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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24

RATION FOR DAIRY cows
High Protein Concentrates other Than
Corn Must Supplement Rough
age-Oats Are Favored.

With fodder alone as roughage cows
must have some high protein concen-
trates and they must be other than
corn products. II the oats are worth
less than middlings, 1t will be we'll
to make them part of the ration.
Rye is as harmless as any other grain
to pregnant animal when not affect
ed with ergot. II it is worth no more
per pound than corn it may we'll be
used in part. Cottonseed meal at the
present time is much cheaper source
of protein than linseed meal, and with
oats and rye or wheat product in the
ration also it may be used to supply
the deficit OF protein. However. if any
COWS appear to need a more laxative
ration, better substitute linseed, at
least in part, for the cottonseed meal.
1t matters little to the COW whether
the corn is shelled before being
ground, OF even whether it is ground,
so long as the cobs ere soft enough
to enable her to eat them readily.
But to compound ration from the
list submitted: Using the corn in the
form of meal and grinding both oats
and rye, use one part by weight OF
each Of these and two of cottonseed
meal
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24
KIDNEY TROUBLE
NOT RECOGNIZED

An examining physician for one of the
prominent Life Insurance Companies. in
an interview of the subject, made the as
tonishing statement that one reason why
go many applicants for insurance are re-
jected is because kidney trouble is so COM
mon to the American people, and the
large majority of those whose applica-
tions are declined do not even suspect that
they have the disease.
According to this it would seem that a
medicine for the kidneys, possessing real
healing and curative properties, would be
a blessing to thousands.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root, the well
known kidney, liver and bladder remedy,
is remarkably successful in sickness caused
by kidney and bladder troubles 1t is mild
and gentle in it's action and its healing in
fuence is soon noticed in most cases.
There is no other remedy like Swamp
Root. 1t will surely and effectively over
come kidney, liver and bladder troubles
and you can depend upon it. Go to any
drug store and get bottle 60 as to start
treatment today. You will soon see a
marked improvement.
However, If you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr..
Kilmer 4 Co., Binghamton, N Y, for .
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this papor.-Adv.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24

department may be able to assist
farmers in obtaining seed from these
sources. In this connection an APP
peal is made for every grower Of
northern seed corn, having good seed
to sell, to furnish the Office of corn
Investigations of the United States
department of agriculture with his
name, address, name Of variety, price,
and amount of seed for sale. A gen.
erous response will aid the depart
ment in relieving the present critical
situation.
Surprising results have been OBJ
tanned by the Office of corn investi-
cations with seed which was very i'm
mature when gathered. Even if your
seed was in the soft dough" stage
when gathered last fall II it was
promptly dried and well cared for, it
will terminate and reproduce well
enough to make it preferable to south
ern seed.
Attention also is called to Farmers
Bulletin Ais, entitled Seed Corn"
which treats the subject in more
detail.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24
CRITICAL TIME FOR
A COLONY OF BEES
Owner Shoul. See That There Is
Abundant Supply of Honey
Feed Sugar Sirup Warm.

(By WESLEY FOSTER, State Bee In
spector, Boulder, Colo)
Colonies of bees with good queens
are now breeding up rapidly, and con-
sequently are using large amounts Of
stores. Often the best and strongest
colonies run short of honey first. The
spring Of the year is the critical time
for colony Of bees. The owner should
see to it that every colony has an
abundance Of honey for it's needs.
Combs of sealed honey may be taken
from colonies that can spare them, or
feeding Of sugar strip may be done.
The giving CT combs Of sealed honey
is recommended If there is little or no
disease in the apiary, otherwise, sugar
strip should be fed. Sugar strip
should be fed warm and otherwise half
or two-thirds water. See that the
sugar is thoroughly dissolved. Feed
ing should be done in the evening so
the bees will have all the strip taken
up by morning.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24
BUTTER ALWAYS IN DEMAND
No Reason Why Farmer Should Not
Compete With Creamerles--Some
Business Ability Needed.

There Is plenty of room today for
the private dairyman who wants to
market his cream In the form of but
ter. Because the creameries have
nearly monopolized the retail city
trade is no reason why butter made
on the farm should not compete sue
cessfully with the best Of the cream
cry butter. This class of butter.
which Is made from but one herd Of
well-bred cows and from separated
sweet milk, should form one of the
most delicious articles Of food, and
can always command fancy prices
when 1t reaches the right people. It
requires some business ability to work
up select trade for any home prod
uct, yet It is not at all difficult to
create a demand for a certain brand
of butter among those who know a
good article when they see or taste it,
and are willing to pay little extra
for what suits them.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24

CF'rom the United States Department of
Agriculture)
The frequent shortages of seed corn
in the northern states are becoming
more serious as the Importance of the
crop in this area increases. In 1903
the acreage of corn in the northern
tier of states-New England, New
York, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minneso-
ia, the Dakotas, Montana, Idaho, and
Washington-was 6,716,152 acres.
Last year it was 11,121 900. If the in
dustry is to continue to grow, say spe-
cialists in the department, more at
tention must be paid to the seed sup
ply, and the attempt to grow varie-
ties which require a long season in
which to mature must be abandoned.
Varieties must be found or bred
which will make rapid growth and
mature in the short period between
the last killing spring frost and the
first killing fall frost When man aids
nature by selecting and preserving
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24
NOTES
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Fresh air for cows, but no exposure
to bad weather.
Corn silage, in the frozen stage,
should not be fed to dairy cows.
The greatest contamination of the
milk flow occurs at the time Of milk
ing.
Milking the COW clean will develop
her udder and help to increase her
milk capacity.
It never pays to kill the heifer calves
from the best cows. Raise them to re-
place the poor cows.
Milk must be promptly cooled and
kept cold. The growth of germs Is
checked by cold.
Too much cannot be said about the
way in which cows are treated In the
stable. Kindness must prevail.
Frequent attention to distribution OF
the cows bedding is just as important
as to supply q large amount of II.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24
TIMELY HINTS FOR
The GARDEN CROPS
Order Seeds Early From Reliable
House - Inspect Hose
on Spray Outfit.

(By Z. F.. MKUNE. Colorado Agricul-
tural College, Fort Collins, Colo.)
Put plenty of well rotted manure on
the garden.
Order the garden seeds early, from
a reliable seed house.
Begin to make plans for the hot
bed.
Repair the hoes, cultivators, etc., so
as to be ready when the rush comes.
Tomatoes started in hotbeds will
bear fruit long before those which are
started In the garden.
Take samples of all the different
kinds of seed and test them.
Examine the hose and nozzles on
the spray outfit.
White hellebore should be fresh to
be OF value as an insecticide.
Use crop rotation in the garden to
prevent the attack of diseases which
winter in the soil.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24

seed only from individuals which
show promise, in several years the hab-
its and characteristics can be changed
considerably, and perhaps a variety
which at first failed to mature may
be so changed that it becomes suit
able.
Even when variety has been thus
adapted to a locality, so that it will
mature under ordinary conditions,
there will come seasons so unfavora-
BILE that it will not mature. Ii only
one years seed supply is gathered
each year, all the work of adaptation
is lost. The proper way is to gather
enough from a good crop to supply
seed for two or three years hereafter.
Good seed will keep without depreci-
alton this long.
Go out into the cornfield before the
first killing frost, gather a good sup
ply Of the best ears to be found on
stalks growing In competition with
others; hang these ears up in some
place where they will be protected,
but at the same time have a good
chance to dry out quickly; when dry
enough to shell, do SO, and put the
seed away where It will not be ex-
posed to too great changes in temper
allure and moisture. Any man can
follow the simple directions here CIV
en- and plant his fields every year with
good. vigorous growing seed which he
knows is adapted to his farm.
The matter of seed supply is q
case Of avoiding trouble, rather than
trying to remedy the trouble after 1t
has arrived. II no seed Of the 1914
crop Is available, the farmer is in bad
shape. He must purchase his seed,
and in doing this he is in grave dan
ger Of obtaining either poor seed or
seed Of late-maturing varieties.
Homegrown seed that has been
well cared for, even though 1t was
not thoroughly mature, is almost GER
tain to give better results than i'm
ported seed. BY homegrown seed Is
meant seed grown on the farm, or in
the same county, or where the same
general conditions affected the crop.
The point to be emphasized is that
the farmer In Minnesota, or North
Dakota, should not send for seed
grown in southern South Dakota or
Iowa. II this is done, the crop re-
sulting will almost certainly be i'm
mature next fall when 1t is necessary
to harvest.
An exception to this may be the
dry-land portion Of the more southern
states. The corn growers there are
confronted nearly every year with
drought. In order to grow corn at all,
1t is necessary to grow early-matur-
ing varieties which will make" be-
fore the drought occurs. Some excel
lent crops were secured in 1915; but
in some instances good crops we're Sc
cured from varieties which are not
early maturing and therefore not well
adapted for northern planting. Too
much care cannot be exercised in
learning the facts before purchasing
seed corn there. This seed will be
widely offered for sale this year.
There are certain localities, even in
the most northern states, where corn
did not mature sufficiently to provide
seed for 1916. 1t is possible that the
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24
European War News

The French steamer Sussex was tor
pedoed off Beachy Head In the English
channel. The vessel carried $50 pas
sengers. with crew of so, mostly
French. All were reported saved.
The Hamburg-American liners Prinz
Adalbert and Kronprinzessin Cecilie,
which were seized at Falmouth at the
outbreak of the war, were condemned
in prize court as prizes, according to
dispatch from London.
The losses Of the Russians since the
beginning of the war total 2,542,639,
according to Boris Schumacher. who
arrived at New York from Petrograd
on the Scandinavian-Amer liner
United States.
The great aerial attack on Zee
brugge Monday morning by fleet of
British, French and Belgian aeroplanes
caused the death of 200 persons and
spread heavy damage at the German
naval base, according to reliable re-
ports received at Amsterdam.
Russian troops have captured
Uscieczko, on the Dnicstcr river, north
of Czernowitz, according to an off,
cial dispatch from Vienna.
Capture of Ispahan, the important
Persian town which became the goal
- ho Col hn mn
of Kermanshah, is announced in an Of
fetal dispatch received at Petrograd
from Teheran.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24
SOLIDS CONTAINED IN MILK
Casein, Sugar, AIbumen and
Ash VIII Vary Somewhat.

The accompanying diagram shows
that about 81 per cent of milk Is wa
ter. Held in suspension therein is
what is collectively known as solids.
These are fat, casein, sugar, albumen
and ash. 1t is generally understood
that these milk solids vary more or
less and it is impossible to make an
accurate statement of the percentage
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24

II was learned at Springfield. Ill,
that quartermasters and commissary
officers of the Illinois National Guard
have been told to report to the United
States army depot quartermaster.
either In st. Louis or Chicago, for In.
structions in the event Of mobilization
of the National Guard.
Gov. Locke Craig of North Carolina
saved from death in the electric chair
Mrs. Ida Ball Warren, who had been
sentenced to death on March 81 for
the murder Of her husband.
Mayor G. A. Bading of Milwaukee
was renominated as the candidate Of
the nonpartisans. Eighty precincts
gave Hoan 1919, Bading, 1852. Car.
ney, CABS, and Adam Muth, 1888.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24
Fresh Water for Ducks.

Whether yarded or on range, ducks
must never be without fresh water,
and 1t should be deep enough in the
drinking vessel for them to immense
the entire head. Otherwise their eyes
will get sore and their nostrils plugged
up with the mash food. This condi-
ton will cause death in a few days
unless relieved.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24
Foreign

Lieut.. Sir Ernest Shackleton, the
polar explorer, was delayed a year
when one of his vessels broke from it's
moorings at the Ross sea base, said
dispatch from Sydney, N. S. W., leav-
ing the exploration party ashore and
unable to embark for another year.
Three Socialist editors-Messr
Hoeglund, Oljelund and Hedon-have
been arrested at Stockholm on a
charge of high treason.
Protest against the seizure of the
United States securities was made to
the foreign Office at London by w. H.
Page, the American ambassador.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24
Positive Proof.

bob careless, shiftless housekeepdr?
Mrs. Ondego--I should say 90. Every
time I 90 to borrow something she Is
all nut Of II.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24
Washington

Paper used by the government print
ing Office last year cost $1,238,759. and
salaries and wages at the printing Of
fee amounted to 1896, $50, according
to a statement issued at Washington.
The entente allies, replying indi-
vidually to Secretary Lansing's sug-
gestion for the disarmament Of all mer-
chant ships, have in effect rejected the
proposal, according to en- announce
ment given out by the state depart
ment at Washington.
The question Of calling the National
Guard for border duty to release regu-
lars for service in Mexico was dis
cussed at the cabinet meeting held in
Washington, but 1t was decided there
was no prospect Of such action at this
time.
The senate at Washington passed an
urgent deficiency bill. carrying appro-
priations of approximately $4,000. 900.
Nearly a million dollars were pro-
vided for ordnance and ordnance
stores for the navy.
Senator Lewis declared In resolu-
ton introduced in the senate at Wash
ington that American authorities had
knowledge Of supplies and money be-
ing furnished to Villa from foreign
countries and from the United States.
His resolution proposed to brand
Americans who give such aid as
guilty of actual treason"
The Hay army reorganization bill
was passed by the house at Washing.
ton by a vote of 102 to 2. AS II was
passed by the house the Hay bill pro-
vides regular army OF 100000 men,
an increase of 10000 over the present
authorized strength.
A protocol asked for by General
Carranza to govern the operations Of
the American expedition In Mexico
seeking Villa was agreed upon at
Washington by Acting Secretary Polk
and Eliseo Arredondo. Mexican ambas-
sador designate.
The Tnlman bill to provide for the
erection or purchase by the govern
ment of an armor plate factory at a
cost not to exceed s11,000.000 was
passed by the senate at Washington
by vote OF So to g.
Senator Sherman of Illinois intro
duced o resolution in the senate at
Washington authorizing the president
to call for $4,000 volunteers for Next.
can service. He declared the present
force wholly inadequate to cope with
tho situation. The resolution was laid
on the table.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24
The Rea4y haply.

Fair Customer-But the hairs are
coming out of this huff.
The Salesman-That, madam. is a
popularity Of the animal; It always
sheds its fur at this time Of the year.
-Iudge.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24
aea, Ratlon for pucks.

Unless the ducks can have free
range they require Leef scraps or 9TH
er form of animal food at the rate
of eight or ten per cent of the mash
fed. It is an uneconomical practice
to feed ducks unground grain. and
for young ducks it is dangerous az
well.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24

Now L. the Time to Get Rid of These
Ugly SpOta.

There's no longer the slightest need OF
feeling ashamed Of your freckles. as the
prescription othine-double Strengths
guaranteed to remove these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce of othine-doube
strength-from your druggist, and apply n
little OF It night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freckies
ones have vanished entirely. II Ia seldom
:hat more than one ounce is needed TO COM
pletely clear the skin and gain a beautiful
clear complexion. y
BE sure to ask for the double strength
othne, this IL sold under guarantee OF
Adv
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24
MOST IMPORTANT
NEWS OF WORLD
BIG HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK
CUT TO LAST ANALYSIS.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN ITEMS
Kernels Culled From Events Of Mo-
nnent In All Parts of the World
OF Interest to All the
People Everywhere.
Mexican Revolt

Air scouts are proving invaluable to
the American expeditionary force in
Mexico, according to Lieut.. T. s. Bow
en-, who reached Columbus, N. NJ He
has been invalided to San Antonio as
the result of fall.
Janos, 40 miles northwest Of Casas
Grandes, Mex, and on the route taken
by the American expeditionary force,
was set on fire, presumably by band
of Mexican bandits. Four large fires
were reported by Americans.
Three Americans, two women and
one man, were killed near Gibson's
ranch on the New Mexico-Mexico
boundary, eight miles west of Colum.
bus, N. NJ, presumably by Mexicans.
Lieut.. Edgar S. Gorrell of the Unit
ed States aero corps, who has been
missing since last Sunday, was found
three miles south of Ascension by a
motor-truck train, according to re-
ports made to military headquarters
rell was uninjured.
Gen. Francisco Villa was attacked
and defeated at Santa Gertrudes by
Carranza troops, according to dis
patch received by General Gavira, Car
rama commandant in Juarez. From
Santa Gertrudes Villa fed to FL Oso,
where he is reported to be retreating.
General Bell at FL Paso sent to Gen
eral Funston at San Antonio, Tex, a
message saying that his (Bells) report
that General Herrera had revolted has
been confirmed. General Funston ad-
vised the war department
Garcia Flores, Spanish merchant
of the city of Chihuahua, who arrived
at FL Paso, Tex, said that Villa had
held up train on which he was travel
ing, at Moctezuma, IS miles northeast
from Namiquipa.
Juan Sanchez and Pablo Sanchez,
two of the Mexicans arrested after
Villas raid on Columbus, were held at
Deming, N. NJ, without bail for the
grand jury on a charge of murder.
General Pershing reported to Wash
ington that he has reached a point
near Villa and his outlaws. The dis
patch indicates that it is possible Villa
may be trapped.
General Funston asked the war de-
partment at Washington for more
troops to send into Mexico only after
long consideration of the ACCESSIBILITY
of continuing the operations against
Francisco villa with the forces now
commanded by General Pershing.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24
Their Place,

Their Place.
Its q wonder they don't take
horses on Arctic explorations"
What foolish ideal"
mot at all. It's the ideal place for
old skates"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24

composition of milk unless it is ana.
lyzed. The average, however, has been
worked out by authorities. According
to them the different percentages for
the solids and water vary somewhat,
but the ones given in the diagram
are as determined by Babcock.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24
Domestic

Fire which started in the southern
part of Paris, Tex, and which quick
ly spread to the cotton compress did
damage estimated at almost $4,000. 900.
Thirty blocks OF residence and bust
ness buildings are in ruins.
Glover Leaf passenger train No. 8,
Commercial Traveller, was blown from
the track four miles east of Marion,
IND, during cyclone. twenty-five
passengers were hurt.
Twenty blocks in the residence sec
ton OF Augusta, Ca, In charred ruins
and the bare walls of six business
blocks bear testimony to Augustus
most serious fire disaster OF recent
years. Upward of 700 houses were de-
stroyed and at least 1900 persons are
homeless. The fire caused loss es-
timated at 100000.
The United States cruiser Brooklyn
sailed from Manila for Guam, Samoan
islands, from which port, 1t is under
oNIOu IL Will 1OuNOy W Gan
the German cruiser Cormorant.
Attacked by an enraged bull as he
was preparing the animals food,
Henry Kahn, sixty years old. residing
near Lost Nation, Ia, was gored to
death
Detectives sent to New York to ar
rest DR.. Arthur Warren Waite In con-
nection with the death of John z.
Beck, a millionaire druggist OF Grand
Rapids, Mich, found him in q condi-
ton of stupor as a result Of an opiate,
self-administered.
In telegram sent from New York
TO President Wilson the Aero Club of
America offered for army use in Mex
leo two high-powered aeroplanes
which the club says excel in every
way the present army flying equip
ment.
The subcommittee of the Republi.
can national committee. which has
been seeking &c elect a temporary
chairman for the Republican national
convention. adjourned at Chicago un
I'll April 15, without naming q man to
presite AZ the meeting
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24
Oats
lis Bushels
Per Acre.

| Oats letter from West
| 14s 1usbe,s ern Canada written
Per Acre. by Walter Gloedeu,
who is renewing
his subscription to his home paper:
1.-The times we are having up here
are very good in spite of the war.
have had very good crops this fall
and we are having very good markets
for II all. Wheat went from 30 to CO.
bu to the acre, oats from so to 100 blu.
to the acre. l had an 1S-acre field OF
oats which yielded me lis blu. per acre
by machine measure, so ! think this
is pretty prosperous country.
have purchased another quarter Sec
ton, which makes me now the owner
OF three-quarters Of a section OF
land. The weather was very nice this
fall up to Christmas, then we had quite
severe weather, but at the present
time it is very nice again" III
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24
One of the
Best Countries
| Ever Saw.

saw; its banking system is better thaip
that CT the United States; one quarter
section / own, with about 100000
worth of improvements, pays $500 a
year taxes. All tax is on the land; i'm
plements and personals are not taxed.
I was secretary-treasurer of Aspelund
school district for two years. My du-
ties were to assess all the land in the
district, collect the tax, expend 1t (S1,-
10000 a year,, hire teacher, etc., for
the sum OF $500 year. Some econ
omy, en-!
"All school and read taxes are ex-
pended in the districts where they are
collected. There are no other taxes.
Land titles are guaranteed by the gov
eminent and an abstract costs fifty
cents. Half of the population Of AL
berta are Americans or from Eastern
Canada. (Sgd) WILL TRUCKER
MILLER" Advertisement.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-03-24

81 lived many years in Alberta; filed
a homestead in the Edmonton district;