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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-19
RICKER'S MARKET REPORTS

Hogs One Cent Lower, Beef and Veal
Firm
St Johnsbury. Dee. l9-At w. A.
Ricker's market hogs are reported one
cent lower, with beef and veal firm.
Receipts for the week ending Dec, IS
included;
Poultry 500 lbs, l4@ l5e
Lambs-l0, Ga l2c.
Hogs 303, l4@l6
Cattle l27, 4@Sc.
Calves-570. 4td lie.
Mich cows 10, S60@$ll0
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-19
National League.
The Eve for an Eve.

Mother Ito eurste And do you really
pray for your enemies,
Ethel loverhearing - do, mummy
Curate And what do you say in your
prayer. my child
Ethel pray that they may be beat
en-Puneh
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-19
Thrift Stamps and Thrift Cards.

O. II ] do not have enough mon
ey saved up to buy war savings
stamp and can only save in small
amounts, what should | do?
A. Buy 25.cent thrift stamp
at a postoflice, bank or other au.
thorized agency and ask for
thrift card, TO which you can at
tach your thrift stamp.
Q. Is there any charge for a
thrift card?
A. No. 1t is given to hold thrift
stamps and contains a place for
your name and address
Q. How many thrift stamps win
this card holdl
A. Sixteen stamps, which repre-
sent a value of 81
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-19
To Cure a Cola in One Dav

take LAXATIVE BR0AI0 QUININE
Tablets. Druggists refund money if it
fails to cure. +. w. GROVES signature
is on each box. 30c,-adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-19
Only One "BRoMo QUININE"

To get the genuine, call for full name,
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look
for signature of u. w. GROVE. Cures a
Cold in One Day 30c.--ady.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-19
RECESS COMMITTEE TO
ACT As TO RAILROADS
Will Take Up Interstate Commerce Com
MISSIONS Recommendation as to
Transportation.

Washington, Dee Investigation by
the Senate interstate commerce commit
tee OF the interstate commerce commits
sion's recommendation for solving the
railroad transportation difficulties was
ordered yesterday by the Senate on mo
ton of Senator Cummins of Iowa The
committee win meet during the recess Of
Congress and is instructed to report leg
isative recommendations.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01
MAINTENANCE OF DIRT ROAD
Highway Problem of Kansas
Management Is Lacking.

Earth road maintenance now is and
will continue for some years to be the
real road problem of Kansas, since it is
not likely that more than a very small
per cent of the highways will be paved
in this generation.
practically all the work done on an
earth road" says w. S. Gearhart, pro-
fessor of highway engineering in the
Kansas State Agricultural college, and
state highway engineer, "except reduc-
ton of grades, correction of horizontal
alignment, building of drainage struc-
lures, and elimination of railway grade
crossings, is temporary and should
properly be considered maintenance.
Doing permanent work is a compar-
atively easy matter, for when once it
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01
CUT BONE ENCOURAGES EGGS
Lessons Death Rate in Chicks, and
Keeps Old Stock in Healthier
Condition in Winter.
fBy WILLIAM JACK.)

When l commenced feeding green
cut bone, about the first thing I did
was to find it's feeding value by actual
test. Hens under like conditions, with
fresh-cut green bone added to their
feed laid nearly twice as many eggs
in the winter season and a third more
in the summer season than did the
lot without the bone.
Fifty-eight chicks Matched at the
same time from the same kind of eggs
were divided into two lots and treated
the same, except one lot was fed some
extra. The lot with bone extra to their
feed grew much faster and at the end
of 10 weeks, the end of the test,
person would never have thought the
two lots were the same.
The lot fed the bone were not only
larger, but had clearer and brighter
plumage. The lot that ate the bone
went through the test with the loss Of
but one, while the lot without the
bone sustained a loss of five. This,
with other observations, leads me to
believe feeding bone will lessen the
death rate il chicks and that old stock
will be healthier.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01

and sanitary and comfortable for your
cattle. If you cannot get the first-cost
idea out of your mind, remember these
things. You have perhaps borrowed
some of the money for your barn from
the bank. You must pay them back
and make more besides for yourself.
If you include sanitary and convenient
things in your design you can pay the
bank quicker and make larger profits
for yourself.
The dairy barn, of which a ground
plan and perspective view are here
shown, will accommodate 30 cows. The
silo is IS feet in diameter and will be
found to have sufficient capacity for
silage to accommodate all the cattle.
AS shown in this view, the silo is
built of wood. Hollow tile, concrete
blocks, or REINFORCED concrete, how
ever, can be used equally as well. With
the idea of making it possible to go
quickly from one part of the barn
to another sliding doors have been put
in at all four corners and in the oppo-
site end from the silo there is a door in
the middle besides those on either side
of this end.
The ground floor is of concrete,
which always makes a barn as SAM
tary as it possibly can be. 1t has a
gambrel roof, which does away with
the rafters and other members of a
truss which take up much of the
Spacn in thp loft of a harm
The feed alley is conveniently To-
Gated in the middle of the barn. This
permits of easily distributing the sill
age to the managers on either side of
the alley. Concrete cutters are built
in the floor in back of the COW stalls
on either side of the barn. In back
of these cutters are the manure
carrier tracks, conveniently located so
that the refuse in the cutters can be
directly picked up and carried out.
The dimensions of the COW stalls
can be made according to the ideas of
the builder. In some places it is GUS
tomary to build all of the stalls 3
feet 60 inches wide, and haze 5
feet between the gutter and the
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01
Floor Plan.

manger. In other localities the
stalls on one side would be made
4 feet 6 inches long. and on the
other 5 feet long The length of
the stalls are made to vary in this way
so as to accommodate the different
lengths of the cows housed in the
barn. There are stanchions made
which are adjustable so that they can
take from or add to the length of the
stall, 6 inches or so. In case these are
going to be used, all stalls can be made
the same length.
This particular barn was designed
for a country where the winters are
rather mild and the cows can spend
a good deal of time in the COW yard
rather than in the barn, as they would
if in a cold climate.
1t would be found best if the front
of the barn could face the south or
east. This would give the cows the
advantage of the nice morning sun and
protect them from the north and west
winds during the colder months Of the
year.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01
HIGHER COST OF BAD ROADS
Substantial Reasons Why Farmers
Should Get Together and Save
Cost of Poor Highways.

The road that connects your farm
with the nearest town has more to do
with the cost of living, doubtless, than
you realize. Have you ever thought
that every product you sell and every
article you buy must be hauled over
tbs road; that your teams and vehicles
or your automobile must bear the
''wear and tear" caused by a rough
road to sell farm products or to bring
the necessities from the town?
The fact that your neighbor must
also pay the high cost of bad roads is
all the better reason why you, he and
the rest of the neighborhood should
get together and improve the road to
save some of this expense. What you
and your neighbors lose in hauling
farm products over bad roads would
soon build good road and give you
quick and satisfactory service.
How long can you afford such loss?
And when shall the road be improved?
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01
OBTAIN WINTER EGGS
Make Conditions as Near Like
Summer as Possible.
Sprouted Grains Furnish Easiest So
luton of Problem-oats Rank
Higher Than corn-More Fat
Than in Wheat.
tBy c. s. ANDERSON, Colorado Agricul-
tural College, Fort Collins. Colo.l

(By g. s. ANDERSON, Colorado Agricul-
tural College, Fort Collins, Colo.)
Many people believe that If they
furnish a reasonably comfortable
house, and supply a little corn, or
whatever grain happens to be avail
able, that there is no excuse for their
hens not filling the winter egg basket.
Spring and summer seasons are the
natural times for hens to lay, and if
they are made to lay through the
winter, conditions must be made as
near like their natural laying season
as possible.
Sprouted grains furnish the best So
luton. AS protein or reproducing
feed, oats ranks much higher than corn
and contains more fat than wheat. Its
high proportion of hull to kernel
makes it bulky and unpalatable.
Sprouting overcomes this difficulty,
and also furnishes the green feed so
essential. Oats can be sprouted and
fed at to 6 inches high more eco
nomically than roots or vegetables can
be produced. The time required for
the growth is short, the amount of
succulent material is large and in
creased egg production is invariably
the result. One hundred pounds of
oats can be increased to $50 to 400
pounds of succulent feed.
1t is an easy matter to construct
home made sprouter, but unless
warm room is available, and if many
birds are to be fed, it is advisable to
purchase one of the several reliable
sprouters now on the market.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01

A new breed of poultry has come
out from the west and demands the
attention of practical poultry keep
ers. The Oregons being the name of
the new breed, it is hardly necessary
to say that it had it's origin in the
state of Oregon. The crossing of
White Leghorns and Barred Plymouth
Rocks produced the original Oregons,
which have been bred up to the pres
ent type by introducing much more
Leghorn blood.
Prof. James Dryden of the Oregon
Agricultural college, where the work
was done, says that egg production
was the first consideration in the
making of the new breed, but that
another purpose was to develop an
all-round type of bird that would
meet the market demands.
The Oregon is medium in weight be-
tween the Leghorn and Plymouth
Rock, making it good general pur-
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01
RATS IN THE CHICKEN YARD
No Trouble in Getting Rid of Them by
Poisoning with CornmeaI and
Sugar of Lead.

Rats cause great losses in many
poultry yards. There is no trouble in
getting rid of them by poisoning with
mixture of two parts cornmeal and
one part sugar of lead. The hand
should not come in contact with the
poison feed, and all other feeds should
be removed so the rats cannot get
them.
The poisoned feed may be kept away
from the chickens by putting it in
tray, nailed to the middle of the bot
tom of a box at least foot square
and six inches high. The box should
be closed on all sides except for a
number of inch and half holes bored
through the sides near the bottom.
Burn or bury the dead rats so that
chickens cannot eat them. The de-
cayed flesh Of even Imprisoned rats is
likely to cause timber neck, as pto-
maine poison is called in chickens.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01

pose fowl At the same time, It's lay
ing qualities are very high. Several
hens of the new breed have records
of over 300 eggs in year. This ten
dency to heavy egg production is not
simply the result of crossing two es-
tablished breeds, however, but results
from the selection of heavy layers as
breeding stock, trap nests having been
used as a basis.
III color the Oregons are white and
they are rather close feathered, like
the Leghorns, with medium-sized
combs, yellow legs and a yellow skin.
They lay white egg. Yellow-skinned
birds that will weigh four or five
pounds and that are heavy producers
of white eggs should meet the require
ments of great many poultry keep
ers, both amateurs and professionals.
1t is likely that much more will be
heard about the Oregon in years to
come.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01
Mixed on Geography.

DR.. ]. Fl. Romig of Seward, presi-
dent of the Alaska Medical associa-
ton, has received a letter from a New
York business house Of worldwide
reputation saying it has postponed
sending an article of merchandise as
the river is known to be frozen over
and therefore delivery would be i'm
possible before the breakup of ice in
the spring. Inasmuch as there is no
river near Seward which is located
on one of the finest harbors in the
world, into and out of which ships
are passing at all times of the year,
the good doctor and his friends have
about concluded the reference is to the
mighty Hudson.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01
SYRUP OF figs FOR
A CH|LD'S BOWELS
1t is cruel to force nauseatingp
harsh physic into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days
Remember the dose mother insisted.
on-castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children, it's Different.
Mothers who cling to the old form OF
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The childrens revolt is well-found-
ed. Their tender little "insides" ara
injured by them.
If your childs stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli
cious California Syrup of Figs" It's
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that it never fails to-
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that teaspoonful
given today saves a sick child tomor-
row.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent 6pttle'
Of California Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01

is done correctly it will last for num-
Der of years. The maintenance of an
earth road, however, is a reverend
ing job. 1t is like milking the cows
and doing other chores, for the builder
knows that the work of maintenance
will have to be done over and over
again and can never feel that it is in
any sense permanent.
"For this reason the earth road has
a bad reputation. The trouble is not
SO much with the material of which
the road is composed as with our sys-
item or lack of system of management.
Other types of roads when treated as
we treat the earth roads are much
more expensive and serve the travelling
public little if any better. The vast
improvement that can be made on our
present earth roads by intelligent di-
rection in their construction and main
tenance is little realized by the pub
lie, and the serviceability of prop
erly maintained earth road is not APP
preciated when compared with other
types of roads as to cost Of construc-
ton.
Successful construction and main
tenance of any kind of a road depends
upon the recognition by the public and
the builders of few fixed and funda-
mental requirements.
"One practical, well-paid road build
er should be made responsible for the
upkeep of a certain section of road
and should be employed throughout
the year, his tenure of office being
made dependent entirely upon the
character of services rendered. The
graded portion of the road should be
elevated and crowned so that the wa
ter from every section of the road
surface will flow into the side ditches."
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01

of the barn, but considerable work is
required to get the silage to some
other part of the barn where consider
able of it is used. This is not eff
cheney, for though you have perhaps
wasted no money in the construction
of the silo, you are daily unnecessarily
wasting much of your working eff
fort.
The silo may not only be located in
conveniently with respect to the places
where the silage is used. By neglect
ing sufficient forethought the design
may be decided on, and after the struc
ture is completed it is realized that it's
capacity is too small. 1t is just as
cheap to build a silo in the right place
as in the wrong, and it costs but little
more to build it large enough rather
than too small Additions later are
much more expensive than the same
thing would be if included in the orig
inal building.
These are but a few of the many
inefficient things which might be done
in putting up farm buildings. In or
der to save on the original cost many
things may be left out which are great
time, thus mOney-savers. Money should
wisely be invested in such time-saving
devices. The money, represented by
work which can be saved in the long
run, will show a nice profit on the
small extra investment necessary for
time-Saving installations.
In dairy barn, as well as all 9th
ers. the comfort of the cattle, horses
and other animals should be given con
siderable thought. They are just like
a man. Under better conditions the
cattle thrive more. Sanitation makes
them less susceptible to disease. Let
us say you lose two nice cows during
the year from disease. That repre-
sents loss to you Of perhaps $50 to
$500 Wouldn't it have been better
to spend this $1,000 for construction
in your barn which would make it
more sanitary and disease-resisting?
During the first year you would make
up for this 5000 extra cost by not los
ing the cows, and during the second
and each successive year you would be
$500 ahead per year.
The thing in selecting a design for
your barn is this: Forget the first
cost and think of the things which will
make it convenient for you to work In,
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01
BREED FOR EGG PRODUCTION
High-Laying Hens Cannot Be Depend
ed On to Produce Chicks as
Good as Themselves.

The results of breeding for egg pro-
duction at the Ontario experiment sta
ton are an interesting supplement to
the work so long carried on at the
Maine station. 1t will be remembered
that the conclusion of the Maine sta
ton was that hens with high laying
records cannot be depended upon to
produce chicks as good as themselves,
even when the males of the flock are
OF the same stock.
The Ontario station concludes that
many 200-egg hens are not worth
much as breeders of 200-egg pullets,
but few appear as if their pullets
were out of the ordinary and some of
their sons have been very good breed
ers.
In other words, the power Of trans
mitting the heavy-laying quality is pos
sessed by some individuals, but not by
others. This is essentially the idea on
which the Maine station is now work
ing with the aim of selecting and using
the birds which have this transmitting
quality.
1t was found by the Ontario station
that the chicks Matched from these Sc
lected birds began to lay much earlier
in the fall and laid in November about
five times as many eggs as common
pullets. Their excellence was largely
in their power to lay eggs in the fall
and winter. In the summer the COM
mon pullets were considered about as
good layers as the others.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01
YES! LIFT A CORN
OFF WITHOUT PAIN!
Cincinnati man tells how to dry
up a corn or caIIus so it lifts
off with fingers.

You corn-pestered men and women
need suffer no longer. Wear the shoes.
that nearly killed you before, says this
Cincinnati authority, because a few
drops Of freezone applied directly on a
tender, aching corn or callus; stops.
soreness at once and soon the corn or
hardened callus loosens so it can be
lifted off, root and all, without pain.
A small bottle of freezone costs very
little at any drug store, but will posi-
lively take off every hard or soft corn
or callus. This should be tried, as it
Is inexpensive and is said not to irri-
tate the surrounding skin.
If your druggist hasn't any freezone,,
tell him to get small bottle for you
from his wholesale drug house.-adv.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01
CORN GLUTEN FOR CHICKENS
Makes Excellent Addition to Ration
Is Highly PaIatabIe and May Be
Fed in Dry Mash.

Corn gluten feed makes an excel
lent addition to the ray4cn and may
be procured through almost any feed
store. 1t is highly palatable and may
be fed to advantages in the dry mash
with other feed, such as follows: One
hundred pounds of cornmeal, 100
pounds of bran, 100 pounds of white
middlings, 1C0 pounds of corn gluten
feed, 100 pounds of meat scrap, six
pounds of charcoal, six pounds of salt
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01
Power of Radium.

Prof. William Crookes, the noted
English physicist, has calculated that
if the total energy in the small guam
tity of radium which could be placed
on the tip of the index finger was OBJ
tainable by an instantaneous disin.
tegration of it's atoms, it would be
sufficient to raise the whole English
navy as high as Mount Etna latitude
1875 feet).
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01
Increased Exnenditures.

In 1904 the actual cash road and
bridge expenditure in the United
States averaged slightly less than $2S
per mile of rural roads. In 1915 the
cash road and bridge expenditure had
increased to an average of $109 per
mile of road.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01
Sense of Justice.

"That parrot 1 bought uses violent
language"
Lady" replied the dealer, 81 won't
deny that he does swear some. But
you must give him credit for the fact
that he doesn't drink nor gamble"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01
FEED HOPPER is IMPORTANT
Will Not Be Scratched Out by
Fowls and Wasted.

In all well managed poultry houses
the dry feed hopper plays an impor-
tant part. 1t is therefore important
that these be put IN order or new ones
built as may be required.
In the construction of new hoppers
so arrange the feeding box that feed
will not be scratched out and wasted.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01
CUTIcURA KILLS DANDRUFF
The Cause of Dry, Thin and Falling
Hair and Does 1t QuickIy-Trial Free.

Anoint spots of dandruff, itching and
irritation with Cuticura Ointment. Fol-
low at once by a hot shampoo with
Cuticura Soap, if man, and next
morning if woman. When Dandruft
goes the hair comes. Use Cuticura
Soap daily for the toilet.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L.,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01
Crop Success or Failure.

While weather is perhaps the most
comfortable conditions Of soil and seed
often determine the success or failure
of the crop.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01
TAKE PARMlNT FOR YOUR.
COUGH

Don't cough your head off! Go to your
druggist and get OF. of Parmint Take it
home and add to it a pint of hot water
and OF. of sugar. Take teaspoonful as
often as necessary. Should promptly re-
tickle in your throat and soothe and heal
the delicate throat membrane. If your
druggist does not have it insist that he get
it for you at once. Costs little, is easy to
prepare and wonderfully efficient.-Adv.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01

Garfield Tea, by purifying the blood,
eradicates rheumatism, dyspepsia and
many chronic ailments. Adv.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01
Contrary Assurance

"Can you get me somebody on this
job who is live wire?"
"That's dead easy"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01

The actually of today seldom looks
as good as the theory of yesterday.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-03-01

No man is tall enough to be abovt
neighborly criticism