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Show THE WEEKLY REFLEX. KAYSVILLE. UTAH FARM FACTS GOOD THEORIES AND V HOME-MAD- iL E - Lamb Creep May Be Conveniently Crag, When Properly WeiT wers for Roller and Ha Constructed In Cattle Hurdle Puts Soil in Fine Condif. Method of Drying Off Cow. (Mail hqwlAnd Hfypy f Os'- ; I Vf v; 4 v-- m h J . lsswiiprance - ithV ' rt w Tt fy J. W. CRIFFIN.) i s. This is one of the best home-TIMrLAMKCRFKPla ail Invaluable It maj be tomeniently institution implements; not the best made, buk inmlhf-witbest implement that I ever saw. the nr ronstniotod ti cattle rollers at the side so that the frisky I have been a close observer, and have tunib does not hurt itself . during-in- given the greater part of my time In the last thirty years, to the study of tress and cress iiLK 1U1.ST off method et drjing a1 farm. 4dber; lmprovements anI short cow is .to feetf her on drj food .and cuts In practical farming. Under all reduce the milking periods to mipti L conditions,- when ad vlsgjble to use the dull; Smearing the udder with tar Is harrow.this Implement come m at tn'olil husliioin d method Others used first place It has been some twelve to bleed the iow, and gii5a dose of or thtrteeu years since I first called atto ''.on to tl.c draw and harrow com one pound Epsom salts . f t mad'1 Several with aEortun.iUh naiiire herself most cIt.m! fnqutntl determines the length of roler attachment The roller was A hi hed to the harrow. But after the milk of the milking period and good u'nin thu one season, I come to the JUN begins Jogo H alt farmers do not consider It profitable conclusion that the drag, when proper-thave cows that lned regularly ly answered fortbh roller. more than ten mouths in Lodatlon WHl-'with the the cow is tall at milking It Is a good plan to tie it to the It g Modem hgtejie linn no la.it h in whisked tail during milk It disturbs the loose hairs, and lng coat in(o the shakes I lie dust mi-nri- - O' ! 4 jt itsA . o hi I :t wr4d v j -- . fris-k- rr Jo ii y . , "off-t- he - nulk I Alt'OUlMNti to WYdff, the food HERE are two days of supreme Importance ,to foi miUh cows of 1.000 standaid WCU OffH kltfi m all Christendom wheh,no" matter w Bat the live w tight is 21 pounds dry pounds t difference In creeds, the whole Christian world matter, of "width 2 f pounds Is prounites in the observance rightly tein. 12.5 .carbonhy drates, and regarded as the most significant anniversafour per cent fat Tills is equal to ries in the year. On Easter and Christmas allj an albuminoid rat to of a .'is the churches arat one. THE EOVtUlOUN is good for bothl The story of the flrstfChristmaa Is so unithe butchers and milk production Drag and Harrow. versally known that it needs u repetition, where quality Is a main consideration '3 and .one hesitates to repeat It for fear of marand is It a breed, good Then the sharp teeth of the harrow -ring the beauty and simplicity of the original narrative the best may be depended upon to left the soil In the finest conditio The story of the origin of the observance of Christmas la . produce from 14 to IS pounds a week. possible. quite another thing, however, and may be approached In With the accompanying pen draw- a more mundane spirit. We taka part in the time honored hardly be nece88ary t0 customs which are so Intimately associated with the day TROURLFMAKERS IN SPRING Mng 11 .6 lnto detal)g ln, regard to making one without stopping to consider whether they had their incepof these. Although I will give the dl tion in the Christmas idea or whether they ever had any L.te Plowing Will Destroy M.ny of nt,nblonB of tt tlmber8 Pof onfl. other significance than they now have. We trim the Species of De- carols for several width of six feet Is sufll- Christmas tree, distribute our present, decorate w 1th holly and mistletoe and etructlve Garden Ineects. clent ,utf 0Q perfecUy ,ev1 or nights before Christ- it down to a big dinner, and if we ever stop to think why we do these things mas. that is practically free of trash and (and it is more than likely that we dont) why, it is Just the Christmas cusery often the first pest, in the field ,t , M or 8lon one Similarly in some of tom and thats all there 1$ to it. In spring are the one. that are most In U8ed can be an feet the districts tJ country advanUge. But It Is very tar from being all. The customs which seem such an Into be feared With many species of Material required; France - the children destructive tegral part of the festival are Inextricably tangled up with Imects. the of feet the make the rounds plank, Blxpleces German and Celtic ceremonials, In which very many of them had individuals come out with the first lita longf planker. village, carrying their origin. Our Christmas, when we Investigate it, is found. to bo a melting warm weather and lay eggs for a host Two pieces tle cradle on their hard wood, One pot of pagan traditions and practices without number, purged of their old destructive laterr: progeny feet long, beams for barrow. and Jbacka singing adult lest in the fall Anay mean five y significance and adapted to the higher faith; Two pieces cross beam for carols for pennies. . The observer halts before the contemplation of ibe countless variety of hundred descendants out of the way harrow, to planner. Santa is not as Claus customs associated with Christmas in all lands, both In the past and the Late plowing will do the' work. It Two pieces 2x6 inch cleats to which familiar a figure in does not follow that It is always present day. To describe them all would fill a' good sized book, so we can is made. France as he Is among planker feasible or possible to fall plow al only refer briefly here to some of the most prominent of them. Twenty-threua. There, instead of . pieces The early fathers of the church, however much they might have desired fields that have suffered from the Inch harrow teeth, 13 Inches their stock square hanging up to banish all pagan practices from the exercises of religion, were perforce ravages of tnffecl pests. Weather con- long. . tngs to be filled by him, obliged to allow their converts to retain part of the old usages. It was an f Inch holts, 10 Inches their shoes Eight place they Impossibility to put an end to them, so they wisely decided that It was better In Jront of the fireplace long. to let the people follow their bent along certain lines rather than to antagTwo bolts 5 laches on Christmas eve, bo onize them by Insisting too strongly on a course which they were bound to that" the Chrlstchild bng. y oppose. The more glaringly heathenish rites were eradicated, Jand those bolts ? Inches long. Two may leave their pre which remained were purged of their more objectionable features and Infused Two devices. ents in them. with a new spirit. - In Two pounds 10 penny nails. north Germany, Christmas was not observed at all, so far as we can find any record, for The beams that connect the harrow however, it Is not the 200 or 300 years after the birth of' Christ, and as the event had occurred in with the planker Is worked on a bolt Chrlstchild who gives such an hnmble fashion men were quite unable to determine its date when-theat (x. x.) which permits the harrow the presents, but his began to Interest themselves In keeping the anniversary. There is not being raised to remove trash. servant, - Knecht Ru- a month In the year for which some authority has not claimed the honor of This Individual Is usually represented by a man who clothes himprecht. the nativity. One thing Is certain, and that Is that It could not have occerred self In a white robe and high buskins, WATER FOR THE DAIRY COW mask and an enormous wig. So on the 85th of December, as this date is the height of the rainy- - season in attired he presents himself at the door and announces that he Is sent by Judea, as in California, and It Is quite unlikely that the shepherds could the Chrlstchild to distribute gifts among the children. Good Tank Hsater or toms Othor Deparents receive have been watching their flocks by night under those conditions. him and he inquires whether each child has been good, and Potato Ruined by . Wlraworm. vice Should Be Used During was made The first attempt on record to assign any date for the nativity If the answer is In the affirmative the child receives his presents; but if Winter Helps Milk Yield. In Egypt about 200 A. D., when May 20 was the date mentioned. From that not, Knecht Ruprecht gives the parents a stick with the advice to use It dltlons or the demands of crop rotatime forward claims were made for various dates, January 6 and December tion Bodetlroes make it out of the often.t. It is very Important that the water 25 being the most In favor up to the time of ChrysoBtom In the fourth cenIn Belgium the children go about carrying paper stars with a lighted question. But if it can be done, there I jrunk by the cows giving three or tury, when the latter gained the preference. candle Id the center from Christmas to Epiphany, to commemorate the ap- Is a great deal to be gained by it more gallons of milk daily be wanned This date was not chosen entirely without reason. The celebration dt Many peats may-- he pearanr.-- j of fhe sfar of Bethlehem; There Is a similar practice among some subdued, par-- 10 abot 60 degrees Fahrenheit Other of the natives of Alaska belonging to the Greek church. A procession of tlally at least, by this operation. The wjge be cowa wm not drink as much the winter solstice was one of the chief festivals of Rome, and among the The sun, Celts and Germans It was regarded ith even greater significance. men, women and children is formed, at the head of which is carried a large corn root Ioubb is one of these. It Is I aa they need to keep up a good milk ss the giver of light and heat, and consequently of life, has been an object of tiny, soft bodied, fragile creature I flow It does not take much, ice water figure of a star covered with brightly colored paper. Two men also march to down the remotest times from the and on day; adoration the present at head, carrying lanternB depends for Its existence on the t0 . chm a worship and long poles. The procession makes the dairy cow therefore the period of the winter solstice as marking the renewal of the . rounds of the village, stopping at each house, where the marchers are in- care given it by the little black or j through and through on a cold winter vited to come in and take refreshments. They always accept and after brown ants always found with It day, especially when she is compelled power of the sun was a time of rejoicing among all peoples who either worone of their of manifestation a as or who it n regarded directly singing a carol or two they march on to the next house. This performance Late plowing breaks up the neatapn to alk come d &lance through the shiped Is kept up through Christmas week, but after the second flight It is varied the ants at a time when they are gnow or a deities. The 12 days between December 2? and January 6 were regarded aa Cut'i:g wind to get to the , by the Introduction of a new feature. The star hearers are pursued by sluggish and unable to gather together tanjl or pon(j extremely important by the Teutonic races, who believed that at that time men and boys, who try to catt them and destroy their stars, and while again. The colonies of lice, left with- the influence of the gods was more powerfully directed toward the earth than made at tha Missouri Experiments the significance of the game 1b supposed to lie in the fact that it isa repre- out their keepers, cannot survive me j gtation show that drinking water Is at any other. Nothing could be more natural, therefore, than that these peofix the commemoration of the appear. . sentation of the soldiers the winter. needed in pronortion to the milk yield. killing the children ples, on'turnlng to Christianity, should Wlreworms and white gruba srond That ls a ll)tt e,vlng 8jx gan0ns of are mainly concerned in the opportunities for a frolic which it af ance of the Saviour on the earth at the same time of year they had been acplayers customed to acknowledge the glory of the sun. The significance of the two ' fords and botherr themselves little about the event it is supposed to com- tho winter In tha gqpund. The former a day. CePjs about twice as much are slender, cylindrical worms, ytiiow- - water ag a cow giving three gallons a memorate. events is parallel; the one heralds new life to the physical world and the .The old custom of burning the yule fog stiff endures' hr certain parts of lah of- brownish ha color, - tcuigh .and I jpiy, jf the water-i- s too cold to be t other the deliverance of the human race from the powers of evilThe latter are white I COnifcrtable if drunk in large quantiEurope. It Is an outgrowth of the feast of Jul among the ancient ScandiIt has been pointed out that In the early period of the church It was concustoms. old The some of bodied with one end some- to the thick converts In retain sed when enormous solstice fires at winter the kindled the every navians, they tpy cw wilLnot drink enough, sidered wise to allow a for the ewollen. Cutwoims nnd as a rP8Ujt as and dark was of Thor. what therefore honor substitute the Slavonians of the southeastern encouraged the god of Christmas . Among Europe. observance drop considerably for-th- e Rofuan saturnalia,-- w hich occurred la Borne jlnterinJhfl ' ' BQllas burning of the yule log ls an elaborate-ceremon- y. Tlnk'yfpM pagan TestTvals, In parti cular time during the week before Christmas, or on the day before, an oak or worms Wlreworms are also beneath when Missouri Chief Josephine was December and which .was so popular that while it originally lasted for one day beech tree is selected, but on account of the superstition that such trees the surface of the soil during the I giving about 100 pounds of milk each onlv (the 17th). It was first extended to three day aqd later, under tbfe Emin was opened hy publlc sacrlflcebefore are endowedwlth souls lt fB necessary to observe certain precautions while winter season. Grasshoppers-are- day last wiuter tbe drunk dally about peror Claudlusto seven. The festival classes down. The hewers must wear gloves throughout the whole pro- the egg stage, forty or fifty egga in I gj gallons of water. Imagine how she it cutting the tgmple of Saturn, followed by a great public banquet, tu which all -an must ace the east masses, an inch.or ao be-- J would have suffered If that had been people seemed to go mad; the ceeding and before they dare lay an ax to the tree-theparticipated., From this time waathea time of universal festivity and surface. fn cross and It themselves and must three and care take that garden ttie j jce water. -- It waa warmed, however, It times, felling thy prevailed liberty a cocoon In the an(j in "To is streets a silk borer the Saturnalia, the east falls Evil will follow if do not toward shouting it consequences Crowds swarmed through they chop squash Josephine did not chill after drinkaolL-A- .ll in- a was Christmas.-It and on these other Head modern ax to off of chicken's fresh many same the similar which a holiday the with the "Merry , stump, using they form of greeting ng cutdown the tree. The first chip is the prize of the housewife, who pre sects, ar,e disturbed by late plowing, j a. good tank heater, or some other time In the widest sense;, schools and law courts were closed and the senate and no war was proclaimed. The slaves serves It to put under the cream dish, so that the cream will be rich and buried deep or left upon the surface j device should be used this winter to adjourned; no criminal was executed served them at the table. even and for birds to find or frosts to kill abundant masters, with their during the year. warm the water for the cows, It will an equality enjoyed In exchanging one another. in on. the hewn with to After Insure themselves calling newly log sprinkling barley good crops pay. The people occupied was alwayi one' day especially de- for the coming year it is ready to load on the ox wagon aDd the homeward MAKING GOOD FEEDING RACK presents and attending banquet. There Journey Is so timed that the house is not reached until after twilight falls. i voted to the children, a custom to which we may trace the particular sigEGGS EXTREMELY NUTRITIOUS t the to down time, children The housewife is on the lookout for it and as soon as she sees it coming present to Christmaa of nificance Herewith Described It One Adaptable Christmas has which Saturnalia shovel the the the the of to hide fire preserved she hastens -and the dining spoons, table, Certain other practices to Needs of Sheep, Cattle and Contain Ail the Element Required for chairs, vrfaich are not brought to light again until the log has been kindled. related to candles, images and cakes. Candles were always in evidence at Other Live 8tock. or The baked of made Building Up and Support of the either when Is the dough. clay It log is brought Into the house, generally about midnight this time, as were small image Human Body. all kinds of of who a la the at make received and the great quantities wishes it bis baking father, 'today by a practice doorway family always Germans' or more stout posts are set Three to the and Good morning and merry Christmas three times. Thy, on greeting nlm indispensable adjunct of Christmas cakes, which are an Important on each side (as long as you wish to Hens eggs contain 50 per cent In turn, shake over him some barley and, this ceremonial having been oboccasion. In the ground. the make shed) firmly 16 per cent protein, 33 per water, Christmaa has the tradition served, be drags the log up to the hearth by means of a chain wound around About six feet from the board cent fat The custom of decorating with evergreens at ground Is Into the house case before In been the in habit have the It log brought evening three sticks are like any other building, of axes back of 1L As far back aa history goes people Ducks eggs, 46 per cent water. It cut from It and leanqd against the eastern wall, where they remain, crowned up the roof, of festiva- l- The use of the mistletoe, a large window to each per cent, protein, 36 per cent fat of using flowers and greens In all sorts allowing out la burned with Ivy, until the log Celts and Scandinavians, to whom end. however Is a survival from the ancient Goose eggs, 44 per cent water, IS The log must be paid marked respect by everybody upto the very last and especially when It Make the feeding rack of poles per cent protein, 36 per cent fat an object of particular veneration at all times the If good luck is to he enjoyed during the year, and no one bad better apDruids cut It writh Uew on an oak. When found growing on this tree 48 per cent water, through the center like a V, the up-sacrificial rites. It was believed to proach It barefooted unless he wants to condemn himself to a whole years per end of the poles resting on the 18 Turkeys' eggs, solemn ceremonies and used it In their cent, per fat protein, 33 per-ceof potent power. It is still potent, but only In tha suffering with sore feet outside plates. Is I as possess magic qualities known, Protein, generally eve If a . and visitor Christmas by distinguished feasting appears he shed can be filled with hay, the substance that goes to make musThis mstter of conferring privileges. is sprinkled with grain from a sieve by the master of the house. In retnrn Christmas tree was made in Strasburg or fodder, as fast as it Is eat- cle and blood. .Fat of course, la fuel The first historic mention of aback have old a eweet than that. for which greeting be places three candles wound around with gold and straw, farther They go Danes the below. It settles down and for running the en from in 1605 hut Thus, to the silver thread In the bottom of the sieve. These are lit at the beginning of can be refilled whenever lecend relating to the time when Ansgar first preached Christianity necessary. It will he seen, eggs, though half or fill has had bis master when and meal the of the hi ex three house sent everybody the Lord messengers. Faith, Hope the how told Is This raclfc la adaptable tq the needs nearly half .water, are extremely Danes, wherein , cbaTity to help light the first Christmaa tree. They sought for one that tlngulshes them with a bit of bread dipped In wine. of sheep, cattle and other stock, as nutritious, containing all the elements Much more could be told concerning the way Christmas is observed la as love, and that bore the sign of the should be ae high aa hope and wide , It provides good shelter and makes, II required for the building up and and many curious beliefs and practices would thus be Che balsam fir. localities in different found it and finally they bough manure for the covered cross on every a shed, human 0f the body, brought to light Borne can be traced directly to a purely Christian source Waste pulled out will be trampled tan-- 1 port Beliefs which have been cherished for age generally die hard, and the Into the old customs which the origin of others is unexplainable, and very many prove to be relics of der foot and other Introduced practices this. church, realising by the trampling con-ihe Cleanlines, of Cement miracle were and dramatic the agee preceding the introduction of Christianity. The features brlefly verted Into manure. repreSuch plays survived from paganism. cement trough for the hog lot is are the a of innumerable above which touched received sklmmings only attention Christs in upon usages events life, great relating sentations of early one of the greatest little which' the Christmas carol may be considered to this one day. There Is no other day in the year about which such a great durinR the middle ages and of menta about the farm. It la easy to observances and for no there traditions is cluster, of all but Poultry. other which parthroughout variety popularity day Europe, enjoyed great an offshoot These I remote from more are and none commemorate farms to Where easy to clean, never gets oat is which so is make, It with for In many villages today delight people, such regarded customary ticularly In England, where de-can be and is readily disinfected a veneration. of universal the profit to and to markets, order, from door the door waita. city called go deep singing troops of men and boys, rived by shipping to the larger cities. I You can build It yourself. Anothzrand In these days of excellent railroad I better arrangement ia to have an t p I eta Now the is THINGS and time tea towel .the of all GOOD of which all steams the with her sputters any poultry plant within 100 tomatic watering device with a tcri good things vigor TIME' OF ALL I benefita c r :z that delight the heart of man at the mile of a city can reap the eleven years in the hope of earning stove, can disturb his meditations. made of galvanized I .' as as those much and mother summerf movatla : reads of and a Broththe extra while And sled," father nice of passing i j j ? Ushered good prices, just present which Hickory nuts, Writer Speaks of Happiness " over her fresh molasses, apples, sweet ddar located within easy drive.- - The cost place. Lizzie er with from has Bob, frowning mends, Chicago, of tho writing in With the Coming promised her at Christmas for lend- lesson at the table, an invisible white and punkin pie, are all UEbered In nf shipping Is easily offset by the reFirst Frost ( Cii r. ing mother a hand.- - Father pulls out brush paints all the countryside with with the approaching vanguard of duced cost of conducting such a plrt fcn i of the first frost It winter, and until the April rains re- eway from highly taxable land. an rine blackened and the cob, Experience old, frost sparkling first having the of With the coming brood sow r j ou sparkles from the cobweb under the turn we shall be basking in the the filled lit and his feet up it, props freshness blois of wlod Icy when a Land for Sheep. with ths f ' From row tin bedtime, save eaves like drops of molten silver; It warmth and comfort, the cheer and across the fields, comes also the true the hob. and is , and land rf home. If sumr high rolling, and of interrut-vtonsand your stubble, he is burled gleams from grass delight Paris, Mo., AppeaL realization of what home means. for sundry with a loam cf ia soil when so the clay that In tree, from to the his every paper weekly eyebrows glitters With supper ended, an intermittent . T ' f tone, rai e -t' Spain annurily uses the hu quan-- 1 r Neros grow lings at Hk the moon come over the barn, gras clatter of knives - and. dishes conies- and neither with of scintillate nor stubble and of a distant tree and hitchwagon tity rumble of the 275,000,' vnwj i Wa ft 1 i trouble's marks upon his brow, He said full penslrely: -With "I wonder what she's doing now, g 111 1 thinks of met And If she butter-maktn- - I yonder if she sits alone. As I am sitting here. Where shadows which are Am are thrown And there is tack of cheer? -- wonder If her heart Is sad rtBecause ere rarely meet? I wonder If she would be U I knelt at her feet? . Over-Winterin- g ' . (lad Roman.-Scandl-nav- ian, over-winterin- g IxlO-inc- wonder If she ever sighs For my Impatient wooing? I wonder tf she ever trlee - To guess what am doing? -- I , 3z3-lnc- I 'I wonder If she ever frets Because the hours are long? I wonder If she ever lets Hereelf Indulge la song? y . 2x6-lnc- h b e she alts alone "1 wonder If And wishes she might place Her Httle hand within my own. Her cheeks against my facer' " h Sisterly Sympathy. "Mrs. Dowdier was here this morning She said she saw yon at the grand opera night before last" "Yes, my husband and I go regularly twice a week. She seemed to think It was terrible the way some of the ladies were dressed. Oh, did he? I thought It waa a very dressy crowd." She objected to the low-cu- t gowns that some of the women had on. She uld she wouldnt think of appearing In public In that way." dont l)lameherrIf I had a neck like the upper aide of a washboard I should feel Just as she does about It" I - Narrow. Yon had a narrow laid Mrs. Woodruff. - It The minister was here, but he left Just before Harry got home from school, so he doesnt know yet what you said' this morning when you he gan shaving yourself to cut down the cost of living. 4- - Aristocratic. restraint of trade." house?" a hearing In the Ma Is having lor kleptomania." ou "Urn; - 1 Evidently-y- if the best families. thte-su- J -- 1 to-fla- y , belongTo one The Booster. The booster boosts HI town and wife, When hes abroad. You bet your life; Away, he boosts His wife and town. But, when at borne. He Tons them down.'" wiry-lookin- J ro-s- pod-shape- d In-t- low-th- e he I -- - - A Friend. Who was he? Puffington. He was tilling us how he picked you out of the gutter and M you on your feet." The Sufferer. . y merrymaking.- , I half-grow- -- T saw a friend of yours, the ether . ,1 - cora-plete- st Did you? d -- - Son, is your father at home?" No. Pa is on trial for combining Nope. A 1 1 didnt notice In y thin-fieshe- escape today," her husband asked. How? h one-hal- , While he sat musing she was freed From every, dismal thought. A ad gladly let another feed '. Her candy he had brought. 4 five-eight- This O Is the size of the headache that he had when he started for the banquet And this o is the size of the headache that kept him out of church. ; -- 1 nt Progress, Ii your son making headway 1 college?" "OIL Tea. Hes wearing a fraternity pin and tnhatt-nhis cigarette smoke now." . The Real Thing. "Pa, what's altruism?" "Being defeated for office and the man who was elected win g botch of It" sup-too- not .Ineffective Work. The success a man wins by working his friends never amounts to much, no matter how hard he works them. Her Life Wasted. had your life to live over ln would - you marry your .hus- M you -- band?" "No. Ive found out since Ive been married that another man would naked me If 1 had waited a longer." T 1 had body-machin- have little Faith. have the faith that moves moun-taias- he declared. wff h," Vlg wife complained, you ii f. that wuld move the 1 6 improve-Shippin- I 1 Mu lrr, I I --- r-- j r. '' f :' g |