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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-10
Agricultural Association En-
lists Their Services to
Help Farmers
GREAT SAVING is
EXPECTED RESULT
Costs $3.50 to Plant Ear that Does
Not Grow = Children viii Make
Tests for Cent an Ear Also Will
Test Seed Oats.

Test Seed Oats.
The Windham County Agricultural
association, through A. w. Sweeton,
county agent, has secured 500 rag doll
junior corn 4esters, and children in the
public schools in the county are to aid
farmer to make money by testing seed
corn and oats, thus preventing the
farmers from planting corn and oats
that will not grow
In Putney and Westminster last year
over 100 acres were planted to oats and
not pound grew. 1t was discovered
that the oats had been bleaehed, which
killed the germ. and the time, labor
and cost of the seed oats had been
wasted, not to mention the loss of the
crops on 100 acres.
Bates +. Slower, superintendent of
schools in the town district, has taken
100 of the testers for pupils in the
schools under his charge and 0. K. Col
Inns, superintendent Of the Bellows
Fails schools has taken loo. A teacher
in South Newfane has sent for ID, and
in all more than half Of the number
have been given out and many GER
tifeate blanks.
1t is planned that not only shall the
children work for the benefit Of the
farmers, but that they shall make
spending money while doing it. They
plan to make the first test for far
mer for nothing to demonstrate that
they can do it and then contract with
him to continue the work at the rate
Of one cent an ear. This would be
liz +nI - IO% 4
farmer partner, for it costs about $500
to plant an ear that will not grow
Any child who can read is capable
OF carrying out the simple instructions
of the test. \ piece of cloth about 10
inches wide by Is long on which the Iii
rections are printed, as well as pic
| lures illustrating each step IN the test,
is given to each child. These direc-
tions are as follows:
Directions for Testing.
Teacher sends each pupil to q diff
ferent farmer to get five ears to test
Name of pupil and name of farmer put
on tag and ears numbered from one To
| five
Tie up corn in binding Irvine to dem
onstrate the proper method of hanging
/ up seed corn at home-butts and tips
reversed alternately.
Turn rag doll face down and write
name and date on back at right hand
end with blue pencil.
Wet rag doll and wiring water out
of it.
Remove five kernels from each eal
at different parts of ear. Be careful
not to injure germ with knife.
After placing five kernels from eacl
ear as per diagram, fold the cloth from
the bottom and top over corn as in
Dictated.
Begin rolling from left hand end
being careful to roll up each row o
five kernels without mixing.
Wrap up a number of tests in a tow
ell or cloth, putting in strip of clotI
about 10 or l. inches long to act a
wick, as Indicated.
, Thoroughly wet entire roll. Fill
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-10

from a three-weelzs visit with friends and
relatives in Florence and Williamsburg,
Mass.
Ruth and Gertrude Wheeler of Arms
academy, Shelburne Falls, Mass, spent the
Easter vacation with their parents, Mr..
and Mrs i. L. Wheeler.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-10

Daphene Chase is teaching the school
on Wheeler hill
Bert Shippee and daughter, Agnes, were
in North Adams Monday.
Rev Mr.. Contois has rented his farm to
a young man from North Adams, Mr.
Noyce
David Dix and Miss Carrie Pitcher are
visiting Mr.. Dix's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Dix
Master Percus Fowler of Pittsfeld.
Mass, has been visiting his grandmother,
Mrs. Izana Fowler.
Mrs Homer Boyd and daughter, Edith,
returned Saturday from a months visit
with friends in New York.
Richard Rossmeisl spent last week at j.
r. Gillett's. He expects to graduate from
Norwich university u June.
Vesta and Houghton Sawyer returned to
their school in Ashburnham, Monday, af-
ter spending two weeks at home.
Mrs. G. $. Goodnow returned Saturday
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-10
Mrs. Mary Jane Hicks.

Mrs. Mary Jane (Wheeler) Aldrich
Hicks, G3, died very suddenly of heart
failure Monday morning following an at
tack of grip in the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Sylvams Busby. Mrs. Hicks was a
native Of this town, daughter of John
and Martha White Wheeler. She married
for her first husband Mr.. Aldrich, and OF
this union two children survive, Edward OF
Wilmington and Cora, wife of Sylvanus
Busby, with whom she made her home
After the death of Mr.. Aldrich she went
as housekeeper to the home of William
Hicks and afterwards became his wife
She had lived with her daughter and fam
lily on the Hicks farm since the death OF
Mr.. Hicks some 20 years ago. Mrs. Hicks
was of a quiet and retiring nature and
could, always be found busy at home with
the interests of her family. She was truly
a home loving woman.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-10

The thread of the silk worm is one
tbousandth of an inch in diameter.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-11-18

not deep enough to form gutter but
sufficient to collect the water after
cleaning, and to lead it out through
the back or farther door.
The floors of the pens are sloped so
they drain into the center alley and
the manure is taken out this way by
means of a manure carrier. The in
tention is to use some kind of stable
absorbent to take care of the liquid
manure and the slop water that col
lects around the troughs. The drain
through the center alley is for remov-
ing wash water when the pens are
washed out with the hose. Some damp
ness accumulates around the feeding
troughs with the most careful manage
ment. The easiest outlet is in front.
In practice this plan works the best
because it keeps the dampness away
from the nests it is in plain sight
where the men are likely to be remind
ed of the necessity of keeping the
house clean. This arrangement keeps
the bedding dry with little labor.
All concrete hog house floors should
have raised wooden platforms for the
nests. These platforms should be made
of matchei boarding nailed to 2x4's
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-11-18
Coal Improved by Sea Water.

Work which has of late years been
accomplished in recovering cargoes of
coal from sunken vessels has tended
to show that the combustion of the
product is improved by submergence
in salt water. Coal subjected to the
action Of sea water for a number of
years has been found to burn almost
entirely away, leaving only a small
amount Of ash and no clinkers. Some
time ago several cargoes of coal were
recovered from old vessels which were
apparently lost about century ago.
The combustion of this material was
found to be excellent. Crates of coal.
each holding approximately two tons,
were submerged by the admiralty in
1903 and at different times since GER
tain Of them have been raised and ex.
periments conducted. The tests all
have been in favor of the saltwater
treatment.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-11-18

turned On edge. EaeA nest sAoxas
have . rail Of 2x4's to keep the oeA-
ding in place and this rail shoSla be
set in from the eAes of The Aoor abost
three inches. to form . step for little
pigs The nests ahosA be movable
for easy cleaning.
1t II common practice TO raise tie
nests above the hoor at cleaning time
by placing them on top o. the division
fences. They are then entirely out 0.
the way of cleaning. 30 a thorough
Job may be done. sometimes perma
nent cleats are nailed to the walls to
hold the nests when lifted. The bed-
ding. of course. should be renewed
often enough to keep it clean and san
itary.
1t il better to run the bedding
through the cutting box, especially for
sOws with small pigs; but it pays to
cut the bedding for other hogs. be-
cause the short lengths OF straw get
scattered around the floor and absorb
liquid manure much better than long
straw.
We are learning the value of liquid
manure from numerous experiments
at the various agricultural experiment
stations and We are often surprised
at the splendid results
Winter hog houses for breeding
stock are rooted somewhat differently
from other farm buildings. 1t is de.
sirable to have the sun shine into the
nests at narrowing time. This perspec-
tive shows that the roof of this hog
house is pitched to catch the rays of
the sun at the proper angle during the
fall and spring narrowing seasons, at
about AZ degrees of latitude.
The size Of this winter hog house is
80 by "a feet. The pens are nearly
6 by 9 feet, which is considered about
right for a sow and her litter.
Such pens also are large enough to
hold four or five shOats for fattening
in early winter. -Four or five growing
hogs will live together in a pen with
out injury to each other. but a larger
number are likely to pile up to keep
warm and the smaller ones are in dan
ger of being smothered. Such losses
rarely occur when the number is linn
tied to five. especially when they are
practically the same in size. There II
no criticism against making small pens
in q winter hog house.
Ventilation is another necessity in Z
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-11-18

last Thursday in November. 1t since
has thus been observed
So 1t is that in 1915 the people of
the United States give thanks, not
for a war over. with the combatants
for the science of constructive things
and resolutely facing the future. but
because the country is at peace with
its world brothers and looks toward
taking the impartial part in the bring
ing about of the peace of Europe
and of the world. DR. Carleton Simon.
the distinguished neurologist. recent
ly, while discussing war as an acute
nervous affliction and its treatment
and its cure" made an interesting
diagnosis of the condition of the
United States. It may be reassuring
to hear from such an eminent author
ity, who regards the more than 80
100000 human beings in the present
ment of gigantic composite. that
there is no fear of Uncle Sam flying
off the handle"
The United States has escaped"
says he. THAT is the special occa-
sion for Thanksgiving. But may not
the whole world come to find cause
for real thanksgiving in the new spirit
derived and nourished by the tragedy
of this war;
Contrast these typical rural Thanks
giving pictures with some of the fam
fly groups and of sustenance opera
tions within the war-smitten territory.
and. II you be apart from want, you
will feel pang of keenest commisera.
tion and regret that all of the worlds
struggling family should not be sbar
ing the peace-and-plenty conditions
In this case the turkey is the bird
alike of peace and Of plenty. 1t is the
bird, likewise. of sacrifice-but not of
burnt offering-and goes to its an.
pointed end with what seems like a
conscious dignity of the part 1t plays
in the grateful season.
What finish more honorable and i'm.
pressive for bird than to be fated TO
die to make happy an entire nation? F.?
For this brief, golden period the eagle
is only remote symbol. The Thanks
giving bird is magically transformed
into a tempting thing of appetizing
doors, an eye.entrancing vision +
giistening brown and bronze and bring.
ing In Its train attendants of the field
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-11-18

Resembling large tracing wheel is
German inventors device that accu
rately measures irregular lines.
muscle from a frogs leg is utilized
by French inventor in a device that
receives and records wireless signals,
Peat compressed and formed into
sheets. is replacing cork in Germany
as an insulating material against heat
and cold
England and Wales together have 40
special schools for the blind. 81 for the
deaf and PAS for otherwise defective
children.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-11-18
INTERESTING BITS

The American mountain sheep are
the greatest leapers in the world.
The British government is esta blish-
ing very powerful wireless station
in Jamaica
Virginia Is the reading state in the
production of soapstone. Vermont
ranking second
The United States bureau OF stan
dards has developed delicate thermo
electric test for the purity of plati,
mum.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-11-18
osTEoPATHs REFUsEc COCKTAILS.

When the delegates to the national
osteopathic convention entered the
blue room of the Multnomah hotel at
Portland, Ore, prepared to enjoy a
banquet, they stepped back in angry
surprise. At each plate, was placed
a cocktail, cooled with Clipped ice and
topped off with a maraschino cherry.
The liquid ingredients contained
strong amount of alcohol The osteo-
pathic physicians refused to seat them
selves at the banquet tables until
every cocktail was removed. By which
act, remarks the Union Signal, they
showed themselves to be up-to-date
scientists!
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-11-18

close-built hog house. This plan pro-
vides ten windows and seven doors, all
or any of which may be opened to let
the fresh air in and the foul air out.
While ventilation is necessary in hog
house draft is bad thing. To pre-
vent drafts the Sill is imbedded on the
top of the wall in fresh cement NOR
tar; the mortar is troweled against the
sills both inside and outside. A draft
csning through under the sill is Just
the right height to do the most dam
age.
The wooden walls above the sills
are made carefully by using building
paper on the studding and the paper
is covered with drop siding. On the
inside the work is done in the same
way, except that matched ceiling
boards are used.
Between the pens the partitions
should be tight boarded with matched
stuff to protect the young pigs when
the house is not fully occupied.
Some hog raisers make pen parti:
tions of hog wire, which is all right
If the house is kept full.
There is considerable body heat
from hogs when the house is well
filled, which keeps the place comfort.
able even in cold weather, but there
are times when such hog house on
the ordinary farm will be nearly emp.
ty. At such times the solid partitions
between pens are warmer.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-11-18
BEER AND WHISKY,

Because the symptoms Of chronic
alcoholism appear more slowly, and
are less readily observable in the
heavy beer drinker than in the whisky
drinker. the former is by far more
frequently met than the latter But
thousands and tens of thousands OF
men who take their daily pint are
rendered stupid, silly and dissolute by
beer.-Dr Hugo Hoppe, Nerve Spe.
cialist of Koenigsberg, Germany.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-11-18

concrete by first digging trench, for
the outside walls, deep enough to go
below frost.
There are also four concrete piers
on each side of the center alley.
These piers are the foundations for
the posts that support the roof; the
same posts answer for divisions be-
tween the individual pens.
The outside concrete wall reaches
all the way round the building and
extends up to the low caves at the
back. This is to make solid concrete
wall protection against the cold north
winds.
At the front and at the ends of the
building the concrete reaches only
about eighteen inches above grade.
The entire hog house floor area is Gov
cred with concrete surfaced with ce-
ment mortar to make it water-tight.
There is slope to the alley floor
and a depression through the center,
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-11-18
Work OF American Scientist.

With a thermo-electric battery OF
his own invention scientist of the
United States bureau OF standards has
measured the heat from 112 celestial
bodies, including los stars.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-11-18

that crisply show ivory white and pale
emerald. and translucent. liquid ruby.
In the turkey at this season there
sense of nation and it's sustaining
hopefulness, the racial family spirit
that makes the whole world akin"
and the very essence of pleasing
plenty.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-11-18
PROPERTY VALUES CLIMBING,

Kansas property values went up
over SIS. 100000 in the last year. The
state tax commission has completed
the equalization of the assessment
values of all the property in the STATE
and fixed the state tax levy. All of
the property was assessed at $2,sSi,
337.535. The total valuation a year
AGO vas so.SO4S1OG92.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-11-18

1t is difficult to dispose of every hog
In the fall to advantage. because in a
bunch of hogs there are always some
that are not fat enough to sell.
1t also is difficult to feed such hogs
SO they will make profitable gains
after cold weather comes, unless they
are kept in a warm house.
Breeding stock also needs warm
comfortable quarters for winter. where
they may make good use of small
amount Of feed and have sufficient vi
tality to develop strong, healthy litters
Of pigs. To provide facilities for
handling hogs under these different
conditions we are illustrating a me-
dium-sized winter hog house.
1t is divided into ten pens, five on
each side of the house. There is a
center feeding alley between the pens.
and each pen has an opening into this
feeding alley.
The foundation and floor is made OF
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-11-18
New Business.

Lighting, the experts say, is a MOI
ern art; IN fact, some avlators haven t,
yet measured it completely.-Wash
ington Post.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-11-18

HSIzZ<T bless ngs or the
twelvemonth. and
poignant regret that so many mem,
bers of the World Family are in the
red agony of war The Thanksgiving.
definitely established after national
stress and travail. is tender with sym
pathy and brotherhood. and, while
one gives freely of thanks to his Crea-
tor. freely. likewise, does he give OF
love for his fellows. 1t is the most
human of seasons. in which man
should, and does. follow the eternal
lesson of the Great Teacher.
Thanksgiving is elemental In the
soul of man and it probably found its
first expression. not in peace. but aft
er conflict in the early twilight of
history. when some of the hairy men.
who had awakened to the mystery
and majesty of the sun as the giver
OF good things, raised their SCARED
arms toward it. reverent and tri-
umphant, their grateful gutturals voic-
ing thanks for victory
And this primitive thanksgiving will
be multiplied and intensified a thou
sandfold at the expiration of the
present war-and not for the victory
but for the coming of peace In the
intoxication of bloody triumph there
can be little of the deep, spiritual
Thanksgiving; for. despite the gigan-
tic slaughter that has made this cen
tury the Crimson age, the world is
still one big family with interests so
closely interreated that none is un-
affected by the struggle And mono
will give thanks, even with the prize
of victory, for having made widows
and orphans by the hundreds of thou.
sands
In the real thanksgiving there Is
neither exultation nor pride; no re-
Election Of bitterness or hate; but a
sweet realization of the kinship Of all
men before the Great Father
In certain early and oriental litur-
gies was the Great Thanksgiving. now
replaced by the preface and part of
the canon. Then there is the General
Thanksgiving In the Book of Common
Prayer. collect in the third place
from the end of the order for morning
and evening prayer. and Of the litany.
But the Thanksgiving which. while
marked by the incense of prayer, has
the sunny lightsomeness of good cheer
and laughter. is that annually OBJ
served in the United States
In the beginning of the observance
was day set apart by the Plymouth
Pilgrims. in 1921. in acknowledgment
of their first harvest in America. 1t
was perpetuated in many states by an
annual festival appointed by the
governor Its national celebration, In
recognition of the years blessings,
was first recommended by proclama.
ton issued at the city of New York,
in 1883. by George Washington. who
set apart for observance Thursday,
November 26. of that year.
The war between the states was the
event that established the national
day. 1t has been. therefore. sanctified
by the blood of brothers who died not
in vain. for as recurring observance
it was proclaimed by President Lin
coin In October. 1868. who fixed the
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-11-18

Sydney. n S. W.. now has a benzol
plant
The relative values OF various kinds
of coal are determined by x.rays
with method invented by French
scientists.
statistics have shown that Amert.
can telephone operators answer calls
Two seconds quicker than their Eng
Iish cousins.
Experiments in rice cultivation in
Porto Rico give promise OF the island
becoming an important producer OF
that grain.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-11-18
THE THANKSGIVING FEAST

This Is the day before the feast.
A rack of storm clouds. gray with warn
ing.
Signals the valley, west to east
"Whi'e fields and roads tomorrow morn
ing!'
But through the farmhouse kitchen glows
A light to gladden. saint or siueer.
While Nell, and Margaret, and Rose
Make ready for Thanksgiving dinner.
The pantry shelves lined with cakes
OF haky crust and fragrant sweeting.
Yet Incomplete the banquet waits
For this which Margaret's spoon Is beat
ing.
The sideboard CLEANS In jeweed light
with amber ounce and ruby jelly.
Twill wear an added grace tonight.
Wrought by the hands of Rose and
Nelly.
A stir OF eager girlish feet
Across the ancient oakcn flooring.
A burst of laughter. bubbling sweet
With mlrth and confidence outpouring.
A rallying Jest. an awestruck sigh
At Nelrs mistakes and Margaret's
knowledge.
Oh, never hours sped merrier by
For three fair cousins home from COL
lege!
Beneath the kitchen rooftree brown,
with weathered tile and rough-hewl
rafter.
What memories are looking down
A hundred years of toll and laughter!
What echoes of long-vanshed feet
Stir In the shadows everlasting,
What far-ofr voices. young and sweet,
From other days OF feast and fastingl
Tomorrow. through the drifted SHOWS,
with hearts aglow for smile and greet
ing.
Nelly. and Margaret. and Rose
VIII walk across the hills to meeting.
Good angels Join them as they raise
The old hymns dear to dead and living.
And blend the feasting and the praise
Into one day Of pure thanksgiving
Mabel Earle. In Youths Companion.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-11-18
Comfortable Quarters Make for
contsnted Animals and Sub
Stantial Profits.
FlRs1.cLAss PLAN OUTLINED
Design Shown BY the illustrations 10
One Of the Best That the Ingenuity
ef Experts Has Produced-Ampis
Ventilation Provided For
by the Builders.
sy WILLIAM A. RAoFoRD.

Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject Of building work on the farm, for
the readers of This paper. On account OF
his wide experience rs Editor. Author and
Manufacturer. he is. without doubt. the
highest authority on all these subjects
Address all inquiries to William A. Rad
ford, No. 1927 Prairie avenue, Chicago.
Ill. and only inclose two-cent stamp for
reply.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-15
No Trace Yet Found
Of Aged Murderer

Bellingham, Wash. March l5.-An
all.night search by Sheriff Stewart 3
posse for Samuel Thompson, 60 years
old and wealthy, who Sunday night
shot and killed his wife and Hugh
Boyd, their hired man, was without re.
suit. No trace Of Thompson has been
found, There is belief ne ended his
life following the tragedy.
The double killing occurred m the
Thompson ranch. Thompson killed
Boyd as the latter sat in a chair with
his shoes off, has feet resting on an
other chair
Darrell Thompson llyearold adopt
ed son, was the only eye witness. After
Thompson opened fired on Boyd, Oar
rell says his mother rushed TO the teIe'
phone. Then observing his wife with
the telephone receiver to ncr ear
Thompson raised his rifle to his shoul
der. Before he could pull the trigger
Mrs Thompson fled screaming from
the house. Thompson chased her and
stopped her flight with u bullet in the
back. Carefully reIoading the weapon
for eacn shot he sent several more bull
let's into her PROSTATE body
According to The boy, his father said
TO his mother. 60 You will get divorce,
will yon, and then began shooting.
A telephone OPERATOR listening on
the line, heard the shooting aud gave
the alarm