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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-23

over fruit, put in strainer Pack fruit
carefully in sterilized, hot jars. Place
rubber and cap in position but do not
seal. Sterilize jars in hot water bath
for 80 minutes, complete seal, invert
to test for leakage, wrap and store.
To can fruit juices for winter jelly
making press out fruit juices and
bring to temperature of 10 degrees
in porcelain lined or acid proof ket-
tie. Pour into hot jars or bottles and
sterilize for forty minutes as for
ordinary fruit. Cork or seal and cover
joints or seal with melted parafine.
To make apple syrup for use with
cakes, candies, and general sweeten-
ing add ounces Of powdered calcium
carbonate to gallons of sweet apple
cider The powder is low priced and
powdered chalk. Boil the mixture
hard for five minutes. Pour the mix
ture into glass Jars or pitcher and
allow to stand eight hours to settle.
Pour the clear liquid into a preserv-
ing kettle and add to IL / level tea
spoonful of lime carbonate. stir well.
Boil down rapidly until of clear
syrup consistency and about one
seventh original bulk. when tested in
cold water 1t should have the con-
sistency of maple syrup. Cool the
syrup slowly. when cool store the
syrup in jars and bottles and sterilize
fifteen minutes in Gamer. Store and
use as you would maple syrup.
According to canning specialists
of the Agricultural Department corn
syrup may be successfully used to
sugar in making jellies,
Jams, marmalades and fruit buffers.
Vary the amount of syrup used to
suit the taste Experiment has proved
that il combines best with strong
favored fruits, such as pineapple,
cherries and gooseberries. A govern
ment recipe for raspberry jam calls
for pounds of berries, washed and
mashed in a preserving kettle. Heat
slowly and add gradually 2 pounds
of graduated sugar and l pound of
corn syrup. Cook until the mixture
is thick. Pack into sterilized jelly
glasses.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-23
War And Sheep.

War has given the sheep and wool
industry a stupendous task, making
sheep raising a patriotic as well as
profitable undertaking. Sheep re-
quire little bread grain, and as both
wool and mutton are in strong de-
mand the development of the in
dustry will contribute materially to
the Nations food and clothing supply.
Wool has about trebled in price,
and the price of lambs has about
doubled. The gross annual returns
from ewes of breeding age may be ex-
pected to range from SIS to Sl5 a
head, depending upon the percentage
of lambs raised, the weight of the
fieeces, and the value of these pro-
ducts.
Several million acres of land in the
United States produce good summer
feed for sheep. but are not grazed at
present Efforts should be made to
secure the most economic use OF
every acre.
Round up the Stacker acres.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-23
Farm Power Changes.

In the early days men and women
did the heavy work on the farm. Then
animals were used to do the hardest
work with the aid of crude imple-
ments which lightened the formers
burdens and enabled him to farm
more land and produce larger crops.
Water wheels and windwheels, as a
source of power, also took the place
of manual labor. Gradually farm i'm
proved and developed, and horse
power replaced hand power in many
farming operations. Later the steam
engine was perfected and used for
threshing and other heavy work.
Today the gas engine and farm trac-
tor are rapidly taking the place OF
other kinds of farm power, and farm
production has been greatly increas-
ed. This development from hand to
engine power on the farm has been
brought about because of the con-
slant and growing demand for ma
chimes which enable men to do better
and greater work in the field of agri-
culture.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-23
Need Attention Now.

Go over your plows and cultivators
and see that they are properly stored
away in a dry place and thoroughly
cleaned of all dirt and rust. Clean
out your corn crib and stop out the
rats. Cut all the weeds and bushes
around the house, yard, garden and
in the fence rows. When dry pile
them in some out of the way place
where they will stop some wash or
make rich spot of land. Go over
your fences and see that they are
we'll repaired. Prepare your potato
house and see that it is so conctruct-
ed as to keep potatoes dry. Oil up
your farm machines. Cut your win
ter's supply of fire wood and saw and
split enough stovewood to last you
through the winter. 1t is an easy job
to prepare plenty of good stovewood
at this season, but when the cold,
dreary midwinter days set in, it is
a hard job to keep the stovewood pre-
pared, and besides. the stovewood
prepared in winter does not burn as
we'll as wood split in the fall or sum-
mer and stored in a good, dry wood
shed,
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-23
Can Without Sugar
(By Biddy Bye)

The canning specialists OF the
United States Department of Agri-
culture, recognizing the sugar short
age which makes food canning diff
cult sends the gallant, American slo-
gan keep canning. sugar or no
sugar!"
Like the American soldier the
American housewife must show a
spirit that can not be daunted by
difficulties. Sugar for fruit canning
is limited to 25 pounds a person and
that amount does not go far-bnt
il is possible to can without any.sugar
at all and the Department of Agri-
culture itself is ready with these sug-
gestions to the sugarless Gamer.
In canning without sugar can fruit
the day it is picked. Clean fruit
and wash it by pouring cold water
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-23
Farming Is A Business.

As one farmer so aptly expressed
1t. II tried a few years ago to keep
an accurate account of my business,
but was not able to continue it
throughout the year owing to the
rush of farm work Since this farm
management demonstrations work has
been started by the county agent
know that these records are of value
and just what an account should in
clude to make them of value. find
IL easy now to save my checks for
money paid out and to list the things
| have received money for. Then at
the end of the year. ! know IL my
business has been profitable, and If
not, why it was not So"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-23
Colic In Horses,

Collie in horses usually means in
digestion. 1t may consist simply of
few spasmodic pains from which the
animal quickly RECEIVERS, or the indi-
gestion may terminate In intiamma-
tion of the bowels. which often proves
Some forms of indigestion are COM
plicated by bloating, and the internal
pressure may rupture the animais
stomach or cause it to die of sufloca-
ton.
Most cases of collie can be prevent
ed by careful feeding. Sudden
changes of feed should be avoided
Also feed in stage Of curing, such
as new oats, newly cut grass and new
corn is always dangerous for horses.
Heavy grains, such as corn, should
have bran or oats added to give it
greater bulk and render 1t lighter.
1t is a good practice in Feeding
work horses during the hot summer
months to precede the evening gram
ration with an allowance OF nay
This gives the animal time to become
somewhat rested and cooled and the
more concentrated feed will be much
less likely to cause indigestion. The
drinking of liberal amount OF cold
water is likely to chill the intestihes
and cause collie.
The symptoms of collie are TOO wen
known to need description Inc
trouble, however, is complex ana
unless recovery is rapid veterinary
should be called. One quart OF raw
linseed oil mixed with two taoie-
spoons of turpentine, II given at an
early stage of the collie will heip re-
move the undigested material from
the horses bowels and thereby give
relief.
A common method of drenchins
a horse is to pass loop IN the emu
of a rope around the upper Jaw JUST
back of the incisors. The other emu
of the rope may then be fas'eheu %
that the horses head will be raiSeo'
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-23
FarnnDePartnnent

and the medicine, when poured into
its mouth, will run down into the
animals throat. Oil should be given
slowly, a swallow at a time, and upon
any indication of choking the head
must be instantly released, as the in
haling of oily preparations into the
lungs is likely to cause pneumonia.
Coles which are apparently mild
at the beginning may quickly develop
into dangerous complications, and
a collie that exists for twelve hours
will often kill the animal. Coles
which are caused by twist or tie
in the intestines or a rupture of some
portion of the bowels are incurable,
according to l.. S. Backus, of the
Agriculture.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-23

not at the time been fixed by law and
the operation Of the wheat market
entirely in the hands of government
agents.
| In effect the modification of these
wheat saving measures was the same
as an official announcement from the
government that a great crisis has
been past and that wheat no longer
stands at the premium that 1t has
maintained for nearly a year.
This announcement came just at
the time when wheat was moving in
the largest quantities from the farm
to the mills, just when sales by the
growers are heaviest, and just when
many farmers must sell to meet the
accumulated expenses of the past
summer and harvest. It was Just at
the time when the man with the
ready money likes to catch the man
who needs the cash, the critical time
when the Spectator can drive a hard
bargain with the grower, when the
grower can accept a ruinous price or
feed his grain to the hogs.
In ordinary times this is just what
would have happened as a result of
Mr.. Hoovers announcement regarding
the wheat situation. For few weeks
the bottom would have dropped out
of the market, and the price would
have been around eighty cents or
dollar until the largest portion of the
crop had been grabbed by the greedy
would have begun the steady rise as
the manipulators took the grain of
the market, and in January the pub
lie would have paid $3.50 for wheat
which had been bought from the
farmers for eighty cents.
Thanks to the administration in
Washington, which long ago saw the
necessity and justice of protecting
the farmers from such a catastrophe
at such time, nothing of the sort
took place, and the formers are now
getting a fair price for their wheat,
while the erstwile spectators are
probably dreaming troubled dreams
of the illgotten wealth which would
have been theirs in the good old days
that are now no more.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-23
A Modern Farm Tractor.

Using gasolene or kerosene fol
fuel, will pillow as much land in one
day as one man with team will pillow
in a week or ten days. The same trac-
tor driven by one man will pulverize
pack and seed the ground at a single
operation, and later this same me-
chanical power may be used to har-
vest and thresh the crop and hall the
grain to market, all in shorter time
and more economically than can be
accomplished by men and teams
There is no question but that the ca
pacity of the farmers to produce is
being very greatly increased by the
use of the farm tractor, and the work
accomplished with this mechanical
power is usually of better quality and
more economical than the same work
accomplished with horses.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-23
Cheat In Wheat.

A short while ago l happened to
get into conversation with an old
man about the agricultural outlook
and he said: my wheat and oats
turned to cheat purity bad" tried
to convince him that wheat and oats
could not turn to cheat any more
than horse could turn to an elephant
or spotted dog into a gimpson weed.
He seemed to firmly cling to that old
idea, disregarding reason, argument
or what not. Farmers need to study
botany and the other sciences a little
more before putting up such silly
arguments. His wheat did not turn
to cheat, neither did his oats. The
cheat came wild, same as rag weeds,
crab grass, cockleburs and the like.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-23
Fertilizer Situation.

The Food Administration through
the State Council of National De
Tense is endeavoring to increase the
wheat acreage of Kentucky during
the coming year. The LIKELIHOOD OF
increasing the wheat acreage more
then to per cent is uncertain and
an increase of total produstion,
therefore, depends quite materially
upon increased production per acre
In this connection farmers will re-
quire immense quantities of fertili-
ger of the phosphate variety suitable
for increasing the yield of wheat The
fertilizer situation at the present
time is such that farmers should not
delay in placing their orders with
manufacturers or manufacturers
agents for the earliest shipment of
fall fertilizer.
Available supplies of fertilizer
carried over from last year are very
small and for that reason manufact-
urers will be dependent almost en-
tirely npon this years production for
the filling of fall orders. Those who
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-23
Gull The FIocI<s,

Much of the poultry now raised
on the farm and in the backyard
flock is not as profitable as it should
be. The estimated production of the
average hen is not over IS eggs per
year. During 1915 about 1000 hens
under close observation in contest in
this country laid on the average ISL
eggs Since these hens varied from
nothing to 314 in their production,
1t is evident that the ISL eggs are
not the maximum obtainable. All
poultry raisers should Gull their
focks and keep only the best layers.
A study of the principles of breeding,
care. and feeding will enable poultry
keepers to accomplish this result.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-23
War Help From Farmers.

Farming has taken on a new i'm
portance and dignity since the war
has changed so many things, and
next to the soldier stands the men
who can feed the world; they are as
truly soldiers as the men who go to
the front, and work they must if we
are to be victorious. 1t is temptation
with many patriotic farmers to I'M
dertake to much and do nothing we'll
1t is not a time for experimenting
but for doing intensively all that is
done. Much better raise thirty-six
bushels of wheat per acre on eight
acres than half that amount on twice
the land. Nothing Gas ever empha-
sized this fact more than the present,
and everywhere men are trying to
make their acres as productive as
possible. 1t is a great temptation to
add to ones acres, but those who
plan work according to their strength
and their farm equipment will not re-
greet it. Surely, taking care of the man
power on the farm is wise thing,
and when a man works himself al
most to death to run twice as big a
farm as he is prepared to take care
of, he is paying to big a price for the
effort.
Work we must, and win the war
we must, if life is to be worth living,
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-23
Ducks For Meat And Eggs.

The Pekin breed is kept almost ex-
clusively by producers of green
ducks. and also on many farms where
they are grown for meat. They fatten
rapidly and may be fed on rations
recommended for chickens, but better
results are usually secured by feeding
more green and vegetable feeds and
a larger portion of mash.
For the general farmer who is
more interested in obtaining eggs
than producing meat the Indian
Runner is a good breed. This duck
holds the same relative position in
the duck family that the Leghorn
does in the chicken family 1t lays a
good-sized white egg considerably
larger than a hens egg. and is de-
clared to be small eater, a good
forager and hardy. The introduction
of this breed is helping to build up a
trade of first-class duck eggs. These
eggs should be marketed frequently,
as they depreciate in quality more
rapidly than hens eggs.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-23
Stabilized Wheat Market.

1t is interesting TO speculate on
what would have happened to the
wheat market when Mr.. Hoover made
his recent announcement relaxing the
wheat saving pledges of householders
and hotels II the price of wheat had
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-23

w, b. Thrslkeld, one of the best
farmers of Union county. Ky. several
years ago took one of the poorest
farms in the county and he now has
1t on a decidedly paying basis. 1t is
one Of the best demonstration farms
to be found. and the secret of his sue
cess has been lime-lime-lime and
more lime.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-23

The Red Cross is reaping a golden
harvest from the food profiteers all
over the country. The following an
nouncement of the Food Administra-
tor is one of dozens issued from time
to time: The Food Administrator has
permitted Samuel Eckstein, of 449
East l23rd street, New York City,
to make a contribution of $4,000 to
the Red Cross in lieu OF permanent
revocation of his license for profit
teering This contribution is an es-
timated return to the public of the
excess profits made. II was proved
that Eckstein had made as high as
$3.50 barrel on flour, that he had
violated the substitute rule and had
made sales to unlicensed dealers.
He admitted familiarity with Gov
eminent regulations, but said that
it was impossible for dealer like
him to obey the regulations.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-23

give in their orders early will have
the best chance to secure well cured
fertilizers and avoid the unsatis-
factory handling qualities of newly
manufactured goods. Orders for fer
tilizers should be made up in carload
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-23

The greatest yield of wheat per
acre that has been ascertained by the
United States Department of Agricul-
'ture is 117.2 bushels. the average
of is acres in Island county, Wash,
in 1895. The field had been in Guilt
walton for 80 years without any sort
of fertilizer. except such as may have
been left by crops. The usual pro-
-duction of wheat per acre in that
State is 90 TO 25 bushels.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-23

Iowa is the leading State this year
in the production of corn and oats,
according to the indications of July
1; Kansas leads in wheat, Minnesota
in barley, North Dakota in rye and
flaxseede. South Dakota in hay.
Louisiana in rice. probably Penn
sylvania in buckwheat, Texas in sor-
ghum grains and cotton, New York
in potatoes and commercial apples.
Alabama in sweet potatoes and pea
nuts. California in commercial
peaches and edible dry beans. Oklt-
homa in broom corn, and Kentucky
in tobacco.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-08-23

In two years the production of dry
edible beans In this country will have
almost doubled. If the forecast of the
Bureau of Crop Estimates of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture for this year is verified in the
harvest The expected crop of this
year is 1871 900 bushels, one-half
of which will come from California
and nearly one-fith from Michigan.
Hops will make a larger crop this
year than in 1917 by II per cent,
If the recent forecast by the Bureau
of Crop Estimates of the United
States Department of Agriculture is
confirmed by the harvest. The expec-
fation is 32.494,0O0 pounds, with
which may be compared the crop of
27,7SS,OO0 pounds in 1917 of 50,595,
900 poundes in 1916, and of ST.
$4,000 pounds in 1915.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
PLEA IS MADE FOR CARE
Of SOLDIERS FAMILIES
Home Economies Association I.
Told Worry for Those Left Be-
hind Injuries Morale.

ATLANTIC CITY, n. j.. March q
Pointing out that the American soldier
leaves home for the duration of the war
once he embarks on a transport, while
the men of the allies. closer to their
homes, get leaves of absence for two
weeks in every three months, Frank W.
Parsons, director of the civilian relief for
the Red Cross. appealed to the mem
bers of the American Home Economics
Association and National Education
Association, in final session Of the war
convention at the Hotel Traymore to-
day. He asked for help for the morale
of the men in the service by giving
them assurance that their families are
well cared for during their absence.
I'VE have established $4,000 chapters
of the Red Cross home service" said
Director Parsons, whose particular
duty it is to see that the home life is
not menaced and to enlist all who re-
main at home in a campaign to see that
not drawn into industrial life without
proper educational training. Mothers
should not be compelled to abandon
care of their families to earn living.
Right home conditions can immense
~ improve the morale of our boys at
the front 1t is utterly useless to ex-
pect man to fight when he is worried
over his loved ones back home" he said
Catherine J. Mackey of Iowa College
Ames, Iowa, was reelected president of
the Economics Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
ENDORSES DAYLIGHT BILL
U. S. Chamber of Commerce Tells
Congress Of Benefits to Accrue
From Adoption.

Daylight saving will increase produc-
ton of the shipbuilding yards and war
material plants and expedite training
of the national military forces. the
Chamber Of Commerce of the United
States told Congress yesterday in urg-
ing passage of the daylight saving bill
now pending in the House after passage
by the Senate.
All along the line daylight saving
means increased efficiency in the Inn
provement OF the health. morals and So
cial welfare of the 100000 workers
of the country" it was urged.
Light bills will be cut down and out
door recreation stimulated. More than
1.500, 900 tons of coal year is the esti-
mated saving. and the saving in fuel
oils is equally impressive. Great Brit
ain. France, Italy, Germany and eight
other nations have adopted daylight
saving since the outbreak of the war,
and in all of them it is a great success"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
SEEK PLAN TO CURB
VICE IN BALTIMORE
Delegation to Confer With Gen.
Kuhn Regarding Bootleg
cling and Other Evils.
Baltimore Patriots Cut
Bank Tangle of Soldiers

BALTIMORE. Md, March r.
In response to an appeal from the
SUN and the Evening SUN. which
led the, subscription with $1O.oOo'
NaryIanders today made up
fund to reimburse soldiers at
Camp Meade who had $4O.OOO de-
posifs in a state bank at Oden-
ton. Md.
This bank WINS A. branch of one
mt GovanS, whose president,
Samuel Want, disappeared, leav-
ing its affairs so involved that
the state banking commissioner
took charge.
Subscribers to the fund pos
sibIy will be reimbursed. but the
patriotic folk who contributed
felt that the men who soon Will
face duty in France should not he
inconvenienced.
At an early hour today S.3,OOO
had been subscribed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
SAYS GERMANY DID NOT
START AERIAL ATTACKS

AMSTERDAM, March According
to Munich dispatch to the Cologne
Gazette the social democrats in the Ba-
varian lower house have introduced an
Interpolation regarding what the gov
eminent contemplates doing to meet
1.-The heavy material damage from the
aerial attacks. which are constantly
increasing"
Minister Of the Interior Prettreich, in
replying, said:
'Germny did not begin the aerial at
tacks In this war. When our enemies
cease their attacks we shall also cease
ours. With US 1t is mostly a matter of
2eaEe Yt1aa1 AsktaA axt1oaH4ns Apan