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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20
Aidina the Labor Supply.

The departments Of agriculture and
labor through representatives Of the
various states cooperating with the
agricultural colleges and other agen-
cies are doing the following things TO
aid the farm labor supply, according
to recent statement of Secretary
Houston: (a) Making a survey of the
farm-labor situation In each com
munity with Il view TO discovering
possible SURPRISES of labor in order to
be ready to assist In furnishing labor
wherever It Is needed; % assisting
again in shifting labor from COM
munity to community and from state
to state, as in past years; (c) pro-
noting fuller cooperation among
farmers in the same community; (O
making available, so far as possible.
high school boys in rural districts who
have had experience In farming and
who are not normally regularly or
fully employed In farming operations;
(e, making every effort to see that
there is no obstacle In the way Of the
production Of larger supply of farm
machinery and its fuller use as a
supplement to hand labor.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20
MARKET CROP GRADES
Bureau Of Markets Studies Grad
ing Of Fruit and Vegetables.
Tentative Plans Worked Out for Ap-
Piles, Peaches and strawberries
Uniform Results Obtained by
Use Of Machinery.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
Extensive studies In the grading and
handling of fruits and vegetables were
made by the bureau of markets
of the United States department of ag-
rieulture last season. and tentative
practical grades have been worked out
for apples, peaches. and strawberries,
according to a recent report of prog
ress from the bureau. The work has
covered the principal producing sec
tons Of the East. South and middle
West and also the more important mar
kets. 1t has Included grading, pack
ing, packages. packing house construc-
tion and equipment. and the effect OF
different methods of handling upon the
physical condition of the fruit. The
operation Of sizing machines and other
labor-saving devices also were studied
to determine their efficiency and practi-
cability.
AS result Of this work the depart
ment Is now prepared to make definite
recommendation as to grading and
puNhlilS lHtsc NIOps, iiut puShihB
house plans and equipment, and gen.
ernl handling methods. Special atten-
ton has been given to apples, peaches,
potatoes, Texas Bermuda onions, canta-
loupes. and tomatoes. and a study OF
the various operations of harvesting,
grading, packing. inspecting, and ship
ping has been started on other truck
crops.
As result of these investigations
the bureau of markets was able to rec
ommend Immediately, In conjunction
with the United States food administra.
ton, on the request of the federal re-
serve board. potato grades for use by
members of banks when, in August. the
banks were authorized to make loans
against warehouse receipts for pOta-
toes properly graded, packed, stored.
and insured. These grades are de-
scribed in publication of the depart
ment, Markets Document 7.
The tentative grades worked out In
| 1916 were put to a practical test by be-
| ing used as a basis for the actual field
| grading of car lots OF onions and pc.
tatoes to compare the movement and
selling price of graded stock with that
which had not been graded.
In this work experiments have been
made to determine the efficiency and
practicabillty OF machinery for sizing
these crops. 1t was demonstrated that
the work may be done economically.
and with more uniform results by the
use of m"chines than by hand methods
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20
EARLY MATCHING OF CHICKS
cockerels Are Ready for Market When
Prices Are Highest and Pullets
Lay More Eggs.

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment OF Agriculture)
Early Matching reduces the risks due
to the vicissitudes of Matching. When
eggs do not hatch well early in the
season there is time to find the reason
for poor Matching and correct it before
the season is too far advanced to get
reasonably early chicks In the num-
bers desired In that case poultry
production may-not be reduced at
all. and egg production Is retarded
only few weeks. When late hatch
ing is not satisfactory the crop Of
poultry Is cut short and egg produc-
ton fails.
Early-hatched cockerels are ready
for the market when prices are high
est Early-hatched pullets lay when
prices of eggs are highest.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20
"who Cares II Bones Ache ?"

Thousands of women In all parts Of
the country are volunteering to help
out on farms that will be short of
man power this season. The letter
which follows is typical of many
which are coming to the United
States department Of agriculture. De-
partment officials do not believe that
women will be required In the heavier
farming operations, but in the lighter
labor on fruit and truck farms and In
helping farm women with their tasks
there will be work for women hands.
II want to inquire where / can vol
unteer my services in the agricultural
labor for my country's service. I
know this work Is just as important
as fighting, and as was raised In the
country and can drive horse and am
familiar with all the rounds OF farm
life, I feel / would soon qualify. My
husband is now doing his bit aboard
Il transport.
Napoleon Is quoted as saying, "A
man fights on his stomach so would
Ike to work to enable our men to be-
come good fighters. The German Bis
mnrck in his world plans once said:
America Is n fine fat pig to be stuck
later So I guess the kaiser thought.
I would even enjoy helping raise some
American fat pigs to defeat them In
their designs
Hoping you answer quickly and tell
me where / can enlist my services.
remain. Very sincerely.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20

Before training the volunteers some
method should be devised for ascer.
tanning whether there Is demand for
the woman workers In the kind or
work they are preparing to undertake,
This information could be obtained
from the state agricultural college and
the state farm help specialist en-
ployed by this department. Great
care should be exercised not to pre-
pare women to go on farms before
there is an actual demand for their
labor.
After completing the training, the
women should not be sent into the
localities where they are to work until
some one has preceded them to make
arrangements for their housing and
to determine the basis of wages, etc.
In most instances the living quarters
would consist of camping outfit, rs
such quarters as they might obtain in
the community would be the least de-
sirabe of those in the community.
Generally IL would be desirable to have
one person in the group who would do
no farm work, but would act as gen.
eral chaperon and matron and would
see to the domestic phases Of their
living and welfare.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20
Make Farming . Business.

A young man who 10 now starting to-
farm needs to know his business.
Through farm management demon
STATIONS the county agent can show
him his labor Income. that n, what
he had left Of his receipts after paying
expenses and allowing for interest on
the Investment and can show him
how his labor income compares with
those Of the most successful farmers
In that community. The showing viii
help him make study Of his farm
business and to determine upon
changes that should b made % znoks
II more profitable.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20
BEST FOODS FOR
YOUNG CHICKENS
Begin Feeding Any Time After
Youngsters Are So to 48
Hours Old.
BAKED J0HNNYCAKE IS GOOD
Put the "Grow" in Young Fowls by
Giving Bread Crumbs and Rolled
Oats Mixture Five Times
DaiIy-AIso Give Milk.

Give the young chicks good start
In life by feeding carefully prepared,
nourishing food. Feeding should begin
forty-eight hours old, whether they are
with the hen or In brooder, and for
the first month or two they may be
given food as often as five times day.
Baked johnnycake composed of the
following ingredients in the proper
lions named is very good feed for
young chicks: One dozen infertile
eggs or one pound of sifted beef scrap
to ten pounds Of corn meal; add
enough milk to make a pasty mash,
and one tablespoonful OF baking soda.
Dry bread crumbs may be mixed with
hard-boiled eggs, making about one
fourth of the mixture eggs, or rolled
oats may be used in place Of the
bread crumbs.
Feed Five Times Daily.
Feed the bread crumbs, rolled oats,
or johnnycake mixtures five times
daily for the first week, then gradually
substitute for one or two feeds of the
mixture finely cracked grains of one
part by weight of cracked wheat, six
parts finely cracked corn, two parts
pinhead oatmeal or hulled oats, and
one part kafir corn, to which about
rice and 2 per cent of charcoal, millet
or rape seed may be added. A COM
mercial chick feed may be substituted
If desired. The above ration can be
fed until the chicks are two weeks old,
when they should be placed on grain
and a dry or wet mash mixture.
After the chicks are ten days old
good growing mash, composed of two
parts by weight Of bran, two parts
middlings, two parts cornmeal, one
part rolled oats, and 10 per cent sifted
beef scrap may be placed In hopper
and left before them at all times. The
mash may be fed either wet or dry /;
II wet, only enough moisture (either
milk or water) should be added to
make the feed crumbly, but in no
sense sloppy. When this growing
mash or mixture Is not used hopper
Diuh ohOutu Dt dCCtSSiDiN
to the chickens at all times.
When one has only few chickens
1t Is less trouble to purchase the pre-
pared chick feeds, but where con-
siderable number are reared 1t Is
sometimes cheaper to buy the finely
cracked grains and mix them together.
Many chick feeds contain large guam
tity Of grit and may contain grains
Of poor quality, 20 that they should be
carefully examined and the quality
guaranteed before they are purchased.
Eliminate Chick Feed.
As soon as the chickens will eat the
whole wheat, cracked corn and other
grains -usually In about eight weeks
the smaIl-sixed chick feed can be
eliminated. In addition to the above
feeds the chickenS growth can be
hastaned II they are given sour milk,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20
FEED cows ROUGHAGE OFTEN
Cheaper Energy Feed Than Grain and
More viii Be Consumed II
Fed Frequently.

Grain should be fed in proportion
to the amount of milk produced. One
pound of properly balanced grain
mixture for every four pounds Of milk
produced will be sufficient. If the COW
is supplied with all the roughage she
will eat clean during the day. Rough
:ge should be supplied three or four
lines daily as 1t is a cheaper energy
feed than grain this winter and more
of 1t will be consumed If fed frequent
~ and In smaller amounts at a time.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20
QUICK RETURNS FROM STOCK
Few Good Animals With Proper At.
tention viii Soon Develop Into
Meat Producers.

Live stock produce very rapidly II
given a fair chance. A few sheep
properly taken care of will soon mean
n large flock; bred gilt will soon
produce enough meat for the family |;
a few beifers with good bull VIII
raise a dairy herd. II those who feel
like they are unable to buy live stock
would get few good animals. take
the proper care OF. them. and wait for
the increase, they would soon have
start -
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20
FEED CHICKS OFTEN
BUT DON'T STUFF THEM.

Young chickens should be fed
from three to five times daily,
depending upon ones experience
in feeding. Undoubtedly chick
ems can be grown faster by feed
ing five times daily than by feed
ing three times daily, but it
should be borne in mind that
more harm can be done to the
young chickens by overlooking
than by underfeeding, and at no
time should they be fed more
than barely to satisfy their APP
petites and to keep them exer-
cising, except at the evening
or last meal, when they should
be given all they will eat. Young
chicks that are confined need
more attention to avoid. over
feeding than those that have
free range, as leg weakness is
likely to result in those confined.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20
IMPORTANCE OF GOOD ROADS
Farmers Depend Upon Short Haul to
Get Produce to Market and Sup
plies for Operation.

Because of the inability Of the rail-
roads to handle the traffic of this coun-
try, good roads properly maintained
are absolutely necessary for further
development and future prosperity.
The farmers, more than any other
class, depend upon the short haul for
putting their products on the market,
and getting supplies for the operation
of their places.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20

Women should not be trained to go
on farms before there is an actual
and imperative need for their services.
The department of agriculture hopes
that 1t will not be necessary to employ
women In heavier lines of farm work
than they have been accustomed to
doing. II, to save the food harvest,
operations and the development and
training of unskilled woman workers
appears advisable, the following points
should be taken into consideration:
No woman should be accepted who
is not ut least eighteen years of age.
The wlsest policy would be first to
register those women who are willing
to undertake this kind of work, having
them indicate their previous training
and experience, kind of farm work
they desire to take up. and length of
time they can devote to It.
Two Weeks Training.
Before going on the farm, the
women should If possible undertake a
course Of training extended over two
weeks or more under skilled instruc-
tor. This course might be given ut an
agricultural or woman's college; agri-
cultural schools, or on farm donated
by some patriotic individual as prac-
tice farm. In some instances the
course might be under the auspices
OF the extension division Of the agri-
cultural college. Care should be taken
that no institutions are built up to
perform functions that might be per-
formed by institutions already in
existence.
This two weeks Of training would
give opportunity to eliminate those
not physically able to endure farm
tabor, and also those whose mental
makeup Is such as to make them
unavailable. 1t would also give them
sufficient skill so that they would be
acceptable to the farmers. Such ex-
perience in obtaining woman laborers
as has been had indicates that the
farmer usually Is not willing to take
woman farm workers into his home.
apd therefore the women will have to
be organized In units and provide for
their own living quarters. This fact
restricts the types Of farm enterprises
in which the women viii be able 20
engage to such as are very intensive
In character. and highly localized.
The types Of farm enterprises of this
kind would be. such crops as apples,
peaches. grapes onions, cabbage. pota-
toes. strawberries. etc. The training
should bc such tnat when the women
wat ~ the farmers they would have
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20

The Variegated cutworm, Peridroma
saucia. Gay Adult moth, natural size.
(b) Normal Iarva, natural size. (c)
Same in curved position. (d) Dark
coiored larva, dorsaI view. (e) Egg,
greatly enlarged. U Egg mass on
twig, natural size. (From Howard, v.
S. Dept. Agric.)
mixture has cooled somewhat but Is
still hot, stir in the corn until every
grain is coated, and then spread it out
to dry before planting. Corn may be
immersed several minutes In moderate
ly hot water without affecting germi-
nation. The tar treatment does not re-
pei mice or ground squirrels.
Poison for Rodents.
Destruction of corn by ground SPUR
>els. prairie dogs, pocket gophers, or
mice Is best prevented by poisoning
the animals a few days before the
corn is planted. Strychnine Is the
best poison in all cases. but to obtain
satisfactory results special formula
Is needed for preparing the poison for
each kind Of animal. Such formulas
have been worked out by the bureau of
biological survey and special instruc-
tons will be furnished upon applica-
ton. Paris green and strychnine are
poisons and should not be placed
where children or domestic animals
con get them. Year Book Separate No.
70S, destroying Rodent Pests On The
Farm" contains many formulas and
may be had free until the limited edi-
ton Is exhausted
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20
Essential Points Given for Con-
sideration by Department
of Agriculture.
URGE CAUTION IN PREPARING
Volunteers Should Be Organized In
Units and Provision Made for Their
Own Living Quarters-Matron
for Each Unit.
PRELIMINARY TRAINING

If 1t becomes necessary in
case of an acute farm labor
stringency to accept woman vol
unteers for farming operations
other than the lighter ones to
which they are accustomed, some
sort Of preliminary training will
be necessary to utilize the large
class Of woman volunteers from
the cities who are unfamiliar
with farm work. This article
points out some suggestions and
precautions that should be TAX
en- into consideration in prepar-
ing women for these tasks. The
suggestions given here have been
obtained in Il study of this prob
lem by specialists Of the United
States department of agricul-
ture, both in this country and
in other countries. Many of the
suggestions are based on the eX-
periences Of England. which has
trained and is using 100000
women on farms.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20
BAD TIME FOR AVERAGE cow
Milk Production Must BE Maintained
but No One Wants TO DO u
Without Profit.

There was never poorer time to
keep the average COW. MIX produc
ton must be maintained, but no one
vii; care to maintain II as losing
proposition. The COW that pays y ths
COW to keep.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20
Use Poisoned Bait.

For cutworms, Jumps of poisoned
bait, made by mixing about fifty finely
chopped oranges or lemons. and enough
cheap moasses to make stiff dough,
should be scattered along the corn
rows at planting time or as soon as
injury from cutworms Is noticed. In
formation as to these poison bats will
be furnished on application to the bu-
reau of entomology.
Treating the seed with coal tar will
usually repel attacks of birds and. in
some cases, those of burrowing ro-
dents. A teaspoonful of tar is enough
for peck of corn. Mix the tar with
quart of boiling water. After the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20
FIGHT CORN PESTS
Animal and Insect Enemies Can
Be Checked by Poisons.
RIGHT BAIT FOR cUTwoRMs
Measures Described That May Be e.
feotiveIy Employed to Combat At
tacks Of Worms, Birds and
Burrowing Animals.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricuiture)
Animal and insect pests of corn
prairie dogs, ground squirrels, gophers,
blackbirds, crows. cutworms, ear
worms, wireworms, chinch bugs. grass
hoppers-soon will open their spring
campaigns of destruction. Many of
these pests can be effectively COM
bated.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20
Ascertain II Needed.

ut least sufficient skill to be acceptable
to the farmer.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1918-02-19
ZANIMIv CLANEK O NADZoRovA
NJU BANKE ZvANE CLEARING
HOUSE,.


Kaj to pomeni "a ljudstvo, &c ie banka
pod nadzorstvom Clearing Housa''.
Use banke, XII imajo zyezo 8 Chicago
Clearing House, so podvrzene strogemu
n~adzorovanju cd uradnikov tega Iavo-
da. Pregledovanje raeuuov in imetin
Sc mora vrsiti naimanj enkrat ma leto.
~lzyedenei natan6no preis6ejo stanjo
vsake banke. Vso gotovino prestejeio,
pregledajo vse note, varsGine, vknjizbe
in druge vrednostne %listine, sc prepri-
Gajo o fondih, XII so nalozeni V drugih
bankah in p~regledajo knjige in radune.
Ce naidejo izvedcnci kake slabc ali
dvomljive vrednostne ~listine, Sc tie ne
s~tcjejo wee kot imovina banke. Ako 81
je skreila vrednost banGnega premozc'
MIA, mora banka kazati pravilno vred'
most v svojih knjigah. &c banka drzno
spckulira in Sc il pride ma sled, mora
to takoi opustiti. Use, kar je slabo, ri
skirano, Sc mora takoj odstraniti in ma
Domestic z boljsim. &c vsega tcga
banka nitro ne popravi in stori, izgubi
vse nadaljnje ugodnosti in prnvice, Xxi
Jill ~vzivajo banke, katere so zdruzene v
Clearing House.
Kedar Sc odvzamejo kaki banki te
ugodnosti ali ce nj sprejeta v Cleraing
House ina slednia IN to dober vzrok,
Ma drugi strani pa je o banki, XII je
clanica tie zveze, re to dovolj jasen do
kaz, da ina dobro imovino, da je njen
kredit dober in da vodi svoj denarni
promet pc predpisih, varno in sigurno
Naert "a nadzorovanje bank potion
Clearing Housa je bill izdelan v Chicagu
pred desetimi lett, cd katerega casa ma
pref nj bankrotirala niti ena banka, Xxi
ia bila V ZveZi s ten Clearing Housom
Ako je slo ma ali drugi banki slabC
vsled panike ali vojske, so il takoj pri
skocile ma pomoc druge Clearing House
banke in il p%omagale, dokler sc misc
povrnile zopet normaine razmere. Tia
Clearing House nadzorovalni naGrt sc
je pokazal tako vspesen, da so povsod
kjer koli Sc nahaja kak Clearing House
sprejeli ia naert.
American State Banka je v zvezi $
ten Clearing Housom, je pod njegovim
nadzorstvom in ina vse privilegiie te
banke, kateri poda vsako leto pet pc
polnih %racunov.
American State Banka pa je tudi pod
drzavnim nadzorstvom in odda vsakc
letQ pet de.ajliranih rucunov o stanju
Banking Departments drzave Illinois
N~apravite NASO banko "a Vase
banko in Vas denar bo warren in "a
lahko dvignete, kedar ga zelite.
Vprasajte "a seznam nasih First Colo
hipotek. Kakor tudi seznam 100000 il
$4,000 zlatih hipoteGnih bondov.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1918-02-19

PraH socialist ne sme biti reysr.
visit, ampak mora biti vedno akt.
ven vojak svoje stranke. Kdor
nosi svoje prepri6anje 10 sam v 30
bi, ne koristi MID ne sebi, ne svoji
stvari. Prepri6evati mora tiste, Ii
is MISC p~repricani.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1918-02-19

Pravi socialist hoce poznati to.
lave, zapreke, uspehe in napredek
delavskega boja.
Ma tel poti ga spremlja Proleta-
rec.