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The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-11-28

each other and they were delighted
TO share your father and, to have such
a meal and treat For them, too,
there was Thanksgiving turkey. And
they talked of better days ahead.
yes" said Mr.. Gobbler proudly,
Thanksgiving day is well named-a
holiday of giving thanks because we
ere eaten. Our fathers were eaten in
both those homes-the poor and the
rich, and in both made happiness
ql!Aily great. And so will we make
happiness in very few days."
s. y
But back of Thanksgiving day, back
0f the idea that eating turkey is the
-rcat and important event Of the day,
'}cre is something else.
In 1921 the Plymouth colony in New
u Gland set aside one day of thankful
,s:s--thankfulness for what they had !;
IT for what they thought they should
I've. They had known hard days Of
alf-denial and struggle. Yet they
Tere thankful. for in new land they
aw great things ahead, and it is our
.gty to see that their hopes were not
Il vain.
Thanksgiving day the day to give
hanks. But are we to be thankful on
.:e day onl*. and then return to three
e9frCd and siyty-four days of grumb-
: end of regret for what We don't
-nss? No. I"i rs ,'ave one Gay as
y the irs. ,,.,f "f 'n"nY, inHny
-, ~ III n.".js s" atG ,ir.ubfli foi
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The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-11-28

Members of the National party. re-
senting the suggestion that their White
House pickets are not as patriotic as
some of their less militant sisters, are
pointing out the record of Miss Eleanor
Hill Weed, granddaughter of the late
Representative Ebenezer J. Hill of
Connecticut. Miss Weed, who assisted
in piclIeting last spring, was one of
the IL yassar college girls who spent
last summer on farm. accomplishing
sum total of products sufficient to
feed 1900 persons all winter and 20
head of live stock until next years
crops are ripe. Miss Weed is sopho-
more at Vassar this year.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-11-28

There can be no better thought for
Thanksgiving day than that which ex-
presses honest gratitude for what our
fathers won for us, and determination
to confer its blessings unirnpaired on
our offspring.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-11-28
Make Use of Gods Gifts.

"All that 4 have is thine" says God
to us-earth and sun and rain and
crops. Let US use them all the yeaS
for all they are worth.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-11-28

KRR would nave neaf0 them saying,
~ several days before the last
Thursday in November:
"My father was at one of the merri-
est of scenes last year." said Mr.. Cob
bier. 'He was kept for our own jolly
Earmer, his wife and their four fine
xhildren. The farmers wife dressed
him up so well, cooked him until he
Mas brown and tender, and then she
served him on big platter as the
principal part of the meal. To be sure,
Mhe had many other goodies, such as
soup, stewed corn, cranberry sauce,
sweet potatoes, squash, pumpkin pie,
Nuts and apple cider, but he was the
snain thing! He was the center of at
fraction, and when he was brought in
On the platter, piping hot, the rosy
faced children screamed with delight
and said:
"'Oh, isn't he beautyr The two
Dogs ate as much as they could, so did
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-11-28

-WO turkeys in the barnyard
. were gobbling, and if we had
9 been able to understand their
: language this is what we
would have heard them saying,
several days before the last
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-11-28

w YE CELEBRATE that great
NV holiday, Thanksgiving, AZ
" W this season. In the gay
r.nr,nd nf raInn suroc. Aho Ansu
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-05-11
GIVE cow NUTRITIOUS FEEDS
Pennsylvania Experiment Station Rec.
ommends Decrease In slIage In
DryInO.oH Process.

For considerable period before the
dairy COW Is due to frcshen II Is best
TO feed highly nutritious feeds. About
GO days before the time for parturl-
ton the COW should be dried Off. II
n necessary that This be done care
fully MS old milk left In the udder
may lead to gnrget or other Ills,
For the dryng-off process the
Pennsylvania experiment station rec
ommcnds decreasing the silage to
about 20 pounds and the grain to four
pounds daily. No change Is necessary
In the amount Of hay fed. After the
COW Is dry the grain ration Is re-
sumed and the amount of grain in.
creased gradually until the week just
previous to freShening,
The grain ration ought to be laXa-
tive in character, highly nutritious
and paatOble, During the last week
the COW should be placed in box
stall and her grain lessened. Equal
parts Of wheat bran and ground oats
or chop with alfalfa hay and man
gels is recommended as good ration
to feed at this time.
After parturton the COW should not
be MIXED until the second day except
by the calf, unless, as is the practice
Of some dairymen, the calf Is removed
at once. For several days the COW
should be allowed only tepid water.
For feed, good clover hay, mangels
and bran and oats are probably best
until her system becomes normal
again. BY the third day the COW may
be returned to her stall.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-05-11
DAIRYMtN FIND MILK COSTS 6 CTS.
Continual from Page y

the patriotic duty of every farmer to
make his farm as likely as possible to
self-support him; to retain his dairy
cattle and raise the feed necessary for
their maintanence.
2. THAT banks, business men, pub
lie authorities, and others shall cooper
ate with the farmer in every practical
way in keeping on the farms the dairy
herds of New England.
3. THAT the Boston Chamber of
Commerce and similar organizations
should do everything in their power to
enable New England dairy farmers to
procure at fair and reasonable price
the feedstuffs not possible to be raised
on the farm or necessary to be had to
retain our herds in producing condition.
A. THAT we believe the grain now
used for the producing of malt and dis
tillers' liquors could be more advan-
tageousy employed in feeding our dairy
cattle, that we demand such action as
will make this supply available for that
purpose.
5. THAT we will do every possible
thing to MAINTAIN the adequate supply
of wholesome dairy products for New
England consumption at price that is
as low as is consistent with efficient
production. "
County Agent Carrigan points out
some of the factors that figure in the
situation. He says:
milk is the cheapest food stuff on
the market; at II cents per quart it is
costing the consumer about one-half as
much as other staple foods when con-
sidering the comparative food value.
Addison county farmers can produce
human food more efficiently through
the dairy COW than in any otner wav.
Herein lies the big duty of the Addison
county farmer. We must keep the
cows on the farm and in order to do that
the farmer must receive enough for the
product to pay for the production I'm
fortunately New England farmers do
not raise enough food for their dairy
stock and are obliged to look outside
for high grade concentrated feeds to
round out the dairy rations. These con-
centrates are now costing from $50 to
SIS per ton while last year they cost
only $40 to $40 per ton. Further the
supply of food stuffs will probably be
curtailed this year in that more of the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-05-11
WHO HAS THE WHEAT SEED?

The next worst thing to being found
with German secret service documents
sewed to the lining Of your coat, is to
be found with an excess quantity Of
wheat seed stored in your bins, Within
the next few days Addison County's
battle for a wheat crop will begin, and
on the eve of that battle County Agent
Carrigan makes one last plea for pat
riotism, He says
"When n party can obtain SO or "a
per bushel for potatoes or wheat to be
used for seed, and then will not sell,
their patriotic sense does not run very
high and it may be that their business
sense is perverted. Six bushels Of
wheat remaining in the bin at this time
will furnish flour for one man for a
year; the same amount used for seed
will produce enough wheat to furnish
flour for twelve men for a year Sew
eral farmers who are bowling for
wheat seed are willing to write into the
contract Of sale promise to return two
bushels in the fall for one bushel at this
time-a more than fair offer.
"The man in the county who dis
tributes his 100 bushels of wheat seed
among his neighbors and charges only
81 a bushel is a true American soldier
and should be vested with a badge Of
honor. Fortunately there seems to be
a sufficient amount of seeds for our big
crops, corn, hay and oats. The need Of
potato and bean seed is being gradually
met Wheat, a small crop in the
county, but very important this year, is
not to be found, "
Who has the wheat seed? 1t is the
time for patriots to rise in answer, by
distributing any excess seed they may
have to their neighbors, or by address,
ing the Farmers Exchange at Middle
bury.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-05-11
COLLEGE NOTES

Cecil M. Thomas II is quite i'll with
nervous trouble in the Mary Fletcher
hospital at Burlington.
The Middlebury chapter of Delta
Delta Delta will hold their first formal
dance at Mccullough Gymnasium to-
morrow evening.
Instead of an hours drill every day
the college military company will drill
for two hours on Monday and Wednes-
nesday afternoon. Lieut.. Gerran who
has been called to Plattsburg camp is
succeeded by Capt. Joseph S. Knight of
Norwich University who will have full
charge of the work.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-05-11
II JUNIORS IN A PLAY
THE lady OF Lyons" Successful
ConeluaIon Of Junior Week.

The concluding event OF Junior Week,
the presentation Of the Rye-act play
"The Lady Of Lyons" at the Gym
nasium on Saturday night was a great
success, II was one Of the most pre-
tentious dramatic efforts ever made by
Middlebury, for the cast called for no
less than seventeen men and women, all
Of whom were picked from the junior
class, coached by Prof. Burrage.
The Campus, reviewing the play, says:
"Particuarimention should be made of
the mastery handling Of the two leading
roles taken by Miss Elsie Monteith and
Walter h. Anderson. The imperson-
atoms ofPaullne Deschappelle and Claude
Melnotte were exceedingly difficult for
amateur acting, requiring an exhibition
of prolonged emotional Interpretation
very difficult to sustain, Yet both Of the
parts were done eXquisitely and gave
evidence of most careful coaching on the
part of the director and keen and
painstaking appreciation of the spirit of
the drama by the actors. The entire
cast worked together tremendously and
each performed his part without a slip.
Kenneth Gorham as Colonel Damas
served as comic foil and interpreter of
the play, performing much the same
function as the old Greek chorus. The
successful acting of his part greatly as
sisted the other characters in their / en-
dition. He gave himself up to his work
so completely and enthusiastically as to
be one of the most striking and effective
characters in the cast. The distinctive
feature of the whole play was the un-
usual freedom from amateur awkward
ness which ordinarily accompanies a
production of this sort.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-05-11
KEEP DAIRY PRODUCTS COLD
Special Precautions Should Be Taken
TO Cool Milk After Being Drawn
and Then Kept So.

MIX and cream are perishabe prod
ucts and every possible precaution
should be taken at the farm and in the
home to keep these products whole
come. In the fall with the cooler
weather, there exists an opinion that
ice or other methods of cooling milk
and cream is unnecessary to have
these products remain sweet in cold
weather, says Prof. V. r. Jones Of the
South Dakota department Of dairy huS-
bandry. This is false assumption.
Special precautions to see that these
dairy products are cooled Immediately
after drawn and kept cold until deliv-
cry are important
Milk and cream will contain germs
or QaCtic aCid) bacteria no matter
how careful we are in its production.
The bacteria that cause milk to sour
multiply very rapidly ut moderately
high temperatures (70-S0 degrees F)
If the milk or cream Is cooled to 80
degrees f. or less, the growth Of these
germs is held in check and these food
products remain sweet for longer
period.
If the dairy farmer does his duty In
properly cooling milk and cream at
the farm, either with Ice or cold run
ming water and the same precautions
are taken in the home, there will be
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-05-11
THE PRESIDENT SAYS:

"le every and the duty of careful proy-
dent use and expenditure public duty dictate of patriotism
We engaged in a Tor humanity, The most important
part Of our service will be rendered in feeding and financing
great allies This is at test and opportunity the
easy going, easy spending and of America Now
last everyone that prudence and thrift patriotic duty,
Many Of the great fortunes of to-day date small savings
bank deposits made in the frugal times Of the "Sxe Do
economic merely get along Econmze get ahead Every
dollar which you and deposit this bank only obso
lutte safety for your money but also that much money
our government State and National allies applied in
loans to increase the output Of farms For seventy years through
wars and umo OF the Burlington Savings Bank has stood for
stability Assets than $I8,oooooo Interest per cent
mi-annualy
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-05-11
CLEANLINESS OF CALF PENS
Use Abundance of Nice Straw and Dig
Out All Manure Frequently
Calves Are Frisky.

The calf pen must be kept clean.
Use lots of nice straw, not putting it
upon lot of fermented filth, but dig
out all manure very frequently and
add fresh straw almost daily. Calves
are so frisky that they tramp the
straw into the manure to beat every
thing.
Separator milk, tender clover or al
falfa hay, bran, oil meal, silage, shelled
corn, such feeds are the stuff good
calves are made of.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-05-11
County consresationalists Meet.

The annual meeting of the association
of the Congregational Churches and
Ministers of Addison County was held
at the Congregational church Wednes-
day with about so delegates in attend
ance.
The meeting opened in the morning
with devotional service led by Rev. j.
Hall Long of Ferrisburg, followed by
the organization of the delegates pres
ent and reports of committees: Dea. r.
H. Holmes, of Shoreham, on Benevo-
lence; Rev. f. R. Ryder, of Salisbury,
on young Peoples Work." Supt. A.
w. Eddy on Bible and Sunday school.
Hon. j. E. Weeks on civil and moral
interests; and r. G.. Woodbridge of
Vergennes, on state of religion. This
was followed by general informal dis
cussion and at IL o'clock the ladies' of
the church served dinner in the YES
try.
The afternoon session opened at | 80
with devotional services lea by the Rev.
Hervey Gulick of Bridport followed by
an address by the Rev. C. C. Merrill,
associate secretary of the Vermont
Domestic Missionary society, on the
work of the society and its future plans.
In concluding the afternoon program
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-05-11
FEEDING BROOD SOWS.
Care Should Be Taken Not to Have
Them Fat at narrowing Time.

Care Should Be Taken Not to Have
Them Fat at narrowing Time.
The feed allowed brood sows just
prior to narrowing is Of vital impor-
lance. Sows should not be overfat at
farrowing time. If too fat they will
be feyerish and constipated and may
farrow all the pigs dead.
A suitable grain ration recommend
ed by the Pennsylvania state college
school Of agriculture and experiment
station for sows prior to narrowing is
one consisting Of corn, 400 parts; mid
dlinsS, 300 parts; tankage, 100 parts,
and bran, 80 parts. Oilmeal may be
substituted for tankage and the
amount increased to 80 parts in the
mixture.
A week or ten days prior to farrow-
ing the SOW should be removed to q
narrowing pen, which should be dry,
comfortable and roomy. narrowing
pens in centralized hoghouse eight
feet square, with lots opening outside,
make the best quarters.
The day before narrowing the SOW
should receive only a light feed Of
bran, fed wet For the first thirty.slx
hours after narrowing the SOW should
be fed very lightly. Heavy feeding at
this time will produce heavy milk flow,
which in turn is apt to cause securing
in pigs,
At the expiration of the thirty-si1
hour period the SOW may be started
gradually on ration of cornmeal sew
en- parts; tankage one part, and sweet
skimmilk in the proportion Of one
pound of grain mixture to one pound
of milk. If sweet skimmilk is not
available q grain mixture of cornmeal,
400 parts; wheat middlings, 300 parts;
tankage, 100 parts, and Of oatmeal, 50
parts, may be used.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-05-11
Save the Alfalfa Leaves.

"Two.thirds of the feeding value of
the alfalfa plant is the leaves" says a
writer in the Farm and Fireside. "If
the leaves are lost in curing only one
third of the feeding value remains,
This makes 1t important that alfalfa
hay be cured so as to save the leaves.
This means that the alfalfa must be
raked into windows before the leaves
dry or they will fan off. The alfalfa
should be raked into windows an hour
or two after being cut This not only
saves the leaves, but also keeps the al
falfa green, and more Of the flavor is
retained"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-05-11

to completing the allotted span of life.
Everyone cannot be John Burroughs
and live in constant contact with birds,
bees and flowers, but we have known
naturaIists who through mere reading
have absorbed to a great extent the
softening influences and the tonic of
natural life, If we cannot actually live
with Nature, let US read ourselves into
It's great scheme of things,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-05-11
MINERALS IN MILK.
Great Value of Leguminous Roushases
In Feeding Cows.

In Feeding Cows.
Dairy cows ordinarily cannot digest
from rations of the usual character
sufficient mineral matter to meet the
demands made by heavy milk produc-
tion, says the Kansas Farmer. This
conclusion has been reached by nutri-
ton experts at the Ohio experiment
station after two years investigations
with cows yielding large quantities Of
milk.
These specialists also say that even
when the common practical rations are
supplemented with large amounts Of
calcium carbonate and bone flour the
cows still give Off or use in milk pro-
duction more lime than they can digest
from their rations. To meet this de-
mand for heavy milk production the
cows must draw upon the mineral SUBJ
stance of their skeletons.
Further attempt is being made by
the use of more readily soluble lime
salts to learn whether COW can alb
sorb as much lime as she gives Off
during heavy milk production.
The results obtained thus far empha-
size the value of leguminous rough
ages in milk production. Without lib
eral allowance Of such feeds the loss
Of minerals from the bones becomes
excessive and predisposes to disorders
of nutrition.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-05-11

there was sermon by the Rev, Barclay
Simmons of Shoreham and communion
service conducted by Prof, Y, c. Har-
rington of Middlebury and Il, v Young
Of New Haven,
The devotional services in the even
ing were led by the Rev. Henry c,
Newell followed by an address by the
Rev, George II, Gutterson, secretary Of
the American Missionary association of
Boston.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-05-11

Over thirty per cent of the men of
Middlebury College have now been re-
leased for war service of one kind or
another tWenty-seven men as "com-
missiary soldiers, twenty three for the
naval coast defence reserve, five for
Pattsburg, three for industrial work,
and some for service in scattered lines.
Most of these men have left or are eX-
pecting to leave soon, and the balance
of them, many of whom failed Of ac-
ceptance at Plattsburg because the
camp was over-crowded, are only wait
ing to find way to do their bit. We
believe this is a record of VIII Oh friends
of Old MIDI may well be proud, and that
the final accounting will show the en-
tire male student body in service of one
kind or another.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-05-11

Addison County is literally land of milk
and honey. One Of the chief dairy eoun ties of
the state II Ia at the same time the biggest pro-
Queer OF honey OF the 100000 pounds produced
in Vermont in 1910. Addison County contributed
about 1900 pounds, and that was not as good a
record as usual.
This is the sixth Of series Of 90 brief chap
tiers on Addison County, appearing from week to
week in The Register. Facts and figures may be
verified by official statictics on ieat The Register
Office.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-05-11
REMOVE CREAM FROM BOTTLE
Simple UtensiI With Which Cream May
Be Taken From Milk Bottle With
out Mixing Milk.

A utensil for removing cream from
a milk bottle consists of a cylinder
about half the length Of quart bot
tie and of diameter slightly less than
that Of the mouth of the ordinary milk
container. The device is held in one
hand the index finger passing through
small Topped handle at the upper end.
Projecting from the otherwise closed
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-05-11
Junior Prom.

The Junior Prom held at Mccullough
Gymnasium on Friday evening was very
largely attended and proved most sue
cessful. The decorations were in ac.
cordance with the prevalent patriotic
spirit Music was furnished by
McEnelly's singing orchestra, who full
filled all expectations and won great ap.
plause. The committee in charge We're,
W. L. Anderson, chairman; l.. N.
Allyn, H. H. Chapman, II. B. Harris,
W, b. Fullerton, Miss Chapman, Miss
Dean, Miss Norris, Miss Harris and
X. M. Gorham.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-05-11
Cream Separator.

upper end of the cylinder is small
tube. A screen extends across the
cylinders lower end. After inserting
the separator into the bottle to the
depth of the cream, the thumb is placed
over the end of the tube. The sep
arator may now be lifted from the bot
tie filled with cream, the screen and
suction combining to keep the fluid
from flowing ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Me-
chanics Magazine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-05-11

Memorial Day this year will have an
added significance, from the fact that
while we are honoring the veterans of
81, we are organizing the recruits of
II. 1t also brings nearer by another
year the time when those who fought
to keep this country one will no longer
be honored: by their living comrades.
Every year the ranks are thinning, and
the picture may easily be drawn of a
Memorial Day decade hence when we
may have the heroes of still another
war to honor.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-05-11

cereal crops will be utilized for human
consumption at the expense Of the
meat and milk producing animal.
Indeed with the shortage of food stuifs
and transportation facilities uncertain,
az they are bound to be, every dairy
man in Addison county should try as
never before to produce abundantly and
use efficiently the feed for the dairy
cows,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-05-11
MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH.

Rev. Roy E. Whittemore, Pastor.
Morning worship l0:45 with sermon
by the pastor.
Special session of the Bible school at
II O'Clock with patriotic exercises, brief
addresses, music and observance of
Mothers Day. Everybody welcomed
Christian Endeavor meeting at 6;30
The subject, "a Message to the Youth
Who Would see Jesus. " All young
people invited
Evening worship at 1870. Song ser
vice followed by sermon, How Shall
We Choose?" A baptismal service will
follow the sermon.
Thursday evening at 1870 Missionary
prayer meeting. Subject Women
Societies, their object and attain
ments.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-05-11
EDITORIAL

Many besides the personal admirers of
Roosevelt will feel grieved that in the
country's hour of need his proiTered
leadership in the organization of a big
volunteer army has been snubbed.