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, 1918-09-05
IMPROBABLE cow MUST GO
WeII-Bred High Producer That Takes
Place Of Scrub Must Be Properly
Fed and Cared For.

If dairying is to provide either pleas
ure or profit, United States depart
ment of agriculture specialists point
out, the Improbable cow must be dis
posed of. The well-bred high producer
that takes her place must be properly
and economically fed and cared for.
Contrasting associations have demon
strated that the feed of the dairy herd
can be selected and balanced In such a
way as to decrease feed costs inc
third and at the same time increase
milk production
, 1918-09-05
steps in Cleaning and Cutting Up a Chicken.

and also taking with it the meat.
II. Cut the fillet from each side of
the breastbone. Bend in the bones of
the breastbone.
Packing for Canning.
Use a quart jar. Pack the saddle
with a thigh inside; the breastbone
with a thigh inside; the backbone and
ribs with a leg inside, the leg large
end downward, alongside the breast
bone; the wings; the wishbone; the
fllets; the neckbone. Do not pack the
giblets with the meat.
Directions for the home canning Of
chicken, meats, soups, fruits and
vegetables may be found in Farmers
Bulletins of the United States depart
ment of agriculture. and will be sup
piled free of charge to anyone writing
for them to the division Of publica-
lions.
, 1918-09-05
HOW To CUT and
DRAW A CHICKEN
Simple Method Is Outlined That
Makes the Best of a Very
Unpleasant Task.
REAL ART IN PREPARATION
Housewife,s Everlasting Bupaboo
Loses Half Its Terrors When Plan
Shown In Illustration lie Fol-
lowed Carefully.

Cleaning chickens-the housewives
everlasting bugaboo-loses half its ter
rors when done by this quick and eco
nomical method. There is a real art
in drawing and cutting up q chicken
for. cooking or canning. By carefully
following the directions given here, the
entire digestive tract Is removed with
out coming in contact with the meat;
and the flesh and bones from q whole
bird may be fitted neatly into a quart
jar.
The bird should not be fed for "a
hours before killing. 1t should be
killed by sticking In the roof of the
mouth and picked dry. When the
feathers have been removed and the
pin feathers drawn, the bird should be
cooled rapidly. As soon as it has been
properly cooled It should be singed and
washed carefully with a brush and
light soap suds. II necessary.
Cutting Up and Drawing.
1. Remove the wings after cutting
of the tips at the first joint.
2. Remove the foot, cutting at the
knee joint.
3. Remove the leg at the hip or sad
die Joint.
4. Cut through the connecting Joint
to separate the thigh from the leg.
8. Gut through the neck bone at the
head with a sharp knife. being care
full not to cut the windpipe or gullet.
With the index finger separate the
wfndpipe and gullet from the neck,
and cut through the skin to the wing
opening. Leave the head attached to
the windpipe and gullet and loosen
these from the neck down as far as the
crop.
Q. With a sharpened knife cut
around the shoulder blade, pull 1t out
Of position and break II.
Z. Find the white spots on the ribs
and cut along them through the ribs.
Gut back to and around the vent and
loosen It.
8. Leaving the head attached, loosen
the windpipe, gullet and crop, and re-
move the digestive tract from the bird,
pulling 1t back toward the vent. Re
move the lungs and kidneys with the
point Of a. knife and cut Off the neck
close to the body.
D. Cut through the backbone at the
Joint or Just above the diaphragm and
remove the oil sack.
10. Separate the breast from the
backbone by cutting through on the
white spots and break.
IL. Cut In sharp at the point of the
breastbone. cutting away the wishbone
, 1918-09-05
REST PERIOD FOR DAIRY cows
Best Accomplished by Gradually Stop
ping Milking and Reducing
Supply of Feed.

(By WIN. II. FELDMAN, Colorado Agri-
cultural College. Fort Collins. Colo.)
Milk from cows which are MIXED
right up to the time Of calving fire.
quently has an unpleasant odor n
an animal-like taste, or may be even
salty or bitter. For this reason, and
because the udder and other tissues
vital to maximum milk production
should have an opportunity for rest
before a new period Of lactation be-
gins, all milk cows should be "dried
up" at least one month before par
turition is due. This is best accom-
plished by gradually stopping milking
and reducing the amount of feed.
, 1918-09-05
BRAVERY DEPENDS ON HEART
Reason Why 1t 10 ManIfsstIy Unjust
to Condemn Soldier For Physical
Cowardlce.

Bravery" said an army doctor, els
n question Of the heart.
Suppose you're strong and healthy.
Your heart beats ~ strokes to the min
ute. Well. then, In a gas tank the dan
ger will slow your heart twelve strokes.
This won't inconvenience you. With
your heart still at sixty you'll feel
strong and resolute. You'll be a good
soldier.
But suppose you've got a poor
heart, a fifty-fve-to-the-minute one.
Then. when the gas tank comes, II
your heart slows down twelve strokes,
you're Frustrated. for a f%orty-three-
heartbeat isn't enough-you are liable
to faint under 1t.
"Or again, you may have an excita-
BILE heart. You hear the order to go
over the top with f%ortitude, but the
excitement sends your heart leaplng
up to 120. What good is your forti-
tude then? No good at all. With a
120 heart you can only shake and
cover.
Yes, bravery is a question of the
heart and that is why we should only
enlist strong young men. Otherwise
Wen be shooting chaps for cowardlce
as unjustly as II we shot them for hav-
ing rheumatism or red hair"
, 1918-09-05
Gull the FIocks.

Much of the poultry now raised on
the farm and in the backyard flock is
not as profitable as 1t should be. The
estimated production Of the average
hen is not over So eggs per year. Dur
Ing 1915 about 1000 hens under close
observation in contest In this country
laid on the average 151 eggs. Since
these hens varied from nothing to 314
In their production, it is evident that
the 151 eggs are not the maximum OBJ
tainable. AL poultry raisers should
Gull their fiocks and keep only the best
layers. A study of the principles of
breeding, ARE and feeding viii enable
poultry keepers to accomplish this
result.
, 1918-09-05
Skin Troubles That Itch

Burn and disfgure quickly seothed
and healed by hot baths with Cuti-
cura Soap and gentle anointings of Gu
ucura Ointment. For free samples,
address, "Cuttcura, Dept. K, Boston"
Sold by druggists and by mail. Soap
rs, Ointment rs and 50.-Adv.
, 1918-09-05

There was a certain husky young
soldier in a regiment of infantry. This
young buck private was tall and ex-
tremely wide. Some time & he sent
a uniform to the cleaners. 1t was re-
turned with a note: Sorry, sir, but
we don't clean tents"
, 1918-09-05

Try Freezone! Your druggist sells a
tiny bottle, for a few cents, sufficient to
rid your feet Of every hard corn, soft
corn, or cor between the toes. and
c~alluses, without one particle of pain,
soreness or irritation. Freezone is the
discovery Of a noted Cincinnati genius.
ADV.
, 1918-09-05
CAN YOUR c%0cKERELS.

This is the season when 1t no
longer pays to feed the males of
the early matches. VIII you send
them to market or eat them at
homer
Can the cockerels and put a
row of good chicken dinners on
your pantry shelf for winter
days. when the price of poultry
goes still higher.
, 1918-09-05
Important to
Mock ModestY.

"why are you putting on so much
rouge, dearf
"Oh. Jack Is taking me to some
revue or other, and l want him to think
I'm blushing."
, 1918-09-05

She-Alice and 1 can hardly under
stand each other over the phone.
He-Well, talk one at a time.
, 1918-09-05
D

"What did you get out Of your war
garden7" "A very appropriate crop.
Principally peas as hard Is bullets"
, 1918-09-05

A small, w~ell-protected yard. with
as much sunshine as possible. will re-
suit In added eggs.
, 1918-09-05

Red Cross Bag Blue. much better. goes
farther than liquid blue. Get from any
grocer. Adv.
, 1918-09-05

Milwaukee birthrate shows 10 per
cent increase for past year.
, 1918-09-05

Scotland has a mill making 200 tons
Of paper weekly from sawdust.
, 1918-09-05

1t is to be hoped that the meek will
inherit the earth before the other fell
low gets through with 1t.
, 1918-09-05

cause of the extremely large amount
of milk produced. The average Jer-
sey should test about 5 per cent or a
little above. A COW hat will give 500
pounds Of milk per year or above
should be profitable under ordinary
conditions.
, 1918-09-05
W. N. u, DENVER, NO. ss-1s1s.

Britain's munitions factories em-
ploy $4,000 men and women.
Republican farmer., 1918-10-18
STEAM PLANT INSPECTIONS
 SAVES COAL

Hartford, Oct. 17---The admiristra- tive engineer department of the Fed eral Fuel Administration in this state has, up to October 5, inspected and rated IS steam plants, which have used 2,729, 300 tons of coal per year. This is about half the number of plants that will eventually be rated, and 295 of them report that by improving fir ing methods, eliminating waste and installing new equipment, saving of 3O3, 900 tons of coal per year will be effected.
 As Connecticut's allotment to be saved by the Fuel Administration is $50, 600 tons, it is believed that the state will go far lover the top' on this coal saving measure. The saving amounts to from IS to 20 per cent, and if this percentage is carried out by the manufacturing plants through ] out the country, it means, according to fuel officials, a saving of from 50,
 OOO,O to 6O,O00,O0O tons of coal This is enough, 1t is said, to supply al | plants during the coming winter.
Republican farmer., 1918-10-18
GERMAN PAPERS
 PAVING WAY FOR
 TURKEYS ACTION

Amsterdam, Wednesday, Oct 16- German newspapers are preparing the public for an announcement of Tur- keys withdrawal from the war. On Tuesday the Frankfort Gazette print ed despatch from Constantinople to the effect that far-reaching events were impending there.
 The despatch said that in the vilay- ct of Smyrna, representatives of American and British business inter ests have maintained throughout the war cordial relations with the gover- nor, Rahme Bey, "the uncrowned king of Smyrna,," with whom Con stantinople never has dared to inter fere. The newspaper says that, de- spite the rupture of diplomatic re- lations many bridges still led from Constantinople to Washington"
 Robert College, and the Girls Col lege on the Bosphorus, as well as the American University at Beirut and other educational institutions, were Permitted to continue work during the war. They were supplied with food from Bulgaria, as many students in these institutions came from Bull garian families of the upper classes It was true these channels, according to the newspaper correspondents, that first overtures were made to Wash ington looking to the withdrawal oI Bulgaria from the war
Republican farmer., 1918-10-18
N. Y. Wholesale Prices

Butter-Creamery higher than ex- tras, h., 61 1-2Q62c.; extras, Gle; dairy tubs, finest 59 1-2@60 1-2c.; good to prime, 55 O 59c.,
 Eggs-Fresh gathered extras, per dozen, 57@5Sc.; extra firsts, 4@56e; hennery whites, fine to fancy, 77QS0c; ordinary to prime, 60@75c; gathered whites ordinary to fine, 60 @76c; hen nery browns, 60 o 6Sc; gathered brown and mixed colors, 50@58c.
 Potatoes-Maine, 180 lbs, $40 $4.5O; Long Island, bbl., $450 @$4.75.
 Poultry Dressed-Turkeys- selected, 43@45c.; poor to fair, 200 soc. Chickens-10-17 lbs. to dozen, lb, 45c.; 1924 lbs, 45c; 25-30 lbs, 38@42c.: 31-36 lbs. 36c.; 37-42 lbs, 36c.; 4347 lbs, 36c.;s IS lbs. and over. 39c. Fowls-60 lbs. and over to dog. 35 1-2c.; 48-56 lbs, 35c.; 43-47 lbs. S4 1-2c.; 36-42 lbs, 33 1-2c.; 30-35 lbs, 32c.; under 30 lbs., 31 Spring Ducklings-Lb. 39c. Squabs-Prime white, 6-10 lbs. and over to dozen, per dozen, $3.5C@$4.25; dark, per dozen, $2QS3; cuIls, per dozen, $1@$1.50. Guineas-Spring, per pair, 90c@ @ $1.35, old, per pair, 6OQ75c.
 Poultry Live - Chickens - 35c. Fowls-36c Turkeys-3Oc. Ducks 3O@32c Geese-25 @ 26c. Guineas- Per pair, 75c. Live Pigeons-Per pair, 30@35c.
Republican farmer., 1918-10-18
DON'T WASTE CASOLINE;STOP,
 THE ENGINE

Hartford, Oct. 17.--An urgent ap- peal to the public not to waste gas oline by leaving motors running, af- ter stopping their cars, was issued today by Thomas W. Russell, United States Fuel Administrator for Con- necticut.
 MT. Russell said that investigation showed that thousands of gallons of gasoline were being wasted in this manner, and he quoted a letter from c. s. DeForest, a Stamford business man, who reported that his Ford de- livery car with a careless driver used about 40 gallons a week, but with thoughtful driver who shuts off his engine, now averages less than 25 gal Ions per week, though the number of deliveries has increased.
 "In every city and town in Con- necticut both pleasure cars and com mercial trucks are seen standing still with motors running. while the driv- CTS are making calls or delivering goods" said MT. Russell. These men neglect to shut off their engines through carelessness or because they are too lazy to crank the cars. Though they may not know it, they are doing injury to their country at a time of national crisis, because they are help ing to defeat the governments aim of conserving gasoline for use in con ducting the war abroad. Not only should public opinion discourage this practice, but the owners of cars should see to 1t that they and their employees shut off the engine when ever the car Is stopped, because this means an actual economy of no small importance"
Republican farmer., 1918-10-18
SOLDIERS CLEAN HOUSE."

Paris, Oct. 17-American soldiers billeted in a French village behind the firing lines recently surprised and won the gratitude of the women of that village by giving it a regular house cleaning last June. Telling of the incident in a Red Cross hos pital, an American soldier said:
 The women and girls were in the fields cultivating. At night they were too tired to do housework, yet the whole village needed 1t. One day when they were all in the fields us boys turned to and cleaned up that burg.
 We washed every window in the place and swept and scrubbed every thing that would stand it. When the women came that night they were so pleased they cried After that they couldn't do enough for us and were proud when we would let them have a. shirt to wash'
Republican farmer., 1918-10-18
BLACK FINDS MARRIED WOMEN
 WILLING AIDS
Matrons Offer Much Help When Gall for Influenza
 Nurses Issues.

Hartford, Oct 17-At the request of Dr. John T. Black, State Commis- sioner of Health, the woman's com mittee of the Connecticut State Coun- cil of Defense recently instituted a campaign to secure nurses needed in the fight against Spanish influenza, and now reports good results in get ting married women into service in their own towns In few cases, however, could women be spared for work elsewhere.
 Using the census of nurses com piled early last year, the woman com- mittee listed all trained and experi- enced nurses living in twenty-two of the larger towns of the state, making a separate list for each town. These lists were sent to the chairmen of the woman's committees of the towns concerned. The latter were Hart ford, New Haven, Waterbury, Bridge port, Norwalk, Norwich, Putnam, Stamford, Torrington, Ansonia, Der lin, Stamford, Bristol, DanburS, Da- rien, Derby, Greenwich, Meriden Middletown, Naugatuck, New Britain and New London.
 With each list went a letter re- questing each woman's committed chairman to organize an emergency committed The latter was to check up the nurses listed to find out what each nurse was doing, and if she was net working, to urge her into service Any nurse available for out of town service was to be asked to report tc Dr. Black, so that she might be placed by him in one of the emergency hos | pitals or in some other place partic- ularIy needing her services.
Republican farmer., 1918-10-18
WANT MEN TO
 TRAIN FOR THE ELECTRIC SERVICE

New Haven, Conn, Oct. 17-An ap- peal for men to train for various branches of the electrical communi- cation service of the army was issued today by H. " Bozell, supervisor of all communication schools of the stu dents Army Training Corps. He pointed out that draft registrants have until Oct. 21 to be voluntarily in ducted into these schools of the S. A. T. c. where they can qualify as of ficer candidates in three months. The Signal Corps, Field Artillery, Coast Artillery and Engineers all need men of this type of training.
 Advanced training in electrical communication is provided in the S. A. T. c. at Yale University, twelve colleges in the country have schools for radio electricians and ten colleges have sections for training telephone electricians. Men inducted into this branch of the S. A. T. c. receive army pay, uniforms and mess from the government as in other sections of the corps
Republican farmer., 1918-10-18
RUSSELL MAKES TWO IMPORTANT
 FUEL RULINGS
One Effects Display Light ing and Other Affects
 Use of Coal. =.

Hartford, Oct. 1.-Two important fuel conservation rulings have been made public by Thomas w. Russell, federal fuel administration for Con- nectcut. The first affects display lighting, and the second has to do with the use of coal in club houses.
 Bulletin No. 95 is as follows: "We have advices from the Fuel Adminis- tration in Washington that no excep- ton Is to be made in the Hghtless night ruling for the Liberty Loan drive. Coal is needed just as badly as money to back up the boys and fur nish the necessary shells and muni- tions. Hence, MT. Garfield has ruled that the lightless night matter shall not be extended or modified in any form.
 Also, please note that, whereas ruling has been made that lights on street gasolene service stations were considered display lighting and could be used only when the tank was in ac- tual use, experience has shown that these lights are usually necessary for SdlGly III 6ilI dIIC6 lO lll6 ltiuh UT building, hence ruling is hereby made that such lights are allowable on the ground of safety"
 Bulletin No. 91 is a ruling on the use of coal in kitchen ranges for cooking purposes by clubhouses which are to be heated by wood. This bulletin follows:
 Please note that, should any pri- vate club desire to heat their build ings, or some portion thereof as they might desire to keep open, by the use of wood exclusively for fuel and pro- viding that wood so used did not re- quire transportation by rail- such club may make application to this office for permission to use, between De- cember l, 1918 and April 1, 1919, not upwards of twelve tons of coal in the kitchen range for cooking pur- poses.
Republican farmer., 1918-10-18
CHOCOLATE BARS
 FOR U. s. SOLDIERS

London, Oct. lr-Chocolate bars containing three other. highly nutri- tious foods-wheat, nuts and raisins the first consignment of an order for 100000 similar cakes for the use of the American Red Cross in England, have just arrived here from an American factory. The confec- ton will be distributed gratis to the soldiers.
 Each bar Is enclosed in a wrapper decorated with the American flag and the Red Cross emblem. A small card inside says the package is a well balanced emergency ration, equal in food value to any one of the follow ing: Two lamb chops, two eggs, two plates of clam chowder, one big glass of milk, two baked potatoes, three apples, Stwo ordinary cups of custard, or two helpings of beans.
Republican farmer., 1918-10-18
PORTO RICO ASKS
 U. s. FOR HELP

New York, Oct. 17-With more than 100 persons dead and thousands without shelter, food or clothing as a result of the quake which shook the entire island last Friday, the gov ernment of Porto rtico has appealed to Congress and to the American Red Cross for assistance in a cablegram received here and forwarded to Wash 1ngton.
 Property damage in three cities end numerous towns, along the west coast, aggregates $4,OO0, 900, said the mc-s- age, which was sent by Antonio Bar cello, President of the Porto Rican Senate, to Cordova Davilla, resident commissioner in this country. Mir Davilla Is about to sail for home with the body of his wife, a victim of in fiuenZa.
Republican farmer., 1918-10-18
SIXTEEN DEATHS
 IN PITTSF HELD

Pittsfield, Mass, Oct. 17-Sixteen deaths from influenza or pneumonia during the past 24 hours ending at l p. m. today have made the total num- Der of deaths for October 213. There have been over 1,700 cases of the disease reported. Fred J. Curtin, su- perintendent of Birthstone Farm in Dalton, one of the leading live stock specialists in New England, died of the disease today. James A. Burke, a local saIoonkeeper, was fined S100 in court today for keeping saloon open contrary to health board orders.
Republican farmer., 1918-10-18
Earthquake Has
 Heavy Death Toll

San Juan, P. R., Oct. 13-With all the bodies not yet recovered, it is pos sible that one hundred or more per- sons lost their lives at Mayaguez, q seaport coast of Porto Rico, in last Fridays earthquake. Many of the inhabitants are homeless and others are afraid to enter their homes to sleep at night. One hundred addi- tional policemen were sent to Maya guez this morning to help guard the ruins and uncover the wreckage in search for bodies. The Red Cross is sending surgical supplies and food. There are more than 200 surgical cases and all the normal hospital &C., commodations are in ruins. Cover nor Wager has gone to the scene of the devastation.
Republican farmer., 1918-10-18
FACING SHORTEST RATIONS
 IN ITS HISTORY
Ten Million More Mouths to Feed When Germans Quit
 Occupied Territory.

Washington, Oct. 17-America Is facing the shortest rations in her his tory The demands of the world on her for food are increasing daily and her faith is pledged to her Allies and to neutral countries to feed them.
 With the full territory of France and Belgium back under Allied flags. and the Germans hurled behind the Rhine entrenchments. 1O,O0O,00O more people become dependent on this country for food.
 Should peace come, where Ameri ca is now feeding upwards of 40,- 0O0,0OO of people in her duty to the Allies, the burden of nearly 1S0,000,- 900 people will fall upon her in her duty to the world; these, in addition to her care of her own people at home and her soldiers abroad.
 The Food Administration knows all of this and is seeking solution of the problem.
 But when the Germans are driven behind the line, and the 10,000,O00 of people behind the German lines are again reunited to their countries, Americas burdens will be increased almost 25 per cent, which would in crease the export food program to over 22,0OO,O00 or approximately twice the exports of foods last year, And, with peace, 18O,OOO,OOO to feed, or about five times the number cared for last year,
 Armenia, Serbia, Rumania, the neu- traIs, Italy, France, Belegium, Eng land and perhaps a great part of Eurooean Russia must he fed Not until her first crop comes in can Eu- rope do much to feed herself and for many crops after that the yield will be small.
 America must prepare to deny her self as she has never denied herself before. The American government will ask it and conditions will exact 1t.
Republican farmer., 1918-10-18
N. Y. Live Stock Market

Beeves-Common to prime steers at $9@$16.5O per 100 lbs; bulls, $6.50 Q$8.75; cows $4.25 o $10; dressed beef, 13@26c. for native sides.
 Calves-Common to prime veals, $14021 per 100 lbs; culls, $10@ S13.5O; fed calves. $8.75 c s1O; grass CTS and skim milk calves, $7@$8.5O; yearlings, $6@$7.50; city dressed veals, 21@31c., country dressed 18@ 29c.
 Sheep-Common to choice sheep, $70$11 per 100 lbs; culls, $5@$6; common to choice lambs, s14@17.75; culls, $1O@$13. Dressed mutton, 12@17c. per lb.; dressed lambs, TO 25c
 Eogs-Prime hogs sold at $19 per 100 lbs; roughs, $16.50. Country dressed hogs, 26@2Sc. Roasting pigs, 33 O 35c.
Republican farmer., 1918-10-18
LANDERs ACCEPTS NOMINATION.

New Britain, Conn.,, Oct. 16-~George M. Landers yesterday accepted the Democratic nomination for state sen- ator from the Sixth District. He was chosen last night while absent from the caucus. Delegates to the caucus having learned of President Wilson's reply to the German note adopted resolutions endorsing his ac- ton and pledging anew their confi- dence in him as the country's lead CT.