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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-29

Richard Achilles Ballinge Is so far re-
moved, both geographically and officially.
that he is little heard from nowadays;
but when the reports do come they are
not entirely commendatory to him, as
note the following from the Springfield
Republican: "Ex-Secretary Ballinger in
his public statement upon the decision
on the Cunningham claims wrote the
verdict against himself which many OF
those who had followed the whole case
closely had long been inclined to bring
in against him, although not disposed
to sympathize with the methods of the
attack upon him. To question, as he
has, the moves actuating the decision
IS in effect, to criticize an administra-
ton which stood by him through thick
and thin, and indicates that Mr.. Bal
linger's sensibilities of what is due to
Others are somewhat lacking in fneness.
Had this not been so, it is probable
that his conduct of the interior depart
ment would have been the occasion of
less storm, even if his views of the
law had been unchanged" To turn on
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-29

The agencies which have been at work
to retain for Vermont the Porter Screen
company Of Winooski have apparently
met with success, according to the news
dispatch which announces changes OF
considerable magnitude at the company s
plant. The announcement is one of the
best bits of news which the people of
Vermont in general and Winooski and
Burlington in particular, have heard for
some time, inasmuch as the Porter COM
pany is large employing concern and
its removal to New Jersey would have
meant material decrease in the indus
trial life of the state. The parties who
have been instrumental in influencing
the company to stay in Winooski are
to be congratulated for their efforts.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-29

The tragedy Of killing oneself because
of failure to get a diploma after four
years work can be readily accounted
for by the college graduate who has
ground increasingly for the piece Of
sheepskin and then kept in mental agony
till informed of his success. To 60
through the worry and then be told of
failure is heart.brcaking; and perhaps
Arthur f. Smith, the Harvard senior,
who drank poison under those conditions
cannot be so much blamed for his rash
act. He couldn't bear to see his COM
rades of four years triumphantly grad
uated and himself unhonored.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-29
The Viewpoint.

How would you classify that ardent
agitatorf"
"You can't classify an ardent agita-
tor replied Senator Sorghum. IF he
is on your side OF question he's An
intrepid reformer, and if he's on the
other side he's muckraker. Washing
ton Star.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-29

The dentists of Maine, New Hamp-
shire and Vermont didn't need to go
to the White Mountains to teach the
natives the gentle art of extracting, fos
the natives were already past masters
through lon gpractice on the patient
sojourners in summer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-29

Dartmouth's degree Of LID, for Theo-
dore Newton Vail of Lyndonville, VT,
might have signifed Doctor Of Lines
both telegraph and telephone-and been
very apt too.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-29
Do Your Ears Burn?

Perhaps your wife is talking about you.
She probably realizes that you are not
carrying a sufficient amount of life in
surance.
National Life ms. Co.. Of VT (Mu.
tuall s. S. Ballard, general agent, Law
renee building, Montpelier, Vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-29
Eve for Essentials Only.

Policeman Did you see the number
of the car that knocked you down,
madam
Lady No. but the woman in it wore
beehive hat trimmed with pink chif-
ton And her motor coat was imitation
fur.-Stray Stories.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-29
Jingles and Jests
A Kind-Hearted wife.

"Flies carry filth on their feet, thus
spreading disease
my wife read that. Now she picks
the poor little flies carefully off the
6ypaper, and washes their feet with
violet water Louisville Courier-Jour
nal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-29
Publications..

Us-Come right in, old man, and see
our new baby! There-isnt he great
He--0h, yes! Fine! Well, they say
homely babies grow up to be handsome
that is, you can be thankful r--weil
how much he looks like his mother,
Toledo Blade.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-29

Governor Foss is being criticized for
abolishing lot of military tiap-doodle
and nonsense when he attended commence
ment at Cambridge yesterday. No doubt
some of them criticize Foss for liv-
ing.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-29

@only hotel in the city with yeran-
dahs and shade trees advertises the
Van Ness house in Burlington. Now
watch Max Powell set out forest.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-29

The state Of Utah, in building a new
capitol, will copy after the national
capitol; which is much better than copy
ing after Pennsylvania
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-29
$500
copies, the largest circulation OF any daily
paper in Vermont outside of Burlington.

Now see what happens to the maya
zine trust.N-Montpelier Argus.
To be in style, twill blow, up, OF
course.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-29
HE BARRE DAILY TIMES

Entered at the post Office at Barre az
second-class matter.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27
Did you ever know a poor farm
err to have good fences2 Occa-
sionaIly good farmer has poor
fence, but it doesn't last long.
The Hum of the Hive.

Injury is done beekeepers by spray.
ing fruit trees with poisonous sub
stances before the petals fall.
The use of comb foundation has
made possible the production of
straight brood and extract combs and
marketable comb honey.
It's nice to have your supers all
clean, wit, the foundation fixed in
the frames and sections. When the
bees need them put them on.
Some be"keepers use a trap at the
entrance of the hive. This trap allows
the workers to pass, but catches and
holds the queen when the bees swarm
Did you yer think that an ounce Of
wax is worth nearly 2 cents, that 1t
does not take a very large piece to
weigh an ounce and that there are al
ways q demand and ready sale for it2
If you keep your smoker in the
honey house cut an old five gallon
can in two and rail half Of 1t to the
wall near the door In which to place
the smoker when you have emptied
out the Goals after using it. Should a
few stray sparks remain in it there
will be no danger of them dropping on
to something combustible and starting
q fire.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27

tIiaA IL s-l!ta fs. st:.reP nertIs i cafe,
put also greatly relards tho formation
of dust.
So much has been written and said
pertaining to the great benefits from
the use Of the road drag that many
people beginning the use of it become
discouraged before they are we'll start
ed. They should not feel thus, as it
often takes a whole season for the
road to become properly puddled and
baked to withstand the rains and traf-
fic. After road has been worked with
drag only short time it is not we'll
to expect it to stand up to heavy traf-
fic during a continued damp spell with
out being affected However, it will
take far heavier traffic than most earth
roads receive to more than scuf up
the surface. During the four years
that the writer has observed the road
shown in the Illustrations only once
has it ever become so sofhthat teams
We're not hauling ton and half Of
coal in each load over it. Even in the
fall of 1900 teams were delivering
$500 pounds Of coal at Il load to the
university farm boiler house before
the roads became frozen.
1t is not we'll 10 consider the benefits
from good road us solely confined to
heavy traffic. for there is no doubt
that the time saved to light vehicles
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27

KING ROAD DRAG MADE OF PLANKs.
out doubt the best implement for keep
ing roads in shape and in many in
stances is as efficient as any other i'm
plement in the construction of eartn
roads.
The King drag can be constructed
Of either split log or plank, but in
Nebraska the plank is much easier to
obtain than the log; hence this brief
description pertains to the construction
from planks.
Select good yellow pine. ash or oak
plank two inches thick, twelve inches
wide and fourteen feet long. Cut this
in two at an angle so that one edge
Of each piece is seven feet six inches
long and the other edge is six feet six
inches long. Spike to the back and
along the center Of each of these
planks q two inch by six inch piece,
which re-enforces the plan. Bore the
holes for the cross stakes about twen-
ty-six inches apart and four inches
from each end with two and one-half
inch anger, using care to keep the auger
perpendicular to the plank. The two
inch by four inch brace at the front
end should start from the middle Of
the rear plank and drop to the bottom
part Of the front plank. The blade,
which is generally made Of stock cutter
steel should be given the proper cut
ing slope by placing a wedge shaped
strip between it and the plank. One
end of the chain is fastened to cross
stake, and the other passes through a
hole in the plank and is held in posi-
ton by means of a pin.
The use Of the drag is more salts
factory if the road has first been
crowned with a blade grader, but
whenever this is not convenient and
the traffic is not too heavy the road
may be gradually brought to crown
by means of the drag.
The surface of the average country
road should be covered in one round
with the drag. One horse should be
driven on the inside Of the wheel
track and the other on the outside, the
drag being set by means Of the chain
SO that it is running at an angle OF
forty-fve degrees with the wheel track
and working the earth toward the
center of the road. In the spring,
when the roads are more likely to be
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27
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FARMERS OBJECT LESSON.

Increased Yield Per Acre Should Be
Their Objective Point.
If the man who makes two blades OF
grass grow where only one grew be-
fore is a public benefactor, as the
philosopher said. the Hon. Martin V.
Calvin. secretary of the Georgia State
Agricultural society, is entitled to still
higher praise. Since he began to farm
in 1878 he has been working to induce
southern farmers to center their
thoughts and energies on "a larger
yield per acre at smaller cost of pro-
duction."
In a recently issued booklet, from
which the accompanying picture is
taken, Mr.. Calvin said:
a year ago l instituted compari-
son between the corn production Of
the nine cotton states and nine eastern
and western states. The figures used
related to the gross production of corn
in those states. 1t was shown that the
nine cotton states produced millions Of
bushels more corn than the great east
ern and western states mentioned. 1t
seemed to be absolutely incredible, but
there were the official figures.
1.-THE nine cotton states. in addition
to producing 9.G46.7S0 bales of cotton,
weighing 500 pounds each. 2,oOO,OOo
tons of prime hay and many other
crops of value. made and gathered into
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27

While pocket gophers are quite gen
orally distributed over the western two
thirds Of the United States, the dam
age they inflict to crops and trees IS
perhaps most serious in those sections
of the west where summer rainfall is
limited and where natural heritage.
which usually forms portion OF their
bill of fare, is scarce. The under
ground habits Of the rodent are SO
familiar as hardly to need description
The methods of destruction are chiefly
by means of traps and poison. The
ordinary steel traps give good results
by placing in the main tunnel Se'
eral types of special gopher traps art
preferable because they Kill the am
NAL at once. Of poisons which hav.
been used strychnia sulphate IS the
most effective and is made as follows
Dissolve an ounce of the poison i'll
quart of boiling water and add a
quart of thick sugar sirup, mixing
thoroughly This amount is enough to
poison thirty-fve pounds OF barley OF
wheat or thirty pounds Of green al
falfa. If the latter is used more wa
ter is added When the bait has been
prepared it can be inserted into th'
gopher tunnels through holes mad.
with spade handle shod with met
al point and having metal bar 70;
the foot about fifteen inches from the
point. For loose soils pointed stick
will serve the purpose. Where the
soil is too hard for prod spade viii
be needed in digging 10 the tunnels.
In studies which have been made by
the biological survey of the natura
enemies Of the gopher a very high
value is placed on the barn owl, the
great blue heron, badgers, skunks,
weasels and snakes, and of the last
named enemies the Pacific bull snake
Is considered most valuable. al Of
these gopher enemies are stanch
friends Of the grain aud i?uit ranch
rlan and should be accorded hir; pro
lection at all times.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27
Live Stock Notes.

Protection from stormy and inclem-
ent weather will make feed go further
Glover and skimmilk are almost in
dispensable in the ration of the grow
ing pig.
Provide a clean, dry bed and never
allow a horse to lie on bare boards or
stand in wet manure.
Save all Of the garden beets that are
not needed for the table and for can
ming to feed your pigs and dairy cows.
The ideal sheep pasture is blue grass
and white clover. 1t makes the driest,
closest sod, and dry land is best for
sheep.
1t never pays to starve colt. Thir-
ty bushels of oats will cost about $40
and be worth twice that much to any
well bred colt in the winter.
Sows that come from prolific fami-
lies are more certain to inherit those
qualities and become good mothers
than those that descend from families
shat are less prolific.
Here is an excellent recipe for a
thoroughly good disinfectant white
. wash for the stable: Crude carbolic
acid in the proportion of one pound to
five gallons of fresh water slaked lime
wash. If possible apply with q spray
ing apparatus.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27

The Alabama experiment station
finds that sorghum pasture for fat
tening hogs has very little to recon-
mend it. When used with corn it
gave better gains than corn alone, but
the gains We're not profitable when the
sorghum was cut and carried to the
hogs. They made better gains when
allowed to Craze it. Excellent gains
were made when the juice was ex-
tracted and fed, but for this purpose
the price was worth but is cents a
gallon. The expense of extracting the
Juice prohibits its use. In every case
sorghum was much inferior to the
legumes, and since it left the land
poorer it's use for hogs was discour-
aged where legumes could be grown.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27

HEALTHY MILLET HEAD AND ONE AFFECT
ED BY SMUT.
Photograph by Iowa State college agri-
cultural stationl
the millet growing sections Of Europe.
1t was probably imported to this coun-
try in seed brought from Germany.
Professor Pammel finds that the dis
ease can be prevented by soaking the
seed for two hours in solution of
one pound of formalin to forty-five
gallons of water.
The claims of millet as an impor-
tant soiling food rest upon the fact
that it is a good milk producing food,
that it yields well on good land. that
it may be grown as catch crop and
in hot weather in some instances after
another crop has been harvested.
It's weak point us Il soiling crop is
the short season during which it can
be fed.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27
Don't grow common fruit-that
is, common, ordinary grade. There
is always demand for fine varie-
ties in the mari ets.
Poultry Pointers.

Give geese a good pasture and pond
and they will take care of themselves
with little feeding.
Provide convenient nests and keep
them clean. Soiled eggs usually find
an unsatisfactory market.
Hens that lay soft shelled eggs may
be helped by little more vegetables
or green food and oyster shell.
Young ducks should be ready for
market at ten weeks old. There is no
profit in feeding them after that,
Never change to new breed simply
because eXtravagant claims are given.
It is better to try to improve the old
ones.
Do not forget that the hens will need
plenty Of grit to help grind up the
food. If plenty of grit is not avail
able provide it for them.
Treatment for rCup: One ounce per-
manganate Of potash to three pints of
water for submcrging the head. For
drinking purposes dilute one pint Of
the above mixture in three or four
pints Of water.
The dust bath is one of the most
necessary things that go to make up
fowls life to rid it of lice. If the
hers get the dust bath outdoors in the
summer and it is good for them, then
we must provide it Indoors In the
winter.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27

rutty and soft, it is generally better to
go over the road twice and in some
places oftener.
The drag should be floored with
boards which are separated by open
spaces of sufficient width so that the
dirt which falls over will rattle
through, and yet they should be close
enough so that the driver can move
about upon the drag quite freely.
To insure the successful operation
of the drag it is necessary for the
driver to use careful Judgment. Some
times it is essential that the blade be
held down so that the drag will cut
roots and weeds, while at other times
the front edge should not bear too
heavily upon the surface, as it Will
dig out soft place which would be
better If left undisturbed. This regu-
lation of the cutting edge can be ac-
complished by the driver moving back
and forth or to the right and left on
the drag.
i, If the road is to be crowned with
the drag it is often we'll to plow a
light furrow along the sides and work
this loosencd dirt to the center. On
roads with heavy traffic the drag
should be used much oftener and with
more care than on roads with light
traffic.
! The distance from the drag at which
the team is hitcbed affects the cutting.
A long hitch permits the blade to cut
deeper than a short hitch: likewise a
heavy doubletree Will cause the cut
ting edge to settle deeper than light
one.
There are very few periods Of the
year when the use of the drag doea
not benefit the road. but it does the
best work when the soil is moist and
yet not too sticky. This is frequently
within half days time after a rain.
When the earth is in this state it
works the best, and the effects of work.
ing it are fully as beneficial as at any
other time. The Nebraska soils when
mixed with water and thoroughly
worked become remarkably tough and
to rain, and if compacted
in this condition they become extreme
ly hard. This action Of the soil in be-
coming so hard and smooth not only
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27
Use of the Weeder,

The weeder is a very useful tool in
the cultivation of potatoes when prop
erly used. 1t should be run crosswise
Of the rows after each cultivation as
long as the size Of the plants will per-
NIT. 1t helps to pulverize the surface
and destroys many Of the weeds in the
rows where they cannot be reached
with the cultivator, thus making hand
hoeing less necessary. Some growers
continue to use the weeder lensthwise
of the rows after the plants are too
large to permit running it crosswise by
removing some of the teeth from d.
rectly over the row.-American Guilt
yator
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27

There has been recently found In the
wilds of Wyoming-a section that has
yielded some of the most ancient forms
Of animal life-the skeleton Of horse
which seems to have been but a trifle
larger than a fox terrier. The speci-
men has four toes and is considered
the oldest ancestor of the horse Of TO-
day ever found in the western hemi-
sphere. The skeleton was discovered
by an exploring party sent out by the
American Museum Of Natural His
tory, and it is considered a rare prize
from the standpoint of the scientific
interest which attaches to 1t.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27

Calcium chlorico For Preventing Dust.
The Houston CreX.l. lost has the fol-
lowing discussion of dust preventive:
Second in importance only to the
construction of good roads themselves
is the solution Of the dust problem.
Automobile traifi" has had revolu-
tionary cffcrt upon road building. and
has taxed the utmost energies Of road
engineers throughout the world to
cope with the new conditions which
have arisen. The dust that IS raised
by a rapidly moving machine is disa-
greeble and annoying not only to other
users of the highway as well as the
occupants of automobiles following in
the waTe of the car ahead but also
the residents along the road. The only
real and permanent solution OF the
problem is the construction Of binder
that will not yield to the effects of au-
tomobile traffic Oil and tar together
with various other preparations have
been tried out, and especially abroad,
with only fair successful most cases
their application is expensive and their
effects disagreeable. The greatest sat
isfaction from all standpoints has
been obtained both in the United
States and abroad from the use Of CAL
cium chloride. 1t is the cheapest Of all
layers, with the exception Of water,
and in some cases is much more eco
nomical than the latter when the cost
of dust prevention for the whole sea-
son is taken into consideration. One
of its greatest advantages Is that it
Is clean and absolutely odorless. m
fact, it seems to have been demonstrate
ed that calcium chloride can be used
with profit on frequently Travelled
highways.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27

For the housewife who may not be
acquainted with the recipe it may be
worth knowing that rust and mildew
spots on white goods may be removed
by moistening the spot with lemon
juice, sprin!liilg thick with salt aud
exposing to the sunshine for Il couple
of hours.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27

Dry and clean sleeping quarters not
only for dairy cows, but for hogs. are
to be commended not only from the
standpoint Of the comfort but also the
health Of the animal, and in the end
this means cold cash for the owner.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27

OF CoRNsTALK TAKEN IN
THE FIELD.
spacious barns over 100000 bushels
of corn more than the eastern and
western states.
THAT is very. gratifying fact BUT
the general average yield per acre Of
those states was 30.3 bushels, while
the general average yield of the nine
cotton states was only 1874 bushels.
mark that fact. 1t locates the weak
spot in our armor. 1t tells us that we
need not increase our corn acreage one
inch. What we need to do, what we
must and can do, is to INCREASE
OUR AVERAGE YIELD PER ACRE"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27

bar must have a pin through it at the
proper place to catch the latch and
prevent its being thrown clear over
when the gate is closed with force.
A piece Of gas pipe may be substituted
for the iron bar in the post. If desir-
able a small piece Of hoop iron can be
nailed upon the end of the gate board
which engages the latch and thus pre-
vent wear This, however, is not nee
essary. This latch is the invention Of
r. J. Linscott of Holton, Kan.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-01-27

THE SAME Road AFTER THREE YEARS
DRAGGING.
and ;he greater pleasure derived from
their use over good roads far sur
pass the economy in heavy hauling.
While driving over we'll crowned,
smooth roaa the team does not have to
follow the usual rut, no Stacking has
to be made for irregularities in the
surface. and II matters not whether
one or two horses ire being driven.