Lincoln County times., July 13, 1911, Image 6

About Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919

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Social
Problems
Many Little Hints
That Will be
Found Valuable
By ELIZABETH BIDDLE
EN, because of the exactions of their business, are allowed to
pay their social calls on Sunday afternoons and during the
evenings of the week.
No man calls upon a woman except at her invitation,
unless he has previously sent her a letter of introduction. He
pays his first call preferably on her formal receiving day, but
if he is unable to command the leisure for an afternoon call
he may ignore fashion and call in the evening, about nine
o'clock.
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In making a call a man usually leaves his overcoat, stick
or umbrella, hat and gloves in the hall before entering the drawing room.
He may, if he chooses, carry his hat and stick into the room at a first or
formal call, if it is to be very brief.
lie should put his card on the hall table or on the tray oflered him
by the servant who opens the door.
He should always remove the right glove before he offers his hand
to the hostess. The hostess, of course, offers her hand first, and until she
does so a man should merely bow formally to all present.
A man should always rise where a woman is standing, and only re
sume his place when she is seated.
A man never shakos hands when presented to a woman, unless the
woman offers to do so, but always when introduced to a man.
A man is never invited lo dine where he has not previously called.
A call after each invitation is the civility demanded by good form,
and a card should be left in person the day after a dinner, luncheon or
breakfast.
No man ever brings a friend to call upon a woman without having
previously asked her permission.
No young girl visitor should receive calls from the men whom she
knows without asking her host or hostess to be present, leaving the option
with them, and she should not invite a man to visit her without first ask
ing permission of her hostess.
If a woman is behind her tea table she need not rise to greet a man
caller, but bow, offer his hand, and gracefully include him-in the conver
sation, introducing him to those near her.
When another caller enters a man stands up if he is seated.
Under no circumstances docs a woman accompany a man to the hall
or front door when he is leaving the house, neither should she help a man
on with his overcoat.
Men leave their cards early in the season upon their acquaintances,
if they wish to be included in the round of the year's
festivities.
The length of a formal call should not exceed
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A man s visiting card is both thinner and smaller
than a woman's. The usual size is about tlyree inches
twenty minutes.
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in length and an inch and a half in width. The man's
is engraved in full without initials, and always with
the prefix "Mr." The address of his home or of his
club may be engraved in the lower right hand corner.
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The girl who cannot make up her mind
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is a trouble to herself, a terror to her par
ents and a fearful trial to her lover!
Oue moment she almost loves—the next
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she is supremely indifferent.
The girl who doesn't know her own
mind needs driving with a firm hand on
the reins. Once give way to her whims,
and she will be more at sea than ever. She
must be taught that "yes" means "yes,"
and "no," "no," and that both carry in
evitable consequences for joy or ill.
She must be mastered, since she cannot
master herself.
Youn^
Woman
Who
Cannot
Make Up
Her Mind
By FRANCES J. QLESNER
Some girls are undoubtedly born with thin-skinned, sensitive natures
that render their possessors' lives a misery to them—if they choose to give
way to the failings to which they undoubtedly incline.
The sensitive girl enjoys things infinitely more keenly than her more
stolid sister, a thing for which she should be devoutly thankful.
If once and for all she will but convince herself of her exceeding
importance in the scheme of creation, she «'ill speedily grow happier. Only
while she is self-engrossed will everyone's hand seem against her, and
everybody bent on making her wretched.
Every girl secretly longs to be the one love of a man's life, and
times, cynics notwithstanding, she gains her wish. There are numberless
good fellows who, having chosen their hearts' desire, remain true in
thought and word their whole life through.
When something less is given her a girl is partly to blame.
The proper study of womankind is certainly man, and the gentle
man whose heart is always changing its occupants is really quite easily
known and avoided.
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Tho infant undoubtedly occupies the
most important place in the life of the bu
From the very first day of its
birth the baby becomes the guide of wed
ded life.
Infant
Occupies
Most
Important
Part in
Life
man race.
Lying in its swaddling clothes,
it is already a promise of future energy in
the community. The signification of its
birth is threefold: A reflection of the past,
a life's interest in the present and a prom
ise of a pleasant future—the last being of
supreme importance.
That the future welfare of the child,
as to its mental and physical development,
depend? greatly upon the proper care given
It in the early period of its life is an incontestable medical fact, and it is
to be deplored that not a few parents are guilty of negligence in the early
stages of the child's life.
It ia asserted that in order to attain the present perfection of tba
child's life of today nature has been laboring for millions of yean; moth
ers, therefore, must be the deciding forces to preserve properly and cau
tiously what nature has produced under trying, veiled circumstance* for
«Jj* ultimate benefit of mankind.
By MHS. J. D. LIEBLING
MULES ARE MOST NEGLECTED
AND ABUSED OF FARM ANIMALS
Scrubby
In First Place It Should bo of Good Stock, Not F rom
Mare, but Dam of Blood Breeding Qualities J
Proper Treatment and Attention
be Made In First Year-Good
It Can
Feeding Essential.
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Mules, much abused and neglected
animals, are not generally understood
by farmers. A mule In the first place
must be of good stock, not an off
spring of some scrubby mare, but a
mare with good breeding qualities,
writes Ed McLaughlin In the Rural
New Yorker.
A mule of the mam
moth stock Is supposed to be the best
mule under all conditions,
cheaper than colts, for the service fee
is not generally as high. Many peo
pie make a mistake la working the
mare too soon after foaling.
wor k a mare under ten days, then she
can do llght work but th / ^ ule must
be left In the barn.
Mules are
Never
When the mare ts brought In from
long as the mare |g warm ' a
mule is two or three weeks old turn
11 out . In a lot away from the mare.
especially at night, for a mule is very
hard on a mare, much more than colts.
When the mule is about two
as
months
° , e oh ™ a f be alIo "' ed t0 eat a few
°at s ' about a pint in the beginning,
Increase as he grows older, or the
same amount of bran along with a llt
b ^ y ' , alfa l[ a Î* Preferred.
a « e of n,ne months a mule should be
weaned, not gradually, but all at
Take it away from the
never let 11
At the
once.
mare and
suck afterwards.
should be put by himsel' or tied up.
At this time you can give an ear of
corn at a meal and a small amount of
hay. The mule should be turned out
In fair weather and not left to stand
In the stable.
He
A mule should be made before he
Is a year old. This can be done by
good breeding and the proper
It Is not necessary to give
quantity of food to him during the
winter, but It must be of the kind to
keep him growing, such as alfalfa
care,
a great
DIRT THAT POISONS THE MILK
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The difference between a clean cow
and a dirty one Is strikingly shown In
the picture. The cow on the right
had been running on pasture ten days,
sleeping out at night, when the photo'
graph was taken. Naturally a great
deal of the filth she had accumulated
In a vile stable had been rubbed off
and washed off by the rains,
enough remains to show that her milk
would carry poison to hundreds
gallons when added to that of other
cows In the dairy. At the Illinois
station It was found that the milk
from the average, unwashed,
brushed cow contained
u much dirt as that from
but
Of
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many times
a perfectly
hay, silage, some corn fodder, soins 1
corn and chopped food occasionally. I
Oats are very good, but very expen
slve food. In spring he may be turned ■
out on pasture during the day and |
fed some hay at night and morning,
because grass at this time Is very |
washy. As the grass gets older leave
on pasture, but be sure to have plenty j
of shade and water. A mule should
not be broken until he is three years
old, although many are broken before
they are near that age.
tilth the proper handling he will be
found to be easier to manage than
horse colts. 1 always work them be
side a good steady horse. Do not
work mules together until thoroughly
broken, or you may have some trou
ble. After this time he may be found
to do more and better work than a
horse colt at the same age, that Is you |
can work him harder When at this
time you may say that a mule la
easier raised and at less cost than
horse colts, in that they do not require
as much care and less food to keep
Hn/lre mo ev in * l '° U '
will bring more money than an aver
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age horse colt, even though he may
be blemished in some way. He will
sell when a blemished horse colt
would not sell.
Feed for Hens.
In the laying pens we give warm
mash In the morning, feeding very
carefully, Just enough to warm the
birds; then we give greens, roots like
turnips and sugar beets and alfalfa
hay. For the main meal, at four In
the afternoon, we give a good supply
of mixed grain, chiefly wheat In the
litter, and then we always give them
more than they can eat so they will
have some left over for tho next
morning.
clean cow.
1 his Is not guess work
a glazed dish equal In size to a pal
was held under a cow's udder 4U
m the r rage t,rae con »i»ned
In milking, while motions similar
milking were made.
In the diah
as
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The dirt caught
weighed It was then found tbaTmlik
touLt 0 ^ "s mUddj ' Udder "
to that shown by the cow on the rlghi
contained from 20 to 24 times as mud
dirt as from that from Ct
was
a clean
cow.
Short Pasture,
The man who turns
early usually has much
short pasture all
to pasture toe
to say about
summer
plan of irrigation
Waterfall Should Be Uniform
Throughout the Ditch.
of Meadows
Increased Productiveness
Last Twenty-five years
Great Measure to
Within
Dus In
Fertilizing
Sediment.
the (all.
ditch
In constructing u
whether great or »mall, should be uuL
Any diminution of
dlinenl 10 settle
The
toim throughout,
the fall will cause si
and 1111 the ditch at that point,
greater the (all of the ditch, espe
cially at the headgaie. the greater will
sediment
It is customary to
stream at the
drawn
he the amount of
from the stream,
construct a dam ru a
right angle 10 (he current
the full capacity at low
A shear dam upixcd to the
tall is light, will
sill into llio
headgate at
to secure
water
headgate. If the
throw more of the liner
While If the fall Is great It
much course sand to
ditch.
will cause too
enter, writes E. A. Mitchell lu the
Denver Field and Farm.
Obstructions, such as rock dams or
boards, driven in the bottom of a ditch
level so os
are wrong in
cause sedl
lo
to raise the water
spread over meadow
principle, as they always
ment lo settle above the obstructions.
The rock, sods or boards should be
placed at the side of the ditch to nai
row but not obstruct the middle or
bottom of the channel. The irrigating
knolls or high places, the laterals
should not end at the highest point,
but extended through
thus allowing sand and the heavier
particles of sediment to be carried
the slope
and beyond.
past and discharged on
Small veins should be cut to conduct
If the
water over the high places.
ditch ends at the highest point, the
there and sediment 1»
current ceases
deposited where not needed, making
the knoll higher and more difficult of
Irrigation.
When there Is an abundance of
sediment in a stream It can be made
to play an Important part In leveling
ro ugh places on the Helds If properly
applied. The vents cut In the main
ditches or laterals to spread the
wa(er when the land Is rough and un
evcn gbou ) d diverge It at an acute
Rngle ( rom the ditch, Instead of the
at right angles
customary way of
Thls wlll carry (be sediment with the
current into the vents, thence out on
depressions, whereas If the wnts are
cut at rjght angles, the force of the
current naturally deposits most of the
ge diment against the obstructing low
€r g , de of the vent and goon mll
ltgelf ln fact t0 draw ofr al , gedl .
ment pogglb i e e v e ry vent should be
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to the meadows to finally settle In the
cut on the oblique.
Any pioneer will have noticed the
Increased productiveness of native
meadows within the last twenty-five
effect of dppoglted gedlment . In i 8S9
» cut over a barren coarse sand and
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gravel bar of a few acres in extent
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" Gunnison county that then looked
,0 be l wor J hle9a for b «* la " d ,;
Pame bar u now covercd w " b bl "< k
soil built up In the Intervening years
i and produces heavy crop of wire
This In a great measure can
years.
be accounted for from the fertilizing
grass. All erosive material carried
down from the mountain sides con
tains a more or less percentage of
raw phosphates, the very essence of a
concentrated fertilizer. A crude home
made analysis of a hardened cake of
sediment one and one-half Inches
thick deposited In a depression on a
meadow last year gave tho following
results under the glass:
Slit consisting of decomposed ani
mal and vegetable humus, seven
eighths of an Inch; finely eroded par
ticles of volcanic rock, one-eighth
Inch; sand and mica, one-half Inch
This cake was cut In circular form,
agitated In a gold pan with water,
then turned Into a circular pan of the
same diameter of the cake of sedl
ment and allowed to settle and the
water to evaporate. A percentage of
sand Is necessary to maintain the
porosity of the soil for best growth
of plant life
tlon high up near
mountain streams was cither not
needed or practical. Copious rains In
silt countries where Irrigation of the
lower valleys was necessary, supplied
sufficient moisture for the higher val
leys, therefore the value of the sedl
mentation near the source of streams
was never studied.
In former times Irriga
the sources of
We yet too little
understand its value In the sc-ral arid
valleys of the great Rocky mountain
j region. Plowed and cultivated field«
allow Irrigating waters to leach
i or wash away their best elements
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Feed tor Laying Hens.
It has been found by Profi
•ssor
Wheeler of the New York experimental
station that 500 pounds of live weight
1 of hens In full laying, each hen weigh
j lng ,rom tbree to five pounds (about
100 hena), would require per day 27 5
pounds of dry matter, 1.6 pounds of
ash, 5 pounds of protein. 18,75 pounds
of carbohydrates, and 1.75 pounds of
fat. This has a nutritive ratio of l
4.C.
Cure for Caked Udder.
To cure caked udder In
.... a cow. melt
lard one part and mix with kerosene
three parts. He sure to mix thor
oughly and apply warm. R ub well
Apply three or four times, or untli
the swelling is gone This plan has
always been very successful.
Proper Pruning.
If a tree is pruned back to the
trunk and transplanted It will grow
and produce fruit much superior In
quantity and quality to those
not cut back
trees
IMPROVE ASPARAGUS IN WEST
Keep Ground Well Cultivated
rlgated During Ser.son—Should
Last Twenty Years.
and I*
(By W FADHOTK. Colorado
(ural College.)
Agrl.ul
A deep, loamy soil Is best suited to
asparagus culture, und It can scarcely
be made too rich by the addition
well rotted stable manure.
of
The
nure should be plowed or spaded
deeply and the soil put In the best
of tilth. After the ground has been
thoroughly prepared, furrow» c - -
made, preferably running north and
south, and four feet apart. The plants
are set from three to four feel
In the row. depending upon the
ness of the soil, and from four
Inches below the general level of
ground. The plants should
covered to the full depth at
ma
Is
tr.>
apart
rich
lo all
the
not be
once, as
many of the young shoots would not
be strong enough to push through
the surface of the ground,
contrary, cover the erowus with about
three Inches of soil and till In
rest gradually by cultivation during
the summer
lo
•In the
Ihu
Keep the ground well cultivated and
Irrigated during the
soon as the tops ripen In the fall, they
should be cut and burned. Kollow this
by giving the bed a good coating of
manure, which ia to be worked into
the soil in the spring. The subsequent
trtatmenl of Hie bed will he
the »nine as outlined for the first
son. No shoots should be cut for
until the third season after planting,
and preferably not until the fourth
Ity taking pains to start the bed
right It should last at least
years. While the outlay will be small.
It Is dlflleult to Imagine any other
feature of the garden that will afford
more satisfaction
lenHuii. and
much
Sea
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twenty
SEEDLINGS ARE A NECESSITY
Apple Tree One Foot High May Be
Grown During Summer If Given
Proper Cultivation.
Apple seedlings are still a necessity
and will continue to be. They must
be grown by the million for the nure
eryman, or the amateurs may grow
them by the thousand.
Save seed by (tacking cores away
In moist sand, and It Is better to save
seed from good apples than from culls
Prepare ground by deep plowing: new.
rich land Is the best. Sow In drills,
rows ton Inches apart and cover not
over two Inches. Rake over surface
early In spring to break crust and kill
weeds Under this treatment the seed
will sprout readily. If you give good
culture you may expect the seedlings
to he one foot or eighteen Inches high
by October 1. but cultivation should
stop August 15. Take up and cellar
before bard freezing.
Orchard Heating.
Orchard beating la moving eastward.
For peach, plum, cherry and apricot It
will for the most pari be very profit
able. With sharp competition among
the different manufacturera of beaten
and the general Improvement
should come. In time they will b«
much cheaper and more efficient
With orchard heaters and cold »tor
age In the east the Pacific coast or
chardlsts will be out of tho race la
our markets.
that
Selection of Fertilizer.
Commercial fertilizer* should be so
lected with the view of supplementing
the natural resources of tho soil and
tho manure» produced upon the farm,
consequently the agricultural vnluo of
the fertilizer would depend largely
upon how wisely this selection «a»
made.
POULTRY NOTES.
Provide shade for all the poultry
during the hot days.
The fowls should have water In
abundance at all times.
Exercise Is as essential for growing
chicks ns feed and water.
The lack of protein Is tho direct
cause of mature pullets not laying *
Assorting market eggs according to
a good business
size and color ts
move
Little turks are delicate little ere»
lures and should be watched at »II
times.
If protein Is supplied freely there
will be an abundance of eggs from
the same flock.
Use a good lice paint on tho roast*
In the morning, and repent every two
or three week«
Sunshine Is very necessary for suc
cess with poultry when supplied to
the right place«.
Orit Is essential at all seasons of
the year. Oyster shells should ol
ways be available.
Ineubalor chickens even under the
best of care have a hard time of It:
without care they perish.
In the production of eggs as In Ih» 1
of milk, proper feeding is essential to
attaining the best results
No matter what kind of floor there
Is In the poultry house, the mal»
thing Is not let It get damp.
Do not give sweet milk one
and sour the next as this changing
from one to the other will
bowel trouble.
Don't let the little chicks run In the
wet grasa. This causes many W*
which make great Inroads
number of chicks
Hen nests should be cleaned and
whitewashed after each hatch before
starting another, and the old nesting
materials should be burned Ktgbt
lice now end all the time.
A house eight by twelve Is » ver *
convenient size for a small flock of
fowls. If a large flock Is to be hou»«"
two or more small ones would be be* 1
1er than a very large house.
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