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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
IMPORTANT TO SAVE
ALL LIQUID MANURE
Considerable Proportion of Nitro
gen Lost Through Fermenta-
ton and Leaching.

The fertilizing value of the total ex-
crement from horses is about 500 per
animal per year, and from cattle about
S25. according to the chemistry sec
ton of the Nebraska experiment sta
ton.
Nearly half of the nitrogen and po-
tassium from farm animals occurs in
the liquid excrement. 1t is therefore
important that this ne saved through
use of sufficient straw to absorb it..
Manure stored in the open barnyard
loses a considerable proportion of its
nitrogen through fermentation, and it's
potassium and other mineral elements
through teaching.
This loss may be avoided by hauling
the manure to the field as fast as it
accumulates. IL this is impracticable,
it may be stored in a covered shed,
where animals run over it, and so
keep it well packed. The greatest
loss of fertility occurs when the ma
nure is stored in loose piles.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01

terest them. Point out how the bees,
working away for hard-hearted queen
who lives in a cone-shaped palace, run
from flower to flower seeking to col
lect the tribute of sweets for the re-
lentless task-mistress of the hive. Tell
them how these little bees, without
knowing it, are carrying from one fra
grant blossom to another the germ
of life that makes possible the repro
duction of the flower and keeps alive
the beauty and the joy of having the
plant.
That study ought to appeal to ma
ture mind; it certainly does to the
mind of a child. The truth has but
recently been discovered among the
city children. The result of the instruc-
ton has been that many little shay
ers are taking tender care of the
things they once sought to destroy,
and a spirit is being developed that
speaks well for the future of floricul-
ture.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
WORK AMONG THE FLOWERS

If a cactus appears diseased, cut
away all the branches and parts that
do not seem wholesome. Withhold wa
ter for time and pinch off the top
of the stalks to make side branches
grow.
Seeds of asparagus sprengeri, which
ripen at this season, should be sown
as soon as they mature. They germi-
nate quickly and soon make satisfac-
tory foliage-plants.
If not attended to before now, take
cuttings of hardy shrubs, vines and
grape and set out in the garden in
well-prepared soil in the spring.
If you are short of window plants
experiment with the chrysanthemum
Put the new shoots of the half-hardy
sort in fine, rich soil; place in a sun
ny window and see if you cannot have
them in bloom in couple of months.
The heliotrope is impatient of a
small pot, and should be shifted to a
size larger as soon as it's fine roots
cover the outside of the ball of earth
So dense are it's roots that it is often
necessary to run a fine skewer about
the base of the plant several times to
allow the water to penetrate to the
heart of the roots. See that these
holes are kept open.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
STURDY COCKERELS
MAKE BEST CAPONS
Fowls Should Be Good Sized, Wig
orous and With Large Frame
Keep Them Growing.

The very best cockerels must be Sc
lected for capons. They should be good
sized, vigorous. A large frame is
necessary if much flesh is to be put
upon it, and in breeding for capons one
should select a strain that natures as
early as possible.
The capons must be kept growing
every moment and they should have a
reasonably large range.
If confined too closely they are apt
TO become droopy and sick. While not
particularly active, they thrive better
if they have a reasonably large run,
and they seem to take on fat better.
Too many people make the mistake
of waiting until within two weeks of
marketing before fattening their birds.
They should be pushed at least six
weeks to get the very best results.
This will produce a large, fat capon
that will bring fancy price If packed
In clean, white paper In clean box.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01

The efficiency of the farm horse
next spring and summer will depend
largely upon the feed and care it re-
ceives this winter, asserts DIR. G. w.
McCampbell, associate professor of
animal husbandry in the agricultural
college.
'Despite the fact that feeds are
high in price, the farm horse must be
well fed during the coming winter
months" said Doctor McCampbell. "a
study of market prices reveals the fact
that bran and alfalfa hay are two of
the cheapest feeds available when
feeding value is considered. Both are
well adapted to winter feeding because
of the lighter work of the farm horse
during the winter season, and because
of the cooler weather. This being true,
both should enter largely in the farm
horse ration this winter.
Use Much Roughage.
Sat present prices a combination of
6 parts of corn and parts of
bran is 20 cents a hundredweight
cheaper than corn alone, and has
practically the same feeding value as
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
Chocolate in the Trenches.

This afternoon, everything being
quiet, I invited the neighboring sec
ton commander to come and spend
little time with me- In the trenches
we rarely have anything to drink but
wine and coffee, and, by the way of
special feast, l decided to make some
chocolate. So / sent for q canteen of
water and poured some of the pre-
cious fluid into my pan and devoutly
emptied in the chocolate and sugar.
1t was simmering gently on my braz-
Ter, and l was just on the point of
adding condensed milk, when someone
called me from the outside. It was
my orderly coming to see if I needed
anything. l invited him to join us,
but at the precise moment the stupid
battery of II began to spit it's six
shells art us. Two burst so near that
my faithful 'tampon stumbled in
fright and fell headlong, taking with
him brazier, saucepan and chocolate
our chocolate so nearly ready, which
our eyes were drinking SO hungrily.
The poor chap was most unhappy, SO
l laughed; but I must confess my
laugh was bit sickly. At that mo-
ment I detested the Germans worse
than ever.-From a French Lieuten-
ants Diary in the Atlantic.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
HORSE MUST Be WELL FED DURING WINTER

first IS months aud especially the first
winter determines to a great extent
the size of the colt at maturity" said
Doctor McCamphell. "The size of a
horse determines very largely its
value.
Good breeding gives wonderful pos
sibilities, but it takes feeding If these
possibilities are to be fully realized.
The best bred colt will be no better
than a scrub if fed upon a starvation
ration.
"a draft colt makes one-half of its
development by the time it is one year
old, hence the Importance of a good
start. The colt should be taught to
eat grain before it is weaned and aft
err being weaned should be allowed a
liberal ration of alfalfa or clover hay
with other available roughages, such
as corn fodder kafir butts, cane hay,
and straw. The colt should be fed suf
ficient grain to keep it in a good grow
ing and thrifty condition.
Colts Need Exercise.
"One should never be able to see a
colts ribs. A ration Of from six to
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
FIND OZONE BEST
SURGEONS IN WAR HOSPITALS
USE 1T PRoFUsELY.
Other oxidizing Agents Have Been
Proved Open to Some Form of OBJ
lection, but This Has Been
Proved Satisfactory.

Among the branches of surgery to
which the exigencies of the European
war have acted as sharp stimulus
may be mentioned the treatment of in
fected wounds. The proportion of pa
tients who reach the military hospitals
with their injuries thus aggravated is
said to be SO large as to have given
great Importance to the subject of
antseptics, since obviously the perfect
aseptic treatment which most cases
can enjoy in ordinary hospitals in time
of peace is out of the question for the
majority of battle wounds.
Many antiseptics, unfortunately,
though excellent germicides, are so
toxic that there is danger of their
harming the vitality of the tissues sur
rounding the wound. For this reason
hydrogen peroxide is said to be admir-
able, since it is germicidal without be-
ing in any way injurious to healthy
cells. However, it is not adequate in
those cases, SO common in warfare,
where there is serious amount of sup
puration. 1t is almost instantly decom-
posed, not only by pus, but by blood
and most of the other liquids of the
body tissues, so that the amount of
nascent oxygen released is insufficient
for the requirements of serious
wound.
The search for an oxidizing agent
not open to this objection, according
10, IN,
led to the trial of ozone, either dis
solved in water and used in copious ir-
rigations, or in a gaseous state, mixed
with ordinary diatomic oxygen. The
latter style of treatment is especially
advantageous in the case of wounds
which are slow in forming scab, since
the most spacious bandages often have
tendency to rub off the fresh scar
tissue.
This difficulty is avoided in the
process in question by surrounding the
wound with a Theoretically sealed
shell, into which can be passed the
gaseous current. This method pos
sesses the extraordinary advantage of
leaving the wound open to the bene-
fetal action of the solar radiations as
well. Then, too, the total exclusion
of the ordinary air from the tissue I'M
der, treatment makes impossible the
formation of nitrogen compounds,
which might prove decidedly irritant.
The other mode of application,
through the use of ozonized water has
been found particularly satisfactory
for large shattered wounds, where the
tissues have been directly invaded by
septic substances.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
Finely MilIed Bread Seems Best

Commenting on the recent order of
the British board of trade that in
milling wheat 80 per cent of it's
weight must be recovered in flour, in
stead of 70 per cent as formerly.
Nature remarks that bread made from
80 per cent -four is not so nutritious
as that made from 70 per cent flour.
And it adds:
although 80 per cent bread con-
tains on the average rather more pro-
tein than 70 per cent bread, the di-
gestibility of the protein in the for
mer is rather lower so that the actual
weight of protein digested by the av-
erage individual from one pound Of
80 per cent bread is rather less than
the amount digested from one pound
of 20 per cent bread. Again, the en-
ergy value of 80 per cent bread is
rather lower than that of 70 per cent
bread"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
TEACHING THE CHILDREN
ABOUT FLOWERS
BY L. M. BENNINGTON.

One of the things that wise old folk
of many generations have repeated is
that if child be taught until it is
twelve years of age it doesn't make
much difference who has the subse-
quent handling, the direction of the
mind will be fixed and the career
pointed. This truth is shown in no
way better than in the development of
love for flowers and for the garden.
Country folk imagine that children
in the big cities have no trees, no
grass and no flowers. Quite the re-
verse They have the benefit of see
ing the best development that is made
by the leading culturists of the world.
They are now being taught the value
of flowers. The time was when a
child could not be trusted alone in a
city park where flowers We're exhib-
tied. They pulled the plants and they
despoiled the gardens. No vandal
ever hit place with heavier hand
: than the average city child struck a
park flower bed. The fear of the po-
lice did not deter them. They had no
their parents.
Now the people who study parks and
flowers have gone to studying children,
and strangely enough, they have dis
covered that children are rational hui
man beings, thoroughly susceptible of
being taught the value of flowers and
the care that is required to produce
and keep them. In many of the big
dover plots the little fellows are be-
ing regularly taken and told all about
the way that flowers thrive. They are
being taught botany as a kindergarten
study-not in the dry terms of the ex-
pert, but In the plain, interesting way
of the amateur. They are learning
how seeds are planted, how bulbs
come from the queer land of the dykes
and all of the other secrets.
The truism that the greatest and
most valuable crop in the world is
the crop Of children is impressing it.
self in the pursuit of this hitherto neg
lected branch of garden work. When
a child begins to get interested in the
study of flowers, made pleasing by
the avoidance of dry detail, there is
no end to the possibility of pleasure
that can be derived from it. The in
struction affords the grown-ups a sim
pie way to enjoy the society of the
young, which is the best tonic that
age ever had. More gray hairs can be
lodged and more wrinkles ironed out
by associating with children than by
the application of any known cure.
Once this is fully realized, the value
of taking up the flower study with
children will make an appeal to many,
many older persons who now seek
book and a corner when they might
be finding renewed youth with the
tots.
Tell the children things that will in
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
Stone Road in ohio.

er schools into larger, stronger graded
schools, with high school courses
directed by competent principal and
corps of teachers.
On the other hand, in counties
which have improved their roads, the
schools are easily reached, the aver
age attendance greater, the efficiency
largely increased and economic con.
solidation made possible. Regular at
tendance at school means consistent
and regular growth of both school
and pupil, and consolidation of schools
means a maximum of efficiency at q
minimum of cost. It is also note
ency for the consolidated school to be-
come the social and intellectual cen.
ter of the community. Most modern
rural schoolhouseS are so constructed
as to serve the community as gather.
ing places for various kinds of public
meetings, and where vans are used to
convey the children to school during
the day they are frequently pressed
into service to haul the farmers and
their wives to institute work, lectures,
or entertainments at the schoOlhouse.
The consolidated school becomes a
sort of community center to which all
educational and social activities con-
verge, and in order that it may pro-
perly perform that function all of the
highways leading to it should be so
improved as to render it readily ac-
cessible throughout the year.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
F0F5[I(.
ROADS
GOOD ROADS HELP CHILDREN
improved Highways of Great RenetS
to Them in Going and Coming
From Country Schools.

The rural population is more willing
to support better schools today than
at any previous time. 1t is being re
elized that all educational activities or
agencies must be more or less cor.
related, and, more than all else, that
they must be more accessible to the
children. In many counties where
bad roads prevail, most of the schools
are of the antiquated one-room va
riety. They are usually located along
bad roads which, during the winter,
when the schools are usually in ses-
sion. become so nearly impossible as
to make it difficult for the children TO
reach them. This condition causes
irregular attendance and restricts the
educational opportunities of the child
Not only this, but 1t often impedes the
economic consolidation of these small
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01

an equal weight of oats. Ten to II
pounds of alfalfa hay day in place
of prairie hay will enable one to re
duce the grain ration approximately
20 per cent.
Large amounts of roughage, such
as corn fodder, cane, and straw, which
might otherwise be wasted, may be
utilized when alfalfa hay is fed, for
the richness of the alfalfa causes
craving for other roughages."
The size of the draft horse will de-
pend largely upon the feed and care
that the weanling receives during the
first winter, asserts Doctor McCamp-
bell.
SIN developing the colt, it must be
remembered that the feed it gets the
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
HOG LICE QUESTION
is VERY IMPORTANT
Pests Take Advantage of condi-
tons in Cold Weather and
Breed Quite Rapidly.

BY r. o. ASHLY, Minnesota Experiment
Station)
1t has been estimated that a I50-
pound hog has $4,000 drops of blood.
Suppose ne is supporting 1000 lice and
each takes one drop of blood per day.
What per cent of his blood will be lost
daily. and who will pay the bill?
The question is important right now,
for lice are worse in winter than in
summer. The hogs pile up closely and
spend much time in their beds. The
lice take advantage of the situation
and breed rapidly.
To remove the lice Is neither diff
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
PERILOUS RAZOR-BAcK ROADS
Miniature Mountain Ranges Should
Not Be Maintained in Center
They Are Dangerous.

If you have ever ridden along a
country road which has been worked
to peak in the center so that your
load tilted one way while you tried to
keep your balance by fitting the other,
YOU know what the wrong kind of road
dragging is.
Roads so dragged should be reported,
to the road supervisor, or the county,
engineer. Such roads are positively
dangerous.
Help the good roads cause by seeing,
that the roads of your vicinity are not
made miniature mountain ranges.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
THE ANEMONE AND NARCIsSI

Anemone should be planted six roots
to the six-inch pot, and the roots ought
to be covered with an inch of soil. The
pots are to- be kept in a cool cellar I'M
til the late winter or until early in the
spring, when they are to be planted
in a warm window to flower.
They may be planted in the open
ground, but in this event they must
have good covering of leaves or
straw.
Narcissi will do well in bowls Of
pebbles and water, or they may be cul-
tured in pots of earth or fiber dishes.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
An Apple a Day.

"An apple a day keeps the doctor
away" is the old saying so often
proved true. Now, the best way to
provide these apples is to place them
in brown wooden bowl or basket,
where each member of the family can
help himself or herself. One of the
new mahogany fruit bowls piled high
with red-cheeked apples is an orna-
ment to any living room table or buff
fet. To 60 with the apples there is
now to be had silver corer and
parer with wooden handle. This,
though sterling is as sharp as any ap-
pie corer in the kitchen, and much
more slightly.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01

cult nor expensive. Dipping or spray
ing with coal-tar compounds is dan
gerous in winter, but three other treat
ments are available. There are:
l. Equal parts kerosene and ma
china oil mixed together and applied
with an oil can, brush or swab.
2. Crude Oil (thinned with kerosene,
if too thick), applied with brush or
as a spray.
9. Powdered staphisagria busted on
the pigs, or stepped as a tea and ap-
piled with a brush or as a spray.
For a small bunch the first treat
ment is the most convenient, but when
one has many hogs the crude oil is
cheaper. Be sure to apply behind the
ears and in both TANKS. The lice pre-
fer folds of the skin.
Clean the beds and pens thoroughly,
also. If these are thoroughly sprayed
with the oil there should be no further
trouble from the lice. If the hogs
sleep in straw sheds one can keep
them free from lice by treating them
every two weeks. Try it!
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
ROAD VERY SIMILAR TO LIFE.
Rough Road Is Interesting, but We
Must Travel Over 1t Slowly and
Quite Carefully.

How much a road is like life. The
good road is like life at it's best
smooth sailing, and enjoyable. A rough
road is like life at it's worst. A rough
road is interesting, but we have to
traverse it slowly and carefully.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
Conserve Soil Fertility.

Soil fertility can be conserved by
the use of good crop rotations which
include the legumes, by feeding all
crops on the place where they are
grown by the careful returti of all ma,
nures to the soil.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01
Care for Farm Machinery.

The farm machinery is only used for,
a short period, but must work contin-l
uously when being used. Hence itl
must be in good running order and
properly adjusted
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-02-01

eight pounds of grain a day should be
fed for each 1000 pounds of live
weight. Oats is an excellent feed but
at present the price is so high that it
is not practical. A good substitute is
corn, 20 per cent; bran, 20 per cent;
and oil meal, 5 per cent by weight"
Colts should not be housed too close
ly during the winter pointed out Doc
tor McCampbell. In this climate shed
opening to the south will furnish suffi-
cient shelter for winter.
Colts should have access to a pas
ture or large lot so as to have plenty
of exercise. Where winter pasture,
such as wheat or rye is available, the
feed bill may be cut down consider
ably.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10
STARTS $50 NILE WALK
TO ANSWER DRAFT CALL
Only $3.50 in Pocket So He
Begins Long Journey
by Foot.
CATCHES RIDE HOME
Many Cases Reported Where
Men Responded Too
Quickly to Call.

Helena, Aug. 9.-Called to appear for
examination for military service before
the draft board at Glendive, a home-
steader who had registered in Dawson
county, but who when he received the
call, was near Sumatra, in Rosebud
county, had only $3.50 to his name,
started to walk the distance, about $50
miles. He was fortunate enough to
catch a ride for a large part of the
way in an automobile and got in on
time.
The story of this man is told by J..
Scott Harrison, assistant supervisor Of
United States surveys, who has just
returned from a trip to the eastern part
of the state.
Mr.. Harrison says that numerous
cases were called to his attention while
In that part of the state, where men
responding to the call came with such
promptness that they were compelled
to wait their turn for examination for
two or three days, and that some Of
them had arrived at the meeting place
OF the board without means of subsist-
ence for themselves.
Three of Mr.. Harrison's men are be-
ing examined at Glendive. They are
Donald Sawhill. transitman: d. w. Nc
Mutt, field assistant, and John Greer,
field assistant.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-10
SMALL LOSSES HAVE
RESULTED FROM HAIL
Insurance Fund to Have Sur
plus This Year.

Helena. Aug. 9.-Unless unusual hail
storms occur in Montana between now
and the time the grain is cut, the state
nail insurance department will come
through with flying colors and win
have a large surplus in the treasury
for next year.
r.. X. Bowman, cha irman OF the state
hail board, which now has quarters Of
its own on the third floor of the capitol
building, states that approximately
20. 900 acres are insured under tho
provisions OF the act.
So far 10 claims for losses from hail
have been filed and they cover not to
exceed 5000 acres. In most instances
the damage has been slight, Il man
with 100 acres insured, for instance,
only having "a small part of his field
touched by hail.
The hail season is at least two thirds
over. 1t is eStimted about $3.50, 900
will be available with which to meet
h;il. losses and Indications are that
at the outside losses will not exceed
$50, 900.
Expenses of the board, including ad :
justmentS of losses to te, have been
$1,000, and it is believed that they will
not exceed $4,000 additional at the
most. even should unusually numerous
and destructive hail storms sweep the
state before the grain is put in the
shock