Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 12, 1917, Page 9

ees? sw © Se SL Sa Oe ee. MAKE SUSCESS IN BREEDING LIVE STOCK PRIZE STOCK ON EXHIBITION AT STATE FAIR. (From the United States Department of Agriculture.) There are some sections of the coun- try ‘iat have become noted for the quality of the lve stock they pro- duce. In most instances this is found to be the result of concentrated ef- fort. The state of Wisconsin offers a splendid illustration of what can be accomplished through community breeding associations. Here are to be found 136 organizations devoted to the breeding of high-class live stock. Of this number, 108 are promoting cattle of the different dairy breeds; 2, beef cattle; 10, horses; 2, swine; and 14, general live stock. These associations have met with marked success and prove conclusively that community live-stock breeding is not an experi- ment when thoroughly organized and properly conducted. Livingston coun- ty, Michigan, aad a considerable sec- tion of New York, particularly the re- gion adjacent tu Syracuse, are famous for their dairy -attle. In Iowa promi- nence has been gained in swine rais- ing. The blue grass region of Ken- <y, noted as the center of American ddle-horse breeding, affords a fur- example ox the success resulting 1 unity of effort and purpose, re are still other sections where ntion is being given to the pro- lon of the different classes of live Each is noted as a breeding , and buyers who pay the high- est prices are attracted from other states and even foreign countries. Leader Is Necessary. The organization of a community or co-operative live stock breeders’ asso- ciation requires the services of a lead- er, as do all movements that-have for thelr object the improvement of un- satisfactory conditions, The leader in an enterprise of this kind should be one of the successful breeders of the community—naggressive as well as progressive. With such a man at the head of the movement, little trouble should be experienced in Interesting others and securing their co-operation. A preliminary organization should be effected, a committee appointed to draft a constitution and by-laws, and a definite breed selected which the asso- ciation is to promote. The selection of a breed is of great importance. If the best results are to be gained, individual taste should be disregarded and a breed selected which bas proved profitable In the unity. The action taken in this pect should be unanimous, and effort should then be made in g the type of stock to which sization is committed, When Young Purebred Hereford. the breed has "been decided upon, the first step is to procure a number of Sure purebred sires of that breed to be mated with the females owned by the members. If there are a few g00d privately owned sires already in the community they can be put out for Service and the expense divided on a bro rata basis. If additional sires are found neces- Sary, it should be possible for the as- Soclation to secure them at a consider- able saving In price through the selec- ton of a committee of competent men suthorized to make the purchases, It will in some cases be advisable to have a qualified veterinarian as one Member of the committee. Placing Sires. At the opening of the breeding sea- jon the sire should be placed at the most convenient points and put in the hands of capable and efficient men who understand the breeding question and who will take proper care of the animals in their charge. After each Second season it may prove advisable ‘o change or shift the sires. This will allow each breeder to procure the service of a new sire and at the same time make it posdible to determine which are the best producers so that those not making good can be dis- posed of. A sufficient number of the best fe- males from the successful sires should be retained, and in some cases male offspring may be put into service in the neighborhood. This will obviate the necessity for any further exten- sive purchases and give a constant sup- ply of good blood and uniform quality. In addition, it will provide an adequate number of animals to take the place of those that die, are injured, or sold. The serviceable sires crossed with the fe- males retained will be of incalculable value in the continued production of | animals of outstanding merit. Lack of Uniformity. | One of the reasons for the lack of | uniformity in the quality of our live haat lala stock is the fact that many of our in- é the man originally | ing second for W: THE BILLY EVANS SOLVES BASEBALL PROBLEMS (Written Especially for This Paper by the Famous American League Umpire.) Harry Niles and a recruit first baseman figured In a funny play Niles at the time was a member of the Boston Red Sox. He has since drifted out of the The first baseman was a big fellow se- cured by the Boston club for a try-out from one of the Coast league teams. play will ever happen again in any league, the big league in particular. With Boston at the bat, the recruit first base- man had reached first bec: Niles, the next batter, hit a long fly to right field. jessler was playing right field for Washing- As Niles tore madly for first base, he made up at Washington several years ago. big league. “Doe ton. his mind that ¢ catch, certain that the ball would not be caught, passed the base runner between first and second, not eve: he always ran with his informed the recruit touch him out, was out at the time, you been in charge of the game? instantly out. of no purpose. him. Once h dividual farmers and breeders have | HOCKEY MAKES NEW FRIENDS not adhered to one type or breed of sire. example of the need of organization. With the organized community many advantages are to be gained. First of | all, greater interest will be taken in The results provide a striking | Limited Accommodation Has Prevent- ed Growth Comfhensurate With Sport—Baker Missed. Hockey has long been recognized as the proper methods of breeding, feed- | °N® of the best of the winter competi- ing, etc., with the result that a definite | ('ve games, und only limited accommo- community type will be established | and the members will work together in maintaining that ideal. United action is brought about in the prevention and | eradication of disease, combined ac- tion along this line being far more ef- | fective and economical than individual effort. The good effect of combined action on the part of the breeders of | a community in preventing the spread | of such a disease as hog cholera for instance, can readily be appreciated. Much can be accomplished mm a sim- ilar manner in stamping out conta- gious diseases among other classes of live stock, and by the adoption of prop- | er sanitary methods further outbreaks in the community can be avoided. A | reputation for sound,’ healthy stock is a most desirable and valuable asset. TAGGING OF SHEEP IS IMPORTANT WORK Operation Is Simple and Consists of Placing Animal on Side and Removing Wool. (By R. H. WILLIAMS, Professor of Ant- mal Husbandry, University of Arizona.) All good shepherds in Europe tag their ewes. The operation is simple and consists of placing the sheep on its side and by means of a hand shears cutting away the soiled wool and ma- nure which may have accumulated nround the rear end. Anyone can per- form this work and it is an especially good method of keeping the sheep clean and sanitary, and also one will | have less trouble at lambing time for the lambs will more easily find their | way to the nipple if the tag ends have | been clipped from around the udder. | Very often young lambs will get a lock of wool in their mouths instead of the teat, and they often suck in dangerous amounts of wool which accumulate in the stomach, and often cause death. It is probable that quite a large per- centage of the mortality in very young lambs comes from this source. It will pay best to tag the ewes, but many shepherds also tag the wethers, rams and lambs. One will find that the work of shearing is so much clean- er, and can be performed more rapidly so that there is not much additional work. When it comes to selling the wool, one will easily secure more mon- ey for a clip that has been taken from a well-tagged sheep, and in the future, when wool Is bought on its merits, this is bound to be an economic ad- vantage. TOTAL CROP YIELDS IN 1916 Estimated Production of Important Products in United States Com- pared With Last Year. The total production of important products this year in the United States compared with last year is estimated as follows: Corn, 89 per cent; wheat, 60.1 per cent; oats, 79.8 per cent; bar- ley, 77.4 per cent; rye, 85.1 per cent; buckwheat, 88.4 per cent; potatoes, 83.7 per cent; sweet potatoes, 91.2 per cent; tobacco, 113.4 per cent; flaxseed, 111.3 per cent; rice, 114.6 per cent; hay (all tame), 101.1 per cent; clover hay, 108.8 per cent; cotton, 104.0 per. cent; apples, 86.3 per cent; peaches, dation has prevented a mensurate with the standing of the sport. The new Amateur s league is likely to have an important bearing on the future of the sport, as it will provide ready-made players to recruit the coll nd club ranks, and do away in a large measure with one of the old evils—the importation of Canadian crack players to maintain the playing strength of the American teams. Seven teams have entered for the enstern championship. Hobey Baker, the most performer in the history of growth com- spectacular the game, Hobey Baker, Hockey Star. will be missing from the sport this year, having moved to Philadelphia, but the fact that he has put himself outside the sphere of league activities will likely add a greater interest’ to the sport. There is a chance that Baker, unable to rest content without a team, will organize one at Phila- delphia and enter the fray. BUG PICKS DETROIT TO WIN Man Who Predicts Tigers Will Carry Off Pennant Is Locked Up by Police Authorities. A man was found wandering about the outskirts of Detroit recently, pro- claiming that the Detroit Americans would win the pennant in 1917. The police promptly took him into custody, alleging that he was insane. He was de- tained pending Investigation to deter- mine whether his condition was caused 58.2 per cent; pears, 90.9 per cent; su-| hy the 1916 pennant race or by ex- gar beets, 115.3 per cent. posure. -Detroit Journal. He decided that the hit ought to be good for hree bases and, possibly, for a home run. The base runner was not so sure that Gessier would not make the catch, so he played it safe, stunding midway be- tween first and second to await developments. head high in the air. Gessler did not make the catch and as Niles slid across the plate, on first reached second. hington, and to complicate things all the more, he that he was ont. walked off the bag, whereupon Delehanty, getting the ball, tried to He failed, and after much running up and down, the recruit managed to slide back into first without being touched. while standing on the bag, he was touched by “Bob” Unglaub. What would you have ruled on the two plays had Answer to Problem. When Niles passed the runner between first and second he was All that he did after he passed the other runner was Imagine how he felt when, instead of getting credit for a home run, he learned that he was out, reached second and then stepped off, believing he was out, and then finding such was not the case, and not being able to regain second, got safely back to first before being touched, was out when touched, The fact that he was standing on the bag when touched did not protect ving touched second, that base became his station, first base no longer offering him any protection. (Copyright by the Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) CASPER DAILY TRIBUNE SSS ge Yo oneness eS I seriously doubt if a like use of a dropped fly ball. er would not be able to make the Niles, who was dead knowing that he had done so, for Jim Delehanty was play- The recruit, believing him, Later, One The recruit who had SPORTING WORLD Most boxers try to talk themselves into championships, ** Boxing and football go by different names—they are so similar. sae Amateurs in sport play for exer A lot of professionals play for “lov “ee In winter league baseball the play- ers use a hammer instead of a bat. caves The way some players handle a base- ball you'd think it was a hand grenade, se. Cold weather has forced the Coruell oarsmen into the gymnasium for the winter. - Serer. If every All-American football team sded a coach there would be no more mployed. oe * Louisville will entertain the 1917 National Association of Professional Baseball Clubs, ee Dario Reste may retire from the racing game. He may re-tire in time for the next race, Pe ees Tennis is the only sport in which a player can raise a racket without dis- turbing the peace. ore Whenever they speak of an athlete “running like the wind” they must mean he Is blowing hard, “ee * Max Flack, the Cubs’ outfielder, made but two errors in 193 chances for 136 games last season. se We hear on good authority that El- mer Oliphant will make the 1917 All- American if he attends Yale. ee Some fighters are just like rubber balls, except that when they are knocked down they don't bounce. i Another light winter exercise may be found in sneaking up on yourself and looking at the back of your neck. se Nate Lewis, manager of Charlie White, has added Johnny Coulon, the former bantamweight champion, to his stable. ses Jimmie Coffey says Sam Robideau used lead in his gioves when he knocked him out. It always feels like that, Jimmie. ore ie The fine gridiron work «f Howard Berry during the season just closed has set at rest the rumors that the Penn star lacked gameness. cee Charley Ebbets hrs passed up New- ark and in the future will use the Oak- land Pacific coast league club as a farm for the Brooklyn players. -_. As Noah had two of every kind ot bird, he must have had two college football _cheer-leaders—which was tough on Noah and the rest of the anl- mals. ene Boxers are funny birds, They'll squabble and quarrel for months, and then, when they've finally got together and settled their’ differences, they fight! eee Another Fed who bung on with the majors by a hair has passed to the mt- nors. The Cincinnati club has sold Pitcher Schulz to the Toledo Ameri- can association club. REL E EAE EEA A LEELA LEASE ARAL A EAE EEE AEA ARLE bt | ago served as mayor King Consfantine is one of the strangest figures of the present upside- down time. Hardly three years ago he was the idolized hero, king of a re- born, united Greece, and aow— King Constantine’s character is brusque and stubborn. To a remark- able degree Is he vold of that superior Intelligence and conquering amiablility which characterized the late King George, and which helped him lead the Nttle country through many trying and difficult years to robust de opment, extension and honored position. From his very childhood the pres- ent king, like his queen (the kaliser’s sister), has shown a dangerous lack of self-control, His fits of uncontrollable tempests of rage were always a source of concern to his parents, brothers and sisters. And the outburst did not grow less as years passed by—on che con- trary. On the other hand, the king is be- ing praised for his great loyalty, for faithfulness toward friends and for his kindly behavior toward the soldiers he has often led to victory. A handsome and manly appearance, a courageous, energetic general, a man whose unusu- ally hard and sullen face is at times lit up by an almost boyish smile that leaves big dimples in his yellow face. “His majesty is a sort of human | Journalist after an audience with the king. cocktail,” remarked an American LABOR’S MAN IN WAR CABINET Representing labor in Premier Lloyd-George’s war cabinet is Arthur Henderson, minister without portfolio, who has risen from the state of an ordinary day worker to this high place. Arthur Henderson was a Glasgow lad who served his apprenticeship as molder in the great steamship works of Robert Stephenson & Co, at Newcas- tle. What education he has was ob- talned at night after his day's work was done. He never had the advan- tage of an elementary education in schools. He went Into local politics as a young man at Newcastle, was a mem- ber of the city council and 12 years the little town of Darlington, near weastle, which proved a stepping stone that same year to the house of commons, He never touches alcohol and is an active work- er in the Wesleyan church, Last year he became secretary of education in Asquith’s cabinet. Henderson has the heart and the unpretentious manners of the class into which he was born and as well the instincts of conservative Judgment and refinement of taste which make him, on the one hand, per sonally likable whether with the high Or the low, and, on the other han¢, extremely susceptible to the subtle appeal of responsibility in political office und of the charm of cultivated society. Henderson is broad of view and courageous jn the counsel he gives the workers in relation to the war. That he will develop into another John Burns, quite alienated from the principles of the workingman which he formerly avowed, Is considered probable, though he will doubtless retain the plain life of his youth. CLARA RUTH MOZZER Clara Ruth Mozzer, attorney and former newspaper girl, recently ap- pointed assistant attorney general in Colorado, is the first woman in the country to hold that position. Her ap- pointment by the attorney general elect, Leslie E. Hubbard, was the re- sult of a campaign on the part of Colo- rado women, and she even obtained the indorsement of Mrs. Hubbard, wife of the appointing officer. Miss Mozzer, when she passed her legal examination In 1915, was the youngest woman ever admitted to the bar in Colorado. When only thirteen she sold signed articles to the Sunday magazine section of the Shbringfield (Mass.) Republican. At the age of fifteen, when a junior in the high school, she attracted atten- tion by organizing settlement work in the Jewish settlement of West Denver. She was graduated from the Bast Den- ver high school, took her bachelor of arts degree at Denver university and graduated in law from the University of Colorado. Friends await her exhibition of prosecuting ability enthusiastically. When the great world war started in August, 1914, it meant a great deal more work for Uncle Sam, postmaster, It meant that he would have to study over the midnight oil for a long time figuring out how to get the mails delivered safest, quickest, and cheap- est, to the belligerent nations. There was a ring of steel about Germany— how would she gut her American mail? Holland, the Scandinavian countries, Turkey, all wanted mall, quick and un- impaired. In the postal service, however, was & man who was trained to take care of emergencies of this character. A quarter of ‘a century of work in Uncle Sam’s division of foreign mails had fitted Robert L. Maddox for just such work, and for the last three years he has been amazing the higher postal officials by the efficiency with which mails were dispatched to belligerent countries. Twenty-five years ago Mad- ‘lox entered the post service as a clerk at $1,000 a year. ‘Today he is super- intendent of foreign mails, and has to look after the dispatch of postal matter across the water to the nations battling so vigorously. Nor is this all he ts interested In. He is on a mission to the Isthm us of Panama, to arrange for greater expedition and safety in the handling of America, yralls to South |