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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-22
oil Prces Go
Up; Producers
Are Jubilqnt
WEST VIRGINIA FIELDS BEING
X DEVELOPED AND MANY NEW
49, : WELLS COME IN.
SOLD WALLACE DISTRICT NEAR
n CLARKSBURG IS RESUM1NG
k ITS FORMER ACTIVITY.

! CLARKSBURG, Dec. 22.--Witll oil
quoted around $3.50 Il barrel and
new wells coming in as producers of
merit in three fields, activity among
the oil men Of West Virginia has taxi
en- on new impetus. No distinct
lively new territory has been under
development, but an unusually large
number Of wells, put down in the
Warrington and Wallace fields adj
jacent to Clarksburg and in the
Murphy and other districts in Rltch-
lie county, has resulted in flows which
have brou hit into being many new
companies.
The old Wallace district has prov
en- the surprise, and has given with
: in the past two weeks two wells
which for production took first rank
in the state for a few days at least
Both are on ground in the WALLACE
territory leased by George & Par
IRISH OF Clarksburg, an independent
company. This corporation has 400
acres under lease. Well No. came
in November 20, flowing 400 barrels
in the first "a hours. This well has
settled down to production of about
100 barrels a day. This one is in the
Gordon sand, with depth Of 1850
feet. In the Wallace field the wells
respond generously to agitation and
shooting The No. l : was shot
week ago and production jumped up
to 200 barrels a day. 1t was shot a
second time Wednesday.
Breaks all Records.
The No. 2 well Oh this lease came
in the past week, breaking all rec
ords in the old district for Is years.
AT depth of 1880 feet. in the frs.
pay sand, it started with a flow of
500 barrels in the first "a hours,
and Is now good for ESQ barrels a
day.
These big producers have revived
interest in the Wallace field, which
first came into notice about fifteen
years ago. After the first boom the
district drifted along without much
development. About two years ago,
the high price of oil was an incentive
for tests in many old fields, and the
Wallace district came In for its share
Of this. Recent successes have made
OF the field the center of a little
boonia Some believe that the terri
tory Is, broken in formation, but re-
cent strikes indicate that there is a
strip Of territory with pay before
and behind, the distance between
these developed area being about
three miles. The third well was
started last week, the fourth this
week, and work on two others will
be started next week.
All the territory is under lease en-
ccpt two lots, and no less than nine
rtg1 are going UP on these two prop
cfttSs. Small companies have been
organized for these tests, and the lit
tic town presents a scene of unusual
activity.
Stampede for Rigs.
Somethink like the same stampede
for rigs is on III the Warrington dis
trict, Five years ago the South Penn
Company drilled on Warriors Fork
and brought in a light producer. Re-
gently local capitalists organized the
Clayton Oil Company, in which
,Messrs, A. NJ. Glover, Howard Atha,
Price Jollitre, Peter Hoffman. Jas.
Clayton and NJ. Clayton, all Of Man
Snfngton, arc interested. This com.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-22

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. 22.-ship-
ments of iron ore from statc-owned
mines in 1918 totaled 2,S60,197 tons
almost double those of 1912, accord
ine to figures given out by the state
auditors office. The 1912 output was
1,464,736 tons. The increase in the
state-owned mines is more than two
thirds that of all mines Of the three
Minnesota ranges. Tie total ship
ment for 1913 was 36A95,1S7 tons
and in 1912, 34lO7,26O.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-22
Grain and Ore Shipments
GREAT INCREASES OVER REC
.T ORD OF PRECEDING Il
Ia .n a.. YEAR. ?ti

BUFFALO, Dec. 22.-The amount
Of grain passing through this port
for the season just closed came near
to record figures. The total was
192, 100000 bushels, an increase Of
$4,000, 900 over last year. The pre-
vious high record was 221,OOO,00O
in 1898. OF this years total 22,-
600 900 was Canadian trade.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-22
Will Go to Tamna Florida

Mrs. Rebecca Knight, OF Gurcy
street, will leave soon for Tampa.
Florida, to spend some time with her
son, William Knight, who resides
there.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-22
Sewing Circle.

The members OF the Sewing Circle
will meet Tuesday evening at the
home of Miss Pearlc Jacobs on Cuff
fey street for social evening.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-22
S. S. Attendance.

Diamond Street NJ. T., 255.
First NJ. p, 100.
Palatine Baptist, lac.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-22
Returned from School.

Returned from School.
Misses Ethel Hoult and Mildred
DOMAIN are home from the W. V. u,
for the holidays. Miss Ruth Barnes
who is attending school at Richmond,
Va. arrived home Saturday.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-22
Bible Study Class,

Bible study class No., 6 will meet
Friday evening at the home of DR.
and Mrs. E. NJ. Cox on Merchant
street.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-22
Mothers, Meeting

The W. c. T. U. will hold a moth
ers' meeting Friday at the home Of
Mrs: Homer Hall on East Park ave-
nue.,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-22
Went to Auburn W Va.


Rev. and Mrs. l.. L. OldaFer left To-
day to spend the holidays with the
lattcr's father, Dr.. Lawson, at Au-
burn, W. Va. 4 4s9s RM
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-22
BIG CHRISTMAS
TREE IS HERE

The Community Christmas Tree arr
rived this morning and was placed
on Walkers Siding. The tree was
cut at eKndall, Nd, and was ships
ped last week. This afternoon Me-
Thomas transferred 1t to the court
house plaza. Holbert and spedden
will erect the tree and D. L. Mayors
will wire the tree for the 500 electric
bulbs.
---- - m X, y, sssSi
Paving Completed.
The work or paving Fifth street
from Benoni avenue,.to Coleman ave-
nue. has been completed. Y
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-25
TREATING LUNG COMPLAINT IN
HORSES.

Broken wind Is the old-fashioned
name given to the chronic lung COM
plant, associated with difficult breath
ing in which, in marked cases the act
Of expiration is performed by double
effort, inspiration being little. If at all,
removed from normal.
We have only to look at a horses
flank to see this double effort and alb
dominal breathing and press his throat
with the fingers and thumb-in other
words to cough him, in order to see If
he Is broken winded or not.
The cough is characteristic, spas
modic at first, but as the disease ad-
vances, becoming single, short and
suppressed. The trouble is 1ncurable
and the treatment therefore can only
be palliative.
The difficulty m breathing increases
when the stomach and bowels are con-
gested with food and water. Both are
to be given only in small quantities at
a time. Green food and cut grass
should be fed at intervals.
The food should always be damp
ened with water. Dusty, or burnt hay
are to be avoided as are also chopped
straw and over-ripe rye grass.
1t is a good plan to mix a quarter Of
pint Of linseed meal oil with each
feed. AS regards medicinal agents.
their action on broken wirG can only
be temporary.
Every dealer has his specific for this
disease. Some give the animal pound
of lard, or any sort Of good fat made
into balls, while others give a guam
tity Of leaden shot. A subcutaneous
injection Of morphia many resort to.
These things do no permanent good
and as the palliative 2atment If care
fully carried out. IS OF great benefit to
the poor animal and may be looked
upon as the only treatment for a
broken winded horse--W. r. Gilbert.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-25

When trees have attained the age of
six or seven years they are usually be-
yond the period OF injury by rabbits.
We then have to protect only against
mice. The short galvanized wire cloth
cylinder, well Embedded in the soil
about the tree base is quite sufficient
even In badly infected orchards.
In combination with soil or cinder
mounds, paper wrappers are tempo
porarily effective against rabbits, but
these protectors must be removed in
summer because of the fact that they
afford excellent hiding places for many
insect pests. A simple paper (even
newspaper) wrapper will serve we'll
for a single winter.
A high grade Of building or Sheath
ing" paper Is, Of course, preferable to
newspapers for tree protection. A
combination of building paper and
wire cloth Is a trustworthy protector
under all conditions. The paper may
be removed and the screen retained
during the growing season. The wire
discourages the mice and the paper in
winter is accepted by rabbits as an
invitation to look elsewhere for forage.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-25
POULTRY NOTES.

Eggs from the best hens should
not be eaten. When a fowl reaches
the 200-egg mark in a season it is
evidence of qualities which ought to
be perpetuated. Eggs from this kind
Of stock should go into the incubator.
The first purpose to which food is
devoted Is to supply tissues and sup
port for the body. All over that
amount goes to the manufacture of
eggs, providing the food is not of
such nature as to cause fat.
Poultrymen generally count on a
shrinkage of half pound on a car
cass In other words, a two and a
half pound chicken would dress about
two pounds
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-25
Success in SQUAD Raising

The sanitary condition Of the lofts
has much to do with the success. We
do not advocate running through the
plant all the time looking for nth.
The manure from a pigeon pen IS
worth about so cents bushel as fertl-
lizer. In cleaning two rounds are
made OF all the pens. In the first the
manure is all gathered, care being
taken to keep 1t as free from feathers
and tobacco stems as possible. 1t
should then be bagged up and sent
away. On the second round the ne:
and all are cleaned and the floor thor
oughly swept.
Where the squads are very young
or there are eggs the nest must not be
disturbed. If nest has squads in 1t
old enough to get along by themselves
the nest is cleaned out and handful
Of tobacco stems arranged in 1T again
and the squads replaced.
After a thorough sweeping spray the
inside Of the pens covering every crack
and crevice, with a solution Of one part
carbolic acid and two parts water.
There should be regular days for
killing. Before feeding in the morn
ing every squad of the size At to kill
should be gathered up and taken to
tho killing room. If any Of the birds
have little feed left in their crops
make an incision with a sharp knife
and wash the crop clean.
As a rule squads are ready to dress
at four weeks old, but some parents do
otl1erS and will therefore take their
~ To fy1ro
II the breast is well filed out and the
to break open and split at the points
the SQUAD is ready for market
The wings Of each squad should be
locked behind it by crossing them
twice and the bird hung by the feet
head downward. between two nails
driven closely together. A sharp
pointed knife inserted in the mouth
up to the base Of the skull sewers the
Jugular vein and the SQUAD quickly
bleeds to death.
The bird must. be thoroughly b1ed be-
fore picking or else the blood will con-
gea1 in spots under the skin where the
hands of the picker touches It and the
bird will become clustered" as the
breeders term it and its value greatly
reduced.
Wing and tail feathers should be
pulled first. then the neck, back and
breast. care being taken not to tear
the skin anywhere as torn squads spoil
the appearance Of shipment.
After picking the bird 1t should be
allowed to cool in ordinary cool water
Tor half an hour or more. It must
then be thoroughly washed. the crop
cleaned out and placed in a tub Office
water until frozen, then they are ready
for packing.
Pack in a clean box or barrel. Line
the sides and bottom with clean white
paper. In the bottom place a layer of
two inches of ice. then layer of
squads, then another layer of one inch
of Ice. alternating until within six
inches OF the top and the remaining
space should be filled with ice.
Place clean white paper over the
top and cover with burlap, mailing it
firmly to the barrel.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-25

Wood veneer protectors are effec-
tive, but as they form a tight, CLOSE.
Notwithstanding cylinder, various forms
Of insect life thrive In the crevices and
under the cover. The woody aphis,
root louise and other pests increase in
great numbers under these wood
covers.
Corn stalk protectors are very good.
There IS no device superior in effec-
tiveness against rabbits and ground
hogs, and certainly none cheaper. Five
or six stalks bound firmly about the
young tree with Irvine will consti-
tute a protection that will last not
only one season. but for several sea-
sons. The stalks readily yield as the
tree increases in size. BY mounding
the bases Of the trees with fresh soil
and firming 1t we'll, a stalk protected
tree Is quite secure from all rodent
enemies.
Wire cloth combined with corn
stalks will appeal to tho most exacting.
The stalks protect against rabbits.
while the wire cloth completely battles
the mice even in badly infested
orchards.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-25
Improved Roads Increase the Value of Farm Lands

proved social conditions has no numer-
ical measure.
When his road is improved the land
owner appreciates the Improvement
and frequently sets an increased value
upon his land. 1t is difficult. however,
to analyze the entire increment Of
value which follows good roads. There
Is no doubt that the cost Of good roads
is met by some form of taxation,
which, In many instances, causes the
land owners to add to the selling price
of their land that amount which thew
estimate the good road has cost them
In taxes.
This process is more distinctly OBJ
served in city property transfers,
where direct assessments for sewers,
Sidewalks, and pavements are invar-
iably added to the original cost Of the
property. The important point that Is
becoming more and more understood
b. land owners IS that good roads re-
qu1re a considerab BILE investment of
capital, and furthermore that such an
investment is paying one. Here are
few instances of actual conditions
which have been observed In various
parts Of the country.
IN Lee County, Va, a farmer owned
100 acres between Ben Hur and JONES'
vile, which he offered to sell for $1,000.
Two or three years ago this road was
improved. and although that farmer
fought the improvement, he has since
| refused $4,000 for his farm. Along
this same road tract Of 1873 acres
was supposed to have been sold for
$4,000. The purchaser refused the
contract and the owner Threatened to
sue him. After the road improve
ment, and without any improvements
upon the land the same farm was sold
to the original purchaser for $4,000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-25

The old saying mo use to lock the
stable door after the horse has been
stolen" is quite applicable In the mat
ter of protecting young and no-longer-
young fruit trees against rodents.
Don't wait until some of your trees
are ruined before you adopt preven-
tive measures.
The soil or cinder mound as a p }
lection against tree injury b.. rodents,
is very effective. Mice rarely tnjure
trees except where grass. stray
manure, boards or trash Of some kind
about the base Of the tree provide a
hiding place: they will not come out
in the open but perform their depre-
adtions under cover. In mounding
trees, first, clear away the grass or
mulch from the base Of the tree for a
OF or more in all directions. Second,
with a post tamper." thoroughly
firm the surface Of the soil about the
base Of the tree. Third with few
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-25
FEEDING GLUTEN FEED no COWS.

Gluten feed forms a good supple-
mentary food for dairy cows and may
be probably fed to take the place Of
bean meal In forming the concen-
trated part Of the ration.
Cows eat gluten feed regularly and
1t may be safely given up to seven
pounds a day. though smaller quanti-
ties fed as part of a mixture will
probably give the better result.
Bean meal and crushed oats have
fully maintained their past reputation
of being an excellent food for dairy
COWS, but the mixture is more ex-
pensive than an equal weight Of
gluten feed.
Sugar beet is an excellent food for
the dairy cows. There Is a little diff
Guilty at first in getting some animals
to take to it. 1t shows very marke ed
effect in stimulating and maintaining
the yield of milk even when the COWS
are advanced In lactation.
Cows fed on sugar beets produce a
cream more difficult to churn than
those fed on an equal weight Of tur-
nips and the butter Is very pale In
color.
Gluten feed is the refuse after the ex-
traction Of starch from grain and may
be had in two forms, either as gluten
meal or as gluten feed, the latter con-
sistjng Of the hull, the gluten layer
and the gem, the hull being absent
in the case Of gluten meal.
The gluten feed Is naturally the
lighter feed Of the two and may be
fed to the extent of seven pounds or
eight pounds daily. It's feeding COM
position approximates fairly closely to
beans and peas and it keeps we'll.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-25

shovelfuls of fresh soil or cinders form
q small mound az or IA inches in
diameter at the base and from to 8
inches high about the stem Of the tree,
firming the soil we'll. The tops Of these
small mounds are usually kept quite
bare by the winds and the mice will
not venture out on these exposures to
feed on the bark Of the trees. These
mounds may be left all The year, but
should be repaired and tamped hard
each autumn. Where cinders are avail
able they are most excellent for mice
will not burrow through cinders.
The wire screen is an ideal and COM
plete all-round protector. True, 1t Is
more expensive than some others,
but it is lasting and more effec-
tive against all kinds Of rodents
which prey upon young trees.
Being light and open. it presents the
least obstruction to strong winds; the
air and sunlight are freely admitted;
no dark places of concealment. such
as invite Wooly-aphis and other forms
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-25
IMPROVE THE CATTLE.

The best way for the dairyman to
improve his herd Is to replace his
common cows with their daughters by
pure-bred sires from advanced regis
try dams.
The high prices for some of the best
dairy animals need not discourage
dairymen from improving their herds
by the Introduction Of good blood, for
the obstacles can be overcome by
neigh borhood cooperation in buying
new sires.
In all localities where dairying is a
well-established industry there is no
reason why the best bred dairy bulls
should not be available to the small
dairyman. What would be a big price
for one man to pay for a registered
sire could be made a very small in
vestment by joint purchasing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-25
Raise Broilers
ne sit
H. r@1

.-a. uO lcN
Every farmer ought to raise United
ers, distributing the producticof no-.
evenly as possible over the year,
weeks is the average for the lifef
broiler and it does not pay to
them specially. though they shout
kept growing right along.
The staple diet is ground
When chickens are housed feed q
ground bone and meat sparingly t.
a week. In cool weather use ssh
potatoes, boiled and mashed, mi
with ground oats or corn. In
Farmers often have lou Of We,
tables and skim milk that are woaa
more for chicken food than for ant.
thing else. BY following such course
as this there Is sufficient variety for
healthful feeding and to keep up the
growth. IL
Start the little chicks usually with
bread crumbs and fine meal. A little
warm milk Is also excellent during the
first week or two. It Is easy to see
whether chickens are getting too much
meat or not 1t is unwise to let them
out on the wet ground. For one thing
they will eat too much worm meat
and then again the dampness is bad
for chickens, young or old.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-25
SEASONABEE AND SENSIBLE
HINTS.

Do you compel your cows to sleep
out on the wet ground and then COM
plain because they don't give much
milk? A hint to the wise is sufficient.
While fodder, when given out Of
doors should be fed in feed racks not
on the ground it Is imperative for the
ground surrounding the racks to slope
away in all directions and often it
would be better still If tile drained.
Do you keep plenty Of salt where
your live stock can get at it all the
time? Remember that this is abso-
lutely essential to good health in a
horse, COW, hog or sheep. as In a
human being.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-25
CARE OF THE SHEEP.

If the sheep are neglected and al
lowed to run down in flesh when the
winter sets in the fleece will be in
jured in both weight and quality.
A fleece Of good quality cannot be
grown on a poor half-starved sheep
If the ewes are allowed to get poor
during the winter the chances are that
the lambs will be weak and will per-
ish for lack Of nourishment and from
cold, while the lambs from a well
cared for eve will be much ADLER tc
stand the cold If they should happen
to be dropped when the weather Is
cold.
Sheep need some succulent food
during the winter. They should have
some rough feed such as corn stover
or clover hay and above all they
should have a ration rich in both pro-
Itein and mineral matter.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-25

In Jackson County, Ala, the people
voted a bond issue Of $250,OO0, for
road Improvement and improved "a
per cent of the roads. The 1900
census gave the value Of all farm
lands in jackson county as s4.90 per
acre. The selling price at that time
was from Sc to SIS per acre. The
last census gives the valus Of Jack
son county farm lands as 1919, and
the selling price is now from SIS to
SIS per acre.
The price Of farm land, like that Of
any other commodity, is ruled by the
relation between supply and demand.
When the price of farm land advances
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-25
ELL WHEN THE HOGS ARE
READY.

Avoid being a market chaser and
sell when the hogs are ready to 60,
that is, when they have reached a
condition when 1t is no longer profit
able to feed them except for specula-
tive purposes. The weak place in
many hog growers reasoning Is the
uncertainty Of market prices.
1t does not require great ability in
figures to show that there is a great
deal of waste In selling hogs when
they are only half fed out. 1t seldom
pays to feed corn to pigs after they
are ready to be marketed. Corn is
not as perishable as fat hogs. It can
be kept until the market advances.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-25

What kind Of water do your mich
COWS drink? Is it pure and clean :?
Remember that big portion of the
water they drink is converted into
milk and therefore ought to be as
wholesome as that which you drink
yourself.
The best milking pail Is the one so
constructed as to reduce to a mini
mum the amount Of dirt falling into
the milk during the process Of milk
ing. The small top pail may have
some objections but It's advantages are
so in evidence that 1t is rapidly being
adopted by most Of our prominent
dairymon.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-25

It is a matter of common observa-
ton that, when any community has
passed from a condition dominated by
acterlzed by good roads, land values
in that community advance. 1t is plain
that no system Of good roads can
directly improve the soil fertility or
the quality Of farms. 1t is equally true
that good roads can and do directly
improve the site value, or the value
which accrues to tho farm by virtue
Of it's situation with respect to mar
kets, schools, and towns. aid the ac-
feasibility Of these.