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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25
WINTER FLOWING OF VALUE
Importance Of Opening Up Soil Not
Generally Realized by Farmers
and Gardeners.

The importance of opening I'D the
soil of all land that was not put Into
fall crops In time for II to get the full
benefit Of disintegrating frosts and
enriching SHOWS Is not so generally
realized by farmers and home gar
deners as 1t should be.
More particularly are these atmos-
pheric effects of value on clay and
other stiff soils, and In the vegetable
garden and the orchard the turning
over and loosening of the earth ex-
poses the alternating forms Of many
Insects to the sharp eyes of birds,
poultry and the smaller rodents, while
those that are not eaten perish from
the disturbance.
While 1t is altogether better that
this working of the ground should be
done In the fall, before the ground
has frozen, 1t can also often be done
during open spells from mldwinter
until March, with the subsequent
freezes and SHOWS to produce the good
effects desired. OF course, this can
not be done unless the warm spells
are Of sufficient duration TO have the
ground thoroughly settled, else the
job would be difficult and unsatisfac-
tory. STOP
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25
CONTRASTS IN RAID PICTURE.

The archbishop of Canterbury was
conducting an induction service at
Lambeth when an aerial lombard
ment began, but no interruption oc-
CURED, says the Manchester Guardi-
an. The service went on as if no
danger threatened. A clergyman
who was present says that after the
service the archbishop and his pro-
cession of clergy withdrew to the
shelter in one of the old Norman
towers of the palace, and there re-
manned for a time. One likes the
color and contrast Of the picture
the ancient background of the pal
ace, the archbishop and clergy in
their traditional robes, and overhead
a armament of modern warfare
which would have made the stoutest
Norman heart quake with the fear of
black arts.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25
FAITH IN PRAYER.

A guessing contest was conducted
by a merchant in a suburban town.
The one who guessed the correct
number Of seeds in a pumpkin was
the winner, and the lucky man hap
pcned to be a minister. The prize
was a set OF aluminium ware. The
minister was not present when the
seeds were counted and the winners
name announced, but the little son
was there, and he hurried home to
tell the good news. After a little
while he said Mother, do you know
how we happened to get the alum
mum set ?"
She said, ''No, only that papa
guessed the correct number of seeds
in the pumpkin"
The young son answered thought
fully, "Well, that isn't the real rea-
son-it's because 1 prayed for it for
Eve nights"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25

bacteria that live on their roots. These
bacteria in return for being given a
home (nodules) on the plant roots and
for food from the plant take nitrogen
from the air and leave II In the soil
for the plants use.
There are millions Of dollars worth
of this nitrogen over each acre; so the
bacteria have an almost endless sup
ply to draw on.
The way to tap this great wealth Is
/, to grow these plants that have these
Wonderful bacteria on their roots.
These plants do not do well without
the bacteria. When alfalfa, clover,
peas, beans or any of the other Of
fhese legume plants are sown on a
piece of land for the first time 1t is
usually necessary to sow the bacteria
as well as the plant seed.
In these days when plant food is so
important the greatest possible use
should be made Of the legumes, the
greatest food producers for man and
beast.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25
BACKACaE Is A WARNING
BOpkinSvilIe People Should Not
Neglect Their KidasyS.-

Backache is often nature s most fire..
quent signal Of weakened kidneys.
To cure the pains ald aches, TO re.
move the lameness when it arises
from weakened kidneys, you must
reach the cause.-The kidneys. If you
have pain through the small of your
back, headaches, dizzy spells, or are
nervous and depressed, start treating
the kidneys with tested kidney rem
edy.
Doan's Kidney Pills have been prov
ed good and are especially for weak
kidneys. Doan's have been used in
kidney trouble for over 80 years.
Read Hopkinsville testimony.
Mrs. Bert Blakamore, liz S. Main
ST., Hopkinsville, says: 81 had dull,
nagging backaches and felt languid.
My kidneys were not acting right at
all. heard of Doan's Kidney Pills
and after taking them my back was
strengthened and my kidneys regu-
lated. | know Doan's Kidney Pills
are a good remedy and gladly recon-
mend them"
Price 60c. at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Blakemore had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Prop, Buffalo, N. Y.-Adver-
tisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25
ATTENTION NEEDED BY COLT
Grain Ration After WEAVING Com.
posed Of Corn, Oats and Bran Is
Good-Water Regularly.

A good grain ration for the colt af.
ter weaving is composed Of one-fourth
corn, one'fourth bran ana one-haIf
oats, or one-fourth corn, three-elchths
bran and three-eighths oats. Crushed
oats are To DE preferred to whole oats.
A feed-box in which to place the feed
can be put in the pasture field II other
stock will not interfere with the colt
while eating.
In late fan as the pasture grass
grows short, IT should be supplements
ed with clover or timothy hay, all the
colt will eat. The colt at pasture
should have access to drinking water
regularly. If there is no drinking wa.
ter in the pasture field, turn the young
animal in 10 the water trough Just as
regularly as the work horses arcl
turned to water.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25

packing and uniform distribution of
the corn. The entire surface, espe-
cially the outer edge, should be packed
firmly. The best help Obtainable should
be stationed in the silo.
The large cutter with the correspond
ing large capacity frequently saves
money in filling the silo, but it may re-
suit in waste of the storage capacity
Of the silo. If the silo is filed rapidly
the corn has little time to settle. Slow
filling allows the corn to settle as ii is
stored, with the result that more corn
can be placed In given space. To over
come this disadvantage Of rapid filling,
woven wire may he extended above the
top Of the silo, thus increasing It's ca
pacity until it can settle. Patent roofs
are made which serve the same pur-
pose. Reflling in two or three days
will accomplish the same end.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25
Home Produced Platinum.

The United States produces refined
platinum from crude placer platinum
imported mostly from the Colombian
republic. There is a small home pro-
duction-in California as by-product
in gold dredging, in Oregon from
beach workings and hydraulic work
ings, in Nevada from the platinum
bearing gold ore Of the Boss mine and
also from the Rambler mine in Wyo-
ming. There is a considerable produc-
ton of platinum in the United States
by re1ners Of copper matte and gold
bullion, both imported and of home
production.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25

greater returns are obtained from ma,
nure spread evenly over a large area
Than from the same amount scattered
heavily over a smaller tract.
AS an average of II years test ut
the Ohio experiment station at Woos-
ter, eight tons Of manure per acre ap-
piled TO corn in three-year rotation
OF corn, wheat and clover has pro-
duced 20 bushels more corn than land
receiving no treatment Four tons Of
manure TO the acre on both corn and
wheat In = five-year rotation OF corn,
oats, wheat, clover and timothy has
produced an increase of 14.3 bushels
of corn, as an average Of 20 years.
Eight tons Of manure on the same
crops in the same rotation has In
creased the corn yield only 23.S BUSH.
els during this period. In other words,
doubling the amount of manure has
Increased the corn yield only SO per
cent. In order to apply the manure
evenly and over a large area a ma
nure spreader is recommended by the
experiment station.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25
HAVE WINTER GARDEN CROPS
Lettuce and Radlshes May Be Grown
for Holldays-Foree Rhubarb In
Dark Basement.

1t Is comparatively easy, II one IS
willing to spend a little time In car
ing for hotbed, to have several green
vegetable crops throughout a large
part Of the winter season, according to
the horticultural department of the
University Of Missouri College of Ag-
riculture. Ordinarily lettuce and rad
ishes may be planted in a hotbed soon
after cold weather begins and they will
be ready for the Thanksgiving season,
IL well cared for. Another crop may
be grown Immediately afterward by re-
charging the bed, and this will be
ready by the Christmas and New Year
holidays.
Onions may be easily grown from
seeds under the same conditions, pro-
vided they are kept growing rapidly
and the temperature does not become
too high during the early part of their
growth. After the coolest weather is
past, If the frames are not needed for
starting an early spring crop, another
crop, or even two, of the same vegeta.
bles may be had in the early spring.
Another crop which may be had in
the fall by transplanting about the
time frost is expected, is celery. This,
when grown in the hOtbed or cold
frame, will be entirely self-blanchlng,
which is an added incentive to using
1t in this way.
Any thoroughly dark corners in the
basement may be used for forcing
roots Of rhubarb or even asparagus at
any time during the winter, and parts
Of the asparagus or rhubarb rows may
be forced early in the spring by build
ing a coldframe over them about two
months before the ground would ordl-
narily thaw.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25
Greatest Crater In the World

Resides discovering that "the valley
OF 10000 smokes" as the vast volcanic
area In Alaska is now known, really
has literally millions Of active vents in
the space OF hundred square miles,
and is the first wonder of the world,
the exploration party has found that
Katmai has the greatest crater on the
face Of the globe, and has also discov-
cred mud river II miles long--almost
enough mud for national political
campaign.-Boston Globe.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25
Misnomer for Sherlock.

A Western editor recently referred
to herd" Of sheep. and he was
promptly corrected by another editor,
who asserted that he should have
called the "herd" flock. Most people
viii be disposed to side with the lat
ter, and yet, how are they going to
explain the fact that the person who
takes care Of a flock Of sheep is u
shepherd2-Christian Science Monitor.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25
PACK SILAGE IN SIL0
Proper Distribution and Packing
Ere Often Neglected.
When Lighter Portions Are Blown TO
Outside They Do Not Settle Well
Plenty Of Men and Persistent
Work Required.

Distributing and packing silage 10
the silo is frequently neglected. I'm
less the blower has a distributor at
tachment there is a tendency for the
cut corn TO fall in one place In the
sllo. If the sllo is filed in this way,
the finer and lighter portions Of the
stalks are frequently blown TO the out
side, and the heavier parts, ears and
butts of stalks, are deposited in the
center, thus causing an uneven distri-
button Of grain and stalks and a con-
sequent uneven quality Of silage. Un-
even distribution is frequently thel
cause of soft places and air pockets
which later result in spoiled silage.
When the lighter portions are blown
to the outside they do not pack well
and the silage spells near the wall.
Such spoilage, which really resultsl
from careless filling, is often attributed
to the sllo. Thorough packing requires
plenty Of men and persistent work.
Good silage can be had only by unlformI
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25

GIVE EWES A CHANCE

II is well TO give the breeding
ewes an extra chance at this
time to the end that they may be
in good condition AZ the time Of
breeding. On their thrift and
strength at breeding time de-
ponds largely our success with
the coming crop Of lambs.
On most farms on which d.
versified farming is followed
there is opportunity for frequent
change Of pasture. This is rel
ished by sheep more than by
any 0rhcr stock, and they re-
spond quickly by laying on flesh
and showing that thrift and
strength so satisfactory to ev-
cry flOckmaster.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25
CATS IN FATTENING RATION
Coed Feed for Brood sows and Crow
Ing Pigs. But Not So Useful In
Finishing Hogs.

Ground oats win be found a good
feed for brood sows and growing
pigs but not so useful as corn for
fattening hogs. When made a part
OF the fattenlng ration oats should
not constitute more than one-third of
II, and probably one-fOurth would be
better. The great hog fattener is
corn. and nothing else on earth equals
II for gains or quality Of product. But
corn is most effective In making gains
when balanced by some sankage or
oats or middlings, and here the oats
may Be useful IN the fattenlns proc
esS.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25
HELPFUL TRACTOR HINTS

OIL and grease on a tractor are
cheaper than repairs plus time
lost in obtaining thcm and get
ting started again.
Looking over all parts Of the
machine regularly is Just as inn
portant as regular feeding and
watering Of horses.
The wrong kind Of lubricat.
ing oil wastes power and fouls
every working part. Get inS
structions from the builders as
to kind and quantity Of oil.
Sharp plows call for less pow
er from the engine to do good
work, hence less cost TO operate
and longer life for the tractor.
Lengthening Of bitches between
engine and pillow will often elm
mate a large part Of side draft,
which is another way Of reduc-
ing the cost of the work.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25
Founding Of Havana.

Havana, or San Christobal de Ia Ha.
bana, as II was originally named, was
the last Of seven cities founded in
Cuba by the Islands conqueror. the
Adelantado Diego valesquez, the date
being July 20, 1915. Since that was
% years after Columbus discovery,
there cannot be many new world cit
les older than Havana. assuming that
most Of the other six in Cuba have
since disappeared.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25
GOOD HORSES NEEDED

1t is true that motor power Is
taking the place Of horses IN
many kinds of work, but tn
horse still has an important
part 10 play. This country has
shipped more than 100000
horses and 100000 mules TO the
allies since the beginning OF the
war and more are going all the
time. Horses have played an
important role in this war, be-
cause horses can be used on
roads and in many places where
truck and motor power are
helpless.
At the rate which horses are
being exported we cannot help
but feel a need for horses In
this country and especially II !
the war continues much longer.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25
stevenson's Memoirs Valuable.

One Of the As copies printed for pri-
vate distribution of Robert Louis Ste
venson's memoirs of himself, was sold
recently in London for f12. 1t is a
quarto printed from the original manu-
script. A first edition of the "New
Arabian Nights" also changed hands
for four times that sum.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25
LEGUMES ARE MUCH FAVORED
Come Nearer to Giving Something for
Nothing Than Any Other Plants
Add Nitrogen.

Alfalfa, clover, beans, peas and the
rest Of this family produce the most
nutritious food and at the same time
add more nitrogen to the soil than
they remove.
Legumes come nearer to giving
something for nothing than any other
plants. Yet there is nothing mysteri-
Gus about these plants. They have
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25
Knots Not Interesting.

In one educational museum Of ia
pan is great frame of the most beau
tiful knots, tied in silken and golden
thread. This had formed a part Of
Japan's exhibit at a certain worlds
fair. For six months this wonderful
collection had hung upon the wall, and
only two visitors had noticed and in
CURED about 1t.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25
PURE WATER FOR EMPLOYEES.

River water is filtered, refrigerat-
ed and sterilized, then circulated
through 10000 feet of one-inch pipe
to IS sanitary drinking fountains in
a manufacturing plant at Hannibal,
Mo-, by supply system recently in
stelled al an expense less than the
I'D sustain Of supplying the work.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25

Itch! Itch! Itch! Scratch! Scratch!
Scratch! The more you scratch, the
more you itch. Try Doan's ointment.
For eczema, any skin itching. 6Oc a
box. Advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25
SPREAD MANURE ON FIELDS
Loss OF Plant Food by Fermentation
and Teaching Ought to Be Pre-
vented-Test at Wooster.

To prevent loss of plant food by fer.
mentation and teaching in barnyards
and stables, manure should be spread
on the corn ground during the late
winter and early spring months.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25
THE THRICE-A-WEEk
EDITION OF THE
new YORK WORLD
IN 1917
IN 1917

Practically Daily at the price of a
Weekly. No other newspaper in the
world gives so much at SO low a
price.
The value and need of newspaper
in the household was never greater
than at the present time. We have
been forced to enter the great world
war, and large army of ours is al
ready in France. You will want to
have all the news from our troops on
European battle-felds, and 1918
promises to be the most momentous
year in the history Of the universe.
No other newspaper at so small a
price will furnish such prompt and
accurate news of these Notwithstanding
events. 1t is not necessary to say
more.
THE THRICE-A-WEEK WORLDS
regular subscription price is $1OOI
per year, and this pays for 156 papers,
We offer this unequalled newspaper
and the
HOPKlNSVILLE KENTUCKIAN
(Tri-weekly)
together for one year Tor $3.50.
The regular subscription price of
the two papers is $500.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25
KEEP ONE STANDARD BREED
Stick to II FOR Couple Of Years, or
Until Satisfied There lie Some
thing Better.

II you wish to go into the poultry,
business Systematically, select one
standard breed and stick TO IT for a
couple Of years, or until you are salts
led there is something better. Mixing
locks is bad.
Another point 70 bear IN mind Il that
Tou should not sell eggs szsss :, I'ei5I-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25
MORE EGGS FROM LESS HENS
Select Best Males From Most Pro-
life Layers and Mate These
With Best Record Hens.

Breed for eggs. This can be done.
though many people act as though this
fs impossible. Selection has given M
the race horse, the big mixer. the zoo.
egg hen. Know your best layers. ecf'
males from the best layers n me n. !. -
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25
Optimistic Thounhf.

To show mercy when punishment
ought to be inflicted is not charity, but
inf1rmity.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25

First Musician-So he's an organ
list, eh? Is he good?
Second Musician-He ought to be
he plays in church twice every
Sunday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-25

Pain and Bravery.
No man can be brave who thinks
pain the greatest evil-Gcero.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-21
FRANCE HONORS AMERICA
President Poincare and Ambassa.
dor Sharp at Ceremony.

President Poincare and Ambassa-
dor Sharp at Ceremony.
Paris, April 2l.- An impressive
ceremony was held yesterday at the
sorbonne by the French Maritime
League in honor of the United States
Rear4Aldmiral Lacaze presided, and
among those present were President
Poincare, American Ambassador
Sharp and Alexander Millerand, form
err Minister of War.
A large crowd made an enthusias-
tic demonstration with French and
American flags. while the patrlohc
airs of both countries were played,
The speakers included Ambassador
Sharp, NJ. Nlillerand, Prof. lanes
Mark Baldwin and Admiral Fournler
A poem for the occasion was written
by Jean Richepin.
A detail of French sailors under
arms assisted at the ceremony, en-
twining the flags of the two countries
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-21
STRIKES IN GERMANY.

Chancellor Won Bethmann- Hollweg
Declines to Assume Task of Arbi-
traitor.
Amsterdam, April 21-Strikes have
broken on in various munition fac
tories in Germany, including the
Krupps, the TELEGRAPH says it has
learned from German sources.
Chancellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg
says the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger, hav-
ing declined to discuss the situation
with a delegation headed by Hugo
Haas, president of the new independ-
ent Socialist Democrat party, a large
number Of workers in four factories
in Berlin decided to continue their
strike.
Copenhagen, April 21.-According
to the Berlin Vorwaerts, the strike
continues everywhere in Berlin, and
Chancellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg's
reply to deputation of workers from
the Deutsche Waffen and Munitions
Fabrik of Berlin was a declination to
assume the task of arbitrator.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-21
MEN join Home GUARDS
Citizens Public Meeting Attracts
Large Audience to Opera House
to Hear Congressman Carlih in
Forcible Address.

Nearly three hundred men have
signed up as members of the Home
Guards company, as result Of the
meeting held at the Opera House
last night and personal work done
BY leading citizens.
Representative Carlin made the
principal address last evening be-
fore an audience which completely
filled the house. Mayor Fisher open
ed the meeting with brief address
and called Judge Louis c. Barley to
the chair as presiding officer. The
invocation was made by the Rev. DR..
E. B. Jackson, of the First Baptist
Church, and Congressman Carlin was
presented by the audience by the Rev.
Dr., John Lee Allison of the Second
Presbyterian Church. The Indian
Guard band furnished music and Mr..
Kenneth Ogden sang solo, "Amer-
lea, Here's My Boy" with piana ac-
compartment by Miss Katherine Wal
ler..
Mr.. Carlin's address was listened to
with great interest as he depicted the
events which led up to the war with
the German government.
He said he regretted that the nec-
essities of the hour required the hold
ing of meeting of the character IN
which they were participating, but
that these are serious hours in the ma
tion's history. He laid bare the in.
trigues and per6dy of the German
government in plain termsp his indict-
ment calling attention to the bar
barrie warfare in which they had sac
rifced the lives of innocent women
and children, regarding which the
duty of the United States was clearly
shown. His allusicns to the German
spv system, the repeated attempts to
arraign other countries against the
United States, and the well indicated
designs of Germany to make war
with this country either now or at
some future period, caused every
thinking man to look at the situation
most seriously. That his audience
coincided with the views he expressed
was evident from the earnest and
loud applause with which they were
received.
On Thursday evening next a
meeting will be held at the armory
at which time the Home Guards COM
pany will be formally organized and
officers chosen.