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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1916-12-29
SPAIN SENDS
NOTE TO 1EuToNs
ON SUBMARINE
(ASSOciated Press.)

Madrid, Dec. 29.-The note address
ed to Germany on the submarine ques-
ton by the Spanish government de-
clares that the Spanish government
has always maintained that it was IL
legal to destroy prizes as is the con-
stant practice of submarines, and that
the Cabinet also demanded the observ-
alton of the Declaration of London,
notably Article so, which it is main
tanned submarines violate by abandon
ing the crews of sunken ships to the
mercy of the waves far from land.
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Endless Stream of
"Do Not Open Till
Christmas" Presents

Jamestown, N. D.. Dec. %
Parcels are still being received
here marked, do not open til
Christmas said Postmaster Nor
ris this morning in speaking of
the biggest week that the local
postoffice has ever experienced.
The increase of business the last
week before Christmas over the
same week last year is about 20
per cent, and last year was the
heaviest up to that time.
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CAUSES SURPRISE.
(Associated Press)

Washington, Dec. 29.-Spain's action
toward the German submarine cam
paign caused surprise here because no
such vigorous statements from Spain
had been expected. It, nevertheless,
is thought to have come at an oppor-
tune time to add another source Of
pressure on Germany in the situation
which the state department considers
is imnortant.
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BANDITS GET S6.OOO HAUL.
limited PreSS.)

Dennison, Texas, Dec. 29.-Six
bandits dynamited the bank at Hager-
man, fifteen miles west of here today,
and escaped with $4,000 A hastily
formed posse exchanged shots with
the bandits.
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TURKEYS REPLY.
(ASSOcintel PrpSS.)

Washington, Dec. 29-Turkey's reply
to President Wilson's peace note was
received at the State Department to-
day; it. was substantially the same
as those of Germany and Austria
Hungary
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1916-12-29
CUT RAILWAY LINES.

Ell Paso, Dec. 29.-Villistas have cut
the two railway lines leading from San
Luis Potosi, thus isolating Monterey
from all railroad connections to the
south, United States authorities here
heard today. Officials here thought
that cutting the railway line meant an
immediate move on Santillo.
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CONFERS WITH PREMIER.
-r--- - limited pr4ss ''-''' .'''''

London, Dec. 29.-Premier Lloyd
George received United States Ambas-
sador Walter Hines Page at his home
here at II a. m. today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1916-12-29
SUFFERS DEFEAT.
(United Press.)

Mexico City, Mex. Dec. 29.-1t is
officially reported that the Villistas
have suffered several defeats in the
last few days.
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(IInited PreSS.)

Berlin, Dec. 29.-Capture of the city
of Racheal in Dobrudja by Teutonic
forces was announced in the official
statement issued today. Several pris-
Oners were taken by Wurtenburg and
Baden troops in the valiant fighting
in the Chephy forest and around NAL
lancOurt.
Capture LOO.
On the Transylvanian front, cap
ture of 1, 400 Russian and Roumanian
prisoners. IS machine guns, and three
cannon, were reported. On the right
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-04
Wreaths and Trousers.

How near tragedy and comedy are
in the happenings along the battle line
is shown by this incident of the fight
ing on the Isonzo river front, which a
Vienna correspondent Of the New
York Sun tells:
A Caproni fighting aeroplane that
had gone up from the Italian side was
hit by the antiaircraft guns and fell
within the Austrian lines. The pilot
was killed, the observer was somewhat
scratched, but otherwise unhurt. His
trousers, however, were ripped from
A to H."
Captain Amegliano, the captured
flyer, was inconsolable, and to an Aus
TRAN officer who sympathized with
him he said:
"My poor comrade will be buried and
cannot even pay him my last re-
spects-not in this gear"
IF that Is ALL" remarked the Aus
TRAN. "we'll soon mend that" And,
after obtaining permission, he went
up in his FOkker machine and threw
a letter into the Italian line, acquaint-
ing them with the fact, and requesting
"a pair of new trousers for Captain
Amegliano."
Sure enough. an hour or so later
there was an Italian machine high in
the air, and a package dropped that
contained laurel wreath for the dead
and pair Of trousers for the living.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-04
DOuCHE is OFTEN NECESSARY
Plan Outlined for Treating Cows for
Sterility and Aborton-Good
Solution in Use.

Frequently the dairyman finds It
necessary to use a vaginal douche as
a treatment for abortion and sterility
troubles. The following method is
recommended for such cases:
Secure large galvanized pail, four
to six gallons in capacity according
to the size of the herd, and fit it with
a stop-cock. Buy pure gum horse
stomach tube and fit it to the stop
cock. Elevate the pail until it Is about
three feet above the COW so that the
liquid will flow freely. This can be
readily done by making use of the
feeding and litter track if there is one
in the barn. When ready to use the
apparatus, insert the stomach tube
into the vagina, open the stopcock
and allow the douching solution to
flow into it by gravity until it is COM
pletely filed. A very good solution
to use is a / to $500 or 5000 parts
of permanganate Of potash and water.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-04

when the labor was not fully and prof
itably employed. The distribution of
labor was so poor that the men could
not be given steady employment by
the year, and some difficulty was ex-
perienced in getting satisfactory labor.
So this farmer wanted to add to his
income without cutting down the in
come from milk, and by this means to
secure better distribution of labor.
Sugar beets were first tried, as a
factory was then in operation at Bling
hamton. 1t was found that an aver
age of from 10 to 20 tons of beets
could be raised per acre, which
brought S. per ton. An average in
come of at least SIS per acre could
thus be obtained, besides saving as
many tops as there were beets sold.
These were of considerable value as
a succulent feed for the COWS.
Potatoes Were Next.
The next crop tried was potatoes,
and it proved to be so good a money
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-04
EVERY DEPARTMENT OF FARM MUST
BEWELL ORGANIZED FOR SUCCESS
New Yorker Works Out Profitable Solution of Farm Problems in His
Regon-Sarted Enterprise Without Previous Experience to
Aid Hin-AWays Weighed Advice Carefully and Meas
ured 1t on Basis of His Own Conditions.

rugged constitution, however, and had
been brought up on hard work, so that
he was not afraid of 1t. To the college
and the agricultural press, and espe-
cially to the personal help and inter
est of one college professor, he as
cribes all the success he has ever
made. These forces stirred him to
study his business and to use in every
way possible the agencies at hand
which would help him and which
would aid him in obtaining a better
knowledge of the principles Of farm
ing. He had observed that rapid prog
ress was being made in every line of
industry but agriculture, and he took
a new interest in everything pertain
ing to better farming. Yet he never
made the mistake Of taking advice
wholesale. 1t was always weighed
carefully and measured in the light
of his own conditions.
When Mr.. English took stock of his
resources he found that his income
was practically confined to one source
-dairying. Some COWS were making
a good profit; others were causing a
daily loss. The fertility Of the soil
was maintained by the use of manure
alone, and this went to produce feed
crops for the cattle. Very little hay
was sold. There was no systematic
plan of crop production or rotation
or definite method Of soil improve
ment.
System Had Faults.
Such a system had several faults,
the correction of which was early rec
ognized as essential to success. I'm
profitable cows were destroying the
profit of the better ones. The limita-
tion of the income to practically one
source put upon that factor the entire
burden of the farm expenses. Labor
was poorly distributed and was of ne
cessity frequently employed on unpro-
ductive enterprises in order to hold it
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-04
A Tiny
Ambassadors
By
Augustus Goodrich Sherwin
Copyright. 1916. by w. G. Chapman)

(Copyrlght. l9l6. by w. u. Chapman.)
"School-Drive Slow" read signs
five hundred feet from the structure
in question in every direction, and,
nearing one of these, Gordon Leigh
shut down his high-powered automo-
bile to second speed.
The friend with him bestowed a
commencing glance on his thoughtful
and even-minded companion and nod
ded slightly to a group of our teach
ers, who Joined in his appreciation,
+ scognizing the delicate courtesy paid
to the painted suggestion.
Then he thought no more of it, as
they passed the slow belt and the ma
chine sped up to normal, until Leigh
remarked, with a half laugh:
Don't think me the overobliging
and considerable friend to humanity
and township restrictions altogether.
There's a pair of bright eyes among
that quartet for a glance from which
I'd make the auto crawl The young
lady in blue. Do you know herr"
II don't, Leigh. One of the new
term teachers, fancy"
''Well, l am going to know her." de-
clared Leigh persistently.
"Struck?"
'Vitally. She is the most charming
girl have ever SEEN"
The friend shrugged his shoulders,
thus Diminishing what he considered q
passing fancy. Leigh said no more.
However, he thought. The next morn
ing, just approaching school call, he
started again over the route of the
day previous.
"Hoity-toity, little one!" he hailed,
hating the car as he noticed a tiny
miss sobbing and in tears and wiping
the dust from books and slate. whats
the trouble?"
81 fell down and mussed everything
up and I'm afraid I'll be late at school,
and my apron got torn, and 1 studded
my toe, and"
"There! Well get you to school in
plenty Of time little lady" declared
Leigh with heartiness, and he lifted
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-04

for the dairy work, and this was
unsatisfactory both to employer and
men. No definite system Of crop pro-
duction was in use to provide the right
proportion of each crop with the
proper distribution of labor. The
maintenance of fertility was expensive.
All these things it was determined to
remedy.
The first step to be taken was the
improvement of the dairy. The per-
Torrance of each COW was studied
and the improbable ones disposed of.
The next important step was to in
crease the sources of income by grow
ing such other crops as the labor nee
essary for the dairy could handle with
out extra expense, or, in other words,
to diversity the farming. The third,
but by no means the least important
step, was to be the development OF a
rotation that would improve the soil,
furnish the maximum feed for the
stock and provide a cash crop.
These were taken up and carried out
as rapidly as possible.
A herd of so fairly good cows was
purchased with the farm, and at the
start dairy products were about the
only source of income. Gradually this
has been changed, and at present,
even though the dairy is an important
part Of the farm, attention Is given to
several lines. A purebred sire was
included in the farm purchase. 1t has
been the policy at all times to keep a
purebred sire of good quality in the
herd. The heifer calves from the best
producing cows were grown and test
ed out for dairy production, the best
being kept and the others discarded.
In this way the quality and the pro-
ducing power of the cows have been
constantly increased. The herd today
is uniform and able to produce results.
Several cows have produced 60 pounds
or more of milk day and have main
tanned this record for continuous peri
DDS Of from four to six months.
Limiting Factors.
Mr.. English found that with this
method the cows were the limiting
factors in the profit. No matter how
large the crop or what 1t was worth
In the market, its value was measured
entirely by what the COW could make
out Of 1t. If the price of the milk was
low, so was the price of the crop. II
the COW was poor one, the price
of the crop was still lower. Moreover
there was much time on this farm
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-04
SBy c. H AFFORD, State Demonstration
Agent, Maryland)

fBy c. H. AFFORD, State Demonstration
Agent, Maryland)
The purpose of this article Is to en-
phasize the following facts: 1t is
not enough to raise good crops or to
secure large animal production; these
must be economically secured This
is only accomplished when capital and
labor are so adjusted to existing con-
ditions that maximum yields are OBJ
tanned at the lowest cost. To farm
successfully every department must
be we'll organized and must be CO.
ordinated with the others. Labor
must be fully employed, capital must
be we'll utilized, both quantity and
quality of products must be secured,
and the products must be we'll market
ed. All these things come as the re-
suit of close attention to and a de-
tailed knowledge of the business.
The reasons and at the same time
the justification for recounting the ex-
periences and the methods of any indi-
vidual farmer, however successful he
may be, lies in the fact that a definite
illustration brings out the underlying
principles most clearly and effectively.
To most practical men the concrete
appeals more strongly than the alb
stract. Especially is this true in the
teaching Of better farm management,
because it is a comparatively new
method Of attacking farm problems
which is not yet clearly defined. 1t is
because Mr.. L. ]. English of Bing-
hamton, N. Y, has worked out prof
fable solution Of farm problems In his
region that his success is worthy of
telling and Of reading.
Had No Experience.
Mr.. English purchased the farm in
1897. He had no previous farm expert
ence to aid him in starting the enter
prise. His new possession consisted
of 1862 acres of land, more or less"
with good buildings and all the stock,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-04
SEPARATING A THICK CREAM
Swimming Highest Product Leaves
More Skim Milk on Farm for
Hogs, Calves and Fowls.

Farmers will make more money by
separating reasonably thick cream
than a thin cream. Swimming high
test cream leaves more skim milk on
the farm to feed to the hogs, calves
and chickens. Skim milk utilized in
this way has feeding value of about
35 cents per hundred, while If the
milk is left in the cream, nothing is
realized.
The butter maker usually wants a
cream testing around 35 or Al per cent
butterfat. In the winter, If the cream
is above 40 per cent 1t is rather diff
cult to get the cream all out of one
can into another or into vat. Cream
testing about 35 per cent in the win
ter and 40 per cent in the summer is
right for ALTERNATING.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-04

machinery and other equipment then
on the farm. The stock consisted of
three horses, so cows, IL head Of cat
tie and few. chickens. The ordinary
equipment was left on the place, to-
gether with some hay, grain and
roughage. About 80 acres of the farm
lie in the broad, level valley, the
remainder being on slope too steep
for cultivation, and on the top of a
hill nearly 500 feet above the valley.
About 80 acres of quite level and
easily tillable land are on the hilltop,
but it is difficult of access. For this
entire property $4,000 was paid-$8,-
900 in cash and $4,000 as a mortgage.
The land and buildings were valued at
$4,000 and the stock and other NOV
able equipment at $4,000.
The former owner had been in pos
session of the farm for CT years. 1t
had been profitable 80 or 40 years
before. and had been recognized as
a farm of considerable fertility. In
the years Immediately preceding its
purchase by Mr.. English, it had not
paid expenses, to say nothing Of the
interest on the investment, and the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-04
INFECTION CAUSE OF GARGET
Germs Gain Entrance Through Teat
puct-Bacteria Do Little Harm
Observations to Note.

(By I. E. ,NEWSOM, Colorado Agriculture
al College, Fort Collins. Colo)
At one time it was thought that gar.
get was due to mechanical injury to
the udder, and while this cause can
not be entirely eliminated, it seems
evident from all recent work that prac-
tically all cases are due to infection,
the germs gaining entrance through
the teat duct.
1t is we'll known that sterile milk Is
not to be had even when removed I'M
der the most rigid precautions. This
indicates that germs are to be found in
the udder most of the time. Under
ordinary circumstances these bacteria
do little harm, but occasionally a harm.
full one gets in and sets up severe in.
fammation. This is especially likely
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-04

to be the case at about the time Of
freshening, or during the time the COW
is drying up. At both periods there is
an accumulation of milk that is not
drawn out regularly and consequently
1t forms a good medium in which bac-
terra can live. When there is much
accumulation Of milk, milking should
be done in order to get out these for.
eign organisms before they become
harmful. While it is not necessary at
the time of drying up to encourage
milk production by milking dry, yet 1t
is much better to milk out small
quantity so as to get all of the organ.
isms out of the sinus, than it is to al
low it to accumulate for several days.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-04

the child into the rear seat and with
his handkerchief flecked the dust from
books and dress.
"Oh, know who you are!" she sur
prised him by saying, as her tears
dried.
"Do you, indeed?"
"Yes, sir; you're the gentleman Miss
Lewis likes" prattled the little one.
"And who is Miss Lewis, may I
ask" Intercepted Leigh.
"She's my teacher-the pretty lady
in blue, and when she saw you go by
so slow and so careful of the little
ones, and going way around to the
curb for fear you'd disturb the ring
full of marbles in the road, she said.
There's a man."
"Why, of course I am man. You
wouldn't call me boy, would you, lit
tie lady?"
"Oh, it wasn't that way she said It,"
objected the child. "This is the way
she said it: There's man"
Leigh smiled, he thrilled, too. I'm
mistably the novice oratrix initiated
the sentiment of a commendatory an
nouncement. Miss Lewis approved of
him, that was sure. So much gained,
the ice broken. He was thankful.
"And she said, Yes, that's so?" pro-
ceeded the juvenile passenger.
"Who to? What for?" projected
Leigh, feeling guilty at thus leading
on the innocent chatterer, yet i'm
mensely delighted wthal.
"Why, one of the other teachers had
said, What handsome mani"
Him.
sand you are, because my ma says
my pa is the very handsomest man In
the world, and he's got eyes and q
smile just like you"
Gordon Leigh's life and thoughts
now began to center about the young
lady in blue. He learned casually that
her given name was Vera, and fancied
it the sweetest name in the world
He found out further that her folks
lived ten miles from the village, whom
she visited from Friday night unit
Monday morning.
The garage where he kept his auto
was also the town livery. He drove
into It late one Friday afternoon tt
be Immediately Interested in con
versation going on between the pro
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-04

to Profitable Cows.
neighborhood generally prophesied
that the former owner would get the
farm back on the mortgage in a few
years. 1t was even said that there
was q deliberate purpose in selling to
one who had SO little farm experience.
Had Little Capital.
AS can readily be imagined, Mr..
English found himself in rather diff
ficult position when he took posses
sion of the farm. He was practically
without farming experience and had
very little working capital. He had a
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-04
cows ARE DAIRY MACHINES
II They Fail to Produce Profits Some
thing Is Wrone-UsuaIly 1t Is
Raw Material.

The cows on the dairy farm repre-
sent the equipment that produces a
profit. II they fail something must be
wrong. They are the machines. The
feed is the raw material, the milk or
buttsrfat is the finished product.
II the machines are efficient and the
finished product is not all that can be
desired, the trouble must be with the
raw material.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-08-04
Justified,

"How on earth did Binks acquire
that tremendously exaggerated con-
ception Of his own importance?"
"Oh it is not exaggerated. He went
on a fishing trip yesterday, and turned
out to be the only member of the
party who had thought to provide him
self with corkscrew."-Richmond
Times-Dispatch.
The sun., 1916-01-02
USE HELPS THIS MOTOR.
Knight Engined Cars 60 Better
the Farther They Hun.

ThA feature Of the Willys-Knight
motor which shows most prominently IN
conparison with the conventional poppet
valve type Is the seemingly contra
4 dlctory fact that the longer 1t Is used
1.-The better 1t becomes. II is also claimed
that this motor will develop greater
power than any poppet valve motor OF
, the same bore and stroke.
\ 1T is certainly true that the ordinary
1 ga0olene motor becomes less eiiiclent
with long USE" states John y. WHY'S,
builder of the Willys-Knight and second
harvest automobile manufacturer in the
world. But as Is pointed out AT the
Overland booth at Grand Central Palace.
in the knight type motor there Is no
vulnerable part to wear out and become
noisy like the valves In the mushroom
type. ...,,,
has been eliminated by removing the
| cause The use OF sleeve valves means
q motor that under all circumstances Is
absolutely reliable. Refining Is never
necessary. There are no valves TO be
ground, to warp and lose compression.
There Is no guesswork. The entire oc-
tiou is positive and never failing. The
motor is quiet, yet It was not designed
for silence, and while its quieiness is
distinctive It's greatest features are rela-
blity, increased power smoothness
fiexiblity. lack OF repairs and adjust
ments, economy and long life,
There are thousands of knight en-
zines in use all over the world and cal
owners have found them 20 give even
better service the second and third years
than the first"