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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-01
ing virtually all o. their cars to ca

ing virtually all o. their cars to ca
pacity.
From now on, twenty-five hundred
cars day will be required 5y the gov
eminent to move food and supplies to
the men in training at tho National
Army, National Guard and ether en-.
campments, while the demand of the
Allies for cars to carry export goods
to the seaports will be practically
doubled. All OF this additional traffic
must be moved by the railroads, al.
though they have nu'y 3 per cent. more
equipment than tney had ut this time
last year.
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decided to try bottle of Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound. Itworked
from the first bottle, so I took second
and q third, also q bottle of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Blood Purifier, and now / am
just as well as any other woman. l I'd.
wise every woman, single or married,
who is troubled with any Of the aEore.
said ailments, to try your wonderful
Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier
and ! am sure they will help her to get
rid of her troubles as they did me. ~
Mrs. ELSIE J. VAN DER SANDE, SO No.
York St, Paterson, N. ].
Write the Lydia E. Pinkham Medielns
Co.., (confdential) Lynn, Mass, If you
need special advice
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our ereatest PIeaaures.

J. Fuller Gloom-Our fondest hopes
60 hand in hand with the realization
of their utter futility. yearn to see
Il long-beNrded man get his whlskers
tangled in one of those tafry-twlsting
machines that we observe in the candy
stores, hut of course there is not one
chance in n million that shall ever
have the pleasure.-kansas City Star,
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CHILD PLAGUE SPREADING.

PARKERsBURG, Oct. IA case
of infantile paralysis is reported from
Belleville, Wood county, making the
seventh case in the county since the
recent outbreak. Their was a case
near Belleville few weeks ago, also
Six cases. of smallpox were reported
to the county health officer, a. in
one household where there was pre-
viously case.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-01

cleanses the blood of all impurities,
renewing the vitality that comes with
restored appetite. It is absolutely
without an equal as q tonic and
system builder.
S. S. S. has been on the market for
more than fifty years, and is sold by
druggists everywhere, who will tell
you that it is thoroughly reliable.
Write to-day for important litefa-
ture, and free medical advice from
our !t1edical director, Address Swift
specitic CO. Dept.J Atlanta, Ca,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-01
Garden Expert Tells
How to Grow Things
in Winter Weather
BY A GARDENER.

DON'T DO THIS - Burn the
leaves as they fall from trees. If
your garden coil Is heavy, leaves
spaded Under will tighten it. Leaf
mold is needed in making cold
frames and hOtbeds.
A cold frame for fall and winter gar
dening may be as large As space and
your supply OF glass permits. There
can be several OF ore large one.
Always have the frame facing the
south. The glass covering must be
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plan to repeat the same task at diff
ferent tables or packing boxes, and so
to determine at which height the work
can be done with the least fatigue.
Tables for ironing, where cOnsidera'
bic pressure mast De eNer,el, should
De somewhat lower than tables Tor gen
eral use
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WOMAN NOW IN
PERFECT HEALTH
What Came From Reading
a Pinkham Adver.
tisement.
- Paterson. N. ID thank you sos
the Lydia E. Pinkharo remedies ~ tts,,

have made me wei
and healthy. Some.
time ago I felt 80
run down, had paina
in my back and side,'
was very irregular,
tired, nervous, had
such b ad dreams,
did not feel like eat
ing and had shorI
breath. Tread your
advertisement in
Al
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-01
Summer Disorders Often Come
From Impurities in the Blood

Get In condition for perfect
health.
So many people drag through the
sunmer season with that worn-down,
tifed-out feeling, that almost entirely
units them for their daily tasks,
without knowing just what the
cause is.
1t is Just now that few bottles
of S. S. S. will prove its great
worth. This great blood remedy is
a wonderful purifier, and promptly
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-01

Reports just compiled for the Rail-
roads War Board indicate that the
travelling public in general ard the
shippers IN particular are giving the
finest kind CT cooperation 20 the rail-
roads in the handling of the increased
traffic that the war mas produced
What this co.opera lCn means may be
cleaned from these facts:
Since May LIST, the railroads, aided
by the loyalty and understanding OF
the public, have Daep able to reduce
their passenger service by approx
mately 25,OOO,O00 niles. This has re-
leased thousands of train crews and
locomotives for use IN the freight SER
vice and cleared thousands ofimiles of
track, thereby facilitating the move
ment of coal, food products and sup
plies needed by the government.
In addition to the foregoing saving
of equipment and tracKage, the ship
pers, big and small, have rallied so
splendidly to the slogan Make one car
do the work of two" that saving of
close to half a million freight cars has
been accomplished. This saving of
freight cars has enabled the railroads
to move approximately 25 per cent.
more freight since war was declared
than during the sane period last year.
Intensive loading and a general In.
crease in the size of the trade units"
used by the various industries has rem.
dered possible the saving of car space.
Cotton, for instance, which was for.
merly moved in uits Of fifty bales. now
moved only in units CT 65 and IS. AS
there are 100000 bales to be moved
by rail each season. tho increase in the
trade unit in this ore commodity alone
has produced . saving Of anywhere
from $4,000 to 125,0CG cars.
Sugar, on which the carload mini
mum fro mthe South was formerly only
$4,000 pounds per car, row moves only
on 10000 carload minimum.
The producers of manufactured food
products, especially the Gamers, have
also come to realization OF the value
Of intensive loading and are now load.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-01

A new type of machine gun carriage,
invented by two Marine Corps officers,
is used daily in the drills Of the sea.
soldiers al Quantico, Va, training
camp. 1t is light enough to be easily
drawn over all obstacles by two men,
and is said to be the most practicable
Of its kind in use. The Marines are
proud of this invention, their first con-
tribution to modern war equipment.
Duplicates of all the latest apparatus
used behind the lines in France is also
part of the Marine equipment here.
They have every variety of trench,
dug.out, wire ENHANCEMENT and gun
empiacement. Even the celebrated
"camouflage" is here. Observers say
that the territory hereabouts is almost
Identical with that of Flanders.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-01

The Chicago Tribune has a comedy
column every weekday and one bright
bit OF fun poked at country papers re-
Gently was clipping from a West
Virginia paper which had correspond
ence from Buckhannon roasting young
folks who use the Heavier cemetery
in that town for parties and as a rem
devious Tor immortality and vandal-
ISM"
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Evening Chat
A pREplcrIoN IN eAYME.

APREDIcTIoN IN RHYME.
Someone who knows when he's some.
thing to say
Informs me the War will be over
next
A friend from cocksureness complete
ly immune
Is certain the War will be over
next
A leading statesman gives the where
fore and why
The War will be over, he thinks.
But 1, with all proper respect for my
friends,
Say the War will be over the day
that it
George R. Sims.
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Chicago is to have fire prevention
day" on October 8, commemorating
the anniversary oil the kicking over OF
the lamp by Mrs. O'Leary's COW.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-03-29
REBUILDING RUNDOWN FARMS

Many q farmer coming into Virginia
or Maryland from the highpriced land
sections of the middle West, has made
the mistake of putting all his money
into a large tract of cheap land, with
out reserving enough for adequate de-
yelopmcnt.
When man sells his high-priced
farm at $3.50 per acre and comes to
the Southeast to purchase land at $50
to $50 per acre the temptation is
strong to load up on acreage to the
limit.
The Southeast has many wonderful
bargains in cheap lands--bargains
which cannot be duplicated in any 9TH
er section of the country-but the new
conner should remember that his $50
land needs rebuilding. The wise pur-
chaser will set aside $40 to SIS for
each acre for improvements and soil
building If this plan is followed, at
the end of year or two his land VIII
be equal to any 500 land in produc-
tive powers and he will have reaped a
big profit.
On the other hand the farmer who
plungeS in acreage and limits himself
SO that he cannot buy fertilizers and
lime and turn under green manure
crops. will find his production small
and his overhead charges so large that
he is financially unable to take sim
gle step in the direction Of soil I'M
provelnent.
1t is matter of regret that this lat
ter method has sometimes caused dis
satisfaction among newcomers and
much care should be taken to point out
the proper method Of attacking the
problem of rebuilding our southeast
ern land-O. NJ kiie.
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Tact is a combination of good tenn
per, ready wit, quickness o. percep-
ton and ability to take in the exigency
Of the occasion instantly. It Is never
offensive, but Is balm allaying sus-
picion and soothing. 1t Is appreciat ted.
It Is plausible without being dishon-
est, apparently consults the welfare of
the second party and does not mani
fest any selfishness. 1t is never antag-
onistic, never opposes, never strokes
the hair the wrong way and never irri-
tates. Tact, like q fine manner, eases
the way, takes the jar out of the jolts,
otis the bearings, opens doors barred
to others. sits in the drawing room
when others must wait in the recep-
ton hail. gets into private Offices when
others are turned down. 1t admits you
into exclusive circles, where wealth
abounds, even though poor. 1t secures
the position when merit is: turned
away. Eact is -eereat plana ger -
easily controls People. even when c5-n-
bined with small ability, when genius
,ennot get along.
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FRAGRANT Earn.

Some say It has the fragrancy Of new
mown hay. 1t reminds others of fresh
strawberries. There are also those
who detect it in the perfume of th1
wild rose. Opinions differ as to what
the fragrance resembles, but ali opin-
ions are unanimous i'll praising it. So
they call 1t the fragrant fem.
1t grows in small. round ciumps IN
,'lr.ts Gu the face of ii irecipice. out OF
/. of collectors. who haven't the
,a,itnce to hunt for 1t. For this rea.
son 1t is not we'll known its out 0,
the way haunts provide an effectual
hiding place,
The hardness Of the fragrant fern
SURPRISES the amateur eo.lecA,G. /,
grows In full glare OF the sun, in
places where more coulnCI, .erns
would be scorched and withe-,d. Yet
the fronds remain green throughout
the year. and even the year-olt, fronds.
which turn brown at the end uf the
season, curl up around the roots OF
the plant and cling to the roeks--Phil-
adelphia North American.
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GROWING CROPS WITHOUT
POTASH

The high price Of potash has, in
many cases. rendered farmers skepti-
cal as to the possibility of turning a
profit from its use. On the other hand,
demand for potash on the part of po-
tato and truck growers has been great
or than the supply. In some cases.
growers have even considered giving
up the production of certain crops be-
cause of their inability to obtain what
they consider to be sufficient potash.
That crops can be successfully grown
without potash has been shown in re-
cent experiments of the Maine expert
ment station. In 1919 potatoes grown
without potash averaged no barrels
per acre. With eight per cent potash
In the fertilizer the average was 120
barrels. The use of potash was not
markedly profitable.
In 1915 the same experiment sta.
ton had two demonstrations. one on
land unfertilized for two years, and
the other on land which had had high
potash fertilizer for several years. The
first experiment gave 1O4 barrels per
acre without potash In the fertilizer,
and 154 barrels where three per cent
potash was included in the fertilizer.
Potash, even at present-day prices, was
enormously profitable. The potato
crop, however, was profitable even
where no potash was used.
The second experiment Of 1916 was
on land where a seven per cent potash
fertilizer had been used the two years
previously. The no-fertilizer crop was
120 barrels per acre. Eight per cent
potash in the fertilizer gave 137 bar
rels. Indications are that there was
a considerable residue of potash In the
soil which was still available for the
needs of the crop.
The New Jersey experiment station
has carried out experiments Of this
kind Cd the typical sandy soils of that
state. In one case a yield Of 400 bush.
els of potatoes per mere was obtained
with fertilizer containing two per cent
potash. Incidentally. however, this
was in q region where ten per cent
potash fertilizers had been largely
used il preceding years.
S. B. HASKELL
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WHEN THE TIME COME:
The best methods of soil MAJ

The best methods of soil nianl
agelLent are those which mais4
it possible to utilize the nitro;
gen Of the air through legumeS
and the insoluble plant food of
the soil by making 1t slowly
available during the growing
season. When it Is either iinF
possible or impractical to furss
pish from these sources suit
cient plantfood for crop pro-
duction. it becomes desirable tot
make use of an additional
amount in commercial form. In,.
the case of virgin soils Target
crops usually are secured with
out applying any fertilizing ma
terial whatever. But under such /
treatment the richest lands soon
decrease in productiveness. Re-
course Is then had to clover and
farm manure to check decreasr
Ing crop yields. However, =
time inevitably comes when
the resources Of the farm are
not sufficient to furnish the prop
er amount Of plantfood for
most profitable crop production
It is then that the application OF
commercial fertilizers becomes.
desirable and necessary. IL .
permanent system of soil fertii- !
ity is to be coupled with a profit
able type of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
College Of Agriculture.
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ALFALFA AT JUDYV!LLE FARMS

Six years ago man sold his farm.
in Ohio and came to Virginia, wear
ing something on his mind besides his
hat. This something was Alfalfa"
and the MAN who wore 1t. and still
wears it, is ZAP Judy, and our story
starts with that day six years age
when he started to take land out Of
the brush and put it lp alfalfa.
I've have taken WORKOUT land.
grown up in thick brush, and after
cleaning it and blowing deep. we have
sown il TO cowpeas. We feed our soil
from the start. using from $50 to AN
pc,nGs Of fertilizer per acre. Wher
the season is good We cut the peas toI
hay. but otherwise we plOw the cror
under for green manure. This is gen.
orally Followed with Crimson clover
using ct the same time ton Of lime
stone and POO pounds of fertilizer. This
has always made an excellent crop
to be harvested the following May,
! ''Then we break the land deep. SOW
ing to cowpeas again. and about 'Au
gust 10 these are turned under. The
Seedbed is worked down to a line filth
and the alfalfa sown about the last
week In august.
! Before seeding we spread from one
ito three tons Of limestone per acre
land with this was drilled In $50
pounds of high-grade fertilizer. Today
we use the best Kansas-grown. non-ir
rigated alfalfa seed, about thirty
pounds. With this, we also put In ten
pounds of crimson clover, to insure Il
heavy hay crop for the first cutting
the following May.
: "When ] took this farm the brush
was SO thick that you couldn't shoot
rabbit fifty feet away. so not being
a naturaI-born marksman / figured ]
have done well to remove my rabbit
preserve. and put 1t to growing this
wonder crop. / never expect the mar.
ket to fail for good hay, and I'm grow.
ing more as fast as | can prepare the
land" MELVIN RYDER
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Ge. the WeaGshves Spirit.

LLOYD Gcorge was once asked how
he achieved so much. He LAUGHED and
said 1t WIS by means or the wotitie huck
spirit the resolve to do what can't, he
done. Then lie told this story: :, ~
"0Gre upon a time there was wood
ehuci: Wcolcilcils CANT climb trees,
Fiei!. thls Nouuchu;k was CHASED by q
dce, ard iinally he cane to tree. he
knew if he could climb the tree the
cog wouldn't get lin but II he didn't
climb 1t he was doomed Now, wood
chuchs can't climb trees, but this%one
had to. SO he did:
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FROM WHEAT
he Prices Mean Big Top-Dress-
ing Profits.

Wheat has brought wartime prices
for the past two years. Most of the
1916 wheat crop was sold for over
twice as much per bushel as was OBJ
tanned by farmers a few years ago.
Every extra bushel counted double last
year. The world must be fed, and the
continued demand upon the American
producers must mean high prices for
1917 wheat.
Early reports show that the condi-
ton Of the winter wheat planted for
1917 was from Is to 20 per cent below
normal, and that the crop went into
the winter in bad condition. The out
look for big yields is not glowing. Crop
experts assert that the 1917 wheat
crop is bound to bring excellent prices.
You cannot increase your 1917 WIN
ter wheat acreage now, but you can
Increase your yield from Is to 80 per
per cent by spending q little more
money ON each acre. Extra bushels
ulean extra dollars. Labor costs and
other overhead charges per bushel are
kept down, and net profits showed up
when greater yields per acre are OBJ
tanned. This year of all years, spend
Ing q little more money than usual on
the wheat crop will pay big returns.
Less than two bushels of wheat at
present prices will pay for actual
money outlay per acre for top-dress-
ers: five to ten more bushels per acre
from top-dressing with fertilizers Is
not unusual. Figure your acreage, es-
innate for yourself next fall prices
and weigh the subject Of top-dressing
on its merits as an investment that
viii bring large returns.
Plantfood Makes Crops.
The tiny wheat plant must have spe-
cial nourishment as soon as it wakes
1p In the spring, which is before much
Of the pla1tfood in the soil becomes
available. Big crops demand enormous
quantities of plantfood. The biggest
help you can give your wheat crop
this spring is to apply a top-dressing
Of 100 to 800 pounds per acre Of fer.
tilizer, analysing 2 to per cent of am.
monia, 8 to II per cent phosphoric
acid In an available form.
The fertilizer should be broadcasted
or distributed on the wheat through
the fertilizer attachment of the wheat
drill, with the lime spreader. Or othei
fertilizer distributor. If the wheat
drill Is used, leave the disks suspended
SO that they will not cut the wheat
lit hofn
the field is rolled or narrowed. Har.
rowing will work it into the soil where
the roots can get the plantfood. You
can carry on these operations until
fhe wheat is up four inches in height
without injury to the crop.
rop-dress, grow more bushels PEI
sseea- and increase 4ale- hank aReaiiRt
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PROFITS FROM FERTILIZER

Efficiency in using fertilizer or
grass, that is, in getting greatest re-
turns for the fertilizer applied, de
ponds very largely upon the following
points:
a Good Sod.-It is useless to fer
tilixe weeds, and nearly useless to fer
ttsize those low-growing grasses (June
grass, sweet vernal. etc. which some
times drive out timothy and red top
1t II more profitable to fertilize pro
ductive moving than one which has
run out" 1t Is usually more profit.
able to break up and re-seed q weedy
meadow than to bring it back by fer
tilizing. although the latter cnn b
done. and often probably. IL
Good Drainaae.-Grassesa and clover
do better on well-drained than on 9
wet land. Sedges and other water
loving plants take possession on we,
soils, and 1t seldom pays to fertiiize
these. However, while the farmer II
fading capital for necessary improve
ments, these wet-land plants can bt
kept ont of the wet meadow by feed,
ing the grass which is already there
and this again ut profit.
Sweet Soil.-TimOthy always doe.
better on sweet soil than on q sour
soil, and gives greater turns for the
fertilizer applied. Lime. however
should be applied before seeding. or or
other crops in the rotation. If used
as top dressing on grass land 1t is
slow acting and relatively expensive.
Early Application.-The best time t.
apply top dressing is just when the
grass turns green in the early spring
1t is then that the soil is cold aud the
plantfood in the soil raw and unavail-
able. a good start at this time may
often win the battle. Three hundred
pounds applied early Is better than
four hundred pounds Of fertilizer ap
Piled late. The result of application
can be seen within As hours after the
fertilizer is washed into the soil The
color of the grass changes. The sick
" yellowish-green color is replaced by
a deep. dark, thrifty green. Growth
starts. Root growth is stimulated
The plant can use more of the food In
the soil than before. Early application
leads to highest efficiency.
Even Spreading.-From 200 to 400
pounds per acre is the usual applica-
ton Of top-dressing fertilizer. This
small amount must be evenly spread
Broadcasting by hand is perfectly pos.
sible. 1t is more expensive and not as
efficient as machine distribution.
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The iron Glove,

A refinement Of cruel... is ire torture
OF the Iron glove. lis ii is called
which used to Ike ctiit:,unii in Morocco
A lump OF GntckliIee IL la"ed in mans
hand. which is r'a-eti up into list
Then the FIST Is '!@h,ly hound with
leather thongs nnd'plnnged into tub
Ut cold water. The agony soon heronies
extreme. The torture Is continued for
eight or ten Gays. until in the Old iEor.
fifcation ensus's a,M probably death e.
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Tho Optimistic NieM.

The Rising Young Artist-All that
have accomplished In art ] owe to the
struggle for the necessaries of lie. The
Cartoonist-That's the way to look at
tiff the cost Of living goes high
enough you'll be greater than Michel
angelo.-Art Young IN Masses.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-03-29
A Prohiam.

THAT is my hired man asleep up
there In the crotch of that oak tree. I"
said honest Farmer Hornbeak. You
are entitled to one guess as to whether
he clumb up there to slumber or went
to sleep on the ground on top OF an
acorn which grew up with him.
Kansas City Star.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-03-29
Kangaroo Earru,na.

In Australia kane..is}o .arIning Is an
important industry. The hides are
valuable and the trn1ons extremely
iine-hldeed, they are best known to
surgeons fpr sewing up wounds and
especially fne holding broken bones
together. being ml,t; !iner and tough
er than catgut,
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taeNpertnasS.

What picturesque variatl lions you
have introdu> ed Into your dancing!'
Il am entitled to no credit" replied
Miss Cayenne. What you call varia-
lions were the efforts Of my PARTNER
and myself to quit stepping on each
others feet Washington Star.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-03-29
A Cent.

The habit Of calling the cent piece
Of our American coinage a penny" is
utterly without foundation or excuse
We have no penny In our coinage. At
one time half cent pieces were coined,
but now the unit Is a cent, the hun
sredth part of q dollar,