Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-02-16
FISK & LARRY Inc.

/EeaieTs in feedstuffs are again being
warned that after February 10 thev
will not he permitted to trade with
out n license from the Food Admins
tratiOn. Every manufacturer, importer
lealer, handler, or stOrer of about 80
IF the principal ingredients used in
making commercial mixed feeds is in
cluded in the requirements. This COW
ers baled hay, shell and ear corn.
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Members of the Paris association of
chocolate manufacturers because of the
shortage Of sugar now make only tablet
chocolate, having abandoned entirely
The manufacture of various kinds OF
chocolate coated candy. The asspeiael
tion has requested that throughout
France the manufacture of chocolate
candies be prohibited, and the importa-
tion of such products be prohibited.
Il sis a we'll known fact that the
most severe critics of the pnolic
schools and the churches are inc people
who have never taken the trouble t.
'ntor the doors of the institutions tlaf
they criticise. They stand OUT side aud
bark instead of entering aad learning
for themselves tibet trrih abou. mat
.crs. 1t is far easier 49, st up 4 Lue
I'D cry than TO maxi t.vrcG!h III
vestigation.
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4 Spring Tooth Harrows, at $4,000.
j. A. Summers.
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a.. :.
. speak good word for the hen and
Ter part in winning the war. "In ala
his talk about food production tle
humble hen should not be forgot III,
because in a rush Job she is in class
by herself. She can produce foo' in
he shape of eggs and meat, and can
-cproduce herself more quic&lv than
my other sort of livestock, and in 10
ing it can use up more varieties of
vastefood products
Whep the women take over tie
county Offices the cuspidors wi! 90
ut Of the courthouses. With Il wo-
man Judge on the bench the law crs
viii have to quit smoking And with
women. cOuncilmen we may expect Or
dinances making il a misdemea dor to
wear dirty shirt or come down town
unshaven. There is considerable TO
his woman suffrage question beyond
what appears on the surface.
Mr.. Parker has given strong en-
| aorscmcHt to the movement started by
the Louisiana Farmers Association at
| Shreveport. s. b. Hicks, Food Adj
administration for thai district, Clarence
! Ellerbc, Administrator for Caddo Par
/ iSh, aud a large number Of farmers
/ bankers, and mere lants in that see
| ton, have signed pledges for them
selves and tenants to plant one acre
! f corn TO every two acres of cotton
This does not decrease thccotton acre
age, and the corn acreage is indepcnd
ent cf that devoted to auv other feed
or food stuffs. The motive is to
raise enough corn to feed all the peo
ple and stock. SO that the cotton sec
tons will not take any food away
j from anv other section. "We have the
land. the labor. and the money, and We
must not be a burden upon the ma
tons back, but raise our own foo(
and feed,n is the accepted doctrine
which is to be recommended to thi
anu ONHtl cldASS.
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The second pledge card campaign
has begun, and though it is tremend
Que piece of work aud involves al
| Immense amount of drudgerv, it ha
=. been undertaken with greater confidenc
. than the first drive. The peo1le hav
? become thoroughly informed aud inter
. cstet, and realize the importance o
+. enlisting and informing every home
7ris c0orcration will result in ever.
A hcmc being enrolled, and with the con
: servation urged as vital being con
scieHieuslv observed. With more sol
diers seat to the front, with less foo
/ n the lands of the Allies, with I'll
4 uncertainties of crops and Transports
o lion. food, and es-eciallv the concer
q '~atei food easiest to carry cook, ha
e become almost a deciding factor i
!. the nations destiny. Not home Q
n .-',1 i1livilual must he allowed TO be
Q Stacker. or to commit any act agains
G. - Iaticn's welfare That is the ide
behind tAe new pledge card campaig
and the other moves made by the Foo
administration. Mr.. Parker Consider
!, the food conservation cause " lmper