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Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-09-02
ONE JOHn StDDOa
 K ENTIRE WORLD
(By Benjamin Franklin Fly)

NDy T dnh4In y
 John Seddon.
 Did you ever hear the name? No doubt many of you have, for he is a we'll known farmer over on the Bard unit, but unless you have heard his name, you never heard any other man called by the same name.
 He is the original and only" John Seddon, No other man in all the world bears that name, peculiar as that may seem. I'll prove it!
 Some time ago Mr. Seddon declared that he was the only John Seddon in the world, and offered to bet his valu- able holdings in Bard that such was the case. He could. get no one to take his bet, but a mutual friend wrote to a friend in London, England, and ask ed him to address letter to "John Seddon United States of America"
 It was done. The letter reached New York first; then it was sent to my old schoolmate, Postmaster Gen eral 'AI' Burleson. In the shortest time imaginable the words Yuma, Arizona were written in red ink on the envelope and in four days, John Seddon had his letter, conclusively proving that he is "the original and only" John Seddon.
 Long may he live, But in all fair ness to the country he ought to have a son named John, in order to perpetu- ate the strange name.
Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-09-02
MANY SOLDIERS AlE
 G0|AG THROUGH YUMA

A battery of 120 artillerymen from Monterey, Cal, were in Yuma for sew dral hours this afternoon. One hun dfed and three of these men are said 10 be foreign born, which only goes to show that some of our hyphenated Americans are made of the r1ghs stuff. These soldiers are enroute to Douglas, Ariz., Lieut. Bishop in com mand.
Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-09-02

Mrs. J. H. Anderson and daughter have secured apartments for the com ing winter at Idlwilde, the same rooms they had last year, No. 59O Second avenue. MT. Anderson recently ar rived from British Columbia.
Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-09-02

New Magazines at Shoreys.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03

Pigeons are subject to many of the
diseases which affect poultry and may
be treated in the same manner. Canker
and the disease or condition called
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03
HINTS ON DUCKS AND GEESE
Fowls Should Be Kept Away From
Chickens-Furnish Supply of Ami
NAL Food-AVoid Dampness.

Ducks and geese should always be
kept away from the chickens. If al
lowed in the same yards, the ducks
and geese would so befoul the drink
ing water that the health of the chick.
ems would always be in constant dan.
ger.
Ducks and geese should never be
picked after the cool days Of fall
come. To grow rapidly the ration for
ducks should include a liberal guam.
tity of animal food. AS long as the
range is good, geese require little, if
any feeding. But when the vegeta.
ton on the range is killed, they should
be fed literally twice a day. A good
mash for geese is composed of two
parts bran, one part each of middlings
and cornmeal and four parts chopped
vegetables, cut clover or alfalfa. Whole
grain should be fed very sparingly.
Ducks and geese are subject to but
one serious disease - rheumatism.
caused by sleeping in damp quarters.
They can stand any degree of damp.
ness during the day, when they are ex.
ercising, but at night they should be
kept comfortable and dry. The sleep.
ing room should be kept bedded with
clean, dry straw.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03
BEST RATl0NS FOR CHICKENS
Whole Grain Is Entirely Too Fatten.
ing and Liable to Cause Some
Kind of Digestive Trouble.

Most farmers feed too much whole
grain to their chickens. many feeding
nothing but grain. The feeding of a
ration composed entirely of whole
grain throws an undue strait upon the
organs of the hens, which is likely to
cause digestive troubles. Besides,
whole grain is entirely too fattening
and hens receiving such ration are
never thoroughly nourished, nor do
they preceive the egg-making elements
In the proportion TO induce a good egg
yield.
In feeding poultry best results are
obtained by feeding one-half the food
ground. The by-products of mills are
usually richer in egg-making elements
than the grains from which they are
made. Thus, wheat bran is much rich
er in protein, the egg-making element,
than whole wheat, and it is much
cheaper. The same can be said of mid
dlings.
The ground ration should be bulky
In character, that Is it should occupy
rather large bulk in proportion to its
weight. A mash that has given good
results is composed of two parts bran,
one part each of cornmeal, middlings,
cut clover, beef scrap and ground oats
with hulls sifted OUT. This mash can
be fed dry in self-feeding hoppers, or
as wet mash If skim milk or but
termilk is to be bad in mixing the
wet mash, the proportion of beef scrap
can be reduced one-half.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03
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COST OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION
Much Depends on Amount and Char.
acter of Grading Necessary-oth-
er Factors Considered.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultural
The cost of a road is dependent up
on not only the type of construction,
but the amount and character of grad
ing to be done, the cost of labor and
materials, the width and thickness of
surfacing, the character and amount
of drainage required, and other fac
tors of equal variability. Based upon
general averages, it has been ascer-
tanned by highway specialists of the
United States department of agricul,
ture that under average conditions mac
adam roads can be built in southern
states at from $4,000 to $4,000 per
mile, gravel roads at from $1,000 to
$500 per mile, and sand-clay and top
soil roads at from $500 to $1,000 per
mile. In New England and the other
eastern states, macadam roads are re-
ported at from $4,000 to $4,000 per
mile, gravel roads at from $4,000 to
$4,000, and bituminous macadam from
$4,000 to $4,000, according to the
character of construction, whether sur
face-treated, penetration, or mixing
method The bituminous type is
quite general in the eastern states.
AS indicating costs in other sections
of country, the state highway commits
sioner of Michigan reported in 1913
the average cost for macadam roads
$4,000 per mile, clay-gravel roads ST.
500 per mile, and concrete roads about
$4,000 per mile. The average cost of
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03
GIVE BREEDERS FAIR CHANCE
Insanitary Conditions Have Done More
to Undermine Health of Poultry
Than Anything Else.

Always give the breeders a fair
chance to make good. Don't shut
them up in a poorly ventilated and in.
sanitary pen, give them poor food and
attention and then expect them to lay
eggs filled with strong, vigorous life
germs. They can't do it. Give them
fair chance and they will always
do their part.
Insanitary conditions have perhaps
done more to undermine the health
and vigor of poultry than any other
one thing. Certainly it is great han.
tlicap to the fowls, and they should
not be forced to endure such condi.
tons. Their battle for life is hard
enough without making it harder. Sc
help them by giving them a fair
chance and you will be we'll paid for
your time and trouble
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03
SOUND HOG CHOLERA MAXlMS
Best Results Are Obtained Where Sc.
rum Is Administered Before Dis
ease Has Progressed.

If hog cholera appears in your
herd:
Treat your hogs Immediately with
anti-hog-Cholera serum, after which
they should be kept on light diet
and pure drinking water and confined
to limited quarters that may be
cleaned daily and sprayed three times
week with one part of compound
cresol solution to 30 parts of water
until the disease has abated in the
herd. To obtain the best results the
serum must be administered before
the disease has progressed in the herd.
To rid premises of infection:
Remove all manure and saturate
with quicklime.
Burn all litter, rubbish and hog
troughs.
After the premises are thoroughly
cleaned, spray walls, floors, and other
surfaces with disinfectant Zone part
compound cresol solution to 30 parts
water). Where Lighthouses are small,
turn them over, exposing interior to
sunlight.
Wallow holes and cesspools should
be filled in, drained or fenced off.
All runs underneath buildings should
be cleaned and disinfected and then
| boarded up.
Destroy hogs that do not fully re.
cover, as they may be carriers of chol.
era infection.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03
BROTHERS IN ODD ACCIDENT
connective and the Other to
Second Train.

Ernest Laura, thirty-four years old,
and Albert Laura, twenty-five broth
ers of Springfield, are expected to die
as a result of an unusual accident
which occurred at a point near Lon
don, where the tracks of the Big Four
and Pennsylvania railroads run paral"
lei within only. a few feet of each
other.
The brothers, who were riding in a.
carriage, attempted, it is thought, to
cross the tracks ahead of Pennsyl-
vania train, when Big Four locomo-
tive struck the vehicle. Ernest was
hurled to the pilot of the Big Four
engine and his brother was thrown up
on the pilot of the Pennsylvania loco
motive. The engineers knew nothing
of the accident until they reached Co.
lumbus and found the men on the en-
gines.
The injured men were taken to a
hospital. They have not regained con-
seriousness. Ernest Laura sustained
fractured skull and his right eye was
torn out The other brother has sew
eral fractured ribs and internal in
juries.-Columbus Ohio, Dispatch to-
Cincinnati Enquirer
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03
CHIEF POINT OF GOOD EGGS
Most Eggs purchased on General Mar
ket Would Hatch Out Chicks If
Put in an Incubator.

Sterility is one of the chief points
of really good egg. No one who
is discriminating wants to eat an egg
that has been fortified. The germ
is repulsive to the taste. 1t is fact
that most of the eggs purchased on
the general market as fresh. if placed
in an incubator before they were too
old, would hatch out chicks.
Yet these eggs were sold daily by
grocers and dealers who obtain the
product from farms where poultry rails
ing is merely side issue and conduct
ed without any special attention to the
hens. The fertility is the result of
failure to segregate the sexes
On farms where chickens are by
product and are allowed TO have the
run OF the place this condition exists
and it is also a notable fact that such
farms still supply the most of the
eggs consumed in this country.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03
MUST KNOW SIGNALS
IMPORTANT PART OF THE WORK
OF A RAILROABER.
English Magazine Tells of Methods
Which Are in Use in That Coun.
try to Make Men Expert
in That Respect.

One of the most important parts of
a railroad drivers technical educa-
ton is that of acquiring a sound
knowledge of the roads and signals of
the district in which he is required
TO work, says London Tit-Bits. He
must know all the gradients so as
to work his engine accordingly, be
conversant with speed restrictions at
functions, round curves, and at i'm
portant stations, and, above ALL be
able to read the signals promptly and
correctly. On long runs, over busy
portions of the line, some hundreds of
signals are encountered, and it is i'm
perative for public safety that no err
ror be made with them. In the eyes
of his officials it is the greatest pos
sible offense for a driver to mistake
or overlook a signal, and when such
occurs the delinquent is punished
either by fine, reduction in rank, or
dismissal, according to the Importance
of the signal concerned and the result
of not acting on it. If, during fog or
falling snow, driver is doubtful about
a signal, he is required-accordin to
the position and nature of same-to
pull up, or run at caution until he OBJ
serves the condition of the following
one.
Some companies keep a register, in
book or on foolscap, of all the roads
that their drivers are acquainted with
individually, whilst others resort to a
card-indeX system, having separate
card for each man, the whole number
being arranged alphabetically so as to
readily accessible. They are headed,
Il. -, hereby certify that | have a
thorough knowledge of the roads and
signals between - ard -" whilst
below this they are portitioned off into
several squares. The various destina-
lions, with routes, are entered sepa-
signs his name, with date, underneath
each place he is acquainted with.
The men, as a rule, obtain a general
knowledge of the signals of their re-
opCNllNO lONdIlJlCo hul lllE LuC pCllOu
they are engaged as firemen. Often,
however, when promoted to drivers,
they do not feel sufficiently conversant
with them in some part to undertake
the responsibility of running trains
there offhand undeS their own charge.
1t is customary then to supply them
with an engine pass, and they travel
as third man on engines engaged
working to and fro in the neighbor-
hood concerned until they have over
come their deficiency and have conf
| dence in signing their names as pros
sessing the required knowledge. Men
transferred from one district to an
other also learn the roads and signals
in this manner.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03

going light" seem to be more preva-
lent in pigeons than in the domestic
fowl. Canker appears as sores or
cheesy patches in the mouth and
throat and can usually be prevented
by providing good sanitary conditions
and feeding only clean, sound grains
and clean water 1t may be treated
by swabbing the mouth and throat
with undilutea creolin or with solu-
ton of equal parts of hydrogen per-
oxide and water or by using dry sui
phur. Enough potassium permangan-
ate may be added to the drinking wa
ter to give it wine color Various
remedies or preventives of disease
are used in the drinking water by
pigeon breeders whenever the stock
appears to be in poor condition.
Among these are carbolic acid, epson
salts, copper sulphate, and venetian
red. Ulcers sometimes appear on the
head, around the bill, eyes, mouth, or
in the throat, and pigeons thus affected
should usually be killed.
Going light" is more or less Pc
culiar to pigeons and is difficult to
cure. It may be brought about by
feeding filthy or unsound grains, by
filthy conditons, and by any factor
which tends to destroy the vitality of
the pigeons. The symptoms of this
condition are a gradual loss of flesh,
frequently accompanied by diarrhea.
The practical method of treatment is
to remove the cause. Pigeons in this
or in any other diseased condition will
often get we'll If allowed their free
dom. TONES are used by some pigeon
breeders, especially during the Noting
season, but their constant use is not
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03
ADVANTAGES OF GOOD ROADS
Scarcely Secondary to Rail Transpor'
tation in Their Far-Reaching Eff
feet on Civilization.

The two great necessities of
modern life are education and trans
portation, for civilization travels in
the wake of good schools and good
roads. Good roads lead in more good
directions than the most far-seeing
can contemplate. Commerce begins
on the country roads and byways;
they affect school attendance and lit
eracy; they control markets and
prices, values of land. the develop
ment and contentment of the people,
the cost and pleasure of living, and
are scarcely secondary to rail trans
portation in their far-reaching effect.
They determine the character and
growth of the community, and the
necessity for them cannot be overes.
timated, for a country that isn't worth
a good road isn't worth living in.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03
WHY COWS GIVE MORE MILK
Breeds Improve the Things for Which
They Are Selected--Noted Increase
Made in Germany.

A contributor to Farm end Fireside
explains why cows give more milk
than they used to:
Cattle used to be bred chiefly fol
work. Therefore the cows did NOV
give much milk. Breeds improve the
thing for which they are selected.
in 1890 the work COWS of Germany
gave an average of pint and half
a day Interest in milk increased, and
by 1900 the average yield was quart
and a half. Breeding went on milk,
ward, and in 1910 the German COWS
averaged two quarts of milk each pei
day. In 1920 three, in 1880 four-and
there the gain stopped for 80 years
But in 1860 the production had in,
creased to six quarts and by 1870 to
eight"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03
BOOSTER FOR BETTER ROADS
Cost of transportation of Produce to
Market is Lessened-Ditch, Drain
and Drag Roads.

Good roads not only cheaper the
cost of transporting farm produce to
market, but make the country a de-
sirable place to live in.
We hear much talk about federal aid
for good roads, yet if we wait for
this movement to crystalline into a
reality, the people of the country will
be riding in mud for some time to
come. The thing to do is to take OFF
coats and buckle into a plan for local
road improvement. Be a booster for
the grading of roads and follow up the
work with the King road drag for
maintenance.
The principle of all good roads in
all States is the same, viz, keeping
the water out and off of the roadbeds.
Ditch, drain and drag the roads. This
is the tripod of good road building.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03
Festival of the Sun.

The annual sun festival (fete du
soleil) of the Astronomical society of
France, which has been held annually
on the Eiffel tower since 1904, on the
evening of the summer solstice, was
omitted this year on account of the
war. Several Spanish members of
the society, however, as we'll as other
Spanish astronomers; held a sun festi-
val of their own at. the Fabra obser-
vatory in Barcelona, the director OF
which, Senior ]. Comas Sola, is we'll
known for his solar Investigations. 1t
is likely that this event will hereafter
be celebrated annually at Barcelona.
as well, as at Paris.-Scientific Amer"
lean.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03

generally advised under normal condi-
tions.
Dead squads may be due to va.
riety of reasons. The cause of the
mortality must be found and removed
if profitable results are to be Sc.
cured. Some of the possible causes
are extra males or minated pigeons
in the breeding pens, rats or mice in
the house, and lack of vitality in the
breeding stock, caused by the use OF
improper or the lack of sufficient feed,
filthy conditions, or careless inbred.
ing.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03
Pigeon House and Fry-Note Bath Pan Against House.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The pens and yards where pigeons
are confined must be kept clean.
There is very little chance of making
money from squads unless the pigeons
can be kept comparatively free from
diseases and insect parasites. If
healthy breeding stock is secured, the
houses and yards kept clean, and care
full attention given to the birds, dis
eases and parasites should not be a
material factor in SQUAD raising.
(Only good, sound grain should be
fed
The following advice as to keeping
pigeons well and curing their diseases
is taken from Farmers Bulletin No.
6S4, SQUAD Raising" The stock
should be carefully watched and any
sick birds removed from the breeding
pens. The house should be kept dry
clean, we'll ventilated and free from
drafts. The yards should be kept
clean either by scraping the surface
and adding fresh sand or gravel or by
cultivating the land and planting it
10 grain if possible.
The nests, nest boxes, and pens
should be kept clean, but it is not adj
visable to disturb the nests which con-
tain eggs or squads any more than is
actually necessary. The pens should
be sprayed frequently with whitewash
containing a little crude carbolic acid,
or with a coal-tar disinfectant, and the
nest boxes and perches should be ex-
amined for mites, especially in hot
weather, and sprayed with kerosene
oil or some commercial preparation
which will kill mites. The nests or
nest pans should be cleaned out and
the nesting material removed after
the squads are marketed or leave the
nests.
Canker.
Pigeons are subject to many of the
diseases which affect poultry and may
be treated in the same manner. Canker
and the disease or condition called
u
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03
The Serpent and the EauIe.

A serpent and and eagle were strug-
Cling with each other in the throes Of
a deadly conflict. The serpent had the
advantage, and was about to strange
the bird. A countryman saw them,
and running up, loosed the coil of
the serpent, and let the eagle go free.
The serpent, irritated at the escape
of his prey, let fly his poison, and in
jected it into the drinking horn of the
countryman. The rustic, ignorant of
his danger, was about to drink, when
the eagle struck his hand with his
wing, and selling the drinking horn
in his talons, carried it up aloft.-
From Aesop's Fables.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03
SELECT THE BEST COCKEREL
Don't Sacrifice Vim and Ginger by
Keeping Dapper Little Male Birds
Size Is Desired.

Don't sacrifice the long, rangy cock
erel until you are sure that he isn't
a better bird than some Of his more
"cocky" brethren. Sometimes the
early maturing cockerel stops right
there and makes little further growth,
while the bird that has gone to legs
and bone at first fills out and makes
the larger and more desirable bird for
the farm flock.
Size is usually desirable in any
flock, if vim and ginger go with it.
Don't sacrifice it by keeping only the
iapper little male birds that looked
like their dads when they were only
tour or five months old.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03

Experience has shown that any
variety of hen will lay, and lay abun-
dainty, if bred along the right lines.
If you are satisfied as TO shape and
color of your fowls, do not change for
something else in the hope of get
ting more eggs, such as Leghorns for
Plymouth Rocks, or Wyandottes for
Minorcas or Brown Leghorns." This
Is the advice given by breeder, who
has found from experience that this
changing is merely a waste of time
and patience.
One frequently sees or hears of
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03

state highways constructed in Ohio
in 1913 was $3.50. According to types
in 1912, the brick-paved highways av-
eraged $14,650 per mile and the mac
adam highways $3.50. In California
the first 356 miles of the state system
of highways cost an average of 49,
143 per mile and consisted principally
of thin concrete with a thin coat of
bitumen. The maximum and mini
mum figures given in this paragraph
are not absolute, but are intended to
present the usual range of costs. The
rates given include grading, drainage,
surfacing, and engineering costs.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03
PLYMOUTH ROCK,

poultry keeper whose birds lay pro
fuse!y and almost necessarily, while
a neighbor across the way has the
same variety, gives his just as much
attention, and yet they scarcely lay
at all, continues this authority
Now, while this neighbor has the
same variety or breed of chickens as
the other, he has not an egg-laying
strain in that particular variety
of breed and that is just where the
trouble is. To get large egg yield
one must have birds which were de
seconded from an reproducing strain"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03
Weed Out Poor Hens

There is greater difference in the
egg production of hens in the same
flock than most people realize. In
trap-nesting work with a small flock
of 16 Plymouth Rocks for year in
Canada the best one laid 231 eggs and
the poorest II. 1t is a good thing tc
weed out the poor layers and consigp
them to the pot.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-03
LARGE Locomotive Order

The Illinois Central railroad placed
an order for the construction of SO
locomotives for passenger and freight
service with the Lima Locomotive cor
poration of Lima, Ohio. The engines
will cost $1,5OO,0OO and will be placed
in service on the through freight and
passenger services, Fifty-four of the
locomotives are to be of the Mikado
type and the remainder of the Pacific
tyne.