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[vol! 7 Reducing Losses of Live Stock in Winter By R. W. Clark, Extension S|iecia'ist in Animal Hus bandry, Colo., Agrl College. It is customary for many stock men and farmers not to feed their animals much during the winter months When they are "just puiled thru” the average loss per mature animil is about 2001bs. This along with the cost of feed makes a loss of about forty dol lars per head. Furthermore when animals get in a run down condi tion they are not able to with stand disease or ordinary weather conditions and a year of good £ siding is required to bring those tiat survive back to profitable production. The losses caused by disease, decrease of live weight, and uner production in Colorado is not less than $40,000,000 00 It is greatest in the dry land sec tions, but occurs elsewhere in the .State. It is avoidable and should be prevented. The main reason that the farmer does not raise more live stock and realize a sub itantial profit is because his feed ing is not liberal. During the winter of 1917 and 1918 the Colorado Experiment gfrHm fed sixty steers in six lots They were put in the feed lot at $10.75 per hundred and sold from $16.00 to $17.25 pir hundred The cost of 100 r bs grain varied from siao4 to $20.62, the average ; being $16.68. The lot th: t sold | for $.7 25 per hundred, made gam for $lO 04 pfer hundred |The p: o it per head, ihcluding labo •. var ied from $32 00 to $67.00. The idea of the experiment was to test rations, but it shows what can be done in securing profitr. 1 The first thing to do is to feed In some parts of the state tl.e live stock depend upon the range | the whole year and there :s bound j to fe losses There are few if any places in the state where Stock can be carried thru withott loss, unless it is hand fed son e during the witter. Livestock that makes gain. the. it be small, wiil give better after results than if allowed to Jsse in live weight. Liberal feedfng makes milk and meat production more profitable, and increases the value of all young stock. There is no money in half feeding. Instead of sell ing his hogs and cattle to be fed out. tlie farmer should feed them out. He instead of the big feed er should have the profit. A few steers, sheep, or hogs fed during the winter, on every farm wiil greatly increase the prosperity of the state. Lots of salt will keep the live stock in a healthful condition and cause them to make the greatest use of the food. Tne water must be abundant and wholesome. Contaminated water often four d j in sloughs and ponds should not, be used if possible to. avoid u I This is most, iir portant. j Protection from the severe storms and winds of winter j g'tould be provided as much as ’ p isaiMe. This can often be done •t small cost and has a wonder ful influence in preveiti g lost and increasing the profits. “ | The little thi shoul 1 receive ! more attention this year than ev- 1 er be'ore, since 8 < ck values and the need of anima' products are increasing sr.d every effort aka i’d be exerted to make the r, OJt >f our animals. Indiana Farmer sees Stranjo things in the Skies. Mrs. Asbu- Pa3chall of Osceo'a handl'd to us this week the IV.I lowing < xirnc: which rho'c’.ipped Cheyenne Record. CHEYENNE WELLS, CHEYENNE COUNTY, COLORADO, THURSDAY. KO*E3H-E from a newspaper, sixteen years ago. The present world war ( mases it indeed very interesting, j The following strange state ment, made over his own signa ture, has been given out by R. W I Bowman, a Penn township farm- ' er, says a press report from Port land Ind., “ On the evening of the 16th day of December 1901, while in a perfectly normal state of mind' and body I saw what seems to ! me to have been a remarkable' vision in the heavens, mostly in the northwest, which I make known in the hopes that some of the wise-acres may be able to in terpret it, as I believe it portends something in which the nations t of the earth are to figure in the j year 1918. 1 saw with the natur | al eye what seerr.e i to 1 e she ban i ners, or flags, of all nations of earth suspended, as it were, in the clear heavens by cords, t>r lines. The whole heavens seem- j ed to be dense with the beautiful emblems, among which old Glory occupied a position of prominence at the head of the columns. I Some of the emblems appeared so j low a3 to almost touch the earth. 1 In the southeast I saw a splen- j did train of cars, drawn by steam moving rapidly through the air. j Th i train seemed to moving south west. It entered a bridge *nd wai lost to my view thereafter, j Ii the midst of the vision I clear | ly taw the .date, 1918, with no i ; fi?!»re3 nor words about it, only j the gray heavens for a*back ground.—Ex I AGATE MOUND ITEMS 1 Guv R ibinson Intended to ship e It! t • first of the week. : Frauk Johnson unloaded about' 2 0.1 head of sheep at First View i Saturday, tv-ming and got lost! ! during the snow stoim. iHe with j his assistants finally found them- j I selves withouttmy serious results j It is rsport«d that Mrs. Lenna ! Smith, a former neighbor, is very , ill in lowaliwith tuberculosis and ' cancer, also that the Roberts j family now of Wisconsin, have | just recovered from a Beige of small pox. Now that the fourth Liberty Loan and the political campaigns are over, Colorado yet has one more task to complete by Decem ber 31st, in order to round out a perfect year of war activities. That task is the raising of her quota of $20,000,000.00, thru the sale of War Savings Stamps. To date we have sold approximately ! $11,000,000,00 worth of these i stamps leaving $9,000,000 00 yet to be sold. During the drive of June 28. h, our citiz°ns are pled- I ged to purchase $18,000,000 00 i worth of these stamps. The re- | I demption of pledges has not been , |as complete e. ch month as the j I redemption of pledges to pur | chase Liberty Bonds. We want you to co-operate Iwith the War Savings Stamp Campaign Organization of your city, county and state, to secure the redemption of these pledges i and the purchase of an addilion .al amount sufficient to complete ' | Colorado’s quota. The Colorado ' State War Savings Committee co I operating with the variom coun- j i tv and city committees is just be i ginning a campaign that will ex-, < tend to December 31st, and will < include an intensive drive some- | time in the early part ot Decem ber to secure the completion of this quota. Yours for the success, of the War Savings Stamp Campaign. L. W. Evaxs, that • Director. ! DISTRICT NO. 7 j Mr. Richard M. Skinner is down with the flu t ut the doctor thinks there is no danger. | Thanksgiving looks to be I* quiet day in our neigoborhood as there are several {cast s of s'c’c ness and ve. j body is busy No. 7 Red Cross has plenty of sewing on hand but have held no ' meeting for some time. Anyone | who will help with pajamas and suits can get them of Mrs. Pryor Mrs. Pfost or Miss Darling. A cablegram received from Chester Anderson, who is with ' the 89th division in France dated Oct. 16 says that he was we 1 and ! had come safely thru the big bat tles fought in early October. Any one having Red Cross work completed can leave it w, h of the ones w ho have unfin- 1 ished work on hand, or if moie] ; convenient leave with Mrs. Deb - • plain at Cheyenne Wells and no tify the secretary of No. 7, Mrs. Pryor, j W. H. Skinner and wife left ! last Thursday to spend Thanks giving with Mr. Skinner’s father 1 sisters and other relatives at Barnesville, Ohio. On their re | turn trip they expect to (visit rel atives in Illincii. Missouri and Kansas. i — Letter from Chester Ander son. Somewhere in France OctoLer 4, 1918. Dear Foster Mother and Brother: I Well after several weeks of .chasing -he Huns ,1 will try and [ write you a letter. I have had ; no show to write for some time. II have received sevtr.il letters ! from you right up at the fror t. .They sure make a fellow feel a i lot better. I am glad ihitytu folks are well and that you have I a good crop. It will be quite a ' while before you get this letter. I I am sorry that Allie has been sick and hope she will soon be | well again. You do aa you think best about the stock, it will suit me. We have sure been going some. My old pal Flynn was wounded and our gunner also. My new pal was caught under a truck and hurt pretty bad. but your boy is still going, but I am pretty tired and worn out. Sev eral times I thought the German bullets had my name and number but a miss is good as a mile. Say I tell you it sure makes you think about your past life when { the big shells and shrapnel get to | flying thick and fast thru the a r ; I have been hit several times by j ! shrapnel but light. I won’t get j ' time to write to the r st of the i folks, but give them my love and best wishes. How is U cle Riley j It has been very bad weather so 1 I cold and rainy all the tinu. Well I will close with kve and best ‘ wishes. Pv t Chester Anderson, Co. B 354:h Inft'83th £iv A E. F. I,. M. Gudgel proudly informs us that a telegram teceived last Saturday morning announces that he has a (.-I n k cour.tv, Missouri ! grand son. This little Missouri i an came to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin II•• T-, near Anson.' 1 Clark county. Mo , on Ncv. 22nd I ' ■ i Fiieni’s la - e received n letter from Tom Meier, son of P, ter Meier, of Kit O-irson, savi’g he' was well and now heloni s to the i 28th division and is lerv pi cud I of his division, wtTich has seen so 1 much rerviic. Word was received here last week of the birth of a baby Kiri born Nov. 16, 1918, to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Owen, weight lOlbs, n ime Georgia Marie, but follow ' i lg a few days later the sad mes sage that relatives had failed to read all of the announcement card, and that the little life had been denied the privilege of brightening the lives and homes of parents and other relatives but had been called lo help brigh len the home of our Father in Heaven. The little body was laid to rest by relatives in Todds cem etery, near Richmond, Mo., home of the m tther’s parents and «h?re baby was born. Oh little ham’s in Heaven Reach out and guide our way That we may walk more closer ■ To thee and God e: ch day But God alone knows best And he alone ki own of our sorrow As we watch your peaceful rest But safe from earths dark shadow i j Dear little on;* of ours Help us find cur Savior In these our dai kest hours XX Genevieve Wells received a let ter from Otta'ie Terrill saying that her brother, Rolla, had died Oct. 28th of wounss received in active service at Verdun. There ere a number of new rases of flu in town this week. There are more in the county now than when the-b in was first put on but all seem to be getting along nicely. This section of country overed with a good heavy blank et of snow the latter part of .last week, which makes the farmei who has wheat in the ground smile. Strayed from my place, 5 miles south of Arapahoe, about four weeks ago, 10 head 3yr old heif er hr mded IV description as folio g 'wo Eli black, white and motley f ice, also one 1 light roan cdf same brand as above, but smaller, on right hip Liber al reward. 33 J. H. Owen Number of shipments made by the Red Cros.s this week. Refugee suits for boys 66 Kit Carson branch 50 'Aroya branch 16 15 suits pajamas 6 sweaters 25 pairs of socks 5 pairs of wristlets. Our shipment of pajamas last week was 120 suits, thus making a total of 135 to date. STRAYED—S head of cattle, 011 syr old black cow Jwith mot | tied face, branded —L— on left : si le also R on right hip. One 3yr | oIJ black mottled face branded I same as above; 3 yearlings, b'ack | S'eer, black heifer, 1 rejl heifer, branded R on right hip These cattle were seen south of Ch ■' eme Wells 5 miles. Liberal reward for it'f irma'ion and re covery, E. G. Somme s. 36’f ■ Arapahoe, Colo. . ROLL OF HONOR The foil' w.ng parties have re neweil their subscriptions to the Kecord since our last issue. | C F Livoni N >v 21 19 I C P Starbuck May 21 1^ . Kit Carson Implt C » Nov 21 19 J H Owen Apr 1 18 Estate of Thorwald Mysus No. 082 All nergms havinz r!» ! ms against said estate ar htreb/ n Kiticd tJ present them for adjustment t‘» the Go*i tp Court of Cheyenne county. Colora do. on the lsrd day of December 1)1?. A. E. BOWE. n * v 28 dec IS It Attorney for Estate Pithy News Notes From All Parts of Colorado Wti.trti N* .v»|iM|ipr I'nlon .S>w* Service. The alfalfa mill at Broomfield will soon commence operation. Beet growers were paid about $13,- 000,000 for beets delivered in October. State inheritance tax collections for the last biennial period amounted to $593,092. E. F. Stroman, of Pueblo, Is report ed in the Canadian casualty list as be ing wounded. Mrs. McDonald, wife of Former Gov ernor Jesse F. McDonald, died at her home in Denver. A sugar beet weighing pounds was raised by J. A. Benner on his j ranch near Craig. Approximately 720,000 bushels of I wheat have been threshed in Larimer county this season. The town cf Milner, 10 miles west of Steamboat Springs, has been equipped with (fleet ric lights. At a meeting of the Routt county commissioners, a petition was granted for the proposed Todd Creek road from Morrison creek to Yampa. The honor flag of the United States shipping board has been awarded to five Denver machine manufacturing plants for meritorious production. The Colorado Farmers’ and Farm Women’s Congress at Fort Collins will be held early in December this year instead of January as originally planned. Work will commence at cnce upon a 700-foot two-compartment shaft on the famous Pinnacle vein at the In ternational Fuel Company’s mine north of Mt. Harris. Prices were advanced on nearly all the principal food products sold by grocers by the Denver county price fixing committee, which announced its weekly list Nov. 15. Mrs. Theodore M. Stuart, wife of the Denver lawyer and captain in the United States army, died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David WHEAT* t owuxixi NOW kjjM OdiiUAkiuJ J TABLES Temporary peace has added two luxuries to the American table. The u.icu States Food Administiauou tor Loorado announced lasi .. ces .nut pure wheat Lreud may now be ,er\eo on all tables. The sa.e and use of substitutes is no longer uecos ary, it i 3 stated, Locause oi tae ru .easing of large store-., oi ;iour in the oOu.i.'M. lie ispueie which w .9 tie u b the war nn war ei : on shipping. ; .oauuiii states, stu-U ftfl oloja . with its beet, a aie sugar, t .‘O'. t a increased ou o»d • of sugar to four pounus per ..enth. rants however, though per mitted to serve wheat bread, are still limited as to quantity served and are permitted to serve only an extra tea spoonful of sugar. The need for keeping strictly with in the sugar allowance and for wast ing not a crumb of the welcomed wheat bread la reiterated by the food board. 1919 WHEAT PRICE TO STAND AS FIXED, DESPITE PEACE The Food Administration Grain Cor poration's guarantee of s2.ls per bushel 1-. O. B. primary markets lor the 1919 v olorado wheat ciop stands. This is the assurance ot tue Food Administration for Colorado. In spite of the fact that the end of the war has released great stores of wheat upon the markets of the world; that wheat is now selling in Australia at 95 cents a bushel; that only $1.03 Is guaranteed for the 1919-1920 crop of Australian wheat; and that there is a prospect of even as low as 70-cent ! wheat in Europe after the Argentine : harvest this month, the government j will maintain the price promised I American farmers for their wheat. According to George S. Clayton, chairman of, the milling division of the Food Administration for Colorado, it is probable that a sliding tariff on wheat will be arranged to protect American wheat growers. POOD ADMINISTRATION TO KEEP PRICES DOWN TO LOWEST POSSIBLE LEVEL In a recent interview Herbert Hoover assured the American peo ple that the Food Administration, as long as its power continues, will main tain its Fair Price committees, con tinue to exercise wherever possible just control of prices, and will en deavor to the fullest extent of Its ' ~wers to keep prices dowr,. MARCH ORDERS DEMOBILIZATION ARMY OF 1,790,003 AT CANTON MENTS BEGINS MOVEMENT TO HOMES. RELEASE 30,003 A DAY OLD GLORY WAVES ON ROAD TO RHINE AS ALLIED MOVE FOR WARD AT ALL POINTS. Western Newspaper Lilian News Per, Ice. Washington.—Movement of Ameri can trcop3 across the Atlantic lia.t stopped entirely, and demobilization o£ troops in cantonments anJ caiupa at home is under way. Con. March, chief of staff, made tills announcement Nov. 1C, outlining fs** War Department’s plan.'? in answer to the questions the country has been asking since the day the armistice was sighed and it became apparent that the war was over. He said or ders already issued would send 200,- 000 % men back to civil life within two weeks, and that when the program was in full swing about 30,1*00 would quit the army dally. Fighting divisions of Gen. Pershing’s army in France will be demobilized as far as possible In their homo com munities, Supplementing Gen. March's state ment, Secretary Baker said it would not be necessary to maintain all the existing cantonments for demobiliza tion purposes and that a study was now being made of those desirable for that purpose. The others, with all the divisional camps, he indicated, will be abandoned as soon as the men now occupying them have been mustered out. The demobilization will be carried out in the following order: First —Development battalions, sev enty-one in number and comprising 98,199 men. Second —Conscientious objectors not under arrest. Third —Spruce production division. Fourth —Central training schools for officers, with some modifications. Fifth —United States guards, now numbering 135,000 men. Sixth —Railway units. Seventh —Depot brigades. E'ghth—Replacement units. Ninth —Combat divisions. “We have in the United States now something like 1,700,000 men, and to muster out a force of that kind, c.f course, will take some time,” said Gen. March. “Each man hr ; to bo examined physically, liis final ac counts made, so that the men may get compensation they are entitled to. D ank forms are being shipped to tIre various camps for use a3 the.se orders go into effect. Paris, Nov. IS. —French jt roep-? hivv occupied Mulhausen. Se Ian. Gr v• lotte, tbc forts south of Metz. Muns ter and Altkirch, according to th» French communication. The American Third army ha* been designated as “the army cf occu pation.” It will be under the imme diate direction of Gen. Pershing, *tro commander-in-chief, who will be *n command of the American po~ltiott3 in occupied territories. The Third army will consist of tlra First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Twenty-sixth, Thirty-second. F.irty second. Eighty-ninth and Nile ticth di visions, which, divided among the Third and Fourth corps, will ron'iist for the present of about 2o0,0rt > men. It wi'l be commanded by RJaj. Gen- Dick man. * U. S. CURBS HUN FOOD PLEA. Lansing Telia Germany to Make Re quests to AII Allies. Berlin.—In his message to Secre tary of State Lansing at Washington. Dr. W. S. Self, after appealing to hint to Intercede with President Wilson tt> rend peace delegates to The llagu* as soon as possible, “in o r der to rave the German people from pe-ishln* by starvation and anarcliy." suggested that Herbert C. Hoover, the American food administrator, be assigned to the task of assisting the German people. Washington. Secretary made public the text of his reply to radio communications from tie Ger man government seeking modifica tions iu the terms of the. armistices with Germany and Turkey. It is announced that the requests would be referred to the allied gov e;nments and the supreme war coun cil, and pointed out that such com munications should be sent to all th«» associated governments instead of only to the President or gov rnrrent. cf the United States, and should come through established diplomatic chan nels. NO (>