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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-05
RuMANIAN WHEAT
G0ING TO AUSTRIA
INSTEAD OF ALLIES
ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence


London, July 16.-The announcement
that the remainder OF Rumanla' 8
wheat crop Is now going into Austria
at the rate Of $50 railway carloads
day has caused great disappointment
here, for it was hoped that England
and France would be able to conclude
arrangements to purchase all Of Ru-
mania's available supply. thus cutting
off the possibility of all this food-stuff
entering Germany and Austria.
According to a statement sent from
Paris by Col Edmond Thery, attache
to, the French ministry Of war, the
plan for purchase by England and
France fell through because the AL
lied countries were unable to act
quickly enough.
Some time ago." he states. pro
posals we're made in France for the
establishment Of an international
Commission to which the Allies would
appoint one delegate each, to prevent
the import into Germany or any pro-
ducts which would enable her to pro-
long the war. While this suggestion
was still being considered, there came
the proposal to buy up the Rumanian
wheat harvest. We tried to act on this
proposal. but found the difficulties Of
red tape almost insurmountable.
For example, when the French
government directed Its ambassador
in London to submit the proposal to
the British government, no less than
eight days passed before the ambassa-
dor could get the opportunity Of see
ing the competent minister. Negotia-
lions with Russia involved further de-
lay. and by the time the Allies had
achieved harmony Of purpose it was
already too late; the Germans had
stepped in and bought up the whole
Of the crop"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-05
UNITY

The many friends of c. E. Stevens
will be sorry to hear Of his death,
which occurred. Sunday morning after
an illness of several months. His fam
lily have the sympathy Of all in their
trouble.
The Rev. Mr. Ainslie and family re-
turned to Searsport Saturday after
passing week with friends in town.
Harvey Cohn who had the misfor-
tune to get his arm broken in an au-
tomobile accident, is doing nicely.
Lizzie Morgan returned from the
hospital at Belfast Saturday where she
has been for the past two weeks for
medical treatment.
DR.. and Mrs. E. NJ. Saul have gone
to Sebec for a two-weeks vacation.
There was a party of twenty from
waterville that visited at the Merrick
cottage at Wiacemere Park Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. b. Hunt entertairs-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-05

Berlin, Aug. 4, Via London. 1905. p.
M.-No reports are yet available here
REGARDING the cases of the American
steamship Leelanaw and the British
steamers Iberian and Orduna. sunk or
attacked by German submarines and
the latest exploit Of submersible re-
sulting in the. capture Of the Ameri-
can ship Pass Of Bahama.
Ten Days Wait
Reports on the Iberian and Lee
lanaw, in which the United States
chiefly is interested, probably will not
be received from the submarine com
manders for another 10 days, 1t Is
stated here.
In the meantime the American en-
bassy, on instructions from Washing
ton. has put in a request for the Lee
lanaw's papers and for the official re-
port on the case.
Government Belief
The German government believes
that this will be a parallel case to that
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-05
MEXICAN POLICY OF COOPERATIVE
ACTION FORMULATED IN june

1t was considered likely today that
the first step in the Presidents plan
which will be submitted to the con-
ferees by Secretary Lansing will be
last appeal to the factions to end
the strife and arrange for a settled
government. If any factions fail to
heed the warning, the plan is said to
include extension of moral and finan-
cial support to other factions. The
plan is said to include also a restor
alton of the ban on war munitions to
the revolving factions and a demand
that the railroad line between Vera
Cruz and Mexico City be kept open
for the transportation Of food sup
plies to the starving people of the cap
ital. Failure to do this might result
in Joint steps by the United States
and the Latin-American nations to
take physical control of the capital
and the railroad and to hold them
pending restoration of peace.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-05
WINDSOR

The next meeting of Windsor
Grange will be held Friday evening.
Aug. s. A good program is expected
and refreshments will be served. II
Is hoped that large number will be
present.
MRS. L. e. Colburn will entertain the
Unity Club Wednesday, Aug. 4.
F. B. Colburn and c. r Donreu
were entertained Sunday bv p. W
Philbrick Of Boston at his summer
camp in Somerville.
Mr.. and Mrs. francesca Colburn.
who have been visiting their son Ar
thur IN Portland for the past two
months are expected home this week.
Mrs. Frank Meigs and son George
and family Of Augusta are passing a
week at their old home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-05
CORNVILLE.

NORTH-Miss Josephine Roderic Of
Waterville is visiting Mrs. Edgar
Written.
Miss Grace futile is visiting rela-
tives in Norridgewock.
Mrs. Julia Holmes of Skowhegan is
visiting Mrs. Ezra Stevens.
Owing to the bad weather only about
half the farmers Of this vicinity have
finished haying.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-05

ed friends from Portland over Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Farwell, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. L. Trueworthy and Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy Norton returned home
Thursday from Mt. Charles. where
they have passed a two-weeks vaca-
ton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-05

me United States consul in Calgary
Sanaoa. says the remarkable dsvs,on
Inent OF western Canada has -
maze largely on borrowed canita, en
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-05

The development Of water power in
Norway has made electricity cheaper
than steam in that country,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-05

From one family in France seventy
two men enlisted for the European
war,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-05

Inere are $4,000 poston1ces in Ger
many
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-06-11
VALUE OF BETTER HIGHWAYS
Man Looking for Location ls Likely
to Judge Nelghborhood BY Kind
Of Roads Il Maintains.

Are you doing anything for good
roadsg Is your community doing any
thing? Is your county alive to the
value Of rock roads, roads Of a per-
manent type? II you are a farmer
you ought to be able to realize the
value of better highways more keenly
than any other citizen.
Il is a fact that the chance visitor
and the man who is looking for
location are likely to judge a neighbor-
hood or a region by the kind Of high
ways It maintains. Stretches Of mud
holes blast a community's reputation.
Bad roads kin church life and choke
education. Churches and schools are
dependent very markedly upon good
roads. Where the roads are stretches
os mud in winter and dust and old
rats in summer. neither schools nor
churches may flourish.
When you find 3 farmer who OPP
poses good roads and fights 8 reason
able taxation for building better high
ways you win find man who Is .
drawback to his community.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-06-11

What Is hog cholera3 Stripped Of
all the big words that might be used
IN describing It. It Is a swine disease
that costs the farmers Of the United
States more thaa a standing army and
involves the lungs. kidneys, liver and
especially the intestines Of the dis
eased animal, says an Illinois writer
in Farm Progress. Il is highly infec-
tious and is more dreaded than any
other one live stock menace, and
there are plenty Of reasons for this
dread
How do hogs get It? In a hundred
ways. A dog ranging through the
fields may pick up the germs Of the
disease on his feet, carrying them for
five miles across country and scatter
them in your hog lot A buzzard may
pick up a piece Of carrion from the
carcass of a cholera-slain porker and
drop II under a dead tree in your
fields. Or a healthy hog may get IL
through consuming infected food or
water. Cholera may come down In
the running water Of creek or river
It may be spread by contact between
hog and hog or by shipping a hog in
cars used to transport diseased
porkers.
There are other ways and many Of
them, but not one is more important
than that of carrying the germs on the
clothes, the boots, the wagon tires or
any other objects from one farm to
another. II your hogs have the chol-
era, keep away from your nelghbor's
premises and ask him to do as much
for you under the same circumstances.
Is there any section Of the United
States where a man can go and raise
hogs without having to fear cholera ?
Not one, so far as is known. This
swine plague is about as universal as
the hogs distribution. It is especially
prevalent in the corn-belt states, but
that is solely because there are more
hogs there to acquire the disease. It
exists in the East, the West, the North
and the South.
How long win hog cholera linger
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-06-11
KEEP UP GRADE OF POULTRY
Poultrymen Make Mistake In Buying
Matching Eggs or Breeding stock
From Different Breeders.

Many a poultryman. striving e
breed up a strain of egg-pr0duoins
hens, makes the mistake of buying
Matching eggs OF breeding stock from
a different breeder each year. It pays
far better to go back. for q number
Of years, to a breeder who has stock
that mates well with and improves the
size and reproducing qualities of the
progressive poultryman's stock.
So reports James G. Halpin, head
Of the poultry department Of the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin, who has found
that the number OF reliable poultry
breeders producing just the sort Of
breeding stock generally needed is
rapidly increasing. He believes that
the next few years viii be a still
greater increase along this line for
the breeder can afford to line breed
his stock and take 8 great deal Of
pains building up q strain OF high
egg producers. The grading up Of the
farm flock with good. strong males Of
the right sort Of breeding. Is one OF
the principal things needed in thu
poultry industry at this time.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-06-11
PLANT SWEET CORN
FOR A SUCCESSION
Use Three Varieties, Early, Me-
dunn and Late-Last Crop
for Use in October.

To have a constant succession Of
sweet corn we plant three varieties.
an early, a medium and a late sort "a
early in the season as it seems safe.
says g writer IN an exchange. After
a few weeks two varieties are planted
and so on until about July 4, when the
strawberry crop has been gathered.
We fruit a strawberry bed but one
year, so the spaces between the rows
are torn up with a wheel hoe. and
corn planted without attempting to
pillow the entire bed until the follow
ing spring. This last crop Is usually
ready for use early in October. and
only once in many years has frost
taken the crop before It was ready for
use.
Occasionally two paintings win over.
lap. but there Is always a chance e
dispose Of the surplus. or It may b.
canned for future use
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-06-11
HOGS ARE SUBJECT
TO SKIN DISEASES
Light Skinned Animals Are Some
what More Susceptible to
Mango Than Others.
By H. H. REYNOLDS Minnesota Ex-
pertinent Statiunl

By III. H. REYNOLDS, Minnesota Ex-
pertinent Station)
Hogs are subject to a variety Of
skin diseases. Two Of these although
quite different, are both known as
mango.
Pitch mango Is not a true mango,
but rather an eczema and Affects hogs
that are not in vigorous health and
when kept in filthy pens and bad sur
roundings. Light-skinned hogs appear
somewhat more susceptible to this
than others.
The skin is at first red and perhaps
swollen. Small red spots appear and
subsequently change to blisters which
dry and form crusts.
The main treatment needed is sim
pie cleanliness and the sort Of feed
that viii make the hog healthy and
vigorous. It usually means a com
plete change Of surroundings and plen-
ty Of good food.
Hogs are subject also to true mango,
This is caused by a minute animal
parasite, which burrows into the skin
like the human itch mite and causes
severe Inflammation and itching. This
form Of mango Is especially difficult
10 treat because Of the hurroWing hab-
II OF the parasite.
Mango begins somewhere on the
head OF neck and extends slowly back.
ward The hams are likely to be af-
feeted sooner or later. The bristles
fail out and the skin becomes very
thick and wrinkled. Sometimes it IL
thickened to an astonishing extent
Hog mango Is peculiar on account Of
the powderlike surface OF the crust.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-06-11
TREATMENT FOR scALY LEG
Dipping Feet and Legs Of Fowls A.
fsotsd IN Kerosene VIII Prove
Quite Effective.

Look out for the scaly leg IN your
stock at this time. After passing
through the cold and dampness Of the
winter months this trouble is quite
likely to develop among at least q few
Of your fowls. and # should be nipped
right IL the bud or It viii nun through
al your stock. While It is nothing
serious o. rapid ii It's work. It IS q
very annoying trouble and one that
win make your fowls very uneemfort-
able. and at times # WIN even cripple
some where # gets to be q thick
scale.
The best treatment is to take a can
Of kerosene oil. nail It 70 the wan Of
your poultry house. where It win be
convenient to dip the feet and legs
Of each fowl affected II up just to. but
not on TO. the feathers Of the hook
Joint This. says Southern Ruraiiat.
repeated every other DAY for about
two weeks win clean it All of except
ID extreme cases. when It win take
longer treatment to bs followed with
s little oil Of vasellne occasionally
t. smooth up the surface
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-06-11
WEAN LITTLE PIGS
AT CORRECT TIME
Youngsters Must Be Taught to
Eat Grain Long Before Taken
From Their Mothers.

Should the pigs be weaaed at six
to eight weeks of age. or should they
be allowed to run with the sows until
the sows wean them?
Sows which raise two filters a year
had best wean their spring litter at
SIX or eight weeks of age. Some farm
ers who keep sows only for one litter
are in favor Of early weaving 50 that
the sows may be dried on rapidly and
fattened.
If the pigs are to be weaned early.
they must be taught to eat grain long
before they are weaned. Two or
three weeks old pigs will learn to nib
BILE a little. A good grain mixture is
&c parts OF corn. 20 parts of middlings,
10 parts Of tankage or meat meal, 5
parts Of oats and 5 parts of oil meal.
II skim milk may be had it should
certainly be fed. especially just after
weaving time.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-06-11

in a neighborhoOdf II carefully
handled and fought, as It should be
fought with serums. preventive rene
dies and the aid Of men who are vet
Grams IN such fighting. the last traces
viii usually disappear in about two
years. That is. unless a fresh source
Of infection, coming from the outside.
is established in the neighborhood.
When is It most acute, most danger
Gus and most destructive? Look out
for It in the fall It is serious enough
in the summer But it is most viru-
lent and acute In the fan and win last
on and through the winter and over
into the next heated season II left to
run unchecked. In winter It is often
complicated by a partially understood
disease that seems to center its at
tacks on the lungs BY some this is
classified as a separate trouble, but
others announce that It is a more
deadly variation Of cholera.
How long does It take cholera to
incubate OF develop ia a hog after the
animal is exposed? This varies from
a few days to two and even three
weeks. Exposure is practically GER
tain to result in the disease, and when
the hogs are known to have been ex-
posed get the serum treatment started.
What are the early symptoms? They
are sadly familiar to thousands OF
farmers. Tremors. fever, marked
weakness, droopy appearance, stagger-
ing walk, labored breathing. diarrhea,
maybe constipation. and in some cases
commissions are the first symptoms
Where the symptoms are very strong
the hog may die within a few hours.
What preventives may be used?
Clean up filthy quarters, move the
hogs out Of crowded quarters, use
plenty Of disinfeotants in the sheds.
and see that the water and feed given
are clean and wholesome. Go into
the sheds and hog houses with plenty
Of whitewash, slaked lime, stock dips,
carbolic acid, chloride Of lime or any
other disinfectant that is handy and
use them unsparingly.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-06-11
GET POWER
The supply Comes From Food.

If we get power from food, why not
strive to get all the power we can That
is only possible by selecting food that
exactly fits the requirements Of the
body.
Not knowing how to select the right
food to fit my needs, suffered grew
ously for e long time from stomach
trouble" writes q lady from a little
Western town.
1T seemed as II would never be
able to find out the sort Of food that
was best for me. Hardly anything that
! could eat would stay on my stomach.
Every attempt gave me heartburn and
filled my stomach with gas. got thin
ner and thinner until ! literally be-
came e living skeleton and in time was
compelled to keep to my bed.
"A few months ago was persuaded
to try Grape-Nutz food. and It had such
good effect from the very beginning
that kept up its use. was surprised
at the ease with which / digested it. Il
proved TO be Just what / needed.
"Ail my unpleasant symptoms. the
heartburn. the inflated feeling which
gave me SO much pain, disappeared.
My weight gradually increased from IS
to 116 lbs, my figure rounded out. my
strength came back. and am now able
70 do my homework and enjoy it.
Grape-Nuts did It"
A ten days trial viii show anyone
some facts about food.
Name given BY Postum Co. Battle
Greek. Mich. Read. aThe Road to
Wellvilla." in plzgs. There's q Reason.
Ever read the above IetterH A sew
ere aHneaRH nNam time to time WaeE
interest.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-06-11

Of ducks there consider six ducks.
plenty for a pen in breeding for best
utility qualities, and 1t is very interest.
ing to note the type Of duck the win
ners Of the contests there are, In com.
parison with our present show types
here. Their ducks are much more
heavy and broad, and the type is en-.
tirely different in both Runners and
Bun Orpington ducks. This is some
thing for our utility breeders to CON
slider
Probably the worlds official record
is held by one Of those New Zealand
Runners. This duck laid $50 eggs in
365 days In her second year. She laid
512 eggs In % months, including the
melting season. A daughter Of this
duck laid III eggs in 179 consecutive
days, and 293 eggs in S14 actual con.
secutive laying days. When she was
two years and eight months old her
record was over 500 eggs. The breeder
Of these ducks mated the females to
brakes whose dams had a record Of 200
eggs a year or better.
III the Christchurch test the Buff
Orplngton ducks made a fine record.
Both 0rpington and Runner ducks
have made fine records In the Cam
bridge tests there, and one pen Of
both Runners and Orpingtons made q
remarkable showing for several months
after those tests had ended In 5k
months after the above tests ended one
breeders ducks laid as follows: BufI
Orplngtons. 772 eggs; Peneiled Run.
ners, 749 eggs. This is an average Of
129 and 125 per duck for the timf
above quoted.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-06-11

1umbo Val. II. satterwhits writess
Il want % thank you for what you have
done Cor me. You have cured my wife.
God bless you in your work. hope some
day to see you; if never see you I hope
10 meet you in heaven God win reward
you fer your grand and noble work"
There & no longer any doubt that pei.
hua can be cured. Don't delay until il
i TOO hts. It Is your duty to consult tbs
resourceful Baughn.
The rymptoms-hands red Ike Eunburn,
skin peeling Of, sore mouth, the lips,
throat and tongue q flaming red, with
mucus and choking; indigestion and
nausea, either diarrhoea or constipation.
There is hope; get Baughn's big Free
book on Pellagra and learn about the
remedy for Peiiagra that has at last been
found. Address American Compromising
Co.. box 2ose, Jasper, Ala, remembsring
money is refunded in any case where the
remedy fails to cure.-Adv.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-06-11
MUST BEGIN AT THE BOTTOM
First Thing 20 % is 70 improve Bad
blrt RoadsLMoney Required ls
Astonlahlnaly Small.

The dirt roads are the real high
ways OF commerce. Without them
you would have little use for macadam
roads or other highways Of like char.
acter. In the road fabric we must be-
gin at the bottom. AS the dirt roads
are improved year by year. by process
Of evolution. when necessity requires
a certain percentage Of them win be-
come trunk lines ard be converted In
to rock, maeadam, concrete or roads
Of like character This will come
about when the betterment Of the dirt
ads has so improved agricultural
and other communities through which
they pass that the wealth and popula-
ton and commerce justify It.
We cannot make all the roads rock,
macadam or concrete roads, but we
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-06-11
Building a Good Road Through .
Hill.

san make all our bad dirt roads good
dirt roads. We can make the rock,
macadam or concrete roads in certain
sections and communities where coun-
try growth, wealth, population and
volume Of heavy traffic demand and
justify it. The amount Of money
really required to convert a bad dirt
road into a good dirt road by the use
of modern road equipment is astonish-
ingly small.
Where the roads from the farm to
the railway station are partly bad dirt
roads, partly good dirt roads and part
" rock, concrete OF maeadam roads.
the farmer must gauge his load not
by the good dirt road, not by the good
macadam road over which he passes
a part OF the distance. but by the bad
dirt road he must travel What we
should do is to improve the road,
gauging the load the producer must
haul. If he has to struggle with bad
dirt roads, he is the man we wish to
serve. These roads are the arteries
Of the commerce of the soil, and our
very life, credit. prosperity, education
church and future interests depend up
on them.
The closer we place the producer to
the markets the lower win be our cost
Of living. The roads which serve the
producers today are the dirt roads
roads Of the people, roads reaching ev
cry community, and so years from
now the great majority Of the roads
serving the producers win still be dirt
roads. We must deal with things
real. not ideall-Gov. Major Of Mis-
souri,.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-06-11
NEEDED FOR POULTRY
hed BuIls Of Lumber la Eaa-
ranged Where Fowls Are
IS Permitted In Orchard.

|ther the fowls must spend their
BITS summer on the range or in
confinement, having only q
which 70 run. shade is neces-
their successful growth. To
{ shade cannot be provided Is
e. There may be no trees
be utilized. it Is true, but
can plant some vine or even
II enough to the poultry yard
here II viii cast shade, or
cheap lumber she'd. so ar
aat It's roof viii supply shade
portion Of the day and one
st 81 the warm hours, leav-
On two sides at least for
REGULATION Of air.
II structure. or several Of
be erected on the range If
auat not be permitted in the
I any reason. Then. re
bat during the warm days
elesn. fresh water in abun.
also essential. no matter
he fowls and chicks are run
rhInk 81 these things now and
p ready. 50 that when the
a come the fowls win not
ulIer for even q single day,
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-06-11
L. and Patlenee.

To milk a COW requires time and pa
thence. The milk should be drawn
slowly and steadily. Some COWS have
sery tender teats, and if you want a
well-disposed COW, be gentle in your
treatment toward her A good COW is
naturally impatient. and does not ike
rough handling. With constant irrita-
sion. any COW VIII fail IN quantity Of
MIX.