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Middletown transcript., 1917-01-20
DRILLING BEST WAY
TO PLANT 0AT CROP
faH-PIowed Land Is Preferred
and Seeding Should Be Done
Early as Possible.

By C. P. BULL. University Farm. St.
Paul, Minn.)
Oats grow best when sown with
drill in q fine and firm seedbed about
two or three inches deep. Fall-plowed
land is to be preferred. Seeding should
be done early.
Oats fallow cultivated crop in a ro-
tation. Fall-plowing is best. If the sit
uation demands spring-plowing, the
earlier it is done the better. Following
spring-plowing, the soil must be
worked back, so as to unite the furrow
slice and the "pan." A good seedbed
can be made on clean land when corn
was grown last year by two diskings
and a narrowing with a slant-tooth
harrow.
Drilling gives more even stand
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SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF MILK
That of Cream Will Necessarily Vary
With Amount of Butterfat Pres
ent, Says Expert.

A correspondent wants to know the
specific gravity of whole milk, skim
milk and cream. DR.. Charles K. Fran
els of the experiment station depart
nent Of chemistry at Oklahoma A. and
NJ. college answers as follows:
The specific gravity Of whole milk
at 60 degrees Fahrenheit varies from
1.O27 to 1.O35, and skim milk 8 per
cent solids 1O36. The specific grav-
ity of cream will necessarily vary with
the amount Of butterfat present. A
10 per cent cream will have specific
gravity Of 1924. If it contains 20 per
cent, the specific gravity will be 1.OO94,
and for 80 per cent it will be 0.9974.
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DAIRY NOTES
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Never add warm cream to the cool.
Keep the separator and it's surround
ings clean.
More silos mean more stOck-and
more fertile soil.
In caring for milk, cleanliness and
cold are two great essentials.
Low temperature and cleanliness
are two factors that largely control
quality in cream.
1t isn't alone the amount Of product
a cow gives but also the cost Of pro-
ducing it, that determines the value.
Dairy farming may we'll include the
raising Of dairy stock, hogs and poul-
try in connection with the marketing
Of butterfat.
Wash water used in the churn should
be approximately the same tempera-
ture as the buttermilk, or within two
degrees Of it.
The proft-making trio In the dairy
farms equipment are the cream sep
arator, the silo and the manure
spreader.
It is just as essential to know how
to keep q COW at her best as 1t is to
know how to build her up to her fuD
capacity.
Pedigree counts in the selection OF
five stock, but to pedigree must be add
ed performance. A cow Of illustrious
lineage which does not make good at
ha milk pail might q well be Q scrub,
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than broadcast sowing and covers the
seed to q more nearly uniform depth.
Less seed, also, is required in drilling.
The seed should be covered usually
about one and one-half inches deep.
The rate of seeding should be two
bushels to the acre under average soil
conditions and two and one-half BUSH
els on heavy soils.
Every two or three years oat seed
should be treated for smut to hold the
disease in check. This year is q good
time to begin. A formaldehyde solu-
ton will probably save your field sew
eral bushels an acre.
A termination test is always advis-
able, but especially so this year, for
tests are showing up poorly. Rigid
grading with a tanning mill will also
help to get high test.
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their dams. The one exception proves
the necessity Of selecting only prepo-
tent bulls.
In the case Of the Holstein cross,
the heifers increased on the average
Il per cent in milk and AZ per cent in
butterfat production over their dams,
and the other breeds showed a CORE
spending increase.
In selecting dairy bull, study the
blood lines in the pedigree and the rec
Ords made by his dam and both grand
dams.
Keep production records Of your
cows and Gull out the poor producers.
The facts brought out by this ex-
pertinent may be taken as a definite in
dication Of the great value Of good
sires in live stock breeding in general.
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MOST DESIRABLE TYPE FOR DAIRY HERD.

dition a grain mixture of equal parts
Of rolled oats, bran. and shorts. Each
Of the heavier producers gets about
ten pounds of this mixture daily. In
addition to being well fed, the cows
stand comfortably sheltered In warm
barn most Of the time and have access
to plenty Of good water.
During the month six cows in this
herd averaged 54.8 pounds Of butter
fat, worth more than SIG, while the
feed cost was approximately $5.37
apiece. The records kept by the COW
tester gave the dairyman exact knowl-
edge of the cost Of feed and produc-
ton in the case of each animal, and
thus enabled him to Gull out board
ers'' and regulate his feed in propor-
ton to the milk production Of each
COW. The association record for the
farmer, however, seemed to establish
the fact that, in the region mentioned,
winter dairying can be made to pay.
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Loss OF POWER

Chfldren are made plump, rosy and
robust by the discovery" They like
It too.
In recovering from "Grippe," or in con-
valescence from pneumonia, feyers, or
other wasting diseases i bnds sRdeedg aRa tRa
SURELY SURELY i7ss As aan sn appezng
storative tonic, it sets at work all the
processes Of digestion and nutrition.
rousss every organ into natural action,
and brings back health and strength.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure
constipation. Constipation Is the cause
of many diseases. Cure the cause and
you cure the disease. Easy to take -
candy.
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PUREBRED SIRE IS VALUABLE
Experimental Proof Secured Showing
His Exact Value on Scrub Cows
Keep Up Record.

Use good sires, for the sire is half
the herd.
This is an old and generally accept
ed theory of breeding, but now, for
the first time, experimental proof has
been secured showing the exact value
Of the purebred dairy sire on scrub
cows.
Fifteen scrub cows were used in the
experiment and these were bred to
purebred bulls Of three breeds-Hol-
stein, Guernsey and Jersey.
Daughters of all but one of the bulls
showed an increase in production over
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Here's Tip About Hotel Guests.

Here's Tip About Hotel Guests.
In the American Magazine a writer
says:
Here's a funny thing, by the way,
that I've noticed about hotel guests !:
You have soiled towel in room.
and the guest will probably complain.
But you can leave q husket Of paint
and a paperhanger's scaffold in the
hallway, and compel the guest to
crawl under a stepladder to get to his
room, and he will put up with 1t
cheerfully-because he knows you
are painting. or papering by way Of
making an improvement, and he is in
sympathy with that. 1t doesn't cost
Iluch to make over carpet SO that
a bare spot in front Of the dresser
will be eliminated, but such little de-
tails are q vast help in making a
hotel prosper"
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ACTRESS TELLS SECRET.

A well known actress gives the follow
ing recipe for gray hair: To half pint OF
water add OF. Bay Rum, small box Of
Barbo Compound, and u OF. Of glycerfne,
Any druggist can put this up or you can
mix it at home at very little cost. FuA
directions for making and use come in
each box of Barbo Compound. It will
gradually darken streaked, faded gray
hair. and make 1t soft and glossy. 1t Will
not color the scalp, Is not sticky or
greasy, and does not rub off. Adv.
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vital force fol.
low loss Of flesh, or
emaciation. These
come from impov-
erished blood. Dr..
Pierce'S Golden
Medical Discovery
enriches the blood,
stops the waste OF
strength and tis-
sue, and builds up
healthy flesh
Thin, pale, puny
and scrofuIouS
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Garfield Tea was your Grandmother's
Remedy for every stomach and intes-
tlnal Ill. This good old-fashioned herb
hume remedy for constipation. stomach
Ills and other arrangements Of the sys-
ten SO prevalent these days is in even
grt ater favor as a family medicine
than in your grandmother's day.-Adv.
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WHY a Cold CUP "Sweats."

Put ice cream into cup and the cup
and the air around it constantly be-
come cold. Air consists in part Of
gapOr, and when the air is cooled this
vapor turns into water. AS the GEN.
ter Of coldness Is the cup, good deal
Of the air in the immediate vicinity
gathers Oh its outside in the shape CT
water. But, as the air contains much
more heat than the cup contains cold.
the Ice cream gradually neltS.
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Unbreakabie Windows.

Repeated coats of raw 0r boiled lin
seed oil applied to q newly meshed wire
fabric will give a good substitute for
window glass. The wire may be used
for many purposes, and is especially
good where glass might easily be
broken. The fabric may be dipped in
the oil instead Of applying it with q
brush.
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MOTHERS 10Y SALVE

for Colds, Group, Pneumonia and
Asthma GOOSE GREASE LINIMENT
for Neuralgia, Rheumatism and
Sprains. For sale by all Druggists.
GOOSE GREASE COMPANY, MFRS
Greensboro. N. C.-Ady.
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Poetry vs.. Prose.

He was bachelor poet, and QuiR
he used to shove. He said what wom-
an wanted was true and lasting love.
But he is married now, alas! those
words he's taken back; he found he
couldn't substitute love for sealSkip
sacquc.
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NEGLECTED. Machinery.

1t has been definitely determined
that ordinary implements left out in
the weather from year to year last
less than one-half as long as those that
ere carefully housed.
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An After 1houuht.

II told Mr.. Thickwitz that his baby
looked like him."
"Of course, he was pleased?
Immensely. He didn't hear me add:
Poor little DEVIL under my breath"
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Whenever You Need q General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as Gen.
eral Tonic because it contains the we'll
known tonic properties OF QUININE and
IRON. 1t acts on the Liver. Drives out
Malaria. Enriches the Blood and Builds
up the Whole System. 50 cents.
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Harsh lntimation.

He-I suppose you think I couldn't
make any woman happy.
She-Yes, there Is one woman you
could.
He-WhO'S she?
She-YOur widow.
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consequences,

II notice that young man Is settling
down."
Exactly, and the old man Is set
tling up."
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Weak and unhealthy kidneys cause 50
much sickness and suffering and when
through neglect or other causes. kidney
trouble Is permitted to continue. serious
results may be expected.
Your other orsans msy need attention.
but your kidneys should have attention
first because their work is most important.
If you feel that your kidneys are the
cause Of your sickness or run down con.
dition commence taking DR.. kilmers
Swamp-Root. the ereat kidney. liver and
bladder remedy. because II 1t proves to 0e
the remedy you need and your kidneys
begin to improve they will help oil the
other organs to health
Prevaleney Of Kidney Disease.
Most people do not realize the alarm
ing increase and remarkable prevalency
of kidney disease. While kidney dis
orders are among the most common dis
eases that prevail, they are almost the
last recognized by patients, z0ho usually
content themselves 1Vith doctoring the
effects, while the Original disease con-
stantly undermines the system.
SPECIAL NoTE-You may obtain sal
ten cents to DIR. Kllmer & Co., Binghamt
to prove the remarkable merit of this me-
valuable information, containing many of
from men and women who say they found
IN kidney, liver and bladder troubles. Tn
well known that our readers are advised to
kllmer & Co., Binghamton. N. Y. When Y
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Power of Music.

"Why do people prefer music to con-
versation?"
"Seems to be some sort Of instinct
about it. There isn't anybody who
wouldn't rather listen to canary bird
than TO q parrot"
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Good health depends upon good diges
ton. Safeguard your digestion and yos
safeguard your health. Wright's Indian
Vegetable Pills provide the safeguard. 4
medicine as well as a purgative. Adv.
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Waaon for Hauling Manure.

You can spoil good-looking wagon
by drawing manure in it. Rig up an
old one for the purpose until you can
afford a manure spreader.
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Birds in Northeast.

A hundred and twenty-four pairs Of
birds nest on the average farm in the
northeast.
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Adam had one thing to be thankful
for. Eve didn't buy him box Of cigars
for Christmas present.
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Gold brick buyers, ore born often
enough to keep the manufacturers
from going out of business.
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But for the occasional happening Of
the unexpected it would soon cease to
he
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Keeping Comb Honey.
Keep all comb honey in mothproof
cases and examine frequently.
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Many distressing Ailments experienced
by them are Alleviated by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Here is Proof by Women who Know

Lowell, Mass.-aFor the last three years have
been troubled with the Change of Life and the bad
feelings common at that time. was In very ner:
vous Condition, with headaches and pain good
deal Of the time SO was unfit to do my work A
friend asked me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound, which did, and it has helped me in
every way. I am not nearly so nervous, no head
ache or pain. I must say that Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is the best remedy any sick
woman can take."-Mrs. MARGARET QUINN, Rear
259 Worthen St., Lowell, Mass.
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Freezing Improves Sprouts,

Freezing improves sprouts.
Brussels sprouts need not be taken
In. Freezing seems to improve the
quality Of the little heads, and they
may even be dug out from beneath
the snow as needed. The same is true
of kale.
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You are Invited to Write for Free Advice.


successful in relieving womanS
suffering Lydia E. Pnkham's Vegetable Compound
receive and helpful writing the
f. Medicine Such letters received
nv held in strict confidence.
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THOUSANDS have KIDNEY
TROUBLE and DON'T KNOW IT
A Trial Will Convince Anyone.

A Trial Will Convince Anyone.
Thousands Of people have testified
that the mild and immediate effect 4
Swamp Root, the great kidney. liver and
bladder remedy, is soon realized and that
it stands the highest for its remarkable
results in the most distressing cases.
Symptoms Of Kidney Trouble.
Swamp Root is not recommended for
everything but if you suffer from annoy.
ing bladder troubles, frequently passing
water night and day, smarting or ;rrita.
ton in passing, brick-dust or sediment,
headache, backache, lame back, dizzi-
ness, poor digestion. sleeplessness, nery.
ousness, heart disturbance due to bad
kidney trouble, skin eruptions from bad
blood, neuralgia, rheumatism, lumbago.
bloating, irritability, worn-out feeling.
lack of ambition, may be loss of flesh or
sallow complexion, kidney trouble in it.
worst form may be stealing upon you.
swamp-Root ls Pleasant to Take.
If you are already convinced that
Swamp-Root is what you need, you can
purchase the regular fifty-cent and one
dollar size bottles at all drug stores
,ple size bottle of Swamp Root by enclosing
n, N. Y. This gives you the opportunity
iclne. They will also send you book Of
the thousands of grateful letters received
Swamp-Roet to be just the remedy needed
value and success of Swamp-Root are 20
send for sample size bottle Address d..
riting be sure and mention this paper.
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She Friends Take Lydia E. Pinkh:ms Remedies
North Haven Conn-aWhen was As had the Change of Life
which trouble all have At first it didn't bother me me
told me to try different things but they did not pains One
day husband came home and said Why don't you try LYDIA
10 bottles of Vegetable Compound and could
feel myself reganng health also used Lydia Pnkhams
Sanave Wash has done great deal OF good ANY one
coming house who from female TROUBLES OF Change
life them to the Pkham remedies There about ~
of think the world Of hem"-Mrs FLORENCE 1sEL
Box North Haven, Conn.
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Sure Proof.
Banks-Is your Featherly respeH-
sible sort of person?
BrOkes-YeS, he's responsible for
most Of the mistakes in our depart
nent.-Jack O. Lantern.
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Equal Advantage.
II went to a tea fight the other day.
"Well, / saw q coffee MILL"
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American preserved orange, lemon
and citron peel finds favor In Canada.
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Isaac Gaskill, age ninety. of Null
Vile. N. J.. is n devotee Of dancing.
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Wouldn't Be a Queen.

WOULDN'T Be queen.
He-Queen Of my heart
She-Queen nothing! Queens can't
pick their husbands. l can-and be-
lieve me, I'm some picker.-Judge.
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It is just as essential to know how
to keep a COW at her best as 1t is to
know how to build her up to her fuD
capacity.
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The proft-making trio in the dairy
farms equipment are the cream sep
arator, the silo and the manure
spreader.
The Monticellonian., 1917-12-14

Mir. J F. Dean, who had been visiting the family of Mir. J. w. Crick, near this city, for the past two months. left last Fri lay for a visit with relatives at Oleve- land, Miss.
 Mir. Howard Dishongh, who had been attending Davidson c llege at David son, N. C., returned to his home in this city last Saturday and will remain here until after the Christmas holidays. He. in company with his mother, Mrs. J. B. Dishongh, who met him in Little Book, had been in that city for the past week or ten days, where Howard who had been suffering from appendicitis, underwent an operation for that trouble. He is now able to be up, and his many frieuds will be glad to learn that he is recuperating rapidly. Judge John II. Hammock, who has been residing on his bayou plantation in the Eastern part of this county for the past year or two, visited relatives here this week, aud made us pleasant call at this office while in the city The Judge, who passed his seventy. sixth anniversary on the S-h of Nov last, is looking hale and hearty and says that he is enjoying the best of health. Judge Hammock also inform ed us while here that he is selling ou his personal effects on his farm, anC will likely move back to his home il this city about the first of the year.
 There Is some talk of extend ing the A. X L. NJ. Railre ad from this tv to Pine Buff al an early day This move, il carried out, would be a big thing for the road, as we'll as fai the people all along the line. It would give direct communnica tion with the north and south Besides 1t would run through a fine timber ani agricultura country. and would be the in strument of opening up more farms and esta ablishing nor, mills If there is any chance, le1 the road be bui t.
The Monticellonian., 1917-12-14
Stockholders Meeting.

Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the StOckhold- CTS of the Union Bank and Trust Company, of Monticello, Ark, will be held at tie office of said Bank on Tuesday January Sth, 1918, at 10 O'clock A. M., for the purpose of electing a Board of eleven Directors, for ensuing year and for the transaction of such other business as may be brought up before the meeting
 JAMES A. JACKSON,
 Cashier.
The Monticellonian., 1917-12-14

Bring us your Chickens, Tur- keys, Ducks and Geese. We pay, always, the HIGHEST MAX KET PRICE Goodwin & Jean. Phone No. 100.
The Monticellonian., 1917-12-14
WANTED.

W A N T E D-Eggs, Butter, Hides, Fufs, Sheep and Goats Pelts, Copper, Brass, Old Iron, Rubber, Rags Etc. c.-.lOODWIN & JEAN. Phone No. 100.
The Monticellonian., 1917-12-14

FOR SALE:-On easy terms, 100 acres of bayou land in a body or 20 acre tracts. On public road near Avery Sch lol, Lincoln County, Ark Address 0. NJ. Williams, Deep Bayou, Ark.
 St advt
 Mr. and Mrs. John Lov, of Flagstaff, Arlz ma, arrived in this city Wednesday evening to spend the winter. Mrs. Loy, for merly Miss Bertie Tool, Is a sis ter of Squire w. T Tool, of this place.
 Mir. Edgar Bowden left yester- day morning for Little Rock, where he goes to investigate the possibilities of his being eligi- ble for service in the mechanical department of the aviation sec tion of the army, with the view to volunteering his services for that work.
 Last week, while all north Ar kansas was un Ter blanket of snow, from five to seven inches deep. this part of the country only suffered from cold West winds. Most of the time it was bright overhead and dry under foot. After all, we were in better luck than our north Arkansas brethren.
 This has been an unusually bad week, far the time of year. The ground has been covered with sleet and ice since Monday night, with the weath 1T cold and cloudy. The clou Is are passing away this (rhursday) morning and the temperature Is rising, and prospects for better weather are in evidence.
 Mesdames w. ;. McCloy and D. T. Hyatt left yesterday morn ing for Baltimore, Md, where the former goes to meet her son, 1st. Lieut. T. Shore McCloy, oi the battleship Missouri, and the latter to visit her son, Mir D T Hyatt, Jr who is attending the John Hopkins University They will visit Washington City before returning to their homes in thi city.
 Mir. O. G. Remley and wifi, left last Saturday for Jonesboro where Mir. Rernley has beer transferred by the Telephone Company. While our people will be sorry to lose Mr. RemleN and his good wife, they will in deed be glad to learn that he ha' a much better position with tn, Company at .Jonesbpro. Mir. J F. Bishop, of Camden. will fiji the position here vacated by MT ltemley, and has arrived in ths city His wife, so we learn. vii i, join him about the first of mex year.
The Monticellonian., 1917-12-14
NOTICE.

X NVIlCE. lCSTRAYED or STOLENSsfy my SCOTLAND PLANTATION, three miles north of BAXTEN, on Saturday, November third, 1917, one dark bay or black mare mule, about 15 hands high and about five years old. Brands ''91" on left shoulder, and "p'' on left jaw.
 Any information leading to the recovery of this animal will be liberablly rewarded and will pay twenty five dollars fol the delivery of the mule to me at Baxter, Arkansas. ~ 0. T. DUKE.
The Monticellonian., 1917-12-14
NOTICE.

"Please notify T. R. andJ. w. Pugh, Portland, Arkansas, of cattle you see branded SIX" 4 At advt
The Monticellonian., 1917-12-14

Entered at the Post Office at Monticello ,rk.. as second class nail matter.