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The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
EXPENSE OF BUILDING SILO
Local Conditions, Such as Prices Of Materials, Labor, Etc. Has Much
 to Do With Total Cost.

(By C. H. STAPLES. Louisiana Expert
 ment StationJ
 The cost of building silo varies with local conditions, such as the prices of material labor. etc The average cost of building a re-enforced concrete silo is from s250 to s3 per ton capacity, while the cost of the stave silo is about s1.50 per ton ca pacity-that is, concrete silo with a capacity of 100 tons would cost. on the average, from s250 to $500. while a stave silo of like size would cost about $50
 The concrete silo will last indetin- itely when properly constructed. which is an advantage over the slave. plas- ter or wooden block. On the other hand, a stave silo has an advantage in that it can be moved if that is found to be necessary. It is sometimes advisable to build a staye silo if the farm buildings are not permanently located, as the concrete can never be moved
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
WHERE DOES THE MONEY GOT
Keep Accurate Account of Expendi- lures. Then Carefully Study and
 Plan to Save More.

There are few farmers but what make some money. Who gets this money you earn? If you are keeping cows do you spend the greater parts of your receipts for hay and other feeds or do you produce the feed on your own farm and market these. crops by the milk and cream ro,s,o D Have you been running an tacco,,, during the year at the .stora ana at harvest time must paG the storeEaen. aaa a. CT big part of U 6e returns yon eat from your crops Possibly a yup greater ser part part of the ttt.nngs you purchased could nasN .'oeen produced on your own arm.
 Money saved is money earned. You may make big money. but if you spend all of 1t in making it, what is the ad- vantage? We cannot produce every. thing on the farm that we need. We can. however, produce great deal more than what we are doing now.
 Plan to save some of the money that you are now spending. We have only suggested two ways to do it, there are many more Keep an ac- count of where your money goes. then carefully study and plan some method how you can save more.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30

It is mistake to expect the goats to live on brush alone. They will live on grass alone, but thrive better to have brush with it. The period of gestation is about one hundred and fifty days. The buck will serve from forty to fifty days if he is left with the does only during the night and kept in quiet place by himself dur ing the day If he is allowed to run with the does all the time. the average buck will serve only about twenty or twenty-five days per season.
 Angora goats need more care at kid ding time than do ewes while lambing. Several days previous to kidding the doe must have opportunity to exer- else a great deal. Exercise at this time is even of greater importance than any other time during the season. The kids are delicate and cannot endure cold or wet They should not be al lowed to follow the mother out to graze until six or eight weeks old. Up to this time they are not very strong, and when following they be- come weary and lie down to rest and become lost. They should be kept in a corral and a board put up over which the mother must jump. AS soon as the kid can also jump this board it can follow her. A still better method is to have bridge with the high side near the edge of the corral The does jump upon this to go out and the kids in their attempt to go with their moth CTS will run under the bridge and thus avoid the danger of being trampled by a large number of does while jumping out of the corral. Some very valu- able information is given in Farmers Bulletin 573, entitled, The Angora Goat" This bulletin may be obtained by making application to the di. vision of publications. United States department of agriculture, Washing. ton, D. c.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG
Time as Farmer Does In Year Better System Is Needed.

There is something lacking in our system of marketing farm products. When a farmer tolls all summer to produce a crop, and then others come in between the producer and the con sumer and make nearly as much profit in a very short time as the farm CT does for his years work of pro- ducing it. there is something wrong. Ii is problem how We are going to overcome this condition but we will have to put up with it until a united effort is made to bring about a better system.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
FARM M-T0-THE-TABLE' FlAScO
Neither Farmer Nor Consumer Beneit From Huge Crop of Vegetables
 Commission Men Blamed.

An investigation of produce-market conditions made by the Sun shows that not iii years have vegetables been so plentiful as now and so cheap flor everybody but the consumer
 Potatoes sell at $1 barrel whole sale, as against $4.25 a barrel year ago. At retail they bring from 10 to l22 cents a quart, or at the rate of S3.20 and $4 bushel and $S and SlO a barrel. Tomatoes sell at wholesale for from 25 to 75 cents crate, and to the housewife at the rate of four for 10 cents. Onions have been bringing p cents a bushel wholesale, as com pared with $3 last year.
 Commission men blame the retailers for their failure to adjust prices to the advantage of the consumer. Certain ly neither the consumer nor the farm CT is benefited from the huge crops and low wholesale prices. Between the S4 cents a barrel received by New Jersey producers for potatoes and the rate of $10 a barrel paid by small con sumers lie unusual possibilities of trade graft.
 Has the net result of several years of active agitation for cheaper farm produce been merely to make matters worse for the housekeeper? Is it to this that all the "farm-to-the-table" movements, the women's-club crusad- ing. the reports of commissions. has come at last?
 Obviously the remedy for this in- equality of produce prices has not yet been found. Whether a method of dis tribution just and equitable to all con cerned can be devised remains prob lem. But certain conditions have not been visibly improved by all the otti' eial inquiries and public agitation di- dected to that end.-New York World.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
NANCE TREATMENT OF HOGS
Begin With Brisk Scrubbing of Ami mals With Brush, Soap and Wa
 ter to Remove the Crust.

Treatment of hogs for mange should begin with vigorous scrubbing with brush, soap and soft water so as to remove the crust. A variety of coal tar dips are on the market. Most Of these are quite satisfactory if of suffi- cient strength and warm enough (about 110 degrees F.; do not boil.) The hog should be given good thor ough soaking in the dip, not less than two minutes. The hog must go un- der. head and all at least once. Treat ment must usually be repeated one or more times at intervals of eight days. Treat the whole herd and do 1t thor oughly.
 An effective dip can be made from crude petroleum as follows:
 Four gallons crude oil.
 Sixteen gallons water.
 One pound soap.
 The soap should be dissolved in the water by heating. An emulsion is tbehtmade by adding the oil and thor oughly ehurning the mixture. Water in different sections differs very great ly in the way it will combine %f3n soap. If this amount of soap does not give good emulsion simply add more soap. Avoid oily dips in cold weather.
 While the hogs are taking the dip. thoroughly clean and then disinfeet the pens In case of true mange the fence posts, trees. and everything against which the hogs can rub must also be disinfeeted Use strong dis infectant and plenty of 1t. After treat ment do not put hogs back into lousy or mangy pens.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
Sailors Report Conditions.

The United States Lighthouse serv- ice has recently devised a form of printed postcard for the use of mar iners in reporting unsatisfactory con ditiens of aids to navigation, which 1t is believed will be useful in obtaining prompt information as to defects in aids. The card is printed in such form that it is simply necessary to insert the name of the vessel report ing. with name of aid to navigation. and date and time when observed. to- gether with any desirable additional
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
Pear MarmaIade

Choose nice, fine favored pears. pare. core and quarter and drop into cold water. When ready to use drain and weigh, and to each pound of fruit allow three-fourths of pound of sugar. Pour over just enough water to cover and simmer until tender Make sirup with the sugar and some of the water in which the pears were boiled; add to this sirup lemons sliced very thin. using about one lemon to each six pounds of fruit. Boil the sirup until thick, then add the pears and simmer until they are clear. Pack fruit into jars and pour the sirup oyer
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
The Worlds Crop Prospects Justify
 Twelve Gents.

MT. w P. G. Harding of the fed mer secured reports from consular officials all over the world indicating a total cut in the worlds cotton crop this year of 5,000,000 bales. Egypt and India reporting radical reductions in acreage" Since that time the pros poets have further declined
 But even if We accept this early overestimate of the crop We see that if last years crop. being 5000,000 bales bigger than this years. yet in creased the surplus only 2.000,000 bales. then this years crop will leave a 3.00O,000 bale defcit-to be drawn from the surplus.
 The facts are, however, that ever 12000.000 bale estimate for the South now seems too high. This is not simply my view, but the view of many experts, including so eonserva- tive and competent an authority as the New York Journal of Commerce. which has just declared that. in view of present conditions, the yield seems likely to be nearer 10000 900 than 12,000,000 bales And now comes the Wall Street Journal itself. quoting William s. Halliburton of Daniel O'Dell & Co. as saying: The current seasons crop may be as low as 10.500,000 bales. It is entirely within the reach of present condi- tions that we shall see 121a-cent cot ton before the end of the season"
 These two authorities base their estimates chiefly on condition reports
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
REPORT ON INSTITUTE WORK
Number of Meetings and Attendance of Farmers at Them Is Steadily
 increasing Each Year.

Both the number of farmers insti- tutes held each year and the attend ance at these meetings is steadily in ereasing, according to a report on farmers institute work which has been published by the United States depart ment of Agriculture as Bulletin No. 269. During the fiscal year ending June 30. 1914. the report states, 25.238 of these institutes were held through out the country with a total attend anee of 3,656,3S1. This is an increase in attendance of 26 per cent over that of any previous year. On the other hand, the expense of conducting the work was nearly $63,000 less than last year, the total cost for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914, being $44, ,S97.51.
 The farmers institute organization conducts it's work under many diff ferent forms so that it is almost i'm possible to summarize it's activities briefly. For example. in addition to the ordinary meetings, there were movable schools in 13 states which had registered attendance of 112,49S different people. Field demonstration meetings were also held in b states. although no record of the attendance was kept. Special railroad trains were organized in r other states for the purpose of giving lectures and demon strations. detailed analysis of this work showing the number of different kinds of meetings in each state, the attendance. and the duration of each. is contained in the bulletin already mentioned This bulletin also contains number of notes on agricultural ex- tension work of similar nature in foreign countries
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30

tBy D. A. SPOONER. Oklahoma Experi-
 ment Station)
 In this part Of the country it is pos sible to manage goats without very much shelter, but there are several days during the colder part of the year when it would be an advantage to have a shed opening to the south built on dry. well drained land Such a shed should admit the sunlight from the south and keep the rain and snow off the backs of the goats They could then continue to grow instead of be- ing checked in their development by resisting the wet and cold
 In these sheds you could feed some dry roughage-eorn stovcr or some al falfa or prairie hay-in racks that will hold the roughage up. The goats
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
His Compromise.

"I rarely avail myself of the priv ilege of going to picnics or reunions nowadays" confessed old P. G. Pester, You see. l have found way of hay
 ing fully as much unalloyed delight at considerable less expense. simply cen n pair of tight shoes, take sample bot tie of any kind oI patent medicine that may have been thrcwn into our yard and a copy of the Congressional Rec ord. and go out and sit on an ant hill. The shoes torture my feet. the medl- cine makes me as sick as picnic lem
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
Swiss Steak.

Lay thick round steak on a board, sprinkle with salt and pepper and pound in all the four the meat will take. Treat the other side in the same manner. Put little butter into the frying pan and when smoking hot brown the meat quickly on both sides. Fill the pan two-thirds full of hot wa ter, cover closely and let cook one and half or two hours. Onion may be added if desired When done the gravy will be already thiekened.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
Potato Salad.

Slice cold potatoes, small onion and one cold hard-boiled egg into a dish and sprinkle little pepper and salt over this. Take three table spoonfuls of vinegar, one of butter. one-quarter teaspoonful of mustard and heat it over boiling water. Let it get cold and pour over potatoes. Prepare in the morning and serve at night.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
Rhubarb Puddino.

Two pounds of rhubarb, wash and cut in pieces. Don't peel. Then cover with water well and stew until very soft and all color is stewed out of the rhubarb. Then strain and put back on stove with one and one-half cup fuls of sugar added and thicken with two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch. Boil about ten minutes and then set in ice chest in mold Nice with cream and sugar.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
Candied Peaches

Weigh the peaches. and to each pound allow three-quarters of pound of sugar. Cut each peach into about six pieces. Add just enough water to moisten the sugar and melt it over the fire. Boil each piece of peach in it until it is tender, but not until it breaks easily Remove from the thick sirup again and then in sugar and re- peat until the peach is thoroughly dried. Pack in covered glass jars.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30

are as dainty as deer in their habits and will not eat any roughage that drops under foot It is advisable to have good roughage racks. Do not feed very much if any grain. Much grain will result in the kids being weak and of small vitality Goats need plenty of range that they may get exercise. for this is especially nat ural for them. and without it they are bound not to thrive we'll.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
Gold Cake.

Beat the yolks of four eggs with one tablespoonful of lemon juice. Whip the whites very stiff and beat in one cupful of sifted sugar. Add the egg yolks and beat well. Stir in one cupful of sifted four, flavor with orange, and bake in star-shaped tin. Ice with white frosting and ornament with nuts anl candied cherries.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
AIDS IN POTATO PRODUCTION
More Liberal Use of Seed Will Result in Increased Profits-Good Stor-
 aqe Place Essential.

CD A more liberal use of potato seed will generally result in both in- creased production and profit.
 f2) A good storage place Is essen tial in order to insure sound, firm seed at planting time
 tS) The use of high grade seed would increase the returns from the potato crop of the country by many millions of dollars.
 tI All seed should be treated with formalin before planting to prevent scab
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30

remarks and forwarded to the light house inspector concerned. This ar rangement will be given a trial in the fifth lighthouse district. with head quarters at Baltimore, Md. and, if found satisfactory. it" use will be- extended to other districts.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
Learn Habits of Insects.

We must know how an insect feeds Tn order to know how to deal with him. Some insects chew their food while others suck the juice from foli- age, stalk or root The sucking in- sects cannot be killed by spraying with poison.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
Honest Dealer.

Lady-How much are these chick ems?
 Marketman-Four shillings each. Did you raise them yourself?"
 -Oh, yes; they were three shillings and six pence yesterday. ."-Londor Tit-Bits.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
Real Happiness h Money.

There is more real happiness and a great deal more safety and sense in seeing how little one can spend and still live well. than in recklessly see ing how little one can have left after throwing away money ill unnecessary expenses.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
To Save the Hoos From cho,.r.

It pays to protect hogs against cholera. Potent serum from a respon- sible source should be used and it should be administered by someone who is competent.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
Duty of Town merc,.,.

The town merchant must do some. thing besides sit on the counter and wait for trade. He must give some community service if he achieves and merits success
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
How the Weeds Assist.

Weeds are an internal nuisance. ," Yes. but keeping them down by the into wonderful condition for produc- ing corn
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
Must Supplement Pastures

Farmers must learn to supplement the pastures with forage crops. or have summer silos to open when the need comes for extra feed.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
Farmers, Merchants and Bank CTS Urged to Take Up
 the Fight.
SAVE s25o,ooo,oOo TO SOUTH
Twelve-cent Prices Justified by Worlds Demands, Crop Outlook, Financial Conditions and Op- portunities Afforded by Fed
 eral Reserve System.
By CLARENCE POE, Editor The
 Progressive Farmer.

There is no doubt in most thought ful minds but that the Souths cotton crop is going to be worth $750.000,000 to the men who own it next spring. but it is worth only $500 100000 to the producers at present prices-and It is to save to southern growers and to our southern country this extra quarter of billion dollars that tho united energies of press and people should now be directed. The funda- mental facts seem to me to be clear:
 1. Cotton, even though the new crop of 1915 has started coming on the market, is still selling on the basis of prices fixed by last years 17,ooo,- ooo-baIe crop.
 2. These prices must soon be ad- justed, however, to fit the conditions of 12,ooo, ,ooobale crop Cor pro bably only 1o,ooo,ooo or 11,ooo, crop), and this adjusted price ought at the very least to reach 12 cents a pound for mddling.
 As briefly now, as clear argument will permit, I wish to point ut and emphasize the truth of these state ments.
 The Worlds Demands Justify Twelve
 Gents.
 Assuming even 12,000, ,000-bale yield of southern cotton this year (and it will probably be less), this years world production will be g. 000,000 bales short of the worlds con servatively estimated consumption during the coming twelve months That is to say. the world will con sume every pound of this years crop and 3,000.00O bales of the present surplus.
 Secretary Hester of the New Or leans Cotton exchange estimates last years southern production fnot the commercial crop at 17,004 900 bales. The United States government esti- mate (16,134. .930 plus 791 ASA linters) is 16,926. 6.349-practically 17.000.000 bales. This was over 100000 bales in excess of the 1913 crop
 Now what happened with this bumper 100000 crop in spite of all the demoralized conditions of trade and finanee-the crop of which it was said last fall we should not ex- port 100000 bales? The facts are that the world used so much of it that the total worlds visible supply of all cotton in midsummer this year was only 5,435.16S bales against 3,522 276 bales a year before. In other words. with a 17000, ,000-bale southern crop to handle. the worlds visible supply increased only 1,900,000 bales. What is going to happen this year then, with the South offering 5,000,000 or 6,000,0 0000 bales less-and the produe- tion of other countries also decreased? And this query brings me to another point:
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30

onade would have done. reading the Record is as edifying as listening to the oratory of silver-tongued Hon.. and the ants do the rest. ."-Kansas City Star.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
 Washlno Milk Vessels.

Rinse milk vessels with cold water before scalding with boiling water as the milk will not adhere so close ly to the vessels.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
The Names the Thinq.

Pm afraid I'm real i'll. William ?"
 T thought was only homesick, but the doctor says l have a bad at tack of nostalgia"
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
Raisino Mutton Id Sell

If you want to raise mutton to sell go in for the mutton breeds and let the wool problems alone.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
Wrong System.

Something is wrong in our market ing system when small crop brings more money than a bountiful one.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30

The United States does more to stock it's inland waters with edible fish than any other nation.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
Protection for Machinery

The farm machines should be pro tected by a shed. not by the wire fence.
The Monticellonian., 1915-09-30
Profitable Sprinl riu

ProHtabIe SprIns Pig. As a growing proposition there is nothing more profitable than the spring pig.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-08
BY ANNE RITTENHoUSE.
.ial CORRESPONDENCE of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
NEW YORK, September THE mil
linery world has gone over to the high
hat with an enthusiasm that savors
of trouble for the woman with long,
thin face.
Nine. Cecile Sorel started the fash
ion Lewis invented for this accom-
plished actress in Paris a hat of beaver
that was taken from the hats worn by
the drivers of the omnibuses that bore
the sign Madeleine Bastille," with
which every American tourist is Ia
miliar.
When the war broke out the Paris
buses went to the field service. 1t is
a temptation to review the scene on
the day that memorable procession
took place down the boulevard. then
the Rue Rivoli, and beyond the gates.
1t was during the first week of the war
last August. Not only were the ia
miliar old buses in line with their
coachmen, but dozens and dozens OF
huge delivery wagons with their great
gray horses bearing names of such
well known places as the Galleries La
fayette, the Printemps. Felix Potin,
etc. Beside each driver sat soldier,
showing that the government had COM
mandeered the vehicle.
| think I cried as they went out.
Most Americans did. So much of Paris
was associated with those buses. One
knew most of the drivers. The very
rich Americans, who had never useo
them. might not have felt the same
familiarity with them as those of US
who had used them daily as common
carriers, but they. too, felt the strain
on the heart as the long cortege head
ed for the firing/line.
Well, the hats of these drivers have
been copied by Lewis, worn by Nine.
Sorel and brought over to America I'M
der the name of postillion. They are
already on the heads of the young
girls on 5th avenue. They are exceed
ingly difficult to wear. which may keep
them from becoming overpopular.
These are the forerunners of all the
high hats that ought to come. Let us
hope that the others will be more be-
coming and more easily adapted to
the average American face.
The experieni8 of the last three years
has pointed qIN to us. however, that
the American Ice is no longer type:
it has modelled itself on the face of
the Frenchwoman sto such an extent
that it is in danger of losing it's strong
individual characteristics.
1t has assumed the expression OF the