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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-24

Some folks pretend not t hear
you TIL first time YOU ask EN-
somethin SO they'll have time t
think up an answer BY til time
YOU ask EN- agin.
Who remembers when tn teller
who hired rig on Sunday after
noon wuz considered a spend
thrift
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-24
Again Advocate Action.

The Times and the Daily Mail again
today urge the government to declare
cotton contraband. and to undertake
the scheme for the purchase of the tex
tile as outlined by the Times yester-
day. This plan contemplates the pur-
chase by the government from the
southern cotton exchanges of the
amount of cotton that would normally
have gone to Germany and Austria
Hungary and also of the cotton exports
to Holland, Denmark. Norway, Sweden
and Switzerland. at the same time de-
claring cotton absolute contraband.
The Daily Graphic also complains Of
the inaction of the government on this
question, and says the matter is be-
coming a grave danger to the country.
as, unless something is done before
the new cotton crop is available, Ger
many will be able to get all the cot
ton she REQUIRES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-24
Sees Public Scandal.

The Daily Mail in an editorial says:
TT will be gross public scandal if
this matter is not dealt with before
parliament rises to save our soldiers.
The. Times editorial protests against
washington's intimation to Great Brit
ain that American rights will be in
sisted upon under the principles OF in
ternational law as hitherto established
as being a manifestly excessive claim.
and not, in accordance with the ex-
ample set by the American government
and American courts during the Ameri-
can civil war.
The Times concludes by expressing
the hope that when the British gov
ernment's decision on this point is
taken the United States will give 1t
SYMPATHETIC and friendly consideration
Lancashire Dissatisfaction.
In another article dealing with the
dissatisfaction in Lancashire through
the action of the government in plae-
inc restrictions upon the shipment OF
cotton warns to neutral countries. the
Times says:
Rightly or wrongly. the government
believes cloth suitable for aircraft has
heen getting through to Germany. and
economically a determined effort Is now
being made to stop the entry OF any
naferials that are likely to assist the
enemy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-24
Our Guarantees

Five years guarantee that the roof will not leak.
If plasterng falls years replace it at expense
If your house settles we'll give you house. if you
prefer will refund all your money less agreed rental
If you your position all your money back less agreed
rental.
out.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-16
CBy MICHAEL X. BoYER)


OF late dry feeding is becoming
quite popular, although it is not a
new idea in the poultry ranks. Fully
rs years ago the matter was agitated
and adopted by some poultrymen, but
as general thing 1t was not favor
ably received.
The argument used today in favor
of dry mash and whole grain diets
are: First, after fowls become used
to it, they will prefer the ground grain
dry to that which is either cooked or
steamed; second, 1t is laborsaving
method; third, it keeps fowls in
more healthy condition; and fourth,
better fertility to the eggs.
At first the fowls will not take very
kindly to the dry feed. AS meat scrap
is mixed with it, they will pick out all
such, then probably the corn meal, or
some may prefer the bran, but all OF
1t is seldom consumed until the
fowls become accustomed to it.
Gradually they will eat more and
more of 1t, finally cleaning up the
trough.
Another benefit is that after eating
a few mouthfuls they will repair to
the drinking vessel and secure sew
eral swallows of water, then back
again to the trough and so on during
the entire meal.
1t is claimed that more water is
consumed by dry.fed fowls, and as
water enters largely into the compo-
sition of eggs. increased egg-produc-
tlon should be the result.
The method is a great labor saver
1t is possible to both feed and water
the stock in the same time 1t takes to
prepare the wet mash and feed it.
The writer prefers feeding the dry
mash in troughs instead of hoppers,
unless a hopper is used that will be
proof against rats and mice. Such a
hopper must be made of galvanized
iron, and should be made to close at
night and he opened in the morning
If large enough to hold sufficient
material for several days feeding, still
more labor can be saved
There is also decided advantage
in the system from a health stand
point There is not so much danger OF
overfat hens, and consequently there
will be fewer soft-sbelled and de.
formed or ilIshaped eggs.
There will be fewer cases Of bowel
troubles and less trouble with tndi.
gestion Wet mash allowed to re-
main in troughs any length Of time
during the hot weather will sour,
which Is the cause of many cases OF
sickness.
For growing chicks 1t is recommend
ed They eat a few mouthfuls and
then take swallow of water and
scamper off for run In few mo-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-16
CARING FOR SPRING LlTTERs
Considerable Attention Is Necessary,
but There Is Nothing Difficult
Connected With Task.

Pig feeding and pig care Is mostly
made up OF common sense matters
like seeing that the mother is proper
" fed, the youngsters sheltered as
they ought to be, and that they DO not
get chilled during the first few days
of their lives. This takes considerable
care and watching, but there is moth
ing about it that anyone cannot DO
Feeding the little pigs is a job that
falls to the mother for the first two
or three weeks Of their lives. II she
IA in vigorous health prior to the
coming of the pigs. this part of the
Job will take care of itself. When the
pigs show an inclination to try to eat
when the sow is fed then the hog
grower will have to bestir himself
and make ready to take care of their
growing appetites.
During the first days of the pigs
life he will have to be watched to see
that hv does not get the life crushed
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-16

. ments they return and repeat the
dose.
They never gorge themselves, and
when they feel little hungry little
food helps them out.
AT night an extra allowance Of food
is placed in small boxes in their
houses, so that the youngsters can
help themselves at break of day.
Nothing gives chick a worse set
back than pining for food.
But we like only the mash to be
fed fowls in that way, The whole
grain should be strewn along some
light litter, like leaves or cut straw.
so that the birds must scratch for
all they get.
This exercise is needed
The grain should be given at least
an hour before the time for them to
go to roost, so that ample time is
given them to hunt If thus fed in a
scratching shed, the fowls will con-
tinue their search the next morning
at break of day, and the attendant
will find them hard at work when he
comes around to give them their
breakfast
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-16
TnNA-IHn3ZT
l||l THE NY
lUHIURu
EXCELLENT RATION FOR cow
n Farmers Would Depend More on
sllage and Less on Pasture Herds
Could BE Doubled.

A good ration for COWS giving MIX
Is silage twice a day, corn fodder once
a day and all the bean forage they VIII
clean up, with about one pound grain
or concentrate to every three pounds
milk the cow gives. If the beans were
pulled before becoming too ripe and
secured without much rain falling on
them, the forage makes good feed.
Roots are valuable to increase the
flow of milk.
II we would depend more on silage
and less on pasture, our dairy herds
might easily be doubled and the farm
enriched accordingly. Many farmers
have been slow to awaken to the fact
that dairying brings excellent returns.
Many Improbable crops are still
raised where the land might better be
growing feed for live stock.
Permanent pasture is waste I'M
less the land cannot be plowed. Every
acre should be made to raise feed for
stock to the limit of it's capacity, and
this should be fed right on the farm,
returning the fertility to the soil.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-16
(By w. MILTON KELLY.)

CBy w. MILTON KELLY
The one great secret Of having sue
cess with the family vegetable garden
is to provide an abundance of plant
food in a readily available form. Sta
BILE or barnyard manures are the best
fertilizers at all times.
Commercial plant-foods are excel
lent in their places, especially when
il is desired to force some of the early
varieties of vegetables, but their use
requires that the soil be in high
state of filth and that the gardener
have an expert knowledge of their
uses and functions.
To properly prepare a garden ] be-
lieve in blowing under heavy appli-
cation of manure in the fall, and then
in the spring narrowing in another
heavy coat of well-rotted manure.
After putting on what we think is
enough we double the amount and the
chances are we will have it about
right.
Constant cultivation should be the
rule, for this will keep the soil in an
ideal condition, physically, for the
roots to grow in, besides keeping the
weeds in check. Allowing the weed
seeds to terminate and quickly de-
stroying them early in the season will
save large amount of work during
the summer, besides conserving much
needed moisture.
Eliminate all of the old-fashioned
beds and plant everything in long
rows, so that most Of the cultivation
can be done with a horse. There
need not be an unpleasant amount of
hand work II properly worked with a
horse and cultivator.
Leave plenty of room at the ends
for turning around with the horse
while cultivating.
Do not plan larger garden than
you can keep clean and we'll titled, A
small garden will supply an album
dance of vegetables for a large fam
lily. After the soil has been well en-
riched and well fitted we are ready to
plant. If the plan has been we'll worked
out all that is necessary Is TO plant
each variety at the proper time in
the right place.
The family garden should be
planned to suit the needs of the fam
lily, and no two families will agree as
to the amount of each kind of vege-
tables to grow. The time to plant
varies so largely with the locality
that will offer no advice as to dates
OF planting. The date also varies
with the season.
If we will study out the time it re-
quires each crop to mature we may
be able to plan other crops to take
their place as soon as they are con-
sumed.
A few crops like blood beets, egg
plant, melons, onions, peppers, toma-
toes, and winter squash, require a
whole season to mature. Other crops
like lettuce, radishes. early beets, sum-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-16

out of him against the sides of the
pen and that he does not wander out
side and freeze to death. Properly
built pens and hog houses win take
care Of this part Of the job. Where
the sow is kept in big hoghouse her
pen should be SO tightly built that the
little fellows cannot slip out into the
other pens, There ought to be sort
of fender around the walls OF the
pen, so the pig cannot be caught
against the wall by the SOW.
When the weather is very cold,
some sort Of an arrangement where
by the filters can come in reason
ably warm house should be made. A
great many pigs are lost every winter
through exposure in bitterly cold
weather. Some hog raisers put arti-
fetal heat in their houses and keep
them warmed up for the first four or
five days after the hitter comes. This
cannot be done on the average farm,
but good warm place can be pro-
Vided.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-16
FOR MAKING LIME-sULPHUR
Successful Nova Scotia Fruit Grower
Saves at Least One Dollar Per Bar
reI-tlis Recipe Given.

A very successful Nova Scotia fruit
grower, r H. Woodwork. makes his
own lime-sulphur. and recommends
that other fruit growers who have sew
eral acres of trees to spray do the
same. He says the saving is at least
one dollar per barrel.
Make wooden box 80 inches wide.
six feet long and two feet deep. Gov
er one inch apart all around. Set
it in brick so the fire will not touch
the sides.
Into this tank put 100 pounds of sui
phur, so pounds of fresh burned lime,
and so gallons of water Boil 1t one
hour. Use hydrometer, and make it
to test 80 degrees Baume. Use four
gallons to 40 gallons water for dor
mant spray, or five quarts to 40 gall
Ions for summer spray.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-16
PAIL OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
Where Clean Milk Is Produced Small
Top Receptacle Is Necessary
to Exclude Bacteria.

The United States department OF
agriculture has this to say about
milking:
"In modern diaries where clean
milk is produced the small-top milk
pail is necessity, as such a pail pre-
sents only a small opening into which
dust and dirt may fall from the air
or from the cows body. 1t has been
found by experience that the use of
the small-top pail greatly reduces the
number of bacteria in milk from aver
age dairies. Many types of milk pals
are for sale, but any timer can con-
vert an ordinary pail into a small-top
pail by the addition Of a hood, as
shown herewith.
Mixers should be allowed to milk
only with dry hands. The practice
of wetting the hands with milk is a
filthy habit and is liable to cause the
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-16

mer squash and string beans will ma
ture early enough to allow other crops
to be grown on the same soil after
they are gone.
The great object in doing this in
the farmers garden is to keep the
soil from growing a rank growth OF
weeds later in the season.
1t is not my purpose to advise which
varieties to grow. Study the seed
catalogues, talk with successful gar
deners in your own locality, and form
your own conclusions.
/ should do more harm than good
by commencing varieties for all local
tiles. Get interested in the garden
early by sending for the various seed
catalogues and garden implement cat
alogues. Good seed means success,
and good garden implements are a
pleasure to handle,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-16
cOTToNSEED MEAL FOR COWS
NO Harmful Effects If Fed In Moder.
ate Amounts Along With Variety
of Other Feeds.
CBy e. G. WOODWARD, Nebraska Elk
pertinent Station.)

CBy e. G. WOODWARD. Nebraska Ex-
pertinent Station)
A Nebraska subscriber writes: rs
the feeding of cottonseed meal harm.
fui to dairy COWS II fed right along?"
If cottonseed meal is fed in moder-
ate amounts along with a variety OF
other feeds, there are no harmful eff
fects.
Ordinarily COW should not be fed
more than two pounds daily of cotton
seed meal. AS usual thing it will
not take this amount to properly bal
ance ration made up of common
dairy feeds.
At present prices cottonseed meal
is very cheap source Of protein and
should undoubtedly be used much
more extensively by Nebraska dairy
men than it now is.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-16
CoNvICTs FOR ROAD LABOR
Motorists Interested in Study Now Be-
ing Conducted by National Prison
Labor Committee.

Road york for misdemeanant pris-
oners is the subject Of an inyestiga-
ton which is being conducted under
the joint direction Of the National
Committee on Prisons and Prison La
Dor and the graduate highways de-
partment of Columbia university.
James Leland Stamford, who is in
charge of the investigation, has had
considerable experience in the road
camps of Georgia, where the majority
of male prisoners are worked on the
roads.
The committee will consider in de-
tail such matters as the most econom-
ical size of a road gang, the cost OF
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-16
FOUNDATION FOR GOOD ROAD
First Thing Road Builder Should
Strive For Is to Have Ground
work Good and Solid.

CBy T.. w. HOUSE, Colorado Agricultural
College.)
The good roads movement IN Colo
RADIO seems now to have acquired full
swing and the next ten years will see
most of our important roads surfaced
with gravel. It is important that this
gravel be placed upon good founda-
ton or it will be mixed with the clay
and lost.
Some time ago an important road
was being surfaced and those in
charge were blowing up the old road,
which was very hard, the Jumps were
being broken as much as possible
then the road was given a light roll
ing, wet thoroughly and the gravel
then spread and rolled When asked
why they we're putting the gravel on
the soft mud foundation, the reply
came. 80 that it will knit well with
the clay" This is exactly what should
be guarded against as much as posi-
BILE and is the very thing road builders
should seek to avoid.
Let us remember that gravel Will
knit or mix with the clay below in
spite of all we can do, but the harder
the clay foundation surface is and the
firmer 1t is compacted, the longer will
the gravel stay on top and give a
smooth wearing surface and the long
er the road will last.
All authorities are agreed on this
point, and the first thing that a road
builder should strive for is to have his
earth foundation solid and hard and
the drainage so fixed that it will re-
main so,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-16
MUD HOLES IN cow PASTURE
Clean Shore Is Blessing to Fly-Pes,
tered AnImals--Many Annoyances
Are Avoided.

A COW pasture mud hole is yer.
liable nuisance. To get away from
the flies the cows will wade in the mud
until their legs and even their udders
become completely plastered. Then
added to the annoyance Of stamping
and kicking at flies at milking time we
have the added annoyance of being
Obliged to milk cows with chapped
teats.
A clean lake shore or river or brook
ia the pasture is a blessing indeed to
the fy-pestered COWS. but the mud hole
should either be drained or fenced out
of the pasture. Foul in the foot with
cattle. and grease heel with horses. is
The result Of tramping back and forth
from mud holes to dusty grounds.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-16

cows teats to chap in the winter
time. Milking should be done quick
Iy and thoroughly, with no violent
Jerking of the teats. After each COW
is MIXED the pail of milk should be
removed Immediately to the milk
house.
The mixer should remember al
ways that he is handling human
food which is very easily contaml
mated. Soap, clean water and towels
must be readily accessible. The hands
should be washed after milking each
COW.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-16
Source Of information.

Persons interested in the good roads
problem, either from the engineering
or the legislative standpoint, will find
the report of the joint congressional
committee on federal aid to good
roads convenient source of infer
nation. It not only contains the most
extensive data ever published on this
subject, but contains photography
which gives list of books, pamphlets,
and speeches on all phases Of the good
roads problem. The report is printed
as House Document 1910, Sixty-third
Congress, third session
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-16

guarding, supervising and mainte-
nance and the approximate value of
days work 1t will also show the
possibility of increasing efficiency by
means of the payment of wages, recre-
alton after work hours and the short
ening Of sentence for good conduct.
Conditions in the different sections
of the country are to be dealt with,
especially as to the effect Of the
weather and the cost of stock.
In Kalamazoo county, Mich, and
other counties where road work has
been tried, even under experimental
conditions, 1t has been found eminent
ly successful. In fact, the knowledge
that jail sentence will mean hard
work on the roads has tendency
to decrease the number of commit
ments, Migrants keeping away from
counties where they will be subjected
to work of this character.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-16
STONE BEST FOR FOUNDATION
More Satisfactory Than When Built
on Wooden Base--WiIl Prevent
All Leakages.

If 1t is necessary to use storage
tank for water pressure on the farm,
a tank built on the ground with q
stone foundation will be found much
more satisfactory than if built upon
wooden base. Some farmers have
storage tanks built in the tops of
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-16

barns, but an occasional overflow or
a little leakage will soon prove dis
astrous, for this will rot the timbers
underneath. A stone foundation will
prevent this trouble.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-16
Ace of Usefulness.

The average hen outlives her use.
fulness in two years and is more pro-
fitable sent to the market. Old hens
are more likely to contract diseases
than younger ones.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-16
Keep Hens Comfortable.

The hens must be comfortable If
they are to lay we'll Give variety of
food SO they will find all they need
and make the conditions as near like
summer as possible.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-16
plant Some small FruIts.

Plant a few currants, gooseberries
and raspberries this spring, They are
easy to care for and will repay any
one
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-16
biol Place h palrx.

The man who takes ten acres to
support a COW has no place in the
dairy business
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-16
One Garden Essential.

The biggest thing about a garden is
to have one.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-16
sssnehIor for conhnInp Calves.


troublesome
combining them while eating provided their feeding
feeding Illustration
circular the subject feeding calves
the dairydivison animal
department agriculture Washington, D. c.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1915-02-26
FAITH COUNTRY DOTTED
BY ARTIFICIAL LAKES

The Faith Gazette Of the 18th
inst. publish I'd a remarkable arti-
Gle, with photo cuts to sutstantiate
the ARTICLE, on the developing of
artificial lakes in that country.
Tne lakes are made by dammiug
up the ravines and dry runs, i'm
pounding the water from snow
and rains.
AS trees aud bushes grow rapid.
ly in the moist soil near the lakes
and ponds, they become beauty
spots as we'll as useful for irrigat
ing and water for stock.
1t is doubtful if ever SO many
lakes and ponds would change the
climate any by cooling of the hot
winds through evaporatiOns until
such time as the United States
government plants long and wide
belts of trees through the hot sand
country in Wyoming and Nebras-
ka, but in the meantime the water
is available for irrigation and other
purposes aud by the impounding
of snow and rain water there is
less of drain on artesian lakes
The idea could be developed right
near MObridge to the advantage Of
the farmer and population in
general as well.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1915-02-26
.PARMLEY CHOSEN AS
HEAD Of TRAIL

Western delegates from Seattle,
Bozeman, Helena. Marmarth and
far west towns en- the \ 1ellOwstOne
trail attended the two days annual
meeting Of the Yellowstone Trail
association at MontevideO, Mimi
They were all enthusiastic over the
work, declaring That the meeting
was the farthest reaching Of any
heretofore held, IN fact very likely
the most important meeting Of
good roads and trail enthusiasts
ever held, as it resulted in action
extending the trail from Plymouth
Rock to Puget Sound.
Officers were elected as follows:
President, j. w. Parmley, of
Ipswich; first vice president, F H.
Barnard, Aberdeen; second vice