The Beaver Herald (Beaver, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 8, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 29, 1915 Page: 2 of 8
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WHEAT SEEDING PLAN
Early Deep Preprration Is Al-
ways Advisable.
Time for 8eedlng Must Necessarily
Vary According to the Season
Clean Pure Seed It Espe-
cially Recommended.
(Ir H. M. UA1NER. Texas.)
We all know that early deep prepa-
ration for wheat Is advlsablo. around
that has been well plowed or lifted
In July or early August and then has
been well cared for since will Insure
n better crop than that prepared later.
August plowing or listing Is better
than that prepared in September
Oround prepared after September 1
must naturally bo worked shallower
and at the risk of not making as good
crop aa an early deep and well-packed
seedbed. This Into preparation
should bo well packed by the use of
the subsurface packer. If this cannot
be obtained the common smoothing
harrow used two or thrco times orer
the field. Immediately after the plow
will do lots of good. The harrowing
and tramping of tbo horses will firm
the ground very much. Wo must re-
member that wheat requires a Arm
seedbed.
The Umo for seeding wheat must
necessarily Tary according to the sea-
son. Our best wheat crops come from
sowing from October 1 to October 20
providing the season la favorable Sow-
ing aa late aa December 1 ofton pro-
duces good results under favorable
conditions.
Too much cannot be said in favor
of good pure seed. A great deal of
wheat which will bo used for seeding
this fall Is badly mixed and is of an
Inferior quality. It pays to sow good
seed even It It has to secured slightly
abovo market prices. It will pay to
run all seed wheat through the fanning
mill. Turkey lied and Kharkof wheats
will bo found aa good varieties as can
bo obtained for our conditions. These
nre both hnrdy winter varieties of ex-
cellent milling and good yielding quali-
ties. The most of us contlnuo to mako
tho mistake of sowing too much seed.
For our hard lands 30 pounds of seed
to the aero Is sumclcnt; If tho ground
has been well prepared 25 pounds per
aero Is usually sufficient. Wo must
give our wheat a chance to stool.
It Is a good plan to treat all seed
wheat for smut whethor tho wheat ap-
pears to be free from It or not. The
formalin treatment Is the most reli-
able. Sow all wheat with so mo good re-
llablo grain drill and cover with tho
press wheel attachment. It possible.
Tho press wheel attachment firms the
ground immediately around and abovo
the seed and insures It coming up bet-
ter. Tho seed should bo sowed deep
enough to come In contact with moist
oil but this should not! be over two
to four Inches In depth. Wheat can
be sowed slightly deeper In sandy
soils than In heavy or tight soils.
Let us sow smaller acreage? and do
the work right rather than to sow
land that has been but half prepared.
We cannot afford to "hog-In" our
wheat.
CERTAIN DRY FARMING CROPS
Flax Can De Crown Successfully
When Used In Rotation System
Subject to Soil Disease.
(By ALVIN KAYSEH. Colorado Experi-
ment fUatlon.)
Flax next to winter wheat Is prob-
ably ono of tho most certain of tho
dry furmlng cash crops. Owing to tho
fact that It Is subject to certain plant
and soil diseases flax cannot bo con-
tinuously grown with safety upon tho
pamo land. To be grown successfully
In a permanent system ot farming. It
must bo grown as a rotation crop.
Where flax constitutes ono ot the per-
manent crops It shouldn't occupy the
land oftener than ono In four or five
years. When so alternated It Is pos-
slblo to keep tho land free from dis-
eases provided the seed flax Is prop-
erly treated with tho formaldchydo
trtatmont to prevent tho spread of the
dlseaso through seed.
TELLING THE AGE OF HORSES
Most Easily Determined by Cups In
the Teeth Front Teeth Perma-
nent at Four Years.
Tho age ot n horso Is most easily
determined by the cups in the teeth.
At tour years tho horso has his pen
inancnt front teoth. At five there are
deep black cavities In the centers of all
lowor nippers. At sx these cavities
dtsappenr In tho two center lower nip-
pers. Two more lose Iholr cavities for
each year to tho eighth and then tho
two center upper nippers lose their
cavities and each yt-ar two more un-
til at the ago of ten tho teeth arc. all
smooth or retain only a sma.ll blade
speck. After tho ago of ten the length
of the teeth and tushe must bo Judged
oven then tho age can be determined
only approximately.
Increase Size of Eggs.
Salt affects the slio of eggs. Just
75 per cent of the contents of an egg
Is wator and many advise tho uso of
plsnty of salt In tho laying hen's ra-
tion to lnduco it to drink moro water
Ono poultry raiser found by experi-
ment that hens getting a heavy pro-
portion of salt in their food drank
doublo the amount ot water consumed
by hens havlnc uusalted rations. The
eggs from the pen where the hem
got salt wero exceptionally large.
MOST PROFITABLE
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Clydesdale Yearling Champion.
If you want heavy drafts and they
are big sellers these days stick to a
draft breed and never mix tbo breeds
If possible to avoid It
if you want just harness-horses
breed the trotters. If you want sad-
dlo horses or park hacks breed for
them. If you want speed under tho
saddle breed thoroughbreds.
Tbo various breeds hato been high-
ly developed their best profits accent-
uated and fostered by scientific breed-
ers both In America and abroad.
What is more reasonable to suppose
than that theso men who havo given
years ot labor and who have spent
much money In developing the var-
ious breeds should havo arrived at
COTTONSEED MEAL
GOOD FOR HORSES
Satisfactory Results Secured by
' Feeding at Rate of One Pound
Per Head Daily.
In answer to tho inquiry "Is cotton-
seed meal good feed for horses?" Pro-
fessor Foster of the New Mexico ex-
periment station states that It Is when
fed in small quantities In combination
with other concentrates. A number
of southern experiment stations and
horso ownors report satisfactory re-
sults from feeding It to marcs colts
and driving horses at tho rata of ono
pound per head dally mixed with
ground corn or other grain; and to
work horses at tho rate ot two pounds
per head dally fed In tbo samo man-
ner. Tho Iowa station found that when
fed In connection with corn and oats
1.1 pound of cottonseed meal was
equal to 1.4 pound of linseed oil meal
in maintaining tho weight ot tho
horses and enabling thorn to do work;
and that on account ot being less lax-
atlvo than tho oil meal. It is better
adapted to tbo needs of horse) at hard
work. Qecauso ot Its high protein
content and Its peculiar flavor. It gives
most satisfactory results and is eaten
with greater relish when fed In a mix-
ture with some of the grains such as
corn oats mllo or barloy.
In localities whero alfalfa is tho
principal roughato cottonseed meal
Is not needed to properly balance the
ration for farm horses. Any of tho
grains mentioned are sufficient. Its
valuo Is moro apparent whero farmers
must rely mainly on timothy or prairie
hay or soma ot tho coarse- fodders tor
roughage.
CRUDE PETROLEUM
AS MANGE REMEDY
Hogs Afflicted Should Be Given
Thorough Treatment at In-
tervals of Eight Days.
(I)y M. II. IlF.TNOI.nS. Minnesota Ex-
periment Station.) '
Treatment of hogs for mango should
begin with a vigorous scrubbing with
brush soap and soft water so as to
remove tho crust. A vorlcty ot coal
tar dips aro on tho market. Most of
theso are qulto satisfactory it ot sutn-
clcut strength and warm enough
about 110 degrees but do not boll.
Tho hog should bo given a good
thorough soaking lu tho dip net less
thnn two minutes. Tho hog must go
under head and nil at least once.
Treatment must usually bo repeated
ono or moro times at Intervals ot
clsht dnys. Treat tho wholo herd and
do It thoroughly
An cffectlvo dip can bo mado from
crudo petroleum as follows: Four gal-
lons crudo oil 16 gallons ot water and
ono pound ot soap. Tho soap should
bo dissolved In tho water by heating.
An emulsion Is then made by adding
tho oil and thoroughly churning the
mixture. Water In different sections
differs very greatly in the way It will
combine with soap. It this amount of
tsoap does not glvo a good emulsion
simply add moro soap. Avoid oily
dips In cold weather. Whllo the hogs
are taking the dip thoroughly clean
and theu disinfect tho pens. In raso
of truo mange tho fence posts trees
and everything against which tho hogs
nil) must also bo disinfected. Use a
strong disinfectant and plenty ot It
After treatment do not put the hogs
back Into loucy or mangy pent.
BREEDS OF HORSES
tho most profitable way ot raising
good horso flesh.
It a farmer visits a reputable breed-
ing establishment in this country or
Europe ho will find that every effort
Is made to breed along pure lines ot
tbo breed that Is to bo first developed
and then perpetuated. So In this waj
we get tbo best specimens ot any
kind whatsoever.
Sore shoulders and consequently
balky teams are tho consequence of
hard work during the spring months
If tho harness does not fit properly.
Watch tho collar and unless it is
fitting tight either uso an excess pad
or a smaller collar. The latter is al-
ways preferable.
FRUIT GROWING AND
POULTRY COMBINED
Trees Offer Great Advantage in
Providing Shade and Insect
Food for Fowls.
Tho most Important problem for the
digestion of our orchard people is to
get moro money out of their places.
For years wo have urged tho advisabil-
ity of these pcoplo taking up poultry
culture as an adjunct to their business
and wo desire to again Insist upon the
necessity of considering this matter
seriously says Denver Field and
Farm. Tho paid experts havo fig-
ured out that a nice young hen prop-
erly chaperoned nnd provisioned
ought to return a net profit ot $2 a
year although in all our travels we
havo never been able to discover such
a remarkable porformer In the ben
family. It costs at least a dollar a
year to run a hen and when such a
layer can return a gross Income ot $3
sho must perfunctorily bo a cracker-
Jack such ns tbo most of us do not
possess.
Whether or not wo can bring our
laying hens up to a yield ot 160 eggs
a year Is not the question boivover.
Tho thing Is to use tho orchard tract
for tho running of fowls ot ono kind
or another that will bring in a steady
income so as to mako tbo place nore
profitable at the expenditure ot but
llttlo more tlmo and money in tho
overhead charges
It seems easy enough to run 100
hens on each aero without materially
Interfering with tho regular orchard
work so that tho one essentially U
to get at it and do It.
Ono man Is carrying an nnnual flock
of COO birds to tho aero where there
are no trees and we do not see how
tho slmplo matter of trees has any
thing to do in curtailing the proposi-
tion when as a matter ot fact they of-
fer a great advantago throuVh the
shado and tho Insect food they are all
the tlmo propagating.
SOME ADVANTAGES
OF SHEEP RAISING
Animal Produces Both Wool and
Mutton Rapid Monetary
Returns Are Received.
A few sheep should bo kept on
every farm as thoy will return good
profits with very llttlo care or ex-
pense Some of tho advantages In
keeping them are:
First Tho sheep la a dual purpose-
animal producing both wool and mut-
ton. Second Tho initial expenditure Is
small. Every farmer can well afford
the investment of tho necessary cap-
ital In a few sheep.
Third Itapld monetary returns nro
received tho wool clip and the lamb
crop being salable annually.
Fourth Expensive buildings are by
no means necessary. A warm lambing
pen Is required but for the aged sheep
a shelter shed to protect them froih
tbo winter winds Is alone sufficient.
Fifth Weed destruction represents
another asset. Sheep will eat and rel-
ish almost every class ot weed.
Sixth Sheep admittedly improve
soil fertility. Tholr manure is rich
and uniformly distributed.
Seventh Except at certain ecasons
of tho year less Mmo and attention
need bo bestowed upon the care of
sheep than in the caso ot almost any
other nnlmal without thorehy ccdaa-
Eerier successful result.
SHOULD COOL OFF GRADUALLY
Mistake to Turn the Hose on Per-
spiring Team Is the Assertion
of Veterinarian.
"In this hot weather there are al-
ways a number of fools who think
they are kind to their horses when
they turn a hose on them and drench
them with cold water to thoroughly
cool them off" said a veterinarian as
ho stopped a driver from throwing
water over his perspiring team. "If
the horse is overheated" be contin-
ued "the shock of such a bath on
the region whero the kidneys are sit-
uated Is enough to kill It and even It
it does no apparent harm the horse
will succumb much more readily to
tho heat afterward. After a horse has
been working In tbo broiling sun It
should bo cooled oft as gradually as
possible. The first thing to do Is to
take a sponge and wash out Its mouth.
This removes the saliva which Is poi-
sonous and refreshes the animal
greatly before it can be allowed to
bavo a drink. After this the horse
should have Its four legs bathed tho
hind ones as far as its haunches the
front ones up to the chest- Then It
is safe to wet Its head neck and tho
part of Its back Immediately behind
the neck. Care should be taken how-
ever to keep the region ot the kid-
neys perfectly dry. This habit of
driving a team up before a Are en-
gine house and playing a hose Indis-
criminately over their bodies is ac-
countable for tho death of many good
horses every summer."
Of Course.
"Did you ever hear such silly rot
as that lino of Tennyson's: 'Halt a
league half a league half a league on-
ward!'" "What is there silly about ltr
"Why anybody knows that not more
than half a league can bo going on-
ward at any given time. For every
game one team wins some other team
has got to lose one."
Sad Part of the Allegation.
"Every darn' fool In this town thinks
ho could run a newspaper better than
I cant" grumbled the editor of the
Torpldvllle Tocsin and Guardian of the
Hearthstone the price whereof was
a dollar a year and the time to sub-
scribe now.
"Ey-yah!" replied Mortimer Morose.
"And the worst ot It is a good many
of 'em could!"--Knnaas City Star.
More Important.
"Flno feathers do not mako fine
birds" said tho ready-made philoso-
pher. "No" replied Mr Growcher; "their
responsibilities aro greater. They are
depended on to make fine human be-
ings." Has the Air.
"That new clerk of yours seems to
be an Important person about here."
"You are right."
"Then he ls Important?"
"No. Ho 'seems to be."
Fow women would care to bo angels
If they couldn't talk out loud to each
other whllo the heavenly choir Is sing-
ing. AH things come to the man who
waits If he waits on Himself while
waiting.
Let's remember the kind acts of oth-
ers but forget our own!
A Good
Means a running start toward the day
There's concentrated
In
Grape-Nuts
FOOD
It contains the rich elements from
Wheat and Barley in form for easy-
digestion; and so quickly absorbed
that it makes itself felt in body
and brain.
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It's a Picnic Getting
If you choose
SpanuhOuves Piddej Sweet Relish Ham Loaf Veal Loaf
Chicken Loaf Fruit Preserve Jellies Apple Butter
Luncheon Meat!
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Resembled Dining Car.
Jim Sullivan typical American
tramp carried a kitchen cabinet under
his coat and when arrested in Red
Wing Minn. the following things were
found: Eight large raw potatoes
weighing sevon pounds; one quart bot-
tle of sweet milk one ten-cent loaf ot
wheat bread one-half dozen tea bis-
cuits one-bait dozen rolls fresh: two
one-pound packages of ground coffee
two aluminum salt and pepper shak-
ers glass cruet filled with vinegar one
raw onion and two Japanese paper
napkins.
Too Late
Senator Kcnyon congratulated at a
June wedding In Fcrt Dodge on bis
eloquence smiled and said:
"Well let us admit frankly thnt the
gift of the gab is fitter all a good
thing.
"For my part I have never found
silence golden except at a wedding or
a funeral when It's too lato to say
anything."
Conflicting.
"What Is tho matter with the par-
son and the doctor that they cannot
agree?"
"Tho parson says the doctor Is so
contrary. Just as soon as he gets a
man properly prepared for tho next
world the doctor goes to work nnd
cures him."
Estimating the Probabilities.
"My daughter Is having her voice
trained" Bald Mr. Cumrox.
"Is sho a soprano or a contralto?"'
"I dunno. I supposo she'll decide
to be whichever costs the most."
A Fighter.
Flatbush My wife wants to go to
Europe this summer.
Bensonhurst What with all the
trouble oyer there?
"Sure thing; sho loves a fight".
About 900 colors are known to dy-
ers ot which only about 100 are made
In the United States.
To convert an ax Into a pick Is
the purpose of an attachment patent-
ed by a West Vlrslnla Inventor.
But you can never measure a man's
achievements by his own tongue.
Breakfast-
Properly
ILnerg'y
Reason
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Ready for a Picnic
Pork and Beans
Ready to Serve
Food Products
IntUI on Uhbv't al
your poat't
Interesting Comparison.
"It beats alt how luck does play fa-
vorites" remarked Farmer Corntossel.
"I Jes' been to see Ezra Hanklns."
"How's he gettln' along since he hurt
his foot?"
"He's purty glum. Tho doctor
charged him a hundred dollars fur cut'
tin his foot off. An' when the rail-
road cut Uncle Jake's foot the com-
pany paid him six hundred In cash.
Maybe these great corporations ain't
as graspln' as' some people says."
Cant Be Done.
"Mrs. Giddy has Invited nil the mem-
bers ot the sewing circle to a luncheon
and matinee party."
"Doesn't she know they have been
gossiping about her something aw-
ful?" "Of course she does. That's tho
reason she's trying to square tho
circle."
Making It Even.
"I hear the high-school girls mado
their own graduation gowns this
year."
"Yes but they made up for It by
cribbing their commencement essays
out of the encyclopedia."
His Natural Mistake.
"You criticize us" said tho Chinese
visitor "yet I see all your women havo
their feet bandaged."
"That Is an epidemic" it was ex-
plained to him gently "which broke
out In 1914. Those are called spats."
Irresistible.
Peyton Bonnet Is organizing a regi-
ment ot English butlers.
Parker Why butlers?
Peyton To scare the enemy to
death. Puck.
Setting a Swift Pace.
"Bllggtns discusses some very ab-
struse topics. Is he a student?"
"Not as much ot a student as he'd
have to be to understand most ot the
things he says."
Some of the "scenery" Is employed
In the theatrical business and the bal-
ance of It Is worn by women.
Tell your troubles to your friends
if you would know how weak their
sympathy really Is.
Selected
s work.
WISE WORDS
A Phytlclan on Food.
A physician of Portland Oregon has
views about food. He says:
"I have always believed that the duty
of tho physician does not cease with
treating the sick but that we owe it to
humanity to teach them how to protect
their health especially by hygienic and
dietetic laws.
"With such a feeling as to my duty I
take great pleasure In saying to tho
public that in my own experience and
alBo from personal observation I havo
found no food to equal Grape-Nuts and
that I find there la nlmosl no limit to
tho great benefit this food will bring
whon used In nil cases of sickness and
convalescence
"It Is my experience that no physical
condition forbids tho uso of Grape-Nuts.
To persons In health there Is nothing
so nourishing and acceptable to tho
stomnch especially at breakfnBt to
start the machinery of tho human sys-
tem on the day's work. In casus of
Indigestion I know that a completo
breakfast can bo made of Grnpo-Nuls
nnd cream und I think It Is necessary
not to overload tho stomach at tho
morning moal I also know the great
value of Grape-Nuts whin tho stomach
Is too weak to digest other food.
"This Is written nfter an experlcnco
of more than 20 years treating all man-
ner of chronic nnd acute diseases nnd
the letter is written voluntarily on my
part without any request for It" Namo
given by Postum Co Battlo Creok
Mich.
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