BOYS FROM
'-mil
T,. mhhu-MIi Imp-nitor .(...klnic
,vU , I.I' tM. I ). I..'! !. Hrow
i lit I nil"' i1 "
I M mm0 L T
Mil h ' :' J 1 '' J
t . :. . ' 'WAY
I V" ' "' " "" " '''''"A''-'--t'--?,
OW UNCLE SAM
FED HIS
e Meal, on One-Man Basis for
War Period, Cost $727,
000,000. ,000,000 POUNDS DAILY
Doughboy At 800,000.000 Pounds
of Rojt Beef, Smoked 425,000,.
000 Cigarette and Ate 300,000
Poundt of Candy a Month.
Vin-l,:nj,'!im. "Snill-r4 who fmiijlit
piint spuin In is'.is iciNt In wt'lcht
n .'in v. ! of 22 hmiikN enrh ; tlm
lir.'lk''' A !JHTl-tl II hdlllllT lit (III IMl) (if
if Miilnc In I'.llS wi'lKhixl 12 Hunlt
re tln'ti In- 'IN win-it ttic KchTtlve
rvii .' ! or hli own Vdlltlon brought
in lni.i ilu nrmy."
T!r tli.' nuri-fii won liy th nrmy'ii
fi.i-i. :,. ( Iiriim h lu tln Rrrnt wnr
Cpi!..!lllzll 111 (lltT' of JIlP olll-
il wiir "iiiiiti-rlnl" lilntory iiindu iiub
by l!n' wnr iliurtiiit'lit.
Tli" f.niil problem of nn nrmy of
oo.oom AiinTifiiiiM Ih vlNimll.i'd In (h(
('ry by (oiifibliTliiK (lie fnm n.t n
tr!.' i;i.iri ntul lu iitlrc wnr pi-rloi!
in oik- iIImht hour. Artldi'K roiiiprl-
H In i!i" nrmy mtlou uxmnneil IIioho
tri'imi.iiiiun tdtnls: '
l!".iM I f. .SiK),iMMl.(nf) poumlx; lm-
con. !:,o,inhi.xh) imiiiikI.h'; llmir (lirciul)
l,rMi.ii,(KHi poumln; Imltor, 17..VK),
; I'bniimrfc'iirlni', 11,0(K).(hh); linked
hi'iiii-', I.Vi.fNMl.rMN) ponmln; potiilocs,
4s7.ikhi.ikhi jhiiiihIk; oiiIoiim, -lO.IHKVXW
pinimN; corn, ben nit ntul pona, l.'O.'NK),
oo (mi'.: toiimtocs, 1!M),(mkvxx cans;
priin. s pi'iirlicH nml iipplos ((or Vs
wrt). 1ii;,(hk),kk) mnn; wtenr. JloO.noo,.
(hi hiihN; roffoc. '7rj,0K).O(K) pounds;
I'viipcr.ilrd milk, 2(M),(KH),0(K) cunx.
Tli" bill for thin "iiicnl" imounlod to
JTL'T.'HKi.fMM) to licc'inbor 1. 1013, tho
Pit oniltft rost lmvliiL' risen from 4
eenis in 1S07 (o -18 In 101S.
9,000,000 Pound Dally.
Ai ili" time of tho nrmlHtlco, Amerl
oiui -i.(ti In Krnnro v;-er consum
liic (hkhi.ihh) poundu of food dully.
Moviiij; tliln NlupondouA quantity over
the ,'!,(HH-mlo COtllllltMlloiltlon WIIH till)
prliirinl ohslnclo to bo overcome.
This mid tho ncfosxlty for conserving
(iirt'n space led directly In the later
iii' ii.t hs to the hlilpment of dehydrated
vep'iiildi's to tho American oxpedltloii
ti rj forco.
"J'lie problems were Holved only by
the iissistnneo of tho American food
Indnsiry," the report says, and while
ln-t;iiiceH were found of food npeclfl
'niioiis being vbilnted, these nre de
clared to have been very few nnd In
init Instances not intentional.
The enierKency ration of tho Ameri
can soldier, designed' to bo used only
In cases (if extremity, was' perfected
during thtt wur to consist of three
cakes of beef, prepared with i bread
compound of ground cooked wheat,
each enko". weighing three ounces;
ihree one-ounce cakes of chocolato,
tliree-fourtlis ounce fine suit, und one
dnun.blnclt, popper.
A upecluf ration wns designed for
Victory' Cathedral as
World War Memorial
. Seattle, Wash. Tho part
which Northwestern soldiers
played in 'tho world war will bo
commemorated here by the
erection of a victory memorial
cathedral to 'cost almost ?1,000,
000. It is proposed that tho 32
windows In tho cathedral shall
ho in memory of the heroes of.
the allied nations which have
mndo the supremo sacrifice.
Theso nations include England,
Franco, Relglum, Italy, Canada,
(!rcccc,KusHln, Serbia, Portugal,
Japan and China. Itronze tab
lets will contain the names of
Northwestern men who entered
their country's service, and bat
tle flags will be hung from the
Gothic rafters.- ,
j.
THE PRAIRIES ARRIVE
lit Ni-w V..rk will, Iiiii.v ir.....H fr.
(lu. 1 l,r, (. h,i.... ni.. Thlrly-lim.
" " i.wM uin, .M-i)., o
SOLDIERS
Ihe tixe of Invalid koMI'-ix,
polled i'lil"k"ll, dried egg.,
etc.
InchnliuK
;iinldliij."i,
Iiiiportiifice nitn,ic.( il,,, Ktipply
"f fresh Ci.lTee fr the men U cvl
deuced by the dechbui to Milp the
bean In the green form nnd have It
ronMed n.-nr the Trent. ThU led to
the Invention f portable roasters,
capable of bundling neveral ton n day.
"Noting Hint tobacco bus established
It chiini t q recognized place In the
Koldler'u life," the report say proba
bly 115 per cent of the Ainertenn expe
ditionary frr(, um., t, ,VP(M ,,
form irr miotlier, Monthly shlpmentii
nvi-raged 0,(HH),O0() cKnrs and i2"),X)r
IKK) clgiiretti'M.
The foldler'a nwcet tooth wns satlR
fled by a monthly shipment of IKMMMK)
pounds of candy during the early part
of the wnr, but tills was Increased In
November, 101 S, to l.MTH.fHio pounds,
aii'l the following month the war de
partment made cnn ly a part of the
regulation Issue, one and one-half
pounds being IsMicd to each man every
month. A cIosd companion In popu
Voice Is Made As
Loud As Cannon
No
Trick at All to Magnify
Sound Five Million
Times.
WIRELESS EXPERT TELLS HOW
Tickinfl of Watch Can Be Amplified
Until It Sounds Like Breakers
on an Ocean Cliff In
Practical Use.
81m rranclsco.-A man's voice can
be made as loud ns the cannon's ronr;
It can be heard two or twenty miles.
The ticking of u watch can be ampli
fied until It sounds like breakers on an
ocean cliff.
"It's no trick at nil to magnify
sound four or live million times, or In-
ilellnltely," wild 'Join l.aiuoem a
. C nirlnoer. "All that I"
less ii'i' i""" ' , .
, . .w.imeef n number or
lieediui is v......-
vacuum valves In niullU'lo with a
v relss receiving set, nnd the thing I
. .. ..wu.lvlnir contact
.1,.ri At UIO "'SI ,,v" n -
voice will bo normal
Cut In one
vacuum viilvo mi''
It is raised seven
it squares itself
times! tlioreuruT
thereafter it squares it-
seven times,
self-
seven times seven io ionjr-muv
"e next vacuum valve, nnd forty-
' . . . 4... II, IlOYt II 11(1
nine times forty-nmu xu . -----
so on. . - , f nmv.
"I menu volume ol so.,....,
1 " '.. ...,.iUKin.. explained Lam-
oi or um"" . i.
. . i i i,r ii nhonoirrnph
hert. "in a tesi .:- .
i-..,i -irh an nmpllfier at
I,;nd;;-ra:i.ft.ng.tup
CO
. e i
' ..it Gun liViinrlfiCO
.rrnrfunlly to suppiy " -
.. r, , sn
unit and amusement,
when the
polico,t.rged Mi .to desist .
Grand Stand Hears Watch Tick.
of To stadium nt Golden Gate park
,. , c ing of a watch wns made audi
In over he grand stand while nn
in proses. Capt.
v J Ih-ewer, nn o.periment
Uobeit w. d k0
el'', I0 b hlloland the dog couldn't
T fi A wiroloHS station which I
be bold. A w" nnv re-
. tieii to nan
nni not ,( from Eu-
StS to .e marshes eight
'"m I nmbcrt exhibited one of the
M ! vnlvo" H torIor reHem"
vacuum vn"?n' 10-cnndlo electric
W ".. old'""rLh tho Blnffl, how-
,,i.f lm in. a.-c- . .
h... mild be
seen eiecmv. .....-"o
Around a am-
tlint wound convolutions of wire
mcnT4?d Above the grid. was
called n snu. . t Th0 cur.
1 " tniilc nblte,
nn cnclrciint, , - the order lng
rent passed Utrou M
descriDcu. tl.- '"
THE Independence ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON.
AT NEW YORK
N.-hruhkn. Khiihbh uii.I Mlsurl
Infm.try, fnm, N,;b.-uku ; ond nt
At
the
ucii'oiiio her koii.
larity was chewing gum, more than
3,000,000 packages a month being con
sumed. Economies Effected.
Interesting statistics are given of
economies effected In changes In de
sign. For Inntance, elimination of lac
ings nnd eyelets In trousers saved $17,
OOO.iHH), nnd f, redesigning of the
coat rut the cost of this garment $.",
OOO.OOO. Expert cutting reduced the
consumption of cloth I:i-100 of a yard,
nnd saved 2,:;oO,000 yards on the to
tal order.
Innovations resulting from short
ages In materia! Included the substi
tution of American dyes for the Ger
man product nnd the use of vegeta
ble "Ivory" In htitton-muklng.
The activities of the quartermaster
corps (afterward tuken over largely
by the bureau of purchase, storage and
supply) Included also the furnishing of
bats, shoes, boot, fuel, oil, pnlnt, tools,
harness, nnd harness equipment, ond
even music. I'romincnt composers
volunteered for the work of selecting
n "balanced ration" of Jazz nnd more
restraining orchestrations for the army
bunds.
To give tho American nvintor
the surest fuel possible, the depart
ment took over every drop of "25.7 de
gree fighting naphtha" and confined its
use to the service of planes actually
on the front.
mils travel down the nerinl wire tc
the tuning set "mid then to the vneuur
valve, which Js a "detector, or re
ceiver. ,
Tor practical purposes the vacuut.1
valve lias its use, as In wnrships,
where tho wireless telephone speaks
Its messngp through a horn to several
ollicers Instead of to one using ear
pieces. It can be availed of to address
audiences.
The wireless telephone Is wonder
fully extending the Held developed by
the wireless telegraph. Any wireless
lelegraph receiving set Is equally good
for receiving telephoned messages,
Tho transmitting Instruments, of
course, are different.
Kvery airplane possessed by Uncle
Sam and all United Stntes warships
are equipped with wireless ( telephone
apparatus. These set's on warships
arc efficient at least 20 mllas. .
INVENTORS HELPED WIN WAR
Patents, Long Held Up, Are Now Be
Ing Allowed Come From All
Sections.
Washington. The latest war secret
to leak out is how friendly inventors
all over the world gnve to the United
Stntes their ideas for death dealing
machines for the destruction of Ger
many. A companion secret is how all these
Ideas were kept from the enemy by the
"seven serious Sphinxes" of the patent
otllce. This was a board of seven men,
of unquestioned loyalty and sworn
secrecy, empowered to examine and
withhold patents on war machines un
til the war was over and meanwhile
turn ideas of promise over to the gov
ernment. ,
More than 2,000 devices which it wns
thought might be of value to the Uni
ted States or the allies were passed
upon nnd 200 were Important enough
to get before military authorities. Some
of them, It is said, helped win the war.
Tho Iden3 came from , England,
Franco, Switzerland, Hawaii, New Zea
land, Australia, Mexico, Spain, Italy,
liussla. I'oland and one from Germany.
Of course, a larger number came from
within the United Stntes. Now that
the wnr Is over the patents are being
allowed.
Exit the Towel.
Snoknne. Wash Exit' the roller
towel; exit the pnpor towel; exit the
Individual towel in fact, exit (nll
towels. Step on a pedal and release a
tropical hurricane, on the hands and
face. That's the way It's being done
nt Spokane's largest hotel. The dry-
mach
machines are operated Dy eiec-
At Failure's Climax
:
By 5. B.'HACKLEY
(Copyrlght, 1913, by Did Me.Clure News
paper Syndicate.)
When Mnxon Eliot stepped out on
Ihe pint form to make bis ringing com
tin ncenient. speech and Jessamine Far-
ra felt the scrutiny of many pni-n of
yes, friendly, curious, sympathetic, she
field her head high. Who wouldn't be
proud to be the sweetheart of "bril
liant promise?" ' ,
He wasn't the valedictorian. That
:oncclied, red-haired Walton purrett
nas thut, but Maxon's rank was high,
md with bis brown mop of curly hair,
ills goodly height and bin clear, friend
ly eyes, was he not good to look ut?
Thut evening after young Eliot had
fine out with Judge .Farm's eldest
laughter, his honor sat a long time In
l!ent thought. For neurly three years
Vlaxon Eliot had been Jessumlne's
numble worshiper, and Durrett, the
jolf-eonfident valedictorian, had been
ler devoted admirer.
Durrett was one whom one would
naturally expect to do things, and Eliot
vus a young man of brilliant promise.
The judge's preference inclined to the
latter, but. he or any other would
have to "make good" before he'd give
his little girl to him.
The Judge sighed thankfully. Jessa
mine would always listen to "Father."
little later when she shyly suggested
that at the end of Max's first school
year In Marlon (he'd been given the
principnl.shlp of Marlon's academy),
there would be a wedding, the Judge
shook His head. '
A year Is all too short, little girl.
Let him prove himself." .
Jessamine smiled certainly. "Two
years If you think best, papa but
when Max Is a university president,
we'll laugh about our caution, won't
The Marlon school board, at the end
of the year, very quietly asked Pro
fessor Eliot to resign. It was not that
he was not liked his thoughtful con
slderatlon, his gentle courteous man
ner, made friends, but somehow he
had failed as the school's principal.
That summer, through the recom
mendation of, a relative, Eliot secured
the editorship of the local paper in the
large town of Hampden. For a yenr
he wrote brilliant editorials, and strug
gled valiantly to build up the circula
tion of the paper, but at the end of the
yenr the owner asked another man to
lake the editorship. .
Then when Jessamine, with her sis
ter nnd parents, sailed for three years
9f foreign travel, Max understood that
he was free.
When the tljree years were nt an end
and he heard the Farms were coming
home, he managed somehow to scrape"
together enough for a ticket to New
fork. '
His was the first face .that Jessamine
recognized on the pier. For an instant
her heart bounded nnd despite the old
world wisdom she had gained, she had
to fight a foolish Impulse to lay her
head on the shabby decency of his
serge coat and tell him, among other
things, that failure in business didn't
matter.
But . Fulton Newholdt, who for sis
months had followed In their wake,
was looking on and presently Eliot wns
forced to step aside to make wny for
their other friends. .
"Strange that Maxon Eliot should
have happened to be in New York the
very day that we landed," the Judge
remarked.
Jessamine said nothing. She knew
It hadn't "just happened.". Max had
traveled those 800 miles just for
sight of her I Well, he'd had it, and
she . The day nfter they reached
her home Newboldt, who . was their
guest, asked her to marry him.
Instead of saying, "Yes, please," as
she bad contemplated, nud as she knew
would delight her father and mother,
she found herself saying very earnest
ly, "No, thank you.".
It , was four years before she saw
Max again, and it was nt" the county
fair.
"I've been out West," he told her,
"sort "of knocking about, but I'm doing
some bookkeeping work for my cousin
now, at the mills. His regular man
had to stop awhile because of; 411
health." .
He spoke cheerfully, but his mouth
wore a subdued, conquered expression
that was pathetic.
Rob keeps me very busy, but I
begged off today to run down here on
the chance of seeing some of my old
college friends," 'he remarked; but
Jessamine looked Into his wistful eyes
and translated his words: "On the
chance of seeing you, dear, on the
chance of seeing you 1" .
Just then the 'red-haired valedic
torian, now a successful lawyer and
politician, stopped to speak to Jessa
mine. '
"Pity ..about Eliot's being a disap
pointment," he remarked when Maxon
had aken himself off. "AH vision and
no practicability. The wonder Is he
hasn't man-led and dragged some wo
man down, tool His kind generally
do." ,
. Jessamine's heart grew hot with un
reasoning .anger, but she laughed.
"And. you, Sir.Knlght?"
Durrett bowed low. "I'm waiting un
til I have a position to offer a woman."
"There's a gubernatorial election
next year," she advanced tentatively.
He smiled In return. "And the hol
pollol will, who knows, Fair Lady?"
The next ycat Maxon Eliot at the
fair told Jessamine he'd got the place
an postmaster at Harper several
months before. ''So," he added, "maybe
I can spare the money to run owr and
see Durrett Inaugurated governor In
December. Inspection's wire thing,
Will you be there'" he ended, a trltte
wistfully.
"I I've promised I think sol" she
answered. , '
Max understood hr embarrassment,
und the look of defeat that had tempo
rnrlly raised Itself settled back over
Ids face.
In November, Durrett wns elected
governor of the state. Judge nnd Mrs,
Farra prepared to give their daughter
a very handsome wedding. '
. "Maxon Eliot to be tried by the
United States court for fraud in the
Harper postofllce !" These words con
fronted Jessamine one day when she
picked up the paper,.
"Too bl a pwfectly Innocent fellow
gets himself In a place to be technical
ly guilty of crime, und liable to the
penitentiary," her cousin, Will Payne,
remarked, looking over her shoulder
at her startled cry. "I've heard about
it. Seems a discharged clerk's twisted
some papers some wny, so the blame
falls on the postmaster." '
"Max Eliot's' been adjudged guilty,
and they're going to send him to
prison, Jessy," Payne told her a few
days Inter, "utdess.the President par
dons him. Seems 'his friends are get-
r ting up a petition."
Jessamine fled to her room.
VA lady wishes you to call to see her
nt once, sir," a messenger boy said to
Maon Eliot, two weeks afterward,
when he was going to his room 'at his
hotel, after a satisfactory interview
with the nation's chief executive. '
When he went to the address given a
figure In a blue traveling suit ran
across the room, and then Jessamine
Farra was clinging to him, crying soft
ly, "Oh, Max ! Max, denr
"Why, Jessy Jessy !" Astonishment
wrapped him. "What is the matter?"
"Oh,' Max, I want you !" she sobbed ;
"I want you !"
Maxon's heart, racing with the wild
happiness of her weight against it,
overcame him, and In spite of himself,
for an instant, his arras went about
her and held her tight ; then he remem
bered.
"You are going to marry Governor
Durrett, Jessy!"
"I'm not going to'marry Walton Dur
rett unless unless you don't want
me. Max!" .
"But I" poor Max stammered
"I'm a failure I'm disgraced I'd be
in prison but for the president's kind
ness f Surely, Jessy, you don't under
stand" -l 1
"I do!" she interrupted. ."It's taken
this to tell me where my heart's been
all these years ! If they'd sent you to
prison, nnd you'd have let me, I would.
have married you on the prison steps!
Kiss me', Max!"
Max kissed her, then held her away
from him with a grolm.
"Oh, love, I ciin't I can't let you
do itr - j '. . ,
But she was not listening.. "OJi,
Max," she smiled, "I'm" so glad grand
mother left me her home and so much
of her money. It's Invested safely we
can live'on the Income. You you dqn't
have to try to make money you can
study and write and and make me
happy ! If you won't go with me and
hunt up a minister Til go home and
marry the governor and live miserably
ever after."
And Max went. - -
HOW MUCH RISK TO ASSUME
' 1 r .'
First Thing to Be Decided on When
One Is Contemplating an
Investment. ' .
The first thing for Investors to de
cide is the amount of risk they can af
ford to take with their funds, says
World's Work. This will depend on
the purpose which they had In mind
when the funds were accumulated and
on the conditions that will surround
the Investment. If one Is laying up
savings to take care of himself in his
old age, is he not really a trustee of
those savings for the old person he is
to be? If he is saving for his family,
is it not the same? But If the money
is being accumulated with the view
of taking advantage of a business op
portunity, it Is different. Or if one is
in close touch with conditions in a cer
tain business, he might be Justified In
taking risks in that field which would
be Improper for one ignorant of condi
tions to take. The degree of risk that
one is justified in taking must be large
ly decided by the Investor himself, al
though others of more experience or
training might help. It Is the first
point that should be decided.
How Lloyd George Keeps Fit.
Few men have ever had to bear such
a heavy burden as the prime minister
has hod to carry during the last three
months. A general election, a peace
conference and Industrial trouble
each would have meant an epoch In
the pre-war life of a premier. How
does Lloyd George manage to keep so
cheery and fit? An Interesting light
on this point is thrown by the fac"t
that recently Mr. Lloyd George has
several1 tines strolled into a room oc
cupied by. his staff and asked If tbe
girl secretaries had any amusing novel
there. He has picked up some light
literature and gone off to read it qui
etly for, half an hour or so ns a dis
traction from more serious affairs.
Edinburgh Scotsman. ! -
Only Real Failure.
Because a fellow has failed once or
twice, or a dozen times, you don't want
to set him down as a failure till he's
dead or loses his courage and that's
the same thing George H. Lorinier.
GOOD CROPS FOR
PRODUCING PORK
Industry in Irrigation Country
Subject to Periods of Expan
sion and Depression. ,
LACK OF KNDWLECGE NOTED
Department of Agriculture Has Been
. Making Observation in Its West
ern Project on Utilization
of Field Crops.
(Prepared by the United State Depart-
' ment of Agriculture.)
. "Gum shoe" farming for ham and
bacon production does not presuppose
web-footed bogs. ' It merely means
Jhat irrigation as practiced by some 1
western farmers Involves conservative
use of moisture for production of for
age crops which may be harvested di
rectly In the fields by the porkers. The
swine industry in the rubber-boot coun
try has been subject to periods of ex
pansion and depression. One cause is
lack of knowledge as to the possibility
of using certain irrigated field crops,
and as to the value of these crops when
measured In terms of pork production.
If full advantage is taken of the wide
range of feeds available to swine grow
ers on Irrigated lands, pork production
can be conducted more extensively, and
with mofe assurance of success.
Irrigation farmers interested In porki
production have had to rely on results
obtained In nonlrrigated sections, and.
applied to localities where web-footed
crops grow. This lack of definite in
formation .was especially noteworthy
in the case of field crops, which in
other sections pf the country are pas
tured by hogs or hogged off. Hence,
since 1912 the department has been
making observations in its western ir
rigation projects on the utilization of
Irrigated field crops as hog pasture.
These investigations include pasture
tests with 149 lots consisting of 3,793
hogs pastured on' alfalfa, sweet clover,
field peas, and mllo. .. .
Alfalfa Need Supplementary Ration.
Pasturing alfalfa with hogs has been
demonstrated a satisfactory method of
utilizing the forage, and one of the
cheapest ways to produce pork. How
ever, ,. to obtain satisfactory results,
the alfalfa pasture must be supple
mented with some carbonaceous feed,
such as a 2 per cent ration of corn,
barley, mllo, wheat, or shorts. Under
euch conditions one good acre of good :
alfalfa pasture will produce, with rea- f
sonable surety, about 2,500 pounds of r
pork a season. Exceptional gains, as
high as 4,292 pounds an acre, were
reported in the case of one lot of hogs ;
pastured on alfalfa, and given a,8 per ;
cent . supplementary ration of corn, t
Naturally the gains on alfalfa depend ' ;
on the size and quantity and quality . (
of the supplementary feed. It is poor ,
policy to try to make pork on alfalfa
pasturage alone without supplementary
feed. . , .
Hogs on alfalfa pasture, supplement
ed with about a 2 per cent ration o"
corn, barley, wheat shorts, or mllo, wil
consume from 250 to 350 pounds o
grain for each hundredweight of gait ;
In general the grain requirement lr
creases as the hogs get larger. Tb '
feeding values of corn, barley, short .
and mllo as supplements to alfalfa pa
turage are so nearly Identical that tl
choice among these side, dishes shou
depend on prices, cultural adaptabilll ' .
nnd general economic cftndltioi
Where the grain Is to be grown ;
the swine raiser, preference usua i j
Is given to corn, barley, and the gri , j
sorghums, depending upon the ada i
ability of these crops to local cor
lions. An acre of good alfalfa past
supplemented with a 2 per cent rat
Of grain will' support 2,500 pounds '
hogs during the entire growing seai 1
The carrying capacity of alfalfa j
tures increases rapidly with gre;
grain allowance, and It varies sc
what during the growing season
the rate of crop growth. ; i
According to specialists of the I
ed States department of agricultur
acre of good alfalfa pasture, If "
plemented with a 2 per cent rath
corn; or barley, will support si
eight sows and 50 to 70 sucking s
pigs for nbout 60 days In early sun
during which the pigs should gain
25 to 30 pounds apiece. , . I
Sweet Clover Often Valuabl
A few tests have been conduc
try out the value of sweet clov
hog pasture, and the results
proved that this crop cannot be r
ed as a rival of alfalfa. Howe
soils which are too wet or tor'.
for alfalfa, the Irrigation farme'
sweet clover a valuable forngi
Rubber-boot farmers are coming
predate hogged-down corn an.
peas as a desirable comblnat
pork production, in that it save
produces satisfactory gains In tl I
and adds manure to the soil. ,
slve tests of "hogging corn" i t
in the bulletin show gains of f j:
to 1,048 pounds an acre of co
no supplementary feed was r
nna irom bso to i,an pounas i
where the corn was supplemen
other feed. It is estimated
these 'tests an averag'e of n
pounds of corn was .required
plement was used, as compr, 1
an average of 409 , pounds
corn was not in combination
age, late alfalfa pasture, or i
' If
C f
I o ;
"a ,
8-
falfa pasture is preferable 1
junct to hogged-down corn or
!,!
I fA
lands, because of its cheap-!
tlve abundance, and reliubll.
ie;
1
i-
, V"
' r
'ev'
lr ..
ca .
do.
re
i rr.
Id
; : ...
''I
So
Ut; j
! rrii
nu"
ye)
. ! p
ipo!
IT
,L'
to
3 i
i M
r