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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-05-25
GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT

A summary of the May crop report
FOR the State of Louisiana, and for
the United States, as compiled by the
Bureau of Crop Estimates land trans
mitted through the Weather Bureau),
U. S. Department of Agriculture, is
as follows:
WINTER WHEAT
United States: May / forecast,
S66,OOO,OOO bushels; production last
year final estimate), S1,744,OOO;
two years ago, 673,947,OOO; 1904,
average, 494,654,000 bushels.
PASTURES
State: May / condition SO, COM
pared with the ten-year average of
|85.2.
SPRING FLOWING
State: Per cent done on May l,
1917, estimated 81 per cent, compared
with 92. May last year and 81, the
,en-year average.
United States: Per cent done to
May /, 1917, estimated TIA per cent,
compared with 7O.4 per cent on May
1 last year and 699, the ten-year av-
erage.
SPRING PLANTING
State. Per ctnt done to May l,
l1917, estimated 81 per cent. compared
with IS May l last year and 76 on
the ten-year average.
United States. Per cent done to
May /, 1917, estimated 5S.7 per cent
compared with 567 per cent on May
last year and 56.3, the ten.year av-
erage.
State: Old crops on farms May l.,
estimated 61,OOO tons, compared
with 10000 a year ago and $4,000
two years ago.
United States: Old crops on farms
May /, estimated 12,5OO,OOO tons,
compared with 14,452,O00 year ago
and 1O,797,OOO two years ago.
PRICES
The first price given below is the
average on May l this year, and the
second the average on May l last
year:
State: Corn, al and n. Oats, u
and GO. Potatoes, 294 and ia. Hay
$14.4O and $1,000 per ton. Cotton, 18.I
and 11.3 cents per pound. Eggs, q
and II cents per dozen.
United States: Wheat, 245.9 ant
E 1925 cents per bushel. Corn, 1901
I, and 1928 cents. Oats, ITO and Az
cents. Potatoes, 279.6 and 94.S cents
t Hay, $14.44 and $12,22 per ton. Cot
e ton, 1879 and 11.5 cents per pound
$ Eggs, 80 and 1871 per dozen.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-05-25
newspapers DO NOT
NEED CENSORSHIP

Washington, May 23.-The newspa-
per censorship fight was reopened in
congress today following President
Wilson's action in personally inter-
vening to insist upon inclusion Of
some form of press regulation in the
administration espionage bill.
The presidents desire for censor.
ship power of some sort was empha-
sized today to senate conferees on tho
espionage bill who were called to the
white house for the purpose.
Whether the administration will at
tempt to force through a censorship
authorization was said tonight to de-
pend upon soundings being made by
leaders among house and senate mem
bers, especially the former. The con-
ferees held another meeting today,
but unable to break their deadlock
over censorship, adjourned until Fri
day to sound out sentiment again.
Should leaders find that there is a
reasonable prospect Of acceptance by
the house of a modified censorship
plan, it was stated tonight that the
conferees had agreed tentatively to
adopt and present the following pro-
vision:
SIN time of war the president is
hereby authorized to prescribe and
promulgate rules and regulations for
the purpose of preventing the dis
closure to the public and thereby to
the enemy of information with respect
to the movement, numbers, descrip-
ton and disposition Of any Of the
armed forces of the United States in
naval or military operations or with
respect to any works intended for the
fertilization or defense of any place
and whoever in time of war shall wi
fully violate any such rule or regula
ton shall be punished by fine o.
not more than $4,000 or by imprison
ment for not more than five years, o.
by both such fine and Imprisonment
provided that nothing in this sec
ton shall be construed to limit or re
strict any discussion, comment or crit
icism of the acts or policies Of tn
government or it's representatives o
the publication of the same"
President Wilson is said to have &C
cepted the principle Of this provision
D which was offered during recent sen
n ate debate by Senator Overnnan o
: North Carolina and rejected. 1t WI
e be proposed as broadly embracin
I the administration views at Friday
n meeting of the conferees should tn
sentiment sounding now in progress
e develop favorably to the administrs
" ton view.
e Although the senate vote to elm
g nate censorship entirely was 48 to .
il was understood tonight that Pres
dent Wilson'S insistence has resulte
}; in some senators changing the
l. minds. A few, it was stated upon a,
5, thority, who voted against censorsh
are now ready to favor it. Senator
D. leading the fight against press regui
{; ton, however, still are confident
ultimate success.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-05-25

(" HE DAILY MARKET LETTER gotten out by
the Southern Rice Growers Association proved
to be a very important factor in holding up
the price of rice during all of the past season.
as the entire country was flooded every morning WIN
the actual condition that existed in every part OF the
three rice growing states The association acreage Is
gradually increasing everywhere and the Welsh district
will be several thousand acres larger than at any tune
in the past This proof that the farmers are growing
in confidence and believe in its maintenance cooper
alton is the basis of all power and structural strength
One weak sill in the foundation will have tendency 10
weaken the whole building. Let US UNANIMOUSLY pun
together and by SO doing the association VIII IN TIE
next two years accomplish more than it has SINCE
its organization. 1t is now getting to the point OF
operating with its own power and while the price OF
rice is extremely high it is grand opportunity Tor US
to increase our bulwark of defense. Remember CO.
operation in the right spirit means everything to the
rice farmer
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-05-25

London, Mey 23.-The first detach-
ment Of United States army engineers
under command Of Major Parsons ar
rived in London this evening.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-05-25

Even as it is, sweet poCaIoeo "ie'
in po;nt of value, the second most I'M
portant crop in the United States, be-
| ing exceeded only by Irish potatoes
The production, however, can be IN
creased almost definitely for. there
are millions Of acres Of cheap cut
over lands in the South we'll adapted
to the crop. By adopting the I'M
provements suggested the demand can
he increased proportionately, lar an
attractive product can then be plcaeo
on the market throughout the year
instead of for a short season only, as
is now the case in many sections.
It must be remembered, too, tina
; the value of sweet potatoes as feed 1ol
live stock is not yet generally under
+. stood. Three to four bushels are tn
, equivalent of bushel Of corn 10
Y hogs and in connection with rich con
centrates the potatoes are a goo
e feed for cattle. On light soils tina
t nroduce from 20 to rs bushels .
: corn. he same care and attention WI
9 return 100 to 200 bushels of sweet p
s tatoes. Finally, it is not unlikely th'
y bv artificial drying product may
!, obtained which will keep as long
d is desired and, because Of its reduce
d bulk, may be shipped long dlsta nc
i. at q comparatively low cost. Go :.
d eminent experiments along this liz !.
L however, have not been carried i
D enough vet to recommend drying
$ commercial scale.
Meade County news., 1917-04-26
About the Pullman.

After the long night of sleeping and
humping, you get up and hasten to the
washroom for the hurry-up cleanup,
only to find that the man who talks
loud in the smoker has beaten you to
it. He has evidently talked all night
so as to be back on the JOB before any
one else.
He has received travelling case as
a present from an admiring friend or
wife, and he is busily using 1t. His
bag is deposited on seat, his coat and
vest are on hook, his collar and tie
on another one. His travelling case
takes up the space of one of the birds
tub basins, and with feet outspread, and
much splashing he is worrying the
bristles off while the train rounds cor.
ners, and the engineer applies brakes
with no apparent reason.
You are lucky If only one man has q
case-generally there are two-and by
the time the train has reached its desti-
nation and the porter announces that
there will be five minutes allowed to
clear the coach, you have been able to
worm yourself between the shavers
and their outfits and apply sufficient
water to relieve the strain until you
are able to get to your own blessed
sanctum-and, can spread out over
things yourself.-Detrolt Free Press.
Meade County news., 1917-04-26
is THE NEW YORK" OF EGYPT
AIexandria's Port Harbor Ships Bear.
ing the Flags of Every Nation
in the World.

There are few cities that can look
back to past like that Of Alexandria,
and fewer still with such a past that
can contrive to keep up with the times
and look forward to the future. The
relics of % dead centuries of Alex
andrian history have to be looked for
in the guide books. In the city itself
they are covered up by the latest mod
ern improvements. A few erudite AL
eXandrians may argue about the real
nationality of Cleopatra, but most Of
them are talking about cotton prices
and the latest project for dredging the
harbor.
Cairo has been called the Washing
ton of Egypt. 1t is the seat of gov
ernment, the city where diplomacy and
politics abound. If Cairo is Washing
ton, Alexandria is New York. 1t is
The great port of entry for all Egypt.
Every flag in the world floats on the
ships behind the breakwater. Every
tongue in the world is heard on the
crowded streets. The past may have
been glorious, but the present is con-
siderably closer and more vital. There
fore, let us see about floating an is
sue of paving bonds and get that string
Of street lamps up.
This is the attitude Of the typical
modern AleXandrian. If he belongs
to the educated classes he has an en-
tirely adequate acquaintance with the
history of his city; but neither Ire nor
his city is interested in history. They
are both primarily commercial. Yet
to the visitor the past must outweigh
the present. Alexandria today is, af-
ter all, no more than weak imita-
tion of Liverpool or Hamburg. Alex
andria in the past was the heart and
the turning point of events that de-
termined the history Of the world.
From the lighthouse on the Pharos
-lineal descendant of the first light
house in the world-up the harbor and
through to the Nile, Alexandria and
the country around about are full Of
memories of the conqueror who found
ed the city, of the Romans who con-
Quered it, of the Pharaohs who lent
1t their patronage, of Cleopatra the
queen, who lost it, Of the victorious
Mohammedans who swept through 1T
and destroyed the greatest library the
world has ever seen. Alexandria's
present, with its paving and its street
lamps, fades into insignIficance. 1t is
nothing but commercial sideshow.
Once it was the center Of the world
stage.
Meade County news., 1917-04-26

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Community cooperation is even
more of an obvious advantage on irri-
gated land than elsewhere. Most of
these areas, especially the government
reclamation projects which now in
clude approximately 100000 producing
acres, are far removed from the great
consuming centers. In consequence,
the, transportation charges are high
and the marketing problem is very
serious one. Its solution is more like
Iy to be reached through cooperation
than by any other method.
The common practice on reclamation
areas is to seed the. land to alfalfa as
soon as possible. This is accompanied
or followed by the planting of small
grains so that on newly irrigated lands
large proportion of the cultivated
acreage is given up to these crops.
Under ordinary conditions neither al
falfa hay nor grain will bear the cost
of transportation to distant market
centers. 1t is common practice, there
fore, to turn these foodstuffs into live
stock and dairy products which bring
high prices I'm proportion to their
weight and can be shipped profitably
over comparatively long distances. 1t
has been found that the returns Sc
cured by pasturing hogs on irrigated
alfalfa, supplemented with a light ra-
ton of grain, are frequently three to
five times as great as could be. OBJ
tained from selling the alfalfa as hay.
With grain, the gain from marketing
1t in the form of pork is usually from
20 to so per cent. Livestock produc-
ton is, therefore, rapidly becoming an
important industry on reclamation
projects and, In fact, on great por-
ton of the irrigated land in the United
States. For maximum of success,
however, in livestock production, COM
munity action is indispensable. The
danger Of hog cholera is frequently an
important factor in deterring farmers
from raising hogs on large scale. The
control OF tnlS disease is, TO great
extent, beyond the power of any indi-
vidual. On irrigated lands, in particu-
lar, the germs may be carried in the ir-
rigation water and in this way be
spread throughout the entire commu-
nifty. On the other hand, the isolated
position of the irrigation projects
makes it comparatively easy to enforce
whatever quarantine and sanitary reg
ulations are necessary, provided that
the entire community has the enforce
ment Of these regulations at heart.
In addition to. the prevention of dis
ease, community action results in such
obvious economies. as the shipping of
hogs in carload lots, and the most eff
cient utilization of the community's
grain supply. 1t frequently happens
Meade County news., 1917-04-26
ASPHALT COAT GOOD
IN BUILDING SILOS
Recommended as Result of In.
veStigationS Carried On at
the Oklahoma Station.

(By DIR. CHARLES x. FRANCIS, Chem
ist, Oklahoma Experiment Station. Still
water.)
This department is investigating
silage prepared from the grain sor
ghums and closely related crops. In.
cidentally. tests are being made of ma.
terials which are commonly used In
the construction of silos. This experi.
ment has been under way for several
years, but it so happens that cane and
sorghums have not been placed in the
cement siIo. However, / believe that
the method used here for treating the
interior of the metal sllos will prove
of help II applied to cement.
In general, materials made of heavy
tinware will not decompose by the or
dinary acids. / have found that the
silage will disintegrate heavy tin
in one season If it is unprotected, but
when the. same material is coated
with asphalt it shows smaller loss
than any other material.
believe that If a cement silo is
built Of good cement, which will stand
up well under autOclave test, allowed
to dry, and is well coated with asphalt
before the green material is placed in
1t, that no serious action will occur.
OF course the walls should be recoated
each season, and any faults or imper.
fections which may have developed bs
remedied.
Meade County news., 1917-04-26

that farmers have more grain than
they can use in the fall and, in con.
sequence, ship it out to market. The
following spring swine raisers who are
in need of grain to feed their herds
buy in the outside market at higher
prices and have the grain shipped back
again. The unnecessary expenses of
this process are a strong argument for
community arrangements which will
result in the utilization of the grain
by farmers in the immediate neighbor-
hood.
The potato industry is another field
in which community action can be of
great benefit on many reclamation pro-
jeets. There is strong tendency for
prices in the potato market to fluctuats
widely and the production tends
inevitably to follow these fluctuations.
If, after mature consideration, whole
community were to decide to make po-
tatO growing feature of their agricul-
ture and to persist in this determina-
tion in the face of discouraglng condi-
tiOns, it would not be long before it
made itself known as q reliable source
Of supply. Buyers would come to it
before looking into less certain mar
kets and it would be possible to dis
pose of the crop at times when the in
dividual producers would have little
chance of selling at profit. Another
,f
in this field is its effect In promoting
the adoption of u standard variety, or,
at most, two varieties, and thus max
ing possible the shipment of large lots
of production has proved of special
advantage in the case of potatoes
grown for the seed market. The same
principle can be adopted, with equal
success in the case of stock raising.
Some of the most conspicuous sue.
cesses attained by community cooper.
alton have been in fruit raising. AL.
though there appears to be at the
present time certain reaction from
fruit production toward other indus.
tries, there is no reason why the same
methods which have done so much for
fruit growing should not prove equally
effective In other lines. Essential fac
tors, however, are far sightedness and
persistence. 1t does not do to plan for
on.y year or two in advance, and
whatever plan is adopted must be ad.
hered to. A certain amount of expert
mentation is, of course, necessary, but
the practice of jumping from one in.
dustry to another as the market fluctu.
ates is certain to prevent the building
up Of stabilized agriculture. Only
very small percentage of those who
speculate in this way time their
changes accurately. The great ma
jority find that they have jumped just
q little too late. m
Meade County news., 1917-04-26
W. N, u, WICHITA, NO. 10..1s17.
Tells Of Marvellous Herbal Medicines

Flush, Kan.--I was sick for six
months, had three different doctors,
even went under an operation and then
was not any better, only worse In some
respects. felt as If would go crazy,
had so much pain in my head and back,
up my spinal column. could not
sleep without sleeping powders, and /
could not eat but what l would bloat
up and be in pain. Had 80 much gas
on my stomach 1t kept be belching al
most all the time. began taking DR..
Plerce's Favorite Prescription and In
just few days could see quite an i'm
provement. Then l got the Golden
Medical Discovery and took them
both as directed on the bottles. took
seven bottles In all and now I am feel
ing like myself again. am fieshier
than / ever was. / weigh 1870 lbs,
while only weighed 93 lbs, last
spring. / feel sure II had only taken
DIR. 'Plerce's medicines when I first
took sick would never have needed the
operation. MRS. CHARLIE BARR.
Meade County news., 1917-04-26
The Effective Blockade.

Down in the Ozark mountains In
Missouri good old Baptist Of the
hardshell type was called to preach at
a church where the young men of the
place were prone to get up and leave
if the preacher said anything they
didn't like. After the opening prayer,
the old preacher looked his congrega-
ton over and said:
"Now, after get to preaehin' don't
want Rag, Tag and Bobtail to be a
jumpin' up an runnin' out" About
halfway in the sermon, young man
got up and made for the door. Paus-
Ing in his sermon the old preacher
pointed his finger at the retreating fig
ure "Yondef goes Rag" he said in Il
loud voice. After he had preached a
few minutes another youth left the
room. "Yonder goes Tag" cried the
preacher. Needless to say, no more
of the congregation cared to leave un-
til duly lsmissed.-Oregon Journal.
Meade County news., 1917-04-26
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
"CaIifornia Syrup of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup of
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out gripping.
when cross, irritable, feverish, or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother! If coated, give a
teaspoonful of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in few hours all the
foul, donstipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow
els. and you have well, playful child
again. When its little system is full
of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, indigestion, colic-remem-
ber, a good "inside cleaning should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a
teaspoonful today saves sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for So
cent bottle of California Syrup Of
Figs which has directions for babies,
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Meade County news., 1917-04-26
SITTING HEN SHOULD
HAVE SEPARATE Pen
Floor Should Be of Earth, Dug Up
and Moistened-PIace Nests
Around the Side.
Clemson College Bulletin.) :

It Is less trouble to care for sitting
hens when they are confined in a
separate pen away from the layers.
The floor Of this pen should be of
earth, dug up and moistened. The
nest boxes should be placed around
in the pen. A box from 12 to Is
inches square and about the same
in height Is suitable for the nest.
Remove the top, front and bottom.
Cover the top with a burlap sack
to provide ventilation, and nail a
wooden strip four inches wide across
the front. at the bottom. Have a
wide board to lean against the open
front and a brick to keep it in place
when it is necessary to confne the
ben.
Fill the bottom of the box level
with the top of the 4-inch board
with moist garden soil, and hollow
the soil like saucer, so the eggs
will not roll away from the hen
and become chilled. The surface of
the earth should be smooth and
hard to allow the eggs to roll.
Cover the earth with a very little
straw and put in few common eggs.
Remove the sitting hen to the new
nest at night. Dust her with yellow
insect powder, or grease her with 33
per cent mercurial ointment, and then
place her quietly on the nest and shut
her in.
The next evening, when it is
growing dark, dishes of whole grain
and water should be placed in front
of the nest and the hen removed to
feed. Let. her alone and do not re-
turn until night. If the hen is on her
nest and is contented, she may be CIV
en- the sitting Of eggs you hive select
ed for her.
Feed the sitting hens at the same
hour each day. Give them whole
grain (whole corn is best) in
dish, so they can eat all they desire.
Even under the most favorable con-
Meade County news., 1917-04-26
Tricks Of the Trade.

"If one knows the few basic secrets
1t is not difficult to write poetry" con-
fessed TennysOn J. Draft. "Having
secured your primal plot, select your
rhymes. And 1t Is curious fact that
similarity in the terminal syIlables Of
certain words tends to suggest concep-
tlOns that harmonize both in conson-
ance and in sentiment. For example,
"a friend is seriously indisposed. You
wish to cheer the poor invalid with an
original poem, His condition provides
the motif, and the words fll' pill and
bill not only rhyme beautifully, but
tell the whole story with admirable
conclseness. KANSAS City Star.
Meade County news., 1917-04-26

165 pounds and am as strong as a man.
think money is well spent which pur-
chases Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. Jos. O'BRYAN, 1855
Newport Ave-, Chicago, Ill.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. 1t may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, infam-
nation, liberation, Irregularities, peri
odic pains, backache, bearing down feel
ing, hatulency, indigestion, dizziness,
and nervous prostration. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is the stan.
dard remedy for female lila.
Meade County news., 1917-04-26
Unfortunate Choice.

"A tramp arrested'for vagrancy told
the court he was an educated man and
offered to prove 1t by quoting some
poetry"
did the judge consent?"
"Yes. The tramp quoted several pas
sages from Browning"
"And the judge let him off, sup
pose"
mo, indeed. His honor's wife hap
pens to belong to Browning club.
He has been so fed up on Browning,
morning, noon and night, that he sent
the poor devil to the workhouse."
Meade County news., 1917-04-26

ditions for feeding, sitting hen win
lose about three-quarters of a pound
in weight during the three weeks of
incubation.
Examine the nests while the hens
are feeding, and if any eggs are broken
the remaining eggs should be washed
in warm water and the nest cleaned.
Moisten the earth around the nest fire.
quently, and on the eighteenth day of
incubation immerse the eggs for two
minutes in warm water Q05 degrees
Fahrenheit). This softens the mem
brane inside the shell and results in
a greater percentage of chicks hatch.
ing.