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Show THE WEEKLY. REFLEX. KAYSVILLE. UTAH TO CORN PROPER. SILAGE DESTROY CANADA THISTLE Being Select -- Varieties That Will Large Fodder. Pro-du- Perennial Plant, It Propaoat. Itself by Meene of Seeds and Its Underground Parts. ce This weed occurs In the northern .. - . states from Maine to Virginia , c- tt L0 North Dakota and Kansas, and in the Moat Important Essential Is to Find Pacific coast states from Washington to northern California. Klnd That Will Mature In Your ProfBeing a perennial plant, the Canada Is Silo Always Locality thistle propagates Itself both bv us itable to Farmer.- - farts and Its seeds. underground In .selecting variety of corn for one that will mause llage always ture its grain. Other things being equal, select a variety that produces a large fuddeA as the yield will be greater. There are special ensilage varieties such as Virginia Ensilage corn, but before trying any of these be sure to know whether or tot It will, mature ' in your locality. Corn can be planted somewhat thicker than generally used In growing grain but not thick' enough to prevent the good ear development. One dairyman who has had good success in growing corn for the silo and puts up about 1,000 tons a year more says that he plants teed for the silage corn than for the corn grown for grain. The amount, however, depends much u pon the variety and the conditions of Ti character of the underground must therefore be understood lp'grth order to attack the weed Intelligently, root, which varies in size from inch or more rownto' very small feeding rootlets, branches and spreads In all directions more or less horizontally. The depth of th.s root varies from a few inches to a few feet below the eoil surface, depending on the kind of soil in which it has been formed. From any point along the root buds may form and one-quart- of-a- one-thir- d DAY has a long and curious history and did not originate entirely with the Pilgrims at Plymouth, for Thanksgiving days are mentioned in the Bible days set apart for giving thanks to God. for some special These days of fast and mercy. .prayer were customary In England before the Reformation, and later the Protestants appointed certain days of praise and thanks for various blessings. The discovery of the. Gunpowder riot In 1605 In London brought the common sentiment of Thanksgiving. A scheme had been formed to blow up parliament house on the Bth of November, the first day of the session. Great quantitlespUgunpQw- der and Inflammable-materiwere found concealed In the vaults underneath the building. The plot was discovered and the traitors were executed. In conrequencd of this deliverance the day was ordered to be kept as "a public thanksgiving to Almighty God every year that unfeigned thankfulness may never be forgotten, and that all ages to come may yield praises to God's divine majesty for the same, All ministers were ordered to say.prepers thereon, for which special forms were provided. This annual thanksgiving, together with one established later on May 29. was abolished in 1833 in England, for both had fallen into disuse. For several years afterwards, however, these days were recognized In New England by the Episcopal church on account of Its place In their church calendars. England continued to have special days appointed for giving thanks, and as recently as 1872 there was a day aelected for the public to offer prayers, of thanksgiving for the recovery of the late King Edward, then prince of Wales, from Uphold fever. . The first thanksgiving on the American continent was held by an English minister named Wolf all, and was celebrated oft the coast of Newfoundland. This pidhs man accompanied the Frobisher expedition which brought the first English colony to North America. The log of the ship gives the record of the days observances and tells how on Monday, May' 28, 1578, aboard the Ayde, the men received communion, and how Minister Wolfall in a sermon gave humble and heArty thanks to God for his miraculous deliverance In these dangerous, places,, 4.Thla was. the., first Christian sermon preached In North American Waters. Again In 1607. there was a similar service held at Sagadahoc a little village on the coast- of Maine.- - There is little record of" this thanksgiving except that It consumed only a few hours of the day, after which the people returned to their labors. The great American Thanksgiving day had Its origin in the Massachusetts colony in ..1621, and Gov. William Bradford, the first governor of that little band of sturdy pilgrims,' sent out the first Thanksgiving proclamation, setting apart a day for prayer and rejoicing over the plenteous har- ve&t or that year. The Englishmen recalled their Guy Fawkes thanksgiving, and the Dutch remembered-hearing their ancestors speak of the great of day praise and prayer held at Leyden, Holland, in 1578, when that city was delivered from a siege. ' Sor the entire colony began their' pious"' what proved to be the gayest preparation-f- or Thanksgiving the colony ever knew, for after the first one, which lasted several dajs, the Puritan Thanksgiving meant long sermons, long prayers and long faces. Governor Bradford determined that the initial Thanksgiving should bo celebrated with no little ceremony and tjiat feasting should play a part in the occasion. History tells us that he sent out four men, who were to search for game for the feast. Many fowls were shot In fact, enough to meet the wants of the colony for a week. Wild turkeys predominated, so it 6eems that the turkey made Its appearance early In the history of Thanks giving. The day- selected was December 13 (old style). At the dawn of that day a small cannon was fired from the hill and a procession was formed near the' beach, close to where the Plymouth Rock now rests. Elder Brew ster, wearing his ministerial garb and carrjing the Bible. . led the procession as It moved solemnly along men walked three abreast, with the' Wm?, Governor Rradford id the rear. There was a long service In the meeting house, and after it was overthere was a dinner and such a dinner had never- - been known in the colony, for, apart from the savory turkey and other wild fowl, the women had done their share In tiding good things from the limited supply at their command. The most dramatic Incident occurred when the dlnper was in progress, for as If by magic 90 friendly red men, under King Massasoit, appeared, carrying haunches of venison as an addition to the feast Thanksgiving day soon lengthened Into days,- for the psalm-- , singing and feasting, interspersed with were continued several day's. After that Thanksgiving days took on a differ ret aspect, and occurred at any season;- - some limes tv Be a year, or sometimes a year or two were skipped, Just as it pleased vthe governor of the colony, until 1664, when the day became a formal one in colonies followed the example, and pretty soon all.New England Joined- - In giving thanks on the same day. During the Revolutionary war Thanksgiving days became a fashion, and the continental congress set apart at least eight days during one year for that purpose. On December 18, 1777, General Washington Issued a proclamation for a general Thanksgiving to be celebrated by the soldiers of the Continental army. In 1789 congress decided to ask the president to issue a proclamation asking the people to suspend work and give thanks on a certain day of the year. There bad been crbslderable opposition to the passage of the UIl, some of the reasons given being more humorous than serious. President Washington acquiesced in the wishes of congress and issued a proclamation appointing November 26 of that year as the day for the American people to Join In thanksgiving to God for the care and tectlon he had given them in their plentiful harvest and freedom from epidemics. From time to time our presidents Issued proclamations, but It was generally left to the governors of the states to determine on what day it should occur. Under the administration of John Adams two national fast day were obIt was not served, but no real Thanksgiving. until 1815, after three national fasts on account of the war, that another national Thanksgiving was appointed by the president, James Madison. This was due to peace with Great Britain. After this there was- - another lull in proclamations as far as presidents were concerned until 1849, when President Taylor set a day of fast on August the third on account of the cholera. Meanwhile the national Thanksgiving day seemed to be dying out,' except In the New England states. Then came the' Civil war, and .YheAnatlom wns.. agalnsummoned to fasting, and two such days were kept in 1861 January 4 and September 26-- but it was not until 1863 that the horizon had so brightened-- as to-- warrant the appolntfnent'of national Thanksgiving Immediately after the Battle of Gettysburg Mrs. Sarah J. Hale, a Boston woman, wrote to President Lincoln suggesting a- HANKSGIVINO Massachu-setts:1-Oth- - -- I ' . 1 t ; - s i i I , 1 .V Mlii - - - war-danc- -- , es, 3. above-groun- d Important Part of Work Is Proper Ripening of Cream Chum at Least Twice a Week., Most Tn,GRZH$ J3ZZ PZ yttodzt -- . (By S. C. MILLER.) - We cannot hope to make good butter without the proper ripening of the cream This Is in fact the most important part f the work. Most Motor Farm Wagon Does Service in ' Many Ways, silo would feeding value as a have to have a storage 'capacity-o- f 600 tons. Figure this out and see w hich would be the cheapest. There are many kinds of sllo'and made of different materials. Concrete, cement, brick, tile and several styles of wooden silo. The wood silo Is cheapest-o-f course, but it is not ao durable as the concrete 05, tile. The different styles range, from $3 to $5 per ten capacity for the concrete and tile silo, while the wooden stave silo will cost from 22 to $3 per - - ton capacity.- 100-to- passed out of existence. The dice is still a custom In some try. Usually the turkey is a was purchased cheap by the - . r - - iobr r-rogue n -- HINTS FROM THE HIRED MAN -- following her advice, the president set apart Thursday, August 6, as nationatihanksgiinganr a day of praise and prayer." On November 26 or the same year another 'ThatiksgIVufg'was kept, and this was really a great festival and observed In every northern state. In 1864 the 24th of November was kept. After thisrwlth'one our. great national day of thanks has been celebrated on the last Thursda in November. The presidential proclamations contain very c4ittle .that lsjiew ororignial and usually take the form of an essay. In after, the Spanish- American war, President McKinley had:-- chance to vary the conventional form by "giving special thanks for the restoration of peace. This was Ju.st 100 years after Washingtons proclamation. President Roosevelt, w ho-- hi ways things, declared that a Thanksgiving proclamation could not be made a brilliant epigrammatl-ca- l The proclamation of the presldenf paper. stamps the. feast with a sort of official character something possessed by no other holiday. This proclamation does not make it a legal holiday it merely recommends that the people suspend -- business for tbeday. A special statute-i- n each state is Required to make the day a legal holiday, and this has not been enacted in every - -- -- -- As late as 1SS5 they held parades and made the street hideous with their thumping drums and blaring trumpets. In 1S70 this queer performance took on the dignity of a political parade and prizes were distributed to the companies wearing the most unique clothing. Senator William M. Tweed, the famous political' boss of that period, was the donor of a prize of 100 in gold. This custom was undoubtedly a survival of Guy Fawkes days, carried out on a later day in the ear; for tome unknown reason It was practiced only in New York city. Thanksgiving has always been, a day of charity.' and in the old days it was considered bad .luck to turn even a tramp from the door, and today our friendly Inns, almshouses and ehartt able institutions have their turkey dinners, usually gifts from charitable 'people. Our prisons, too. serve their inmates with a hearty meal and haTe some sort of service of praise.. The customs f the great national holiday may have changed somewhat, yet the sp.irit of the first Thanksgiving, which was held at Plymouth, in 1621, still hovers about the national day of prayer and praise of the twentieth century a spirit of thankfulness to God for his mercy and kindness to the people of out great American republic. -- -- state. The day was originally set apart for thanksglv- ing, fasting, prayer and- - religious devotions, but the modern Thanksgiving has become a day of feasting and jollity, and. Is made the occasion of all sorts of sports and festivities. The craze for outdoor life keeps many from the churches, although the places of worship continue to be filled with "a goodly company, who gather to give thanks to him 'from" whorq cometh every good and every perfect gift The turkey is still kipg or the .Thanksgiving feast1, and as an additlbn the good things of the field and vineyard have been added The famous pigeon pie, which was a popular Thanksgiving dish in the early part of the nineteenth century, Is rarely seen In these days. The wild pigeons, which alighted In great numbers on the buckwheat fields, were' enticed by a decoy duck within a spring net and caught by the hundred. They were kept alive and fattened on grain until the. day before Thanksgiving, when they- - were killed and made into a pie for the Thanksgiving - table. Most of the old customs of the-dhave turkey raffle with parts of the coun- tough bird, which proprietor of the sa,oon-(fotf?e hsualiy. takes place there), rae- I course, draws a crowd of men, who Incidentally patronize the bar during the pro- ceding- - Another sportive feature of Thanks- - was "The shooting BO live where match, turkeys tied to sticks were U8td. This cruel practice was abandoned be- cause the New England clergy. objected. not-on account of its cruelty, but because it , kept the men away from the church service. This reason seems to fit in with the idea of the ,men back In the seventeenth- century who, while they were eating a Thanksgiving dinner of.enison, discovered that khe deer had. been killed on Sunday. They- at nee eent for the Indian and liad hini publicly whipped, and alsq compelled him to return the money which he had been paid for the deer. This being done, they at once, resumed their dinner and' finished up the venison. New York city is responsible for the strangest .of all Thanksgiving, customs, and one which has only recently died out. Yoang men and boys used to dress themselves In fantastic garb anh parade the streets hundreds of the boys wearing their sisters old clothes, their faces smeared a"" ay of Develop- ment, From the Most Advanced Down to Buds Just Starting From the Roots. 200-da- y er -- The Shoots Are Illustrat- ed in Various Stages send up root shoots, which . arpear above the soil surface as stems on tops of the plant At any time during the growing season shoots in all stages of development can be found, from the most advanced down to those starting from the roots. just Diameter Capacity Height After this weed has obtained a foothold the best way to eradicate it is to prevent It from sending up top or growth, which finally causes the rpots to die. This is the basic principle which must be kept In mind at all times. The top of the serves much the same purpo6& Of course a silo will cost something plant as the lungs of animals, so that if the all farm buildings do but, there Is Is continually deprived of all plant no building that can be erected on the vital part it must Boon die. that A barn farm that will pay better. that would Bhelter the same, amount of roughage and containing as mnch PROBLEM OF WINTER BUTTER -- - -- The size of the silo of course depends upon the number of cattle to be fed. It should never be less than 20 feet high because pressure is necessary td preserve the silage. The higher the better. A good rule is to have it twice as high as the diameter. The following table will show the size for a given number of coWs for a feeding period: -- al Characteristic Growth of the Canada Thistle. the soil , . FOR ARRIVING COOKS. "" Farmer Who Provides Reading Mat-- ter, Such as Newspapers, Books,- - Etc. Avoids farm people Jkeep Bklmming during the entire week, putting all into one lot, and often the last days churning is skimmed directly into the churn, and of course this has not, ripened at all. This plan gives cream of six different periods of ripening." It is almost Impossible to get good butter from week-olpream. Churning should be done at least twice a week. After the cream is taken off it Bhould be kept at low temperature to discourage the growth of bacteria until about twelve hours before churning,- - when the starter should be added to ripen 1L and the temperature raised to 65 degrees or a little over. In summer churning can be done at 58 degrees, but In winter the temper ature should be frpm six. to eight de-If churned at more grees higher. than 65 degrees a good deal of the curd may be incorporated, and this will make- - butter of a cheesy flavor; which does not keep welL Rancid butter is caused by Insufficient washing. The wilk left In the butter will soon become strong, and it should be all washed out, care being taken, however, not to overwash the d -- butter, as this will take out the good Help Problem. flavor. Occasionally I run across a In salting, the mass should he sort of farmer who takes a gen- spread ont thinl- y- and the uine interest in the welfare of the over 1 evenly, because It Is hired man. 1 mean an unselfish In- almost Impossible to work the salt terest It has come under my notice through all of the butter if it i that a certain farmer in our neighbor- thrown all in one place. hood provides reading matter news- Streaked or mottled butter Is nearpapers, magazines and books to sev- ly always caused by. uneven salting.. eral hired mefi In the neighborhood. After salting, the butter should be alI have heard him advising them about lowed to stand for five or six hours saving and investing their money. On and then worked again. progres-6iv- e salt-sprink- several occasions I have known him to furnish a team for carrying a party of half a dozen to some meeting In the town. Does this farmer gain or lose in a money sense by such conduct? I know for a fact he has no trouble about keeping good help and he doesnt pay any more than his Neighbors either. His men like him and w ill hustle a little extra whenever the condition of the work calls fok It All men are not alike. In the nature of things they cant be, but it is quite possible for every farmer to treat those around him with considera-tidand kindness even hia own fam-- E. V. B. n Transplanting Vegetables. The use of machines for transplanting vegetables is on the increase. Every grower should know ethat machine set plants thrive just as well as those which are planted by hand, provided the work is done with care. The fact is that plants may be set out more firmly by the use of machines than is usually done by-tuse of the hands. Again, with machines, water may be applied, which is a decided Advantage in dry weather, . he Our experience Is led that unless the farmer is well equipped to make but-ter In very large quantities, with to a good private trade which will pay fair prices, it is better to sell the cream than to attempt to make butter for the market ac-,ce- ss LEAF MOLD MOST. VALUABLE in Grow- Necessary Addition ing Seedlings in Open Air Turn and Water Leaves Often. to-So- il Leaf mold Is a valuable and necessary addition to the soil,' used In potting plants, in the hot bed, or for growing seedlings in the open sir. It is also fine when used for a mulch on the lawn. It makes soil friable and aids root formation. Dig a hole large enough to accommodate the leaves you have gathered, and pack them In layers, stamping' and watering each layer.1 Turn and water the leaves seyeral times a year,. Leaves may be piled in the fence corner, and soil and brash used to keep them from blowing away. Stir the leaves every few weeks, watering them thoroughly every time. How will I find the house? asked the cook; Equal Chance for All. Docking a Lamtu Is an easy matter to put all the It who" had booked for Lcnelyville. It Is wrong to dock a lamb and turn little Cant go wrong. said her (employer,- - Our It out in pigs together to be fed by themfiy time without putting on selves or to suburb maintains a reception committee at enlarge the troughs m ' something ta keep the pests off. ' . an equal chaaca. they all have may depot -- ' ' 1 A |