky"
"Of course" said Mr.. Showers,
who would want it to be anything
else but soft and squashy and nice?
Not for one.
when people walk over it then II
Is so friendly.
1T seems to say TO them:
"'COme and sink right down into me
little way so you will know how
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1924-02-01
Around
Orchard
RANDOM CUTTING IS
NOT RIGHT PRUNING

The size and color Of apples are
not greatly improved By merely re-
moving the crossing branches, cutting
out dead wood and removing at ran
dom few fair-sized limbs. These are
only the preliminary steps. The de-
tailed work OF pruning then begins,r
says the fruit specialist at the New
Jersey State College Of Agriculture.
Thin out, also, the thick clumps Of
small wood which develop at the ends
OF the larger branches; for II IS here
that an abundance Of light and room
Is needed to promote rapid growth
It Is here, too. that the largest amount
Of fruit is generally borne. Where
portions OF these cIumps are shaded
most Of the small green specimens
which lower the quality average OF
the trees are usually found These
small green apples draw heavily on
the strength OF the tree, lower the
size Of the other apples on the tree.
and lessen the chances for the an
nual crops
Remarkable Increase in size of
fruit was secured this past season at
a pruning demonstration at the farm
Of Senator EmmOr Roberts, MOores-
town, y. J., where a block Of Rome
Beauty apple trees was thoroughly
pruned out, and the results compared
with the thick, brushy trees. On the
well-pruned trees. 81 per cent Of the
apples we're over 3 inches in size,
while on the brushy trees only 80
per cent we're over inches Only
s per cent were less than 2l5 inches
In size on the well-pruned trees, while
81 per cent on the brushy trees aver
aged less than 21a inches. The total
crop Of the brushy trees averaged
2j.4 bushels per tree, while that OF
the thoroughly pruned trees aver
aged 20.4 bushels per tree When il
is considered that these yields were
secured the first year after the heavy
pruning, before fruiting wood could be
developed on the inner lower branches,
the reduction IS not as serious as II
might appear and should grow less
with each succeeding year. It Is also
considerably compensated for By the
great increase in the size and value
Of fruit. A % per cent increase OF
apples having 30 per cent or more red
color also accompanied the increase
in size"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1924-02-01
SAM BASS, THE OUTLAw-HERo
OF A SONG


Sam Bass, he came from Indianny,
II was his native homA
And at the age OF seventeen
Sam. he began to roam
He went way ont TO Texas
A cowboy for to be-
kindsr-hearted Teller.
You'd seldom ever se-
Old Cowboy Song.
IT HAT Is the first Of many stanzas
Of song that has been sung in
every COW camp and along every wind
ing u'al from the Rio Grande to the
Canada line. For Sam Bass, whose ex-
PLOTS were thus immortalized by some
frontier bard, yies with Jesse James
for the honor Of being the Robin Hood,
hero Of the most typical native Amer
lean ballad.
II there are some who would paint
Sam as nothing more than a sordid
murderer, he has plenty OF s1OlOgists
who say that he was a lot unnatural
product Of the environment Of cowboy
life in Texas. As evidence that he was
not utterly bad, they would cite The
Incident Of the boy to whom Bass once
offered drink of whisky.
The boy refused to take 1t, saying
Mother doesn't allow me to drink"
That's right, sonny. mind your ma"
said the outlaw and, as have so many
transgressOrs, he added sadly, Il
wouldn't be where l am today II had
minded mine"
A-c~ 81 10 f,~r~ -
robbing Union Pacific train, and fol-
lowed il up with bank holdups, more
train robberies and an occasional kill
ing until he became the most notori-'
GUS outlaw of his time Once mob
caught him and hanged him from a tree
on the bank of a river. They began
shooting al the dangling body and
shot cut the rope.
The outlaws body dropped to the
ground and then rolled into the river.
A big rattlesnake was seen to crawl
away from the place where he had
struck and although the lynchers
dragged the river, they could not find
him. Upon their return TO town they
were asked If the notorious Sam Bass
were really dead well, if he amt,
he ought 10 be-" replied one man.
He was shot, hanged, snakebit and
drowned. That ought TO be enough"
But Sam wasn't dead. AS he after
wards related il, the force Of his fall
stunned the snake, and before il could
strike, he rolled into the river. The
cold plunge revived him, and upon COM
ing TO the surface he hid under a pile
of driftwood until nightfall gave him a
chance 10 escape. Bass was finally
killed in the town OF Round Rock, Tex.
by a Texas Ranger, after he had at
tempted TO rob the bank there. So
great was his fame that the legisla-
ture, then in session at Austin, ad-
journed and, accompanied by the gov
ernor. came TO Round Rock to see for /
that the notorious Sam /
Bass had ar last come to the end Of /
his trail.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1924-02-01
Feeding Good Balanced
Ration to Secure Eggs

Feed the chickens a good balanced
ration. Feed scratch grain in the lit
ter, mash in hoppers available all the
tfme). Green succulence is necessary
for egg production and hatchable eggs
during breeding season Have fresh
water always available; oyster shell,
charcoal and grit in hoppers. Provide
milk in some form either as beverage
In addition to regular mash or TO take
place of part of protein element; 1t
contains vitamines which are essen
tial for laying hens.
The above in brief is the advice of
poultry authorities on care of laying
stock. Some formulas for mashes for
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1924-02-01
Green's August Flower

The remedy with a record of fifr-seyen
years Of surprising excellence All who
suffer with nervous dyspepsia. sour stom-
ach- constipation. indigestion, torpid liver,
dizziness, headaches, eoming-up of food.
wind on stomach. palpitation and other
indications of digestive disorder, viii find
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER an effective
and efficient remedy. 7 or fifty-seyen years
this medicine has been successfully used
in millions of households all over the civil
lied world Because-of its merit and pop
uIarity GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER can be
found today wherever medicines are sold
30 and go cent bottles
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1924-02-01
Adult Geese Should Be
Fed for Eggs Very Early

Adult geese should be fed for eggs
about February ], or so that the Cos
lings viii be Matched by the time
there is good grass pasture Feed a
mash IN the morning OF equal parts by
weight ~ corn meal bran and mid
ding. or low grade hour. with 10 per
aent OF beef scrap, and give whole Or
eracked corn az night
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1924-02-01

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heseders G0sllngs should have only
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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1924-02-01
TALES OF
THE OLD
FRONTIER
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-09-11
Thirteened to Death,
Is Justices Verdict

Fort Worth, Tex.-Thirteen was an
unlucky number for II. b. Craig. At
S:13 o'clock Friday, the 18th, he was
killed by an interurban train running
between Dallas and Fort Worth.
When the inquest was conducted
by justice of the peace it was dis
covered that in his pOcketbook he had
10 cents and rabbits foot.
A poll tax receipt was found on his
person. The receipt was issued in
1921, which added together, totals 10.
The mans age was forty-nine, which
also totals 10. He lived on the 1900
block of Fort Worth street and his
voting precinct was numbered 5S, also
totaling 10.
The Justice of the peace, after an
nouncing his verdict, added the fol-
lowing to the coroner's report: ut is
also my opinion that the deceased was
thirteened to death"
NeU Cards Patented
A deck of cards, on the corners of
which are numbers from 1 to 100, max
ing possible the playing of so mathe-
NAUTICAL games, was recently patented.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-09-11
HIDING UNDER BED,
MIMICKED A MOUSE
Wife's Complaint Against
Los Angeles Man.

Los Angeles.-When Aubrey Mac
Balm, Hawthorne photographer, wanted
to annoy his wife, he put his mind to
the matter and evolved a method that
veteran attaches Of the Office of Coun-
ty Clerk hampton, on reading the
complaint of Mrs. Adelean MacBain.
hailed IS a novelty In the line Of
mental cruelties.
He hid under the bed and made q
noise like a mouse, Mrs MacBain de-
clared.
When finally she summoned up SUI
fcient courage to look under the bed
for the mouse and saw q man, she
was scared almost to death, she as
serted. And to top OF the occasion,
she recited, he then crawled out from
under the bed and threw shoes, books
and clothes at her.