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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-16
POULTRY PRICES
HICH THIS MONTH
Fancy Quotations for Supe-
rior Quality Chickens
During Holidays.
MARKET STUDY URGED
Careful Handling Of Products
Brings Large Returns
From Buyers.
MARKET STUDY URGED

Make the most of the holidays. They
should be considered In Matching,
hrooding, feeding, finishing and mar
ket.nE.
Hundreds of tons Of bric-a hrac arc
purchased by the people at Christmas
me. Try to sell them such stuff at any
other season and they would laugh al
you. Merchants know this and make
the most of the psychological situation
So the Christmas dinner Is a fixed in
stitution. The Thanksgiving family
feast is another Every man feels that
he must have a turkey at such times.
even though the turkey may be moth
Ing more than 4 two pound Wyandnttc
hroilor.
Seasons and Fashions.
Habits and fashions swing a power
full commercial influence. Those who
have things to SCH are foolish not to
take fun account of this fact. Millions
OF straw hats must go the 18th Of Sep
TENDER every year The halter who
does not take advantage of this straw
hat day" will fail in business. The
reason why there are so many failures
Ior near failures among commercial
poultrymen is The fact that SO many
of them neglect To study the psychol-
ogy of days and seasons.
% Personal Work.
| Visit wholesale and retail markets
DO not stop with a single interview
study the whole situation at first hand
| Investigate. Find out personally wha,
| is wanted and when IL Is wanted. Suci
a trip viii he an amazing eye opener Il
many a ponltrsman,
! Appearance Halt the Battle.
Yes the bird that looks well is hall
sold Talk with the fancy fruit mer
chant about this. lie buys the stuff
in the rough and in quantities. He vii
sort 1t. polish II, sarnish II. display il
in beautiful cartons under favorable
| light where il will catch the eye of tho
passer- by.
| This Is a perfectly legitimate bust.
ness procedure. Poultrymen must II,
the same II they expect To Win in Their
game.
Wet Picking Market poultry that is
scalded and picked wet is likely To looh
F.! rough, parhoiled and more or less torn
/
1t is specially we'll to remember this
caution in preparing young birds for
sale. Blemishes caused by the tear.
ing of the skin are bound to cut the
price. Let the scaldins be as light as
possible.
! Dry iicking-Where this is possible
1t should be practiced. Suspend the hire
by the feet and pub the feathers h,
n quick Jerk downward II pluoked i'm,
mcdiatcly after killing this method car
be used with much success Great
care should be exercised 10 remove al
dark feathers.
| These are important matters in mar.
keting holiday poultry. After picking
the carcass should be immersed in colo
water. This will cool it and give it i,
best possible plnmpness. making i
ready for the eye of the customer.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-16
No Regular Hay Will Make
Full Crop in Single Year

There is no regular hay crop that
will grow In a single season and make
a full crop. Some OF the grains, gen.
orally either barley or oats. are sown
for hay crops with good success. Bar
ley hay is especially good for milk
cows and oat hay Is preferred for
horses. When fed good cat hay in
which the grain has been allowed to
form we'll. there is little need Of feed
ing additional grain unless the work
be especially heavy. Both oats and
barley will generally make hay il not
sown too late. Barley is commonly
supposed to mature more quickly for
hay than oats.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-16
Males and Females in r..
Cattle Same Proportion

Taken year In and year out among
any considerable number Of cows and
the proportion of males and females
among the offspring will be nearly
even. Some seasons 1t may trend. or
seem to trend, stronger to the males,
while another year may bring forth q
ma ority OF females. However, these
conditions are entirely local and one
should figure on the two sexes being
equal in numbers among any class Of
animals. This, OF course. applies to
large numbers. With limited numbers
there may be quite discrepancy.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-16
Horse Meat
That's What We Will Have
to Eat by Next Year.

Tucson, Ariz.. Dec. l!.--Eurro
meat Is available as a substitute
for beef II the supply runs short.
An investigation made recently by
the University OF Arizona proved
the high mitritiye qualities OF this
food, while old timers here who
have eaten 1t for years assert that
as a toothsome and succulent deli
cacy, no meat is its equal.
Many Arizona towns, especially
near the border. have burro meat
markets and they do a thriving
business.
Arizona on a few days notice
can furnish herd Of 10000 burros
for the market and by calling on
Mexico can continue daily ship
ments Of about the same amount
almost Indefinitely.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-16
Protection for Animals Will
Cut Down Amount They
Eat in Winter.
MAKE BARNS WARMER
Farmers Should Do Every
thing to Conserve Hay
During Coming Winter.

The problem OF stock feed. OF saving
hay. Is the biggest question before the
farmers OF Montana these next three or
four months. Two hard winters the
past years and a short hay crop In 1917
have made hay both scarce and un-
mercifully high In price. Every pound
that the farmers can save during the
winter will mean Just that much more
money In the spring. for those people
fortunate enough to have hay TO sell in
the spring are going to he able to COM
mand a figure seldom reached in these
parts.
What. therefore. can We do to save
feed? In the first place. roughage or,
In fact. any feed serves two purposes.
1t furnishes the required nutrients to
keep the animal alive and at the same
time It makes the body heat to keep
the animal warm. There is. perhaps
small differentiation between these
two It stands 10 reason that the less
cold and animal must withstand the
less will be the amount of feed required
to keep It alive and strong. II. once the
cattle or sheep or horses are put on
feed, they can be kept In fairly shell
tered place, they will not require as
much hay as they would were they ex-
posed to the fun rigors OF winter
weather. 1t IL the same principle which
makes range cattle require so much
more hay when the wind il blowing
than they do during still cold.
Protect Animals
n wA ara tn cave hay nv nrntacYinr
our animals. we cannot well afford to
let them run at large In altogether un-
sheltered pc stures. In the timbered re-
gions of the state but small shelter or
protection are needed. for not only ia
there less wind in these regions. but
also thickcts OF spruce and brush fur
nish protection that Is well nigh as
good as any barn. But cattle pastured
in open grain fields must be provided
with some shelter. II nothing more than
straw shed. Watch the cattle and
sec how on a cold day they will seek
shelter from the wind on the windwnrd
side Of a strawstack. Furnish some
kind Of a shed for your stock that must
OF necessity winter on the open prairie
II You would be saving OF feed.
Further there Ia the proposition of
making your barns warmer for such
stock rs are kept inside. Draughty
II you cannot do better. take old sacks
or cloth and stop up all the cracks
Nlake your barns tight that they will
retain the animal heat and keep out
draughts.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-16
Arkansas Growers Make
Large Apple Shipments

Bentonytlle, Ark, Dec. s.-Although
apple production in the Arkansas ap-
pie district WAS below normal this year
higher prices enabled the growers to
reap moro profit than usual. Prices
averaged about Is cents a bushel. One
commission firm alone bought 40 cars
here. One grower near centerton sold
the product of his 2o-acre orchard for
$4,000 Ninety five cars were shipped
from Gentry and 30 cars from Decat nr,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-16
cRop DIVERSIFIED PROFIT.

Pre- Il. Ark. Dec. S.--A report of
the rr,.,cutt and Northwestern rail
road JUS issuci shows that truck
raised Ia IlaInpltead county this year
was worth over $500 900. through crop
diversilication. canteloupe. watermcl-
on and radish crops alone brought the
growers Sl19,lsU.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-16
Beautify Home Grounds
by Planting Tulip Beds

Not much expense nor much labor IL
required to have a beautiful show uf
the home grounds. The gorgeous flame
of color soon after winters breath has
left, will hearten mp the observers Won
derfully. Quick work may make pos
sible an early spring beauty spot of
this kind even now. Plant the bulbs
about three inches deep and protect
the bed with a mulch OF manure.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-16
SUGAR GRINDING Begins.

The Florida and Punta Allegro mills
Of the. Pnnta Allegro Sugar company
began grinding sugar Monday Dec. }.
This was according to tbs expecta-
tions Of the management, which
planned to begin operations at the
earliest possible date. The Trinidad
mill will be ready to start within few
DAYS
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-16
Government Discovers More
Eggs In Storage This Year

Washington, Dec. S.-Cold storag e
holdings OF case eggs were larger by
697,613 cases on November 10 than
they were year ago. Total stores
reported by the department of agri-
culture amounted to 3.693,94O cases.
Holdings decreased 17.2 per cent from
November to Is compared with de-
period last year.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-16
New Mexico Wool Crop
Brings Record Prices

Santa. Fc, n. NJ, Dee. S.--Final fig
ures on production of New Mexico wool
aud sheep industry for 1917 indicate
a total value of $a4.l00.000. This is
represented In approximately $4,000
0oo pounds of wool worth $s.l0o.o0o.
and 1000 900 lambs sold. or contracted
for sale with Il gross income to the
owners If $16,000,000. There remain
on the states ranges approximately
100000 sheep.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-16
Best Time TO Vaccinate
for Blackleg in Spring

Most 5 ockmen in the state vaccinate
for hlichleg either in the spring or in
tie fill. TIE be on the safe side il is
best l." >accinate at both of these times,
though in the spring II is not necessary
to ras citrate the very young calves. The
vaccirnt on does not cost a great deal
ard the loss of a single calf from this
dread disease would be far more cx
pens.Na than to vaccinnte several hun
dr.d head Of calves.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-16
SIG PEA OUTPUT.

Popular Bluff. Ark, Dec 1a.--Thirty
acres Of COW peas planted by Frank
+. Sterrett on a farm east of this city
have yielded u profit OF 81. 400 for pea
hay. which sells al SIS ton. and for
the peas themselves. This averages
$50 an acre.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-16
KEEP QUARTERS CLEAN.

Bamp, dark quarters for young ami
mails Of any kind Is all wrong. Sun
shine Is life itself to them, and with
il, dry, sweet -aired sleeping quarters
almost insure perfect health il prop
erly fed.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-16
Huge Irrigation Project
Being Built in Hawaii

Honolnlu.~-An irrigation project
which will produce daily $4,000. 900
gallons of water for use on the fio-
neer plantation near Lahaina. Hawai-
ian islands, will he completed within IA
year. II Ia called the Hanokowai tun-
mel
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-16
send To-day for Free Trial Of Pyramid
Pile Treatment and Find Real
Happiness.

II you suffer so bad you cant wait for
the free trial get Il 6D cent 6oN Of Pyra-
mid Pile Treatment at the nearest drug
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-09

pays to level off all bumps and fill UP
hollows. AS much preparation Is re-
CURED to make good meadow as TO
make a good crop of corn.
Bermuda grass does not mix well
with other grasses, but there are GER
tain legumes which add greatly to IFS
pasture value. Among the best of these
are lespedeza, bur clover, black medic.
and Melilotus. Each of these has its
advantages, but safe rule is to plant
lespedeza and at least one of the 9TH
ers in eevry Bermuda grass pasture.
Melilotus is particularly useful in i'm
proving the condition and productivity
of thin. barren soils which are at the
same time rich in lime.
Bermuda grass itself will grow well
on almost any soil that Is fertile and
not too wet. 1t does better, however,
on soils that are heavy 1t can with
stand alkali; but needs humus nitro
gen. Warm weather during the grow
ing season is also necessary, and the
winter must not be too cold. South
eastern Virginia Is approximately the
northern limit of it's profitable growth
on the Atlantic coast.
Probably the most profitable use for
Bermuda grass is as pasture. AS has
been said. the feeding value of the hay
Is approximately that of timothy, but
in many localities the grass does not
grow high enough to pay for the cut
ting. When put on the market, the
price depends to some extent upon
the bright color and the attractiveness
of the bale.
In PASTURE 1t Is estimated that one
steer to the acre during the growing
season is a fair average, but two acres
per steer may be required. On the
other hand, in specially favorable To-
calities. one acre may carry three or
four steers nine or 10 months
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-09
BERMUDA GRASS FOR PASTURE

Hay and forage are as essential to
the maintenance of an adequate feed
supply in this crisis as the production
of the staple food crops themselves.
In the southeastern states Bermuda
grass is the most valuable PERENNIAL
grass we have. 1t makes excellent
pasture and as hay it's feeding value
is the equal of timothy, although it's
market price is usually less.
Despite its obvious advantages, In
the past many farmers have hesitatcd
they would not be able to get rid of
1t when they wished to use the land
for other purposes. In new publi-
cation of the United States depart
ment of agriculture. however farmers'
bulletin S14. it is pointed out that Grad
ication need not be troublesome mat
ter. Bermuda grass will survive many
unfavorable conditions but it will not
live when shaded. An inexpensive
method of eradication, therefore, is to
pillow field of 1t in September and
plant with oats, rye, barley or some
other winter crop, When this crop
is harvested, the field should be disked
or plowed at once and planted with
cOWpeaS or velyet beans. When this
seed crop is removed there will be lit
tie grass left. In this way two prof
liable crops are obtained in the year
and the ground left in good condition
for corn or cotton
Where the winters are sufficiently
severe, the so-called roots may Ia
frozen after being exposed to the air
by very shallow blowing, leaving the
burrows on edge as much as possible.
SEEDS, ROOTS OR CUTTINGS
The grass Is propagated by seeds,
roots or cuttings. Domestic seed from
the west Is superior to the imported
and can usually be obtained at rea-
sonable price Roots and cuttings,
however, are used more commonly
Detailed instructions for planting these
are given in the bulletin already men
toned. The cost. it is said, need not
be more than SIS an acre for the labor,
and the grass will cover the ground in
few weeks Thereafter the meadow
or pasture need not be disturbed as
long as 1t gives satisfactory yield.
In the case of meadows, however, since
they are intended to be permanent, II
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-09
A POUND OF HONEY

When you eat spoonful of honey you
have very little idea as to the amount
of work and travel necessary to produce
1t. To make a pound of clover honey,
bees must take the nectar from 1000
clover blossoms and to do this requires
2.75O,Ooo visits to the blossoms by the
bees.
In other words, in order to collect
enough nectar to make one pound Of
honey. bee must go from hive to flower
and back again q ESQ, 900 times. Then. when
you think how far these bees sometimes
fly in search of these clover fields, often
one or two miles distance from the hive,
you will begin to get small idea of the
number of miles one Of the Industrious
little creatures must travel in order that
you may have a pound of honey
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-09
Soy Beans for Milk

Feeding trials have indicated that soy
beans are very similar to cotton seed
meal and hnseed meal as a feed for milk
production. Soy beans at the Illinois
station have been used to replace lin
seed meal in grain ration, and equally
good results have been obtained in each
case.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-09

Really there Is nothing to canning
fruit and vegetables except care, cleanli-
ness. fresh products jars and heat
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-27

Try the Free Trader Journal Want.Ads
for results.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-27
COAL PRICES WILL
Be MADE TARGET Of
NATION WIDE QUIZ
GOVERNMENT SETS MACHINERY
IN MOTION FOR GENERAL IN.
QUlRY-oN EXCESSIVE PROFIT
ALLEGATIONS.

Washington. Oct PA general in
yestigation into the retail and whole
sale prices OF coal thruout the cOun.
try appeared to be in prospect today.
In a minor way investigation of
prices consumers assert they have
been compelled to pay already has
been started by the Department Of
Justice in various sections OF the
East and Middle West. both rs TO
anthracite and bitumin0us coal.
Instructions have been sent 10
United States attorneys conducting
these local investigations 10 summon
witnesses. determine the truth of the
charges, and. where justified to bring
promptly proceedings under the Grim.
inal law.
These instructions were based upon
complaints that the margin of profit
allowed dealers by The government
had been exceeded. Measured by the
great volume OF complaints which
have been received the instances
under Investigation are comparatively
inconseQuental. Hundreds OF letters
and kilograms from every section of
the country. ii Is understood. have
been sent TO the fuel administration.
Disposition OF these complaints Is
one of the subjects pressing the fuel
administration. 1t is understood. and
action concerning them probably will
be taken within few days. lndica.
ions are that the bulk of the com.
plants upon which criminal proceed
ings might be brought the truth
of the charges can be established
will he turned over to the Department
of Justice, as the prosecuting arm Of
the government with the suggestion
that yiOlators Of the law be prosecut-
ed promptly.
Heavy penalties are provided for
violation of the law under which the
President fixed the price to be charged
for coal and the margins allowed job
bers and dealers. A fine of not more
than $1,000 or Imprisonment for not
more than two years, or both, is the
penalty fixed FOR each offense.
Numerous protests also have been
received from persons and firms alleg.
ing that they have been unable to buy
coal at any price. With these. it is
thought, the government has little
power to dea> except where the coal
operators themselves refused to sell
coal which had not been contracted
for previously,
Most OF the latter complaints, 1t Is
understood. came from purchasers for
household consumption. who have
been hard hit by the scarcity OF coal
in various localities
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-27
CERMANY'S LOAN.

Germany has been raising her sew.
enth war loan while we've been busy
with our second. The Berlin govern
ment has just announced its success.
There is a total subscription of ~.
430,000,000 marks. The number Of
subscribers is not given.
Making all due allowance for sorely
tried German patriotism, we cannot
be greatly impressed with this achieve.
ment. The face value OF the loan,
about $500 OQ00C0, is considerably
less than our war loan. And the real
value OF 1t is so much less as to make
II pitiful by comparison.
Germany, 1t should be remembered,
is now on a paper money basis All
the gold and most Of the silver in the
country has long since flowed over
the border for foreign purchases. or
gone into hiding. The government
has printed vast quantities OF paper
notes, which are unsupported by gold
in the treasury as our paper money
Is. Thus, while our notes circulate
at par, on absolutely the same basis
as gold, the German notes are far be-
low par. and are steadily falling in
value, They have so deprecated that
the paper mark in neutral countries
adjacent to Germany has lately been
only half the face value.
The new loan, then, though nomin.
ally over S3,000,00O. 900. has pur-
chasing power of only about 81 sos.
100000. That Is all ii would buy
abroad. AT home, the government
may force the soldiers. workmen
manufacturers and merchants to take
the paper at par, but that policy fails
because prices inevitably rise as the
money depreciates,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-27
MASTERS SALE.
{. J. Kelly, Attorney.

State of illinois, County OF La Sale.
SIS La Sale County Circuit Court.
In the matter OF Fannie B. Wendell VS..
Frederick Wilhelm Fuchs ct al. In
Chancery No 2l9l5. On Bill for
Foreclosure.
Public notice is hereby given that
in pursuance of a decretal order en-.
tered in the above entitled cause, in
said court, on The 10th day of OctO-
Der, A. d. 1917 l. Harry G. Cook
Master in Chancery Of said court
shall on Wednesday, the DIST day Of
November, A. ID. 1917, at the hour of
eleven O'Clock in the forenoon Of said
day. sell al public auction, to the
highest and best bidder, at the north
door of the county court house in the
city Of Ottawa in said county, the fol
lowing described real estate situate
in the county of La Sale and state of
Illinois, to.wit.
Lots Seven %. Eight 81 and Nine
90 in Block One GD. Union Addition
to Ottawa, together with all and singu-
lar the tcnemenis and Entertainments
thereunto belonging
Terms Of sale cash in hand on day
Of sale HARRY G.. COOK.
Master in Chancery
Dated, Ottawa, H., October 90, A. D.
1917
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-27
TWO.CENT PIECES.

A New York banker urges the need
OF two.cent piece, and makes a
pretty good case. He explains that
at present our nickel is practically
cur smallest coin unit We don't use
pennies much except to buy news.
papers and drop into slot machines,
This leads to grave injustices in a
lime of rising prices for small neces-
saries. II a restaurant, for instance,
finds that any particular article of
food is costing little more to serve
ii increases the price by q nickel, or
some multiple of nickel, though the
added expense may be only a cent or
two. Ii is the same elsewhere
Towels, broOms, kitchen utensils and
other articles of general household
use have gone up, and the increase
has nearly always been in jumps of
five cents. ten cents, fifteen cents,
etc. Most of the additions have been
legitimate, perhaps; but in a vast
number OF cases the merchants could
make the same profits they formerly
made II there were a natural and IA.
miliar way of adding a couple of
cents to the old price.
For all such purposes, he argues,
two cents Is more logical unit than
five. The best example is the Eng
fish penny, equal to two of our cents
Just because that penny s the rec
0gnized unit In small transactions,
prices advance at two-cent jumps In.
stead Of at fiye.cent jumps as with us.
Thus prices are fairer and thrift is
encouraged.
1t sounds reasonable enough. We
used to have precisely such copper
coin II vanished without much pub
lie protest. along with the old three
cent piece. But conditions have
changed. The penny then was worth
as much as two cents now. and the
nickel was still respectable coin,
instead Of q mere counter Most PEG.
pie would probably welcome the adj
vent of the proposed two-cent piece,
II the government can spare the cop.
lE.