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Middletown transcript., 1915-12-04
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COST OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION
Much Depends orAAmount and Char
acter Of GradIne Necessary-oth-
er Factors considered.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.l
The cost Of 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-
tained 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 $1,500 to
$4,000 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 1918
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
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troublesome to make up rations that
will give good and profitable returns.
The various feeding tables are valu-
able, and we need them in making up
suitable rations for our cows; but un-
less we study the individual needs of
our COWS and try to approximate
them, we are sure to be disappointed
in the results. A ration may be nearly
perfect from a mathematical and sci.
entific standpoint, but if it is not pal
atable the cows cannot give their best
returns.
The wide variety of commercial by
product dairy feeds on the market
makes it very important that dairy
farmers devote attention and study to
making up palatable and healthy ra.
tions.
In all of our homegrown grain
feeds the proportion of pure food nu-
triments is associated with the crude
fiber in such way as to make them
healthy and palatable for our animals
The manufacturer, on the other hand,
removes more or less of one or more
Of these nutriments, which, therefore
leaves the proportion of the constitu-
ents and the resultant feed decidedly
unbalanced, and it must be fed care
fully and with other products, if safe
or profitable returns are to be OBJ
tanned.
No man can formulate hard-and-fast
rules to govern dairymen in determin-
ing how much purchased grain they
should feed. If he secures the best
profits from his cows, he should raise
nearly balanced ration on his own
farm. If his farm needs fertilizer he
can usually increase his crop yields by
the feeding of purchased grain feeds
OF course he is working at a losing
game if he feeds the purchased or
homegrown feed to poor cows.
have found in my dairy practice
that by having plenty of corn silage,
clover and alfalfa, and oats and peas,
have done as much as possible to
supply my COWS with a balanced ra-
tion Of homegrown foods.
Many dairy experts tell US to grow
various proteinaceous forage and fod-
der crops, but my judgment is that it
seldom pays a dairy farmer to grow
other than a few of the standard feed
crops for his cows.
have had very good success with
soy beans, and find them an exceed
ingly valuable crop to grow on certain
portions of my farm; but would not
give up growing clover, alfalfa and
corn and take chances with a crop of
soy beans.
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TIME FOR CULLING
OF POULTRY FLOCK
Old Hens That Have Ceased to
Be Productive Should Be
Sent to City Markets.

Now that the old hens have ceased
to be productive the farmer should be-
gin systematic culling of his poul-
try flock. All hens not to be held over
for next year should be sold. While
the cost of keeping hens is seldom
realized, they are eating valuable food.
This expense with no production is
cutting down the profits. Hens are
rarely profitable producers after they
are two years old according to H. L.
Kempster of the University of Mis-
souri, college of agriculture. All old
hens, especially those which bag down
or crop" behind, should be sent to
the market This years young stock
should be marked with leg bands, toe
marks or otherwise so that next year
the age of the hen will be known.
Hens in laying condition will have
bright red combs and will show their
pin bones well spread apart. This test
is a sure indication. The pin bones
are located Just above the vent. If
three or four inches apart the hen is
probably laying. These points will
assist materially in culling out the un-
profitable producers.
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(By W. MILTON KE11Y.l

(By w. MILTON KELLYO
Oat straw is not generally recog-
nized as a valuable food, for dairy
cows; yet If given in reasonable
amounts every two or three days they
will clean 1t UP with a relish, whereas
If given them exclusively as a roughage
they will push it over the manger and
become as thin as a string of shad.
We have seen the weak, emaciated,
straw-fed COW that had to be helped
on her feet each morning in the early
spring, and If grass growing was de-
layed too long the only pay she could
give for her winters feed was her
hide. Yet well-fed dairy COWS relish
a light feeding of bright oat straw
after big mess of corn silage every
few days.
Feed experts tell us it is too much
work for the cows to get the nour-
ishment that is in the straw, and the
weak, emaciated condition of the
straw-fed cows in the spring substan-
tiates the claim; but that is not the
whole story.
Every observing feeder knows that,
except in rare cases, the roughage
grown on his farm is the cheapest
part of the dairy cows ration, and
also that the dairy COW is especially
built to handle large quantities OF
roughage.
If the roughage part of ration is
made up largely Of clover or alfalfa
hay and ensilage, with a little oats
and pea hay, corn stover and other
roughage feeds, we may utilize rough
age to make up three-fourths of the
dry matter of the ration, and the cows
will come out in the best of condition
the next spring, and we will secure the
best profits in dollars.
Heavy grain feeding may make a
better showing on milk sheet, but
not in the net profits, except with
those dairy farmers who live near by
desirable markets, where they can sell
their hay and dairy products for ex-
tremely high prices. If the roughage
is tough and fibrous the proportion OF
concentrates must be larger.
Just how much roughage a COW
should be given at a feeding depends
in a great measure upon her capacity
to handle It profitably. About twenty
pounds of dry matter may be derived
from a good variety of roughage, and
from six to ten pounds of the concen
trates.
With these proportions in mind, and
with a table giving the digestible nu-
trients of the various other materials
used in feeding, it should not be
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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 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.
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ADVANTAGES OF GOOD ROADS
Scarcely Secondary to Rail Transpor-
tatIon In Their Far-ReaohIng Ef-
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.
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having large and profitable produc-
ton of butterfat.
8. Raise well the heifer calves from
COWS, which for one or more genera
tions have made large and profitable
productions of milk and butterfat.
9. Breed heifers to drop their first
calves at "a to 80 months of age. Give
COW six to eight weeks rest between
lactation periods.
10. Join dairy cattle breeders as
sociation. 1t will help you to keep
posted and in touch with the best and
most modern ways of managing your
dairy herd.
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PASTEURIzED MILK IN FAVOR
Great Advantage In Process ls to In
sure Freedom From Disease
Producing Organisms.

The great advantage in pasteurizing
market milk is to insure its freedom
from disease-producing organisms.
This is a point which is constantly
brought forward in favor of pasteuriza-
tion of milk. OF course the pasteurized
milk will have better keeping quail
ties than the same milk that has not
been pasteurized and of course this
is an advantage from the standpoint
Of the milk dealer, and is also an ad-
vantage to the milk consumer.
Outside the cost Of the process,
there are practically no disadvantages
connected with the pasteurization of
milk. This is especially true with the
way pasteurization is conducted today.
There is absolutely no doubt but that
milk properly pasteurized and prop
erly handled subsequent thereto is
just as healthful food for children
as well as for adults as is raw milk.
Most of the commercial pasteuriza-
tion Of market milk at the present
time is done by heating the milk to
las degrees for approximately thirty
minutes. This temperature and time
of exposure does not change the milk
physically or chemically to any appre-
ciable extent. If milk is heated to
higher temperatures or for longer Pc
riods of time, the creaming powers
of the milk will be in1uenced-tha is,
the heated milk will cream less rapid
ly and somewhat less completely than
the raw milk. The milk will also ac-
quire, which is Objectionable to many
people, what is known as the cooked
taste. 1t is not probable that the nu-
tritive value of the milk is injured;
in fact, at the present time many ply
sicians advocate the heating of chill
dren's milk to the boiling point.
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IMPORTANCE OF DAIRY cow
Most Economical Producer Of Human
Food Of All Domestic Animals
She Is Here to Stay.
py N. ]. FRASER. 1llInoIs.l }

Since the COW is the most econom-
lcal producer of human food of all our
domestic animals, and as she can live
and produce milk on a ration COM
posed entirely Of roughage, she will
be the animal that will be resorted to
in order to convert half of the energy
of our common crops, which is other
wise unavailable, into human food.
Another reason why the COW is here
to stay, and will always be of vital
Importance in sustaining human life,
is that babies and invalids cannot be
nourished on cornmeal mush alone.
For these reasons, even after the
time comes that there is an actual
struggle for human food, the dairy
COW will still be a vital and abiding
factor in system of permanent agri-
culture, If we are to retain a high
degree Of civilization.
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medical opinion, without charge-ab.
solutely free. This "Anuric" Of DR..
Pierce's is 81 times more active than
lithia, for it dissolves uric acid in the
system, as hot water does sugar.
Simply ask for DR.. Pierce's Anuric
Tablets. There can be no imitation.
Every package of "Anuric" is sure to
be DR.. Pierce's. You will find the sig
nature on the package just as you do
on DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription,
the ever-famous friend to ailing
women.
Worry is a frequent cause and
sometimes a symptom Of kidney dis.
ease. Thousands have testified to inn
mediate relief from these symptoms
after using DR.. Pierces Anuric Tablets
for the kidneys and backache.
DR.. Pierces Favorite Prescription
makes weak women strong. sick
women well. No alcohol. Sold in
tablets or liquid.
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state highways constructed in Ohio
in 1918 was $S,3SS. 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 $S,-
14S per mile and consisted principally
Of thin concrete with 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.
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Brother Explained Il.

A certain four-year-old. who has re-
Gently come into possession of small
pocket flashlight, and whose little
mind has since been largely taken
up with it's construction and equip
ment, was overheard discussing family
matters with little sister, few years
older.
Il don't know what's the matter with
papa" said sister. HE frowns so
much and never laughs any more"
well, sister," was the reply, may
be his laugh battery is broken"
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IMPROVING THE DAIRY HERD
Sell All Animals Which Have Failed
to Pay for Their keep-Breed
Cows to Purebred Bull.

CBy GEORGE HUMPHREY. University
Of Wisconsin)
1. Treat COWS gently and avoid ex-
citement.
2. Be regular in time Of milking.
3. Keep stables clean, well-lighted
and ventilated.
4. Weigh the milk of each COW at
milking time.
B. Get your neighbor to share with
you in owning a Babcock milk tester,
and test the product of each COW.
6. Discard the animals which have
failed at the end of the year to pay
for their keep.
Z. Breed your COWS to a purebred
registered dairy bull from a family
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Practice Of BURNING Straw

The practice of burning straw is
far too common on farms. Many farm.
ers do not realize the true value of
the straw stack. The fertilizing value
of the straw from a ten-acre wheat
field is from $25 to $40. If the straw
is used as bedding and the manure
used, this value of the straw is saved
and in addition thus used will absorb
large amount Of liquid manure that
might otherwise be wasted.
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Decidedly UnealIant.

Robert Lowe, the great English COM
moner, was exceedingly sarcastic and
frequently ungallant. Upon the occa-
sion of a well-known wedding he be-
gan to descant on the absurdities in
the marriage service.
when l married." he said, "all the
worldly goods with which endowed
my wife might have been carried in
a bundle over my shoulder"
"Ah! but Robert" interposed Mrs.
Lowe, there was your great intel
fect."
well, l certainly did not endow you
with that, DEAR" was the rejoinder.
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Roosts and Nest Boxes.

The proper height for roosts are
about two feet from the ground. The
dropping board platform should be
about six inches below the roosts. 1t
is better to have the nest boxes at an
other part of the pen, about a foot
or two above ground. Placing them
under the roosts gives hiding places
for rats and mice back of the nests,
and besides the fowls while scratch
ing throw considerable dirt in the
nests when the latter are placed on
the floor.
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DON'T MIND PIMPLEs
cutlcura Soap and Ointment Will Ban
iSh Them. Trial Free.

These fragrant supercreamy emol-
lients do so much to cleanse, purify
and beautify the skin, scalp, hair and
hands that you cannot afford to be
without them. Besides they meet
every want in toilet preparations and
are most economical.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Ky,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
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Absolutely Proper.

The young lady had been educated
at college, and was giving an order
to the grocer.
Il require some cheese" she said.
Eyes, MISS" replied the grocer, smil-
ing amiably. Il have some lovely
cheese!"
You should not say lovely
cheese" said the girl, severely.
Lovely should only be used to quail
ify something that is alive"
The grocer's smile broadened as he
glanced at the gorgonzola. We'll,
then, MISS" he said, "I'n stick to
lovely"
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SUDDEN Atm
Caused by Disease Of N3%ONheyS

The close connection which exists
between the heart and the kidneys is
well known nowadays. As soon as
kidneys are diseased, arterial tension
is increased and the heart functions
are attacked. When the kidneys no
longer pour forth waste uremic poi
soning occurs, and the person dies and
the cause is often given as heart dis
ease, or disease of brain or lungs.
1t is good insurance against such a
risk to send 10 cents for large trial
package of "Anuric'-the latest dis
covery of DR.. Pierce. Also send a
sample Of your water. This will be
examined without charge by expert
chemists at DR.. Pierce's Invalids' Ho-
tel, Buffalo, N. Y. When you suffer
from backache, frequent or scanty
urine, rheumatic pains here or there,
or that constant tired, worn-out feel
ing, it's time to write DR.. Pierce, de-
scribe your symptoms and get his
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Iu,nor+sn+ to Motbera
Both Late.

1t was a quarter past eight, and the
commuters were waiting for the train,
when the station agent appeared and
informed them that the 8:16 was an
hour late.
Great Scott" exclaimed the oldest
commuter of them all. What are we
going to do?"
You might take the seven-four,"
suggested the agent ut ought to be
along in about ten minutes now"
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Time Wasted.

$50. Edith is to be married next
month"
Eyes, isn't it a shame! She gradu-
ated from cooking school only few
weeks ago, and now she'll have to for
get all they taught her and learn how
to cook real food"
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Used Whenever Quinine is Needed
Does Not Affect the Head

because OF tic tonic and laxative effect LAX
ATIVE DRODIO QUININE will be found better
than ordinary Quinine for any purpose for
which Quininc 10 used. Does not cause ner-
vousneso nor ringing in head. Remember there
ig only ono "Bromo Quinine. That is Lara
two Dromo Quinine. Look for signature q
E w, Grove. 25c.
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REMARKABLE LETTER FROM A WELL
KNOWN WASHINGTON DRUGGIST.
in reference to Elixir Rabelk the great remedy
for ehiIs and feUsT and all n,oLdTiaI o{issoses
"Within the last five months have sold 5000
bottlesof Elixir Ba be for Malaria, ,Chillsand
Fever. Our customers speak very we'll of Il,
Henry Evans, 922 F St., NV, Washington, D. O."
Elixir Babek so cents al. druggists, or By
Parcels Post, prepaid. from Rloczewski a Co.
Washington, d. @.
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Idaho Boosts Good Roads.

The Southern idaho Motor associa-
tion was perfected at Boise, Idaho,
for the purpose of making a good
roads campaign in southern Idaho.
This marks an important step toward
giving impetus to the good roads
movement in the state.
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Not Mercenary.

Mr.. Simpkins," said the boss se-
verely, as the new bookkeeper came in
at half past nine, ARE you not aware
that our office hours are from nine to
six?"
Yes, sir" replied Simpkins; but,
you see, this is pay day, and / didn't
want to appear too eager"
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Get Most Profit From Gown.

1t will pay to take care Of the cows
when they are on pasture just as well
as when they are in the stable. 1t
must be borne in mind that simply
turning the COWS out into a grass lot
is not getting the full measure Of
profit from them.
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Souclehed.

THAT hat is very becoming, my
dear" said the man who had heard
that wives like to have their husbands
compliment them on their appear
ance.
Its becoming very shabby, II that
is what you mean," replied his wife.
After that, of course, it was distinct
ly up to him.
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UNIT.

What brought you to housebreak-
ing, my MANI"
Lost my job as a baseball pitcher.
judge"
well, you were foolish to go into
burglary. If you are poor at locating
the plate.-Louisvjlle Courier-Jour-
nal.
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His Mind on Statistics.

"I have no time to argue about the
probable duration of the war;" said
Socrates Scrodd. Just now am
deeply interested in carefully calcu-
lating how many miles l travelled
when a boy crawling under the barn
to escape from my dads strap"
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Importance of Hand Separator.

That the hand separator is of no lit
tie importance to American dairying
is seen from the fact that of the bill
lion and half pounds of butter made
annually in this country, more than
81 per cent of it is manufactured on
the farm.
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Buy a Rahconk reatsr.

A fve-dollar bill will buy detective
in the form of Babcock tester, which
will show up every COW in the herd
that does not earn her keep.
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Keen Weeds Down.

It does not take long to NOW the
growth along the roadside, ditch
banks and fence rows. You could dc
1t going to and from the fields oftimes,
or when you have an hour to spare.
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Revenge.

Tommy, hear you were kept after
school today. What had you been do
ing?"
"Nuthin' much. just wrote note
and passed it to Mary Smith, and
when teacher found it out he got jeal-
ous."
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MIX oulcklv and rhorouohIv.

Milking should be done quickly and
thoroughly, with no violent jerking of
the teats. After each COW is MIXED
the milk should be removed immedi.
ately to the milkhouse.
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Prove What Swamp-Root win Do For You

Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, for sample size bot
tie. 1t will convince anyone. You will
also receive a booklet of valuable infor-
nation, telling about the kidneys and blad-
this paper. Regular fifty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
ytores,-AdV.
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Husband and Wife Both
Saved From Suffering

I wish to tell you the good results my
self and husband received from DR.. Kill
mer's Swamp-Root. About eleven years
ago I had a severe attack of La Grippe
and was confined to my bed about eight
weeks under the doctors care. He pro-
nounced my case kidney trouble and rheu-
matism and not receiving the results from
the doctors treatment 1 should have re-
ceived, decided to try Swamp-Root. Aft
er taking several bottles of Swamp Root
was able to get up and attend to my work.
About a year later my husband was af-
fected with severe attack of kidney trou-
BILE and doctored for some time with the
doctors and received no benefit. Knowing
of the good had received, he decided to
try Swamp-Root. His condition was such
that he was confined to his bed and words
cannot tell how he suffered, but after TAX
ing Swamp-Root he was relieved SO he
could go on with his work without pain.
l wish to heartily recommend Swamp Root
to all persons afflicted with kidney and
bladder troubles and you may publish this
letter if you wish.
Yours truly,
MFRS r. RRTGGC
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keep on WIndward Side.

When compelled to milk cows out
side. always keep on the windward
side, and you will be surprised at
the amount OF dust that will be turned
from the pail
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A Kansas man who was recently
hypnotized says it made him feel Just
like it does when my wife makes up
her mind"
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After Graduation.

What has he been doing since he
graduated from college?" He has
been trying to find out what he
learned. Life.