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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
Relative Importance Of the Potato In
German and American Ag-
riculture


Potatoes in Germany take a more
important place than they do in this
country. Though the country is much
smaller than the United States, the
area planted is 8,165,000 acres, as COM
pared with 3,566,000 acres in here.
The average total yield is 1868, 403,-
900 bushels, or 202.5 bushels per acre,
as compared with an average annual
American yield of 343,5S7 900 bushels.
If the states of Maine, New York,
Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota
alone were to plant 1875 per cent. of
their arabic land in potatoes, as Ger
many does, and secure an equivalent
yield, the produce would amount to
l,558, 900 bushels, four and one-hale
times our present production from the
entire country.
At the present rate of consumption
of potatoes in the United States,
which is considerably less than three
bushels per capita, the needs of the
entire country could be supplied from
any one of the states of New York,
Michigan. Wisconsin or Minnesota
and lease surplus unused, whereas
all the states combined have several
times failed to produce enough pota-
toes to supply the domestic consump1
ton, and in such years large quanti-
ties Of potatoes have been imported
from foreign countries.
Such an immense production of po7
tatoes as is found In Germany is man
ifestly not required to feed the peo-
pie. rs a matter of fact, only %
per cent. of the crop is used for hui
man food while 40 per cent. is fed di-
rect to farm animals and IL per cent.
is set aside for seed purposes. The
Germans plant over twice as many seed
potatoes per acre as is the custom
here, or more than "a bushels. An ad.
ditional portion of the surplus, in
round numbers. 100,0O0,000 bushels, a
little less than six per cent. of the
total crop, is made into alcohol and
used for Industrial purposes, and to
replace petroleum products over
| 50,000,000 bushels, or about four per
cent, are made each year into starch,
dextrose, and related products This
accounts for about all except ten per
cent. of the German crop, which it is
estimated is lost through decay.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16

Miss burlington passes upon the
Patentability Of children's toys in the
patent office at Washington. Her desk
is always loaded with new devices fol
the amusement and instruction Of tht
litfIe nnes
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
MOTHER JONES BEHIND BARS.
Taken to Hospital by MiIitiamen,
Where She is Held Incommunicado.

Taken to Hospital by Militiamen,
Where She Is Held Incommunicado.
Trinidad, Mother" Mary
Jones, strike leader, who was de-
ported from the southern coal fields
January by the militia, returned to
Trinidad Monday morning from Den
yer. AS soon as her presence here
was learned by the military authori-
ties she was arrested and taken to
the San Rafael hospital, where she
was held incommunicado. Mother"
Jones left the train at the outskirts
OF Trinidad and later appeared at a
local hotel. She was arrested shortly
before noon by, a detail Of state
troops, hurried out of the hotel,
placed in an automobile and whirled
through the streets, with cavalry
escort galloping at full speed in front
and behind the machine.
Several hundred coal mine strik-
ers lined the streets on either side
and cheered wildly, while Mother"
Jones waved her hand in response.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
causes Of peoIlnIna RIrth Rate.

Battle Creek, Mioh.-"The Causes
of the Declining Birth Rate" and
Segregation" were two of the sub
jects taken up Monday at the closing
session of the First National Confer
enee on Race Betterment Eugenic
selection of healthy mothers and pro
vision for the cost of bearing and
rearing children should be made If
the race is to survive, according to
Or. j. McKeen Catten of Columbia
university.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
CORN FODDER is VALUABLE
Greater Feeding Value Is Obtained
Where Fed Early Than When Al
lowed to Stand In Shock.
.By e. MILLERN

The best way to use corn fodder il
to cut and feed it as it ripens, saving
the hay and other feeds in storage for
later use. Corn fodder fed early has
greater feeding value than that which
Is allowed to stand in the shock for
several weeks or months, and more Of
1t viii be consumed by the animals.
When you go to the field for a load
OF corn fodder, haul out load of ma
nure, and scatter on the ground when
the fodder is cut 1t is economy of
farm labor to do this, and by so doing
you are returning to the soil an
equivalent of what you are taking
from It. Late cut fodder is always
best.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
Bioqraphy q Great Evangelist.

Winona Lake, Ind.-While Rev.
Billy Sunday, the noted evangelist,
was resting here recently, after
strenuous campaign in Johnstown,
Pa, he received word that the new
biography, The Spectacular Career
of Rev. Billy Sunday" was off the
press. 1t is the work of T. T. Frank
enberg, and the evangelist says it is
a truthful account of his life.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
JAPANESE VILLAGES BURNED.
Eruption of Volcano Causes the De-
struction of Many Homes.

.Tokio.-A series Of $50 slight
earthquakes shook the town of Kago-
shima, at the southern end Of the isl
and of Kiushiu, on Monday. They
were followed by the eruption of a
volcano on Sakura, small island in
the gulf Of Kagoshima, where two vii
lagos were buried in ashes. The
earthquakes continued necessarily
and the work Of rescuing the inhab-
itants Of Sakura by boats across the
intervening three miles of water from
Kagoshima is extremely difficult.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
Small Farms In Demand.

The United States reclamation serv.
Ice announces that an increased de-
sire on the part of settlers on irriga,
ton projects to take up small farms
has necessitated regulations facilitat
ing the subdivision of established farm
units. On most of the government
projects the farm unit consists or Ae
and S0-acre tracts.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
To Make Canal zone Trade Center.

Washington.-A bill to set aside
the canal zone as free trade territory
where merchants Of the world may
store their goods for distribution in
South American ports and the far
east, will be introduced soon after
congress convenes by Representative
Ira C. Copley of Illinois. The effect
of such step. according to Mr.. Cop.
ley, will be to make the canal zone
the greatest trade center in the
world
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
ACCRUED Of WHOLESALE Murder.

Frankforton-the-M Main, Germany
Carl Hopf, a druggist and former
fencing master, will be placed on trial
on the charge of having poisoned his
two children. his father and his first
wife, and of having attempted to pois-
on his second and third wives and an
other person.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
rhaw PIannlna Tor Euture.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Roger o'Mara,
trustee for the estate of Harry K
Thaw and his confidential adviser.
said Monday that while no definite
plans had been formed for Thaw if
he is released ON bail, he would prob
ably come to Pittsburg and go into
husiness
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
FrIck is Optimistic.

Pittsburg, Pal. c. Prick is an op-
timist. He says there is no cause for
alarm over general business and that
despite changes in the tariff, the pros.
pect is good for the steel industry
and business in general.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
Would Abolish useless bureau.

Washington. Reorganization OF
the department of agriculture by
abolishing all Of the present thirteen
bureaus and substituting four or five
offices, grouping all allied activities.
is contemplated in a provision car
ried in the agriculture appropriation
bill, which the house committee On
agriculture almost has completed.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
Acquitted Of Murder.

Columbus. S. e-Thomas H. Pee
pies, attorney general of South Caro-
lima, was acquitted of murder here
on. Monday. He was tried for the
killing of Robert Marshall, negro chef
at the Elks' home. Witnesses testi-
fed that the killing was accidental.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
Noted Educator Dies.

ST. Louis.-Calvin NJ Woodward,
former dean Of the engineering de-
partment of Washington university,
and an educator of national reputa-
ton, died Monday. Death was due to
paralysis. Professor Woodward was
&c years old.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
Thief ties Woman.

Salt Lake City.-Threatened with
revolver, choked, bound and gagged,
Miss Mary Christensen, was forced to
watch the ransacking methods of a
burglar who robbed her home, accord,
ing to her story to the police.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
New Treatment for tuberculosis.

Washington.-A new method Of
treating tuberculosis is being inves-
tieated by the public health service
through experiments at Fort Stanton,
New Mexico, and officials Of the ser
vice said they were inclined to be
hopeful of important results. The
method is known as artificial or in
duced pneumo-thorax
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
Mocormle Reats summer.

sydney, N. S. W-Tom McCorlnic
OF Australia on Sunday defeated
Johnny summers, the English pugil-
let, in a twenty-round contest for the
British welterweight championship.
AcCormie won on points.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
Famous Moonshiner CAPTURED

Waldron, Ark-John Dale, who for
twenty years has detied revenue offie.
ers in the western counties of Arkan.
sas. was found as eep in the woods
near hare Friday and arrested by a
United States marshal-s posse.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
callfornians victors.

Manila.-The lawn tennis doubles
championship of the Orient was won
here Monday by William M. John
ston and Ella Fottrell, both of Cali
fornia, who beat the Japanese play
ers, Kumagae and Nomure, in three
straight sets
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
TERRIBLE STORM IN RUSSIA.
One Hundred Deaths Reported From
Cold and Exposure.

St. Petersburg terrible snow
storm has swept over northwest n
Russia, blocking the roads and the
railways and interfering with the tee.
graphic communication.
In the suburbs of st. Petersburg the
snow is nine feet deep, and 10000 So
diers and. laborers are engaged in
cleaning away the drifts. Train ser
vice has been reduced to a minimum.
No farm produce is reaching the city.
IT is impossible to make interments
in the cemeteries.
Official records indicate $50 deaths
from cold and exposure. A number
OF peasants in Grodno, Lithuania, have
been devoured by wolves.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16

Truck Soils Of Atlantic Coast REGION.
The great winter garden which sup
plies the cities of the northeastern
states with the fresh vegetables de-
manded for consumption during the
latter months of winter and those
of early spring stretches in narrow
belt along the Atlantic coast from
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
eIrI eulIty Of Manslauahter.

Coneordia, Kan. Bessie Moore,
who shot and killed her sweetheart,
Joseph Kelly, October 16 last, was
found guilty of manslaughter in the
third degree here Saturday. Miss
Moore, who is 10 years old. alleged
that Kelly Wronged her.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
o'shauqhnessy calls on Huerts.

Mexico City Charge O'Shaugh.
nessy's first official act after his re.
turn to the capital from Vera Cruz,
where he conferred with the presf.
dents representative, John Lind. was
to call on President Huerta.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
New Haven Road to ReoreanIze.

Washington The New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad and the
department of Justice Saturday night
announced a preliminary agreement,
designed to effect reorganization Of
the New Haven and to prevent suit
for its dissolution under the Sherman
law
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
Clark is SeventY.fiVa.

Washington.-In honor of the seven
ty-flfth anniversary of his birth, form
Clark. millionaire resident of Montana
and New York, on Thursday announc.
ed by letter contribution Of $4,000 to
American art.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
Florida Bank Fails.

Pensacola. F1a.-Failure of the First
National bank of Pensacola to open
its doors for business Thursday was
explained by It's cfficia as due to the
withdrawal of the accounts of a num-
Der of depositors.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
nld.Ancient. Enns-

New York-A fine of $500 was inn
posed ON the James Van Dyk com
pany, egg dealers, on their plea of
guilty to selling cold storage eggs as
fresh. 1t is the first conviction Of its
kind In this state.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16

Excessive fat in a young pig invites
the Generalization of its physical CON
dition, destroys the natural tendency
toward constitutional vigor, checks
growth and induces a condition that
no after treatment can correct
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
Income From Good E,.,..

Ten dollars head is not an impos.
sfbfe income from lambs and wool
from good ewes. Even as high a re-
turn as So has been reported BY sheep
growers.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
Debate on Alaska. Bill.

Washington.-De Debate on the Alas.
kan government railroad bill began
in the senate on Monday. with the
prospect of occupying many sessions
before final action.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
VICTORY FOR THAw.

Commission Declares HIS Release
Would Not be Menace to Society.
Concord N. Hilary Kendall
Thaw would not be a public menace
If he were released on bail, accord
ing to the report Of the commission
appointed by Federal Judge Aldrich
to inquire into the state of Thaw's
mentality.
The report says the commission
finds Thaw is not now afflicted with
any of the mental diseases from
which he was suffering when he slew
Stanford White.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
strikebreaker Killed BY Militiamen.

|. Walsenburg. Colo.-John German,
a miner, was shot and killed by .
militiaman on sentry duty here Sun.
day night when he refused to halt at
command and crossed the sentry line
into the military camp.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
War Started on.Thuna.

New York. Mayor John Purroy
Mitchell has declared war ON the or.
gained gangs of the city and caused
emphatic orders to be given the police
ahat these bands Of drug fiends, muir
derers and thieves must be broken
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
Boxing Bouts stonned.

Pittsburg.-Mayor Armstrong, who
assumed office a week ago, has is.
sued an order that he will permit no
boxing matches in this city until fur
ther notice, All bouts scheduled have
been cancelled.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
Preacher Dances in Pulpit.

Minneapolis. Mimi. illustrating
his sermon by going through the
positions of the dance in his pulpit,
4he Rev. G. L. Morrill,, pastor Of the
Peoples church. preached Sunday on
she tango" which he denounced in
slameasured terms.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
Search for MissIno Schooner.

Seattle.-Three powerful tugs and
the revenue cutter snohomish are
cruising southwest of Cape Flattery in
search of the schooner William Il.
CAIRNS, with eleven men, which was
last seen disabled and leaking.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
eeaehx sIIahtIY Injured.

Oakland Calm order to .avoid
what appeared to be certain sacri-
flee of two lives, Lincon Beachy, avia-
tor, deliberately wrecked his biplane on
Saturday and fell twenty-five feet. sus-
tanning slight injuries.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
Army of Unemployed.

Salem, ore.-About 100 men who
started to walk to Salem from Port
land, to ask Governor West for work,
arrived Sunday night and were in.
vited to sleep in church some six
ty feet from the governors mansion.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
indemnity TO Injured Wortsn,en

Madison, Wis,-In the two years
since the workmen's compensation law
went into effect. employers of the state
have paid s396.S54,7S as indemnity to
injured workmen and their depend.
antS
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
Started Fire with kerosene.

Charlton, Ia-Mrs. Fred Wolf and
two of her three children were burn.
ed beyond possibility of recovery in
fire that destroyed their residence
here Friday. Mrs. Wolf was trying to
ear old a puner. - r1ea'srOsss =
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
Eltzalmmons AppeaIa 10 count.

New York,-The state supreme
court will decide whether Bob Fitz-
simmons, former heavyweight cham
pion of the world, is too old to re-
enter the ring with view to winning
back his title.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
Noted Educator pies.

Milwaukee. Wis.-George w. Peck
ham, nationally known as an edu=
Gator, author and entomologist, died
at his home here, after brief illness,
aged 6S years. He had written many
books on entomology and pedagogy.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
Three KlIIed in Mreek.

Cordele, Ga-Three persons we're
killed and twenty-seYen injured FRI
cay when six coaches OF a Georgia
Southern & Florida passenger train
from Macon to Palatka crashed
through a trestle. one mile from here.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
WIN Refuse Throne.

Vienna.-The Allegemeine Zeitung
says that Prince William of Wied hes.
itates to accept the throne of Albania
and 1t is believed in well-informed
.Gircles that he finally VIII refuse 1t.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
millionaire Left Mo VIII.

Kansas City.-Bernard corrigan
former president of the Metropolitan
Street Railway company of this city.
who died last week and whose estate
Is valued at S1.5OO.OOO. left no will
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
sylvia Pankhurst Released.

London.-Miss Sylvia Pankhurst,
militant suffragette, was released on
Saturday from Holloway jail She
had been a prisoner since January 3,
when she was arrested in the east
y. -.1a-sa,ast,ss . s.lsss Or { d, rs.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
chinaae Edltor AssasslnaEed.

Shanghai China f. How, foun-
der and managing director of the
Commercial Press, was shot dead in
- ss.aas .or snndax The assassin
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-16
Money In Hoes.

There is money in the hog business
for the man who viii conduct /. prop
eriy.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-23
EXPANDING OUR FARMING.

In a measure the use OF chemical
plant foods is the basis of expansive
farming. The profits from using these
plant foods will depend upon their
right purchase and use. Rightly used
they enable a man to place more Of his
land under remunerative system of
crop growing.
We have been farming along too
narrow lires. The fertility supply from
our farm stock as compared with the
size Of our farms, Lever gets far from
our barns and feed LOTS so that while
a few acres "hold their own" the
many suffer for the few.
To expand our farming we must
widen our methods and raise some
highly organized crop that is adapted
to our rotation of crops and our farm
and that will pay a profit when grown
under intense conditions.
Intense tillage makes the soil more
friable, easier to cultivate and teeming
with bacterial life, condition brought
about by opening up the pores and
giving the air and its decomposing
agents an opportunity to start bacterial
action. The plant food that is insol-
uble, thus becomes available.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-23
Duroc-Jersey Sow.

Duroc-Jersey sows are good mixers
and good mothers. The breed is
strong and active and can Craze over
large areas.
The Chester White is a popular hog
in some Of the Northern States, but in
the South Is not so desirable. because
Of its color. As a breed the Chester
White is large, long in body, has a
heavy bone, and Is not as refined or
compact as the Poland-China. In
color the breed Is white: blue spots
are often seen upon the skin along the
back and sides. If it were not for
their color, the Chester Whites would
| soon occupy the same position in the
South as the Duroc-Jerseys, because
they are good mothers. good grazers
and very prolific. The quality OF the
meat Is about like that Of the Duroc-
Jersey.
The farmer who Is about to adopt a
breed should be sure to select one of
the standard and common breeds of
his own State Many men make the
mistake Of introducing a breed new to
the section, and when the time comes
that new boar must be secured much
difficulty and expense are incurred be-
fore a satisfactory one can be found.
Therefore breed should usually be
selected which has a good representa-
ton In the State in which the farmer
lives.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-23
POland-China Sow.

of the South and Southwest. as we'll
as the more northerly parts of the
United States For grading purposes,
the value of the Berkshire male with
common stock is undoubted. And
where fair individuals Of pure breed
ing stock are used this breed crosses
we'll with Poland-China and other
breeds.
The Poland-China breed Of hogs
originated in the State Of Ohio. This
breed is considered the ideal Of the
lard type Of hog, The individuals are
broad on the back, compact, low, and
dress a high per cent of marketable
meat. The back Is broader and
shorter than that of the Berkshire.
but the latter has the advantage OF
the Poland China in length of side.
The face of the Poland-China Is
longer and not dished so much as that
of the Berkshire. While the ideal ear
of the Poland China hog stands erect,
still the tips of the ears should droop.
The large. overhanging ear is very
, Objectionable to Poland-Ch1na breed
ers. In color the Poland-China IS
black. with six whito points-on the
face. on the tip of the tail and on the
feet.
The Poland-China was originally
very large hog, but has been bred for
refinement and compactness so long
that at the present time 1t Will not