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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-02
Floor Plan Of Milk House.

feet OF sand and four of well-graded
gravel, says Iowa Homestead. The
walls are made of the common con-
crete blocks with the inside walls
coated with hard wall plaster. The
cooling tank for the milk cans is built
part way into the floor, as is shown
in the cross-sectional drawing. There
are floor drains and also a drain for
the tank There is work table at
the outer end of the room and a can
rack by the front window. 1t is a
house that is always easy to keep
clean and sanitary and up to date.
There are five good-sized windows in
the walls that admit plenty Of sun
light. 1t is house that is easy to
build and not past the average farm
ler's ability. The frame roof Is made
of two by tours covered with shiplap
isheathing and cedar shingles. The
drawing shows how to build it in the
proper fashion.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-02
VENTILATION FOR HENHOUSE
Fresh Air Is Best Secured by Lower
ing a Window, or Taking Out
Sash and Inserting Muslin.

Where the poultry house is sup
piled with windows, ventilation Is
best secured by slipping down one
of the windows at the top or taking
out lower sash and inserting q
frame on which muslin Of a good
grade has been well tackled.
Where there is an 0pen-front
scratching shed the roosting room
back is best If made as small as pos
sible to accommodate the fowls. and
this should be Enclosed against too
much cold or air.
Curtains hung constantly about
chickens :.t night in the winter usu-
ally bring on influenza as result.
Small aocks kept together produce
better than large ones. Ten or q
dozen fowls will require house that
at the least will require 80 square
feet Of floor space, which would mean
an s by 10 house. twenty-five fowls
can easily live in a house 10 by Is
feet. \
II runs are attached to house 100
square feet of space is usually counted
for each fowl; that means ten feet OF
space each way for one fowl. This
insures healthier. harder birds. and
there will be no crowding.
Poles laid above the roosting place.
and straw piled on these, saves cold
from overhead at night The straw
covering should not extend far beyond
the roosts, as a free space outside
above insures more perfect ventila-
ton.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-02
sententiousness Facetious.

A minister who lives in small town
is noted for his sententiousness both,
in and out OF the pulpit. AS he was
coming down the street one day man
accosted him with: "Sir, can you tell
me how to find the sheriffs Officer"
Eyes, sir" was the instant reply.
Every time you earn five dollars
spend ten" And he walked on, leav-
ing the astonished man gazing after
him-Harper's Magazine.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-02

port will be more interesting on this
point. The 1914 report says in part:
while the production Of gunpowder
decreased by 5,177,664 pounds in guam
tity and s758,972 in value, or by 40.2
per cent and 43.7 per cent, respective
ly, the production Of smokeless pow
der almost doubled, but the figures for
it cannot be shown separately without
disclosing the operations Of individual
establishments. The output Of this
product, therefore, Is combined with
that of guncotton, or pyroxylin, and
the total included in other explos-
ives
1.-THE production of smokeless pow
der, guncotton or pyroxylin, and
other explosives increased from g.
1885, pounds to 26,4O0D71 pounds, or
by 1884 per cent. This amount in
cludes the production Of establish
ments operated by the federal govern
ment. The output of this class of ex-
plosives by commercial establishments
increased from 7,464,825 pounds. val
ued at $3,913,787, in 1909, to 21,327.6 84
pounds. valued at $1,111,406, in 1914,
the quantity increasing by 1857 per
cent and the value by 81.7 per cent.
There were Ill establishments in
operation in 1914, 33 were in Pennsyl-
vania, II in Ohio 8 in Illinois, in
New Jersey. Z in West Virginia, 6 in
Oklahoma, 5 In California. in Mis-
souri,, in Kansas. in New York, 2
each In Alabama, Colorado, Indiana,
Massachusetts, Tennessee, Washing
ton and Wisconsin and / each in Ar
kansas, Delaware, Iowa, Kentucky,
Maine, Michigan. Minnesota and
Texas
Can Meet Homo Demand.
Under war stress 1t has been esti-
mated that the United States would
need 3O,O00,000 pounds of powder per
year, and pound Of cotton for a
pound of smokeless powder would
mean an enormous consumption Of the
staple in this country alone. The total
capacities Of the plants in this coun-
try, considering the probable output
of other classes of explosives, is hard
ly equal to a wartime demand of the
United States, and while it has been
the chief purpose Of those who would
have the United States manufacture
it's own munitions, to reduce the cost
to the government, the certainty OF a
supply has been figured upon
The South produced less than r.
100000 bales last season. Reports from
the states indicate that the production
the coming season will be held down
also. AS soon as the European war is
over there will be demand for cotton
in the minds Of the experts, but until
that period approaches they say there
is no good reason for increasing the
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-02
Cross Section of Concrete Milk House.

The first and foremost feature OF
the construction of the milk house on
the farm is that 1t must be clean. 1t
must be scrupulously clean at all
times. Wood construction that invites
rot and decay Is out of order. Con-
crete properly made is most ideal for
this purpose and in the small farm
milk house shown here it has been
used to a good advantage. 1t Is a IL
by Is foot house with S-foot walls.
The floor is made of concrete mixed
with one sack of cement, three cubic
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-02
GRAIN RATION FOR FEEDING
Experiments Made by New York State
College Of Agriculture With Dis
tillers' Dried Grains.

The grain ration for feeding mich
cows used at present by the New
York state college of agriculture has
given good results.
Two 32-pound, seven-day records
were made at the college this fan by
COWS eating this mixture Of grain:
Five hundred pounds distillers' dried
grains, 800 gluten feed, 800 wheat
bran. 200 of meal, 200 cottonseed meal,
400 hominy and 100 standard mid
dlings.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-02
ETERNAL ENEMIES OF WEEDS
sheep Clear Up Waste Vegetation and
Turn 1t Into Mutton-Also De-
stroy Many Insects.

Sheep are the sworn enemies OF
weeds. They clear up waste vegeta-
tion and turn it into mutton.
BY eating down and trampling the
weeds on the fields and along the
fences, they destroy many insects
which harbor in the weeds.
II the sheep merely pay for the ex-
ira grain given them, it is profitable
to keep them as scavengers and in
secticides.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-02

Now Is the Time to Get Rid OF These
IJ0lv SnAta.

There's no longer the slightest need of
feeling ashamed of your freckles. the
prescription othine-double strengths
guaranteed to remove these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce of othine-double
strength-from your druggist and apply
little of 1t night and morning and you
should soon that even the worst freckles
ones have vanished entirely 1t Is seldom
that more than ounce is needed to COM
pletely clear the skin and gain a beautiful
clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double strength
othine. this is sold under guarantee or
money back IL 1t falls to remove freckles.-
Adv.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-02
Sheen Must Have Water.

Some people actually believe that
sheep can live without water. No such
thing. 1t is true that sheep In certain
seasons can live for days without be-
ing given water, but it is because they
get the dew on the grass. Sheep
should always be turned out to pas
ture early in the morning for this
reason, but besides, they should al
ways have plenty or clean water. They
will not thrive without it.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-02
Clean Up the Orchard.

General orchard pruning will come
later, but remove the dead, diseased,
or broken limbs at once. Ragged
wounds left where branches have
been broken down by fruit, or by lad
ders used in picking. leave openings
for cankers and other diseases. They
should be pruned back to the living
wood SO as to leave smooth wound
which may be painted to keep out dis
eases.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-02
CAREFUL WATCH OF HEIFERS
.Rudimentary Teats Can Be Removed
With Advantage, Both for Milk
ing and Show Purposes.

Careful watch should be kept for
che appearance of extra rudimentary
teats on young heifers.
In most instances they can safely
be removed with advantage to the ami
mails from both milking and showyard
viewpoints.
The wounds caused by the removal
OF rudimentaries should always be
carefully cauterized.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-02
BILL FOR A PARK SERVICE
Representative kent's Measure for
Proper Management Of National
Fairgrounds Likely to Pass.

Neutrality-suspicious. of the measures
before congress that seems likely to
be adopted is the bill for the estab-
lishment Of a national park service,
introduced by Representative Kent. 1t
provides that the service shall be
part of the department of the interior
and under the charge of director ap-
pointed by the secretary. and that this
director shall have the supervision.
management and control of the sever
al national parks, national monuments,
the Hot Springs reservation In Arkan-
sas, and such parks, monuments and
reservations as shall be established In
the future.
That the bill is in the nature OF a
conservation measure Is shown by
section which authorizes the secretary
Of the interior to sell or dispose OF
timber in cases where the cutting of
timber is requisite for controlling at
tacks OF insects or disease or for con-
serving the scenery; and that priv
ileges, leases and permits shall be
granted only for the accommodation
of the public, and that no action shall
be detrimental to the fundamental OBJ
ject of these aforesaid parks, monu-
ments and reservations, which object
is to conserve the scenery and the
natural and historic objects therein
and to provide for the enjoyment OF
said scenery and objects by the public
in any manner and by any means that
will leave them unimpaired for the en-
ioyment of future generations"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-02

crop. Representative William H. Muir
ray Of Oklahoma in speech In the
house of representatives two years
ago pointed out that the time would
come in the worlds consumption that
the South would be expected to fur
nish 30OOO,0O0-b crop. And, he
added, the South would be able to
meet the demand.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-02
In Backward Rorneo.

According to the Horseless Age,
there are only five automobiles in
British North Borneo, and 100000
in the United States. Now you under
stand why there are no gasoline mil
Iionaires in North British Borneo.-
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-02
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add OF. Bay Rum,
small box of Barbo Compound, and n OF. OF
glycerine. Apply to the hair twice week
until 1t becomes the desired shade. Amy drug
gist can put this up or you can mix 1t at
home ct very little cost. 1t viii gradually
darken streaked, faded gray hair, and re-
moves dandruff. 1t Is excellent for falling
hair and will make harsh hair soft and glossy.
It will not color the scalp, Is not sticky %
greasy. and does not rub off.-Adv.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-02
PROMPT RELIEF

can be found in cases of Colds, Coughs,
LaGrippe and Headaches by using
Laxative Quinidine Tablets. Does not
affect the head or stomach. Buy your
winters supply now. Price 25c.-Adv.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-02
Study for Fruit Growers.

Fruit growers should study the best
books, bulletins and papers that have
to do with their business, for they
must do 1t to keep up with the pro
cession on its way to success.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-02

Nowadays we hear more about the
shiftless son-in-law than about the
prodigal son.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-02

In Different Lights.
"Footlite is convinced that in a year
he'll be starring"
That's all moonshine."
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-02
up His Sleeve.

Patience-Looks as il he had some
thing 'up his sleeve" doesn't he?
Patrice-He has. It's wrist watch.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-02

He is q wise son who knows that
he knows less than his father,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-02
THIS is THE AGE o

THIS Is THE AGE OF YOUTH.
You will look ten years younger if you
darken your ugly. grizzly. gray hairs By
using La Creole" Hair Dressing. Adv.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-02
Corn Id Bio Producer.

Corn produces more per acre than
any other crop.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-22
FUSSY AUNT SALLY.
she Is One of Those Who Always Find
Task Undons.

Our Aunt Sally always has one or
two more things to do at night before
she can so to bed. We were at her
US sat up until late At about IL
o'clock Uncle Buckram gave a yawn,
and in thirty minutes everybody was
under the cover listening to the rain
everybody except Aunt Sally. She de-
cided that while everything was quiet
she would sew the buttons on the new
trousers she was making for Buckram.
When this was finished she started to
bed, but she remembered that she
hadn't set her yeast. She went back
into the kitchen and worked for about
twenty minutes and then it seemed
that she was through with everything
FOR the night.
We were almost asleep when she
brought in another quilt. She said 1t
might turn cold during the night and
that we could pull 1t up If we needed
it. She went back to her room and
stood perfectly still for a few seconds.
Evidently she was trying to think of
something else to do before going to
bed, and she thought Of 1t. She decid-
ed she had best sprinkle down her
clothes so they would iron better next
day. When this was finished she fold
ed the rough dried pieces and put them
away.
At last the house was dark. The
rain was pouring down, and we turned
over for a good sleep. After we turned
we We're facing the barn, and we saw
Aunt Sally out there with a lamp. She
managed to keep the lamp dry, but in
a few minutes 1t went out. A little
later we heard her enter the house,
and while feeling for a place to set the
lamp she said: Il declare that fool
ben hasn't any sense. put her up in
a dry place and she wouldn't stay
there. She seems determined to drown,
and I ought to let her do 1t, but /
guess I'd better 80 back and see about
her Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-22
VISITORS 70 NEW YORK.
They crow3 Che Natives on Broadway
and into the Side Streets.

nay 0'o"1 we N0,.Se' oIf 0'0"u"ay
ana 'hS0 tne o'oe otreets'
IL mas oileh been remarked by VS.
TORS Ifom Denver ana oJhef sclehtnc
investigators that New DIX $ Broad
way i apparently patfonlze1 oy peo-
PIE from all over the Wofld except the
natiFe Teslueht O NeW York. Ana 4
Is probably true that Seattle knows
us way a02ut tile hl'tlto at least
as Wen ~ does Last oeventJ-seeond
street ana me eabafets along the great
Mnite way see more money from Des
oloiiies thah rom Amsterdam avenue
lne Iact q lAe matter IS that the
ouI ,I ol Town Nls''.4' ,t'a'ellui'ls upoH
Iile iliel'2i'o.iS t'@Iled 1" lAe minute
WIN ne e.i'''.9S hi.e'',loH aiia oe'el-
Aiil'" Al3ll 81 sa'N'i''i - Soo''N'"S' ~
eeeds .ai-s.'E IA er'"'tiii1 lne native
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-22

vessels through the perilous passage,
Charybdis dwelt under a rock only
bowshot away, on the opposite shore.
The second creature sucked in and
blew out sea water three times a day,
and woe to the ship caught in the
maelstrom of its mouth
Poets who came after the great
Greek bard embroidered the legend to
suit their fancy. Ovid. for example
described Scylla as the beautiful
daughter of a sea god who incurred
the jealousy OF one of the immortals
and who was changed into a sea mon
ster. A second transformation made
her a rock perilous to nayigators. Some
poets described Charybdis as an old
woman who seized ard deyoured the
cattle Of Hercules. and in punishment
for this act Che demigod'S father. all
powerful Zeus, cast her into the sea,
where her appetite persisted but her
tastes changed from cattle to ships and
eamen.-National Geographic Society
Bulletin
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-22

The secretary of the United Mine
Workers reports as follows Charters
Issued, 208; surrendered, IT'S Con-
tracts were negotiated in both the btu
mmous and anthracite coal fields, for
a two year period beginning April /,
1916, in the bituminous fields and for
four years in the anthracite fields be
ginning April /, 1916. Succeeded in Sc
curing the adoption of a universal mine
run system paying the miner for the
coal he mines In the bituminous fields
a principle for which the miners have
been contending for thirty years; an
increase in wages ranging from to 13
per cent and the recognition of the
United Mine Workers as a contracting
party. In the anthracite fields the
eight hour workday was secured for
10000 members and an advance in
wages ranging from 7l2 to y per cent.
Two hundred thousand men were ben
Gifted by the shorter workday provi.
sion. Both agreements were secured
without strikes
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-22
THE STRAIT OF EESSINA.
And the Ancient Legends of scyIla and
Charybdis

Vial JbNiS'
The Sicilian and italian banks which
border the strait of Nlessina for nearly
twenty-five miles to the east and west
are among the most uXuriant to be
found In q cruise Of the Mediterranean.
Magnificent golden groves Of lemon
and orange and orchards of pomegran-
ate, with their brilliant red fruit, con
trast wonderfully with the flowers Of
the almond trees which perfume the
whole region.
The strait is entered from the Tyrrhe-
nian sea, OH the north, at the narrow
est point, the distance between Punta
del Faro, on the Sicilian shore and the
mainland lighthouse on Punta Pezzo
being not more than two miles The
whole of the Calablian coast is thickly
sown with villages, some clinging to
the beach, while others Chamber up the
sides of we'll wooded hills which cul-
inmate in the towering Montalto, ris-
ing to an elevation OF more than mile
above the sea. Beyond the strait to
the southwest looms ever threatening
Etna, the highest volcano in Europe.
The most important city situated on
the strait ii the once magnificent sea
port Of Messina. which boasted a popu-
lation of 10000 Inhabitants before
"the worlds most cruel earthquake" Of
Dec. %. 1908, tossed nearly 100000
lives away.
The harbor Of Messina is the largest
and safest in tho KINGDOM Of ITALY
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-22
After an Electric Shock

An effective means Of resuscitation
after an electric shock is said to be a
sharp blow on the solcs Of the feet
without removing the shoes In all
cases. however, it is necessary to pun
the tongue from the throat, as the ac-
ton Of the current is to cause a con-
traction Of the muscles, and the tongue
is drawn back into the throat com
pletely sealing the air passage. Part
Of many FIRST aid equipments consist
Of device which viii grasp the tongue
and hold it iD dlstended position so
that the throat is open to permit OF
artificial respiration.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-22
ELECTING A PRESIDENT.
Power of Congress to Deal With Eleo-
toral College Returns.

toral college Returns.
TIE electoral commission established
the precedent that congress should not
seek to go behind certificates regularly
submitted by recognized state govern
ments That principle is also embod-
led III the Edmunds law of 1887, which
defined and enlarged the power of con
gress to deal with electoral college re
turns.
This act directs that If any state
shall have provided by law before the
selection Of electors for the final deter
mination of contests regarding their
appointment the states decision shall
be final unless the regularity Of the
states action is questioned by both
houses of congress.
IL two or more returns are received
these rules govern:
First.-If the state shall have deter
mined that the votes forwarded in one
of the returns were given regularly
those votes shall be counted.
Second.--If two authorities, each
claiming regularity, shall both have de-
termined that the different sets Of
voters were regularly cast then con
gress must decide which set shall be
accepted
Third--If the state shall have made
no determination. then congress shall
be free to determine But il the houses
cannot agree the votes OF those electors
whose appointment is certified by the
governor shall be counted
The general pulport Of the act is to
recognize the right Of congress to de-
eide all disputed questions ln regard to
the counting Of electoral votes which
the state has not decided or has de-
cided irreguarly New York Tribune
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-22
GETTING A HOMESTEAD.
How Government Land Open to Set
tiers May Be Acquired.

ROW Government Land open TO Set
tiers May Be Acquired
Prospective homesteadcrs are com
PEELED by the federal government TO
take oath that they have informed
themselves Of the character and quail
ty of the lands they desire to enter.
Ordinarily the law limits homestead
entries to 100 acres, but this may be
slightly exceeded under some circum-
stances. Settlement is initiated through
the personal act OF the settler In plac-
ing Improvements upon the land or es-
tablishing residence thereon.
Those prohibited from homestead en-
tries are persons who have already
made entries. except under special CON
ditions-foreign born who have not de
clared their intentions 10 become nat
uralized; those owning more than 100
acres In the United Statcs and. in gen
eral, persons under tweuty-one who are
not heads Of families 4 person sery-
ing in the army or the navy may make
a homestead entry if some other mem
Der Of his family Is residing on the
land applied for.
Homestead entries are made by pre-
senting to Tie land Office OF the district
IN which the lands are situated an ap-
pl1cation properly prepared on the pre-
scribed blank forms, which must be ex-
ecutad not moro th&n ten days before its
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-22
MAKE QUICK DECISIONS.
Wrong to Waste Valuable Time Over
TriainJ Problems.

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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-22
odd Coronation Ceremony.

In the old time ceremony of corona
ton in Abyssinia there was one most
picturesque incident Noble maids held
a crimson cord In front of the church
door, and the king, approaching on
horseback, cried successiyely: Il am
your king, the king of Ethiopian II
am your king, the king Of Israeli But
the girls repudiated him. Then he
cried, Il am your king, the king OF
Zionv' and cut the string with his
sword, while she damsels cried, 'It is
truth; you are our kingg' and ac-
claimed him with hallelujahs. London
Chronicle.