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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-10-05
Everybody Should Be Interested in the
Building Of Good Highways Everywhere
ByF.H KARsTENs Of Milwaukee, Wis.

The banker is interested in good The bank clearing
house economic every community The prospers
the prosperity of the community Good roads community
prosperity.
The retail merchant interested it will double
Of trade 1t operates just the getting
with several hundred employees
The hotel interested in good tourists
Good roads will multiply his business tend He keeps his
profit and the balance goes wholesalers retaersa
caused by good roads.
The automobile dealer interested good Every good
invitation to purchase It makes the valuable
the good roads offer for its enjoyment
cost Of its maintenance
The restaurant keeper interested in good
be fed, and it will give him mouths to feed
The real estate dealer good roads Good roads
Increase the value Of surrounding property They pros
and larger city This increases values more sales
The wholesaler and manufacturer will benefited
They make mddemen handling the product which the
community
Everybody everywhere is interested in good everybody
sverywhere.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-10-05
METHOD OF PATCHING HOLES
Gravel Is Mixed With Heavy Road Oil,
Which Acts as Binder-Use a
Concrete Mixer.

The modern scheme of protecting
road surfaces with sprayed oil has de-
veloped new method of patching
holes. Gravel is mixed with a heavy
road oil, which acts as binder. This
is prepared in advance and carried to
the place where the patching is to be
done. Less gravel is needed than when
1t is used dry, because the hole need
be filled only level and tamped, while
with the ordinary method the patching
gravel must be heaped above the nor
NAL surface of the road. Where patch
ing on large scale is to be done,
concrete mixed can be used to prepare
the mixture. = Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-10-05
HEN PLANT MINUS BOOSTERS
Buy Baby Chicks Each Spring to Re-
plenish Laying Stock and for
Roasters and Fryers.
(By R. G. WEATHERsToNE.)/

(By R. G. WEATHERSTONE.)>
To those who refrain from keeping
poultry, being fearful that the roost-
ers will disturb the quietude of the
neighborhood, let me recommend the
keeping of hens without ROSTERS and
buying baby chicks each spring to re
plenish the laying stock and to raise
for flyers and roasters. There are
thousands following this plan.
Even those having small back yards
can raise poultry, providing, of
course, such yards are touched by the
sun. Poultry must have sun. There
are some who are attempting to keep
chickens in back yards and easements
never reached by ray of sunshine,
but my advice is If you can't give
your chicks this necessity of life you
had better not try to raise poultry.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-10-05
DROPPINGS AND THEIR VALUE
Poultry Manure, Properly Cared For,
Is One of Best Fertilizers
Keep in Airy Place.

Properly cared for, poultry manure
is one of the best fertilizers the
ground can have. The best way to
preserve them is to put them in a
dry box or house, protected from the
weather, but airy enough to keep dry.
Sifted coal ashes on the dropping
board, or mixed with the droppings,
help to dry them out. Sawdust will
answer the same purpose.
If the poultry droppings are cared
for each day or week, the condition of
the flock may be estimated by the
character of the droppings If the
droppings show traces of blood, the
chances are the birds are getting too
much meat; if they are unshaped and
soft, the mash is too wet. If the ex-
crement is yellow or bright green, or
both, bowel trouble of the nature of
cholera may be apprehended.
In health, that part of the excre-
ment which is given off by the kidneys
is white.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-10-05
Very Serious Drain on Vitality of lay
ing Hens-lnteresting Find
ings From New York.

Ry o. w. DYNES, North Dakota Ex-
pertinent Station)
Every year the hen goes through a
physiological process known as molt-
ing in which it sheds the old feath-
ers and replaces them with new. This
is a very serious drain on the vitality
Of laying hens. Usually they stop lay
ing entirely during October, Novem-
Der and December. The New York
State College of Agriculture has made
some interesting findings regarding
the molting period of fowls. These
may be summarized as follows:
The hen feathers more quickly in
those areas which protect the vital
parts.
From the incubator to the laying
period, chicks experience at least four
moltings, either partially or com
pletely.
Hens frequently lay during the sum-
mer while partially melting, but sell
dom during the general melting.
Young hens molt more quickly than
older ones.
Hens melting very late mott in less
time than those molting earlier.
Hens melting very late give a high
er yearly production than those mott
ing earlier.
Hens lose in weight while melting.
Broodiness appears to retard mott
ing.
Starving the hens appears to in
crease broodiness.
Hens melting early resume produc-
ton more quickly after melting than
those melting late.
Hens melting early lay more eggs
during early winter than hens mott
ing late.
The most prolific hens mott latest.
1t is thus seen that hens which mott
late are usually the heavy producers.
There is a lesson in this for every
poultry keeper. Take proper care of
the hens that mott late because of the
cold weather. Such hens make excel
lent breeders in the spring and should
be properly cared for. This can be
done by putting them into the house
early and not allowing them to suffer
from the cold winds.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-10-05
MoL7lNe PERIOD OF FOWLS DETERMINING SEX OF FOWLS
knack Is Particularly Valuable to
Those Selling Day-oId chicks-
Male Is Sturdier.
(By W. A. LIPPINCoTT, Kansas Agri-
cultural College.)

(By W. A. LIPPINCOTT, Kansas Agri-
cultural College.)
Ability to determine sex is particu-
larly valuable to persons who make a
business of selling day-old chicks and
to those who desire to raise the pull
lets only. 1t Is impossible for poul-
try raisers to do this, however, except
in the case Of a few of the varieties in
which there is difference of color
marking between the sexes as in the
Barred Plymouth Rocks and Silver
Wyandottes.
In China where one family follows
the same occupation generation after
generation, the poultry raisers have
developed their sense of touch so
highly that they can determine the sex
of chicks quite accurately. Even with
Chinaman to tutor him, it Is not
probable that any American, with the
possible exception of some of the stu
dents of the blind institutions, can be-
come proficient in this art, and con-
sequently the American must depend
on sex characteristics and color mark
ings.
In all varieties of poultry the male
chicks have sturdier appearance, a
wider comb space and heavier legs
and beak. These characteristics alone
often are misleading, but coupled with
color markings, they make a good
working basis.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-10-05
7JBIg(
ROADS
GOOD ROADS ARE NECESSARY
WelI-Graded and Drained Earth Road,
When Dragged Regularly, Is
Quite Satisfactory.

Two very striking facts present
themselves to those who have noticed
our country roads this season. The
first fact is that proper drainage is
vitality necessary in order to have a
permanently good road. The second
fact is that a well-graded and drained
earth road, when dragged regularly,
will give us a passable and fairly good
road even under abnormal weather
conditions. Some of the best roads we
have passed over this season have
been simply dirt roads receiving log
drag treatment. Some Of theworst roads
we have gone over this season have
been extensively made graveled roads
which have been bad simply because
Of lack Of drainage. The fundamental
principle of road building, after all is
said and done, is to so grade our roads
and provide drainage that the water
can get away.
Sentiment in the middle West
seems to be gradually settling down to
the opinion that good roads are a me-
cessity and not luxury. Building
roads for automobile owners now
means building roads for farmers and
not for city people alone. The farm
tractor and the farm truck of the flu
ture will further emphasize the i'm
portance of good country roads. The
only thing that must be insisted on is
that roads must be made of the best
materials at hand, and the work must
be done under the supervision Of those
who understand road-making. This
supervision naturally adds to the cost,
Another thing that must be understood
is that maintenance of the road year
after year, prompt attention being paid
to repairs, is just as necessary as the
first construction.
We predict that good-road building
will continue to be one of the most
popular subjects for discussion for the
next few years. The proposed federal
aid for road building, providing $751;
100000 to be spent during the next
five years when a similar sum is raised
by the local community, means that
national system of roads is to become
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-10-05

southern girls there until you Dead Fipno English
and arithmetic and geography but you think you going
civilized human beings out of them according your
W lou can no more do 1t than by fiat of law make
thoroughbred Kentucky horse of
negro or make Malay out of Chnaman make
of japanese
AS Lincoln sad there certain physical and mental differences
between that simply exist They partly
they partly from environment they perhaps partly
OF knows from the fiat of But however
they come they there and cannot change the other
of the other amalgamae them
than you amagamate oil and water bottle
up and shake them until you tired but you
through the gobues OF oil will dentae themselves and the drops
OF water will derenate themselves
aton cannot accomplish You further with
to wood make look like you
oak out of it.
You cannot for the life of
cannot for the life of you uperpoe American
civilization unless only skin deep and
where IN this world undertake to people govnment unless
them the liberty themselves
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-10-05

The advantage Of an early market
for turkeys cannot be overestimated.
Keep them growing and try to have
the bulk of the turkey crop ready
for Thanksgiving. The demand for
turkeys is greatest at this time and
the price is best. Keep pushing the
feed from this on. Let them have
all they want of the best food They
will grow and lay on flesh at the same
time. While they must be left on
range, yet, well fed, they will tramp
off no flesh because they are not
worrying now about a living. They
are taking life easy. OF course,
English people confine turkeys and
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-10-05
FEED OFTEN BUT sPARINGLY
Four or Five Feelings Daily Until Two
Weeks Old Is Tavored-Avoid
All Sloppy Feeds.

Little chicks must never be overfed.
Feed four or five times a day during
the first feeding week, gradually dimin-
ishing the number of feelings until the
end of the second week. Cracked
grain may be fed three times a day
and dry mash kept before them all the
time after the second week. Sloppy,
wet foods should be avoided.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-10-05

fatten them up on ground oats or
corn and milk, boiled vegetables,
with table scraps-anything soft and
tasty and in plenty twice a day.
When on range they should be fed
three times a day at fattening time
wheat, oats and old corn, never new,
for this makes intestinal trouble that
precludes laying on flesh. At noon
the feed should be ground stuff
made into a mash. 1t pays to spare
plenty of good grain to an increase
of turkey flesh, for it brings more
accordingly, and with no more feed,
than beef, mutton or pork per pound
for the farmer.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-10-05
usinn sky as Shed

The extravagant farmer who uses
blue sky to shed his machinery is in
the market for brickbats to scour his
plows and for numerous repairs to
supply the places Of those that have
rusted out.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-10-05
Lose Money on "Roarders.D

Some farmers would be better of IL
they sold their cows and bought milk
and butter. Yet they don't realize
that they are losing real money on
every "boarder" in their herds. Test
each COW.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-10-05
BLUE OINTMENT FOR vERMIN
Poison Is Not Recommended for Younq
Chickens-It Is Effective Also
for Scaly Leg.

For body lice on chickens apply blue
ointment just below the vent. Use a
piece the size of pea. Lice go to the
vent for water. Do not use this on
young chickens. Blue ointment is eff
fective also for scaly leg. This infor-
nation Is given out by the California
experiment station.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-10-05
People Living in the Township
Through Which This Road Runs Do
Not Care for Engineering Advice.

a reality. The states, likewise, are be-
coming more liberal in spending money
for highways. From an agricultural
viewpoint, the most desirable help to
the good-road propaganda just now
must come from the individual farmer
when he realizes that good roads are
necessity in the proper development
OF the Countrywide Farmer.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-10-05
GOOD MIXTURE FOR GOSLINGs
Nothing Better for Newly Hatched
Fowls Than Bread Moistened With
Milk-Add Some Grit.

There is nothing better to feed new
ly Matched goslings than bread moist
ened with milk, in which a little fine
grit and little finely graduated char
coal has been mixed. After the first
two or three days mixture of one
part corn meal and two parts bran can
be gradually substituted for the bread.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-10-05
United States Cannot Civilize Alien
Race Of Filipinos by Its Own Standard
By SENATOR JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS Of Mississippi

In all the history Of the world there is not an
instance where one race or people superposed
civilization upon another They may superpose the
veneering they may superpose verisimtude they
not superpose verify. No people have yet done SO,
and people will emerge into the full light of
civilization and enlightenment unless they do it by
their own hard cruel suffering and experience 1t
never will happen; it cannot happen You may go
along sending yankee schoolmarms' to the Philip
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-23
o!RAcEEANp.

The Grsreland dies aid soctSk5
VIII hold their annual sale 81 aprons
quilts, etc, Oh Friday, December 5
at the Danish Hall. As25 cen chicken
pie supper WI beeerved, toAwhich
AZ are cordially invited.
Mr. and Mfs, Albert Olson and Cleo
were visitors at WATERFOWL Friday.
John Nicholson and family and Nels
Hansen and family Of Henry. Mrs.
D Mckay Of Garden City, MI. and
Mrs. August Jensen and daughter.
and MI. and Mrs. Hiene Hansen and
Gladys were entertained at dinner
Sunday at the Henry Hensen home.
The Reed family Of Watertown Wis
tied. Sunday, at George Henningson,s.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Nelson and son.
Miss Ena Ulbricht, Bertha and Vida
Peterson and Mrs. Nels Jorgensen and
Clara were Sunday visitors at the
Ulbricht home.
Mrs. Hans Hensen and Lille were
WATERFOWL visitors last Saturday.
Miss Mable Kittleson, who is al
nurse at Luther hospital at Water
town, visited Sunday at the home oil
her sister, Mrs. Frank Swanson.
MI. and Mrs. Frank Desart and
Ashton Lappier and family s~undayed
at the Frank Conner home.
Mr.. n Mrs. Will Retz and childrenl
we're Sunday guests at the c .vogtI
home.
Louie Nelson spent Sunday at the
Olson home in Henry.
The Albert sasse family spent sun
day at Gus Rieneke's.
The Is a. S. meets on Friday. Del
eernber 1 with Mrs. Henry Hansen.
Peter Peterson and family visited at
Martin J~orgensen's Sunday afternoon.
Mr., and Mrs. Charlie Alt and chill
spent Sunday evening at the G.
Vogt home. i
MT. and Mrs. Oscar Swanson and
baby, Arthur Hansen and Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Hansen sundayed at Hans
Hansen's.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-23
Correspondence
PELICAN.

D. c. Benthin was a business caller
in this neighborhood the fore part OF
the week.
Dewey Mclaughlin is assisting the
Scherers with the farm work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack OKeefe were
visiting relatives in the Grover yicin-
ity the past week. They have re
turned to their home at Yale.
a goodly number from this district
attended the show at WATERFOWL on
Friday evening.
George Mapes had a Singing bee
Friday afternoon. They finished
shingling the hog house.
Mrs. Mary Anderson called on our
neighbor the middle Of the week.
Nj G. Scott was motoring in this
vicinity Saturday afternoon.
Leroy snively is assisting the Scott
brothers for the present.
The new consolidated school house
at Thomas was dedicated last Thurs
day. The ladies served ice cream
and cake to the large attendance of
patrons present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Kallis and daugh-
ter left for Wisconsin to attend the
funeral OF Mr.. Kallis' father.
We understand those three stray
white headed calves that were at the
Boxelder farm Saturday belong to a
Mr.. Waite OF Hamlin county.
Albert ,Tfhiede and q number Of our
~neighbors are having their cornshred-
aed. \
Quite a number from here attended
the second number of the lyceum
sourse at Thomas Saturday eeyning.
We enjoyed it very much. The next
nnmbeI will be given on Monday ev-
eaing, December the fourth.
Efferdt Kallis is staying at the
home Of his grandma, Mrs. zamow,
Asring the absence Of his parents.
Many Pelican citizens attended the
funeral Of Thomas 3. Sweet Sunday
AEterno0n.
Freeman Scherer, son Of MI. and
Mrs. Albert Scherer Of Watertown,
will visit at the Peter Scherer home
for 4 little while.
MI. and Mrs. Asa Lebert autoed te
WATERFOWL Sunday afternoon.
HI. and Mrs. Frank Lebert, NJ.
HE<S3H4f8E
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-23

casion being his birthday anniversary.
r. G. Collins was q guest at Kenil-
worth farm last week. While here,
he and half the Babcocks antoed to
Henry, on pleasure and business bent.
Ross Clapp had the clover thresh-
ers last week.
Lake View Farmers club meets
Friday night at the OsToole home.
Roll call: What invention has been
the most $ to ma since the be-
ginning OF the world?, East Broad
9 serves supper. Be sure and
bring q devilsfood, Ruby.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-23
FLORENCE

MI. H G. Bork. of Waterfowl, wal
in Florence Friday.
A good many from here attended
the acknowledgement wedding atWa
tertown Saturday.
3. H. Meyer attended the football
game at Minneapolis Saturday.
A. g. Burnstad, Chas. zirbel and Ole
Skaim went to ST. Paul with stock
Sunday.
Mr., and Mrs. Cole were WATERFOWL
callers Thursday.
Mrs, Nelson entertained the Ladies
Aid Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nommenson moved to
.Watertown Saturday where they viii
stay for a short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Jones and Mr.. and
Mrs. Blum spent Sunday at Elrod.
Mr.. and Mrs. g. r. Best, Miss Phil
lips and Mrs. M. Wells Of Watertown
spent Sunday at the Dan Best home.
Chas. Kuhn, of Sioux Falls, visited
friends here the iKst of the week.
MI. and Mrs. M. Nisbet were called
to Minot, N. D, Monday. on account
Of the illness Of their daughter, Mrs.
D. Beard.
Mrs. AC. Blrnstad and Mrs. c. G..
iBurnstad and Miss Jessie Burnstad
and Mrs. Gillies yer WATERFOWL Wis
itors Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blum transacted bust
ness at WATERFOWL Tuesday.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-23
kRANzBuRG.

4tRSH#
Lewis Raml was a passenger to
WATERFOWL Sunday.
Nick HAN went to Gettysburg, S.
D., the past week.
Mrs. John Sours, Mrs. John McPhee
and Mrs. John Whooley Of Watertown
autoed to K%ranzburg Saturday after
noon and attended the auction.
Mrs. John Deniger of Watertown
came down Monday morning.
r. E. Lang was a passenger to Wa
|tertown Sunday evening.
Mrs. John Ries of WatertoWn spent
Sunday here. visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Lantgen and
family went to Watertown on the Sun
day evening passenger.
Mrs. Pat keenan, of Watertown
spent Sunday here visiting her moth
er, Mrs. Mary Graen.
Monday. about noon, occurred an
auto accident about mile west Of
here on the road between WATERFOWL
| Kranzburg, when Henry Hams
car, driven by his son, Carl, turned
turtle, throwing the occupants 70 the
road. John HAN, mi Of the occu-
pants, is suffering from a broken leg,
while his wife and other occupants
received slight bruises. Mr.. Ham
was taken to the hospital in Water
town. It is not known how he is at
this writing:
Mrs. G. +, Weller Of Watertown
was visiting friends here Sunday,
MI. and Mrs. +. Liepert Of Water
town came down Sunday.
Big time here Thanksgiving day,
Dinner supper, entertainment, dane,
Ing, afternoon and evening
The show given here last Friday
and Saturday was well attended and
liked by all.
Miss Mary Ruhr Of Watertown
spent Sunday at home here Sunday.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-23
YAHoTA.

A. W. Palm was out this way last
Tuesday.
The annual live stock breeders sale
was held in Waterfowl last Thurs.
day. Several from this neighborhood
took in stock.
We we're wrongly informed as to
school In District No. 10. Instead Of
last Monday, school began this Mon.
day. with Miss Annie Kaiser as teach.
Ter.
Mrs. Ritz, who has been i'll fol
some time, is reported not any better
Miss Ethel WEIGH has been visiting
flor q few days at the home Of he1
uncle, Sam WEIGH, the past week.
Little Bernard Clapp. whoshas beer
i'll with measles. has recovered.
MI. and Mrs. Carl Peterson ant
Doris Babcock made a trip to South
Shore last Saturday afternoon. The
trip was very enjoyable. notwithstand
Ing that,when nearly there, the cal
|ssbalked, for an hour.
Rev r Lewis preachedto q very
appreciatiYe audience at the schoo
house, Sunday afternoon.
Bruce Babcock started scohol Ii
district No. AZ this week.
Quite number from this vicinity
attended the funeral % Chas. Kreger
Monday
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-23
Thomas Sweet Dies
at Home Near civ

Thomas sweet Il az TIA. earav
settlers 81 Codinrton co,,ntxs nasasvs
away last week. the fpnaral osc,,,.rsn.
on sunday afternoon fran, tha ra.t'
dence. i few miles southwest 81 M
civ. the remains being Inferred A
Mount Hone cemetery.
Death was due. ia cancer. NJ.
sweet had consulted eminent srecial.
lists Who give him NO
telling him that his Ma Al aarth was
but mater 81 tine. NJ. sweet %.
cented the yepsicf v;th raasyn.tion
continuing Is attend to HIS duties 81
the farm. With only temr,orarv inter-
~ruptions. until conaned II 8hia he'd hnt
few days prior Is ths anal sum
mons.
us
$500 H'ls aau enlse 800
= ! a.as a.sa Tss '.ou.n n,s u'1. a,us
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-23
Pa AND MA.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
When ma comes running down the
stairs.
She stops right In The door
An sort makes 4 picture there,
An taps upon the door
TIL pa looks UP, an, then she cries
Well, how Is this for style!n
An pa Just grunts an :dropa his eyes
An then / see him smile.
NY pa, sometimes he gets so mad
It's awful how he blows
About the money ma has had
70 keep herself in clothes.
An ma, she tells him how she tried
~ please him all the while.
Anspalahe mort an, looks aside
~, then 4 . him smile.
An'pa, Ne growis an looks 30 GRIM,
Al then begins 10 knock.
When "a. upstairs, calls down ~ him.
ssPlaease come md hook ny frockIa'
But, softly smoothaahlsha
MSnch loving style.
N. ~ gray u comin, 4
1nl I ~ lin anaile.
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NV ell1ll
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