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The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
Cooperative Marketing
by Live Stock Raisers

A gain of S1.23 per head was recent
ly made by the members of co-opera-
tive live stock shipping association in
one Of the Southern states as result
of shipping a single load of sheep and
lambs comparatively instead of selling
to country buyers. A report to the bu-
reau of markets and crop estimates of
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture shows that the load of sheep
and lambs brought S475.47 more on the
market than local buyers bid for. the
stock.
The total cost of shipping amounted
to S20SO2, resulting In a net gain on
the carload, consisting of 900 head, of
$26T.45, or S1.23 per head. This, of
course, does not take into account any
profits that may have accrued purely
as matter of production. The fol-
lowing tabulatlon shows the transac-
tion In detail:
Market weight. pounds. 1929
home weight do. 1881
Lambs. at 1890, brought. s2,213.57
Local buyers. at SO. offered. :. 1880
s475.47
Total cost. freight, commission.
and man going with car. 80. 20S.02
Gain on carload. d.............. $267.45
Gain per head, average 229..... 123
Net home per 100 pounds...... 11.53
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
Winter Swine Slaughter
Shows Decided Increase

During the winter months of Decem-
ba January and February. 16,S21 ,291
hQG1 were slaughtered in establish
meats operating under federal meat
inspection. This number exceeds the
preyfOus record for three months.
made December. 1913, and January and
February, 1918. by more than one mil
Ilan hogs.
Those who have studied the reasons
fpF this enormous increase say that
m4ny factors are involved. Increased
b<oedfng, due to the successful corn
crop for the last two years and sat
iS44ctory public purchasing power,
ha44 Contributed to the record-break-
NJ aaughter. The hogs have been
od1t9What lighter in weight, however.
65m in former years and the large
MtNker does not mean such record
bF@eking quantity of pork as the hog
e1t1Sllter might indicate.
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
Historic "Husking Bee"
Is Feature of New Film

The historic "husking bee" and the
old bone-husking peg, as well as the
newer thumb hook and the "bang
board" have their part In the new
United States Department of Agricul-
ture educational motion picture, "The
Corn Belt Derby"
This film treats of the economic
phases of corn husking and eliminates
in the perturbation of an interstate
husliing contest in which husking
rises to the dignity of major sport.
The slow-motion camera reveals the
technique employed by the husking
champs to speed up the operation.
Scenes introduce the old peg, that
played an important part in the con-
quest of the world, and immor-
talize the "huszing bee" major farm
social event Of generation ago.
"The Corn Belt Derby" will be cir
culated through the educational film
service of the department and the CO.
operating state institutions. Copies
may be borrowed for short periods, or
may be purchased at the laboratory
charge.
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
Apparatus Separates
Parasites From Soil
Ingenious Flotation Device
of DR.. Cobb Is Valuable.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agricuture.)
In studying the nemas which exist
In the soil and which, in many cases,
cause diseases of plants such us root
knot and certain rots, there has been
much difficulty In separating the or
ganisms from the soil. Most of these
threadlike parasites are extremely
small and cannot be picked out by
ordinary methods: neither can they
be washed out readily. However. DR..
N. A. Cobb of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture has devised
an Ingenious hotation apparatus
which affords valuable aid in reInov-
Ing nemas from sample of soil.
The apparatus consists essentially
of hollow cylinder several inches in
diameter and three or four feet high.
tapering for about n foot to small
opening at the bottom and provided
with spout near the top. This CYL
inder is fastened to circular rotat-
at u moderate speed by n motor while
nema-free water is run in from the
bottom by turning graduated tap.
The soil sample is mixed with small
quantity of water and then poured
quickly into the rotating cylinder when
it is about quarter full of water.
The rotation destroys any disturbing
up-and-dOwn currents which might in
terfere with the separation, as in some
| ore separating machines.
Nemas sink very slowly and the
rise of the water is SO regulated by
the tap that it will little more than
cOunteract their fall AS a result the
soil particles which are heavier sink
to the bottom and the nemas are lifted
to the top. When the rising column of
muddy water reaches the upper open
Ing 1t is spouted with the contained
nemas into q vessel set on the rotating
table to catch the overflow. When all
the nemas are collected In this YES
sci they are allowed to settle to the
| bottom. The water is drawn Off and
slimy mass containing the nemas
in much greater concentration is found
in the bottom. They may then be re-
moved and examined under the micro
scope. By this method also the num-
Der of nemas in a given quantity of
soil may be estimated.
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
Bordeaux Mixture May
Be Reduced in Strength

Bordeaux mixture may be greatly
reduced in strength and cost without
lessening its efficiency as a fungicide
by reducing the copper sulphate con.
tent This has been proved In actual
practice.
In preparing bordeaux recommend
~ rule Is to use three pounds of good
hydrated lime for each pound of cop
per sulphate. A $3.50 bordeaux spray
In the pink Of the fruit bud of the
apple, sprays of half that strength. or
1850 bordeaux, just after the petals
fall and again in two and ten weeks
thereafter, have given us good results
In scab control as the so-called stand.
ard $3.50 mixture, and with far less
injury to fruit and foliage. Even
weaker mixtures than the 1880 gave
satisfactory control of apple scub and
apple blotch.
Success in the control of fungous
disease depends more largely on time.
Illness and thoroughness in spraying
than upon the strength of the mate
rinls used.
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
Develop Wound Dressing
Effective for All Trees

Since the spring Of 1919, tests have
been going on at Ohio experiment
station to develop wound dressing
which is effective and free from the
disadvantages of those previously
used Water-glass seems to meet the
requirements. All the experiments
with this new dressing have been
highly successful.
This material Is the substance large
ly used for preserving eggs. A solu-
ton containing three parts of the COM
mercial water-glass and one part OF
water has given practically MS good
results in the experiments as the full
strength solution, and Is the strength
recommended. 1t is easily applied
with a paint-brush and appears to be
entirely harmless to the tree.
Owing to its solubility. the water
glass readily unites with the sap Of
the tree and is thus able to penetrate
slightly into the pores of the fresh
surface of the wood.
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
EARMNN'NQTES

If you are dissatisfied with your lot,
grow garden on it.
Don't guess at the moisture condi-
tions of your land. Bore into 1t and
be certain.
Marketing eggs by barter is rupidly
giving way to the new-fashion method
Of cooperative selling
Failure to treat oats for smut the
last few years has cost growers at
least three and half bushels an acre.
Song and game birds are friends of
the farmer. Protect and encourage
them and they will reduce the losses
from insects.
II you wish to improve the quality
Of your flock without serious expense
the best thing to do is to Gull ont a
pen of the choicest birds and hatch
their eggs.
Seeding alfalfa without nurse crup
in the early spring is often risky
proposition, particularly II the ground
has not been worked over as much a.
1t should have been.
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
Guinea Raising Is
Quite Profitable
Substituted in Fashionable
Hotels for Various Kinds
of Game Birds.
tPrsp.red By tn. United States Department,

prepared By the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Guinea raising Is becoming more
profitable as result Of their success
full substitution in fashionable hotels
and eating places for such game birds
MS grouse, quail and partridge, says
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture. When well cooked, guineas
are attractive in appearance. although
darker than common fowl. and the
flesh of young birds Is tender and OF
especially fine flavor. resembling that
of wild game. The census figures
show an increase Of 80 per cent in the
number of guinea fowl on farms In
1920 over the number in 1910.
Raise in Small FIocka.
A few of the large poultry raisers,
particularly those within easy reach
of the large eastern markets, make a
practice Of raising hundred or so
guineas each year. but the great major
ity of guineas are raised in small
flocks of from 10 to % on the farms of
the Middle West and of the South.
The highest prices for guineas are
paid in the large eastern markets
Poultrymen who are near these mar
kets, or who have developed trade
among private customers, receive
prices that make this industry very
profitable. Wholesale prices in New
York usually range from 81 to 81 1.GO
per pair for dressed spring guineas
They are marketed late in the summer
when they weigh from one to one and
one-half pounds when two and one-half
months of age, and also throughout the
fail when the demand Is for heavier
birds
Guinea hens usually begin to lay in
April or May, those in the South lay
Ing earlier than those in the North
From 30 to 80. and often more eggs
are laid before the guinea hen be-
comes broody. at which tlne she can
be broken of her broodiness easily by
removing the eggs from the nest, when
she will soon begin laying again. If
not allowed to sit, guinea hens will
continue to lay throughout the sum
mer. laying from 40 to GO, and in some
cases 100 eggs during the season.
Persistent Layers.
AS profitable egg producers guinea
hens cannot compete with ordinary
hens, but during the latter part of the
spring and during the summer they
are persistent layers. The eggs are
smaller than hens eggs and conse-
quently bring lower prices, being
graded as small eggs. The chief claim
to profitableress on the farm is the
demand for the fowl by the eastern
markets for supplying the hotel de-
mand for Wild game substitute.
Their noisy, never-ending, harsh cry
which is often cause for their unpopu-
larity on the farm is really a point
in favor Of keeping few of them, as
they are excellent sentries, giving
warming of marauders in the poultry
yard. Their pugnacious disposition,
while sometimes causing disturbances
among other poultry, also makes them
show fight against hawks and other
common enemies, SO that guineas some
times are kept as guards over the
poultry yard.
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
Orchard
ELEANINES
SAN JOSE SCALE is
HARD TO ERADICATE

The San Jose scale shows evidence
Jf very interesting development. In
the Northwest. at least. accommodating
evidence seems to point to the fact
that this insect Is capable of develop
Ing strains or races that are immune
to the effects of lime-sulphur, says the
Rural New Yorker. 1t is difficult to
prove this tendency. but 1t is evident
that where the scale was once salts
factorily controlled by spraying with
lime-sulphUr II Is not now being held
in check with this material even when
1t Is applied at the same strength as
formerly. and with just as much care
and thorough lss as In former years.
In fact we have heard during the last
few years much complaint from grow
ers in Arkansas. Illinois. and from
few In New York. that lime-sulphur
does not kill the scale as 1t used to do.
Can 1t be that this notorious pest is
really becoming resistant to the effects
of lime-sulphur, so that we shall have
to look for new material with which
to fight It? Only prolonged observa-
tions and experiments during the COM
ing years CaH hHs"eT lnls question.
Growers in Arkansas and Illinois have
already begun to use oil sprays in
place Of llme-sulphur. and apparently
with much better success in control
ling the scale. In New York, however,
the problem of the scale does not seem
quite so serious as 1t does in the Mis-
sissippi valley; and this agrees with
the characteristics of this insect. for It
Is notable fact that the San Jose
scale varies In different regions in the
| virulence of its injuries and In its re-
sistance to spray mixtures. For ex-
ample, Melander Of Washington points
out that the scale is much more diff
cult to control In the orchards about
Charleston in the Snake river valley
than in those in the region of Wenat.
chee in the Columbia river valley.
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
Felt Better At Once

Volga City, Iowa-'T will tell you
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did for me. I was all run
down and could hardly be on my feet.
! was so cold could not keep warm.
/ had numb feelings and then heat
flashes would pass over my body. l
had severe pains in my SIDES and was
very nervous. / saw your advertise
ment In the newspapers so thought
would try your medicine. My hus-
band got me a bottle of the Vegeta-
BILE Compound and / began to feel
better as soon as / started taking it.
have taken it off and on for three
years now. keep house and do all
my work for my husband and two
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
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Horticultural Facts
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

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1t is not necessary to use dynamite
In digging holes to set trees in most
soils. Never dynamite when soil is
wet.
Apples for every day in the year
may be had from couple dozen
trees, most of which should be winter
varieties.
Careful spraying with lime sulphur
is the best method of dealing with the
San Jose scale. This spray also de-
stroys the eggs of plant lice and is
valuable as a fungicide.
Raising the right varieties Is one
secret of success of the apple grower.
Strawberry plants are easy to start.
Most folks who have trouble can usual.
ly trace 1t to late spring planting or
TO delay In setting out In the field.
when plants have to be shipped.
A matter that should not be over.
looked is the wire labels that are put
on at the nursery. The tree grows
rapidly in diameter and the wire soon
constructs the now Of sap and causes
serious injury.
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
ESRLlVE
|UNDATION STOCK
4 is BIG ESSENTIAL

Il, De good breeder of live stock may
aid to be the one that has been
essful in the selection Of the
nts of his stock. The corner
Go of success Is selection. Care
~ feed are essential. but they can
1op an animal no further than
<inheritance that animal has re-
ID from Its parents will permit
IN was seen one time upon the
NP Per market trying to buy boar
VIE home to his herd. When en-
"a In conversation he showed that
ancestry or health did not en-
CT Ais mind. A boar wns q boar and
Ing more to him.
lection is just as important to
man who was producer of mar
hogs as 1t Is to the producer Of
o4mals from which others breed.
140efactory results cannot be OBJ
t11ned by taking anything ss founda-
t1da stock and then save the best
NOM their Increase There is quite
ukely not to be any best among
thA Increase. The live stock man
uBol ll5 luthl pe-
1Qro he starts In the business and
selects his foundation animals with
his heal always before his minds
eye 1t is impossible very frequently
To- obtain our ideal or even approach
4, but to have goal toward which
toNork and never reach 1t, Is better
than not to have any goal at all.
8election is important. as has been
eugxested. and it may now be said
that selection to type is important.
Diversity Of types seen in breeders
dock or herd Is generally Indicative
Of haphazard breeding operations.
what Is the value of uniformity OF
typef No one will question Its finsn-
ciel advantages in feeding or selling.
Many worry about which breed to
RaiDe, but the selection of and ad-
hgEeuce to type Is even more i'm
pertant than the selection of breed.
TIE breeder of live stock must be a
eeudent of animal form and judge
- insure success in his endeavor.-
HI W. Fairbanks. Colorado Agricul-
tural College.
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
The Calves Chorus

During the winter of 1920-21 l
taught school in an Oklamoha dis
trict. I had been trying to teach the
children to sing, and thought I was
making headway. One cold morning
small Raymond came in and, looking
around rather surprised, said, 81
thought was late"
mo-" I told him, "you are not late
you are in plenty Of time"
Il sure thought l was late" he re-
peated. "Guess 1 heard Masterson's
calves a-bawlin'. I thought you all
was singin'."-Capper's Weekly.
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
tSnus in Lambs Often
!; Eollows Spring Docking

nus is quite common among
al this time of the year. since
lN@pently follows docking If the
llpn is not properly performed.
~ Is often spoken of us "lock
hough that is really not the
M name because the locking Of
US does not always occur.
can be done for animals that
/ leady diseased. The scab that
med over the stump of the tail
pcking should be removed and
mp painted with tIncture of
Two or three times daily. When
lambs again the stump should
ted Immediately after the oper-
pme stockmen make practice
Ing the stump with hot iron.
ter sterilizes the wound and
etrols the bleeding.
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
image for Fattening
SLambs in Feeding Test

siy6RJ little difference between al
h3t43And soy-bean hay as roughages
~ x1ttening lambs was noted in
IsS4ing test at the Illinois experiment
it1titn. The two hays were fed to
lc<1 % 25 lambs fed shelled corn in
lddlk1on. with no supplement. Gains
lladb BY the two groups of lambs were
ilMAet exactly the same. The lambs
soy-bean hay ate somewhat
o hay than those fed alfalfa. but
~ bean hay group nte slightly
~ corn to compensate for the in
I11g4gd hay consumption. Somewhat
l16l 6f the soy-bean hay was wasted
lh5n 9f alfalfa. At the end of the
the alfalfa lambs were valued
~ 4qts higher than those fed soy
5Qon my, but both lots brought the
leSse rice when sold at Chicago.
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
"Catsup" From the East

Catsup is word derived from the
name of an East Indian pickle. The
term was first applied to the boiled
spiced juice from salted mushrooms
but is now freely used for various
sauces which consist of the pulp
boiled, strained and seasoned-of to-
matoes, green walnuts, etc
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
Back Don't Bother Ne Now

Lincoln, Nebraska - "My back
would bother me 80 and when / had
to do any heavy lifting it made me
sick to my stomach with the pains In
my back. / have my housework to
do and four babies to take care of so
when heard of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound l took it and l
feel better. My back don't bother
me and can eat more and work. I
do all my housework and washing for
six in the family. ! will tell other
women to take the Vegetable Com
pound and you may publish my let
ter. Mrs. CHARLES F. DoLEZAI,
12Q1 CARRIER Ave. Lincoln. Nebraska.
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
Rubbr Sap

The varieties of trees, shrubs, plants
md vines which discharge rubber sap
are numbered in the hundreds One of
the smallest and most common is the
pasture milkweed, and the greatest is
the Hevea BraZiliensis, which some
times attains a height OF 40 feet
Automobile Digest.
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
PENIS Words of Wisdom

Above all things endeavor to bring
children up in the love of virtue, and
that holy plain way of it which we
have lived in, that the world in no part
Of 1t get into my family. l had rather
they were homely than finely bred as
to outward behavior; yet love sweet
ness mixed with gravity, and cheerful
ness tempered with sobriety.-William
Penn.
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
(light for Little Pigs

ht is indispensable to the
md vigor Of newly born pigs.
true In all except extremely
ther. The sooner they get 1t
pr 1t Is for them, and farrow-
les fitted to let in the sunshine
dedly advantageous. As soon
title fellows are strong enough
nround and follow after the
may be let outdoors into the
They ought to be strong
10 do this within from three
. week.
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
Can Do Any Kind Of Work

Fouke, Arkansas.-'I had the Flu
and after that ] had pain in my side
and was not able to do my work i was
so weak. ! found an advertisement
In a paper and it told what Lydia
E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
would do, and / took it. Now I can
do any kind of work / want to.
think every family ought to keep it
in the house all the time and ! intend
to do 80. Mrs. DORA PHILYAw, R.R-
No.2, Fouke, Arkansas.
Over 100, 900 women have so far
replied to our question, "Have you
received benefit from taking Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound?"
SO per cent Of these replies are
eyes"
This shows that 9s out of every 100
women who take this medicine for
the ailments for which it is recon-
mended are benefited by it.
This goes to prove that medicine
specialized for certain definite all
ments-not a cure-all-can and does
do good work. For sale by druggists
everywhere.
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
cutlcura soothes Baby Rashe.

That itch and burn, by hot baths
Of Cuticura Soap followed by gentle
anointings Of Cuticura Ointment
Nothing better, purer, sweeter, espe-
cially if a little of the fragrant Cuti-
cura Talcum is busted on at the fin-
fsh. 25c each.-Advertiseme
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
Got His Lesson

you know l refused you half a
dozen times before we We're married."
Yes" replied her husband II
guess that's what has kept me from
ever wanting my own way again.
Boston Transcript.
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30

A college education may fit young
man for job, but 1t does not entitle
him TO one.-Ole Buck.
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
Tickled Sammy

Little Sam was sitting on the stairs
watching violent thunderstorm with
evident delight.
''What yo' all doin' out in the rain -
called his mother.
"Oh, nanny" he cried, IT was sit.
tin heah and the Lawd done took q
fiashlight of mel" Il
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30

A grain does not fill a sack, but IL
helps its fellows
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
HOUSEWORK NOT DRUDGERY
For Women In Good Health
Read How Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Changed Conditions
For These Housewives

little boys and make my garden. !
feel fine and tell others what the
medicine has done for me. think it
is the best medicine in the world for
women. Mrs. THOMAS GRINDLE,
Volga City, Iowa.
The Dolores star., 1924-05-30
WOMEN! DYE FADED Il
THINGS NEW AGAIN
Dye or Tint Any Worn, Shabby Car
ment or Drapery.

Each 15-cent package of Diamond
Dyes" contains directions so simple
that any woman can dye or tint any
old, worn. faded thing new, even If
she has never dyed before. Choose
any color at drug store.-Advertise.
ment,
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-14
Canada Claims
Export Monopoly

WINNIPEG, Man, Mar. l4.-7Can
ada will soon have a virtual monop-
oily of !, the export trade IN wheat
from North America, according to
Sir Herbert Holt, president of the
Royal Bank of Canada, in his an
nual address to Shareholders of the
institution. ,.
"Present tendencies in the United
States, said Sir Berbert, indicate
that within the next few years the
republic will produce. only enough
wheat for its domestic needs, lcav'
ing Canada. already the leading OK,
porter of the world, as the sole
exporter of wheat from, North Amer
lea.
A Canada s. wheat exports to the
world have increased more than 1000
per cent since 1900. In that year
the Dominion shipped out 1859,
go bushels of wheat. In the year
ending August |, 1923, Canada :
exports of wheat amounted to 229,-
6SlSo0ui bushels.