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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-04-26
Much Good Known to Have Been
Result Of Baby Week Celebration


May to 6 is Baby Week. This ma
tionwide celebration was inaugurated
last year, when more than two thou
sand communities devoted week to
reviewing the needs of their babies.
The first suggestion of nationwide
celebration came from the federal
Children's bureau and the General
Federation of Women's Clubs; they
believed that baJy Week was an ex-
cellent expedient for calling attention
to the great loss Of infant life and Tor
stimulating local baby-saving work.
Many people are still unaware of the
fact that of all the babies born in the
United States, probably one In ten dies
before 1t has completed twelve months
of life. Babies die In rural communi-
ties. In cities, in suburbs, and In small
towns. This great preventable waste
Of life is scattered over the entire
country. and Baby Week asks:
How many babies die In your COM
munity7 Is your infant mortality rate
the lowest that any American COM
munity has yet achievedl Do you re-
allze that when all babies are well
born ind well cared for, infant deaths
will so rarely occur that the infant
mortality rate will be negllgible2
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-04-26
WALL STREET RUMOR SPEEDY
II Is a Peculiar Institution, Coming
From Nowhere and Dying Unwept
and Unattended.

| 1t Is a peculiar institution, is wal
tuted. 1t has size, width. breadth
| Probably its most notable Characters
| tic is Its tremendous speed and the
| rapldity and surefootedness with which
| it hops from crag to crag and from
precipice to precip ice. Where its home
nest is located no one knows, although
rumor factories are popularity reported
to be situated on every street In the
financial district.
1t is q bird of various manifesa-
lions. Sometimes II Is large and i'm
portant in bearing, strolling about with
stately stride. Sometimes 1t crawls,
sometimes it hops and ut times 1T
climbs.
Generally n rumor is first noticed
entering the financial district from the
uptown side of the street. II Is very
infrequent. indeed, that rumors swim
In from the downtown side, although
such cases are on the books. AS 1t
advances up street after street rumor
grows In size, and its swelling In
creases perceptblv as Ii darts into one
street and OF: of another, from one
office TO another, into the curb mar
ket and out again, over TO the Stock
exchange and out again. using the
telephone lines, telegraph lines, mes
senger boys and word of mouth to
ear In getting about.
In the meanwhile IL has gathered
size, strength md generally a good
sized group of eager followers. Some
people take up mighty easily with
rumors and it's a poor one that can
not draw few satellites.
Then something generally happens
which puts rumor 10 the bad. Some
times Ii encounters government Of
fetal or an officer of a company whose
cloak II has borrowed for the occasion
or a newspaper reporter or some other
person authorized to poke into Its
vitals and see what makes the thing
run.
Then rumor commences to shrfvel.
Ii grows smaller and smaller and
smaller. Like Eugene Fields "Squig'em
Squees" 1t fairly "swallers itself"
Right then and there II has no friends.
They quit II cold on the first signs OF
Illness. It's death Is always unattend-
ed and no one sheds tear over It's de-
parture.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-04-26
Making Snake Antidote.

midas annual loss of over 10000
lives from snake bite has forced the
production Of an antidote serum. The
Parel laboratory, Bombay, keeps a
supply of cobras from which venom
Is extracted every ten days. The
snakes are forclbly fed with egg flip
through n tube.
The venom is dried over lime and
then dissolved In salt solution. In
creasing doses are injected In horse
until Mt the end Of two years the ami
NAL can stand dose POO times the
original one and Is quite immune
from the cobra poison.
The serum from the blood OF this
particular horse is an antidote and is
absolutely effective If injected in time.
Many lives have been saved by It's use.
However each bite requires an anti
lote made from the venom of the same
sort Of snake that indicted the bite.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-04-26

Is now being bonused. Good wages are
offered and the time n farm hand Is
drawing pay In 1917, is considered by
The Canadian Government the same as
residence duties on one of the free 100
acre farms, that this Government is
giving away, In order to settle the fer
tile prairles and bring about within
few years half billion annual crop
of wheat.
The most conclusive evidence Is
available to any inquirer, that Western
Canada farm lands will produce more
wheat of better quality and at q
lower cost Of production per acre than
has heretofore been known in grain
growing countries. 1t Is no idle state
ment to say that yields Of fifty bushels
to the acre of wheat are grown in Can
ada; the statement is made in all seri-
BUSINESS and Is backed up by the let
ters and affidavits OF reliable farmers
In Western Canada. These farmers
are enjoying the same home comforts
that their neighbors to the south par
ticipate; they have the same good
houses, the same good horses and
cattle, the same good roads and com
municatlon. as welr as the same good
social conditions, and, best of all, they
own their land and what they earn
they own for themselves, being foun-
dation for greater wealth and indie
nce.-Advertisement.
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What Ia your community doing to make
life safe and wholesome for Its ba-
bies7"
But Baby Week has done more than
remind people of the Importance Of
these questions. 1t helps people who
are already at work on the saving Of
babies lives to explain to their fellow
citizens what they are doing, and en-
ables them To extend their efforts. II
draws closer together the various
agencies which have been working
from different angles and furthers the
cooperation which is essential TO sue
cess.
Perhaps most significant of all is the
effect OF Baby Week in small villages
and scattered settlements and other
places where there has been no or
ganized effort to meet the needs OF
babies. People have come to see, as
few had done before, that even in the
fresh air and the sunshine of the open
country many babies do not have fair
start in life.
The seven hundred villages which re-
ported to the Children's bureau Baby
Week campaign In 1916. have faced the
fact that every communlty--in city and
country alike-has responsibility to
fuliill which requires thought and eff
fort and perseverance. And this awak
eniug of n community has been In
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-04-26
ATTENTION TO SHEEP
IN SPRING SEASON
Not Good or Profitable Practice
to Turn Animals on
Grass Too Early.

Turning out on grass too soon in the
spring is not good or profitable prac-
tlce. 1t Is best to bring the sheep
gradually onto green grass. Feed some
hay In the racks at nights.
What salt the sheep get at this sea
son of the year could most profitably
be given as brine on the hay. A little
salt will induce animals to fill up on
hay when otherwise they would not
eat It. The first green grass Is usually
too soft for the breeding ewes, especial
ly those sucking lambs and yet I'M
shorn.
DO not forget to start the lambs on
ground feed as soon as they incline to
be inquisitive and commence to nose
about the troughs and hangers. A ten
day-old lamb will commence to eat
shorts, bran, cornmeal and the fine par
ticles of the alfalfa hay. Put all lambs
of this age In possession of all this
kind of feed they can take. No dan
ger Of laundering or overfeeding lambs
Of this age. This, with their mothers
milk will start them to growing faster
and better than any other system Of
care.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-04-26
EnQlish Oil Wells,

"A true oiltled exists in England"
says William Forbes.Leslle of the In
stitute of Petroleum Technologists.
"As the Norfolk deposits of ol-shale
containing free oil are OF great extent,
involving hundreds or thousands of
millions of tons, each ton of which may
contain an average OF thirty to forty
gallons of oil, and rs per cent Of IT In
the form of free oil, some idea can be
gained of the enormous bulk of petro-
leum which has already been absorbed
into these beds"
Mr.. Forbcs-Leslle describes the Nor
folk oil source us practically mex
haustible." No country, he said, had
been so generally bored for oil as
Britain and yet no country had been
less tested at depth.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-04-26
Evolution OF Paper.

The earliest substitute for our mod
ern paper was clay tablets; the next
stage came with the use by the Egypt
ians of the layers forming the stem of
the papyrus leaves. Later skins Of
animals were used. Linen and cotton
rags were not used for the manufac-
ture of paper until the eighth century.
In the last of the thirteenth century
paper was manufactured In Italy from
rags and flax. The first machine for
manufacturing paper In bulk was set
mp early In the nineteenth century In
England. During the latter part Of the
century raw material other than woven
stufs began to be used. OF late years
wood pulp has been used in large
amounts for paper making
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-04-26
WATCH eAeY's DEVELOPMENT.

IL growth and development Of the
baby do not proceed in regular fashion
quite steadily from birth onward, the
child should be examined by a compe-
tent physician, TO find out the cause
OF his retardation, and to remedy II If
POSSIBLE. improper food or improper
feeding methods are responsible for
many illnesses and weaknesses among
children. Adenolds may be interfering
With the child's health, or II may be
that the teeth are decayed and aching,
a. that the child Ia prevented from
chewing his food properly. Or Il may
be that he has ricketts, or some other
disease which binders normal growth.
Such conditions are often capable Of
being changed when the mother learns
what is needed Therefore the wise
mother will try 10 recognize some Of
the signs Of trouble and then bring the
baby under the right sort Of treatment,
20 remedy.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-04-26
pater and the Doctors,

The New York family physician was
visiting the house where the kids have
the measles.
HAS Doctor Brown been here to
look at their ears" he asked.
He has" said the head of the fam
lily.
HAS Doctor Jones examined them
Cor kidney troubleT
yep. He was here this morning"
."And has Doctor Smith been up to
look at their eyes2'
"Yes. Doctor Smith was here, too"
Everything all rlght?"
"They all said everything was all
right"
Good. The patients are doing very
well. indeed"
Glad to hear 1t, Loo. And say, Doc,
! want to thank you
"What for?"
For not pullin' right-eye specialist
and left-eye specialist on me ut fif-
teen throw. You had perfectly
good chance. New York correspond
ence Cincinnati Times-Star,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-04-26
CAUSES OF TROUBLE
WITH MILK SUPPLY
Among Most Frequent Inquiries
Received by Veterinarians at
Many Stations.

Among the more frequent inquiries
received by the veterinary departments
OF the experiment stations are those
relating to troubles of one kind or
another with milk. These alterations
may exist In the milk when it Is drawn
from the udder, or may develop when
the milk Is allowed to stand for sew
eral hours. The alterations may be
recognized by the following modifica-
lions: In consistency, often observed
only when churning (the change OF
consistency may be one Of many kinds,
such as thin and watery, lumpy or
granular, Shiny, difficult to churn,
etc.; In color, as blue. red, yellow {;
in odor, and in taste.
The sources Of trouble causing these
alterations may have existed In the
body or outside the body OF the COW.
The causes for the alterations from
sources without the body are invaria-
bly, those of bacteria or other small
organisms. Many OF the causes from
within the body are likewise bacterial,
directly or indirectly. On the other
hand, milk may often be grossly con
Eliminated with germs, even with those
which are seriously detrimental to
human health without producing
noticeable abnormal alterations In the
milk.
II the alterations In the milk are
observed at the time when 1t Is drawn
the cause must have existed within
the COW. If such alterations are only
to be recognized after the milk has
stood for several hours, then the cause
is more liable to be from CON
tamlnations of the milk after It's
withdrawal.
Some of the sources Of trouble from
within the animals body are as fol-
lows. The feed, gene, ii disease or
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-04-26
BRIGHT Idea.

A brilliant girl spent half an hour
trying 10 capture a big miller that was
flying about the room.
Finally the child, with 0 shout of
triumph, cornered the moth, and soon
had it imprisoned in chubby hand.
When the miller finally lay still and
quiet the child opened her hand.
"What Is it, dear?" her mother ask
ed. Then she gave an ejaculation OF
Amusement:
This miller has put about 200 eggs
right in my hand" the youngster re-
piled.
The father, who had been reading
his paper, looked up and said:
run out, Mabel, and see If you can
catch hen"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-04-26

is full Of interesting bits reported from
the local Baby Weeks Of last year.
Two bulletins, "Chlld-Welfare Exhib-
It's" and How to Conduct a Chldrens
Health Conference" give more de-
tailed Instructions on these special
features of Il Baby Week.
Other bulletins on infant welfare
include n tabular statement of infant
welfare work In the United States,
and reports on the Chidren's bureau
studies Of infant mortality In certain
selected typical communities.
The causes and prevention of deaths
Of mothers In childbirth are discussed
in the bulletin on Maternal Mortal
ity."
The bulletin on Birth Registration"
tells why the birth of every child
should be registered with local au-
thorltles.
The series of bulletins for mothers
includes one on Parental Care" and
one on Infant Care" A third on
Child Care" is in preparation.
A postcard addressed to the Chill
dren's bureau, Washington, d. c., will
bring to you "A list Of publications. any
of which Will be sent you free OF
charge.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-04-26

they have reached the tunneling stage,
commonly have done all the damage
of which they are capable.
These cones. If made large enough
at first, last several years, but 1t may
be necessary each summer to loosen
them, lest they bind the tree too tight
ly. All holes should be repaired and
care should be taken to see that the
cones are in perfect shape before sum-
mer, as the beetles commonly lay their
eggs during July and August.
Coloring of Beetles.
The beetle which lays the eggs
which later develop into boring larvae
is shining black, overlaid by stripes
and patches of cream-colored scales.
1t is one of the largest beetles found
in Kansas. The larvae are white, with
black mouth parts, and much wrinkled.
The extent to which these borers infest
groves of shade trees was shown by
an examination at Garden City, Kan,
where ten trees disclosed two eggs,
IS small larvae, four large larvae and
20 tunnels.
The recommendations given above
are taken from United States Depart
ment of Agriculture Professional Bull
letin No. 424, "The Cottonwood Bor-
err" by f. b. Milllken, scientific assist
ant of the bureau of entomology.
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PROTECTING corroNWooDs AND WILLOWS

to four inches apart so as to permit
the bending of the screen at the top
to fit closely around the trunk OF the
tree. The screen is then bent around
the tree and the lap fastened ut the
lower edge by means Of nail. The
lower edge Is sunk into the ground
about an inch and the soil packed
closely. The flaps made by the Sits
are then pinned over one another so
as to fit very closely around the tree
and finally the top edges are bound
close to the tree by piece of Irvine.
1t is important to have the edges
against the tree and all the laps fit so
closely that no beetles can get into the
screening.
Before placing the cone around the
tree 1t would be well to examine the
tree and extermlnate any larvae that
are discovered in the bark. Blsulphid
Of carbon may be injected into the
old tunnels, but 1t is doubtful If this
Is worth while, as the larvae, when
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-04-26

many cases accomplished by cam
paign undertaken by some small group
who co-operated for the first time In
arranging their Baby Week. One cam
| paign in a Southern mountain village
was launched and carried through by
one woman alone, tuberculosis pa
| tlent. She arranged for meetings and
secured literature on baby care, which
was distributed In the two stores of the
town.
OF course Baby Week can effect no
immediate revolutions In community
care, but II has proved an excellent
starting point for new and permanent
work.
Perhaps a Westinghouse service Is
organized, because the women of the
community come to realize during
Baby Week that there Is no other way
In which they can be instructed so cas-
fly and so well In the modern science
of baby care. They see, perhaps more
clearly than before, that the mother
who depends on instinct and tradition
In regulating her baby's food and cloth
Ing and sleeping and all the details OF
the baby's day is behind the times.
They see, further, that intelligent care
not only win prevent Illness but will
simplify their own daily work.
Or perhaps Baby Week leads TO a
determination to have complete birth
registration In the community, with
committee to carry on test and assist
the local officials In enforcing the birth
registration law.
Or classes are started in the public
school for the instruction of girls In
domestic science and In baby care.
Baby Week, especially In small com
munlties, Is frequently concerned with
little children as well as babies, and
several reports tell of provision for
physical examination of children or of
new interest In wholesome play. AS
one woman wrote TO the Chlldren's bu-
reau after Baby Week:
I'VE feel that the danger from con-
taglous diseases. the need of strict
quarantine, the danger from flies, bad
milk. unclean stables, and bad farm
sanitation need publicity in rural COM
munities. Our whole county does not
boast of one kindergarten. and the Idea
Of the value of plny for children, both
young and older. IL very poorly under
stood. A popular proverb in these
parts is only babies and monkeys need
amusing 1t was very interesting to
see the play-hungry children hover
over the toy exhibit apd to watch them
as they listened TO the primary teacher
tell them stories. The young mothers
who brought their children seemed so
interested, and so frankly acknowl-
edged the helpfulness OF the work, that
1t seemed altogether worth while"
And last but not lease. Baby Week
has usually led to better understand
Ing OF the child-hyglene work Of the
state health authorities. Four states
have special child-hygiene divisions:
and several others are doing extensive
work for children Nearly all of the
states have special bulletins or leaf
lets on baby care. To show parents
how and where authoritative material
on the care of their children can be
secured free Of charge, and to make
n community eager 70 cooperate with
state health officials in their work for
child welfare would be by Itself a sub
stantlal result from Baby Week.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-04-26

condition of the body; general and
specific diseases of the udder; and
bacteria within the milk ducts of the
teat and udder which do not produce
disease. The usual sources of con-
Elimination from without the body are ::
from the milk pals; from the surface
of the udder; from the body and the
tail of the cow at the time of milk
ing; from the air of stable or milk
house from the cover of the milk YES
sci; the ceiling. or the air of the place
in which milk is stored, and from
flies.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-04-26
IDEAL HOUSEHOLD.

In that ideal household. with a
standard Of life which ought not to
be unattainable for any family, we
may think Of compnnionship be.
tween parents and children which
would make the finest discipline con.
sist In the parents being good them.
selves, and the finest training consists
In the sharing Of occupations and work
with children for the sake of whnt 1,
gives the chlldren--not at All because
II is the easiest way for the elders
Such q life would help to bridge tho
gulf between the generations. and
fuse their interests into common
whole
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-04-26
Had a Relapse.

Mrs. Browns poor husband had I'M
fortunately been laid up for six
months now. But the glad news that
he was on the high road to recovery
had come at last.
'Tm so glad to hear that your hus-
band is getting better" remarked n
kindly lady TO Mrs. Brown one day,
"Well, so am ], mum. He was get
ting along so nicely last week, but now
the doctor says he's got the GONZALES
cencel Isn't II hard lines, mum2"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-04-26
Had Them Trained.

When a negro was arrested In st.
Paul with hen under each arm, two
persons claimed the booty. A police
sergeant said the one who could prove
ownership could have the chickens; so
one OF the claimants sat quietly In n
chair and called, Gone, Snooks." A
white hen Hoped mp on his knee.
Nov, Becky" and the red hen perched
on the other knee. "Take en-" said
the sergeant; they're your'n.n
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-04-26
Woman Mail Carriers.

Women win soon be delivering mail
In Paris. Preference viii be given
to soldiers wives. Some doubt has
been expressed as to whether the
women win be able TO shoulder the
wooden box that the Paris postmen
carry. Recently women tried to re
place the postmen ut Nenilly. q suburb.
but they lasted only three daya
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-04-26
Quite q kidder,

Max Ritter, township assessor of
Pigeon township, Evansville, tells this
one:
Have you dog? asked the spe-
cial tax assessor OF an Evansville
woman.
mo, sir" was the woman's answer.
Then from the kitchen came: Bow
WOW. gruff, gruff."
Then that is your kitten?" asked
the assessor.-Indianapo News.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-04-26

(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultural
Injury to cottonwood and willow
shade trees by the cottonwood borer
can be prevented by placing a cone
of wire screen, one foot high, about
the base of the tree and extending an
inch into the ground. This screen
prevents the beetles from laying eggs
in the tree at or just below the ground
and thus prevents the development of
larvae which cut the bark and inter-
fere with sap flow and later tunnel
the wood and weaken the tree against
wind.
How Gone Is Made.
The cone is made Of galvanized net
ting, with one-quarter TO one-half-inch
mesh. The netting is cut into strips
slightly over one foot wide and long
enough to go completely around the
tree at such a distance from the bark
that the beetle cannot deposit eggs
through the screen. Sits four to six
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-04-26

The ChIldren's bureau has bulletins
which are OF special interest to moth
ers, and bulletins addressed to every
citizen who is concerned with chill
dren's welfare.
Baby Week Campaigns gives sug-
gestions for planning and carrying out
O Baby Week. The new edition OF 1917