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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-11
BARLEY NOT A HUMAN FOOD
AS a Bread Cereal Ii Is Little Used.
AS An Animal Food 1t Is of
Z Great Value.
National Crop Improvement servIcs.l

National Crop Improvement Servics.]
For many centuries barley, the
"corn' of holy writ, was used as
bread cereal, but it has practically
gone out of use, except that Norway
and Sweden use it in their peculiar
bread disks, which are about the size
and shape of photograph record.
Barley in itself does not make a
a good bread flour and could be uti-
lized only by mixing it with wheat
something which the American miller
considers dissertation of his shrine. 1t
has a peculiar flavor and is just as diff
ferent from wheat bread, as either
corn or rye.
But as q stock feed, it has many
merits. AS the kernels are too hard for
some animals to relish, it may be
crushed by passing it between rollers
If finely ground, the gluten makes
a sticky mass as soon as it is wet,
and this peculiar property makes it
difficult to make it into good bread. It's
main use in the American kitchen has
been to use it as pearled barley in
SOUPS. 1t is used some in breakfast
food. through a mailing process, but
unless we as American people are on
the verge of starvation, we will never
use barley as a regular diet.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-11
The Railroads Plight.

Are our railroads being strangled?
They declare such to be the fact, and
the public, keenly understanding the
enormous advance in wages and in the
cost of everything they require. is in
mood not to question much the desper-
alton of their situation. Congress ar
bitrarily piles a colossal burden upon
the roads by shortening the working
day, but the Interstate railroad COM
mission ''sits snug" to the urgent ap-
peal for higher rates.
With the tremendous advance in the
cost of raw materials and all classes of
supplies in the last few years, manu-
facturers, jobbers and merchants have
kept pace with the situation by advanc-
ing the selling price of their product.
In the railroads case, the condition is
different. The price of the only COM
modify the railroads have TO offer,
transportation, is fixed and cannot so
readily be adjusted to meet conditions
such as have been experienced during
the last few years, in the stupendous
advance in the cost of operation. AS
result of no offsetting advance in the
charges for service being allowed, the
net revenue of the railroads has dwin-
died even after the institution of dras-
tic economics.
AS an illustration of what confronts
the railroads of Wisconsin during 1917,
in estimated increases in operating ex-
penses, due to increase in wages and
prices based upon the same volume of
necessities and operation for 1916, are
over $50, 900, 900.
1t is acknowledged that last year was
the banner year from the standpoint of
operating returns. Yet all of the rail-
roads of the United States earned less
than six per cent on their investments.
Nineteen hundred and seventeen finds
even more aggravating conditions pre-
vailing. From the opening of the
European war to the present time,
prices Of material have risen from rs
to 500 per cent. This year, locomotives
and freight cars will cost almost dou-
bic what they were year ago and, as
to fuel-its cost is to simply stagger-
ing.
So in all conscience, the railroads are
entitled to fair hearing and to con-
siderate attention from official sources
and from the public as we'll. An ad-
vance in rates is surely coming. Of
that fact no reasonable doubt can ex-
list; and the plea of the roads is that it
may come quick. Madison Democrat.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-11

THE amendment to the army bill pro-
viding for increased pay for the soldiers
is at least recognition of the demand
that the pay of private soldier of the
United States army should be sufficient
to meet his reasonable personal needs.
1t is unquestionably fact that this lit
tie matter of remuneration, and the
associated question of the proper care
of any dependents the soldier may
have. are responsible in some measure
for the lack of disposition to answer
the appeals of recriting officers. While
it is quite true that patriotism should
not be measured by dollars, it is also
true that the fellow who goes to the
front should not be expected to make
all the sacrifice.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-11
PENNSYLVANIA.
LANCASTER, Pa, April 80, 1917.

The local cigar manufacturers, doubt
less like those elsewhere, are up in the
air over the outlook on the war rev.
enue tax. While trade is booming and
plenty Of orders coming in steadily to
the factories that are not troubled with
a shortage of old goods, it is considered
risky to take up orders at prices that
may spell loss after Congress acts.
The tobacco auction floor bee is buzz
zing again, and it is given out by those
interested in the scheme that plans are
being prepared to make it 60 this
year. 1t must be admitted that the
scheme in the past met with scant
favor among this county's six thousand
growers, and it isn't certain just how
the scheme is to be worked through
any better now.
This year many more growers than
usual will have their own seed beds.
For years many of them had no beds,
depending on buying plants from those
who made it a business of growing to
sell. For the past two or three years
growers have had so much trouble get
ting their plants that they have grad
ualIy come to lean less on the plant
merchant. When they grow their own
plants, they know what they have.
Practically every seed bed has been
made by this time. The cold weather
that prevailed retarded the growth OF
the beds, but as all are under cover, no
harm was done. Under existing con-
ditions little, if any, planting will be
done until early in June.
Because of the extreme difficulty in
getting farm help, the growers will be
sadly handicapped this season unless
the plans for relief, now being dis
cussed, can be made effective. 1t is
proposed to have the larger school boys
help on the farm. 1t would be nov
elty to the boys and would benefit their
health. While not doing mans work
many would be able to render valuable
help. There is a good prospect of the
plan being carried through In this
county.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-11
BARLEY YIELDS.
National Crop Improvement Service.l


Regarding the best yields of bar
ley, we will say that this is rather a
difficult thing to give because the
yield sometimes depends more upon
the threshing record. However, the
average yield of pedigreed barley Of
members of the Wisconsin Expert
ment Association was in 1918 81 bush
els, 1914. 1873 bushels, 1915, 37.5 bush
els. The yield for 1915 is the average
from over $50 members reporting.
Some of the highest ones are as fol
lows: 60, 81, Sc, 55, So and IS bushels
'fIt is impossible to state what has
been the highest yield in Wisconsin,
but / think some of these yields for
last year. which was a very good bar
ley season, are quite reasonable, but
do not doubt though that there may ho
larger yields than these, but have
no knowledge of them. u. J. Gar
land.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-11

HAVE you noticed the long list of
property advertised to be sold for un-
paid taxes? A list that is increasing
each year. In Dane county alone over
$4,000 was returned as uncollected.
The inference is plain that we are fast
approaching time when quite a por-
ton of the community is unable to
meet their ever increasing tax bill.
With a vast increase in the national
burden soon to be added wouldn't it be
a good time to commence curtail some
of the expenses of state, county and
municipal government?
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-11
THE QUESTION OF LABOR
Probably the Most Serious Handicap
to Put in Maximum Crops This
Year Is the Scarcity of
Farm Labor.


Farm Labor.
National Crop Improvement ServIcs.l
Many a good crop will be ruined be-
cause farmers cannot get labor at the
right time. There are two times of
the year when more labor is absolute
ly necessary-at seed time and at har-
vest. While our farmers need men at
other times of the year, these are the
two crucial periods.
AS it is to the interest of every per-
son living In this county to produce a
bumper crop this year, we must do all
we can to help the farmer and per-
haps the most important thing we can
do, is to find him right help of the
right class.
There are three classes Of farm help
ID The regular farm hands who are
going to be rather scarce. (2) There
are, however, great many men VINO
work in factories, in wholesale houses,
drive teams and other occupations
who could possibly be spared during
the rush seasons. 1t is the duty OF the
commercial clubs and manufacturers
to make list of these men and oIer
them for detached service when ur-
gently needed. There is third class
of labor which is very efficient and
that is men of affairs who have been
raised on farms who will volunteer
to help the farmers out during the
rush This is the greatest work our
business men<can accept to show their
patriotism at this time
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-11
A Report on Rotation of Crops.

National Crop Improvement SeTvce.l
The tenth annual report Of the
North Dakota Demonstration Farms
is ready for distribution. The crops
are rotated on these farms. The re-
suits indicate that rotation of crops
pays The average wheat yield was
29% bushels. This wheat was in most
cases followed by corn that had been
MANFRED. Oats 581a bushels, barley
37h, rye 21h alfalfa Us tons per
acre. The rotation practiced on each
farm is given in the report as well as
a detailed account of just how each
field was handled.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-11
Black Head Seed Potatoes.

200 bushels each Wis. Long White
and Wis. Round White. This seed is
medium small, but is uniform in size,
ripe and sound, and sells at SITS.
200 bushels Rural New York.
200 bushels Kings.
100 bushels Burbanks.
100 bushels Medium Rose.
This seed is all large, fancy screened
potatoes at Sc. 25. Seed has been passed
on by Wisconsin state commission. This
is all Wisconsin seed. w. r. Williams,
Milton Junction, Wisconsin.
For RENT-Garden consisting of two
lots. Also one-room furnished cottage
to rent. d. w. North.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-11
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET
Continued From Page ~

cents apiece or six for quarter cigar,
it will be 6 cents each or five for a
quarter" Part of this development is
doubtless due to belief uhat there
must be substantial war tax increase
on tobacco and cigar stores. For ex-
ample, soould there be war tax of 80
per 1000 on cigars, the manufacturers
hope to pass this on to the consumers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-11

OUR senior senator has fallen into a
grave mistake in insinuating that our
German residents are not in harmony
with the government under which they
live by prosposing to exempt Germans
from CONSUMPTION. It's not true.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-11
Don't Be a Critic.

It requires very little ability to find
fault. That is why there are so many
critics.-O Wendell Holmes.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1917-03-23
81. For a Calf.

That Mississippi is rapidly taking
front rank among the states that pro-
duce pure-bred cattle, as well as
holding her own in the development
of the live stock industry for mar
keting purposes only. is shown by
the record of an auction sale in Kan
sas City last week.
At this auction 145 young bulls,
products from the largest Hereford
farms in the United States. were Of
fered at auction, and calf eighteen
months of age sired by Don Fairfax
at the Enochs 4 Worman farm. near
this city. topped the market. selling
for 81, 100.
This is q fancy price for calf of
that age. and the fact that it was
sired in Jackson. and sold at q fig
ure comparing favorably with the
bet prices ever paid for young Here
iocds. show conclusively' that our
position in the cattle industry il not
based alone on the product of one
stock farm, bat that tho business is
developing rapidly. and other estab-
lishments are raising Herefords as
good - the best.-Jackson Daily
'NeWs.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1917-03-23
Proceedings Board Supervisors


Present A. G. Lowe. president. J. T.
Gregory, J. 8. Howell. g. w. Rob.
erts, NJ. A. Jones, members; D. G..
Taylor. sheriff. q. g Ray. clerk.
Reports Of w. A. Addington su-
perintendent of education, C.. l..
Brasfield. treasurer, DR.. F. J. Under
wood, health officer, Miss Maude
Hailes, home economics agent. C,
L. Brasfield. treasurer, and DR..
Charley Walton, supervising inspec-
tor tick eradication were examined
and approved.
Contracts were awarded to sundry
parties for furnishing bridge lumber
and nails for county roads and
bridges road supplies for first and
third district, and tick eradication
supplies for a period of three monthss.
Contracts were allowed as follows
for working roads in fifth district not
now under contract nor under con-
troll of good roads commissioners,
for term of two years from this
date:
Amory and Fulton road to Ellis
Conwill, at $13 per mile.
Clay Hill road, to Hester and
knight, at $3.50.
II
Murrell, at $19.
Aberdeen and Richmond link 1
to J, A. Hester, at 81. Link 2 to J.
A. Hester, at 81. Link 2 to A. G.
Ridings. at 500.
G. B. Hansell road to w. H. Steph-
ems, at SIS.
J. L. Atkins, road te S. P. Pear
son. at $15.
Aberdeen and Cotton Gin road,
link to T. A. Jones. at $1S.
McAllister road to Lusby and
Johnson, at 1918.
Cotton Gin and Camargo road.
link l, to Lusby. Owings & Johnson,
at Johnson, at SIS. Link 2, to
Owing & Prewett, at $14.5O.
Arch McDuffy road to Owings &
Prewett, at $40.
e. r. Johnson road Lusby, Owings
4 Johnson, at 500.
Union Church road, to Allison &
Williams, ct $40.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1917-03-23
Gets Highest Prices Ever Paid Eos
Mississippi Cattle.

miss. A. & M. College. Il. X. Lloyd Director
The highest price ever paid for
Mississippi cattle has just been re-
ceived for a carload of bred and
fed" i'm Mississippi steers, marketed
by the A. d NJ. College experiment
station.
This lot of steers" says Director
+. r. Lloyd" sold for an average of
$11.OO hundred weight. making
the steers bring $124.30 each. This
was due partly to the fact that this
lot received a large share of corn in
the ration, which consisted of corn.
cotton seed meal and silage.
The steers were consigned to
Stewart, Son q Mccormick. of St.
Louis. This firm has handled the
experiment station cattle for several
years and have always secured top
prices. Morris Il Co.. bought the
cattle, and it is through the interest
and courtesy Of this company that
we are able to get the killing weights
on the slaughtered animals, thus
completing our records. :
These steers fed. under the di-
rection of H. X. Gayle, were Cross
Angus, Hereford and Shorthorn and
show the result of using pure bred
bull on native COWS. az we'll az the
value OF proper feeding"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1917-03-23

Page Mill road. link I. to Lusby
Owings & Johnson. at $40.
Tranquil road to Lasby, Owings
& Johnson, at II.
J. L. Williams road to Lusby
Owings & Johnson. at Sc,
H. F. Gilliland road to Lusby,
Owings 4 Johnson. at S..
Johnson Mill road to Lusby, Ow-
ings & Johnson. at So.
Smith & Buchanan road to Lusby,
Owings & Johnson, at $25.
Hill road to Lusby, Owings &
Johnson, at 1915.
Okolona and Cotton Gin road to
Owings & Prewett, at $40,
w. ], Coker road to Lusbv, Ow-
ings & Johnson, at $40.
l.. L. Baker road to Lusby, Ow-
ings & Joenson, at SIS.
All contractors for working the
second district roads and their bonds
men were released from their con-
tracts. owing to confusion concern
ing the same. occasioned by the death
of former supervisor E. G. Mize, and
clerk directed to advertise for new
contracts for working such roads as
are not contemplated to be built
and maintained by the good roads
commissioners.
The sum of So, ,613.16 of sixteenth
section school fund was loaned to
the county at 6 per cent, interest.
The clerk was directed to adver-
tise tor proposals for a loan of $15,-
600 to the county at not exceeding
6 per cent, per annum, payable Jan.
1st. 1918.
Supervisors Howell and Gregory
were appointed to view route of a
new road petitioned for by John
Tate and others, in End district.
Supervisors Gregory and Lowe
were appointed to view route of
change in the J. l.. Atkins road in
fifth distct. petition of r. ]. Stan
ford and others.
w. L. Dunlap was elected tick
inspector instead of w. HI, Wright.
resigned.
Fourth district road Overseers were
appointed as follows:
White road, r. HI. Jones.
Fowlkes Ferry road, w. F. Paine.
The clerk was directed to publish
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1917-03-23

Members and officers were allow
ed statutory per diem and mileage
and Board adjourned to first Monday
in April.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1917-03-23
MISS FRIDAY. MARCH %. 1917

notice of intention Of the Board to
issue and sell bonds of second dis
trict to the amount of $50. 900 for
construction of good roads.
COMMON COUNTY FUND.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1917-03-23

Osbssribs for ths weekly.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-08
Community C0nsci ence
BY H. ADDINGTON BRUCE

To fight disease knowledge is essen
There must be conscience, too. Els
pecially must there be community con-
science
People have got to reach a point
where they will think about, and feel
keenly about, the health of others as
we'll as their own health. They have
got TO appreciate the Importance of
taking precautions, not merely for
their own health, but for the health
of their neighbors.
Until they do this. epidemics of dis
eases are sure to be disastrously in
evidence.
In magazine article Mrs. e. E. Kel
logg tells story from real life that
brings out wildly the great needs for
community conscience in matters of
health The central figure in this
story is mother whose little girl
awoke one morning with sore
throat
1t won't hurt her to attend KINDER
garten," said she. its just a slight
cold, and she does SO love to be with
the children.
To school, consequently, the little
girl went. Before noon she was vio-
lently i'll and was hurried home. By
the time the doctor arrived rash had
broken out. 1t was a case of scarlet
fever,
, Fortunately the attack was mild
one, and the child made a rapid and
uneventful recovery. Not SO, however,
with some of the children with whom
she had associated that morning.
Of the thirty who were pupils in
the Kindergarten, only four escaped
the contagion carried by the little
girl. Two of the 26 who were strick-
en- died Three were left deaf.
For two months the kindergarten
was left closed. 1t was, of course,
disinfected. But it was not disinfected
thoroughly enough. Within few
days after the reopening another cpl
demic of scarlet fever occurred. Now |
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-08

floating priest The bridal couple
was attended by Eugene O'Conner and
Emma Lyon. Only the members of
the immediate families and close
friends of the young couple attended
the wedding and were guests at the
wedding breakfast served at the OCon-
ner home at noon. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lyon left at o'clock via Northern Pa
cific for the coast where they will
spend months honeymoon. Upon
their return they will make their home
On farm near Moscow. Mr. Lyon
is the nephew of Arnold S. Lyon of
this city.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-08

son farmers Will have am abundance for
spare.
High prices in times like these are
inevitable. The. farmer is practically
assured high prices for all the food
he can provide. One kind of farm
produce may be more profitable to the
farmer than another but it is safe to
say that there Will be great demand
for everything raised on the farm. AS
before intimated in these columns, the
armer. can we'll afford to work as he
has never done heretofore for his prof
its will be large despite the high cost
of labor and living.-Kendrick Gazette.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-08
HE TALKS TOO MUCH

Champ Clark makes exceptionally good speaker
of the house of representatives and everybody likes
him such. His besettng sin is that he talks too
much-he makes bad breaks
For illustration: In Illuminating against conscrip-
ton the other day he roared OUT
Amy man who will send substitute to is
bastard and a coward, do not who he is"
This has resulted in digging up the fact that Grover
Cleveland the only other Democratic president in
half century, for whom Champ Clark voted at
least three times sent substitute the Civil for
family that doubt good and suf
fcient.
Speaker Clark will do well to put curb on his
oratorical fervor.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-08

the school was closed for good. the
teacher thrown out of work, the edu-
cation of the pupils greatly retarded
All this because one mother had al
lowed a child with a sore throat to
mingle with other children.
Just as long as wilful endangering
of others continues, just so long will
the stamping out of contagious dis
eases be a hopeless task. We must
develop community conscience if we
would have community health
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-08
Thu County Press
The Farmer VS.. Famine.

The farmer is to-day receiving more
attention from state and national
sources than ever before. In fact
everybody is giving him advice-tell-
ing him what to plant and how to
plant it. That, of course, shows in
terest and is not Objectionable, but this
continued talk about raising big crops
seems to point to a vertiable scarcity
of foodstuff in this country. Such is
by no means the case. There is not
the slightest excuse of any apprehen-
sion of food panic in the United
States. We have always had an
abundance and unless all conditions ut
terly fail at the end of the present sea-
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-08
China Chic.

Chop fine some mutton with a little
of the fat still there in a pint bowl
full. Into saucepan put three spoon
fuls of butter and melt. Into this cut
two small onions; add two layers of
lettuce, a pint of green peas, teaspoon
full of salt, half teaspoonful of pep
per, four tablespoonfuls of water and
add the chopped mutton. Cover close
ly and simmer gently for two hoars.
Serve this in the middle of dish of
rice
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-08
KEEP TO THE RIGHT AND KEEP MOVING

KEEP TO THE RIGHT AND KEEP MOVING
On the old Brooklyn bridge they had the sign
Keep the right and keep moving" 1t good adj
vice. and it worked we'll 1t eliminated congestion
confusion.
1t is good advice for today, for all lines of bust
ness and industry. The country is passing through
wonderful times Radical changes bound to
and the who adjust himself quickly to the
changed conditions is the wise
1t is all to talk about Business Usual
Business is be good. Tremendous crops and
a tremendous market as wide as the world will bring
flood of wealth to America, this will make itself
felt in every line of human endeavor.
But there to be radical changes. Every Amer
lean is working today America-all America. Every
loyal ready sacrifice all he and all he has
for the good. The nation will make tremend-
Gus demands and these must cheerfully and
promptly There must be sackers anywhere.
Because of these abnormal conditions there will be
radical changes in business elsewhere Wise men
will keep COOL put absolute faith in the in charge
destinies the nation; make their sacrifices
cheerfuly and do their utmost in this supreme hour
There is fighting to be done and sacrifices to be
made in every avenue of life.