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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21
CAMPAIGN AGAINST
DISEASE OF SWINE
Kentucky Farmers Formerly Lost
100000 on Account of
Deadly Hog Cholera.

Hog cholera used to cost Kentucky
100000 year. Last year losses
from this disease in the state were
only half that sum, according to DR..
Robert Graham, head of the depart.
ment of livestock diseases at the ex.
pertinent station. For six years this
department has been conducting a
campaign against cholera and has just
got the machinery of control in work
ing order. There are "a depots in the
state for the distribution of serum, %
of which were established in the last
two years. Due to the rise in hog
prices and the demonstrations in chol.
era control by the experiment station
farmers have come to see that this
disease may be controlled and that ii
is worth while to take all possible
measures to control it. The expert.
ment station has been in touch with
less than half the outbreaks, and
hopes by extending it's activities with
the cooperation of farmers to reduce
the present million-dollar loss to q
much smaller figure.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21
DON'T QUIT MEAT

Don't stop eating meat for fear of kid
ney trouble. The sturdy Dutch are the
heartiest livers in the world. They keep
in good shape by using GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil Capsules. This is time-hon-
ored National Remedy of Holland for
wardng off the danger of meat eating,
govt, rheumatism, uric acid poisoning, in
cipient Brights disease and all liver, kid
ney and bladder complaints
For over 200 years the genuine GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM Oil was put up in walls
with the ancient skin top. Modern science
encloses it in Capsules, which makes it
convenient to carry and pleasant to take.
1t soothes the irritated membranes,
strengthens weakened organs and gives inn
pulse to all the functions. II is harmless,
and its effect is wonderful Genuine GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules represent
one of the most valuable remedies in his
tory. If you want good, healthy stom-
ach, kidneys and liver, ask your druggist
for genuine imported GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil Capsules, and take three cap
sules daily. Price per package, 25c, SOC
and $l00. Money back if they do not
help you. Look for the name GOLD
MEDAL on the box. Adv.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21

few years under the wear of present
day traffic. What we need is an eff
ficient force to look after the roads
at all seasons Of the year and keep
them in constant repair. There is no
road material but what becomes worn
in spots in time. and IL these spots
were kept mended constantly the cost
of the upkeep would not be nearly so
great. After the spring grading and
shaping up the roads are allowed to
run as best they can till fall. "a
stitch in time" can have no better APP
and their mending.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21
DUCKS PROFITABLE
ON GENERAL FARMS
Fowls Can Be Raised With Sue
cess and Profit, Says Govern
ment Poultry Expert.

Ducks can be raised with success
and at profit on general farms, says
Alfred r. Lee, poultry specialist of
the department of agriculture, but
they do not appear to be as well adapt
ed as a source of income to average
farm conditions as fowls, although
they serve to add variety, both Of
meat and of eggs, for the farmers Ia
BILE. If the demand for ducks, and
especially for duck eggs, increases,
breeds of ducks which are good lay
ers should be profitable on farms, par
ticularly where there is good pasture
land containing stream or any run
ming water. Farmers rarely give the
necessary care to their ducklings, Fl
Their in feeding or in marketing to
be able to cater to the trade in fancy
green ducks.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21
SOLUTION OF SOME
PULLING PROBLEMS
Light May Be Obtained as to Nat
uraI PecuIiarities of Soil by
Experiment Plot.
(By P. X. EDwARDs.)

One way of solving the many inter-
esting and puzzling problems in the
soil and plant kingdom is by an expert
ment plot Here light may be obtain
ed as to the natural peculiarities of
soil, or the special effects of fertilizer
on certain crops, or in what degree to
supplement stable manure for fertiliz-
er, or under what fixed conditions the
ambitious garden lover may obtain
the most gratifying results for flowers
and vegetables. In starting this mini
allure farm, then, use substantial stakes
at the corners of the plot and mark
them plainly l, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, leaving
a space of two feet between each two
plots to prevent the plants on one plot
from feeding on the other. Make each
plot by "a feet and plant in the same
crop ON all the different plots. Take
winter potatoes, for example. On
plot / spread 10 pounds of dried blood
and Is pounds acid phosphate mixed
(where the amount used is so small it
can be distributed more evenly by
mixing it with it's weight in earth)
on plot 2 spread w pounds sulphate
of potash and dried blood Mixed on
plot 8 use no fertilizer; on plot use
71a pounds potash and Is pounds acid
phosphate Mixed on plot use 71a
pounds potash, Is pounds acid phos-
phate and 10 pounds dried blood, and
on plot use only stable manure. Take
great care not to SOW any fertilizer on
the spaces between the plots, and after
the fertilizer has been spread harrow
the plot thoroughly lengthwise.
The blank plot must not in any
way be overlooked or neglected, for
with it are to be compared all the 9TH
er plots in order to see just what have
been the benefits derived from fertiliz-
ing. To make clear what such an ex-
pertinent may teach, suppose, for in
stance, the yield on plot 8, where no
fertilizer was applied, is represented
by the number 100; the yield on plot 1
by the number $50; on plot 2, 100; on
4, 40; on 5, IT'S. With these numbers
it is proved each Of the three fertiliz-
ers is beneficial, for were it otherwise
the yield on plot 5, where all the fer
tilizers were used, would not have
been greater than on plots l, and 4,
on each of which only two fertilizers
were used. 1t is always of Importance
to keep notebook, jotting down ev,
erything of interest concerning the
plots (such as measuring each sepa-
rate yield, and information gained
soon enables the experimenter to buy
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21

from one pasture to the other each
week. Ten pigs were used in the ex-
pertinent, five of them being grade
Durocs and five grade Berkshires.
They were of fair quality, but three
of the lot did not do well. While on
the pasture the pigs were fed daily
supplementary ration of rolled barley
at the rate of two pounds of grain
for each 100 pounds of live weight.
They also had access to a mixture of
condiments, including Stacked coal and
salt.
The pasturing period extended from
May 16 to September IS. During the
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21
BENEFIT OF CONCRETE ROAD
Safe, Clean, Easy and Comfortable
Other Advantages.

Concrete roads are country boule-
wards. They benefit a community in
making travel quick, safe, easy, clean
and comfortable. They extend neigh
borhood limits, bring more people
into personal touch with each other,
increase social opportunities and
thereby remove the monotony of iso-
lation; bring greater content to the
youth on the farm, make city and
country near neighbors and increase
school attendance, thus cultivating a
desire for a broader knowledge and
higher standard of living.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
By pasturing hogs on alfalfa on the
Truckee-C Carson Reclamation project
farm in western Nevada, greater re
turns were received in 1915 than could
made into hay. The gains made by
the hogs, on the other hande were
much cheaper than could be expected
from seeping the animals in feeding
pens.
The hos~raising experiment was be-
gun in May, 1915. One quarter of an
acre Of alfalfa was used this plot was
subdivided and the pigs were changed
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21
GOOD FOR HUNGRY CHILDREN
children love skinner,s Macaroni

Children love Skinner's Macaroni
and Spaghetti because of its delicious
taste. 1t is good for them and YOU
can give them all they want. 1t is a
great builder of bone and muscle, and
does not make them nervous and irri.
table like meat. The most economical
and nutritious food known. Made from
the finest Durum wheat. Write Skin
ner Mfg. Co, Omaha, Nebr., for beau
tiful cook book. 1t is sent free to
mothers.--Aliv.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21
YOU MAY LOOK YOUNG
BY Keeping Your Complexion Young
With Cuticura. Trial Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. These
sup9r-cEeamy emollients do much to
keep the skin clear, fresh and youthful,
as we'll as to keep the hair in a live,
healthy condition and the hands soft
and white.
Free sample each by mail with Book
Address, postcard, Cuticura, Dept. l.,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21
Practical pair.

"Are the always happily marriedT'
apparently So At least, they are
not the sort of people who figure in
problem plays"
"No|
"Mrs. Jibway belongs to so many
clubs that she never has time to figure
out whether her soul Is being starved
or not and Mr.. Jibway is so absorbed
in business that he has long since for
gotten that he ever had a soul. Dir
mingham Age-Herald.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21
Appropriate Advice.

"They say Doctor Polytick always
adapts his advice to his individual
patients"
II belie1e that's true. He told an
artist who went to him that he must
not. draw too much on his reserve
strength, and an architect that he
needed building up"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21
Hidh-Producinu Cows.

Cows producing over half a ton Of
butter per year are so common that
they are no longer subject fer spe-
cial comment, but there still remain
several millions of the other kind.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21
Cheaper, Anyhow.

A mere man can't for the life Of him
see why a lady might not as well go
without stockings as wear those thin
ones.-Rochester Union and Adver-
tiser.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21
Weeds Iniure Roads.

Good roads will never be good roads
while they are bordered with rag
weeds.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21
Refutation.

"Women have no practical appre-
citation of science"
1, Haven't they? What's the matter
with chemical blondes?''
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21
To Be Eaasact.

"Waiter, how long will my omelet
be?"
"I1l ask the cook to measure it, sir"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21

Hoxsie's Group Remedy, the life saver of
children. 1t prevents pneumonia. No opium
No nausea. so cts. At druggists or mailed
postpaid. Kells Co. Newburgh, N. Y. Adv.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21

early part of the season the pasture
produced more feed than the pigs could
consume, but later it was kept so short
that after September 1 the growth of
the pigs was retarded materially. The
pigs were each weighed every week
throughout the season. in the sum-
mary Che value assigned to the rolled
barley is $50 per ton, and the value
of the increase in live weight of the
pigs is assumed to be Z cents pound.
The results are computed on the basis
of the acre unit, though only a quar-
ter of an acre was actually used.
Results Of Pasturing Hogs on Alfalfa
With a Per Cent Ration of Barley
on the Truckee-carson Experiment
Farm, 1916.
Hogs on Alfalfa. Pounds
Initial weight per acre..... $50
Elnal weight per acre .........st.........3,4l2
Total gain per acre in 125 ys.......1,912
Grain fed for each pound of gain...... 81
Hogs on Alfalfa Value
Gain at Z cents per pound. .Sl33S4
Barley led .......,.................. SAs0
Net gain per acre. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 440i
The same report gives results of
tests with eight varieties of wheat, five
varieties of barley, eighteen varieties
of tomatoes, and four varieties onions
The experiment with two varieties
Of mangels indicated that the Golden
Tankard variety gives larger yields in
the section than the long red mangel,
and that barnyard manure is very val
liable in growing this crop. On ma
nured land the Golden Tankard gave a
yield of 27.5 tons per acre, while on I'M
MANFRED land the average yield was
17.2 tons.
In the onion experiments a fertilizer
test seemed to indicate that complete
fertilizer composed of all three gave
better results than potassium sulphate,
ammonium sulphate, or acid phosphate
when applied separately.
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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21
Important to- N1othars
Would Be Kept Busy.

y Most of us would have to work "a
hours & day if we loved our neighbors
as they love themselves.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21

The cheerful feeling you
possess after a drink of
something hot and flavory
should be only the beginning
of your satisfaction.
For this very reason more
and more people are turning
from coffee to.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21

the exact fertilizing elements neces-
sary for his soil and crops and to mix
and apply them in the proper proper.
lions.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21
lime to Drag Roads.

lime to Drag Roads.
When slime drags" is a good time
70 drag the roads.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21
Instant Postum

A lessened tendency to such
annoyances as nervousness
and sleeplessness repays
them
A ten-day trial of this de.
lightful, flavory hot drink has
assisted so many to health
and comfort that your friend,
the Postum drinker, will tel
you its well worth while.
"There's a Reason"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21

A steady income is often responsible
for the wabbly gait Of youth.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-21
Hard to Get a Line On.

Genius liz said to be certain form
of madness, but the madness of some
people is more or less uncertain.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-02
BRAVERY AND BRAVADO.

How many times we hear people
saying: What if l should be hurt
Isn't it fate?" You may call it fate
if you like, but it is more like reck-
lessness to me. Then perhaps YOU
have not considered that it is more
unkind to others if you do not take
the very best care of yourselves.
Think Of the mother who waits home
for you every night-just think how
her heart would ache if they brought
you home on a stretcher or had to
tell her you were hurt and would
perhaps be an invalid or a cripple
the rest of your life!
Skating on thin ice is so much fun
because there is danger attached to
it" one silly young girl said at the
studio the other afternoon. at is
Just that uncertainty which stimulates
me and adds to my pleasure"
wonder how much stimulus she
thinks it would be if the ice should
break and suddenly she should find
herself precipitated into chilled wa
ter, which might result in serious
illness-if not death?
So when people write to me and
ask me if we, are not brave, al
ways reply in the affirmative, al
though | do add that sometimes we
overreach the mark in trying to think
of situations of hairbreadth escapes
The Washington herald., 1916-05-02
HOUSEWIVES DAILY
ECONOMY CALENDAR
Simple Beauty Aids.
BY FRANCES MARSHALL

An aromatic toilet water is a deli
cious luxury, and there are few Of these
washes that do not improve the looks
| through their invigorating qualities.
The alcoholic waters are especially re-
freshing. Alcohol or brandy, diluted
with rosewater and rubbed on the
face, will leave a pretty color that will
last for hours. An alcoholic toilet wa
ter which is both beautifying and in
vigorating and which is quite mex
pensive when made at home Is COM
posed of these ingredients:
Spirits of wine (rectified) .......1 pint
Aromatic vinegar. ar...........1k pint
Gum Denzoln. ........-......1H Il ounces
Balsam OF Peru. II ounce
| Oh OF neroli.. .........................h dram
IOtl OF mace. e..................h Il dram
Digest for a week with frequent
agitation. then filter through porous
paper. This can be used as a lotion
upon the face. but in this case 1t
needs to be diluted with four times
the quantity of some sweet water, such
as rosewater, orange-flower water or
lavender. For a sponge bath, which is
how most toilet waters need to be
used on the body, put a dozen drops
in a basin of warm water. or, accord
ing to the size of the bath, enough to
make the water look milky.
In making any toilet waters or
creams or beauty medicaments of any
sort the bottles and pots used to hold
them should be absolutely clean and
perfectly dry. After washing them
carefully 1t is well to rinse the ves-
sells with a solution of boric acid, and
when they have dried rinse them again
with alcohol. This will insure perfect
dryness and publication.
The dust laden winds of spring
cause considerable injury to the deli
cate membranes of the eyes, mouth
and nose, but in each case a wash
with salt and water will be found
disinfecting and healing. Use an eye
cup for washing the eyes and hold the
head back so that the ball may be
completely flooded. One Of the little
nasal douches called a pig" is con-
venient for the nose, while gargling
| from an ordinary tumbler with salt
and water is the simplest of methods
for treating the throat.
| Salt is highly antiseptic, healing and
Strengthening, and 1t can be used with
beneft at all times all over the body,
either with water as a wash or as a
dry rub. Sea salt which comes with all
its undiluted strength from old ocean
is most commonly employed on the
body, the finer table salt for the eyes.
throat, nose and hair, for a salt rub of
the scalp is an excellent encourage
ment to the growth and beauty of the
hair.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-02

pictures we take where we are
not subject to dangers beset-
ting us on all sides, which we face
like brave little soldiers going into
battle. These are the dangers oi
working in the snow, laboring for
hours in the hot sun, sitting in
draughts and having to do scenes in
the water when we are suffering from
colds. I have taken high dives into
icy streams when l have been SC
"skeered" and I have climbed up
rocky sides of precipices, almost
clinging to projecting branches with
my teethl
Often l have ridden horses which
frisked around as if they had long
danced to the vibrant strains Of the
steam calIiope in the wake of cir
Gus, but l swallowed my fears and
tried to act like Buffalo Bill at the
head of a band of cowboys.
The thing that makes US the most
"crossy" is to sit behind some people
at the theater, and when we are
shown dashing down a bluff on
horseback to hear some one in
variably remark: ooh, they can't fool
me-that isn't Mary Pickford, at all
It's probably a boy dressed up with
wig on"
Once l told you how l went up ir
an aeroplane for two thousand feet
which really took lot of courage tc
/ do. II was only the first ascent that
chilled as we'll as thrilled me, be
cause once we were in the air l hac
the sensation of being a giant birc
whose strong, fcathered wings wer.
carrying me on the breeze high III
above the earth, where humans like
myself looked like little specks O.
dust.
At the same time, l wanted to b.
commended a little bit for having tn,
courage to fly so high, especiall.
after the long, unhappy list of acci
dents which cast their shadows upor
aeroplaning in southern California.
The next morning, pouring over tn,
newspapers, Jack, Lottie and I hearc
a dozen or so saying: MARY Pick
ford UP in an aeroplanel Humph
You can't tell me that-press stuff, o
| course"
So many dreadful accidents havt
happened to girls and boys who ar,
so carried away with the idea of ap
pearing brave in the eyes of thei
fellow workers that they dared toC
much.
Unhappily was out on a Location
when one of the Indians, to show u!
several tricks with a new buckins
broncho, took some narrowing
chances. He was thrown, and il
landing struck jagged rock.
In many of the pictures wher,
they have used wild animals, girl
have forgotten to be overly cautious
and have been severely injured By
an unfriendly lion or a treacherou.
leopard. Outside of Mr.. Bruin, o
whom / wrote once, / do not thinl
will ever be feminine Daniel-in
the-lions' den, as it would be fool
hardy instead of brave for me t.
take these chances when / think o
the grief it would bring to my moth
! er If ! should be injured.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-02
Old Man Dislikes Autos

San Rafael, Cal. May IT have no
use for these new-fangled horseless car
riages, SO I'll just walk" decided so-year-
old Andrew Howe when invited by
County Physician J. S. Kuser to ride in
an automobile. Under the burden of his
fourscore years and a heavy suitcase
Howe walked the six miles from the
county hospital to San Rafael, after his
recovery from illness.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-02
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FRIDAY,
10000 Votes Expected to Be PoIIed
for Twelve Candidates.

Delegates from the District to the Ma
tional Republican convention at Chicago
next June will be elected at a primary
to be held here on Friday. Two dele
gates and two alternates will be chosen.
Twelve candidates are in the field. 1t
is expected that fully 10000 votes will
be polled.
Persons will not be required to regis
ter in advance of voting. Male resi-
dents OF the District who are twenty
one years of age and older will be per-
mitted to vote after giving name and
address at the polling place. There will
be 70 fees, assessments, or taxes levied
against voters. Persons may vote re-
sardless of former political afiliation
and irrespective of how they voted in
the primaries held here four years ago.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-02
O.BAN DARKENS
GRAY HAIR
Everybody Uses It-So Handy,
Harmless-No Dye.

BY applying Q-Ban Hair Color Re
Horer, like shampoo, to your hair and
scalp, all your gray, streaked with gray,
erematurely gray or faded. dry or harsh
hair quickly turns to an even. beautiful
lark shade. SO every strand Of your hair,
whether gray or not, becomes glossy,
iuffy., lustrous. soft, thick, with that
lvcn. dark. simmer Of beautiful. radiant.
healthy hair-just as you like to have
rouT hair appear-fascinating and abun-
liant, without even a trace OF gray show
ng. only natural, evenly dark, lovely
aair. Q-Ban Is absolutely harmless; no
B'e. ready to use. Only SOC for a big
bottle at Riker-Hegeman Drug Store, 1905
! street northwest, Washington, d. c.
out-of-town folks supplied by mall
Adv.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-02

V. L. HIT would be impossible
to tell you when l will make my next
public appearance, as we never know
in advance, and l am not likely to
appear on the stage unless it is for
some big charity benefit.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-02

Out Of 107 failure in business in Gin
cinnau, Ohio. during 1915, 20 firms, or Sc
per cent had not advertised, and L
firms, or Il per cent. had advertised
spasmodically and incorrectly or too
sparingly. Draw your own conclusions
Dan Sayles.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-02
Answers to Correspondents.

Edith G.-Why don't you give up
your desire to become a moving pic
ture actress and study music, If you
feel you have talent in that direction
So many girls have been disappointed
when they see themselves on the
screen because their beautiful color
ing is lost.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-02
Theodore Ingalls, Dead.

Word has been received here of the
death on April 30. at Morrisville, N. J..
of Theodore Ingalls,, formerly of this
city. who served as general superinten-
dent of railway mail in the Postofice
seis