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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-17
CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE

Unit Of trade on this exchange. 10 shares.
Transactions and prices Friday FOR tn,
more active stocks follow:
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3 O n d s

Trading in bonds on the New York
Stock Exchange Friday amounted to
s2.526.OOO, against S2,4O6,0OO Thurs
day, S3,754, 900 a week ago and S3,29s,-
900 a year ago. From January TO
date, S177,37S,0OO, against Sl7i,l16,OOO
in 1916.
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Yes te-dnys A year
- aaHn
Daily Imports and Exports

Daily imports and exports Of general
merchandise al the Port Of New YORK
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Mining Stocks

Sales Open. High. Low. Last.
2000 Alas-Br Col NJ = y 4, y
6S00 Alas Mines Cp. 10 "a i'd IA
$500 '+Aias Stan c. % 81 p %
100 'Arizona Chlor. Sc y 81 81
500 'ArizC pcrields a. Al AZ "a
1880 "TAtlanta ..... a 14lz "A f4l7
1900 Big Jim ...... IL ~ III Ia
22pO Big Ledge COP. 434 4Ta 434 47s
54O0 'Bisb Cop Ia p) rs ~ ~ ia
200O Boston Greek. 1as ia "a Is
21000 Bost * Mont 90 II GO Is
$500 bradshaw c n ia ~ IA IA
500 Buffalo Mines ts ~ "a ~
300 ButCEZ cfs ga ga Ga
200 Calizonea Min. e % "a Tg
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Oats The oats market was Influenced by
hs action 81 wheat and corn. and NJ the
cia-s Wa &c 10 &c net lower. Ths caah
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Receipt. 1880 cases. Fresh FatI

EggS-Receipts I0.95O cases. Fresh gath
cred. extra fine PER dozen. f5i. N45c; extra
frsts. ace: frsts. f5u nc. seconds and
lower grades, 44dllstc. refrigerator finest.
42i6c; good % average, best ara r. t2c;
lower. grades, ioH lie; state, Pennsylvania
and nearby Western, hcunery whitis. fine %
fancy, asa t9c; ordinary % good, ibnllc;
gathered whites. ordinary 70 fine. t3N ihc
Western and Southern. gathered whites. So u
0' lie; state Pennsylvania and nearby, hem
merry browns. 1914 f7e; gathered brown and
mixed coors. frsts % extra frst, ilH fbc.
Badly frozen from all points lower according
% extent OF damage.
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Yes'day's Previous Year
Liverpool Cotton Statistics

Liverpool, Feb. ls.-FOIlOwing are the
weekly cotton statistics;
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Other Oil Stocks

Sales. Open. High Low Last
500 goo A .fan 3.9, '9 oii. a5 2S a5 %
500 Barnett o G 27s 3 27a 27s
1900 fCosden G.. 14la f47s "a t4l4
1000 'Esmeralda o c.
1890 300 Federal OIL -. &c s. .57s s.,
1900 Kenova Oil (pri = y - y
1000 Merritt oil C.. 1917 70 tsI4 10
2500 Metropol Petro. 2.s ga "a "a
200 aMid-C ConO&U f2sa 12ss 1884 1924
5O00'f Midwest Oil. 90 90 60 50
1000 srdo ~ ...... go 90 go 90
300 'Monon Oil Co. y x Z, =
$500 fN Tex Oil Or % az 2ls
200 'Ohio Fuel Oil p 2fi7 2OTs zfls
10000 'fOkla Oil ..... 10 n 10 1912
500 Okla Pr & Ref. 1914 n 1914 n
1000 TOmar Oil & G. So 90 IS So
1000 'Osage HON Oil s7s ga ga
1900 Penn Gasoene. IL IN IN Il,
$1,000 'Rice OIL. e * 3 Il
300 sRoyal Dutch 60 90 5elz 5sZs
5000 'Sapulpa O&R. ga 90 eIs 90
$500 Sequoyah O&R. IA ia ~ 10
5000 Sinclair OIL. 81 5634 5334 5634
1000 I'm West OIL l3 n y q
500 Vacuum $40. u Il "a x
$500 Victoria OIL. II II "a IL
500 '+West E O&G 20 % % %
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Produce Marlsets-Current

Butter.-Receipts, 7.0l4 package. Cream
err. higher scoring than extras, pr To, ga
A. iac; extras t92 scoreJ. asa 90 &c; frsts
(Ss % 81 scorel. SEA IS &c. seconds ts3 to
81 scoreJ, 6iaH3Siac. thirds, 80 70 36c !.
creamery, unsaiJed. higher than extras, g.. q
4Sc extras. 4iq i6c frts. SEA i3c, seconds,
36la G2S NC creamery. held, higher than -
tras, 39iz ~ zoe; extras }9c; frsts. 81 p q
3Slac seconds. 50 d35i2c thirds. 24U Csc /;
prime 30 ~ 43c. common 90 fair. aJu asc;
renovated extras. 3fN3it PC frsts, 4-U BE
lower grades. 30n3l nc. imitation creamery,
fnE. 81 0'-iac; ladies', current make.
frsts. 2stz I3Niac, seconds. 29c; lower
grades, :. y ~ - PC. packing stoeA' eurren.
grades 2GNZ1i.c.
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Cheese Receipts. 313 boxes. State, whole
milk. flats. held. specials. per ID. 25at r. Z1ci
average fancy. 2Ji4 20 nc; lower grades.
22ia "a 2fAc. fresh. coored. specials, Pc 4.
white. specials. 25c: g,lored. average fancy.
2IU2ilsc; white. ave.lrn fancy. -iH % lac g.
lower grades. --GZ3tac. twins. held. specials,
30 3. 70 25c, average fancy -3ltci chgdtars'
held specials. -5l H2Ic; single daisies,
fancy. 25fe N2JA,c; Wisconsin whole mills,
fancy. twins. held. 25i, ~ -5c single dais,es.
25is rI25atc; double da.s.cs held, p li . ttct
fresh. PA T2fisc: Young America, held.
2siac: fresh, pa Y2ii-c. Far Western.
whole milk. Orcg0u, triple daisies. fresh.
al. ~ 24lsc. held. 2i", ~ -5c; California,
double DAISIES, fresh, 24H - nc Idaho, dou-
bic daisies, 2iia f25c; state. skins. current
make specials, 2Oia Gale choice. 20c fair
TO good. 1snl9iac; lower grades. I3hlt Azc.
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(Quotations.)

U. S. Government Bonds
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Standard Oil Subsidiaries

ales. Open. High. Low. Last
100 Rock Isld " ?. 34la 34Ia 34,z sac
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State and Municipal Bonds

tSaleS.)
" Y 4iqs 1857 NYC 4ss 1865
May 1000. .....fO7
5000. 1852 1000. 1C7I2
1000 1855 DO gas 1864
do 4iss 1863 5000. ..... 1929
1000. 1861 do As 1853
DO AIS 1865 1000. 1884
$4,000. .....1 1862
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-07-20
TRAP NESTS EXCELLENT DETECTIVES

with broody hens are greatly lessened
by judiciously handling the traps. The
frequent handling of the layers and
prompt removal from the nest seems
to diminish their brooding inclinations,
and they are more easily broken up
when they do become broody Many
persistent layers in the incubating
breeds do not become broody at all
when using the trap nests. but con-
tinue to lay right through the summer
Egg eating is a vice practically I'M
known where these nests are used" is
the report of many who have had long
experience with good trap nests.
1t is an interesting fact that quite a
mum Der of the most successful trap
nesters installed and began to use trap
fall they had become quite familiar with
their use, and were in position to ex-
ercise good judgment in trap-nesting
and culling the pullets, and the year
ling hens through the melting period.
1t will be found that the great layers
are remarkable for tendency TO mott
without apparent loss of vigor. and
they will continue to lay during a con-
siderable portion, or the whole, of that
period.
1t certainly is an excellent plan to
get the trap nests installed during the
summer months, become familiar with
and then one is prepared to start the
new generation of layers upon the
right road. A. F. HUNT. JR.
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! when three years old, while horse
colts cannot advantageously be sold
under five years In this way the cost
of feeding and the trouble and risk of
raising are decreased
| mules, as the demand for them is
steady. Where large numbers Of
mules are raised there are always
plenty of mule buyers in that section
of the country. Buyers do not go
where there are no mules to sell. In
time of war mules are always in great
demand and bring good prices owing
to their powers of endurance.
Comparing cattle with mules, one
steer will eat as much as two mules
AS compared with swine. if the same
amount of feed that is fed to bunch
of hogs is fed to mules it will not take
long to find which make the most
money, aside from the fact that there
is no risk from cholera
In orchards or nurseries mules are
invaluable. No animal can equal them
for running out straight lines, and in
cultivating young trees they seldom
break or injure them. When we'll
trained they are careful and obedient.
Mules occupy place among our
domestic animals that u indicative of
honesty durability and valuable serv-
ice, and their failure to breed is
looked upon by many as an Indication
of the fact that in them the climax of
perfection has been reached.
The objection many farmers raise to
the use of mules is that they do not
breed, that they are stubborn. often
vicious, and that they are entirely un-
suited to pleasure purposes.
Those objections are worthy of con-
sideration, but tho many coed quail
ties of these sturdy beasts seem to
more than offset them
From commercial standpoint II
may be well to. remember that pair
of 6-year-old mules, we'll matched,
well broken, and well grown. weighing
from 100 to 1900 pounds each, will
bring from $3.50 to $500.
More mules should be raised by the
farmers all over the country. Breed
your heavy-set mares to a good-sized.
stylish Jack, and when your colts
come, take care of them and they will
prove to be about the most profitable
stock on the place, either to work or
to sell.
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BANKERS ASKED TO ASSIST IN PORK PRODUCTION
Ar
TO Continue as PatodcD Duty

Since hogs afford the quickest
means of increasing our meat supply,
continued and extended efforts of
lic-spirited bankers in furthering
the organization of pig clubs by adj
vancing to, club members the money
needed for the purchase of pure-bred
SOW pigs Is doubly desirable and
greatly appreciated at this time
Pig clubs have increased very rap
idly during the past seven years, the
specialists point out. In 1910 there
were 50 mem bers in the United States;
today the number exceeds 10000,
found principally in Arkansas, Ala
bama, California, North Carolina,
Louisiana, Georgia, Texas oregon.
Oklahoma. Nebraska, Kentucky, In
diana, and Massachusetts,. These
states contained 21,673 mem ers last
year, but pig clubs are being formed
rapidly in other states. The demand
for gifts and bred gifts by club mem
bers is unprecedented. even at the
high prices at which they are held.
Financial assistance to the pig club
members has been the means Of in
PRODUCING pure bred hogs in places
where otherwise this might have been
impossible. and has helped to build
up the agriculture of the communi-
ties which the banks serve. These
clubs stand not alone for greater pork
production. BY increasing the amount
of live stock they encourage the pro-
duction of much of the feed on the
farm. and as their activities are CO.
incident with or follow club work in
the growing Of corn and forage crops,
they are part of system that favors
a sound diversity in agriculture and
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ments are met, the original sow and
the remaining pigs become the mem
ber's property. If the member is un-
able to return two SOW pigs out of the
first litter the agreement continues
until this is possible. II the original
sow dies before narrowing healthy
litter the banker bears the loss. II
the member does not fulfil all agree
ments, rights to the SOW and her
progeny are forfeited. The parent
agrees to the contract, in writing, and
Acknowledges that the SOW and in.
crease shall belong to the hoy or girl.
When the banker receives the two
sow pigs from the member and puts
them out with other boys or girls I'M
der the same agreement, the endless
chain feature Of the activities is set
in motion. This plan may be varied
in details to suit conditions. For in
stance, the banker may require the
return Of only one SOW pig. and stipu-
late that the boy or girl must join a
corn or peanut club. raise at least
half an acre of green feed, and ex-
hibit the SOW and her offspring at the
county fair or livestock show.
Under similar arrangements. boys
have received calves to raise. and
both boys and girls have received eggs
of pure bred chickens for Matching.
1t is urged that bankers in the.
south who have taken part in these
projects heretofore continue their aid,
and others. both in the north and in
the south. take up the work, as it is
a patriotic duty at this time to in
crease the nations supply of food.
County agents, state agricultural col
leges and the Department of Agricul-
ture will answer gladly any questions
regarding details OF these activities.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-07-20
THE SHETLAND PONY ALWAYS POPULAR

The Shetland pony is always an OBJ
ject of interest, whether seen drawing
shining cart in the city park or
bending beneath the cruel weight of
his heavy burden on the mountain
trails of his native country. If he were
less hardy he could not endure the
severe labor he is made to perform in
his native land. for there he is purely
and simply a burden bearer. Grain,
iron, furniture. coal, ore and merchan-
disc of all kinds are transported to all
parts Of the islands on the backs of
the tough little animals. Three hun
dred pounds is the usual load for each
pony, and long lines Of these laden
little beasts wind in and out among the
hills of their native land.
The genuine Shetland pony. pro-
duced from the pure breeds of the
Shetland and Orkney Islands. has be-
come so popular and useful that the
business of raising ponies has grown
important. The business is not SO sim
pie as 1t might appear at first glance.
In the first place, the progenitors-
sires and dams-are usually selected in
the Shetland Islands Occasionally
desirable breeds may be found in the
interior of some OF the other northern
islands bordering Scotland. but the
majority are found in the Shetland Is
lands.
The Shetland pony is unlike the
horse in many respects other than that
of size. He is more patient. and as a
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About the June Bug

| Have you ever seen the so-called
June bug buzzing around an electric
light or seen them swarm on the side
walk in the gray of a spring morning
They are a big, brown beetle
and at night when they bump against
Ethe window panes or fly humping
against the ceiling make you crawl
and hunt for the broom.
This laundering, awkward beetle, of
which the chickens and birds are so
fond, are the parents of the corn pest
known as the white grub" which
destroys them. 80 3e
Millions of them are destroyed in
spring by hungry birds and myriad
others go down to death in swarming
around the arc lights of city. They
are so sensitive to light that flame.
miles away. will attract them.
1t takes three years for one OF these
beetles to develop from the egg. The
beetles deposit their eggs in meadows
and sometimes in corn fields. The
tiny grubs which emerge from the
eggs develop into thick. feshy, White
gruhs which are also much sought for
by birds. When matured they are
fully one and one half inches long.
Luckily for Mr.. Beetle, the grub
spends most of his three years in the
soil out of the reach of enemies. Diff
ferent beetles. however. are com plet-
ing their growth every year and SO
we have the June bug with us each
spring.
All corn is apt to suffer from them
but owing to the habit Of the beetle
in depositing it's eggs in meadows,
corn that is planted in newly turned
sod is more apt to suffer from these
pests. The best way to destroy them
is to pillow and cultivate SO that their
natural food is destroyed and they are
starved to death before planting the
field. Some farmers let the chickens
follow the plow and destroy hundreds |
of them in this way.-Chas. c. Went |
zier.
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T'oultrymen who have never handled
he individual hen as unit, but judge
he matter wholly by the records oil
locks as whole, have frequently
claimed. and have found apparent
-eason to support the claim, that the
:ype OF hen which lays well in winter
Is not thu L. pc that lays well in sum-
mel; Dui trap-nest records Oh nockS
hat nave been competently handled
tor eggs all through the year do not
support that theory. The hen that
does not lay freely and profitably in
suMInvr when properly handled. does
no., as Il rule, show up on the trap
nest recorGs as having laid remarkably
We'll, either the previous or following
winter There are exceptions, of
course, but they are relatively few. 1t
IS most excellent idea to keep the
stock carefully culled of drones and
moderate layers, all the time, summer
ind winter. 1t is the persistent
aver that pays the year round pro-
it in market eggs. and she is the true
laying type" that trap-nesters count
upon to perpetuate the prolitic-laying
habit in their stock
Summer has it's own peculiar condi-
ions that antagonize egg production,
md the pi offs are shrunken unless the
adverse conditions are overcome. The
strictly fresh egg" is always in de
nand. but eggs which are allowed to
remain in hot nest, covered by sun
dry hens that visit the nest through
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If their toughness and steadiness of
lerye may be kept at it twice as long
Is horses are fit for service. Mules
,an be raised more cheaply than any
other stock, and, unlike horses. will
never founder themselves if by chance
hey should have access to more feed
han is good for them. They can he
put into the market much sooner than
horses and If properly handled. when
:wo years old. will do as much work
and stand it better, than four-year- old
colts. Mules are less liable to con-
sract diseases than horses. and their
value is not decreased by blemishes
rs is that of horses. Mules seldom run
away, but when they do they seem
% run more from sport than fright
and generally wind up safely. They
nstinctively avoid holes, obstacles or
dangerous places. They can stand
leat- abuse or hardship better than
horses and can always be relied upon.
They are sensitive as well as sensible
luin1als. responding quickly to kind
treatment by docility and gentleness.
The great profit in mule raising lies
argely in Their growth. Mules grow
90 quickly that they are marketable
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A codling moth trap has been devised
by r. H. Siegler. of the Bureau of En-
tomoIogy. United States Department OF
Agriculture. to be used as substitute
for what is known as the banding
method for destroying the cooling
moth. The banding method. in which
folded strip of burlap is wrapped
around the tree trunk. demands con-
siderable amount of labor, and the new
trap is designed to minimize this.
The trap affords an attractive place
for che larvae to spin their cocoons.
and it prevents the escape of the moths
after they emerge from these. The
trap. which consists of a burlap band
covered BY STRIP of wire screen, is
made as follows:
Strips of burlap inches wide are
folded into three thicknesses. The
loose bark from the lower branches
and trunk of the tree is removed and a
strip of this burlap, folded once around
the trunk. 1t is held in place by large
lacks, which should be driven in in
such a way;that the edge projects
a bout one-fotirth Of an inch hey ond the
burlap.t, The burlap is then covered by
black pa inted wire screen with; II
meshes' to the inch siIl This is cut into
strips inches wide and the edges Of
each strip are folded twice, allowing
of an inch to each fold
The strip of screen should be long
enough to allow for an overlap of 3 to
4 inches when placed around the trunk
of the tree. The wire screen Is placed
over the burlap band and tackled to the
tree in such way that both the upper
and lower edges fit snugly against the
bark. The projecting tacks used to
fasten the burlap to the tree prevent
the wire pressing against the cloth
To make sure that no moths may, es-
cape through openings along the edges
Of the trap or along the nap thin
coating Of pitch tar may be used. This
when heated. may be applied
readily with brush.
The traps may be placed on the tree
at any time during the winter or in the
spring not later than one month after
the petals have dropped. AS long as
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a rotation of crops that will maintain
the fertility of the soil.
Two plans have been followed by
bankers in providing the sow pigs
necessary to enable the boys and girls
to engage in pig club work. One
method is the so-called promissory
note plan. The banker makes indi-
vidual contracts with the pig club
mem bers In each case he agrees to
lend them a certain sum Of money at
j per cent interest for one year. or
longer if necessary. The mem Der
agrees to keep up mem bership in a
pig club, to invest the loan under the
county club representative. and to re-
pay it at maturity out of the pro-
ceeds of the sale of the original stock
or the increase. AS security for the
loan. the banker takes the members
promissory note. The members par
ent consents TO the contract. in writ
ing, and agrees not to claim any right
in the pigs purchased or their pro-
ceeds.
The other method is called the end
less chain" plan. This also involves
individual contracts. The banker
agrees to furnish a registered sow pig.
The boy or girl agrees to join local
pig club. obey its rules, care for the
SOW according to instructions, breed
her at not less than eight months of
age to registered boar of the same
breed, raise the litter according to
the rules of the club. and deliver to
the banker two choice gifts (not less
than eight weeks ODD from the first
litter. The member agrees also to
take OUT registration papers for all
the first-ltter pigs not sold for i'm
mediate slaughter When these agree
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LATE ONIONS.

There. are several kinds of onions
that may remain in the soil over win
ter. The multiplier, or potato onion,
for example. can be planted from sets
in the autumn and will produce excel
lent green early onions. a large onion
of this type contains a number of dis
tinct hearts. and if planted will pro-
duce number of small onions. On
the other hand, small onion contains
but one heart and will produce a large
onion. A few of the large ones may
be planted to produce sets for the fol-
lowing years planting.
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class is better tempered. Mute under
punishment, patient during severe la.
Dor, constant as a dog in friendship.
combining marvellous intelligence with
a tractable spirit, the Shetland pony is
of all animals the best servant. COM
panion and friend for children. There
are grown persons who so admire the
sturdy little. ponies that they prefer a
cart and pair to the best trotting-
horse. They make up in strength and
endurance what they lack in size
On farms where these little ponies
are raised for the, market, kindness is
practiced under all circumstances in
their training. This is very important.
because most of these animals in this
country at least, are sold for the pleas
ure of young boys and girls and it Is
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Trap Nest With Trigger Set.

out the day, lose considerable Of their
first freshness by night; whether the
eggs are to be incubated, marketed
soon. or held in storage for future
marketing, their quality has been low
cred. Trap-nesters remove the eggs
from the nests from three to five times
during the day; as rule the trap nest
is an individual nest. and the layers are
not able to crowd two, three or more
at once upon nest of eggs, overhead
ing eggs and hens, both. as is frequent
~ the case where the ordinary box nest
is used.
by experience that summer troubles
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LOOKING BACKWARD.

The frst poetoffices were established
in 1864
Printed musical notes appeared in
1873
Watches appeared In 1477.
The first printing press was oper-
ated in 1893.
Spinning wheels were first used in
1545.
Knives were first used in England in
1859.
Wheeled carriages appeared in
France in 1853.
The telescope was first used in 1890.