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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-10
CONvICTs ON PUBLIC ROADS

A working arrangement is being
perfected by the State Highway
Board and the State Prison Board
which will make it possible for coun-
ties in Missouri to use convicts on the
public roads to advantage. Necessary
machinery and camp equipment will
be provided, and counties or civil sub
divisions will be required to pay
fiat rate per man employed. 1t is ex-
pected that the rate will not exceed
$1.50 per day. This will include the
cost of guarding and feeding all men
in camp. There are several hundred
able-bodied convicts in the Missouri
prison now available for road work.
The State Highway Board favors the
Inauguration of the honor system in
Missouri, patterned after methods
used successfully in a number of other
States. Convicts can be used to adj
vantage in many counties in grading
around bluffs or steep hillsides, in
order to take roads out of creek bot
toms, or in the operation of rock
quarries and gravel pits. The use of
convicts in road work WI be found de-
sirable in many counties where there
is scarcity Of local labor.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-10

ed, IL tons. Mixed hay, acreage as
compared to 1916, SO per cent; prai-
RE hay, probable acreage compared to
1916, 80 per cent, estimated at IL
tons per acre.
Acreage of cowpeas as compared to
1916, SO per cent; cotton, 80; beans,
1866; sorghum, 121. Irish potatoes at
this time are selling at average of
$1.47 per bushel to the grower.
The condition of pasture, II per
cent badly burned; apples, So; peach
es, 1876; broomcorn, 70; fax, 80; to-
bacco, "a; cotton, 81; cowpeas, rs;
soybeans, rs; alfalfa, IS; beans, 80;
gardens, S5.
800 farmer correspondents were
asked if they favor government price
fixing, and 6S per cent declared
against it unless prices are set on
products the farmer must buy. The
food Spectator was denounced and
his canning" advocated as a war
measure.
August LIST conditions emphasize the
value of alfalfa for dry weather hay
and pasture, and the need of the silo
IOI conserving DOIH HedNy anu IISHl
corn. alfalfa Sowing and August"
as we'll as oslo and September" should
go hand in hand this year as war
brides.
Stockmen have been restless in
drouthy counties as to holding stock,
cattle and hogs. State Veterinarian
Dr.. D. F. Luckey's report shows $50
outbreaks of hog cholera placed I'M
der control from April / to August
LIST in herds having total of 1929
hogs. The new State quarantine reg
ulations are aiding in preventing chol-
era spreading from shipments of
stock hogs.
More and Better Wheat for Mis-
souri," is a 1918 slogan that rings
like silver since a $500 minimum is
assured. More acres, certified or Sc
lected seed, correct fertilizers, and
better seeding and harvesting meth
DDS, will not only increase the bush
els but also add to the profits of the
farm as well as molding victory food
bullets.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-10
ALFALFA NEEDS RICH SOIL

Alfalfa requires a rich soil. Unless
manuring or fertilizing is practiced,
attempts to grow it on thin land will
result in failure or in very low yields.
Isolated alfalfa plants are often seen
growing on thin land, even in sod, and
the inference is drawn that it is adapt
ed to such soil. When one attempts
to seed it thickly on this same land,
however, little return is secured.
Various experiments pertaining to
alfalfa fertilization have been made
by the University of Missouri College
of Agriculture. The results show that
lime, barnyard manure and phosphates
are the treatments which usually
bring returns. Lime is not called a
fertilizer in the true sense of the
word. It is a soil sweetener and al
falfa fails on soils which are very
sour. Barnyard manure and phos-
pilates are true fertilizing materials,
however, and it is to these that one
must look for making thin lands suit
able for alfalfa, and the crop is sufi-
GENTLY valuable to warrant heavy APP
plications of these. AS three or four
acres is as large an area as one should
begin with on land not well suited to
the crop, barnyard manure in quanti-
ties up to 10 or y tons per acre can
usually be supplied. If three or four
hundred pounds of acid phosphate is
applied with this, success is probable,
provided of course that all the other
essentials to successful alfalfa cul-
ture are met. On land to which alafl-
ia is not naturally adapted, much care
must be exercised in meeting all the
requirements of the plant, such as
drainage, a sweet soil, thorough soil
preparation, incubation and the use of
good seed While all of these are inn
portant, the fertility Of the soil is the
prime essential to large yields and ev-
en- to a successful and permanent
stand. If the soil is not fertile it
must be made fertile or large returns
will not be had.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-10
CROP RE-
PORT-AUGUST, 1917

Columbia, Mo-, August 6.-Missou-
ri's August list, crop conditions in gen.
eral as to moisture and growth were
81 per cent of normal, with corn crop
Sc and indicating 289 bushels per
acre, wheat threshing 14.9 bushels
per acre and selling at average of
1921, and outlook 104,9 per cent for
wheat acreage for 1918, according to
today's report of Jewell Mayes, Sec
rotary of the Missouri State Board of
Agriculture.
Corn condition was reduced to Sc
by continued hot and dry weather
with leaden skies, and by districts So
northeast, 81 northwest, 78 central,
80 southwest, 81 southeast. In por-
lions of two rows of counties on each
side of the Missouri river corn has
been in critical situation, but consid-
cradle areas have had rain during the
past few days. Few "white flags"
are found in most fields, and moisture
cap insure war crop. Most Of South
east Missouri is in fine shape. For
the eight million acres of corn the adj
vance estimates of acre yield is $50
bushels, based on normal season; in
sections, 81 northeast, 27.5 northwest,
27.9 central, 20.3 southwest, 80 south
east.
Wheat is threshing out in good
quality generally, and the acre yield
is better than advance estimates,
With 90 per cent still in shock and
35 in stack the current records sug-
gest 14.9 bushels as the acre average
and 1921 as the average selling price.
On this advance threshing estimate
the State yield is 22,935,570 bushels
on 1,539,300 acres, worth S50,797,-
609.70. Wheat acre yield in dollars,
1928.
Wheat outlook for seeding for 1918
crop is 1889 per cent of normal, and
SO northeast, 1887 northwest, 1903
central, 113 southwest, LOT southeast.
Highest yield reported for any field
was al bushels per acre in northeast
section, Al northwest, 45 central, so
southwest, az southeast. Average
acre yield for State is 149 bushels,
with 14.3 northeast, 17.8 northwest,
1872 central, 14.6 southwest, las
southeast.
Inc coSC OF producing an acre OF
wheat, as estimated by several hun
bred Missouri farmers, is 1898; stat
ed by sections, is $40 northeast, $10.-
SO northwest, 1927 central, 1888
southwest, $10.21 southeast. Asked
il 1917 wheat price were fixed what
should it be, average figure was $500
and for 1918 crop $2.16.
The 1, 1890 acres of oats, &c per
cent threshed, are estimated as av-
eraging $40 bushels per acre, and
selling price locally sc cents. Acre
yields by sections, 1878 northeast,
1916 northwest, 1923 central, 35 south
west, 1913 southeast. Highest acre
yields reported for single fields, 105
northeast, 80 northwest, 80 central,
58.4 southwest, 80 southeast. Won
derful oats crop to help win the
world war, producing $25,715,096.
based on 38,945,600 bushels.
Timothy hay, average acre yield
"a of a ton; timothy and clover mix
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-10
COOPERATE IN BUYING
FERTILIZER DRILL

The University Of Missouri College
of Agriculture is recommending the
use of phosphate fertilizers for wheat
and finds that the best results are OBJ
tanned when the fertilizer is applied
with fertilizer attachment to the
wheat drill. According to the best
information available, an application
Of phosphate fertilizers which will
cost from So to So per acre may be
expected to increase the yield of
wheat from four to ten bushels per
acre over the ordinary yield. Since
nearly one-fourth the cost of apply
ing the fertilizer may be saved by
the use of the fertilizer drill, either
in fertilizer or labor or both, and
since one drill is capable of sowing
from one hundred to two hundred
acres, according to the season and
size of drill, it is evident that $50 to
500 may be saved in a single year
by using drill.
Since these drills are expensive
(they usually cost 500 or more) the
cost to each farmer can be reduced
and the largest amount of immediate
service secured from the drill by buy
ing and using it comparatively. A
community using as much as a car
load of fertilizer can well afford to
purchase one or two of these combined
grain and fertilizer drills. Dealers
can well afford to make special pric-
es to groups of farmers desiring. to
purchase comparatively because such
sales are almost sure to result in the
sale of number of drills in the COM
munity within a few years.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-10
HATS OFF TO MIS-
SISSIPPI COUNTY

The following is from the New Mad
rid Record of last week:
Our neighbor on the north, Missis-
sippi county, added brilliant plumage
to her crown last Saturday when she
put over her good roads bond issue of
1915, 100000, by vote of almost to
l. Everyone of the 10 voting pre-
cincts in the county gave the required
two to one favorable vote.
Tywappity township in which Char
lesion is located, voted 16 to / for the
good roads bonds, Cary Bird precinct
led the county, voting LOG yes, and
not one mo" vote. Long Prairie
township, in which are located East
Prairie and Admission, voted $50 for
and 100 against the bond issue.
The following is an extract from a
letter to the president of the Good
Roads Association of Mississippi coun-
ty, from Congressman Joe j, Rus
sell:
see that the Good Roads Associa-
ton, of which you are President, is
making a hard, and | hope a success
full, fight to carry the election for the
Good Roads Bond Issue, and l write
to briefly express the hope that you
and friends Of public improvements
will meet with success On the day Of
the election. | regret that l am not
home to take an active part in the
campaign for this needed improve
ment, and to vote for it on election
day.
The question of good roads is to-
day one of the recognized necessary
public improvements in all counties in
all the States of the Union, and |
know of nothing for which we can
spend money with greater return,
both in satisfaction to the people as
well as substantial benefit. 1t is a
great pleasure to travel over good
roads, and the reduced cost of trans
portation of farm products to the
market is of practical benefit and of
inestimable value to all farmers and
others, who haul their produce over
the roads to the market, all of which
l take it are not disputed but admit
ted by all concerned.
The Bond Issue proposed will not
be large debt for our county to owe,
especially at the low rate of interest
that they will draw, and as they may
run for twenty years if the county so
desires, the payment will be easy and
the taxes light, and especially upon
men of moderate means whose as
sessments are low.
This is the most opportune time for
our county to vote these bonds, for
the reason>t that we will get, as l I'M
derstand, from $4,000 to 100000
from the State and Government, which
will greatly help US in this desirable
improvement. Unless the bonds are
voted now or at an early date, we will
not get this outside assistance, which
l regard as very important.
cannot, in short letter, say what
l would like to in favor of this propo-
sition, but am anxious to see it carry
and hope that the good enterprising
citizens viii give it their active sup
port
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-10

All the news--$1.OO the year
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-10
SHOULD ORGANIZE

A meeting of the citizens of Farm
ington and the surrounding communi-
ty is called for Monday night, August
18th, at o'clock.
This meeting will be held in the
Court House at Pennington, for the
purpose of organizing Company of
Home Guards.
Full information is now at hand
concerning the organization of this
company.
st. Francois Co. Council of Defense,
A. |. Foard, Chairman.
]. Clyde Akers, Sec.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-10
Ask Anyone Who Has Used It.

There are families who always aim
to keep a bottle of Chamberlain's
Collie and Diarrhoea Remedy in the
house for use in case it is needed, and
find that it is not only good invest
ment but saves them no end of suf-
fering. As to its reliability, ask any
one who has used it.-Obtainable ev-
erywhere.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-10
Chronic Constipation.

1t is by no means an easy matter
to cure this disease, but it can be done
in most instances by taking Chamber
lain's Tablets and complying with the
plain printed directions that accom-
pany each package.-Obtainable ev-
erywhere.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-10
Beware of Ointments for
Catarrh that Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering 1t through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles should
never be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians, as the damage
they will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls
Catarrh Cure manufactured by F. J.
Cheney &c Co., Toledo, o.. contains no
mercury. and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genu-
inc. 1t is taken internally and made in
Toledo. Ohio. by +. ]. Cheney g. Co. Tes
timonials free
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-10
T0OTHSOME MEATS

Of every description can always be
secured at Autsen's Meat Market.
$500 Coupon Books for $4.85. Good
meat is our speciality. Phone So.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-26
.|lEl:li|.z; ! ( 4

Tuesday afternoon, May lst with Mrs
W. H. Roberts
Miss Anna BATHS, who has been
spending few days in New York re
turned home Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Roberts and Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Rowe were in Arlington
Sunday afternoon. making the trip in
Mr. Roberts car.
Bible school at the Baptist church
next Sunday morning at 10 o'clock.
All men over sixteen are cordially in.
vited to join mems class.
Mrs. e. J. Parker of Schenectady.
y. y. has been visiting for few
DAYS at the Raptish parsonage, the
guest of Rev and Mrs. Joseph Brown.
Wednesday evening, May End, mid.
week service and monthly covenant
meeting any wishing TO unite with
the church win have an opportunity
OF doing so at this service.
Mrs. Lane died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs Carl Mattison Friday
lho funeral was held at the house
monday. Rev Kelton officiated. The
burial was in the family lot in East
Dorse,.
Tho c E. society will have charge
d the service in the Baptist church
next Sunday evening. The pastor
will deliver an address. the topic be-
ng, Missionary Opportunities in La.
in America
Rev. and Mrs. w. II. Bamford and
ION left Tuesday for a few weeks visit
with friends in Jeifersonville. Ind.
Rev. Damford win return and deliver
he pre- memorial sermon in Zion
'hurch to Skinner Post. G. A. r., and
associate societies.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-26
MANCHESTER

Miss Edith Bourne spent Saturda,
in Rutland
Earle Marsh would like to hire {
good paper hanger
Howard Marley spent Sunday will
friends in Bennington.
Frank Wilson of Rutland was ii
town Tuesday on business.
Mrs Charles Bowman is in Boston
for few days on business
Mrs. Nellie Manley is spending a
few days in New York city.
Regular service in the Baptist
church next Sunday morning
DR.. Fred Streeter of New York was
a recent guest of friends in town.
Mrs Harold Shaw, who has been
visiting in Wallingford, Conn, has re-
turned.
II. N. Shaw and friends motored to
Bennington Sunday and called on Cliff
ford Shaw.
The Service club of the Baptist
church will meet Friday afternoon in
the church vestry.
st. Margarets Guild will meet
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-26
Glad to Learn Of II

Aprils chargeable weather causes
colds that lead to expensive doctor
bills-bills that could be avoided IL
the cold were checked in time. c.
Smith, 1871 18th ST., Augusta, Ga,
writes: Il got one Csc bottle of
Foley's Honey and Tar and my cough
and cold is about well. | was glad to
learn of great medicine like that"
Foley's Honey and Tar enjoys such a
splendid reputation that it is often i'm
imitation is as good as the genuine.
Sold Everywhere
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-26
MILK TANK ExPLoDEs
Peculiar Accident Occurs az Borden
Plant az Richmond.

Richmond, April PA seven
foot steel milk storage tank, % feet
in height, at the plant of the Borden
Condensed MIX company at this place
exploded last night about 9 o'clock
the side of the building. where the
tank is located being blown out. As
sistant superintendent j. w Berry
was blown out OF the door aud some
what injured although his injuries are
not serious.
The tanks were used to store milk
in the winter. 1t is supposed that the
vent at the top had become clogged
and that gas was generated in the
tank, possibly from milk which had
been left there. This is the first ac-
cident of the kind that has occurred
at the plant.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-26
OUCH! LUMDAGO?
Try Musterole. See How Quickly
1t Relieves

You just rub Musicroc in briskly
and usually the pain is gonc-a delicious,
soothing comfort comes TO take It's place.
Musterole is a clean. white ointment,
made with oil OF mustard. Use il instead
of mustard plaster WIN not blister.
Many doctors and nurses use Muster
ole and recommend il 10 their patients,
They will gladly tell YOU what relief it
gives from sore throat, bronchitis. Group,
stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, congestion
pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago. pains and
aches of the bacl; ar joints, sprans. sore
muscles, bruises chilblains, frosted feet,
colds of the chest Gt often prevents
pneumonia Always dependable
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-26
MISERABLE FROM
STOMACH TROUBLE
Felt Wretched Until He Started
To Take "FTuit-a-iiveS"
594 CnAMrLAlx ST.. MONTREAL

"For two years, was miserable
I,oH6ie. / had frequent Dizzy Spells,
and when / took food, felt wretched
and sleepy. / suffered from Rheu-
matism dreadfully, with pains in my
back and joints, and my hands swollen.
A friend advised 'Fruit.a- tves" and
from the outset, they did me good.
4ffe, the first boa, //tH/ seas getting
nell and can truthfully say that
"Fruit-a-tives" is the only medicine
that helpedme". LOUIS LABRIE.
Soc. a box, 6 for $3.50, trial size, 25c.
Atall dealers or sent postpaid by Fruit.
a.tives Limited, Ogdensburg, NY.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-26

FOR SALE-Asparagus plants 1c;
everbearing strawberry and raspber-
ries &c; currants sc; grapes, iris and
hemerocallis SC; Baby Rambler roses
loo; Day Lilies, phlox, gypsophila and
bleeding heart 15c; ampelopsis
Veitchi, clematis paniculata, SYM
phoricarpus peonies, spiraeas syrin-
gas, lilacs, hychangeas and yucca
fiIamentosa csc; new Buddlein Magni-
flea S5c; outleaved weeping birch 40
fl. 81; VI. Norway spruces So per
100; yr. Thunbergs barberries $15
per 100 or $40 delivered G. E. Knapp,
North Bennington. 65t12*
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-26

FOR SALE-Splended little home
with 3-4 acre nice garden land, near
ly new room house, with nice sleep
ing rooms, house all finished in natur-
al wood, slate roof, cistern, never
failing we'll at door, good shop and
shed. Variety of fruit, located just
out of the village of South SALISBURY
Price $1400. $3.50 can be left on
mortage. Nash G. Hutchins. 62tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-26

FOR SALE-Eggs for Matching.
White Wyandotte Fishel strain.
Splendid winter layers. Satisfactory
fertility guaranteed. Price $3.50 per
hundred; $3.50 per fifty. SLIPS per
setting of Is. w. C. H. Cushman,
North Bennington, VT. Phone 529-J
48ti
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-26

FOR SALE-Bungalow on Berk-
shire Trolley Line at BARRIERS Pines
] room 12x12-1, Sx20-1, Sx10-1, Sxl2
camp all furnished complete--1-2 acre
cleared land--l-2 acre in timber, wood
enough up to last all summer or
chard of II apple trees, so raspber-
ries, good water. Price complete $500
Nash & Hutchins. 1877
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-26

FOR SALE-Three h p gasoline
engine, first class condition, suitable
for running for churn, separator or
grinder Price reasonable. Inquire
Of the Royal Tool company, Pleasant
street 72t6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-26

FOR SALE-Furniture- We'd
nesday between and 5 p. m, will be
sold the household furniture and other
goods and effects of the late Ida II,
Wood at her late residence. 5lS Main
street. 1911
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-26

FOR SALE OR TO RENT-The
Daniel A. Casey farm in the western
section of Bennington. Farm contains
about so acres Of excellent land and
buildings are in first class shape. In
quire OF William p Hogan, admins
traitor 63tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-26

FOR SALE-Young heavy WORK
team, weight 1900. Apply TO William
Young, Maple Hill or w. E. Palmer,
South SALISBURY. 1916
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-26

WANTED-A few head OF young
stock to pasture. Pasture well wat.
cred and fenced Martin Coulter,
North Bennington, Vt. T4t6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-26

FOR SALE-Modern room house.
with modern improvements. toilet on
both floors. large sleeping rooms,
house is piped for gas and in splendid
repair. Lot has frontage of so feet
and depth OF PSI feet, new garage
14x20, located on Grove street near
Gage. Price for quick sale $500.
Nash and Eutchins. 62tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-26

FOR SALE-Thoroughbred Guern-
sey Bull king Masher", 9Th. Price
5000 or would exchange for another
thoroughbred. Andrew Barney, Man
ager of Carpenter Hill farm, Pownal
Center, Vt. 2Stf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-26

FOR SALE-Double house on Dew
ey street near Main. s rooms, pantry
and bath room, lavatory up stairs and
down on each side, electric lights,
large lot. Rents for $50 per month.
Price $4,000. Nash G. Hutchins. 49tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-26

FOR SALE-Sterling cook stove.
Call between and in the evening,
51S Main street Mrs. Conrad Schwartz.
1916
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-26
FOR SALE

first class condition. George L. Lee,
127 Branch st. Phone GAM. 72t6*
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-26
WANTEo

WANTED-Iob on farm for boy in
high school. Call up high school
74tf
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MISCELLANEOUS

UPHOLSTERING-Having secured
the services of an expert upholsterer
we are prepared to do first class work,
at reasonable prices. Welch's, 105
North ST., ADV. TOTS
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-04-26

NOTICE-Liberal Christianity in
the United States, by Rev. Samuel A
Eliot, D. D. A Mans Right to Happi-
ness, by Rev. Charles e. Park and
other Unitarian literature sent free.
Address Post Office Mission, Hope
dale, Massachusetts. 45tS2'