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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-30
Guinea Raising Is
Quite Profitable
Substituted in Fashionable
Hotels for Various Kinds
of Game Birds.

| prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Guinea raising is becoming more
profitable as a result of their success
full substitution In fashionable hotels
and eating places for such game birds
as 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 SO per cent in the
number of guinea fowl on farms In
1920 over the number in 1910.
Raise in Small Focks.
A few of the large poultry raisers.
particularly those within easy reach
of the large eastern markets, make
practice of raising a hundred or so
guineas each year, but the great major
lty of guineas are raised in small
fiocks 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 a trade
among private customers, receive
prices that make this industry very
profitable. Wholesale prices in New
York usually range from 81 to S1.60
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
fall, 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 20 to 80, and often more eggs,
are laid before the guinea hen be-
comes broody, at which time 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 60, 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 profitableness on the farm Is the
demand for the fowl by the eastern
markets for supplying the hotel de-
mand for a 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 a few of them, as
they are excellent sentries, giving |
warning 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 Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-30
Apparatus Separates
Parasites From Soil
Ingenious Flotation Device
of DIR. Cobb Is Valuable.

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agricultural
In studying the nemas which exist
In the soil and which, In many cases,
cause diseases of plants such as 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 fiotatlon apparatus
which affords valuable aid in remov-
ing nemas from a sample of soil.
The apparatus consists essentially
diameter and three or four feet high,
taperlng for about a foot to a small
opening at the bottom and provided
with a spout near the top. This cyl
inder is fastened to a circular rotat-
ing table or frame which is turned
at a moderate speed by motor while
nema-free water Is run in from the
DOllOu ny iuIuihb u Biduudtcb zap.
The soil sample is mixed with a small
quantity of water and then poured
quickly into the rotating cylinder when
it is about a 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 1t will little more than
counterfeit 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 a 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 on and
a Shiny 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 Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-30

the attendance at the annual meet
ings of the school districts increased
from four TO five persons to forty or
fifty. In some districts it was found
that things had not been managed
efficiently. In some cases it was
found advisable to cut down on one
teacher where she was teaching only
a very few pupils and increase the
size of classes for other teachers-al-
though In some cases the salaries Of
these other teachers had to be raised.
In most cases there was also dis
position to economize on other mat
tiers, such as the purchase of coal at
the time of year when it was cheapest,
etc.
In this way cuts varying from s to
20 per cent were effected in the taxes
Of individual districts.
The next big thing was to discover
hidden property which was escaping
taxation throughout the county. Our
tax system has always been so consti-
tuted that the man who is honest about
turning in his property at its rightful
value indirectly pays the tax of the
man who just forgets that he is quite
so well off when the tax assessor
comes around. You know an assessor
hates to raise a rumpus with his next
door neighbor and too often a whole
lot of things do not appear at all on
the tax books.
So the tax committee decided to give
the community another shock, and
something to talk about for months
afterward. We hired a couple of men
to go down to the county offices and
copy off of the books the amount of
property which each man in the coun-
ty had turned in. We had blanks
printed where each min's name could
be listed with the vai;e of his cattle,
horses, automobiles, .lewelry, in fact
everything that he Owned, according
to the figures he had given the asses
sor. These blanks we're compiled
with the names in alphabetical order.
Then we proceeded to paste these
blanks up in the postofiice, banks,
stores. and other public places, right
In the mans own community. You
can imagine what interesting reading
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 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
husking 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 new world. and immor-
taIize the 'husking bee" major farm
social event of a 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 Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-30
FARM EARRMMMNQ|ITEESS

If you are dissatisfied with your lot,
grow a garden on IT.
Don't guess at the moisture condl-
lions of your land. Bore into 1t and
be certain.
Marketing eggs by barter is rapidly
giving way to the newfashion method
Of cooperative selling.
Failure to treat oats for smut the
last few years has cost growers at
least three and a 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 out q
pen Of the choicest birds and hatch
their eggs.
Seeding alfalfa without a nurse crop
In the early spring is often risky
proposition, particularly IL the ground
has not been worked over as much as
1t should have been
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-30
IF the Stomach Is Upset and
the Digestive System Is
Not w orking Properly
One Cannot Hope to Feel
Well and Strong. Many
Complications Have Their
Origin in an Upset Ston,-
ach.
TANLAC is WORLDS
BEST TONIC FOR
STOMACH TROUBLE

This Great Medicine VIII
Tone Up the System,
Soothe an Inhamed Stom-
ach, Remove Accumulated
Poison and Start the Di-
gestive Organs Function
ing Properly, Thus Allow
ing the System to Assimi-
late the Food One Eats
All Good Druggists Sell
TANLAC.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-30

blllS IeuuCllOu dllOWeu-
And then we were
able to secure an
other reduction of $11,-
576.08, because we were
able to show that the cost
of material had come
down since the first of
the bridges was built
~This made q total of $780,
593.97.
Since our bridge expert
ence other counties in
Nebraska have been doing
some checking up and we
have been building some
of our own bridges.
Our experience shows, I
think, that people in the
county should take some
thing more than a merely
perfunctory interest in
their tax affairs. You de-
termine your own taxes.
If you check up to see
what you are spending
your money for, either
you are going to admit
that you are satisfied or
you are going to find a
way to make a reduction.
The biggest thing that
we accomplished in our
county was not the saving
of more than $4,000 on
the bridges nor the cuts
In taxes In the various
school districts, nor the
resurrection Of much hid
den property. The big
gest thing was that the
people found out that the
question of taxes rested
with themselves.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-30
BOAT CALLED ON TO
SERVE TWO MASTERS

Some years ago the Yankee schoon-
err Susan Allen, under the command
of Captain Sturgis, was beating up
the Connecticut river. Mr.. Collins,
the mate, was at his station forward
According to his notion Of things, the
schooner was getting too near certain
mud flats which lay along the port
shore.
The mate went aft to the captain,
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-30

and, with his hat cooked on one side,
said: "Cap'n Sturgis, you're getting a
leetle too close TO them flats. Hadn't
We better go about?"
The captain stared at him.
"Mr Collins. jest you go forward
and tend to your part of the sku2ner.
I'll tend to mine"
Mr.. Collins went forward In high
dudgeon.
Boys" he beloved out. "see that
that mudhook's all clear for letting
goi"
AYE, aye. sir"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-30

our own COM
munities. in mat
tiers over which
the people had
the most intimate
control I h e M
selves.
We found that
there were wide
variations in diff
ferent parts of
our own county.
and that taxes in
individual school
districts varied
all the way from
$1,000 to 5000
on $1,000 valua-
ton.
When people
began to find
these things out
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-30
Cooperative Marketing
by Live Stock Raisers

A gain of $1.23 per head was recent
ly made by the members Of co-opera-
tive live stock shipping association in
one Of the Southern states as a 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 $20S.02, resulting In a net gain on
the carload, consisting of 229 head, Of
$267.45, or $1.23 per head. This, Of
course, does non take into account any
profits that may have accrued purely
as a matter of production. The fol-
lowing tabulation shows the transac-
ton in detail:
Market weight. pounds. 1925
Home weight .......... do. 1881
Lambs, at 1890. brought. s2,21357
Local buyers. at $40, offered. :. 1880
,475.47
Total cost, freight, commission,
and man going with car. 49,. 20s.02
Gain on carload. ........ s2s7.45
Gain per head. average 22e..... 1928
Net home per 100 pounds. 500. 1853
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-30

/ they made. War bulletins from the
World war never proved half as In
| teresting.
What do you suppose happened a
year or so later?
The actual returns of property In
creased In the various precincts from
u to 20 per cent, Notwithstanding that
1t was between years when everything
was supposed to be going down. This
simply meant that the honest man had
ceased to be penalized for being honest
In turning In his property.
There's one more chapter to our
story.
1 mentioned to you that we were I'M
fortunate enough to have suffered a
severe cloudburst in 1920 which had
wiped out several score bridges In our
county. Following a countrywide In
sistence on replacement the commits
sioners declared an emergency levy for
new bridges. Here is where we saved
around $4,000 and since have caused
other counties to scrutinize matters of
this sort more carefully.
After the bridge contract had been
let and the bridges were going in, there
was frequent allowing of county war
rants on the contracts, in excess Of
funds on hand. and these warrants
were naturally registered at z per cent
interest. Finally these amounts grew
to an excess of 100000 and people be-
gan to get a little alarmed.
1t appeared that there were no def
mite records available which showed
Just how things stood. Some of the
county officials and taxpayers began to
ask how an accounting might be Sc
cured.
When the farm bureau took hold of
the matter there had been a rather
tentative settlement on sixty completed
bridges on which the total cost ap-
peared at $131 ,S9S.77. A reduction of
amount and warrants to the amount of
$101, 900 issued, leaving a balance of
$22, 671.S5 unpaid on these particular
bridges.
The farm bureau appointed a COM
mittee of sixtees, taxpayers to investi-
gate the matter. An engineer from
the State department was secured.
During five days more than eighty
bridges were visited. Bolts. washers,
and It might even be said spikes and
nails. were counted. Then the charges
made by the bridge company were
checked. In some cases
where the bridge company appeared
to have charged too little, something
was added, but in most cases deduc-
tons were made. Here the deductions
exceeded what was added by $685.
so. Bear in mind that we were not |
finding any fault with the bridges but |
only with the cost. The bridge COM
pany agreed to this reduction.
A little later we discovered state |
nents for twenty incomplete bridges. |
We went through these in the same
way and here we made a net reduc-
lion Of S6,125.47. The bridge COM
pany again promptly agreed to having
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-30

At Washington. d. G.. in winter there
are twice as many dust particles in the
air as there are in summer, so counts
by the weather bureau show.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-30

white: $3.50 for state
taxes, $500 for county
taxes, $3.50 for school
district No. 10, and $3.50
for the village Of Walthill.
And each of these was
subdivided off to show
even somewhat minor ex-
penditures.
At the first public meet
ing there were around $50
farm ers and a few busi-
ness men present. We
began to hold meetings all
over the county, and at
every meeting we passed
around circulars that
showed where the money
went In that school dis
trict. We had wall charts
and maps.
The upshot of all this
was that for the first time
1t suddenly dawned on
people that most of the
tax expenditures were for
things directly under their
control. Politicians had
sometimes talked as IL the
state capitol, the state
government, the university
and normal schools, the
state institutions for de-
pendents, state roads-as
II these things were tax
ing the money. But If we
had cut out all Of these
things altogether where ]
lived, 1t would have de-
creased our tax bill only
about 10 per cent. The
largest expenditures were
concentrated right down In
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-30
Let 90. then" he roared.

let 60, then" he rOared.
Down went the anchor. out ratified
the chains, and like a flash the Susan
Allen came luffing into the wind, and
then brought up all standing. Mr..
Collins walked aft and touched his
hat. "Well, cap'n; my part OF the
skinner is to nchor."-Kansas City
Star.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-30
Lift No Pain!

Doesn't hurt one bit Drop a little
"Freezone" on an aching corn, instant
ly that corn stops hurting. then short
ly you lift it right off with fingers.
Your druggist sells tiny bottle o1
"Freezone' for a few cents. sufficient ia
remove every hard corr, soft corn. OF
corn between the toes, and the foot
calluses, without soreness or irritation.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-30

An old bachelor says that women
are given to small talk In large guam
titles.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-30

192O-2l hit us we were II
in just about the same tax situation a.
any other county in the Middle West
We were really worse off because IL
1920 our county suffered a cloudburs
and scores of bridges were destroyed
and had to be rebuilt and paid for. Be
fore l begin to tell about the remedy
for the tax disease" let me show
right here at the start what the remedy
accomplished:
1t saved the county around $4,000
On the one item Of bridges alone.
1t secured cuts of from to 20 pei
cent in the local taxes In individual
precincts.
1t increased the amount of property
returned from II to 20 per cent in
years when the valuations were gen.
orally falling, thereby reducing taxes
for the man who had always been
honest In making his return.
Best of all, the net result was feel
Ing of confidence and general satisfac-
ton, instead Of mistrust, unrest and
suspicion.
Here is how 1t was done:
During the year or so that the de-
preston lasted in earnest, people tend
ed to become radical. But being radi-
cal is more or less q state OF mind.
When we began to get radical about
our taxes, 1t simply meant that we
didn't know where our money was GO
ing, and consequently didn't know how
to stop the money from going.
A farmer would see the school ma'am
spinning along in her jitney. "Well,
iooky there" he would exclaim, that's
where all our taxes goi" Another
farmer'a few miles further on would
see the road graders at work. Hump 7"
he would exclaim, '1'n bet that's tax
ing all our taxesl" 1t all depended on
which way a fellow looked as to what
he blamed his taxes on.
The fact was that most people didn't
know. Ignorance of where our money
went bred suspicion and suspicion bred
radicalisrB. A few people were already
making themselves heard, when it was
suggested that the farm bureau might
take a look into the matter. William
Wingett, president of the county farm
bureau, and a little group on the tax
committee were handed the job Some
people were for calling a countrywide
meeting to protest vigorously and nois-
fly against all manner of taxes.
But before we had a public meeting
1t was considered proper for someone
to ind out where our money did go.
So we went over to the county offices
and went through the books and deter
mined just what our money was being
spent for. And a little later we did
this for every school district in the
county. On this page is reproduced
the poster we got out showing what
every man paid on $1,000 actual valua-
ton in School District No. 10.
There was not any hedging or guess
Ing, here was everything in black and
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-30

When some men court trouble it re-
suits in marriage.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-30

Haent FDtsd7a 5Hstr a11r az 07es
NTH p IN /zy1n %/IreSi4e
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-30
HWWpcut dur LnrlI Taxes
Insteadnf calling mass mPRtine and dHnnunrint the
situation. WE s1t The fzrts and did sumnthins Hhuutb

? IN Thurston County, in
northwestern Nebraska,
where l live, we have
found a way to cut our
local taxes. 1t is a very
simple plan. and one that
you can easily apply In
your own community.
When the depression Of
1920-21 hit us we were in
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-30
WOMEN! DYE FADED
THINGS NEW AGAIN
pye or Tint Any Worn, Shabby GAR
ment or Drapery.

Each 15-cent package of diamond
Dyes" confirms directions so simple
that any woman can dye or tint any
old, worn, faded thing new, even II
she has never dyed before Choose
any color at drug store.-Advertise-
ment
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-30

If girl could only marry the best
man at her wedding there would be
fewer divorces.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-05-13
Vicentini peleara con Johnny
Dundee ell yeinte de este mes

NEW YORK, mayo 10. Omitted
Pressl.- FL famoso promoter de boxeo
americana, Tex Rickard, ha anunciado
p~lbicamente q. Ell boyeador chileno vi
c~entini, ha firnado I'm contrato para
medir sus fnerzas con Johnny Dundee
en- un encuentro pugilistico que Sc &C.
lebrara Ell veinte de este mes en- Ell
ve,odromo de esta ciudad. Ell encuentro
sra a ounce rounds y reina gran en-
tusiasmo para la pelea.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-05-13
Los REsULTADos DE LAS
ELECcIoNEs EN- FRANCIA

PARIS, mayo II. Omitted Press).-
Los resultados de las 'elecciones en- to-
da la nacion han sido los siguientes:
Conservatives 10; Republicanos 118;
Republicanos Izquierdistas 90; Radica.
les 40; Republico- Socialistas 90; SocIa
listas Ill; Comunistas "a. Hay la
creencia de que 81 Jefe del gobierno,
M. Poincare, Sc propone presentar su
renuncia Ell primero de JUNO, fecha en-
que Sc reunira la nueva Camara.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-05-13
Ell CADAvER DE LA DUsE LLEaA
A NAPoLES

ROMA, mayo II. Omitted Press).-
Los despojos mortales de la gran ira
gica italiana Eleonora Duse, han Nega
do a Napoles en- Ell dia de hoy. Inme-
diatamente fueron conducidos q la lyle
STA de Santa Maria de los Angeles &C.
lebyandose schemes ritos funebres por
Ell eterno descanso del alma de la fe-
necida. Ell catafalco fue situado en- la
nav central Y cubierto entertainments
por coronss del Rey, la reina, MussoIi-
nj y de ciudadanos de Francia y Esta-
dos Unidos.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-05-13
coNTINUAN Los CHEQUES EN-.
TIRE Los coMUNISTAs Y La PO-
LICIA EN- ALEMANIA !,

LA HAYA, mayo IL. tUnlted
Pressl.- Ha ocurrido un nuevo choque
entire la policia y los comunistas Que
estan llegando -continuamente a la ca
pital, Berlin, de todas parties de la ma
cion. En- este dltimo choqGe las conse-
cuencias fueron mucho mas serias va
que resultaron catorce comunistas muer
tos y uno de Ia uniformada.
Miles de comunistas que habian sldo
e~ncerrados EN- uno de los parques de La
ciudad, estan siendo puestos en- liber-
tad, y Embellishments vigilados por
la po-icia como prevention a nuevos
atentados contra ell orden y la tran
quildad pdblicas. Los bolsheviques es-
tan siendo arrestados por veintenas.