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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-05-05
MORTGAGE FOR s14,OOO,OoO.
New England Power Co.. Document
One of the Largest on Record.

One of the largest mortgages filed in
the registry of deeds in the history of
Hampden county was placed on record
in Springfield, Mass, Friday. II was
for $l4, 900, 900, given by the New Eng.
land Power Co. to the New England
Trust Co., and was first mortgage to
secure first mortgage FER cent gold
bonds. The property secured includes
the power company waterpower prop
critics along the Deerfeld river. The
Monroe Bridge, Scott s Bridge and
Shelburne Falls properties are speci-
fed The terms of the mortgage are
set out in huge book.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-05-05
WEAK, NERVOUS OHIO WOMAN
Made Well By Delicious Vinol

Belefontaine, Ohio. -"My blood was
very poor i was in a weak, nervous,
rundown condition. l tried different
remedies without benefit and one day
! ny druggist told me about Vinol. l
tried it and it built me up in every way
: blood, strength and nerves, and | tell
ymy friends it is the best medicine on
!earth. - Mrs. EARL BRUNSoN.
Vinol, our delicious cod liver and iron
ltonic without oil, sharpens the appetite,
I aids digestion, enriches the blood and
| in this natural manner creates strength,
Wilfred F. Root, Druggist, Brattle-
Poro, Vt.
Vinol is sold in Hinsdale, N, H., by
Mark S. Mann, Druggist.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-05-05

In the United States there are $780,
SOP farms, with total acreage of S7S,.
76S,325.
Mountain climbing as sport is one
to which women today are devoting
much attention.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-05-05

Mrs, Honpeck - Those who are I'M
lucky in love are said to be lucky at
cards
Henpeck-If you d let me out nights,
dear, l think it would be a good thing
for me to play poker--Puek.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-05-05

A pharmacy preparatory course for
boys has been introduced into Chica-
COS public high schools.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-05-05
GIBSON commissioner
Stay-at-Homes Much Surprised - All
Other ofisers Reelected -. accent
Tax Rate Voted.

A still hunt ended Tuesday in the
annual village meeting in the election
of Capt Z. w. Gibson of Company l,
V. N. G., village commissioner for three
years over the chairman of the board,
Scion A. Richmond, who was candi-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10
PRACTICE OF BUD SELECTION
Work Of Bureau Of Plant Industry
Shows Importance Of Using Pedi-
greed Nursery Stock.

(By FRED w. DAVIS, Texas Commits
sioner of Agriculture)
The recent work of the bureau of
plant industry has shown some very
interesting results from the practice
of bud selections. The work has
shown conclusiYely that pedigreed
nursery stock is Just as important in
raising productive fruit trees as pedi.
greed calves in raisingna high grade
Of cattle.
They attach even more importance
to bud selection in tree production
than to seed selection in corn and cot.
ton. Their experience, covering sew.
eral years, has shown the old practice
Of taking buds from young trees to be
unwise. In this manner a great many
worthless trees are produced. Bud
wood should be chosen only from old,
bearing trees on which a close record
has been kept for number of years.
These trees, 4. addition to being
good bearers, should conform to your
standard type. Nor is it enough to Sc
lect your bud wood from productive
or desirable tree; it should also be
chosen from limb which is pro
ductive and which has strong, healthy
buds.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10

The cid adage, Never buy a thing
simply because it is cheap; it will be
dear to you in the end" applies with
special force in the purchase of fer
tilizers. No one thing has been more
clearly demonstrated by the work of
the experiment stations than that it
does not pay to buy lowpriced, low
grade fertilizers. The low grade fer
tilizers, though cheaper as measured
by price per ton, are much more ex-
pensive when measured by the actual
amount and quality of plant food
which they contain and by the cost of
handling B. e. Rose, from a COM
parison of the composition and cost
of fertilizers on sale in the state of
Florida. says that the high-grade
fertilizers for but little more than a
third advance in price over the cost
of the low-grade goods furnish two.
thirds more plant food and five-sixths
more commercial value"
An examination of fertilizers in
Vermont showed that the medium
grade goods for one-ninth in advance
in price over the cost of the low-grade
brands offered one-fifth more plant
food and two-fifths more commercial
value. The high-grade fertipzer1 for
, three-sevenths advance in price fur
nished three-fifths more plant food
and double the commercial value.
E A bulletin of the Mississippi station
eays: The purchase Of the so-called
cheap or low-grade fertilizers is never
advisable. It is not the price per ton
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10
PROPER ATTENTION TO A sow
Feed, Shelter and Exercise Must Not
y Be Neglected n Man Is to Sue
t. coed With Swine.
{By L. A. WEAVER, Missouri College of
rAgriculture)

(By L. A. WEAVER, Missouri College of
Agriculture)
There are three things which should
! be looked after carefully in caring for
| the brood sow-feed, shelter and exer-
else. II man is to succeed he must
Innt pegleet any one of these things.
Il entirely too common practice
Iin the corn belt to feed brood sows
only straight corn. This is practice
which should not be followed for sew
eral reasons. In the first place, the
lsow should have more protein or mus
lcle-building nutrients in her feed than
corn supplies. This is necessary to
supply her own body needs, and es-
pecially for the litter of pigs which she
bis going to produce. She must also
have feed which is less constipating
bin it's nature than is corn.
H One OF the things which must be
guarded against, if strong filters are to
|pe produced, is constipation in the
brood SOW. The things which COM
monty cause constipation in the brood
Sow are too much corn and too little
water and exercise. A SOW should
hlso have more bulk and more mineral
matter in her ration. Corn, when fed
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10
BROOD soWs NEED EXERCISE
Soy Beans, Peanuts, Glover Pasture
Oats, Shorts and Tankage VIII
Furnish Protein.

The pigs will be strongest from the
sows which have had balanced IA.
ton and plenty OF exercise. A noted
swine breeder once stated that he saw
that his sows got exercise II he had
to feed them quarter of mile from
their sleeping quarters.
The sow usually gets enough corn
this time of the year, and IT is good
hog feed, but she needs in addition
feed rich in protein and she needs
mineral matter.
Soy beans. peanuts, clover pasture.
oats. shorts, wheat bran, tankage
will furnish the protein. II grown on
the farm soy beans or peanuts will
probably be cheapest, but tankage ia
excellent.
For mineral matter add wood ashes
or ground phosphate rock or. acid
phosphate. 1t will pay in the better
pigs produced to give these things.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10

of the fertilizer. but the price per
pound of the plant food in 1t which
should be subjected to inquiry by. the
merchant or farmer who is ready to
buy.
An authority from the Missouri sta
ton says: One ton of good fertilizer
costing $50 will contain over ESQ
pounds more OF total plant food than
two tons of low-grade fertilizer cost
ing 500 per ton. The one ton of high
grade fertilizer contains six dollars
worth of plant food more than the
two tons of cheap fertilizer, making a
great saving to the farmer. who has
only one-half as much to haul from the
station.
Mr.. II. d. Haskins of the Massachu.
Sets station says: 1t is evident that
too many farmers select a fertilizer
for it's low cost and without much re-
gard tc the plant food which they are
getting. The object in buying fer
tilizer should be to get the largest
amount of plant food in the proper
form and proportion for the least
money. The high-grade goods APP
proach as near this ideal as is possible
in case of factory-mixed fertilizers.
1t costs Just as much to freight, cart.
and handle the low-grade as it does
the high-grade. Nitrogen and potash
in low-grade fertilizers cost from q
third to half more than If obtained
from high-grade goods. The farmer
cannot afford to buy low-grade fertil.
izers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10

lows at bin and board; at their best
at their club or hunters camp, spin
ming yarns or taking a crowd Of their
fellows on long pleasure jaunts,
where never a petticoat crosses their
path. Married life to- such man
would be irksome because he could
not come and go as he pleased or en-
Joy the companionship of men most
agreeable to him.
The bachelor Of very moderate in
come who avoids women often does
so for reasons quite as -seliesh. HIS
small income keeps him In compare
tive ease. If he were to wed, wife
would have to be supported out of it,
which would mean cutting off most of
his comforts. He avoids the entire
sex rather than perchance meet and
fall in love with the one woman who
would tempt him to swerve from his
set notions.
But, taking all in all, no matter
how much man may avoid fair wom-
en-, he is but tool in the hand Of
fate. There is a destiny which
shapes our ends, rough hew them as
we may People meet where hills
and mountains don't. The clasp of a
, hand, the glance of pair of eyes, and
he follows blindly where she leads
him, when once he would have turned
and fed.
There's no use of attempting to be-
guile or push the man who is deter
mined to avoid women into matrimony.
He must learn his lesson from the
book of love, in his own time and in
his own way.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10
OIL PRESERVES COUNTY ROAD
Surface Rendered Impervious to Wa
ter and Crown 10 Almost Like
AsphaIt-No Signs Of Wear.

The only road in Berks county,
Maryland, which is strictly county
road" is the stretch Of FIVE miles be.
tween Douglasyille and Yellow House.
By this is meant that 1t is neither q
state nor township road, but is entire
ly under the Jurisdiction of the county
authorities.
Recently the road was treated with
coating Of crude oil. and no one
doubts the wisdom Of this action. The
road 10 now not only dust-proof, but
the surface has been rendered impervk
GUS to water. The crown is almost
like asphalt, and there are no signs OF
wear or tear.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10
Wood Tar.

Wood tar, known also as Stockholm
and as Archangel tar. il principally
prepared in the great pine forests Of
central and northern Russia, Finland
and Sweden. The material chiefly en-
ployed Is the resinous stools and roots
of the Scotch FIR and the Siberia larch.
A large amount of tar Is also prepared
from the roots OF the swamp pine in
North and South Carolina. Georgia and
Alabama, In the United States. The
process can be effected in two ways:
"a by stacking IND hiring as in the
manufacture Of g lhD pal; this method
is wasteful as - apostolic to re-
cover the val yiption cots y and
(2) by distillfng !. single issue q
or kilns. While the second Is ns
more economical method. 1t is hardly
practical except on large scale for
manufacturing purposes. - It involves
the installation of an extensive plant.
retorts, condensing apparatus, etc.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10

and an agreeable smile are passports
to her favor. He can walk roughshod
over the good, honest youth who is
to bashful to say his soul is his own
and who couldn't utter compliment
to save his life, no matter how he
yearns to give the girl notion as to
how dear she is to him.
To the bashful youth going to call
on girl is dreaded dilemma to
face. When there he does not know
what to say or do. He is pitifully
conscious of his own failure to en-.
terrain. The old folks like him. They
know that their girl is safe in his com
pany. His reverence for the maid is
SO great, 30 sincere, that he would
cut his right hand of rather than to
offer her the slightest caress. Her
parents do not, feel the same conf
dence in the dashing fellow who has
had no end of sweethearts ever since
he was out OF his swaddling clothes,
broken hearts by the score and was
always ready for a new conquest, ever
captivated by new and prettier face,
winning affection only to fling it aside
like flower that is faded-a love race
that has been won, and that is the
end of it. Worldwise parents know
that this is not the kind of young man
for her to be brought into contact
with too often. They endeavor to dis
courage her with him. When that
fails they set their foot down against
his coming. thus censoring her would
be beau.
Some girls take this parental cen.
sorship as an affront. They either go
into Mysteries or sulk over it. Very
few girls have the rare good sense to
realize that whatever father and moth
er decree Is for the best, bowling beau
tifully to their will.
Some people think that parents
should not interfere with their chill
dren's love affairs. II they didn't
there would be no end of mischief
done In a number of cases. It's not
only the right, but the duty OF parents
or guardians Of a young, unsophisti-
Gated girl to censor her friends, both
male and female. 1t is not the par
ents who bend the twig in the way
it should go, but the girls companions
who set the pace she travels. The
wild youth will not call constantly up
on a girl he does not care overmuch
for II her home folks give him little
or no opportunity to have her alone
by himself to make love to. There
will be no regret or tears for the girl
whose sweetheart meets with her par
ents' approval. Girls should have a
gay and merry youthtime blu. parents
should censor the companions OF their
daughters.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10
ROAD
BUILDING
USE or coNvIcTs ON ROADS
Passed Through Period Of .Hysterical
Wrangie Into One Of Actually Sue
cessfuI Accomplishment.

The use of convicts on the public
roads has passed through the period of
hysterical wrangle into a period of
actually successful accomplishment
and almost universal acceptation,"
stated e. Stage Within. whose new
course in practical penal problems at
Columbia university was recently an
nounced.
Doctor Within holds that the under
lying motive in convict road building
must be to secure the great efficiency
for the state out of its possessions
But the convicts and the roads are
property of the state. and the work
ing of convicts upon the roads should
eliminate many elements of waste in
the administration of road and prison
departments.
THE efficiency of the convict on the
road gang" he continued, differs
greatly in different gangs. There is
no doubt in my mind that the appli-
cation of the efficiency records in use
at the present time in the Wisconsin
road camps for free labor will tend
even more perceptibly to raise the eff
ficiency of convict labor.
Incentive must be created before
good work can be produced. Coop
any of us up in stuffy, unsanitary
jan for several months, arraign US for
trial amid the excitement of what we
misname as justice, and then take a
few months of breaking our spirit in
prison surroundings and there is little
likelihood that the thing we call ginger
will be very apparent. There is def
mite need Of building up IL the convict
is to return to society and make good.
"The great need" Doctor Within
concluded, lis for the foreman OF a
convict road gang to throw his shout
der to the task and inspire his gang
with the desire to be like him. The
problem lies in securing such men as
foreman of the road gangs"
The graduate department of high
way engineering at Columbia univer-
sity has been in close touch with the
national committee on prisons and
prison labor, which is located on the
campus, for number OF years. This
work has been carried on under the
joint direction of the department and
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10

wraps for spring are merely capes. In
one shape or another, Joined to collar
cites made of the same material.
Besides these frivolous and dressy
little wraps there are innumerable
cape collars of organdie or other sheer
stuffs for indoor wear. Two Of them
are shown here. One is dainty and
demure looking furbelow with q plain
band about the neck and hemstitched
edge 1t fastens at one side with
row of small crocheted buttons and
is ornamented by an insertion Of mar
row val lace very neatly set in about
two inches from the edge.
At the left of the picture the cape of
organdie joins high turnover collar
by means of row of hemstitching.
This collar is plated across the back
and has rather deep points at the front
where 1t opens in v at the throat.
Val lace, having square mesh, is set
to the edges with scant fullness, and
two rows of hemstitching are placed
above 1t in the organdie. This collar
fastens at the front with a single small
pearl button.
Taffeta silk, net, and crochet buttons
are depended upon for the frilly capes
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10

Displays of spring dress goods in
the shops are enriched by many beau.
tiful and novel cotton fabrics that are
a revelation in the art of weaving cot
ton. They include canvas cloths and
basket weaves that promise something
of revolution in apparel for warm
weather. There are the smart avn
ing stripes in white with all colors
and white with black, In which color
ings and the arrangement of stripes
are both new. They are to be used
for separate skirts to be worn with
coats of plain color. Basket weaves
are most attractive in black and white,
but are shown in many designs adapt
ed to skirts and suits. Cottons, in
fact, are usurping the place of wool
ems and silks by the force of the
beauty and practicability of the new
weaves.
Some of the familiar cotton mate
rails, like cretonne, in light weights are
woven with reference to their use in
dresses and suits. In suits, plain,
coarse linens or cottons are used with
them, made into coats finished with
collars, cuffs, belts, pockets and other
details OF finishing, made of cretonne
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10
soIes tor the sedroom Slipper.

Use old felt hats for crocheted slip
per soles. Cut two or three pieces the
size Of the slipper; quilt these to-
gether by machine, stitch o shoe lace
around the edge and sew your upper to-
this lace; this win outwear any other
sole and costs nothing but few min
utes' work. ! always use them on my
children's morning slippers and they
are still better If a piece of hid from
an old shoe is put on the outside Of the
felt and stitched with the rest.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10

It cost France ssl2.oo0,0oo to build
the best system of roads in the world.
For many years II has reaped untold
wealth. enjoyment and benefit from
them. and now those same roads have
become the greatest single factor in
saving the republic from destruction
BY invading enemies. Certainly If any
sane man doubts the profit or advisa.
bility OF the best roads and the most
OF them, France affords an object les.
son that none can fail to compre,
bend.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10

Hone, is too fattening and the fat is
Edded internally which is injurious to
be development of the unborn pigs.
Corn is all right II fed with judy
hent. In the corn belt 1t naturally
hakes UP a large part Of our swine
|lhtions. When fed to sows, however,
\ should be supplemented with some
BED like linseed oil meal or tankage.
horts, and perhaps little bran. An
ther good feed to use is alfalfa meal.
Hover or cowpea hay, II not too
parse, also supplies bulk, protein.
Ind the laxative effect desired. Every
log man will want to plan special
htion using the feeds which he has
Il hand that will give the best re-
|hlts; but a few good ones for the
|food SOW will be suggested. taking
he following as . basis.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10

the prison committee. Doctor Blan-
chard. professor OF highway engineer.
ing. sees the great opportunity for the
highway road work. and, as he stated
In recent article in the Columbia
Spectator: "The humane element must
be q factor In the education of the
highway engineer Of the future" This
will be supplied through the co-opera-
ton of the national committee on
prisons and prison labor and the work
under Doctor Within at Columbia uni
versity.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10
WlLT-RESlsTANT SEED BEST
Clemson College Urges Farmers to
Help Stamp Out Disease Which
10 Costing South Millions.

It Is estimated that the Cotton Belt
loses about ten million dollars q year
as result Of the ravages of cotton
wilt and 1root-knot- Nevertheless, It
is not dificult, says the authorities.
to protect ones cotton crop from wilt.
The use of wilt-resistant varieties OF
cotton (the Dixie and Dillon) Is the
course urged by the botany division Of
Clemson college and the federal Eu-
reau OF plant industry These organi-
zations are cooperating with a num-
Der OF farmers in South Carolina who
are producing carefully grown reed OF
the wilt-resistant varieties to sell to
those who need them.
The botany division of Clemson col
lege will answer questions about wilt
and root-knot.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-03-10
cAPE-coLLARs AND cApEs.

like that in the skirt. Or this is re-
versed and the plain skirt is worn with
q cretonne coat. Beach suits In which
hats and bags and pillows are made of
these fabrics could hardly be more
pleasing than they are.
All of this promises a summer of
colorful clothes. These cotton mate
rails are moderate In price and there
are no others smarter in design. Best
of all. they are washable.
One Of the new canvas cloths is
shown in an afternoon gown, pictured
above. 1t is one-piece model with
full plain skirt and surplice waist.
The edges Of the bodice and bottom of
the skirt are finished with cord COW
cred with the canvas. The sleeves
are of cream-colored net fiouncing, and
the embroidered edge forms the deep
cuff that extends over the hand. A
rosette, which fastens the surplice. is
made Of the canvas also.
This gown could hardly be simpler.
The Guinness which is appropriate to
sheer fabrics Is out of place in these
heavier weaves, and in large patterns
OF gay flowers the simpler the design.
the better.
Capes have become fad and appear
everywhere IN smart spring styles. In
tailored gowns, in suits and coats, and
in dresses of all kinds. all sorts of
variations of the original shoulder
cape betray its influence on the mode.
1t bids fair to Dust the high collar
from frocks. only to capture them for
tts own For many engaging little