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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-08-25
Kentucky State Fair Provides for
Boys Pig Clubs IN An Elaborate Manner
Many Counties to be Represented to be Given Free
Trips to the Great Fair.

IN 1918 boys' pig club vas
introduced into Kentucky. Tktr.
teen counties vers or<aniret
under the leadership % their
county agen5s and sts boys became
members. Local shows we're held ana
the winning boy non each county re-
eeived free trip TO the Farmer Roys'
E1eazpnent Al the state Fair. Six-
teen boys we're given this trip ana
eighties pigs we're exhibited. Thts
vas the nFsi state pig club shou ii
Kentrcky- Altho1SS the e1hfbst "a,
snail the interest vas 60 great art
the showing 30 good that the p.E club
has oscouse one os The most povaiAr
and beneficial boys elubs IN Farm
DeEonstrattor Work
Prom this snail Beginning The boys'
pig club has spread to 40 counties ui;h
Membership o, 1-2Se boys in siaEle
year hkers. business men Aaa
farmers nave eo-Operated to the er,
tent Of placing over ss.O0e.0O uor,h o.
pure bred hogs IN the hands Of these
boys.
The stats agent and county agent,
eoopera,ed in o-E1niling. hOldinx
meetings. securing registered plrs
visiting members. and insaructirs
them along the proper lines o. animal
husbandry.
The lsis pig club started May iS,A
zach boy had Ill, between two ana
four months Of Z s ana most Of them
secured Segis,ered'piEs Record hooss
we're furnished tic boys and tAe
PIGS were weighed and ear ,arred ~
the county agent a, the beginning u
the contest
Local Shows First.
y = contemplated that local .AOw
ne held IN each ., Tie counties orran.
i,ed, At which numerous prizes vim NJ
tsves The nrst prMe ID each conn,v
YIN be a Tree TRIP 10 the Farmer nova
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-08-25

W. J. Czech ULc@er)-
uarivaIed breeding point HIS eIperi-
enc- IL stock Faking and gg=sSGiturs
AT stand hiEa IL good stead As host
Al large 10 H. state Al the Ksarucky
State Fair and his grace q : Ter.
brtillaHce % Intellect and .s-s.-eAl
magnetism All make hin ideAl Z lha;
capacity
Record o. Czech
lnsw J. GOoch the prhlc VII
rect personality szsboeyfng all Tie
IDEALS ard ;raaiiiSzs OF Ke1tucky Es 10
stz,eilssas os physigEe. suAvtty Of
zann-r ard eeurtiiress % heartnE-
II his hazts the reirs Of state Fair
government are happily placed. Nr.
GoocA being an creative par excel
.ieace and = nan trained By years Of
experiences II handling BIG eonnerciai
ara political trf.restS- Mr.. Gnoeh
vas. for three terzs- member % the
Kssfzeky Legislature and served in
1898 a. SpsaEe- Q. the Hoase. presSd-
Ing over the daily io4st sesssOns az tie
Senate and House eurfzg the men.
Or1bie ceG1lock n the BeckhAE Brad
ley eOstsst for the U s Senate. To
Ais hiEh hoaor b !, said that he SAs
sleetee unAnI-oH1ly and ais record
ssan1s Stskozt . sA~ AHt As boaS;
10 kS party GoVsrnOr Sta1lsys
personal knOsIetee % aad frien6sAip
for Mr.. 1cocA Led 20 bis ree1esting
tie lafi<r 70 take charge OF the great
sEterprise 50 Important TO the con-
nOnueAith Aae the people OF the S,ats
ray aStieip.ts eas o, the most bril-
haEt s1ocessfni and sn1oyAbls Fair
cssssratiozs ever EtTes n Ksatucky.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-08-25
Scientific
Farming
DOLLARS FROM FORESIGHT.

The Fsrzsr Who Notes Eeons1nis
Changes UsusIIy Makes Tire Profit
IPrsoarsd D. United stziss department Of
sErieaiturel
Perhaps the most conspicuous cause
Of success In farming Is prompt and
atting change In type Of farming in
response 70 economic pressure as indi.
Gated By the market price Of products
~ related 70 cost The American Farm
ers who are most successful usually
sense the operation Of economic forces
long ei=eSd Of their neighbors. A large
number Of farmers change an old es-
tabllsbed system only when forced By
dfre Dece<sify-
Not Oaly Is there the greatest oppor-
tmify 70 any ir-..tt-.s.=ai farmer Through
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-08-25

En11zp1ens- given 81 the state Fair
AHe College o, Agricul;Ere. 70 TIE boy
making the best showing as tollozs:
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-08-25
kos Pom TooIs sh.rp.

By keeping the farm tools sharp yOu
save horse feed and horse strength II
does better work. more Of II in one
day and pays : better profit Ii saves
tine. temper and human vitality. A
good emery stone WIN pay for Itself
IN one season Get y0u one and keep
the tools sharp
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-08-25

srts in Portsmouth. to which he wants
to move Price Sla.e.a
No $50 acres adjoining Nos ana
= 50 acres level Fine h01ss aear3y
new. Good barn and other osst-huf1d-
ings- 100 apple trees ls9 peach rrsea
The house alone could not be lupEeat-
ed for sI-50o- Prlee ....-.. s9eso
10 acres. an in grass but 8: lee
fruit tres. good barn. and 6-roon
house good wen and springs SeEsa
miles from Portsmouth On god rad
Price st1sa.
2EsS acres 5 in pasture Cod
s-roOEn hczss. ; wells and spring. SO
bearing trees. sand about 3a0 yeunk
trees. barn and other buildings
Price $l.soA
e.rRKn1-
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-08-25

sPD7AL FRoDrcTs roR IHE NkKKE
quscklE modifying his organization IN
response 70 ehanced markets. but such
readiustmezf Is Of great value TO the
whole community. for snch action in
time becomes corrective Of the changed
cOndi1ion from Uhich Il sI,zanE Let
- assume. Cor instance. that there Is
connunity engaged lRrrefy in live
stock pro-doctioo and that through some
cause fed prizes advance to such a
point that there Is more msooey In sell
ing the rau product than In feeding.
Under such coadittons a lar-e number
% farSeeinE farmers win quickly cur
tai their live stock industry and BE-
cOE1e sellers Of raw feed prOd1etS
This IN turn has tsAd%ncy 70 reduce
fed prioes and to t2crease the price
q I've stock products. thus bringing
about the former bAlznce
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-08-25

Mat S. cohen CUpperl.
ONINANT III the prePzratfon
for and operation o; the Ksa-
tHcky State Fair are tEo
oeiciafs. The Comzissioa-r Of
AKrieulture ard the State Fair Secre-
tary. Both are vital TO The Importance
and welfare % the great AEriezl;urzl
and Industrial eeishrafios which
serves As \ clearing house for The
sE'E accomplishment thr0uEkOu; the
and both should possess gffts
the ordinary measure And q,
Sats Indeed. 10 KsEtucky n
d /tkst both of-cea are nlte1 this
yea uffk zen vho give promise q,
being Ideally suites 10 Euiee tie fosr-
teenih annual Kentucky state FSii TO
BE held II LoSisEsIie. September Ills
% . sueeesI ~h.eh viii - . revei-
sfi0n 70 the state a. IarEs
cshsr-s sssssias-
Madisoa SaaeiaEs coAsa- he as-iy
slsc-sd Couulssioner q AutssilarA
Labor and Statistics. better asa zors
hrieay kzora a. Nat S. Cohen. = .
newcomer % politics. bzf his vAlrt
Wind vietory n the Novszhsr slss
tians typtees rs nAn Prsor 70 his
sntry N he pcs:sieaI lrsEa ks uas !
recognized authority a. . korssaaa
and stock raiser. ieetaring Al Ken-
tneky Stats College. Missouri STATE
College ant KAasAs City siats colIeS.
and writing and p-hiishinE vslanes
bearing on the subject dear 10 The
heart o. every KentnekiAa and inpor-
tazt to The eonnereiAI welfare aae
uorid-uids prestige Of the State - an
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-08-25
MIlL i, Coed Feed Fer chle.c..

Feed al OF the spare milk. such As
butfermiIk. separator milk and CAB
bered milk to the chicks. They relish
II. and n = good for them II matters
not II II = sour. provided II be clean
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-08-25
Nov.i stalk Gutter.

In harvesting certain CROPS NE corn,
sugar cane and such staIH ErOvths
the most trying and exha1stinS part OF
the labor Is leaning over to cot down
the stalk ut the ground A woman OF
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-08-25
C. q STUART.
Ars.nsu@ Ky.

CASH REGISTER FOR SALE
Cost S1120O. Used only SIX veekA
Price SIS Write to J. L RICHMOND.
LOuisa. KY. or Hinckley. n. z 11-te
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-08-25


Making the best sAoEins as toIlOEs:
tAl HIS Aox -ssA r-ss-r, 70 par
p~s@ - Shich !, u1s rAases go
~ frsat-ss dNilv rnf-ss X
80 Caea5z<s ooss e s-us1etsoa- $50
~ Best ksPs r-coEa b-eok. ...--.-- So
i1S+
Not oaiy IN the winning hoy Be
Eissa tree trip 70 The fair. -. Ne
SCtiAsioas are nos under uay whereby
the b~ss t~o PIGS froa each eoun,y
~ill - seat 70 the fair free Alreaay
Gre o. the ArSes; rzfrO11s IN Ken,
ineky has granted free srAnspo-tatio,
10 and from the fair for he hes, ito
pigs in counties having pig elrhs
along lis Hires
Free Entranee Fee,
The KeatEeky STATE Fair has
realized the s1ucstsoaAl value q an
sHhibis from these bOSs ana 10 TIA, end
have oGenet their doors vide. allow.
ina each pig club exhibitor free en-
trance. free PENS and a assttue,
and separate department. AZ ne sane
time giving then the privilege 70
exhibit In the breeders classes over
siSe.ee In prires has been given hy
record association business nse and
farmers Last year Oas boz defeated a
ring Of ,vensy.sOas choice psgs,
The results q the pig club have
been widespread; hundreds % farmers
have ehanESd their feeding methods:
pure bred hogs have been taken into
counties where they were not Anown:
community breeding has rcSalted IN
six or seven counties; hoys arr hecom.
ing Interested In the farm: greater
interest Is being centered on thu
swine lndaatry q kentucky and this
cNylns September n TO IL, 1915, tho
~ kses, hon show IN ,he history q
the Ksn,ueky State Fair IL predicted.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-08-25
THREE c,s- OF MILK CARE

Dairy specialists have evolved
a simple little formula for the
care Of milk In the home, and
the same formula win apply %
kccplne milk anywhere IL Is
the rule q the '-Three CrS,~ the
-C's- standing for Clean and
COR, and 'rCOvered, Excel
lent rules for the dairyman ev,
erywhrrc. even though they were
written with the consumer II
the milk IN mind. That trSt rule
should he cns cr the cowkceper's
articles III faith, iae second enc
mcans wen fllci icchouse fOr
tho farm. aIa the third Nnd last
mons care and forethought.--
Farm rragrcss
New Britain herald., 1916-03-06

Washington D. C., March 6.-"The Armenian in his native land, for resi- dence in which he has suffered many centuries of most bitter persecution, is described in a bulletin issued hN the National Geographic society, whose data is based upon d communication to the society from Hester Donald son Jenkins, a longtime student of near eastern people.
 Armenia is not easy to bound at any period of hstory,' the writer be- gins. "but, roughly, it is the table land extending from the Caspian sea, nearly to the Mediterranean sea. It's limits have become utterly fluid the waves of cOnuucring Pcrsians and I}vza ntincs Arabs and I}omans Rus Sians and Turks have flowed and cbbed on it's shores until all lines are Obliteratcd. Armenia now is not state. not even d geographic unity, but merely a term for the region where the Armenians livc.'
 "Tne ancient kingdom of Armen- ia," a writer mentions. was larger than Greece and France combined, with five hundred thousand square miles of fertile tablcland, reaching from the Black sea and the Caucasus
 
 land is fertile, rugged and beautiful, including endless acres Of fine graz ing land and excellent agricultural soils, which produces grapes, wheat, Indian corn. barley, oats, cotton, rice tobacco, and sugar. Besides these, all the vegetables that we know in America arc grown there, together with such fruit sorts Hs quinces, april cots, ncctarincs. peaches, apples, pears, and plums. Two melons in this country arc said to be a camcl's load. Armcnia's exports are silk and cotton, hides and leather. wine. dried fruits raisins, tobacco, drugs and dye stuffs. In mineral wealth, too, their land is rich Gold, silver. copper and iron are present in stores, but the Turkish government has never al- lowed their exploitation
 Armenian civilization i~ not o brief one dating back to Mayflowcr or even Norman conquest" Miss JCn- kins says, "but one that is almost CO., tcrrninOus with recorded history; and every Armenian feels. behind him the vast antiquity, giving him personal dignity and great national pride. They begin. their history with the Garden of Eden, which they claim was in Armenia passing the claim on the naive statement that tho land is beau tiful enough to have CnCludcd Para disc. Their first recorded ancestors they find in tho book Of Genesis. Their church differs from the Greek church very little in creed, but unlike the Greeks the ArmCnians arc not theologically inclined and lay little stress on doctrine. They have al ways been however, deVotedlN trini tartan.
 'The Armenian church has been
New Britain herald., 1916-03-06
Armenia Lopely Enough
 70 Hape Shamed Paradise

. persecuted not only by Moslem and l Fire e-worshi Upper, but also by Rom an 1 and Greek: yet it is one of the beaut1- l ful characteristics of this ancient l churches that it never pcrsecutes ir it's turn. II fellowships with ali l churches. holding that Christianity means brotherhood through Jesus l Christ and gives no warrant for op- l prcsSiOn or anathema."
 'The appearance of this sOrely tried people, the writer continues, bears a remarkable resemblance to the He brew, definitly eastern, swarthy, heavy-haired, black eyed, with aquiI- inc features, and summing up in a much more oriental type than Turk, Slav, or Greek. The fates of these two peoples, also, has much in com mon. Both developed a remarkable strength of nationality and wonder full persistence of type and strong cohesiveness out of their generations of oppression and persecution Both are gifted with keen business in stincts, with a talent for languages, and with unusual power for cOncen> tratiOn. The best known Armenian towns are F,rzeroum, Kharput, a lit tie town 4,350 feet above the sea; Bit
 lS, not Tar rom van, V dll llS0ll, ON the beautiful blue lake of the same name Diarbekir Marash, near state lv Mt. Tarsus. Tarsus and Adana, in the same district of Cilicia, and Mar sovan. In all of these towns tho pop ulatior is largely Christian, partly Moslem, with enough armed Kurds to terrify. Over the frontier, within Russia Armenia lie Frivan and Etch- madzin. and Tirlis, which is largely Armenian.
 "Thc Armenian grievances are stat ed by Miss Jenkins as follows: "They may be divided into two classes; those which arise from the deliberate poll- cy of the governme ent, and those which arise from the weakness and inefiicicncy Of the government. TO the former class belong the massacres the poverishment of the peasantry by taxation. and the impunfty granted to the crimes of Kurds against Christ ians together with the disarminG Of the latter and the supplying of rifles to tae former. To the second class be- long disorders. utter failure of jus ticc. wretched and unsafe transporta- ton and brigandage.
 In the courts of justice the word of an Armenian will not be taken, an0 the Arm cnian peasant or trader has to pursue his calling knowing that he cannot travel freely. recognizing that he will be so heavily taxed that he can scarcely make a living. and when the struggles of the year are nearly over. perhaps the Kurds sweep down the mountains and seize his home for their winter shelter take his crops, ?nd even carry off his daughters. No Armenian's life, his property nor the honor of his women has been safe in Turkey for a century"
New Britain herald., 1916-03-06
The New Farmer.
(ROckVillC LCadCr.)

It used to be said q few years ago chat the county fair, as an institution was on the decline in the United States. But the county fair seems to hC "cOminG back' and coming back strong. The annual report of the County Fair Managers association, ] tust published, shows that 1915 was q banner year. There was hardly a 1 fair in the United States which did 1 not show a profit to the agriclturai l society or association which managed l it. And as to the state fairs they were record breakers. Kansas made ] the experiment of a free gatC,' and 1 the experiment was a success for in
 spite of almost continual rain the at 1 tendance was the largest in years. Several reasons arc given for the gen
 cral success of all fairs. The almost i universal use of the automobile and 1 the consequent case with which the 1 farmer and his family can get from
 one part of the country, see the fair ! and get back the same day is one
 reason advanced. But the real l reason, and the encouraging sign of
 modern trend is the fact that the
 farmer has awakened to the fact
 that the county fair can teach
 him something and he is eager to ! learn. The Old-faShiOnCd, bound | agriculturist, the "jaN' of the comic ! papers, the "haNseed' of the stage has ! disappeared and in his place has come | |; shrewd business man, alive to inn ! movements, willing to learn new and { better ways and ready to put modern | methods to the test. lie Is the pros ' porous farmer of today, the man the | banker is ready to back and the man who sees in the county fairs chance
 to learn something which will inn
 prove his condition in life.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-06
WHERE AMERICANS LIVE.

Where are to be found in the United aates today the purest strains of Hnerican citizenship? According to @shop Horner of North Carolina. if
 #mericans would be found in the Ap~ @alachian Mountain region of the putin. He contends that therein re-
 ales the real strain that of the a000,000 or more people living in
 sese mountains less than five per
 s mt. are foreign born, and they are aostly of Scotch-Irish ancestry. We the cities who brush elbows with ae motly crowds are too apt to for hackers of Georgia. the Tar Heels North Carolina, the Mountaineers
 Kentucky, and all those vast hordes big, rugged, ugh-and-ready men,
 se hunters and tribesmen, sturdy as saniel Boone, brave as Davy Crockett, 8ho, after all, are the real Americans,
 &e men who know but one country,
 #1o serve but one God and one Flag.
 s1ose are the men the United States
 Il ever look to for protection when
 aouble puts in it's appearance. Those e the men who, although they know bt the latest dictates of fashion, can
 loot straight and look any man in
 ge eye. Those .are merely some of Ee real Americans. There are others sho were born under foreign skies; lft who are Americans to the core lith these loyal souls standing side E side the United States need never
 Bar the outbursts of men who while ley live on this soil have at heart !! se interests of other nations. Amer 1 |ans are still living in America.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-06
The Position of tho Journal.

cG.)
 Two decades ago the staid sub = scribers of the stCady-going old "Rhodc Island Bible" could never have been convinced that it would ever become a storm center in IIu- ropean war Conservatism was the nal. But it has always been a good newspaper, too good d newspaper to stand still. So in tho course of it's progress came to it John R. RathOm, former British subject, trained news paper and war correspondent. thor oughbred newspaper maker. For several years past he has been the publisher and general manager of the newspaper
 MT. Rathom threw himself with all the Vigor of q hearty belief in the anti German cause into the buSi- ness of telling the public about this war It is told that one of his me thods of preparedness was the cuuipping of a bright and able young amateur wireless operator whom he discovered in the vicinity of PrONi- dence with an expensive and high powered wireless plant, From this source he has received many tips, which followed ont with the aid of ] his friends in London and Washing | ton have enabled him to get some | important exclusive stories, pract: cuarly bearing on German intrigue l in this country.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-06
Higher Trolley Fares.

The five cent piece or nickel, which has been our real standard of cur ! roncy for many years, seems to be doomed and will soon become a vic tim of that old bogic man the High Cost of Living.' Time was when all . 1&res on the steam railroad were 1iarked by the nickel and there were no odd pennies. That system has gone the way of other systems and today our fares are bothered by pennies.
 Up in Ma,ssa ChuSettS the traction companies are making a big fight to establish six cent and seven cent f;lres on the trolley lines and the matter is now being threshed out in the legislature. This question has already broken into this state as an appeal has been made by the Norwich and Westerly line to increase it's fares. The president of the road de- ciares that the nickel can no longer represent the standard fare because the expenses are so great that extra fare is necessary.
 He would have Zones established reducing the present fiVc-cent radius considerably and charging extra pen rics for extended trips That does not appeal, however, because 1t would make every patron of the road figure out his zones and cause a lot of Quib bling. If the fare must be increased let the six or seven cent fare be as t3lblished and end the matter.
 However in Massa chusetts they are cndeaVoring to combat the effort of the tramWay companies with some of the propaganda that caused the three-cent agitation in Cleveland and an expert from that city has been en-
 2aged to testify that there is no cN- : cusc for raising the ante While we , do not wish the roads to lost money
 we hope the time still far distant
 when the Mcridcn trolley company
 will propose increasing the fare.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-06

true sisters of mercy, so are these
 New Britain homes every day as true
 administering angels.
 The Visiting Nurses Association is
 primarily, and, in a broad sense, a
 charitable institution. Nurses are
 employed whose daily duty it is to
 go about the city relieving the sick
 and the distressed. The nurses themselves are reimbursed, but not in
 a manner commensurate with their
 services. Their patients range from
 the more comfortably fixed but ailinS
 people to those who are sick unto
 death and who, by force of circum-
 stances, have to make their homes
 in veritable novels. Yet in whatever
 homes, the methods of these nurses
 regular list of patients she visits. As
 more are called to her attention her
 list is augmented. At each visit sine
 performs such services as a trained
 nurse WOuIu SlNe were the pttlojlL able to employ one. The nurses
 personally receive no fees and
 for their services the association has no fixed rates. If patients feel able and arc inclined to pay for these visits they give what they choose. It may be ten cents, a quarter, maybe more; but more often it is nothing, for the simple reason that the work is principally among those who can not afford remuneration. Yet whether the patient pays or not the service is just as cheerful and just as complete.
 There arc in this city hundreds of homes visited every day, and there would be more such visits were the Nurses Association large enough There are homes where sick, tortured souls look forward daily to the visits of these we'll known figures seen trudging busily about the streets; the nurses with slate gray coats bearing sleeves. Truly, theirs is a great and good work and rather than that this organiza tion should decline or even re- main stationary when it's field is so broad and it's work so noble, would it not be a glorious thing to have a Visiting Nurses Tag Day, when pen 1ies, nickles, quarters halves, and ] dollars could be given over and the ; ionors feel gratified with the pure joy , ,f giving. This would be indeed a { work of mercy the more to be en- oyed because the helpers may daily l zee the results of their charity. If . here are to be any moro tag days let | uch one have the right of way over | III others.