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Show THE RICH COUNTY NEWS, RANDOLPH, UTAH DAIRY DOES LAD110RV FACTS SILO FOR DAIRY NECESSARY , Increase ef V2 Per Cent Made on Missouri Farm by Feeding Cows ' , on Silage. w No man who is milking a herd of a dozen or more cows can ever hope to make maximum returns from his herd without a silo, according to E. Harmon, dairy extension specialist for the Missouri College of Agriculture. This statement was proved by the Missouri Cow Testing associations during the past year, as shown in the following results: Cows receiving silage produced an average of 5,798 pounds of milk, 266.8 pounds of fat and a profit above feed cost of $108.60 per cow. Cows without silage averaged 5,189 pounds of milk', 252.7 pounds of fat and a profit of $101.02 per cow. The difference was 609 pounds of milk, 13.9 pounds of fat and $7.58 cents per cow in one year. This means an increase of 7 per cent In profit due to the silo. The average man would go a long way to market his wheat for 7 per cent more. It Is worth that much to build a silo and we must have a lot more of them before we will reach the economy we should In butterfat production. M. BIG VALUE OF COW-TESTIN- G IM! HOUSEWORK TOO Surprised to Find. Herself Feeling So Well r 1 used to have pain' Taunton, M ass. in my Back and legs so badly, withother"1 troubles that women sometimeshave.that-m- y doctor ordered me to stay in beds, week in every month-- It didn't do me muc- hking with a friend' who took Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegeta ble Compound for about the same trou- bles I had, I thought; I United States-Au-- u r stralla line freighter, West Wind, Captain Charles A. Abbott, 60 days out from Brisbane, N. S. W arrived In New York harbor and tied up at the army base wharf, foot of Fifty-nint- h street, Brooklyn, listing to port and rusty from keelson to funnel cap. The ships, log tells a fascinating tale ' of adventure In the South Pacific. Her officers say she Is lucky to be afloat. The West Wind steamed 1,000 miles with her bunkers afire, the record shows, drove within three strug'cable lengths of the rocks after an gle, when her anchors" dragged In a typhoon oft Newcastle, N. S. W., clawed out of Brisbane harbor half an hour ahead of a quarantine proclama tion for bubonic plague and had to shift cargo In to tinker her tall shaft All this, to say naught of being laid up two weeks for boiler repairs at Panama. An entry in the log dated August 1 records that the ship was joined that day at Pulpit Point, Sydney, by one Slnbad. An elaboration of this entry reveals that Slnbad Is a tabby tom cat, formerly ships mascot and supercargo of the 8,500-to- n freighter, Canastota, also flying the U. S. & A. house flag, which mysteriously vanished with all bands between Sydney and Wellington the last week In June. The advent of this feline marine adventurer out of a vast and mysterious void enshrouding the fate of 50 men and officers who constituted the Canastotas complement, appeared to have been considered an event of rare significance. The crew say he's the luckiest cat afloat. Hundreds of good seamen are ashore In world's ports because of 'hard times in the ocean carrying trade, but Slnbad,' rover of the Seven Seas, can sign on any minute anywhere. All hes got to do Is walk aboard. Both the Canastota .and West Wind plied between New Zealand and New South Wales ports, carrying benzine for the Vacuum Oil company of New Jersey. The Canastota had 60,000 cases aboard when she left Sydney bound for Wellington to take on more cargo. This vessel was spoken of up and down the Australian and New Zealand coasts as the bomb ship. ' Her commander, Captain A. W. Lockle, a capable officer, was well known In New York, Montreal, Havre and up the Mersey. He ran the submarine blockade between Montreal and French ports through the war. The West Wind, probably In recognition of hazards Inseparable from the benzine carrying trade, is referred to alongshore In Sydney, Newcastle, Wellington and Auckland as the coffin box. Her halls from New York. commander, Captaln-Abbot- t, His home Is at 990 Simpson street, the Bronx. Among officers and men of the West Wind few are 'without mementos, such as burns and bruises, of a terrific hurricane that kept the vessel steaming full speed ahead Into her anchor chains during a th'lrty-hou- r fight to prevent piling up on the "Nobbles off Stockton Bight, Newcastle, July 24. During that storm everything loose on deck went overside. When day dawned the West Wind was close enough to have tossed a biscuit ashore, with only three fathoms of water under her keel. The typhoon had blown itself out. Since the Canastota signaled All clear off Sydney harbor that June afternoon, no trace of her has been found. What happened tc the vessel will probably never be known. Australian sea lawyers hold that benzine from punctured containers leaked Into her bilge, mixed with the water there, forming an explosive gas and blew her sky high when a lantern was carried into the hold by an oiler at work on shaft bearing. It Is a sufficiently reasonable hypothesis, but that Is all. Whatever happened must have taken the ships company unawares, because, although equipped with modern wireless outfits, the Canastota sent no calls for aid. All any one really knows Is that she vanished spurlos versenkt. Far out at sea the West Wind picked up wireless alarms sent out by Dalgettys, Australian shipping agents, and by Captain Williams, director of navigation at Sydney. Half a dozen times a day the radio chattered: Keport Canastota, vary ing this later to Report Canastota wreckage. The West Wind laid off her course and swung wide, vainly seeking the missing vessel. Her disappearance constitutes another deep sea mystery, Inscrutable as that surrounding the fate of the United State's naval supply ship Cyclops. The 'West Wind beaded for Newcastle. It was three days later that Slnbad, the Canastotas mascot, bounded up the gangplank at Pulpit Point. William Hodgson, able seaman of the West Wind, spotted the old cat, having served shipmates with him aboard the Canastota, when she was known as The Falls of Orkney and sailed out of a British port. Hodgson Instantly recognized SInbnds cinder-scarre- d body. The cats advent was followed by serious dlscusslonsabove and 9,000-to- n , all-nig- mld-Paclf- lc ' lelow decks. Why had Slnbad quit the Canastota! Plain enough to any sallorman with insight such as most sailors have Into the ways of ships cats. Hodgson, present custodian of Slnbad, insists cats and sailors have much In common. A cats Instinct and a sailor's hunch are the same thing, he declares, only the cat can go ashore any port when dissatisfied and await another ship, while a seaman has to consider pay losses and other trifles like that which dont bother cats, and so he sticks to a craft hed like to leave, against his better Slnbad left the Canastota because judgment warned by Instinct of the phlps Impending late, and went ashore at Sydney to await a homeward bound vessel so the black gang of the West Wind has It One hundred and fifty miles off the Nobbles at Newcastle, the "Nobbles being headlands. Captain Abbott ran Into bad weather, beginning with Intermittent squalls from the southeast increasing to a gale as the harbor was neared, and at last assuming cyclonic violence. The West Wind belngjn light trim was on her beam ends half the time. "There was a seventy-mil- e gale blowing when we arrived off Newcastle, the afternoon of July 24, narrated the West Winds big bronzed skipper. "I bad wireless orders to keep off, so we went about just before dark and tried to beat out to sea, but thats where our worst trouble was. We hadnt enough power to make headway against such a blow. The West Wind was a turbine boat during the war. Later they converted her Into a coal burner. The boiler capacity wasnt Increased enough to properly supply her main engines, so the best to be had out of her In fair weather was a matter of six knots. "We headed Into that storm with every pound of steam we could raise, but xur screw was out of water most of the time and the engines racing. The vessel wouldnt obey her helm and was being slammed about like an empty barrel in the nastiest sea I ever saw. We were crabbing it for the rocks at a lively clip, so at 4:30 p. m. I ordered both hooks away. The anchors held for a time, but about dark both began dragging, and we were off agaInfor the boneyard. g "From that time on It was a fight, steaming full speed Into our anchor chains and losing way gradually, spite of all we could do. One minute she was burying her bows and slinging her stern In the air and the next shed be standing on hef tall with the bow pointing skyward. We werent alone in our troubles. The Kalapol out of New Zealand and the Chronos from Adelaide for Sydney were the only ships to make port. Half a dozen other crafts were ordered to sea like ourselves, The Century, plying between Melbourne and Ocean Island was to leeward of us, firing rockets every minute or so and exercising her signal gun. She seemed to be making heavy weather of it. The pilot steamer Ajax out of Newcastle, went to the Centurys assistance, and got a line aboard after some trouble. She came through all right scramble. I understand there after an were mighty sick folks aboard her when she finally made port Other ships that had close calls wet the Armagh and Port Nicholson. The Macumba, out of Newcastle for Sydney, went by us blowing her fires out of the funnels under forced draught. She made port safely, too. Ours was the worst plight of all because of short boiler capacity. On top of that I had five hundred tons of coal piled on deck when the storm broke, having been compelled to clean out the port bunkers because of fire. Fire In your bunkers with benzine stowed all around Isnt what youd call a comfortable combination. Well, 1 didnt have to worry long over that coal on deck, because every time we shipped a green one, and we were shipping most of the South Pacific about that time, between 25 and 50 tons went over the lee rail oout the scuppers. By daylight our main deck was swept clean. One Important thing that helped pull the West Wind through was a good crew. Every man aboard stood by sailor fashion and the black gnng below kept steam on her, standing on their heads a good share of the time, I guess. Theres a lot In being ding-don- all-nig- ht sure of your backing In a situation like that. The wireless Is a fine thing to have, too, but It adds to the responsibilities of the man on the bridge. For Instance, here are a few messages. Pausing, Captain Abbott dug a Bheaf of papers out of his dispatch box and handed over a batch of wireless messages picked up at the height of the storm. Abbott, West Wind Are you standing by ship firing rockets? Answer forthwith, request Rear PARKES. Admiral Australian navy. "Parkes Is agent of the U. S. & A. line In Sydney. He was busy with the wireless that night. Heres another: 'Abbott, West Wind : Radio at hand. Cannot get tugs to you. Dalgetty, Newcastle, In communication with navigation department seeking aid. Know you will' do all possible to hang on. Good luck. PARKES. "Also the executive officer of the Australian destroyer squadron wanted specific Information, as witness : Abbott, West Wind: Are you In need of assistance Destroyer? Can boats live In prevailing sea? Are your anchors holding? Send your position. EXECUTIVE FLEET, These are merely the official messages. Others from ships In our area asking us to stand by whfen we were driving ashore at top speed and all wanting to know whether our anchors were holding, which they d -- ned well werent, added some-thljt- q the tang of life on the West Winds bridge About midnight there was a lull, and I thought the worst was ofrer, but In those cyclonic storms the hardest blow 1b toward the end. Half an hour later It was worse than ever, and everything on deck that could be Jarred loose went away. "Above the roar of the wind, the screaming of the screw when she lifted her stern 20 feet out of water, and slamming of big seas on her counter, we could hear the surf crashing on those perpendicular rocks. That was notice enough we were too darned close for any good use. . "Under such conditions one doesnt relish carrying on a radio conversation with every shore official who feels like asking a few questions. What Interested me just then was how we could save the ship and our own lives rather than In answering questions such as Are you standing by? We were standing wherever we could get hold and that was mighty precarious. "For about an hour I thought we might turn turtle any minute. You see, we hadnt cargo enough aboard to hold her down and she was bouncing like a rubber balL I had pumps 'rigged forward 'and began shooting oil over the bows. That had much to do with our coming through safe. It kept ttye seas from breaking aboard and gave us a chance to get about on deck. We were lucky to have the oil. . When dawn broke the storm died. We were close on the rocks. With the wind moderating we sneaked up on our anchors, got em both aboard and crawled In over the bar. It was certainly a treat to feel a level deck under our feet again. We took on cargo and made for Sydney. Thats where Slnbad came aboard acting as Important as though he owned the boat Our last call was at Brisbane,, where we finished loading and started for home. We just missed a bubonic plague quarantine qyder at Brisbane. If wed been an hour later the West Wind would have been lying there yet. ' From the minute we left Brisbane our troubles were over. We made better time than any on the outward voyage, although we were only logging six to seven knots, but Its steady as does It and so long as she kept plugging along I was satisfied. We hove to for on hour off Pitcairn island d and the traders tried to swap two monkeys for Slnbad. "Ive heard a lot about these Pitcairn Islanders descended from the mutineers of the Bounty. Som people say theyre all half crazy from intermar riuge and too little contact with the world outside,-but from what Iye seen of them theyre i smart lot of folk, mtghty religious and sharp trad ers. j The Pitcairners are short of cats and pay wel for them because of the rat plague. Our gang heaved clinkers at the boat crews for Insult lng the ships mascot. The remainder of the route home from Panama was uneventful. We made Boston on November 8 and later came on down home. The West Wind is laid up. I dont knovt when shell go to sea again. . Over at the Port of Coll In Jane street,' foregathered last night a council of sea lawyers ben! on providing for proper care of Slnbad the Sailor pending that temperamental traveler's decision tc ship again. Present were Scotty, Mac, Lee, Waist force and Lyons of the West Winds forming a fund to supply the family cat witt chopped liver and grade A milk this winter. Meanwhile, Slnbad, recumbent on a red silk cushion embroidered with gilt fringe, stretched luxuriously before the hearth fires gratefip w armth and blinked and blinked and blls 1 pd. ring-taile- t' fire-roo- m also. the-girl- it-h- as Mass. Its the same story one Mend telling another of the value of Lydia E. Pink-ha- ms Vegetable Compound. SLOW DEATH (Prepared by the United States Department of Af ricujture ) With figures from a Virginia cow- Aches, pains, nervousness, difficulty in urinating, often mean, serious disorders. The remedy for kidney, liver,, bladder and uric add troublesworlds-standar- d - GOLD MEDAL bring quick refief and often ward diseases. Known as the national remedy of Holland for more than 203 years All druggists, in three shea. Look far the name Gold Modal on over f boa ly Cuticura Soap The Velvet Touch For the Skin Sotp 25c, Oiatmet 2S that nights try it feeling myself to be up and around and bo good while before I used to feel com,s pletely lifeless. I have told some of who work with me and have such, troubles to try Lydia E.PinkhamsVege-tabl- e Compound, and I tell them how helped me. Yon can use my testiMrs. monial for the good of others. Blanche Silvia, 59 Grant St., Tauntoiv Campariaons of Best and Poorest Herd Brought Out by Expert. testing association as the basis for his calculations a representative of the United States Department of Agriculture has made some convincing comparisons of the best herd and the poorest herd, that bring out with unusual emphasis the value of testing. There were 511 cows owned by members of the association. The best herd consisted of 16 cows, with an average of 306 pounds of butter fat In a year. The poorest herd had 91 cows, averaging 155 pounds of butter fat in a' year. The first herd made an average Income of $75 per cow over the cost of feed consumed ; the latter made an average return over feed cost of only 64 cents per cow. The Introduction of a few variations on these figures will help to show just how far apart were these cows In the two herds. The average cow In the best herd produced morb Income above would I find that I can work in the laundry all through the time and do my housework, too. Last month I was so surprised at Some Convincing HE AND asl 50c, Tales 25c. Trims Him. Trim little craft, that wife of yours old man. Craft? Well, a revenue cutter, anyway. - , 'cs -- ASPIRIN INTRODUCED BAYER IN BY Sire Is the Beginning of a Good Herd; a Bad One le the End of Any Herd. A Good toe cost of feed than all of the 91 cows In the other herd. It would require 117 cows like the average in the poor herd to equal In profit production one of the cows In the top herd. To equal the herd of 16 good cows a farmer would have to keep 1,872 .animals like the average cow in this poor uerd.. 1900 Look for Name "Bayer on the Tab lets, Than You Need . Never Worry. , o If you want the true, Aspirin, as prescribed by physician for over twenty-on- e years, you must ask for "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin. world-famou- The name Bayer is stamped on each tablet and appears on each package for your protection against lmita tloua. Advertisement. A kick against fate Is often bat an for laziness. apology COWS DURING COLD WEATHER Important to Mothoro Examine carefully every bottle ot Few Pounds of Corn Chop Will Hslp CASTORLA, that famous old remedy for Infants and children, and see that It to Provlds Body Hsat and Ksep Bears the Up Milk Flow. Signature of During cold weather, dairy cows In Use for Over 30 Years. should be fed a little more grain than Children Cry for Fletchers Castoria during milder weather. A few pounds of corn chop each day during the coldThere is joy in antlcipatlor because est d$ys will help to provide more reason remains silent body heat and enable the cow to keep up her milk flow even In the coldest weather. It Is ot course necessary that the cow have shelter and not be exposed to the cold winds. On real cold days a blanket will assist In keeping the cow comfortable. Relief Sure FOR ItlDlGESnOIl cows Like nice warm drink 6 Bulans Hot water Sure Relief Animals Will Not Consums Needed Amount of Water When It Is Bitterly Cold. i Do not permit your cows to drink Ice water. Is the admonition of E. A. Hanson, dairy extension specialist at University farm. Cows will not drink the needed amount of water when It Is cold, says Mr. Hanson. If the stalls are not provided with water buckets, place a tank heater In your tank. It Is far cheaper to heat the water with coal and corn cobs In the tank heater than with corn fed to the cows. 254 priliiH; will reducs inflamed, swoOea Joints, Sprains, Bsft A icowWillthat"Dryis InOff In sii positive antissptic and germicide. Pleasant to utsideea net Mister or romovo tho hair, ond Ten eon work tho horse. 02JO por bottle delivered. TAMS TOUBOfe, 310 Took SuSmCiU, Hurry. good condition will keep up her milk flow for a time even but graduthough she is under-fed- ; ally her system will be robbed of lta surplus flesh, and she will dry off In a hurry. Braises, Beaches; Baals Bells, PeO Eva, Qalttor, Flstala infected setae unkWyM It Ut Winter Dairying Profitable. Winter dairying Is profitable with good care and good cows. Better test your cows, weighing the milk night and" morning for a week or so, and using the Babcock test to find out how rich the milk Is. fire-roo- m EU.'ANS and 754 Package, Everywhere O - SAFE AND CAN Z tcrCcss&Cdda to AffeecM fio ftluf. He tytetoi. He R mImvi. w?olwo Im. |