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EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE BEAVERTON TIMES LIVE STOCK FACTS CAMPAIGN FOR BETTER SIRES Department of Agriculture ( Aiding Movement by Issuing Number i' of Publication. 1 In response to many requests for in formation to be used in starting better sires movements In various localities, the bureau of animal industry, United Stales 1 Apartment of Agriculture, bus prepared a list of available publica tion and olber material in the depart ment. It has also furnished data use ful to persons interested In legisla tion for restricting the use of mongrel Sires. i Except when the open range Is In volved, however, or there is need to control Interior sires from running at large, specialists of the bureau prefer a continuance of educational work to legislation. They place emphasis on the fact that the work, although in- TEN RULES OFFERED best development of calf TO SAVE BATTERIES Greater Care Is Necessary Dur ing Winter Weather. - I Few Simple In struct! om, if Faithfully Followed, Will Add Materially to Life of Important Electrical Device Now that cold weather Is here, you should look your battery over every two weeks, These few simple Instruc tions, faithfully followed, will lengthen the life of n battery: 1. Don't lay tools or anything else on top of your battery. 2. Don't spin your engine several minutes at a time. 8. If your engine does not start promptly, fee that the Ignition switch Is ou and the carburetor mixture suf ficiently rich before using starter again. 4. See that engine la sufficiently primed In cold weather. Throw your switch off; push starter to turn en gine once or twice; throw switch on; then start again and your cylinder is primed. ' 5. If your car stands Idle for a j month or more, take the battery nut (and leave It at the service station. 6. I'se nothing but distilled water. 7. Let nn expert add the acid for the electrolyte. 8. When the solution Fprnys or spills, wipe clean with n moist sponge. Some latteries make no provision to keep the subitum from splashing, s this vuJe Is given. 9. Keep metal parts of connection, which are not leiul-coaieil, covered with ti thin coating of vaseline. 10. Dim lights are sometimes warn ing signals of short circuits or im proper charging. Let the service sta tion make an inspection when you are confused. A Purebred Sire. wiving certain records and blanks, is etriaiy educational. Tn aid in con ducting educational campaigns, the department has issued a number of Circulars, posters and newspaper arti cles, as well as much mlnicngraphed nmterinl. booklet entitled "Better Sires Better Stock," explaining the movement, can be obtained by address ing the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. (J. Uther material on this subject is: Yearbook. Separate 810, Harnessing Heredity to Improve the Nation's JJve Stock. ' ' Department Bulletin 905, Principles of Live St''k Breeding (seinlscien tilic). l'rieo, 15 cents, Kunners' liiiiietln 110V, Essentials Of Animal Breeding. Enrollment Blank for Better Sire! Better Stock Crusade (on which live Block owners agree to use good pure bred Mre-0. Specific Facts and Figures on Bene fits Following Use of Better Sires. County Live Stock Survey Mlnnk. Foster, Which Wny Is Your Live Steel; t Joins? ' Toner, Purebred Sires and Herd Improvement. Several sets of 72 lunlen. tildes each have also been prepared by the depiii'liaent and a motion picture In now in Ihu making. REMOVAL OF STEERING POST GIVING YOUNG CALVES MILK Care Siiould Be Taken That Tenpsra ture Is Uniform When Poor in Quality, Give Less. Chi- aid th:i any : Ik fed to the yoimg nivvs is of iii-irnnn temperature or rbont itn degree Kuhrenheil. Muny f, ri(.r at tetispt in oven-uine pour rpntlity in the feed by in creasing the quantity. Till. is raieijly wrong. When on account Of age. souring, dirt, etc, the quality of the ullk is poor, the quuiitity should be reduced rather than in creased. Hardwocd Blocks Are Best as They Furnish Gocd Brace for Jack to Exert Pressure. To remove a steering post without damaging it with a Etilison wrench, el map tv.o pieces of wood, a surface of each 'of which lias been hollowed out to lii around the post. Hardwood blocks wunld be best, This furnishes u good brace fot a jack to exert pres sure in loosening t he piece. Work may be aidr-d by blows on the blocks by a hammer. - Qood Supply of Milk or Skim Milk Meet Important Quantity De pend on SUe and Age. (Prepared by thb United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) No part of dairy tanning Is more es sential than the proper feeding of young calves. Likewise nothing la more Important for the best develop ment of calves than a good supply of milk and skim milk in the ration, in the past few years the surplus of these products has been utilized as human food in the form of condensed and powdered milk and skim milk. Re ports recently received by the United States Department of Agriculture, how ever, point to a temporary surplus of these products during the Hush season, due to decreased export outlet. Un til this situation Is adjusted, it would seem advisable to utilize the surplus milk and skim milk as feed for live stock. In raising dairy calves most dairy men prefer that the calf remain with the cow for the first 48 hours. If It Is tnken nway theu the cow will be less nervous when she begins to bo milked again for commercial purposes than if they are allowed to ruu to gether fnr a long period. It is desirable that the calf be in a thrifty, vigorous condition when it Is taught to drink. It may be left with out food for 12 hours, at the end of which time It will be hungry, anil with n little teaching will usually drink milk from the pull. Warm, fresh milk from the mother should he put in a j elenn pull and held near the floor In I iron t ot tne call, wlucti win generally : begin to nose about lite pail. Once It .'gets a taste of milk it will usually f drink without further trouble. Some times, however, more vigorous meas ! ures must be taken, ! The quantity of milk fed to a calf depends upon its size and age. and to ! some extent on the kind mid cond'lion ' of the feed, but experiments by the Department ot Agriculture ' indicate j that about one pound a day should i be fed for every ten pounds weight of the calf, at birth, -Many beginners . moke the mistake of lelling the calf have n"s much milk as It wants. This would be all rl;:!it if the calf were fed , every two or three hours, as when It runs with the cow. but as It is Im practicable ordinarily to feed more than two or three times a day, It Is best to keep the quantity well below the capacity of the calf and not rluk overfeeding. For the first four days milk from the dam should be fed. Alter this the milk may be from any cow or 'cows In Coming .to Portland Dr.Mellenthin lil'HCIAI.IHT In Intenml Medicine for the past ete?en years. DOKH NOT OPERATE. BKNHON Htr . V'KINKSUA . TUESDAY AND " (JUi anil 1th. RADIATOR MADE NOMFREEZING Common Winter Ailment Can Be Eliminated by Keeping Constant Flow of Water. Kiieczlog up of radiators on nuto mobiles Is a common ailment In the winder. Have your car tixed up with one of tltese devices in the summer and 'next winter you'll be gamboling along while your neighbor Is using up lots of time and labor trying to thaw out ids ivr so he can go to town. The ii'miVm.vtiu: nurt u obtained hv havlnu Comparisons Are Sometimes Odious. Johnny was attending his first grade school, after graduating from kindergarten, where he greatly udored his teacher, a pretty youug womun in her leens. Ills mother noticed his Jack of enthusiasm In his new studies, and that he never mentioned bis teacher. Finally, one night when she wao putting him to bed, she uskci: "Johnny, don't you like - your new teacher'" "Oh, I like Iter well enough," he re plied, "but, mother, she look, just like a potato chip," .iys Two Varieties of H-ia Luck. There's two kinds of peupv in hard luck- them th't did it, bt never thought: and fliem ih'; thought, but never did Ir. Joslt Wise. THE IJtiAVKUTON TIMES It. II. JONAS, Publisher Entered at the Beaverton, Oregon, Post Office as Second-Class Mail Matter. One dollar per year; 10c per month. i ffllipLLJ Li ht:r;fr-;c2ing Radbtor. a water jncket connected to (he upper part of the radiator, a reservoir wldch comiminh-ate-; with both jacket and lower pan nf the radiator, and pipei which keep a constant, flow of water running betweeu them. The water lit duained from the radialor by gravity when the engine is not rutming. The Fourth Estate. The expression "the fourth eptate." referring to newspaper workers, i credited to Edmund Burke, who i quoted in Thomas Carljie's tlftli ic: lure mi "Heroes and Hero Worship" ;i "ti.viiig. "There tire three csim-es In pai-Haniem, but in the reporters' go' iery judder there tits a fourth es:;::e lauiL- !nipur:nnt fur than they ail." lii-re cliih.s diMiiii'iioiiS are not i:i;i'i ;i. ..iu-;i;l link- ever Is beard ut t.ie 'hive e-r;;u-s--:ln' nobiiity, the cfi-r-v and tli!' jKi;j'k--lj;it i lie term "I'im,' "-si e i- unii.aialivel; Lucky or U.'ilucliy Number? i'!eiv ,tlt- ilictv v.!;n lasir-l that lite il ni:;abr i;, is o; mirdern uiiMiowu to the anek'iils. t'ei' iii it Is that u. any jcarx ago there rie lh:.sc v.lin i-egai'ded the number lot i uiuite. Among them was I'ope egory the lima, 'who every morning, ve a meai to twelve poor pertJoiiti. ie iii(ntJiig Jesus appeared as a rieutth member or the company, i'l thereafter 1.1 wiu held to be a . :.y and blessed number. New York '.b.UJt. When Two or More Calvee Are Raised Together They Should Bo Tied Sep. aratcly or Fastened to Stanchions When Fed Milk. the hcnl, hut preferably not from any that nre nearly dry. Whole mi In In pi-f'erable for Hie first two weeks, after which skim milk may be subHii-tuii-d, euiiiineiiciiig with one pound a dii.v r-tid inen'.'tfsing t" two or four pminds, (lepeiulmg on (lie vigor of the ca!f. No more skim milk rdioithl ":e fed Ihim the calf will drink readily. In most, cases at the end of the third week I ho rut Ion Should be approxi mately one-half whole and one-h:ilf separate mill;. At the beginning of the fourth week from one-half to Ihree-fiairths of I he ration should be separated milk, lipr ing the week the change should be con tinued until by the beginning of the tiflh week only nepurated milk Is fe-1. In specially vigorous calves Die chahv'e may be made n week earlier. After Ibis time separated milk may be frd entirely, unless the calf is very deli cate. The quantity fed can be gradu ally increased inilll It) to 20 pouu-Is a day are given. If milk Is very plen tiful, more may be fed, but otherwise ll will not be fmintl economical, The lime that milk should be dls eonilmied depends upon its cost in re lation to the value of the calf, l;a breed, slue, vigor, etc. The season in which it readies the age of six months, ami the other feeds available at that time. nmt also be taken into consid eration. Six monlhs Is probably a good average ago Hi which to wean culvo; from milk. Where there Is plenty of skim milk available this time may be icnglhetud. When the best of hay and silage and n good variety of grains are available, the calf may be weaned ear lier than when such feeds are lacking. The season of good, succulent pastur age presents the best possible condi tion fur weaning the calf. No Such Luck. History may repeat itself, but ni every mnall boy knows arithmetic does not sum Itself up. Boston Transcript. Office Houi : t a. m. to 4 p, m. TWO ;.,WH ONLY. No Charge of Consultation. Dr. Meilenthin Is a regular gradu ate in medicine and surgery and is licensed by the state of Oregon. He visits professionally the more Impor tant towns and cities and offers to all who call on this trip free eonEiil- tatf-ou, except the expense of treat ment when desired. According to his method of treat ment he does not operate for chronic appedtcitia, gall stones, ulcers ot stomach, tonsils or adenoids,' Ho has to his credit wonderful re sults in diseases of the stomach, liver bowels, blood, skin, nerves, heart, kidney, bladder bed wqttlng catarrh, weak lungs, rheumatism, sciatica, leg ulcers and rectal ailments. If you have been ailing lor sny length of time and do .not get auy better, do not fail to call, as improp er measures rather than disease are very often the cause of your long standing trouble. Remember above date, that con sultation on this trip will be free and . that his treatment Is different. Married women must be accom panied by their husbands. Address: 3It6 Boston Block, Minn eapolis, Minn. More mileage the result at O complete. vaporization It isn't gasoline that explodes in the cylinder1 of your car and makes power. . It's gas air, mixed in the car buretor with gasoline to form vapor. Red Crown gasoline vaporizes completely. It forms a homoge neous mixture with 12 to 16 times its volume of air. That mixture explodes cleanly and powerfully, leaving comparatively little car bon residue on valves, spark plugs and cylinder walls. That's why you get better mileage out of "Red Crown" and a cleaner, sweet-. er-running engine. FillattheRed Crown sign at Standard Oil Service Stations, at garages and at other dealers. STANDARD OIL COMPANV (California) Because of the rapid advance of the season since the arrival of warm weather, the 30-day spray for cad ling moth will he due In the Willam ette valley about June 6 to 12. In many Instances it will he possible to combine the usual 15-day spray with the 30-day application and save one spraying. e Gasoline Restoring "Dead" Tennis Balls. "Dead" tennis balls ure restored to life by a hand pump which punctures the sphere, fills it with air and seals the hole as It Is withdrawn. Floor Bleach. If an unfilled or undressed bard wood floor becomes grimy apply a so lutlon of two ounces of oxalic acid dissolved In Just enough water to wet tt all over. Let stand IS or 20 min utes; then rinse In cold water and wash without suds. Tamed Without Being Tanned. Australian Paper "Tlie ,pbiy pre entetl was Shakespeare's 'Tannlni; of lie Shrew." We seem to recall that retrudilo flourished u-iitn icene, but we don't think hp un:, ;iq rouncea the obstreperous ludy.-Uu Do Transcript YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK Nature's Most Wonderful Laboratory and Out-of-Doors Paradise The wildest geysers in the world, dancing amid thousands of boiling springs, their basins arrayed in gorgeous colors like gigantic flowers. Here, too, are hills of sparkling crystals, lillla of sul phur, hills of glass, mountains of every style of archi tecture, Icy or frosted, mountains boiled soft like pota toes and colored like a sunset sky. John Muir, tht? great naturalist. THROUGH SLEEPING CAR DAILY Portland to West Yellowstone ' Operated by the Union Pacific System FIRST CAR LEAVES PORTLAND 5:00 P. M., JUNE 18th Hound trip rail fare from Portland to West Yellowstone $38.26. Sleeping car fare one way $10.80, This does not include the hotel or camp expense while in the Park, which will depend on the length of stay. J. H O'NEILL, Traveling Passenger Agent, with headquarters at 710 Wells Fargo Building, Portland, will be glad to call personally on any one wishing to visit YellowBtono, and arrange all details. Drop him a card, or address.