The Geary Times (Geary, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1915 Page: 4 of 8
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THE
feeds for breeding flock
NG A BABCOCK TEST
Result* Given by New Hampshire Sta-
tion With Yearling Lamba—Five
Good Winter Ratione.
Has Placed Dairying on a
Scientific Basis.
WESTERN CAWS
WONDERFUL YIELD
Wheat Yields Reports Extraor-
dinarily Heavy.
When one bears of Individual wheat
yields of thirty-live to forty bushels
per acre, there Is considerable Incre-
dulity. but when yields, in whole town-
ships extending Into districts covering
throe and four and five hundred Rquare
miles in area, of upwards of fifty and
some as high as sixty-five bushels per
acre are report# d, one is led to put
his ear to the ground to listen for fur-
ther rumbltngB. The writer having
heard of these wonderful yields made
a trip through the provinces of Mani-
toba. Saskatchewan and Alberta, to
ascertain first hand their truthfulness
It was remarkable to discover that
Dame Rumor waa no rumorer after all,
that modesty was her mantle, that
all that had been said of these yields
was true, and that yields of over aev-
enty bushels per acre were told of.
These were so high that the truth ful-
neaa of the story was doubtful and
very little was said of them. But
such there were, and not in ono In-
atance, but In aeveral, not In one lo-
cality but scattered in places hun-
dreds of mllea apart. Leaving these
out altogether, there were large areas
In which the average was over fifty
bushels per acre, which In all com-
mon sense ought to satisfy most peo-
ple. One hundred and thirty thresh-
ers In Alberta have made their re-
turns to the local government as re-
quired by an act of the Legislature,
and the average of the wheat threshed
waa fifty-three bushels to the acre. So
Immense was the yield that official
verification was required before giving
It out to the public. Sitting in the
amoking compartment of a day coach,
where on passing through a farming
community, there may be gathered the
gossipy yarns of the neighborhood,
one heara alao a lot of news. Just
now, the sole topic Is that of the
crops. A man with more or leas of
a hirsute appendage, smock, clothes
and hands giving the appearance of
one working in the field, was asked
as to the crops. He had got on at
Warner, Alberta. Taking out his pipe,
lighting It and then crossing his knees,
holding his chin in his hands, poa-
aesslng an air of supreme content-
ment, and with an Intelligent face, he
looked the man who could give some
Information. And he was ]uat the
man. He was a threaher and on his
way to Milk River to secure some
more help. He waa requisitioned for
Information. "Yes. a good season,
I've made a lot of money. Aa for
ylelda, let's see," and then he began
to string them off. "Peterson had 63
bushels of wheat per acre on his five
hundred acre farm; from 380 acres
Roland got 65 bushels per acre; Bu-
gler had one hundred and ten acres
that went 63 bushels; Carr had 66
bushels per acre off an eight hundred
acre field." And he gave others run-
ning from 68 to 66 bushels per acre.
All these people lived east of War-
ner, Alberta. looking out of the win-
dow and seeing immense fields, still
covered with stocks he was asked
why they were not threshed, he re-
plied that there wore not enough
"rigs" in the district, and that they
would not get through before Christ-
mas.
An American writing of a trip he
made through Western Canada says:
"1 went aa far west as Saskatoon,
back to Reglna, Moose Jaw. and down
on tho Soo line, and l must say that
I never saw such crops, or ever heard
of anything to compare with It In
any country on earth. The country
Is over the hill, and certainly tho farm-
ers have a lot to be thankful for.
There are very few of them that
have done their work and done It
properly but what have their debts
paid and have bank accounts left."
And he only traveled the aklrt of
the country. The same story could
be written of any part of any of
three Provinces.—Advertisement.
'.fcr
One Important Step In Use of Instru-
ment I at to Have Milk Thoroughly
Mixed*— Label Bottles With
Na4«e of Cow or Owner.
The Babcock test has served as the
necessary stimulant to raise dairying
from a disliked side line to a profes-
sion worthy of the efforts of well-
trained men. It has placed dairying
on a scientific basis, has promoted fac-
©TRECT SctNt, in Andorsja LA VltUA
WHEN the president of An-
dorra sent a message to
President Wilson, many .an
American was compelled to
hunt up on the map the location of
the tiny republic In the Pyrenees.
"Who has ever been In Andorra?"
asked the Chicago Evening Post, and
In reply Marion H. Drake wrote:
"In the summer of 1913 I tried to
reach this quaint, ancient and hidden
republic from the Spanish side, but
could gain no assurance from any tour-
ist office In Madrid that it was acces-
sible, so 1 went the long way around,
▼la Barcelona, Perplgnan, Carcas-
sonne, Toulonse, Folx and Ax-les-
Thermes, In Prance. Here I was
warned that the trip was dangerous,
that there were smugglers and brig-
ands and terrible mountain storms,
and that a woman who took this trip
might not return alive. This only
whetted my traveler's spirit, and I
bought a pair of hemp-soled shoes,
packed a knapsack, strapped a camera
over my shoulder and went by post-
chalso to L'Hoapltalet, where I en-
gaged as guide an Andorran boy,
handsome, respectful and neatly
dressed in brown corduroy, who waa
the first night at Soldeu, where 1
found good food, white tablecloth and
napkins and slept In a room with a
rough stone floor, on a good bed, with
embroidered sheets and pillow slips.
The people were kindly, Interested In
the news of the outside world, cour-
teous, some quiet and some loquacious.
"I was now In the valley of the Va-
llra river, which flows Bouth Into
Spain and over the rocky road from
Canlllo and Encamp I passed churches
built of the brownish gray stones ot
the country, with Catalan bell towers.
At Andorra la Vlella, the capital, they
were celebrating their day of liberty,
and their flags of yellow, bluo and
red—tho blended colors of Spain the
iplrltual and France the temporal
mother—were flying In summer sun-
shine. I walked Into Las Escaldas lata
In the afternoon, passing bubbling sul-
phur springs, and was greeted hospi-
tably by Doctor Pla. the cultured pro-
prietor of a first-class hostelry. My
little guide left me to return to the
dirty, muddy town of L'Hospitalet. I
bade him farewell In French, and ht>
replied In Catalan, the Andorran
tongue. At Las Escaldas hotel I found
many fat Spanish priests, gay and
On Slowly Releasing Pressure of Fin-
ger at Top of Pipette, Milk Runs,
Without Loss, Into Test Bottle.
tory efficiency and has stimulated the
breeding up of productive herds.
Ten necessary steps in making the
Babcock test are as follows: Mix the
milk thoroughly and take out a small
■ample. DO not let the sample evapo-
rate or curdle before testing. Fill the
pipette to the mark with milk. Empty
the pipette Without loss Into a Babcock
test bottle. Add sulphuric acid from
the measuring cylinder to the test bot-
tle Mix thq acid and milk thoroughly
by shaking the bottle. Place bottles
In the centrifuge cover and whirl five
minutes. Add hot water and whirl
again twice one minute each time.
Read and record the per cent of fat
in the neck of the bottle. Empty the
test bottles and wash thoroughly.
Provide a quart or more of milk,
with wftlch to practice sampling and
testing. Mix it thoroughly by pouring
several times from one vessel to an
Five lots of five yearling lambs each
were fed per day during three win-
ter months, says a report from the
New Hampshire station, as follows:
Lot 1, alfalfa hay. 1; native hay, 0.25;
roots. 2.6, and cracked corn, 0.25
pounds. Lot t, native hay, 1.6; roots,
2.6; cracked corn, 0.126, and oil meal.
0.2 pounds. Lot 3, alfalfa hay, 1;
native hay, 0.26; corn silage, 2. and
cracked corn, 0.26 pounds. Lot 4.
native hay, 1.26; corn silage, 2; oil
meal, 0.2, and cracked com. 0.126
pounds. Lot 6, native hay ad libitum,
roots, 1 pound, and oats and bran,
1:1.2.
The following gains were made per
head: 7.6. 2.9. 4.4, 4.6. and —0.2
pounds, respectively. In a duplicate
experiment the following year the fol-
lowing gains were obtained: 4.7, —0.1,
—0.7, 0 and —2.6 pounds, respectively.
The first four rations are recom-
mended for winter feeding of the
breeding flock, but the fifth ration waa
unsatisfactory.
Lambs on roots made a slightly
larger gain than those receiving sil-
age. Native hay and silage appeared
to be as satisfactory as alfalfa hay
and silage.
empty a barrel gradually
Labor-8avlng Method Is 8hown In II-
lustration for Use With Powdered
or Granular Material.
010 PRESCHPTHM _
FOR WEAK KIDNEYS
A medicinal preparation like Dr. Kil-
mer's Swamp Root, that has real curaUve
value almost sells t«elf. Like sn «"dle«
chain system the remedy is recommended
by those who have been benefited to those
who sre in need of it.
Dr. Kilmer's Swsmp Root is a physi-
cian'* prescription, it hss been tested
for years and ha brought ««ulu to count-
less numbers who have suffered.
The success of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root
is due to the fact that it fulilla almost ev-
ery wish in overcoming kidney, liver aad
bladder diseases, corrects urinsry troubles
and neutralizes the uric acid which causes
rheumatism.
Do not suffer. Get a bottle of Swamp-
Root from any druggist now. Start treat-
ment today.
However, if you wish first to test this
great prepsrstion aend ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer A Co., Binghamton, N. Y.. for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure aad
mention this paper.—Adv.
The sketch shows a labor-saving
method of emptying a barrel of pow-
dered, or granular, material where the
emptying is to be done slowly. Instead
of taking out the material by scoop-
Antlclpating.
"Have you heard that Biglow's
daughter is going to marry a million-
aire?"
"Yes. Heard It yesterday. Blglow
tried to borrow ten dollars from nle
on the strength of 1L"
the farmer's chance
THE SPUR FARM LANDS IN
Dickens, Kent. Crosby and Gersa
Counties. Texas, offer the farmer his
best opportunity to secure productive
farms at low prices and on easy terms.
Several hundred farmers have already
bought from this remarkable body of
agricultural lands, and are rapidly pay-
ing for the same from the products
thereof—In many cases paying notes
before they are due. No BOLL WEE-
VIL ever known. NO MALARIA. Al-
titude, 2,200 to 2,600 feet. Wonderful
cotton and feed crops grown. For il-
lustrated booklet, address Chas. A.
Jones, Manager for S. M. SWENSON
ft SONS, Spur, Dickens County, Texas.
—Adv.
A Plsce For It.
"It pays to be polite."
"Tell that to a traffic cop some day."
—Detroit Free Press.
Emptying Barrel Slowly.
At Left—In Pouring Acid Into Test
Bottle, Incline Bottle a Little, to
Avoid Spilling Acid on Hand.
At Right—To Mix Acid and Milk, Whirl
Bottle In Circle Until Contents Are
of Uniform Brown Color.
other, or by stirring vigorously. Lar-
ger quantities of milk require more
stirring. While the milk is still In
motion, dip out half a teacupful and
pour this at once into a small, clean,
dry bottle. Fill the bottle nearly full,
and stopper tightly to prevent evapo-
ration. After stirring the milk again
for a short time, take out another
sample, place It In another bottle and
stopper tightly as before. If the milk
was thoroughly mixed each time,
these two samples will show exactly
fuls In order to fill it gradually Into a
machine hopper, for Instance, the
workman quickly upends the headless
barrel and works it over toward the
edge of the platform and the material
flows to the hopper. As the barrel set-
tles down It must be rocked slightly
so as to keep the material flowing.
When empty there Is a small amount
on the platform to be scooped Into
the hopper.—Popular Mechanics.
guidance of wool growers
United States Department of Agricul-
ture Issues Set of Rules—Brand
Eaoh Bale or Bag.
eczemas and rashes
Itching and Burning Soothed by Cutl-
cure. Trial Free.
The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. Relief,
rest and sleep follow the use of these
supercreamy emollients and Indicate
speedy and complete healment in moat
mm of young and old, even when the
usual remedies have utterly failed.
Sample each free by mall with Book.
Address postcard, Cutlcura, DepL XT,
Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv.
Foresight is including the alimony
when counting the cost of getting
married.
,Z_A
At Left—Dividers in First Position for
Reading Test.
At Right—Dividers in Second Posi-
tion.
History spends half Its time in re-
peating Itself and the other half In
getting Itself revised.
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Tike Grove'*
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a Gen-
eral Tonic because it contains the well
known Ionic properties ot QUININE snd
IRON. It acts on the Liver. Drives out
Malaria. Enriches the Blood and Builds
Bp the Whole System. SO cents. — Adv.
It's the chap who minds his q'a and
p's that sleeps on flowery beds of e'a.
Me* On; Halrt lm Tired «T—
make us Wk older than we are.
your Eyes youn* and you will look
After the Movies Murine Tour Byes. Iton t
tell your tr*. Murine Eye Remedy Co.,
Chicago, Bends Kya Book on request.
It's sometimes hard for a man to
adjust his religion to tit his business.
A HINT TO WISE WOMEN.
Don't suffer torture when all female
troubles will vanish in thin sir after using
"Feiueuina." Price 50c and f t.oo—Adv.
Even a dignified man is apt to un-
bend when he Is broke.
Millions of particular women now ess
and recommend Ked Cross Ball Blue. All
grocers. Adv.
A henpecked husband reminds us
of a has-been rooster.
THE Ot LA VALL
working at the dirty little Inn. hired
a mountain horse, and with sup-
pressed excitement started out over
the rocky pathway back of the rude
little church ot this far-south town
of France.
"I mounted higher and higher above
the rushing Arlege river, sometimes
tramping and aometimes on horseback.
over the watershed between France
and Spain, up luto the pastoral coun-
try of Andorra. Once when my horao
waa picking his way along a noun
tain ledge a fat cow stood calmly
across the pathway. I looked tar up
the mountain and down In the depths
of the valley and wondered what would
happen, when, quietly, apparently with-
out noticing mc, Mrs. Cow threw her
weight on her hind legs and tobog-
ganed down the slippery grass. A
drenching rain poured from the clouds.
lightning played around the mountain
peaks, and It was thrilling to be In
that lonely grandeur.
Hard Trip In Mountalna.
••I walked and rode over loose
■tones, on narrow and fearsome
ledges, at times above and often be-
low cascades, over hard, sharp, cut-
ting, slippery slate, past quaint stone
shrinea with iron crosses, tiny ter-
raced fields of vegetables snd tobac-
co, perpendicular hayfields amid tho
, wonderful stillness ot the lofty Pyre-
nees and the noisy, rushing torrents.
1 waded through trickling, cool brooks.
where rivers were born, aud stopped
Jolly, who had come for the sulphur
baths, as well as numerous Andalu-
slans. up In the cool Pyrenees for their
holiday.
Raise Many Cattle.
Andorra has six countlea, about a
dozen towns and some five thousand
Inhabitants.
The chief ocupation of the poople
la cattle raising, and thousands upon
thousands of cows may bo Been brows-
ing in tho rich pastures, yet it has
never occurred to Andorrans to milk
these cows and butter, and milk are
unknown In the republic. Dairy prod-
ucts are nonexistent. The only cheesa
made Is that from tho milk of eheep.
Visitors flnd It Impossible to procure
milk or cream for their coffee.
The capital, Andorra la Vlella, has
a population of 500 and contains tha
Casa de la Vail, or house of represen-
tatives. This is a large slxteenth-con-
tury building at the extremity of the
town, overlooking the valley toward
8paln. It Is parliament house, town
hall, school, palaco of justice and ho-
tel for the councilors all in one. It
is also used as a temporary prison In
the rare cases when a prison Is neces-
sary. Crime In Andorra Is practically
unknown. The only Andorrans suf-
fering Imprisonment are the smug-
glers ot tobacco caught by the French
or Spanlah customs officers, and those
are not looked upon as malefactors by
their fellow cltlsens Smuggling la
regarded M a legitimate trade.
the same per cent of fat by the Bab-
coak test, provided the test bottles are
accurately marked on the neck. Label
the bottles with thb name of the cow
or owner.
Thoroughly mix the sample to be
teated. then draw the pipette nearly
fUU of milk by sucking with the lips.
Quickly place the forefinger over the
upper end of the pipette, before the
milk runs down below the mark. If
the finger Is dry, It Is eaay, by chang-
ing the preasure on the end of the
tube, to let the milk run dow Blowly
and to atop It exactly at the mark.
Tho tip of the pipette Is placed In the
top of the test bottle held in an In-
clined position, and the milk Is al-
lowed to run down one aide of the
neck of the bottle, without filling the
neck completely. In this way exactly
18 grama (I7.6cc.) of milk are trans-
ferred to the test bottle without loss.
The beginning should pratlce sam-
pling and testing milk until he is well
acquainted with every necessary step.
He should be able to make several
tests on the same sample ot milk
which do not differ In reading by
more than one or two-tenths ot a per
:ent
The following rules have been is-
sued for the guidance of wool growers
by the United States department of
agriculture:
1. Adhere to a settled policy of
breeding the type of sheep suitable to
the locality.
2. Sack lamb, ewe. wether and
all buck, or very oily fleeces separate-
ly. If the bucks or part of the ewes
or wethers have wool of widely differ-
ent kind from the remainder of the
flock, shear such separately and put
the wool in separate sacks so marked.
3. Shear all black sheep at ono
time, preferably last, and put the wool
In separate sacks.
4. Remove and sack separately all
tags, and then allow no tag discount
upon the clip aB a whole.
5. Have slatted floors In the holding
pens.
6. Use a smooth, light and hard-
glazed (preferably paper) twine.
7. Securely knot the string on each
fleece.
8. Turn sacks wrong side out and
shake well before filling.
9. Keep wool dry at all times.
10. Make the brands on the sheep
as small as possible and use a brand-
ing material that will scour out.
11. Know the grade and value of
your wool and price It accordingly.
12. Do not sweat sheep excessively
before shearing.
13. Keep the corral aweeplnga out
of the wool.
14. Do not aell the wool before It la
grown.
15. When all these rules are fol
lowed, place your personal brand or
your name upon the bags or bales.
Always sure to please, Red Cross Ball
Blue. All grocers sell it. Adv.
But a man's friends seldom work
overtime on the friendship Job.
:or Sprains,
Strains or
Lameness
k Always Keep
k a Bottle la
. Year Stable
Rub Htm
HAN FORD'S
Balsam of Myrrh
A LINIMKNT
For Gall*, Wars
Cuts, Lamenes „
Strains, Bunches,
Thrush, Old Sores,
Nail Wounds, Foot Rot, _
Fistula, Bleeding, Etc^ Etc. f
Made Since 1846. A*AhS«t n
Priae 28c, BO« and 91.00
All Dealerships?
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t Rot, ^
CONTROL OF PLANT DISEASES
Much Trouble Can Be Prevented by
Raking Up and Burning Old Stalks,
Leavea and Fruit.
Keep Tools Bright and Shining.
After being put away In the tool
chest for a few days, unused tools
often l-vst badly, especially In very
wet weather. To prevent this, soak
an old sponge or piece ot flanuel with
machine oil and put it In the chest
with the tools. This takes but a mo-
ment, and aa long aa the oil remalna
the tools will keep brlgUl and ahlnlng.
try 1U ~
(By W. W. ROBBIN8. Colorado 8tation.)
In the control and prevention of
plant diseases sanitation of the garden
is important. There are a number of
our fungous diseases which reat over
the winter on or in decayed stalks,
leaves, or fruit. The resting stage of
the fungus la realatant to winter con-
ditions. Among such diseases which
rest over In the above manner are:
Club root cabbage, onion mildew,
leaf spot of strawberry, leaf spot of
beets, early blight ot celery, late
blights ot celery, and asparagua rust.
If a disease Is not destructive one
season. It is no sign It will not be
another season. Hake up and burn
the old stalks, leavea and fruit left
In the gardeu patch.
Place for Storing Onlone.
Store onions In e oool, well-aired
The Wretchedness
of Constipation
Can quickly be overcome f—
CARTER'S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS.
Purely vegetable
—act surely and
gently on thi
Tiver. Cure
Biliousness, ^
Head-
ache,
ness, and Indigestion. They do their dutf.
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOS*. SMALL PUCK.
Genuine mMt bear Signature
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