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The Prescott daily news., 1917-02-07
FARM EXTENSION NOTES.

Miss Griswold and 1 have spent two weeks visiting the schools of the county and are gratifed at the inter- est manifested on the part of the teachers and pupils. The club work is appealing to the boys and girls and from present indications we are going to have fine canning, corn and pig clubs.
 We haved riven 205 miles, visited about 30 schools and met as many of the people as possible. A great deal Iof interest is being manifested in terracing at present and I expect to begin this work as soon as possible after getting back from Little Rock. The State convention of County Agents is in session in Little Rock and we shall be here until Saturday afternoon and so shall not be in the office Saturday.
 We have seen a great many inter esting marks of progressive farming over the county-terracing in differ ent sections; Mr. R. Dewoody has splendid system of water works in his home ;Mr. Frank billiard has a Duroc Jersey SOW which he says he would not give for good mule; Prof. Irwin of Willisville has Rhode Island Red hen that layed 27 eggs in 27 days; blowing is being done about over the county; and a great deal of new land is being brought into cultivation; MT. Dewoody and Mr. Luck are ready to build dipping vats on their farms.
 The cattle tick received the same treatment by the legislature as did the "booze." The result will be better and more valuable cattle for Nevada.
 The Bank of Prescott has agreed to furnish boys and girls money to buy pure bred pigs at 6 per cent Any boy or girl 10-1S years old who is in- terested please see or write me for particulars.
 The First State Bank has pledged us their support and cooperation and the manner of same will be announced later.
 We want some nice cash prizes for the club boys and girls. We are won- dering who will be the first to make a voluntary contribution. Speak up and express yourself before we ask you privately for an expression.
 This should be one of the busiest months of the year for the farmer. He should repair fences, get the pas lures in proper shape, turn under stalks, burn all the rubbish in and around the cotton fields to destroy the weevils, and plan the crop, being sure to remember to try a few soy and velvet beans (90 day) for experiment and patch of peanuts.
 Let the parents encourage the boys and girls to enter the canning club and the corn and pig clubs. Give good land and registered pig.
 Practice "Safe Farming"
 Yours for service,
 M. c. FERGUSON.
 County Agent
The Prescott daily news., 1917-02-07
Presidential Inauguration Ceremonies.
 Washington, ID. C., March !. 1917

For this occasion the St. L. I. M. & $: Ky. will sell tickets Prescott to Washington, D. C., and return for S4O.70, tickets on sale March 1st. 2nd and 3rd, 1917, going passage to com mence on date of sale and bear final return limit to reach original starting point prior to midnight of March 10th. 1917, except by depositing ticket and payment of one dollar limit may be extended to April 10th, 1917. Tickets may be routed via either Memphis or St. Louis, going and return trip must be made over same route. For further information or reservations apply to the undersigned.
 G. A. HAYS, Agent.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-02-07

15O bushels corn; 30 bushels Mebane cotton seed; tons Pea-vine and Sorghum hay; Horse, work any where, good saddler, go any gait 1 Mare good size, work to anything; Wagon; Buggy; l Cultivator Flows; Canned Fruit; Sweet Pota- toes; Chickens; 8 Good Mch Cows; 450O Heart Cypress Boards 30 in.; All House Flu nture; 8 Bed Room Suits; Sewing Machine; Phone Box, new.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-02-07
PRESIDENT HAS LITTLE
 HOPE AVOIDING WAR
Cabinet Session is Given Over to Discussion of Plans to Fight Modification of Submarine Policy Improbable.

Washington, Feb. 6.-Every phase of the situation which at any hour may bring the United States to war with Germany was discussed at todays cabinet meeting. The faint hope that Germany might modify her new sub marine campaign to avoid making an active enemy of America, was consid- cred, as was the probable position of other neutrals. But most attention was given to reports by members up- on the efforts of their departments to prepare for war.
 In some quarters the intergiew given by Foreign Minister Zimmer- man in Berlin expressing friendly feel ing toward the United States is view ed as favorable sign. Little weight was attached to it by the cabinet, however, for the foreign minister's remark that he hoped the American government would understand Ger many's reasons for inaugurating un- restricted warfare on the sea was con- strued as meaning that no change of course is to be expected.
 May Not Be Overt Act.
 Preliminary reports of the sinking of the British steamer Eavestone and the killing of an American negro sea- man are not regarded as establishing such a case as would be the signal for hostilities. A dispatch from Consul Frost at Queenstown today reported the destruction of the ship and the killing of the American sailor by shells striking a boat which had just left the vessel.
 Officials believe an attempt was made by the Eavestone to resist or to escape.
 If American lives or ships are ille- gally destroyed by the Germans, ac- tion will follow as soon as the fact is established to the presidents satis- faction.
 Nation Self-Sustaining.
 Secretary Houston told the cabinet today that data in the hands of the Department of Agriculture shows that the United States can be self-sustain- ing even though cut off from the rest of the world.
 Secretaries Daniels and Baker went over the plans previously taken up with the president for strengthening the army and navy. Secretary Daniels said that as soon as Congress gives the necessary authority, work on ships under construction will be rushed MT. Baker said there are no changes in the plans for returning national guard units along the Mexican border.
 President Wilson devoted his entire day to the German situation. His only caller was Henry Morgenthau, former ambassador to Turkey The president read with qualification of fers from manufacturing and business concerns to assist the government with their plants.
 No definite word has been received by the State Department that any other neutral nation contemplates Isevering diplomatic relations with Germany From the first it has been doubted whether any neutral would take decided action.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-29
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-29
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1880 p. m.
Cars leave Oklahoma City for
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Rates one way So cents Round
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The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-06-05

land and United States fighting together agalnst Germany was inevitable The invisible censor killed the flrSt part of this story No good could have come from printing It.
 n the spng of 1913 the California legislature passed
 land law that made the Japanese quite peeVsh to put It mildly and for several months the country faced possoe war with Japan In June, 1913, the Japanese marnes
 were mt on the transports at Nagasak to sail for the Philippines The whites at Manila were moved fifteen miles from the shore the railroads the islands taken over by the United States governor and all preparations to defend the island brought to footing and looked like "go" England then stepped in. About that time SIT Arthur Cecil Spring-Rce, now ambassador to the United States from England in New ork on hlS way to the Hawaiian islands to climb the volcano mountalS He at that time held no official position with the Btlsh crown He suddenly left New York for San Francisco, took ship for Honolulu Hawaii but never got ott the 0oat continued on to Yokohoma, Japan went immediately to Too and was invited to address the Japanese palld- then in session. and during his address spoke of the United States and England coupling both countries to- gether thrty-two times and always saying we" The aps at once took the hint and took their marines ashore and the trouble was over This was corkng good story written LID and ready to put on the wire when the button at Washington was pressed and 1t never sent Aga the invisible censorship.
 "Naturaly the question arises in the minds of all ot us what is the use of censorship when the newspapers and press associations of the United States work so closely with our government? The only answer can think of is that it is easy for publishers in times of peace to control themselves but they only human and under the great stress of war may not always act with cool deberation
 What the publishers afraid of is that the censor ship board may not use good judgment in suppressng and releasing news And or the other hand the government is just as afraid of the judgment of the publisher be- ieve public sentiment would put any publication out of business that would print anything that hurt our country no difference how badly we wanted the news"
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-06-05
JOINING THE ARMY

"Your Country Needs You" read the sign, felt a thrill along my spine and resolved to do my bit theyd let me fight doubt of it, felt as husky as could be- there surely were no flies on me.
 paunch and tweaked my nose, and thumped my heart and felt my dome and otted down, nobody home" He tapped and measured up and down and then addressed me with frown, "Your perscope is on the blink you'd do for hiking don't think you're coobnd and short of height your tmmy is too proud to fight your heart is weak s plain to see, you have spavin on one knee, your lungs find aren't strong fear you won't be with us long.
 Your appetite must be alright because your shape it is fright you should soldier suit the enemy would laugh and hoot or take you for aored car if they should spy you from afar must confess you will not do-back to the feeding trough for you.
 said, "The jokes alright thought you want ed men to fight but what you want is fashion plates not men to bust the foemens pates and then climbed back in my duds and hiked off home to plant some spuds- (Anacortes American)
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-11-02

stinct. Later when she starts to far
row Ii is wise to remove much of
the bedding.
The narrowing pen should be
equipped with rails, as shown ir the
drawing. These rails may be made of
2 by 4 pieces nailed so hat they are
parallel with the floor, with six inches
clearance underneath and with -four
inches or more between the rail and
the wall.
The purpose of this rail as well as
the removal of superfiuous bedding
is to prevent the SOW from crowding
the little pigs 10 death. The rail per-
mIts the little fellows to crawl behind
and get out.
Personally I find that "watchful
waiting is the BEST policy with far
rowing brood sows. They usually start
to farrow a few hours after they
commence to make their bed. Then
an hour or so spent in caring for the
animals frequently saves several of
the offspring. After two or three pigs
ere narrowed the mother usually gets
up, remakes her bed and turns over.
At this time she pays little attention
to the pigs that have come and it is
best TO watch them. After the sow Is
through narrowing there is little dan
ger of her lying on the pigs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-11-02
KEEP TOOLS UNDER SHELTER
Practice Of Leaving Harvesting Ma
chinery in Open Results in Consid-
cradle Damage.

Usually there are many who leave
their harvesting machinery out in the
weather for some time after all bar
vesting is over. Such a practice results
In considerable damage TO the binders
and other harvesting machinery. All
farm implements have advanced in
price, and careiessness in taking care
of them will cause considerable loss.
At no time has the use of l~abor-saving
machinery been in greater demand on
the farms. and every farmer who has
such machinery should by all means
take the very best care of it. Just as
soon as one has finished using an I'M
plement ii should be put under shelter
and where IL will be kept in good con-
dition for the next crop. Binders are
easily broken if left in exposed places,
where wagons and other farm equip
ment are jammed into the same cor
ners. Quite often mowers, binders,
wagons, etc., are all found in n tan
gled mass in one corner of the shed,
along with the drills and threshing
machines. Such carelessness q only
result in some of the machinery being
damaged. By caring for such machin-
cry properly the lifetime of the imple-
ments can be doubled.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-11-02
BEST GROWTH OF ASPARAGUS
Plant Favors Soil Rich in Vegetable
Matter-Get Field Ready Dur
ing Fall Season.

Asparagus makes tie best growth in
soils Astounding in vegetable matter.
The field should be got ready ia the
fall.
This means that manur should be
used with the greatest freedom, and
if clover sods are available, they
should help materially in the starting
of h plantation.
Land of any kind to be planted with
this crop should be heavily MANFRED
and plOwed in the fall, repeating the
operation and adding more manure the
following spring.
The blowing should De as deep as
possible, although care should be ex-
ercised TO avoid turning up too much
of the sub-sOil.
Disk and cutaway harrows may be
used to good advantage in preparing
the soil. Effort should be made TO get
a fine bed to the full depth Of the
pillow furrOw, with all vegetable mat
ter thoroughly incorporated with the
soil.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-11-02
JOY FOR THE SCRUB WOMAN
Electrical Machine Does All the Tedi-
GUS Work While 5iddy Stands
BY and Grins.

The latest recruit 10 the ranks of
electric labor-saving devices is a scrub
bing machine. 1t weighs about 100
pounds and is entirely sel~f-contained,
with the single exception that it takes
its current from any convenient socket.
The machine vets, sweeps, scrubs
and dries the floor at a single opera
ton. 1t requires only a single attend
ant, who merely pushes the machine
forward and guides it. He controls
the amount of water distributed on the
flOOr by means Of a handle. This wa
ter is immediately swept up by a cy-
lindrical brush which is Is inches wide
and has n circumference of 20 inches.
This brush is driven by a one-fourth
horsepower motor at a speed of 600
revolutions per minute.
The brush does the actual scrubbing
and carries all of the dirt and soiled
water over an apron into a separate
receiving pan, SO the scrubbing is al
ways done with clean water from the
upper tank. The machine is said to
have a capacity of nearly 1000 square
feet of surface per hour.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-11-02
HELP SOW SAVE PIGS
narrowing Pen Should Be
Equipped With Wooden Rails.
Prevents Mother From Crowdino Lit
tie Fellows 70 Death-Provide
Good Shelter From Cold and
Rain-Have Solid Floor.

We are asked by the president to
increase the production of u farms.
In the face of the fact that the plea
came almost too late for some farmers
TO radically change their plans, the
acreage for cultivated crops has been
wonderfully increased. The five and
ten-acre corners of stump, or hillside,
land which had previously been con-
sidcred not worth the trouble have
been broke for cultivation.
A few farmers who have every avail
able acre under cultivation must on
tent themselves in trying to raise more
TO the acre and in conserving all they
car.
In this connection an effort to save
the little pigs at narrowing time is I'M
doubtedly q profitable and a patriotic
method conserving the food supply.
Contrary to some of the older farm
ers' ideas, do not let the brood SOW,
which is to farrow, make her bed
around an old straw or hay stack. Pro-
vide a good shelter, well protected
from cold and rain, and, preferably,
having a solid floor.
Do not let the sow DOT q deep hole
for a bed. She a be given a gen
erous amount of straw for bedding al
first, just to satisfy her animal In.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-11-02
Rough for the SIackers.

For some time the boys in khaki
have been recruiting from the hurri-
cane deck of q half dozen Fifth avenue
buses, which take up positions along
the curb of the white light section,
says a New York exchange. They have
been doing good work and have gained
quite Il few recruits, but at times their
tactics border on the rough-neck way
of doing things. For instance. the
other night the recruiting buses were
stationed at points where the crowds
pass. and TO the young men who went
by, they shouted, aren't you ashamed
of yourself not to be in uniform?'' 'That
girl isn't decent if she walks with n
Stacker like you There's another
who is rObbing his country" and other
similar remarks. The intent is TO
shame the man into enlisting at once.
That this is doing harm is evidenced
by the attitude of the lOOkers-On. sew
eral comments of whom left little doubt
that those who were inSulted would be
kept away from recruiting.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-11-02
GOOD SYSTEM Is DESIRABLE
Few Farmers Make Plans to Dispose
Of Improbable Fowls-Cull Out
UndesirabIes.

Very few farmers practice q sys-
tematic plan of disposing of their
fowls after they have ceased to be
productive, although 1t is well known
that fowls of the heavier breeds,
such rs the Plymouth Rocks.
TO produce a profitable number of
eggs at the end of their second laying
year. This holds true of the lighter
breeds, such as the LeghOrns, at the
end of their third laying ear. Conse-
quently. if efforts were made to dis
pose of all females when their best
laying days were over, n large guam
tity of poultry meat would be placed
on the rarket. All poorly developed
CHECKER mould likewise be culled out
and used as meat. This way of dis
posing of Improbable fowls would
allow the farmer TO feed his grain to
younger and more productive fowls.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-11-02
LLAMAS MUST Be HUNDRED
Will Not Endure Force or Threats
When Being Loaded They Are
Caressed by Drivers.

The South American Hama will bear
neither beating nor ill-treatment. The
animals go in troops, an Indian walk
ing a long distance ahead. II the
Ilamas are tired they stop, and the
Indian stops also. If he delay be
too great, the Indian, becoming n
easy toward sunset, after all due pre-
caution, resolves on supplicating the
beasts to resume their Journey. He
stands about 90 or 90 PAGES off, In an
attitude OF humility. waving his hand
coaxingly toward them, looks at them
with tenderness. and at the same time.
In the softest tones, reiterates, &c,
ic, ic." IL the llamas are disposed TO
resume their course they follow the
Indian in good order, for their legs are
long; but, when they are In Ill humor
they do not eve turn toward the
speaker. but remain m%otionless, hud-
died together, standing or lying own
The straight neck and the gentle ma
jesty of bearing. the long down of their
always clean and glossy skin, their
supple and timid motion. all give them
an air NJ once sensitive and noble.
If il happens-which IS very seldom
the case-that an Indian wishes 70 OBJ
tain. either by force or even by threats,
what the llama viii not willingly per
form, the instant the animal finds IL
self affronted by words or gesture IL
raises its head with dignity and. with
out making any attempt TO escape Ill
The respect shown these animals by
Peruvian Indians amounts almost TO
superstitious reverence. When the
Indians load them. TWO approach and
caress the animal, hiding its head that
1t may not see the load on its back. IL
Is the same in unloading.