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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10
CAPITAL FOR FARMING.
Suggestions as to Grange Funds That
Might Prove Valuable.

Among the various activities of the
grange and in addition to all the good
deeds to its credit in past years we
do not remember to have ever heard it
suggested that the surplus funds of
state and national oranges be devoted
in part TO the financial assistance of
worthy, needy farmers. However, the
New England Homestead directs at
tentiOn to the fact that the different
state oranges in New England have
anywhere from $1,000 to $4,000 each
in the treasury which is doing no one
any particular good. The surplus in
creases so fast that in at least one
state grange the executive committee
was in doubt how best to dispose of
the funds. The national grange has
better than 100000 laid awaS.
If our grange readers will get close
to the real rural problems of New
England they will find the lack of
capital one crying need. Then why not
utilize these extra funds to the ever
lasting credit of the grange, the uplift
of agriculture and the encouragement
Of the industrious and worthy farmer
who is struggling along with both
hands tied, simply through lack of
funds to do as well as he knows how ?
Through such work would the grange
find its true mission and 1t would count
more for the principles upon which
the grange was founded than a dozen
sociables, harvest feasts, dancing par
ties. etc. OF course this plan should
be worked out carefully so there would
be no danger of incorporation or
loss Of funds. With that guaranteed
how much better it would be to help
money.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10
National Grange Meeting.

The national grange will convene in
annual session at Atlantic City, n. j.,
on Tuesday, Nov. 10. 1t is probable
that more will attend this meeting
than any previous one in many years.
While there will be no elections this
year. the proportional representation"
question will excite as much popular
interest as the biennial elections ever
do, and Patrons will embrace the op-
portunity to hear the merits and de-
merits of the proposition discussed and
the result determined. Thousands
have become members of the Order
since the last session in the east, and
these will be there in large numbers
to take the seventh degree In the Or
der State masters will inform inquir-
ers where the respective state head
quarters will be.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10
THE FARM WORKER
Dean Bailey Discusses Labor
Problem at New York Fair.

He Believes That Many Farm Labor
ers Who Quit the Farm For the City
Would Better Go-They Can Work
Better In Gangs Under Boss Than
on the Farm, and the City. Needs
Thorn.
Dean L. II. Bailey of Cornell Agri-
cultural college treated the problem of
farm labor from somewhat new
standpoint on grange day at the New
York state fair. He remarked that
the labor problem is not peculiar to
agriculture, nor is it confined to the
United States. 1t is most serious in
regions where there Is the most I'M
employed population. 1t is found in
the south with the colored laborers as
well as In the north. 1t Is due to the
passage OF. slavery and serfdom and
to the rise Of the working classes out
Of their subjugation and also to the
greater amount and variety Of work
in the world. The~rise Of gang work
or organized labor has also much to
do with 1t. Men and women are in
clined TO go where there Is something
doing" from stationary to moving &C.
equations Labor has felt this move
ment and it has been natural and in
evitable that farms should have felt
the effects Of It. Cities and Industrial
ism generally could not develop with
out this class of laborers. In farming,
Professor Bailey continued, there Is
the movement upward to tenants and
owners by those capable to accomplish
1t, and there is the movement down.
ward to tenants and shifters by those
incapable of staying in higher grade.
immigration will not solve the prob
lem. Some immigrants will become
owners or will go back to their own
foreign homes and take their money
with them.
The speaker suggested certain RENE
dies for the labor troubles on the farm,
among which were more continuous
employment, wages to compare better
with the wages in towns and cities,
good housing conditions and a recog-
nized social life for the laborer. While
it is to be regretted that many labor
ers leave the farm for the city, some
of them ought to go. These are they
who watch for the going down of the
sun and the blowing of the whistle
that they may stop work. These men
are fitted for work only in gangs and
under the direction of a boss, but no
such system can be adopted on the
farms. Horses cannot be left half har-
messed to the plow when the dinner
bell rings, nor can the pillow be left ip
the middle of the furrOw. Farm work
ers must have sense Of responsible
ity. With their rights to good wages
and fair hours of labor must go re-
sponsibility to their employer. Organ
izations are well enough, but duties
must accompany rights.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an infamed condi-
ton of the mucous lining of the Eustach-
ian Tube. When this tube is infiamed
you have rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when it is entirely closed,
Deafness is the result, and unless the in
tammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an inf1ammed con.
dition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O..
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10
COLLEGE NOTES.

The college has decided to present a
play at Commencement time again this
year. The play chosen is Peele's "Old
Wives Tale" good example of the
pre- Shakesperian- Elizabethan drama.
The cast has been picked primarily
from the Shakespeare class of last
semester, but some other students are
to take part. The undertaking is in
connection with class in early
Elizabethan drama, to which all the
members of the cast will belong.
The basketball season was continued
Tuesday evening, when the seniors beat
the sophmores 1919, and the freshmen
beat the juniors 1923. barrow, II,
Wray, ~, and Pollard, 10, three of the
regular players, did not play, thus handi-
Gaping their respective teams.
The College Glee club gave concert
in Bristol Wednesday evening in the
town hall under the auspices of the Odd
Fellows.
B. ]. Mulcahy, '07, has been visiting
his brother and his many friends in
town recently.
Andrew Carnegie has pledged 500, 900
towards the fund of 100000 which is
being raised by the college. There re-
mains to be raised only about Sal, 900.
The Alpha Chi Sorority has sent out
invitations for dance on February Is.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10
THE GRANGE
Conducted by
J. W. BARROW. Chatham, N. T.,
Press Correspondent NeiU York State
Grange
GRANGE ANNIVERSARY DEC. a

Suggestion That Greetings Be Sent on
Dec. to Founder o. n. Kelley.
'Father" o. II. Kelley is the only
one of the seven so called founders"
! of the grange still living. He is now
an old man and lives with his wife and
daughter at 2014 Kaloraina road,
Washington. On Dec. we cele-
brate the forty-third anniversary of
( the organization over which he
dreamed so fondly and toiled so cour-
ageously. 1t is a glorious monument to
testimonial Of the mans faith. Moth
ing touches Mr.. Kelley so deeply as to
be reminded that he is not forgotten, as
the work he started still progresses,
and we who are members of this or
ganization, says Miss Jennie Buell., lee
turer Of the Michigan state grange,
would be cold blooded indeed II we did
not often In silence breathe a note of
gratitude for this aged promoter of our
cause. Let us this year put our. greet
ing on a postcard or express our graf
itude in letter and send him as Wis
ible token of our remembrance Of what
he did This greeting, read to the
grange, formally adopted by 1t and
going to him as an expression Of unit
ed fraternal affection, will mean more
; than we can guess to this venerable
patron.
The following bit taken from Mr..
Kelley's account of the early days of
the grange will be Of interest to all
"The grange was started with the
view Of having a fraternity of the
farmers, united all over the United
States. When i started from washing
ton on April 3, 1868, nothing in our
work had been perfected, and it was
fully six years after before we ad
everything in such shape as to bear
scrutiny. In my valise l, as secretary
of the national grange, carried all the
grange property and the entire treas
ury of the institution. This consisted
of a ticket to Harrisburg, Pa. and
$3.50 In money. It is laughable to
think of now. but had the Order on
the brain bad. 1t proved contagious.
| was in very much such a fix as if
in a canoe with one paddle. half mile
from land, with a stiff breeze blowing
offshore and pulling for it. | had to
pull hard for four years before l made
landing. But | got there"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10
Meeting of Traction Company.

At the annual meeting of the stock
holders and directors of the Champlain
Valley Traction company held at the
Addison House Tuesday the following
directors were elected: R. W.-McCuen,
DR.. Blaisdell, o. A. Smith, Frank E.
Allen, w. A. Jennings, C. M. King, S.
E. Smith S. M. Ward and j. C. S.
Hamilton. At the meeting of the di-
rectors, the following officers were
elected: President, Frank E. Allen;
vice president, o. A. Smith; secretary
and treasurer, S. M. Ward During the
meeting lawyer introduced a party
who wanted to buy the stock of this
company and who would build the road
from Vergennes to Fair Haven, provid-
ing he could get the controlling interest
This would connect nine towns by cleo
trio railway. 1t is understood that
there are several other parties in Mas
sachusetts who are DESTROYS of buying
the stock.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10
INSURANCE PREMIUMS.
Changers Must Be In Good Standing
to Make Policy Valid.

AS Patrons fire relief associations
are conducted on the assessment plan,
members Of such associations must be
in good standing in the Order-that is,
all dues must be paid up-in order that
they may secure the benefits of grange
cooperative insurance. Some of the as
sociations Of this kind have a clause
inserted In the policy to the effect that
all dues to the grange must be paid;
otherwise the association will not be
responsible for losses by fire. w. H.
Vary, who is secretary of the Jefferson
County IN. " Patrons Fire Relief
association, says that in their articles
of association 1t is required that a
member must keep in good standing in
his subordinate grange They adhere
rlgidly to these rules.
The grange secretaries usually notify
him Of delinquents or those liable for
suspension. He Immediately calls their
attention to article of the articles Of
association. That, as a rule, Is all that
is necessary and has the desired effect.
In case 1t does not he should immedi-
ately take steps to cancel their policy.
The officers are all agreed that as long
as this Is strictly grange company
all who receive the benefits of the in
surance shall contribute to the sup
port of the grange. This provision
seems to be wise one, as 1t is a very
small matter for a member to keep
square on the books In consideration of
the low rate Of Insurance. he secures
through the grange company.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10
CORN DAMAGED BY MOLD.

tFrom bulletin of Kansas State Agricui-
tural college experiment station.l
dirt, with its accompanying bacteria.
produces typical cases of staggers.
The extract of such corn is rapidly
fatal to rabbits.
Aspergillus tavus, Aspergillus niger
and Rhizopus nigricans molds) have
been found abundantly on the corn
only in localities which lose horses
from staggers.
Corn containing any molds should be
thoroughly cleaned or "hoated" before
feeding.
Mixing corn with bran and oats
seems to lessen the danger.
Treatment to be effective must be
begun early.
During the course of investigations
1t was found that in some localities
cases which were reported as staggers
were in reality typical cases of para
sitism produced In horses by the pail
SADIE worm in the intestines and blood
vessels, the error arising from the sim
ilarity of some Of the symptoms of
the two diseases.
The observations have not been suf-
fciently extensive to determine the re-
lation between staggers and the SO
called cornstalk disease. The latter is
the name popularity applied to many
disorders of the digestive tract in cat.
tie and horses, some of which are
clearly not the result of any poison or
toxin. 1t seems that neither the sea.
sons nor the localities In which many
cattle have died in the stalk fields co
incide with those in which severe out
breaks of staggers in horses have oc
Cured.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10
GARDEN SEED TESTING.
II 10 Important to Know terminating
Qualities of Stock.

AS q rule, American gardeners pay
very little attention to seed testing,
depending mostly upon the seeds they
buy as being strong and fresh. How
ever, very often considerable Quanti-
ties of seed are carried over from one
season to another, and these are of
more value than any new supplies, be-
PAUSE we have proved them by actual
cropping on our land and under our
conditions. Hence it is very impor-
tant to know the terminating qualities
of such stock to avoid losses or delays
There are several methods of seed
testing in common use-placing seeds
between layers of moist cloth, sowing
In sand and sowing into ground. Each
has its proper place and time. How
ever, unleSS a test is carefully carried
out it is worthless. Thus the opera
tor must know the degree of heat and
amount of moisture most suitable. The
same treatment will not do for all.
We must try to get as near as possible
at natural conditions.
We must consider the season. Some
seeds are very difficult to sprout in
winter and the nearer we approach
their NATURAL sprouting season the bet
ter the test, while others again refuse
TO sprout in great heat, such as the
summer months. Thus we see a test
made out of season mag prove entirely
worthless or. worse than that, very
misleading
During the winter months the sand
test is the best. as seeds sprout more
readily in clean sand than in moist
earth. and the sand gives enough root
action to allow us to JUDO OF the
strength of the young plants, which
the moist cloth test does not permit.
The depth at which seeds should be
tested must be decided upon according
to season. Thus in the dark winter
months very little covering is permits
sible, while later on more covering is
needed to allow for higher tempera-
lures and rapid evapOration.-Garde
ing.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10
Poultry Pointers.

One-half teaspoonful of vaseline ano
ten drops of carbolic acid made into q
soft paste with sulphur and rubbed on
the sores is said to be Il sure cure fol
sorehead or chicken pox.
Iron in some form makes a good
tonic. What is called the Douglass
mixture" is used by many poultrymen
1t is composed of sulphate of iron,
eight ounces; sulphuric acid, one-hali
fluid ounce; water, one gallon. Dose
one gill in the drinking water for ev'
cry twenty-five fowls.
Convenient coops for marketing the
chickens will pay not only In the sat
lsfaction that they afford, but In the
greater convenience.
Nothing is gained in hardness by
letting the chickens run out In the
rain, snow or cold winds.
A thorough coating of whitewash
with per cent crude carbolic acid
will settle the mite problem for the
winter.
The cap sheaf of poultry culture is
cleanliness. Cleanliness means that the
poultry houses. yards and surround
lngs should be kept sanitary and fit fol
the fowls to live in.
Warm milk is an excellent feed for
chickens that are sick or of feed In
fact, milk is one of the very best feeds
for chickens of all kinds and at al
times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10

l am particularly glad to speak to
the grange, for I heartily believe in
farmers organizations, and we should
all welcome every step taken toward
an increasing cooperation among
farmers. The Importance Of such
movements cannot be overestimated,
and through such intelligent joint ac-
ton it will be possible to improve the
market just as much as the farm
Utica Grange Day Speech.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

Judicious feeding. proper exer-
else and warm, dry quarters are
the best preventives of rheuma-
tism in hogs.
One of the best preventives of
scratches in horses is to keep
the feet clean. If mud Is per-
mitted to dry on the fetlocks IT.
ritation is likely to ensue.
Swine parasites congregate
around the ears and along the
spine. and If a mixture of lard
and kerosene, half and half, be
dripped on the animals at these
points while they are feeding as
often as lice are seen the para
sites will soon disappear and not
return.
Disorder of the digestive func-
lions afflicts lambs most severe
ly. White scour affects the I'M
weaned lamb. This appears to
be the passing of undigested
milk. Change the ewes feed, pro-
viding poorer hay with ground
oats and corn with a sprinkling
of linseed meal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10
WATER FOR CATTLE.
Drink Should Be Warmed In Winter to
Prevent ChiIls.

Drink Should Be Warmed In Winter to
Prevent ChiIls.
1t is important that the water drunk
by cows giving three or more gallons
of milk daily be warmed to about 90
degrees. Otherwise the cows will not
drink as much as they need to keep up
a good milk flow. 1t does not take
much ice water to chill thin fleshed
COW through and through on a cold
winter day. especially when she Is
compelled to walk some distance
through the snow or a cutting wind to
get to the pond. Experiments at the
Missouri station show that drinking
water is needed In proportion to the
milk yield That is. Il COW giving six
gallons of milk day needs about
three gallons II the water is too cold
to be comfortable If drunk in large
quantities the COW will not drink
enough and as n result will drop con
siderably in her milk yield. When
Missouri Chief Josephine was giving
100 pounds OF milk each day last win
ter she drank daily thirty-one gallons
OF water. Imagine how she would have
suffered II that had been ice water! II
was warmed. however and Josephine
did not chill after drinking. A good
tank heater should be used this win
ter to warm the water for cows. 1t
will nav
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10
STAGGERS INVESTIGATED.
MoIdy Corn Believed to Berthe Cause
of the Deaths of Many Horses.

According to bulletin issued by the
Kansas State Agricultural college ex.
pertinent station, blind staggers. sleepy
staggers, mad staggers, or meningo-
encephalitis has occurred in outbreaks
Of greater or less severity in many
sections Of the United States. In adj
dition, there seems to be a continual
loss of horses from staggers in any
locality in which much corn of an in.
ferior grade is fed. A certain green
corn mold, known scientifically as AS
pergillus glaucus, is blamed.
The contents of the bulletin may be
briefly summarized as follows:
Feeding horses upon immature corn
badly infected with molds and worm
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10

Governor Hughes in his address at
the New York state fair paid the
grange this worthy compliment: "Of
all the organizations of citizens with
which it has been my privilege to
come in contact during the past few
years none has represented "A more
important interest or has been under
more competent leadership than the
state grange Its just influence with
respect to the protection of our agri-
cultural interests is conspicuously
shown both in legislation and in ad-
ministration."
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10

says a correspond
ent of the Orange
Judd Farmer. 1t
is very simple and
requires no outlay
of money for ma =
terials. An old ak
or a broad piece
Of steel with one
sharp edge is bolt
ed to a handle in
the manner shown.
Two holes must
be drilled through
the end opposite
the sharp edge.
The handle ena-
bles the worker to
use the tool with
ease in cutting off
small roots while
digging holes for
fenceposts.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10
"Thrice-a-Week World"

The Register has made arrangements
with the New York World whereby the
Thrice -Week World and the Mid
dlebury Register will be sent to any
address in Vermont for S1.65 a year
payable in advance.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10
To MOthara In This Town.

Children who are delicate, feverish and
cross will get immediate relief from Mother
Gray's Sweet Powders for Children. they
cleanse the stomach, act on the liver and are
recommended for complaining children.
pleasant remedy for worms. >At all Drug.
g!sts. 2jc. sample FREE. Address, A. 8.
Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y. sta
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10

Shake Aliens FootEase in one shoe and
not in the other, and notice the difference
Just the thing to use when rubbers or over
shoes become necessary, and your shoe.
seem to pinch. Sold Everywhere, 26c. Don't
accept any substitute. Sample FREE. Ad
dress, Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, N Y. Sta
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10
Talk things over with the hired
man. 1t will help both you and him.
Value Loss of Silaee Small.

One reason why cornieds should be
turned into the silo is that dried fod
der corn deteriorates rapidly and to-
ward spring becomes hard, brittle and
possesses little palatability. Silage
loses much less than dry corn fodder
and is always relished by the animals
summer or winter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10
Protecting Pipes From Frost.

This diagram illustrates one way Of
protecting water pipes against frost
In the cut is the pipe, b partition
through which the pipe runs, the
water tank, the ground, a wooden
post and G an iron ring. In operation
the post. which may be six to eight
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10

inches In diameter, is split in the mid
die, as shown at e. The center is
followed out slightly in each half
and into this space the pipe fits. The
iron ring at g holds the halves firmly
together. This protection might and
probably would In actual practice con
tinue on through the wall of the build
ing. 1t could be arranged for by set
ting the pipe at greater ANGLE
American Agricultural.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10

Highland grange in Ohio offered a
"big, sweet watermelon" to every one
who brought in an application for
membership during the period Of three
months. Fifty watermelons were
needed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10
For Digging Post Holes.

Any farmer can easily make one Of
the tools shown in the illustration,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-02-10

He Believes That Many Farm Labor
ers Who Quit the Farm For the City
Would Better Go-They Can Work
Better In Gangs Under a Boss Than
on the Farm, and the City Needs
Them.