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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-22

- man iiIiii VI My, Town ana SchOOl
Committees of Junior Division,
Maine-New Hampshire Massachu
sets District:
The secretary of war has ,rea ched
the conclusion that it will be limos
sibe to hold the Junior Military Train
ing Camps planned for this year. The
reason for this decision is that it is
impossible to furnish the necessary Of
ficers. equipment and facilities. We
request all local committees to make
this announcement promptly at local
headquarters and through the press.
We especially request members of
our local committees and all other per-
sons who are interested in the camps.
not to, express or encourage any criti-
clsm OF this decision. The secretary
OF war made every effort to hold the
camps, and reached his conclusion
with genuine regret. The reason for
giving up the camps is simply that II
was impossible to hold them and at
the same time prepare the men needed
for actual and immediate military SER
vice
Please impress these considerations
upon all boys and parents whose dis
appointment may lead them into hasty
and thoughtless criticism Make them
understand that the administration.
and especially the War Department
has upon its hands the most tremend :
Gus task that any administration has
had since the Civil War-if not in our
whole national existence. It is neces-
sary that every dollar of money and
every article Of equipment be devoted
TO the serious work we have to do.
Lack OF these things is due in large
part to the inaction of previous adj
ministrations. 1t is the duty of orr
committees. the boys who would have
gone to our camps had they been held.
and their parents, to stand behind the
Observation-Disclosures to criticise, but to
DO their part along ether lines. I'M
press upon every boy the lesson taught
at Plum Island, that the first duty of
the soldier is instructive obedience of
orders. 1t is not his business to know
why they arc given. or to criticise. It
Is enough that they are the orders of
his superior officers. Instruct them not
to complain or criticise. but to find
what work they can do that will be
most useful at this time, and do II.
JOHN NOBLE. Chairman
For the District Com.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-22
Bankruptcy Proceedings.

Involuntary bankruptcy proceedings
have been Instituted in the United
States District court against the firm
OF Linscott-Oldam Co., Of Aupurn.
box makers. Tho petitioning credi-
tors are II. J. Andrews Co. of Capac.
Mich. on account for s22ss. IS: Lunn a
Sweet Co. for t44.75: Pulsifer & Young
for s225 and N. r. Woodbury. for Sis.
all OF Auburn. Attorney. Harry Man
ser Of Auburn. counsel for the peti-
TONERS. who also request the appoint.
1nent At 4 receiver. $50
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-22

"Tiz" makes sore, burning tired feet
fairly dance with delight Away go tile
aches and pains, the corns, callouses,
blisters, bunions and chilblains.
"Tiz" draws out the acids and pois-
ons that puff up your feet No matter
how hard you work. how long YOU
dance, how far you walk, or how long
you remain on your feet, "Tiz" brings
restful foot comfort. Til is magical,
grand, wonderful for tired, aching,
swollen. smarting feet. All. how com
Portable, how happy you feel, Your
feet just tingle for joy; shoes never
hurt or seem tight.
Get o5-cent box Of "Tiz' now from
any druggist or department store End
foot torture forever--wear smaller
shoes, keep your feet fresh. sweet and
happy. Just think, a whole years
foot comfort for only 25-cents,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-22
A Wonderful Nelu Volume

THE publishers of the Encyclopedia Britannica
/ announce that they have made arrangements
for the issue, soon after the end of the war ~
possible, of new volume containing full and
authoritative history of the war.
The new volume will be written by scholars and
experts of the same high character ~ those who
for the Britannica itself, and by many Of its
own contributors. 1t will be absolutely impartial,
excluding all partisan feeling and prejudice. 1t
will contain
l. A judicial account Of the real causes Of the
way, the progress of the struggle, and the results
all over the world; with maps, a necessary, to
show changes in boundaries.
g. The lives of the new leaders, whether civil,
military naval, in the belligerent countries.
B. The results of the war outside the sphere
of fighting, the progress of surgery, the preven-
ton of contagious disease, the new scientific
discoveries, etc.
The new volume will bridge the gap between
the days of peace before and after the 1t will
be printed and bound to match the Britannica and
the publishers guarantee that matter how diff
cult and costly the supplementary volume may be
from the editorial point of view, the price of it to
all who purchase the Britannica during the present
sale will not be more than that of corresponding
volume of the Britannica
HM~1s~> pr..,s.n.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-22
JUNIOR MILITARY
TRAINING CAMPS
NOT THIS Year

To Chairman of City. Town and School
Committees of Junior Division.
Maine-New Hampshire Massachu-
sets District.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-05-10
BARLEY VS.. WHEAT.
Irrational Crop Improvement. Service.

National Crop Improvement Serplee.J
Barley at 60c per bushel will profit
ably compete with wheat at $1.00.
Were 1t not for the sustaining influ-
ence of the high prices for mailing
barley, it would compete with oats,
but as it is the crop of barley for 1915
brought $122,5Oo,OooO0. The price of
barley is now s120 to $3.50 per bushel,
but taking s13O as a basis, the 1916
crop of 1SO,0O0o00 bushels, would
bring s234OOO,O00
Yields of 40 to SO bushels of barley
per acre are not uncommon and as
just feed value this means a hand
some return to the grower. But in adj
dition to this, there is always the in
centive of raising good crop of SUI
perior barley that can be sold for
mailing purposes, at advanced prices,
and good yield of mailing barley
will hold its own with any other crop.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-05-10
"Dry Farming" Needed Everywhere.

National Crop Improvement servIce.1
When we say dry farming" we I'M
mediately begin to think of the west
ern plains where the rainfall is de-
ficient. We all admit that they should
take unusual pains in conserving their
moisture
Well we ought to be ashamed of
ourselves in the humid territory.
When comes along year like this,
we think we are terribly abused and
yet in any of this territory we have
had more rain than Western Kansas
and Nebraska gets any year.
Therefore, let US take dry farming
methods to ourselves. Because in
some years the rain comes when we
want 1t. is. no excuse for negleoting
conservation of moisture.
What is this dry farming? Let us
take 1t up with the clubs and make it
an institute subject. Let us get our
best farmers to agree to practice it.
There Is no drought year in the corn
belt which does not have more moist
ure than necessary, if conserved, to
raise crop of corn.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-05-10
NEXT YEARS CROP +:
Let US Begin Now to Organize for
More Prosperity!
National Crop Improvement Service.


1t is one of our American traits to
speed up to high tension for few
days and then to relapse into our old
"easy-going" habits If we can only
learn by experience that we must or
sanize against emergencies of all
kinds for peace and war, this excite
ment will not have been in vain. 1t
will do little good to shout at the far
mer through a megaphone He knows
his business and is doing just as good
as he can under the circumstances. Ii
there is any Improvement to be made,
1T is to improve circumstances. Our
prosperity depends upon the prosper
ity of the farmers and it is our duty to
get him the best price possible consis.
tent with quality. If we want the far.
mer to do better, we must do better
by HIM However. he can find no com
plant about the present prices nor for
several years to come. We may be
too late to do very much more this
spring, although we still have barley
corn and potatoes to put into the
ground We should organize for serv
ice in this county and get ready for
early fall blowing after harvest.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-05-10
CORN ROOT WORM
2oo,ooo,ooo Blu. Lost to Corn Crop
Annually by This Pest.

National Crop Improvement ssryics.l
The damage done to corn In the
corn belt is estimated to be 100000
900 bushels annually. In our mad
scramble to get corn into the ground
this year, we do not want to overlook
this tremendous waste Next to poor
seed corn, the corn root worm is the
greatest source of loss to corn. The
remedy is the rotation Of crops Never
grow more than two crops of corn con-
secutively on the same ground. If you
had corn root worm bad last year and
it is too late to put in anything else.
you had better change to barley. Your
scotsman can still furnish you with
some excellent seed barley. If you do
put in corn on that land, be careful to
give your land more than usual
preparation The time is late and we
will have to bend every energy to
plant our corn crop.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-05-10
THE BARLEY ACREAGE.

INatiOnhl crop improvement Sefvce.J
In 1915 we raised nearly 229, 900 900
bushels on 100000 acres. We did not
fare so we'll in 1916 on account of the
bad season. On seven and one half
million acres we raised 1S1, 100000
bushels. The price of barley will war
rant large increase in the acreage
this year. Forty-eight million bushels
of barley We're matted and about 25,-
100000 of that 100000 was sent
back in the shape of feed to the farm.
AS an economic problem, it would
seem that the high price of barley for
mailing would greatly Offset any feed.
ing-value, If any, lost thereby.
The season for planting barley is
one week late. and therefore. barley
can be put in to advantage up to the
10th of May. and perhaps the 18th. II
is generally the best farm practice to
put barley in just ahead of corn plant
ing There is less labor in producing
a field of barley than field of corn
and a great deal less risk. If you are
short of labor on your farm it will pay
you to put in some barley.
If you put in all of your crops and
still have some land idle, both oats
and barley can be sown for hay or
green feed which will be immensely
valuable this year
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-05-10
BARLEY NOT A HUMAN FOOD
As Bread Cereal 1t Is Little Used.
AS An Animal Food 1t Is of
Great Value.
National Crop Improvement servIe,.l

For many centuries barley, the
"corn" of holy writ, was used as a
bread cereal, but it has practically
gone out of use, except that Norway
and Sweden use it in their peculiar
bread disks, which are about the size
and shape of photograph record.
Barley in itself does not make a
a good bread flour and could be uti.
lized only by mixing it with wheat,
something which the American miller
considers Dissertation of his shrine 1t
has a peculiar flavor and is just as diff
ferent from wheat bread, as either
corn or rye.
But as stock feed, it has many
merits. AS the kernels are too hard for
some animals to relish, it may be
crushed by passing it between rollers
If finely ground, the gluten makes
a sticky mass as soon as it is wet,
and this peculiar property makes it
difficult to make it into good bread. It's
main use in the American kitchen has
been to use it as pearled barley in
seups. 1t is used some in breakfast
food, through mailing process, but
unless we as American people are on
the verge of starvation. we will never
use barley as regular diet.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-05-10
BARLEY NEXT TO CORN.

National Crop Improvement Seryica.]
Barley has feeding value next to
corn. Indeed some feeders place it
ahead of corn for pig food and at the
present prices, barley will make as
much and more profit than wheat. The
wheat crop has now gone to the
jury" We cannot do much more about
wheat but we have two or three weeks
yet in order to put all of our acreage
remaining into barley.
Barley is more profitable than oats
In fact, very few farmers make any
money out of oats under the best cir
cumstances and very few barley far
mers ever lose money on harleY.
There is always the fascination of get
ting fancy price for fancy barley.
and although less than one per cert
of all grains are used for mailing pur-
poses, the additional price which it
gives to barley over oats ALWAYS
makes money for the farmers. While
perhaps one per cent of the grain
crop Is used in brewing, the loss of
feed value is much smaller because
fully one half goes back to dairy far
mers in the form of dried grains and
other by-products, which for feed pur.
poses is among the best available
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-05-10
THE VALUE OF BARLEY.


barley is used as feed for farm AMI
mails, less than one-third being used
for mailing. A limited amount is used
In the preparation of breakfast cereals
and for pearled barley. Our farmers
are learning the value of barley as a
part ration for dairy cattle and young
stock and much more will be used as
animal food in the future" says Pro.
fessor R. A. Moore, the greatest bar.
ley breeder in the world.
In many states barley is quite gen.
orally grown as hay and feed for
horses. When used as a hay it is cut
in the milk stage shortly after heading
and cured like timothy and blue grass.
We think that the hay phase of barley
this year is very important because all
acreage that has never been planted
to other crops or that will need re-
planting for any reason, could be put
into barley at clear profit.
When the grain is used as feed.
1t is either fed whole or the kernels
crushed by passing between rollers.
If finely ground the gluten therein
makes a sticky mass as soon at it Is
brought in contact with moisture and
it Is not then readily masticated or d.
gested. Only limited amount of bar
ley is exported from the United States
and the export consists largely Of q
mixture of varieties as feed.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-05-10
BARLEY YIELDS.
[N.tloual crop Improvement. Service. ]

National Crop improvement Servce.l
Regarding the best yields of bar
ley, we will say that this is rather a
difficult thing to give because the
yield sometimes depends more upon
the threshing record However. the
average yield of pedigreed barley of
members of the Wisconsin Expert
ment Association was in 1913. 81 bush
els, 1914, 1873 bushels, 1915 375 bush.
els. The yield for 1915 is the average
from over 260 members reporting.
Some of the highest ones are as fol-
lows: 60, 81, Sc, 55. SO and As bushels
"It is impossible to state what has
been the highest yield in Wisconsin,
but l think some of these yields for
last year, which was very good bar
ley season, are quite reasonable, but
do not doubt though that there may be
larger yields than these, but l have
no knowledge of them" -J. ]. Gar
land.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-05-10
ROTATION LEASES.
National Crop Improvement ssrvIo.. !

National Crop improvement Ssrvios.l
There is nothing which endangers
America so much today as our very
much abused farm tenant system. We
ought to have something in every
lease which will protect land and pro-
tect the people as well as posterity.
Year to year tenants who scratch a
little and move away. should be COM
PEELED to settle down and landlords
should be be compelled to make a
time rotation lease. 1t is easy to talk
about compelling this and compelling
that. but we mostly are very sloppy
people whose motto is "the easiest
way is the best"
If we let our soil run down. our
whole structure will fall In order to
obtain larger yield of grain, this soil
must be fed. The colleges and expert.
ment stations beyond the Mississippi
river are entirely too timid about
preaching soil conservation. In fact.
all of US are rather prone to tell our
audience what we think they would
rather hear
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-05-10
sY-PRoDucr STOCK FEEDS.
TNatlonal cron Imn,ov,m.,, s,,vle..1

National Crop Improvement ssrvlce.l
A lot of well-meaning folks think
that Just because certain materials
are left-overs from the manufacture
OF food for humans, that it is waste"
ana OF no value for stock feed Nothing
is further from the truth In very
many cases, the so-called "offal' left
after the manufacture of flour, malt
ing, corn products, breakfast foods.
etc., are the best of stock feeds, and
can be bought economically and fed to
bring profit to the farmer. The man
who turns up his nose at the thought
of combining by-products with silage
and other low-priced meat producing
foods, is behind the times and usually
falls to show even interest on his mon
ey at the end of the year. Feeding
whole grain, whether it be corn,
wheat, rye or oats. is wasteful and is
robblng man of his rightful preroga-
tive-that of taking that part of all
grain adapted to his needs. 1t is easy
TO lind out the protein content of any
article, or mixture. of stock feedstuffs
now on the market, and it is merely a
matter of the farmer figuring out the
worth of the foods on their nourishing
power, and then to purchase that
which will give him the most econom-
ical feed In practically all states, all
feedstuffs must be labeled with their
food content-for those who wish to
see, the facts are printed.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-05-10
INSURE YOUR CORN
Don't Gamble With Your Corn Crop.
Test Every Ear Before Planting.
Every Weak or Dead Ear Means
Dollars Less at Harvest.
National crop improvement Service.


National Crop Improvement Service.1
1T is a known fact that the simple
little act of testing all seed corn be-
fore planting will add many bushels to
the corn crop and will pay the farmer
about five times as much per hour for
his labor as will any other farm labor.
There is nothing hard about it, all
methods of testing seed corn are easy
and inexpensive. You can test the kerr
nels in blotters or "rag-doll testers
at home, making them yourself, or
you can invest in a commercial test
er that will last for years. Your agri-
cultural college. county agent, or the
U. S. Department of Agriculture at
Washington will be glad to give you
full particulars.
Seed testing will stop one of these
leaks In farm practice that change
gain into loss. Figure out for yourself
how many hills the six or seven hun
dred kernels of corn from a dead or
weak ear will plant, and figure out
how your corn yield will drop if two or
three, or dozen, or maybe fifty such
ears should get planted. ~
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-05-10
Tanning and Grading Seed Barley

National Crop Improvement service.l
Not nearly enough attention is given
to getting the uniform size of seed
grain. especially is this true in barley,
where it is important that the germ
ination should all take place on the
same day. Therefore. the kernels
should be of the same size and weight.
The very largest should perhaps be
removed as we'll as the smaller ones.
leaving the seed plump and uniform.
1t is true that small seeds and giant
seeds will terminate. but the plant
food contained therein will undoubted-
ly make an unevenness in the matur.
ity at harvest.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-05-10
KILL THE WEEDS.
lnationa, Crop Improvement s.rvle..l

lNat'ona' crop Improvement Servlce.1
"Spring blowing, or disking, as soon
as the weed seeds have terminated. ia
usually profitable practice. Where
small grain is to be sown. the sowing
should be done soon after blowing:
but where corn. potatoes, or the
sorghums are to be grown, there is
often period of several weeks be.
tween the time of the termination of
the weed seeds and the time when the
season is sufficiently advanced to
plant the crop. This period should be
utilized as far as possible for the de.
scruction of weeds before the crop ia
planted. Much labor in keeping the
crop free from weeds during it's grow
ing period can thus be saved."-
e. G. Chilcott. agriculturist in charge.
Washington, d. c.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-05-10
STILL TIME TO SOW BARLEY.

lNdtiohat crop Improvement Sorvlco.1
The seeding time of barley should
be done later than that of oats or
spring wheat. as an early spring frost
is more detrimental to young barley
than to other small cereals. The sea.
son is usually week later. In Canada
barley is sown up into June. but that
is not advocated in this country. Still,
the second or third week in May will
probably be safe this year.
drill or broadcast seeder is com
monlylused and the barley is sown
at the rate of IL to bushels to the
acre. Where it is desirable to seed the
land down to clover and timothy, to
IL bushels of seed barley as nurse
crop is sufficient
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-05-10
MONEY IN BARLEY.
National, Crop improvement, ss,is..1

National Crop Improvement Servies.1
Those who have been disappointed
In getting spring wheat seed are able
to still make an even more profitable
crop by putting in barley. The Wiscpn-
sin Experiment Station with head
quarters at the University in charge
of R. A. Moore, can furnish on tele-
gram orders pedigreed barley by ex-
press in almost any quantities. The
seedsmen are we'll supplied with this
seed, and farmers who have otherwise
idle land. can still make barley.raising
a great success. Barley should be a
leading crop wherever spring wheat
can be grown and in many cases far.
Their south where other crops may
have to be plowed up.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-05-10
MONEY FOR FARMERS.
Irrational Crop Improvement serylo..l

Many of our farmers will not have
money enough to put in maximum
crop. This should not be the case. OF
course, during this war excitement it
is pretty hard to get onyone to do any
thing but run around in circles, but
the greatest business problem we
have is to finance our farmers so that
they can get the maximum results for
themselves and for our community
we believe that if the banks will ask
young farmers and tenants who have
not established their credit, to make
a statement regarding what they want
to do with the money, that they will
take very little risk in advancing
whatever money any farmer will in
telllgently use this year.
1t is true that the federal reserve
banks will re-discount farmers paper,
but they do it entirely on the credit
OF the bank asking for the re-discount.
We believe that our business men
would be very glad to pro-rate any
loss that any bank would make in ex-
tending loans to any farmer who
wants to Increase the production Of
his farm even though his land may be
mortgaged all that it can stand.
Especially in those counties where
county agents can advise and o. K.
the project, our bankers should have
no hesitancy in furnishing whatever
moneysmay be required. There is very
little risk because the world is short
of food and everything will be high
for this year and probably several
years to come.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-05-10
A Report on Rotation of Crops.

National Crop Improvement Serylce.l
The tenth annual report Of the
North Dakota Demonstration Farms
is ready for distribution. The crops
are rotated on these farms. The re-
suits indicate that rotation OF crops
pays. The average wheat yield was
29B bushels. This wheat was in Nest
cases followed by corn that had been
MANFRED. Oats 5S1a bushels, barley
S71a, rye 211a; alfalfa 25s tons per
acre. The rotation practiced on each
farm is given in the report as we'll as
detailed account of just how each
field was handled
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-05-10
LOSS FROM BAD ROADS.
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tFS"NVHGI O'Up StTVTC6.I
The U. S. Department of Agriculture
estimates that the farmers of the ma
ton are annually losing s25O,OOO, 900
because of their inability to market
their produce at certain times of the
year. Counties. which are rich in agri-
cultural products are burdened with
bad roads and it is of much concern
to the farmers to see to the building
OF good roads. Good roads, 365.day
roads. are insurance for continued
community prosperity.