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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-08-07

expected Mrs. Elva Martin and
daughter Grace of Montpelier to join
them there.
Fifteen from here attended the
recital by Miss Adela Verne at Glover
Thursday evening. All were enthu.
siastic over the playing Of Miss Verne
and pronounced the recital of the
best.
Dana Trip of Haverhill, Mass,
and Miss Dorothy Waldron of ST.
Johnsbury arrived here Sunday. With
Carl and Clyde Wiley and Miss Mae
Wiley they are camping at Wlllough-
by Lake.
Urbin Brown Of Evansville went
last week as representative from the
state of Vermont to the Supreme
Lodge of Knights of Pythias held at
Denver. Mrs. H. w. Buchanan was
also representative for the Pythian
Sisters.
A. G. Gaughon has moved from the
ter ement which he has been occupy
ing in the Beede Block. The rooms
vacated are being renovated and ar
ranged for DR.. K. S. Webster's dental
office. Black & Stoddard's office on
the same floor is also being repaired
and enlarged.
A committee will call before Tues.
| day, August IL, to take your order for
| articles to be made for the Congrega-
| tlonal church fair in December. The
same committee will solicit aprons,
| also fancy work and materials for
| fancy work. Please be ready to give
your order if possible at this time.
The Canadian Circle met with Mrs.
Fred Dean on the afternoon of August
LIST. The time was devoted to the
subject of Lakes in Canada" and a
paper was given by Miss Inez
Wlnslow. Mrs. Frank Hardy also
read magazine article. Those pres
ent enjoyed pleasant meeting.
Friday A. w. Wood, who lives be.
tween here and Barton in the Ora
White neighhorhood and works for
the Chandler Company in the box
shop, had his left hand cut off, He
was trimming boxes and in some way
got his hand under the saw, which
took off all the fingers and thumb.
Carl Brigham. who has been visit
ing Mrs. C. E. Jenkins. has. re-
turned to his home in North Attic
boro, Mass. Mrs. Brigham will
remain here for short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Friday, who
have also been guests at C. E. Jen.
kins'. have returned to Amsterdam,
N. Y.
"Wait for Maize and Dad A
laugh, yell, hurrah, a scream is
the only way to describe the .grea t
success of R. M. Johnson's comedy,
dads Side Partner" with ''Mazie
and Dad" who are at the head of this
organization of players. This pro.
duction is a sure cure for the blues
and in fact it is the best medicine
that any doctor could recommend his
patients for any tired feeling or case
of dyspepsia, lumbago, or any ai]ment
that flesh is heir to. The comedy OF
Dads Side Partner" is clean-cut anc
refined, not allowing one dull moment
to exist from the rise to the fall OF
the curtain. They will appear at Or.
leans, Thursday, Aug. 8.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-08-07
DESERT TAFT TICKET
All Minnesota Electors Go to Pro-
pressives but One

st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 1.-The
third party in Minnesota was launched
without discordant note. There was
a landslide from the Taft electoral
ticket nominated last May to the
Roosevelt ticket. John Runquist of
Duluth, representing the Ninth dis
trict, was the only one remaining.
All of the others resigned.
The platform adopted endorses the
direct primary; election of United
States senators by direct vote; repudi-
ates President Taft and the, national
Republican convention; favors form
ing a national progressive party, and
insists upon the adoption of the initi-
ative, referendum and recall in the
party platform.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-08-07
ORLEANS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE FIVE


There will be social dance at the
opera hall tonight, August 7th.
Music will be furnished by Sawyer's
orchestra of four pieces.
Quite a number from here went to
Newport Monday night to see
"Brewster's Millions.' and they re-
ported a very pleasant time.
Harold Beane, who has been in
Lorain. Ohio, for the past three
months. was in town last week, pre-
paratory to taking up work at Beebe
Junction.
Mrs. L. C. Eldridge, Mrs. Archie
Kipp, Misses Maude RoweH. Helen
Reyes. and Winifred Dean spent
Sunday with Mrs. Lowell Allen of
Craftsbury.
An automobile party made up of
relatives of Mrs. w. T. Wigein from
Canada were entertained at her home
the past week, going to Willoughby
Lake one day.
Letters for the following persons
remain unclaimed at the pestoffice.
Please saw advertised if calling for
these letters. Fred Graves, Dale
Watch Company.
The band will give Their concert on
TIE Congreg ational church lawn next
Friday evening. The Christian En-
deavor society will sell ice cream and
cake. Proceeds for the new piano.
Mrs. S. M. Fayer, Mrs. Jennie
Jones and Miss Ann Jones are spend
ing ten days at Bolton Springs. They
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-08-07
FALLS UNDER CAR
SomerviIle Woman Almost Miracu.
lousIy Escapes BEING Manaled

Somerville, Mass, Aug. Airs.
John H. Stevens, a sister-in OF
State Treasurer Elmer A. Stevens,
miraculously escaped death when she
was knocked down and run over by a.
heavy semi convertible electric car.
The fender of the car was not down
at the time and the woman lay for
twenty minutes beneath the heavy
vehicle before she could be extricat-
ed from her position.
She was taken to the Someryille
hospital suffering from a fractured
elbow and number of severe scalp
wounds, but it was said that there
were no internal injuries.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-08-07
SWEATERS

have arrived. We have a large
stock Of the very latest styles and
colors for ladies, misses, men and
boys. Just the garment for cool
lights.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-08-07
Would Be a Logical Solution
For All Time
STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT
Suggestion That United States Take
Over Lower California In Settlement
of Mexican Claims Meeting With
ApprovaI-MistakeO Originally In Not
Including When other Territory
Was Ceded-Home of Bandits

Washington, Aug. 5.-The sugges-
ton made informally in conversation
by a senator whose word carries
weight in international matters, that
the government take over Lower
California in payment for American
claims, is taken here as logical step
in a discussion that has cropped up at
Intervals for many years.
AS far as can be learned, the state
department has taken no steps in the
matter, and could hardly do so until
some semblance of order is restored in
Mexico. But if Mexico showed will
ingness to part with the barren PENN
sula the plan would at one receive
strong support in this country. Ever
since the acquisition of California and
the western territories following the
war with Mexico it has been generally
understood that the omission of Lower
California from the lands ceded to us
by Mexico was a mistake on both
sides.
AS the senator pointed out it is the
natural part of our coast, it is COM
mercially valuable to us as affOrding
control of the Colorado river through
the last 100 miles of it's course which
now passes through Mexican terri
tory. 1t is strategically of import
ance to us on account of Magdalena
bay, which has long been used by our
navy for target practice, and it is
absolutely worthless to Mexico.
Outside of the capital of the state at
La Paz there are not score of set
Elements in the whole peninsula. It
has been almost impossible to keep
order. During the Madero and OroZcC
revolutions, minor revolutions have
browen out in Lower California and
scarcely an effort was made in either
case to put down the disorder. II
was in the peninsula that Americans
were first maltreated. A number OF
women and children, while MaderC
was fighting President Diaz in the
east, we're there imprisoned in g
stockade and forced to undergo great
privations.
The revolution in Lower California
has nothing to do with the political
instruction elsewhere. Where one
man has fought another for the presi-
dency on the mainlands, the rebels
in Lower California, who are little
better than bandits, proclaimed what
they called Socialistic government
The irony of the situation in which
forced to undergo such hardships lies
in the fact that the California insur-
rection was headed by an American
captain" and most of his men were
American renegades.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-08-07
Meat at Top Notch

Chicago, Aug. AT the stock
yards beef reached the worlds highest
prices. Scarcity of cattle was given
for the record price of 9.85; and pre-
diction of SO cattle for next week was
made
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-08-07
Politics Divides Family

Oakland, Cal, Aug. 4.-Politics
has rent the home of Joaquin Miller,
poet of the Sierras, into three fac
tons. Miller, being lifelong Jack
sonian, has registered as a Democrat;
Mrs. Miller is a Republican of the
Taft school, while Miss Juanita, the
daughter, declares herself an admirer
of Roosevelt.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-08-07
Sherman Joins Prouressives

Boston, Aug. 1.-Roger I. Sher-
man of Brookline has resigned from
the Republican Club of Massachusetts
to join the progressives. He says
that action of the national committee
and the convention at Chicago led him
mont temple.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-08-07
Courts SartoriaI RuIinu

Boston, Aug. 4.-Justice Loring Of
the supreme judicial court has Or
dered that on one be admitted before
that court without vest on, a waist
coat" as the judicial order went.
court officers were instructed to en-
force this rule.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-08-07
Believed to Have Been Murdere,

North Adams, Mass. Aug. A.
The body of man, apparently muir
dered, was found in some bushes in
wood five miles from this city.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-08-07
Head of Taft Club Resinns

Winthrop, Mass. Aug. 4.-George
T. Sleeper, president of the Winthrop
Taft club, has resigned, as he will
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-01
TO FEED HENS PROPERLY REQUIRES STUDY

It takes considerable studying and
experimenting to find out just what
the hens need. and how much they
ought to have, but we must learn as
soon as we can, or we will find our
poultry Is not so profitable as it ought
to be. The feeding question is one
of the most important in the whole
poultry business.
Experts tell US that a hen needs
about six ounces of food per day. A
flock Of 10, then, will need about three
and three-fourths pounds Per day. or
a trihe owe 26 pounds a week.
OF this amount, t~wo-thirds by weight
should consist Of grains. The grain
should be a mixture of equal parts
wheat, cracked corn and oats. A few
handsful Of sunlower-seed, cane-seed
or buckwheat should be added for
variety. They are to the hen what pie
is to the boy, and you know what
that is.
The other third should be mash,
which Is a mixture of bran and other
finely ground feeds. usually fed dry.
Some poultrymen moisten the mash,
but the majority claim that it Is better
to feed 1t dry and let the hen moisten
1t in her crop by drinking what water
danger from certain kinds of disease.
A good formula for a mash is as
follows: One-half bushel of bran, 4
quarts of alfalfa meal. 2 quarts each
of ground oats and corn meal, l table
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-01

A shed may easily be built at one
end Of the barn for the gathering and
protection Of manure against the
weather. The shed should cover a
door at the end of the alley behind
the stalls, and the floor Of h barn
SO arranged with a drop that all
manure. both liquid and solid. Is
caught and easily moved towards the
door and this shed. If the fields are
dry enough the n spreader may
be driven under the shed and loaded
directly from the barn door. II the
fields are too wet for use OF the
spreader then the manure may be
piled under the shed where 1t will be
protected from rain and consequent
waste. The only thing that could be
added to this shed to make it perfect
for its use would be a concrete floor
ing with a cistern into which all the
liquid anu could drain. In the
absence Of this use oat straw o bed
ding whenever possible as, this will
serve to absorb practically all of the
liquid part of the manure.
A Kansas farmer reports that the
which he uses for bedding and
which Is made of the tops and bottoms
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-01
A PLUCKY MAN.

Not long ago I learned a new
wrinkle in finances. A hustling young
farmer came into our neighborhood
and made arrangements to buy a good,
we'll improved farm for $4,000. He
Impressed the owner with his sin
cerity and ability to make good and
neighbors in his own home. He
frankly acknowledged that he had no
money, but he managed to get the
farm in this way:
He induced tho farmer to accept
half cash and take a second mortgage
on the place. AS the security was
good and the man impressed the
farmer favorably, there was no trouble
about this. & ~t VI.
Then the young mar went to the
bank in his own town and borrowed
$2,500, giving a first mortgage on the
place for security md with this money
paid the farmer half of the purchase
price. The first mortgage runs for
ten years at 8 per cent. He then made
a contract with the farmer to pay
$500 per year on the second mort
gage, which he can easily. do with any
sort Of decent luck as to crops. The
$1,000 he had saved up will be used as
capital to give him a start, and I
have no doubt he will make good.
He IL very much in earnest n as he
owns two good teams and a pretty
fair supply Of farm implements, his
ST. 900 capital will enable him to get
through the first year in very good
shape. I only cite this to show what
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-01
CONGRESS-.

~Dry-farming means better farming,
according to the official call Of the
International Dry-Farming Congress.
the annual convention Of the dry-land
farmers Of the world, which meets
October 1926 next at Lethbridge. in
Alberta, in the heart of one
or the greatest grain belts. The def
nltion OF the term "dry-farming."
which Is coming into such general use
everywhere and of which thousands
have never learned the essentials. "a
most interesting. and, furthermore. II
is logical. and the adaptation of its
precepts has brought reward to those
farmers who have looked to science to
AID them where misfortune and hard
luck through unfavorable weather
conditions pursued their neighbors
EARNED as their fathers and
grandfathers did before them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-01
HOMINY FEED FOR FATTENING
HOGS.

The high price Of corn in recent
years has caused many farmers In the
vicinity Of hominy mills to resort TO
the use of hominy feed for fattenins
hogs. Such a large number of in
quir1es have been received by the
Experiment Stations n regard to the
comparative value of hominy feed and
corn for hogs that a series of trials
was planned In order to secure reliable
data on the subject.
The results Of these trials in Indiana
are as follows:
!. Hominy feed must be considered
as a substitute for and not a supple
ment to corn.
2. Hominy iced like corn, should
be supplemented by some feed high
IN protein content such as tankage.
nnseed oilmeal, shorts, milk, etc., in
order to secure the most rapid AMI
o economical gains.
3. Hominy feed produces more
rapid gains IN hogs than does corn
meal.
4. Hominy feed produces gains on
less grain than does corn meal.
3. AS a general rule the high cost
OF hominy feed binders its more gen.
eral use as a hog feed and prevents
It's economical substitution for corn,
except When the latter is very high
In price.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-01

them to pick at. Such food should
v be thrown down in the dirt.
Now, as to the time Of feeding.
Early in the morning a light feed of
grain should be scattered in the litter
on the floor Of the coop. The hens
get off the roost hungry. and should
fln6 something ready for them. Some
scatter the grain in the straw after
the fowls have gone to roost at night,
SO it will be there early In the morn
ing.
In the middle Of the forenoon. the
green food, If 1t Is in the form Of
vegetables. should be given. At noon
1t is a good plan to throw in a few
handsful Of ia ble-scraps to keep them
busy. H.
Late in the afternoon. SC that they
will have plenty Of time before dark.
the heavy grain feed Of the day should
be given. There should be all they
will clean up Of this, enough so they
will go to bed with full crops
Water, lots of 1t, clean and fresh.
is a great item In the hens diet. An
egg is so per cen water. II they are
stinted in this respect 1t will tell In
the egg-basket in q hurry. just n
days neglect to furnish plenty Of
water has been known to cut the egg
yield nearly half,
Grit and lime. usually given in the
form of oyster-shells, are two other
necessary elements. They should be
kept before the fowls all the time.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-01
CAPITAL TO BEGIN FARMING
MANY FAILURES HAVE ESULTED FROM LACK OF
NECESSARY CAPITAL WHEN
IN THE BUSINESS OF
49, Bx v. spulnan.
BY w. Spillman.

begin with less capital than the indi-
vidual who must hire a large part of
his labor. Again, something depends
upon the character Of the land itself.
II the soil Is new and rich there will
be little or no expense for fertilization
at the beginning and an important
Item OF expense Is thus saved; but If
the land has been farmed for many
years and Is In a condition that re-
quires immediate fertilization in order
to secure profitable yields, consider
IL investment must BIZ made in fer
tilizers or before crops can
be obtained. Some men have started
into farming with practically no cap
ital, but this 10 a dangerous thing to
do. Others will require the full
amount necessary to buy tho land and
to properly equip and stock 1t and
two or three years living expenses in
addition. .
The largest item Of capital is, Of
course. the land itself. A few years
ago land could be obtained by home
stead at very little expense. It must
now be purchased. There are a few
localities in the United States where
farm land a. be purchased for SO
to $50 q acre Usually, however,
this land is held in large tracts. which,
when cut UP into small tracts, sells
readily at $40 to $50 per acre. Prices
range all the way from those above
mentioned to $4,000 an acre for some
OF the best fruit farms we'll set to
bearing trees In some Of the irrigated
regions of the west. Generally speak
ing. the small farm should be near
a city, and for that reason will usually
consist of high priced land. .
In farming, more than in any other
business. the amount of capital re-
CURED at the start depends upon tho
degree to which he individual is cap
able of leading the strenuous life. The
city family who moves to the country
with small capital usually becomes
very much discouraged before success
their efforts, because to sue
ceed under such conditions requires
living.
In the matter Of the dwelling house
one may be content to camp for a
year or two in a shack costing not
over 1850. A fairly good house for
small family on the farm can be
oullt at a cost of from $500 to $1,000.
on the size of the family
and the cost of materials. This as
sumes, however, that the farmer him
SELF does the hauling and a good part
OF the carpentry. Where the farmer
do all the work himself the ma
ter1als for a very good house need
not cost over $500.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-01
POOR SOIL.
BY III. H.. Shepard.

region r%eplanted two and three times
probably more on account Of trouble
some insects in the soil tina from
poor quality of seed, still the latter
had something to do y It'll 1t.
One of my corn fields was an oval
hill of gentle slope. but steep enough
so that In past years much Of the
top soil had been worn and washed
away, leaving large patches Of only
yellow clay which will not grow corr
or n other crop unless heavily
MANFRED.
These thin, clayey places were given
a dressing Of straw stack and stable
manure on top Of the plowed ground.
and the n al narrowed and
disked into the surface. At each cul-
tivation Of the corn this surface
manure was further spread and
worked into the soil.
The growing season turned out dry,
and It was found in cultivation thai
these poor ciayey spots n a had re-
ceived the surface manuring worked
we'll, retained moro moistur- than the
adjacent soil not so treated. that
the corn plants grew more vigorously
and with a greener color.
1t Is my belief through experience
both from this seasons work with
corn and from other. seasons with
corn and other summer cultivated
crops that manur applied to the sur
face Of plowed ground and worked
into the loose surface soil as the plants
grow, does more good than to apply
1t to the soil to be turned under be-
fore the crop is planted.
On the surface Of the plowed
ground the frequent harrowings and
other civilizations spread 1t and break
1t up better than can possibly be &C
complished by any other
If the season be dry this surface
manure acts al a mulch. retaining
much needed moisture, and II the sea-
son 30 wet the richness Is dissolved
and Immediately taken up by the
roots of the growing corn.
On another level field similar re-
suits were obtained by applying old
rowing and cultivating it into the soil.
During the driest period the soil
treated with this old straw was always
and the orn "a never checked
in it's growth.
In all cases Of surface manuring.
the physical nature of the soil was
and the cultivator did more
effective work than in any other
~. ....
All Of my corn-ground soil was
worked down we'll before planting x
cept about an acre Of wheat stubble
sod which I intentionally planted after
only one light narrowing.
This soil was very loose and fine
but not at all compact and e
There were no large clods and the
placed the seed in the soil
we'll but rather deep and
uneven.
Although the season was dry and
the soil in long, loose mods, yet there
was sufficient moisture to sprout the
seed and it came up as we'll as in
other soil better worked down.
There were so many unfavorable
comments by good neighbor corn
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-01
GROWING GOOD CORN ON POOR SOIL
WHAT GOOD PREPARATION. FERTILIZATION AND CULTIVATION DID ON
FERTILIZATION AND CULT

growers on this experiment that I
feared that It would turn out badly.
1t looked at first when the corr was
young like q piece Of very poor farm
ing, but I had an idea In mind and
wanted to test 1t to my satisfaction.
The idea was as to whether a bet
ter corn crop can be grown by fully
mixing the soil before planting or
whether a part Of 1t car Just as well
be done after planting. while the corn
is growing. One years experience on
one kind Of soil. Of course, will not
give conclusive proof. +
The first thing I did to this poorly
planted acre of corr was to give 1t
four single borrowings at intervals of
a few days apart while the corn was
young. This was done to level and
compact the loose and very uneven
soil.
The corn came on and grew, but
did not make as much early gains as
did the corn in adjacent and better
prepared soil.