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Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21
Sioux City Live Stock Market.

Sioux City. Ia, Feb. 2O.-Cattle-Receipts
/, 400 head; market for killers steady; stock
ers 10G15c higher; beef steers, 10000
Il.2b; butchers, Ss.O0Q100O; fat cows and
heifers. $50; Gamers, st.50a6.Oo:
stockers and feeders, S6.60g925; calves
ss5o@e5o; bulls. stays, etc, s6.0o@s.50;
feeding cows and heifers S6.00qSl5.
Hogs-Receipts, 5000 head: market 15a
zoe higher; light, Sll,s0@12.06; mixed
ti210@12.55; heavy. fl2.359i2,45; pigs
Ssb0@1O50; bulk of sales, si2.00@t2.35.
Sheep and Lambs--Receipts, 1000 head .
market steady: fed muttons, 10000 300;
wethers. sl0.5oa1i.5; ewes. ss75Q10.S6;
lambs Sl3,00dI4.10
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21
CARLoT RECEIPTS.

These sales were reported today:
Wheat-No. hard winter: l car, $.sb.
No. hard winter: cars. sLs4h; l car.
Ls4k; cars. sLS4: cars, $1S3h. No.
hard winter; cars, si,sah cars,
$1s3, | ear. sissy: ! car, $1.S2. No. 3
durum mixed: car. $l,76.
Rye-No. 3: / car, VA,
Barley-No. .: l car, s1.14. No. feed:
car. Sl.03.
Corn-No white: car sshc. No. 3
yellow: 1 car. 96hc; cars, s6c. No.
yellow: car (shippers' weights), 96c;
car, s6%c, No. mixed: cars s5xc No.
mixed: cars, s5%c; 2 cars, 96hc. No.
mixed 2 cars. 95hc.
Oats-No. 2 white: 1 car, 5sc. No. 3
white: cars, 56hc. No. 4 white: cars.
b6c. Sample white: 1 car, b5&c.
Omaha Cash Prices--Wheat: No. . hard,
sls3@1s+h; No, hard. $l.s1 v 1897 !.
No. hard, s176917s; No. 2 spring, $500
l.ssh No. spring, 11.7S@1.S4h: No. Q
durum, N77Q1,so. No. durum, '1.76@
LIT. Corn: No. . white, s6h @96%o; No.
3 white. 96k @96hc: No. white, 96@96kc;
No. white. 95% @96c; No. white. s5k
@s6%c; No. yellow, s6h 696hc; No. 3
yellow. ss@s6Nc; No. yellow. e6% % s6c;
No. s yellow. 85h 095%c; No. s yellow, s5k
@96hc; No. mixed. s5h @95%c: No. 3
mixed, s5A @95%o; No. 4 mixed. 95@ss1a /;
No. 6 mixed. a5@9bhc; No. mixed, BAN
@sbc. Oats: No. white, b7@bsc; stand
ard, ssh @67c: No. white, bs@66ho: No.
white, bb% mbbc. Barley Mating, SLls
@l.21; No. 1 feed. c6psl.0s, Rye: No. .,
$1.4i0l.42; No Q, $1.4O@1H.
Omaha Future Market.
The future grain situation was very
strong today and all cereals closed around
the top OF the market. with good gains for
the day.
The traffic conditions on eastern rail-
roads was said to he much better and
eastern officials say that every possible ef-
fort is being made to clear up the con-
gestion and move grain to the seaboard
and eastern distributing points,
Tho export business picked up consid-
erably In the local market during the last
few days and the business In oats showed
a big Improvement with some large orders
placed with LOCAL concerns.
May wheat closed at sl,77h; May corn
closed at sshc and May oats at bec.
Local range OF options.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.


Chicago, Feb. 20.--Free buying on the part
of houses with sea aboard connections did a
good deal to lift values In the wheat market
today. Prices closed nervous, Nc to 4Sc net
higher. with May at sl.7sN to $3.50 and
July ut si.52k to sl,S2S. Corn finished UNI
changed to Nc up, oats gained Nc to Nc
and provisions finished at an advance of
25c to 32c
\ Reports that great numbers Of empty cars
had been started from the east to relieve
ulate the demand for wheat and to give the
market an upward tendency which was at
no time entirely overcome, even for u brief
period.
In addition TO the prospective clearing up
OF railway traffic hindrances, there were
signs OF revival of export purchases for
the entente allies and 1t was said that indi-
cations pointed clearly to main dependence
on America for shipments as long as avail
able supplies would allow, Statements pur-
porting to show that the submarine cam
paign OF tho Germans was falling far short
of the results which had been Intended
served also to create bullish sentiment
Snowfalls In the southwest, where winter
wheat has had insufficient protection from
cold and where also moisture has been seri-
ously lacking, made prices for tho new crop
option. Nevertheless, tho strength OF the
nearby delivery caused July and September
TO climb to noticeable degree, especially In
the last hour of the session, Corn hardened
with wheat. On the bulges, however, the
longs evlnced a disposition to unload. I'm
proved demand from the east gave indie
penuent ltrinhess W oats' clterlnHs were not
liberal
High record prices for hogs brought about
heavy purchasing Of provisions and a corre-
spending jump In prices. The most urgent
call was for lard, which rose 10 the top
most figures since the civil war.
Chicago Cash Prices-wheat: No. : rod
si.s2; No. red, N,7s@1.7sh; No. . hard,
sLSih ;@1s6h; No, . hard. s1,so&. Corn:
No, yellow, sl,0aE; No, I yellow. sscd
si,oo&; No. ! white, esh @ssNc. Oats; No.
5 white, ssh fp6oc; standard, ssh q soc,
Rye: No. 2, $40, Barley: sl.0oGl.3o. Seeds:
Timothy, $500 $50; clover. s12.OoGts.oo
Provisions; Pork, $1,000: lard, sl71o; ribs
s1b,75a1ss7h.
Butter--stcady; creamery. $4,000.
Eggs--Higheri receipts, 2,563 cases; firsts
41A Rlhc; ordinary hrsts, $40 at
mark, cases included, Ssh 9tlc,
Potatoes--Higher; receipts. 80 cars; Wis
consin and Michigan white, S?5o@1bS:
Colorado, Idaho. Oregon and Washington
white, s260q2T0.
Poultry--Alive, steady; fowls, 20Nc;
springs, 2ohc.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21

st Louis, Feb. o.-Cattle-Receipts $3.50
head market steady; native beef Hteers
t75oa1I.7b; yearling steers and heHers
feeders, $1,000 800; prime southern beef
steers, tS00qll.00: beef cows and heifers
H25ps 800; prime yearling steers and heif-
ers. s7.50G1 O.O0;N native calves, s6.oO@1%bo.
Hogs-Receipts. $4,000 heads market
higher; light, s1235GI2b5; pigs. 1850
II as; mixed and butchers, Si2 .46g12.65;
good heavy. tl256Gl2.65; bulk of sales,
sl2.35aI2.b5
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, 1900 head !;
market steady to strong; lambs, sl2.7b@
Ia 30
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21

New York. Feb. 2o-Coupn-Future
opened steady; March, 1890; May, i6.Sic}
July. ls.4oc; October. 1870; December
l6.0Sc.
Cotton futures closed steady: March
16,16c; May, 1880; July, 1880: October
1890; December. 16.llc. Spot, quiet; mid,
ding, 1880.
The cotton market closed steady at mel
decline of TO points.
Liverpool, Feb. so,-cotton-spot firm;
good middlins, ll22d; middlng. 1llsd;
low middling, lo.s$d; sales, 5000 bales
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21

Kansas city, Feb 2o.-Cattle-Receipta
II, 900 head: market steady; prime fed
steers,t sl1.0091l.7b; dressed beef steers
t9.00@1i.O0; western steers. $1,000 il.26;
COWS, s5,bO@s.bO; heifers, $7oOU11.OOi
stockers and feeders, s725N10,25, bulls
$6.b0a9.00; calves. s7.O09l325.
Hogs-Recepts. $4,000 head; market
higher: bulk of sales. sl220m12 1850; heavy
Sl25Om1265; packers and butchers. $3.50 a
1850; light, s1l.75a12.35; pigs, &9,50Ull.5O
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, 5000 head
market strong: lambs $4,000 1850; year
Hngs. sl300Gl3.50; wethers, sll.0Od12,O0i
ewes $lO,50Wll.90.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21
Irate Withheld 4
Offers Butler Job,
But Dan Says No

Thrice did City Commissioner
Withheld offer to City Commissioner
Butler the supervision OF the slunici-
pal Auditorium and thrice did the
latter official refuse the crown.
The melee was precipitated when
Mr.. Withheld brought in resolution
for the expenditure of additional
money for wiring the new electric
sign, which has been placed on the
big building at Fifteenth and How
ard streets,
After the two commissioners had
exchanged a few choice bon mots Of
high temperature the council voted
to allow the appropriation.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21

Omaha. Feb 16.--Recei.ts light. market
irm and steady. demand good.
Pairie Hay-Choice upland, ti2.5oG1s00;
No, 1, sl1,50@l200; No, Q. 10000 100;
No. 3, sS.oo@soo. No l midland. $1,000
1850; No. 2, &9,O0@l0.00, No. / lowland.
$3.50 q 300; No. :, ;75O@soo; No, 8, $3.50
OF 90.
Alfalfa--Choice si75o@1s.oo; No. /,
SIS 0OQl7.0O; standard, $i3.0oGt5.o0: No.
9. ,llOoals, 90; No. .. $40. oo@ll 90,
straw-oat. TooGIbo. wheat 5000
$50.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Cattle Market Weak; Hogs Strong; Sheep
Arc Firm.

Chicago, Feb. O.-Cattle--Receipts. 1000
mead: market weak; native beef cattle, 37.76
911.7b; stockers and feeders, S6,15m9.00;
COWS and heifcrs, f51o010,l6: calves. s9.26
U13.25.
Hogs Receipts, $4,000 head; market
strong mostly 26c above yesterdays sV-
crage. Bulk Of sales, sl2.46al2.60, light,
si190nt2.56; mixed. l2,2bGl275; heavy,
;i225912.70; rough. il?.25Gl2.30; pigs,
Ss50a 1890, S...
Sheep and Lambs-Recepts, $4,000
head; market firm; wethors, tl0,s5gl2,l5;
ewes, ss50a12.0O; lambs s12.404l4,75
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21

New York. Feb, 2o.--Motals--Lead. strong.
$3.50. spslter firm; spot east st. Louis
delivery. ioh1Io%c. Copper, Arm; electro.
lytic, spot and near nominali seconds quar-,
s2,0o Iron. steady and unchanged. Metal
exchange quotes tin quiet; spot. sS.5o9
1850
Al London. Copper: Spot. flS9; futures,
ti3e los; electroIytic, $3.50. Tin! Spot, fist
los; futures, flet los, Lead, $50 los. Spell.
ter. flI
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21
Settlement Wages War
Against Meningitis

Preventive measures against spinal
meningitis are being taken at the
South Side Social Settlement by the
head resident, Mrs, Elizabeth Lewis.
A large sign has been posted asking
children not to come to the settle
ment to play unless they have been
given certificates by the school nurses
permitting them to attend the public
schools.
Throat garglng and other sanitary
precautions are being advocated, the
same as i'll the public schools,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21
Eyaoor.,.d Applc. and Dried Fruits.

New York, Feb, 20.--Evapotated Apples
Dull fancy, So @sc; choice. s@shc; prime,
7M7asc ..-
Dried Fruit--Prunes, nervous; California,
saloac Oregon, sh as%o. Apricots. firm,
choice, lie; extra choice, 17hc: fancy. lso
Peaches firm choice, shc; extra choice
sAc; fancy. sSc. Raisins, quiet; choice to
fancy, seeded, s@esc; secdless, io4linc,
London laycrs, Sls0.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21

white, osE q s0c: No yellow. ps5can.oo;
May. es& a9siac; July. 9sh.
osts-No white. 6sa aj9hc; No. :
mixed, 57a5Sc.
Butter--Creamery, i2c; nrsts Acc; sec
onds &c; packing, 2sc.
Eggs-Firsts, SIC.
Poultry-Hens, 1shc; ROSTERS. l6c; tur-
KEYS Csc,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21

st. Louis, Feb. 2o.--cattie--Receipts, $500
read. market higher: native beef steers,
$500 HIS; yearling steers and heifers
fs.5oQi1.bo: cows, sB5oQs.5o. stockers and
fcedcrr, sSooaa.oo: prime southern beef
steers. $500 ii.os; beef cows and heifers.
5000 400; prime yesrling steers and heif.
Hogs-Receipts. 1860 head; market
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21

Savannah, Ca, Feb 2oA-rurpentine---
Market quiet, tsho, sales, none; receipts,
IS bbls.: shipments none; stock. iIs75 bbls,
Rosin--Market firm: sales, SIT bills, re-
ceipts, 500 bbls.; shipments. none: stocks. s2,-
l76 bbls, Quotations: A, B. C, d. e. y. @.
$500; II, I, X, NJ, $3.50; N s6,as; VIC,
t6.t5; WV, $50
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21


Cattle--Receipts were liberal, bringing the
total for the three days up to 1857 head.
Buyers were out in good season and the
general market was about steady with yes
terday. This would ar ,iy to cows and
heifers as well as beef steers and was also
true Of stock cattle and feeders, few
head Of right good beef steers sold up TO
s1I,35, while full loads sold as high as tll2 20.
Quotations cattle: Good TO choice
beeves, Si040Q11.25; fair TO good beeves.
$9.76Gi0.40; common to fair beeves, $3.50
s.7b; good to choice beifers $s.2bTs2b;
good to choics cows i7.50@s.h0; fair TO
good cows, S6.50@7b0: common to fair
cows. s5.2bG6.bo: prime feeding steers 1925
$1,000; good to choice feeders. @.7S9s2b:
fair TO good feeders, SH80@875; common to
fair feeders. ssb0@7.60; good 70 choice
stockers. f77G@s50; stock heifers. $1,000
sbo stock cows. $6.oo97.75; stock calves.
s7.00@s.0o; veal calves. $500 @1i.bo; beef
bulls, stags. etc, t1boGs.bo; l-logna bulls.-
ss.oo@70o.
Hepresentatiye RaIes.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21

higher; lights. s1?.35@12sO; pigs $3.50
ll25 mixed anh butchers, sl2,40al2.70;
good heavy. {l2.s0q 1870; bulk pf sales,
sll.AO@12
Sheep and Lambs-Rcccipts. 500 head;
market strong; lambs. $l2.76@lb5O; ewes,
IS. qll.5O; yearlings, Sll.5Ogl850.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21

ST. Joseph. Feb. 2o.--cattie--Recelpts
$500 head: market slow; steers, s7.6o@
ll.to: cows and heifers. $500 $1,000; calves.
s6.eo012.5o.
Hoss--Receipts. 1000 head: market 100
soc higher; top. si2sos bulk OF saies. si2.so
@I2.55.
Sheep and Lambs--Receipts. 5000 head;
market steady; lambs. sis.5o9iA5o; ewes.
sii.O0 a f1.s5
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21

New York. Feb. 20.-Sugar-Raw, easy;
centrifugal, 5.52c: molasses, 1850. Refined,
steady; fine graduated. 1875 q760c.
Sugar futures were easier on selling by
Cuban interests and commission houses, At
noon prices were l to points lower.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21

London, Feb. 20.--American securities
were fractionaiiy higher on the stock ex-
change today.
Siiver--Bar, ssdiper ounce.
Money---ih per cent.
Discount Rates--short bills, -bh per cent;
three months, bk per cent
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21

u,osi No, 2ihsrd, slscelstH; May. G.isN
@l.s0; July, 81. 4eh
corn--No, Z. VOL No. white, s1.0iY;
May, sl0sS July. l.00S.
oats-steady; track. No ., Soc; No. 2
white, Sole.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21

Detroit Mich. Feb. 2o.-Fire swept the
General Grocer company's fve-story build
imp on Larned street this morning. The
loss is estimated at s350, 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21

Omaha. Feb, 2i.--Bank clearings for
Omaha today were si.sss.65e.as The cor
responding day last year was washington's
birthday.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21

Kansas City, Feb, --wheat--No. 10
hard si.ss@l.so; No, red, N,ssdiss:
May, u.TsA Wi,7s%, July, si,tss ai.7sys
Corn--No. mixed, esHQ9sh. No. ?
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21
Minneapolis Grain Market.

Minneapolis, Feb. 2o.-Flour-Unchanged.
Barley-94c q S1.29.
Rye-Sl.43@1A
Bran-$33. 90 $500
wheat-May, $1SlG@1.s1%; July. N.7s.
Cash: No. hard. sl,01% @l.s5%; No. /
northern. s1.s3& @1.Ssh; No. northern,
N.7s% @l.8sA.
. Corn--No. Q. yellow, st.o1@io2h.
Oats-No. white. 6796Sc.
Flaxseed-S277
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21

New York, Feb. 2o.-Mercantilo Paper
&@+k per cent.
Sterling Exchange--60-day bills, t472;
commercial 60-day bills on banks, si7e.
commercial 60-day bills. {h7lA; demand.
A.75x; cables, a.76 7-i6.
siiver--Bar, bShc; Mexican dollars, soNc.
Bonds---Government, steady; railroad, ir-
regular.
Time I,cans---Firm; 80 and 80 days, 3% %
1 per cent: six months, t@4t per cent.
Call Money-steady, high, "a per cont !:
low, Q per cent; ruling rate IN per cent;
last loan, az per cent. closing bids, per
aaaI. aMarad at az NOR cant
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21

eli & r, rs, reg. 90 l.. Il N, un. "a. 9iN
> sdo coupon -. 90 NJ. X. 4 r. ist AZ 76h
u. s. 81, reg. 100 Mo. Pac. con Is. l0i%
do coupon ...100h sMont. Power bs ssA
.uTS As reg. ..l07hN. Y. C. deb 6s 100
do coupon -. 100 IN. Y. City 4hs.l07
A. n q Il. G, thsl04k Now Haven c. 6s.I0l
Anglo French IS. 92ts No, Pacific u.s.. st%
Atch. gen, is.... BAN do IS ..,...... 81
n, & o, 4s..,.., s2h sore, \. a. r, As. 927t
Beth st, ref 6s. osT Pac, T, & T, 5s, 1908
Central Pac. LIST, SON Penn. con. AVS. .l02s
c, 4 o, CIV. Ans. 50 'Reading gen. Is %
c., h. h q. il. As 9fh So. Pac, CIV. bs, 1908
c, M. &St.P .ov.6s los do ref. 4s...... %
c, n. /, q p. r. "A 75A So. Railway 6s .lOi y
&C & s. ref. AIS. sSh Union Pacific As. " I
.D. & r. g. c. IS 81 do CIV. ts,..... %
Erie gen. 3D.. CT Y, S Rubber IS. .10a Y
Gen, Flee IS. ..lo6 U. s, Steel 5s... 106ts
.ut, No, LIST tEs 9syw Union ihs.. a5%
l. c. ref. 4s...,, siiI Dow II e., llPS1. 97%
ak C. So ref IS IS IBID,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-21

Most Modern and Sanitary Brewery in the West.
25O2 N St. Telephone Douglas 4231 South 1863 or $685.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20

ton. The warning nations called upon us for supplies. We furnished them but neglected to increase our produce tion. While we were supplying Europe we were reducing our swine herds We sent pork abroad faster than we were raising pork at home. We have already nearly 5,000,000 fewer hogs than we had a year ago. Yet we exported 981, 900 GOO pounds of pork this year, whereas we only exported 405,O00,00O pounds in 1914. We are in the condition of a man who, having $100 in the bank, draws a check month after month in increasing sums, but makes no deposits. There will come time when he will have no money to draw from the bank It we continue to ship more pork to Europe and raise fewer hogs in America, there will come time when we will have no more pork to send. And yet hereafter we must send even more meat to Europe than in the past. We will have large armies of our own, to supply. We will have to supply the allied armies and civilian population and even more extensively because as the war progresses their do- mest1c production decreases
 So that is one of our big war jobs producing more meat. It is every farm CTS job. It is a job that must be well done. A rifleless army would be as ef- fective against Prussianisn as an army without food
 Uncle Sam looks down to Dixie and sees land peculiarly qualified to supply this demand and, furthermore, a land that must keep more live stock in order to attain the maximum agricultural de- velopment. He is calling to Dixie-and he has no doubt of the reason.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20
Save Planting Seed

In urging cotton growers to prepare for possible emergencies next spring by saving double the supply of seed need ed for the first planting, specialists of the United States department of agricul- ture point out that any seed not needed Tor planting next spring is likely to be as valuable to the oil mills then or the following fall as it is now. The imme- oiate cash loss a farmer may experience through refusing to sell all his seed to the oil mill at present tempting prices VIII be more than offset by the advan- tage to be gained next spring in having plenty of seed available for planting and replanting. A bushel of seed may bring the farmer $2 now, but next spring it probably would plant two acres, from which bale of lint and 30 to 40 bushels or seed could reasonably be expected.
 It IS explained that liberal carry over of seed, generally, would enable 'o- cailties not needing to replant next spring to release seed for use in other similat sections where third or fourth planting may be required because of extreme con- dltions. Under such circumstances farm- CTS having surplus seed would be help ing to solve the problems of other farm CTS if, instead of selling to the oil mill, they would notify the chairman of the seed stocks committee of the state in which they live as to the variety and quantity of seed they have on hand In case the name of the chairman of the state committee is not available it will be furnished upon application to the chairman of the committee on seed stocks of the department of agriculture Washington, D. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20
Leaves as Fertilizer

Dead leaves, contrary to common be- lief, have practically no fertilizing value Most of the elements of plant food pass into the body of the tree on the ap- proach of winter. A .on of the best quality of autumn leaves contains six pounds of potash. less than three pounds Of phosphoric acid and lu or 15 pounds of nitrogen.
 Leaves are of practical value when in the proper state of decomposition. Leaf mold is used in all well-equipped florist establishments for mixing with sand and garden loam to make a good potting soil. Soil made in this manner is es- pecially valuable for ferns, palms and other woodland and tropical plants.
 Composing leaves, manure and rub bish is not uncommon. A low place is selected for the compost. which is aI- lowed to stand for two years It will be found advantageous to wet the pile dur ing the dry season. The leaves keep the soil loose and prevent it's packing to- gether into a hard mass
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20
Farmer Must Diversity

You must diversity your crops be- cause the soil tires of monotony as much as the boy or girl in the home. By your crops you do something to feed the soil. while you are at the same time doing something to de- Dlete it. In order properly to feed the soil you must have a system of rota- tion and not plant the same ground with the same crop year after year.
 Nowhere is such diversification as easy as it is in the south because mo- where else are there so many crops that can be profitably cultivated Oats ard clover, corn and wheat, alfalfa and cowpeas, can all be used to secure a variety of ration for your land ait! from your land. Peanuts are profit able, both for market crop and as soil renoyator. Then add hogs to con- sume the waste of the house and ot the farm. You do not have to change your farm from a cotton farm sto livestock farm in order to raise hogs Hogs should be a by-product on every southern farm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20
Pumpkins for Cows

Pumpkins make fairly good feed for milk cows. One hundred pounds contain S.3 pounds dry matter and the following amounts of digestible nutrients; Protein, Il pounds; carbohydrates. 45 pounds, and fat, 5 pounds. An idea of the feed- ing value of pumpkins. so far as chemi~ cal analyses show, may be had by com pairing these figures with those for corn silage, showing that 100 pounds of corn silage contain 26.3 pounds dry matter, II pounds protein, 15 pounds carbohy- drates, and ' pound fat. In experimental work at the Vermont station it was found that 21a tons of pumpkins (with seeds) equal the feeding value of one ton of silage when supplied to milk cows. Pumpkins resemble mangels somewhat in their feeding value, being succulent and highly palatable. The seeds contain much nutriment and should not be wasted. They are high in pro- tein and oil, and, when pumpkins are fed in moderate quantities, the seeds have no bad effect on cows. If fed in excessive quantities pumpkins may cause digestive disorders Pumpkins fed raw are as valuable for pigs as when they are cooked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20
Saving Soft Corn

An Illinois man, c. w. Raymond, says soft corn can be safely cribbed if these precautions are taken:
 l. Arrange for ventilation by building an air shaft the length of the crib from ceiling to floor Set two rows of 2x4s up about foot apart, and nail six-inch boards on them two inches apart As most cribs are built from north to south and our prevailing dry winds from the south, this plan, he says, will give a good circulation of air through the crib.
 Another way to ventilate the crib is to lay six-inch tile across it, the short way every four feet, and two or three feet apart from top to bottom of the crib. The ends of the tile should be an inch apart.
 2 Husk the corn clean of silk and husks and throw out all rotten or wormy ears.
 B Then upon every 40 bushel load as it is cribbed, scatter eight quarts of salt. This, MT Raymond says will draw the moisture out of the cobs till it drips through the bottom of the crib. In a week the corn may feel so wet that it may seem to be spoiled, he says, but there is no danger. It will not mold or rot and will keep cool and sweet till the ventilating arrangement has carried off the moisture, and will come out of the crib bright and clean.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20
Another Cotton Picker

Every now and then new cotton pick ing machine is brought to light, the in ventor claiming wonderful things for it. In the past none has seemed to come up to expectations. However, a machine invented by Carroll Stukenberg was re- gently given test on a farm near Amer icus, Ga., and it is said to have been a success. Under ordinary conditions, it is claimed the machine will pick 40 pounds of cotton an hour, and half gallon of gasoline will operate the machine 10 hours
 The machine has a width of 29 inches, stands on two wheels and is pulled by hand. The picking device is operated by one-horse engine hose 6 feet long extends from the fan. At the mouth of the hose is a picking device, which picks the cotton by friction or revolving brushes and conveys it to the fan and then into the basket by suction. The cotton goes straight through the hose to the fan, and then is blown out into the basket. The pocket is square and made of wire netting and holds about so pounds. The entire machine weighs about 250 pounds, and is light enough for boy to pull around.