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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-02-29

be gained.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-07-06
PURE WATER SUPPLY
IS VERY IMPORTANT
Difficult Problem on Many Hog
Farms During Summer-Run.
ming Stream Desirable.

Providing plentiful supply Of pure
water is difficult problem on many
hog farms during the summer. A run
ming stream in the yard Is very desir-
able, provided there is no danger from
contamination upstream. Under no
circumstances should hogs be kept in
yards or pastures that contain large
stream that flows through other hog
yards or pastures upstream.
In supplying drinking water for the
animals, care should be taken to keep
the supply clean and wholesome. There
are several ingenious devices which
are cheap and efficient. These may
be attached to pipe line or to stock
tank or barrel. They are fitted with q
float which regulates the supply Of
water in the drinking vessel. The
drinking vessel is small, and does not
admit of the hogs getting their feet In
to 1t. II barrel Is used 1t is advisable
to add small handful of lime to the
water, to prevent 1t becoming stagnant
when heated by the sun. Foul water
is unfit for hogs, and makes them sus-
ceptible to infectious and contagious
diseases and ailments.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-07-06
KANSAS WHEAT is FLOODED
Phenomenal Rains Threaten to Ruin
Crop in Vicinity Of Hutchinson
Railroads Suffer, Too.

Probably 800 yards of railroad track
was washed out and whole fields lie
undated by an additional rainfall Of
four. inches at Hutchinson. In less
than month there has been more
than ten inches of rain In Hutchinson
and vicinity. The official figures for
precipitation in Hutchinson since Mag
"a are 9.53 inches, but the rain has
been much heavier elsewhere in the
county.
The Arkansas Valley Interurban
railway, between Hutchinson and
Wichita, was forced to suspend serv.
ice when 300 feet of track was carried
away ubout five miles east of Hutchin-
son. Both the Missouri Pacific and
Santa Fe had washouts near there,
and service was impaired. Large sec
tions Of Hutchinson were under water
and four-foot rise was coming down
the Arkansas river, threatening to In
undate the entire city. The water was
higher than at the highest stage of
the 1908 flood.
In some wheat fields near Hutchln-
son the grain is not visible. The
whole county is continuous quag-
mire, and three weeks of successive
hot days is all that will save the
wheat crop from total ruin, farmers
say.
Heavy rains north of Wichita have
caused the second high water of the
month. Enormous crop damage is re-
ported. Roy Zimmerman. %, far
mer boy, lost his life when he at
tempted to swim slough swollen
with flood water. Both Big and Lit
tie Arkansas rivers were rising rapid
ly and the United States weather bu-
reau warned people in the lowlands
to seek higher ground.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-07-06
INSECTS THAT PREY
ON THE APPLE TREE
There Are 176 Different Varieties
Capable Of Making Them
Entirely FruitIesS.

It's almost miracle that we have
any apples at all, for there are 176 diff
ferent varieties of insects which at
tack apple trees and are capable Of
making them fruitless. To fight this
horde Of pests the apple-producing
states spend as much as 100000 a
year for spraying trees, remarks Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
Scientists now say, however, that 1t
would be much better II fruit growers
spent less money in covering their
trees with poison and did more to en-.
courage birds to make their homes in
the orchards. Birds devour almost
every kind of insect which threatens
fruit, and enough birds will accom-
plish wonders in freeing orchards from
this danger.
Farmers often object to birds, be-
cause they eat so much fruit. There
are, however, numerous ways in which
the amount of fruit birds destroy can
be made trivial compared with the
number Of insects they eat.
Robins, for instance, are extremely
fond of cherries. But they will leave
the cherry trees quite neglected II one
or two trees Of Russian mulberries,
which ripen at the same time as cher
ries, are placed within reach.
Other things which will retain the
robins useful services as a forager
without any serious loss OF valuable
fruit are chokeberries, holly, elder,
sour gum. shadeberries, wild cherries,
wild grapes, greenbrier and smilax.
The planting Of some such trees and
shrubs in the vicinity OF orchards
serves a double purpose. 1t furnishes
food for the birds and makes them
more inclined TO make their homes in
the orchards. One reason why birds
often avoid orchards is because the
shrubbery has been cut away and they
can find no suitable nesting places.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-07-06

ly distributed over every ton Of dry
fodder cut into silage.
The conclusions of the college de-
rived from filling three small silos at
different dates, and with the addi-
ton Of different amounts of water,
agree closely with the opinions of the
farmers who had used such silage,
and may be summarized by saying
that ~ the feed was satisfactory and
more palatable than the shock corn,
(2) such silage is not equal to that
made by putting in the corn at the
proper stage in the fall, (3) such re-
filling prevents the loss in feeding
value, which occurs when the fodder
is left in the shock; (4) silage ia more
convenient than shock fodder to feed,
and ~ the stalk is more completely
eaten.
One Of the farmers who have had ex-
perience says: Il would recommend
putting shock corn in the silo any time
up to February, believing It to be
much more valuable as silage than
when fed to cattle from the she ok. l
prefer putting 1t in the silo Ut the
proper stage, however" Another farm
er writes: I'VE filled a silo in the mid
die Of the winter Supplied the wa
ter with hose in the silo. Water
was taken up rapidly. Silage became
very hot in "a hours. The silage was
in fine condition when fed. Stock ate
the silage practically as well as fresh
corn silage. Better to fill one silo
three times than to build two or three,
especially on account Of the greater
facility in getting help"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-07-06
PROFIT IN FARMING
FIGURED BY YIELD
True Measure Of Production Is
Net Profit Per Acre Rather
Than Gross Yield.

Yield per acre Is usually taken AZ
the measure Of profitable production in
farming. A low yield means a small
profit or loss and high yield means
a large profit. But this is not neces.
sarily true, as the cost Of production
may be out Of proportion to the value
Of the bumper crop. For example,
Europe produces high yields per acre
but small profits per man. The meas.
ure of good farming In America il
profit per man rather than yield per
acre. AS the yield per acre is in.
creased beyond certain normal, the
cost per bushel, on the average, will
be increased, though In individual
cases or during short periods Of time
the reverse may be true. The true
measure Of production is net profit
per acre rather than Gross yield.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-07-06

by C. II. ECKLES, Missouri Agricul-
tural Experiment Station.)
Dry corn fodder may be put into the
silo any time during the fall or win
ter with good results, although it is
better to put it in at the proper stage,
according to the results obtained at
the Missouri station. 1t Is very diff
cult to make silage in the winter time
on farms which do not have water sys-
TENS, which makes it easy to add a
ton of water for every ton of silage.
It will not do to rely upon supplying
the water through the cutter, as only
about third enough can be added in
this way. No better results are OBJ
tanned IL the water Is poured on the
top after the filling has been COM
pleted. Channels form and drain the
upper portion of the silo, leaving most
of the fodder dry. There is little dan
ger of adding too much water, but Of
course 1t makes unnecessary work.
OF ten or twelve farmers who made
silage from shock corn and furnished
samples for analysis, one who added
apparently too little water says: "The
silage was good at first, but got drier
and drier toward the bottom" In a
number of cases the silage nodded,
and in every such case it was found
that too little water had been added.
II the filling is done during wet wealth
er. the fodder may be SO damp that
less need be added, but the only way
to be sure of getting good results Is
to measure the amount Of water
sprayed on by the hose per minute and
adjust the hose and the cutter in such
O way that a ton Of water will be even
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-07-06
MaIe Bird Tor RreedInu.

Now is a good time to look around
for the male bird you wish to put at
the head of next years breeding pen.
Some care should be exercised in max
ing such selection as upon the head
of the pen depends much of next sea-
sons success.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-07-06
Bank lin caIarx PInnta.

Bank up the celery plants with
earth in order to get them to blanch.
Earth is said to be better for late cell
eS7 than boards.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-07-06
A Typical Story From the Pen
Of a Great Writer Of
American Fiction

Cartwright is willing to bar
gain with his conscience
when profit is in sight. He
tries to interest Brouillard,
the government engineer
in charge Of the irrigation
work. in various shady
propositions that would be
mutually profitable.
Of course there is a girl In
the case who comes into
the breach when Brouillard
is about to surrender his
honor and together they
eventually succeed in
beating the villain"
This. in a nutshell is the
plot Of the new serial,
1.-The City Of Numbered Days"
about to appear IN these
columns. All the way
through there is lots ofaction
and excitement.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-07-06

Pioneer Woman Dead.-Mrs. Cece-
Ala d. Towne is dead at her home in
lawrence. Her late husband, Hiram
Towne. built the first Ridenour-B Baker
warehouse In Kansas City. Mrs.
Towno hsd lived there forty years.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-07-06

Mrs. 6uIIene Dead--Mrs. Susan
Read Bullene, widow of the late La
throp Bullene, pioneer Kansas mer-
chant and one Of the founders of the
Emery, Bird Thayer Dry Goods COM
pany in Kansas City is dead at Elm
Park place, the family home in Law
renee. She was SO years old.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-07-06
The City Of
Numbered
Days ,,... 2 .,...

You would hardly imagine
that a valley. soon to be
flooded as a result of a big
government irrigation prof.
ect. would be selected as
the site Of a boom city.
But ]. Wesley Cartwright, a
prominent capitalist, saw
millions Of money in the
future by starting the mush-
room town Of Mirapolis.
building plants for the pro-
duction of construction ma
terial at the site Of the dam
and selling the products to
the government.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-07-06

Women Jurors Soon Agree = Will
sons first women's jury spent just FIVE
minutes in convicting travelling rep
resentative of brewery who was TAX
ing orders for beer in the village. The
Jurors are all married, but deny the
charge that their husbands had or
dered wet goods from the salesman.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-07-06

Would Censor Street Shows A
campaign against itinerant street
shows which ply their trade in the
smaller Kansas towns has been start
ed by Prof. William A. McKeever,
head of the department Of child well
fare at the University of Kansas.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-07-06

Leavenworth Merchant Dead = MI.
chael H. Barlow, wholesale cigar
merchant, died at Leavenworth after
a long illness. He was 81 years old
and was reared there. He got his
start in business selling papers and
eighteen years ago became agent here
for The Kansas City Star. Later he
opened cigar stand in the National
Hotel in connection with his news
venture.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-07-06

Fathehr .and Son .EnIist.-The
neighbors will have to harvest Albert
Ferguson's wheat as result Of the
mobilization of the X. N. G. Fergu-
son and his two sons were at work in
their wheat field near Minneapolis
when they heard Of the mobilization.
order. The three Immediately stopped
work and walked to Minneapolis,
where they enlisted.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-07-06

Rock Pile For Hoboes-Caldwell has
solved the l. w. w. and transient har-
vest hand problem after year hen
the waiting harvesters overran the
town and the citizenry was compelled
to arm and send two hundred of them
out Of town on freight train. The
mayor keeps special officer in the
railroad yards and all "floaters" are
shunted on unless they care to break
rock for their meals. The city has a
rock pile, and box Of broken stones
is the price Of a meal.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-07-06

Father and Sons EnIist.-The
Fourth District Editors Association
held its annual meeting in Emporia
the other day. The editors talked
SHOP" barring politics. twenty-five
editors were present. w. c. Austin
of the Chase County Leader, was
elected president for next year and
Austin Terrence Of the Lebo Star
secretary.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-07-06

Convict Inherits Fortune.-Wilbur
Hanley has come into a fortune, but
he must wait until he has served a
term in the Kansas state penitentiary
for forgery before he can get It. Han.
ley, under the name Of J. H. Kallem,
was sent to the Hutchinson reforma-
tory for forgery, but later transferred
to the Lansing prison.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-07-06

Wyandotte Has Added 2,oo1.-The
population of Wyandotte county has
increased 2,OO1 over last year. The
reports Of the county assessor show
Kansas City, Kan, in 1915, had 1920;
in 1916, 92,29O; Rosedale in 1915 had
1892, and this year 1t is 1928; Bonner
Springs in 1915 had 1,542, this year
1920. The total county population
this year is 1880 and last year was
111,129.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-07-06

Aged Woman Dead.-Mrs. Edward
Rayne, 20 years old, is dead at Gar
nett. She had been resident Of An
derson county more than thirty years.
Otis Rayne Of Kansas City is her son.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-02-18
BEST TIME FOR THE CALVES
Autumn 10 Favored on Account OF
Slack Work Around Farm--Dan.
ger OF Securing Is Less.

Calves may bo reared better and
more economically when they come in
the autumn rather than In the spring
and yet this style Of breeding which
had something OF vogue 90 years ago
IL stili tagging In the winter season
the boys have ample time to attend 10
the calves and can give every atten'
ton to the amount of each kind OF food
required to keep them humping along
When calves are raised essentially
on skim milk and adjuncts. the chief
danger is that they may be more or
less affected with indigestion Now
when the calves are on dry food such
AS Is given to them in the winter sea.
son this trouble is reduced to mini.
mum II skim milk Is fed In large
quantities and some tlaxseed meal IL
ted at the same time when the calves
arc OH suetu'vnt pastures. II IL aiuR'st
Impossible to prevent than from scour'
Ing.
In winter when on dry foods this
danger ia much less imminent The
calves may he carried through the
wtuter In good torn and they are Wig
orous animals, II properly FED, when
the pastures are ready In the spring
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-02-18
GUERNSEY GAINING I'M FAVOR
Deep and Prolonged Milking osalitlsi
Make This Type Of Dairy Cow
Valuable Acquisition.

The average Guernsey COW win
weigh about 1000 pounds. With the
bulls weighing 200 to 300 pounds heav.
Ter. says the Agricuiturist The head
OF the Guernsey COW Is long. with q
slender neck. The body Ia large and
deep. showing ample capacity for dis.
posing Of roughage. The tanks are
thin. The muzzle OF the Guernsey
COW IL usually small, curved and wawy
and may show yellow at the base.
One OF the distinguishing characters
tics Of the Guernsey Ia the large Sc
erection OF yellow coloring matter in
the akin, showing particularly where
the hair ls white, as around the ears
and eyes and on the udder and tanks.
The Guernsey has no pronounced
weak points. The addition OF Guern-
sey blood In crossing with cows OF
mixed breeding will result in q high.
or milk f,ow and in richer milk. The
deep and prolonged milking qualities
OF the pure-bred Guernsey, together
with the adaptability TO the conditions
OF the average farm. make this type OF
dairy COW a formidable competitor 10
tho breeds which have q wider and
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-02-18
ASK IMPEACHMENT OF JUDGE.
Memphis Lawyers Want Removal Of
Judge Jesse Edpinuton.

Memphis Adopting resolution OF.
fered by Attorney W II, Ftlhugh. the
law ers Of Memphis have gone on rec.
ord as fayoring an impeachment hear.
Ing on charges against Judge Jesse
Edgington OF the Shelby county Grim.
inal court. first division directing the
appointment OF committee TO take
the subject to the governor al Nash.
vile. and the appointment OF com.
lmit,ee to call on Judge Edgington to
ask that he step down from the bench
pending the outcome OF the proceed.
ings. and that the clerk Of the court
call a meeting OF the members OF the
bar 10 elect special Judge
The meeting OF lawyers was held 10
pass upon charges made against Judge
Edsingtou. accusing aim Of accepting
thousand dollar bride 10 liquor
case. His moral conduct was also at.
tackled. The lawyers committee, In re-
porting, declared that the comfpittee
found there was reason TO believe the
accusations were sufficient to justify
trial.
Judge Edgingtcn. replying to the &C.
ton OF the lawyers committee, de
clares that he welcomes full inves-
tigatfon,
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-02-18
REMOVING DOORS FROM MILK
Federal Investigators Have Dlscov
cred Method 70 Remove urpieas
ant Smells and Tastes.

A method has been discovered by
the federal investigators for removing
disagreeahlc odors and favcrs from
milk The taste caused by cows eat.
irg Wild onions or garlic can be re-
moved by blowing filtered and washed
air through the milk for thirty to
sixty minutes, according TO the
strength OF the flavor 10 be removed.
II is necessary to hea; the milk TO
a temperature OF AS degrees, as air
blown through cold milk In similar
manner does not remove the disagree
able Favor II also has tendency
10 turn the fat into butter II was
found that the enioa favor Is removed
more quickly when milk is heated 10
lto degrees, but this. tends to produce
a cooked taste and also reduces the
cream line In the case OF cream with
Havors or tAis Kind. the same method
can he used except that il requires a
slightly longer treatment The loss In
evaporation by using this methoj
amounts to two or three per cent.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-02-18
Fulton Mothers Now Treat
Children,s Colds Externally

soreness This double action makes
Nap-0- Rub really remarkable rem
edy for many forms OF inilamInatioBA
Either iDhammations Of the air pas
sagea, such AZ head colds, catarrh.
bronchitis, sore throat, or deep chest
colds, or iniiammations OF tho skin
tissues. such AZ burns. bruises, stlnga.
piles, feelings and muscular soreness.
II Is particularly recommended for
small children, an Il can DO used free
iy. with perfect safety, on the young
est member OF the family.
But let these Missouri mothers
speak for themselves, Mrs Bolton
writes--|I have used Vap-0Rub on
baby for bad colds, Results were e.
cellent. find II better than any In
ternai medicine ] ever used"
Nrs. Pugh's experience is--'I tried
your vapORub ON three OF my chill
dren for bronchitis They would cough
so hard at night | could not sleep 40
would get up and rub their threats
and chests with VapO-Huh and they
seldom coughed any more that Eight.
and after had kept II up for several
nights they stopped coughing. ] be-
lieve 1t 10 better than taking so much
medicine internally" Three sizes.
PIC Inc ar Al 90 Al ALI drnFgiRta
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-02-18
OVER TAE STATE EPiToMtZED

h Osborne. "a popular citizen OF
Ciarksvi4e. desiring 10 assist tho
Young people in getting married daf
ing leap year, has proposed TO fir.
IRISH the license and perform the cere-
IRONY free for every couple that ap.
plies and has proof TIA; the groom
has received proposition from the
bride
Sam Erwin. clerk and master Of the
Hamilton county chaaeery court has
raid into the county judges Office
81 $50 rs unclaimed witnesses fees for
9 Eumbsr os years.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-02-18
COMMISSION TO SELECT SITE
FoR STATE INSTITUTION Will
MEET FEa. H.
Pension Examiners Submit Their Re-
pert TO tire State Comptroller
Many Widows Are Also
Added--stats kswa.
Nashville.


At the request OF Columbia the
commission appointed by Gov. Rye to
select o site for the vocational 1chool
for girls has postponed action until
February lss On that date the mat.
ter OF location will be finally settled.
Columbia desires more time TO make
a proposition TO the board on the part
CT Maury county
The members Of the board, all OF
whom were present at the meeting.
were; Mrs, Alex Caldwell and Mrs.
Geo. w. Donney, w, q. Brown. F, N.
0gleshy and r. r. Creighton. Mrs
Dennsy is from Knoxville. Mr. 0gleshy
from Brownsville and the others from
Nashville,
Those making arguments for the
various cities were 5. T.. Hunt, for
White Bluff: Senator ]. w. G. church
and John W. Frye for Columbia, and
Chas. Mulberry. OF Cleveland
White Blur offered l75 acres OF land
on the n, c. 4 81, l.. railway. while
Cleveland offered l25 acres OF land
ar automobile, a dozen mich cows.
one hundred chickens and free power
and fire protection.
aia-rtxstwE sax sssssz3y> ss~cssat@a
It's claims to the board. No other
cities save those named, have as yet
made bids for the place.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-02-18

An important opinion OF general In
terest was rendered by Justice Bu
chanan of the supreme court In the
case OF Mary Waite VS. City Of Nash
vile. holding that under the act Of
1913 no suit for damages FOR personal
injuries can be brought against any
city government unless the city is
given notice OF the accident within %
days thereafter in the manner provided
In the statute The purpose Of the
statute Was stated to be 20 protect
the cities against such suits Of which
II had no knowledge Until too late 10
make A thorough investigation.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-02-18
KNOXVILLE WANTS
DEMOCRATIC MEET
Hir 10 MADE Nv EAST TENNESSEE
METROPOLIS FOR STATE
CONVENTION.
CHATTANOOGA HEARS WOOD
v. q. Army Hssd Makes Plea for Pre-.
parednsss and Training Camp De-
fore 1000 Hearsrs-
Over Tennessee.

knexvslle. George p Gaut. chair
man OF the convention committee Of
the Board Of Commerce. has Issued
statement in which he has set forth
the fact tina, Knoxville ie very an,
bilious TO entertain the 1916 Demo
cratic state convention. He states
that his committee viii guarantee
bonus OF not less than $500 in easn
ard viii also furnish without cost to
the state committee suitable audi
torium and plenty OF Ice water. He
also makes the statement tina, Nash
vile has heretofore given neither the
state Democratic convention nor the
committee any financial aid whatso.
ever.