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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-27

to test samples of bodybuilding rock
for any citizen free of charge, pro-
vided the samples are sent prepaid and
are submitted in accordance with def
mite printed Instructions. These in
structions will be mailed by the office
of public roads and rural engineering
to whoever requests copy. Where a
community is considering using To-
cal stone or other stone which has not
already proved its durability in high
way work, the highway supervisors
would do wei to secure laboratory
report from the department. These
laboratory tests are conducted with
elaborate and rather expensive appara-
tus, and in the case of untried rock
are the only practical safeguards
against the employment of material
that will wear out too quickly to prove
q good investment.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-27
TESTING ALL ROAD MATERIAL
Hardness, Toughness and Binding
Power Of Rock Should Be Deter
mined--QuaIitles Defined.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Counties or communities intending
to build water-bound nacadam roads
run considerable risk of failure I'M
less they have the rock they are to use
tested for hardness, toughness. and
binding power. These are the quail
ties, in the opinion of the engineers
OF the Office of public roads and ru-
raj engineering OF the department,
which experience has shown to be
most essential to the endurance of
road. In recent technical paper de-
signed to assist engineers In making
accurate laboratory tests of road ma
terial, the road specialists define these
qualities as follows:
Hardness liz the property rock
should possess in order to resist sue.
cessfully the abrasive action Of traffic,
especially iron-tired vehicles, whicb
tend to grind to dust the individual
fragments of rock forming the wear
ing course Of macadam road.
'Toughness is the property rock
should possess TO resist successfully
fracture under the impact Of traffic.
Binding power, or cementing values
as 1t is more frequently called, is the
ability which the dust of a rock should
possess or develop by contact with wa.
ter, so as to bind or cement the larger
rock fragments together ANA prevent
their displacement under the shearing
action Of traffic. This property Is es-
pecially valuable in water-bound
macadam construction, since 1t is de-
pended upon to maintain the integ-
rity of the wearing course as the road
surface Is worn Off by traffic"
The use Of rock suited to Withstand
the wear of traffic Is regarded as so
important that the department offers
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-27
Front View of Single Compartment

a, a, Doors having two shutters, one
opening inward covered with No. 10 mus
lin, and tho other opening outward, COW
cred with chicken WIRE b. ventilator, with
muslin-covered shutter hinged at top, and
which can be propped open; c. opening
between pen and yard for passage of
hens; d, sliding cover for c.
raiser, but only one will be mentioned
in this article and that is the poultry
buildings. The houses described are
for laying hens only. The breeding
pens are similarly constructed, but are
not so large, since fewer hens are
kept together.
While the poultry houses on this
farm are not expensive, they are emf
nent1y practical and have been de-
signed with a view to convenience in
management comfort and cleanliness
of the fowls, and protection against
enemies of all kinds. There are no
losses from weasels or other small ami
mails, for these pests of the poultry
man are completely fenced out of the
laying, breeding and brooder houses.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-27
Public Demand for Better T Hygiene Laws
CanBeO btainedO Only Thought Education
By DIR. WILLIAM COLBY RUCKER
Assistant Surgeon General Of United States

Owing the the United States public health service the
years. take drink railroad the United
States knowing that safe because its purity has been certified
the government This being extended
steamboats,.
The Capitalization public health work the hands
the federal has made for great economy and efficiency Our
that hygenc enforced unless people
want them enforced The only create public demand for their
enforcement through education Through eepn loan library
have created lecturers public health who
reach million people every At the expenditure of twoen
physician the of this library Through the
Health 3ooooooo people every day with the gospel
hygiene This service goes 1900 of the United States
the magazines of the country reach 100000 people every
month
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-27

End View of Feedroom in Poultry
House.
The houses for the laying pens cost
about one dollar per hen.
A building 1913 feet long and 10 feet
wide is cut into eight rooms 10 by Is
feet and storeroom for feed by 10
feet. One of the runs on this side
extends beyond the end of the build
ing. This arrangement was made nee
essary by the nature of the space
available. In each of the eight COM
partments with runs attached 80 hens
are kept. The floor space in the build
ing is s square feet for each hen, and
in the runs 1876 square feet. Some
good poultrymen give each hen only
four square feet within doors, SO the
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-27

tanned in the runs. the space being In
tended more for exercise than for pas
ture.
In the end of the building the feed
room Is located.
Dirt floors are used in the compart-
ments or pens. The self-feeders and
the drinking pans are placed in APP
propriate openings in the partitions
between two pens. The doors are 4
feet wide and feet high and swing
both ways. The upper half of each
door is OF chicken wire, the lower
half of boards. The two perches are
on level with each other, so that
there will be no crowding on the top
perch. They are placed Is inches
above the dropping board. The perches
do not touch the walls of the room
at any point. This is important, as it
aids in keeping down vermin.
The perches and next boxes are sup
ported entirely by suspension from
the rafters. The supporting frame
does not touch tho walls at any point.
The hens enter the nests from the
rear, where the next boxes are board.
ed up only half way. The board on
which the boxes rest extends six
inches beyond the boxes at the rear
to form platform ON which the hens
alight when they fly up to the nests.
The bottom of the nest boxes is two
feet from the ground.
These houses are not artificially
heated at any season of the year. On
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-27
Bi-Cameral Rule Best for the Home
By HELEN KELLER

Every household should be ruled bcamera
United States the Porto can The
should be the house Of representatives of the family In
this there will be fbuering hope lobbying
Thus the would all vital and the would
dispose them She would control the disposal of supplies principally
women did among some of the primitive tribes
Every should have love and both and should
lose sight of the happiness of their children The state should
upkep of each child for there greater service to the
than womans gift of chda greater service than the building of
varshp Besides warsps good without Woman furnishes
the absolutely Her services fundamental in
wart out of
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-27
College Aids Preparedness When 1t Does
Well the Work for Which 1t Was Founded
BY HENRY S. PRITCHETT
President Carnegie Foundation for Advancement Of Teaching

1t that the college Of today does its best service
parednes the military when does well the work for which
developed halls youths whose minds
work. who thoroughly things who
have acquired of fiscpne whose souls to the
influences which make for unness and for DEVOTION and whose
cepon life taught them be of other opinions
with other mems preudce to be unmoved by the hatred which
grows up easily in the world
And they will do their best service to the military profession they
insist that this profession be always high plane that the
and shall attract the youth of highest ability and of the finest
character and that the who to train the nation readiness for
whatsoever the future bring shall conae themselves to profess
noble unfh fruitful that American citizen
hope to enter.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-27
Up to the Audience.

Mr.. Seymour hicks relates with
great relish the following yarn.
When he was going to play Richard
III. the hump-backed king, we'll
known dramatist remarked to him:
Seymour, | hear you are going to
play RichardY'
Eyes, am replied Mr.. Hicks.
"Ah. well' the other remarked,
thoughtfully you'll be saved some
trouble in the makeup. You won't
have to wear n hump"
why not?" Mr., Hicks asked, rather
surprised
'Oh, your audience will hive that"
was the prompt reply.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-27
Sunday Should Be Made Day Of Joy
BY REV. JOHN HAYNES HOLMES
Pastor Unitarian Church Of the Messiah, New York

The quickest way destroy the Sabbath would be to set
day which belong believe the Lord has all the time he
It day to be protected
gorfes that by dancing singing
playing baseball, he may be clarifying Cod
We keep Sunday sacred the that must insist its
which business aside far possible which
have undergo the routine Of labor that higher interests
eaton such outdoor SPORTS and of inspiration such religious
and symphony concerts have chance Otherwise would
Sunday altogether institution Even the commercial purveying
should be reduced But the day should be
of of the highest joy learned how express
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-27
Compulsory Military Training
Really Is a Democratic System
By WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT Former President the United States

If we had compulsory military service whether it
gave preparation or not it certainly would be good
for the country My doubt with respect to compulsory
military training is whether when compulsory, which is
really democratic in that it reaches into every class
shall find that its workings shall be hardest the wage
earners and farmers so that it would create feeling
against that kind of preparation which might nure the
reasonable preparedness we ought to have.
1t is question of expedency, for what we need
in our youth is discipline They altogether ahead
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-27

Front View Of Perches, Nest Boxes,
Etc.
a, Perch, Is inches above platform, and
20 inches below rafters, not touching wall
at either end; b, hinged shutter to cover
front of nest boxes; C, sloping board to
facilitate raking out droppings from plat
form; d. d, d, nest boxes, boarded up half
way in rear; e, e, supports attached to
rafters.
aration. This is applied full strength
with brush. The whole inside of
the nest boxes is thus painted. This
treatment keeps the yermin in subjec.
ton.
The dirt floors Of the pens are usu-
ally covered several inches deep with
straw, which is changed about every
ten days. In summer the floors are
swept clean about once a month: in
winter, less often-usually twice dur
ing the season.
The owner estimates that with
houses constructed as these are one
man could take care of 1900 to 1000
hens.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-27

In a great state in the West one
of the most successful poultry farmers
is woman. She began with common
hens of no particular breed, but it was
soon found that well-bred fowls pay
better than scrubs. So the breeding
of purebred fowls was begun and is
still practiced on this farm.
There are great many lessons we
could learn from this Oregon poultry
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-27
WONDERFUL SAVER OF TIME
Little Hand Hoe, With Small Blade, Is
Great Convenience in Wedding
Seed Onions.

Hoe away from onions instead of
billing up; they spread out and grow
much better. If truck farming little
hand hoe, the blade about the size of
your thumb, is wonderful time saver
in wedding seed onions. They can be
made by any blacksmith and cost but
few cents.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-27
PROPER GRAIN FOR POULTRY
Avoid Trouble by Cutting Off
the Long Points.

Oats are one of the best grains for
poultry, but the long points often
make trouble. Clipping off these
points, as is done in many cases, re-
moves this objection and makes them
an ideal grain for both winter AMI
summer feeding.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-27
PLENTY Of II.

my dear sir. am an agent for
this wonderful heater VIII you not
let us keep you in hot water in your
homer"
"Thanks-qute Unnecessary. My
wife attends to that"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-27
Ground Plan Of Compartment of PouI.
try House.

NtSSHS 1911 w VI Iouts
try House.
the coolest nights during the winter
the openings doors, windows and pas
sageway for hens) are all closed the
ventilation being entirely through the
muslin doors and the muslin-covered
ventilator. In cold weather the fowls
must not be exposed to drafts.
Vermin (mites) are the bane of i'm
properly managed houses. They con-
ceal themselves on the undersurface
of the perch, in the corners Of nest
boxes, under the dropping board, and
in crevices wherever convenient to
the roosting places of the fowls. In
these places of concealment the YER
min deposit their eggs. Once every
year every possible hiding place for
vermin is painted with coal-tar prep
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-27

a, Compartments or pens, 1ox15 feet for
30 hens each There are pens--the build
ing is 128 feet long b, Yards or runs, one
for each pen. Five of the yards are situ-
ated on one side of the building and three
On the other; c, feed room Sx10 feet.
allowance in this respect is liberal.
Even with 1876 square feet of outdoor
space for each hen not much Of a
growth Of green stun can be main
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-27
sawed.or Sermon.

Where ignorance ~ bliss It Is folly
for q woman to acquire wisdom by
going through her husbands pockets.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-27

Mans greed for gold was probably
the original germ Of yellow fever.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-27
IF YOU OR Any FRIEND

Suffer with Rheumatism or Neuritis, acnte oy
chronic, write for my FREE BOOK on Rheuma-
Ssm--Its Cause and Cure. Most wonderful book
ever written, it's absolutely FREE. Jesse A.
Case, Dept. q w, BrockLon, Mass.--Adv.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-27

To remove soreness use Hanford's
3alsam. Adv.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-27

Failure is another thing always
spoiled by success
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-27
WHY WOMEN
WRITE LETTERS
To Lydia E. Pinkhan Medi-
cine Co.

Women who are well often ask care
the letters which the Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co. are continually publishing,
genuine?" "Are they truthful 4"
"Why do women write such letters?"
In answer we say that never have we
published fictitious letter or name.
Never, knowingly, have we published
on untruthful letter, or one without tho
full and written consent Of the woman
who wrote it.
The reason that thousands Of women
from all parts Of the country write such
grateful letters to the Lydia e. Pink
ham Medicine CO. is that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has brought
health and happiness into their lives,
once burdened with pain and suffering.
1t has relieved women from some Of
the worst forms of female ills, from dis
placements inflammation, liberation,
Irregularities, nervousness, weakness,
stomach troubles and from the blues.
1t is impossible for any woman who
is well and who ESS<SA
has never suffered JlE/, r#NSSE\1RJ
to realize how these M ~ S9NANM
poor, suffering wo- UNNp
men feel when re- w % ~
stored to health; Y - II
their keen desire to c\ xy3 ~
help other women MN MgSAMGS> /W
who are suffering as (eslENe zlNyy.1uA
they did. fS5K s TTNsAxM
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-07-27

IN their conception of themselves, and
for them and not they for the world.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-10-26
FA0S AND FASHIONS

A pretty blouse is of handkerchief
linen In white dotted with delicate
color.
Blouses Of contrasting color are now
favored for dressy tailored suits of
silk.
White georgette crepe, heavily en-
brodered In color, is delightful for
blouses.
The transparent hat with under-brim
trimming is the latest fancy OF mil
linery.
A cabinet to keep card recipes in Is
great convenience for young house
keeper.
Wltchhazel and rose water, half and
half, is good for wind.tortured com.
plexions.
II going on picnic or long auto
mobile trip, fold bungalow apron
over the lunch basket II will then be
handy TO put on when you spread the
lunch.
A teaspoonful OF vinegar put into
homemade candy keeps it from being
sickly sweet.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-10-26
mo,orman a Modern Atlas.

Got any old thing you want lifted |
A piano. gas range, front stoOp. wood
shed. bureau or mortgage, or relative
who's overstaying his leave. or any
thing like thati II you have. just write
10 Frank Green. motorman at the car
barns, and he'll not only lift them but
toss them any place you say. The
other day he lifted horse weighing
1850 pounds. about 20 feet in the air.
frank. who weighs only 1876 pounds,
did the lifting with the assistance OF
a derrick. He placed canvas belt
around the astonlshed horse, connect
ed with n belt that circled his own
waist. and then stepping into n frame
rleged up for the occasion aud con-
nected with the derrick. gave the sig
nal for the derrick men to haul away.
the horses dead weight being suspend
ed from the motorman's waist. "Dld
you do II on n betl" Green was asked.
NIX. ] did II just for fun. / like TO
M heavy things. Little things like
wagons and motor cars blocking the
tracks don't bother me. Just toss
EN- 10 one slde."-New York Letter &c
the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-10-26
Stems 20 the Mile

How many steps do you take to the
miller Should you be a British in.
fantryman your pace will be the long.
est Of any infantryman In the world.
The Russians pace is the shortest, be.
ing 27is inches, the french, Italian and
Austrian PAGES are 70 inches, the Ger.
mans do 81 inches, whilst the English
stride an extra half inch.
But your own pace, what OF III II
depends upon your height. Take your
eyebrow height, halye II, and that rep.
rosents your pace. You will find Il TO
be somewhere between 30 inches aud
~ inches, so that you win need BIZ
tween 1000 and 21o0 PAGES to thu
mile.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-10-26
EdueatIon In South chIna.

Literacy among the people Of South
China is considerably greater than
among those Of the North. Claim Is
advanced In Canton that nearly all the
children Of Cantonese parentage. ex-
ccpt those Of the large boat popula.
ton, receive sufficient schooling to en-.
able them 10 learn TO read, whereas In
the North OF China II Is unusual to
find family the children OF which
are all placed in school. The native
newspaper is read by a considerably
larger number than the list Of sub.
scribers to that paper would make IL
appear. In and about Shanghai pa.
pers are sold two and three times
over. Collectors go about gather.
ing up the newspapers Of the previous
days issue, redlstributlng them among
the lower class OF population. II is
said that they are then further dis
iributed by being sent out to the vii.
lagos and country s. ctions. where they
are sold for fraction of cent apiece.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-10-26
or FIELD KITCHEN
RANK q as Noncombatants, Men Who
re the Soldiers Are Constantly
Facing Death.

Often, when the death struggle is a.
Its Weight dnd condition approx
matGly chaos exists In the immediate
rear Of the battling armies, the fight
Ing mans waste Of energy and strength
Is repaired through the medium of that
unique vehicle, the field kitchen. No
one who has not campalgned with
troops enjoying the comforts of the
field kitchen can appreciate how much
1t makes for gustatory satisfaction,
and how II promotes that elusive and
highly important fighting factor-mo-
rale.
One winters night In Poland, after
spending the day watching wave upon
wave of gray-coated soldiers roll up
and break against the Russian trenches
and entanglements. was making my
way back TO field hospital where |
was n guest when my eyes caught the
twinkle Of long row of lights that
wayered above the road. The lights
We're moving slowly but steadily
toward the battle front Soon the CRATE
and rattle Of the iron boilers sounded
clear in the frosty air, helping me to
recognize a train of field kitchens
humping along the frozen road. The
brazler chlmneys nared and ] whitfield
fragrance Of potherbs and boiling
meat.
knew from personal observation
that the enemy were deluglng a par.
ucular turn Of that road with six-lnch
ard three-inch shells. At that very
moment one could see them exploding
In groups OF four. On went the field
kitchens, each with driver muilled
up TO the eyes against the Russian
cold, numbering into the danger zone.
Into the valley OF death that train OF
field kitchens was most certainly rid
ing. Cannons 10 left of them and cam
mons TO right of them most assuredly
Numbered. All the rest OF Tennyson's
lyric eulogium might apply TO the pa
iient drivers.
Whtcheu IN admiration as the kitch-
ems rolled onward. specializing upon
the thoughts OF men who thus went
into battle. Such men were classed as
noncombatants. Their function was to
feed the Enthusiastically non
inspiring role. Theirs was none OF the
glory OF battle; yet thu character of
their courage stood the severest tests.
What the presence Of these kitchens
meant to the battle-beaten battalions
cannot be measured in words. I am
tempted 10 say that the resistance OF
a present-day fighting army Is In direct
proportion TO the efficiency OF its field.
kitchen charlottesville Fortescue
in Saturday Evening Post.