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EVENTS OF THE WEEK
The week opened with the startling news of the re
volt tff General Korniloff, Cossack soldior, and oom
mander-in-cirlef of the Russian armies. It closes with
Pthe total collapse of the rebellion, the organization
cabinet, the restoration of calm and confidence in
jt.Petrograd, the restoration of some measure of order
among the troops who fled in panic from before the
I Germans in the Riga district, and the apparent strength
•M eahtg of the hands /Of the provisional government.
Russia is a country where the impossible is hab
ltusfty achteved. A nation of 170,000,000 people, it over
turned its' government in a day and passed from the
status of a form of government in-which the monarch
was technlcaly absolute to a state of existence in which
no government at fill existed. Tet within a few weeks
the Russian armies were marching in triumph through
Galicla. With these victorious and panic-stricken armies
flying in disorder across the territory through which they
had Just marched as Victors the end of all things seemed
at band. And yet order was restored, after a fashion.
With both domestic and foreign affairs discussed and
muddled by a series of mass meetings, and with such
authority as existed distributed among conservatives and
anarchists the task of reaching a solid footing seemed
government had relied to bring order into the military
situation atonrounciftg hie defection and demanding that
supreme power be coferred on him, it seemed certain
that the nation Could not Survive. And yet the Russian
situation appears today more hopeful than, it has done
for. some time.
'the attempted counter revolution headed by Kornil
off appears to have been In substance the expression of
the demand of" the conservative classes for an orderly
representative government, and for the repudiation of
the wild beginnings of the lawless who oppose all re
straint, and of the visionary idealists who hoped to found
|. a Utopia on the ruins of the imperial system. The Cos-
UjHip, gacks had declared themselves In sympathy with the
Il IBfore conservative spirit, and Korniloff, of that group,
liad undertaken to use the army for the establishment of
p. a new order. The collapse of the movement is not the
end Of government iti Russia, but it rather appears to
foreshadow tHe more earnest participation of the con—
a servatives 'in the work of the provisional government and
the sobering of a large section of the population which
has ftot yet had time to' recover from the intoxication
of new-found power.
Thus far the fates have been with Kerensky, and op
portunity 1b Will before him. It remains to be seen
whether or not he has. the Capacity to hantHe the situa
tion. It IS certain that he cannot establish a stable gov
ernment on the basis of the ideals which he formerly
cherished. He has .given evidence of some understand
lng of this. He has been warned by, the constitutivnal
democrats. Who represent the conservatives in the new
government, that he must take still more positive ground
If the attempted resolution headed by Korniloff is not
repeated by others.
In diplomatic elrcles Interest has centered around
the exposure of the relations between the German gov
eflftnent and eithef the government of Sweden or a con
sldrabie number of its representatives. The publication
without comment by Secretary of State Lansing Of the
text of the attritions letters which the Swedish diplomat
ists transmitted for the German representative a Buenos
Aires has b«en the greatest sensation of recent months.
As a matter of aourse the offending German official has
been dUtnlMed from Argentine, and the temper of the
people of Argentine is shown by the numerous anti-Ger
man riots which have occurred in several of the cities
of tbe republic.
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"Phe feature of the case which has commanded the
greatest attention 'is the effect which the exposures win
have on the relations between Sweden and the allies.
"While the sentiment of the Swedish people is divided
the government is' and has been strongly pro-Gertnan.
It is taken for granted that the neutral position of
Sweden wofcfd not havetieen abused by the Swedish rep
resentative abroad in hie communications with his own
auperlof at hotte unless it had been understood that his
action would be approved. The ease, therefore, becomes
much more_ itoa.fi the mere abuse of his position by an in
dividual, The Swedish government Itself itKinvoIved, and
very gravely, it Wotiid be interesting to know in how
miny other ways this sentiment in favor of Germany has
expressed itself, and ih how many other countries than
Argentine Swedish officials have acted ae the bearers Of
miJitaiy 'taessages from German representatives, y:
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.vj-r he case is likely to have a bearing on the commer
d*t relations ift 3weden.*nd it may be Attutned that the
publication ot the dispoM&es by Mr. Lanoing at this time
Was intended to prepare the public mind for action In
re&trieti&ti «tnihef«)e With Sweden made necettary ty
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SATURDAY »VENIN^, SEPTEMBER 15, ltl7.
O Mae with your stiver
'willing feet follow you.
hopeless, and When Korniloff, on whom the provisional/ 'nature of competition between the cause for which-the
Tag Day donations are asked and the cause represented
by the Red Cross, for instance.. There is no competition.
duty to the nation
league, free of charge, the services
Of a tattoo artist to tattoo skirts and
other draperies upon the nude* female
figures hltnerto tattooed upon their
persons and thereby make thetnseives
acceptable to Mr. ptlleb as recruits.
Nearly everybody who knOws any
afcout the sea and sailors knows
Old sea dOgs and shellbacks
would ooniider themselves Molly
coddles if 'they were not tattooed all
over, and that the aetne of tattoo de
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body knew that, eiceivt Secretary
Daniel*. ,W}i.ea he founa it out he
w*V"™ek*f mi banned any recruit
so decorated
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^or war a special effort wau made" to
«eerwit e*-sprvie» men, .those wh* MM
and.yeaas. of sarvlce afloat and
w«w eoujd tr*tn a,nd command the
flocWng to the col
ons- The call met With a prompt re
ypnee, and great success attended
this nMraMug, until fh* juctervit*
fact* which, of course, "haye'ljeett' In the poesesol
American '^overrtmentfor'some Um*. Swcttefcj
been the willing medium for the transmission of Infor
mation to and from the 6erman foreign office. Steps
must 'be taken to insure, that she wilt not continue to be
the jnediuxnf willing or not, through which Germany is
fed and armed with goods from th#.United 8tatesor any
of her allies
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tfhe flnrt contingent of 6 per cent of the national
army men has reached qurters at the several canton
ments, and these men. will be followed on the 19th and
the few days thereafter by the next 40 per cent. In
Grand Forks county the second call for registered men
to appear for exaiulnatlorr-fias been made in o.rder that
the quota from this county'may be made complete. Ex
amination off these men bag already been made and the
question of exemptions is now before the board.
.While the enrollment of recruits Is In progress the
war. department announces that without aijy of the na
tional army, which is composed of drafted men, there
are now enlisted in the army and navy of the United
States and on active duty more than a million men. These
include all branches of the regular service and the Na
tional Guard, which, of course, is now in the federal
service. This number Is much greater than most people
have supposed. The organization of the national army,
proceeding on the basis of conscription, which is new
with us, has naturaly attracted much attention, and the
process of volunteer enlistment, with which we are fami
liar, has been scarcely noted. The figures, however, show
that the adoption of the draft has by no means 'Pre
vented volunteer enlistments.
TAG DAY NEXT FRIDAY
The committee in charge have fixed Friday,'Septem
ber il, as the annual Tag Day for Grand Forks.
The practice of "tagging" people has not been
abused in Grand Forks as it has been In some communities.
By common consent we "have had one JTag Day a year,
and one subject for which collections of money were made
by the tag system. Collections have been made for many
other purposes, but this particular method has been re
served exclusively for the raising of funds with which
pay the cost of keeping a visiting nurse in the field and
of providing the material needed for her work.
In the visiting nurse. Miss McCulloch, Grand Forks
has a public servent. who is unusually well fitted for this
work, and who has been able, by the intelligent perform
ance of her duties, not' only to relieve suffering among
those who are destitute or nearly so, but to perform a con
structive work 'of permanent value in teaching the un
informed needed lessons in the prevention of disease. It
Is splendid to minister to the sick. It is^better to create
conditions which will prevent people from becoming sick.
Both Of these things have been accomplished under the
efficient management which has been given to this work.
The rnoiiey raised on Tag Day is used for the pay
ment of the salary of the visiting nurse, for the purchase
of occasional delicacies for the ill and convalescent, and
for the small amount of material needed in the conduct
of the settlement and general educational work. None
of the funds are expended for any other purpose. 'On the
other hand, no' money other ithan that received from tne
Tag Day and similar donations is available, for these pur
poses. The maintenance of the work'depfends absolutely
on the response -Which the people ma^e to the appeals
for personal aid.
Let It not be understood that there is Anything in the
The cause is one, and each' activity represents a special
phase of it. We must keep the Red Cross work going.
The men who are being marshaled by the hundred thou
sand for servloe in the armies of freedom will need, and
must have, the full measure of aid and .support that can
be given by a loyal, united and enthusiastic people. And
in order that that support may be given in full measure
and in effective form we must keep ourselves fit. The
health and strength of the people must be maintained.
To permit preventible illness to be a drain on the strength
of the oommunity is to fail in the performance of our
at a critical time.
CLEAN WHEAT BEFORE MjfRftETINti
There is probably no other investment that the north
western farmer can make today which wlfi yield him re
turns even approximating those which he can realize from
the necessary investment in labor With Which to clean his
Wheat before rr^rketing it.
Except' where the conditions are altogether out of
the ordinary, the cleaning of wheat at home is almost
always profitable. Under favorable conditions the farm
er has been able to realize something for the foreign mat
ter in his grain provided It has had an appreciable feed
ing value. But the price received has practically never
equalled the value of the feed on the fat'm. And in addi
tion to impairing the appearance, and therefore the sal
ability of the Wheat, there Were freight charges to pay on
the dockage from the local elevator to the terminal be
fore anything could be realized. Still, under the practice
of selling by sample, which was very frequently followed,
the farmer did realize something, and often a substan
tial sum, for this otherwise waste matter.
Those who grow and market wheat are familiar with
the procedure. Grain is graded according to fixed stan
dards, in*Which weight, hardness, color and a number of
other elements were taken into consideration, and in the
competition among buyers and sellers in the trade centers
prices were established for the several grades. But it was
not necessary tov sell by grade. Often sales were made by
sample, that is, s&rnples representing a car, were exhibited
on the board of trade and bids were received on those
samples. This was often done when a sample Of good
wheat was mixed with a large quantity of foreign matter
wliich fiad a feed value. Oats, barley, wild oats, and
some other seeds, while not desirable in wheat, still were
valuable as feed for stock. Whefe sales were made by
sample buyers would often bid a ^prloe higher than the
price established for the grade to whidh the shipment be
longed. This premium was in consideration of the feed
value in*he dockage.
Under the present practice established by the govern
ment no provision is made for this. Grades and prices
are established on the basis of cleaned Wheat, and sales
by sample are not contemplated. In the actual working
out of this the farmer will receive nothing'for the feed
contained in hi* dockage. That feed IS valuable. It is
worth money. Somebody gets it. But the farmer pays
freight on it and receives nothing for it.
Perhaps some better arrangement could have been
made. But it was not made. Two courses are open to
the farmer. One is to protest against rules which are now
established and in operation, and which ate not likely to
be changed, at least for the marketing of this crop. The
other is to clean the wheatWd keep the dockage at hornet
This practice, almost always profitable,^* 'doubly so today
when feed of every kind is bringing plgh Prices. By
cleaning his gra,ln the farmer will save freight charges,
Will strengthen the grade of his wheat, and will retain
for his own use a large quantity of feed" at a time when
Commercial feeds are selling from $10 a ton upwards.
Id^w
men who were tattooed with'nude fe
male ftgures bnmped up against the
Daniels order bamng them from
reetoratiott to the navy. Mere is the
»«r. ...
Should*1* tatooed with birds, ani
mals and groteegue figures, butterflies
and stars, butterflies On any part of
the body, eagle giote, C. A. C., U.
S. N. V. U. S. A? V. U. S. M. C. V.
pig tattooed ion footC it was explained
that in olden times it wae believed by.
sallors that if they had a plg tattooed
in the foot they would never die frost
drowning) m«i wiio have Manila, P:
I., i* tuft- foreign part tattooed on
their persone. sallors^s heaj}. ea«le and
shield, crosMd gunst apprentice knot
or any. tattoo nu*rk characteristic of
either branch 'Of :the military service,
tombstone and" weeping wlllew, Jit
memory of mpthm, or father star or
other mark, -tattooing- Below .Waist,
obscene tattooing.
WfSni-«t man iifa b^re he is aiwsys
the last t? discover it,
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While as stated, in a previous arti
cle, the surest ana*, quickest returns
are secured from cattle by milking
cows, there nevertheless Is a chance
for making, .money without. miVking,
It must also not be supposed that cat
tle are the onty Wpd of livestock" that
may be handled with profit Many
^farmers jeceive a. good income per
year from a number of colts raised,
or from-vii btmch. sheep that are
properly, fed and cared for. There is
perhaps a place for the hog on every
farm, and there will doubtless he more
of them raised in the future. They,
however, do not 'take the place of
horses, cattle or sheep in -the scheme
of farming.
Decide on What (Ine to tUlow,
JThere are certain conditions which
may determine .to a large extent what
kind of stock should be kept. If the
land is all well suited to farming it
njight not be so profitable'to turn any
large areas of .this into pasture. Con-,
sequently some kind of stock should
be decided on that will not need a
great deal of pasture. In many cases
dairying is now conducted on' farms
that have no pasture at all,-the cattle
being lot or stall fed the entire year.
Hogs require a very little pasture,
and if plenty of roughness is available,
horses', especially if they are worked
may be kept on a very small amount
of pasture land, Where the beef
breeds of cattle are kept there should
be larger-areas for pasture, so that
they may be turned out as soon as the
grass is ready in the springy with the
expectation that they will receive very
little, if any, attention until the pas
tures are frozen, up In the fall. 4,-
Decide* and Stick to It. 'f'
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It is, however, essential to decide
on a line of livestock farming, arid
then stick to it. There has perhaps
been no greater source of loss, espe
cially in livestock, than frequent
changing front one breed or kind of
stock to another^' Everything favors
continuing with ft Certain liner: So far
as profits are cnncerned, there may
be fluctuations from time to time7but
as a general rule changes are made
at the wrong tirtte to take advahtarge
o£ these. Instead of following the
rule of "to buy low and sell high,"
many will ffet discouraged when prices
are low and sell out, and if prices, are
particularly high on some other Hne
they will buy- In on that, only to get
discouraged when it goes down again.
These fluctuations are bound to take
place as they have in the past year
with hogs. Last fall, owing to the
fact that there was a poor corn crop
and the grain was all high priced, a
great many sold their hogs very close,
with, the resu\t that the markets were
flooded and prices went down to 6
cents, while within six months they
were back up to almost double.*-that
price.
The knowledge'and experience, gain
ed in a number- of years in handling
one breed or kind of stock, is a very
valuable asset, and the longer one
continues with a certain line, the more
sure should he be of succeeding
with it,
"One Breed Enough on a. Farm—Make
it Prtre Bred.
There is also a sreat mistake in
keeping more than one breed of cattle,
hogs or sheep on a farm, as it is also
a mistake to try to gain by crossing
the different breeds.' The different
breeds of livestock are the result of
years an.d
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years' of careful work on
the part of some of the best farmed
lrr.tKe' Jtnd tOV the^boglnner, to
think* that "he ck.it improve on these
breeds by crossing Is as great a mis
take as can be made.
Of the different beef-breeds of cat
tle, it is In reality ohly a question of
personal like and dislike. The same
is true largely of the dairy breeds. If
this was not so, ?tre would not find all
breeds represented and having their
advocates.
As a matter of convenience, it
would be preferable to have a single
breed represented in a/nighborhood.
In this Way breeding stock-could be
exchanged with a minimum of ex
pense, and there is also' a big advan
tage in having & Single breed in a
community, for the reason that the
Stock when sold is uniform 4nd wilt
command a higher price. Hence in
many cases it wouw be .'good advice
to the farmer who^has 'no livestock
to get the kind which predominates in
his neighborhood.
£ssentiais ii^ Handling livestock.
There are a few essentials in the
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handling of .livestock that -will make
success or failure.
FiltMy: Study and Observation: The
agricultural department at Washing
ton Has IsAied mahy valualWe bulfetlrrs
on ev^ry phase of the livestock indus
try, z'Trom how to feed and care for
the various kinds, "to the disease and
I treatments' of these' diseases.- These'
bulletins or booklets are'available to
anyoYre making inquiry for them. The
report on the study of diseases' of farm
animals la, especially valuable and
should be. on every farm where there
is any amount of livestock kept A
•great deal is also to be leamed by ob
serving what is done by others in yo«r
neighborhood, and also by visiting
fairs where livestock is' shown.
Second, Begin Modestly The man1
who" has not had any considerable
experience with livestock Wduld be
justified in beginning modestly, so
that in-any. case'of failiire, the results
would not be disastrous.
It is also -essential that the kind of
stock that are best liked be secures.
Wei all (to better, whpn working with
the kind of stock We like, or we should
learn to tike the kind that it would
be best for us to handle.
IWffl, Grow Feed: Before getting
any considerable amount of livestock
on. hand,"the feed neecssstry to handle
them should be grown. This is im
portant because it mak&s no difference
What kind of stock, or How much.
Care may be given, if the right kind
of feed is not available' -the greatest
suocess cannot be expectetl.
The kind of feed grown will depend
on the kind ot .stock that are to be
handled. Stock cattle can be wintered
through on much/ coarser feed than
would be suitable for dairy cattle,
while hogs would require -more grain
than stock cattle.
Fourth, Water-Essential: One con
sideration: which & frequently neglect
ed, and causes a great deal of loss in
livestock is the matter of having a
sufficient and aavllable supply of wa
ter. Livestock of all kinds must have
a good .supply of water, or they do
not do their best. On many farms
this is a serious proposition, and one
Which will not be easily- solved, as
there fere regions-in which good water
is hard to obtain. Where- lakes,
streams or springs are not available,
wells must be resorted to.
While stock, seem to thrive fairly
well on. water that ,is more alkaline
or salty than can be endured by hu
man beings, there is no reason to sup
pose that such water does not have an,
injurious effect on the stock. We have
known of cases where dairy bows have
been badly effected^ by water contain
ing too much mineral salts, while
in other cases there seem to'be no bad
effects whatever. The question of Just
how much
Baits
the* water may con­
tain and still remain suitable for stock
purposes, is a question that can be
determined only by carefully made
trials. In any case, the supply of wa
ter 'Should be sufficient, and some
means for pumping or having it avail
able at all times should be available.
The pumping of water by hand is
work that is not ^enjoyed, and too
often Is neglected on this account, to
the detriment of the stock. Wind
milli, with storage tanks, are very sat
isfactory, but if there is much Stock
on hand, some means of pumping by
other power, such as gasoline engine,
should be available.
Fifth—Fences: "rtie handling of
much stock ori the farm will call for
fencing. ..This is a matter -that may
necessitate considerable outlay, al
though it does not require $. great deal
-to'make':a beginning. TTltlmately all
land shoUId be fenced and cross
fenced., so that when a crop is remov
ed stock may be turned in to- utilise
the waste. In fact, it has been shown,
by carefully conducted trials, that ih
grain fields there is "sufficient wafete
from year to year to more than pay
for and keep up fences, when such
waste is utilized by livestock, such
as hogs or sheep.
There are a few principles in fence
construction that need to be given
consideration. Where It can be af
forded, the best fences are now made
of woven wire and posts of cement
or good wood. Such fences will turn
all kinds of stock, and if properly
built will last without repair for many
years. However, there Is a great deal
more of fence built with two and three
and four strands of barb wire than
there is of woven wire. A good cattle
fence may be made with three good
wires, while two wires will turn horses
and in some cases cattle may be held.
A good serviceable cattle fence, how­
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ever, should have at least three good
wires, and four are better. The eoraer
posts should be set deep, and well
braced, ,so that there will be no giving
of
the wires, and at least
every-forty
rods there should be a post set and
braced similar to the
corner,
and the
wires stapled to this in such a way
that there will be no slipping. The
posts between these should- be set at
least two rods apart, with stays be
tween, although when set closer a
much better fence is made.
In building a tbrie wire fence,-, the
bottom wire should be 20 inches from
the ground, iand- the other two wires,
should be a foot apart above. Black
wire will give service for only a few
years, where galvanized wire will last
much longer," depending on how well
the wire is galvanized, and also \On
how the wire is made,, whether it is
softr iron or steel. Steel rusts out
more quickly than iron.
A ve?y, serviceable fence for all
kinds of stock, including hogs, sheep,
cattle and horses, is made by putting
a 20 to && inch woven wire at the bot
tom, and then three barb wires above.
The main fence posts for such a fence
masy be set two rods apart, but a small
post should be put between to support
the woven wire The more posts used
'in fencing, the better, but they are
a large item of expense, and no more
than necessary should be used.
The Keeping up of farm fences is
generally badly neglected. A little
-work once a year on fences, to put.
in new posts, or straighten them up
and tighten*- them, restretching wire,
etc., wfH often! prolong the life of a
feijee very materially, and also add
greatly to the appearance ^and service
of it.
Gates are also a matter wfcich re
ceive pfio little attention. While
swinging gates for winter, in this re
gion where we have so much snow,
are very unsatisfactory, they are very
desirable for summer use. A very
satisfactory gate can be made by
combing in lumber and woven Wire,
using lumber for the frame. The,wind
hafi much less effect on the wire thanr^
it would have on the lumber, Qnd the
gate is much lighte^ There are a
great variety, of gates on the market,
and where it can be afforded they are
very desirable.. For cattle and horses'
fences, the ordinary wire gates are in
expensive ^.nd quite satisfactory.
Sixth, Sheds and Barns: The kind
of sheds and barns to build should be
^determined very largely by the money
available for such purposes. For dairy
purposes, there certainly would be sl
great advantage in .having a modern,'
up-to-date barn, but where such mon
ey is not available, sheds and barns
may be constructed which will answer
the purpose, with very little outlay.
The beginner with livestock should
l'-eep in mind that expensive fences,
l.a.rns, etc will not materially add to
the profits in handling stock. The silo
should be built really before the barn.
In, fact, In many places: in the north
West, there aro silos built by the straw
shed. These straw sheds may tie
made as comfortable as any barn, and
they will cost only a fraction of what
the barn would. While it Is true that
the cheaper sheds would not be so
convenient as a. large modern barn,
there aro many who have made such
beginnings, and when they were able
to do so, have built good barns,
Cattle on the I. H. C. Fanri.
For the purpose of testing the pos
sibilities ot handling cattle in this vi
cinity, We bought in the stockyards of
South St. Paul, in. November, 1914, a.
carload of grade Shorthorn cows and
Holstein heifers, This carload cost
$1,234.4.0, there-being 14 .sows and 16
heifers. The Cows have been kept on
the farm for raising calves. The Hoi-,
stein heifers have been traded to
farmers in 'the vicinity for Shorthorn
cnyva and calves. We have also sold
several cows for milk and beef pur
poses.
At the present time, September,
1917, we have on hand 19 cows, 19
calves and 13 yearlings. One bull has
also been purchased, costing us $166.
Considering the trading of- the Hol
stein heifers fqr Shorthorn cows and
calves on a bought and sold basis, our
total expenditure for' cattle has been
$2,436.40, and we have sold to a val
ue of $3,629.18,^ which, leaves us $1,
192.78 cash gain. Figuring the cattle
on hand—cows at $75 per head, the
yearlings at $50 per Aead and the
calves at $26 per head, leaves us a net
increase in vqlue of $3,907.78, in three
years. We have sold from the farm
since January 1, 1917, $2,676.68 worth
of..stock, including' a few hogs.
Many of these, cows have proved to
be good milkers, and had advantage
thamk
ioo.cmw
IfJ ""/sty
oence
O
COlEF
REWARD
wuawoiS.
VIIU.
wp|»ew
wist
been taken of this there could have
been a very substantial income de- 4-,'
rived'from this source. But it, was
our idea to handle these from a beet
production standpoint, and it is our.
intention to feed out the calves, keep- !1
ing some of the best-.for breeding pur
poses, and letting the poorest qow«
go. We believe that In all probability
these cattTe will show a greater re
turn per acre .from the corn ana al
falfa and paattare utfilfed than will be
-secured from grain crops on the avert
age.
This trial at Ifeaat indicate* how
quickly a' bunch" of -cattle will in
crease, and also that there need not
be. any great expense gone to in pro
vldlng -sheds, as .they, have been win
tered in a straw shed that did Mot gost
a dollar rar each head of stock that it.
will shelter. This shed is 80 feet wide! K.
and 80 feet long, and wttj.
xafter
easfty
ors, Ever
ac-«w
commodate a hundred head'of average
farm cattle. '.
During the Winters, owing to the.
fact that we: have had a, silo, we, are
able to utilize the corn crop secured,
to the best advantage. In fact, the
cattle are fed some silage every day
from the time they are brought lit'..
from pasture, until they are.taken out
again in the spring. They also have.
some alfalfa hay and straw, and come'
through the winter in splendid sbap*. *?.-
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CANADIAN SYSTEM
PROVES HARDSHIP
American Farmers Suffered
Under Regulation—How
Dockage is Changed.
(The following instructive com- 'V:\
munication on the subject of wheat
grading has been writtMi -for. The tr
Herald by a man who has had a long
experience in raising and judging,,.,
wheat. In view of .the fact that the
wheat problem is one-uppermost in -.
the minds of the farmers of North?-"
Dakota and the northwest generally,
the communication is of peculiarly^1
timely interest and should prove 1
helpful to thousands of people.) V...
Under Minnesota state inspection,
previous to the federal grading sys- i'
tem, wheat" Weighing 57 pounds ot
good color and sound, graded No. 1
Northern, and was called contract
grade, meaning that it" could be sold
for delivery at the terminal, at a
given time in the future. If it weigh
ed 59 or 60 pounds it was called
Choice Northern or No. 1 hard, and
usually sold at,a premium, on what?
a a a a a a
from one to four cents per •bushel,
above regular, depending entirely on
its actual milling value. In fact,
ANNAPOLIS ACADEMY
GRADUATES CLASS OF
-^74 N^VAL ENSIGNS
th? S«vi^
1
-r--
wheat Which was defective on accmmt
of containing too much moisture or''
having, mixtures of king-heads, wild
Seas,
barley or rye, grading down to "1
o. 3 or 4, often was sold close- up to
No. 1 Northern price, if It htud the ,-'
milling or mixing value, excepting
when the percentage of- off-grade
Wheat was entirely out of proportion-,
to the choicer quality. In which Case
there was not enough of the higher *.
grades to mix with It,, for example the'
year of 1916.
But even ih the season just past,
a in in a
to reach out into ^Oregon and^ Wash-S
ington and the southwest for soft%%:,
winter Vheat, paying a premium and'i4#
a high freight rate to mfit with our 40!
to 50 pounds gluten wheat, the north-.
west farmers would have been obliged,
to Sell last year's crop at a much less®
price than was obtained. Fixed
prices also affects the dockage prob
lem. When wheat was sold by sam-v
pie, if a car contained 10 or 15*
pounds of tame or Wild oats to thet
bushel, the miller, in purchasing such .'
a car, invariably considered its feedji
value, less the expense- of separation's''
and paid accordingly, Under the-:
present government purchasing sys-i*5'
tem, the owner pays the additional
freight on the dockage, and mdst^
giyo it away.
The Agitators Opportunity. PC.^'4,
Many of the farmers never under
stood-the meaning .of mixing grain*
and the sample market, and conse
quently it offered a golden opportunl
ty for the professional agitator, who
has ever been the farmers greatest
ehemy, to ml^-epresent facts. They"
told the farmer our system of grade
was all wrong, .the sample market,
and mixing grain In the elevator be-*'
fore going to the mills or for foreign/
export, was a combination of robbery
and the cure for all those evils, waa$j"
federal Inspection, and market price%s"
based on grades instead of samples,"
and a law to orohiblt mixing. We
.ve all of these restrictions,
and the farmer flnds that his wheat
must weight.59 pounds Instead of
ti«
57,-
pounds to grade No. 1, that it must
not contain^ more than one-half of1'
one per cent of Inseparable" seeds,s
that otherwise choloe. 69 jr 60 pound
wheat with 7 per cent of /Wild peas,'
king-heads- or cockle discounts hi*
wheat 17c per bushel, and if it con- -1" -,
tains 7 per cent of barley or rye, the
discount is 18c por bushel.
CaiMuJa tba Knoogb Reeulaticni. «i
The American, farmers, who have
gone to western Canada^ have suffer- S
or a a a
ing system of that oountry, and
against mixing wheat In the elevators
V' 1
and market'values fixed on grades in-&»'
Btead of samples. They have beenS1"
making appeals.for yean to the%t.
Dominion government to have thl6
changed and have been promised re-
lief
1
the W^LT, While: our farmersi
largely as a result of the mixing?
privilege and sample market, have'1
been getting better prices for their
wheat and at least some return tor
their dockage. As a war measure the
federal government has believed" it .sL
necebsary to adopt several of the
methods which have been urged ask*
reforms, and the American farmer
suffers in grades, freights and driok-«®^
age. It Js the duty" of— every loyal-.
American to abide by the decision of
the government, hut at the same time
to protect their own interest by clean-'
.¥. the'1- grain and thereby comply
With the requirements of the hgh«
grades. i.'.
Annaports, Md,7 Sept 14.—
1®val0pment of the navy in
the )»9t year w«s described fev
twy Daniels in an addres^t thi
JiaVal academy today to the graduat!
lng ensigns of the navai -reserv* tr.
credited He,
credited president Wilson with Jfoin?
r^tiTineta
wlov®IPel
^hat
a
gr*ater'«PaneJon
ot
emb.S^t&'eo^ "^ben-are
nnr! i!ii
c?rp*
aVT*'
reserye »av-'
who had just completed
ttir^numths'