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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
POTATO RIOTS QUITE COSTLY
Ing Affection With Solution of
Mercury Bichloride.

Various types of rot annually de-
stroy many thousands of dollars
worth of potatoes. The rots respon.
sible for much of these damages are
internal brown rot, powdery dry rot,
soft rot and stem rot.
Very often tubers are attacked in
the field or in storage by soft rot
which quickly reduces the potatoes to
a soft, Shiny, foul-smelling mass.
The stem rot fungus, rhizoctonia
produces on the tubers small dark
brown bodies which resemble bits Of
soil. These bodies are the wintering-
over stage of the fungus and may
spread very rapidly from one tuber to
another under improper methods Of
storage. While this fungus does not
itself cause rot of the tuber, it may
pave the way for such reproducing
organisms as the dry and soft rots. OF
these diseases, rhizoctonia and the or
ganism causing the internal brown rot
only produce whiting of the vine. 1t
is, therefore, important to treat all
tubers showing the presence of the
brown soil-like bodies with solution
of mercury bichloride and to discard
for seed all tubers showing the brown
ring discoloration.
Internal brown rot may live in the
soil for five or six years. If potatoes
are grown continually year after year
on the same soil these organisms will
increase in number, and, as a conse-
quence, the percentage of wilted vines
and rotted tubers will also increase
until in a few years the soil will be
entirely worthless for growing pota-
toes.
Since all Of these diseases live over
winter on or in the tubers, 1t is inn
perative that seed treatment and seed
selection be practiced In order to pre-
vent a recurrence of the troubles the
following year This, together with
the other precautions given, will pre-
vent the spread of these diseases and
reduce the loss In storage.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05

stock that / could buy and that
would make everything ON the place
earn its keep or know the reason why.
had brought with me an old thresh-
ing machine with which I used to go
around through our neighborhood in
Ohio every fall doing odd jobs of
threshing. Of course I made a little
money at this, but when / figured out
the time the old machine stood idle
about ten months in the year-and re-
pairs l had to pay for and the time
spent in hunting up jobs, I quickly
discovered that the old rattletrap had
cost me a good deal of money.
traded the outfit for bunch of
yearling calves and felt that / had a
load off my chest.
Within week after had made my
trades and purchases | had the sheep
busy cleaning up a 20-acre pasture,
over 100 chickens were scratching
their living out of the fields, the hogs
were putting on flesh; the COWS made
more butter than we could use, which
brought us in cash every week, and
| the calves were laying money on their
ribs right along. Everything was
working night and day.
OF course l could not make all the
changes l wanted at once, but within
six months every head of live stock on
profitable. That is the main thing,
to invest ones capital only in things
that will bring, returns on the invest
ment
/ never before had realized how
greatly handicapped the farmer is
who tries to work with old, half worn
out machinery, decrepit horses that
cannot do more than half days work
in day, cows that eat more than
they earn, and who has no poultry or
sheep to clean up the stuff that would
otherwise go to waste.
By changing my methods I have
made three times as much money
since l came to South Dakota as I
ever did in Ohio, although l do not
think my land is any better and we
do not work as hard.
l have exactly the same amount of
land l had in Ohio and perhaps have
learned how to farm it better, but I
attribute what little success l have
had to the fact that everything on the
place is productive and that keep
everybody and everything busy every
minute / can.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05

Good Road Bordered With Lombardy
Poplars to Serve as Windbreak.
repairs needed in order to keep roads
good, and that is not done without ex-
pense. In fact, the maintenance and
depreciation charges are usually great
er for good roads than for ordinary
roads, but goods roads are worth the
extra expense, and they are, therefore,
good business.
Many people speak of the surface
Of good road as though it were an
arch which must support the weight
Of traffic, but the chief concern in
properly constructed good roads is the
wear on the road surface material,
caused by the grinding action Of
wheels and the suction action OF rapid
ly moving automobile tires, which re-
move the fine dust and binding ma
terials, exposing the coarser and more
compact material.
Macadam, one Of the most famous
road builders, laid down three rules
for making good road: O Good
Drainage, (2) Better Drainage, (3)
Still Better Drainage; or, in other
words, "A good road has a tight roof
and dry cellar" Proper drainage to
prevent water from getting into the
road from beneath and a good surface
to cause the rainfall to run off before
entering the foundation, will insure a
good road, because well-packed earth
foundation will sustainsthe weight Of
ordinary country traffic without break
ing through. If the surface is not pre-
served, the foundation of the road will
be damaged, and this applies to dirt
as we'll as rock roads, for in many
cases we find that earth roads are the
most advisable kind Of good roads and
all that the traffic wants.
1t is necessary to keep the roof
tight. Do not allow holes to remain
In the road surface, for If they are not
repaired the water will collect In them
and run through into the foundation,
causing "chuck holes"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
CBy JOHN d. PRENTIcE.)

tBy JOftN II. PhENTICE)
A good many years ago l suddenly
woke up to the fact that the idlers
on the farm are the things that keep
man from making money. When
came West fifteen years ago l visited
big manufacturing plant at Chicago
and was struck by the system which
kept everybody and everything busy.
In going through the factory could
not see an idle man nor an idle ma
chine. Everything and everybody was
on the jump every minute. No lost
motion, no loafing on the job. And as
pondered over the matter on my way
to my new farm l began to realize
how much / had lost in the past
through maintaining idle and unpro-
ductive things
AS sooD as / got settled I sold off
three old horses l had brought with
me, and bought two good ones; traded
four cows that had never been up to
the mark for two that gave more
milk than the four ever did, and I in.
vested some of my capital in a flock
o. 20 sheep, about 100 hens and five
Of the best brood sows I could buy in
the county.
Then l traded an old reaper that ]
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
MA[lY,N
RlE1(llkS
ROADS AND ROAD MATERIALS
Highway Should Be No More Expen-
sive Than Traffic Warrants, and
Materials Suited to Traffic.

By ". NJ. CONE, Colorado Agricultural
College)
Roads and road materials are the
subject of much discussion all over
the country. Most of our roads are
still being patched up, or, which is
still worse. being turned upside down
periodically with plow and scraper,
and soft road is the certain result.
However, some good roads are being
built each year. Roads are a bust
ness. If they are good roads they
are good business, If they are bad
roads they are bad business. A road
should be no more expensive than the
traffic warrants, and the materials of
which the road is constructed must be
suited to the traffic.
Cobbie stones are good roads for
heavy drayage and asphaltum pave
ments are excellent for pleasure We
hicles, but they are certainly not in
Interchangeable in usage. 1t would be
as foolish in many cases to have an
asphaltum pavement on country
road, as dirt street in the busy traf-
fic district of city.
Too often people lose sight Of the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05

plant protruding an inch or more
above the surface, the broken ends of
Its roots exposed to view. Plants are
often thus killed outright or left prac-
tically worthless.
Now. it is commonly supposed that
the injury mentioned above is the
only one to which strawberry plants
are subject, when left unprotected. II
this were true, then it would not be
necessary to apply the mulch until
spring, during which time the greater
share of alternate thawing and freez-
Ing takes place, and not at all on
these soils which do not honeycomb
under the influence OF frost.
Nevertheless, the more familiar we
become with the strawberry plant and
its habits and conditions that exist
where the plant grows wild, the more
firmly are we convinced that this Is
an erroneous view.
There is general lack in the es-
sential information necessary to form
a correct idea in regard to the matter.
BY nature and habit. the strawberry
plant is an evergreen. Unlike the
bush fruits, it does not ripen its vege-
tative growth and cast its leaves with
the coming of autumn, but will, IL
given protection, remain green, in
dormant state, waiting for the coming
of spring, when it may again take up
the process of life.
Leaves that come out bright and
green will begin work in the spring
where they left off in the fall.
On the other hand, If the leaves
and crown of the plant are left ex-
posed to winter sunshine, the fnois-
ture in the leaves will evaporate, and
as connection between root and leaf
Is cut off because of the frozen soil.
the leaves shrivel and die
Plants with leaves practically dead,
will often put forth new leaves in the
spring, but such plants never show the
vigor of those given protection.
AS to the material for mulching.
anything that will shade the plant and
ground from the sun will answer the
purpose. Generally speaking, the
coarser and freer from weeds and
grass seeds, the better.
The most satisfactory job of mulch
ing we ever did was with marsh hay
applied before the ground had frozen.
Any kind of straw is good for the pur-
pose, but trouble is likely to come
with it. because of the seeds OF
grasses and weeds
Corn stalks will answer the pur'
pose, and admirably so, If shredded.
Pulp from cane mills may be used;
also the leaves from forest trees.
AS means of retarding the season
of fruiting, the mulch should be ap-
piled while the ground is frozen or
covered with snow. With such pur'
pose in view, it is often advantageous
to apply a light covering early In the
season and a second, heavy applica
ton after the ground has become
frozen or covered deeply with snow.
Under favorable conditions. the
fruiting period may be delayed from
week to ten days.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
'CASCARETS' ACT
ON LIVER. BOWELS
No sick headache, biIiousness.
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get a 1O-cent box.

Are you keeping your bowels, liver
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing 9
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil Oh
Purgative Waters?
Stop having a bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foal gases
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
In the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make you
feel great by morning. They worn
while you sleep-never grippe, sicker
or cause any Inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents box from your store
Millions of men and women take Q
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach
Constipation. Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
OUR NATIONAL DISEASE
Caused by Coffee.

Physicians know that drugs will not
correct the evils caused by coffee and
that the only remedy is to stop drink.
ing it.
An Arkansas doctor says:
Il was coffee drinker for many
years and often thought that I could
not do without 1t, but after years OF
suffering with our national malady,
dyspepsia. attributed 1t to the drink
ing of coffee. and after some thought
determined to use Postum for my
morning drink.
Il had the Postum made carefully
according to directions on the pkg and
found 1t just suited my taste.
Z AT first / used 1t only for breakfast.
but found myself getting so much
better, that I had it at all meals. and
am pleased to say that have been re-
lieved of Indigestion. ! gained 10
pounds In 4 months and my general
health is greatly improved.
Il must tell you of a young lady in
Illinois. She had been in i'll health for
many years, the vital forces low. with
but little pain. wrote her of the good
that Postum did me and advised her to
try 1t.
"At the end of the year, she wrote
me that she had gained 40 pounds in
weight and felt like herself again"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
vflle," in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular postun,-must be we'll boiled
15c and Csc packages.
Instant Postum--is a soluble powder
"A teaspoonful dIssolves quickly In I
: cup OF hot water and, with cream ant
sugar, makes a delicious beverage In
stantly. 30c and soc tins.
The cost pcrscnp OF both. kinds Il
about the same.
there's o Reason" for Postum.
--sold by Grocers
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
MULCH THE STRAWBERRY BED
Winter Protection Is Important Point
Often Overlooked and Neglected
Straw Is Good.
tBy M. N. EDGERToN.)


A point in strawberry culture more
often overlooked and neglected than
any other is that of winter protection.
Briefly stated. the reason for mulch
ing is this: Strawberry plants are in
jured by the alternate freezing and
thawing incident to the winter and
spring months.
Freezing expands the moisture of
the soil. This Slightly raises the sur
face of the ground, which, in turn,
exerts a lifting force upon the plant.
The root system being held in a
frozen soil, some Of the finer roots
and rootlets are broken. Upon the
thawing of the soil, its surface settles
to its original position. but not so the
plant
A continued repetition of this proc
ess often leaves the crown of the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
Out Of the Frying Pan.

David Starr Jordan, at a peace meet.
ing at the Hotel Astor In New York,
said to reporter:
Half the world at war. ana the
counsel we are getting Is that we
must arm more heavily. That counsel
reminds me OF the African kings.
IAN African king Toasted white ex.
plorer royalty. Then. at the end OF
the feast, 900 girls were led forward.
CHOOSE from among these 800,
said the king a wife
But the explorer blushed and STAN
mered:
oh, but II took one, then the re.
naming 299 would be jealous
""That Is easily remedied,' the king
answered. Take ALL >"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
Good Ixne of Brood Sow.

In selecting brood SOW. form is
first to be considered The body
should be finely built, vigorous, long
with heavy quarters, fiat back, short
snout, ears and limbs. The neck
should not be too short She should
be a vigorous feeder, with great ca
pacity, because an Indifferent feeder
will starve her pigs. A SOW whose lit
ters range less than eight to twelve
pigs each is a failure.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
GOOD PROTECTION FOR TREES
Pennsylvania Expert Recommends
That All Litter BE Removed and
Earth Mound Be Erected.

The damage to trees, particularly
rabbits and mice during the winter
time is very great. Last winter in
particular there was an unusual abUnd-
ance of field mice. When the show
thawed from meadows the burrows of
mice could be seen extending in all
directions. Many young trees planted
in sod or where manure or mulch
came closely around their bases were
completely girdled by these animals.
AS a precautionary measure. Profess
sor Paddock of Ohio college of agri-
culture recommends that litter of all
kinds be removed from around the
trunks of young trees and that six
inch mound of earth thrown about
trunks of such trees Is also a good
plan. This protection of earth also
safeguards to certain extent against
winter injury.
One does not want to go to the other
extreme, however, and remove all COW
ering from off the young tree roots.
Experiment has shown that certain
amount of organic matter in or on the
soil will often protect the trees from
injury during hard winter.
Rabbits are always present and the
possibility of injuries should always
be guarded against. One of the ways
recommended for preventing the rab-
bits from gnawing the trees is to pro-
tect them with some form of tree
protector. This may either be cylin-
der of fine-meshed woven wire or
wood veneer or cloth.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
Duty Of Every Farmer.

No man who farms should begrudge
the time he spends in grading, drag
ging and ditching the highways. He
must use them IL months in the
year. Every days work makes them
little better IL the work is done in
diligently.
In many localities the merchants
have aided in the work of road bet
terment, and 1t seems ridiculous that
their efforts should be distrusted by
the farmers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
A Splendid Chance.

Turkey raising is an arduous BUSH
ness" said Wholesale poultry dealer
of Baltimore. DAY and night you
must look after your birds the same
as you look after horses.
California turkeys are very fine.
They are very well taken care of. 1t
is no snap to work on California
turkey farm, l tell you.
Il was visiting California turkey
farm last month when a boy applied
for job.
Your references are good. I'll try
you,' said the farmer.
Twill have chance to rise, sir?'
the boy asked
Eyes, said the farmer, a grand
chance. I'll want you to have the feed
mixed by four o'clock every morn
ing. '"-Washington Star.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
His Mistake.

"John," she said to her husband,
who was grumbling over his breakfast.
"your love has grown cold"
mo, it hasn't" lie snapped; "but my
breakfast has"
That's just 1t! If your love hadn't
grown cold you wouldn't have noticed
that your breakfast had."-Stray Sto-
rfes.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
Mot Always Cows Fault.

II is very often as much the fault OF
the mixer, II the cow goes dry, as 1t
is the fault of the COW herself. The
way she Is handled and the feed she
is given are important factors.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
Importance of Movement.

OF the 1000 miles of pubic roads
in the United States only about 2OO-
900 miles have been given a hard sur.
face.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05

Information From headquarters.
"Jinx has written finer plays than
Shakespeare ever did"
"You surprise me? Where we're
they produced?"
"They never we're. But he told me
about them, and he ought to know"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
Ieaa seed Renuired.

Less seed to the acre is required
where oats are seeded with the drill
than when scaled broadcast.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
Good Roads Mean Much

Good roads mean as much to moral
and intellectual welfare as to econom-
ical distribution.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05

Nothing equals Deans Menthulated Cough
Drops for Bronchial weakness, sore chests
and throat troubles-5c at all Druggists.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05

Everywhere in life the question 10
not what we gain, but what we do
Carlyle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05

It's as easy to begin loafng as it lie
hard to stop
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
True Civilization.

Voting for good roads at every op-
portunity is mark of true clviliza-
ton.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05

The silos are being built under
ground extensively through the west
ern part of the United States.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05
Wjllino to Objiua,

81 just dropped in to see if you could
let me have fie."
MAKE 1t minutes. and they are
yours"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-02-05

important 60 Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy fol
infants and children. and see that Il
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-03-07
No User of a Gas Range Ever Wanted
to Return to Other Fuel

This act-and it is a broad aud emphatic fact Of the
most convincing points Of the gas range argument
A GAS RANGE MEANS 100 PER CENT COOKING EFFl-
Cheney.
No dirt no SCOT no ashes no building fires no waiting for
the cooking surface 10 heat carrying coal
These are some of the enences that with every
gas range.
Once gas range is installed your kitchen YOU will want il
there always ...
Gas at Sl35 met per thousand ce cheaper 10 cook with
than coal at 5000 SIS 90 per Nine out OF ten families
in Amarillo use on an average about $500 worth Of gas
month to cook with. Some less a few more. About
1000 Amarillo families using gas.
When you have gas range the remen al the gas works
are shoveng coal for you day and night winter and summer
so YOU can have gas any hour The wentyOur; and gas
works employees clean Out and carry Out the ashes Tor you
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-03-07

The Amarillo Daily News
offers 10 its advertising patrons
a paid circulation more than
double that Of any other Daily
paper published in Northwest
Texas.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-03-07
SUBSTITUTION RATEs.

The Daily News viii b, delivered by eauisi
anywhere n Amarillo or by mail outIids o. th,
tity. for >. OF yer. or Soc month ia sIysne.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-03-07

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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-03-07

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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-03-07

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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-03-07

81 Oar os cam pe 1-,crtaiucd mos. .t .n.
delegation are safely back from the Border u.s.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-03-07

Kemcnbcr hs Mime IS v.r slogan .
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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-03-07

Only morning Newspaper IN the Amarillo
County. Covers N, Panhandle Of T-ras last
srn New Mexico Southern Colorado and Western
Oklahoma from twelve 10 twenty four houfs IN
advance OF Denver. Dallas fou Worth. OElaho.
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aG~

Entered ~ srcond c'ass msrer At he post
office At Amarillo. sI.s under the act Of March
s. 1879.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-03-07

I BAscoN WATTS