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Show THE MIDVALE MESSENGER. MIDVALE, UTAH DESTROYING PRAIRIE USE OF TRACTOR Evening Capes Compel Our Loyalty DOGS TO SAVE CROPS IS HO SINECURE Organized Operations Conducted in New Mexico. Offers Problems That Do Not Bother the Farmer Who Uses NO PLACE FOR SCRUB BULLS Poor Animals Have Dons Much Dans ago to Dairy Interests and Are Worse Than Worthiest CONSTRUCTION OF GOOD ROAD Concrete Highway la Composed Mixture of Sand, Stone, Portland Cement and Water. d The concrete road la eompoaed ol S carefully proportioned mixture ol land, peb-ble- a dean, hard, or broken atone, Portland cement and water. Thla mixture is laid upon the subgrade to a depth of 7 Inches or more tor the entire width of ths road, and soon hardens Into a man as hard as rock. The materials are bonded together by the cement so firmly that It is Impossible for traffic to loosen or separate the particles. For this reason no expensive maintenance Is required. The foundation or aubgrade Is compacted where the concrete Is to ba laid and the roadbed la drained so that no water will remain under the slab, writes A. L. Pettlbone In Dakota Farmer. Upon the foundation concrete Is laid in one or two courses. e A concrete road consists of a relatively rich concrete mixture road conthroughout A sists of a somewhat leaner mixture for a base with a richer top or wearing .course, applied before the concrete in the base has begun to harden. FreIn the form of quently wire fabric or steel rods Is embedded In the concrete. This assists to prevent cracks In the slab and aids In keeping cracks which may form from opening to any appreciable extent The high wearing quality of the concrete road resulta from using properly graded, dean, hard sand and pebblea or crushed rock. These must be combined with Portland cement In carefully measured proportions, mixed with d a batch mixer to produce a stiff plastic consistency, then placed upon the foundation and struck off with a template or strike board, so shaped that the surface of the pavement will have the desired crown. After rolling with a light metal roller to compact the concrete and remove excess water used in mixing, the concrete Is finished by seesawing a section of rubber or canvas belting, along well-grad- Horse-Draw- (Prepared by tho United States Department of Agriculture.) Bull associations, though tow In number, wage eternal warfare on tho scrub. The scrub bull has done much damage In this country. He is worse ELIMINATE The grade bull la little better because, most of his ancestors being scrubs, he Is certain to transmit scrub qualities to his offspring. The grade bnll may have the form and color markings of a purebred, but he lacks Is lined with silk in Whatever may be the fute of the bend ciuhraldi-ry- , That Pays. rape for daytime wear Its reign Is lielge mid Idnck with stripes at least not nor the end of It In sight In six Inches broad. A very large the power to transmit with any de- the over, realm of evening wraps. Just as collar brings thu striped silk gree of certainty the qualities of any we begin to wonder If It will not have about the neck and reveals a satin A Purebred Bull rolled-bac- Foods, (Prepared by ths United States Depart-meof Agriculture.) The cow requlr- - not only materials at An Improved Highway In West. for maintenance but must also have protein, fat and carbohydrates to make milk from. The milk contains water, fat, protein (casein or curd), sugar and ash, and these are all made from the constituents of the food. If Insufficient protein, fat and carbohydrates are contained In the food given her the cow supplies this deficiency for a time by drawing on her own body, 'and gradually begins to shrink In quantity or quality of milk, or both. The stingy feeder cheats himself as well as the cow. the pavement, leaving a true, even, gritty, dense surface. When sufficiently hardened to prevent pitting or marking, the surface Is sprinkled with water, then covered with 2 Inches or more of moist sand or earth, which Is kept wet by sprinkling for from ten days to two weeks to prevent the concrete from drying out too rapidly. Under no circumstances should a concrete road be put In use until It Is 14 FEED AND SALT REGULARLY days old and In cool weather a longer time Is necessary. This Is a brief sum- Cow Becomes Accustomed to Getting Meals at Certain Tima Devmary of the essentials of the construciation Causes 'Worry. tion of a concrete road. GOOD ROADS ARE PROFITABLE Authorities Should Act to Meet Growing Demands Before Trade Goea Other Ways. Good roads are a paying Investment Local authorities In cities, towns and counties should act without delay to meet the growing nntlonal and local demands before trade goes In other directions. It Is almost Impossible to get back the lost advantage after other districts have won It NOT AFFECTED BY WEATHER '''heat or Cold, Freeslng and Thawing Does Not Injurs Concrete Once It Is Hardened. . Concrete roads are not affected by heat or cold nor by freeslng or thawing when It Is once hardened. Other materials tracked upon concrete havs no effect upon It Heat does not soften tie binder permitting It to flow; cold does not make It brittle, causing It to chip. Proper Grads of Road. The grade of the road Is important tor mi thla depends the weight of ths load which, can be hauled economically. - Improvement In Texas. Texss this year .will spend a total of ac176,216,008' on Improved highways, cording to figures compiled by the state highway department Bqildlng Roads Is Important The building of good roads Is of ths greatest Importance to a community; (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Organized poisoning operations were extended over 13117 acres in New Mexico last year ss prairie-dog-infest- war measure under the work of the biological survey of the United States department of agriculture, the New Mexico state council of defense, and the extension service of the New Mexico college of agriculture. Tills Included the protection of 212,002 acres, of crops In all parts of the state, nearly 6,000 land owners taking active part In the work. Tlie expenditures of the federal and state governments and of totaled less than $00,000. The actual cost for the treatment of range hind was less than 4 cents an acre. If average crop returns In New Mexico be placed as low as $20 an acre, the saving In crop alone for this one season Is approximately $600,000. To this should be ss two-cour- se Dairy tow Must Have Materials for Maintenance as Well as WA$TE OF TIME (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Flowing with tractors presents soma problems that never bother the man who uses horse-draw- n Implements. It Is necessary to lay out fields, so that high-claJob of plowing can be done ever the entire area with the minimum one of n horse-draw- n plow In starting and finishing the work. The methods In general use are divided Into two classes those In which the plows are elevated and no plowing is done across the ends, and those in which the plows are left in the ground conIn most coses better plowtinuously. ing can be done when the plows ore Idle across the end of the fields, and tor this reason the methods of this elnxs are more popular, hut many farmers prefer the other methods, as they, eliminate waste of time and la- less. STINGY FEEDER CHEATS SELF Part In Work Cost for Treatment of Range' Land Less Than 4 Cento an Acre. Job Can Be Done Short Turns Are Awkward Advantages Summarized. High-Cla- one-cours- power-operate- Nearly 5,000 Land Owners Took Actlvt Implements. Necessary to Lay Out Fields So That than worthless. He lowers ths production of all future generations of the herd he heads. He cannot Increase milk production even in a herd of scrubs because, like them, he Is a scrub. In a herd of better breeding the damage he may do la almost limit- ancestors he may have. That herd la very poor Indeed In which a grade bnll can make any marked Improvement The registered scrub comes of registered ancestors, therefore he transmits only inferior qualities to his calves. Registration Is not enough to guarantee production. Permanent dairy herd improvement can never come from the scrub, the grade or the registered scrub. A constant fight against the cattle fever tick has put large portions of the southern states Into the tick-fre- e ares. Why not inaugurate a similar fight all over the United States against scrub sires, against ths scrub, the grade, the registered scrub, against scrub sires of every kind? Taking each state, county by county, why not eliminate the scrub and establish scrub-fre- e areas In every state? n k to ulHllcnte In favor of something more wrnp for older women that Is unrivaled novel, along comes some such com- In Its appropriateness and dignity. pelling and conquering example of It, that pictured slmve, and we Join Tub Hats, Tool the ranks of Its devotees and renew One of the advantages of the fabrle our loyalty at once. This wrap really hat, whether It Is Intended for the deserves to be called gorgeous. It will Junior or the grownup, Is thnt It may prove s Joy to Its wean-r- , for It has be so fashioned thut It can be .taken 11 the qualities that will win her the entirely apart and the covering washed admiration of those who have a fine or dry rleaued. A fine wire frame u ' sense of clothe. It requires the sheen and body of 'leuvy silk to get the character of this wrap, and It Is mnde of taffeta, and plenty of it It Is gathered, with dose rows of fine shirtings, with all possible fullness Into a deep yoke and Into three flounces at the bottom. The yoke Is rich with bold leaf and flower, designs In silk and metal threads, snd Ihe work In embroidery and shirring . Such Is beautifully done. a wrap matches up well with the big, beautiful fan of ostrich feathers carried with It and demands something unusual tail lovely In the coiffure. Certain of Ihe darker shades In warm colors make Ihe best choice tor this cape, or black with a colored lining might be selected for older women. Black satin, always sure to command attention, and presented each season because It Is sure of a welcome, appears now In long, draped. garments with aliening tor the anas, something between cape and s dolman. One of the new model has huge roses, as lilg ii a large saucer, rmbroldered over its surface, with sapphire blue, glass beads, and many mm n longing, lingering look trails A wrap .'he eyes that iuss Its way. made In the same way, but without the ctiiH-lIk- e forms the foundation for the hat It la covered with georgette cut In perfectly circular form and gathered In to form the crown. The edge may ba finished with hemstitching or plcotlng, or with n fine narrow lace. The wire frame, of course. Is concealed by n covering of this net In color to match fjie hut. proper, or In white If thr hat la nyide of a light colored material. bor. Plowmen using tractors wish to reduce to a minimum the time spent Ir. rnnnlng with plows out of the ground. While it Is necessary to do nine traveling while the plows are Idle, cure should be taken not to do too much of It, as It reduces the number of acres which can be plowed In a day, mnklng the tractor that much less efficient. Short turns, however, are awkward for most tractors, and where such turns are necessary the operator aflen has more or less difficulty In j j getting the outfit In the correct post- -' tlon for starting Into the new furrow it the right poiut. Some tractors turn more easily In one direction than others, and this should be taken Into consideration In laying out the fields. Advantages Summarized. The advantages of plowing by the methods In which the plows are Idle across the ends of the fields are that Ihe short, awkward turns are elim-muted, except In some cases at the beginning and ends of the lands, and usually less spaces will be left at the corners to he plowed with horses. The advantage , of the other methods are that little or no time is lost In trav Figured Pongee. Figured pongee has been made Into some charming new blouses. It shows scrawling designs In blue a soft blue. The designs are not so bold and striking as those In the new foulards, neither are they so dulnty and flower! Ike as foulards qnd pongees used to be. The blouses are made usually with tan s or ecru net In the form of little and collars and sometimes frills at the arms. rea-tee- A cow Is t -- POTATOES FOR SEED Beit Time at Harvest (Prepared by the United Statee Department of Azrlniltnre.) The custom of using as seed potatoes lift from the previous seasons crop, habit t value in crops and forage for seasons to come. Better organisation will result from, the experiences of Inst year, and the biological survey and the authorities In New Mexico are hi a position to push much more vigorously the work of clearing the state of prairie dogs. Economy and effectiveness have been Increased through recent Improvements In poisoning methods and, with the help of legislative measures and the hearty of all ranchmen, it Is hoped that the prairie dog will be entirely eradicated before many years. Grower Cannot Expect to Get Maxi, mum Yields From Inferior Stock sling with the plows out of the ground, and thnt ordinarily the number of dead furrows and back furrows will be considerably less. d In using the methods It Is necessary to measure the lands In ths center of the field accurately, leaving an equal area on all sides of the field in which to turn the outfit, and which can he plowed last by running the tractor completely around the field levernl times. If one end of the field Is unfenced the outfit can he pulled out Into a road or lane, or on adjoinIt may be ing field, for turning. preferable to plow up to the fence on the two sides as the body of the field Is being plowed, and leave the headland only across the end of the field which Is fenced. The width of the headlund will depend largely on the turning radius of the tractor. With easily handled outfits It is not necessary to leave more than 15 or 20 feet Careful Plowing 8avea Time. it the field is to he finished up In the best manner, with no Irregular, strips between the land or at the edges. It Is essential that care be taken to have the headland of the same width clear around the field, to have the distances measured exactly when starting new lands, and to have the first furrows as nearly straight as A little extra time taken In possible. measuring off the necessary distances and setting plenty of stakes for guidance will nenrly always be more than returned In saving time at the finish. If the tracior pulls three or mure plows, cutting a total width of three or more feet, some effort should he made to have the width of the headlands an exact multiple of the total width of the plow, so thnt the last atrip across ths field will exactly cut out the land or finish It to the fenre. Tills will do sway with the necessity V mnklng trip n cres Ihe flelii. nrnhnhljr over the pliv'-ei- l ground, to nm n narrow strip w'x'ri hs been left uuplowed. first-name- one-fourt- added the benefit from the destruction el prairie dogR on over a million acres of range mid the consequent Increased SELECT For the Summer Girl. The heroine of old, who In the summer time wore her white, clear starched muslin frock flounced from the, waist to the hem, has her counterpart this summer. But we talk of voile Instead of muslin, and like to add a dusk of color to our blanche toilettes. Plowing With Tractors Presents Problems That Never Trouble Man Who Usee Horse-Draw- n Implements. pretty much s creature ol She becomes accustomed to getting her feed at a certain time each day and if that time arrives without the feed she worries about It and thla affects her milk production. For this reason regularity In feeding Is very Important Also watering and salting should be attended to punctually. And the water should be good. It Is s mistake to require cows to drink tainted To Wash Whits Sweater. water, for It certainly Impairs the Dissolve one level tables samful of health If it does not affect the qunlitj h of a cake of of the milk. The man who provides jorax' and to cover the Id cold water a bite soup cows wants of his properly for the an hour, sonk Let sweater generously. has a right to expect that they will re It out, but do not wring. pay him In a more abundant milk flow. they squeese Rinse very thoroughly through several cold waters, then squeeze us dry as possible (or put through the wringpull It Into shape and dry it. All 1 er). DAIRY NOTES wool flannels and blankets are safely washed thus. When drawing thread from linen A good silo requires also a good rub white snap on the cloth and the ensilage cutter. work will he mnch more easily accomWhen making eyelet emplished. In the dairy business harvest com broidery, If a piece of white soap Is tlnues the year around. held under the material and the stiletto la allowed to pass Into It a much betcow thnt would ter eyelet can be made, as the soap Ton never saw not do better work on good silage than gives a slight stiffness to the doth. without It Packing a Blouse. Much' difficulty Is often found In For a cow that refuses to let down packing blouses. If folded In the folher inllk, a feed of something while lowing way, they can lie, closely packmilking often helps. ed, for a long time without looking crushed when taken out to wear. I ay Ths biggest leak in ths dairy Busi- flat on the tnble, front down, and fasness comes through keeping two cows ten. Then fold hack the sleeves, and to do the work of one. pin to the blouse at the top and at s a the cuff to keep In position. Now fold waist-tinTo estimate the amount of feed left buck the foot of the blouse at the secure. make to and 1 cubic foot el pin In the silage, figure Medicine 8talne. liege ss equal to 40 pounds. A most medicines, especially tinc New Mexico Practiced Poison Control on 131,297 Acres Against Prairir Dogs Last Year. tures, are soluble In alcohol, methylated spirits will often remove the stains from clothes and other utensil. When stains contain silver compounds (to this class belong paints for warts, the throat and nose), any white fabric on which a little compound has been split nets Ilka a piece of sensitized paper, and at once darkens on exposure to the light. An effective method Is to soak the stain for some time In a tincture cf Iodine, then treat with a strong solution of hyposulphats of sola ; strong ammonia will then complete the process. Medicine stains very often yield to alcohol. These stains frequently leave terrible disfiguring discolorations on table bed linen, and not uncommonly also result In Iron mold. They should be spread with s paste made of pulverized fuller's earth and spirits of hartshorn, allowing the application to dry upon the stain, and finally washing out In cold water. If necessary, the treatment tnny then b repented, but one trial la generally sufficient. To remove medicine stains from spoons, rub first with a soft rag dipped In sulphuric arid, wash with soapsuds and polish with a chamois skin. e. to ed after having disposed of the best, must he discontinued If the present quality and yield of the crop Is to he materially improved, say specialists of the Unit ed Slates department of agriculture. n The grower cnnnnt expert to get yields from Inferior seed stork any more than the dairyman can exiteri to get maximum milk yields from scrub cow. The best time to select seed potatoes, according to the specialists, l In the fall when, the crop Is heing harvested. Then the yield of the Individual plant and the quality of the can he considered. Good seed is pure In Inspect to the variety; Is produced by healthy, vigorg ous, plants grown under favorable climatic conditions; Is somewhat immature; reasonably uniform in size and shape ; firm and sound. The first sprouts should begin to develop at planting time. mnx-Inint- tu-be- heavy-yieldin- STERILIZATION IS NECESSARY Washing of Dairy Utensila by Process Ordinarily Used Is Not Always Sufficient (Prepared by the United States Department of Asrlculture.) Sterilization of dairy utensils is necessary for the production of dairy products of high quality, particularly milk and cream, because the washing of dairy utensila, at least by the process ordinarily used. Is not sufficient to Insure freedom from Infection and contamination. EXTRA LABOR BY DULLTODLS Average Farmer Does Not Realize Tremendous Amount of Work Hs Is Making Himself. Labor spent by the farmer In sharpening his tools and Implements earns A thousand per rent interest, declares Frof. IL II. Musselninn of the MichiThe aver, gan agricultural college. age fanner is Inrilned to go olong with dull edges, little realizing the tremew-don- . amount of extra labor ba la soaks log himself. |
