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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
LAMBS BORN IN FALL
Such Animals When Ready for
Market Bring Fancy Prices.
Dorset. RsmbouiIlets and Merinos VIII
Breed 1T Almost Any Season-
Open Shed viii Furnish Suf-
ficient Shelter.

The term "w'nter lamb" has refer
ence 10 lambs that are born in the fall
or early winter and grown during the
winter. Such lambs when ready for
the market usually sell at fancy prices
because they reach the market at
time of the year when choice. fat young
lambs are scarce and in great demand.
says y. A. Spencer. sheep expert for
the department of animal husbandry OF
Oklahoma A. and NJ. college, Stillwa-
ter.
To produce winter lambs 1t is neces-
sary to have the ewes bred In late
spring or early summer. says Mr.. Spen-
Ger. II the ewes are In good, thrifty
condition and have access to plenty or
good pasture. they will not need any
grain until lambing time.
Not a very large percentage of the
ewes of the most desirable mutton type
will breed early enough for winter
lambs. THE Dorset breed is an excep-
ton TO this. however. for the Dorset
ewes will breed at almost any season
Of the year. Only a small percentage
of the tidy. popular Shropshire ewes
will breed before cool weather In the
fall. MerinOs and Rambouillets, like
Dorsets. will breed at almost any sea-
son. If one has grade MerinO or Ram
bouillet ewes that he does not care TO
mate with fine-woOl rams they may be
bred to mutton type rams and the
lambs will be excellent for mutton.
Nevertheless, during the hot weather
that usually prevails in July and Au-
gust. only small percentage of the
ewes of any breed will come in heat.
1t is. therefore. wise TO turn the rams
with the ewes in May. or at least as
early as June. in order to get the ewes
TO breed before extreme hot weather.
The period of CESSATION in the eve will
average about one week less than five
months, so that ewes bred I'm May or
June will lamb in October and NOvem-
Der. just when the weather is getting
cool and almost ideal for lambtng
The mild winters of Oklahoma afford
the farmers of this state splendid Op-
pOrtunities for winter lamb production
A shed placed on well-drained land,
opening TO the south to admit sunlight,
so built as to breaA. direct drafts of
wind. and with good roof, will fur
nish sufficient shelter.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
Evie creene's Ghost Story.

Miss EVE Greene, the musical COM
edv favorite who has just died, used
ID tell a story about a ghost which she
Srmlv believed she had seen, says
Random Tit-Bits. The London corre-
spondent of the Sheffield Daily reie-
graph says the vision was at Sunder-
And. when she was playing principal
bby In pantomime.
Miss Greene was lodging In hsh-
erman's cottage, and one night. when
she and some girls from the panto-
mime were going to her rooms for sup
per. there overlook them on the stairs
ne transparent figure of little sailor
lad. his arms raised, his eyes closed
mad his body dripping with water.
> The figure hurried up to the atuc
Of the cottage, and Miss Greene ana
her companions ran trembling into the
nearest room. Afterwards they went
oai over the house, but could discover
no trace of the visitor.
Next thing Miss Greene found her
landlady grief-stricken. She had JUST
received telegraph from the owners
Of ship in which her boy had sailed
saving that the vessel had been lost
with all hands.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
Gasoline Power Outfit With Tower for
Spraying Tops of Trees

over the rough land. The same would
be Just as true of muddy land. Gen.
orally speaking, it is very important
that a sprayer be light.
Then the engine should be one that
will run all day at a pressure as high
as 200 pounds. OF course, pressure
lower than this will do the work, but
if an engine will get hot and stop at
a pressure of 200 pounds when 1t Is
new, when it gets old it may get hot
and stop at a much lower pressure. In
fact, 200 pounds is a good pressure to
run at.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
CONCRETE FLOORS ARE BEST
corncribs, Granaries, Poultry Houses
and Chicken coops Should Be
Made Rat-proof.

Concrete floors may be built for new
cOrncribs and granaries and small
mesh wire netting can be placed in the
walls. Old cribs and granaries, chick
en- coops and poultry houses should
also be made rat-proof. One of the
food conservation suggestions made by
the Missouri College of Agriculture is
rat-proOting corncribs and granaries.
A few years ago il was estimated that
every rat on the farm cost the farmer
S1.S2 year. With the present high
ngices of feed. seed and grain the cost
will amount to much more than that.
In most of the grain-growing states a
fair estimate Of the rat population of
d farm would be about % and 80:
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
Strength Of Spanish Fly.

Spanish fly is an insect much used
in medicine as an irritant. II is gath
cred from the lilac bushes of southern
Europe ar night by shaking the
branches. the collectors hands and
face being protected by wells and
gloves against the volatile acid dis
charge of the beetles. Then the in.
sects are killed b. immersion in hot
vinegar. One one-hundredth Q-10O) OF
a grain of Spanish fly placed on the
lip rapidly causes blister.-W. z
Aughinbaugh in Leslie's.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10

waiting mouths allies and impressed that this procession of fooo
across the continue in increasing volume
explained just the supply condition of the United
States at the present time and at what expense to ourselves we had been
impress.
remarked what YOU must for them what you will do for them
fighting battle forefront them well fed
the world
giving encouraging state
poultry
live food duty
abroad. we must eat less wheat and meat at home -
the fish question Leaning the tips of his
fingers the table and gazing at every man that room at seemed
a patriotic told
today just how your own country and her allies stand in the matter actual
production this by
per how going
and that
will succeed Remember that this is no personal call to y0u the
call of your whole country
remembers Them those the impressions this
professor
of beginners He calmly enthusiastic the
points
what he driving at He didn't try to tell Us That we were gong 10
but he did to tell us how to prevent ourselves and our allies from
te food adsratn were followed our armies won he able to fight
better ourselves and allies in Europe the men women and children all
that final would be short that food will the
He did counsel us to eat less wheat and wheat products less beef and
D % lar NV he constant n~rean Of r wn p
except
the thoughts will
fdnce the who is carrying such worldwide burden
his feet and as this food Atlas down through them
applause which must have made him feel well
fellows will help know
body of fishermen right down business talked
bidding
and days of intensive labor their
he'd the why.
why the Hoover idea is gradually forcing itself
feeding herself and her allies why food will win the
apy suggested by Mr. Fowler
SAM"
paragraphs
at us which mind vital
there always has been of odsufs.
the other
surplus surplus
supplies restricted
feeding
individual.
splendid
all producers
Il end
supplies year.
exported only upon
transferred
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
Like the Germans.

ApropOs of the murderous German
air raids on open towns, Mayor Edwin
w. Fiske Of the Mount Vernon exemp-
ton board said:
why, the Germans have no more
regard for wOmen's and children's
lives than the old California Justice
had for the Chinaman.
This Chinaman had been killed by
a drunken rancher, and the proof
against the murderer seemed irrefut-
able. The justice, however, wound I'D
the case In short order.
rThere hain't no use of this here
case goin' to the jury he said, look
ing up darkly over his spectacles from
law book. I've studied all through
my Law Cyclopedy. and there amt
no law nowhere ag'in' a mans KILN
a Chink. Turn the prisoner loose,
sheriff. But, say, young Teller, don't
you go dOin' 1t ag'in'. Some justices
is more ignorant than me- Buffalo
Express.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
Huts on Stills.

The early German and Gallo dwell
ings were mere huts, some raised
above the ground on stills. and only
accessible by ladders Qike many OF
III. houses of New Guinea at the pres
emf time). and others resembling some
,shat the primitive cabins of the pre-
historic lake jewellers. Their roofs
were low, matched with coarse straw
and reeds. and there was usually but
one window, high up under the caves.
II was long time before these were
displaced by more solid structures.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
POWER SPRAYERS ARE HANDY
Outfit Needed for Each Thirty Acres
lishtness Is Important on
Rough Ground.

A large orchard should be provided
with a power sprayer, If the orchard
is considered worth giving good care.
In large orchard, generally speaking,
it would be best If there were power
sprayer for each so acres at most, and
many of the best orchardists who are
spraying carefully, maintain that 20 or
IS acres is enough for one power
sprayer.
In buying a power sprayer, several
features should be considered. In
rough land one of the most important
would be lightness. The sprayer should
be short and light so that it would
be convenient in turning and running
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
Time Is Valuable.

Habit accustOms US TO doing most
of the everyday things in particular
ways, and we think of them only when
they chance to be done differently. We
sometimes get the habit of being late
in keeping engagements, and feel that
the loss, if any, is our own affair. 1t
is also the affair of the one We keep
waiting, as he may consider his time
of much value. Only the idle and
careless, whose time is of the least
value, can afford to waste 1t by care
lessness In keeping engagements.-Ex-
change
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
FIX MULCH FOR STRAWBERRY
Covering Of Strawy Stable Manure
Enriches Soil and Protects
Plants During Winter.

1t is the habit of many strawberry
growers to cover the plants in winter
with strawy stable manure, which an
swers the double purpose of enriching
the soil and protecting the plants from
heaving, which danger of heaving oc-
ours most seriously in the spring
months. For home supply plenty of
strawberries can be grown on ordi-
nary soil without the application of
any fertilizers.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10

Good SilaCe can be had only by uni
form packing and uniform diStrihu-
ton of the corn. The entire SurfucC,
especially the outer edge. should h.
packed firmly. The best help obtain
able should be stationed in the Silu.
That is where the silage is ultimately
made. and success depends on the abii-
ity Of the men 10 distribute and pack
the corn properly.
Large Gutter Saves Money.
The large cutter with the CORE
spending large capacity frequently
saves money in filling the silo, but il
may result i'm waste of the storage
capacity of the silO. II the silo Is
filled rapidly the corn has little time
to settle. Slow filling allows the corn
10 settle as it is stored, with the re-
suit that more corn can be placed Ia
the silO. To overcome the diSadvan-
tage of rapid filling woven wire may
he extended above the top of the silO,
thus increasing its capacity until IL
can settle.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
platinum Decrease.

Notwithstanding present high prices
ef platinum. production in the Urais
during 1916 showed "a further decrease.
The total output amounted to S6.5OS
eunces as compared with 11S.7O9
.unces in 1915; the production In 1913
and 1914 was l5S,0S4 and l96'Ioo
cunces, respectively. while in 1919 the
output amounted TO 214.O42 ounces.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
PROBLEM OF FRUIT GROWING
Possibilities of Country Are Great and
Yet Slightly Tested-Plant
Some Trees.

The fruit-growing possibilities OF
this country are so great and as yet
so slightly tested that it is big ques-
ton that should be taken up as serious
ly as the country from the Pacific to
the Atlantic showed, when the call
from the government came. what 1t
could do in the line Of vegetables and
wheat. Do not neglect to plant fruit,
make as serious a study of it as you
have of this years planting and the
results will be a delightful surprise.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
But He Knew One Kind.

A school teacher had asked a class
of grade pupils for compositions on
the violet. On looking over the writ
ten compositions she found the fol-
lowing:
1.-The violet has sepals, petals, and
a gun"
PerpIexed, she called the author to
her desk and asked what he meant by
saying that the violet had gun. He
explained:
"Why, you told us that the violet
had sepals, petals and II pistil, and
couldn't spell pistil."
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
MAKING MONEY WITH MULES
Profitable to Buy Up Stock Animals
and Feed Them Over Wlnter-let
Them Run Loose.

Any farmer who has an abundance
of corn and roughage can make money
by buying up stock mules in the large
markets and feeding them over winter.
They should be allowed to run loose In
roOmy barns or sheds and never con-
fined in stalls, as horses.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
PIG RAISED WITH EACH cow
With Exceptionally Good Cows the
Number of Hogs May Be
Increased Somewhat.

Figure on raising one pig to market
able age for each dairy COW and pos
sibly one or two in addition for the
house slops. With exceptionally good
cows the number of pigs may be some
what increased. This is, of course.
where the cream is sold. but the skim
milk kept on the farm.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
GRADING Produce.

Do not fail to grade all produce sold
Even potatoes bring a much better
price when well graded than when
small and large. and all colors are
placed in the same package. Neatness
and cleanliness pay in marketing a.
well as other places.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
HnIloW Pretense.

How hollow is all our pretension TO
progress, when we have never devised
n punishment for the human trip ham
mer who always thinks 1t is neces-
sary TO smite one on the shoulder In
greeting. or the human wise who puts
forth every ounce of his strength In
shaking hands.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
First Duty Of Community.

The first undertaking of every agri-
cultural community is to determine
the breeds and varieties of crops
adapted 10 the district. The expert
ence of leading successful farmers and
the state agricultural experiment sta
tons are valuable guides to follow.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
SAVE EGGS FROM BEST STOCK
Evidence Of Good Qualities When Fowl
Reaches 2oo-Eeg msrk-Should
Be Perpetuated.

Eggs from the best hens should not
he eaten. When fowl reaches the
20O-egg mark in season, il is evil
dence Of qualities which ought to BE-
perpetuated. Eggs from this kind OF
stock should go into the incubator.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
ENCOURAGE Pics TO Eat.

a small pen built close TO the sOw's
pen. with hole through which the pigs
can pass and eat grain ny themselves.
will encourage them To eat grain much
sooner.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
Keen Horse poctor BUSY

Maybe you think you can save time
by feeding the horse enough in the
morning To last all day. That is a
good way to make job for a horse
doctor.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
Gains on Feeders.

The profitable gains on bunch OF
feeders are those which increase the
value Of the animals per pound. Such
gains are due more to intelligent buy
Ing than to feeding and handling
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
Clemson Cnlleye Enlletir

Clemson College Bulletin
Distributing and packing SilaCp in
the silo is frequently neglected. Tn
less the blower has distributor at
tachment there is tendency for the
cut corn to fall in one place in the
silo. If the stalks are frequently
blown to the outside and the heavier
parts, ears and butts of stalks. are
deposited in the center, this causes an
uneven distribution of grain and stalk
and a consequent uneven quality Of
silage. Uneven distribution is fire.
quently the cause of soft places and
air pockets. which later result in
spoiled silage. When the lighter por-
tons are blown to the outside they
do not pack we'll and the silage spells
near the wall. Such spoilage. which
really results from careless filling. is
often attributed to the silO.
Packing Is Important.
Packing the silage is equally as inn
pOrtant as distribution. Thorough
packing requires persistent work.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
Buying FORAGE Crop Seed.

Buy labeled field and forage crop
seed-knOw the man who put Il up.
its kind, IT'S termination, and. If origin
matters, where IL was grown.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
To Destroy Bilibuus.

Billbugs affecting corn canot live on
cotton. therefore follow corn with co.,
ton.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
Marketing Onions.

1t is usually a good plan to marke,
onions as soon as possible in the au
tumn. If one has good storage facili
ties 1t may pay to keep them until int
the winter.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
-, Or. in British Columbia.

II IS estimated that there are A.
cs5 100000 tons Of the best iron ore In
Rr,tish Columbia; these resources have
,cnrcely been touched yet
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10

steadily with fraugh at
of this
soldiers the fields of France what
Hoover and his food generals
ne that building appears the center of the world think
am
IN state national and international conferences Of grave
import but the most serious session sat in was that last week
TAX ever listened to was that delivered to us by Mr. Hoover
activity many sdepaments working high
Peed newspaper Offices battling
impressed the indescribable noiseles ceasee
, %enodsn h action saTao didn't see III felt ,n TINS
hod battle of the world battle in which we will only follow as
victory will be Here the doctrine of Speed uphats the
sde Of myself the gathering wholly comprised of fish producers and dis
They represented the largest fish and fish
This C., country nn!.-
m Mr. Hoover quietly entered the room quietly say for no one noticed
administration There he sat an spectator until
speakers had finished discussion clear
nov a few fumM Hoover"
d heard them He wasted no time ON preminares He got
United States
d been doing in the matter Of sending supplies to the allies and that the
food to such serious extent that the continuation the war
Mn t f Of has and sweeDnr glance that took in
the people Of the United States going
= downs on job
But a wonderfully
sou u man. who has BECOME world figure perhaps at this time THE
nave IN ino VINO nave e E. , ' n5 90 hud
ne you Pcs man @ w set % ac oad a
well that feel that realize
WILL must gazed into Now
smooth laid
wonderfully
in
his telling add for
a and a straight
his side in pockets
the table in OF him-thats Hoover him.
forming mental impression of the
before he detail he explained
vasn. anything
immense quantities
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
Seeds Are Scarce.

Seed of all kinds are going to be
scarce next year. Better order your
supply early.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-11-10
How[krbeft logger Z
hrlptp5SeSNle1< A: ::::? : s.::*- 3!
a11xamaxTxzrHs uusHxzy %M&#
The Ame,1can zvho fed stricken Belgium for
gears, and svho nosv is head ofthe United Sta
Food administration, makes us beEeye ne cal
do suhat sce ought to do, as matter of pat,1.
attic se,vlce-Hers's a good pen picture

have changed rapidly. The cap
ioi ana white House dimmed by a plain vine-cov-
ered sixstory brick building (evdeny used TO be an
apartment house family hoteD on the corner of
and sixteenth streetsthat would pass unnoticed were
1t not for plain black and white sign Of the
entrances which says In modest letters, FOOD AID
MlNiSTRAT1ON," and the sightseeing busses they
roll by slack up for an instant while the haIy hoo
through his megaphone mpressively announces. this
Is where Mr.. Hoover is"
That tells the story. To my mind congress may
and hiatt no vir ms VIII
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-11-19
VOCATIONAL EDU-
CATION IN MAINE

Dr.. Augustus O.. Thomas, the state
superintendent of public schools, de-
clared Saturday that the fact that new
ideals in education rave sprung up re-
Gently and Clamor for recognition is no
condemnation of our schools of the
past. in fact. the clamor is made by the
staunch friends of the schools them
selves.
Methods. devices, and school proc
csses lead for a time like pieces of ma
chinery and hen give way to other
methods. devices and school processes
widely different from those which pre-
yiously existed" continued DR.. Thorn
as.
This is a compliment to the schools
and were il not for these changes the
whole system would pass into the dis
card and our leadership would be sur
rendered.
For many years manual training
has held favor in the hest schools of the
land. This gave some individual frre-
dom which the former methods and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-11-19

they are not in proper form. The re-
monstrants claim tina there will be
found enough illegal names on each Of
the various petitions to bring the num-
her of Signcrs to the petitions less than
the 10000 names required by law.
Ralph W Crockett of Lewiston will be
the counsel for the remonstrants, while
Attorney General Guy II. Stursis OF
Portland will represent the State. Hon.
Frank A. Morey of Lewiston will ap-
pear for the petitioners and it is limited
that he may have the assistance of learn
cd counsel.
The length Of the hearing OF course
cannot now be forecasted. but il is
thought that the opening by counsel and
the disposition of the state paper and
the Inland Fisheries and Game Commits
sion cases may take perhaps two or
three days. so that the Lewiston To-
lice Commission matter may be reached
by Wednesda :. 1t is understood that that
case will he opened here and adjourned
to the supreme court room in Augusta.
there to he heard until finished. such a
procedure would accommodate a large
number Of witnesses from Auburn, Lew
lston and other places.