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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
SURPLUS PRODUCT

Jefferson City, Mo-, April IA
Missouri can partially solve the prob.
lem of what to do with the unem.
ployed Belgians Germany is daily de-
porting from that unhappy, conquered
country to escape the enormous task
of feeding, sheltering and clothing
them, through the fact that in this
State there are, approximately A.
100000 acres of vacant land, entirely
uncultivated, which could be divided
into small farms, orchards and stock
ranges and turned over to settlement
by these helpless starving people, if
an easy way of transporting them to
this country can be devised, announc-
es Bureau of Labor Statistics bull
etin given publicity today by Com
missioner William H. Lewis. The
millions in money and supplies which
are being shipped weekly to Belgium,
would readily purchase those desir-
able Ozark farming and grazing
lands, defray the cost of transporting
the refugees to this country and
leave enough of a balance to give
each family the necessary start here
in the way of buildings and other
equipments.
In days gone by, before Germany
invaded Belgium and devastated its
productive areas, twenty acres there,
cultivated intensely and scientifically,
not alone sustained an averag sized
family but also produced enough sur
plus food stuff, live stock and other
farm commodities to supply all needed
clothing, shoes and other necessities
of life, with an annual money balance
to be boarded for rainy day.
The 100000 idle, uncultivated
Missouri acres, divided into thirty
acre farms would care for 466,666
Belgian families, or, approximately,
100000 men, women and children,
allowing four to each family. Such
settlement and cultivation of UNI
occupied Missouri lands would pro-
duce enough crops and other food
commodities to solve the high cost of
living for this State.
Nearly every State in the Union
has thousands of similar uncultivated
acres. If all such uncultivated tracts
were turned over to the refugees of
Belgium, Servia, Luxumberg and
other small European warning coun-
tries, they would more than accom-
modate all and, in the course of a
year, supply all the food stuff this
country and the Allies now SO urgent
ly need.
Missouri contains approximately
100000 acres of land, including g.
100000 acres embraced in its towns,
cities and villages and what is used
by railroads, factories and for mining
The 27S,O0O farms of the
State, approximately, have 3A50O,-
900 acres, with 24,500,00O under cui- /
tivation, leaving, approximately, TO-
DOC, 900 acres in the farms, either in
timber and unworked or used only for
grazing purposes. It is estimated that
the State also has 100000 of acres
entirely unsettled and uncultivated,
and these together with the 10000 900
uncultivated acres in farms, comprise
the 100000 acres which are open.
either for farming, horticulture, or
charding or live stock raising, to the
Belgians and other refugees of Eu-
rope.
Congress can easily change the ex-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
MISSOURI MEN MAY GO

DR.. M. P. Ravenel and DR.. Max w.
Myer Of the faculty of the School of
Medicine of the University of Mis-
souri,, members of the Officers Re-
serve Corps of the United States ar
my, have received inquiries asking
how soon they could be ready to re-
port for actual service at jefferson
Barracks. DR.. Guy L. Noyes, dean
of the faculty of the School of Med
icine, who has been lieutenant in the
Reserve Medical Corps, has been pro-
NOTED to Captaincy in the corps.
About so students and faculty men,
bers have made application for adj
mittance to the Officers Reserve Corps
of the Army. No definite informa-
ton as to the service required of the
University has ben received
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20

ing the season is anything like normal
While the shortage of potash due to
I the war has limited the amount of this
element in mixed fertilizers, this is
not serious matter for most Soils,
, and there are on the market fer
tilizers which will give excellent re-
turns.
The recommendation of the Col
lege of Agriculture are briefly as fol-
lows: On uplands of average fer
Utility the application of go to rs
pounds of fertilizer in the hill or drill
with a fertilizer attachment to the
corn planter will usually bring the
! highest immediate return for the
money Invested. The fertilizer to use
is one containing around two per cent
ammonia and from eight to twelve
per cent available phosphoric acid,
the higher percentages of the latter
element being preferable. A fertil-
izer of this same content of nitrogen
and phosphoric acid, but containing in
addition one per cent potash, will give
possibly a little better return on the
average, but the high cost of the pot
ash will just about offset this advan-
tage. Either may therefore be used.
Bone meal will also give good returns.
Heavy applications of fertilizer in the
hill or drill are not recommended be-
cause of the danger of firing the corn
if the season is dry.
On very thin land the hill or drill
method of fertilization will be of much
benefit, but as rule, larger amount
of fertilizer must be used than can be
safely applied with a fertilizer drill
in advance of the corn planter.
The fertilizers suggested for hill
or drill fertilization may be used at
the rate of about $50 pounds per acre,
but acid phosphate, which is somewhat
cheaper, applied at the rate of IT'S
pounds per acre will often be more
economical. Where no fertilizer drill
is available the fertilizer may be
broadcast and thoroughly disked into
the soil, but this method does not give
quite the returns to be expected where
it is drilled in.
1t must be remembered that these
recommendations are for immediate
results and have little bearing upon a
permanent building up of the land. |
There is no danger of injuring the
land, as is often thought, unless such
fertilization is continued under
straight grain farming for several
years. Even in such cases it is not
the fertilizers that injure the soil.
1t is the result of too much grain |
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
RAISE A WAR CROP OF CORN

The country is at war. And it is
going to be a farmers war-a war
in which corn, wheat and meat will be
the great munitions-for immense
supplies of food will be needed for
our armies and the armies of our al
| lies. But our wheat crop is short;
our potatoes are scarce; so is our
meat. And the big task now before
the country is to raise a tremendous
crop of corn that will make up for
the shortage in other food. 1t pro-
vides the big opportunity for the
American farmer to win the war. 1t
is his patriotic duty.
Don't worry about an over-produc-
ton. The department of farm crops
of the Missouri College of Agricul-
ture sees no danger of over produc-
ton in this war. Prices of corn will
be high-probably higher than they
are now.
Many farmers have already planted
corn; nearly all who have not plant
ed are about ready to plant. One of
the biggest things that can now be
done to raise war crop of corn is to
plant the right kind of seed-seed of
good variety that is adapted to the
section.
The Missouri Experiment station
has been testing corn varieties for 10
years. 1t has tried to find the best
varieties for this State. 1t is now
able to recommend the half-dozen best
varieties among large number test
ed and to name the sections where
they are best adapted.
Boone County White is leading
variety on the black prairies of North
west Missouri, the level prairies Of
Northeast Missouri, the gray prair-
les of Southeast Missouri, and the
Ozark center and border.
Commercial White, like Boone Coun-
ty White, has been a leading variety
in nearly all sections of the Sttae. It
made an excellent showing in all tests
except those in the southeast lowlands
where it does not seem we'll adapted.
st. Charles White and st. Charles
Yellow were the best varieties of
white and of yellow corn for the
southeast lowlands They were also
leading varieties in the Ozark center
and border region. st. Charles White |
was good variety on the gray prair-
les of Southwest Missouri.
Reid's Yellow Dent has given excel
lent results in all parts of the State,
except in the southeast lowlands. It's
highest rank was reached on the roll
ing prairies of North Central Missou-
ri.
Leaning Yellow ranks among the
six leaders and must be regarded as
an excellent variety, although it has
not taken first place in any section of |
the State.
There was little difference in the
yields of these six outstanding varie-
ties, except in the southeast lowlands, |
where st. Charles White led by a good |
margin. Farmers would do well to
plant any of the six in any section.
But for the best possibilities plant
according to the adaptation of the
variety, as here mentioned.
Farmers who have already obtained
their seed corn should further insure
a maximum crop by testing seed and
by fertilizing. Remember, the coun-
Try must have big crop of corn-a
var crop-to win the war.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY FARM BUREAU
CA. l. Foard, County Agent.)

do not need lime, but all soils in UNI
drained areas and buckshotty or craw-
fishy soils are inclined to be sour and
need an application of ton to a ton
and half to sweeten them.
There is plenty of limestone in the
county to sweeten all sour soils and
then some. Farmers in given COM
munities should club together and
make use of the limestone crusher
that is maintained by the county for
the use of the farmers. In this way
you can get your limestone crushed
at the actual cost, and most of the
farmers in the county have sufficient
limestone on their farms so that the
cost of hauling and crushing will be
small
1t is hoped that | shall have in this
office in the very near future suffi-
cient apparatus and chemicals to test
soils for acidity, and any farmer who
expects to sow field to alfalfa
should have me test his soil before
doing so. 1t is an absolute fact that
alfalfa will not grow on a sour soil.
You should therefore know your soils
condition before putting the seed in
the ground.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
THE FREEDOM OF THE SEAS
What It Means.

The freedom of the seas" rests up.
on the fact that no nation has any
jurisdiction over the high seas ex.
cepting over the vessels of its sub.
jects, which rule extends to its pub
lie vessels everywhere. Each nation
controls" the sea to the distance of
one marine league from it's shores,
but the high seas are thus "free" to
all nations. Great Britain formerly
claimed exclusive control over the
high seas, but later limited such de-
mands to the waters surrounding her
coasts, and at last submitted, in COM
mon with all other nations, to the
limit named above. In time of war
belligerent operations may not take
place within the three-mile limit of
neutral coasts.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
Orchard Spraying Demonstrations.

|
Mr.. X. C. Sullivan, orchard special
list, from the Agricultural College,
spent two days with me last week in
spraying the demonstration orchards
on the farms of G. j. Westmeyer,
VIM. Rosenstengel, Frank Graham and
| A. X. Stevenson. Interest is increas-
ing rapidly in the orchard spraying
work. At these four meetings there
was total attendance of 70 persons.
Very little interest has been taken
heretofore in orchard spraying work
and it was with some difficulty and
considerable effort that four demon
stration orchards were secured, as the
co-operator had to furnish all spray
materials and spray pump. How
ever, the interest in the work is in
creasing so rapidly now that the
work has actually begun, that num-
Der of persons have asked that these
demonstrations be given in their or
chards. | regret that we cannot reach
every orchard whose owner wishes
the work, but time will not permit.
However, any interested person can
attend these demonstrations and learn
for himself. There will be three more
spraying demonstrations on each of
these four orchards this season, max
ing a total Of IL more demonstrations.
Furthermore, | shall be glad to visit
any farmer who would like to spray
and examine his orchard for scale in
sects and assist him in selecting his
pump and spray material. This is a
year when we should make the most
of our orchards and save every APP
pie if possible.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
Why Constipation Injuries.

The bowels are the natural sewer
age system of the body. When they
become obstructed by constipation a
part of the poisonous matter which
they should carry off is absorbed into
the system, making you feel dull and
stupid, and interfering with the diges-
ton and assimilation of food. This
condition is quickly relieved by
Chamberlain's Tablets. Obtainable
everywhere. (adv.)
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

State of Missouri, County of st. Fran
co.'s, SIS.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT. MAY
TERM, 1917.
William M. Perkins, Plant IF,
VS..
Dixie M. Perkins, Defendant.
Action: Divorce.
Now at this day comes the plaintiff
herein by his attorney and files his
Petition and Affidavit, alleging,
among other things, that Defendant
on May 3, 1913, and without any cause
or excuse whatsoever abandoned and
deserted plaintiff and has continued
to so abandon and desert plaintiff,
and that said defendant is not res
ident of the State of Missouri:
Whereupon, it is ordered by the
Clerk of this Court, in vacation, that
said defendant be notified by publ
cation that plaintiff has commenced
suit against defendant in this Court,
the object and general nature of which
is an action for divorce, and that un-
less said defendant be and appear at
this Court, at the next term thereof,
to be begun and holden at the Court
House in the City of Pennington, in
said County, on the 18th day of May,
next, and on or before the last day of
said term, answer and plead to the
petition in said cause, the same will
be taken as confessed, and Judgment
will be rendered accordingly.
And it is further ordered. that a
copy hereof be published, according
to law, in The Pennington Times, a
newspaper published in said County
of st. Francois, for four weeks sue
cessively, published at least once
week, the last insertion to be at least
10 days before the first day of said
next May term of this Court.
Order made and entered this 26th
day Of March, 1917.
A true copy from the record.
witness my hand and the seal Of
the Circuit Court of St.
(SEAL) Francois County, this 26th
day Of March, 1917.
JOHN A. KNOWLES, Circuit Clerk.
hch. 30, Apr. 6, 10, 20.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
IMPORTANT TO TRAVELLERS

1t does not apear to be generally
known in this city that the Sunshine
Special, the fast train on the Iron
Mountain, receives passengers at
Bismarck for all points south where
that train stops. It has been doing
this for the past year. This train
reaches Bismarck about $40 D. m.
This obviates the necessity.of going to
st. Louis in order to make long trips
west or south.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20

1t is becoming more evident each
day that the people in Germany are
looking more anxiously to the bread
supply than they are to the mythical
glory of scientific retreats.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
TOOTHSOME MEATS

Of every description can always be
secured at Autsen's Meat Market.
$500 Coupon Books for $485. Good
meat is our specially. Phone So.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
CO. OPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK IN AGRICULTURE AND HOME
ECONOMICS, STATE OF MISSOURI

College Agriculture University Missouri Department of Ag
Court and ST. Francois County Farm
cooperating.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-20
Soil Investigation for Use of
Limestone,

A soil investigation has been car
ried on during the past week over
the county by Mr.. Kinnaird, soil spe-
cialist, and myself, to determine
whether or not our soils would respond
to the use of lime.
In general it was found that all of
our upland red soils are sweet and
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-07

Thy Ears dilu ttit uSsOlttiOil WHICH Iu>
stantiy followed sjocs the slanting
sides of the shell hole until dirt in lit
tie dusty rivulets came trucking down
upon me. Wounded as was, drag
ged myself up to the edge Of the hole.
There was no trace anywhere of the
four men who had just left me. They
have never been heard of since. Their
bodies were never found. The big
shell must have fallen right among
them and simply blown them to bits.
1t was about a quarter to Z in the
morning when 1 was hit. 1 lay in the
shell hole until 2 in the afternoon, suf-
fering more from thirst and cold and
hunger than from pain. l only hoped
the Germans wouldn't drive our men
back over me. At o'clock a batch Of
sixty prisoners came along under es-
cOrt. They were being taken to the
rear under fire. The artillery bonn
bardment was still practically undi-
minished. 1 asked for four Of the
prisoners and made one Of them get
out his rubber ground sheet, carried
around his waist. They responded
willingly and seemed most ready to
help me. I had a revolver empty and
some bombs In my pockets, but had
no need to threaten them. They half
dragged me toward the rear.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-07

Germans. Two only were left stand
ing when We got in.
When We saw the gun had been 81
fenced and the crew disabled Godsall
and | worked round to the right about
ten yards from the shell hole where
We had sheltered ourselves while
throwing bombs into the emplacement
and scaled the German parapet. We
rushed the gun position. The officer
who had been in charge was standing
with his back to us, firing with his re-
volver down the trench at our men
who were coming over at another,
point. l reached him before Godsall
and bayOneted him. The other Ger
man who had survived our bombing
threw up his hands and mouthed the
Teutonic slogan Of surrender-''Mercy,
kamerad! My bayOnet had broken
Off in the encounter with the German
officer, so picked up German rifle
with bayonet fixed, and GOdsall and
worked on down the trench.
The German who had surrendered
stood with his hands held high above
his head, waiting for us to tell him
what to do. He never took his eyes
off Of us even to look at his officer, ly-
Ing at his feet. AS We moved down
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-07

The sixth article of this remarkable
personal narrative will appear soon.
1t is entitled
No. 6.-Decorated For Bravery; Home
and Uncle Sam
This concluding article of the series re-
lates in detail how England cares for tile
wounded. How the king and queen came
to the bed of an American boy and dec
grated him In London hospital for gal
iantry. Interesting. intimate and anus
ing incidents told by and of the wounded
Tommies. Trying to fight for Uncle Sam.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-07

after our conversation. Both he and
my pal Macfarlane were shot down
dead that morning.
When they called for volunteers to
go with me in discharge of Major Lew
is order the entire company responded.
l picked out twenty-five men, twelve
bayonet men and thirteen bombers.
They agreed to my plan, which was
to get within twenty-five yards of the
gun emplacement before attacking, to
place no dependence on rifle fire, but
20 bomb them out and take the posi-
ton with the bayonet We followed
that plan and took the emplacement
quicker than We had expected to 10.
but there were only two Of us left
when we got there-Private Godsall,
No. 1I7,O63. and myself. All the rest
If the twenty-five were dead or down.
rhe emplacement was held by eleven
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-07

a highly nervous state. I'll admit
that.
1t seemed almost certain death to
start over in broad daylight, yet, as
it turned out, the crossing of No Mans
Land was accomplished rather more
easily than in our night raids. Our
battalion was on the extreme right of
the line. and that added materially to
our difficulties, first by compelling us
to advance through mud so deep that
some of our men sank to their hips in
it and, second, by giving us the hottest
little spot i'm France to hold later.
i was in charge of the second
wave" or assault line. This is called
the "mopping up" wave, because the
business of the men composing 1t is
thoroughly to bomb out a position
crossed by the first wave, to capture
or kill all of the enemy remaining and
to put the trench in a condition to be
defended against a counterattack by
reversing the fire steps and throwing
up parapets.
Our artillery had given the Germans
such a battering and the curtain fire
which our guns dropped just thirty to
forty yards ahead of us was so pow
erful that we lost comparatively few
men going over-only those who were
knocked down by shells which the Ger
mans landed among us through our
barrage. They never caught us with
their machine gun sweeping until we
neared their trenches. Then a good
many Of our men began to drop, but
we were In their front trench before
they could cut us up anywhere near
completely. Going over I was struck
by shell fragments on the hand and
leg, but the wounds were not severe
enough to stop me. In fact, did not
know that ! had been wounded until
l felt blood running into my shoe.
Then 1 discovered the cut i'm my leg.
but saw that it was quite shallow and
that no artery of importance had been
damaged SO I went on.
bad the familiar feeling OF nervous
ness and physical shrinking and nausea
at the beginning of this fight, but by
the time we were halfway across No
Mans Land | had my nerve back.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-07
No. 5. Wounded
In Action.
BY Sergeant Alexander McCIintock.
D. c. M. S7th Overseas Bait,
Canadian Gren. Guards
Copyright 1917, by the Bell Syn
dictate, Inc.

Sergeant McCIintOck, an American
boy of Lexington Ky, has seen service
en- France, 10Gs decorated for braverp.
acounded and inUaIided home. He Is
telling his story, thrilling one, and
this is the fifth article of the series. In
the preceding ones he described hOao he
reached the front, fighting in Belgium,
and then the great preparations for the
SOn1nse battle. In this instaUment he
tells of conditions and describes first
hand the fighting in that greatest of all
battles.
OUR high command apparently
" meant to make a sure thing Of
the general assault upon the Re-
gina trench, in which we were to par
ticipate. Three times the order to ''go
over the top" was countermanded. The
assault was first planned for Oct. 10.
Then the date was changed to the Goth.
Finally, at 1910 noon of Oct. 81, we
went. 1t was the first general assault
we had taken part in. and we were in
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-07
Protect
Your Eyes
From the heat and dust with
our Goggles and Shades!

We have a complete as
sortment. Don't trifle
with your eyesight. 1t
is the most valuable
gift of nature. For first
class service, see US
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-07
''0vfR THERE"
The Thrill and the He'll of
the Trenches, Described
by an American Boy.

Sergeant Alexander McClintock of Lex.
ington, Ky, and the Canadian Army Has
Gripping Tale That Every American Will
Read, For He Tells the Facts Unadorn-
ed. Wounded, Distinguished Conduct
Medal Man, He Was Invalided Home,
but Is Going "0ut There" Again to Fight
For Uncle Sam and His Allies. An In.
spring, Interesting, Personal Narrative,
Full of the Spirit and Atmosphere Of the
Trenches.