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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08

bring greater profits than five or
ten acres put into alfalfa, provided the
work is done properly and a good
stand is secured.
Alfalfa a Poor Weed Fighter.
Alfalfa, when small, grows slowly
and is not a good weed fighter-that is,
it cannot compete with weeds, and es-
pecially with crab grass and foXtail
during the dry weather of July and All
gust.
The following methods of seeding al
falfa are among those that have been
most successful in the United States:
Late Summer Seeding.
Probably no method will more GER
tainly assure good stand than to ma
nure a piece of stubble ground and
fall pillow it, or manure the ground in
winter or spring, disk it thoroughly as
soon as possible in the spring (first
part of ApriD, pillow the latter part Of
April, and again disk. 1t should be
summer fallowed, that is, disked or
narrowed, often enough during May,
June, and the first part of July, to kill
the weeds and to prevent the ground
from becoming hard. Sometime during
the last part of July or the early part
Of August the ground should be disked
and narrowed and the seed sown at
once with drill, or broadcast and har-
rowed in.
Dat or wheat stubble ground ma
nured and fall plowed is especially
good for alfalfa. Disk the ground the
following spring as soon as dry enough
to work, summer fallow and seed as
described above.
This method has the advantage Of
l. Clearing the ground of weeds, the
greatest enemy of alfalfa.
2. Seeding comes at slack time,
when the work can be done without
neglecting other crops.
2. y fusures firm, solid seedbed
with sufficient moisture to terminate
the seed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08

bed. About the first week in August
seed the alfalfa as described above.
Spring Seeding With Nurse Crop.
A fourth method is to seed in the
spring with light nurse crop of early
oats or barley. In case oats are used,
it is best to sow not more than buShel
to the acre, cutting them when in
bloom for hay. The advantages of
this method and also of the second and
third methods mentioned above are
that we secure a crop and do not lose
the use Of the ground for one year.
Some of our best alfalfa growers have
used the beardless barley as a nurse
crop with good results in spring seed
ing.
Good Results From June Seeding.
Some of the best stands of alfalfa
have been secured by seeding in the
middle or last of June. For June seed
Ing, the ground is MANFRED and plowed
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
POULTRY
|Sl%'<J<0|
LISTEN FOR CACKLE OF HEN
mands of Nature as Propounded
by Poultry Experts.

Listen for the cackle of your hen.
1t has money value to you.
The winter season is approaching,
when the price of eggs will advance
and the cackle will become of even
greater significance to you.
Plan for the cackIe, feed the hens
in accordance with the demands of
nature as propounded by the experts
who have spent their lives in the
work.
If the cackle is not heard with suf-
ficient frequency ask yourself why.
Dig down and study the subject for
the more you study the oftener the
hen will cackle, and cackling means
more eggs and bigger bank account.
1t is the law of nature that a hen
should lay, and cackle. She should
lay often and do much cackling, for
that, too, is natures law.
But she will not lay unless she re-
ceives proper food and care, and there
in lies the wisdom of the man who
thinks before he acts.
Get hold Of some good literature,
read up on the subject of egg produc-
ton, apply the knowledge you thus
obtain, and in the end you will learn
to experience a keen delight in every
cackleHof your hens.
Your hen wants to cackle-she
will cackle, if you give her a chance.
And there's money in the cackle of a
hen.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
SKIM MILK NEEDED ON FARM
Excellent Feed for Calves, Chickens
and Pigs-Don't Send to Mar
ket in Cream.

Creamery men advise the farmer to
sell only rich cream, because it is an
advantage to all parties concerned.
Every bit of skim milk is needed on the
farm as feed for calves, chickens and
pigs, and 1t does harm instead of good
if sent to market in the cream.
OF course, if the cream is sold by the
pint or quart, instead of on butter
fat basis, the story is somewhat differ
ent, but wherever the grading system
is in operation, every bit of skim milk
marketed Is worse than wasted so far
as both buyer and seller are concerned.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
Good Method for a Small Patch.

SOou meInou TOT q ofnalI FatCn.
For a small patch of two or three
acres perhaps the second most salts
factory method is to manure a piece
Of ground near the barn where it can
be most conveniently used for hog pas
ture. The ground should be plowed,
fitted and SOwed to rape, early in the
spring. This should be used for hog
pasture during May and June. During
the first week of July the rape stubble
should be moved down and the ground
thoroughly disked, then plowed and
again disked and narrowed.
Any time during the last week of
July or the first week of August, the
ground should be thoroughly disked
and worked down so that it is firm and
solid. If there should come q rain dur
ing the latter part Of July or the first
of August, it is good plan to prepare
the ground and SOW the seed at once
while there is sufficient moisture in
the ground to sprout the seed and give
the young alfalfa a good start.
Alfalfa After Barley or Early Oats.
A third method, and one with some
advantages over the others, where the
season is not too dry, is to grow crop
of winter wheat, barley, early oats, or
early potatoes, and follow that crop
with alfalfa.
AS soon as the grain is ripe it should
be cut and removed from the field. APP
pity ten or fifteen loads of manure to
the acre. Disk the ground to mix the
manure and stubble with the soil, and
pillow and again disk and harrow and
work down to give a firm, solid seed
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
BEST TURKEYS FOR BREEDING
With Those Intended for the
Holiday Market.

1t is great mistake for the farmer
to feed his stock turkeys with those
intended for the holiday markets, yet
so many of them do. 1t is the worst
thing in the world to do. Before
the turkeys are made ready for mar
ket make choice of the turkeys you
expect to keep over for breeding pur-
poses and choose your very best. Place
these somewhere away from the rest,
and while you keep them in fine con-
dition by feeding corn, wheat and oats,
the latter, if boiled, forming a healthy
ration for turkeys, do not seek to
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
GET A START WITH ALFALFA

There are few farmers whose profits
would not be increased greatly by rails
ing alfalfa.
There is no combination of feed so
economical for production of beef,
pork, milk, butter and eggs, and for
growing animals, as corn and alfalfa.
We need alfalfa, because it balances
the corn ration and saves a large waste
of starch which always takes place
where corn is fed alone. We need al
falfa because we can, in this way,
grow on our farms the protein moro
profitably than we can buy it in manu-
featured feedstuffs. We need alfalfa
because it enriches the soil and en-
ables us to grow larger crops of corn,
oats and other grain; because it pro-
duces on an average double the feed
value per acre that red clover or any
other forage crop will produce. AL
falfa is no harder to grow than any of
the other forage crops. 1t adapts itself
readily to all kinds Of conditions of soil
and climate and produces three and
sometimes four crops year in the
corn belt; in the cotton belt states,
sometimes seven and eight crops.
When good stand is once assured it
lasts four or five years in humid re-
gions, and much longer in states west
of the Mississippi river. Alfalfa can
be fed to all kinds of farm animals and
has no superior as a hog pasture. 1t
adds humus to the soil and resists
drought better than any other crop.
No piece of ground on the farm will
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
FEEDING VALUE OF ALFALFA
Important That Hay Be Cured So as
to Save leaves-Rake Into Wind
rows Before Dry.

Two-thirds of the feeding value of
the alfalfa plant is in the leaves. If
tho leaves are lost in curing only one
third of the feeding value remains.
This makes it important that alfalfa
hay be cured so as to save the leaves.
This means that the alfalfa must be
raked into windows before the leaves
dry or they will fall off. The alfalfa
should be raked into windows an
hour or two after being cut. This not
only saves the leaves but also keeps
1t green and more of the flavor Is re-
tanned.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08

mend your Compound to other ladies'
Mrs. MARY RGDGwAY, Durand, Wis.
A Massachusetts Woman Writes:
Blackstone, Mass. -" My troubles
were from my age, and felt awfully
sick for three years. l had hot flashes
often and frequently suffered from
pains.@ took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and now am WE'LL"
Mrs. PIERRE CoURNoYER, Box 239,
Blackstone, Mass.
Such warning symptoms as sense Of
suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, back
aches, dread of impending evil, timidity,
sounds in the ears, palpitation of the
heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu-
larities, constipation, variable appetite,
weakness and dizziness, should be needed
by middle-aged women. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has carried
many women safely through this crisis.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
ONE GREAT DAIRY DRAWBACK
Monotony of Having to Milk Large
Number of Cows Daily Keeps
Many Men Out of Business.

The tedious task of hand milking has
been one of the greatest drawbacks
the dairying industry has had. The
monOtOny of having to milk a large
number of cows each day has kept
many men from entering the business
when they might have made a great
success of it. Machine milking is not
only feasible, but it is practicable,
there being thousands of cows ma
chine-milked each day in the country.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
CREATION OF FERTILE EGGS
One Male to Ten or Fifteen Hens Is
Average Ratio With Small Breeds,
Such as Leghorns.

The following ratio Of male to fe-
males may be expected to produce fer
tile eggs under average conditions:
Small breeds, such as Leghorn, one
male to 10 or Is females; medlum-size
breed, such as Plymouth Rock and
Rhode Island Red, one male to or 10
females, and heavy breeds, like Brah-
ma, one male to six or eight females.
The activity of the individual male is,
of course, q governing factor.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
RELIABLE REMEDY FOR LICE
Any Good, Mild Grease, Either Lard
or Meat Fryings Mixed With
Kerosene, Is Favored.

For chicken lice one of the most
reliable remedies is any good, mild
grease, either lard or meat fryings, or
mixture Of any with little kero-
sene. 1t won't hurt the chicks or large
fowls as long as you don't get it too
strong. Rub the grease In the feath-
ers for lice on the body, while for
mites put kerosene on the roosts once
q week.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08

They are MIXED faster and more gen.
thy than most hand-milked COWS.
One man can milk II to 25 cows an
hour with the proper equipment of
machine. The speed made depends
more on the operator than on the ma
chine. However, if you had to hire
one man eight hours each day to do
the milking, you would get more profit
than you would by taking half
dozen farmhands from the fields an
hour earlier than they should quit
work.
In the past much trouble has been
experienced in getting efficient ma
chimes. Many of the earlier makes left
much milk in the .udders. to ,hsAre-
moved by hand. Great improvements
have been made in the last few years,
however, and now machines can be had
that will remove practically all the
milk.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
ForeWarned.

"If we are going to be married you
must give up smoking" she said.
yes he agreed.
"And drinking, and your club"
"Yes."
"And playing cards for money. Now,
doesn't anything else suggest itself to
you that you will give up of your own
accord?
Eyes"
"What?"
"All idea of getting married"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
No Place for Poor Farmer.

A good farm is poor place for
poor farmer, because no man could
be on a good place long and still re-
main poor. He would be poor farmer,
indeed, If he did.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
Teach Lambs 20 Eat.

No matter how much milk the ewes
may havA at the birth Of their lambs,
the lambs must early be taught to eat
extra food If you would make big
weights at an early age.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
The Reason Why,

Irate Parent (belligerently)-You
can't walk in this house, young man,
and hang up your hat.
Suitor (timidly)-I know l can't, sir.
You're sitting on it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08

Lydia E. Pinkham's
We ge table Com
pound. When l was
as and h ad tn 9
CHI an ge of Life,
a friend recon-,
mended it and 1T
gave me such relief
from my bad feel
ings that l took
several bottles. /
am now well and
healthy and recoro.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
Wise Mo.

"Why," asks Missouri paper, docs
Missouri stand at the head in raising
mulesW
Because" says another paper that
is the only safe place to stand."-
Christian Register.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
ALFALFA BALANCES
THE CORN RATION

in the fall, and in the spring kept cul-
tivated or disked through April, May
and in the first part of June to kill the
weeds; or in case the ground is not
fall-plowed, 1t should be MANFRED,
disked, plowed and again disked as
early in the spring as possible and then
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08

Taking Garfield Tea keeps the sys-
TEN clean, the blood pure and the gen
eral health good. Buy from your
druggist.-Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08

What has become of the old-fash-
toned kissing bug?
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08

lay on the fat you want on the mar
ket turkeys. This is why stock tur-
keys often die in the winter, simply
because they were fattened until the
liver broke down and became diseased
because of it's own fat.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08

We should never fear to try a thing
Just because it is new.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
ELDERLY WOMEN
SAFEGUARDED
Tell Others How They Were
Carried Safely Through
Change of Life.

Durand, Visit am the mother of
fourteen children and / owe my life to
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08

OF men are being cured with
out medicines or appliance and stay cured
for life. Particulars tree, Bartholomew Treat
ments Co.. r. I, $40 W Adams, jacksonville Fla.
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Moire Plush Coats,
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trimmed, attractively
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Seal Plush, f1aring
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sol satin lining.
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Dresses Special $1,000

Wool Serge Tafeta Silk, and Crepe de Chine Silk
Dresses. For misses and women of average size
plated models, some with touches of embroidery in colos
collars and cuffs of white satin
For above the average size simple but smart
Serge DreSses-in sizes up to As.
Elevators.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-29
COLLEGE MEN BEGIN
ACTIVITIES FOR YEAR
Saturday Evening Smoker Sea-
son Is on Among Various
Societies.

With the holding Of Saturday evening
smokers. the college men of the Dis
trict have launched their social activi-
ties for the winter. A number of such
events were held last night and more
are scheduled for the weeks to come.
Officers were elected by the Home
and School Council. an organization to
create cooperation between teacher and
parent in the education of the child. at
It's FIRST meeting of the season at the
Ebbitt last night. The election resulted
as follows:
Mrs. w. ID. Harding, president; Jesse
c. Suter. vice president: Mrs. r. John
son Clsgett. secretary; Mrs. Annie c.
Ransome. corresponding secretary, and
Mrs. Robert Young. treasurer.
The freshman class OF Georgetown
University Law School met In the
school building In Il street northwest
last night and nominated Madison l..
Hill. Edward ]. Ward, II. M. WEIGH.
and 1eonidas B. Estopinal for class
president. The election will be held In
the near future.
The freshman class Of the National
University held its first "get-together'
smoker OF the year at the University
Club last night. Brief addresses were
made by members OF the faculty, in
Guiding Dean Charles r. Carusi and
Profs. Hayden. johnson. and T. M.
Wample.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-29
my KIDNEYS WERE
AWFUL-BUT NOW
THEY'RE ALL RIGHT
Baltimore Lady Finds Quick Re-
lief From Stubborn Case Of
Kidney TroubIe-Lives at
429 North luzerne Ave.

Honestly, believe ] had the worst
case of kidney trouble ever heard
Of" said Mrs. Snyder. recently.
Indeed, when l first got up In the
mornings, the pain in the small of
my back was something frightful!
So sharp. in fact, that ii required
half hours effort on my part before
around. The urine was very high
colorcd and had a very offensive odor.
i've only taken one bottle OF Dreco
and am now on my second, and I'm
mighty glad to say that 1t has simply
worked wonders for me, for 1t seems
that It has cleared up all my troubles
and began to do so with the very
first dose. Inside of a week ! could
get up in the morning and move
about as 1 used to do, without any
sort OF ache or pain In my back. That
was almost good enough improvement
in itself, but II wasn't all.
MY urine is now normal, no bad
in my mouth when ] awoke in the
morning is almost entirely gone.
am going to take this second bottle
OF Dreco. and / honestly believe II
will be all ] need. but / have proven
to myself this was the remedy was
looking for. And II you could see the
dozens OF bottles I've got home. some
you'd almost feel sorry for me for
having to put so much of drugs into
my stomach"
This is an interesting case, because
kidney trouble Is so prevalent and
painful. but IL Is nothing unusual for
Dreco.
Dreco is sold by all the ODonnell
Drug Stores, Bury's Drug Store, In
Anacostia; Aliens Drug store, in Alex
andria.-AdVt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-29
WILL URGE BETTER
HIGHWAYS IN D. G.
Meeting Of Retail Merchants Com.
mittee Called.

Joseph NJ. Stoddard. having been APP
pointed by r. T. Andrews. president OF
the Retail Merchants Association, as
chairman OF the special committee OF
that organization created to urge i'm.
provement OF District roadways con-
Meeting with State highways. has called
a meeting of the committee for IL ~
O'Clock Thursday at the Commercial
Club.
Other members OF the committee are
Claude l.. Miller, =. II. Horner. NJ. A
Bayles. II. N. Harper, Charles w
Semmes. william Jose. John A. Hamil'
ton. John NJ Dugan and Charles ]. Co
lumbus.
Mr.. Columbus has already called "a
the attention OF the District Commission.
ers the present condition OF District
highways. and asked that an effort bt
made to improve them. The committed
will make a careful survey OF conditions
and endeavor to determine what moan,
will be best for obtaining prompt relief
from a condition that merchants con-
tend Is hurting trade.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-29
OPEN AIR SCHOOL
TO START ON NOV. 6
Oak Crest Institution Will Begin
Courses on That Date.

The pupils OF the Oak Crest Open Air
School, at 1906 Thirteenth street. will
begin their fall term OF study in the
open Monday. November 6. The school
will be formally opened for the season
on that date by Miss Margaret Ray
mond Paine, principal.
Arrangements have been made to ac-
rommodate a limited number of pupils,
the sessions of the school to be conduct
ed entirely in the open.
Proper wraps for the children will be
furnished by the school, which also
will provide them with hot broth. The
academic year is from November to
June u. The usual Thanksgiving,
Christmas. and Easter holidays are OBJ
served.
The pupils for the Oak Crest School
must be between the ages OF five and
ten years. They are given elementary
work under the direction OF Miss Paine,
who Is a graduate OF the kindergarten
department of the Washington Normal
School. and has enjoyed considerable
success In conducting open-air schools.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-29

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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-11-10
WILSON APPARENTLY
WINS WASHINGTON
Lister, in Late Squirt, Passes
Mcbride for GOVERNOR
P0indexter Has Lead.

Seattle. Wash. Nov. S.-Reports
from all over the state indicate that
heavy vote has been cast, with Pres
ident Wilson maintaining consistent
lead over the republican nominee.
Charles Evans Hughes.
The surprise of the vote so far is
the strength Of Governor Ernest LIS,
ter. democrat. who in late squirt
passed Henry Mcbride, republican.
United States Senator Miles Poin-
dexter will be reelected by about 49,
900 plurality over his democratic OPP
ponent. former United States Senator
George Turner. Defeat overwhelming
is indicated for both initiative No. IS.
the so-called hotel liquor bill. and in
itiative No. "a, the brewers bill.