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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
MORE DRAFT MEN
REJECTED FROM SERVICE

Information was received Monday
hy members Of local exemption
board No. that Andrew Matthes.
Eobt. Komiski and James 4. Book
er. who left south Bead with the
last contingent q drafted men sent
90 Camp Taylor. had been discharg-
ed from the service because Of ply
steal disability. making eight in all
from that contingent Go be rejected
Cor that reason.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
PATIENTS RESCUED.
nnnI - - .

III Ut II'I IItIIIuI Wv \ Ut Ut
LEXINGTON. Ky, Nov. e.
Twenty nine patients in the tuber-
culosis ward Of the Lakeland state
insane asylum were rescued by
guards today from threatened death
in a fire which destroyed the build
ing occupied by tuberculosis pa
tients.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
co. D. To MEET.

Co. II OF the Home guards. Will
meet at the small sym Of the Y. NJ.
q. 4. Wednesday evening The men
viii be measured for uniforms.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
AGED MAN CUTS THROAT.

LAF'A \ EITE. Ind, Nov. 70
Ferdinand Zeipel, 81 years old.
slashed his throat with a pocket
knife and died here today. De-
spondency is believed 10 have been
the cause.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
ASKS SEPARATE BOARD.

Joseph Zielinski brought suit IN
the superior court Monday morning
for a separation OF bed and board
from his wife. Antoinette Zielinski.
OF grounds OF cruel and inhuman
treatment
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
rOLEDO CASH GRAIN.

TOLEDO. o. Nov ~ CLOSE
WHEAT-Cash. S217
COBN-Cash 500, Dec 81 26i Jan.
81 24l2 MAY. 81 @2it
OATS-Cash and Dee. 74ifc Nav 1ar
RNE-No - SlS1
CLOVER SEED Prime cash old
$1,000: new. S1610. Dee SI615. Jan.
Sizes, Feb. Sl625; March. Sl5s5
ALSikE- Prime. cash and Dee fiAJ % (.
Feb. Sl410. March. Sl4So
TIMOTHY Prime. cash, old. - 90 :
new and Dec $50. March. SSH
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
CHICAGO CASH. GRAIN.

CHICAGO. Nov. %
COR$-No. > white mixed. $50 No >
yellow. 81 GjGL73. No. . mixed. S1.S2
No. white. $50. No. 3 yellow, 81 93 /,
No. 4 mlxed, Sl.TjdLS0. No. 4 white
Sl.1j1 80; No 4 yellow. u -
OATS No. ? mixed 7O2l are: No >
white. 7tAc. ND. white. 71hc. No. :
whfe Tl@7lisc. standard. ia d7ac
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
HAY. STRAW AND FHED-
(CsTrteted Daily By the Wesley Miller
HIour aad iced c.. ere q.
Mfrhimnu SAL

HAY-Paying, $50; selling 216&3O.
STRAW-Payi ng 81 per ton; seiiing.
Sl1dSI2 per ton, OF &c per bale
OATS-Paying, 6Jc: selling 754S0C.
SHELL COMPLYING. S91O; selling.
S2JON240
s. J0Q2 40.
TIMOTHY SEED-PayihE. t3bs Bsf
bu; selling, $50 per bu.
ALFALFA SEED-tAontana EroWRl-
So IN. sl2.0O per bn.
CLOVER SEED-Sl3aSl4 per bu.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
roo LATE To CLASSIFY.

FOR SALE OR ENCHANGE-eoO acres
clay loan sand. All Improvements. %
acres good buildings Seven-roOm house
and onion storage. All hrst-ciass soi
and good nrodnceT, r. e. Garmire
Engeldrum Bldg. Mishawaka Home
phone 10 1927
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
GERMAN KILLS SELF.

CHICAGO, Nov. 26-Charles A.
Horn, native of Germany. ended
his life here today By shooting him
self over the heart. He was 80
years old
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
ADVANCE GIFTS TO
FEDERATION MONDAY
TOTAL $9,777.70

Although Good Will day" is not
until Tuesday, up until Monday
noon S9,777.7O had already been
contributed. The following is the
list OF contributors:
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
FUNERALS
MARGAREr CECEhIA MURPHY

The funeral of Margaret Cecilia
Murphy. daughter of Frank j.
Murphy, who died az st. Joseph's
hospital Sunday, will he held at st.
Patrick's church Tuesday morning.
The funeral and burial will be
private.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
MONTY AND KxCHARGE.
CHICAGO PRoDUCE-

CHICAGO. Nov - BUTrBR-Re-
ceipts. 5.1S9 tubs; creamery cETas. asa
45A1c. extra hrsts 44N4f4c. hrsts. F2i.,
I43c; packing stock. 826I38lsc.
ECiGS- Receipts 46Eo cases current
receipts. 4ld49c; ordinary hrstA Ca
Acc nrsts 41hfSc. extras, 5lErSft
cheeks. Pc. dirties. $500.
CHEESE-rWius new PC. diaries
2Glac. young Americas. 26c. lOnghorus.
20; brick 2Sfd-1te
LIVE POULTRY Turkeys. &c, chick
ems. 1jdlSisc. springers. lac. rO0Sfera.
lGc; geese. 11hc. ducks. 70.
POTATOES Receipts - cars Mime
sofas and Ohios. 81 fO6a ~ eWt. Ws-
lonsIn and Mlchigan. 81 500 - rat-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
LIVE sTOCK.

Corrected Daily by Major HFsa-s - Ls-
gan ST.. MiskaUakAl.
HEAVY FAT STEEhs-Fsis % aes6.
idSc: prime 9QiOc
HOGS-1OOa12O lbs. 12c; 12Oai5O lbs
l3c; 1900 10 lbs. lac; 100 20 lbs, lJc-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
South Bend Markets
GRAIN AND TED.
(CSrrecteJ Daily By ". n. starr. staFg
Mile, Hydraulic kE.D

WHEAT-Paying. 500 per bu.
OATS-Paying CSC selling, zoe per
bu.
hu.
RYE-Paying. 81 60 per hundred.
BRAS-Selling. s. per hundred
MiDDLINGS- Selling, 500 per huh-
bred.
CHOPPED FEED-SeninG. $40 Per
sw
SCRATCH FEED-Selling. 81 per cwt
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
PITTsRTRGH LINZ sToCK.

PITTSBURGH, Pa. Nov. 2G-CATTLE
Supply light market higher. choice.
Si2J06I i315; prime. Sl2JO6I 3.1J. good.
SLIGO 12-J0. tidy butchers $1,000
Hoo fair. Se-JofeTJ. common % good
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26

AASA VI NOAAAA vi
oliver Chilled PlOw works 81, 600 90
Studebaker corporation -. 10000
Wilson Bros. ........ 10000
Campbell Paper Box Co.. 10000
MaIleable steel Range
Mfg. Co. .. 200
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Carlisle 225.OO
A. L. Hubbard ...... 10000
Mary J. Studebaker .. 10000
Mr.. and Mrs. f. s. Fish,. 10000
&C. G. Shafer ... 10000
Sibley Machine CO. . 10000
Rummage Campaign . 1880
II. +. Westervelt .... 10000
Birdsell Mfg Co. ..,. 10000
l.. p. Hardy Co. . 10000
George NJ. Studebaker. 80. 10000
y. G. Ellsworth .... 10000
F. II. Badet ........ 1850
S100.-Robertson Bros. Co, Ma
thilda O'Brien, McHenry- Millhouse
Mfg. Co, J. r. Haughton, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. p. Hardy. A. r. Erskine,
Mrs. Olive l.. Birdsell, John c. Bird
sell. Mary l.. Hine, Mrs. Nelson j,
Riley, j. NJ. Studebaker, jr., South
Bend Grocery Co.
STD. L. Guilfoyle. George T..
Bingham.
$65.-George NJ. Witwer.
500. B. Thielens, Mr.. and Mrs
b. s. Haswell.
S5O.--George L. Hager w. W.
Austin, James A. Jude. II. s. STAN
field, c. W. Copp, Adler Bros, w,
r. Baker Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Elbel, II. NJ. Miller, National Lum-
Der Co., George L. O'Brien, w. D.
O'Brien, Perkins Glue Co, David
Pollock, Mr.. and Mrs. John l. Sha-
fer, Samuel Spiro. Staples-Hilde-
brand Co, George II. and II. f.
WheeIock, w A. Weed. c. G..
Powell, c. Fassnacht.
$4O.-Elmer Crockett ]. E. Neff,
C. A. Dolph and Son, w. A. Funk.
Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette LeVan,
South Bend Creamery
$39.-Indiana Engraving Co
$S5-L. b. Slaughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. NJ. Hammerschmidt
$30.-Harry s. Badet, Vernon c.
Hastings, Herr and Herr Co. The
Philadelphia.
$26.-James w. Taylor.
S25.-Thomson and McKinnon.
William Happ. w. O Fassnacht w.
A Hager, Mrs. William Rupel,
Emma y. Westervelt, A friend.
American Drug Co. a. Ciralsky and
son, John +. Deacon, Harriet E.
Elbel. F. p. Nicely Samuel Parker,
w. b. Starr. Max Adler, w. G.. Cra-
bill, A II. Cushing. Leo Eliel Phar-
macy, c. c. Hanch, Carl L. Hib-
berd. Robert P. Milton, Mrs. G. p.
Morehead and Miss Tut, c. II.
Myers, William H. Nichols, Char
lOtJe NJ. Partridge, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
II. Reyer. South Bend Lumber Co,
Harry II. Weiss
$2O.--Charles Z. Crockett, Mrs
F. II. Badet, Dudley NJ. Shively. ].
Newman, jr, Forest Hitler.
$15.-R. r. Peck, Mrs. c. H.
Myers. Mr.. and Mrs. C. il. Boyer,
Thomas Williams, Otto c. Bastian,
G. NJ. Sherman. ]. NJ. Stephenson
w. B. Beecher, John F. Cotter, Mrs.
c. A. Daugherty, II. V. Kimble,
Frank Mayr. jrp Gertrude L..
Myers. Mrs. Gertrude S. Perkins
Thelka Sack, Elizabeth Turner.
$1O.-Elliott and Elliott, Glenn
Shidler. w. c. Steenburg, Anna c.
Greene. ]. b. Haberle, Victor f.
Jones, Samuel Leeper, Ed c. Wit
wer. c. ]. Ash. Mrs. z. r. Austin,
Mr.. and Mrs. George II. Mayr, John
r. Mobile, A. G.. Rumpf, Catherine
A. Twomey and son.
s5.-Deva BTioknell. Henry L.
Myers, Mrs. John +. Reynolds, jr.,
Dominic Woodwork, Helen Greg
DRY, Q. y. Taggert, HoOsier Cream
cry Co, South Bend Grain Co,
Anonymous, zoe.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Pat cows $500 %. heifers fa75a
N %, fresh COWS and Springers. k60eot1
1000, veal calves. $500; heavy and fhin
calves. S1.O0TI1
SHEEP And LANES Supply light
market steady. prime wetbers. SiL s.
good mixed. $1,000 1913: fair mtErd.
s. 55Ei9 -. Culls and common. 5.o1ss
30; spring lambs. Sl5-o
HOGS Receipts. 100 double dccks
market lower; prime heavy bocs. 81 -
Ql75o, mediums. 81. zIe1T7-S0; hFzsy
Workers Sl1-I5eIi7-5o. light Ysrksrs.
SIT a5G 20. pigs. S17-asl1i7-50: rougha.
SlAo0a leo, stays. SI4OoGi6D
MONEY AND ENCHAkGE-
NEW YORK. nov. ol-Cau mensy Oh
the floor Of the New FOrk Stool BE-
change today ruled az 3 per osRts hiah.
81 per oent; low, , per cent
Time money vas steady.
Rates were a. H5iz ger cent
The market Tor Prime neFcanule
Paper vas steady
call money In London today wss 4 per
cent
Sterling Exchange wes quist Eith
business In bankers Rflls at $40 S-1e
for demand S4.7ih h4.1ih FOR 6Q-day
bills aud Si@h6S Tor 90-daE biin
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26

Born. 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Gross. els Eddy ST. daughter.
Nov. 2s.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
POULTRY AND MATS
tCorrected Daily by JfTmis's Market
I2a h Jefferson BiEd.b

POULTRY-Oid chickens. IS; spFiREa
Isc.
hEAL-Paylng. lac. selilngy LOO 80
REEF Roast -; boiling, 10; porter
hduse. 5OaGOc. sirlOin. $3.50.
HAM-paying, SSAcs selling, H1d5Oc.
LARD-Pagiug. -. selling, o.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
PROVISIONS.
Corrected Daily By =. ". MueileF, n
y IeGerson HlWdl

r.. Jeuefbon hlFosl
EEGET ABLES-Ca Dage, paying. ltzcf
selling. Be-, new potatoes paying. flW
bu, selling Sl30 per bu.
FRUIT -Orangez case $40. EellinH
fOQ6Oc per dOz. lemons, case Si8ba
selling 4OQJOc per dOz.
BUTTER AND EGGS-Country but
ter. paying 2jd40C. selling ID f5c,
creamery butter paying i6c selling, 90
Eggs. strictly fresh. paying, AZ; selling.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
EEEGs.
Corrected Daily By Warner Broa- 500
Geor. IA = vans Sal

store. liz = wayne stl
TIMOTHY-S4G4.60
RED CLOVER Sl3I4l6
WHITE CIDkEk-SZS Per bu
IkE-S12 900 sic
ALFALFA-S1O 50UlZ5O
SWEET CLOVER SL5Q&is.
COW FEAs-HH.5
SOY BEANS-f414 80.
BLUE GRASS-ST5 per bu.
FIELD PEAS-S4Q5 per 0u-
MILLET-S 5OdS3
GERMAN MILLET-s2 50050
JAPANESE MfLLET-S2s0 per -
MAMMOTHH CLOEER-Si1JOdSl6 %
NETCH-S1OQ&12
TALLON AND HIDES.
(Cofrscted Daily ~ =. ". LPpmaa. 1ia
~. Main sal
TALLoW-Rough. 2G3c; rsndersf. Ne.
1. 546c.
HTDES-Greea. Ne. l. l0aIsc. calf skis
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
NEW YORK STOCks.

International News Service:
NEW YORK. Nov. %. - Closing
prices on the stock exchange today
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-26
Corrected Daily D. the EastHsst Fiss.
Poultry aaJ see fOOd AAEksss
AanhfuEfou Aw.l

FRESH FISH-DT No. / trout. - sc
h.. aalibut. L3i4c whole. ciscOes, IA izc
10: large perch. 1slac 10: pickerel. nc
Ib. smoked salmon. u ~ h. white nsh,
22Lc no. fancy salt mackerel, - ~ ID.
bloaters. 2a3 los. each, - III. bOnelesH
salt goldfish, - ID hunnn haddiei w1se
ID.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-02
WANTED

Young or middle aged
woman to care for an invalid
a n d make herself generally
useful, in small family. Wages
$1,000 per month. Give full
particulars and references.
Address,
F. J. POPE,
Charlotte, VT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-02
ANOTHER COW TESTING ASSO-
CITATION.

A year ago only one COW testing as
ISOLATION was doing work in Addison
county. March |, 1916, two other cow
testing associations began active work;
a fourth is now organized in Orwell
and will start work March /, 1917; now
there is a call for a fifth COW testing as
ISOLATION to be organized by dividing
the Green Mountain association, located
in the town of Stalksboro and Lincoln.
This new association is to be started by
March l, 1917. Can it be done? Over
organization is bad thing but we need
COW testing associations in order to find
out, at very small expense, whether
our cows are, or are not profitable.
The county agent, aided by I. H.
Moran will start work during the week
beginning February 5, in the northeast
part of the county. The plan of work
Is as follows, Q) to confine the Green
Mountain Cow Testing association to
Starksboro, Hinesburg and Monkton;
(2) to restrict the area covered by the
first Addison County Cow Testing as
ISOLATION by dropping out the members
in Bristol who will join the new associa-
ton, and by finding new members
in New Haven, Middlebury and Wey-
bridge; (3) to organize anew association
in Lincoln and Bristol.
AS before stated the county agent
will be at work in the northeastern part
of the county next week; farmers will
be visited and meeting will be held in
Starksboro Tuesday, February 6, to out
line definite plans for the association
which is to be confined to that territory.
Another meeting will be held Wednes-
day night in Bristol, at which time an
outside speaker will be present and in
terest will be aroused for the cow test
ing association to be organized.
When this plan is carried out we will
have five associations doing active work
in Addison county. These five associa-
tions will handle 5000 cows. There is a
very great need of one other associa-
tion in the county, that is, one that
would cover the towns of Bridport,
Shoreham, and Whiting. Then we
would be we'll organized and nearly
every large dairy community would be
reached.
We need the support of all the
dairymen in this onward movement for
better dairy production.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-02
JUNKETIN DISCARDED.
Barre Times.

The purpose of Vermont legislators to
eliminate the usual junketing by large
delegations of members to various State
institutions is to be commended, and we
believe it will be commended by vast
majority of the people of the State.
Three proposed junkets were nipped in
the bud at Monday afternoons session
of the House, and thereby large waste
of time and money was averted. Each
biennial session of the Legislature, it has
been considered one of the perquisltes
of the service as legislator that a GER
tain number of the members who hap
pened to be on the committees hav-
ing relation to the various State institu-
tons should have the side pleasure of
taking an excursion to some distant
point in the State for the ostensible pur-
pose Of inspecting the State institution
there located. So they went, whole
troops of Legislators, piling up the eX-
pense to the State and, far more costly,
disrupting the machinery of legislation
by imparing the efficiency of committee
meetings, if not entirely cutting off the
meetings for the time-being. These
junkets have always added materially to
the length of the sessions and thus have
causedan additional expense to the State,
while at the same time their results have
been far from commensurate with the
expenditure. If there is some informa.
ton which the legislators may desire to
receive concerning any State institution,
man competent TO present the situa-
tion can do more good by appearing be-
fore a single committee or the committee
of the whole than flock of Legislators
can do by wandering through the mazes
of the State institution and getting only
superficial stock of information. We
suppose that the exception made in the
case of the State school for feeble
minded, as the resolution favorably
acted upon by the House Monday after
noon finally was framed, was due to the
fact that the institution at Brandon is
new and not generally known through
out the State; but we believe even that
aycentiOn should have been SWeDt aside
and the excursion to Brandon should
have been done away with. Some one
competent person could have told the
legislature at committee hearing far
more than the visitors can acquire in
their visitation in person. If we as a
State are starting out on the road to
economy, this junketing is one of the
incidental expenses that could be elimi-
mated without damage.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-02
Villas HAS A GOOD BILL.
Burlington News

The bill introduced by Senator
Martin S. Villas, calling for State
Board of Health inspection of places
where food is sold, commands the at
tenton of the Legislators because
such a bill is entirely worthy and
quite necessary if the public health
is to be guarded properly. The measure
is not drastic as compared with
those existing in every progressive
State and city, and there is ample
evidence that it is needed in the
more urban localities where numerous
small restaurants ply their trade. A
tour of Burlington kitchens would
rapidly convince any doubling person
of the need for such regulation,
Opponents of the measure will argue
that the cost of enforcement would be
prohibitive, but if the bill is in
telligently dealt with such will not be
the case. If the State Board should
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-02

have to assume all the duties it
would not be fair to expect this or
ganization to go to every little town
and hamlet where food is sold. But If
the State Board had the power they
could, without great effort, do much
toward raising the standards of sani-
tation in the restaurants and hotels
and could enforce every reasonable
decree in the larger centers, where,
incidentally, some sort Of regulation is
most needed.
Mr.. Villas has introduced thoroughly
constructive measure in the interests of
the public,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-02
VERMONT OPINION
FARMERS COOPERATING,
Burlington News

buIlnkNuH NNNo'
The exchange established by the
Addison county farmers from the
point of view of the development Of
the State, is one of the most encour-
aging signs of the year. If it means
anything it means that Vermont
farmers are beginning practically to
realize the advantages of cooperation.
Even though the particular expert
ment might prove impractical it at
least would prove that a not incon-
siderable number of Vermont farmers
have developed the proper spirit for
ultimate development along the only
apparently practicable lines, those Of
cooperation. This and similar move
ments, however, would tend to show
that the day is dawning when Vermont
will come into her own agriculturally.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-02
Eel, Like 90; Now Like Fl

Many persons complain about feeling
old before they should. Like weak link
in chain, a weak organ enfeebles the
whole body. Overwork, weak or dis
ordered kidneys lower vitality A. W.,
Morgan, Angola, La, writes Il suffered
with pains in the back. am 43 years
DID, but felt like man of 80 years old.
Since | took Foley Kidney Pills l feel
like did when was o." In SOC and
81 90 sizes.-adv.
Frost's Pharmacy So Main ST., Middle
bury, E, j. Whitney, Salisbury, Vt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-02
Commissioners Notice
Estate of
Archibald ID. Wetherell,
late of NEiddlebury

The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Ad-
Olson. commissioners. to receive, examine, and adj
just the claims and demands of all persons against
the estate of Archibald d. Wethere, late Of Mid
dlebury in said District, deceased. and all claims
exhibited in offset thereto, hereby give notice
that we will meet for the purpose aforesaid, at the
Deans office at Middlebury College, in the village
February and 10th day of June, next. from 10
o'clock a. M. until ~ o'clock noon, each of
said days and that six months from the 18th day
of January, A. d. 1917, is the time limited by said
Court for said creditors to present their claims to
us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Middlebury. VT, this 18th day of Janu-
airy, A. D. 1871
Charles B. Wright. commissioners
Myron X. Sanford.
Arthur w. Eddy, Admir-.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-02
Constipation Causes Bad Skin

A dull and pimply skin is due to a
sluggish bowel movement. Correct this
condition and clear your complexion
with DR.. Kings New Life Pills. This
mild laxative taken at bedtime will as
sure you.a full, free, non gripping move
ment in the morning. Drive out the
dull lstless feeling resulting from over
loaded intestines and sluggish liver Get
a bottle today. At all Druggists, 25c-adv
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-02-02
COMMUNICATIONS.
THE WOOL RAISING QUESTION.
10 tba Editor of the Raoiater,

THE WOOL RAISING QUESTION.
To the Editor of the Register
The subject of sheep raising which
appeared in single paragraph Of the
advertisement of Mortified Savings
Bank in the Register seems to have at
tracted the attention of Mr. Il. W.
Barnard of Springfield who questions
the profit in wool and sheep raising in
Vermont.
OF course, dollar wool is not raw
wool, as he knows, and understand the
price for the finest grade imported
wool without tariff has sold consider
ably beyond that. Assuming that the
cost of production is fifty cents, as Mr..
Barnard says, it is true there would not
be much profit in wool raising unless
the price of secured wool is nearly a
dollar, but am frank to say | did not
think it costs to produce pound OF wool
on such lands in Vermont as would
naturally be used and believe all
farmers would not agree with him.
Further, am not able to say the
price of wool will be dollar but it is a
fair statement to make that the price
will be higher the next ten years than
it was the past ten.
The cause of larger demand for
Vermont farm lands in the last few
years bears some relation to the fact
that vast areas of cheap western land
have been homesteadedland improved
and there is now not so much good
cheap land in the west. Many of these
cheap lands of the west were used as
sheep areas at small cost. The cutting
off of these areas must have a tendency
to raise the cost of sheep production
and in that way make competition more
even throughout the country. Every
one knows the number of sheep in the
United States has beon decreasing for
years. The government reports l42,-
600 less in 1916 than 1915 but the value
was S94, 0O0,0 900, more. The value of
sheep in the United States per sheep
has increased rs per cent in the last
three years.
The world supply is decreasing also
and has been for the last few years and
when it is remembered that the CONT
nent of Europe at the beginning of the
war had by far the greatest number of
sheep Q85 millions) and there the
greatest destruction has taken place
and that capital to build up will be
more expensive after the war we have
some of the elements of an effective
tariff so needed for sheep raising
1t is not my intention to argue this
question but simply call attention to
conditions as | understand them. 1t
would be mistake to launch into this
business without thorough investi-
cation but it seems to me that the
outlook for the price of wool is getting
toward the tempting point.
| understand a man who has met
with some considerable success in stock
raising has got together flock of three
hundred sheep last year in the county
where Mr.. Barnard lives for the pur-
pose of trying out this question, Per-
haps he will not make it pay. Perhaps,
too, more farmers would have few
sheep if the Legislature was little less
kind to mischievous dogs.
HEBER C. CADY.
Mortified, Vt.