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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28
Mixed Feed

(Written by Farmer On a Rainy Dav.,
 Plan on oats and rape pasture for the hogs this spring.
 Thres pounds of wool per persons Is little for America to brag about,
 F1fty per cent germination makes corn worth saving for seed this year.
 Remember the importance of the school elections and their near approach.
 Never were repairs to the harness more in line with money saving than right now.
 The cafateria plan of feeding has worked satisfactorily with men. why not try it on hogs?
 The boy who planted beans last sprins been gude guesser.' Same conditions exist this spring.
 The fuel orders of the government don't worry the man who has a dry woodpile back of the house.
 All plans for peace coming out of Rus sia need to be closely inspected for the DA anu 4hduc III GGTmdny.
 The man who won't be good for good ness sake won't be good very long for Mary Ann or any other reason
 TOO often we mistake those qualities that distinguish a mule for power nj intellect and strength of character
 Just at present a lot of politicians up at Washington seem to be rattline around terribly in the seats of the mighty.
 The empty wagon rattles loudest, and from this we may judge that the noisiest agitator is the emptiest of usable ideas.
 Let's make resolution this year and keep it: Not to SOW a single drill full or oats that has not been thoroughly cleaned.
 The man who bears in mind the fact that long hair is not the same as fat on the ribs has little trouble fitting his teams in the spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28
Vars Greatest Weapon


 (This fine tribute to American apr,. culture was written by Thomas Lomax Hunter.)
 The forty-centimeter gun
 That hurls, six leagues, against the foe A missile weighing just ton
 Deals not the most effective blow. We thought so several years ago:
 But time has taught us better now. In laying adversaries low
 Wars greatest weapon is the blow. Success in war depends, my son.
 On making corn and wheat to grow: And victory will by him be won
 Who hoes the most successful row. On those who plant and till and SOW.
 And feed the swine and milk the COW. We must our medals now bestow--
 Wars greatest weapon Is the blow That army quickly is undone
 Within whose rear stalks, to and fro. Grim famine, fiercer than a Hun,
 With all his myrm.dons of woe Who neither ruth nor quarter show.
 Beca use it saves from these, we VOW Our highest praise to it we owe
 Wars greatest weapon is the blow! fT'EnuoA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28

Sweet pickled apples are delicious served with meats. They may be made just as pickled peaches are.
 A little jar of beef extract kept in the refrigerator is useful to add meat flavor to vegetable dish.
 Suede shoes spotted from rain can be renewed by rubbing with an emery beard tie spots matted together by water.
 Rubbcr-tipped door stops screwed into the legs of a kitchen chair will add to it's height for use at the sink or for ironing.
 Vinegar works like a charm when 1t comes to cleaning dirt and smoke from walls and woodwork. Wet a flannel cloth with It and rub.
 good coat of thin white paint on the ouisde screen allows those inside to look out but keeps those outside from .tching in.
 Raw cabbage is said to be much mora eigestIblc than cooked, and a delicious salad Is simple shaved cabbage with IASiSAi SiCSSlIS.
 handy little washer for a milk bottle can be made from the wire handle of grape basket, strengthened out. ind the hook left on one end.
 When patch is put on wall paper to cover up spot, the edges to be in- visible when pasted, should be torn, not cut.
 When bread is overbaked, the outside may be coftened by folding the loaf in Q wet cloth and covered with its own tin.
 To clean brass that has been exposed tc the weather. make paste of salt and common vinegar, rub the brass with the mixture and leave for 10 minutes. Then clean in the usual way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28
1917 Tomato Pack


 Complete reports for 1917. secured by the United States food administra- tion, gives the total pack of canned tomatoes as 15,076,074 cases of two dozen cans each. This is the largest amount packed since 1914 and is equiv alent to more than three cans of No. size for every person in the United States.
 Maryland, the principal tomato can ming state, packed more than one- third of the entire amount; California ranks second and Delaware third.
 The successful tomato crop is grat- flying, since world conditions have reached the point where every kind of food is needed. The liberal use of ITult ana vegetables, as canned as fresh, will help conserve the stanle foods such as wheat. meat. fats and sugar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28
BEE CULTURE NO EXPERIMENT

Giving honey place in the commer- cial world by the establishing of honey markets has been big stimulus to it's consumption and is an encouragement for the young, energetic man to take up the work in districts where bloom is abundant, that yields good honey-for what is product worth without a mar ket?
 X HONEY MARKET
 The time is now past when the bee keeper, who produced few more pounds of honey than he could use at home had to look for a market among his neigh bors. And there was not much induce ment for him to enlarge his production. This system of marketing did not build business, as the product was uusualIy sold to the consumer at cost of produc- tion-often below cost, because the iittle surplus heney was considered a by-prod- uct. and whatever, was obtained from il was clear" profit. This kind of mar ketiI;g established honey prices, largely, and worked ruin to the future of the fn- dustry, by not giving any opportunity for growth For when a commodity ceases to be of value commercially, it's production becomes useless. What would be the inducement for cultivating our fields so intently, if there were no cs- tablished markets for our products?
 A few years ago it looked to the aver- age beekeeper as if 1t were useless for him to produce more honey than he re- quired for his own consumption and that of few of his, neighbors. And there was a possibility of bookkeeping declining to such an extent that honey would be- come an unknown substance, except Tn narrow circles, and the world would lose a valuable food product, If it had not been for the united effort of a few bee keepers and business men, who bought up all the cheap honey that was Of good quality, and put it up in attractive packages, suited to the needs of all classes of buyers, so it could be sold through the regular channels of trade. Their efforts brought forth fruitful re- turns to the beekeepng industry; and the demand for honey has grown out Of all proportion to the supply. If the honey producers will cooperate with the honey distributors, there need be no fear of over-rroduction.
 No agricultural product needs mar lSeting center, or centers, so much as does honey, because each locality differs from the other. Therefore. it needs sys- tematic grading and preparation to make it attractive to the consumer, and val uable to the distributor of food supplies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28
Why Hogs?
By A. J. JOHNSON, Mi.ne.ot..

ny A. J. JOHNSONs Minncs0ta. Fl think hog raising looks very prom ising at present. So many farmers are selling their pigs from 75 to 125 pounds; this means a shortage in the near future. Corn being failure, I feed one-third barley. one-third oats ground fine and one-third bran I mix. the three well and soak in hot water. feed it warm. I feel we'll paid for the trouble of warming the feed. My hogs are healthy and they look thrifty. have raised hogs for 35 years ana do not remember of ever having a sick hog. only winter S7 head.
 l must tell you about my hog house. have the best in the state It Is an ole shed built alongside of bis< straw pile. Give Mr. Hog his choice and he will leave the most expensfva house built and start for the straw sned. that is, when 1t Is cold. The only satisfactory way of sellinr th. hog IS through a farmers shipping as sociation. used to get $2so to ssoo s1630. us
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28
Live Stock Notes

Careful estimates give 850,000 as the number of food animals killed on the -aiiroad tracks in the United States
 A raacra If 145T pounds of milk and sszsS BattsrEat shows Willowmoon Lily ,o be fan champion 3-year-old Ayr shire COW. J. W. Clise. Redmond, Wash. is her owner.
 The sum of s2e,OOO was paid for thor oughbred stallion at the dispersion sale of J. W. Corrigan, Lexington, Ky. This does not bear out the claim that all in terest in harness horses has disappeared
 The American shorthorn congress and sale will be held in Chicago, February 19 to g. "a
 Prof. Davenport never wrote truer words ti4an these: 'If we ever needed good breeding and good breeders, it is now. We need them while the war lasts and we shall need them vastly more when it is over. The farms of Europe need restocking, and where shall the stuff come from if not from American
 The annual sale of the Minnesota shorthorn breeders at South St. Paul averaged $365 for the S2 head sold Les lie Smiths great bull, Sultan Selim, topped the sale at s1525 going to J. s. Billings & Sons, Fergus Falls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28
Purchase Tools Early

Y IS more urgent this year than. ever that farm implements and repair parts be ordered early. Because or prevailing high prices for such ma chinery retail dealers are likely 1o maintain smaller stocks. To insure naVing necessary equipment in time TOT farm operations this season, farm CTS are advised by specialists Of the aepartment of@agriculture to order at the earliest possible moment. Exccs- s.ve aeiays in getting machinery, an1 a.nine n., parts from the factory are as possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28
As the Hired Man Sees It
"sIilker,. in Hoard,s Dairyman

NAAAer, Tn 1OardS Dafryman There seems to be a lot of writing
 going on in the papers these days about
 scarcity of farm help. If farm help is
 not as plentiful any more as it used to
 be. nobody but the farmers themselves
 are to blame for that. There really is
 no reason to put up such a holler just because there are not dozen farm hands kneeling at the front gate, beg glng for job. have been employed as farm hand and milker for the last 15 years, pretty well all over the states, but I never have seen sinble instance vet where a ] farmer could not get help if he really wanted it. I have had an advertisement In farm paper asking for work. Some
 Farmers offered me as high as S3 a month with room and board if I was a steady reliable man and not afraid of hard work. Last summer I had to spend severa | days waiting in an employment office for job. I had to pay 10 per cent or my first months wages and s rail-
 road fare to the farm to find out that
 was only needed to take the place of
 the herdsman who was on a vacation.
 and got fired when he got back. Then landed job on one of those ultra
 modern sanitary dairies. Had to pass
 physical examination before a doctor. before milking. wash my hands and rinse
 my mouth in sterilized water, and milk
 in sterilized white uniforms. But my
 room and bed were so loaded with yer
 min that did not get a wink of sleen
 all night. Now I have been at many farm where the beds were far from
 clean, but that morning a bedbue dropped out Of my sleeve on the break
 fast table and that was little too much for me. The foreman promised me an- other room, as nobody had been sleeping i1 my room for two weeks. That, of course explained why the little darlings were so hungry. But as declined to lend my body as a feeding ground, I just packed my suitcase and went back to town. Sung once more! After getting up at a. m. and milking from 25 to 30 cows l didn't feel like sitting down to a breakfast table with skim milk for my coffee and on my mush and a piece of greasy oleomargarine as thick as stick of chewing gum next to my plate. Now this was a millionaire's outfit and they certainly could afford to give their hired help enough to eat and a clean bed to sleep in
 Tn your Christmas number was a very interesting article by Mrs. w. J. Dou- gan. That lady is certainly putting up some grub, and knows how to treat a hired man. If more farmers would fol- low her advice there would not be trouble in getting and keeping hired help. on the farm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28
Treat Cucumber Seed

Tests made during the past two years have proved that the angular leaf spot disease of cucumbers and probably an- thracnose as well are introduced into new fields on the seed. says the United States department of agriculture. Dipping the seed in 1.1000 mercuric chloride (cor- rosive sublimate) solution for five min utes renders the seed disease-free and has no injurious effect on germination. Since both diseases overwinter in the soil of diseased fields, however. it is highly important not to plant in fields which were in cucumbers the previous season.
 done most advantageousy by seedsmen and pickle companies before the seed is distributed to their growers It is a relatively simple operation and can be easily done in the storage houses if run ming water is at hand.
 Metal containers cannot be used for the mercuric chloride solution. The highly poisonous nature of this substance should be kept in mind. Purchase mer- curic chloride on the basis of one pound to every 300 pounds of seed to be treated, Make up a concentrated stock solution of strength of 1.20 by dissolving one pound in two and one-half gallons of water. This stock solution is diluted to 1. 1000 by adding one quart to 12A gall Ions of water. Stir thoroughly. For the treatment use a barrel, wooden tub. or large crock.
 HOW TO TREAT SEED
 Place the seed Tn burlap or cheesecloth bags, 50 pounds in each bag. The bags should not be over three-quarters full to allow for swelling of the seed and to facilitate stirring Immerse the bag of seed in. 121s gallons of the 1. 1000 bi- chloride solution and agitate vigorously with stick to secure thorough wetting of the seed. Remove the bag promptly at the end of five minutes. Immerse at once in barrel of running water and stir thoroughly. Wash about 15 minutes. Dry the seed as rapidly as possible. Forced drying by centrifugal machine or an air blast is much to be desired.
 The bichloride solution should be used only once, since its strength is greatly decreased. Make up fresh dilution from the stock solution for every bag of seed.
 TO treat seed in smaller quantities dissolve one tablet of mercuric chloride in one pint of water for each half pound of seed.
 Guard against reinfection of the treat ed seed. Bags to be- used for treated seed should be soaked in the 1000 bi- chloride solution for at least five minutes, rinsed and dried. Solution used once for seed may be used for this purpose.
 Growers should not plant cucumbers in the same fields used in 1917 for cu- curahers. waterme'ons or seantaloupea or on land immediately adjacent to such fields.
 As far as possible the department will undertake to send a representative to supervise the treatment of the seed where large quantities are involved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28
Free Bulletins

Insect Enemies of the Garden. bulle- tin No. S56.
 The Community Fair, bulletin No. s7. The Corn Earworm, No. SIP.
 Raspberry Culture. No SS77. Backyard Poultry Keeping, No. SS9 How lnseocts Affect the Cotton Plant, No. S90
 Spring Dat Production. No. S12 Breeds of Dairy Cattle, No. S93. Everbearing Strawberries, No 90l. Self Feeders for Hogs. No s06
 Bean Growing in the Northwest, No. 901.
 Killing Hogs and Curing Pork, No. 913. Handling and Preceding of Florida Lettuce and Celery, No. 601.
 City Garbage and Hogs. No. 80. Any of the above may be had free by writing to the United States department of agriculture. Washington. D. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28
Hoover Cookies

have tried this recipe for Hoover cookies and am well pleased with 1t Take one cup molasses, one-half sup sugar. one scant cup butter substitute O. lard. two-thirds cup sweet milk, oiac teaspoon soda dissolved in boiling wa ter one teaspoon ginger. if dssired,. flavor with vanilla, and add enough flcnr to allow to handle but not toI become too stiff. Roll thin and bakci In . hot oven.-Mirtam Woliord.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28
SEEKING MORE FARM LABOR

learn from every farmer his probable labor requirements this year. The United States department of labor is ex- tending it's machinery and expects ro have in every state an organizat tion which will locate possible supplies Of farm labor In each state and com munity farmers who need farm help and men who can supply such help or who themselves will go to work on a farm, should communicate with the state farm help specialist, or county or community agent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28
A Sugarless Dessert

Stew slowly until tender some very black prunes for they are sweetest, and drop into them dumplings of soft doueh made exactly < like the dough for. making powder biscuit. The rich. sweet juice cooks into the dumplings and makes an appetixing dessert to he served cold with cream and re- QIires no sugar.-Mrs. w. Kittle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28
Improving Vegetable Dishes

The flavor of most vegetables Is i'm proved by adding a little sugar. but the sugar must be saved. so have found that white corn syrup makes an excel lent substitute. keep a bucket of it handy on my cabinet and use it where I formerly used sugar. prefer the white, as it doesn't color the vegeta- bles-Mrs Mary s. Whitsitt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28
This Takes Less Sugar

When I cook apples. quarter them, take out the core. but don't pei them Cook 1h hours. then run through sieve and by adding 1 tablespoon of sugar they are plenty sweet, while if they were peelel 1t would take x cup sugar The rine peeling helps sweeten. Mrs. c. F. Hill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28
-(LEnvoil.

Captain. I must report that so
 I find the facts; no matter how The tides of battle ebb and flow,
 Wars greatest weapon is the blow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28
MORE SHAW USED EACH YEAR

the high prices for the straw, and are buying it in the stack. paying as high as $10 per ton for 1t. With straw sell cannot allow any part of 1t to go to waste. There Is a good market for all surplus hay also and farmers who have been seeking ways of maintain ing their beef and pork production plants at the lowest cost already are mixing part of the straw with the hay or in some cases really are feed ing major portion of the straw
 straw can be mixed with hay and fed at good advantage. This plan not only will make the wintering of horses, cat tie and sheep more economical. but 1t will help in great measure in relieving the hay shortage
 Another thing in favor of the feeding of the straw is that 1t will eliminate one of the hibernating places of the chinch bug and other injurious insects which damage the crops during the summer months.
 There is not going to be any surplus of wheat in this country for years to come with the allies calling for greater and greater quantities of this grain and with this condition confronting us we cannot allow pests to infest our fields which may be eliminated.
 Straw stacks on the farms where live stock is allowed to run to them pro- mote insanitary conditions Germs which are dreaded on every farm, incu- bate In these stacks and are spread to the cattle and sheep which feed from them.
 STRAW AS WINTER FOOD tissue-building feed. but is possessed of tissue building feed but tsp assessed of a goodly quantity of starch and fat Straw, for the reason that it is hard to digest, requires much energy to mas ticate. This energy, while used to di- gest the straw, also produces body heat, so that it is not entirely wasted For this reason 1t is especially adaptable for winter feeding of cattle, horses and sheep.
 It behooves every live stock producer at this time to take stock of his assets in the way of feeds and use them to the best of advantage. Prices are high for the finished animals, but so are the costs of production. Straw has been found a valuable article of feed when mixed in propor ratio with hay and this Is one means by which producers can help in their work of producing meat which is needed so badly at this time by this government and the nations with which it is allied in the great battle for democracy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28
Wax to Graft Fruit Trees

Orchardists who expect to rraff s.nnla trees this spring will find the follor,t,~ formula for grating wax, recomm en des, sIsd by the Ohio experiment station. satisfac-. tory: Melt together until thoronr rv,Iv mixed four pounds of resin. two no,,,sd. of beeswax and pound of tallow pc,,s. this mixture into vessel of cold water Grease the hands with tallow, and wbe,, the wax IS cool pull it like taffy until M becomes light and smooth It nav fh.,s pc shaped into balls or sticks, and vili keep indefinitely in a cool place, Paraf- fne substituted for beeswax makes 3. harder as we'll as cheaper wax.
 t<ss When the patriotism of Chrias nS,,- meliote. Greek restaurantSuf s' ,s Sioux City, Ia. was qusstior,ed hs- cause of his window display of GernnSn carp. Chris. who is a veteran of fh~ Balkan wars, wrapped small A rnSvS. can Ear around each fish. sss X DR0pCV TREATMENT. IL rive. ADAS0A R quick relief. SsysIfins and short breath soon gone All disfress. NE symptoms rapidly disappdar. IivSr and kidneys act better. Genera iT .5vs s.a Is realized. I send by mali :. trial treatment absolutely FREE Txv It. Never heard of anything its ediiSl For dropsy. % Write to DR. THOMAS E. GRErN Rank BIdw., Box 26. Chatayvbrth. s5e.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28

When patch is put on wall papel to cover up spot, the edges to be in visible when pasted, should be torn not cut.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28

When bread is overbaked, the outside may be coftened by folding the loaf in wet cloth and covered with its own tin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28

To clean brass that has been exposed tc the weather. make a paste of salt and common vinegar rub the brass with the mixture and leave for 10 minutes. Then clean in the usual way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28

A handy little washer for a milk bottle can be made from the wire handle of grape basket, strengthened out. .Ind the hook left on one end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28
Around the House

Sweet pickled apples are delicious served with meats. They may be made just as pickled peaches are.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28

Raw cabbage is said to be much mora cigest1blc than cooked, and a delicious salad Is simple shaved cabbage with French crcssfng.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14
WANTED!
EXCELSIOR CORD
WOOD

Peeled and also with bark
on. Loaded on cars at your
station on the L. & N, or tho
G.. +. & A. Railroads, with
in 100 miles of Pensacola,
we are paying $500 to $3.50
per cord with the bark on.
For peeled wood, with bar
off, the price is 1915 to $4.25
per cord. We pay the freight.
The prices are different
because the freight charges
are higher or lower.
Write us from what sta
ton you expect to ship and
we will then tell YOU what
price we will pay you for
peeled and unpeeled wood
and mail you our Specifca-
tons.