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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-18
The High School Sage

! wav for financing the plan has been
given. However, group of boys
has been consulting members of the
faculty, and have come to the con-
clusion that dance would be the
best way for raising money.
No harm would be done in trying
out such plan, and if it were sue
cess it could be made an annual af-
fair of the school. This term has
marked progress in certain lines of
activities and there is surely no rea-
son why dance can not be made a
success.
This group of boys cannot carry
out the plans alone; they need the
backing of the student body and the
faculty. If everyone will get in and
work we feel sure that sufficient
money can be raised to buy the
sweaters and also TO start a fund to
be used for such purposes in the
future.
A fund of this kind would stimu-
late interest in athletics. With a
letter as a reward for athletics, more
competition would be created and
more forms of athletics would be de-
sired by the students.
Alden Norell.
Burton-Td rather dance than eat.
Bess-Is eating such hard work
for you as all that?
And you tell me several men pro-
posed marriage to you? he said, saw
agely.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-18
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MEETS THURSDAY NIGHT

The Mountain Home Chamber OF
Commerce has a meeting tonight
Thursday at the city hail. Mat
ters of Importance will come up for
discussion, and full attendance is
desired.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-18
A Sweater Dance

1t has been suggested that sweat
ers and letters be given to the mem
bers of the basket ball team, but no
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-18


fact quite a number,
Well, l only wish you had married
the first fool who proposed.
did.
Francis would like to change
the alphabet.
Ethel-How would you do it?
Francis ~ l would put U and
closer together.
Mr.. Rankley-Do you think this
class is a joke?
Eugene am not laughing at the
class.
Spencer-Don't you like my dane
ing, hasn't it improved?
Kara ~ Wonderful, it has every
thing skinned, including my ankles.
Mr.. Simpson Grabbing boy) -
Young man, believe the devil has
taken hold of you!
Jessie-I know he has.
Reds it right to kiss one good
night?
Jo-Why limit to one?N
Those having 100 per cent in spell
ing for the week are Fern Cramer,
John Sillonis, Natalie Kelley, Betty
Smith, John Abbott, Dorothy Yturri,
Everett Boyle and Clarence Devlin.
George Dodge and Elsie Sayko re-
ceiyed 100 per cent in spelling.
Franklin Horgan and DeMerse An
chustegui of the fourth grade and
Fordon Burnet, Coranna Talley, Ell
sic Sayko and Gail Savage of the
third grade had half holiday Fri
day.
Melvin Meeker of the third grade
moved away Friday.
Iva White entered the fourth grade
this week.
The following received 100 per
cent in spelling during the week in
fifth and, sixth grades: Elizabeth
Beaman, Catherine Hayes, Mary Mil
err Alma Tye, and Leona Vance.
Catherine Hayes and Lorraine
Stewart have received spelling stars
every week for the past six weeks.
Those in Miss Marcellus' room
Who received half-holidays are: Lor-
'aine Stewart, Rose Baker, Laura
Bartlett, Leona Vance, and Eliza
'eth Beaman.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-18
Beethoven's Pre-

Beethoven's Precoclty.
At twelve years old Beethoven was
organist In a church in Bonn, Ger
many.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-18

Those who received half holidays
more, Robert Wetherell, Ona Slus-
ser, Richard McKenna, Ethel Everett,
in the fifth grade were: Helen Lati-
and Virginia Smith.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-18

Yes, several. the wife replied, in
fact, quite a number.
Well, l only wish you had married
the first fool who proposed.
l did
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-18

Fifth grade spelling star students
are: Warren Allen, Joseph Bennett,
Leon Monasterio, Richard McKenna,
Alice Denten, Ona Slusser, Ethel
Everett, Virginia Smith, Doris Fry,
Robert Wetherell Helen baltimore,
Lewis Wheeler, and Edna Tate.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-18

And you tell me several men pro-
posed marriage to you? he said, saw
agely.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-18

Burton-Td rather dance than eat.
Bess-Is eating such hard work
for you as all that?
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-18

Those in Miss Marcellus' room
who received half-holidays are: Lor-
raine Stewart, Rose Baker, Laura
Bartlett, Leona Vance, and Eliza
beth Beaman.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-18

Catherine Hayes and Lorraine
Stewart have received spelling stars
every week for the past six weeks.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-07-31
lntereat In Labor saving Devices

Unusual interest Is being taken by
farmers of Montana In the use Of big
teams and the various labor saving
devices that the Montana Extension
Service is stressing at the present
time. according to d. II. Lott, assist
ant county agent leader. While the
use Of big teams is entirely new I'm
most parts OF the state and farmers
quite generally are accustomed to
using smaller power units the demon
STATIONS are attracting large crowds.
In demonstrations In Fergus county
under the direction Of County Agent
G. =. Peterson the big team message
was carried to at least 500 farmers
during the third and fourth weeks In
July. Meetings were held at Brooks.
Coffee Greek, Stanford, Buffalo and
Moore, and a closing demonstration
was given at the county wide farmers
picnic held at the Moecasin Agricul-
tural Experiment station July "a.
Mr.. Lott, who assisted with the
demonstration In Fergus county, re-
ports great interest In the butt chain
features Of the big team harness. In
stead Of the long leather tugs which
must be fastened In a ring on the back
to prevent dragging on the ground
when the team is unhitched. the tugs
are cut off short enough so that they
cannot reach the ground when hang
Ing, and equipped with o. ring at the
end. The balance OF the tug is made
40 OF chain with snaps at either
end. and can be left fastened to the |
.oOl or machine when not in use.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-07-31
Bees Quite Valuable TO
Many Growers Of Fruit

Commercial beekeepers OF today
move their bees many times each year
to keep them busy making honey after
the honey now slows down IN one To-
cation. To move q colony OF bees
care must be taken to give them plenty
OF air, as the Earring and excitement
cause them 70 create great amount
OF heat. This excess heat will melt
the combs and honey. BY removing
the lid OF the beehive and mailing a
screen on top OF the hive In place OF
the Nd the bee man viii give this
heat chance to escape The bees
should be moved on . cool night II pos
slbie.
In some fruit districts the fruit
growers pay the beekeepers 50 cents
colony and move them besides to
their orchards. TO pollEnate the fruit
bloom There are many fruit and Der
r. yields that would be raised at
lons II u were not for the bees pol
lInaeipg the fiowerA
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-07-31
INA IIInlIT
lDllHR
SOY BEAN SUPERIOR
FOR DAIRY CATTLE

One OF the best homegrown feeds
that can be grown anywhere 10 soy
beans. crop that shonId be known on
every dairy farm. The soy bean may
be combined advantageousiy In many
systems OF crop rotatl0na Il Is es-
peclaily adapted to short rotations
that take either an entire season or
q part Of q season following some
grain crop. In the Southern states the
crop Is adapted 20 practically the
same places AS c0wpeas. says W. J.
Keegan. dairy husbandman at Glenn
son college. who believes that soy
beans should have a prominent place
on every dairy farm in the state.
The feeding value OF soy-beBn seed.
which contain from 30 to 80 per cent
protein. Is very high and compares Ia
vorably with other concentrated feeds.
The growing OF soy-bean seed VIII en-
able the dairy farmer 70 produce at q
moderate cost at least part of the
high protein concentrates necessary
for milk production Soy-beaD seed
contain higher percentage OF dlges-
tfbie nutrients than cott0nseed meal.
ilnseed meal or wheat bran
Soy-bean seed ground into meal has
been found a most excellent feed for
dairy cows. The Massachusetts agri-
cultural experiment station compared
soy-bean meal and cottonseed meal.
using the same ration otherwise The
quantity Of milk produced from the
soy-bean ration was slightly higher.
At the Tennessee station IN similar
Of the two feeds. the
Yields both Of milk and butterfai were
about per cent greater for the soy
bean meal.
In the South, as q feed for dairy
.ows. perhaps soy beans IN hay form
g the most valuable. AS compared
With hay from other legumInous crops.
'oy-bean hay Is equal or superior 70
my. not excluding alfalfa. Soy-bean
lay can BE- much more readily and
asiIy cured than eOwpea hay. The
hief value Of s0y-bean hay lies In It's
Ugh content Of digestIbIe protein. In
eedIng value II is superior to red
lover or cowpeas and as Indicated
, comparative feeding tests, Is equal
D alfalfa for milk production.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-07-31

Going under the assumption that
good seed will be used by the farmers
wnen good seed is easy to get, the
ssrrIisien service In Valley County,
under the direction of 81 E. Stebbins,
county agent, Is stressIng the produc-
ton OF good seed on the farms. AS a
result, farmers throughout the county
are caring for their special seed plots
OF grain. alfalfa, corn or whatever It
may be during the present summer,
giving every assurance that the future
seed needs Of the county win be sup
piled by extra quality, home grown
products.
According to nj. stebbins there are
now 81 fields Of registered alfalfa IN
the county ready for inspection by the
Montana Seed Growers association.
This figure would indicate that even
the high mark OF 10000 pounds Of al
falfa seed valued at $4,000 exported
By Valley county. farmers last year,
might be exceeded In 1924 There are
also 43 fields II registered grains and
grasses ready for inspection. In adj
diflon there are &8 fields comprising
$50 acres devoted 70 the production ~
wheat, OATS corn and harley seed. and
the growers All c0fne under the re
aulraments Of the Montana Seed Grow-
ers' association as approved seed
growers.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-07-31
CutwoFms Destroyed by
Poisoning With. Mixture

Cutworms In gardenn can be de-
stroyed by poisoning them with poi
soned bran mash. Tnls material ls
prepared In small quantities for garden
use by thoroughly mixing one ounce
OF paris green or white arsenic with
one pound Of bran. To this Is added
three ounces OF syrup. one and 0ne-half
pints 81 water. and one-fourth OF an
orange which Is chopped up into small
bits. as soon as the cutworrns ap-
pear. SOW or scatter this poison bran
mash thlnly along the rows or around
the plants to be protected. Since cut
worms generally feed at night. the best
results win be had BY putting this ms
terial omk IA the evening.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-07-31
sIc CLUB PIXIES WILL BE
OFFERED AT STATE FAIR

In keeping with the growing lmpor-
eznce OF boys and girls club work In
che state. $4.310 in premiums viii be
offered at the 1924 State fair to be
head at Helena. September 1927, &C.
~0rszing to an announcement from the
office Of State Club Leader Charles Il.
Potter. The Montana State fair will
offer club prizes amounting to $2.404,
and 81 1872 will be donated by different
firms and individuals
The premiums offered for the regu-
Ear club exhibits are divided as fol-
lows 1919 will be offered In the dairy
classes, 1916 In the beef classes, 1924
an the pig classes. $11b In the sheep
elassea. 1886 In the poultry classes,
%462 In the canning classes, $117,50 In
the bread making work, $40 In the
clothing work, $3.50 in the garden
classes, sl67 In corn and sl44 In po-
tatDeR
One or the features OF the junior
division OF the fair win be the empha-
ais on livestock judging. To encour-
@@e this kind of work, each Of the four
BANKS Of Helena have contributed $50
for the winning teams. Judging con-
test will be held with dairy cattle, beef
cattle. sheep and swine. An additional
prise o. $50 has been set aside by the
MomtAua state fair to 60 to the state
&hampIon Judging team.
TzAe state champion demonstration
keamsa In the eight different lines OF
club work win again be given free
"trip % the state fair, the free trips
Being donated by ]. r. Hobblns, vice
president Of the Anaconda Copper
Aiming company. The champion dem
nnatraflon teams are determined
ahrough county contests and the win
mznx teams give public demonstrations
at the State fair grounds.
TIE winners IN various contests at
eha state fair win again be rewarded
wffh free trips to different national
sxhEhSfions. The champion home dem
ozssrasion team will be given free
arp 70 the Interstate fair at Sioux
city. Kowa. az guests OF the Interstate
BAlr association. The Individual
ehampion club girl win be given
grea "trip to the National Boys and
xslrza' Club congress to be held at Chi
ea&0 at the time OF the International
livestock exhibition. pc guest Of
Montgomery, Ward and Company. An
additional trip to the Interstate fair at
Ssoax City win be offered TO the out
mSanaing Climb boy Of the state BY the
Cmsahy Packing company. The De-
Ksaval Cream Separator company Of.
s'ees cream Separator to the best
snszga Of dairy cows.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-07-31
sHlPplNe DRESSED VEAL
WITHOUT REMOVING HlDE

The Amman Husbandry department
at Montana State College calls atten-
ton TO a profitable practice In ship
ping veal, recently reported upon by
the United States Department Of Ag-
riculture, which Is worthy OF consid-
GRAFTON. The practice is simply that
Of shipping the dressed veal without
removing the hide.
According to st0ckmen at the col
lege, light color Is a particularly
desirable Characteristic OF the best
grades Of veal, IN that II IL an Indica-
ton of the quality of the flesh. Fresh
meat turns darker when exposed to
the air, even under modern conditions
Of refrigeration and handling, and
while this does not affect the whole
someness OF the meat. the sales value
may be materially decreased. In veal
the bright color Is important.
In the case Of veal, exposure Of the |
meat to the air for any length OF time
reduces the possibility OF an advan- I
tageous sale. Therefore the practice
is growing Of leaving the hide on the
'CoA when AZ - 1NA&tfSN tt4uo fpuuCtiit
the exposed part Of the meat to the I
minimum. Veal which does not have
the skin removed until 1t reaches the
retailer which may be from five to
ten days, or longer. after slaughter.
still retains It's bloom and the light
pink color most desired By the Gus
toner. The protective covering sup.
piled BY nature keeps the flesh from
turning dark. This Is an important
factor on slow market when only
the most desirable looking cuts find
4 sale.
According to the studies of the Fed.
erai department the skin Itself does
not decrease In value even II the car
Ass Is not sold for some time, provid-
ID II is properly handled. The retailer
axes into account the value of this Inn
,0rtant by-product when making his
purchase, and makes his bids accori-s
ngiy The skins find ready outlet
o dealers In such products and while
he price may vary from day to day.i
he retailer Is certain Of being able to !
dispose OF them at profit. depending |
lpon the general condition Of the veal
md skin market.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-07-31
Soy Beans Superior
for Fattening Pigs
Crop Makes Good Hogging
Combination With Corn.

High-yieiding soy beans OF such seed
varieties as Manchn have an assured
place 10 fall FINISHING OF fatfening pigs
In the light OF recent tests at Town
State college. The leafy varieties.
such as are used for hay or silage. are
not as well adapted to hog forage as
such crops as alfalfa. clover or rape.
these tests Indicate. Common farm
practice. particularly IN hogging down
corn. would support this view.
Soy beans make q strong combination
with corn for hogging down II a min
eral mixture. such as wood ashes Cor
limestonel. acid phosphate (or bone
meal) and salt. Is used. In the Iowa
tests the pigs. weighing about 40
pounds at the start, averaged in gain
1.45 pounds daily till they went to
market. when fed corn. tankage and
minerals (all self-fed) on pasture Of
Manchu soy beans; and they ate only
S45 pounds for each 100 pounds gain
In weight. The mineral mixture was
made from 40 pounds spent bone black.
20 pounds limestone and 20 pounds
salt.
Soy beans for forage did not prove
as efficient as rape for pigs In these
Iowa tests Soy bean hay varieties
made poor economical showing Soy
beans do not have as long a growing
season. are not as paiatabIe. and are
more easily killed by frost as com
pared with clover. alfalfa or Dwarf Es-
'ex rape. These last-named forages
It IN best for spring and midsummer
log pasture. while a good seed va
'iety Of SOY beans fIls the need for
all finishing, balancing up the corn
when minerals are fed In
ddItion.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-07-31

Chicago. Joint action BY Swift A
Co, Wilson q Co. and the cudahy
Packing comsppny, IN the nature Of 4
demurrer to a mandamus proceeding
by the federal government seeking 10
open the packers' books to the admin.
lstrators OF the packers and stock.
yards control act. was filed In federal
court. Thursday. July IT. The paek.
ers contend that the records sought
have 70 &c with transactions largely
local IL character aud are not, there.
fore. subjeet 10 regulation as inter
state cnsnnarce.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-07-31

xhe pasture should Be moved resu-
lnrly to prevent any weeds from going
to seed. II pasture ia moved regu-
snFly for Swo seasons. the majority
sf weeds wlll be eFa0leaaed-
Mowfma wGll not ouiy preveme many
weess kron Rolng 70 seed. but Il viii
sH<suce the how shade In the pasture
esd shua ssve the native grasses and
saaKnxnea ptemfy Of sunlight and
thaBee 20 grow. says 8. l. yeaoFds.
Fsxaee cropa specialist II Clemson cob
,aau. wh0 insists that enc mowing
msls mes SO and that 10 set thicker
ana better assn0s Of the desirable
grasses and Iegumea the moving must
~ regular.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-07-31

Custom says, "Freshen your COWS
In tbs spring Her arguments are I:
Feed Ia cheap IN the spring: COWS VIII
go OUT on luxuFianf pastures. take
care OF themselves. produce a lot OF
milk and all their owners need 70 do
Is 10 milk them and make money.
Custom argues that It costs too
much to feed COWS and raise calves
during the winter months. and that
expensively equipped barns ventilat-
ing sysfems. etc. are necessary whers
winter dairying is followed
These are all the arguments custom
advances and she refuses 70 listen %
the many objections TO. spring and
summer dairying. few OF which are
as follows:
Although II Is true that II is much
cheaper to produce milk IN April, May
and June. 80 Is II true that the price
secured for milk IN those months Is
extremely low-not once Ia a while.
but always.
Spring freshened cows have only
three good months to work
July and August bring dreughfa
dry pastures. heat. fiies and busy har-
vest II there are any worse factors
for turning COWS dry. they are not
readily appmTenk These factors do
turn cows dry. rob them Of flesh and
eondisiep ana they are largely account
able for tue very low average produc-
-
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-07-31
Silo Is Cheap and Best
Means of Providing Feed

The sllo is the best and cheapest
means Of providing succulent feed not
only for winter. but as a supplement
to short pastures during the long. dry
summer months. according to the Mis-
souri, College OF Agriculture, which
states in a recent bulletin:
Il Is the cheapest farm building
that can be erected
II win house feed at lower cost per
pound than hay or reughage can be
protected from the weather by barn
or hay NOW.
II increases the producing capacity
Of the farm at least 10 per cent and
Will often Increase its stoek-carrying
capacity Is per cent.
II Is the cheapest and most effective
method OF solling.
II is the cheapest place TO store
the corn crop, and. in fact, one OF the
siIo's greatest advantages is the pos
sibillty It affords II utilizing all Of
the corn crop. An acre of corn can
be placed In the slIo at a cost not
exceeding that OF shocking. husking,
grinding and shredding and win pre-
serve more nutrients and will produce
more milk per acre than any other
system Of handling the crop.
IL saves a third OF the value OF the !
eorn crop thar Is otherwise largely
wasted.
Il supplies feed at less labor and
here 10 less waste Of fodder by COWS
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-07-31
Cultivation Is
Very Important
Feeding Roots of Plants
Must Be Given Chance to
Penetrate Soil.

All the fertilizer In the world with
out proper cultivation won't make a
good garden II a gardener expects
to have a garden without cuItivating
early and often, he will be disappoInt-
ed. He might as well give up at the
start. Cultivation not only acts as a
fertilizer. but saves fertilizer II also
saves water bills in dry weather.
The first object Of cultivation Is to
secure tilth-that is a fine pOwdery
condition Of the soil 30 that when
turned over II viii fall apart easily
and not separate into big. soggy Jumps
that need to be hammered TO be
broken. II is apparent that the small
feeding roots OF plants can penetrate
and secure their food much more read
Ily in a welI-tiIled. friable soil than In
a heavy, lumpy. soggy one.
Cultivate Every Week.
The garden should be gone over and
cultivated once a week BY this Is
meant not only the destruction Of
weeds but the stirring Of the soil about
the plants. Cultivation should be done
after a rain, as soon as the soil has
dried out enough 30 as not TO be I
muddy and stick to the tools, This
would result only In a lumpy condi-
ton. Cultivation. just before water
Ing In dry times VIII also tend to make
the soil Iumpy. Cultivate after water
Ing to keep the moisture in the ground
There Is right time to cultivate and
It will pay a gardener to study the
soil until he recognizes the condition
which will permit fine cultivation as
soon after a rain or after watering
Is possible.
Cultivation helps TO retain moisture
n the soil by establishing a thin cover
ne of thinIy divided soil often called
dust mulch. This does not eyaporate
Moisture as rapidly as a closely packed
urface nor does II act as a sponge
0 draw up moisture from below as
apldly as does lrm and unstirred
oil. Drawn to the surface by captl-
sry attraction the sun and winds seon
AXE moisture away.
Cultivate more frequently in dry
nan wet weather. An inch or two In
epth is sufficient. II will let air into
re soil to keep II sweet and keep the
oisture from escaping.
Morning Best Time.
The best time for cuitivafing Is ear
in the morning to conserve such :
DISTURB as has descended during the
ght sod prepare for the sun and :
nds during the day. :
Th& common hoe ami the rake ere -
.ceilent tools for this purpose in !,
lalI gardens. but to make good Job :
II In gardens Of any size. a wheel =
e should be brought into action. =
~ can 90 over the garden In hurry !.
d Il can be cultivated twice or more =
mes In the time II would take to 90
or It once with hoe besides saving >
} WEAKNESS and baekache that fol- =
' swinging hoe for any length Of =
ie. -