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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23
PRACTICE OF CREAM GRADING
Better Material Is Secured for Cream
cries and Insures Better Product
for the Consumer.

.CBy R. M'CANN, State Dairy Inspector
Of Colorado.)
The old system Of spelling good
cream with bad by mixing the two
is a practice to be relegated to the
past Consumers, manufacturers and
producers alike should demand and ex-
ipect that progress or a lead be made
~ products and manufactures Of their
spectiye community and state.
while cream grading is a compare
iyely new measure in many of our
bordering states, it has apparently
proved beyond doubt its value in many
respects, the foremost of which are:
Securing better material for cream
cries; placing an incentive and reward
for the production Of good cream by
difference in price received for first
grade cream over that for second
efade, and insuring better product
for the consumer, thereby increasing
consumption and demand for products
manufactured,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23
count" TOO ABSENT MINDED
Principal Reason Why One lnterna-
tlonal Marriage Was Permanent
ly Called Off.

Henry P. Dawson of the Morgan
banking firm was talking about inter-
national marriages:
We'll" he said, 81 know of one in
ternational marriage that failed,
thank goodness, to come off. The girl
was the daughter of Paint Rock
millionaire. The man was count, a
Spanish count
THE count was absent minded
That was his undoing. The girls
father gave a dinner for him in the
Paint Rock castle overlooking Paint
Rock, and at the dinners end the
count got up to light cigarette, and
then, by jove, started to remove the
plates.
"The guests watched him in an
open-mouthed silence. His napkin
slung over his arm, he had got nearly
all the plates removed when his mil
lionaire host said to him gently:
awake up, George. You're not
waiting in the beanerY now, you
know. You're pretending you're a
count in Paint Rock. Wake up, man,
for gracious sake!'"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23
REDUCE THE COTTON ACREAGE
Everybody Should Raise All the Hay,
Corn, Forage Crops and Garden
Truck Needed by Family.

There is one easy, simple and eff.
fective way to reduce the cotton acre
age-everybody plant enough land to
raise all their hay, corn, forage crops
and garden truck. Keep enough
chickens and hogs to supply the table
with eggs and meat, also raise and
fatten one or more beef animals. With
few or many acres devoted to these
crops there viii be less acres to plant
in cotton and less need Of it, for the
family living is largely provided for.
There will be several million bales
of cotton to carry over, and If the
usual acreage is planted the price of
cotton will continue low and the cost
of living high Let the South raise
her own food supplies and the cotton
problem will be solved.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23

may be that if they we're accustomed
to a temperature of 50 degrees or
lower they would do fully as we'll.
It may be said that cattle under Of
fieial and semiofficial test, where they
aye, invariably fed a large amount Of
feed, may be kept at much lower
temperature than 50 degrees Fahren-
nett and seem to appreciate it. 1t
sffo5uld be remembered, however, that
the feeding at this period is far be-
yond the amount the animal can
handle to the best advantage, and she
would not be capable Of eating so
much year after year. In other words,
she is full of fuel.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23
SLOW IN TAKING ADVANTAGE
Certain Loss Due to Bad Roads Made
Apparent When Shedding Is Good
During Winter.

The heavy SHOWS and excellent sled
ding serve to emphasize what might
be accomplished If good roads pre-
vailed all over the country. Farmers
can take their hobs and put on twice
as heavy loads as Is possible at other
times. 1t is not argued, of course,
that with roads as smooth as a dance
hall floor the teams could pull on
wheeled vehicles the loads they do
now on hobs. But there is certain
loss due to bad roads that is made
all the more apparent by the ease
with which transportation Is made
when the shedding is good, says South
Bend Tribune. And to think that for
all these years nature has been show.
ing US the advantage of good roads
and we have been so slow to take the
hint! 1t should make us ashamed Of
our blindness and stupidity.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23

Stop using calomel! 1t makes you
sick. Don't lose days work. If you
feel lazy, sluggish, bilious or consti'
pated, listen to me!
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis of the bones
Calomel, when it comes into contact
with sour bile crashes into it, breaking
it up. This is when you feel that aW-
full nausea and cramping If you feel
"all knocked out" if your liver is tor
pid and bowels constipated or you
have headache, dizziness, coated
tongue, if breath is bad or stomach
sour just try spoonful of harmless
Dodson's Liver Tone.
Here's my guarantee-Go to any
drug store or dealer and get 5O-cent
bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone. Take a
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23
BEST TEMPERATURE FOR cow
fioard's Dairyman Expresses Opinion
' That About Fifty Degrees Fab
renheit Is Right.

In response to a query as to about
the right temperature for dairy barn
Hoard's Dairyman makes the follow
ing reply:
We are not prepared to say what is
considered the right temperature to
keep the barn for dairy COWS. 1t Is
our opinion that it is not we'll to have
the barn colder than so degrees
Fahrenheit, In very severe weather
the temperature in the Hoard's Dairy
man barns falls to 50 degrees Fahren-
neit. While the milk flow seems to be
about the same under, these condi-
tions, yet the cattle seem to show
signs of not being as comfortable as
when the barn is at 60 degrees. It
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23

prepared by the U. S. Department Of Ag-
riculture)
The destruction of horses in the
countries now at war is enormous, and
when peace is declared and for many
years thereafter there will no doubt
be a great demand for horses for agri-
cultural and other work. The farmer
who has surplus horses at that time
will be in a position to obtain good
prices.
The United States department of
agriculture has recently distributed
throughout the cotton belt informa-
ton regarding horse and mule raising
in the South, which should be of use
to cotton growers whose crop has
been affected by the present crisis,
and who now wish to diversity their
farming because of this. These farm
ers are advised particularly to keep
their best mares to work on the farm
and raise colts at the same time. They
will then be able to raise horses for
their own work as we'll as to take ad-
vantage of the home and foreign mar
kets.
Many brood mares are oVerworked,
while many others are kept too close
ly confined. The mare may be safely
worked to within two weeks of foaling
if good care is used to see that she
is not overworked or injured in some
other way. 1t is not unusual for
mares which have been worked to the
date of foaling to foal successfully. 1t
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23
CALQNEL WHEN BILIOUS2 MOI! STOP!
ACTS LIKE DYNAMITE on LIVER
Guarantee "DOdsons Liver Tone" Will Give You the Best Lye
and Bowel Cleansing You Ever Had-DOeSnt Make You ScN

spoonful and if it doesn't strafpbt.,
you right up and make you feel 4rs
and vigorous want you to 20 back :.
the store and get your money. DoS
sons Liver Tone is DESTROYING II.
sale Of calomel because it is real Hvo,
medicine; entirely vegetable, therefor.
it cannot saliyate or make you SICK
I guarantee that one spoonful \,
Dodson's Liver Tone will put vor,
sluggish liver to work and clean von,
bowels Of that sour bile and consti
pated waste which is clogging Won,
system and making you feel miserable
| guarantee that a bottle of Dodson.
Liver Tone will keep your entire fam.
lily feeling fine for months. Give II n
your children. 1t is harmless: doesn4
grippe and they like its pleasant tssta
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23
CUT UP LONG CORN STALKS
ouch Waste May BE Avoided and
4 Cows viii Eat Them Up Clean
Bit of Grain Is ReIlshed.

f,Don't try to make your cows eat
long corn stalks. They will surely
waste lot of good feed. Cut the stalks
and they will eat them all up clean.
Let them lie in a box or even in the
adleyway for day or two after they
have been cut and they will heat and
soften up a good deal. II too dry lit
tie water poured over the pile will
help to moisten them up. A bit of
grain sprinkled over each ration will
make its licking good.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23

is safer, however, gradually to dimin-
ish the work so that during the last
few weeks only the lightest kind of
work is done.
If pasture is available, the mare
may be turned out about two weeks
before foaling. If pasture is not avail
able, she should be given good
roomy box stall. There need be no
radical change in the feed, except that
the ration of the mare should be
lightened shortly before foaling and
made more laxative. For this purpose
an addition of bran and a decrease Of
other grain feeds is very satisfactory.
When the mare is again put to work
the foal may either be left in the
stable or allowed to follow. II left
in the stable, it will be necessary to
return the mare in the middle of the
forenoon and likewise in the after
noon for the colt to suck. Never allow
the foal to suck when the mare is
very warm, for the milk at that time
is quite apt to cause digestive disor-
ders in the colt. The foal should be
allowed access to the dams grain in
order that it may learn to eat as
soon as possible. The foal may be
weaned at six months of age, and if
it has previously been eating grain,
no great setback will occur. The mare
can usually be bred with greater GER
tainty of success on the ninth day
after foaling than at any subsequent
date.
Care of the FoaI After WEAVING.
AS exercise is of prime Importance
for the proper development of young
animals the foal should have pasture
or paddock in which to exercise. Ac-
cess to barn or shed should be pro-
Vided as protection against storms.
The feed of the foal may be similar
to that which the mare was receiving
before the foal was weaned. The
weaned foal should have two to three
pounds of grain per day and what
hay it will eat A grain mixture con
sisting of two parts of ground oats
two parts Of corn meal and one part
of wheat bran, by weight, may be fed
If oats and bran are not available g
mixture consisting of seven parts corr
meal and one part cottonseed mea'
may be substituted. All Of the legu
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23
Bad.ActIna Heifers.

Heifers are not included, as very
often they will be gentle as anyone de-
sires, after the second calf, 1t may be,
as some say, bad COW is simply a
heller grown up, that has been ruined
while being broken. However, if they
persist in tricks after the second calf,
best to let them go and try new COW.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23

age expense to American farmers for
year is approximately $5O0,00O,000.
And every dollar of this sum comes
from the farmers pocket, for he is
the one great producer who cannot
add the haulage expense to his wares,
for the prices he gets are on a de-
hVered basis.
II believe that if every farmer would
take pencil and paper and figure the
amount in tons of the produce and
stock he markets In year, multiply
it by the number of miles he must haul
it to market, multiply the total by Is,
which is about the average haul
ing cost a ton a mile, and then
consider that he could save nearly
half Of this amount every year if
he had concrete or other hard
roads all the way to his market, he
would become an earnest good-roads
worker.
"And this actual dollars and cents
saving doesn't take into consideration
the many advantages of good roads
In bringing neighbors closer together,
in making it easier and pleasanter to
get to church, school, entertainments,
etc.
with wider interest in better roads
must come a more efficient system Of
road building and maintenance. This
is work for experienced and compe-
tent highway engineers, just as much
as building a railroad is the work
Of highly-trained specialists. It is no
plaything for politicians"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23
Cow pawn for Attention.

a good COW, no matter what breed,
is worth all the care and kindness the
owner can give her, and all the good
feed she can use. No doubt there are
very many cows that would give a
much better showing If they received
the necessary attention.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23
Solve Social Ills.

Ebert Hubbard says that "Good
roads are the most needed thing in the
world. Good roads and quick, safe
and cheap transportation are going to
solve NEST of our social Ills"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23
Many Ranefits Derived.

Good roads will decrease ignorance,
poverty, Encouragement, immortality,
profanity, back taxes, sheriff's sales
and grouches.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23
Helpful Advice,

Some of these social workers
evolve some profound theories"
What now?"
"This one advises the poor to mod
ify the cost of living by purchasing
their stuff in barrel lots"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23
GARDENING Tina cnmlnn.

Gardening time win be here be-
fore you are ready for 1t, if you are
not careful, regardless of the cold
winds today!
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23

Remember that the heller is the
dairy COW OF the future. Feed her
accordingly.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23
Select Good Seed.

Twelve ears of corn will plant an
acre. II one Of the planted ears be
mo good" there Is a twelfth OF an
acre missing.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23
More.

Cobb-Is it a privilege to know
Short?
Webb-Yes; an expense, ALSO
Judge.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23
cama pronerly cared For.

Five COWS properly cared for and
fully fed viii return much more than
ten half fed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23

This would be much better world
if people would only finish everything
that they start
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-23
Rrlnna Marker Nearnr.

The good road brings the market
nearer to you.
The Republican journal., 1915-02-11
WALDO COUNTY POMONA GRANGE.

Waldo County Pomona Grange met Feb End
with Silver Harvest Grange. Waldo. The
Grange opened in due time with Worthy
Master C. ii. Wood in the chair. The roll call
of officers found the master, assistant eward,
chaplain, treasurer, secretary. gate keeper,
Pomona, Flora and L. A. steward present. The
pro TEN officers were Fred Mariner, overseer;
Mrs. M. o. Wilson, lecturer; C. w. Shorey,
Steward. After the opening exercises class
of ten was instructed in the fifth degree and
an original paper was read by Mrs. James
Wentworth. The noon recess was then taken
and all repaired to the dining room and were
Well cared for by the host Grange. When the
Grange reconvened cordial address of well
come was given by Margie Gurney and pleas
ant response by Fred Mariner of Mystic
Grange, Belmont. Then followed music by
Mr.. and Mrs. James Cilley; defamation by
Myrtle Smith; character song by c. W. Shorey
and son who were encored and sang Tipperary;
song by Mareie Gurney; dialogue by the Cross
girls; song by James Cilley and wife, closing
with pantomine. "A Wife Wanted" A vote
of thanks was given the host Grange fo- cour-
tesies. The next meeting will be with Dirigo
Grange, Freedom, March End.
The Republican journal., 1915-02-11
NEWS OF THE ORANGES.

'asde orange held an interesting session
Iiaday evening, when the first degree was
n0 oa three Candidates. Worthy Master,
ELuly 4 Cochran appointed the following
I6ha Committees: Dance, Roy Sholes, A.
VALLEY j. Earl Braley; press correspond
'EB. Lura 4. Richie; chorister. Elijah
Ie' pianist, Marian V. Hayes. The Sec
A3 thr1 degrees will be conferred at the
lhguiar meeting and Lincoln Day pro-
VII. 0e given, A full attendance is re-
It'd
Hgo Grange Freedom, held its regular
'ng Saturday afternoon, Feb 9Th, with a
'a'endanoe. and after the regular order
lsness the lecturer presented the follow
Fog'am Instrumental music, Inez Bel
readings susie Downer and Annie
% song Gertrude Libby; question, Re-
" hat with capital punishment there
De less crime than under our present
opened by B. F. Foster. The brothers
very enthusiastic over the question and
~ Ol the sisters took part IN the discus
4hen followed instrumental music by
bellows readings, Knowles Bnags and
\ AeIrsy. After closing the program it
'''eo to have contest. The lecturer
| nehry McCorrison and Annie Clement
'pS'As and they decided to have their first
ns saturday afternoon, Feb. 10th. Come
IaIgs Grangers.
The Republican journal., 1915-02-11
of Today's Journ al.

War News. News of the
4 Ihe Ices The Legislature. Obitu.
G'a"t Waldo County Veterans. Our
sty,.,hont Marine. Wedding Bells.
Icburches. Waldo County Pomo-
Insc sc,anee. Personal. Secret Socie-
tles, tl,rses of Montana. Smart Prac-
. Gl~pf fashions. Retirement of VIM.
yea sTrowsrd A Coffee Charter. Pitts
Aid Personals.
p' r.;, to California. Sail Vessels for
imf .seas. Sires and Sons. Current
gsse'mert. A Refuge Provided. The
sss5srick sol- Triplets Birthday. Offer
ss5s75O by Germany
n,;,orials. The Sunday Laws. Eas-
~ steamship Corporation Shows
e.scit sLs The, Panama Pacific Inter-
.pagonaI Exposition. Transfers in
Real Estate.
r.. News of Belfast. -. Washington
Letter
o;.3s Of Florida. Panama Pacific
iLa't-srnstioual Exposition.
p.,ent Deaths. Improvements at the
E.sfipe Normal School. Legislative
SaI SDfss Mother" Jones and John D.
GSockefeller, Jr. Austrian Heir Ap-
I'os osenl The Sardine Situation. Pres
gsnnt Wilson Reckless. State Owner
ship
S,srsDort Ship News. Births. Mar
ssa .,oges Deaths. . Market. Stockton
5,T,ngs W. The News of Brooks.
The Republican journal., 1915-02-11
THE WAR NEWS.

,...,,onsnts Feb. 4th included two of
q, sensational happenings in weeks
,.,an5n by the German government
y Ji.r waters are mined zone and that
\, ,..;o. must avoid them or use them at
,,ra and a Turkish demonstration in
tr9 points along the Suez canal. which
,.-iousIy threatened by the invaders.
|,r,p,s pfaelamation regarding the use
|. rnglish channel and waters near the
,,s,, states clearly that "all means Of
,ibs used against ships, whatever flag
act Ay within the area thus described.
..,s misuse of flags of other nations is
Nd by the Germans. who advise all Amer
.brpfBg to use the route north of Scot
. stretch of water extending thirty
,or the Dutch coast is also included in
.7,r zone" and Holland is expected to
!, vigorous protest.
hra ID, 900 Turks made an attempt to
,ns susz canal Feb. 4th on RATS. They
,,.Drse- 5y the New Zealand and Aus
:, ,r55ps. The scene of the encounter
m7ty.rye miles below Port Said. Fight
,;o occurred at El Kantara.
aeats fighting in the Carpathians is re-
5v,aout nuch change in positions of the
. engaged, but Russia claims to have
.aips. In France German trenches have
captured north of Albert, and at other
< German batteries are said to have been
I'D,
,snd IS going to put at least 100000
4 he field TO fight the Germans.
vine Pack the German and Austrian
sD the c rpathians, the Russian armies
Iacng their way rapidly into Hungary.
announced officially at Petrogard Feb.
bat the Cars forces had reached the
latorre ar the south side of the noun
zsing in their advance from Dukla Pass
pk005rs and 10 machine guns.
srep TT comes from Petrograd under date
b. 9Th More than quarter of a million
.Hoops and more than 1000 heavy guns
lgsged in terrific battle in the region
{ Bzura and Rawka rivers in Poland, and
The outcome of this conflict hangs the
+ the present campaign for the mastery
stf-n Poland For a week the heavy ar
itaS been shaking the blood-soaked earth
ID thunder, and the attacks of the Ger
sHd the counter attacks of the Russians
Ill tha t8.tIefeld inhabited with corpses.
The Republican journal., 1915-02-11
PROSPECT FERRY.

Capt. W. H. Hartman has gone to Baltimore
to join his vessel, sch. Jacob M. Haskell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman Batchelder of Frank.
fort visited Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Hartman Feb.
LIST.
Master Buford Grant of Standpoint is visit
ing his grandparents. MIR. and Mrs. W. D. Har-
riman.
P. M. CHM and wife d Miss Faustina
Harding visited Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Ridley in
Stockton Springs recently.
Miss Thelma Dunifer closed term of ten of
weeks schools here last Friday and returned to
her home in Wlnn last Saturday. Thie was
Miss Dunifers second term here.
The Republican journal., 1915-02-11
PERSONAL.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ira M. Cobe left Wednesday
morning for visit in Chicago.
Waldo B. Washburn arrived last Thursday
from Franklin. Mass. for visit in Belfast.
Mrs. Wm.F. Schoppe has been elected treas
urer OF Mount Hyalite Chapter. D. A. r., Of
Bozeman, Montana.
Llnvill +. Whitmore, a postgraduate stu
dent at Colby College, arrived last Thursday to
spend few days at home.
Ralph L. Pitcher spent the weekend with
his mother. Mrs. H. C. Pitcher, returning
Monday to his home in Caribou.
Miss Marjorie Shaw returned to Simmons
College Monday noon after a few days visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter C.
Shaw.
Mrs. Adelbert Millett spent few days in
Augusta last week with her husband DR..
Mlilett, Belfast's representative in the legisla-
ture, and plans to spend next week at the State
capital.
Mr.. Hugh D. Mcclellan, who has occupied
the Jas. P. Munroe house for several years
past, has purchased the handsome residence of
Mr.. VIM. L. Garrison on Percy road and taken
possession of the premises.-Lexington, Mass.
paper.
Miss Clara B. Steward. who had been visit
ing relatives in Rockport, arrived in Belfast
Tuesday afternoon, and went to her home in
Northport yesterday. Feb. 22d she will enter
the employ of the H. L. Whitten Co. as book
keeper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Arey, with their little
son Clarence. are planning to leave the first of
March for two months trip to Sebastopol,
California, where they will be guests of Mrs.
Arey's relatives. Mr.. Arey's brother, Walter.
and Edward Robinson will have charge of his
store during his absence.
Miss Maude E. Barker plans to leave next
week for an extended trip, to include visits
with Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Rigby at Woodfords,
with Rev. and Mrs. Harry Lutz in Newton,
and Rev. and Mrs. Adolph Rossbach in East
Boston. She will also visit in Boston, Worces-
ter, Springfield and New York City