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MARKETING POOR BTUFF.
Tbe other day a pilgrim from the
Wyoming range who was a a took
grower and practical business man
came to the happy city of Denver to
rubber around a bit like thousands of
other men are doing. "What in the
world," he exclaimed gs he phased
along the crowded port of the city
where fruit and vegetables push their
way onto the sidewalks In every con
ceivable from —“possesses people to
try to market so much poor stuff?
Most of this poor fruit hardly sells at
all. and what does goes at prices that
can by no possibility leave the grower
much of a profit while the prime stuff
goes quickly at astonishingly high
prices." This man forgot for the time
being that he had not shipped nor
sold a really well bred and thoroughly
finished animal from his ranch In all
Ills life. .In the stock yards he has
been selling for what he can get, and
generally receives prices with which
he Is dissatisfied. Had the fruit grow
ers who flooded the Denver market
with the Inferior stuff he saw been
accidentally caught In the stock yards,
they would doubtless have made the
same remark about the cattle, sheep
and horses selling there that this man
did about the fruits and vegetables
and horses selling there that this man
What In the world possesses stock
men to try to market such poor stuff?”
It is this inferior bred and poorly fed
stuff that so cuts down the average
prices received for stock. It Is the
lioorly put In. weedy, hnrrlediv ano_
late plowed fields that xnocx sown
our average yields until It looks to an
outsider as If all our land was poor
or neglected. But the tide so long set
one way Is turning. Well bred and
finished stock is slowly gaining on the
poor and so many good farmers are
developing In so many places that ten
of our western states already show a
rising average of yields. We are wak
ing up to these things none too soon.—
Field and Farm.
THE swineherd.
The department of agriculture has
t-Vcn the position that lye as a hog
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cholera preventive la not beneficial,
but on the other hand, la Injurious.
We believe, and as all farmers will
agree with us, that it la very benefi
cial and not In any way Injurious and
Is the most economical hog cholera
preventive known. Owing to the wide
distribution of lye and the ease with
which It can be used as a preventive,
together with lta low cost, it it by far
the best agent for this purpose. No
claim should be made that lye cures
hog cholera but Its efficiency aa a pre
ventive has stood the test of more
than fifty years and it will work a
very great Injury to the hog raisers
If they should follow the advice of the
department of agriculture and discon
tinue the use of lye.
A great convenience for the hog
house during winter weather, and
comfort as well, is the self-shutting
door. It must be hung from the top
and swing both ways. This Is easily
done by taking some piece* of an Iron
barrel hoop and a rod of moat any
size that la handy. Have tbe rod at
least two Inches longer on each sldo
than the door Is wide so It can be
stapled to the frame, first notching
In the frame so that the door when
hung from the rod, will hang’flush
with the aides. Take a piece of the
hoop Iron and bend over the top of
the door one for each aide, leaving
Just space enough for the rod to slip
through the loop thus made. Have
cleats on both sides of the door so It
will hang straight and do not fit It
too closely. Slip the rod through the ’
loops and staple firmly In position and
the door may be easily opened either •
way.
Hogs grown on alfalfa and fattened
on barley have brought the top notch
on the market. Judson Brown, of
Prowers county has had very good
success In growing pigs by this plan
and saya: “ I run my hogs on alfalfa
and they therefore cost very little.
The alfalfa we grow In this high alti
tude Is of the very best quality and la
Just right for plgß. When they reach
the right sire, I put them on a feed
of soaked barley. The pigs fatten up
very quickly and bring the top price
when I sell them at the river.” In
this connection we would like to add
that the use of shorts In tbe hog die
tary has practically been supplanted
by alfalfa In this country. Swine own
ers have long paid tribute to mills
for the wheat by-product, but the day
's passed when this tax is necessary.
The Northern Wyoming Herald. Cody, Wyoming. October 20,1911,
Alfalfa In pasture, soiling crop, cured
as hay, puts within reach of every
farmer the means of profitable pork
production. Independent of all mill
trusts or combines. Now that the beef
business la gone our people will have
to take to pork and this means that
our alfalfa growers will have to pro
duce It. —Field and Farm.
BRAINS NEEDED IN HOG RAISING.
Success in hog raising la determin
ed by Intelligent ,dally, sometimes
hourly, care, attention to many small
details and good Judgment. When a
farmer decides to become a hog raiser
he should plan to stay permanently In
the business.
Going into the hog business when
the hogs are high and going out when
hogs are low Is not a paying business.
It Is the farmer who stays In the bush
ness year after year who makes the
money In the long run. He can im
prove his herd each year by careful
selection and Improve the quality of
hla animals. He can gradually get
around him at llttlo expense the build
ings and yards and pastures that he
needs and can plan hla crops and gen
eral farm management so as to reduce
the cost of raising hogs to the lowest
point.—H. M. Cottrell.
SHEEP.
W. B. Webster of Morgan county Is
down on the Navajo reservation con
tracting among the natives for 10,000
feeding sheep. This bunch will board
near the new sugar factory at Monte
Vista and will belong to the Sylvesters
who have made such a success here
tofore In their feeding operations on
the pea fields. What kind of mutton
will peas and beet pulp make anyhow?
This Is a new proposition but It will
work out all right.
Senator Warren of Wyoming has
the right Idea abont tariff legislation
when he saya we might as well recon
cile ourselves to the fact that there Is
to be a change and the present sche
dule will be reduced —Just how much
he does not know, but that there must
be some reduction to satisfy the public
clamor. He likewise saya that the
manufacturers had better go through
Schedule K with a fine tooth comb
and see just where they can stand a
cut. “I know they do not want to do
it,” he saya, "but they’ve got to. The
cry of some of the leading growers
against the manufacturers Is not help
ing the situation. Preslatent attempts
to prejhdice the senate against the
manufacturers will only result In
harming tha growers in the end. The
growers and spinners should get to
gether and talk It over. The hot heads
have done damage enough."
Somebody down In the cornbelt la
likely to make a little wad of money
the coming .season In their feeding
business. During the last six weeks
more than a million head of western
aheep of all Blzes and ages have gone
out Into the country from the Omaha
market which means that the fellows
down there are taking hold of the
nubbin better than we are doing for
as yet parctlcally nothing has been
chased through the Denver yards.
Most of the range yearling wethers
have found a feeder outlet at com
paratively low prices. The universal
preference shown by mutton eaters
for lamb carcasses causes out feeder
lambs to sell much above yearling
feeders, and hence the lambs have
been meeting with a greatly increased
demand from the cornbelt. So far a*
our Colorado people are concerned
they are welcome to them. There will
be plenty left when we get ready to
sit In the game which will be some
time between now and the first of
January. —Field and Farm.
WYOMING METAL VALUES.
The total value of the production of
gold, silver and copper in Wyoming
In 1910 was $32,234, against $69,028,
In 1908, according to the Geological
Survey report. The gold yield was
$3,199 against $4,086, In 1909, silver
fine ounces, valued at $798,
agaiDst 1,754 ounces valued at $912;
and copper, 222,339 pounds valued at
$28,237, against 492,539 pounds valued
at $64,030. The amount of ore sold
or treated was 1,474 tons against 2,393
tons in 1909. There were 12 produc
ing mines in Wyoming In 1910, of
which 4 were gold placer mines. Cop
per has been the most Important
metal produced in Wyoming, and the
state la to be credited with a total
output of 25,843,400 pounds of copper
from 1881 to 1910 inclusive.
THE LITTLE DOCTOR.
Pneumonia.
Hot onions, according to a French
physician are said to be a sure cure
for pneumonia. The remedy Is as
follows: Take six or ten onions, ac
cording to size, and chop fine; put in
a large pan over a fire, then add the
same quanlty of rye meal and vine
: " ar enough to make a thick paste. In
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the meantime stir thoroughly, letting
it simmer for five or ten minutes.
Then put in a cotton bag large enough
to cover the lungs and apply to the
chest as hot as patient can bear. In
about ten minutes apply another, and
thus continue by reheating the poul
tices and in a few minutes the patient
will be out of danger This simple
remedy has never failed to cure this
too often fatal malody. And it is quite
as effective as that of the old Summit
county doctor who was in the habit of
always slapping onto the patient’s
chest a handful of croton oil and rub
bing it in briskly. In thirty minutes
the patient was out of d&nger and the
old Doc never lost a case.
Preventing Fever.
Typhoid fever is now a matter of
choice. No one need have it unless
he chooses. Just as smallpox is pre
vented by vaccination so may any per
son be rendered immune to typhoid
by the Injection under the skin of
a few drops of typhoid vaccine, con
sisting of beef broth in which typhoid
bacilli have first been alowed to mul
tiply and later killed by heating.
Vaccination against typhoid first
worked out by an Englishman. Re
cently the war department at Wash
ington has taken the matter up and
the army board has recommended that
all recruits be vaccinnated for typhoid
before entering the army. Typhoid
fever has always been the worst
enemy of troops In camp or on the
march. In most wars it has killed a3
many as the enemy. The authorities
believe that the new process will prac
tically banish this most dreaded dis
ease from the service.
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THE MONTHLY DIfiEST
The following important law points
of Important Public Land Decisions
have recently been decided by the
Secretary of the Interior.
Homesteads.
Settlement upon land while it is cov
ered by the entry of another confers
no right on cancelation of the entry
as against the Government.
The Government’s rights under any
valid withdrawal at once attach to the
exclusion of any settlement or other
right initiated while such entry was
of record.
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In construing Section 2289 of the
Revised Statutes, the maxim “De mini
mis non curat lex,” cannot properly
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be invoked to justify a plain disre
gard of the statutory limit as to the
area of the land owenrshlp disquali
fying from homestead entry. Case of
Amldon vs. Hagdale (39 L. D., 131)
overruled.
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The homestead law is a donation of
public lands conditional upon the per
formance of certain acts. Its purpose
is to establish agricultural homes on
the public domain, and, in case of the
death of the entryman, the widow or
heirs should proceed at once to culti
vate during the proper season of each
year and improve the land, and con
tinue such cultivation and improve
ment for such period of time as, when
added to the time during which the
entryman had complied with the law,
would make compliance for the full
period required by the statute. Citing
Schooley vs. Heirs of Varnum (33 L.
D., 45).
Desert Lands.
Where final proof on a desert land
entry has been rejected by the Com
missioner of the General Land Office
and appeal is taken to the Secretary
of the Interior, accompanied by affi
davits submitting new proof, which
had not been considered by the Com
missioner, the case will be remanded
again to the Commissioner for ad
judication upon the new record.
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The law requires merely an annual
expenditure to the requisite amount
in good faith for purposes of reclam
ation. It does not require the first or
any other annual proof shall effect
reclamation, but the expenditure
must be necessarily intended to effect
It and the reclamation must be effect
ed within the time allowed. Citing
Stevenson vs. Scharry (34 L. D. 675).
Mere expenditure to a required
amount cannot be accepted as compli
ance with the law, but the reasonable
value of the work done is the criterion
not the amount the entrymen claims
to have expended for it. Citing Brad
ley /s. Vasold (36 L. D., 106).
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When land is withdrawn of record
under provisions of law, in anticipa
tion of an irragation project, a prior
entry thereof may be allowed when
it appears that the land embraced in
the entry Is subject to irrigation and
to a large extent irrigated from a
private irrigation ditch, and is so sit
uated as not to be irrigible from
any government project in course of
construction or even in contemplation.