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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-30

These cover crops should be so,.,
late summer after the trees have -. ~
the desirable amount of gro~ ss'
usually in August. The seed are ,o..
tered broadcast and worked into ~
soil at the last cultivation. Thav w.. %'
allowed to grow as much as thew ,aS
until the following spring when WV
are plowed under.
There are number of difYs,...
kinds Of successful cover crops sras
as buckwheat, oats, vetch, c,ov,.'
winter rye, winter wheat, field n.,'
and essex rape. These may be nss ss
singly or in combination. A good MA
is to use two kinds. one resistant -
front and one easily frozen. snob
combinations as buckwheat and win
ter rye, or oats and rye, or essex ran.
with winter rye would work success.
fully. The buckwheat would come y,
quickly thereby taking food away
from the trees to check their groV,b
The winter rye would come on SLOWLY
and when frost cut the buckwhe,,
NOulQ TAKE lis pace Remaining on tha
ground over winter. The vetches an
good but the seed are rather too ev,
pensive. The same is true of fold peas
Clovers may be used bu their grown
is slower and there will be less to
turn under in the spring.
Where any of these crops are usai
alone the quantity of seed sown should
be the same as when sown for a crop
in the open ground. Where combina.
tions are used little more than the
equal proportion Of each would be de.
sirable. Where two are used 90 pc,
cent of the amount of each WHERE
grown alone. Where three are used ~
pert cent Of each. This method would
add from . to dollars per acre to the
cost of the orchard each year but
would return profits in fruit many
fold.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-30
Suicide Of Geo. Brasdon, Wells.

George Bragdon. aged so. farmer "
Wells. hanged himself Tuesday mol =,
ing in the barn on the Albert sn', :
farm at The Elms. He had been .
poor health and respondent for son'
time. and early Tuesday morning "" W,
heard to say he would end his life. ~
had been working on the Geo. Lord laiD
since he sold his place. Medical Ls
aminer Dr. Charles F. Traynor OF DIV
deford decided it was a case OF 81,
eide. widow and son. Guy BrasoV
Of Andover, Mass, survive.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-30
A Card

We, the undersigned. do hereby agree
to refund the money on a 5o-cent bottle
Of Greenes Warranted Syrup Of Tar /.
it fails to cure your cough or cold. We
also guarantee a 25-cent bottle to prove
satisfactory or money refunded.
Bowditch- Webster Co., Jackson Bros.
B. E. Bither. C. H. Beane,
Arthur Tetreault, Willis r. Partridge
John Coughlin. Temple PHARMACY.
ieb1eod2moe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-30
PITTSTON

The following clipping from the cats
Li,,e ~. W Daily Mail will be of inter-
est to Pittston readers
RICHARD l.. FOSSETT
WILL LEAVE VILLAGE
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-30
COVER CROPS
BY B. S. Brown, Professor of Horticulture.

Following the highly valuable delivered recently
during held under ~
College Agriculture University Maine The enab
publish feels read.,
will find several, not
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-30
CE NSUS BUREAUS 1914
REPORT ON ARTIFICIAL |C[

The following table shows, for the
establishments engaged primarily IN
the manufacture Of ice in 1914 and IN
1909. the quantity and cost of am
monia used, the quantity and value Of
the ice manufactured. with separate
figures for can and Plate ice, and the
value of all other products.
Comparative Summary OF the Stats
tics of the Manufacture Of Ice in
the United States, 1914 and 1909.
Per
cent.
1914 1909 Of in.
crease,
1919.
lSil
Number Of estab-
liShmentS, l-.oio 4-'"1 s'
MATERIALS USED.
Ammonia, total a.,
Pounds ....... 5,4O59i. 3,4s6,2A 40
Cost ... sl,422196 s926,5O5 SIS
Pounds ... 1897, ss4 1,s7o,6as ~
Cost . Sl07,5I9 s95.fS III
. Tota, value, $50. $50, 23s s42, ,o55. rs
Total ice:
Tons (2.000 ~,
pounds) 80. lS,26o,4?2 l2,ti.'sa ~,
Value ......... 500, Z2i,-Sh So''oef'-0 '''
Can
Tons COCO
ncunds) ... 17.OS6.4N Ils11,5H ~
yaIue S5a,1l6, i57 s31,oS5, 533 ~
Plate
Tons (2.N0o
pounds) go. l.lI9.o2 'le'rs a.
Value ........ 3,loI.S59 s-o']''J' No
All other pro- ,.
ducts. Value. "a" s5'hS''S- o,'
Sin addition, in 1914. % estahhsfihe"'.,
engaged primarily in the manufacture o,
products other than ice. made 25e5,iS
tons of ice, valued at s7oS9759. and in ls ",
:33SS similar establishments made l'os--'
tons, valued at S.e49.I90.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-30

resigned on Tuesday evening, on accou''
of his removal from the village.
He will go to Albany with the oes'
wishes for his future success from MS
friends here.
Mr.. Fossett is the son of Mr. ana MT
Charles Fossett of Randolph. formerly VI
Pittston. Mrs Fossett is the daughs'
of Charles Berry of Gardiner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-30

Resigns from Knickerbocker Ice Co. to
Take Place in Albany.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-30

Mr.. Thornton of the North WhlteHe"
road moved recently to the Henry Mou'
ton house.
The Riverside Club met last week VIZ.
Mrs. McCobb The meeting this weeh "
with Mrs. Maggie Booker. =,
At the school committee meeting NV
last week the schools were assigned a
follows: Miss Bickford. No /; Miss Lis
tie, No. >: Mrs. Chapman, NO 81 N''
Fossett. No. 4: Miss Moulton, No. D. MS
Palmer, No. I: Miss Dow. No. 5: MI
Seekins, No. 8; Mrs. Fowles. No. 10; ME-
Cary. No. 10. Schools will comnleh''
April 3.
Miss Annie Duggan returned suhu''
from visit with friends in Boston
Mr.. and Mrs. John McIntire retu'ne'
Monday to Belfast after passing ~e'1
with Mrs. McIntires parents. MY DIV
Mrs. Eugene Fossett.
Mrs. Towne of Gardiner was caller
town Sunday.
Mr.. Dunton is the guest of his son JOE
in Wiscasset.
Miss Sarah Rollins, student OF "'
Gardiner high school. is passing her va
cation with friends in Madison.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-30
The Patterns

This lot contains all pattern
cloths, woven with complete
border on the four sides.
Round, square, oval and OBJ
long designs. We doubt if any
person in Augusta ever saw
such a large variety of choice
patterns. There are over 800
distinctly different designs in
this assortment of cloths.
FIND THE SIZE CLC
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-30
The Imperfections
WHAT YOU MAY
EXPECT TO FIND:

Keep this clearly in mind.
There is not a technically per-
feet piece in the lot. On the
other hand some of the i'm
PROJECTIONS are so slight as to
defy the closest inspection.
The damages consist of weav-
cr's and bleacher's imperfec-
tons. In other cases merely
a poor finish but in no case
anything that would prevent
a cloth giving years Of salts
factory service.
The sun., 1916-12-22
Ranking Support Appears.

Large blocks OF United States steel
common were taken by substantial Wall
street operators who were heavy sellers
n few days ago. while the same sort or
buying was reported In the attractive
oppcr Lacka wanna steel and the
equipment shares. Al times the selling
appeared TO have reached the point OF
exhaustion and at other times the .liaul-
dat!on was so acute that the best sort OF
banking support came into the market.
Banking support does not necessarily
mean that prices have reached bottom.
but II hoes mean that the substantial
interests have no intention OF permitting
the market to run into a panic or 70
reach the stage where investment owners
would become seriously alarmed over the
position of their holdings. There 's no
reason why investors should sell. This
ia "A speculative decline. with no rela-
tlon ito the actual worth OF real invest
ment securities.
The sun., 1916-12-22

Loan accounts Of Wall Street commits
sion houses have been heavily reduced in
recent days. not because OF an advers"
change In the position Of the money
market. hut because OF the enormous
Liquidation OF stock market accounts
which had been carried on borrowed
funds. The money situation has been
helped rather than weakened by the re-
adjustment Of stock market values 10 =
lower level. while Il has been further
strengthened by additional receipts Of
gold from Canada. Total imports OF the
precious metal since January !. inc!ud-
ing 10000 600 reported yesterday,
amour; 10 s6a6.7oo.o 00. In discussing
money conditions here after the war a
banker yesterday said that he thought
We might count upon generally tighter
rateS-ahout "A 6 per cent. basis, he
thought-becausc Of the tremendous
competition that should develop for capt
,al. both In this country and abroad.
incident TO what he said would he ac-
tive business here. and to the natural
rehabilitation OF industrial Europe,
The sun., 1916-12-22
GOSSIP OF WALL R E


Calls went out from brokerage houses
Wednesday night demanding more mar
gin ON speculative holdings. which In
cases practically amounted to the pur-
chase price of the stock. In some in
stances commission men announced to
their customers many issues upon which
they would accept no margin IN other
words. they would max no purchases
except for cash. But be Il said that al
though responses were poor from many
customers. there were some replies that
ordered the brokers to buy for cash the
stocks OIL the black list and to buy
others on margins which ran from 20 to
80 per cent. On the break yesterday
prices were So many points below the
recent high points that orders came to
commission houses from men OF great
wealth. bargain hunters who always
come into the market after successive
days OF declining quotations. One
broker said that in his opinion II was
not a market FOR the ordinary outside
operator. but one Of great opportunities
for men OF wealth.
The sun., 1916-12-22

holders doubtless will approve their ron
servatism. especially as out OF the roads
large earnings the directors ordered an
extra cash dividend OF 2 per cent.
making 10 per cent. for the year. The
idea that just because n company may
ave great surplus assets a heavy divi-
sion of them should be made to the
stockholders Ia unreasonable. Indeed.
such a theory Is unsound. particularly
In the case Of our railroads. which have
only recently emerged from one OF the
longest periods Of depression In their
history. Furthermore, while the out
look FOR heavy trafic for a long time
to conc IL promising. there are too
many uncertainties in the outlook. as
affecting the American rail %transporta-
ton business. to warrant moving away
from the ultra conservatism which the
greater number of railroads are exer.
cislng,
The sun., 1916-12-22
RAIL BONDS FIRM
AS OTHERS DROOP
Confident Investors Pick Up
Many Good Bargains in
Mortgage Issues.
FOREIGNS TEND HIGH
Industrials Move in Sympathy
With Stocks, and Re-
cord Losses
FOREIGNS TEND II

Prices for high grade railroad bonds
held firm In the face Of the panicky SELL
ing in the stock market. while both in
the Stock Exchange and over the
ter a volume Of business was transacted
which suggested confidence on the part
of investors and a disposition by opera
tors to pick up the offerings of some Of
the lower priced issues and the Indus
trial mortgages. which as n rule moved
to somewhat lower quotations. In the
bond houses there appeared to be no un-
easiness over the situation, and a de-
c!dedly easier tendency in prices was not
looked for except In the event of a dras-
tic change In the position Of money. of
which there was no indication.
Foreign Government bonds we're hrm
and generally higher in consequence Of
the growing conviction that the peace
ak nov I'm the air might lead to some
thing definite along the lines OF a cessa-
ton OF hostllities before the end OF an
other year II not sooner Anglo-French
5s closed up u, City OF Paris 6s were
up T.. United Kingdom 51,s OF 1919 ad-
vanced Il and the 5iss OF 1921, 4.
Among the industrial Issues which
moved in sympathy with stocks Ameri-
can Shelters Securities IS lost az Chile
Cooper Is. AZ Lackawanna Steel 5e.
81. and United states Steel sinking
fund 5s. y.
Chesapeake and Ohio convertible s.
were down ~ and the reorganization
issues generally were lower. with a .
point drop in Rock Island refunding IS
and "A az point drop In St. Louis and
IA Francisco adjustment SIS. Mercan-
tile Marine 6s lost q and marlborough
Rapid Transit refunding IS gained X.
Total sales amounted in par value to
s5,4l7,ooo. as compared with s4.211. 900
on Wednesday and N.5o,o0o a week
ago.
Quotations on Governments and sales
OF other bonds follow:
The sun., 1916-12-22
Three 100000 share Days,

The record for price movements on
5000, 600 share days In the Stock EN-
change stands at W to one in favor a.
the decline. The nrst day on record
when trading ran IN excess of 1000. 000
shares was Tuesday. April 40. 1901.
when stocks moved up violently under
active buying 81 the rails IN the basis
Of Increased dividend II merger talk,
rhc second 5000 600 day was on Thurs
day. May Q, 1901, the so-called Blue
Thursday panic, when stocks declined
within one hour froW . to 60 points
under the pressure Of selling based upon
the Northern Pacific corner. In yester-
days 1000. 900 share operations prices
went down from : to % points on n con-
tlnuation of the peace panic.
The sun., 1916-12-22
FINANCIAL NEWS
AND COMMENT
Quoted Values Fall Fast on
Wilson'S Peace Note and
. Lansing's Comment.
SALES 8,O86,O00 SHARES
Steel Near Par, While Indus.
trial Losses Generally Are
From 3 to 10 Points.

Efforts to bring about peace in war
despoiled Europe have for their basis
the ultimate sood Of mankind. but from
n study Of yesterdays chaotic stock mar
ket movements one might be pardoned
In reaching the conclusion that the ccs.
sation Of hostilities Is the last thing to
be desired.
The blessings Of hoped for peace. how.
ever. will multiply to the advantage OF
the future intrinsic worth Of American
now under way In the stock Exchange
And even after the current wave OF
liquidation has run it's course II vii, bs
found that the actual investment situa.
ton has not changed. but that there has
been n large transfer Of weakly held
speculative accounts to the hands oi
substantial financial interests who 70,
days ave been Sathering in at cheat
prices the securities which the public re.
Gently would have only at quotation,
from 10 to 80 points above yesterday
low levels.
1t was not strong selling that broke
prices yesterday. 1t a the weakest
sort OF liquidation accompanying opera
lions for the short count. that "a
gcstcd the movement for lower figures
was being as much overdone as was the
speculation for the rise OF recent weeks
when buyers insisted the market must
continue to move w without Interrupt
ton.
Tho talk was reversed yesterday
Spectators for the decline could sec
nothing but further heavy depreciation
In market values. and all because thu
financial community and the public were
beginning to figure upon the end OF the
war as a possibility for some time II
1917.
Commission house accounts. which
recently were strong but which had be
come weakened b. the consistent fan II
prices In the frst three days OF tn
week. were thrown over, IN few In
stances with any profit left and in mos
instances at losses. professional trader.
hammered the list almos. increasingly
especially in the industrlals. in whicl
maximum declines ran from 3 to II
points In the leading issues, using a.
their weapon the peace talk by Presi
dent wilson and subsequently to q
greater degree the supplementary state
ment by Secretary Lansing int'mat!ns
that with "A continuance OF the European
war the United States might be drawn
into the conflict.
The Street had a positive chill wher
II read the S~ecretary's remarks.
Out OF town liquidation was IN enor
nous volume. Selling came from nj
parts OF the country. a reflection OF which
was presented in the total dealings
I 3.Os6,00 boz shares. which for the first TINT
since 1901 and for the third time In thu
history Of the stock Exchange. ran II
excess OF 1000, 900 shares. Tn move
The sun., 1916-12-22

The gosha wk r. a hire That STRIPS 's
victim clean. The Wall Street goshawk.
which Is an accumulated and intensified
bear. has been stripping the public bulls
down 10 their horns. which have become
ineffective because OF the lack OF goring
power. The ~goshawk. however. has the
faculty OF devourinR Its food TO the
point where It generally dies from In
terror congestion. The Wall Street
goshawk appears to be travelling along
,hc same route. and II would not he sur
prisinr n he would fall a victim 10 his
own appetite through the appearance" on
the scene Of a SUPERIOR bird--the strong
banking interests.
The sun., 1916-12-22
METAL MARKET.

leading producers and dealers say that
the copper market has not been so duh for
eighteen months. There IL practically no
demand except for small lots, The nominal
quotations yesterday were 33,a TO sac. n
pound for first quarter. IS TO 3ysc, for
second quarter. aba TO 35c. for third quarter
and 3l,a TO 3sc. for the last three months Of
next year. Some moderate sales were made
in the less important circles at 3liac, for
January A lot OF copper has been disposed
of for delivery over February. March and
Anril nj H)isc
The sun., 1916-12-22
LONDON PRICES.
Hank Of England statement.

LONDON, Dec. el-weekiy statement OF
the Bank OF ENGLAND; Total reserve. de.
creased f2,oc6,OOO; circulation, Inc. H.,
2s7. 900: button. dec. f76s.i2+. other sscuri.
ties. inc. zeal 600, other deposits, dee.
IL isi, 900; public deposits. dec. rs, y3i, 900
notes reserve. dec, fi.s76.0oo: Government
securities unchanged. Proportion OF re.
serve 70 liability. 1905 per cent; las,
per cent.
The sun., 1916-12-22
Sells It's Marine Stocks,

Several months ago the American
International Corporation was reported
to have bought a large mount OF the
International Mercantile Marine stocks.
II was reported in well informed circles
Yesterday that n large proportion OF
the corporations marine holdings had
been liQuidatcd.
The sun., 1916-12-22
Gallery Of the Bears.

Wall Street has added to It's gallery ri
the greatest bears or record the names
Of Chancellor o Bethmann-Hollweg
Premier David Lloyd George. President
Woodrow Wilson and Secretary Of state
Robert Lansing.
The sun., 1916-12-22

ST, JOHNS, y F., Dec. :i-Increa.es
~ more than 1000, 900 In imports AMI
nearly 10000. 400 In oSports marked tho
foreign business OF Newfoundland FOR the
fiscal year ondci on June 80 last. Imports
were Sl6,t2' a36. exports sls.sG9, is3, as
against SIC, $50 7sG and sl3.i3GssO rrspec-
lively for Tn" previous year, Imports from
the United states amounted to t;,OgI,,79
And exports t-,5tO. COZ, both ropresentinp
large Increase Inability 10 obtain m.ai.s
artcies from Great Britain diverted a
lsIge part Of the trade to the United
The sun., 1916-12-22
TRUST AND SURETY COMpANIEA


PARIS, Dec. ?i.-weekly statement o,
the Hank OF France; Gold In hand, In
s,sse ,oo0f.. notes In circulation, Inc. lIs.-
zoo, O00f.. Treasury deposits. inc. +,G6,'-
""of %s"neral irposits,- ihy. l3s,aes, ooof .
dec, ~. $50. 000f,
The sun., 1916-12-22
Union Paciac's Conservation.

Wall street was disappointed because
the Union Pacific directors failed to
make a large distribution of assets to
the stockholders. az gossip IN certain
circles on Wednesday suggested. but the
The sun., 1916-12-22
PARIS MARKET.

PARIS. Doc. - -".u U" 90 O..
Enut," 'o'inN. ti', 20 r,'
franc 30 c'u'lW,. f.. ,.... A..
Iondon, ~ franz, >lls rrniIu.
per cent, loan. IS francs ~ centimes.
The sun., 1916-12-22

saes to-day. 3Os6 500 shares. Same day 1915. 6o1sOo. January l
ate, go 10000 Same period 1915. 16SI5S10O.
The sun., 1916-12-22

NStity Is 1855
1000. liza
NN,ity As 1850
registered
5000. 81. O0a
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-03

LOGICAL STEPS.
 Edith Smith Dairs, worlds and na- tional w. c. T. U. superintendent of scientific temperance instruction in public schools and colleges, says: The truth concerning temperance has been in a deep we'll for generations and there have been many logical steps that we have been forced to take in order to reach the water of truth. The first step is the scien- tific investigation which has shown the poisonous nature of alcohol. The second step demonstrates the effect of the poison upon various organs of the body. The third step makes clear the fact that alcohol has special af finity for the brain and therefore af- fects the moral character of man. The fourth step has proven that drug that affects the organs of the body and injures moral character must render less efficient the user of it, and, therefore, it's use becomes an economic problem. The fifth step places this experimental truth with all it's resultant conclusions in a form whereby the largest number of people may be instructed, that is, in text books containing scientific facts con corning alcohol. The sixth step is the placing of the facts in the school cur riculum and making the text books and the scientific charts part of public temperance education. The public school is the most democratic institution in the world and Is more than that; 1t is, as Dr. Newell D. Hills says, the machine which takes in all kinds of material and grinds 1t out made over into good American citi- zens.' In this fact we see the pos sibility of our reaching the final step to our goal.''
The Prescott daily news., 1916-03-03
GROWING ANIMALS ON THE
 FARM.
No. 4. Growing Beef Cattle.
By II. E. Dvorachek, Professor of Ami nal Husbandry, University of
 Arkansas.


 nal Husbandry, University of
 Arkansas.
 The growing of beef cattle has al. ways been at it's best where pasture Is plentiful, so that cattle can feed themselves good share of the time. Besides pastures, the growing of for. age crops is essential to cheap produc- ton. Of the forage crops the legumes are especially desirable The long pasture season on nutritious, native grasses and the adaptibility of Ar kansas conditions to the growing of legumes should make the production of beef cattle profitable.
 The proper wintering of the beef COW Is an important matter. The prac- tice of allowing the COW to rough it through the winter without any pro- vision of feed by the owner is utterly wrong. An unthrifty condition Is bound to result and the COW comes out Of the winter too thin, in many cases, to give birth to a strong calf. much less provide an abundant flow of milk which is so necessary to start the calf off right, and keep it growing until it is old enough to util. ize pasture. The ration for breeding cows need not be expensive In fact, If silage can be provided, and there Is no reason why it cannot, on large majority of Arkansas farms. and some dried roughage, preferably one of the legumes, can be given, no grain will be necessary to bring cows out in the spring in splendid condition. If the dried roughage must be such crops as the sOrghums, Sudan grass, or na- tive grasses, a few pounds of cotton seed meal will supply the protein re, quirement very cheaply.
 If the calf is given plenty of milk by the COW on pasture, and pastures are abundant, it should come in in the fall at weaning time in excellent condition, and from early spring calv- ing, should weigh between four and five hundred pounds. The first win ter is the critical time in the life of a beef calf. At weaning time it should be eating sufficiently well so that the loss of milk will work little hardship. Instead of the common practice of let ting such weanlings go through the winter trying to make an existence on some poor unpalatable dried roughage, 1t will be found economical to feed quite literally on a more wholesome ration. Where calves are roughed through, they generally lose as much as a hundred pounds In weight. which