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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-15
REAR VIEW OF HISTORIC MOUNT VERNON

Gently come TO light by the temporary
uneOyering OF q portion Of the east
portico roof, which for the better she'd
ding Of rain, had been slightly changed
in 1890, revealing a few courses Of the
shingles Of 1T43 and 17sJ. These
mute reminders Of the past are now
again sealed from view and so pro-
tected as 10 remain intact as long as
the mansion shall endure.
When the Mount Vernon Ladies' as
ISOLATION came into possession OF the
homestead the mansion was empty.
Cnceasing effort has been and is be
ing made 10 recover the original
things, but they are widely scattered
and held By people who are reluctant
10 give them up. From time 70 time,
however, some Of the old pieces are Of
fsred for sale, but as a general rule,
the prices asked are almost prohibit
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-15
FEW FERTILIZER HINTS
Facts Summarized From Fifteen
Years Experiments.
High Yields Can Be Insured by Using
Large Amounts Of Readily Avail
able Plant Food, But Method
ls Expensive.
az RoBERT sALTER.l

The following fertilizer. facts are
summarized from Is years expert
ments at the West Virginia agricul-
tural experiment station, on a soil
having need of two tons of limestone
per acre and containing the following
number of pounds of plant food ma
terials per acre to pillow depth:
Nitrogen, 1000 pounds.
Phosphoric acid, 1,5O0 pounds.
Potash, 10000 pounds
1. Every ton of manure applied
alone has produced an increased value
at $3.12.
2. Every dollars worth of acid phos-
phate applied alone has given an av-
erage Of S4.63 worth Of increase.
3. Nitrate of soda, sulphate of pot
ash and acid phosphate applied in
combination have given three times as
much increase per acre as acid phOs-
phate alone, and 1892 for every dollar
invested.
f. The use of lime alone has not
given sufficient increase to pay for the
cost of application; but every dollar
invested in lime and applied in con-
nection with complete fertilizer has
given an increase valued at $1.35. In
1915 the yield of clover was doubled
on the Timed plots as compared to
that on the plots receiving no lime.
5. Under the system of farming
practiced in this experiment, complete
fertilizers would be much more desir-
able than acid phosphate alone; but
this is not an ideal farming system
for the economic maintenance of fer
tility. No green crops have been
plowed under, no manure has been
applied to the fertilizer plots, and
only three legumes have been grown
in 10 years.
Economy in fertilizer practice re-
quires that we plan for several years
in advance. High yields can be in
sured by using large amounts of read
lily available plant food each year.
This method is expensive. The same
results can be more economically at
tanned by gradually building up the
stock of phosphorus, organic matter
and lime in a soil until the plant food
that becomes available each year
through natural processes is sufficient
for maximum crops.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-15
MANURE Is GREATLY NEEDED
Average Farmer Could Utilize Much
More Fertilizer Than Is Saved
Enrich Thin Places.

Manure is greatly needed on most
farms. The average farmer could use
great deal more barnyard manure
than is saved on his farm.
The time has come for more to be
produced. More animals should be
kept to consume the crops and better
facilities should be provided to save
the manure that is vOided.
Not only should the garden and the
orchard save manure, but the thin
places on the farm should be enriched.
BY doing this the yield of leading crops
may be increased and in a few years
the farm will pay better.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-15
SHORT HOURS GIVEN HORSES
Animal Has Three-Hour Day, Accord
ing to Minnesota Investigation
Keep Brood Mares.

The horse has a three-hour day ac-
cording to a Minnesota investigation
carried on under the direction of
Thomas Cooper. now the director of
the North Dakota experiment station.
1t was found that a farm horse aver
aged about 1000 hours labor per year
or about three hours per day. 1t was
also found that the cost of mainte-
nance for the horse was $50 per year.
This emphasizes the need of watching
closely TO see that too many horses
are not kept. 1t also emphasizes the
need of keeping brood mares and
raising colts. so as TO get more re-
turns from the work horses than the
three hours of labor per day.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-15

General Grant has gone into his
tory as the man on horseback, but all
our presidents We're very fond Of rid
iaS. Most Of Washington'S portraits
are equestrian. and old citizens Of
Alexandria were responsible for the
statement that Washington rode the
finest horses in Virginia and that as
q boy he broke 10 saddle the colts OF
his neighbozhood- 1t is said that he
once rode ten different horses into
Alexandria in q single week. and dur
ing his later years his stables At
Mount Vernon were among the best
in the country.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-15

''It the farmer viii put his money
into good stock, fix up his home, make
his surroundings beautiful and agree
able, comfortable and convenient,
there is no reason why the farmer
cannot have as good conditions and
enjoy the comforts and conveniences
of life as well as the city man; and
not only thi.t, but he is in better and
pureY atmosphere; 1t is not contami-
mated with everything that is bad and
unwholesome."-L. +. Potter.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-15
VIM wsshfruton Was Not a sfgnsr.

At the time the Declaration Of hide
pendenCe was given 70 the world.
Washington was at the head Of the
patriot army in New York state. trying
hard 70 keep Lord Howe and his Brit
iSh soldiers from capturing the state;
and that is why his name does not ap-
pear among the signers Of the immOr-
tai document. It is pretty certain thst
had he been conveniently near he
would have been asked TO put his name
at the head Of the list
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-15
STRAW STACKS ARE VALUABLE
Has High FertiIizing Value for Nitro
gen, Phosphorus, Etc.-Spread
Evenly on Land.

Straw stacks are too valuable TO be
burned. The fertilizlng value of wheat
straw is $3.50 and of Oat straw $50
per ton for the nitrogen, phosphorus,
ETC., they contain. This is entirely
over and above the value of the straw
In supplying organic matter to the soil.
All straw not used for feed or bedding
will pay big dividends on the labor of
hauling it out. 1t is important to
spread it evenly on the land and not
leave II lying in small heaps.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-15
VENTILATION FOR HENH0USE
Fresh Air of Greater Importance Than
Warmth-Keep out Dampness
and Impure Air.

A poultry house usually needs more
ventilation than is given. Fresh air is
far more important than warmth.
Fresh air means health but must new
err he supplied by draft.
The poultry house should furnish
protection from storms and cold winds,
and always provide a clean, dry feed
ing floor and a clean, dry roosting
place. II a house is damp in winter
it is usually because there is not
enough ventilation, and more air must
be admitted in some form to carry out
the dampness and bad air.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-15
ASHES AND SALT FOR SWINE
Health of Pigs viii Be Preserved ~
Addition of copperss-keep
In Sheltered Place.

Every hog should have access at al
times to ashes and salt. Mix about
two quarts of salt TO one bushel Of
ashes, put in low box and keep I'M
der shed where the rain cannon
reach II.
BY adding about three ounces of
ground copperas to the mixture the
health OF the pigs will be preserved.
Sows having access to such a mix
ture will rarely eat their young.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-15
USING THREE-H0RSE EVENER
Illustration and Description of triple
Tree" to Be Used on Implements
With Tongues.

In reply to a recent request made
by subscriber for "triple-tree" to
be used on implements with tongues,
1 am sending a sketch of one that
have made and am using on a wagon,
a disk and twO-horse planter, writes
A. W. Miller of Mercedes, Tex, in
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-15

Farm Progress. The measurements
are from center to center of the holes
and must be accurately made. 1 would
like for the man who made the request
and anyone else who may try it to
let me know what success is had with
it. Then 1 will feel a little more GER
tain about recommending it after 9TH
ers have given it trial.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-15
Kid Buns Amuek.

East ST. Louis, nl.-Disappointed in
love, Richard Ryckman, aged fifteen,
drank quart of whisky and ran
amuck with revolver. He was sur
rounded by a mob Of 200 and severely
beaten before being rescued by the
police.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-15
lines Of the New Hats.

Spring models in hats show radical
changes from those of the winter, such
as low, rolled brims, medium high,
soft. unlined crowns and continuance
of the marked tendency TO substitute
curves for angles.
Brims turned abruptly back from the
face are still featured by rssny of the
houses, but these, unlike the winter
models, in practically all cases show
an even bulge or curve from front to
back. Often the severity Of the lire
Of brim at top is softened by an edg-
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-15
GOOD way TO KEEP UP GATE
Means to Prevent saeging Is Shown
in the MISUNDERSTANDING
Cannot Be Beaten.

A sagging gate is vexing enough at
any time, but with snow on the ground
is worse yet. AS a means to prevent
the sagging no method equals that
shown in the sketch from Missouri
Valley Farmer. Back post is allowed
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-15

Forerunners OF styles that are tc
come in the spring show that clothes
are TO be cut on decidedly youthful
lines Colors are TO be cheerful OF
even gay, and everything is to have
an appearance Of trigneSS and smart.
ness, At least this is what the fore
runners indicate, but sometimes these
indications do not work out as W eY
pect them
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-15
Keep UP sagging Gate.

to extend about four feet above gate.
An iron is driven in post near top;
harness ring is dropped over this and
a wire reaches from ring to center of
gate. This arrangement cannot be
beaten.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-15

Many Of the finest tributes TO Wash
ingtOn's character have come from the
people Of Great Britain. The historian
Green says that mo nobler figure ever
stood in the forefront of a nations
az
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-15
SIRE CONSIDERATIONS

The purebred meang:
Uniformity.
2-Individual superiority.
early maturity.
More marketable stock.
5-More money for your feed.
6-Credlt to the owner.
7-Bigger profits.
The scrub means:
Lack Of uniformity.
2-Mongrels and insists.
3-Late maturity.
Poor market demand.
5-Less money for your feed.
6-Discredit to the owner.
Loss and dissatisfaction.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-15

ing or fringe Of ostrich feather or by
burnt coque fashioned into bands imi-
tatiug fur.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-15

W YHILE George WashingtOn's
VA half-brOther, young Law
v v renee Washington, was alb
New Britain herald., 1917-11-23
CITY ITEMS

$1.oo and $1.50 Dress Shirts at 59o at the g. W. Menus store-advt.
 Sweaters at cut prices at Besse- Le]and's-advt.
 William Miha1ey, part owner of Longley's restaurant, has purchased the interest of his partner, Stephen Stephenson, and hereafter will con- duct the business alone. MT. Stephen son is going to New Bedford where he has taken over another resta urant.
 Munson's Army Shoe at $3.59. The s. w. Menus store.-advt.
 Entertain with Victrola, c. l.. Pierce Co.-advt.
 You'll do better at wilson's-advt.
 Mufflers, silk and wool largest war; iety, at Besse-Leland's of course. -advt.
 Specials on suits and overcoats to- morrow at Wilson's-advt.
 Sweaters at cut prices at Besse- Leland's.-advt.
 Twenty-four dollars buys a much better suit or overcoat at Wilson's tomorrow.-advt
 For Good Overcoats, Besse-Le- lands, The Live Store.-advt.
 Shoe Specials Saturday at Besse- Leland's.-advt.
 The discounts you find on suits at the Kavanaugh Shop, 40 Pratt St., Hartford, are genuine.-advt.
 On the evening of December 6 Ivor Axelson of Stanley street. returned ambulance driver from France. will address the Luther league of the Swedish Lutheran church.
 Mems Volt Shoes. special sale Sat- urday $2.59, worth $500, at Besse- Leland's. The Live Store.-advt.
 Mrs. J. D. Rososco of East Main street has gone to Pittsburgh, Pa, for a short trip and from there will go to Florida for her health.
 Special Saturday, Women's High Grade Shoes, all feathers, $1.75, at Besse-Leland's of course.-advt.
 For Good Overcoats, Besse-Le- land's The Live Store.-advt
New Britain herald., 1917-11-23
JOCKEY AMBROSE
 RIDES IN POOR FORM
Mounted cn Two Favorites, He Fails to Bring Horses Up to Ex-
 pcctatiOns.

pcctatiOns.
 Baltimore. Md. Nov; 23.-Ginford A. Cochran parted with two good horses when he recently sold at auction Amackassin and Jock Scott. The former. wearing the colors of J. B. Grih1th. easily galloped homo with the nrst purse of the day at the Bowie track yesterday afternoon. It was hts second triumph here in four days. Jock Scott scored over fast horses on Tuesday.
 Jockey Ambrose came in for g great amount of criticism for his apathetio f1nisfesD on Amphion in the second roce and Shooting Star in the fourth.
 Both horses were favorites and heavily backed. Ambrose was content t. wait and wait and wait He de- lnycd his challenges 50 long that Buzz Around cleverly beat out Amphion Star by half & length. Shooting Star recently defeated Crimper. 1 Ambrose was suspended at this r1c etinE 0 year ago for unsatisfactory riding and for 0 similar offence at New Orleans was punished by the of- 1 flc!ols.
 A drizz1ing rain Wednesday night mado the track soft, but not heavy. The condition of tho track just suited tho poor legs of Hauberk and he fotrly ran over Startling and Water Lady in the struggle through the stretch for the Flight Handicap at 6 Ia furlongs. Jockey Peak, the regular pilot of Old Rosebud, rode Heuberk and handled him well. Peak left for Hot Springs, his home last night. but is under contract to report to Frank Weir in the spring.
 FavoNtes farod poorly. Only two, AmackasAtn and Tie Pin. landing tho money. The other five winners were well backed second and third choices.
 John E. Madden has sold Dairyman, 6 two-year-old. to A. Bressler at pri- vs.te terms.
 After Bond had won tho fifth race easily from Master Karma the colt was claimed for $1,6OO on advance of $500 by E. T. Zollicoffer.
 Members of the Green Spring Val ley and Elkridge Hunt clubs will pur- chase thoroughbreds at the sales next week for remounts for their home de- l fence force.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-23
FAMILIAR NAMES IN
 FRESHMAN LINEUP
Hsfslhngsr, Shsvlin,. Tripp ScuE-
 b, ct al, Playing With 1921 Team

New Haven. Nov. 23.-The Yale freshman, football team, which will meet Prfnceton's 1921 eleven here Saturday, Is a unique organization In n number of ways that make 1t stand .out even in these exciting days .orammed full of features. It is com posed solely of boys who arc taking tha Reserve Ohlcers' Training Oorp0 work at Yaie and. owing to this fact, has lost several promising candidates'
 It is . fighting team. made up of add Yale football stock. A nephew Of FIeftelnnger, the famou old YAlo gu>r1 and coach, beads tho list He comes from Minneapolis and his nanO is Totten P. HsnelhnEer.
 Next is Edward L. ehovlin of Port land, Ore., Q cousin of tho great Tom Sn win, captain, end rush and coach. Juan T. Trippe of New York. . cousin Ar Roswell B. Trippe, 6 fGmous XalO guard and oarHrnAn. Is another whose naIae sounds good in Yalo football
 James Eugene Neville, tho freSh- man quarter, is brother of Jo0 Neville of last years victorious YaIs team. ono of tho mon who made . touchdown against both Harvard and Princeton.
 s1DonAld P. Dimes, ono of tho ha1f- backs, is q brother of DtnOs, the for ,1er YA1e football quarter, second t2seman and hockey captain of 1c ,.cars AEo. Finally, there is Waiter s'oully of Plttsburgh. A brother of 5Iu f;c,,l1y. tho former tackle, who played ia 1910 and 1911.
 . Yale has never before had Suoh { second generation of athletes in an1 ono team. They boar famous name' in Yalo football higtory and they vii be watched with anxiety Saturday b! many Ya1e mon.
 Thus far those brothers and cousin of great football names have boFn' themselves well. Tho frc0hma' team has not been defeated. and ha1 played one tic game. Last Saturda! they beat Harvard by a score of l. to o.
 Twins Also Feature.
 Int this team has still ono nor unIdua feekuro in tho shape of tw' .ata of twins. Oliver Snow HGwes ant philip rr1pp Hawes of Tai1 River Mnss.. bOkh candidates for end. an' 1onaid PhAips We1lss and Edwar' kenneth WSlles of Hinsdale, Ill.,. h,r nair of ha1fbacts. These two pal
 7>...~fc- eve, t'>o ~nochea canno 1s., .~. r os~ th"'1 a~> tagged b. r.r-s-c:, ! q 'S;~,ra- The Hawcs twin hea, a rcr-.arkADle close resemblance
New Britain herald., 1917-11-23

having any such plan. There Is no ground for exempting baseball play CTS. Tho plan does not have my sup port. l believe amusements should continue during the war; especially as people need them in war times. but the wars bigger than baseball"
New Britain herald., 1917-11-23
to each other and few can tell them

With all these advantages the Yale freshman class does not see how this team can possibly lose in the Bowl. Saturday. Dr. Arthur Brides, the varsity coach, and Johnny Mack, the trainer, have developed this team on two days of practice a week, owing to the ruling of the athletic commit tee which refused to allow football to interfere with the three afternoons Of military drill.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-23
BAN JOHNSON'S PLAN
 POPULAR WITH SOME
Hermann and Comiskey Express Themselves As fin Accord With
 Exemption Idea.


 Cincinnati. Nov. 2s.-'Baseba11 can be made to play an important role for the United States in war time and I believe Ban Johnson's plan of ask ing the government to exempt eight cen ball players for each major league team from army service may help to keep the game alive' said Garry Herr mann, chairman of the National Commission, yesterday.
 NOne of us can say now what ef- feet the next call to arms will have oil baseball. We may not be hit as hard as Johnson seems to think we will be. But if we are believe two leagues will get together on Johnson's proposal or some angle of 1t and ap- point a committee to see what can be done in the way of retaining enough players to keep the game going.
 Baseball can be made @ source of considerable revenue for the govern ment if the high standard of the game is maintained. and it also can do good word in helping entertain tho soldiers in camp"
  Charles Comiskey. owner of the worlds champion White sox, is heartily in accord with Ban John sons plea for granting exemption from military service to eighteen men on each of the sixteen major league ubs.
 '"The White sox can get along with eighteen men," Comiskey said yesterday winch told of the plan as outlined by Ban Johnson. Not only can we get along. but we can put up stiff fight for the pennant and can give the public the brand of sport + needs to relieve it's mind of the tense war situation.
 Tt is a grand idea. Baseball will do the government lot of good"
 Washington, Nov. 2s.-Ben Miner, president of the Washington Ameri- can league club, said yesterday when told of Ban Johnson's plan:
 T can't conceive of Ban Johnson
New Britain herald., 1917-11-23

Washington, Nov. 2s.-Ben Miner, president of the Washington Ameri- can league club, said yesterday when told of Ban Johnson's plan:
 1T can't conceive of Ban Johnson
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-26
Velvet Bean Meal.

The Georgia Market Bureau has
become a booster of velvet bean meal
In order to arrive at some idea of a
fair valuation of this product, the
bureau has made careful investiga-
ton and finds that the actual food
value of pure velvet bean meal is
greater than that of cotton seed meal
This has no reference to its value as
a fertilizer. This test as to foo1
value shows that in calculating the
protein, carbohydrate and fat CON
tents the velvet bean meal yields
15O,520 calories to the 100 pounds,
whereas, 7 per cent cotton seed meal
only yields 140,660 calories to the 10C
pounds 1t is further shown that vel
vet bean meal made from the bean
and the pod mixed yields 1892 colo
ries to the 100 pounds. This is prac-
tically the same as Z per cent cotton
seed meal, which is selling rignt
around $4,000 per ton. 1t must also
be borne in mind that the manufacture
ing expenses on velvet bean meal is
nc where near as much as that of cot
ton seed meal-Griffin News and Sun
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-26
THE BOIL WEEVM GOES INTO
WINTER QUARTERS.

The first frosts of autumn have
caught the farmers of Southwest
Georgia unprepared
Hey have not destroyed their
cotton stalks.
The few. farmers who are the eA
&c ten to this rule are but cor
porars guard" in the agricultural
s'r. of this section
The cold of yesterday and today has
sent the cotton boil weevil into hi
bernation. His numerous tribe, when
the warning of frost came on the
chill north wind, rose on hurrying
wings and sought refuge in wood and
thicket, in swamp and sedge bottom,
in fence corner and hedge-row-in fact
wherever they could find a snug ref
uge.
They have gone into Information Wig
orous because they are well fed Far
mers have obligingly left their cotton
standing in the fields so that there
would be plenty of food for the weevil
army, and the pests have taken full
adyantage OF their opportunity.
Because they are well fed, millions
of weevils that would have persisted
Curing the winter had they been weak
from hunger viii survive. With the
coming of spring, they will swarm oat
Of their hiding places, and will be
ready to pounee upon cotton of the
1918 crop as soon as it is out Of the
ground.
The farmers Of Southwest Georgia
eXl ect to plant a good deal of cotton.
next spring. The boil weevil army
now in winter quarters. will be on.
hand right early to manifest its con
tinued appreciation of kind treatment
Albany Herald
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-26
A COLUMN OF CLIPPINGS
A scheme That WouIn't Work.

We thought we had worked out
plan whereby we could avoid the
high price of eggs, but after giving It
fair trial it proved to be dismal
failure Our plan was to buy some
hens and let them lay our own eggs,
which we did That is, we bought
the hens, but so far they have alb
solutely refused to lay for love or
money We don't know why they
persist in acting that way, as we have
given them plenty to eat, such as
oats, rye, corn and other feed stuffs.
In fact we have done everything that
we could think of for their comfort
and convenience so they would have
no excuse for not laying, but they
seem to show no appreciation what
/ ever of our efforts A hen that is so
stubborn that she can't be induced
to lay when eggs are worthw fifty
cents dozen isn't worth wasting any
= time or money on, so we have about
concluded to 80 out of the chicken
business and have eggless days along
with meatless, BUTTERFLIES, breadless
and other eatless days at our house
until the price gets down in reach Of
person with ordinary means
Hawkinsville News and Dispatch.