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Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-02-09

acre would mean annual increases OF
100000 and 1000 900 bushels resp&c'
-tivvis- When oss corsiders that tbs
use OF carefully selected seed viii not
only increase production one buihsl
per acre but will easily render possible
the enormous Importance Of universal
knowledge concerning tho value OF
pure grain seed is evident.
Importance Of Proper Curing.
When taken from the stalk. corn
usually contains from 20 to 90 per cent.
Of moisture, which, unless reduced to
10 or 12 per cent, is likely to injure
the quality ofsthe seed. In the north.
ern states, where the seasons are short.
We md the most convenient way OF
riddinG the corn OF this excessive
moisture is by the We OF artificial
heat.
Corn should never be placed against
the south side OF q building where
there is likely to bs strsnI sunlight,
a the rays Of the sun viii ih!urs the
vitality Of the sea oe the sils Il the
ear turned toward Tie SuA. II cara u
cured By hanging uAtsr . porch Or un-
der the roof OF the corn crib. Il should
be stored away In soms dry room
where It will not absorb moisture from
the outside atmosphere before hard
freezing weather begins.
Home Curing osvIsss
Where kitchen or furnace room can
b used for curing corn small hanging
devices may be used for the holding Of
the corn. A simple and practical
method is to use cord. tying the sarr
90 they are q safe distance apart FOL
drying. Another device 10 to use dou
BILE cord, placing ears between them &C
they can be held securely and hung or
. nail or hook BY loop.
An attic which can be ventilated
and has a chimney passing through It
or 10 directly over = heated room. sC
that It can be kept At fairly uniform
/ temperature through the winter, 10 al
exceedingly good place TO cure corn
TsstIns seed csrr.
Each ear OF corn ihould be tsstst
before planting and all ears rsjsets,
that do not terminate and show lael
Of yisor or vitality. Fifteen avsraE
ears OF corn will plant one acre. usinI
four kernels to the hill. placing tn
corn three and onehAlf feet apart be
tween the rows.
The most perfect seed ears hAvinI
kernels OF a uniform width should b.
used for seed. These should DO "a
lected from the store room and lGl,
out on Il floor or on tables to b.
convenient for making the teSt Car
should be taken TO place the ears IN
building where they will not be dis
turbed during the period OF the test
otherwise, II disarrenged before con
parison can be made, the results vii
be for naught.
The ears should bo arranged in sst
tions OF tens to correspond with tn
: ,ections in the seed tester, which Al
: usually In tens A nail should be drive
between each section and the variou
z sections. as well as each indivldui
!, ear OF each section, numbered. At lSAi
: four kernels sometimes six are take
l singly from different parts OF each es
] and placed directly In front OF the o.
i from which taken, until kernels hay
been removed from all ears
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-02-09

Who are hustlers and will not
shirk,
Ny address is Lexington, but If
you can't write me,
Address Chalker Portrait Co.,
Knoxville, Tennessee.
J. F. Hamilton, a Morgan Boy.
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cO,yrirht. lpIo. b. W....rn N,r,p.,.r r.i..

OAieA
Tho preferable device for testing 1,
boz 1OrlO inches square and usually
six inches in depth. Sawdust IL an OK
celient material to uGs a. a KermIna
ZION bed, but It should FIRST be boiled in
water In order to kill bacteria or
mo!oS The sAWdust should be placed
IN the box about three inches deep and
should be moist but not soEry.
piece OF good muslin upon which
twoinch squares have been drawn
with an indslibls pencil and numbered
TO correspond with the sections and in.
oividual ears to be tested, ID pulled
tightly over the sawdust and tackod Sc
eurely to the sides Of the box. Tho
Kernels OF corn taken from car No. 1
are put into square No. 1 and from ear
No. In square No. Z. until ell are
used. A plain ne,stened cloth is placed
over the kernels ana ynislin sack
made for the purpose And'--kSrtially
nllsd with sawdust about two Inches
thick is placed on top OF tho cloth and
pressed down firmly over the corn.
Tho tsstsr should then be placed
where II will be held at ordinary room
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-02-09

The death knsll OF scrub stock
whether animals or plants, is sounding
var and wide Where formerly scrubby
'arent stock was once commonly used.
10Y are gradually but surely declining
popularity. The farmer ID awaken.
..htto the value of good blood. In the
live stock industry breeders have sdu.
Gates tho general farmer to an apprsci.
alton Il the benefits and greater prot.
it, possible through careful selection
and mating of pursbrsl foundation
stock. State Nsyislation has aided in
the eradication Tet scrub and grade
stations. Public sSntimsnt has cheap
snsd the srstwhils pop slsrity q scrub
ana grade bulls, boars and RAGS. but
only recently has the farmers attsq,
tion been directed to the careful sslsc-
tion and testing Of all his seed grains
and the use OF only purs-brsd strains
Of grains in his crop rotation.
BY Increasing the production Of corn
In the United States one bushsl per
acre an annual increase OF 1i6,ooo, 900
bushelS would result. To augment the
cat and barley yields one bushsl per
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-02-09

i.saDs, -:cre or a litte warmer. During
the day tho sA rt'.Lt reaches a temper.
Ature which u holts during tee night.
even thousRtne OUTSIDE tempsratufs
drops several degrees the termination
bed will be fairly constant.
Aftsr nvs or seven days have elapsed
the sawduEt pack should be removed
and the cloth, rolled back upon the
corn. being careful not TO disturb the
Kernels underneath. Tie kernels
should be inspected to note II any have
absolutely failed. II Iaeh kernel has
put forth both root and growing point,
and the vigor or vitality shown in the
termination. All reed which does not
serminats should be rejected.
Before shslllnE the seed. remove the
butts ana tips. Gs these grains are Of
different shape and will neither plant
uniformly nor give a uniform Esrmina.
uon. II the butt and tip kernels are
planted at all they should not be used
with the middle ksrnsls, but sAsuh ss
planted ~ themselves.
3 Testing eaaaii Sss1s.
The prospective sssl buyer sAouA
nrst send 10 the seed dealer for = sam
pie Of small seeds, such a. alfalfa
clover. etc. upon which he can max,
. termination test. A simple sect
tsst can readily be arranged. TAX,
two tin plates, one . little larger thar
the other cut a piece OF cotton nsnns
to At In the larger plate. soak the nan
mel in water. then squeeze out the sur
plus water. and put the flannel In tn,
larger Of these plstea. Then place 1oI
or more sssds in this plate. cover th,
seeds with = similar pad. well moiS,
snsd with water. and then cover witt
the smaller tin to retain the moisturs
The tester should then bs placed Il
some convenient place where the ten
peraturs ranges from 10 to so degree
Fahrenheit.
The tsIter should be examined ever
"a hours TO zee that the pads do no
become too dry. It 10 advisable I
loosen up the lower pad occasionall
to let In oxygen. which will aid in IN
termination OF the seed. In about thre
days tho seed will begin to Eerminat
and At the end Of ave days they shoul
all be EerminRted.
Good seed should give 4 Esrmlnatin
test Of at lesst oo to s5 per cent. be
tor atill n n reachas Inn NJ ciov.
seed should be EoWn that does not tee
at least so per cent.
Danger Of Weeds.
Purchnted seeds may bo the mean
, OF bringing uoXious weeds which
, once established upon the farm. resul
, in serious losses or great expense I
=. eradicate The annual losses cause
by weeds on the farms OF this countr
+. need more serious consideration tha
/ has thus iar been given to the sublec
We have evidence which shows certai
!. portions OF the country to be intecte
. with weeds to an extent that makes
. very advisable to carry on dete
, mined warfare to eradicate them. II
/, many years those Interested in scie
4 tihc ana permanent agriculture ha,
:, considered he menace OF weeds an
: have Issued warnings against ther
> This carly work dealt almost Who'll
= with preventive measures, large
= slouE the lire Of seed inspection to /
sure clean rcd
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-02-09

Drutes. a reward OF 81, co.. was
Immediately offered for his ap-
prehension.
April, IL. A family of emf
grants, II in all, while crossing
an extensive prarie, in the wes-
tern part Of Illinois, on their way
to Iowa, were all frozen to death
in a wagon. The horses stopped
at a house, when the inmates,
observing no one get out, looked
in and made this awful discov-
cry. The mother was sitting up
with the reins in her hands, as
though driving, and hence it is
presumed, that she was the last
to expire.
l3. At Hagerstown, Md. a
suit has been instituted for the
recovery Of rs cents, on account
Of candles, fre-wood, &c., used
by the defendant, in courting a
girl in the plaintiffs family! The
suit was decided in favor of the
latter.
26. The famous Siamese twins
were married at Wilkes Co., N,
&C., April Is. to Sarah and Ade'
laid Yeates, sisters.
May, 10. A man in Kentucky,
! 55 years old, has been married
three times. By the first wife
he had II children; by the second
10; and by the third, IL, making
SS. There were % boys and II
girls: but only 10 boys and
girls are now living. He marri
ed at l8, and lived 8 years
widower.
II. Uriah Henson was tried
lin Delaware, and convicted o
attacking a man with an inten
to kill. His sentence was,
hour in the phillory; 120 lashe'
on the bare back; 2 days, and
months Imprisonment; $1,000
fine, and 81 years to be sold as
servant.
June. Z, A respectable look
ing women. 80 years old, apple,
to the mayor of Philadelphia t
put her child in the House O
Refuge, for misbehavior. Bein
asked the daughters age, tn
mother said, going on fifty.
80. Apoor fellow named Wise
: in Clearfeld Co, Penn, attent
ed a muster, and at a kissin
party was married in fun,
Martha Stage, She sticks I
, him, however, and has institute
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-02-09
EXTRACTS
From Boston Almanac Year 1S43.

July 10. An old lady at the
North End left the frying pan,
with sausage in it, over the fire
while she stepped out. In her
absence there was a violent ex-
plosion, throwing the hot fat in
all directions. Wholly attribut-
able to not puncturing the saus-
ages. Take warning, ladies.
September, /. The Hibernia
left for Liverpool, with 81 pas
sengers, 1900 letters, and rs
bushel of papers.
10. Mrs. Burnham, wife Of
Rev. Mr.. Burnham, minister of a
Society worshipping at the
Odeon, in a violent fit of vomit
ing, elected a live frog, abou'
half grown! 1t hoped across
the room, and soon expired.
March, %. Thirteen member
of the laoe Congress died; sever
lost their wives during the ses
sion; nine have married, sine
their election; twelve or NOR
have lost their children. Seve
Senators and twelve Represents
!! tive have resigned. Of tn
twelve resigned, three of ther
hsve been reelected to the sam
places again. One had a lie
broken, and one an ear bite
off.
. N. A man named Stewart
: at Cyprus Bend, Arkansas, bein
Q robbed by a negro, but as /
! supposed, by a wood -choppe
. swore that his dogs should e.
. the first wood-chopper that vel
$ tured upon his grounds. Soc
after, one called for lodgin
which Stewart granted, and bo
u,,n,, him
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-02-09
He Wouldn't Talk.

AT Campton, Walter Dean was
fined SIPS and given one hundred
and fifty hours in Jail for refus-
ing to tell from whom he bought
whiskey. He still refused to tell
and was fined five hundred dol
lars and given fifty days in Jail
for contempt of court. Win.
hester Democrat.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-02-09
law proceedings to ascef .al
whether she is his wife or nv.

law proceedings to ascef.aln
whether she is his wife or nv.
July, II. A brute of a fellcW
in Missouri, who had shockinglv.
ill-treated his wife, bade her gel
up and get breakfast, and the,i
say her prayers, for she shcgao
die, he swore, before sunet'
While lying on his back, I q
sound sleep, she severed ms
body with an ak. and went a.
mediately and related the whte
affair.
August, 3. A fellow was sen
to Jail in Oswego, N. Y, fo
selling a false kind of fish. H
sewed the heads of suckers OF
the bodies of perch.
John Austin, in New H.en,
undertook to dry some poger, 1
6 pounds, which he put in sat-
ent oven, over the fire. as thgh
he were baking a loaf of bad.
> AS might have been expect, it
blew up, and came near king
him.
September 80. An unsulss-
full attempt was made at wv
q buryport, to steal a bone ojhe
= celebrated Whitfield, from. .e
- coffin in a tomb under the pit
: Of the Federal Street chua.
a One of the arm bones were 4
N en- many years ago, and is W
a preserved with great care I'M
q gland. |
n November l. A saddlearn-
ed Doyle, residing nearittle
i, Rock, Arkansas, murde his
=, ~ wife on the 10th of Octd eby
. % throwing the contents Of aot
- :, pot of boiling rosin and PIE
=, - directly on her head. They'd
~ - a warm dispute and in a fly
- ~ of rage ks Committed the jul
-, act. Her screams were hc'by
o. q a neighbor half a mile of'ho
" arrived just in time to sehe
noor creature breathe her't.
escaped has
'iles ofhg
ear
-4loa ..ed a
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-02-09

Little Mildred is in her first
term at school where she gets
reports as to her standing mark
ed on a decimal scale. One hun
-dred is perfect and sixty is pret-
ty serious. The other night
while saying her prayers, her
spirits, always high, were actual
ly irrepressible, and her petition
was puncuated with snickers and
smothersd giggles,
DO you think the Lord will
like that kind of a prayer?" ask,
ed her mother reproachfully. y
Nope, " returned Mildred
glibly. mot muchl He'll gim'
me bout sixty on that!" Wom-
ans Home Companion.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-02-09
..e my me, ssa save -

lid my me can save m
while away;
Morgan boys work for good
POSITIONS to seek,
y get tn bir expense paid at
the end of every week.
iy Statesmen are built of nerve
and pluck,
to go up against the fine homes
in old Kentuck.
We have but few Republicans
and they are aristocratic,
But smile at the Courier, it is so
strong Democratic.
Istill worry over the election last,
AS Byrd vas beat Langley will
have to pass;
/ live in hopes | must say,
And | will shake hands with Far
away Moses some day.
i came out of the city today to the
country is the fairest,
And when ! arrived in'the little
town of Paris
/ met friends from Morgan
once did know,
1t was young Wise Lykins and
Clay Cisco.
We associated together you could
see,
For the close neighbors we used
to be,
And through other countries We
do roam,
Proud to call Morgan our native
home.
Good old Morgan is where l wa!
born,
When ! was there last | bought
me a farm;
My neighbors are fine, l lik,
them well,
But if / can't get married l will
have to sell.
/ noticed in the paper last,
That West Liberty will be light
ed with natural gas;
And then our country will b,
filled,
II the writer will send the new
from Silver Hill.
/ have just been on a trip througl
the hills,
On business trip to the city o
Knoxville,
With you all | want to keep il
close connection,
M.Vl me the paper every week t
Nexington.
NAave any friends woul
Ito work,
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-02-09

run. This IS not the first lnst.
ance where hog has read
newspaper, however-and Incl.
dentally forgotten to pay for the
same. The Auxiliary.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-02-09

relative. It twas deemed in
Egypt both impious and in
famous not to redeem 50
sacred a pledge as that, and
ne who died with a family
mummy still in pawn was
himself buried in unconsec-
rated grounds. - Cincinnati
Enquire.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-02-09
0beying Orders.

The master mechanic had
finished showing me through
the great car works, where
hundreds of men were at
work. It was a great rail-
road plant at the end of a
division of one of our great
est railroads. 1t had been
an inspiring hour for me.
The order, the power that 1
had seen displayed, the
splendid system with which
everything was managed,
the well-kept walks, the rush
end push and hustle of it all
filled n1&ith admiration
for the general who was the
one man under whose charge
all these great activities
were being carried on so ad-
mirably. He had an over
sight of all. Every man in
the employment of that di-
vision was under him. Every
train that went out or came
in, every pound of coal that
was used, every gill of oil,
every can of paint, every
bolt, every particle of repair
to car or roadbed, were all
under this mans supervision
IN one way or another,
though, of course, he had
his lieutenants to look after
the details.
After we had gone through
the great shops and were
chatting in4.t2e plain hut
well-appoint9 office, l said
to him, "How did you get
this position?" l was interest
ed to know: for he had told
me that he had begun work
in this great shop as a labor
! er at a dollar and a half a
day. He had remarked this
incidentally, and as | saw the
vast amount of ability which
must have been developed in
order that ne might do what
was now being done, l was
interested to know by what
process he had climbed up
the ladder of responsibility
and success. So | asked him
how it came about that he
had m ,naged to climb so
high. Turning to me simply
he replied-and | shall never
} forget thatanswer-"I have
reached my present position
, by doing what | was told"
That was all he said but
this simple reply, spoken
most naturally and quietly,
tells volumes, and is one Of
the choicest secrets of sue
cess known to the business
) world. Almost all of those
who employ labor tell me
that the one thing they find
most difficult to secure is a
: man who will do exactly
what he is told to do, and do
it throughly and patiently.
No man who is a man wants
!, an employe who is a mere
. machine, but there is no &C,
d 4 tivity in the world which
a does not need those who are
!, !, willing to obey orders. The
a boy who enters the employ
+ !. of any business house, deter
r mined to do the very bes
I, that can be done, the thing
. d that he is told, and who il
y always found in his plac,
=. doing this, will be certain
: before long to be requested
g to do something higher an,
:..,4o,oA IT,.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-02-09
MY MOUNTAIN HOME.
While walking down the street

While walking down the street
today
| thought of my home several
miles away;
This town is composed OF thea=l
ters, parks and fountains,
But there is no place as pleasant
as the mountains.
Wien | visited home last / didn't
want to go,
Az the ground was covered with
snow;
But expect to visit home again,
Either this fall or next spring.
And then l can travel all around,
AS my father lives out Of town.
He is sarmer, grows corn, oats,
and wheat,
And lives on the head Of Coffee
Creek.
Our town is fine. being in the
Blue Grass,
While remember the mountain
counties are improving fast
The Blue Grass people drive in q
whirl,
While the mountains of KY. viii
soon be leading the world.
Tobas 70 ). se leading crop here
II and beer; Y lor wnisNe'
If they can't get thS, !. ,,,orn;,,
drink they wear a a.awn m
If they lived in Morgan .be,
would have a dry town. ~
When you are in Lexington com
around,
~ VIII pe my pleasure to. Shoy
you the town.
| stay at the Reed Hotel.
Their rooms are fine and the,
feed well.
went i'm the picture busines,
= rWhila q lad
he success | have made l an
glad;
worked both early and late,
And now ! am manager of the
State.
,ay sire slary and not by
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Worthless Breed Of Ho,

y A Kansas widow lost
vertised for it. The
have got the first e
sooner was the pa
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-02-09

tell you is the truth Egy to borrow without pledging
ptan was not PERMITTED to the mummy of some near
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-29
w. c. t. U. Column.

AA Through the courtesy OF the
NSS1+3Nl R~EGIsrERthis space is grant,
NtFa n kF59 ed the w. {. T. U. Its ed
AENAAH tied by MARTHA ] FRANCIS,
NkSEHsA Local Press Superintendent,
E7EN as appointed by the State Or
ganizer, Mrs. L. LaMance.
VI. c. T. u. WATCHWORDS:
ORGANIZED EDucATEl AGITATEl
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Testimony from an Official.

Hon. J. M. Hervey, Attorney
General of New Mexico, writes the
National Prohibition Press: 81 am
not myself a total abstainer, but |
am certainly in favor Of prohibit
ing the sale of intoxicating liquors
of any kind. | have prosecuted
now for nearly ten years and have
had an opportunity to observe the
question very closely. Experience
has taught me that retail liquor
establishments are the cause Of
most of the offenses committed in
our section of the country, and al
go the headquarters for loafers,
gamblers, vagabonds and petty
thieves, and that class Of people,
as a general thing, who make their
headquarters here are willing to
resort to any kind of crimes that
the exigency of the moment may
seem to demand, perjury being
their most common offense. Ny
Judgment is that the saloons and
the saloon element and the peo-
Pile they foster and maintain are
the chief obstruction to the en-
foIcement OF the criminal laws in
the United States.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-29
Gladstone's Rules.

The late William Ewart Glad
stone frequently handed out to
his neighbors at Hawarden print
ed slips reading:
Drunkenness expels reason.
browns the memory.
Distempers the body.
Defaces beauty.
Diminishes strength.
Inflames the blood.
Causes internal and external
and incurable wounds.
It's q witch to the senses
A devil to the soul.
A thief to the purse.
A beggar's companion.
A wife's woe and children's soT-
row.
It makes a man become a beast
and self murderer.
He drinks to others good health
and robs himself of his own
Herald and Presbyter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-29
George V. and Temperance.

1t is a qualification to know that
the new King of England is so
interested in the progress of
temperance reform. a worker in
the total abstinence ranks in the
Methodist Times of q conversation
of some length that he had in
India with George ", then Prince
of Wales. He described to the
prince the personal side of his
work among the army men-in-
dividuals saved from habits of
intemperance, sons gladdening
their parents hearts by long
prayed-for reformation, and con-
tributing to the support of wild
owed mothers, out-of-work fathers
and crippled sisters. The prince
expressed his deep satisfaction at
the life stories which were unfold
ed, and was profoundly moved as
he heard what the grace Of God
had accomplished among his SOL
diers. He was much impressed
by the singing among the
sailors and marines on the ship
that had brought him to India.
He had listended with great in
terest to their spiritual songs as
the men met together for bible
study, praise and prayer. He APP
proved of the striking of a silver
badge, bearing his own crest, to
be presented to each soldier in
the cavalry, artillery and infantry
who had done the best work in
the cause of temperance-leadlng,
while exposed to all the tempta-
tons of life in the east, a life Of
self-restraint himself and ~influsnc-
ing his younger comrades to fol-
low his footsteps.-HeraId and Pres
byter.
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REGISTER Office for Job- Work.