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Show t Ji : j SHADE FOR CHICKENS ALFALFA" irUMTEDSTATES Many Chicks Are Victims of Sun-strok- Or Apoplexy. HENRY HOWIAND Natural Shelter la Beet Because It la Usually Formed by Trees and Bushes, Permitting Free mimm mmmm if THE" WEEKLY REFLEX K AYS VI LLE, UTAH Movement of Air. (By PROF. JOHN WILLARD BOLTE.) Chickens are probably less .sell abla to stand the extremes of heat than any of our domestic animals, because they do not iseat to any great extent, hence are deprived of that safety valve that all of the domesticated animals possess It is undoubtedly true that the chicken's comb and wattles serve to cool off its blood to a very marked degree, but even they will not avail In very hot weather and shade of some kind must be always available, r This is especially true with baby chicks -- as they cannot stand the rays of the summer sun nearly as well as the other fowl can. lany chicks are victims of sunstroke or apoplexy every year, and it is usually the strongest and best developed ones that are overcome. Natural shade is best of all because It Is usually formed by trees and high bushes, sufficiently distant from the ground to permit free movement of air and the sun can get'around to disinfect the ground at certain times. By all mean b have your hen coops, brood ers andcolony coops located In the shade during the middle of the day. r If there Is no shade available In the yard where the baby chicks run. It will be necessary to provide some. A mighty good scheme is to bnild frame about two feet off the ground and cover it with four Inches of sod or a foot of straw, weighted down, This heavy thick roof prevents the radiation of heat from Its under surface and Is quite waterproof, thus having the advantage of boards or canvas. .The ground under this shelter should be dry and dusty and the little fellows will spend the long, hot, noontime hours resting In the cool and dusting themselves. With the older chickens, the problem is fully as serious and shade! must be provided. This is sometimes done by raising thefloor of the heu house a couple of foot above the ground, but this .plan Is objectionable because of its cost and the fact that the hens lay in this scratching compartment and rats harbor there. An orchard forms the very best -- Great Corn Belt 6taes Rank Vary tow in Production ef Crop -Kansas Easily Leads. Curious History of United Only about 5,000 000 acres of alfalfa are grown In the United States today, as compared a ith about 50,000,000 acres of timothy and clover 4 6,000,-00- 0 acres of a heat, and more than 100.000- ,t00 acres of corn. Of the 6.000.- 000 acres under alfalfa, only 218. 000 acres of. this crop Is grow a east ef the Mississippi river. As jou a 111 note by referring to the chart, nearly 1,000,000 acrel of alfalfa, or of the entire area, it grown in tbe state of Kansas alone. In the rank of states growing alfalfa. How did the United Stales come to get that small corner of land which lute out from the extreme northern boundary of. Minnesota? History of that little hose which sticks out Into Canada fcgn Minnesota aiid which If WUttam still were hers to writs the i big hit of the season. He d give us something very light some - ' piece devoid of reason His Jokes would sll be very Stsle, his lyrics the worst ever. The plot an tale, that fools would say eras clever. And there wojld have,4o be, of course, a sailor and hia lassie. With Cncle Sam to threaten force In case the world got sassy. -- - 0 v If Shakespeare had hit work to do for this wise generation He would not give us wisdom to evoke ur admiration; His lines would lose their stateliness. hed make them short and choppy, Well knowing he must fa Hu n leesbef u r- ntshed sloppy copy. If William were alive today and writing for a living Ws know full tyelj the wtyle of play the - groat bard would bo giving, - locatronforthTchlckenpark,Tasthe trees furnish shade and damaged or decayed fruit, while the hens eat the tree insects and enrich, the olL For the backyard flock of hens, either --- sunflowers corn will rovide Objection Sustained.. 1 Insist. plenty of shade If planted thickly said the lawyer, on, bav Ing'jhe witness answer my question. and early. hen house Is usually of little Must 1 do the man on the stand asked, turning with an appeal- value for shade within, because the xftjof Is too low and the breeze cannot ing look to the judge. Will you Incriminate yourself If blow directly through. If cross ventilation Is provided and there is so you answer?" No. your honor, HI not Incriminate air space or straw loft under the roof, little outside shade needs to be promyself, but m get licked by my wife Counsel will pursue some -- other vided Wherever possible, have the Bae of questioning," said the jurist. house 0 located that there is room tor ths chickens to get in the shade on who was married himself. any side of it, out of doors. -p- or-sw- eet -- Itr GIVING AND GETTING. GARDEN HOME-MAD- E DIBBLE Do you believe It is more blessed to give than to Experiences Teaches That Implement Mads of Flat Board Works Well and Leaves Clean- Hole. - - one-fift- h ALFALFA IN UNITED STATES . Alfalfa Chart. Nebraska Is second; Colorado, third; California, fourth. The great corn belt states such as Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin, rank very low In the pro duction of alfalfa and it Is in the corn belt states, therefore, that the need for growing alfalfa is found to be the most urgeut CULL OUT NEEDLESS ROOSTER Agricultural , Department Urges Mar keting of Male Birds 8oon as Hatching Season Is Over. It has been estimated that of the loss from had eggs In ths United States is due to blood rings, which are a oertaln stage of chick development in the egg. It takes a fertile egg to develop ablood ring, and the egg does not necessarily have to be under a setting hen or in the incubator for several days, as blood rings will begin to develop in an U1 one-thir- d , heated room during hot summei weather. Blood rings cannot be produced is an Infertile egg, no matter how long the Incubation, and infertile eggs can only be produced by hens which art not allowed to run with male birds. The roosters are responsible for tho egg loss due to blood rings, and do tt by- - putting fertility - Into - the eggs. There la no good reason why the roost ers should be with the hens after ths breeding season Is over. It has been found by numerous experimenters that bena lay better during the summei when they are not annoyed by the at f tentions of the rooster, The United States department ol agriculture says that if farmers and others engaged in the production ot eggs would market their male birds as soon as the hatching season is over, a Urge saving would be made, as prao tlcally every infertile egg would grads first or second if clean and promptly marketed The thing to do then !i to sell off the cockerels and pen ni the breeding males, so that the hem will he alone during the summer. . - - - - kin" - -- - constitutes tho .northernmost-poin- t of tbe United Stated Is very Interesting Under the treaty of 1"81 boundary eon tho United States and British possessions was fixed A certain point on (he Lake of the Woods was mutually agreed to as one starting point, HOT WEATHER DRUNKS. this being considered the headwaters of, the St.Lawrence river and Great During the hot weather there is Lakes system. At that time It was not great demand for cooling drinks, and known whether this point was north prefer those made at home with or south of the parallel, materials which are unquestionable, but It w as know n to be close to It.' Tho rather than many which are served Id understanding was that from that bottles or at the fountains. In the fol- point tho boundary should go north or lowing. there surely will be found one south to the forty-nintparallel, as tho which will suit the palate of all; case iulghtbev-Late- r and more accurate surveys showed that point was Ginger Water. This Is th old fashioned drink which uaed to be carried about 25 miles north of the to the flefds to refresh the tillers of parallel, and bo at this place tho the soilwhe have made our country boundary makes a Jog above that liner. what tt la today. This drink Is just Uncle Sam thus has a little piece of ss popular today among the descend- territory of about 100 square miles In ants of the early fathers ef our coun- extent north of the general boundary. try, and ltf so easily prepared that It And the Joke of It la that any one haa ahould be more frequently used. Take to go by water in order to reach this money on. A good teem, n strong harness and tablespoonful of ground ginger, add little piece- Of territory unless ho are neoeaaary because thq wagon three of sugar and a pint of toe cold wants to go through Canada. Tho are road rough;.hlaence-mua- t : Pathfinder. In the serve and well water; stir or the range stock will rain his olden times they sweetened this with crop, and the good wife muat atay at molasses OLD FORT BUILT BY RUSSIANS home or the coyotea and hawks will Rhubarb Drink, This la a very recatch her chickens. She muat teach freshing as well as wholesome ' drink her own children, as- tt Is too far for Ruins of Archeologist's Explanation for children. Boll seven or eight to go to school. them of on the Coast Northern Building stalks of pie plant In a quart of water . She must be abldto ride a horse, of California. t for ten minutes; strain Into s pitcher milk a .cow, feed the pigs and do the In whtch has been placed the thin rind tor often the husband haa to on choree, Ruins of the old Weske buildings of a lemon. Add four tablespoonfulf o! from h.oma to work In order go near thirVtndsor away and about ranch, sugar and let stand for a few hoars a living and improve his to make of teen Santa miles north Rosa, Cat, before serving. now are thought claim. hitherto unexplained, Orangeade. Make a sirup by boil- to be the work of Such Is life on the far western from people of mechaniing half a pound of lump sugar with cal aklll, who tier. II. F. IV, Montana. Russians, probably a mp of water. Pare four oranges erected the buildings 100 years oi very tLlnly, put the rinds In a pitch- more ago DYNAMITING DRY FARM SOILS and on er the boiling hot sirup. pour That the edifices were not the work Let stand until cold then add the Is taken for granted tome Tremsndoue Ylolde Have Been Juice of the oranges and six lemons. of tho Spaniards Obtained my Ugjng This Method Add a quart ot Ice cold water, and es the history of this country undet Spanish rule ia sufficiently complete Instead of Plowing. serve assurance to some ol record that give Boston Creams This is s drink of the buildings Some have used this method for which will keep, and will be ready to the construction would left. have been crop Instead of plowing and some tr use In an emergency: Take two The construction Is too exact tc mendous yields have been obtained on pounds of lump sugar and five pints ef water; boll together fifteen min- have, been the work of the Indian mall plata; but we have had no utes When cool add half an ounce oi races and local Investigators have d chance of comparing the coat with the lemon extract, two ounces of powdered elded t that the rulna are those of a results on a large acreage, aaya the or .fortified settlement bull! Ranch and Ranger, Dynamiting holes tartaric acid and the whites of three large-forRussians by early In the laat cen- for trees, however, la becoming comeggs well beaten. When quits cold, mon and the expense la half a stick of bottle. When required for use, pour tury. ol the dynamite, one cap and about two feet have rains appearance a few tablespoonfuls of the mlxtnr "The :ing"parl8"6f iidncemASBlve"rortIfi. of fuse for each tree. in a glass, fill with three parts water, A hole la bored with the toil auger cation. In one place there stands a stir np well and add. a quarter of two feet or SO Jnchee where the about In feet of the wall, height, twenty teaspoonful of soda. Stir briskly and part la1 to tree go; tbe half stick of dynaserve at once. thirty feet long, thirty feet thick at The ground and tapering to awldtb mite to inserted with cap and fuse attIs built of basalt slabs ached and then the dirt IS replaced of ten feet.--I- t The rivers eat their banks,-tides devour ths sand. about twenty feet in length and Irre In the hole around 'th tree, tamping with a stick ae It la filled la. Ths morning sun drinks up ths nlsta gular prismatic shape. Thd Ooean eats ths land; After tbe explosion two or three Russians under Admiral Kuskoff Texas sat up property. of the shovel will clear the fwinga Admiral Kotxebue and Count Raxan And pride eats out th soul auto But moths ths dlst record hold. off made a determined effort to astata hole ready to aet tho tree. Tbe some to Hheauae they sat a hole oil will found shattered he llsh themselves along the northern Priseflla Leonard. extent In the neighborhood of the hole const more1 than 100 years ago. and this to supposed to be beneficial DESSERTS WORTH TRYING. la allowing the roots to penetrate a "Miracle Quickly Explained. hardpan. There ara feweople who are wilt ""A eurate, who firmly Until some one plants some tree In Ins to forego the pleasure ot n dew believed that' God was continually dynamited holes and some others In Bert, and usually feel If none is pro- working miracles to sdhbls him tc ordinary holes alongside of them,' it vided that they have been defrauded. help ths needy, and who seldom had will be Impossible to come to any defiOrange Charlotte. Soak one and a a coin In his pocket, was accosted one nite conclusion aa to the advantage, if half tablespoonfuls of gelatine la day by a beggar woman. He pleaded any derived from dynamiting. third of a eup of water. To a third of utter lack of money, but on ths mendiWe know that deep plowlag la the a cap ot boiling water add a cupful of cant beseeching him to search hla beet way out in dry faming; for the sugar, three tablespoonfuls of lemon poqksta ha hopefully put hla hand In same reason dynamiting ought to be Juice and a eup of orange Juice and one, and to .hla amaxemedt and Joy good. 'We also know from our own expiece there. pulp. '"Chill la a pan of Ice water; found a perience In the dry farm orchard that -tof Gods miracles!" he ex- he roots will go through any aoll hard-pawhan quite thick heat until frothy and add the wen beaten whites of three claimed; and then, addressing ths provided it to moist, and it is eggs beaten stiff find the whip from woman; "This' coin belongs to yon oi moist In the well cultivated or-two capfuls of cream. Line a mold right Take It and go in peace. chard where the trees are not too cloea with sections of orange. Tarn in tho Having told the story a few hours together. later. to hla worldly minded pariah mixture and chill College Pudding Mix a half cnpfnl priest and suggested that they ahould WATER CONSUMED BY CROPS of batter with one and a half enpe of both go down on their kneea and renagar add tour eggs well beaten, one der thanka to God, a strange, unpleaa-on- t half cup' ot strained apple aauee, a light auddenfy broke on the mind Farmer Muet Spare No Paint to Pru serve Protective Dry toll fourth of a teaspoonful of aalt and tho of the shrewd pastor, who exclaimed: rtog-D- rir BI Big. Are those my lemon, Line a pudding dish "Pood heavens! julco "' oa that breeches lih piain pastry, fill with the fixyou? youve . . ,, The drink bill for tbe crops Is ture and bake in a moderate oven. It takss 90.000 poundf of Serve with or without cream. VhluS of LsUr. ter to grow a bushel or wheaL No Blyeberpr Pumpllnfl. Bift together Labor Ja a commodity to be bought flotr rich your-sotwo enpfnls of flour, tour teaspoonfuis and sold may be yon tbe maudlla' gutter can grow only as many bushels of of baking powder and t teaspoonful of criticism notwithstanding of some writea CL wheat aa will he represented by tho salt Add a' tablespoonful of butter, W, Post In Leslies.theorists, Labor la not the water to the soil s and when well rubbed in add man himself, whom I consider a part pounds of available divided by 90,000 says the Farm of a cupful of milk. Put two of the divine, but labor la hla output , An inch of rainfall weight cnpfnle of sugar over four cupfuls of Just tbe same aa wheat to the outpui 227,000 pounds per aera. blaeberries with a - tablespoonful - of of th It Is and a subject foi farmer, Does that mean that we can grow vinegar, put Into a buttered baking purchase and aaJe, and upon Uf qualbusheis per acre for orery Inch of dish. Cover with the flour mixture ity depends its demand and its value. and baka forty-flvminutea , Servo There are two kinds of labor, the one rainfall at the rate of 227,000x90,000, from the dish in which It wee baked. manual and the other mentaL When or about two and a half buabela? By no mean No matter how well we Put a layer ef ground pecans or the skilled workman possesses a train- till the land a lot of water will get walnuts over th custard pie; tho ed mid which directa hla hands, he away. The warm winds of. summer nnte win- - form a crust over the top, riaea in value, and when be reaches a steal It by the ton every day. ,, Heres and when baked will bo trajy plane where hia mind la so well train- the lesson aa given by the professors ed that he in torn becomes n creator of the Wisconsin Experiment Station. and moat needs devise and direct, he "If farming ia to succeed, the then requires other heads to carry farm dry muat be located In a section out hia ideas. Then he again riaea in a rainfall ot ten. inches or the plane of value Uf humanity, and having Other Pet with the Jeaat possible wind more, and, "Jock never snarls nor groWts at hia compensation must keep pace. movement The soil, should not com me, and sticks close by mo whenever tain layers of gravel or hardpan. but 1 go out" " Which He Roes to Ramaric-Themuat be uniform to texture to a depth "What a nice dog he must be." ' were at the grocery, nlf with it eight feet Throughout the entire "Dog I $lr, he to my husband! recollections of many a shocking esaw growing season the man who practice of tremendous weather to recount, and1 dry farming must spare no pains to . Those Dear Glrte AgaliC ' none was left out Then one ancient preserve the protective dry soil Miss Homeletgb Perhaps ydu wotoY rose and said: ; believe it. but a strange man tried to "Ia seventeen-hundrean , .. kiss me once. But they cut in' on him there, and Keep Comb Bright. Miss Cutting Really! " Well, hed told him they wouldnt do tt If A successful poultryman aaya that they have been a strange man if he tried was him, 'cause see how ft of JU jcoultry. keeps the ' to kiss you twice. old Itd make him. they said. But tbe brightenedby rutting corn ia a ancient pushed hia specs np on hla bncket and damps with wt' ranff Choice of Werdo. forehead and went right ot: then stirring ia alrat a quart c J pow"What to that mans occupation?" "What I was goto' fer to, say waa.f dered air, alaktJ l Ha ft: i "Wait" replied Senator Sorghum, It tald be, "that to 1.7:) eases outea 1.1 twice a k rx 1 gvexiag ci yetr r"- -i ef view whrlh xrhers folias remsmbsred setch Hub Cs wtla X 1Z -: r he to cslsetlai a g let 1) weather thre spells o' it i vli a i x aint a ding word of 'em so!" paign ef eaeslLa i or to J x 4-t- w Ul-bes- t,- h forty-nint- oncewthi -- All over the western frontier there are vest sections of land being dm veloped by people of small means; men of courage and loyal hearted women who have turned their backs on the pld home In the east and wended ibeirwayout4iuo the greatwest, therd to take up a homestead and build a home f jhelr axa, These are the people that moat nehd the support of the government, for fw of them have any capital and must depend upon their labor. Frontier life Is hard and It takes e great amount' of courage and persistent effort to get a start In life under the conditions aaTound there. There are many things to contend with that people In the east know nothing of home, and cattle thievee, coyotes, hawks, ground squirrels and ' many other annoyances. A man must-ba genius and a hustler, too, for if be succeeds as e pioneer he must know how to break horses to work "and to ride, rope steiror-- . hoi'sa put oo a horseehow build a house or barn, even. The homesteader la at n great disadvantage In having little or no capital and uothlng tor security to borrow e -- - Path sf Homesteader Handt "epperty"r8mair Capital -- - - Roses h sharp-pointe- d . a HFRK are hundred of home whrye lov is law and wisdom chief fuu-f- ; and the ehtUt that t horn Into Ihm Is sure of All that highast thought can srur for him In body, soul and spirit. , But for sh unnumbered thousands whrn levs Is not and wisdom has never snterad what shall we do with them! Ellen Richards. forty-nint- FEW TROUBLES FOR THE COLT Well, It. deVeterinarian of Idaho Station Gives A dibble made of a round and pends on whether ' stick is the usual tool - for you are giving Remedy for NavsWIh Diar- rhea and Rupturo Cures. the cook n raise making holes when setting tomato .. or receiving one and other plants. I found by experiEL T. BARER. hoard a flat Veterinarian made of Idahs dibble ence (By that yourself. Experiment Station.) , ' Navel-Il- l Is a serious' disease ct . Firelem. ; new the born. ; U is nothing but Have you ever tried a tireless cookblood form of ths germs get poison, er? in through the navel Tbs' cord ting "Tea We've had one for six months. is rather short, and U first noticed Vy wife has tried to fire her and Tvs to be of n dark purplish color wit! .old her to go. but she simply Ignores yellow pas. Tbd Joints begin swell xur requests sad says shell scratch log, and the colt soon dies unletl ha eyes out of any other girl we attended to. Disinfect tht promptly Jure to bring Into the kitchen. navel at goodctusti pT 'owriwe and. change ti;aTo'eationo antiseptic ' Barred. . the mare and colt" Give colt a table ' Wbatjsyour idea' shout a college spoonful castor oil with a little spirit! adoration? Do you think ons would camphor, about a half teaspoonfuL II have helped you any? a veterinarian is called, which will Sure thing. 8evera! of my friends would work much better and leave a in the long ran, he wll kav told .me they'd have boomed me cleaner hole If worked into the earth always pay both local end general treat give president, of, our. .university club with- a - hcrisontal swinging motion, ment In ths form of vaccines. t' If Td been a graduate of anything. says a writer in the Popular Diarrhea is another Mechanics. The hole produced In Just trouble. The mothers milk freqneni Is often right for ths plant The illustration the cause. See that she Is not over Going, at Him Right. That man has good sound Judg- shows its construction. heated or chilled Give the mart ment" four ounces of sodium thiosulphate is I never saw any evidence of It."a braa mash once dally for thres Bummer Pruning ef Peached. "Maybe youve never gone at him - Summer pruning should never he days, and milk her ont well. Give right. I talked to him for half an severe, however, for top growth sad the colt two tablespoonfola castor ofl heir this morning, and he agreed with root growth are interdependent and in and one tablespoonful brandy 1a tw everything f sald-a wellfooted tree, and severe cul- raw eggs. Rupture Is also rather common ling would throw Us root system These often disappear without attes Information. back. tree hold the and. of balance out Pa. what's a diapason?" A good top and plenty of dark tion. . Place the colt on its back and Oh. its some kind of a useless green foliage are essential te healthy return rapture. Apply a strong blister, and bandage for an hour or thing that the doctors- - cut out of peo- growth. ' ple whenever they can get them coaxThe work: of summer pruning in' so so each day. ed into a hospital. Don't bother me easily done that it is a temptation to sow, Tm busy tryta'to figure when go at the young and tender wood with Keeping Home Conner Going. to buy Union Pacific. Can aft of yonr surplus fruits and the hands alone, hut there is danger of skinning down from the brok-s- n vegetables.' There is s ready and shoot A pair of clippers sore market for all this class of vegeThe Obstruction. j twig 1 dont believe In climbing over an iuch ss one uses In pruning vine Is tables that yon wish to dispose ot this winter. Keep the home Conner going. abstraction anti! one comes to it infer. - "And, Judging from your "appear Tbe best prices will jge gotten this winter, therefore cater to the local acef 1 should say that yon never see Skim Mlllc an Asset markets, and hold your canned fruits in obstruction until you hump against Dairying provides the cheapest- way smd vegetables until tho winter farm, the on meat ones3f raising months arrive. he raised can lambs and calves pigs, Beyond the DrsSms of Avarice. heap! on skim- milk- a- - little grain Ta he Important Factor. rich?" and pasture. Every farm where J,f " Tho fseilblllty f food is a moct R.ch? 1 should think be was. Why pong animals - are raised should I to to ct Iderot ia a--f ortii.t known Li in to takes jaxfod Lav j. ty of good pi ben h fcsJ determining Us vsiae. but hia wife wLh lure. receive?! "iTm IS NOT EASY. Road tb Buccsss Not Always a States Ten Overlape" Into th Do m i n ion of Canada -- dl-re- ct Ifaiiakeepeuro were alive today and writing tor a living Can you suppose the atyts of play the great tmrd would be giving! No Merry Wives no era no stupid As You Like It," -Jut do not have the slightest fear that he would fall to atrike tb We may be sure that he would please the public, willy rllly. For he., no doubt, eould quickly seise on tome plan to be silly. ntory That LIFE PIONEER OF NORTHERN BOUNDARY - ter h -- H-go- od, . - t he "' ' I - - -- , good-nature- d flve-ihtllln- g "An-othe- r n, -- - lm-men- s. . three-fourth- Mag-axin- e. o dell-eton-e. 1 eev-srin- g. - - - ag r-'.- fvl'w fchhjlst Jt r. t'J c tllj o T-- hair-raisin- x?o Uirxxla. rwrrra, t.1 v; Cl J |