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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-14

saving manure such a pis need
not entail great expense A pit 3
feet deep, II feet long and feet
wide, with walls and floors 5 inches
thick, Will serve the needs of tho
average farm. I'm ground that does
not cave in. only an inside form
will be needed for such a pit ex-
cept where the concrete extends a
few inches above the ground 10 pre-
vent flooding by surface water The
floor should he reinforced with
woven wire fencing. put in at-er
about two inches of cement has
been laid, the section Of fencing be-
ins cut long enough to bend up a
few inches at either end into the
side walls. When the reinforcing
has been put in the remaining three
inches of the floor is laid and he
forms for the side walls set up and
used Immediately. Use one part ce-
ment. two of sand, and four OF
screened gravel. A pit of this kind
is large enough 10 hold the accu-
mutation of manure on the average
farm until such a time as it can be
hauled conveniently 20 the field and
spread.
Another good way to save ma
nure. especially i'm the case of hogs
or of beef cattle. is 20 have con
crete paved feed lot preferably
under shed roof Where the
farmer cannot afford a paved floor.
a cheap open feeding shed may be
made TO serve the purpose very well
il abundant bedding is used 20 alb
sorb the valuable liquid manure. In
such a feeding lot OF shed. the ma
Hure is allowed 20 gather under the
feet of the animals. each DAYS bed
ding beins s-rewn over the we'll
tramped accumulation below. some
farmers using this system arrange
their feed racks so that they ca2
lie raised from time to time. MAX
ing il possible 10 feed till several feet
OF solidly packed manure has &C
cumulated under the shed II has
been shown that manure suffers lit
tie from heating and teaching when
handled in this way.
The feeding shed serves the pur-
pose OF giving the general farm, or
the beef cattle farm, something Of
the advantage IN the matter Of ma
nure saving held by the intensive
dairy farm. IL has been shown by
farm mana cement surveys that the
manure saved on the American
farm under present conditions is al
most exactly proportional 10 the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-14
FARMER URGED To
{ N D TREMENDOUS
WASTE OF MANURE
Say Loss to Agriculture Runs
Up TO Billion Dollars
Every Year.

Farmers are urged in a statement
issued today by Asst Secy carr
Nrooman to make every effort to
save the vast amount of valuable
manure now allowed to go to waste
in this country. Asst Sec'y Vroo-
man estimates that one-half the ma
nure produced in the United states
is not used as a fertilizer. there be-
ing an annual loss of material
worth twelve hundred million dol
lars-once and half the value of
the country's 1916 wheat crop.
This is not a wild guess" he
continues, but a very shrewd and
conservative estimate based on re-
liable statistics. IL has been found
that each horse or mule produces
annually S27 worth of manure Gas
compared with commercial fertiliz-
.ers); each head of cattle $40 worth:
each hog S. worth. Calculating
from the 1910 census figures for
number of animals on farn.s-62.-
100000 cattle, 100000 horses
and mules, 5S,000.OO0 swine. and
"a. 500, 600 sheep and goats.-the to-
tai value Of manure produced is
found To be about S2,461.OOO. coo.
Recent Investigations by the depart
ment indicate that at least half of
this great wealth of fertilizlng ma
terial Is sheer waste. In some good
general farming sections not more
than per cent of the manure pro-
duced IS used. Even in the most
intensive dairy regions, where cows
are largely stall fed and COMPARE
lively great core taken with the ma
nure, the loss seems to be approx
imately % per cent.
Here, then, is a job for the
American farmer. worthy of his ut
most effort and in keeping with the
spirit OF this great hour in Ameri-
can history. To save a billion dol
lars worth of manure Is a Herculean
task--a veritable latter day Augean
stable job. il means the hand
ling of literally millions of tons Of
dung and litter. III means the CON
sirlction of concrete manure pits
of paved feeding pens or sheds. and
greatly increased care in the con-
Servation and use of bedding mate
rails. IL means a lot of work. but
it is work that can be done at odd
hours and moments. and work that
viii pay tremendous dividends. not
only as a wa- measure. but conceiv-
ably for all time, for if we once
get the Ia DIT OF making full use OF
cur available manure supply we are
not likely 10 lapse into the old.
wasteful ways again.
The cheapest and best way 10
handle manure. where convenient. Is
20 haul il TO the held and spread II
daily, or q. least every two OF three
Gavs. In this way. If plenty OF bed
ding be used. practically all the val
liable constituents OF the manure are
saved. since teaching after the ma
nure is on arabic land merely serves
20 put the fertiiizing materials
where they ought 10 be In shis
way too. loss through heating. or
''fire-fansinE." is avoided.
Many farmers however, are not
so situated as 10 make II profitable
for them 10 handle manure in this
way. For such farmers the concrete
manure pit offers an ideal way Of
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-14

The little brown man Of Nippon is
strange ways. He grows mature
trees that measure less than two
feet high; fowls which have tails is
feet long and bantams with legs but
one inch long He has been breed
ing them this way so long that they
won't grow any other way. 1t is this
oddly that accounts for the popu-
larity of the Japanese Bantam.
There are several varieties of
this bantam, separated only by col
ors. In shape they are identically
the same They are popular among
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-14
CHARLES Ii. SAX AND co. HAVE
\ NEW SPECIAL SERVICE CAR
FOR THE ACCOMMODATES
OF THEIR CUSTOMERS.

If you wish 10 visit the store 10
shop-call Home phone 55S2 or Bell
phone $50 and the car viii call for
YOU. Any time you want 10 return
home from the store after shopping
just speak 10 our floor man and he
viii call the car. This is a new
special service we have added and
il is entirely free-no obligation OF
any kind -Advt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-14

Averages Der Cow.
FeedCost

This
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H.. w
To of
SAID der is al i've to his
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to tise stool
Cow testing records
in
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a no Of COW
Tor the full II months valuable
of persency
n. w.
the in
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AssOCil ton Data For the month Of May
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-14
REWARD.

I offer a liberal reward for the re
turn OF my automobile. Description;
Studebaker, 4-cylinder touring car.
Motor number 92672: license num-
Der Assoc. Initials T. =. NJ. on side
panels. DR. T. p. Meyer, room sos,
J. NJ. ;. Bldg. II. 1894: b. 32s2-
Advt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-14

covy; namely. robbing her when
broOdy, giving her eggs to a hen or
incubator. AID releasing her for a
new laying A good duck produces
often two trOods a season and is
useful several years.
Methods With Young Muscovies.
Managing the young ones depends
upon the environment. Natures
plan is easiest. Two days after
Matching, the proud mother may DC
seen conducting her brood to the
nearest water. exhOrting them with
a sibilant but imperative hiss. Then
she hastens to the fields and raises
her family in cheerful independence,
or she may accept gratefully a daily
supper of some sort of mash.
II is interesting TO note that the
youngsters hatch very leisurely, oft
en- consuming two days in cracking
the shell and emerging, in marked
contrast TO the haste OF the guinea.
They should not be taken from the
nest too soon. Having been accus-
toned for weeks to sustained high
heat, they are susceptible TO chill
which will speedily end their career.
If, as sometimes happens. Mother
Muscovy misreckons the calendar
and presents a brood too early. the
nest with its downy lining may be
transferred 10 a coop where the
mother may be domiciled. Ii means
the saving of the duCklings.
Baby Muscovies learn to know the
coop and hen with alacrity. They
must have a constant supply Of
drinking water and grit, with three
daily meals of soft mash and some
sort of meat food. such as milk.
curd or boiled egg. Denied this,
they develop a morbid appetite for
dead things. The first decayed ma
terial they find introduces Timber
neck" into the flock, the only dis
ease which troubles them. and is al
most always fatal. Young Mus
cOvies can be penned successfully,
but their board bill devOurs the pro-
ft Fresh crab-shells are "A favored
and cheap addition TO duck diet in
tidewater counties. Curd is usually
available on farms. Fresh meat
scraps from the table. ground up,
are excellent and contribute TO sat
isfying the craving of these meat
eaters. if they lack the opportunity
10 get sufficient worms and beetles.
At the age of 1-2 to months,
they are full-feathered. weighing
TO pounds according TO SEX and
marketable. Kept too long after
this they gain weight at expense of
tenderness a. meat
The person who wishes to try this
fowl in a town lot Will find il bet
ter plan 10 buy eggs for Matching in
stead OF maintaining a flock which
would he expensive.
Much satisfaction arises in ones
experience with little Muscovies.
They are not subject to gapes. soon
outgrow tenderness TO chill and
damp grass. are not subject To para
sites. and grow very friendly. No
scratched-up flower gardens. no nib
bled vegetables are left in their
wake
v.s. s.
The building up of a highly
productive flock commences in
the selection of strong. healthy
chicks for future breeders. The .
culls should be marketed. Next
weeks article has 10 do with :
This important subject.
o
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-14

The building up of a highly
productive flock commences in
the selection of strong healthy
chicks for future breeders. The
culls should be. marketed. Next
weeks article has 10 do with
this important subject.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-14
AGRICULTURE
Muscovoy Duck Valuable for Its
Industry; Has Many Peculiarities
Muscovoy
BY MYRA KELSEY COX
Experienced POuItrywoman.

The sudden. national concern over
the future food supply embraces
poultry raisers or every degree who
nre expected 20 mobilize their
knowledge Economical fowls such
as the Muscovy, OF healthy. rapid
growth and thrifty habits are de-
sirable- Ducklings in barn or
backyard are marketable IN three
10 four months and always in de-
inana.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-11-29
RIGHTS
FOR COAL AND COKE
SHIPMENTS WANTED
(By Review Leased wire.)

WASHINGTON. Nov. 2S.-A general
priority order giving coal and coke
shipments the right OF way over other
freight movement was requested today
by Fuel Administrator Garfield to re-
lieve the country wide fuel shortage.
The situation, already critical, has
been made worse by the coming OF
cold weather with its consequent slow
ing up of railroad traffic. In asking
the order today of Robert S. Lovett,
director of priority, DR.. CARRIED sug-
gested it be put into force as soon as
possible and that its operation be con-
tinued until the crisis is over
Coal under the priority desired
would be moved over the railroad lines
with fCodstuffs, shipments of which
are subordinated to the transportation
of actual war supplies. At present
coal has no general right of way and
must take its place along with general
freight. The order would provide. too,
for priority rights for empty coal and
coke cars which would be returned to
mines and ovens as soon as emptied
Priority for coal shipments, fuel ad
ministration officials believe would go
far towards loosening the congestion
of coal cars at mines and terminals
which many blame as the real cause
of the coal shortage. With the rail-
roads pooling their facilities as plan
ned by the railroad war board and coal
moving promptly, the mines. it is de-
clared. would be able to produce at
very near their maximum
The chief obstacle TO maximum pro-
duction now is the slow movement IF
coal cars. according to officials OF the
National Coal association who issued a
statement tonight declaring there is on
hand in the country at present less
than a weeks coal supply and assert
ing that industries are facing an actu-
al coal famine. Ii the situation is not
remedied Immediately. the statement
said, many of the large Industries and
many of public utilities plants would
be forced to suspend operations. prob
ably for days at a time.
The mines of the country, the coal
association declares are operating at
only II per cent Of their capacity be-
cause they cannot ship their coal after
taking il from the ground Consump-
ton, it is declared, has Overtaken pro-
duction and is increasing while produc
ton is at standstill.
For the present the fuel administra
ton does not contemplate any general
priority order moving coal in any par
ticular direction but ii will give atten-
tfon to specific cases and will see that
coal is supplied to any community
where the need is great.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-11-29
OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE DOG.

Philip Gibbs writing for the New York World of the
French refugees by British their big drive
over and through the long occupied French towns in the
Cambria sector. says:
They pitifu groupes of men, and chill
dren-pit;fu of their helpessness in this
of war among the guns. Some the had babies
with them in perambuators and wooden boxes wheels
into which they had tucked things from their
abandoned homes. Some of them young women
neatly dressed but all pastered with mud after the tramp
the batefieds and woefully bedragged Some OF
little girls had brought their dogs with them, and
child had a bird in a cage
They were pitiful groups of men, women and chill
with wrinked faces and frightened eyes of this
strange adventure in their old age and young of mil
itary age whp had not been taken away like of
comrades for forced labor their work
useful to the enemy their district This the
of good looking young barber to whom talked
who shaved the German officers and for three
years in Masnieres
These people looked woebegone they waited in the
ruins the English orries them away safety
but there great joy, found when
talked them. because they the British side
of the lines and of reach of the enemy whom they
hate bitterly because of the discipline put upon them and
their servude and of all and all in all because he
the enemy of their country and the destroyer of their
land and blood.
They told that after the coming of the Germans
in the early days of war; Uhlans entered
Masnieres and fought witt French English cavalry
Crevecourt. where cavalry again fighting
terday, they had liberty and property. The Ger
requisitioned everything. They their pigs
and their poultry and their grain their wine. If
peasant hid hen he heavily fined put in prison;
if he discovered with bottle of he fined
ten francs put in prison.
In Masnieres there fine houses like that of
NJ. Mllas manufactm err full of good furniture and
pictures. They all stripped and left bare The
very floors taken up. In all OF the little houses
there search made for bit of lead piping for
OF brass metal.
The men all put for the enemy in fields
or in workshops and the made to sweep roads.
wash the dirty linen of the German soldiers and to clean
out the rooms which were piled and Fefilled with
the yermin OF the trenches.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-11-29

local picture show this week showed the American
soldiers work and play in France The films were
Inspiration. The American soldier is type dstinc
himself He is the natural product of his soil
and his cline and his institutions. The best and most
adventurous of the old world colonized the
continent of the west. NO can study the
face carriage the soldier with
thrill pride and joy. He is slender. 1.-THE and
alert. is the L. s. regular in khaki. He has clean
face and jaw that sweeps line like blade
from chin to ear Not for is be confound
ed with the German English or French soldier. He is
than they in face FORM The expression of
his different He than either his
allies his enemies When he frowns there is more
in his glance Look closely a column of these
soldiers marching in compact array and you will
marked resemblance in every form and face Broad at
the shoulder. the hips an angle every jaw
lips ready smile frown eager glances that
change quickly set gIances They look SO competent
these young men white puttees There is repressed
in every movement In picture they look
positively savage they set and sight machine gun.
and in the next they win you with their happy glance
and boyish smile The American soldier in France is
distinctive type of his oounrymen He Is there by
the thousand year he will be there by the million
And he will leave his indeble mark upon the country
and its traditions Long has returned
his home the the children aud the cln
dren's children of the people he fight die
for will tell of his genteness and his courage; of his
smiling lips while he harvested their wheat and held
their babies his knee his jutting
Jaw while he batted the Hun a terrible finish.
The song of Roland is more than a thousand years old
hence peasants the Marine the Loire and the
Champagne and tie Aisne will sing in the night time,
when the their DOORS those wonderful
boys with the thin cage faces and skful hands and
brave hearts who helped free France goreve.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-11-29
Ripping Rhymes
FAT AM ERICA.
(By WALT MASoNl


Prosperity with us abides, and
wants to us unknown, while over
Europe's countrysides the hungry peo-
pie moan. For years poor Europe has
been torn. has heard the battle din,
while we have planted fields of corn,
and borne the harvest in. Privation has
not made us lank. no wolf is at our
door; we have our bundles in the bank.
and credit at the store. Our tables
spread. we sit thereat, and costly
joints we carve; and it is shameful to
be fat. while wailing millions starve.
Oh, iet us discipline our souls, and
far less selfish be, and strip some
williams from our rolls to send
across the sea. And when our noble
country calls for samples of long green,
to purchase clubs and cannonballs, or
sink a submarine. let's gladly, proudly
flash our wads, and loosen up like
men; too long our plunks have been
our gods, our shrine has been the yen.
America alone is fat, and basking in
her grease; the nations have been
trampled flat, since Wilhelm broke the
peace. And while the stricken ma
tons toll in warfare. lean and lame,
and paint with blood the riven soil,
our fairness is shame.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-11-29
.EMbREE TRIAL IS
STARTED AT TUCSON
Especial to The Review

TUSCON, Nov. 2S.-The trial OF the
case of the State vs.. A. S. Embree was
started this morning. County Attorney
Ross of Cochise county has recovered
from his illness so as TO be able 10 De
in attendance. The jury selected to
try the case is composed of the follow
ing: James 4. Bentz. Julius L. Book
man, John Gardiner: Fred Rulotti: z.
A. Yalenzula; Daniel P. Cady and Man
uel Padilla.
The plea of the defendant was with
drawn temporarily while a demurrer
was offered, this was overruled and
then the defendants attorneys asked
for bill of particulars. this motion
was also denied The defendant then
entered his plea Of not guilty and the
case proceeded. The witnesses were
all put under the rule and excluded
from the court room.
First witness called was Vance John
son, chairman of the board Of super
yisors and proprietor of the Warren
Laundry. He was followed by Mrs.
Glass, Mrs. L. Burgess. A. W. Howe
and Sheriff Harry Wheeler. That
concluded the testimony for the morn
ing session. At the reconvening OF
court in the AFTERNOON. Sheriff Wheeler
was again called to the stand and was
followed by Mayor Erickson and then
a number of others.
From the present appearances the
case will not be completed before late
Saturday night or Monday of next
week. The state did no, complete its
case today and court adjourned over
Thanksgiving day. The trial will be
resumed on Friday morning. The
state has about ten more witnesses to
put ON the stand and the defense had
eight placed under the rule.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-11-29
German MUentOr
Must KeepSecret
(By Review Leased Wirel

MINEOLA. y. Y, Nov. 3S.-An or
der restraining Louis Enricht. Ger
man inventor of so-called substitute
for gasoline. from disposing of his pro
duct and from giving out information
regarding il, was signed here today by
Supreme Court Justice Manning The
substitute is declared TO be of value in
the operation of submarines. according
to a bill Of particulars filed with the
complaint in which the restraining or
der was asked.
Enricht who is seventy years old and
who was born in Germany is ALLEGED to
have negotiated with spies and repre-
sentatives of the German government
now in this country" for the sale of
his formula to Germany.
The bill of particulars declares that
prior TO America entering the war. En-
RIGHT proposed To sell his secret TO Ger
many for S1.50O.O0O; and that on No
vember 18th he agreed to let it be sold
to the United States government for
100000 cash and S5,000.9O0 year for
fifteen years on condition that none of
Americas allies in the war should
share the secret.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-11-29

A complete rout OF me l. w. w. in the oil fields of
county has been reported Fred Robert
son. United attorney Kansas by Oscar Schmidt
secret service agent who assisted in the drive Schmidt
said discontinued hangerson in the fields were leaving
by every train and some were walking. For the
first in months, the oil fields without the daily
fear that malcontents would break out in depredatons
fifty suspected of affilation with the Industrial
Workers of the World the Jail Eldorado. Among
those are alien enemies whom Mr. Robertson will
ask be inerned. Three alleged organizers of the l. W
w among the prisoners are being investigated by
the government
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-11-29
PARKER APPOINTED
BY WAR COMMISSION

On Monday night the Parker JOY
land shows Will begin its weeks en-
gagement in Lowell
Col. c. W Parker has been select
ed by the war service commission TO
furnish outdoor amusement for the sol
diers at he environments in Kansas.
Oklahoma. Fort Worth and Deming.
This in itself should be sufficient guar
antee of the excellence and character
Of the shows. The war service secre-
taries held a meeting in Fort Worth
and inspected the Joyland shows and
expressed their approval OF the attrac-
lion.
California Frank and his cowboys.
ranch girls, fancy and trick riders.
ropers, dancing horses. eXper, marks
men and broncho busters Of both sex
present the feature attractions which
in itself is q. whole show.
Next in performance comes the Ath-
letic stadium where George kotsonaris
light heavy weight champion OF the
wrestling world. meets all corners on
a challenge to throw or pay any one
staying a given length OF time. In Fort
Worth and in DeminE the soldiers
we're able to make it mighty interest
ing for Cousin George and it is to be
expected the regulars here will bring
forth worthy contestant.
The Whip is not the only late ser
sational ride with the Joyland shows.
in fact there are 1--WE riding devices
all from the Parker factory at Leaven-
worth. The newest aud in some WayS
tie most enjoyable ride ever patented
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-11-29

strong in favor of declaration Of upon Austria by
the United States. Austrian policies and desnies
directed from Potsdam. Why we should hesitate for
moment in declaring war upon the Hspsburg dynasty is
uncomfortable. Austria and Germany Bull
garia and Turkey also extension of the German
government And latest reports from Russia TO The
effect that Lcnine German agent has called German
officers to Petrograd 70 aid in making Russia into 4
German province. And ambassadors from these German
dependencies still in full force and effect in Wash
ington and we still sending supplies to Russia. This
is pitiful way to wage war