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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-06-09


on vines run to leaf your soil is rich in
nitrogen.
SO. If trees do not thrive. onions
seem soggy and tomato vines lack stur-
diness Of stalk the soil needs potash.
''6. If your tomatoes. melons, grain
and cotton fail to set plenty OF seed
and fruit phosphoric acid is called for.
''7. If you expect to take from your
land a crop rich in leaf, as lettuce, In
crease the proportion of nitrogen In
your fertilizer.
IS. If potatoes or onions are desired
provide plenty of potash.
20. If abundant corn. wheat. cotton
bolls. melons. peaches. strawberries or
tomatoes are wanted see to the phOs-
phoric acid.''
Sam made use or what he had learn
ed In planting and cultivating his
crops. He watched them closely, and
IL it seemed to him that any Of them
were not doing well he began to hunt
and study out the cause.
Although he had fortified all Of the
farm to some extent before blowing,
AC WOLhSO lnLO bAO A0AAOWS
when he planted his cotton and tried
to give everything he planted the food
it demanded to do it's best He found
out that one good way to apply this
food was to sprinkle it on the surface
Of the ground around the plants and
work it in gently with hoe or rake.
Sam made a top application of this
kind to his cotton when it was well
advanced in the summer. The soil OF
the contest acre had been well fertiliz-
ed in the beginning. but Sam didn't
want that corn to lack for any of the
elements it needed to make two big.
long ears to each stalk and sometimes
three. He waited until it was just
about ready to silk; then he went to
town and bought 400 pounds of fer
tilizer. He had this mixed to suit him
self, for he had figured out just what
he thought the corn needed-so much
nitrogen and so much phosphoric acid
With this fertilizer he went over each
row of the acre. sprinkled it around
the stalks and worked it into the soil
Fine as the corn was before, it now
showed still further Improvement In
a few days it was in full silk. and it
seemed to leap up on receiving the
stimulating food around its roots. But
Sam wasn't through with the acre yet
Every now and then he went over it
with pillow. just skimming the sur
fece to break up the crust that COM
menced to form One month it was
unusually dry, and the young farmer
had chance to see the good effect of
this work. His corn Kept its dark
green color. and by scratching down
two inches, just underneath the dust
mulch. he found that the soil was per-
fectly wet
Fagan's corn across the fence was
burning and whiting in the sun Sam
climbed over the fence one day and
examined the soil He found it baked
hard on top. and when he took his
knife and dug little hole be had to
go nearly six inches before he found
the slightest moisture
THAT shows what conserving the
moisture win do he said to himself
as he went back to his field I've
plowed this acre a good many times.
but it's been easy work and didn't take
long to do it. because it's in good con
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-06-09
Order of Notice of Foreign win.
ESTATE OF ADELAIDE FRANCES
HEATING

ESTATE OF ADELAIDE FRANCES
HEATING
STATE OF VERMONT, District of Caledonia IS
The Honorable Probate Court for the Dis.
trict aforesaid: To all persons inter.
ested in the estate of Adelaide Frances
ID ass achusetts, deceased, leaving Estate in
this District, greeting:
At a Probate Court, holden at St. Johns
bury within and for said District on the oath
ed copy of the last Will and Testament and
the Probate thereof of Adelaide Frances
Keating; late of Boston, in the County OF
Suffolk, in the State of Massachusetts,
duly proved, allowed and established in the
Probate Court for the County and State
aforesaid, was presented to the Court here,
that the same instrument may be allowed
in this State as the last Will and Testament
of the said decedent, and that the said copy
may be filed and recorded in the Probate
Court for the District of Caledonia, afore-
said, agreeable to the statute in such cases
made and provided:
And it is ordered by said Court that the
i 9th day of June, A. D.. 1915, at the Pro-
bate Court Office in said St. Johnsbury, be
assigned for all persons interested to appear
and contest the allowance ofsuch in Instrument
and the fling and recording of the copy Of
saidWil1, and the Probate thereof, afore-
said. if they see cause; and that notice there
of be given bv publishing this order three
weekly newspaper published in said District
previous to the time appointed.
Therefore. you are hereby notified to APP
pear before said Court at the time and place
the said instrument and the filing and re-
cording of the copy of said Will and the pro-
bate thereof as aforesaid, If you have cause
Given under my hand, at St. Johnsbury IN
WALTER p. SMITH. J dye.
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WALDEN

IN. J. Kingsbury, Correspondent
E. ]. Badger was a business Wis
itor in Barre the first of the week
zMrs. Bessie (Porter) Southard OF
Freeport, Me, is visiting her moth
er, Mrs Johns Porter
Fred Forrest has purchased new
automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Way OF Hard
wick spent part of last week here
visiting friends.
Arlene Thurston is at home from
her work in the central office at
MarshfeId and Stella Wilson is sup
plying there for a few weeks.
Mrs. Cora Porter and children
went to Waterbury Sunday to visit
Mr.. Porter.
George Hanna is at home from
his work at North Danville.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-06-09

6SLAIE Or JESSIE n. GAkklCk.
STATE OF VERMONT, District of aledonia S..
The Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
trict aforesaid: To all persons interested in
the estate of Jessie H. Carrick, late of St.
Johnsbury, in said District, deceased, greet
ing:
Whereas, said Court has assigned the
18th day of June next for examining and al
lowing the account of the Administrator
of the estate of said deceased and for a de-
cree of the residue of said estate to the law
ful claimants of the same. and ordered that
public notice thereof be given to all persons
interested in said estate by publishing this
order three weeks successfully previous TO
the day assigned, in the Californian, a news
paper published at st. Johnsbury. in said
District.
Therefore, you are hereby notified TO APP
pear at the Probate Office in St. Johnsbury,
In said District, on the day assigned, then
and there to contest the allowance OF said
account If you see cause, and to establish
your right as heirs, 1egatees and lawful
claimants to said residue.
Given under my hand, this st day of June,
A. ID. 1918.
WALTER P. SMITH. Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-06-09
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE

ESTATE OF ". ]. MCLAUGHLIN
The undersigned, having been appointed
by the Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
trlct of Caledonia, Commissioners, 70 re-
ceive, examine, and adjust the claims and
demands of all persons against the estate OF
w. J. Mclaughlin, late Of RyReate. ~
said District, deceased. and all claims ca
hibited in Offset thereto. hereby give notice
that we will meet for the purpose aforesaid.
town of Barnet, in said District, on the
1 9Th day of June and 9th day OF November
next. from 11.3O O'Clock A. NJ, until 3
O'Clock p. NJ. on each of said days and that
six months from the 10th day of May,
A. ID. 1918. is the time limited by said Court
for said creditors to present their claims 20
us for examination and allowance.
Dated at West Barnet, this 22nd day OF
May. A. ID. 1919.
OWEN ABBOTT,
JAMES ]. RICHIE,
Commissioners.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-06-09

Mrs. NJ. A. Garfield and children
of St. Johnsbury are visiting at Will
lard Brickett's.
Me- and Mrs. w. T. Robinson and
little son spent Sunday at Z. f.
Ayers.
Mrs. Leon Perkins has been Wis
iting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. e. F..
Aver.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-06-09
Notice of Allowance of Account.
ESTATE OF JEROME T. SMITH.

hSIA OF JEkOAE L. SAl IN.
STATE OF VERMONT, District of Caledonia IS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
trict aforesaid: To all persons interested
in the estate of Jerome T. Smith, late of St.
Johnsbury, in said District deceased, greeting:
Whereas, said Court has assigned the 18th
day of June next for examining and al
lowing the account of the Administrator OF
the estate of said deceased and for decree
of the residue of said estate to the lawful
claima of the same, and ordered that
public notice thereof be given to all persons
interested in said estate by publishing this
order three weeks successively previous to
the day assigned, in the caledonian, N news
paper published at St. Johnsbury In said dis
trict.
Therefore, you are hereby notified TO APP
pear at the Probate Office in st. Johnsbury,
In said district, on the day assigned, then
and there to contest the allowance Of said
account IL you see cause. and to establish
your right as heirs, legatees and lawful
claimants to said residue.
Given under my hand, this 1st day Of
June. A. d. 1915.
WALTER p. SMITH. Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-06-09
WEST DANVILLE

(Mrs. E. F. Aver, Correspondent
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver McCosco spent
last week in st. Johnsbury.
Miss Hattie Goss has finished her
school in New Hampshire and is at
home.
Miss Mary Aver spent Saturday
and Sunday at st. Johnsbury.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-06-09
no SLEEP WELL IN SUMMER.

Slight Inflammation of the bronchial
tubes causes a distressing cough and
makes refreshing sleep lmposslDIesi
covers raw. inhamed, irritated sur
faces with a soothing. healing coating
Iievine the racking, firing cough. Take
this splendid cough medicine with you
on summer trips. It is good for
coughs colds. Group, bronchial affec-
lions and la grippe coughs c. Q.
BINGHAM
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-06-09

There's no corn or caIIus among the millions
of feet in the world that "GETS-IT'' will
not remove there's no escape. "GETS-IT'
is the way, the simple, comm on-sense,
sure way. 1t does away with greasy oint-
ments, salves, pads, cotton rims s. harnesses,
knives, scissors, razors, files, and the limp
ing and the painful pigeon-toe walk of so
put drops of "GETS-IT' on-the corn
shrivels up-and good bye. Nothing else in
the world like "GETS-IT." Millions are
using it. There's pain, no trouble, no
changing shoes because of corns.
''GETS-IT" is sold by druggists every
where, Csc a bottle, or sent direct by E
Lawrence & Co. Chicago. Sold in ST.
Johnsbury and recommended as the worlds
best corn cure by c. c. BINGHAM, CHAS.
SEARLES & CO, FLINT BROS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-06-09

to the time appointed. Therefore. you are
hereby notified to appear before said Court.
at the time and place aforesaid, and contest
the probate of said viii. Il you have cause.
Given under my hand at st. Johnsbury. In
said District. this 25th day Of Nay. A. ID.
1915.
WALTER p. SMITH. Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-06-09
Or d Mombor of Ale Corn Club
By>ASA PATRICK
Copyright, 1915, by American Press Association.
PATRICK

uDCl.
''3. Phosphoric acid makes blooms set
and seeds and seed pods form abun-
dainty.
20. If the wild growth on your farm
IS profuse and your tomatoes and mel
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-06-09
WARNING
Special Village Meeting
MONDAY, JUNE IA, 1915
At 7.3OP.

Owing to the resignation of II. c. Douglas
as Village Trustee. all of those who are legal
voters in the Village of st. Johnsbury are
Hall, in said Village, on Monday, June 14th,
1918. at 7.3O r. M, to elect a successor to
fill the unexpired term of the Trustee re-
signed.
F. c. MAYO, I Trustees of the
c. A. HEYRR, / Village of st. JohnsburY
Attest. PRESTON b. MAY, Village Clerk.
Dated at St. Johnsbury, June LIST, 1914.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-06-09
z Drops Of "GETS-IT,"
Out Comes the Corn!
It's the Worlds Wonder; Never Fails.

after you use "GETS-IT," and you'll find
the places where those b1ankety corns
used to be, just as smooth as your cheek.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-06-09
CHAPTER v.

THE spring and summer-in fact,
the whole year was a very
busy one for Sam. And IL was
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-30
A2 "A
ANIMAL
SUMMER DISEASE OF CATTLE
infectious Sore Eyes Cause Many
Animals to Go BIind-Spread
Through Medium of Flies.
(By GEORGE H. GLOVER, Colorado
Experiment StatiOn)

By GEORGE H. GLOVER, Colorado
Experiment Station.)
There is a disease among cattle,
seen mostly in the summer, affecting
the eyes and causing many of them
to go blind. This is an infectious
sore eyes, and by Cattlemen on the
range is spoken Of as pink eye" Of
cattle.
This disease is undoubtedly infec-
tious and spreads from one animal to
another, probably through the medium
of flies. The disease runs its course
in an animal in from one to two weeks
and may result in total blindness,
though usually the sight is not i'm
paired. Only one eye may be affected.
The first symptoms is a profuse flow
of tears. Soon the eye becomes very
sensitive to light and is kept con-
stantly closed. The eyeball becomes
clouded and gives the appearance Of
a film over the eye.
Animals affected with this disease
should be confined in a comfortable
stall with the light excluded and given
laxative, nourishing food.
A simple treatment consists Of
bathing the eyes with a strong solu-
ton of boric acid, or perhaps what
will be still better, few drops Of the
following mixture may be placed in
the eyes with a dropper several times
a day: Add half a grain of zinc sui
phate and ten grams of boric acid to
an ounce of distilled water.
The animal should be protected
from the flies, as they greatly increase
the irritation to the eyes and probably
spread the infection to other animals.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-30
PROPER FENCING FOR SHEEP
Always Looms Up as Serious Problem
to Those Interested In Keeping
a Few of the Animals.

To those interested in getting few
sheep on the farm the fencing prob
lem always looms up as most serious
difficulty. 1t does not require heavy
fence to hold sheep. Barbed wire,
however, Is most unsatisfactory fenc-
ing for sheep.
The best kind of fence is one made
OF woven wire from 80 to AZ inches in
height, having from five to nine hori-
zontal wires and from Is to 20 stays
or vertical wires to the rod.
Any woven fence, coming inside
these limits, if put on to good posts
from IA to 16 fBt apart will make a
satisfactory fence for turning sheep
With a SO-inch woven wire it is. al.
ways desirable to place at least one
barbed wire on top.
When building a fence to turn sheep
1t might Just as well be so construct
ed as to turn all classes of farm ami
mails.
Where it is desired to fence against
hogs it will be necessary to have 9
barbed wire next to the ground as wei
and a somewhat closer mesh ant
heavier wire must be used.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-30
What She Expected,

Look at her." said the ironnobpl
indicating a departing customer n
sent her wringer here to be repair!
| promised it to her for this gA|
provided l could get a certain n
part in time from the maker,
couldn't get it, Now she wants i
to pay a charwoman, who cane q
necessarily, half a crown an tYODs,a
for the clothes"
The ironmonger paused to braAI
heavily.
"But that's not all. Her husbla
dimes out on washdays, and as heidi
out on a washday that wasn't a Ha
day-you understandable say
ought to pay for his dinner. No \
doesn't ask anything else. And ID
call 'em the weaker sex. "-LOadOa u
Bits.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-30
ROAD BUILDING IN OKLAHOMA
Educational Movement to Reach
Country Boy Through Rural
SchooIs-PIan of Colonel Suggs.

The good road educational move
ment is to reach the country boy in
Oklahoma through the rural schools,
as the result Of advocacy of such a
plan by Col Sidney Suggs of Ard
more, state highway commissioner,
who has secured the Endorsement and
cooperation, not only Of Robert II.
Wilson, the state superintendent OF
public instruction, but also of the Off
Gals of the State Agricultural college
at Saltwater
"When the federal government had
spent many thousands of dollars to en-.
courage scientific farming" says Colo
mel Suggs, "and when so few farmers
adopted the methods advanced, the Of
fcials changed their base of opera
tons. They went after the boy. They
sought to teach new methods to the
older people through the medium Of
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-30
INFERTILE EGGS KEEP BEST
Do Not Permit Male Bird With Flock
After Matching Season-Farmer
Sustains Big Loss.

It is conservatiYely estimated that
there Is an annual loss in eggs in this
country of $45O00,O0O. Practically all
Of this enormous loss is sustained by
the farmers of this country, as 1t is
on the general farms that the great
bulk of eggs is produced. A very great
part of this loss can be prevented by
the production Of infertile eggs,
which are laid by hens that do not
have a male bird with them. The male
bird has no influence whatever On the
number of eggs laid. Therefore, as
soon as the Matching season is over
the male should be removed from the
flock.
The greatest trouble from blood
rings in eggs occurs in hot weather.
SPECIAL care should be given to the
gathering and storing Of the eggs
during the late spring and summer
months At these times the eggs
should be gathered at least twice a
day, placed in a room or cellar where
the temperature does not rise above
70 degrees Fahrenheit, and marketed
two or three times week.
Blood rings are caused by the de-
velopment of the embryo Of a fertile
egg and it's subsequent death. 1t is
impossible to hatch an infertile egg or
cause a blood ring to form in one.
It is generally considered that eggs
become infertile from seven to four
teen days after the male bird is re-
moved from the flock. Repeated ex-
periments have shown that where
fertile and infertile eggs are kept I'M
der similar conditions, the fertile
eggs spoiled much quicker, due to the
fact that they deteriorate faster than
infertile eggs In the average summer
temperature. Summer heat has the
same effect as the hen or incubator on
fertile eggs. Sell, kill, or confine the
male bird as soon as the Matching sea-
son is over.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-30
SHROPSHIRE is BEST SHEEP
New York Breeder Is Very Careful to
See That Ewes and Lambs Get
Plenty of Exercise.

I consider the Shropshire the best
utility breed among sheep. AS a pro"
Queer of wool and mutton both of the
best quality are secured l became
interested as early as 1880, having
at that time some Shropshire grades,
writes Arthur S. Davis of Orange
county, New York, in Orange Judd
Farmer. One of my ewes weighs 200
pounds, and in four years has sheared
soy pounds wool. My yearling rams
run from ITO to 200 pounds.
1t is my rule to change the sire to
prevent inbreeding once every two
years. My method of breeding for
show does not differ from that for
any other purpose. give them
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-30
WEED SEEDS ARE EXPENSIVE
Many Farmer Pays Dearly for Priv
Iege of Planting Something He
Would Be Better Rid OF.

CBy S. B. NUCKOLS. Colorado Expert
ment StationD
Many farmers are paying as much
as a dollar per pound for the oppor-
tunity to plant, on the farm, several
pounds of weed seed each year. 9th
ers do not pay as much for the oppor-
tunity to SOW the seed but the cost
Of eradicating these weeds costs them
many hours of labor and no small
amount of money The manner in
which they avail themselves of the
opportunity varies, but to give a spe-
cifc and true example-an actual &C.
currence
Two samples of alfalfa seed are
offered for sale, one for $40 per hun
dred and the other for SIG per hun
dred. Sample No. 1 tests as follows:
Weed seeds, none.
Chat and dirt, none.
termination, 81 per cent perfect.
Sample No 2 tests:
Weed seed, seven per cent, much Of
which is sweet clover which is not
very noticeable to the average farmer.
Chaff and dirt, two per cent.
termination, so per cent perfect
If you buy 100 pounds of No. 1 you
get 81 pounds of seed that will grow
at cost of $40, or cost of $21.2S for
100 pounds of perfect seed.
For No. you pay SIG for II
pounds of perfect seed, or $2254 for
100 pounds of perfect seed.
In the above case you pay $126 for
the privilege of planting seven
pounds of weed seed on your farm.
Even greater variations than the
above can be given. Every man
should know how good the seed is
that he is planting.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-30
TO KILL OFF GRASSH0PPERs
Burning Over Grass lands Is Some
times Practical-PaIsoH. Sran
Mash Is Also Effective.
Q3y A. L. LOVETT. oregon Experiment
StatiOnD

G3y A. l.. LOVETT. oregon Experiment
Station)
Grasshoppers feed normally on the
native grasses. Where forage crops
are planted, the h0ppers readily adapt
themselves to the new food. II an
abundance of young hOppers is OBJ
served in the spring, the fields and
grasslands where they occur should
be dragged with a hopper-dozer. ThIs
hopper-dozer is a long, shallow gal
vanized or wooden trough, which Is
filed with crude oil and along the
back side is fitted a back stop about
three feet high. When it is dragged
through the field the hoppers attempt
to jump over it. They strike against
the back stop and fall into the crude
oil.
Burning over the grass lands be-
fore the hoppers get their wings is
sometimes practical
The poison bran mash is an effec-
tive poison for grasshoppers, and has
been used successfully for their con-
troll in a great number of cases. Be
sure to add the salt, since grasshop-
pers appear especially fond of this
material. Broadcast the mash over
an infected field or SOW in drill rows
AFT right angles to their course OF