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(i'rom Hip Unlit'il StutcH Department of
Agneuiiuie.j
A vnst quantity f feed available
for cuttle Is how either wasted ab-o-liili'ly
or put to Miint' less prolltublo
IM-, says a recent report which till'
department luis Just published us Purl
IV of a comprehensive survey of tliu
entire ini'iit situation In the United
States. Failure to utilize the full
value of this matcrhl luis incrensd
unnecessarily the cost of producing
meat, has diminished the profits from
cattle feeding, ami has discouraged
many farmers from engaging In nn-ln-dtiNtry
essential to their permanent
prosperity.
According to the report already
mentioned, the loss In grain, straw,
and corn stover amounts to more than
$100,000,000 annually, Moth of these
products are disposed of most econom
ically when fed to cattle In connection
with some form of concentrated feed.
Straw Is especially valuable la carry
i nc the breeding herd through the
winter, In wintering Mockers, and as
it supplementary roughage for fatten
ing cattle. Stover, too, Is an excel
lent feed for wintering cattle, especial
ly mature breeding cows. Neverthe
less. In many sections of the country
where these products are abundant,
little attempt Is made to take advan
tage of their value for these purposes.
Of an annual straw crop of approxi
mately 110,000,000 tons, It is estimated
that only two-thirds is put to Its best
use live-stock production. Of the
remainder, a little more than one
half Is sold or turned under and the
rest, in per cent of the total crop,
is burned. Hunting Is practically an
absolute waste, and although plowing
under dues contribute, something to
soil fertility, the benellt to the land
is less than that which would he
derived fom the use of the straw to
prolluce manure. "Of all systems of
obtaining permanent soil fertility,"
says the report, "none Is so practical
or as easily available as tltat of feed
ing live stock."
The average value of all kinds of
straw Is placed at about $5 n ton.
In ninny sections, of course, no such
price can be realized for it, and as a
matter of fact only about 8 per cent
of the crop actually is sold. The fig
ure mentioned, however, may lie tak
en as representing the value to the
farmer of straw If he will use It prop
erly In his farming operations as feed
or bedding. In order to illustrate how
this may be done the report gives
three sample rations for wintering a
breeding herd of beef cattle on straw
combined with silage, shock corn, nnd
cottonseed or Unseed meal. Anyone
of these rations, it Is said, will prove
economical. They nre as follows:
Rations for Wintering Breeding Cows.
Ration it
Straw 10
HIlaKO 20
Cottonseed nicnt or Unseed meal.. 114
Untlon 2:
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Cottonseed mho or oil enlec 2
Itntlcn 3;
Straw ,, to
Shock corn 10
Cottonseed me ul 1
In this connection it Is pointed out
also that feeding straw In the winter
will Insure under certain circum
stances the full utilization of sum
mer grass. In a number of western
states it frequently happens that grass
goes to waste because feeders are un
willing to pay the high prices asked
for steers In the spring. With an
abundance of straw on hand to lessen
tlu cost of wintering, feeders can take
advantage of the lower prices for
mocker cattle In the fall to securu
on reasonable terms at that tlmo
enough stock to pasture all the grass
the following year.
The production of corn Mover la
about twice that of grain straw,
amounting to approximately 2415,000,
000 tons a year. A larger percentage
(81.5) of tills is fed thnn of the straw,
but the waste is nevertheless aston
ishing. For tills, poor methods of
feeding ore lnrgely responsible. By
far the most economical method of
hnndllng corn is by ensiling, but as a
matter of fact only 8.1 per cent of the
acreage was put In the silo In 1014,
the year In which these Investigations
were made. About 11 per cent was
cut for grcenfeed and 81 per cent
allowed to mature for grain. It Is In
the last portion ot the acreage that
the greatest waste occurs. Stripping
the leaves from the stnllcs which are
subsequently burned, removing the
stalk above the top ear only, leaving
the stalks to stand In the Held until
the loss of leaves and leaching have
removed mticli of their fertilizing
vnlue. are all unthrifty methods.
Furthermore, almost I per cent of the
stover Is burned, as though, Instead ot
being a potential source of revenue,
It was merely u nuisance to be gotten
rid of as a percentage ot stover thut
t thus thrown I'wny Is as high as 7 or
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country from the practice Is estimated
at nearly $ir.ooo,o00 a year.
To obtain satisfactory results from
the feeding of farm roughages, such
as straw and stover, they must be
combined with some form of concen
trated feed. At the present time large
quantities of such feed. In the form
of cottonseed meal and cake, corn,
molasses, peanuts, and beans nre ex
ported for the use of F.uropoiin feed
ers. If the straw and stover that are
now wasted were employed to feed
more cattle, these concentrates could
be consumed at home. The result
would be a tremendous saxlng not
only In the cost of producing beef but
In the cost of enriching the soil as
well. In 1014, for example, about 1,
000,000 tons of cottonseed meal half
the total production were applied
directly to the sell as fertilizer. If
this hud been fed to cattle Instead,
three-quarters of the fertilizing value
would have been returned to the soil
as manure. The loss of the other
fourth would have been far more than
counterbalanced by the prollt on the
meat produced economically by the
meal and the necessary roughages.
Much the same thing Is true of tho
other oil meals.
The value of these meals Is fur bet
ter appreciated In Kurope than here.
Denmark, for example, feeds annual
ly 478 pounds of oil cake to each of
her mature cattle, the United States
approximately 24 pounds. Further
more, the Kuropenn feeder Is aware
of the fact that the hlgh-proteln meal,
while more expensive to buy. Is more
economical to use. Meal of this qual
ity Is seldom sold on the domestic
markets because the American farmer
has not yet learned its value. Cotton
seed and Unseed are perhaps the best
known of the oil meals, but there are
othei the use of which as feed could
be profitably extended. Iioth peanut
and soy bean meal and cake, for in
stance, are in good demand in Eur
ope. The efllclent use of these and other
feeds discussed In the report Is of the
utmost importance to the American
farmer, It Is pointed out, because the
day when close calculation in feeding
was not necessary Is, In all probabil
ity, past. Hereafter it Is likely that
success will depend upon ability to put
to the best use all available products.
A greater knowledge of what these
products are and of the ways In which
they can be fed will result in the
elimination of enormous waste.
WORMS WORRY SMALL CHICKS
When Several Establish Themselves in
Throat and Approach Maturity,
They Cause Suffocation.
Gapes is caused by the presence of
gape worms In the throat of the younp
chick. l'robubly the uctual Injurj
caused by the presence of the worm
is very slight, but the chick's throat
Is so small thut when several worms
have established themselves and ap
proach maturity they so fur till the
throat of the chick as to cause suffo
cation. In all probability these worms often
exist In tin; throats of larger chickens,
but because they do not noticeably de
prive their hosts of air they reach ma
turity or are dislodged, and their pres
ence Is never detected.
CULTIVATING PEAS IN CORN
Remove Front and Rear Tooth From
14-Inch Tooth Harrow and Strad
dle Row With Implement.
A good way to plant peas In corn
Is to wait until about two or three
weeks before laying by. After culti
vating the corn, plant a row of peas
In the center of the middle. When
the peas come up take a 14-tooth har
row and remove the front nnd rear
middle tooth, and possibly raise the
outside teeth next the corn so the
roots will not be Injured. Spread the
harrow out ho the middle will bo
pretty well filled and straddle the pea
row with the Implement. One or two
cultivations ot the peus will be a great
help to them.
GOOD STORAGE IS NECESSITY
Place for Perishable Foods Often
Lacking and Speculators Are
Given Advantages.
Farmers lose much every year be
cause their facilities for storing per
ishable ioods are poor. Kvery farm
homo should have a cellar, store
house and refrigerator so the surplus
foods may be saved tjll such a time
as they may be consumed. The fact
that producers have inadequate facili
ties for saving perishable products
given speculators advantages.
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Their Misdeeds Seldom Evidence
of Wickedness.
PLAYING HOOKY WON'T HURT
Parent Who Remembers How Things
Used to Feci Is One Who
Knows How to Manage
His Doy.
Oy SIDOMIE M. GRUENDERG.
AT T11M club .lones was reading the
paper to himself and making com
ments to nil within hearing. Suddenly
he sat up and put down the paper.
"Was that Walte's boy," he asked,
"that was mixed up In that affair
down at the hike?" No one seemed to
know. Didn't ccti know there hud
been an iilTalr. In Hint case Jones had
to read to them. It was the story of
a boy who had gone over the edge of
u pier and was pulled out by another
boy who happened to be passing. The
boy who happened to be passing
was young l'.ob, and he happened along
lit u time when he was supposed to
be in school. That was the point. Al
though no one denied that It was emi
nently proper for him to Jump Into the
witter am! save the ragged stranger,
all were agreed that he had no busi
ness there. He was obviously playing
truant.
"If n boy of mine did that," said
Saffron, "I'd let him take all the
medals and line speeches that were
coming to him, and after the celebra
tion was all over I would take him
Into the woodshed and give him the
worst licking of his young life."
That sounded very heroic and very
reasonable. After all, It's wicked to
play truant. It was only a lucky
chance that the b-iy came along In
time to snve the other child perhaps
this one had been a truant also. Th:i
chances were even that another time,
he'd got run over by u lire engine. The
boy's place Is In the school, and he
had no business along the lake front.
He needed a lesson that would teach
him Ills place.
It made Saffron real angry to think
of a son of his committing an outrage
upon law and morals. And the things
he had In mind to do were well, they
were Just tin expressions of his anger.
They were not thought out policies of
applying force where It would do the
most good. They were the Instinctive
appenls to violence, and hail Just about
as much moral value as Mob's own
dcivllctlou.
And Mrown, who had not been say
ing anything, could see that. And so
he Joined the conversation. He would
not approve of truancy. He knew it
was a bad thing and liable to lead to
worse things. Hut there's no use get-
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Remember That Boys Will Be Boys.
ting excited over it. Didn't we all do
the same thing when we were young?
Or at least we were all tempted to,
and If we did not yield il was Just our
good fortune u;,d not our superior vir
tue. Mesldes, its the sirt of thing a
child will do just because he Is a
child. When he gels to be as old as
we are he won't be tempted to go down
to the lake. Itemember Hint boys will
be boys, (live bin; a chance to grow
up and he'll be all right.
This did not sound so heroic,' but it
did seem reasonable. After all, a day
out of school breathing the fresh air
and taking good exerclso won't hurt
any boy. He could make up his school
work Just as easily as though he had
been absent on account of sickness,
and this was better than sickness.
Thousands of boys play "hooky" and
then grow up to lie decent citizens
Borne of them oven become teachers or
ministers. Let him ulone, and he'll
grow up all right.
Young Mlank, whose children had
not yet reached the age of truancy,
was interested, but bewildered He
had expected to lay up a supply of
practical wisdom to use In possible
emergencies In the future. Hut he did
not find the conflicting counsel very
helpful. Hvlldoers ought to be pun
ished, of course; otherwise there
would be no premium on doing the
right thing. Mat if a child does what
we consider "evil" without malice,
should he still be made to suffer es
pecially when ho Is very likely to out
grow the Instincts that lead to sucn
acts?
The trouble with Saffron was that
ho had not taken the pains to think
out the light and wrong of playing
truant, nor the right and wrong of
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punishing children He was Just as
Impulsive as the truant himself, with
this difference. Whereas the boy had
an uncomfortable feeling that he was
doing something that was wrong he
cause It was disapproved the man had
the assurance t tint he was In the
right, for In the punishment of chil
dren he was countenanced by genera
tions of parents and most of his con
temporaries. The trouble with Mrown was that,
whereas he hud learned enough to
know that the tulsdeeiN of children
are In m.st cases the outward expres
sions of perfectly healthy Instincts
nod not evidences of "wickedness,'
and whereas he knew that most chll
dren will outgrow these misdeeds. h
hal no Idea that there was au.v thing
to be done about It except to permit
tli fates to llulsh tlu story.
It Is well for all of us to know
what Mrown knew. I'.ut that Is not
enough. Children will outgiow their
childish impuls'es. but what will take
their place? One of the wiijs In
which the grown-ups acquired that
feeling of righteousness In the pres
ct'iv of childish misdeeds was through
the Impressive Indignation of their
parents on the occasions of their own
childish errors. It may be wrong for
Saffron to put so much stress upon
the wickedness of truancy, but It Is
Just as wrong to evade the Issue and
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treat It like teething, us something
that will pass away was something
else to do besides whipping children;
Mrown needed to learn that there was
something to do.
As we become more and more famil
iar with the development of the chll :'s
mind we realize that many of the
symptoms that are so alarming to oth
ers are in no way Indications of de
pravity. Hut there is the danger that
In learning this we may become In
different to all symptoms. A child
Is to lie watched ami understood; this
will avoid frequently the resort to
violence. Hut he Is to be understood
nnd helped ; this will save us fre
quently from the sin of omission.
We must know not merely enough
to improve on the methods of revenge
and penalty; we must know enough to
evolve a positive program of construc
tive assistance to the child at every
point at which his Instincts conflict
with the requirements of the world to
which he must adjust himself.
Something to Regret.
In a Washington hotel lobby the oth
er night reference was made to tho
wonderful thoughts of the little folk,
when this Incident was recalled by
Congressman J. IMward Mussel! of
Ohio:
One afternoon little Messle sat In
tin kitchen watching her mother
weave a hot iron through the dainty
frills of some white frocks. The day
was warm, mid mother looked some
what wear'.
' "Mamma," finally remarked the little
girl In a sympathetic voice, "Isn't It
very hard work to Iron?"
"Yes, dear," answered mother, with
a soft sigh, "sometimes it Is very
hnrd."
For a moment the little girl thought
fully communed with herself, and then
her face became brightly illuminated.
"Oh, mamma!" she enthusiastically
exclaimed. "Wouldn't It have been
great If you bad married a Chinaman?"
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Cheap Japanese Prints.
If you cannot afford expensive pic
tures, do not therefore put up with
ugly ones. There are lovely prints that
can lie bought for a song, and If you
do not wish to spend money on fram
ing them, by all means mount them on
gray, brown or black mats and tack
them unframed on the wall. Japanese
prints can be bought, In a size n lit
tle bigger than postcards, for 10 cents
ench. There are many lovely designs.
One, In black, gray-browns and yellow,
Is n rainy scene nt night. A Japanese
woman with a servant, bearing n lan
tern, Is silhouetted against a back
ground of lighted houses, moving rick
shas nnd other pedestrians. Every
body carries a flat Japanese parasol,
and long slanting lines of rnln cut
across the whole print. Others of these
10-cent prints show water scenes, gar
den scenes and Japanese children and
babies In charming attitudes of play.
Peanut's Many Uses.
Tho peanut Is a much more useful
product than most people think. Me
sldes Its use In tho roasted form, thero
are other Innumerable uses.
The nuts contain from 42 to fiO per
cent of n nearly colorless, bland, fixed
nil, resembling that of the ollvu and
used for similar purposes.
More than 2,ri jears ago there' was
begun fi Virginia the manufacture of
peanut flour, of which a particularly
palatable biscuit Is made. North Caro
lina has long made pastry of pounded
peanuts. It Is also eaten for dessert,
and Is roasted as a substitute for coffee.
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A Busy Murderer.
"Prisoner at the bar, do you plead
guilty or not guilty of this uiuider?"
"Not guilty, Judge. I can prove an
alibi. I was engaged In killing anoth
er man at the time ami he wasn't the
same man the Indictment says 1 killed,
as I can prove by this picture of him,
which I drew m.self from memory."
Few women are really afraid of
mice, but the.v hate to disappoint the
men, who seem to expect them to
be afraid.
WANTED 30,000 MEN
For Harvest Work Western Canada
Immense crops; wages $3.00 per day and board. Cheap
railway rates from boundary points. Employment bureaus
at Winnipeg, Regina, North Postal, Saskatoon, Fort Frances,
Kingsgate, B. C, Coutts and Calgary, Alberta.
No Conscription
Abaolutmly No Military Interformnom
For all particulars apply to
W. V. DENNETT, Room 4, Boe Dldg., Onaho, Nobr.
Canadian Govtrament Azent
LOBELIA USED AS A
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DRUG
American Indians Gathered Plant for
Their Chests Called "Indian
Tobacco."
American Indians found one plant
growing in damp woods, handsome in
spikes of pale blue Mowers, which they
used as medicine.
When the white man came the same
plant won the favor both of the apoth
ecary and the gardener, but the gar
dener has paid more attention to Its
cultivation than has the apothecary.
Hence we know It more us a flower
than as a drug. It is tliu lobelia,
named for Matthias Lobel, a Flemish
physician and botanist, says the, Phil
adelphia North American.
The medicinal substance In the plant
Is called lobellu, an alkaloid, although
the Indians probably didn't know It.
The common use of tliu plant among
the aborigines led the early settlers to
call It "Indian tobacco."
When II Is cultivated for commerce
tho seeds are scattered on tho sur
face of the ground late In fall or early
in spring. They germinate early In
spring and send down roots.
When the flowers nre blooming the
plunts are cut and dried In the shade.
An acre of good soil will yield 1,000
to 1,200 pounds of herbs.
A man visits his relations when he
has nowhere else to go.
Fresh From
the Ovens
New Post Toasties rep
resent the most appetizing
form in which choice,
nutritious Indian corn has
ever been prepared.
A new patented pro
cess which includes rotary
toasting under quick, in
tense heat eives these
flakes a delicious, new and distinctive flavour.
The New Toasties are featured by the bubbly
appearance of the surface of the flakes due to this
new art of toasting which releases the wonderful new
and attractive true corn taste.
New Post Toasties are not "chaffy" in the package;
and they don't mush down when milk or cream is
added like common "corn flakes."
For tomorrow's breakfast
New Post Toasties
your Grocer has them.
The Two Dimensions.
The temporary pulpit orator hail
preached a very long sermon Hveu
he realized that he had exceeded tho
modern limit of sermons, ami he said
to the gentleman to whose home ho
went for Sunday dinner
"I hope I did not worry you by tho
length of my sermon."
"Not at all," said the gentleman,
"nor by Its depth."
Few critics ever get what they aro
emitted to In this busy world.
What Impressed Her.
Shortly after Will Crooks, the labor
leader, was elected to parliament, sayN
an Kugllsh weekly, ho took his llttlo
daughter to Westminster. She wan
evidently awed at the splendors around
her, and maintained a profound ami
wondering silence all the time. Mr.
Crooks was much Impressed.
"Well," said he to her at last, "what
are you thing so deeply about, dear?"
"I was thinking daddy," answered
the little girl, "that you're a big man In
our kitchen, but you aren't very much
here."
Taken at His Word.
Sarcastic Father Julia, that young
man Itlley has been here three nights
In succession, and It has been nearly
midnight when lie left. Hadn't you
better Invite him to bring his trunk
and make bis home with us?
Innocent Oaughter Oh, papa, tuny
I? It Is Just what he wanted, but he
was too bashful to ask you. He'll bo
delighted when I tell Id in this evening.
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Dad Disposition.
"Mllgglns gets up every morning nt
sunrise."
"So as to get moro work out of tho
day?"
"No. So as to have the fun of spoil
ing other people's sleep."
Tho married man who waits for the
owl car Is sure to catch It when ho
gets home.
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