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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-15
FINE PRICEFOR COTTON

II z RAcHMAN g. COMPANY, COTTON MERCHANTS
New York says the indications are cotton VIII sell 1ot e
price for the years least you WI" want 70 s
you the land have IN cotton while Tue
price good These fine prices will not last always Corn IS also
profitable crop present prices and may become mere P
fable on account high price of all oodsuffs Labo
and the spring late to increase your
much you by increasing your le1
tzer bv side dressing literally and that oy 1ar the
cheapest way your Fertilizer has advanced less
than any commodity Farmer and fertilizer used IN soe
dressing cotton pays better than fertilizer used
because growing crop gets ALL We are making magn
high grade fertilizer heavily charged with sooa 10 give
quick action as the crop equreh haste We sell
this goods at Anderson and s5o when snip
ped away from Anderson One sack of this costing you s1o
or S. applied the of cotton will increase the money
Weld of YOUR crop more $40 good farmers
dressing pays better than does on anything
But should be applied early not later than Sne 18th on
cotton
We don't advocate the this goods late keeps
the cotton growing long will not mature and IN time
Appied at any between May and June 18th and 1t VIII
pay better any fezer You only make one crop
wear Feed it and ard make good one- pays YOU
feed your mule than once during the crop season.
feed your crop often needs it. 1t stands dry weather.
because it better fed and the hands place. and
every head stoc-hoes mules hogs and COWS Will stand
adverse conditions we'll fed Your crop will too
But be sure to feed your crop the second time by June 18TH
Your cotton will better staple You will get better
tnrn out at the gn makes lint to the seed and
the seed will paw for fertilizer Experienced gnners will tell
YOU that pounds seed cotton that has been side dressed
viii turn heavy bale pounds that has not been
side dressed
There is more seed But apply not later than June
sth Labor and the too late to increase
your increase crop by your
fertilizer 1t be rich nitrogen for quick action And
orck action is needed Side dress literally and apply early
It will pay from $3.50 $40 for every dollar it costs
Anderson Phosphate & Oil
Company
WE FARMER, Secretary
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-15
BLEASE'S CALL
TO REF0RNERs

Columbia, May 11.-Foymer Gov
ernor Bleast conight addressed tele-
grams to a number OF representatives
oS9he. Reform party In the Stag seSsl
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-17
HANDLING MILK IN SUMNER
Whether Intended for Table, Cream
cry or Market, 1t Must Be Sweet
to Bring Best Price.

1t Is no trick at all to keep milk
sweet in cold weather. 1t may stay
in the sun half a day in December
without any damage, but in June and
July 1T must be handled veryNcare-
fully. Whether the milk or cream Is
intended for the table, the creamery,
or the milk market, it must be sweet
If it is to bring the best price.
To keep milk sweet just two simple
things must be very carefully looked
after: % it must be cooled as COM
pletely and quickly after milking
as possible, and (2) absolute cleanli-
ness of pals, pans and cows must be
secured. If this Is done, thunder
storms will no longer sour the milk.
The warm, damp weather which we
have just before thunderstorms really
does tend to cause milk to sour if it
has not been properly cared for.
This souring takes place because lit
tie invisible plants called bacteria get
into it in dirt or by lurking in the cor
ners and seams Of poorly cleaned pals
and cans. The remedy is plain. Keep
the bacteria out by using seamless
pals and cans and seeing that abso-
lutely no dirt or dust gets into the
milk in the stable or anywhere else.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-17
Secret Of Spiders Walk.

The way a spider moves it's eight
legs in walking is interestingly de-
scribed by a science authority. In or
der to observe this movement at his
leisure-for it Is usually too rapid to
be followed by the human eye-he
tired the spiders by making them swim
and then let them walk slowly over a
smooth surface. In this way he dis
covered: 1. The longest legs, those OF
the first and fourth pairs, move along
lines Of their own directions by ver-
teal bending of the joints; the short
er legs Of the second and third pairs
move forward by rotation from the
coxae (the joints connecting legs with
the body)-at right angles to their own
directions. 2. First near leg moves
with third off leg; (a) second near leg
moves with third OFF leg; (b) third
near leg moves with second Off leg |;
(c) fourth near leg moves with first
off leg; (d). 8. Walking consists OF
(a) and (c) simultaneously, followed
by CD and (d) simultaneously.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-17
DAN BEARD ADVISES SCOUTS.

Daniel Carter Beard, national COM
missioner Of the Boy Scouts Of Amer
lea, has issued instructions to the
scoutmasters throughout the country
urging them to see to it that 'all
Scouts live up to the Scout OATH"
Mr.. Beard says: eve want this to be
a great big organization. There is
nothing namby-pamby or sissified
about a real Scout. One Of the old
Scouts, a faithful friend Of ours, has
recently hit the trail over the Great
Divide-Colonel Cody-an old-time
buckskin man; and / hate to think
what would have happened to anyone
in the olden days had they ever limited
that Buffalo Bill was a sissy.
"We want no denatured, pasteurized
scouting. We want all you men to live
up to the Scout oath like real men.
Ours is no ring around-a-rosy game.
We are patriotic, we are Americans,
we are for peace, but in this war we
can, every one Of us, be counted upon
to stand behind our president and do
everything and anything we can for
our country.
'Let us stand together like Minute
Men in the time Of the Revolution"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-17
WET MASH BEST FOR CHICKS
Only Secret In Growing Fowls Is to
Give Them What They Really Like
and Plenty Of 1t.

There is nothing a growing chick
likes better than a nice, cool feed Of
wet mash. There is only one secret to
growing chicks and growing them rap
idly, and that is to give them the feed
they like and give it to them in such
amounts as to satisfy the appetite and
as often as is necessary.
For the first II weeks of the chicks
life the bird will stand considerable
forcing, after which time the birds will
have developed sufficient size Of frame
and strength Of body with which to
range and gather most Of their own
living.
The following wet mash may well be
fed from the third week to the twelfth,
or for such time as Is necessary to pro-
duce a good-sized broiler: Two pounds
Of bran, two pounds Of cornmeal, two
pounds Of middlings, one pound of
commercial meat scrap. This mash
should be mixed with either skim milk,
sweet milk or sour milk. The latter is
preferable.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-17

VENTILATION OF DAIRY BARN
Better Health of Animals Is Assured
by Supply of Fresh Air-king
System Described.

More of us every year are building
barns with ventilating fues or put
ting flues into stables already built.
Fresh air means better health in herds.
The system described by f. II. King,
the Wisconsin authority on ventila-
ton, never has been outclassed. 1t is
the natural way.
In illustration, the movement of the
air is shown by arrows. The pure air
comes in above the animals and the
foul air is taken out through the out
take shafts which have their openings
down near the floor and extend up
through the roof or to the cupola.
Some builders run the shafts straight
up through the roof, others run them
up to the roof and then over to the
cupola, and some join the lower shafts
at the ceiling and then use but one
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-17
Rechristening
Jane
By HI AKERS

Copyright. 1917. by w. G. Chapman.)
81 wish Carr you wouldn't call me
janet"
my landl That was the name you
was christened!"
The little old lady with the thin,
gray hair drawn very smoothly back
in small, tight knot at the back Of
her head, and the lined face bearing
evidence Of the storm and stress Of
many years Of poverty, looked her sur
prise at the young, rather pretty girl
who had paused in the act of putting
on her hat before the small looking
glass, and turned upon her aunt with
some Impotence. The neighbors had
been telling her they thought Jane had
come back to the little village with
some thigh falutin notions" after her
visit to the city. but this seemed to
Aunt Carril1a Bean about the last
straw.
"Well, suppose I was christened
Jane, the middle name was Mabel, and
I want to be called Mabel That's what
they all called me at Aunt Carolyna's."
'Hm!'' shifted Carilla Bean. $50
she's gone and changed her name, too.
When I married Joel, her name was
Carline. Seems awful queer to me
what's took folks these days. Even
sensible names amt good enough for
'em any more"
"The world has been moving, and
the people with it. said the girl. It's
only people who want to stagnate and
stick in the mud who object to new
ways"
well I never supposed l was
| sticking in the mud-but mebbe I am"
sighed the little woman. She seemed
to be thinking hard, trying to draw up
an estimate Of herself, for she repeat
eddy questioned: "Mebbe I am"
Jane Mabel was neither unfeeling
| nor entirely selfish beyond the hui
man tincture of these things which Is
always to be found in youth. The aver
age young human has not yet suffered
enough to think Of the hurt in heart
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-17
81 Want to Be Called Mabel"

But Jane Mabel had some affection for
Aunt Carr, who had taken care Of
her ever since her parents died, when
she was a little child, SO she noticed
the look and tone Of the other, and
said: swell, you know, aunty, it isn't
to be expected when you live here in
this little village year after year, you
would know what people are doing and
thinking out in the big world, in great
cities, where you meet more people in
day than you do here in year."
Aunt Carr's gentle gray eyes looked
slightly incredulous, and again she
said: 'rMebbe. Mebbe." Then she
added: "But it's going to come hard
for me to call you Mabel after you
bein' brought up Jane I'm likely to
forget pretty often. And how are you
ever going to break in Dan1 Jaynes?"
Jane Mabel turned a rather flushed,
defiant face toward her aunt.
81 don't intend to try to break in
Mr.. Jaynes. don't mean he shall have
a chance Of calling me either Jane or
Mabel"
"My sakes! When did you break off
with him?"
"Some time ago in my own mind.
If he doesn't know it yet, he'll soon
find out" flashed the girl.
~"Well, I must say he'll be some
taken back" said Mrs. Bean. Gle was
asking after you bout every day while
you was gone. He's about the incest
young man in this place, and lots Of
girls would just jump at keepin' COM
pany with him."
'They can have him." was the terse
reply.
"WeIl, / guess you found somebody
down there In the city-is that it?"
II met gentlemen" strong empha-
sist on gentlemen" Eyes, did meet
one I liked pretty WELL"
The girls face seemed to tell so
much more than her words to the OBJ
serving woman, she answered: II reck-
oned so. Poor DanI! hope he won't
take it too hard.
Mabel. she meant henceforth to he
called, gave her hat d parting tilt, and
tripped out of the house carrying let
ter to the post. 1t was addressed to
Mr.. David Sperry, at his office in the
city. He had asked her to write him
when she arrived home, and Mabel
had taken pains with the letter. She
meant to impress the gentleman with
the fact that she could express her.
self in good English, and also not to
let him see too much of her feelings re-
garding him. The letter must be SIM
ply friendly and dignified, for little Ma
bel was wise In her day and genera
ton
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-17
BOY
SCOUTS
&f5
Conducted by National Council of the
Boy Scouts of American
THE FIFTlETH BOY A SCOUT

About one boy in fifty will remain
after the feast and of his own accord
offer to clear up the things or to wash
the dishes. A number of others would
help If asked. A stone is on the pave
ment where traffic is passing, and au-
tos may hit it and skid, Or 1t may be
piece Of glass. One boy in fifty will
stop and pick it up and put it off the
road, where 1t will do no damage,
where 40 boys will pass by and never
think or care about who Is damaged
by 1t.
The f1ftieth boy is the one that is
wanted In business, in positions of
trust, in any occupation where care
fulness is necessary. BY this it is not
meant that only one boy In fifty will
learn to be careful, for a majority Of
the boys in time learn by experience
to be careful and thoughtful, though it
sometimes takes costly experience to
teach them. And here is where the
trouble lies. Forty-nine boys do not
careful where one boy does, and the
forty-nine learn In the costly school
Of experience.
Scouting makes a fiftieth boy Of
more than half the boys who engage in
1t. The observance Of the Scout law
makes boy careful, thoughtful, relia-
BILE, helpful. IL looking for chance
to do a good turn Scout becomes
thoughtful Of others. He forgets self
and seeks others good. A piece OF
glass is where a boy will step on it or
an auto tire will be punctured. The
Scout removes 1t and unties the knot
In his handkerchief to remind him
that he must every day do good turn.
Doing a good turn soon becomes hab-
1T with him. This makes friends for
him-friends Of the right sort. Good
turns are like good seed in good
ground-they bear a crop and always
come back with increase to the one
who does them. The Saviour Of men
taught his disciples to do good turns.
He said: "a cup Of cold water given
In the name of disciple shall not lose
It's reward"
The next time you get back from
hike or cruise, be the fiftieth boy.
Don't make run for the shore with
your belongings, anxious to get home,
and shirk the work Of putting things
away and mooring the boat. Be the
careful fellow of the bunch, and stay
until everything is snugly put away.
See the thing through. Be the fiftieth
bow
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-17
SCOUTS PLANT IT'S ACRES.

On the high hills overlooking Lake
Michigan the Scouts Of Manistee, Mich,
have a farm Of over IT'S acres, all
planted in beans. Herbert Hoover has
asked the Boy Scouts of America to
make the raising Of beans for the sol-
diers their especial task. The work
on this bean farm is done with six
teams Of horses and one tractor, all
donated by the town people. The
planting has been done by hand, as
the country Is too hilly to plant with
machines. The boys who are working
on the farm are camping at the edge
of the lake.
The boys are trying to earn the
money for the development of the
Scout movement in the city. The local
council borrowed money to prepare the
land and do the planting. They believe
that the Scouts will be glad to enjoy
the advantages Of scouting, knowing
that 1t was the sweat Of their brows
which gave them the privilege.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-17
EASY TO ACQUIRE HABITS
Imperative Reason Why Every Person
Should Strive to Make Them Good,
Not Bad Ones.

A Philadelphia embezzler says that
he can remember the time in his life
when the owing Of So worried him.
But owing money may, like many 9TH
er things, become a habit and scar the
conscience. He acquired the habit and
in late years felt no uneasiness in bOr-
rowing all the money he could get his
hands on, even without waiting for the
owners consent.
"HOw use doth breed a habit in a
man, Habit lies at the basis of all
our ordinary action. Everything that
we do repeatedly becomes easy and
habitual.
David Hume declared that the habit
Of seeing the bright side Of things is
worth more than q thousand pounds a
year. Diligence, economy and perse-
verance are habits that carry life as
steadily to success as favoring winds
carry ship at sea. Depravity is not
by persistent habits. And rectitude is
only the confirmed habit Of doing what
is right. The truth is not Simply that
we may form habits; we must form
habits.
We cannot do or say or think or feel
anything without leaving a definite
mark on the nervous organism which
more or less affects all succeeding ac-
ton or speech or thought or feeling.
Could the young but realize how soon
they will become mere walking bundles
Of habits, they would take care to have
those habits helpful instead Of harm
full
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-17
COVERING FOR SITTING HENS
Combination Nest Box and Runway 10
Easily Constructed-Roof Should
Be Three Feet Wide.

Take this nest box and runway COM
bination by using five by IL boards to
make the frame and partitions. Place
these 1 by lbs from IS to "a inches
apart, according to the width wanted
for nests and runways. The roof for
the nests should take up about three
feet Of space; that is, in width. The
remainder Of the space Is covered with
chicken netting over the runways. The
roof Of the boxes is made as shown in
the diagram, writes Mrs. Maggie l..
Long Of Hammond, Okla, in Farm
Progress. The back half Of the roof is
hinged, and this may be left open and
used by laying hens until the time
comes to put them on eggs.
When used for sitting hens, the
door is closed and food and water
placed in the runways through an
opening In the netting, where it is
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-17
NO CURE YET FOR ABORTION
Rare Opportunity Offered Proprietary
Remedy Sharks-Hande the
Herd Properly.

By GEORGE H. GLOVER, Colorado Ag-
ricultural College, Fort Collins, Colo)
The proprietary remedy sharks
have found in contagious abortion a
rare opportunity. Beyond the appro-
pirate handling Of the herd and dis
Infection there is nothing to offer at
this time. The following brief state
ment is found in a recent United States
department of agriculture folder: "It
should be understood that no effective
cure for contagious abortion has yet
been found. Do not depend on drugs
and proprietary remedies"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-17

A general rule seems to be well tried
out that thirty square inches Of out
take and intake area are about right
for each grown animal housed in the
stable. This being true, there would
be needed two shafts, each 10 by 10
for a herd Of ten cows. The intake
openings should be of the same area.
A damper in the ceiling at G can
be opened If the temperature Of the
stable grows too warm. There can be
no regular circulation unless there are
as many and as large intakes as out
takes. Also, the intakes should let the
air in at the ceiling, or above the level
Of the lower openings In the outtakes
or foul-air shafts.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-17
Look at Yourself.

1t takes courage and strength Of
mind to be honest with ourselves, to
look ourselves straight in the eyes,
and own up to what we really are. 1t
is an upward step toward genuine bet
terment. Even If we succeed in de-
ceiving ourselves, we cannot be In
sured against loss, by mistaken esti-
mates. HE Is most cheated," says
the Danish proverb, "who cheats him
self."-Exchange
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-17
DAIRY PRODUCTS IN DEMAND
Impossible to Buy First-Class Dairy
Cows at $50 Per Head-Breed Up
the Common Stock.

The great demand for dairy prod
ucts has caused the price Of good
dairy cows to be very high. Reports
from associations of dairymen show
that it is impossible to buy first-class
dairy cows at even $50 a head. With
such a demand for cows in old dairy
districts, there will be few good cows
moved into new dairy territory. So,
the only way new districts can be sup
piled must be by breeding up the
common stock by the use Of good dairy
bred bulls.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-17
PLAN FOR PRESERVING EGGS
Cheapest and Most Successful Method
ls Water GIass-Place Solution
In Cool Place.

The most successful and cheapest
method of preserving eggs is In water
glass (sodium siHcate). One gallon Of
sodium silicate, about 30 cents worth,
will, when added to Is times as much
water, which has been boiled and
cooled, be enough to preserve so
dozen eggs. The solution should be
prepared and put In the vessels in
cool place, then the eggs added as
they are gathered. There should be at
least two inches Of solution covering
the eggs.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-17

with the county demonstration agent
you can secure valuable assistance,
not only In organizing, but after
wards, in finding good markets for
all your products. Make sure that the
clubs rules provide for thorough
grading and packing live up to the
rules and your marketing troubles viii
be over.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-17
CRACKED GRAINS FOR FOWLS
Less Trouble to Purchase Prepared
Feeds Where but Few Chickens
Are kept-Look for Grit.

When one has only a few chickens,
1t is less trouble to purchase the pre-
pared chick feeds, but where con-
siderable number are reared 1t Is
sometimes cheaper to buy the finely
cracked grains and mix them together.
Some chick feeds contain large guam
tty of grit and may contain grains OF
poor quality, so that they should be
carefully examined and guarantee as
to quality secured before purchase.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-17
ALFALFA FAVORED FOR COWS
Amount of Protein Necessary to Feed
in Form Of Expensive Concen.
trates Is Reduced.
Rv PROF T. c. KENDALL

CBy PROF. J. c. KENDALL.)
Where alfalfa is available for dairy
COWS the amount Of protein that is
necessary to feed in the form of ex-
pensive concentrates is materially and
proftably reduced. For cows that do
not give large yields Of milk, bal
anced ration can be made by feeding
alfalfa hay and ensilage. This makes
a homegrown ration that can be pro-
duced cheaply, very important factor
in the economical production OF dairy
products.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-17
NOTES OF THE SCOUTS.

Alexandria Und.) Boy Scouts have
raised Is acres of potatoes for the SOL
diers.
Boy Scouts in Wolsey, s. D., do
their daily good turn on Sunday by
wheeling an invalid woman to church.
Making paper candles for soldiers is
a wartime service adopted by Boy
Scouts in Columbus, o.
The Salt Lake City public library Is
collecting books to be sent to the SOL
diers and the Boy Scouts have turned
IN 1000 volumes.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-17
Nest Boxes and Runways.

lifted at the end Of the runs. The
hens are not turned out during the
period when the eggs are incubating.
The eggs will hatch much better and
the whole job is much less trouble.
This can be moved and cleaned easily,
and the chicks can be kept here for
some time after Matching.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-17

The WatertOwn News will be
pleased to receive all items of in
: tereSt to its readers. Phone 80 >
or send by mail, or reporter will
call If notified. We wish to make
the News a strictly home news
: paper, containing all that is Of
interest to the people of Water
town, and our people can mater
tally assist by notifying the office
: selves or their friends.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-17
MARKET FOR SURPLUS EGGS
No Better Method Than to Organize
Cooperative club-Get In Touch
With County Agent.

To secure the best prices for srr-
plus eggs or poultry, there is no better
method than to organize In your
community cooperative egg and
poultry clubs. By getting in touch
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-17
DAYLIGHT SAVING Abroad,

Great Britain, France, Germany,
Austria, Italy, Holland, Denmark, Nor
way, Sweden, Portugal ard Australia
all have adopted the daylight saving
plan.