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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-06

What is probably the highest priced
truck patch in the world is located on
Fifth avenue, in New York city. 1t is
twenty-five feet wide aid 1903 feet long
and has an assessed valuation OF
close to half million dollars. The past
season this patch produced peas, beans
and lettuce, and its owners were the
object of envy by good many who
had no garden spots in their own back
yards.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-06
METHODIST CHURCH.
D. H. Corkran, pastor.

Morning worship 10 AS. Bible school
at noon. Epworth League, 6 AS. Union
meeting of young peoples societies in the
Congregational church at 1880 Sermt n
by DIR. Harrington.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-06

A few weeks ago an Iowa farmer
brought suit against a neighbor for
going on to his premises and trapping
several skunks. Fifteen years ago
this same man would have been con-
sidered benefactor instead of tres
passer. The change of attitude is due
to the advance in skunk pelts from 20
cents to SO or 81 apiece.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-06
RUTLAND RAILROAD
Time of departure of trains from
Middlebury effective Sunday,
Sept. IS.
South Bound.

9:37 a. m. mail, daily except Sunday
l2:49 p. m. Green Mountain flyer, daily
400 p. m. daily except Sunday.
7:05 p. m. Sundays only.
1850 p. m. daily.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-06
SAVED FROM DEATH IN A
VAULT.

Philadelphia, Jan. 20. Facing death
by suffocation, William Taylor, an en-
plvyee of the United States Mint, at
Seventeenth and Spring Garden streets,
was rescued late this afternoon from
one of the money vaults in the base
ment of the Mint, where he had been
accidentally caught by the sudden
swinging of the doors.
The vault is built of steel and con-
crete. 1t is of the automatic time
clock variety, but it could be open
ed from the inside by one who had
the combination. Taylor was caught
about O. clock The employees of the
Mint were about getting ready to quit
work and were busy placing money
within the steel and concrete lined walls
when suddenly the doors closed on
Taylor.
Plans were suggested for drilling
holes through the sides of the vault.
This was attempted but the drills in
most instances broke.
Meanwhile one of the workmen who
had been engaged on the front of the
safe shouted that his drill had taken
hold. In short time the drill reached
the interior of the vault.
Taylor voice could be family heard.
The rescuers tried to shout through the
small hole for him to keep up courage.
Then Chief Clerk Norris came along
with the combination and it was passed
through the hole on a slip of paper.
Taylor soon had the vault open.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-06

The men and boys in and near Pen
dleton, Ore, are having succession
Of weekly jack rabbit drives with
view to Kidding that section Of this
prolific pest. In drive held recently
a thousand rabbits were driven into an
Enclosure and killed with clubs, fire.
arms not being allowed because Of the
danger Of accidents. These rabbits
were shipped to Portland and distrib-
uted among the poor people Of the city.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-06

1t Is not entirely strange that Sc
many of these girls who start in teach
ing country and small town schools
wind up in the course Of two or three
years by captivating to some very per-
sistent young fellows who, while ad-
miring them for their feminine worth,
must also regard highly the pluck and
energy which they show in essaying to
govern roomfuls Of restless youngsters.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-06
GOODBYE DANDRUFF
USE PARTISAN SAGE

If you have dandruff it is because the
scalp is too dry and flakes off. Freshen
up the scalp-lubricate it-and dandruff
disappears.
Surely try SOC bottle of Partisan Sage.
1t cleanses the hair, nourishes it, stops
falling hair and itching scalp. 1t is just
what you need to make the scalp healthy
and Immediately remove dandruff.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-06
North Bound

We DO All Kindsl of
JOB PRINTING
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-06

According to the United States stand
ard for weights, bushel Of turnips
should weight % pounds; prunes &c;
barley. AS; castor beans, 46; blue grass
seed, Al; bran, 20; buckwheat, 4S; clio
yer seed, white beans, wheat, potatoes
and peas, 60; coal, 80; shelled corn. fax
seed and rye, Sc; corn in the ear. 20;
cornmeal, 4S; hemp seed, a.; unslaked
lime, 80; malt. 3S; millet seed, so; oats,
80; onions. 81; sweet potatoes. So; salt
Cine). 1877 salt (coarse). 151; timothy
seed, 46. 1t might be convenient to save
this list for reference.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-06

A contributor to the Country Gentle
man finds that coating water pipes
with a mixture of equal parts of petro-
latum (vaseline) and paraffin wax Is
an effective method of keeping them
from freezing. The two ingredients
should be melted and applied while
warm to the pipes with an old brush
after they have been wiped perfectly
dry. An old lamp or torch may be
used to keep the mixture in a liquid
state. The application of this protec-
tive coating to pipes lying entirely ex-
posed on the top of the ground is said
to have kept them from freezing.
A farmer of Rocky Ford, Colo, has
been making some interesting tests
with view to determining the proper
amount of alfalfa seed to SOW under
conditions prevailing in that section.
He seeded duplicate plots with two
varieties of seed, the smallest amount
being two pounds and the amount be-
ing increased for the other plots by
two pounds up to maximum seeding
of twenty pounds. When the last cut
ting of alfalfa was made he found
that, all things considered-weeds,
amount and quality OF hay-the plots
on which from eight to ten pounds had
been seeded gave the best returns.
There is little question that the re-
suits of these experiments could be
utilized to advantage by alfalfa grow
ers in sections farther east, where the
rainfall is more plentiful. OF course
the suggestion as to using a smaller
amount of seed is based on the as
sumption that the seed used has
stroag terminating power.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-02-13

but when they were given so pounds
Of alfalfa hay along with the corn.
eight bushels of corn made 100
pounds of gain. Here SO pounds of
alfalfa were the equivalent of a bushel
of corn, which would give the alfalfa
a comparative feeding value OF $40
ton when corn was so cents a
bushel
One winter, rations of all corn, corn
and alfalfa meal, and corn, alfalfa
meal and tankage were fed. In the
second lot, 80 parts of corn and 10
parts of alfalfa meal made up the
ration, while with the latter the same
proportion Of alfalfa meal. IS parts
of corn and 5 parts of tankage made
the ration. While those receiving the
tankage made the fastest gains, gain
ing 127 pounds in three months, as
compared with 122 on the corn and
alfalfa ration, and los on the corn
alone ration, the cost was more and
the profit less. Here again corn and
alfalfa proved the most economical,
costing $3.50 per 100 pounds of gain,
as compared with $4.12 with the
tankage ration and $4.42 on the corn
alone ration. The profit per pig was
$2.56 on the corn and alfalfa meal
ration; s2.26 when tankage was in
cluded; and s2.o3 on corn alone. 1t
would have been interesting to have
compared corn and tankage with corn
and alfalfa instead of having alfalfa
included in both rations.
Alfalfa hay in racks with corn has
been found an economical and eff
cient ration for brood sows as well as
for fattening stock. At the Iowa sta
ton, several different rations were
fed to brood sows. Here corn with
meat meal, 1 to 80, proved slightly
superior to any of the other rations.
But the average weight of the pigs at
narrowing time was greater when the
sows were fed corn with alfalfa in a
self feeder. Most of them were strong.
healthy, robust pigs. while there was
percentage of weak ones with all
other rations. The alfalfa ration fur
nished an abundance of lime, one of
the chief bone builders, as we'll as
protein or muscle builder. The same
might be said about the meat meal
and the clover hay rations, but in
producing vigorous pigs, alfalfa hay
proved superior to either of them.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-02-13

gence to obtain its maximum value.
Doubtless when manure is handled as
1t is on the majority Of farms, only
one-half of its worth is realized. The
greatest loss Is through the waste
of the liquid excrement by the use Of
insufficient bedding to absorb it In
addition to the great losses due to
improper absorption of the urine,
probably the greatest source of loss
Is from teaching by rains. Manure is
often allowed to lie for months in the
open barnyard or under the caves OF
the barn. where the teaching and
washing processes are more complete.
Manure is very easily decomposed,
and the losses resulting from such de-
composition fall entirely on the most
valuable constituent of the manure,
the nitrogen. Many farmers have suf-
fered with smarting eyes when remov-
ing the accumulated manure from the
horse stable. This is due to escaping
ammonia. The first evidence of fer
mentation is the. odor of ammonia,
which is noticeable in the barn, espe-
cially IL 1t has been closed during the
night.
Manure is never so valuable as when
perfectly fresh, for it is impossible
under the best system of management
to prevent all loss of its fertilizing
ingredients. For this reason, when
ever possible it should be hauled di-
rectly to the field and spread. This
saves time and labor and involves
handling but once. When IT is i'm
possible to remove the manure at once
to the field, it must be properly stored.
A lean-to shed is all that is needed.
This should have a water tight floor.
When manure must be left in the yard,
a rick should be carefully built 1t
should be made so hard and compact
that the hardest rain will not soak
through.
The sides should be perpendicular
and the top dipped toward the center.
1t is advantageous to have the manure
saturated with water, but the rick or
heap must be so built as to retain this
moisture. The water must not drain
away from the heap. Build the rick
at least six feet high.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-02-13
Mixed FARMING PAYS

To the man of small capital poultry
keeping and mixed farming afford
the most promising means of making
a comfortable livelihood. Poultry may
with advantage be kept by those en-
gaging in fruit growing and prove a
valuable adjunct to the orchard by
keeping down pests and fertilizing the
ground; also proving a material
source of income while the trees are
coming into bearing. To engage ex-
clusiveiy in fruit growing one is
obliged to provide for the period from
the setting out of the trees till they
come into bearing. thus requiring an
income from other sources, while in
mixed farming returns may be
counted on from the start
A few acres planted in small fruits,
early vegetables, potatoes, carrots,
onions, cabbages, etc, with fowls,
some cows and pigs will give man
an assured income the first season
and will not interfere with his plant
ing variety of fruit trees which will
become profitable later.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-02-13
killing the squash Bugs

The squash bug is a brownish-
black insect with yellow spots along
the edges of the abdomen and has a
dirty yellow center. The young of
this bug, which hatch from eggs de-
posted by the adult in the spring on
the early sprouts of squash and pump
kin vines, attack and destroy the
young tissues of the plants. As this
bug winters over in the adult stage
under rubbish and among the old
vines, clean culture is important. AT
this time of the year the burning
of all rubbish in the fields, espe-
cially the old vines, cleaning along
fences and fall blowing, will greatly
aid in the reduction of this pest the
following year
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-02-13
New Vegetable Appears.

Celery cabbage has made its appear
ance from the gardens of the origin
ators at Champaign, ILL.,, and it has
created a very favorable impression
wherever tested, and if it eats as we'll
as it looks 1t will become a royal fav-
orite.
The new vegetable is even more than
its name implies. 1t looks like giant
bunch of celery with the tops of the
stalks forming into head of cabbage.
The stalks are flatter and wider than
those of celery, while the color is that
of well bleached cabbage. It may be
cooked like lettuce, stewed like oys-
tiers, eaten raw like celery or stewed
like asparagus.
eD
The colt that keeps its baby fat the
first year tells of good care, skillful
feeding and fine growth.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-02-13

Farm and Fireside says: Fill a
hardwood molasses barrel about one
fourth full of cracked corn and set it
In the rats runway. They can easily
climb up the wooden hoops on the
outside OF the barrel and get to the
corn, but the inside of the barrel is
SO smooth that they can't get out
again"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-02-13
Alfalfa and Corn Good Hog Rations
in Proportion

a LFALFA and corn make a good
IN hog ration. One of the most
satisfactory methods of feeding
alfalfa is by means of a self feeder.
This is kept full, and the hogs al
lowed to eat from it at will They
seem to know just about how much
OF 1t they need to balance the corn.
In number of experiments when
they were allowed to be the judges as
to the amount of alfalfa needed, they
made greater and cheaper gains than
when feeders figured it out for them
by allowing them a certain proper
ton of alfalfa meal, or chopped al
falfa with varying amounts of corn.
The Nebraska station has thorough
ly tested this matter. The object was
to find out the most profitable form
in which to feed alfalfa, and how
much of it to feed in proportion to
the corn. Alfalfa was fed as hay in
a self-feeding rack; chopped with
corn, and as meal with corn. In all
OF the tests, the rack method COM
pared we'll with the others, in most
cases the net cost per 100 pounds of
gain averaging about SO cents less.
Five Years Test
An average of five years test at
that station gave a daily gain of is
pounds when hogs were fed corn with
alfalfa in the self-feeder. When they
were given nine parts of corn and one
part of chopped alfalfa hay, the daily
gain was LAC, costing s3S7 per 100
pounds of pork gain, as compared
with only 3.7S when the alfalfa was
fed in the rack. The actual differ
ence in the amount of alfalfa con-
sumed was not much; neither was
there much difference in the amount
of corn required to produce 100
pounds of gain, it being ABS with al
falfa in the rack and 433 when it was
fed chopped. The greater cost of the
chopped alfalfa made the ration cost
slightly more.
Tests were made of feeding differ
ent proportions of chopped alfalfa and
alfalfa meal with the corn. Hogs, in
an average of two tests, when fed
nine parts of corn and one part of
chopped alfalfa, made daily gains of
1.31 pounds, at cost of s3.s4 per 100
pounds of gain. When they were fed
three parts of corn and one part of
alfalfa they made daily gains of only
III hounds. costing s4S5 per 100
pounds of gain. Expense of fattening
Increased when alfalfa meal was sub
stituted for chopped alfalfa, and when
the proportion of either the chopped
alfalfa or the alfalfa meal was much
greater than to 1. In all the tests
at this station, gains on corn and al
falfa were cheaper and faster, leav-
ing greater profit per hog, when the
ration consisted of corn with alfalfa
in the rack, indicating it would not
pay to grind or chop the alfalfa.
One Winter Ration
Nearly nine bushels of corn were
required to produce 100 pounds of
gain when hogs were fed corn alone.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-02-13
How to Get Most From Manure
Oldest Popular Form Fertilizer the Farm Farm
Manure

5NyERY crop removed from the soil
liz. takes from It materials which
E9 have been used in building up
the plants tissue. Soil with no fer
tility added and which annually bears
a crop, must in time become exhaust
ed of its store of valuable plant food.
and unfit to bear further profitable
crops. Substances which are added
to the soil in order to replace the in
gradients which have been removed
by previous crops are called manures.
The oldest and most common form of
manure is the farm manure. OF all
fertilizers this is the most popular.
Early Roman writers called attention
to the fact that the addition of the ex-
creta of farm animals to the soil re-
suited in increased production, and
from that time TO the present the ma
jority of farmers have placed their re-
lance on this class of manures for
maintaining the fertility of the land.
A well kept manure heap may be
safely taken as one of the surest indi-
cations of thrift and success in farm
ing. Neglect of this resource causes
losses, which, though little appreciat-
ed, are vast in extent. Waste of man
ure is both so common as to breed in
difference and so silent as to escape
notice.
Figure Are Given.
According to recent statistics, there
are in the United States, in round
numbers, 2s.300,000 horses, mules.
etc.; 100000 cattle, 100000 hogs
Oh
mails were kept in stalls or pens
throughout the year and the manure
carefully saved the approximate value
of the fertilizing constituents of the
manure produced by each horse or
mule would annually be S27, by each
head of cattle $40. by each hog 81,
and by each sheep 50. 1t is fair to
assume that at least one-third of the
value of the manure is annually lost
through careless methods of handling,
and this estimate Is conservative. Even
at this figure we have the tremendous
sum of ss25,700,000 as the annual
loss in the United States. This con-
dition is the more unfortunate be-
cause practically all of it could be pre-
vented
The great Importance of farm ma
nure is not appreciated. A great
many of those engaged in agricultural
pursuits seem to have little realiza-
ton of the immense loss incurred
through the waste OF this important
product. They begrudge the time and
labor required to remove it from the
barn and feeding lot, and it Is not I'M
common to see a man purchase COM
mercial fertilizers and waste the man
ure produced by his stock. Barns
are often erected on steep side hills,
or even close to the banks of running
streams, which practice insures a
most effective and wasteful loss of the
valuable constituents of the manure
heap.
Manure Perishable.
Farm manure is a perishahle prod
uct, and must be handled with intelli-
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-02-13

Cooling a horse off suddenly Is al
ways attended with risk. Covering
with q light blanket will prevent this.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-02-13

Nearly nine bushels OF corn were
required to produce 100 pounds of
gain when hogs were fed corn alone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-25
ENGLAND FLOATS
Sl,750,OOO,OOO LOAN
Believed That Subscriptions Are
Greatly in Excess of That
Amount.

London, Nov. 24.-The greatest war
loan in England's history, amounting
to $3.50, 100000 (s1,750,000 ,000), or
rather more than half the total Of the
British national debt, has been sue
cessfully foated by the Bank of Eng
land, both large and small investors
being among the buyers. The country
awaits the announcement ~ the Chan
cellor of the EXchequer as TO the
amount of the subscriptions, with the
belief that they will exceed consider
ably the amount of the loan, and that
the colossal transaction will have an
impressive effect upon Great Britain's
enemies.
Coming at a time when the London
Stock Exchange is closed and imme-
diately after S300,000,O00 of fresh tax
alton had been imposed, the result is
considered remarkably indicative Of
the determination of the country to en-
able the government TO prosecute the
war 20 a successful end.
The subscriptions poured IN from
the provinces and from insurance
houses and banks, colonial as well as
from the United Kingdom. The offer
ings ranged from a modest f95 to the
biggest insurance company's subscrip-
ton Of 81 100000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-25
HERRICK VICTIM OF
POLITICAL CABAL
His Recall Due to POmerene'S
Fear of Senatorial Rivalry
in 1917.

Washington, Nov. 24.-The anxiety
of Senator Pomerene, of Ohio, to be re-
elected in 1917 is responsible for the
termination of Myron T. Herrick's stay
as Ambassador TO France. Some time
ago the President appointed William
G.. Sharp, of Ohio, to succeed Mr. Her
rick. but because the administration
wanted American affairs in France con-
Quoted by an experienced Official dur
ing war time Mr. Sharp, although he
went TO Paris, did not assume office.
This got on the nerves of Senator
Pomerene, because Congressman sharp
is q Democrat and Mr.. Herrick's work at
his post was making him entirely too
nopular in Ohio TO suit the junior
Senator from that state. The fact that
Democratic President was keeping
Republican official in so important a
most was construed as an Endorsement
of the Ambassadors qualifications and
ability. Mr.. Herrick has not announced
himself as a candidate for the Senate
from Ohio In 1917, but he is so pop
ular in his home state that senator
Pomerene figures that Mr.. Herrlck VIII
be his opponent in 1917.
Therefore, Senator Pomerene, VINO
was the political hacker Of Mr.. Sharp
called at the White House not so very
long ago and lodged a vigorous pro.
test against the further retention OF
Mr. Herrick as the American Amoas-
sadOr 10 France.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-25
ALL EUROPE TRUSTS
AMERICA-VAN DYKE
Minister TO Netherlands Returns
for Eye Treatment
Praises Dutch.

DR.. Henry van Dyke, American Min
lister to the Netherlands, arrived here
Yesterday from Rotterdam on the Hol-
land America liner Rotterdam on
short leave, and went to Washington
after his arrival.
MY return to this country he said,
sis made to get little rest, chiefly
TO have my eyes patched up. The al
most unbroken strain of night and day
work for almost four months has serl-
ously impaired my sight, but when 1t
is patched up | shall return to my post
and continue TO work for our country
and for the cause OF world peace IN the
spirit of our Presidents declarations
"The position of Holland has been
unchanged since the beginning Of the
war. She is neutral, firm and friend
ly. Her kindness to American fugltives
and the help she has extended to the
poor Belgians who have come within
her borders are beyond praise. | think
the standing of the Americans IN the
eyes of Europe is better now than ever.
They trust US. They know we will al
ways be fair and generous to help the
shirt of HUMANITY