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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20

There are some preachers whose
study cushions need half-soling more
than their shoes.
I can't see how people. when they
can't go down the line with the gang
any more, can come around and offer
their old carcasses to God.
The man who gives his wife a 10
cent pincushion for Christmas to show
how much he loves her is a geezer
that the devils stuck on.
If there's a better way OF serving
God than we're doing it now, let's find
it out and do it the best way.
If we all knew what everybody said
about US there wouldn't be four people
in the world who'd have a friend.
When the Lord gets all there is in
you 1 tell you the devil is welcome to
what's left.
If were some mems wives, would
refuse to clean their spittoons. Let
every hog clean his own trough.
If the people viii set out to do Gods
viii, the devil viii be in the hospital
before the Fourth of July.
If there's anybody have no use for,
It's the tsbaccochewing preacher.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20
BILLY SUNDAYISMs

The doctrine of future probation
crawled out of the darkest pit of hell;
the man who breaches it breaches a
lie.
If some of you old gossiping men
would stay at home and run the
wringer on wash day your wife would
not get into her coffin so soon.
1t makes me sick to see woman
hugging a dog.
Some of the greatest devils this side
of perdition are in the church.
To perdition with your salvation by
character; with that you become your
own savior.
The devil plumes himself as dove
OF light; if he was in plain sight he
wouldn't deceive anyone but fool.
The man who fights the church is
so low down he'd have to take an air
ship to get look into hell
I've no gumshoe methods. 1 live as
I preach and when ] fail to do that
I'll leave the platform.
LIDO not believe in church unity and
I do not believe IN denominations =
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20
CBy c. W. HICKMAN. Idaho Expert
ment Station-)

By c. W. HICKMAN. Idaho Expert
ment StatiOn-)
The success of the prosperous hog
breeder is due to the wise selection
Of the brood SOW
In selection OF the individual ami
NAL, there are a few points to con-
slider. In general appearance, the SOW
should be fairly low set, good length,
good constitution, deep bodied, strong
back and symmetrical throughout. She
should stand square on strong feet
and legs. Her head should be re-
fined, indicating quality and present
a feminine Cbreedy) appearance. The
shoulders should be broad, deep,
smooth on top and well feshed. The
back should be strong, slightly arched
and with well-sprung ribs. The loin
should be wide, thick and strong The
sides should be long, deep and smooth,
free from wrinkles. The rump should
be broad and well carried out, (nOt
too drooping). The hams should be
wide, deep and well filed down to the
hooks. The legs should be straight
and have quality and substance CON-
bined.
Other things besides individuality
must be considered One of the most
important characters of the brood SOW
is fecundity, that is, the bearing OF
large filters. 1t costs Just as much
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20
Strong, Healthy and Vigorous Bunch of Hogs.

to winter a brood. SOW that produces
three or four pigs in the spring as it
does to winter one that will produce
eight or nine. In selecting the brood
SOW, it is well to select those from
large filters and whose mothers and
grandmothers were from large htters.
After the first crop OF pigs are
weaned, the poor mothers and the
sows that produced small, -runty lit
tiers should be culIed out and sent to
the butcher.
Good sows improve for q number OF
years in the number and size of pigs
they produce to the litter. At the Wis
consin experiment station, yearling
sows averaged rs pigs per litter with
an average weight of 14-2 pounds per
litter, while sows from four to five
years old averaged nine pigs per litter,
with an average weight of 20 pounds
per litter. The United States depart
ment Of agriculture compiled the rec
ords OF over six thousand sows and
found that yearling sows averaged
6.65 pigs per litter and fve-year-old
sows averaged "a pigs per litter.
The practice OF some farmers sell.
| ing their old brood sows each year
| and replacing them with immature
ones is a bad one, as the older sows
| are better mothers and produce larger
and stronger filters.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20
VALUE OF RYE AS A
FEED FOR THE COWS
Composition Is Almost Identical
With That of Corn in Car
bohydrate Content.

Concerning the value Of rye as a
feed for dairy COWS, Prof. R. E. Cald-
wall of the dairy department at Pur-
due says: Ground rye as a feed
for dairy COWS, has received very lit
tie attention in this state, due to its
limited production. The composition
of this material is almost identical
with that of corn, especially, in re-
spect to its carbohydrate content Ex-
detrimental results in the feeding Of
rye to dairy COWS indicate that it is
not entirely equal to ground corn, al
though under average conditions, it
may be substituted for corn pound for
pound with very fair results. In using
this material, would suggest the fol
lowing alternative:
Ration 1. Ground corn, parts by
weight; wheat bran or ground oats, 2
parts by weight; cottOnseed meal, I
part by weight.
Ration 2. Ground rye, 4 parts by
weight; wheat bran or ground oats,
parts by weight; cottOnseed meal,
1 part by weight.
+Of the above grain mixtures, feed
1 pound for each or 311A pounds OF
average testing a per cent? milk pro-
duced. In case crushed corn (coTn
and cobmea) are used, use parts
by weight, instead Of 4 as above indi
Gated for ground corn
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20
USING TRACTOR ON
VERY SMALL FARMS
Good Return Can Be Made on In
VeStment Where Machine Dis
places Three Horses.
Ry L W. DICRERSON. Illinois Experf.

(By L W. DICKERSON. Illinois Expert
ment Station-)
Where a Well-built tractor costing
less than $1,000 will displace three
good work horses, think it can cas-
lily be made to pay a good return on
the investment.
It is really a matter Of balancing
the cost Of keeping and operating the
three horses displaced. At the same
time, the work for which it is adapt
ed can be done better and in better
season 1t should be kept in mind,
however, that the matter of success
or failure Of tractor operation lies
largely in the farmer himself and his
ability and willingness to master the
details Of operation.
In general, 1 lave not advocated
very strongly the use Of a tractor on
a quarter section farm, as I think in
many cases its economy would be
doubtful. Where the three or four
year rotation is followed the amount
of blowing, disking and pulverizing
in any season will not be very great !;
and unless the farmer has some belt
work OF ensilage cutting, corn she'll
ing, thrashing grain, food grinding,
eleTating etc, a tractor may not pay.
There is no doubt that two such farms
together could find plenty OF the prop
er work to justify such q tractor.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20
FLOWING LAND FOR
OATS NOT FAVORED
Greater Yields Obtained at Ohio
Station by DiSking-DoeSn't
Pay to Clean Seed.

Does 1t pay to pillow ground for oats
and to clean the seed for this CROP
The Ohio station says that farmers
are frequently misled by such prac-
tees Six years results at the state
experiment station show that disked
land has given greater yields than
ploEed soil. and the cost OF preparing
the seed bed has been much less The
only objection TO disEing is on land
where weeds are unusually abundant
or on exceptionally heavy soil
Cleaning seed oats to remove all
the small grains Il is said has like
wise been Improbable Yields are
increased so slightly by repeated
cleaning Of the oats IN a tanning mil
that the station advises only the re-
moval Of dirt, broken straw and weed
seeds IN the grain
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20
In WOnan's Realm
Frock Taeta Should by All Means Included in the Outfit
of the Girl Graduae-Danty Touches That May Be Achieved
by the Proper Selection of Pretty and Appropriate
NeckNear of Which There Is Fienty.

Quitting the girl graduate for the
closing Of her school days and for her
summertime occupations will certainly
include providing her with one pretty
frock OF taffeta. There is no end to
the variety in dresses of this kind, but
among them all none more suited to
a young girl could be found than the
simple. cOol-looking and graceful
model which is shown in the picture.
The straight-hanging skirt is merely
four lengths of the silk stitched to-
gether and hemmed. It is gathered
with a narrow waistband. Two bands
of taffeta, about four inches wide, are
cut on the straight of the goods and
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20
TO INSURE HEALTH
AND THRIFT IN HOGS
Mixture of Wood Ashes, Lime,
Copper Sulphate, Salt and
Sulphur Is Favored.

To guard against worms and to in
sure general health and thrift in hogs.
W. H. Peters Of the North Dakota
experiment station recommends the
following:
Mix thoroughly two bushels Of wood
ashes or pulverized charcoal, one
peck air-zlacked lime, one gallon pull
verified copper sulphate, one quart OF
salt and one pint flowers Of sulphur.
The best way to feed this is to
place it in q box where the hogs can
get at it any time, as they only eat
what is good for them 1t can also
be fed TO them once a week In case
this is more convenient than to keep
it where the hogs have continual &C
cess to It
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20

side turned out, and afterward they
are turned down so that only one
edge is sewed to the skirt; the lower
edge is free. They serve to hold the
skirt out from the figure, as fashion
demands, as well as to ornament it.
To add the charm of daintiness to
the toilette, or to make a plain blouse
or dress more attractive, or merely
to provide a careful and pretty finish,
is the mission OF neckweer.
Colored organizes in light tones and
tints are used in conjunction with
white in borders and frills.
For little capes like that shown in
the picture both white and colored or
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20
He Knew.

The children's Sunday school class
was studying a lesson on The Lame
Man Healed" Little flve-year-Old
Arthur was especially attentive. The
teacher was so pleased that a subject
Of that kind should make such an ap-
peal to his sympathies. And yet she
was a little puzzled over his breath
less expectancy. When he reached
home his father asked:
Arthur, what did you learn today2"
Our lesson"
But what was your 1esson?"
well, I know all right"
Then what was it about?"
THE lame mans heel"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20

Mother" said Johnnie, where did
you come from before you lived in St
Louis?''
81 came from Norway, far across
the sea- said his mother.
And where did 1 come from?" he
asked
Why you were born here" said his
mother, ''and have always lived here.
Mother was only a little girl when
she came from Norway"
Now that's Just my luck" said
Johnnie. Leaving me here while you
went of to Norway You never do
let me go any place with you"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20
GLASS OF WATER
Upset Her.

People who don't know about food
should never be allowed to feed per
sons with weak stomachs.
Sometime ago a young woman who
lives IN Ne. had an attack Of scarlet
fever, and when convalescing was per
mitted TO eat anything she wanted
Indiscriminate feeding soon put her
back in bed with severe stomach and
kidney trouble
There 1 stayed" she says. "thres
months, with my stomach in such con-
dition that could take only few tea
spOonfuis Of milk or beef Juice at q
time Finally Grape-Nuts was brought
TO my attention and asked my doc
tor If I might eat It He said, yes
and I commenced at once.
THE food did me good from the
start and 1 was soon out Of bed and re-
covered from the stomach trouble I
have gained ten pounds and am able
to do all household duties. some days
sitting down only long enough to eat
my meals. I can eat anything that
one ought to eat, but I still continue
to eat Grape-Nuts at breakfast and
supper and like it better every day.
Considering that I could stand only
q short time, and that q glass II water
seemed so heavy am fully satisfied
that Grape-NUts has been everything
to ne and that my return to health
Is due TO It
81 have told several friends having
nervous or stomach trouble what
Grape-Nuts did for ne snd IN every
case they speak highly Of the food
There's q Reason Name given
by Postum Co., BsEfle Greek. Mich
Ever rad <he ahare Ie1eeE9 AEeW
enc auRear8 fE0R tine 60 t1Eles hey
are @1au11e, E1ss 1EG 4u1 g EEZEE
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20

edged with a narrow ruf1e of the silk.
This edging is set on to the band
with small piping and is cut on the
bias of the silk.
A plain u1derbodice Of chiffon or
crepe has long easy-fitting coat
sleeves. The skeleton overbodice is
narrowed at the back and front ex-
cept about the waistline, where the
back is joined to the front pieces. 1t
blouses little and is fulled into the
belt at the front. There is a wide
crushed girdle of the silk, and a
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20
Smart Accessories.

Nothing will give the street COS
tune such compelling smartness as
new boots, new gloves and q new veil.
Even last years tailleur win pass mus
ter If correctly equipped with modish
accessories. Not not wait for warm
enough weather to make pumps COM
Portable and safe; invest this month
in the smartest pair. OF buttoned boots
you can find. They win give incalcul-
able style TO your street costume. You
Will need fresh gloves also OF glazed
kid In bisQue or white. and your ven
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20

sash with two short standing loops and
two rounded ends is made Of it also.
1t conceals the fastening of the girdle
at the left side.
A net collar, edged with a narrow
plated friIl of double net, is extended
at the front to the waistline, forming
an edging for the fronts of the over
bodice. Very wide cuffs Of the net
are made to match the collar and ex-
tend little way over the hand. The
skirt is a little shorter than ankle
length The bands are machine
stitched to the skirt with their under
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20

candies are used. These capes prove
to be gems as accessories. Demure
and quiet looking as they are, they sue
coed in focusing attention on them
selves and are to be worn for outdoor
dress as well as in the house. They
are larger than the capes and cape
collars similar IN style but not in
tended for street wear. Plain borders
and hemstitching or plated friIls and
hemstitching finish them.
Rufus are made of malines for wear
with tailored or silk suits and often
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20
Thirsty Chicks.

Abnormal thirst In incubator chicks
is generally caused from keeping them
too long In a poorly ventilated and too
warm incubator. This seldom happens
in winter, but occasionally In hot
weather. To guard against this, keep
them from painting BY lowering the
temperature somewhat, and increasing
the ventilation.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20
BED CROSS SERVICE

Red Cross Ball Blue gives TO every
housewife uneQualed service. A large
5 cent package gives more real, gen
uine merit than any other blue Red
Cross Ball Blue makes clothes whittier
than snow You viii be delighted.
At all good grocers@Adv
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20
To Restore WeoLens and Eura.

Make large bags of unbIeached mus
lin with drawstrings at top and bot
tom Soak the bags in turpentine and
hang in the air until the odor disap-
pears Place the clothes on hangers.
adjust the bags over them and draw
the strings tight.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20
Zen for Earroutna sew.

As soon as the SOW begins to grow
heavy. even If she isn't to farroW for
six weeks or more, she should have q
pen by herself In this way you
know what abe eats. You know she
Is not robbed and crowded by a mas
ter mate.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20
LeanYear Observation.

Leap year doesn't attract the atten-
ton 1t used to-"
No" replied Miss Cayenne; with
all our progress, we women haven't
managed to strike the courtship pace
Of the men when 1t comes to giving
away candy, flowers and matinee tick
cts"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20
Crafty Nature.

Nobody seems to know Just where
our congressman stands on prepared
ness"
Cant you tell by the way he
votes?"
No. You see. he's a politician first
and a patriot afterward-"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20
nemand for Horse.-

The demand for heavy draft horses
for breeding purposes does not make
It appear that the tractor and the NO
tor truck have crowded the horse on
tie read.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20
FRECKLES
e u the Bio . &c "a OF Thess

There's no longer the slightest need e
feeling ashamed OF your freekles. the
prescription Othine-doubls Strengths
guaranteed to remove these homeiy spots
Simply get ounce Of othine-doublO
siren gth-from your druggist and apply
little Of II night and morning ana you
should soon that even the worst freckles
have begun to disappear. while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely II Is seldom
that more than one ounce Il needed TO com
pletely clear the skin and gain beautiful
clear complexion
Be sure TO ask for the double strength
othine, as this Is sold under guarzneSe OF
money back IL 1t fails to remove freckieA-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20

The German standard of light meas
urement is but nine-tenths that of the
international candle power.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20

of the same color as the suit or a CON-
bination of two colors. Here again
narrow side-pIaitings give the maIines
the requisite body. The plaitings are
sewed to band OF narrow ribbon Just
long enough to reach about the neck.
A small ribbon bow and little nose
gay Of flowers conceal the fastening
Of the run, or the flowers are some
times mounted at the side, the ruff
fastening with ribbon ties at the front
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20

ALondon hospital supports a motor
cycle ambulance fer dogs and othez
small animals
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20

To keep clean and healthy take Dr..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets They regulate
liver, bowels and stOmach--AdE.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20
uae Iudnment WIth MhIp.

While training the colts use great
Judgment fl the use Of the whip. You
ca1Eot whip terror out OF colt
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20

No Breach of Confidence.
Say, what do you mean by telling
Jones that 1 was a blockhead?"
''Why, it isn't a secret, is it?''
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20
Which,

Nurse-The new patient in our ward
is light headed
Decentralization or blonde
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-20

win be. preferably taupe colored. of
very fine, transparent hexagon or lat
dce mesh with dainty hand-run leaf
pattern or inhnitesimal dot scattered
over the surface.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-23
HOO H0OS WILL MEET
IN lMAHA NEXT MARCH
lFrom a sad correspondentl

LINCOLN, Jan 22.-(Special.)-The In
dependent order of Hoo Hoos for once
was crowded off the map last night, but
will make up for it by holding the an
nual session, usually held in connection
with the state lumbermen's meeting, in
Omaha in March.
The lumbermen closed their three-day
session here with a banquet at the Lln-
coin hotel AS soon as the feast was over
they were compelled to move to the Dig
dining room OF the hotel to give room
to the military ball which had engaged
the rooms in advance of the lumoermen
convention. This put the Hoo Hoos out
Of the running as there was no place
for them to go sufficiently large to es-
coyt the new members over the sweet
smelling onion beds.
In closing the convention the lumber
men passed resolutions protesting against
passenger rate increases and calling on
the state department to use its endeaVors
AGAINST the raise The convention TOOK
n stand for thicker shingles, made OIL
better wood as one of the means that
should be used to satisfy the customers
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-23
Nebraska
Pioneer Iowa and
Nebraska Editor
Dies at Spearfish

SPEARFtSH. s. n, Jan. 22.-(Spccial)
AT the home Of his daughter In this
city. occurred the death of Orlin c.
Bates, aged s. years. who was a pioneer
newspaperman of Iowa. lie had been
failing rapidly for more than a year
past and mis- death therefore was not
unexpected. About 1857 Mr.. Bates located
at Dewitt Ia. where he owned and
edited a newspaper several years. lie
served as postmaster of Dewitt and also
was manager there for an express COM
pany. He left Dewitt about 1876 and
established new newspaper at Boone,
la, which he conducted successfully for
year or more. and then located at
Baskerville. Ia, where he established the
Vindicator. 1t was while Bates was
editor of the Vindicator that he coined
the word blizzard" as expressing best
the intensity of the fierce storms, which
visited the northwest I'm those days.
Mr.. Bates was subsequently connected
with newspapers at Emmetsburg, la. ;
Marne, Ia. Ewing and Atkinson. Neb.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-23
RICHMOND'S DISCOVERY
MAY NOT BE ONE AT ALL
tFrom a staff Correspondent,


LINCOLN, Jan. 22-CSpecial. )-Henry
Clay Richmond of Omaha, statesman,
Journalist and all around booster, has
made a discovery. 1t has long been
known that Diogenes had been out with
his political lantern, looking around for
the perfect democrat who could be given
the democratic nomination for governor
without the selection raising any more
political hades than already exists. That
the Honorable Henry was the modern
Diogenes is now apparent, for he an
nounced while here that John E. Miller
of Lincoln is the man who can get
across with the nomination without in
creaslng the harmony" which now pre-
walls to any greater extent.
MIR. Miller is now regent of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, and served in the
house of lords of the Nebraska legisla-
ture in 1909 However, Mr.. Miller is the
head of big department store in Lin
coin which does big mail order business
over the state, and some fellow who is
always taking the JOY out of life hastens
to announce that each retail merchant of
the state be he democrat or republican,
will pull off his coat against the Lin
coin merchant because he will be OPP
posed to the mall order business being
boosted through the head of the firm oc-
cupying the gubernatorial chair.
Therefore it is suggested that there is
more work for the man with the political
lantern.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-23
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