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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-05-08

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for Eastern consumers and sell APP
proximately 1000, 900 pounds of wool.
Thirty-five counties i'll Southwest, Val
ley and Northern Virginia produce most
of this volume. There are, however,
several sheep owners in the tobacco sec
ton of the state that are doing we'll i'll
producing market lambs The most out
standing job in this section is the results
accomplished by sheep growers i'll Hall
fax county, cooperating with their agri-
cultural extension service leader, in fol-
lowing the prescribed program as to
production and marketing. The Virginia
lamb crop starts moving to market in
Nav and runs through to December.
This lamb and wool project links up
production and marketing. Their pro-
duction program is based upon the re-
quirements of the New York consumer
and that means quality to the producer.
The lamb selling for the most money
in New York is known as the shop
lamb, weighing from 81 to AZ pounds
in the carcass, The lamb should weigh
SO pounds or above on the farm. Lambs
will drift on the average of eight pounds
to the head from farm to market giving
a 72-pound lamb in Jersey City if he
weighed SO pounds at home. This lamb
should dress at least so pounds of meat
per 100 pounds live weight, giving a 60
pound carcass.
Certain Necessary Steps
Producers making high-quality lambs
realize there are certain steps necessary
in producing "tops." The first, is using
good purebred mutton type rams that
have the ability to stamp smoothness,
early maturing tendencies, and high
yielding qualities to majority of their
offspring. Good breeding eliminates
much of the gamble Regular treating
for parasites is followed rigidly. No eve
can produce top lamb when much of
the feed she consumes goes to supporting
parasites rather than to making milk and
growing wool. Copper sulphate, COM
bination of copper sulphate and Black
leaf 40, and Nema capsules are COM
monty used treatments.
For winter feeding of the eve flock,
legume hay is the basis of the ration. We
should plan now to have enough legume
hay to give each eve two pounds per
head each day next Winter. Feeding for
milk, I6 per cent protein dairy ration
is ideal. 1t pays to grain feed lambs if
grass and milk are not good enough to
make top lambs. Corn is good lamb ra-
ton along with milk. To get them
started, wheat bran mixed with cracked
corn is excellent.
Dock and trim all market lambs. The
killing interests make cent per pound
difference on buck and wether lambs
and have not paid premiums on long tail
lambs.
Farm Grading Valuable
Farm grading before shipments are
made is valuable to the producer, sales
man and packer. The producer knows
what he has before it leaves home; gets
paid on the basis of quality and knows
what to do in his production program
to raise the quality average The sales
man handling lambs has quality talking
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-05-08
Set Up Own Agency

These producers, not satisfied with
practices on the markets, set up farmer
owned and controlled selling agency on
the Baltimore, Lancaster and Jersey City
markets. This agency, operated by some
10000 livestock farmers in the eastern
states, is known as the Eastern Livestock
Cooperative Marketing Association
During 1885 this agency handled co.
243 Virginia lambs, 1886 cattle, I,o5s|
calves and 2,45I hogs and did two and
one-half million dollars worth of bust
ness. They have set as their goal for
1896, 100000 lambs and to double the
cattle, calf and hog volume. The live
stock producers of the East spend from
100000 to 100000 each year. il
commissions alone.
Virginia sheep growers sold 832,o81
pounds of wool comparatively in Io35
for 81 ,o6s, $1,000. They made $23,
I9I.46 by cooperating. In addition, theI
set the. prices for all the non-coopera
tors.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-05-08

in those grades. The killer likes grading
because he can fill his various orders.
and will pay more readily for quality.
In 1895 ten per cent of the Virginia
lamb crop was graded before shipping.
Seventy-one per cent graded good to
choice, weighing 74.o pounds per head
on the market, selling for $7.23 each,
for a value of $2II,o58.I6, the aver
age selling price being $o.65 per 100
pounds. Twenty-nine per cent were UNI
der grade lambs averaging 64H pounds
per head, selling for 1854 each for
total of $65,499.42, the average selling
price being 1888 per 100 pounds.
Choice (blue circle) lambs sold for
IS cents per 100 pounds premium. Good
cred circle) lambs sold for 20 cents
premium; medium (no mark) lambs
were discounted IS cents and common
lambs for $3.50 discount. The load,
sold on graded basis. brought approx
mately 10 cents per 100 pounds above
the quoted top, using the averages of
the season. The average Virginia graded
shipment contained blue circle 8.8 per
cent, red circle 63.2 no mark 22.4 and
common Sc. Each double deck shipment
averaged 24O lambs to the car.
Community Organizations
Most leading Virginia lamb counties
are organized on community basis with
selling committee selected to work with
their county agent and vocational teach
er in keeping the producers informed
as to shipping dates, meetings, ram sales
and the like. In most instances, the same
committee acts for both lambs and wool
Lambs are weighed and graded at the
scales nearest to them, then trucked to
the loading point Each producer is given
weight ticket showing the number,
grade and weight of the lambs he has
in the shipment. When the shipment is
made, duplicate weight ticket, entered
on manifest, is sent to the Eastern
Livestock Cooperative Marketing As
ISOLATION office handling that consign-
ment. Expenses are prorated by grades
and the check sent direct to the pro-
Queer, thus eliminating any chance of
lost funds. A prorate sheet is sent to the
person in charge of the shipment, Any
producer can get any information he
wants from it at any time.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-10-29
Surprise Party
Is Held

A surprise party of IS friends ano
%neighbors gathered at the Victor An
ker home in Outlook last Friday eve
ming. Mr.. and Mrs. Anker plan to
spend the winter months travelling
through the southern and western
states and will leave Outlook Nov. 3. A
social evening was spent in visiting.
The members of the choir who were
present sang several songs. MI. and
Mrs. Anker were presented with a gift
as a token of their guests esteem. The
presentation was made by Rev. Hansen
and was followed by a short talk by
Carl Tauge. A lunch was served for
the party at twelve o'clock.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-10-29
St. Paul People Are
Honored Guests

Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose Schumacher
entertained at their home Thursday
evening. Honor guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifford Dooley of st. Paul. Foul
tables of bridge were in progress.
Those present were MIR. and Mrs. Cliff
ford Dooley, Mr.. and Mrs. II. Hunter,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Dooley, Mr.. and
Mrs. M. w. Markuson, Catherine Con-
nally, Bradley Dooley, Mr.. and Mrs.
Leibach, Dorothy Leibach and Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Schumacher. High prize
was won by Mrs. Clifford Dooley and
low went to w. D. Dooley. A IL o'clock
luncheon was served by the hostess.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-10-29
Honored Guest at
Farewell Dinner

Mrs. D. w. Vaughan was an honored
guest at a turkey dinner Sunday given
at the Albert Klakken home north of
Dooley. Those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. S. Hoppins, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Peterson, MIR. and Mrs. John Gunder-
son and family, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Kick
ken and Minabell, Armour Hoppins,
Mable Nelson, Joe Hutton, Mr.. and
Mrs. Irwin Brightsman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Klakken and family.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-10-29
Farewell Bridge
Dinner Given

A farewell bridge dinner was given
by Mrs. L. E. Helm Friday at one
O'Clock. The honored guests were Mrs.
Ellen Madden and Isabelle Braden,
who will leave for Los Angeles this
Saturday to spend the winter. Mrs.
John P~aulbeck, Mrs. Blaine Dean, Mrs,
A. F. Mclean, Mrs. Otto Brabec, Mrs.
Howard Lewis and Mrs. H. w. Barner
were guests. First and second prizes
were awerded to Mrs. John Paddock
and Mrs. Blaine Dean with low to Mrs.
Madden.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-10-29
DR.. and Mrs.
Roy Entertain

DR.. and Mrs. w. D. Roy entertained
several out-of-town guests this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Henry of Bozeman
were house guests Friday and Satur-
day. Mrs. Henry and Mrs. Roy were
formerly high school chums in Boze-
a Grace Scott and Rita Willsey,
both high school teachers in Chinook,
were also week end guests. Miss Scott
was formerly a teacher in Plentywood.
Under her supervision the first band
was started in the Plentywood higa
school.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-10-29
Woodworths Leave
Soon for Missouri

Mrs. L. Woodwork was honor CUES,
at a farewell bridge party given ty
Mrs. H. Gruhn Tuesday evening. DR..
and Mrs L. L. Woodwork plan to
leave for La Plata, Mo-, next week
where DR.. Woodwork will take a post
graduate course at the nearby Kirk
vile Osteopathic college. Regular
members of the club were present.
High score for the evening was won by
Mrs. Bob Gresham and a gift prize was
presented to the honor guest. Lunch
was served at ll:30.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-10-29
Bridge Club Meets
at Johnston

Mrs. c. c. Johnston entertained her
bridge club last Thursday. A LIS lun-
cheon preceded the afternoon games.
Members present were Mesdames L. c..
Zeidler, E. l. Miller, Warren Stegner,
Martin Nelson, w. D. Roy and c. W..
Peterson. Non-member guests were
Mrs. Len Peterson and Mrs. Carl Pet
erson. The club had had no meetings
since April.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-10-29
Lions Club Sponsors
ladies Night

Ladies Night" for the Lions club
members was the occasion for a $50
dinner held at the Catholic church on
Wednesday evening. At the conclusion
OF the dinner the same program fea-
turing Plentywood singers and the
Plentywood quartette, which was
broadcast from Wolf Point last Thurs
day was presented to the guests.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-10-29
Social = Personal /. Club News
Plentywood Society News and Features
BY MRS. RAYMOND ERICKSON
BY MRS. RAYMOND ERICKSON

Holmen, Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Rasmus-
sen, Mr.. and Mrs. O.. Hovet, Mr.. and
Mrs. D. o. Danielson, Mrs. c. Freder-
lex, Mr.. Bomstad, Harry Thompson,
Oscar Nelson and Mr. and Mrs. c. Lo-
dahl, all of Antelope, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Herb Hedlund Of Coulee, N. d., were
present TO extend their best wishes and
to present an appropriate gift to the
couple. A three o'clock dinner was
served.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-10-29
Women's Democrat
Club Gives Party

A twelve table dinner bridge party
Monday night at the Masonic hall was
given under the auspices of the Wom-
ems Democrat club. Contract, auction
bridge, and whist were played. Con-
tract prizes were awarded to Mrs. j.
w. Mckee and Anton Nelson and auc-
ton prize to Mrs. Henry Hunter.
Lunch was served at eleven o'clock.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-10-29
Informal Party Honors
Chinook Woman

An informal afternoon party in hon.
or of Mrs. o. M. Simundson Of Chi
nook was given Saturday at the home
OF Mrs. II. o. Raaen. Mrs. ~Simundson,
who has been visiting in Minneapolis,
arrived last Thursday and delayed her
departure for home a few days TO at
tend the Lutheran circuit meetings and
to renew acquaintance in Plentywood.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-10-29
Football Boys
Are Entertained

Coach Lloyd Skor and eighteen
Plentywood football boys were guests
Of honor at a six o'clock dinner Mon
day evening given at the home of MIR.
and Mrs. Oscar Collins. Assisting host
esses were Mrs. E. w. Black and Mrs.
Roy Medders. The boys wore their
football uniforms and the Plentywood
%colors, orange and black, were used in
the color scheme for the dinner.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-10-29

A-rs. Dick Frank for Marjory and Beth
!! mson, daughters OF Nh. and Mrs.
Harold Munson. The girls schoolmates,
jeanne Hallesy, Trilby Roser, Betty
Benson, Vivian Langlois, Elenore
Dorothy Nichols, Dorothy Cy-
bulski and Lanice Roser were guests.
lunch was served to the young
at five o'clock.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-10-29
Hostess to
Bridge Club

Cora Risa was hostess to her bridge
club Monday night at the Roy Munson
residence where Miss Risa is making
her home. The regular members and a
guest, Mrs. Roy Munson, were present.
Travelling prize was won by Mrs. c.
F. Christensen. Lunch was served to
the players at 11:30.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-10-29
Sewing Club
Holds Meeting

The H. H. Sewing club met Wednes-
day at the home OF Mrs. II. o. Stene-
hjem. The afternoon was spent in sew
ing for the hostess and a lunch was
served at five o'clock to the regular
members who were present.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-10-29
Birthday Dinner
Is Sponsored

A birthday dinner for Mr.. and Mrs.
L. c. Peterson's daughter, Jean Ards,
was given Monday night. Jean Ards
celebrated her seventh birthday. Mr..
and Mrs. c. w. Peterson and family,
Nh. and Mrs. Dean Moore and family,
Mrs. H. c. Jensen, Mrs. Nels Nelson,
and Agatha Varty were guests. A wilo
o'clock.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-10-29
Isabelle Braden
Is Hostess

Isabelle Braden was hostess TO the
members of her bridge club last Thurs
day afternoon. Two tables of bridge
were in play. A five o'clock lunch was
served at the conclusion of FIVE rub
bers. Mrs. F. Donaldson and Katherine
Marion were awarded high and low
honors respectively.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-10-29
Guests at 3lst Wedding
Date Dinner

Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Black and Mr..
and Mrs. w. P. Monroe were guests at
a 31st wedding anniversary dinner fol
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wheeler given
Sunday evening at sever o'clock at the
Wheeler home.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-10-29
MIR. and Mrs. Aakhus
Honored on Anniversary

The silver wedding anniversary of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Aakhus of Antel-
ope was the occasion for the gathering
of a number of friends at the Aakhus
home Sunday afternoon. Mr.. and Mrs.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-10-29
Zeidlers Are Guests
at Tyler Home

Mr.. and Mrs. l.. G.. Zeidler were
guests at a seven o'clock dinner Tues
day night at the r. G. Tyler home in
Homestead.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-10-29
Birthday Party
at Frank Home

A birthday party was given Satur-
day afternoon at the home of Mr.. and
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-10-29

VOTE DEMOCRATIC!
These candidates will give full
support TO President Roosevelt's
social security program:
Democratic State Ticket
For Governor .........~...-.. Roy +. Ayers
For Lit. Governor -...... Hugh r. Adair
For L. s.. senate James e. Murray
For Congress. is. Dist.-J. j. OConnell
Fog Cong, Ind Dist. James +. O'Connor
For Secretary OF state Sam w. Mitchell
For Attorney General...-.
........... ... Harrison j. Freebourn
For state Treasurer-.Ray N. Shannon
For state Auditor. John j. Holmes
For II. II. and Public Service
Commissioner ....- Horace f. Casey
For Supt. Of Public Instruction ....
.. .......... Ruth Reardon
POI. ADV Issued and Paid For
by Dem. State Central Comm.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-09-17
Patterns Of Wo|fpen e. "' ::: :::::::
ey Harlan Hatcher
Copyright by the Bobbs- Merrill Co.
WNU Service

II didn't know much about books,
Spared, like you do"
'sThere are better things for
woman than books, Julia. You know
the way Of a house and a family"
"a body can know both, Spared;
and not be hurt by it. Cynthia's
done all the books at the school and
yours lots of times, and / reckon
she knows as much about a house
and family as I do myself. She
ought to have a winter at books
over at Pikeville Institute"
''The Pikeville Institute, Juliav
Eyes, Spared. She ought to go
over there winter. It'd do sight
for her."
81 don't know If l favor that much,
Julia. It might take her away from
the place here and spoil her con.
tent with things. They look to town
ways and make young folks want to
go off some place instead Of living
better at home. Cynthia's getting
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-09-17
CHAPTER Ill

THE simple pattern Of life de-
i signed so long ago on Wolfpen
was again carrying the family east
" into the work Of the new season.
There was a sense Of peace and
certainty which came from this
yearly repetition Of an old routine
established by successive genera
tons Of men.
Cynthia sat in the sun flooded
weaving-room by the wooden loom
which Tivis had made and Spared
had improved, weaving her unword-
ed thoughts into the blue cashmere
twill growing into dress goods I'M
der her fingers as she tossed the
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-09-17
SYNOPSIS

In the year 1855 Saul Pattern of
Virginia came into the beautiful vir-
gin country Of the Big Sandy valley
In Kentucky. Chief Of the perils were
the Shawnees, who sought to hold
their lands from the ever encroach-
ing whites. From huge pinnacle
Saul gazed upon the fat bottoms and
the endless acres of forest in it's pri-
meval quietude at the mouth of the
Wolfpen, and felt an eagerness to
possess it, declaring it place fit
for man to LIVE in! Five years
later he returned with Barton, his
fifteen-year-o son, and built rude
cabin. In Saul's absence the In
dams attacked Barton and wounded
him so badly Saul was forced to re-
turn with him to Virginia. In 1895,
when it was reasonably safe, Saul
returned with his family and pat
emit for 1000 acres, this time to
stay. He added to the cabin, planted
crops and fattened his stock on the
rich meadows. Soon other settlers
arrived. A century later, in the
spring Of 1885, we find Cynthia Pat
tern, of the fifth generation follow
ing Saul, perched on the pinnacle
from which her great-great-grand
toms. The valleys, heretofore un-
touched by the waves Of change
sweeping the Republic, are at last
beginning to feel that restless surge.
Her dad. Spared, and her brothers,
Jesse, Jasper and Abral, have been
busy converting the old water
wheeled mill to steam power. Spar
reIs triumph is complete when the
golden stream of meal pOurs forth
at the turning on Of the steam.
Cynthia feels that something out OF
the past has been buried with Saul
Cynthia is pretty and imaginative
miss in her late teens, who often
re-created Saul and her other fore
bears, and fancied them still living
Spared proudly brings home the
first meal out Of the steam mill, and
Julia, his wife, is pleased. Genera.
ton after generation has added com.
forts and conveniences to Sauls
homestead, and Spared has no.
shirked.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-09-17

Cd" III WY oOlAi 00ySs
the learning she needs right here
with you, Julia; it takes that kind
Of schooling to make good woman
on a big place like this and she's
going to be a good one, like her
mother. Anyway, it takes ready
money, and how'd you be able to
spare herr"
ut don't take much money, Spar
rel. And one Of the Wooton girls
could come over and help along If |
needed anybody. She ought to CO."
II don't favor it much"
Julia's head touched Sparrel's
shoulder, and he touched her face
with his hand.
"she's fine girl, Julia. She takes
q right smart after her mother"
Julia lay by his side feeling the
old Joy in his way Of speaking to
her and seeing in Cynthia herself
projected into the books she had
missed. They did not communicate
any more in words but in a har-
monious silence which united their
separate bodies. Before the late
moon could get through the window
they and all their household were
| fallen asleep in the night quiet OF
Wolfpen.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-09-17
CHAPTER ll-continued

Much of Cynthia's dream-lfe CEN
tered about Spared and those two
volumes. Long before she could
read for herself, she had sat on his
knees while he read the pictures to
her, or she had laid propped on her
elbows on the floor before the light
of the log fire making stories of her
own from the illustrations.
Through the long winter evenings
of the years, these associations had
built themselves into her concept
of her father, and as he sat at the
desk, while Julia sewed, and the
boys ended the chores and life pro-
ceeded in it's old established pat
tern, Cynthia's thoughts would play
over these things.
"And there are his medicine books
he doesn't like for me to bother,
but he likes for me to gather up the
green peach-tree leaves and piper
in and oil of sassafras and get the
apple brandy and the brown sugar
for him to make up his fux medi-
cine with when people on the creek
get sick with bloody-fux; and the
yellow dock for the itch; and get
the salt and turpentine ready when
he pulls tooth for a neighbor. l
like to hear them say, Spared Pat
terms the easiest hand in the world
to take feller's tooth out And
it's a good thing he can make med
icine and doctor people because no.
body else on the creek knows how
like he does"
She hung the dishpan on it's nail
in the wall over the stove. Julia
came in from the milk-house. Then
the boys came in
"a family is funny thing wher
1t sits around the fire. There's
Mother in her corner finishing up 8
new shirt for Daddy and her fingers
flying about and she looks conten
and doesn't say anything. You have
three brothers, they're all Patterns
but they're all different and 70,
like them all but you like Jesse tn
best somehow. He sits and reads
when he talks, his voice is good AM
he may be right serious or he ma.
say funny thing. Jasper will 81
with something on his mind an
Abral will go to sleep before h
knows it. And Daddy writes thing
in his book and reads or c0bble
or studies up something, always i
good humor, silent, never speakin