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EXPERIMENTS WITH FEED
FOR FATTENING CATTLE
IN THE PUBLIC EYE
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Rations Used Consisted of Shelled Corn, Coton-Sced Meal
and Clovor Hay Older Animals Making
More Rapid Guin.
LANDOR AFTER SOUTH POLE
dr? -ow ojrarnns) groflrgg JL
A. Henry Savage Lnndor, explorer, who will
oon malic an attempt to reach tho south pole, In
jf the opinion tlint Lieut. Slmckloton failed
hrough having a cumbersome and unnecessarily
arge expediiloti.
Mr. lindor'H theory Is that n email caravan
if tructrd and hardy men, lightly equipped, lllto
il expeditious through Asia and Africa, Is best
The warm Hoaaon will ho chosen for Lnndor'n
lath to do what Ltuut. Shacltlcton bo noarly bug-
needed In accomplishing, and It Is now planned to
consume the best part of a year In tho attempt.
Mr. Landor'H activity In noronautle lnvcstlga
tlonn jilves color to the rumor that an airship will
be used by him to reach tho polo. Nothing doll
nlto Ih nBcortalnablo, but It Is known that for a
long timo Mr. Lnndor lias been cngagcu in mo
construction of mi nerlal car which would carry himself and a Binnll party of
follower to their destination.
The engine will bo a simple, sturdy affair, that will bo ablo to Btaud any
amount of usage, bo otttlly ropalred and of a ufllcloiit power to aid tho ex
pedition. Mr. Landor prefers to take chances In an airship rathor than a balloon,
becnuee ho ofltlmutos tho speed mid control of nn aeroplane, will bo far sur
pass an ordinary gn bag that danger need not bo reckoned with.
Tho outfit will bo taken as far south ns posHlblo by ship and tlion con
voyod ovorlnnd to near the point of Lieut. Shackloton's camp. From there
the flnnl flight will be made. No actual plans or tho number of mon or tho
personnel of the party have been announced.
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MEMORIAL TO WASHINGTON
Mrs. Henry F. DImock, who wbb recently
elected prosldent of tho Gcorgo Washington Me
morial association, wuntB every mnn, woman and
jhlld in tho country to havo a personal sense of
iroprlotorshlp In the $2,000,000 building as a me
morial to tho first prcEldont. She suggests that
ulults should glvo ouo dollar or moro and that
all the children should own a 10-cont brick. Ileau
(.ifully engraved rccclptB, boarlng n head of
Washington, nro being sent to contributors of
ono dollar or moro, and nmonc tho contributors
havo been 30 young women employed In n drcBS
making establishment In Now York.
In accordanco with tho deslro ofton ox
pressed by Washington for tho promotion of set
enco and literature, tho building will bo devoted
to such usoii. A host or patriotic, sciontmc, eco
nomic, educational, lltonry and art organizations aro associated In tho me
morial association, and It 1b lntondod that tho building shall furnish n homo
and gathering plnco for such bodleu. It will contain rooms for small and
largo meetings, HtudontB' research rooms, n great hall or nudltorlum and
rooms for Inigo congresses, such ns tho recent TuborculoBls congress. Teach
era' conventions will bo Invited to nBBomble horo, and it la hoped that tho
Grand Army of tho Republic, tho Loyal Legion of tho United States nnd tho
Bona of tho Revolution will havo pormanont quarters In tho building.
Tho advisory council or tho association Includes Ellhu Root, Ira Romsen,
Prof. II. Fairfield Osboin, Charles .1. Hell, Dr. Weir Mltcholl, Dr. William
Welch, Oon. Ilornco Porter, Prof. Charles W. Dabnoy, Dr. Charles D. Walcott
and Prof. Alexander Agasslz.
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AMERICAN GIRL A DIPLOMAT
Lady Arthur Paget, formerly Miss Mary
Slovene of New York, arter proving at Cowes her
.oclal power in successfully Inunchlng Mrs. Will
lam Loeds, widow or tho tlnplato magnate, on
iho excluHlvo social Eca, showod hor ability as a
Uplomatlst In tho intricate and highest grudo of
international politics). Lady Arthur loft Mrs.
Leeds at Trouvlllo and roturned to London, whero
at tho Rltz hotel she gnvo a dinner to M. Isvolsky,
tho RiiBhlan mlnlfltor or rorolgn affairs, surround
ng him with a cholco coterlo coiiBlatlng of Mm.
lack LobIIo, tho Mnrquls Dosovoral, tho Portu
guoso mlnlator nnd closo friend of tho king, and
Prlnco Dcmldoff of Russia.
Tho dinner wns porfect oven tor oplcuroan
'tuBslann, but It was notlcoablo during tho ovonlng
for tho earnest conversation in wnicii tno nosiess
nnd M. Isvolsky Indulged. Practically every phaso or Russia's relations with
England and Amorlca was dlsctiBtod during tho evening, briefly but sklliruliy,
and from tho lips or tho charming American woman tho Russian premier ob
tainod a hotter grasp or tho situation In England and America, so far as Rub
sla Is concorned, than from all tho talks ho had had with diplomatists.
It was practically tho only unofficial dlnnor which M. IsvolBky nttonded
during his uhort stay In England, and thoro wcro mnny envious eyes cast nt
Lady Paget becauso ot her aucco3S In entertaining tho Russian statesman.
CROESUS IN SMALL FLAT
Multlmllllonnlro J. Ogdcn Armour and his ram
lly aro going to llvo In n rour-room flat.
When the city dwollcr thinks or that ho may bo
moro content to get along with llvo or six rooms.
Moro than that, tho Armours will try tho four
room life In two AvcokB nnd they'll try It volnntarl
ly. Around them will bo SO othor rooms, unoccu
pied nnd built for thorn. Rut thoy'U try It for
a whllo In a four-room lint.
Out at Armorla, tho created pleasure ground
that lnndscano Kardoners and builders havo
evolved out of an unsightly tract of partly
swampy ground near Waukcgan, III., tho family of
millions will try their tiny homo.
Four million dollars has been spent on tho
nluoo whoro tho four rooms nro, and moro Is yot
to bo spent. A 00-room pnlaco has boon built, but
80 of tho rooiim nro not roady yot. Moantlmo, tho Armours will llvo In the
four nnd bco that their art treasures and their ostate aro properly cared for,
They may bo cramped for i time, but they'll understand all about tho Hat
dweller nnd his troubles.
During tho past three years tho An
imal Husbandry dcpnrtniont or Pur
duo university, Indiana, has been con
ducting a scries of tests to determine
tho Influence of ago on tho economy
and profit In fattening cattle, In which
tlirco lots of cattle, ono of calvoB, one
of yonrllngs and ono of two-ycarolda
were used last year. ThlB yoar the
ration used consisted of shotted com,
cotton-seed meal and clover hay. The
results were similar to those secured
In provlous years and published by
the station In Bulletin 129. The old
er cnttlo coiiBUined more feed per
bead, made a moro rapid gain, at
tained a higher finish, increased more
In value per pound whilo In tho feod
lot nnd returned a greater prollt ror
Ised consumed, writes W. A. Cochel,
BUILDS BUNGALOW FOR NORDICA
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the Bole roughngo consists or corn si
lage, without dry feed In any form
except In concentrates, Whllo these
results wcro secure under normnl
conditions nnd lndlcato that sllago
may profitably bo usod In largo ijuan
titles for fattening beef cattle, tho
work will bo duplicated next winter
beforo final conclusions aro drawn. .
This one test has nhown a decided
advantago in tho uso or sllago in tho
plnco of clovor hay whero corn and
cotton-soed meal aro used as com en
trates, followed very closely by tho
use of n ration where one-half of the
clover was substituted with sllago.
The points of advantage Indicated by
tho work are In n cheaper and more
rapid gain, n nraaller necessary sell
ing price and n larger actual value, a
Cleorgo W. Young, tho Now York hanker, has
built for hU bride, Mine. Nordlca, tho biggest and
handsomest log bungalow nt Doal Reach, N. J
and thoy will bo domiciled there tho rest of tho
Hummer.
Tho Young estato Is believed to be tho larg
est In Monmouth county, having a front 2i miles
long, covering ns mnny square mllea and nccom
modntlv.K without the least embarrassment almost
the entlro 18-holo course of tho Deal Golf club,
wlih Us -ISO members, largely Now York business
and professional men.
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1 vjuu in uiu luimuuH ui uiu uuhkuiuw is a nail
l way, or rnllior promenade, oxtondlng along tho
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insiuo norm wnu uiu yiiuiu iuukui ui me tjiruc
ture, so that tho entlro Interior can be thrown
upon ns one room when occasion uccossltutos.
Many drives load to tho bungalow, shndod with ruro exotic and ludl
gcnouB trees. To tho west Is a vast flower garden and at propor distances
uro tho many houses or employou, burns nnd garngos. A hugo llollandlc
windmill supplies the ostnto with water, nud thla is Bupplemcntcd by tho mu
nlclpal supply.
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Steers Fed Shelled Corn, Cottonseed Meal and Corn Silage.
In Farmers' Review. Tho calve3 made
gains at n cost or $H.9r per hundred
less than tho two-year-olds. While
thoy wore worth 20 cents per hundred
moro than tho two-year-olds at the
beginning of tho test, thoy were
worth 35 cents per hundred less nt
the closo,
In tho experiments carried on to
dotermlno tho relntlvo value or differ
ent rations rour lots or ten two-year-
olds oach were usod, doslgnntcd as
LotB 1, 4, 6, nnd 0. Theso wcro
high grndo Angus steers , mainly,
purchased In Lawronco county, In-
dlana, and iundo n good showing In
nil lots. Lot 1 was red shelled com,
cotton-need meal and clover hay; 1-rOt
4, shelled corn, cotton-seed meal, nnd
corn silage; Lot 5, shelled corn, cot-
higher degrco of finish and n greater
profit per head In tho sllage-rcd lots.
Tho values used In making theso com
parisons are as follows: Shelled corn,
CO conts.por bushel; cotton-seed meal,
?28.00 p'o'r ton; clovor hoy, $8.00 por
tou, and corn silage, $3.00. Theso val
ues nro In all cases higher than ac
tual cash values upon tho local market
and show conclusively that with tho
prevailing prices or feeds nnd of cattle
a very liberal profit may bo Becurod
from feeding steers. Tho values of cat
tlo wo determined by commission men
nud buyers upon tho Chicago and In
dianapolis markets at the beginning
nnd closo or tho experiments. An
other renturo of the work Is shown
by comparison or Lot 1, Ted on shelled
corn, cottoii-ceed meal nnd clovor hay,
Steers Fed Shelled Corn, Cottonseed Meal and Clover Hay.
ton-seed moal, clover hay and corn
sllngo; and Lot G, shellod corn nud
clovor hay. Tho sllago red steers
made tho most rapid gain, con
sumed tho smallest amount of
grain, mndo their gains $1.91 per
hundred chenpor than thoso rod on
a Blmllar rntlon with clover hay as
n roughage, and $3,20 per hundred
chenpor than thoso red on shelled
corn and clovor hay without a nltroi
gon conccntrato. Tho Bnnie steers
cost $0.20 per hundred In comparison
with $0.08 In tho shelled corn, cotton
seed meal nnd clover lot, whllo their
niurkot valuo was 15 per hundred
higher. Tho results secured by tho
Purdue station this yenr would lndlcato
that It is posslblo to reed cattlo when
RAPID STRIDES OF
TUBERCULOSIS
Great Nooit of Imineiiluto Tcotltuz
1y Furmorn Stronsly Urged
to Check Qtscuoc.
lly killing four healthy looking cows
which had reached to tho tuberculin
tost and by killing n pig that had
boon red upon tho quart of milk from
n tuberculous cow, Dean II. L. Rus
sell, nt Madison, Wis., demonstrated
to 2,000 fnrmora nt the farmers' course
the ravages of tho disease In animals
In which Its presence ordinarily would
bo unsuspected. Tho tuberculin tost,
Dean Russell declared, was tho only
reliable method of determining tho
presence or tho dlsouge, since tho np
pcaranco or tho animal and physical
'xamlnatloiiB havo been demonstrated
to bo untrustworthy. The groat need
for lmmedlnto testing by fnrmora
thenisolvos or by quulliled tests was
strongly urgod.
Tho loss consequent upon disregard
ing the value of tho tuberculin toat
wau llluatratod by the experience of
the farmor In whoso herd of 19 cows
12 reacted to tho tuborctilln tost
mndo by a short-course student, As
a result of nogloctlng to take tho
precautionary steps to eliminate the
with Lot 0, fed on shelled corn and
clover hay. The sumo advantages as
to rate and cost of gain, finish and
market valuo of tho cattlo aro noticed
hero In favor or using cotton-soed meal
with clover hay. Similar results were
secured during tho preceding yoar with
those reeds, which would lndlcato that
It is profitable! to uso a nltrogonous
concontrnte in connection with corn
at prevailing prices. Tho tabulatod
roBults or tho past winter's work
affords a valuable study for all farm
bcof fcodors. The work carried on r.t
tho station has boon based on gonernl
corn bolt condltloiiB as provall on most
Indiana farms. Consequently tho re
sults moan something to the nvorago
feeder.
disease 07 out of his herd or 100 ro
acted lator when ho was compollcd to
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ivm uiu iioin. y
llio danger or spreading tubercu
losis rapidly among pigs by feeding
thorn skimmed milk from Inrectod
cows was clearly shown by tho dem
onstrations or tho prosonce or tho dls
oaBo In tho digestive tract or a pig
rod on n quaft or milk from a tuber
culous cow.
Preserving Eggs.
Just as soon as tho price of eggs
drops ngnln put some by for next win
ter's uso. This suggastlon Is good Tor
tho consumer as lor the producer, Tho
outfit tided Is not a costly ono and It
will snve you money during tho cold
months when you havo to pay tho coal
bill.
The eggs should not bo over a day
old. Wlpo (hum clonn and submergo
thorn In the wator glass solution,
which Is contained In a stono orock.
Iv'gg.s must bo kopt under the liquid.
When lined wlpo off tho water glass.
Try. IhU and soo ir It is not n monoy
maker.
Don't Neglect Poultry.
Thore la no excuse for neglecting
the poullry for a Blnglo day, Egg?
will bo eggo ns long as tho world lasts
and thoro Is good money in thorn yeai
In and year out.
When did the United States begin
tho prnctlco of forestry? Few per
sons can answer this qucstloti cor
rectly. Most people nro or tho opin
ion Mint tho beginning of forestry In
this country wns of very recent or
igin, nnd that the first stop in that
direction was taken nmong tho moun
tains of tho far west. Neither Is cor
rect. Whllo Washington was serving his
first term ns president of tho United
States, n recommendation came to him
that tho government ought to buy llvo
oak Islands on tho coast or Georgia
to make sure or a supply or ship
timber Tor war vessels. The Idea ap
pearB to have originated with Joshua
Humphreys, whoso official title wns
"Constructor of tho United States
Navy," although about the only navy
then existing wns made up or six ships
on paper, and not ono stick or timber
to build them had yot been cut. Tho
vessels wcro designed to fight the
north Afrlcnn pirates.
Flvo years after tho recommenda
tion was mndo congress appropriated
money to buy live oak land. Grover
and Blackboard Islands on tho coast
of Georgia wcro bought for $22,500.
They contained 1,950 acres.
Louisiana was bought soon after,
and In 1817 tho Six Islands, of 19,000
acres, and containing 37,000 llvo oak
trcos, wero withdrawn from sale, anil
set apart as a reserve. In 1825, con
gress appropriated $10,000 to buy ad
ditional llvo oak land on Santa Rosa
sound, western Florida, and subse
quently other Florida tlmberlands, ag
gregating 200,221 acres, wcro reserved.
Up to that tlino nothing moro had
boen dono than to buy or roscrvo land
Tor tho timber growing naturally up
on It; but tho work was to bo carried
further upon tho Santa Rosa'purchaso.
Tho plan Included plnntlng, protecting
cultivating, nnd cutting llvo oak for
tho navy. Tho timber was then con
sidered lndlspcnsnblo In building wnr
vessols. Much had been said and
written of tho danger of exhaustion of
supply. Settlers destroyed tho timber
to clear land, and European nntlons
wero buying largo quantities for their
navies. In response to repeated warn
ings tho government finally took stops
to grow timber for its own uso.
Young oaks wero planted on tho
Santa Rosa lands. Difficulty wns ex
porlencod In Inducing young trees to
grow. Tho successful transplanting
of tho onk Is not easy, unless dono at
the proper tlmo nnd In tho right way.
Tho plantations nt Santa Rosa were
gonorally unsuccessful; but largo
quantities of acorns wero planted, nnd
a fair proportion of them grew. But
the chief efforts wero directed to prun
ing, training, and enring for tho wild
trees. Thlckots about thorn wero cut
nwny to lot In air and light.
What tho ultimate success of tho
forestry work would havo been can
not bo told. Tho civil war brought a
comploto chnngo in wnr vessels by
substituting Iron for wood. Forestry
work stopped. The timber resorvos
wero neglected. Squnttors occupied
tho land. After n number or years all
tho reserves except some or tho Flori
da land, wore opened to settlement.
Mr. Girford Plnchot, United States
forcstor and chairman of tho national
conservation commission, addressed
tho National Irrigation congress re
cently hold at Spokane, Wash., In the
courso or which ho said:
"Tho most valuable citizen or this
or any other country la tho man who
owns the laud from which ho mnl3
tils living. No othor man has such
a stako In the country. No other mnn
lends such steadiness and stability to
our national Ufo. Therorore, no other
question concerns us moro Intimately
than the question or homes. Perma
nent homoB ror ourselves, our chil
dren, nud our nation this Is tho con
tral problem Tho poMcy or national
GFJCORD pfiCHOT,
V.S. fORSCTSK
Irrigation Is of value to the United
States In very many wnys, but tha
groatcst of all Is this, that national
Irrigation multiplies the men who own
the land from which thoy innko tholr
living. Tho old saying, 'Who ever
heard of a man shouldering his gun
to fight for his boarding houso,' re
flects this great truth, that no man Is so
ready to dofond his country, not only
with arms, but with his vote, and his
contribution to public opinion nB tho
mnn with n permanent slake In h, as
tho man who owns tho land lrom
which ho makes his living.
"Our country began as a nation of
farmers. During tho periods thai gave
It Its chnractor, when "our Independ
ence wns won and when our union
wns preserved, wo wcro preeminent
ly n nation of rarraers. We canjiot,
nnd wo ought not, to contlnuo exclu
sively, or even chiefly, nn agricultural
country, becauso ono man can ralso
food onough for many. Put tho farm
or who owns his land Is still tho back
bone of this. nation; and ono of tho
things wo want most is moro of him.
"Tho man on tho farm Is vnluablo
to tho nation, like any other citizen.
Just in proportion to Ills Intelligence,
character, ability, and patriotism, but
unlike tho other citizens, also In pro
portion to his attachment to tho soil.
That Is tho principal spring of his
steadiness, his sanity, his simplicity
nnd directness, and many of his othor
.deslrablo qualities. IIo Is tho first of
homo-mnkciB.
"Tho nation that will lead tho world
will bo a nntlon of homes. Tho ob
ject of tho great conservation move
ment Is Just this, to mnkc our country
n pormnnont nnd prosperous home ror
ourselves and Tor our children, nnd ror
our children's children, and It Is a
task that Is worth tho best thought
and effort or any and nil of us.
"To nchlovo this or any other great
result, straight thinking and strong
action nro necessary, and tho Btralght
thinking comes first. To make this
country what wo need to havo It wo
must think clearly nnd directly about
our problems, nnd nbovo all wo must
understand what tho real probloras
aro. Tho first thing wo need In this
country, as President Roosovelt so
well set forth In that great mossngo
which told what ho had been trying
to do for tho American people, Is
equnllty or opportunity ror every citi
zen. No man should havo less, and
no man ought to ask ror any morn.
Equnllty or opportunity Is tho real ob
ject or our laws and Institutions.
"Equality of opportuulty, a squaro
deal for every man, tho protection of
tho citizen against tho great concen
trations of capital, 'tho Intelligent use
of laws and Institutions for tho public
good, nnd tho conservation of our
natural resourcos, not ror tho trusts,
but Tor tho people; these nro real Is
sues and real problems. Upoa such
things ns thoso tho perpetuity or this
country ns n nation or homos really
deponds. Wo nro coming to seo that
tho simple things nro tho things to
work Tor. Moro than that, wo aro
coming to seo that the plain American
cltlzon is tho man to work Tor. Tho
Imagination Is staggered by the mag
nitude or tho prlzo Tor which wo work.
U wo succeed, there will oxlst upon
this contlnont a satie, strong people,
living through tho centuries in n land
subdued and controlled for tho service
of tho people, Us rightful masters,
owned by the many aud not by tho
few. K wo rail, the great tntorcsts,
Increasing tholr coutrol or our natur
al resources, will thereby control tho
country moro and more, nnd tho rights
or tho pooplo will Tado Into the privi
leges or concentrated wealth."
Tho diminutive chains or habit are
Boldom heavy enough to bo felt till
thoy aro too strong to bo broken.
Johnson,
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