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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24

five great departments each well
come bright, ambitious youths and
no boy or girl is prepared for life
without completing one or more OF
these courses.
The Agricultural Course is be-
coming more and more popular
every year Young men who COM
plete the two years course are find
ing responsible and profitable posi-
tions as rapidly as they graduate.
Some Of these young men are al
ready among the best farmers in
this region.
The increased teaching force and
laboratory facilities and the ac-
cumulating records from our ex-
pertinent field and the opportunity
to go out there and watch results
make the course better than ever
before.
II il is impossible for any farmer
boy to take the two year course, he
should by all means take the special
short course that has been carefully
planned for this fall and winter. II
will be the best investment Of time
and money he has ever made. Talk
10 Mr.. Spence about this course Of
study when he visits you.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24
UNCLE SAM TEARS UP A RAIL
ROAD

Fort Smith. Arkansas is re-
ported that the tracks of the Ar
kansas Southern Railway Company
are to be taken up and sold for
scrap iron. The Federal Court or
dered the Receivers to discontinue
running trains on the road last June
as there was no way of taking care
of the deficit resulting from its OPP
Grafton. This solution of the rail-
way deficit problem is new one
and authoritatively demonstrates
Uncle Sans method of dealing with
business problems as relates to rail-
roads,
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24
WAR TAX si0O,O0O00O
FREIGHT SHIPMENTS AND BEER
To BEAR THE BURDEN

Washington, ID. C. - An eff
fort is being made by Congress to
levy a war tax of si00000,0OO to
make up the deficit in imports due
to the European War. It is pro-
posed that the freight shipments
bear S65,0O0,000 and beer s35,000,0 900.
The transportation companies are
used merely as a collection agency
Of the fund and are TO be cOmpen-
stated for their services. Beer is to
bear an additional tax of fifty cents
per barrel and the manufacturers
of domestic wines also come in for
a share Of the tax burden.
As an additional relief for war
conditions, Senate leaders announce
that the Rivers and Harbors appro-
priation bill will probably be re-
duced s25,00O,000.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24
WORK ON THE MERIDIAN ROAD
Over s5ooooo Expended For Permanent
Improvements In 1918.

According TO recent statement by
President John g. Nicholson Of the
Meridian Road association, over $780,
600 was expended for permanent i'm
provements on the Meridian road in
1913, and In 1914 there will be spent
at least an equal amount
The Meridian Road association was
organized at Salina, Kan. In June.
1911, for the purpose OF establishing
highway from Winnipeg, Canada, to
the gulf Of Mexico and bringing about
its construction and maintenance.
The route OF the Meridian road as Mt
present esta blished extends across the
country approximately north and south
as far as Waco, Tex, the principal
cities it passes through being Grand
Forks and Fargo, n. D.; WATERFOWL
and Yankton, $. d.; Norfolk and York.
Neb.; Salina and Wichita, Kan; Enid,
Oklahoma City and Lawton. Okla,
and Fort Worth. Tex. At Waco the
route divides, one branch bearing east
erly to Houston and Galveston and
the other westerly through Temple.
Austin and san Antonio to Laredo.
The road Is practically level over most
Of its length, and it is stated that very
soon. If not now, a car can be sent
over the entire length on high gear.
Il Is stated that IL is now a first class
earth road for more than 1900 miles,
or approximately three-fourths of its
entire length.
The present officers OF the associa-
ton are: President John c. Nicholson,
Newton, Kan: vice president. ID. f.
Colp, San Antonio, Tex: secretary and
treasurer, Robert Campbell. Anadarko.
Okla. There are the following divi-
sions. each having president and
secretary: Canadian. North Dakota.
South Dakota Nebraska. Kansas. mil
itary and Texas. The Texas division
is further divided into seven divisions
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24
BRICK BUILT ROADS.
They Are Cheaper Th>a Macadam In
the Long Run.

Two summers ago, says writer In
the New York sun, heard a Connect
icut state engineer who had served
the state for eighteen years declare
that it was not the automobile that
destroyed the roads, but rather imper.
feet construction. Macadam roads have
been proved most wasteful and mil
lions of dollars worth of them are
blown away by the wind each year,
finding Judgment under farmers prod
uce and in gardens. 1t is not the first
cost Of such roads that counts, but the
upkeep. 1t is now generally conceded
that the road of the future will be
built of some hard material, such as
vitrifed brick or concrete.
Wayne county, Mich, has construct.
ed many miles of concrete road.
have examined many of these which
had been laid four years and find that
they are most safe and durable. Con
crete. like brick road, provides a non.
slipping, mudless and dustless surface,
the ideal condition. Cuyahoga county,
O., in which Cleveland is situated, is a
good example of brick roads, and these
are now being extended to suburban
towns connecting Akron and Canton
on the south and gainesville on the
east. These have proved very salts
factory. have seen brick roads in
Terre Haute and Anderson. Ind, that
have been laid for over twenty years,
and believe that hard brick making
has improved since that time.
1t would seem then that If the cost
Of brick or concrete was three or four
times higher than macadam construc-
ton the two former pavements would
be much cheaper. The eternal digging
up Of the road is a nuisance, and Wa
tering or plastering with oil is a nui-
sance. Stone roads are brutal, but
some cities, such as Cleveland and
Newark, n. j.. still tolerate the Bel
gian block on the main streets. Such
pavements are dangerous, noisy and
destructive TO vehicles and horses.
Those that have charge of road build
ing had better make up their minds
now that the road problem Of the
future will be largely based upon mo-
tor traffic, and roads should be built
with this In view.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24
You Will Succeed

am more firm than ever in my
belief that you are on the road TO
success. The simple method of
building up the soil and keeping il
fcrti that started you on, and that
Mr.. Spence will continue to keep
ever before you is bound to bring
YOU success if you carry it out faith
fully.
am wondering if you have done
or are ready to do when the time
comes, each and all OF the following
things:
Have you picked enough cowpea
seed to sow twice as many acres as
YOU had this year?
Have you bought enough seed rye
to sow all your corn ground so il
will not wash this winter but yield
a lot of valuable pasture?
Have you bought or ordered
enough i6 per cent acid phosphate
to sow at least $50 pounds per acre
with all your rye?
Are you going TO sow rye in the
garden or a nearby truck patch for
chicken pasture this winter2 Won
derful how il makes the hens lay.
Are you seeding down that hill
field to good grass for meadow and
pasture.
Are you going to SOW clover seed
next February or March,
Are you building fences around
feed lots and building sheds 10 pro-
tect your stock from storms, and
save all the manure possibleY
Is your subscription TO The Citi-
zen paid up so you will get il for
reading during long winter nights?
Are all the children in school
every day.
Are the big boys and girls In
school at Berea or some other school
OF higher education?
Are you going TO the big corn
show, October 81.
+. Montgomery. !
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24

what am doing with my cigar and
hand? You talk as il you could see
me-
An amazing reply came.
II can see you. There you are,
twitchlng your tie straight As IA mat
ter of fact, have invented an instru-
ment which enables you TO see over a
telephone wire, and l am talking to
you because l cannot finance the idea
myself and want you to hoat 1t on half
shares"
The possibilities Of the scheme were
immense. The broker, for an instant,
saw himself dealing In vast orders for
government departments. He saw big
orders for foreign rights. 1t was one
of the miracles OF modern science The
capitalist would make fortune. and
then he glanced out of the window
across the street.
Beaming down at him from a win
dow overlooking his office was a row
OF grinning faces, among which he
recognized two or three fellow men,
bers Of the house.
Hastily he slammed down the re-
ceiyer. The rosy visions faded away.
and he sadly drew back out OF sight
London Mail.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24
KENTUCKY FARM STATISTICS
tFrom the Last Federal Census Re.
ports)

There are 259,is5 farms in Ken
lucky.
The approximate land area OF
this State is 25,7i5,OO0 acres; 22, 1885,
600 acres are in farms and ii,35i,-
900 acres Of the land in farms are
improved.
The Average size of a Kentucky
farm is 80 acres.
The farms of this State represent
a capital investment OF STA, 797 900.
The farmers Of this State own
s20,s5i 900 worth of implements and
other farm machinery.
The value of the domestic animals,
poultry and bees on the farms of
this State is sii7,iS6, 900.
The average value OF a Kentucky
farm is S2,9S6.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24
More and Better Corn

have now been in Washington
three weeks working on records Of
farm operations in various parts OF
the South. am more than ever
convinced that Berea and vicinity is
an excellent locality in which to live
and bring up a family.
There are three main reasons why
Berca Is a good place 10 live, and
the three together put Berea in a
class by itself.
I'm the first place, most Of the soil
is good or can be easily made so.
Large areas OF the far famed blue
grass region are now less produce
tive than much of our clay and
mountain land. Conditions there
and here at Berca are Just reversed.
There the land was exceedingly fer
tile to begin with and people think
ing their land would never grow
tired farmed carelc ssly and they are
now suffering for IT. But our b.
rca soils were mostly infertile and
recognized as So, and now our pco-
pie are fully awake 10 the necessity
Of increasing fertility and are rapid
ly mastering the principles of soil
improvement.
The results are evident 10 all. and
especially TO those who have been
away for five years and return to
see crops, livestock and general con-
ditions So improved that they hard
~ know the place.
know of no place where thrifty
farmer with small capital can be
more prospectus than in Eastern
Kentucky. And mark you this con-
d:tion will continue just so long as
the community as a whole raises
less than it consumes, and pays high
freight rates and merchants com
missions on food for man and beast
that should he grown at home.
Friends, did you ever stop TO think
that high freight rates are a bless
ing in disguise. because they drive
the more thrifty TO produce every
thing possible at homer
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24
HIS VISION OF VAST WEALTH.
II Didn't Last Long, as It Was Spoiled
by Another Vision.

Before the eyes of leading London
stockbrOker there appeared for few
brief moments visions of fortune, fame
and honor. He was sitting in his Of
flee when the telephone bell rang.
"Hello," he answered.
"Oh, that is Mr.. Blank, is 1t not?
Why do you smoke your cigar through
a holder?'
In some establishment the broker put
his cigar down.
mo, no, do not put it down. and II
you do, find an ash tray for It,"
This was so uncanny he shifted his
chair slightly from the instrument.
do not move away" continued the
voice, land do not tug so impatiently
at your mustache.'
Down went his hand.
"Who on earth are your" shouted
the broker, land how do you know
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24
A SQUARE DEAL

The National Farmers Union is
demanding a square deal from Con-
gress and State Legislatures on the
marketing of farm products.
The Federal and State Govern
ments have been spending millions
OF dollars annually in urging the
farmer TO increase production, but
little attention has been given TO the
marketing side of the question.
II is a well known paradox that
the larger the crop the less the val
ne and a stimulant to production
without corresponding aid in mark
citing, loses much OF its worth TO
agriculture. The Nation is fast
awakening TO the fact that mar
keting, and not production, is the
problem Of the farmer.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24
KENTUCKY STATE INDEBTEDNESS
Kentucky State Debt s 4,452,0O0
National Debt. .... 100000
MrnrId'a Dali 20 900 nnn 600

hcnjuckN state DeDJ ? 4,4JZ,UOU
National Debt. i,O2S, 100000
Worlds Debt. ... i2,000,000,000
Washington, ID. G.. Sept-The I'm
tied States Department of Commerce
and Labor has just completed a re-
port giving the indebtedness of the
different States of the Union, the
nation and the world. The data
contained in the compilation re-
late TO the year 1913. The State
debt of Kentucky is shown TO be
81, $4,000 that year, compared with
sl.S63,000 thirty years previous,
which is an increase of S2,5S9, 900.
The per capita State debt of this
state in 1918 was $3.50, and &C cents
in 1880. At the present time about
% per cent Of the population Of the
United States is in Kentucky and Is
per cent of the total debt is cred
tied To this State.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24
The Writers.

Mrs. Alice Hogan Rice Is writing a
new novel.
A. L. W. Mason. English novelist. Is
said to be the best dressed literary man
In London.
Rabindranath Tagore. the Hindu
poet whose works have been the liter.
airy sensation OF the season, will be
represented on the stage In this coun-
try next season with dramatic poem
from his pen
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24
AuToisT AND FARMER.

A good road means comfort
aud pleasure for the autoist. II
means the same thing for the
driver OF a farm wagon. with
much economy added.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24
Good Community Spirit

There are few places in Kentucky
more progressive than Berea, and
probably none with q better COM
munity spirit. Farmers cannot get
full value for their crops nor buy
10 advantage without organization
and good community spirit. Berea
has been fortunate in having mer-
chants that are public spirited men,
Now that our farmers are getting
money ahead they should be able TO
use it TO advantage in buying for
cash. There should always be a
premium on cash dealing.
The effort our people are now put
ting forth for better roads is an ex-
cellent sign OF progress. The COM
munity spirit OF each working for
the good OF all is rapidly becoming
prevalent, and the spirit OF God
bless me and my wife, my son John
and his wife, us four and no more"
is as rapidly dying out.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24
No One 10 Perfect.

Each one has his own burden. his
own faults; no one can do without the
aid OF others. Therefore we must as
sist each other by consolation. advice
and mutual warnings.-Leo Tolstoy.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24

| oil a 10 by 20 II. silo, which will take
three or four acres OF good corn,
and put your acreage in according
ly.
Produce Your Own Hay
Sow some kind of cover crop this
fall, rye or oats. Sow clover and
timothy in February or first of
March. Sow cowpeas and soy beans
in the Spring. Use lime and grow
cowpcas and clover for few years
then seed TO alfalfa. The alfalfa
will give you three crops OF hay
instead Of one each year. Ask your
county agent how TO prepare land
for alfalfa.
Raise More Hogs and Chickens
As a rule our farmers have too
few chickens. Pay more attention
to them. With a little extra work
they can be produced cheaply, and
enough Of them will save a meat
bill. Everybody should plan TO
raise a few head Of hogs and the
crops necessary to feed them. Your
county agent will help you in this
direction. call on him. Save your
brood sows. and hens and pullets.
You cannot afford TO sell any
breeding stock. Market part OF
your corn crop, your pea crop, your
rye crop and your wheat crop
through hogs and chickens.
Fertilizer
Cut down your fertilizer bills by
saving all manure and by planting
corn crops, especially legumes. BE
very careful in buying your fertili-
ger for next year. Purchase only
high grade materials Of the kind
you need. Some kinds Of fertilizing
materials, may be high-priced. Do
not use that kind unless you know
your land needs il. Crops turned
under add fertility TO the soil and
save fertilizer bills.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24

Dirieibles Play Part In European War

Here Is shown of the smaller digbe
and France literally
impressed
MS a warfare De a lover the
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24

A Box Of cisars-You can't tell
good cigar from q vile one.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24
PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR

Every famer should be planning
for next year. The crops are short
this year throughout the United
States Keep your corn, hay, po-
tatoes, rye, wheat and straw. Feed
IL to stock on your farm and sell
the stock. Fill all the bedticks
with new straw and bale the rest
Use the straw for bedding your
cows and horses this winter. by
doing 50 you will have more ma
nute to haul out on your garden
and corn fields.
In Your Plans Don't Forget the
Garden
The garden is one Of the most inn
portant means Of cutting down ex-
penses and producing the living OF
the family on the farm. Use the
richest piece Of land nearest the
house for this purpose. Prepare IT
with extra care and save the good
wife Of many hard digs. Apply ma
nure literally. Secure from your
County Agent. your Agriculture
College at Lexington, or the United
States Department OF Agriculture,
directions for the making Of gar
den. not only in the summer but
early and late in the year. Now is
the time TO begin your garden for
next year. Men and boys, you like
early vegetables. Prepare the gar
den and the women will put the
vegetables on the table.
More and Better Corn
Get good seed corn. Select IT while
in the field. Follow the rules for
the selection Of seed corn given in
the Citizen two weeks ago. Ask
your county agent to help you raise
"A good crop next year. Figure how
many bushels you will need for
your own use and add some to sell
or TO feed some extra stock or 20
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24

A Smoking Jaeket-Your clothes
smell dresdfuliy OF tobacco.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24
Education

No place in the United States Of
fers better educational facilities for
the farmers boys and girls and at
less expense than does Berea. The
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24
MOUNTAIN AGRICULTURE
by Spence Demonstration and spoa
Investigator

nll a 10 by 90 II. silo, which will take
three or four acres Of good corn,
and put your acreage in according
lX.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24

A Fountain Pen-You should cult.
vate more carefully q spirit OF Chris
tianity.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24

"In what respect"
at brings along the green apple sea
son Just when young doctors are being
graduated. Chicago News.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-09-24

what l am doing with my cigar and
hand? You talk as il you could see
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-21
General Trade Conditions.

Bradstreet's says: 1.-THE American
business world has spent the week in
absorbing the shock of the precipita-
ton of the European war and, pending
the taking of necessary precautions,
activity has been cdrtailed to lowest
limits. This is especially true of OPP
erations Of large financial and COM
mercial lines, and considering the new
and varied steps that haYe had to be
taken the progress made has been in
a high degree gratifying.
Repression has been widely in evil
dence, but absolute stagnation has
been largely in export and import
trade. Congestion of wheat at the
ports, consequent upon the partial
stopping of shipping trade and the dis
location of the exchange market, has
reacted back upon the railroads and
thence to the western farmers and the
movement is slowing down.
There has been a general rise in
prices of nearly all staples where open
markets exist with marked effect not
ed on all lines of imported goods,
which are generally held higher. Food
stuffs and imported textile products
are strong, but lack of outlet and of
financing power in view of the situa-
ton abroad checks free buying of sta
pies that foreigners need.
There is a feeling that domestic
manufacturers will have fall trade
more to themselves than appeared pos
sible a short while ago."
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-08-21
ON PACIFIC COAST

The recent fire in the Stoddard Lum
Der company at Baker, Ore. caused
$500, 600 loss.
Elmer ]. Anderson, a mining man oil
Valdez, Alaska, was shot and killed
and robbed of $500 and a gold watch
at Seattle recently.
Sixteen million dollars in the new
emergency currency authorized by the
Vreeland-Aldrich act is now in the sub
treasury at San Francisco. Applica
tons to date total only So, 200, 900.
1t is reported that the crop o.
prunes in California is promising bet
ter than first indicated; estimates are
now running as high as 5000, 0O(
pounds in that state. Some claim
however, that the production will no,
exceed 100000 900 pounds. On the
other hand the Oregon output OF
prunes has been greatly damaged and
restricted by the rains, and will be ex
ceedingly small.
The official opening of the Panama
canal to the passage of vessels of all
nations was formally celebrated by
the citizens of Astoria and the lower
Columbia river Saturday under the
auspices of the Port of Columbia Com
mercial club. Every mill, factory, can
merry, steamboat, tugboat and vessel
in Astoria and the Columbia harbol
blew its whist for the space of half ar
hour and every bell in the city rang
out a greeting.
Three people were burned to death
and another was injured in a fire al
Morgan, Ore, recently, which destroy
ed the home of Herbert Phillips, ant
also a. store building and warehouse
containing 1000 sacks of grain and &
freight car. The dead are Arthur Phil
lips, 81 years, Edna Phillips, "a years
and Winnie Phillips IL years. Mr.
Herbert Phillips, their mother, leapet
from a second-story window and wa.
seriously injured. The loss is esti
mated at $4,000.