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The Yale expositor., 1917-11-01

for the heavier breeds of fowls like
Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds
and Wyandottes, and which we have
found not only here at the college, but
on the average farm as well, the cost
OF production of a dozen of eggs is
Is 1-5 cents per dozen. In 1915-1916
prices for grain as follows: Corn, 63
cents; wheat, $1.09; oats, 1856 cents !;
bran, $2650; meat scraps, 1925, would
make the cost of a dozen eggs last
year 1875 cents.
Comparing the cost of a dozen Of
eggs In 1915-1916 with that of the cost
of a dozen in 1916-1917, we find that
the real cost has increased 81 per cent.
Again, comparing the price received
for 1915-1916 per dozen with the av-
erage price per dozen of 1916-1917. we
find that the price has increased So
per cent. Thus paying the level for
grain we receive the same level for
the eggs or about the same profit az
heretofore. Our prediction is now that
a much higher level in prices for the
1917-191S product will be obtained
than for 1916-1917 product, and as
the prices for grain have become fixed,
the poultryman will receive better
profit in 1917-1918 than in previous
years.
The Yale expositor., 1917-11-01
DETROIT NEWS

Detroit, Mich.-"Dr. Pierce's Anuric
Tablets have saved my life, and l am
grateful beyond the power of words
to express. After years Of suffering
and finding no relief in the different
medicines that / had taken, l was on
the verge of giving up all hope, when
happened TO pick up pamphlet. I
sent for a box of the Anuric Tablets,
and after taking the first box l began
to feel better. so continued their use.
Now l feel like a different woman.
The pains in my back are all gone
and my work seems no longer bur-
den.
II wish to say to all suffering from
kidney trouble, try DR.. Pierce's Anuric
Tablets, as 1 firmly believe they saved
my life.
"If anyone wishes to write me to ask
about the medicine and what 1t has
done for me. will cheerfully answer"
MRS. ALICE BARNES, 240 st. Au-
bin Ave.-Adv.
The Yale expositor., 1917-11-01
ALL MEN AT HOME SHOULD
PREPARE FOR WAR

The first test a man is put thru for
either war or life insurance is an exami-
nation of his water. This is most essen
tial because the kidneys play a most i'm
portant part in causing premature old age
and death. The more injurious the pois-
ons passing thru the kidneys the sooner
comes decay-so says DR.. Pierce of Sur
gical Institute, Buffalo, NY, who further
advises all people who are past thirty to
preserve the vitality of the kidneys and
free the blood from poisonous elements.
such as uric acid-drinlk plenty of water
sweat some daily and take Anuric, double
strength, before meals. Coo a package.
This An-u-ric is a late discovery of DR..
Pierce and is put up in tablet form. and
can be obtained at almost any drug store.
For that backache. lumbago, rheumatism,
rusty" joints swollen feet or hands, due
to uric acid in the blood. Anuric quickly
dssolves the uric acid as hot water does
sugar. Take little Anuric before meals
and prolong life. Send 10 cents to DR..
Pierce for trial package of Anuric.
The Yale expositor., 1917-11-01

present prices on large enodgh scale
TO make them pay. Here is where
the opportunity for Boys and Girls
Sheep clubs come In. They can start
with a very small flock and grow into
the business by saving their best eve
lambs, and at the same time learn how
to care for them by the methods that
give the cheapest production and
greatest profit. The service Of the
extension specialist in sheep husban-
dry located at the college will be d.
rected toward helping the clubs as
well as other sheep growers.
The plan is to organize groups of
six or more boys and girls in any
community who wish to start with
three or more bred ewes. Most of
them will start with grade ewes and
all should be bred to the same or
same kind Of pure-bred ram for any
one club. This will give uniformity
which will later aid In the co-opera-
tive marketing of both lambs and
wool.
Report blanks and instructions will
be furnished by leaders in charge and
the work will be placed on cOmpeti-
tive basis between members of To-
cal club, between all sheep club mem
bers in the county, and in the state.
The contests will be finished at ex-
hibits or fairs about September when
each club member will show his ewes
and lambs. also submitting his com
plete report of feeds and method of
care given his flock.
More detailed information can be
obtained from the Boys and Girls De
partment, East Lansing. Mich.
The Yale expositor., 1917-11-01
ATROCITIES AS THEY EXIST
Orphaned Children, Homeless Fam
lilies, Devastated Towns, Marked
Germany's Path In Belgium.

The Germans entered Belgium In
August and September, 1914; we be-
gan to come in November. Hence we
saw none Of the atrocities of the inva-
sion-we saw only results OF them,
writes Vernon Kellogg In the Atlantic.
Among these results, as seen by us,
we're, / hasten to say. no women with
out breasts or children without hands.
But there were women without hus-
bands and sons and daughters and
children without mothers and fathers.
There were families without homes,
farms without cattle or horses or
houses; towns without town halls and
churches and most Of the other build
ings, and even some without any build
ings at ALL and a few without many
citizens. But there were cemeteries
with scores and hundreds of new
graves-not of soldiers; and little tod
ding children who came up eagerly
to you, saying. mon pere est mort |;
ma mere est mort" They were dis
tlnguished from some of their play
mates by this, you seel
And we had TO hear-and endure
the stories, the myriad stories, of the
reiicts of Dinant Wise, Tamlnes, An
dennes and all the rest. OF course,
there were stories exaggerated will
fully and others exaggerated upiaten-
tionally, simply by the inevitable In
acurracles that come from excitement
and mental stress. But there were
stories that we're true, all true.
The Yale expositor., 1917-11-01
Cant Cut Off My Leg"
Says Railroad Engineer

II am a railroad engineer; about 20
years ago my leg was seriously injured
IN an accident out West. Upon my refus.
ing to allow the doctor to amputate it /
was told IT would be impossible to heal
the wound. / have tried all kinds of
salves and had many doctors in the past
20 years, but to no avail. Finally I re-
solved TO use PETERSON'S OINTMENT
on my leg. You cannot imagine my as
tonishment when l found it was doing
what over 100 things had failed to do. NV
leg is now completely cured. Gus Hauft,
7ss Myrtle Ave-, Brooklyn, N. Y.
ut makes me feel proud to be able to
produce an ointment like that" says
Peterson. mot only do / guarantee Pc
terson's Ointment for old sores and
wounds, but for Eczema, Salt Rheum,
Ulcers, Itching Skin and Blind, Bleeding
or Itching Piles, and ] put up big box
for 25 cents, a price all can afford to pay
and money back from your druggist Il
not satisfied" Adv.
The Yale expositor., 1917-11-01
MANY FLOCKS ARE
BEING REDUCED
Profit in Poultry This Season,
Say College Authorities.
EGG PRODUCTION PAYS WELL
investigations Show Increase In Price
Of Eggs To Be Comparatively
Greater Than Increase in
Price of Feed.
BY C. n. BURGESS,
Extension Specialist in Poultry Mich
iuan Agricultural COLLEGE,

igan Agricultural College.
East Lansing, Mlch.-Will poultry
pay? This is q question that about
40 per cent of the poultrymen of
Michigan have settled by saying. "No
not with the present high cost of
grain" Never in the history of Michi-
gan has there been such q slaughter of
fowls. 1t seems that nearly every
farmer has cut down his flock of
chickens. Statements have been COM
ing in to the poultry department Of the
college that the keeping of poultry Is
not paying proposition at the pres
ent time, due TO the high price of
feeds. The cry seems to be, Reduce
the flock"
We believe the viewpoint to be
wrong on the general farm. Our In
vestigations of this problem, not only
In Michigan but in Ohio, Indiana, ILL
nois and Wisconsin, lead us to say
that to reduce the flock of producers
is not only unpatriotic but is unprof-
table as well. We do advise that
farmers Gull out the runts and nom
producers, but not the layers. While
feed costs have increased in some
cases to almost double. the prices of
eggs have risen in the proper proper
ton.
1t takes six pounds Of feed to pro-
duce a dozen of eggs on the average
farm. Taking the present prices as
quoted for grains, September %, 1917,
wheat, $3.02; oats, 50 cents; corn,
1920; bran. $685. meat scrap, $4.65 !;
and using the yations we recommend
The Yale expositor., 1917-11-01
Efficiency.

After many trials and tribulations
Mrs. Timson had managed to get a
maid" of sorts.
''Now. Thurza," said she, 'be careful
about the water. We only use the
we'll water for drinking, as we have
to pay q man to pump it. The rain
water is good enough for washing up
and so on"
After tea Mrs. Timson asked:
did you remember about the water,
Thurza?"
"Oh, yes, m'm," said Thurza. II
filed the kettle half full of water
from the butt and the other half with
water from the well. thought that
bottom half might as well be getting
hot at the same time for washing w
after tea."-San Francisco Argonaut.
The Yale expositor., 1917-11-01
SHEEP CLUBS ARE ORGANIZED
Boys and Girls of Michigan Are Be-
ing Encouraged to Help
Produce.
BY VERNE A. FREEMAN,
Extension Specialist In Sheep, Mlchl-
gan Agricultural College.

gan A0FiCultuTsi Coie1c.
East Lansing. Mich.-Boys and Girls
Sheep clubs deserve the attention of
rural community leaders and people
interested In farm children, and should
be pushed by them. Sheep clubs are
new to this state, but the project has
been carefully worked out, and the
plan of organization is very similar
to that of the swine mad poultry clubs
which have proven so successful in
interesting and educating young peo-
pie.
A great decrease IN available west
ern ranges for sheep has taken place
along with our rapid increase of popu-
lation and consumption of wool aud
lambs. Prices for both these pro-
ducts were going up before the war,
and since farms are the place where
there is the greatest opportunity for
Increased production, there is no
doubt but that there will be con-
tinued profit in producing wool and
mutton on farms,
Many farmers have become unfa-
milIar with sheep and their needs,
and do not wish to 60 into them at
The Yale expositor., 1917-11-01
BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

will quiet your cough, soothe the in
flammation of a sore throat and lungs,
stop irritation In the bronchial tubes
inspiring a good nights rest, free from
coughing and with easy eXpectoration
in the morning. Made and sold in
America for fifty-two years. A won
derful prescription, assisting Nature in
building up your general health and
throwing off the disease. Especially
useful in lung trouble, asthma. Group,
bronchitis, etc. For sale in all civil
lied countries. Adv.
The Yale expositor., 1917-11-01
More Than One Way.

Everyone at the club thought my
hat was lovely, dear," said Mrs. Holt
with beaming smile. "Of course it
was not expensive. l only paid 500
for it, but it is quite as lovely as Mrs.
Rlngley's, which cost her nearly $75."
"But the Ringleys are able to own
more conspicuous pew in church
than we are" faltered the husband.
"Well," she exclaimed, radiant,
"they can't come in any later than we
can Grit.
The Yale expositor., 1917-11-01
THE BEST BEAUTY DOCTOR
Is cutIeura for Purifying and Beautl-
flying the Skin-Triai Free.

For cleansing, purifying and beauti-
flying the complexion, hands and hair,
Cuticura Soap with touches OF Cuti-
cura Ointment now and then afford the
most effective preparations at the mini
mum of cost. No massaging, steaming
Dreaming, or waste of time.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. l.,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Yale expositor., 1917-11-01

more to hasten the solution of the
drainage problem than the traction
ditcher. This machine is, in word.
a circular wheel carrying on it's rim
buckets or knives which cut out thin
slices of earth, elevates them aud
drops them on a horizontal carrier
which removes them TO one side of the
ditch. This circular wheel is turned
by the power of gas engine mounted
on the machine, which also drives the
machine at the proper rate to do the
cutting. The depth and grade of the
ditch is controlled by keeping a finger
on the frame level with grade stakes
which are set with the aid of an en-
gineer's or surveyors level.
From so TO 120 rods of ditch can
be dug in one day ready for laying
and covering tile. Grades may be
made accurate and minimum of
earth removed in digging the ditch.
certain county in northwestern Ohio
has In use nearly so of these ma
chimes. Many Of them have been I'm
operation for a number of years and
there still remains to be done in that
county large amount of ditching. In
at least one county in Michigan, which
perhaps needs drainage as bad as the
locality named above, not one of these
machines is in operation. Others
have one and few have more. These
examples are cited to show the posi-
bilities Of the use of a traction ditch
er In Michigan. They can be made
great factor in increasing the crop
production Of the state.
The Yale expositor., 1917-11-01
Madman Slain in His Own Barn.

Elgin, Tll.-John Conover, escaped
inmate of the Elgin Hospital Tor the
Insane, and one of the wealthiest farm
ers In the Aurora-Batavia district, was
shot and killed by posse In his own
barn when he threatened to slaughter
his family. Conover's body was liter
ally riddled with bullets during ten
hour fight.
The Yale expositor., 1917-11-01
TRACTION DITCHER SAVING
Use Of This Machine Saves Labor In
Working Out Drainage
Problems.
BY PROF. II. II. MUSsELMAN,
Department Of Farm Mechanics, Mich
igan Agricultural College.

East Lansing. Mich.--In the large
problems of drainage which confront
the many sections of Michigan the
traction ditcher will play an import
ant part.
Labor formerly available for this
purpose is constantly being depleted,
especially since the opening of the
war. We are advised on every hand
to make increased use of machinery,
in all farming operations. There is
perhaps no machine which will do
The Yale expositor., 1917-11-01
A Suspicious Note.

A school teacher felt that she had
every right to feel suspicious when a
young boy pupil presented her with a
note written in a boyish scrawl which
read MS follows:
mis- Jones pleas let Johnny out Of
school this afternoon as l want TO go
to the ball game.
Johnny's mother, Mis- Perkins,"
The Yale expositor., 1917-11-01
elephants SCARED Horse TO Death.

Lansdale, Pa.-The sight of a num-
Der of circus elephants scared horse
owned by c. w. Stetson of this place
so badly that the horse fell dead.
The Yale expositor., 1917-11-01

1.-THE Air Was Cool and Damp"
There was a continual clatter as the
walls kept caving in. After repeated
attempts finally located the tools and
dragged them to one side, fastening
hooks and chains in order that they
might be pulled up later.
Prayed From Depth Of Well.
"While / waited for the men above
to act I breathed little prayer, for
veritable shower of stones and dirt
was falling about me. As continued
to climb on top of the falling rock that
gathered around my feet and legs 1t
seemed like ages passed, and the rocks
continued to fall heavier. waited as
silently and patiently as could for
the cable to begin moving upward, and
when at last 1t did, gladly climbed on
like dago monkey and my heart actu-
ally leaped for Joy.
"When / reached the surface this
time, bruised and bleeding about the
face and arms, was a little groggy
for a few minutes, but after preparing
better shield for myself from the
falling debris I continued to make fire.
quent trips until the lost tools had
been recovered and my men were able
to resume drilling"
The Yale expositor., 1917-11-01

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little liver pills put up 40 years
ago. They regulate liver and bowels. AID.
The Yale expositor., 1917-11-01

The bottom soon drops out Of 1
quickly made friendship.
The Yale expositor., 1917-11-01
Explalned.

There is meat in everything that
man writes"
'Then no wonder he comes so high"
The Yale expositor., 1917-11-01

Melted shellac will mend broken
fountain pen barrels.
The Yale expositor., 1917-11-01

The defeated candidate always hates
to meet the sympathizing friend.
The Yale expositor., 1917-11-01

One of the worst things under the
sun is q shady reputation.
The Yale expositor., 1917-11-01

Sometimes a woman asks her hus-
bands advice so that she'll be In q
position to take the opposite course.
The less man says the more guess
ing his wife has TO do.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-05-04
By Henry Wood.

Omitted Press Correspondent
With the French Armies, April 10
(By maiD-Captain Nation of the
French aviation service, who has just
been promoted an "ace" for having
brought down his fifth German ma
chine, has also to his credit aeroplane
combats with sausage balloons, with
railway trains and with automobile
CCnvOys.
The list of his exploits demonstrates
to some degree the extended field of
operations in which the aeroplane has
come to be used by the French in the
present war. Nations rise from the
glade of second lieutenant to that of
captain and his entrance into the ranks
CT the "aces" is one of the shortest
that the war has produced.
Just eight months ago Nation was
merely second lieutenant without an
e"emy machine to his credit. His first
victory came on July %, 1916, in the
thick of the fighting at Verdun. In
company with two other French avi-
ators he attacked a German lombard
ing squadron of Ia machines.
The one which he picked out for his
victim was quickly forced to land with
in the French lines near Souilly be
fore it could accomplish its mission
1t was an albatross of the latest type
armed with two machine guns. The
e'.tire crew were taken prisoners, the
pilot alone being wounded, and the
r'achine itself captured in such good
condition that the French ayiators flew
it themselves the following day.
In November of last year Matont
lad his first combat with moving
military train. While accommodating
ir enemy territory north of Monifau-
con, he sighted the German train lad
on with troops and material. De-
scending to within couple of hun
Cred yards in order to get accurate
am, he raked the entire train for it's
full length time and time again with
Lis machine gun. The troops aboard
rut up vigorous defense with their
rifles but Nation exhausted his ma
Chine gun magazine before giving up
the fight.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-05-04
SPECIAL NOTICES
FOR RENT-100 head work mules.
Inquire at Whitaker's Feed Yard. If
NOTICE: COUNTY WARRANTS
PAYABLE.

County warrants drawn on the fol-
lowing funds, and registered, are now
payable:
Road District No. / Fund and reg.
lstered prior to December 13, 1916
Registered Nos. '384 to 42O, both in
elusive
Road District No. 2 Fund and reg
i.tered prior to February Is, 1917
Registered Nos. ! to 35, both inclu-
sive.
Road District No. 4 Fund and reg
iStered prior to November 20, 1916
Registered Nos. 843 to SS4, both in
elusive.
Road District No, 5 Fund and reg
istered prior to February 16, 1881
RegisterCd Nos. | to Al, both inclu-
sive. j. STANLEY BROWN,
"a County Treasurer.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-05-04
By F. w. Getty

| United Press Staff Correspondent
London, April Is (By mail)-Ap-
pealing to the entire womanhood OF
Britain to enlist in his army, "Gen.
Cral" Kennedy Jones, director of fooc
economy, inaugurated his spring cam.
paign against starvation with ths
vigor that characterized his previous
successful battles for England's
cause.
"Women are the food buyers and
the food preparers Of the nation
Jones said, "and look to them to de-
feat the present menace of the sub
marine blockade by preventing ex-
tt lavagance in any form"
AS England faces far greater dam
ger from the threatened shortage of
food than from the Central Powers
en- any battlefield, the country's wom-
en- have been called to battle which
is certain to have decisive an eff
feet on the outcome of the war as
any "push" against the German
trenches by their brothers at the
font.
To the well-to-do the director gen.
cral made his first appeal.
leave bread, meat, sugar and po-
t,toes for the poor" is his original
suggestion. "There are many expen-
sive substitutes the rich can afford;
but it is necessary that the food on
which the working classes depend be
supplied them.
81 see no reason for compulsory
rationing at present." Jones said. %
firmly believe that when the people
clearly understand the situation they
will do what is required. l am here
to make them understand"
Kennedy Jones is the square-j -jawed
man of whom Bonar Law, after the
recent Win-the War loan achieved
Success, said:
"To this man perhaps more thar
any other, the success of the loar
was due"
No country has ever seen such ar
advertising campaign as the one
which brought the hcards of gold
tnmbling into England's Golfers from
all over the land, and Jones person
lily had charge of this campaign.
When the loan period expired, Eng
land could not afford to let such q
valuable agent and aggressive leader
return to comparative obscusity ant
he was enrolled under Lord Devon
PORTS banner with the title of direc
;or general of food economy. In hin
the country is confident its vita
problem will not long remain unsolved
England has not yet awakened tc
the reality of the crisis. Despite
Devonport's daily appeals and long
Imperial Valley press., 1917-05-04
Aviat0rs in French Army are
Constantly Harassing Enemy

1 In less than month Nation brought
down his second German aeroplane in
duel in which he killed the machine
gun operator of the enemy machine
| ard forced the pilot to descend.
These and other exploits brought
him up to the rank of a captain be-
fore the end of his first sir months
as an aviator. In February of the
present year. he took his first try at
ar enemy sausage. To the uninitiated
sausage balloon looks like "pie" for
an aeroplane to attack. In reality,
il is the most dangerous and difficult
of enterprises. The big stationary bal
Icons are always protected to the full
lest possible extent both by the enc
my's airplanes and his anti aircraft
guns. The balloon, too, is usually TO
near the earth as to bring the at
tacking aviator within the closest pos
s,ble range Of the enemy. Worse yet,
steel cables are used for anchoring
the sausage to the ground. These are
practically invisible and if the at
t:cking aviator inadvertently flies in
TO one of these, his machine is smashed
ard hurled to the ground.
Nation successfully evaded all these
dangers and with his machine gun
charged with incendary balls set fire
TO his first sausage in the vicinity of
MarvauX.
The bringing down of the othei
German airplanes necessary to rank
him as an "ace" then varied by 4
fight with Germany military auto
r1obile convoy. While reconnoitering
March %, in enemy territory .nea,
Chavonne, Nation sighted the convoy,
feaded for Pinon Dropping to with
in $50 yards of the earth, the aviator
made three separate 2ttacks on the
convoy, sweeping t each time for it.
full length with his machine gun. The
chauffeurs and mechanics replied hot
I'll. with their amy rifles, but again
Nation was able to exhaust his maga.
zine and escape.