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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-08-01
Miscellany.

The manufacture of wall paper will
be reduced at once.
About 100000 troops were sent to
France during the month af July, and
the number will be increased this
month. the authorities state.
The consumption of sugar has been
reduced to two pounds per month for
each person. g Soft drink" establish
ments will be reduced about % per
cent.
An old-time whipping post, with "ac-
commodations for two," has been erect
ed i'll Birmingham, Ala. for the benefit
of the loafers of that city who stand
around smoking cigarettes and look at
other people work.
Oswald Kunhart. former German
and Austrian Consul at Baltimore.
was arrested last Thursday. Evidence
was found showing that he aided Ger
man T-hoats in the recent attacks on
the Atlantic coast.
NewSrrint paper manufacturers have
asked the Federal Trade Commission
for an increase in prices. on the ground
that the wage of paper workers and
freight transportation have been in
creased.
At Camp Grant, near Rockford Ills..
Brent Dow Allison, who claims to be a
poet, and is Il pacitist and "conscien-
tious'' ohjector. was court-martialed
for failing to answer the call to SER
vice. He was sentenced to fifteen years
at hard labor.
About 100 German prisoners were
sent from the barracks at Atlanta,
Ga, to Camp Sewer, where they We're
put to work unloading hay and doing
other work around the quartermaster' s
department. Later. they will be put to
other work. thus relieving the soldiers
of much of the labor.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-08-01

The Government urges every mar
now employed in useful work to sticl
to his job
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-08-01
Sheep and Cattle Wanted

Four or five hundred native EWES. 4 few
cars Of thin stocker cattle. State lowest
price In first letter. Address c. F. SPEED,
Transylvania, La. I31-4-pI
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-08-01
Leave for the Camps.

Thirty-twO negro registrants left
here Monday for the training camp at
Camp Beauregard. near Alexandria.
Tyree johnson, of Haughton, left
Monday for Camp Forrest, Ga, to take
special training.
Spencer Taylor. col0red. left yester-
day for Camp Fiske University. near
Nashville, Tenn. for special training.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-24
PLAN TO CHECK LAST WINTERS
 WASTE.

Soil fertility is too valuable a thing to be idly wasted, especially in war times. Food is needed almost as bad ly as fighting men, and it cannot be grown on washed out unfertile soil Wasting plant food is nearly as bad as wasting human food for without the one the other cannot be produced.
 No one knows how much plant food is lost from field which remains bare over winter. It may be large, it may be small depending upon many things, but it is certain to be enough to be worth while saving.
 The major portion of this loss may be prevented. by the simple expedi- ent of covering the otherwise bare field with a crop which will protect it over winter. When this cover crop is piowed down in the spring. it will return much valuable humus to the soil and more than pay the way, be- sides the plant food which it saves to the soil
 There will be a great temptation to omit the cover crop this year Seed is high priced and some labor will be needed to put it on. But saving this way will mean paying through the nose" in reduced crop production next year.
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BIG YIELDS REDUCE OVERHEAD
 COSTS.

The labor costs of raising crops are practically the same regardless of size of crop grown. The labor ot blowing. of fitting the land, seeding and of caring for the growing crop, is ordi- narily just the same. Sometimes this last item is even less for d large crop than it is for small one because the large crop grows faster, smothers weeds, shades the ground sooner, and requires less working. In any case, distributing these fixed costs over a large number of bushels or tons of crops is one of the best ways of making a profit from farming
 The Wisconsin Experiment Station has just made survey of a large number of farms to determine the fac tors upon which farm profits depend. They found there were several factors, one Of the most important being the size of crops grown. When the crops of a given farmer averaged twenty per cent. lower than his neighbours he barely made ends meet-got less than fifty dollars a year for his work. But from this point up labor income in- creased with size of crop, until those farmers who average twenty per cent. above the usual size of crop made a labor income of over $500.
 This lesson must sink in-for as the war continues our supply of avail able man power is bound to decrease It must be used where it will bring the orea test return
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-24
By p. G. HOLDEN

The poor condition of seed corn in the northern Corn Belt will no doubt result in a very poor stand Of corn in many fields. In some cases entire fields will have to be replanted.
 Many farmers cannot replant be cause of the scarcity of seed, and sub stitute crops must be planted or the land will remain idle.
 In this emergency the growing Of millet, sorghum, or even Sudan grass, is worthy of consideration.
 Perhaps the pest of these substitutes for the northern Corn Belt is sorghum. The Early Amber variety is good for either syrup or forage purposes. Other good varieties are the Orange, Red Top and Gooseneck. For growing as forage, sorghum can be sown as late as August l, and will make more or less of an enormous growth, depend 1 ing upon the soil and season.
 When grown for hay it may be sown broadcast or with grain drill using from 30 to 70 pounds of seed to 1 the acre. Or it can be sown in rows like corn. using from five to ten pounds of seed per acre. cultivated and cut l for silage with a corn binder
 1 When used as silage it should be cut when the seed begins to harden For siIage it is nearly equal to corr
 and under good growing conditions will produce more tons to the acre. 1 When sowed for hay it should be cut with a grain binder and shocked | Later it can be hauled to the barn ol
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-24
SUBSTITUTES FOR CORN

feed lot and put in the mow or stack ed, to be fed whole or run through a cutting box. As it is hard to cure, it may be best to leave it outside in shocks or small stack, as the wealth CT does not damage it.
 There are two types of millet-the broom corn type. which has spreading heads, and the foXtail type, which has one spike head.
 Millet can be sown as late as July as a catch crop. IL can be soWn after wheat and oats are harvested. Use about three pecks of seed to the acre and cut for hay when the heads begin to show.
 Sudan grass is as yet new to the Corn Belt. It belongs to the sorghum family IL may be sown broadcast, or drilled, and it makes no difference in the yield of hay whether 10 pounds or 30 pounds of seed are sown to the acre. as it is a great stooler.
 Sudan grass can be sown as late as July 15 to 20. and the early seeding sometimes makes two cuttings. Ii should be cut as soon as the bloom begins to drop and handled the same as sorghum. If the weather is hot and dry it can be cured into hay and stored
 In securing Sudan grass seed care must be taken to make sure you dc not get Johnson grass seed instead 1 Johnson grass is great pest and its seed so closely resembles the seed oi | Sudan grass that the average person cannot tell the difference.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-24
THE COST OF WORTHLESS HENS
About Two fifths of Connecticut Hens Ought To Be Killed In Next Few Weeks.
1 part sugar 1 part corn syrup 3 parts water

There is a vast difference in hens,
 but a great many people haven't real ized this, or at least they are not yet
 able to correctly judge a hens value as a producer. Of course, owners Of exhibition stock have long been aware
 of this fact, but then. they ought to be- they have enjoyed more than fifty On the other hand, little or no at tention has been paid to the matter of choosing between hens on the basis of their egg yield or the value of the food they produce
 Some of tke agricultural associa- tions will offer prizes on an entirely
 new class in their fall fairs. It is pro- posed to give real money to exhibitors who show birds in the best laying con dition at the time of the fair and which bear the ear marks of having also laid well during the previous spring and summer It is not a bit unnatural to ask if this is a worth while proposition. The answer is found in the figures which were collected ill Connecticuts first culling campaign that was conducted now nearly a year ago. The college scheduled nearly hundred demon strations including every county in the State. Over. 10000 hens were ] handled of which more than 4.OO0 were thrown into the discard. In other words, 40 per cent. of the hens in the 1 average flock will lie down and quit | in August and September and some of :! them earlier There's no argument about what should happen to hens of
 this sort; they ought to be slaughter 1 ed: it's no time for slackers. If the unproductive birds are not disposed of l the owner will likely become dis 1 cOuraged with the poultry part of his l business because the flock is not re- munerative. In the second place, the i young stock the growing bullets, may l have to be more crowded than they i ought and thus curtail their pro- i duction next winter. There will be less time for cleaning the houses and
 making sure that the winter quarters
 are ready
 1 These three factors, namely, loss of
 faith in ones business, crowding the young stock, and more time to get ready for winter, are all hard to defi- nitely measure: they are worth while 1 only each must decide for himself under his own circumstances just how much
 i Another important thing in this con
 ! nectiOn is the fact that periodic culI-
 ing from now to the first of Novem.
 Der means that one automatically SC.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-24

the popping out of the seeds. Both the leaves and the seed will be readily eaten when handled in this manner. The ground meal can be used in con nection with carbonaceous feeds to
 balance ration.
 Peanuts and velvet beans are quite extensively grown in the southern states and make splendid feeds when used as grazing crops or fed in the form of meal. Since they are not grown in the New England states we cannot depend upon them except in the ground form as placed on the markets.
 Cotton seed meal is another southern feed rich in protein which can be successfully used in connection with
 corn or other feeds as a finishing feed. It should not be fed in large
 amounts nor for period of more than thirty days, as it is known at times to contain toxins poisonous to hogs. When used with caution it is consid- cred safe feed
 In order to make feeding as econom- ical as possible use should be made of
 pasture or forage crops. Rye makes a splendid pasture and can be grown in most localities where hogs are raised If it is to be used as pasture only the land should be seeded heavily; from one to five bushels per acre, depending
 on the quality of soil and the amount of feed required. Rye should be seeded from the last of August to the last of September. When it is two or three inches high hogs can be turned in and l left there until snow covers it. This crop will come early in the spring and last until April or May
 | Dwarf Essex rape and oats can be used successfully for hogs These may be seeded until September ol later. Rape is usually ready to graze within 50 to so days from planting
 and may be grazed until late Novem l Der if done properly. It is ready foI
 grazing when the plants are 10 to 1; | inches high and may be grazed more
 than once if hogs are taken off for g | time, when only or 6 are left on 8
 stalk, to give an opportunity for new growth to be formed. This would ne ] cessitate having two or more plots 1T order to shift hogs about as the rape
 was srazed down.
 Each farmer should study his con. 1 ditions and prepare to have a supply l of such of these feeds as best suit! l his conditions. The use of substitute protein feeds will mean a saving O
 wheat for human consumption ant probably more profit for the swim grower A study of conditions canno be made too early. Preparation for possible winter shortage in feed should be of as much importance t 1 swine growers as the securing of coa to the manufacturer. Are you pre- pared?-D. c. Sullins, Agent in Ami
 nal Husbandry, Connecticut Agri cultural College.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-24

Pay. Wade--Book of Corn Cookery. Tilden-Second Wind.
 Adams-Weights and Measures. Eaton-Green Trails and Upland Pastures.
 Tisdale-Pioneering Where the World is Old. Ussher-American Physicians in Turkey.
 Gibbons-Red Rugs of Tarsus. Parkham-Heroines of Service. He- roes of Today.
 Bartlett-WaT Street Girl.
 Buck-Battle Ground.
 Harker-Jan and her Job.
 Lincoln-Ex -Extricating Obadish. Rinehart-Bab: Sub-Deb.
 WiIkie-Lyd;a of the Pines.
 Juvenile.
 Parsons-Plants and Their Children. Squirrels and Other Fur Bearers. Cram-Little Beasts of Field and Wood.
 Kellev-Short Stories of Our Sky Neighbors.
 Drver-Econornic Geography.
 Foster-Gardenin for Little Girls. Hill-Fighting a Fire.
 Collins-Air Man.
 Bond-Pick Shovel and Pluck.
 Alcott-Eight Cousins.
 Andrews-Ten Boys.
 Burgess - Mother Wentwood's When Stories. Dix-Little Captive Lad. Jolly Alph- abet. Discontinued Elephant. Dutch Twins Primer. Price-Lads and Las Sies of Other Days.
 Lagertf-Further Adventures Of MS
 Kaler-Mary of Plymouth. Baldwin-Fifty Famous People.
 Rodner-Book of Wonders.
 Working at Easlevile. C. L. Dillaber is now employed in the I EagleviIle post office. His place at Mir Odens has been taken by Miss Alice Benjamin. Heard and Seen. 1 Miss Lucy Payne has been spend 1 ing few days in Guilford. i Miss Eunice Buchanan is guest a | the hotel at Pleasure Beach, Water l ford. Miss Edith Bacon and little nephew Nathan James, of Plainfield, N. J., ar' | guests at G. l.. James. MT. and Mrs. Buckingham of Bos
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-24
PROTEIN FEEDS FOR HOGS.
Raisers Should Prepare to Meet Short.
 age In Usual Feeds.

Considerable difficulty in securing sufficient amount of protein feeds for balancing rations for hogs has been reported and numerous inquiries have been made regarding substitutes for the feeds most commonly used for this purpose In New England the protein feeds generally used for hogs are the different grades of middlings,1 oil meal and tankage. On account of the short age of wheat, middlings can not be had at all in many localities and at times oil meal and tankage are hard to get. All these feeds of course have sold at much higher price than they did last year. At present it is impos- sible to say what the situation will be during the coming winter but 1t is safe to assume that there may be a serious shortage of these feeds. On
 this assumption hog growers should
 prepare to meet the condition
 Although indications point to a good
 wheat crop and the possibility of
 greater quantities of middIings one
 should not rely on this prospect. Eff
 fort should be made to secure substi-
 tutes or feeds to take the place of
 those SO conditional and likely to be expensive if obtainable. The animal industry dpartmnt at Washington is
 working with manufacturers of ferti- lizer from fish scrap to see if it is pos
 sible to have fish products manufactur- ed into a meal suitable forvhog feed A few feeding experiments have been conducted with fish meal and the re- suits indicate that it is about equal to tankage in feeding value If. other experiments show similar results effort will be made to have this product placed on the Eastern markets at least. The use of such a product in stead of tankage in the New. England States would help relieve the shortage | of protein feeds elsewhere and aid l transportation.
 Preparation should be made to meet any shortage in protein feeds that may occur since there are several ways tC do it. Alfalfa hay can be used for this purpose in localities where it is. growr or can be obtained at a reasonable price. It may be fed as hay in small 1 racks under sheds where the hogs may get it easily whenever they want it Alfalfa meal may he used in self feed
 CTS or soaked in the form of thick l slop. Feeding in both forms would 1 probably be more satisfactory than il
 either form alone. Clover hay mighr l be used to some extent in a similar manner but probably not with as goo( 1 results
 Soybeans is a valuable feed to takt l the place of protein foods usually pur. | chased. This plant makes very sat. l isfaCtory feed when the beans are fe( | threshed or as hay or ground as meal If used in the form of hay the plant,
 should be cut early enough to avoiC
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-24

ton, are spending the summer with Mrs. W. F. Cramm
 Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Jabobson are en- tertain'ing their sister and her family from Howard, III.
 Miss Sadie Franklen is at Pleasure Beach
 Mrs. Helen Snide of Hanks Hill has been the guest of Mrs. Phoebe Hanks for the past few days.
 Join Canning Corps.
 Mansfield is asked to can or dry 1S,- 300 quarts for home use. Many women have already become members of the Connecticut Canning corps by prom ising to put up definite amohnt of fruit and vegetables. Cards may be ob- tained at the library or of members of the Home Economies committee --
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-24
MANSFIELD CENTER

Mrs. George Keller of Hartford to Speak at Red Cross Rooms-Reeent Accessions to Library-Many Wo-
 men Join State Canning Corps. .. |.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-24

Mrs. George Keller of Hartford, chairman of the War Relief committee of the Hartford Red Cross chapter will visit the rooms of the local branch Thursday afternoon (July 25) and at 2.30 will give talk on Red Cross work. Open Wednesday and Friday. The Red Cross rooms will be open Friday afternoon this week for work on surgical dressings. Wednesday aft ernoon will be devoted to sewing as usual. Recent Library Accessions.
 Two additional book cases have. been placed in the library. Many new books 1 have just been added. Among them are the following: War Books. Aldrich-On the Edge of the War 1 Zone.
 rnsfather-Bullets and Billets. i BIackweIl--L;ttle Grandmother of the Russian Revolution. 1 Buswell-Ambulance No. 10. 1 Cheradame-U. s. and Pangerhania 1 Pan Germany, Disease and Cure. | Dawson-Carry On. | Fraser-Women and War Work
 Gerard-My Four Years in Ger many.
 Hankey-students in Arms,
 Hay-AH In It.
 Huard-My Home in the Field oi Mercy
 Kellogg-W Women of Belgium. Head quarters Nights. | Peat-Private Peat.
 Tiplady-Cross at the Front | Wood-Note Book of an Intelligence Officer Mile Miss.
 Other-Non Fiction.
 Hazen-Modern European History.
 Kirkpatrick-RuraI School From Within
 Lyon--Adventures of Woman Ho- bo
 Ravage-An American in the Max ing.
 AHlls-Story of Scotch. 1 Albaugh = Home Gardening. Veg etables and Flowers. l Morrison-How to make the Garder
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-24
lects his best birds for next years

4- lects his best birds for next years breeding work.
 While these things are true enough, they are not altogether tangible. But there's one big factor that can be pretty definitely measured. There are about one million hens in Connecticut. About 100000 of them ought to be killed in the next six or eight weeks. Each one of these slackers will con sunie five to six pounds of feed a month Let us take the smaller esti- mate. The 100000 hens will. eat 1000 tons month We can't afford to do it; $75,000 a month is too much money for Connecticut to waste on unpro ductive hens. Caution: Don't kill the layers! We need the eggs: we need the good birds for breeders next year: we can't afford the financial loss that would result from wholesale, indis- criminate killing. - Poultry. Depart ment. Connecticut Agricultural Col lege
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-24
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS

and clean fruit is used there should not be very much scum.
 The following is a sample recipe:
 Raspberry Jam.
 pounds of raspberries
 1h pounds of granulated sugar
 l F pounds of corn syrup
 Pick over raspberries, mash few in the bottom of preserving kettle Heat slowly to boiling point, add grad ually the heated sugar and corn syrup Cook slowly for about 45 minutes o1 until the mixture is thick. Pack into sterilized containers. The following is satisfactory formula for acid fruit: 1 part sugar l part corn syrup 5 parts water
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-24
DAYVILLE
Congregational Pastor Gives Address on Fall of Bastie-Birthday Din ner Party--Recent Visitors.

Congregational Pastor Gives Address on Fall of 5astiIe-Birthday Din
 ner Party--Recent Visitors.
 Mir. and Mrs. Joseph Bonear of Mansfield Center were uests Thursday of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. L.athrop.
 The Ladies Aid Society meeting was postponed Tuesday owing to the W. R. c. picnic
 Postmaster Patrick Riley was in Hartford Friday
 Miss Mary F. Blanchard is spending tho week at Groton with her sister, Mrs. Charles Vincent
 Mrs. Arthur Bruton and daughter. Ruth, are visiting in Woonsocket, R.
 Mrs. Sarah l. Geer has returned to her home from a lengthy visit with her son and his family at Brookline, Mass.
 Mrs. Fannie s. Bennett entertained Sunday Mr. and Mrs George w. Ben nett of Lakewood and Willard r. Ben nett of Providence, RI
 Mrs. Byron Earrowclough is passing the week with Woonsocket, R. l.. friends.
 Spoke on Fall of the 5astiIe.
 At the Congregational church on Sunday morning. Rev. William Swain son gave an interesting instructive historical address on the Fall of the Bastile The French flag was display ed and the choir and congregation sang The MarsaiIlaise in nlaca of the
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-24
usual anthem.
Birthday Dinner.

@i hHSdS EllilSI'
 Miss Dois E. Hope entertained al dinner Monday, her twelfth birthday Misses Edith Pease of Putnam, Helcr Curtis of New London and Katherine Anna and Rose Heneault of this vil- lage.
 Blossom From France. Mrs. SIyrtice E. Blanchard received pressed and mounted red poppy from her son, Sergeant Leon w Blanchard. who is iE France. He tells in his let ter of the wealth Of poppies growing wild over there.
 Miss Mary D. Shumway, R. N, of the Corey Hill hospital Brookline, Mass, is the guest of her father, Henry H. Shumway. ahd her aunt, Mrs. Mary D. Stokes.
 Mir. and Mrs. Roy. H. Spaulding and son, Philip, who have been spendink two weeks with MrseA, F. Darling. re- turned Sunday to their home in Plymouth, N. H. :. s,-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13
mistakes have led to disastrous dis
appointments.
No Compromise Is Possible.

The issue between the German and
ourselves is one that cannot be set
tied by compromise. Either he or
we must surrender, and for either
surrender means the abandonment OF
national faith. Bernhard said nearly
a decade ago that the issue OF the
next war Tor Germany would be
world power or downfall. Time
has not changed the issues, nor can
the German now escape downfall by
any other means than arms. There
fore it seems wisest to believe that
he will fight on until he can hight no
more. conscious that his fate then will
be but little worse than 1t would be
should he surrender now.
AS I close this article. on Monday.
October Z, the world is discussing the
latest German peace offensive. But
nothing which has yet been disclosed
with respect to this offensive modi-
hes the views expressed ABOVE ana
in earlier articles. Germany Is seek
ing to acquire immunity for the past
and preserve her army and the Prus-
sian tradition for the future. She
proposes not surrender. but compro-
mise. She is willing to bargain. but
the very proposal to bargain indicates
that she does not believe that sur
render is necessary.
BY the campaign of 1918 we have
brought Germany to the point OF re-
signing her plan to impose her terms
of victorious peace upon conquered
world l see nothing now to suggest
that short of the campaign of 1919 we
can bring the enemy to accept those
terms which we all agree must be the
foundation of the future, the basis
Of any just and enduring peace. We
have driven the wild beast back into
the jungle. but he will return il we do
not pursue him into his own fast
neSSeS.