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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
Educated Rooster.

"Spizzerinktum" is an odd name
even for a rooster, but this rooster is
no ordinary fowl. The bird comes
from a strain of Barred Plymouth
Rocks, was Matched last May and
weighs six pounds. He is owned by
E. E. Bennett of Hartford City, who
refuses to part with his prize-winner
at any price. Judges at various fairs
where he has been shown, have told
the owner that he is a most promising
bird, and this is borne out by the fact
that 800 has been offered for him.
"SpizZerinktum" is also an educated
fowl. One Of his chief delights Is rid
ing the seat of a specially constructed
wagon and holding the reins over eight
boys who act IS steeds for him. He
drove this team IN the centennial pa
rade at Hartford City-Indianapolis
News.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
PROUD OF THEIR MODEL SON
OF Course He Was Young, but Just
Then His Habits Were Abso-
Iuteiy IrreProachable.

'Ah. well, wife" said John Rumbles,
the honest farmer, though our corn
was stricken with quinsy this year,
and our pigs all got the ear disease,
and our cabbages were all hollow, and
our wheat had appendicitis. we have
the consolation Of knowing that we
have a model SON Just think. Roland
has never smoked a cigarette in his
whole life"
Nor anything else, for that mat
ter" replied Susan. his honest wife.
And he would no more think OF tax
ing strong drink than he would OF fly
ing"
True" asserted honest John, with
q sickly smile. And the regular hours
he keepsI"
YES" put in honest Susan, eagerly.
''TO bed right after supper every night
regular as cIOckwOrk
And for a while John smoked in con-
templative silence, while Susan knit
ted away in her easy chair.
But, OF course, there's this" said
John at length I'VE can't tell how
he'll be later on We must remember
he's only six months Old
"Ah, John, we mustn't borrow trou-
BILE. We have enough already, good
ness knows" snickered Susan.-De-
troit Free Press.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
incorrioibIe FIir4

A newly married couple have just
moved into a bungalow in what the
real estate people call ''a new develop
ment" near New York. The benevolent
land company runs an electric car from
the property to the railway station.
This car, which Cike the bonneville
trolley meets all trains, is manned, as
usual, by a conductor and a motor
man, both of whom are naturally on
very friendly terms with the patrons.
The other day the brides mother came
to visit her. She noticed that her
daughter often waved a greeting to-
ward the electric car as It passed the
house. "Why, Gladys" said the old
lady, do you know all the conductors
on this line already ?'-Exchange
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
SHEEP VALUABLE ON
EVERY SMALL FARM
Animals Grow Into Marketable
Products at Early Age-Cost
Little for Feed.

By DIR. R. H. WILLIAMS, Animal Hus-
bandman, University of Arizona Agricul-
tural Experiment Station.)
Every farmer should keep a small
flock of sheep. They cost little for
feed, for they act as weed scaven-
gers, and grow into marketable prod
ucts at an early age. There are also
many waste places on farms which
may be utilized for sheep production
Another advantage of sheep is that
they require little labor. They come
as near solving the "hired help prob
lem" as any other kind of mixed farm
ing. Lambs milk the ewes at some
what regular intervals and they sep
arate the milk and store away the
product without the use of cans or re-
frigeratiOn. When a farmer sees a
bulge on his side of the market, the
kind-hearted and industrious lambs are
asked to trOt to market carrying all
the milk and worry with them 1t is
like finding money, for the sheep have
paid their way in wool, fertilizer, and
in the destruction OF weeds.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18

this in view, the sow should be so fed
and managed as to enable her to do
her work to the very best advantage.
a sow should remain in the herd as
long as useful. A good, steady SOW,
with well developed teats can usually
be depended upon to repeat the per-
Torrance. If the, sow is properly han
died and fails to fulfill her duties, the
sow has no business on the farm, and
the quicker she is found out and dis
posed Of the better. Feeding is a mat
ter of the most Importance, for the
brood SOW as she needs the right kind
Of feed for three important purposes:
For the maintenance of her own body;
for the growth of her own body; for
the development of the fetal pigs.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
Surprised Dinner Party.

In a recently published book Sir
Henry Lucy has charming story OF
the late Canon Anger. The canon
was very fond of children, and set out
one night to attend a party given by
children for children
Don't announce me- he said to the
servant
Leaving his coat and hat downstairs,
he quietly opened the drawing-roOm
door, where the buzz OF voices an
nOunced the presence Of company.
Dropping on his hands and knees he
entered, making strange noises distinct
" resembling the neighing OF q horse.
Aware OF a dead silence. he looked up,
and found the guests assembled for an
eight-O'clOck dinner regarding him
with disgust not unmixed with alarm.
The children's party was next door.
Youths Companion.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
Laying vftrified Brick Pavement.

has the distinction of being the first
American city to employ this product
for paving. For a number of years
after its Introduction, however, the use
of paving brick was confined princi-
pally to city streets, and owing to the
frequent inferiority in the quality of
the brick and lack of care in con-
structiOn, very few of the early pave
mentS proved satisfactory. Even now,
after the experience of forty years
has demonstrated that it is entirely
practicable to construct satisfactory
brick pavements when proper care is
exercised, and that much waste re-
suits from the use of poor materials
or faulty construction, instances can
still be frequently found where COM
paratively new pavements have wholly
or partially failed from causes which
might easily have been prevented.
The purpose of the new bulletin,
which can be had free, as long as the
departments supply lasts, by road en-
gineers, supervisors and others con-
templating the construction OF brick
roads, is to make clear certain impor-
tant essentials in the choosing of
brick for q pavement and in laying it
so that the highway will endure.
1t is very poor economy, the engi-
neers point out, to use q locally manu-
featured brick unless this brick is Of
a high standard. Color, specific grav-
ity, absOrptive power, or even the
crushing strength, of brick are not nee
essarily reliable tests. In general, of
course, the brick should be uniform in
size, perfect in shape, free from rag
ging and deep kiln marks. Each brick
should be homogeneous in texture and
free from Objectionable, seams. Fire
cracks should be limited in number
and extent, and the entire brick should
be vitrified and should contain neither
INFUSED nor CLASSY spots.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
H0GGTNG OFF CORN
is EXCELLENT PLAN
When Crop Is Fed in Field Where
Grown, Plant Food Is Re-
turned to the Soil.

The advantages Of hogging on corn
are as follows:
L. More pork produced from the
corn crop.
?. Rapid and economical gains are
made by the hogs.
3. Labor and expense is saved in
harvesting and marketing the corn
crop.
4. Crib space is saved because corn
that is hogged OF does lot have TO be
stored
3. The cornstaIks are IN better con-
dition for the growing of next years
crop.
6. The corn crop is fed I'm the field
where grown, thus the plant food con-
tanned in the crop is, to a large ex-
tent, returned to the soil.
z. The manure produced by the hogs
is evenly scattered over the land.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18

ments commonly used, before this,
from 10 to 20 pounds of grain per
day during the fattening period. Mr..
Hacker never succeeded in feeding
IL pounds. To feed a steer from the
time he weighs 100 pounds until he
weighs 1900 pounds, according to the
tests, requires on the average the fol-
lowing amounts OF feed: Grain,
3,2SS.2 pounds consisting of approx
imately IS bushels of corn, 51l bushels
of barley, 91z bushels of oats, 76S
pounds of bran, 645 pounds of oil
meal and 523 pounds of middlings;
2S99.5 pounds of hay, and 3,240.9
pounds of silage.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18

than heavy gains for few weeks that
could not be maintained
The cost of producing additional
gains increases as the cattle become
heavier. The tests show that the cost
Of feeding calves to a weight OF 100
pounds is about 10 cents a pound.
From 200 to 300 pounds the feed costs
40 cents a pound. A pound in the
900 to 1,OOO-pOund period costs 9.3
cents, and in the 1,4OO to ], 5OO-pound
period it costs 15.4 cents.
1t is believed that when less grain
is fed and more roughage given to
beef cattle the production of beef will
become more common.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
HAD ALL SHE COULD STAND
Despite Possible Proposal, 'Young
Old Maid" Was Unable to Put
Up With Bore.

Iole is a new and charming CORE
spOndent who describes herself as ga
rather young old maid in whom the
eager desire for matrimony is almost
overbalanced by an unfortunate sense
of the righteousness of all masculine
beings" Her letter relating some re-
cent experiences with male bores and
zanies is too long TO reproduce. We
print this brief excerpt:
HE talked of socialism from 80 to
8 80, of the war from then till 10 80,
OF Bernard Shaw and how he is diff
ferent from ChestertOn till IL :30-and
then of psychic therapeutics.
"T am, you know he interjected,
connected with the Emmanuel move
ment.'
"'You surprise me- murmured.
"'Why should you be surprised that
I am interested in so absorbing a sub
Ject? he demanded. And I'm afraid
I glanced at the clock as I an
swered:
'''I didn't imagine you could be con-
nected with any sort of a-er-move-
mentp
"But isn't it too bad7 1 think he
would have proposed If I'd let him
talk for another hour or SOP
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
Too Much of 4 Strain.

It was little Martha's bedtime, and
she was being tucked in, but she was
inclined to delay the process by some
thing she had to tell her mother. Sew
eral times she attempted to tell her
mother, but each time was told to close
her eyes and mouth tight and go to
sleep. Finally in desperation, 'But.
mother, want to tell you"
mo, dear. 1t is time for you to go
to sleep. You can tell me in the morn
ing"
But, mother, just can't hold it in
my mouth all night"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
TOO MUCH GRAIN FED IN GROWING BEEF

The grain cost for the five chief
groups OF steers used in experiments
by Mr.. Hacker, averaged for the first
year $14-32 q head and for the second
year 1892. making a total cost OF
$54-2z for the grain feed for q two
year-Old steer finished for market.
A small daily gain was found to be
more profitable. A gain Of little less
than two pounds a day was kept up
on these steers. It gave better results
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18

Nearly twice as much grain is given
under ordinary conditions of beef
growing as can be used, says 7. L.
Hacker OF University farm, st. Paul,
who has, for nine years, been con-
Quoting experiments in fattenIng cat
tie. According to Mr.. Hacker, it
does not add to the farmers bank &C
count to Overfeed the cattle and ex-
pect the hogs to dig the waste out of
the manure pile. Feeding expert
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
HIGH COST OF LIVING

This is a serious matter with house
keepers as food prices are constantly
going up. To overcome this, cut out
the high priced meat dishes and serve
your family more SINNERS Macaroni
and Spaghetti, the cheapest, most de-
hciOus and most nutritious OF ali foods.
Write the Skinner Mfg. Co, Omaha,
Nebr., for beautiful cook book, telling
how to prepare it in hundred different
WaEs.S It's free TO every Woman.=AdY.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
Xirtuous Youth.

Congratulations. my boy" said the
attorney, you have inherited a nice
little fortune
yes" asSented the fortunate youth.
81 suppose you Will pay a lot OF your
debts now?''
81 had thought OF it. but I concluded
to make no change in my manner Of
living. don't want to be accused OF
vulgar display"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
cUTIcURA COMFORTS BABY
Suffering From itching, Burning
Rashes, Eczema, etc. Trial Free.

Give baby a bath with hot water and
Cuticura Soap, using plenty Of Soap.
Dry lightly and apply Cuticura ONT
nent gently to all affected parts. In
slant relief follows and baby falls into
a refreshing sleep, the first perhaps
in weeks. Nothing more effective.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept L.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
Transmit Best THOUGHTS

The best thought of the world in ev-
cry line Of human effort and human
achievement is transmitted over night
to the breakfast table OF the commu-
nifty served by a network OF concrete
roads.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
Altogether Too EconomicaI.

Mr. A.-SO the Tompkins-C horkins
match is broken OF, is It?
Mr.. B.-Yes- The Tompkins object
ed TO Chorkins being so economical.
Mr.. A.-YOu aStOnish me.
Mr. B.-YeS- You know he is a con-
tractor himself, and so sent circulars
to all the ministers in town asking for
their lowest estimates for performing
the ceremony.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
one Wav ID Eind ont-

: Alfalfa is good feed. There Is no
question about its production The
way TO ascertain whether II can be
produced on your farm Is to ny it
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
THEY'LL Re Glad

Word has been sent-out by someone
who processes to know that weeds are
crop robbers and not soil robbers.
This viii be comforting to the farmers
who come on the stage OF action after
the present generation has passed.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
prao Helps Wonderfully.

The farmer is good enough and often
Xich enough to ride in an automobile
whenever he wants to, but the roads
are not lit to ride over much of the
time. A little work with the road drag
helps wonderfully.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
Cultivation Psva

Feeding the roots Of trees and keep
ing the surface cultivated win act Ike
a miracle in changing the habit, char
aeter and growth Of the plant, vine
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18

North Crandon Wis.-GWhen I was 16 years
old got married and at is years gave birth TO
twins and 1t Left with very poor health could
not walk across the floor without having TO sit
down to rest and it was hand for me to keep about
and do my work. went to q doctor and he told
me had a displacement and ulcers, and would
have to have an operation This frightened me so
much that did not know what to do Having
heard of Lydia z Pinkham's Vegetable COMPOUND
well as ever. / cannot say enough In favor of the
s.n=AIrs- MAYlrE Asa CT North (sTaTdor Wis
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
peveIoninn Meanness

Never tease a colt; meanness can
easily be developed by teasing. Pet
ting will bring out the best in a colt,
teasing the worst.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
RED cRoss-eooDNEss YES.

Red Cross Ball Blue, yes. Nothing
else will do. Red Cross Ball Blue
makes my clothes a beautiful clear
white, not the dingy yellow green
tinge Of liquid blue. Red Cross Ball
Blue for me. Yes sire, Bob.-AdT.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
Deep PIowinu.

Deep blowing lets rain get into the
soil easily.
Deep plowing lets in big rain with
out run-off.
Deep blowing provides more feeding
space for plant roots
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
Benefits of Concrete Roads.

Concrete roads make daily rural mail
delivery a fact, every home unit in the
community is put on the news wire
with the political, financial, industrial
and trading centers of the earth.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
BROOD sow GOOD AS
A MORTGAGE LITTER
0ft-Repeated Remark Never
More True Than at Present
Returns Quickly Made.

By w. L. BLIZZARD, Department Of
N. College. Stllwatero
The oft-repeated quotation that
the brood SOW is the mortgage lift
err was never more true than at the
present time. There is no animal
kent on the farm that will so surely
and quickly return q profit upon feed
consumed and care given as the brood
sow.
A hog will produce a pound of in
crease for every four of five pounds
of feed consumed, while fattening cat
tie will require from 10 TO 13 pounds
to produce the same amount of in
crease. They are more prolific than
any other kind of live stock. They are
absolutely essential to the economic
utilization of waste products on the
beef, dairy, grain, fruit and vegetable
farm.
Profitable Sow.
The SOW that proves most profitable
is the one that is large and rooHy,
carrying a strong back, wide loin, full
hams. large heart-girth, indicating con-
stitution, plenty of bone, standing well
on strong legs. Select sows from
good-sized filters. The SOW that car
ries good length and depth Of body
generally proves the most prolific
Quality should not be overlooked, but
in the search for quality, do not sacri-
fee substance, nor select delicate ami
mails. Uniformity in a herd of sOws
is very important. A uniform bunch
of soyys will Droduce q more uniform
lot of pigs, and a uniform lot Of pigs
viii feed better, look better when fat,
and sell better on the market.
SoVs's Business
Sows are not kept for the purpose
of eating feed merely. Their business
is to farrow pigs and to nurse them
to a point where they can be fed. With
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18

From Grateful Massachusetts Woman.
Roxbury, Mass.-aI was suffering from infIam-
nation and was examined by physician who found
that my trouble was caused by a displacement
My symptoms were bearing down pains, backache,
and sluggish liver. I tried several kinds of medi-
cine; then was asked to try Lydia e Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. It has cured me and am
pleased to Be IN my usual good health by using it
and highly recommend iEo-Mrs. B IL OsaooD.
Haynes Park, Roxbury, Mass
II you want special advice write TO Lydia
=. Pfnkham Medicine Co. fcOn6dentiail Lynn
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18

Pimples, boils, carbuncles, dry up and
disappear with Doctor Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. In tablets or liquid.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18

A gasoline engine driven machine
has been invented to bale hay or straw
In cylindrical bales.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
EeQHkf for
sick Women
For Forty Years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Has Been
Woman's Most Reliable Medicine
Here is More Proof.

To who suffering from some form of
woman special ills and have fear of breaking
down. the three following letters ought bring hope:-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18

We Ike or dislike persons. not so
much for what they are a. for what
they radiate.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
Provide Fresh Water.

Change the water often in the pOuI.
Hy yard Stale water Is an abomins
ton 60 hen
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
Dust Bath Helps Poultry.

O-IlG SdIsl
A little dry wood ashes sprinEzIed
into the dust bath helps the poultry
in getting rid OF lice.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18
Testimony from OkIahOma.

Iavton, Okla-GW When began to take Lydia
Vegetable
and had much OF the time
child and of
good at that time fail to recommend Lydia Pkhas
Vegetable
Tor meArs a L MOCAsLANI SOC Have ST. IaNton, Okla
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18

Occasionally we hear OF man who
managed to make good by following
the advice Of his wife.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18

z Pinkhan Medeine Co feOnadentiaD Lynn. Mass.
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-29
TELLS PLANS FOR
MEXICO INANCES
Senior Cabrera Says New Me-
dunn of 500,000,000
Pesos Will be Issued.
aternationaI News Service :

International News Service:
MENICO CITY. Mexico Cvia Gal
veston). April 29.-Luis Cabrera.
Mexican minister of finance. today
outlined the financial condition of
the de factor government and its
plans for the immediate future.
Much mis9pprehension exists said
Senior Cabrera. REGARDING the plans
of the defactO government for I'm
ancing the republic"
"The scheme itself is simple" he
declared Seven hundred and fifty
million pesos I'M paper currency is
in circulation at present. on the
first day OF May the government Will
begin the issue of a new medium of
5Oo.00O,O00 pesos. with "a gold re-
serve behind 10 Of S50.00O.0O0 Mex
lean. or $25.0O0.OOO American.
The reserve viii be so per cent
making the actual value of the new
Mexican peso 90 cents Mexican. or
10 cents American The old issue
viii he compulsory legal tender for
two months when sufficient
Ait'NtiAN Ill f- N.tAlf-i anu sum- lf-il
new currency issued So as To- make
the old issue actually stand ON IT,
The actual buying value viii be
set by The fact that an internal taxes
will be payable ion It, There will be
no exchange of new money for old.
the latter being gradually retired by
cancellation as received log the Gov
eminent
q New money viii he issued slow
ly and keep pace with the gold re-
serve as taken bv the government i'm
export import and oil taxes now
and later by a land tax. I'm the
course of time AN the old money
VIII be retired and the new money
viii reach par with the Increase of
the reserve.
THE financial question is the most
important OF tine governments
problems and its successful solution
means stability for the present gov
eminent.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-29
METH0DlSTS ARRIVING
FOR GENERAL MEETING
Special Trains Bearing Bishops and
Delegates to Saratoga
Springs, y. y.
International News Service

International News Service.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, y. Y.
April 29.-SeveraI special trains ar
rived here to-day bringing many del
egates from the west and middle
west who will attend the 27th quad
rennial general conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church, which
opens Monday.
4 public reception Will take place
tonight. The first real business ses-
sion Of the conference viii be held
Monday morning.
The following bishops have ar
rived:
John II. Vincent. Earl Cranton,
John W Hamilton. Joseph +. Berry,
William r. Mcdowell James W.
Bashford. William Burt. Luther e.
Wilson. Thomas =. Nelly, william
+. Anderson. John L. Nelson. Will
liam A. Quayle. Wilson s Lewis. Ed
win II. Hughes. Frank NJ. Bristol
Holmes C. Stuntz. Theodore 5. Hen
derson. William O. Shepard. Francis
J. Mcconnell, Frederick u. Leet.
Richard J. Cook. Wilbur =. Thir-
kield and Missionary Bishops James
NJ. Thoburn. Joseph c. Hartzel.
Frank ". Warne. Isiah 3. Scott
John Robinson. Merriam Q. Harris
John ". Robinson and William F.
Eveland The bishops represent
every section OF the United States
South America. Africa. India and
Canada
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-29
RETURN VISIT MADE BY
ARGENTINA DELEGATES

Interuauona- News service:
NEW YORK. April 29.-To re-
turn the visit made 10y the delegates
Of Argentina TO the Pan-American
financial conference held in Wash
ington last May. a party OF business
men appointed by Sec'y Of the Treas
ury AIcAdoo sailed for Beunos Ayres
today I'm the party were owen
Gathrisht. Of Louisville Ky. David
Beecroft, editor OF Motor World.
and j. Ralph Pickel Of Chicago. s.
W. Cheney of New York accom-
panied the party as secretary. Or.
Albert Hale the commercial attache
Of the American embassy at Buenos
Ayres. viii Join the party upon it's
arrival there