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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-07-18
Milk and Cream at Dairy Show.

Among the numerous "sdded fea.
lures" of the National dairy show in o.
tober will be an important conference on
the grading and Standardization of milk
and cream. This will be conducted by
the New England federation for rural
PROCESS, of which Leonard q. Healey,
secretary of the Connecticut board of
agriculture, is president, and James A.
McKibbep, secretary of the Boston cham
Der of commerce, is secretary.
At the annual meeting of the fedora
ton last spring in Boston. the executive
committee was instructed to cooperate
in every way 1t could with the Eastern
States exposition and the dairy show.
Since then several plans have been con.
sidered for doing some effective work in
connection with the show. Both the
Boston chamber and Prof. Fred Rssmus-
sen of New Hampshire state college
have recently been much interested in
efforts toward Standardization and grad
ing of cream and milk, and this has led
to the adoption of this project for the
event of the federation at the show.
The program is now being arranged.
On it will be a number OF the best
known dairy authorities and lecturers
who have given attention to the subject
that will be considered. 1t is intended
to explain in much detail to the farmers
and dairymen who will attend the econ.
ference the advantages to come from the
adoption of milk and cream standards
and the better grading OF their products.
These advantages include wider public
confidence and more profit to the pro-
ducers. The federation hopes that 1t
can have substantial portion of the
dairymen of New England for its audi
ences. II has selected the dairy show
for this important gathering with the
idea in view of getting more producers
than would be possible at any other time.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-07-18
Value of Early Cut Hay.

always aim to NOW my meadow
early. One spring / ran short of hay
and had to buy some. The hay bought
had been allowed to ripep, and the diff
ference between 1t and the earlier mown
product made me still stronger on early
cut hay. The stock ate about two-thirds
of the lste-mown hay, the other third
being refused on account Of the stems
being so dry, coarse and woody. There
were very few of the blades left on this
hay, they having been so dry and brittle
that they were blown and brushed of
before the hay was put in stack.
Even the part the stock did eat, did
not form healthy, nourishing feed. Its
fibrous consistency was not conducive to
ideal digestion, and, outside of the small
heads of grain, there was little real sus.
tenance In the product. All this was
plainly shown by the manure made by
the animals eating of this hay, as their
excretions were lumpy and dark colored.
Such hay also contains more dirt and
dust than the sarly-cut hay, and thus is
more apt to encourage disease, especially
the heaves, among stock.
Imow the meadow just as the grass is
in full-bloom, with possibly part of the
bloom shattering off. have found that
this gives me product in which great
or amount of rich, nourishipg elements
are supplied than II cut at any other
stage of growth. Practically all Of the
blades cling to the stems, since they are
not dead ripe. The same is true of the
somewhat underripe heads, which will
not shatter out, and the entire product
is so succulent and palatable, that the
stock eat practically every bite Of It. !
have to supply bedding from other
sources, but it pays better than having
to take one-third Of the hay as refuse
from the manger for bedding
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-07-18
CriticaI Production Point.

Every farmer, knowingly or unknow-
ingly, is striving for the critical produc-
tion point in his farming methods. This
ia the poiut at which bis methods to
force the crop give the greatest differ.
ence between cost of growing the crop
and returns from the sale of the product.
Too frequently the newer ideas of fore
ing crops are overworked. It must be
remembered that increased production
and increased returns do not necessarily
mean greater profit. If,the actual cost
of getting greater production narrows
the margin between total cost and total
returns, the critical production point is
passed. It is the farmers job-and no
small one either-to find this point. The
only way to do it is by keeping strict ac-
count OF the cost and returns of each
crop. Some of these big-yieldsper-acre
farmers might find that they were not
making as much money ~ some OF the
smaller yield -per-scre growers. It be-
hooves every producer to mind his P's
and Q's when working for greater pro-
duction that he may not pass the critical
production point and begin to lessen the
margin between cost and returns.-New
England Homestead.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-07-18
Tipping In constantInopIs.

The tipping evil Is no joke even In
this country. But 1t has hardly reach
ed the degree Of insidiousness marked
by this tale from the near east:
ION the morning Of my departure
from Constantinople I gave the letter
carrier who had brought my letters
during my sojourn here half q med
shid as tip.
"In the afternoon man came up to
me and said: My lord, am stranger
to you. You never received a telegram.
But may 1t please you to know that
am the telegraph messenger. May It
please you to know that It was mp TO
me to deliver telegrams to you II such
had been received for You In our oe.
Gee. surely would have brought
them to you most quickly. know
you will be just and you win not harm
q man who has always been ready to
serve you. cannot be blamed that I
have never been called upon to b 1t
service to you. /. too, deserve half .
medshid.' "-Brun0s Weekly.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-07-18
The Pillow Tor the Hay Fields.

"Spare the rod and spoil the child," "
might be transposed to ''spare the plow
and spoil the meadow" for that Is what
has been the trouble with New England
until recently in the matter of hay rails
inc. By getting busy with the plow In
their meadows the New England farmers
NAV get hay that will not have to take
second place to that from other re-
gious. no better favored by climate than
is the country you live In. Nor can they
wait until they have nothing else to dc
before getting In the hay, get 1t before
Il gets overripe and heavy, FOR there u
not a market in the country that VIII
mot give preference and best prices &c
hay that is bright and green.--New Eng
land Homestead
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-07-18
Hot Weather Rules for horsemen
1. Load lightly; drive slowly.
. Skon in the shada III pOssiblo.

i. Load llgntlyS urlVe Slowly.
2. Stop in the shade if possible.
8. Water your horse as often as pos
sible. So long as the horse is working,
water in small quantities will not hurt
him. But let him drink only a few swal-
lows If he is going to stand still. Do
not fail to water him at night after he
has eaten his hay.
a. When be comes in after work,
sponge off the harness marks and sweat,
his ewes. his nose and mouth, and the
dock. Wash bis feet but not his legs.
5. II the thermometer is Is degrees
or higher, wipe him all over with damp
sponge. Use vinegar water II possible.
Do not turn the hose on him.
8. Saturday night give a bran mash,
lukewarm; and add tablespoonful Oh
ssltpetre. ;.
7. Do not use horse-hat unless 1t Is
a canopy-top hat. The ordinary bell
shaped hat does more harm than good.
s. A sponge on top of the head, OF
even a cloth, is good il kept wet. III
dry, it is worse than nothing.
8. IL the horse is overcome by neat
get him into the shade, remove harness
and bride, wash out his mouth, sponge
him all over, shower his legs, and give
him two ounces of aromatic spirits Oh
ammonia, or two ounces of sweet spirits
of nitre, in pint of water; or give him
a pint of coffee warm. Cool his head al
once, using cold water, or, Ii necessary
chopped ice, wrapped In cloth.
10. If the horse is OF his feed, Try
him with two quarts of oats mixed with
bran, and little water; and add q little
salt or sugar. Or give him Oatmeal
cruel or barley water to drink.
II. Watch your horse. II he stops
sweating suddenly, or II he breathss
short and quick, or If his ears droop, OF
| if he stands with his legs braced side
ways, he is in danger of heat or sur
stroke and needs attention at once.
II. II it is so hot that the horse
sweats in the stable at night, tie hin
outside with bedding under him. Un
less he cools off during the night, hs
cannot well stand the next days heat.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-07-18
SOUTH PARIS, MAINE, TUESDAY, JULY la, 1916

John Lombard of Otisfield, Me-, set
tied in 1928, on bill about half q mile
east of the Msgallowsy, and east of the
state line, also the fsrthest south Of any
location yet made on the river. he had
large and profitable farm; kept small
store, from which he supplied the neigh
boring settlers with dry goods and gro
ceries, and soon became an Influential
man In the community. With an intelli-
gent and pJepossessing family of sons
and daughters, bis home was favoriie
resort for the rising pioneer generation,
and many are the pleasant memories to
be recalled by now aged people, Of fes-
tive scenes and enjoyable occasions at bis
comfortable and ample abode, none fa-
voring or appreciating such occasions
more than the ever-genial host himself.
But alas for the changes of all.devour.
ing time! After burying bis aged father,
his wife, his eldest SOD, and one or two
young daughters, beneath the soil of bis
hillside home, and becoming himself en-.
feebled by sickpess and the infrmities of
age, be sold out his possessions, aban.
doned the Msgalloway, and passed the
remaining few years of bis life near the
scene OF bis early manhood, bis return
thither being some twelve years prior to
the great Civil war, In which one Of his
younger sons, John G fell nobly for the
Union at the bloody battle Of the Wilder
ness.
Israel T. Linnell of Bethel, Me-. in the
year 1880, located on the same bill where
Mr.. Lombard resided, on lot which his
brother, Luther Linnell, had partially
cleared but abandoned. Israel was an
experienced sailor and soldier, having,
as he claimed, fought 10 the wars of our
country on both land and sea. OF small
stature bnt indomitable will and resolu.
ton, he was not man to finch at dan
ger or difficulties. He soon had his hill
farm In good state of productiveness,
but finding . locality more to his liking
farther up the river, and nearer the same,
which was then their only highway, he
moved thither, where he carried on farm.
ing successfully for many years. His
residence being about midway the two
extremities of the State of. Maine settle.
ments was afterwards used as meeting
place for the transaction of plantation
business and the polling of votes at the
annual elections. The second two-story
house on the river was built by Mr..
Linnell, as also the first rod of good
carriage road.
In his declining years, bis wife having
died, and family oil departed, he went
to reside with his youngest daughter at
Manchester, N. H., where he not long
after died, at the age of niuety-two
years. His eldest son, Lorenzo D., and
descendants to the fifth generation. still
reside within mile of bis former abode.
His youngest and only other son, George
w., fell nobly in the cause of the Union,
at Port Hudson, In 1858, which was some
years prior to bis fathers death.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-07-18
Handling Quack-d Grass.
PREVENT SEED FROM MATURING AND
sTARvE OUT UNDERGROUND PARTS.

The methods advocated for the con-
troll or eradication of quack-grass are
more or less similar for all sections, &C.
cording to data from the various state
experiment stations and the department..
In the eradication of any weed which
propagates by underground parts and
also by the production of seeds, the
fundamental principles to be recognized
are, first, to prevent the plants from ma
turing seeds, and second, to starve out
the underground parts by preventing
the formation of leaves.
The roots of quack grass growing on
sod or pasture land are much nearer the
surface than where the grass ia growing
in cultivated field. For this reason,
when it is desired to clear q field Of
quack-grass, it Is often advisable to first
utilize the field as pasture or meadow,
keeping the grass grazed or cut rather
close for year or so before attempting
to kill it.
The process of killing quack-grass is
not complicated nor difficult, but re-
quires thorough, conscientious work
and perseverance,. The work should
start in midsummer by plowing the in
tested land only deep enough to turn
over a furrow containing most Of the
grass roots. On sod or pasture land. 8
or inches is usually the proper depth.
On land which has not been in hay or
pasture, the blowing should usually be
slightly deeper. Ten days or two weeks
after blowing, this sod should be thor
oughly pulverized with q disk harrow.
which will destroy any growth the
plants may have made. Repeat this har-
rowing every 10 days or two weeks until
fall, when the grass will be completely
killed out.
In case of excessive rainfall after the
land is plowed the grass may start grow
ing again to such an extent that the har-
row will not be effective in killing It.
Under such circumstances IL is advisable
to plow the second time and break the
land slightly deeper than at the first
blowing. The following spring the land
should be plowed to good depth, in or
der to bury the many dead roots on the
surface. In case a few sprigs of the
grass are still alive, 1t Is advisable to
plant the fields in some intertilled crop,
as corn or potatoes, or to SOW some
smother crop, as buckwheat or millet.
On very small areas, the grass may be
destroyed by digging out all parts of the
plant by hand or by smothering with tar
paper. This. however, is practicable
only for very small areas.-Dept. News
Letter.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-07-18
R.I.sd p.eorstIons on Eoesh,lls.

It Is easy to work out q design 10
relief on an eggshell, whether the ooo'
tents Of the egg have been removed q
not. The first step Is to draw with .
pencil the design or the lettering that
you wish to appear on the egg. Make
only an outline and the leading points
Of the design. Then melt q small
quantity of candle wax In a shallow
tin and let it set q little, but while u
Is still soft take 1t out Of the tin anf
spread 1t over the design on the ego
II there Is any difficulty in getting tho
wax to hold touch 1t here and there
with the heated blade Of a penknife.
Take vinegar enough to cover tho
egg completely and soak the egg In It
for a period that may be half an hour
or may be an hour and half, accord
ing to the strength Of the vinegar. At
the end Of that period take the egg
out and peel of the wax. The design
will then stand up in relief against
the rest Of the shell, for the acid OF
the vinegar will have eaten away the
uncovered part and left untouched only
that part which the wax protected
Youths Companion.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-07-18
More Horses than Ever.

There is q popular impression that tne
automobile Is crowding ont the horse
and az a result constantly diminishing
demand for hay, but we have the word
Of one OF Boston's biggest hay receivers,
a man who not only buys and sells large
quantities, but who makes . careful
study OF everything pertaining to the
business and whose experience stretches
over a period Of quarter Of q century,
that right here In Boston there are more
horses in use than there were long De.
fore the auto became popular means Of
transportation and even before the street
cars became motor driven.-New Eng
land Homestead.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-07-18

The automobile did not injure the sta.
tus of the horse. It did occasion certain
shifts of breeds and service, but did not
injure the horse business. Automobiles
have added happiness to the human race,
and removed much unkindness, inhu-
mansness and cruel treatment from the
horse kind.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-07-18

Never put colts In Q pasture fenced
with barbed wire. II you have pas
turs Thus fenced, put . strong board at
the top over the wirls y
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-07-18
AMONG THE FARMERS.
I" "sPeED THE PLow."

correspondence on practical agricultural topic
10 solicited. Address all communications In
sended for this department 70 HENRY d
HAMMOND, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat. Paris. Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-07-18

dragged the river for their bodies, and
on bringing the first to the surface,
tainted, Il is said, and fell senseless In
his boat. 1t was q terrible and over
wheiming blow 10 the family. In later
years when the wearied heart and the
failing head, as Irving says, began to
warn Mr.. Leavit that the evening OF bis
life was drawing near, be turned "aa
naturally as the infant to it's mothers
arms" toward his native town, to " sink
to sleep in the bosom OF the scene of biz
childhood"
The third settler on the Magalloway,
Fand the frst north OF Umbagog Lake, in
Oxford County, Me-, was John Bennett,
Of Gilead, the father -in-law Of Jonathan
Leavit. This was at about tho year 1924
Together with his six stalwart sons,
Frederick, John, David, Peter, Gilman,
and Ransom, he cleared up . fne farm
on either side Of the state line, some
seven miles above the mouth OF the river
which farm 10 now divided into severa
different estates and occupied BY Q grow.
ing country hamlet.
Mr.. Bennett aud bis sons were khowr
a. mighty hunters, and skilled woods
men in whatever department Thereof
such skill was necessary. A detailed 90
count Of their various adventures, hard
ships and hair-breadth escapes, would 81
volumes. The father OF the family wal
especially famous - . trapper Of bears
with which the region then abounded
Peter, the fourth son, on Que occasion I
10 said, after having with party O.
hunters tramped all day through winte
storm, prepared, weary, wet, and cold
to camp for the night, but found on at
tempting to light their fire that ever,
match they had Was too vet to ignite b!
friction. They tried one after anoths
but with no success. A serious dilemmI
here confronted the party, but Peter We
equal to tho emergency. Seixtng his az
he began striking Il with I'll hia two-hun
dred-pound might, into . tree sysr,
blow h the same goarf, until the aze w
n !
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-07-18

the Norwegian nag.
Three persons were killed by light
ming IN eastern Massachusetts,. Ar
thur Koenig, %, and Fred Roesler,
al, were struck and killed at Law
renee, and Philip Delorey was killed
at North Weymouth.
Desire to surprise his mother on his
9Th birthday by gathering enough
wood to I'LL the kitchen wood box,
cost william Gillespie OF Cambridge.
Mass. his life when he was struck
by a switching engine.
Because. Of alleged unsanitary con-
ditions OF fertiliser plant. the
$500, 900 appropriation for the subma-
fine base at New London. Conn, II
being held up by the congressional
committee on appropriations.
Jeremiah H. Canty, 4S, was ar
rsigned in the Somerwlls, Mass. !,
court charged with the murder OF
william e. Healy. SS, during . scuf-
|ae. He pleaded not guilty and was,
held without bail for the grand jury.
Shirley Marston. vice prssidsnt o.
the r. Marston company, Boston,
|rsstauranters. was sued for $780,
| 900 by Daniel ]. Munyon. laundry
nan and billiard room props!stor. ~
alleged alienation of his wjfsb eoee.
|uon. 4. -1l.hd4
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-03-11
MANY LIKE THIS IN
NEW IBERIA
Similar Cases Being Published in
e Each Issue.


The following ease is but one
of many occurring daily III New
Iberia. 1t is an easy matter to
verify it. You cannot ask for
better proof.
W. \. Walsh. 729 Center St,
New iberia. says: My kidneys
and bladder were in bad shape
and wheI attacks Of the trouble
came on. | was in awful pam. My
back achcd and felt miscra bic
all over. The kidney secrction>
were discolored and contained
sediment like brickdust. The Sc
retions were also painful in pas
sage. Nothing did me any good
until got Doan S Kidney Pills at
Taylor'S S drug store. After had
taken three boxes. my kidneys
acted normally and | didn't have
any more trouble from the kidney
secretions. ! now feel better in
every way and hav mt had re
turn Of the trouble. y
Price soc. at all dealers. Don t
simply ask for IA kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the
same that Mr.. Walsh had. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co., Props, Buffalo,
n. Y.-Adv.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-03-11
"a BODIES MEXICAN RAIDERS
ARE BURNED; 7 U. S.
TROOPS SLAIN.

Washington, March 9. Sccrc-
tary Lansln" announced late to
day that the United States was
considering asking Gen. Carran-
IA for permission to send Anleri-
can troops into Mexico to capl';rc
the Villa bandits who raided Col
umbus. \. NJ.
Secretary lansing said that il
permission were asked it would be
for this occasion only and that the
troops would be withdrawn when
they had accomplished their pur-
pose.
1t was said that the request for
permission to send the American
troops into Mexico probably
would go forward to Gen. Car
rama before night.
Douglas, Ariz., March "a
squadron Of the Seventh L. S.
Cavalry and a machine gun troop
were ordered today to proceed
Immediately to San Bernardino,
1S miles east Of here. The Tenth
United States Cavalry. stationed
at NacO, Ariz.. and troops at Fort
lluachucha. Ariz., were ordered
in readiness.
Eight hundred Mexican bandits
passed Mimbrcs, \. NJ, the first
station west Of Columbus, \. NJ,
early today and were headed west
toward lIachita, y. w., accord
ing to message received here 10
day from the dispatcher Of the
Ell Paso and Southwestern rail
road at Mimbrcs.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-03-11

tary McCary Of the War Depart
ment Instructed Gen. Ord, COM
mandlng Oh the border, i notify
the Mexican authorities that t
they were unable to suppress dis
orders which mcnactd the Amer
ican side, the /; nltcd States would
undertake. the work even II the
outcome caused the occasional
crossing of the line BY American
troops.